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I just wanted you to know that we had our first session today at 11:00 am PST.
We plan to next play this upcoming Monday at 11:00 am PST.
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Robb Walsh's Ancho Brownies
Folks love to say that everything is bigger in Texas, and while we're not sure about everything, these Ancho Brownies from Robb Walsh's Texas Eats by Robb Walsh are certainly big, sweet, and spicy.
A full pound of butter and loads of bittersweet chocolate go into these perfectly gooey meets cakey brownies but it's the ancho chile powder that makes them a thinker of a dessert. The heat is subtle, but the burn builds up, making a scoop of vanilla ice cream a must.
What Worked: These dense, chocolaty brownies have just enough ancho chile powder to give them an undercurrent of heat, something that pairs beautifully with a scoop of cool vanilla ice cream.
What Didn't: If heat is your thing, you might want to consider upping the ancho quotient.
Suggested Tweaks: These brownies showed us that chocolate can certainly stand up to a little heat. We're considering experimenting with chipotle next time around.
Reprinted with permission from Texas Eats by Robb Walsh. Copyright © 2011. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:makes 12 brownies
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:45 minutes
- 1 pound semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1 pound unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 8 eggs, at room temperature
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tablespoons ancho chile powder
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup pine nuts or pecans, toasted
- Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Butter a 9 by 13-inch baking pan.
Combine the chocolate and butter in the top pan of a double boiler, place over (not touching) barely simmering water in the bottom pan, and heat, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate and butter have melted and the mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat.
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until thickened and smooth. Add the flour, ancho powder, chocolate chips, and nuts and stir until thoroughly combined.
Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into 12 squares. Serve with the ice cream.
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Whether it is a snow day, a scheduled absence for a conference or something more serious, it is important to have a plan for enabling continuity of instruction. This resource outlines steps that can be used to identify which course content needs to be replaced and how to create and deliver the material using different tools, including Canvas, Kaltura, and Zoom.
This hands-on workshop will prepare participants to design and deliver assignments in Canvas, Penn State's Learning Management System. Participants will be guided through the steps for creating assignment groups, creating assignments, and selecting assignment settings. Participants will also explore assessment options and settings within Canvas, assignment groups rules and attaching rubrics.
This hands-on workshop will prepare participants to design and deliver assessments using the Canvas Quiz Tool. Participants will be guided through the steps for creating quizzes, selecting quiz settings, incorporating a rubric, and adding questions to a quiz. Participants will also explore options and settings within Canvas, including settings for question display, interaction, review, and feedback.
Collaborating and communicating online has become an integral part of our day-to-day lives, but it's often messy and hard to navigate across multiple apps and devices. Join us for a brown bag session to learn how to create and organize a virtual collaboration space with Microsoft Teams. You'll have a chance to explore relevant features available in Teams (channels, apps, tabs etc.) and walk away with tips for setting up, organizing, and managing your Team to make collaboration more seamless.
Are you using Penn State's Office 365 applications to enhance your teaching? Do you want to learn more about Office 365 and how the applications could potentially be used in the classroom?This 1.5 hour demonstration and discussion will walk you through how to locate Office 365 applications, identify how you can use these tools in your teaching environment, and follow up with the resources needed to get you there.


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MISS USA 2010 Winner: Miss Michigan Rima Fakih
Sunday night, during one of the year's most watched live television events, a star-studded panel of judges chose Miss Michigan USA, Rima Fakih, as MISS USA 2010.
Internationally-renowned chef and current "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Curtis Stone and "Today" show co-host and correspondent Natalie Morales hosted the 59th Annual MISS USA Pageant from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in one of the world's most electrifying cities, Las Vegas. The comedic mother-daughter duo Joan and Melissa Rivers were on hand providing backstage color commentary.
Ms. Fakih, 24, is from Dearborn, Michigan where she was raised with her younger brother. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, with a minor in Business Administration. After completing her reign as MISS USA, she plans to attend law school. She enjoys traveling, running, dancing, kickboxing and especially likes playing football and watching the NFL.
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Portland Conservatory of Music Noonday Concert, with violinist Dean Stein, oboeist Kathleen McNerney and pianist Bridget Convey, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m.
Woodwind KinderKonzert, Portland Symphony Orchestra presents "Carnival of the Animals" for ages 3 to 7, Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston. portlandsymphony.org. 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Pianist Frank Glazer, career retrospective, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. $10. batestickets.com. 7:30 p.m.
Strings KinderKonzert, Portland Symphony Orchestra presents "Four Seasons" for ages 3 to 7, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg. $4. portlandsymphony.org. 10:30 a.m.
New England Tenors, performing songs by the Three Tenors, the Irish Tenors and more; benefit for youth music programs; Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg. $15. 625-0921. 2 p.m.
Bennewitz Quartet, from the Czech Republic, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. $12. batestickets.com. 3 p.m.
St. Cecilia Chamber Choir and Sheepscot Valley Chorus, performing Brahms' German Requiem, St. Patrick's Church, Newcastle. $15. ceciliachoir.org. 7 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.
DaPonte String Quartet, works by Haydn, Stravinsky and Borodin, Jewett Auditorium, Augusta. $10; $5 for students; free for ages 12 and under. 621-3551. 2 p.m.; pre-concert talk at 1 p.m.
Portland Symphony Orchestra: "Enigma Variations," performances of Symphony No. 2: "Mysterious Mountain" by Alan Hovhaness, Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto and Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations," Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $31 to $76. porttix.com. 7:30 p.m.
USM Youth Ensembles Spring Instrumental Concert, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $3, $6. usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice. 7 p.m.
Bangor Ballet: "Snow White," featuring company members and students from Thomas School of Dance and other local dance studios, Center Theatre for the Performing Arts, Dover-Foxcroft. $12; $8 for children under 18. bangorballet.com. 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
"Love/Sick," world premiere of romantic comedy by Maine playwright John Cariani, Portland Stage Company. $39, $44; $30 to $40 for seniors; $20 for students. portlandstage.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and April 11. Through April 21.
"A Couple of Blaguards," comedy presented by AIRE (American Irish Repertory Ensemble), Portland Stage Company Studio Theater. $15 to $22. airetheater.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.
A.R. Gurney's "Ancestral Voices," Good Theater production set in Buffalo, N.Y., in the three years before World War II, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $15 to $25. goodtheater.com. 7 p.m. Thursday; 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Wednesday and April 11. Through April 14.
"A Six Pack of Miller," six of Arthur Miller's best-loved works performed as staged readings presented by Mad Horse Theatre, The Hutchins School, South Portland. $10 per show. madhorse.com. "All My Sons," 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; "Death of a Salesman," 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; "After the Fall," 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; "A View from the Bridge," 7:30 p.m. April 11. Through April 14.
Portland Playback Improv Theater, theme: "Weather," Community Television Network (CTN), Portland. $7. portlandplayback.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday.
"Noises Off," Tony Award-winning comedy, Portland Players, South Portland. $20; $18 for seniors; $15 for students. portlandplayers.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
"Cape May," Stage Force theater company presents original drama about three generations of Irish-American women, Star Theatre, Kittery Community Center. $27, $32. kitterycommunitycenter.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 4 p.m. Sunday.
"Tales from Anansi," Acorn Fairy Tale Players present Michael Levine's adaptation of well-known West African and Caribbean folktales, Acorn Studio Theater, Westbrook. $6; $4 for ages 12 and under. acorn-productions.org. 7 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Sunday.
"Play Me a Story," interactive theater performance and workshop for ages 4 to 10, Portland Stage Company. $15. portlandstage.org. "Stories from Around the World," 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
"Great Expectations" Live in HD, broadcast from London's Vaudeville Theatre, Strand Theatre, Rockland. $15; $10 for students. rocklandstrand.com. 1 and 6 p.m. Tuesday.
"An Evening of Plays by Carolyn Cage," presented by Acorn Productions in collaboration with Cauldron and Labrys Women's Productions, Acorn Studio Theater, Westbrook. $15; $12 for seniors and students. acorn. "Little Sister" and "Harriet Tubman Visits a Therapist," 7:30 p.m. April 11.
"Cinderella: The Story You Never Knew!" based on the children's story but with some twists and more than 80 cast members, Freeport Performing Arts Center. $10; $5 for students; $25 for family package; Thursday nights are pay-what-you-can. 7:30 p.m. April 11.
Freeport Players' "39 Steps," fast-paced comedy; show dates are July 18 to August 4; Freeport High School. fcponline.org/auditions. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday.
"Sense of Scale, Measure By Color: Art, Science, and Mathematics of Planet Earth," Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. bowdoin.edu/art-museum. Opens Thursday. Through June 2.
"I-95 Triennial: From Connecticut to Maine," sculpture, painting and mixed media by 34 artists, University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. www.uma.maine.edu. Opens Friday. Through June 8.
Senior Thesis Show, works by students in the Department of Art and Visual Culture, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston. bates.edu/museum/exhibition. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through May 25.
Dozier Bell: "Mind's Eye," black-and-white photographs, and "Selections from the Permanent Collection: Recent Acquisitions," Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston. bates.edu/museum/exhibition. Opens Saturday. Through May 25.
"Blueberry Rakers: Photographs by David Brooks Stess," black-and-white photographs of workers on Maine blueberry farms from 1989 to present, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Opens Saturday. Through May 19.
Portland Museum of Art: "Lois Dodd: Catching the Light," more than 50 paintings by Maine artist spanning six decades, through Sunday; "Voices of Design: 25 Years of Architalx," interactive exhibition showcasing the power of design, through May 19. portlandmuseum.org
Maine Historical Society Museum/Longfellow House, Portland: "Maine Things: Recent Museum Acquisitions," through April 30; "Wired!", explores the electrification of Maine during the 20th century, through May 26. mainehistory.org
Maine Jewish Museum, Portland: "Still Points of the Turning World," exhibit by seven contemporary photographers, through April 25. treeoflifemuseum.org
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: "Simply Divine: Gods and Demigods in the Ancient Mediterranean," ancient sculpture and pottery from the permanent collection; "Transformative Gestures: Paintings of the Renaissance"; and "Unity and Fragmentation: Selections from the Permanent Collection," through June 2; Per Kirkeby, career retrospective (paintings and sculpture), through July 14. bowdoin.edu/art-museum
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath: "Ahead Full at Fifty: 50 Years of Collecting at Maine Maritime Museum," through May 26. mainemaritimemuseum.org
Saco Museum: "Celebrate Student Art," RSU 23 student art show, through April 20. dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org
Maine State Museum, Augusta: "Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives," historic photographs, documents, artifacts and first-person accounts, through May 25. mainestatemuseum.org
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: "Andrew Wyeth: Pencil Drawings and Watercolor Sketches," through Sunday; "Decorating the Everyday: Popular Art from the Farnsworth," furniture, paintings, textiles and toys reflecting mainly 19th- and early 20th-century regional life in Maine and New England, through Sept. 22; Andrew Wyeth, "Her Room," 1963 tempera painting accompanied by pencil and watercolor studies that led to the final work, through Nov. 17; "American Treasures: Small Treasures," small-scale work from the museum collection, through Dec. 29; "A Wondrous Journey: Jonathan Fisher and the Making of Scripture Animals," through Jan. 5; "American Treasures: Other Voices," contemporary art from the museum collection, through Feb. 2. farnsworthmuseum.org
Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor: "N'tolonapemk: Our Relatives' Place," archeological exhibits and stories of the Passamaquoddy, through October; "Wabanaki Guides," the legacy of Wabanaki people serving as guides for European and American explorers, cartographers, tourists and artists from the 1600s to present, through December. abbemuseum.org
"Torn in Two: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War," traveling exhibition, University of Southern Maine (Osher Map Library), Portland. 780-4850. Opens Thursday. Through Aug. 22.
"Go Figure: An Invitational Figurative Show," Greenhut Galleries, Portland. greenhutgalleries.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Through April 27.
Louise Philbrick and Tony Wolf, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. 775-2222. Thursday to Sunday.
First Friday Art Walk, galleries and museums open for free, downtown Portland. firstfridayartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Maine Artists Collective: "Rebirth," art that is non-religious but "born again," Constellation Gallery, Portland. constellationart.com. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through April 23.
Elise Smorczewski: "Flights of Fancy," new paintings of fancifully feathered birds, Green Hand Bookshop, Portland. 235-6808. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through May 31.
Alan Vlach: "New Photographs," St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. stlawrencearts.org. Opening reception, 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. Through April 30.
"The Power of Grace Rising from Genocide," installation created by student artists from Falmouth High School representing the tragedy of genocide and the grace of its survivors, Grace Restaurant, Portland. 781-7429, Ext. 413. Reception with music by the Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.
"Portal To," facepaint, video projections, music and body alterations, The Meg Perry Center, Portland. 619-1564. Reception, 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Through April 30.
"Artists' Books: Definition and Meaning," exhibition of books created by USM art students, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery). portlandlibrary.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through April 30.
"Illumitography," Portland High School Photo Club exhibition, 3Fish Gallery, Portland. 3fishgallery.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday; noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.
"Forest for the Trees," group show with trees as the subject, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. aarhusgallery.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through April 28.
"Play," showcase of art in the spirit of playfulness, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through April 27.
Western Maine Fine Artists and Artisans Exhibit, Main Street Gallery, Norway. westernmaineartgroup.org. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Ken Gross: "Lost Maps of Nurembega," block print, ink illustration and watercolor, Monkitree, Gardiner. monkitree.com. Opening reception, 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Through May 25.
"Off The Wall: Satire in Contemporary American Art," works by Gordon Carlisle, Kenny Cole, Scott Minzy, Bud Swenson, Brandon Lutterman, William Hessian, Nancy Benner and Jay LaBrie; Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. richardboydpottery.com. Opening reception, noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. Through April 30.
Nancy Robinson and Rebecca Bagley, mother and daughter art show, Wells Public Library. 646-8181. Opening reception, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday. Through April 30.
Anne Cox: "Winters' Work: Hooked Rugs, 2010-2013," Maine Fiberarts, Topsham. mainefiberarts.org. Opening reception, 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Through April 27.
"Ekphrasis: Poems Speaking to Silent Works of Art," Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth. yarmouthlibrary.org. Opening reception and poetry reading, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday.
Paul Oberst: "Big Top," items and guides meant to accompany spiritual journeys, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 338-0555. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. April 11. Through May 12.
Caren-Marie Michel and Fred Michel, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. 775-2222. April 11-13.
Portland Public Library: "The Sea Within Us: Iconically Maritime in Fashion and Design," presented by Maine Maritime Museum, through June 14. portlandlibrary.com
Maine College of Art (Institute of Contemporary Art), Portland: "Dan DenDanto and Frank DenDanto: BUMP," installation of bones from whales that likely died in collisions with ships' propellers, through Sunday. meca.edu
University of Southern Maine (Glickman Library), Portland: Gary M. Green, "Terrain Vague," black-and-white photographs, through May 3. usm.maine.edu/gallery
PhoPa Gallery, Portland: Timothy Whelan, "Photographer as Collector," through May 4. 317-6721.
Sanctuary Tattoo and Art Gallery, Portland: "Lovecraft: A Darker Key," group show, through May 1. sanctuarytattoo.com
Daunis Fine Jewelry, Portland: "Perigord: Moods and Memory," encaustic paintings by Cheslye Ventimiglia, through April 30. 773-6011.
Gleason Fine Art, Portland: "Spring!", art by Henry Isaacs, Anne Ireland, Andrea Peters, Karen Tusinski and Carole Hanson, through April 26. 699-5599.
Rose Contemporary, Portland: "The New Landscape," work by Lydia Badger, Hilary Irons and Erik Weisenburger, through April 19. rosecontemporary.com
University of Southern Maine (Woodbury Campus Center), Portland: usm.maine.edu/gallery
Dogfish Cafe, Portland: Loretta Turner, "Exploring Visions," gouache, acrylic, pastels and ink, through April 27. 253-5400.
University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland: "Worldview," third installation of "Maine Women Pioneers III," through May 12. une.edu/artgallery
Saccarappa Art Collective, Westbrook: "Layers," ceramic sculptures and wall tiles by Jonathan Mess, through Wednesday. 591-7300.
Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth: "2013 New Works" by Ilya Askinazi and "Ancient Light" by Brenton Hamilton, through April 20. elizabethmossgalleries.com
DaVinci Experience Art Gallery, West Falmouth: "Inspirations from the Cape," paintings, photography and ceramics, through April 22. 541-9171.
Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery: "Resilient Spring," art by Sukie Curtis, Marcia Feller, Anne Macleod, Chris Nielsen and Bill Tomsa, through April 30. 846-7777.
Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport: Laurie Hadlock and Carrie Lonsdale, "Paintings and Prints," through April 28. thosmoser.com
Bowdoin College (Hawthorne Longfellow Library), Brunswick: "Bowdoin Boys in Blue (and Gray)," exhibition celebrating the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, through June 1. 725-3288.
The Frontier, Brunswick: "Tinder," Maine stories by SALT fall 2012 graduates in writing, radio, photography and multimedia, through April 29. explorefrontier.com. Markings Gallery, Bath: "Maine Artists — Maine Weddings," clothing, jewelry, pottery, wall art and sculpture created by artists from Maine, through June 30. markingsgallery.com
Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth: Carole Kainlor, "Compositions in Wood," assemblages and sculptures, through April 30. thomasmemoriallibrary.org.
Pace Galleries, Fryeburg Academy: Mark Baum, "A Retrospective," paintings, through May 18. 935-9232.
Engine, Biddeford Arts, Biddeford: "Your Brain on Art," focuses on raising awareness around the issues of brain safety, chronic pain, and brain injury and recovery in collaboration with the University of New England's Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, through Friday. feedtheengine.org
York Public Library: "Art by York Students," multi-media by students in grades K-12, through May 2. 363-2818.
Doo Hair Salon, Kittery: Bess Cutler, abstract figure drawings, through April 14. 439-4009.
Camden Public Library: "A Photo History of Our Oldest Industry," photos from The National Fisherman collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum, through April 30. 236-3440.
Savory Maine, Damariscotta: Daisy Greene, acrylics on large wooden panels, through April 30. savorymainedining.com
Frost Farm Gallery, Norway: Western Maine Paper Project, original works on paper, through Friday. frostfarmgallery.com
Lyceum Gallery, Lewiston: Richard Field, "New Works," paintings, through Friday. lyceumgallery.com
Harlow on the Circle Lobby Gallery, Augusta: Paintings by Harlow Tuesday Group, through Thursday. harlowgallery.org
College of the Atlantic (Ethel H. Blum Gallery), Bar Harbor: "Woodcuts," through April 11. 288-5015.
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Television personality and entertainment presenter Giuliana Rancic has already hosted Miss USA -- the pageant co-owned by Donald Trump -- twice. But Nick Jonas will join her as a co-host for the first time this June, NBC announced Tuesday.
"We are excited to announce a veteran and a newcomer as hosts for this year's MISS USA Competition," the Miss Universe Organization said in a statement, according to E! Online. "The diverse backgrounds of Rancic and Jonas in the entertainment industry will bring a new and exciting energy to the stage."
According to Idolator, the 20-year-old musician's two brothers will also join him on the Miss USA stage for a performance that should include material from their new album.
"My brothers and I have been working on an album for the last about seven, eight months now and we have just finished," Joe Jonas told Parade magazine in March.
"We've been able to incorporate a lot more instruments, and even Nick, used some of the electronic drums and what his computer can do. It's pretty phenomenal," he said.
Rancic, Nick Jonas and the Jonas Brothers all shared the news with their Twitter followers:
We're performing at the 2013 #MissUSA pageant on 6/16 LIVE on @nbc at 9pm ET!— Jonas Brothers (@JonasBrothers) May 21, 2013
Excited that I will be hosting the 2013 #MissUSA pageant on 6/16 LIVE on @nbc at 9pm ET w/ @giulianarancic— Nick Jonas(@nickjonas) May 21, 2013
Exciting announcement... tinyurl.com/obj86m6— Giuliana Rancic (@GiulianaRancic) May 21, 2013


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Weather Blog: Great Lakes ice coverage and more wintry weather
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! Winter shows no signs of giving up as we enter the back half of February. In today's Weather Watch 12 blog we discuss the expanding Great Lakes ice and look ahead to more wintry weather this weekend and early next week.
Let's start with the latest map showing the Great Lakes ice coverage. The total ice area now stands at 88.4%! This is the most ice since the winter of 1993-94. The two lakes with the most open water currently are Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario.
Even with a slight thaw looming for next week, more plunges of cold are in the long range forecast. The ice area may hit 90% or higher in the next 2-3 weeks.
Weatherwise we are tracking two more systems, the first arrives Saturday. A weak area of low pressure will scoot across the Midwest late Saturday and Saturday night. The WPC forecast surface map below is valid at 6pm Saturday. The green line around Wisconsin is a forecast area of light snow. Light snow is likely later Saturday into Saturday night. Around 1" of snow accumulation is possible.
Saturday's snow will mark the 11th consecutive weekend in Milwaukee with precipitation! The last completely dry weekend was November 30 & December 1.
At least half of the weekend looks okay. Sunday should bring dry weather to the area during the day with highs in the 20s.
Early next week a system is poised to bring freezing rain, sleet and snow to Wisconsin. The NAM computer model forecast map below is valid at 6am Monday morning. This shows freezing rain(yellow), sleet(red), and snow(blue) just to our west.
With warmer temperatures aloft pushing across the state a wintry mix or mess may be the result. If you have travel plans on Monday please stay with Weather Watch 12 for updates as roads may become very slippery if a period of freezing rain occurs.
After the wintry mix a change to snow is possible. Most models have enough snow to shovel by late Monday. The weather team will keep a close eye on the latest data as we begin to pin down the timing and precipitation type expected for southeastern Wisconsin.
Temperatures will swing up and down next week, but overall some of the warmest temperatures in almost a month will return to the state.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
Have a great day!
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Warner Theatre evacuated after sprinkler pipe bursts
TORRINGTON >> Cast members were rushed from the Warner Theatre Sunday night while they were rehearsing for upcoming performances of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" after a sprinkler system pipe, frozen by the frigid temperatures during the past week, burst and began flooding an interior area between the main stage theater and the smaller Nancy Marine Studio Theater next door.
The broken pipe flooded an interior section of the building between those two performance spaces, but no fire occurred, no one was injured, and a quick response by firefighters and the theater's sprinkler system company avoided a serious situation, according to fire officials at the scene.
Torrington firefighters rushed to the Warner Theatre at about 9:15 p.m. after receiving a call of "water flowing and an odor of smoke" in the vintage theater building. Fortunately, the emergency was a burst sprinkler pipe, not a fire.
"We got the call and I said 'Oh no, not the Warner,'" said Torrington Fire Department Captain David Starr. "We haven't had a bad fire in about nine months, so we're due for one ... we don't want one, but it's been a while. We were so relieved when we got there and there was no fire."
Starr said the initial response to the scene included a rescue truck, a ladder truck and several engines. "We didn't know what we needed ... we were also assisting Campion (EMTs) with a cardiac arrest call, so it was a little bit hectic," Starr said.
The sprinkler pipe froze sometime during the previous week, Starr estimated.
"Then it just blew," he said. "The water was flowing in and they (the rehearsing cast members) had to get out of there quick. There's a little alley area between the two theaters and that's where that pipe is."
The fire department captain said the theater's sprinkler system company arrived within 20 minutes to handle the necessary repairs to the pipe. "The sprinkler company gave an excellent response," he said.
Meanwhile, firefighters and Warner staff got busy vacuuming up as much water as they could from the carpeted area where the pipe burst.
"They wanted to get that cleaned up as quickly as they could, so we were helping them," Starr said. "The cold cracked that pipe, and the water was flowing pretty fast."
During the winter months, chimney fires and other types of heat-related fires are unfortunate but common, keeping firefighters in a constant state of alert.
"We're always glad when it wasn't a fire, but especially because it was the Warner," Starr said. "We don't want a fire there."
Reach Emily M. Olson at 860-489-3121, ext. 334, and John Berry at ext. 333.


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The agency created to ensure that risks to the stability of the U.S. financial system are quickly identified and dealt with needs greater transparency to do its job correctly, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new study.
It also needs to create a better system of coordination, and share more information with the public, the study reported.
The GAO said that is necessary because the agency, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), is composed of the heads of a number of disparate agencies whose primary responsibility is to oversee various components of the U.S. financial services system.
The report also voiced concern with the work of the Office of Financial Research (OFR). This bureau, which is located in the Treasury Department, was created to be the "back office" of the FSOC, producing financial data and establishing metrics that members of the FSOC can use to measure financial risk within the system.
The GAO recommended that the FSOC and the OFR strengthen transparency and accountability by collecting and sharing financial risk indicators, keeping detailed records of closed-door sessions and developing forward-looking plans to help "prioritize the threats."
The report prompted two reactions. As part of the report, Mary Miller, Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance, said that Treasury supports the recommendations.
She also said that the FSOC has already "moved quickly to fulfill its statutory mission" and "promote greater collaboration among its members."
Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, asked that the FSOC and the OFR "operate transparently and efficiently, without imposing an undue burden on the nation's financial system."
Bachus's letter was sent to Timothy Geithner, secretary of the Treasury Department. Under the Dodd-Frank Act provision which established the two agencies, the Treasury secretary heads the FSOC.
Bachus also demanded additional information.
The letter said that the OFR has not filled three of its top eight leadership positions, and asked what steps the Treasury Department is taking to fill those spots.
He also said that the GAO report found that the FSOC has no strategic plan and uses its annual report as the only documentation for its strategic framework. Moreover, the report found that the FSOC's annual reports are "vague with regard to recommendations and fail to identify entities responsible for implementing—and the timeframes for completing—the recommendations."
"Will the FSOC commit to making more detailed and specific recommendations in its annual reports that specify which member-agencies are responsible for the implementations of the recommendations and the timeframes for implementing them?"
"If not, please state with specificity the FSOC's reasons for not doing so," Bachus said.
The report acknowledged that the FSOC and the OFR face "challenges" in doing their jobs.
The GAO said that is because the key FSOC missions are identifying risks and responses to emerging threats to financial stability.
However, the report said, risks to financial stability do not develop in precisely the same way in successive crises.
It also acknowledges that collaboration among FSOC members can also be challenging at times, as almost all of them represent independent agencies that retained existing authorities.
For its part, the GAO said in the report that the OFR "faces the challenge of trying to establish and build a world-class research organization while meeting shorter-term goals and responsibilities."
The FSOC needs a more systematic approach, and it needs to provide comprehensive information to the FSOC member agencies, the GAO said.
That's because, on their own, the member agencies "may not be well positioned to judge which potential threats will benefit from interagency discussions."
To better accomplish its task, the GAO recommends that the FSOC collect and share key financial risk indicators as part of a systematic approach to help identify potential threats to financial stability.


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CFO Moves this week include:
|PDF Solutions, Inc.
|eMDs Nation
|Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.
|SIFCO Industries, Inc.
|Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.
|The Fresh Market, Inc
|Stifel Financial Corp.
|Stage Stores, Inc.
|GlobalSCAPE, Inc.
|Carpenter Technology
|Patriot Energy Group
|TIE Industrial
|EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc.
|UroGen Pharma Ltd.
|The Travelers Companies, Inc.
|NETGEAR, Inc.
|G-CON Manufacturing
|Startek, Inc.
|Williams Industrial Services Group Inc.
|Ambarella, Inc.
|Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.
|National Life Group
|Alterra Mountain Company
|Dorman Products, Inc.
|EVERTEC, Inc.
|Superior Group of Companies, Inc.
|Black & Veatch
|Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
|Ei Companies
|Borrego Solar Systems
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PDF Solutions, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PDFS) announced that Christine Russell will replace Gregory C. Walker as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Walker will remain with the Company in an operations role. Ms. Russell brings over 25 years of corporate and financial experience to PDF Solutions having served as Chief Financial Officer at UniPixel, Inc., Vendavo, Inc., Evans Analytical Group, Virage Logic, Ceva and OuterBay Technologies, among other companies and positions. She currently serves as Audit Committee Chair and Director for both QuickLogic Corporation and eGain Corporation.
eMDs Nation [AUSTIN, TX] announced the appointment of Iser Cukierman as the new Chief Financial Officer. Iser worked with some great companies such as FISERV, Accenture (formerly Cimation), Ernst & Young, KPMG and Umbel.
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. [ORLANDO] (NYSE: HGV) announced that its Board of Directors terminated James E. Mikolaichik as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, for conduct and behavior not consistent with the Company's policies.
StudyKIK [Costa Mesa, California] announced the addition of Alex Lithwick as Chief Financial Officer.
PeoplesBank [YORK, Pa.] announced that Larry D. Pickett has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pickett will also serve as Treasurer of the Bank's holding company, Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Pickett was employed by Bay Bank in Columbia, Maryland as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was employed in similar financial and management roles at Susquehanna Bank and Fairfax Savings.
SIFCO Industries, Inc. [CLEVELAND] (NYSE: SIF) announced that it has named Thomas Kubera as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kubera is the Company's existing Chief Accounting Officer and has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since July 2017. He also previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer in 2015. His Chief Accounting Officer duties will be absorbed into his Chief Financial Officer role. Mr. Kubera has been with the Company since May 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kubera spent nine years at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., where he held various senior accounting roles, most recently as the Controller, Global Operations Services.
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. [BRIDGEWATER, N.J.] (NASDAQ: SNCR) announced the appointment of David Clark as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clark, who recently joined Synchronoss as Executive Vice President of Finance, will replace Lawrence Irving, who has served as Synchronoss' CFO since rejoining the company in April 2017. Irving, who is re-retiring, will serve in a consultative capacity to the company into early 2019 to ensure an orderly transition. Prior to joining Synchronoss, Clark had served as the CFO of The Meet Group, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the CFO of Nutrisystem from 2007 to 2013 and as CFO of Claymont Steel from 2006 to 2007. Clark's first CFO role was at Suncom Wireless from 1997 to 2006.
The Fresh Market, Inc. [GREENSBORO, N.C.] has appointed Oded Shein as Chief Financial Officer. Shein recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Stage Stores, Inc. In addition, he has held senior financial leadership positions at Belk, Inc. in Charlotte, NC and Charming Shoppes, Inc. in Bensalem, PA.
Passageways [LAFAYETTE, Ind.] announced the appointment of Colin Cunningham as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Stifel Financial Corp. [ST. LOUIS] (NYSE: SF) announced that Jim Marischen was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marischen will take over the CFO role from James Zemlyak, who will now focus exclusively on leading the firm's Global Wealth Management business, which he has been the head of since 2011. Mr. Marischen most recently served as Stifel Financial Corp.'s Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Prior to his roles as CAO and CRO, which he assumed in 2015, he was Chief Financial Officer of Stifel Bank & Trust from 2008 through 2015. Prior to joining Stifel, he worked at KPMG.
Stage Stores, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SSI) announced that Oded Shein, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, resigned his position effective to pursue another opportunity. The company has appointed Jason Curtis as interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Curtis has been with Stage since 2011, most recently serving as its Senior Vice President, Finance and Credit since March 2017. Mr. Curtis also held the roles of Group Vice President, Finance and Credit from May 2016 to March 2017, Vice President, Finance and Accounting from November 2013 to April 2016, and Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from May 2011 to November 2013. Prior to joining Stage, Mr. Curtis served in various financial roles at Belk, Inc. and The May Department Stores Company.
GlobalSCAPE, Inc. [SAN ANTONIO] (NYSE: GSB) announces the promotion of Karen Young to Chief Financial Officer. Young was appointed to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer in March of this year, and succeeds James Albrecht, who retired in February. Young has served as the Controller for the past three years. Young joined GlobalSCAPE in 2015. Young began her career with Valero Energy Corporation in San Antonio. Prior to joining GlobalSCAPE, Young was the Controller for PIC Business Systems, Inc., and across her career, has served in a variety of finance and accounting roles.
Carpenter Technology Corporation [PHILADELPHIA] announced Timothy (Tim) Lain has been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He succeeds Damon Audia who has decided to leave the Company for another role. Tim has over 20 years of financial experience including 11 years with the Company. He currently serves as Vice President – Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, a role he was appointed to in June 2013. From June 2015 to October 2015, Tim served as Acting Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Tim served as Audit Director at McGladrey & Pullen.
Patriot Energy Group [BURLINGTON, Mass.] has named Steve Campbell its new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Campbell has a long history of leading finance and operations at some of the region's top tech firms, including Raytheon, IBM and Progress Software. At Progress Software, Campbell was vice president of finance and operations.
TIE Industrial [LAVERGNE, TENN.] announced that Ladd Watts has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Watts held various Sr. Finance roles at SVP Worldwide and Mars incorporated. In addition, he previously headed procurement finance and was plant controller for a Mars manufacturing facility in Texas.
EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc. [PEORIA, Ariz.] (OTC Pink: EVOA) appointed Michael Zientek as chief financial officer. Zientek previously served as a senior consultant to CBIZ, Inc. Prior to CBIZ, Zientek held various financial leadership positions at Gap, Inc., including chief internal auditor, chief financial officer of global supply chain, and VP of Financial Operations.
UroGen Pharma Ltd. [RA'ANANA, Israel, and NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: URGN) announced that Peter P. Pfreundschuh has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Stephen Mullennix, who has served as UroGen's Interim CFO since June 2018, will continue in his role as the Company's Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Pfreundschuh previously served as the CFO of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining Sucampo, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO of Immunomedics Inc. Before this, Mr. Pfreundschuh was CFO for CircuLite, Inc. His previous roles include leadership positions in finance, commercial operations and business development within the pharmaceutical industry at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, and Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Pfreundschuh is currently a board member of Speratus Therapeutics, Inc., and GitBasic LLC. He has also previously served as an advisor or board member to Immunomedics Inc., CircuLite Inc., and Reproductive Medical Associates of New Jersey, in addition to other companies and private organizations.
The Travelers Companies, Inc. [HARTFORD, Conn.] (NYSE: TRV) announced that, Jay S. Benet will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since 2002. Benet will remain on the senior leadership team as Vice Chairman. Daniel S. Frey will succeed Benet and become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Frey currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of the company's Personal Insurance segment, having served in a number of other key financial management roles across Travelers over the past 15 years. Prior to his current role, Frey served as Chief Financial Officer of the company's Claim and Field Management organizations. Before joining Travelers, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Spalding Sports Worldwide. He began his career in public accounting at Deloitte & Touche.
NETGEAR, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: NTGR) announced that Bryan Murray has been appointed as the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Christine Gorjanc, the company's former Chief Financial Officer, who is assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer at Arlo Technologies, Inc. Bryan Murray has been with NETGEAR for over 16 years serving in various management roles within the Finance organization. Prior to assuming the role of CFO, he served as NETGEAR's Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller. Before joining NETGEAR in 2001, he worked in public accounting at Deloitte.
YapStone [WALNUT CREEK, CALIF.] announced the hiring of Jerry Ulrich as it Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining YapStone, Jerry was the CFO of Blackhawk Network Holdings.
G-CON Manufacturing [COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS] announced that it has appointed Paul Moore to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Moore served as Chief Financial Officer at Zacros America, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. Moore also served as Controller for TIC GUMS, Inc. from 2011 to 2014 and as Strategic Controller for Brown International Corporation, LLC from 2008 – 2010.
Startek, Inc. [GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.] (NYSE: SRT) appointed Ramesh Kamath as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Don Norsworthy. Ramesh previously served as CFO of Aegis Global, which was combined with Startek on July 20, 2018. Prior to Aegis, he also led the finance organization of prominent BPOs, including serving as CFO of The Minacs Group and Progeon (now Infosys BPO).
Williams Industrial Services Group Inc. [IRVING, Texas] (OTC: WLMS) announced that Timothy M. Howsman has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Howsman has served as interim CFO since May 2018 and has been with the Company since August 2014. During his tenure with the Company, Mr. Howsman has also served as Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Howsman was the Vice President, Controller of Blue Lynx Media, LLC, the accounting shared service center for Tribune Publishing. Mr. Howsman has held positions of increasing responsibility in operations and financial positions in other businesses, including with Dresser, Inc.
Ambarella, Inc. [SANTA CLARA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: AMBA) announced the appointment of Kevin C. "Casey" Eichler as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Eichler succeeds George Laplante, who announced his intention to retire earlier this year. Eichler served as the President and Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. from March 2015 to July 2016 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2009 to February 2015. Prior to joining Ultra Clean Holdings, Mr. Eichler was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Credence Systems Corporation from January 2008 to November 2008, Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of MarketTools, Inc. from March 2006 to December 2007, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MIPS Technologies Inc. from June 1998 to February 2006. Prior to that, he held management positions with several technology companies, including Visigenic Software, NeXT Software and Microsoft.
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. [MINNEAPOLIS] (NASDAQ: TCMD) announced the appointment of Brent A. Moen to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective September 2, 2018. Tactile Medical's current Chief Financial Officer, Lynn L. Blake, will resign from that role effective as of the close of business on September 1, 2018. Ms. Blake will continue to advise the Company in a consulting role until March 2019 in order to facilitate a smooth transition. Mr. Moen most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Entellus Medical, Inc., from May 2016 until the company's acquisition by Stryker Corporation in February 2018. Prior to joining Entellus Medical, Mr. Moen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ABRA Auto Body & Glass LP, from November 2013 to May 2015. Mr. Moen previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regis Corporation, from January 2011 to December 2012. Mr. Moen held various financial roles of increasing responsibility with Regis Corporation, beginning in 2000.
National Life Group [MONTPELIER, VT.] announced that Sarah VanBeck was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, replacing Robert Cotton who was appointed Chief Operating Officer. VanBeck joined National Life last year as Chief Accounting Officer. She has spent 25 years in the insurance industry and was most recently at AIG, where she was Senior Vice President and Controller at AIG Life and Retirement. She began her career as manager of SEC reporting and analysis at American General Corp.
Alterra Mountain Company [DENVER] announced the appointment of Timothy B. Donahue as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Donahue most recently served as head of JPMorgan's Leveraged Finance Capital Markets Group. Mr. Donahue also spent time as a partner at Blackstone's GSO Capital Partners and as a corporate securities attorney at Battle Fowler LLP.
Dorman Products, Inc. [COLMAR, Pa.] (NASDAQ: DORM) announced that Kevin M. Olsen, formerly the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and, effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Olsen will become the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"). The company appointed Michael P. Ginnetti as the Company's interim CFO. Mr. Ginnetti currently serves as Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company. He has served in this position since May 2011 and he will continue to serve in this position while serving as interim CFO. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ginnetti was employed by Technitrol, Inc., most recently as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.
EVERTEC, Inc. [SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico] (NYSE: EVTC) announced that Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter J.S. Smith has decided to leave the Company effective September 6, 2018 and pursue other opportunities. Current Vice President of Finance, Joaquín Castrillo, will serve as interim CFO. Mr. Castrillo joined the company in 2012 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, currently leading the financial planning and treasury functions.
DigitalTown [SEATTLE and TORONTO] (OTC: DGTW) the appointment of Dave Carter as Chief Financial Officer. Since 2016, Dave has focussed on Blockchain and Cryptoassets, advising startups and most recently 3iQ, a Canadian Investment Fund Manager, and the first regulatory approved multi-cryptoasset manager in Canada.
Superior Group of Companies, Inc. [SEMINOLE, Fla.] (NASDAQ: SGC) named Michael (Mike) J. Attinella as the Company's new chief financial officer and treasurer. Attinella succeeds Andrew (Andy) D. Demott, Jr. in the CFO position as Demott shifts his responsibilities to fully focus on his role as chief operating officer of the company. Attinella joins Superior Group of Companies from HSNi, where he served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer of HSNi since 2008, and executive vice president and chief financial officer of HSN since 2013. Attinella began his tenure with HSNi in 2001 as vice president, controller. Previously, Attinella was vice president, controller at Catalina Marketing Corp. He also served various financial and operational responsibilities at Tech Data Corporation.
Black & Veatch [OVERLAND PARK, Kan.] announced that Ken Williams has become the company's new Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Karen Daniel, who retired in July after a quarter century at Black & Veatch including the last 18 years as its CFO. Williams rejoins Black & Veatch after previously serving as its Treasurer from 2010 to 2012. His professional experience includes several roles with Fluor, where he was CFO of its government services business unit. He returns to Black & Veatch from Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. [NASHVILLE, Tenn.] (NYSE: BKD) announced that Steven Swain will join the Company as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Steve is expected to start on September 4, 2018 and will replace the Company's current Interim Chief Financial Officer, Teresa Sparks. Steve will join the Company after most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer of DISH Network Corporation since October 2014 and previously serving in roles of increasing responsibility within the company since 2011. Prior to DISH Network, Steve spent more than 15 years working in the telecommunications sector, where he served in multiple leadership roles in finance and engineering operations.
Ei Companies [LAS VEGAS] announced that Greg Cobb has been named the new Chief Financial Officer. Greg will begin his new role immediately and will be based out of the companies Phoenix offices. Prior to joining the companies, Greg founded Inglenook Financial in Scottsdale, AZ. Prior to Inglenook, Greg was CFO for US PEACH. Before entering the Construction Services Industry, Greg was CFO at an Arizona based biotech company. He has also been Managing Director of a San Francisco Bay Area based technology mergers & acquisitions firm. Greg is also a private equity investor and has managed an Angel investor group.
Borrego Solar Systems [San Diego] announced the appointment of Andrew Hall as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hall joined Borrego Solar in January 2015 as General Counsel. In August 2015, he became Executive Vice President, responsible for leading Human Resources and Information Technology (IT) as well. In his new role, Hall remains general counsel and retains responsibility for leading IT. Prior to joining Borrego Solar, Hall served as Corporate & Compliance Counsel at Thoratec Corporation, and as an associate attorney at Covington & Burling, LLP and Morrison & Foerster, LLP. Before practicing law, he was a research analyst in the credit risk management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co.


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While the long-term investment fundamentals of the European wind sector remain strong -- and got only better with the EU's recent approval of binding renewable targets for its 27 member states -- the big issue for wind developers seeking to move projects forward is how to solve short-term financing problems in an extremely tight credit market. Debt financing is harder to come by and more complicated than it was a year ago. Moreover, with caution and security the current watchwords, the proportion of a project's capital cost that its sponsors can expect from debt providers is a lot less than it was. Recourse to the public markets is not seen as a viable alternative in the short term given the tumbling stock market valuations of recent times. Cash really has become king.
On the brighter side, new sources of finance have emerged in the last few years to help lessen the negative impact of the current liquidity crisis. Utilities, which may be able to side-step the debt financing market and make the hefty investments required for projects on balance sheets, have increasingly invested in wind and are seen as the dominant market players of the moment. Their advantage is expected to remain even more pronounced in offshore wind power, which has not yet gained the kind of track record that makes banks comfortable with lending to them, particularly in times of tight liquidity.
Alongside the utilities, institutional investors and infrastructure funds are stepping up to invest in wind while the policy-driven European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU's lending arm, says it is willing to loosen the purse strings a bit more for the renewable sector and the bulk of its funding in that department has traditionally gone to wind. "We clearly see bank lending is slowing, but we have different channels of investments," says Christian Kjaer, CEO of the European Wind Energy Association.
New financing sources, however, are unlikely to be sufficient to completely compensate for the lack of debt financing available. At the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) in Marseille in March, where Kjaer was speaking, participants heard from Emerging Energy Research (EER) that new installed wind capacity in Europe will fall nearly 20% in 2009 compared to 2008. But liquidity is expected to improve towards the end of 2009, notes EER, allowing Europe's capacity figures to resume an upward trajectory in 2010. Meantime, as well as a short-term slowdown in development, projects are also being reduced in size as developers struggle to close financing deals.
New sources of money
Making up for some of the financing shortfall, the EIB has increased its funding for renewable energy in recent years and plans to continue to up its lending to the sector. The EIB finances projects designed to enact EU policies and its shareholders are the same 27 member states which are now facing both binding renewable targets and more difficult financing conditions. According to the EIB's Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, the bank's renewables lending jumped from EUR 0.5 billion in 2006 to EUR 2.4 billion in 2008 and the lender plans to do a minimum of one-third more, or EUR 3.2 billion, this year. Wind projects accounted directly for about one-third of the EIB's renewables lending in 2008 and even more when loans for multiple sectors of renewable energy are included. Not that the wind sector's financing problems are instantly solved. "We cannot make up for the market," says the bank's Christopher Knowles. "There must also be equity and co-loaning."
Long term, low risk
Like the EIB, institutional investors and infrastructure funds have been increasingly keen on clean energy investments. The longer term prospects for them pumping more money into the sector are seen as particularly good. According to information provider New Energy Finance and Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors, which surveyed more than 100 institutional managers and owners, 75% of institutional investors say they are likely to invest more in clean energy investments by 2012. Institutional investors' view on the current credit crisis are not particularly glum: 23% of respondents are "more likely" or "much more likely" to invest in clean energy now, while 53% say they expect the current financial turmoil to have no impact on their investment decisions.
Infrastructure funds are looking for long-term, low-risk and low-return investments, although Philippe Raybaud of French law firm CGR Legal notes that the definition of what is a low return tends to be somewhat higher now than it was a year ago. Mortimer Menzel of investment bank Augusta says the internal rate of return (IRR) for private equity investors for onshore projects is now around 9-12%. This is up slightly from indications of just about 7-9% a year ago, but still significantly below the nearly 20% seen in 2002-2003. Menzel also points out that financial investors have raised their IRR expectations for "leveraged" deals -- those with a substantial proportion of debt to equity -- up to a minimum 14%.
In Europe, renewable energy investors such as Netherlands-based DIF, Germany's Allianz and Akuo Investment in Luxembourg, which is expected to get a large portion of its "deal flow" from captive French renewables developer and operator Akuo Energy, are among those whose infrastructure or renewable energy funds have targeted wind investments. Raybaud says the deal flow of infrastructure funds has not been significantly reduced by the credit crisis.
He notes that the valuation of wind farm projects has gone down and there are more projects coming to the market as developers increasingly run into financing difficulties. Infrastructure funds are not immune from the credit squeeze, however, as they tend to invest with a high rate of leveraging and, like other market players, are finding it more difficult to get bank financing quickly. A minority of funds, such as those run by Allianz, shun taking on a debt partner and put up 100% equity for full ownership.
One clear impact of the credit crisis on infrastructure funds, which aim to diversify risks both geographically and in terms of preferring to invest in projects using a broad range of turbine suppliers, is that they have become even more risk-averse. "No development risk is to be taken on by the infrastructure fund, no construction risk is to be taken by the fund and an important and more recent trend is that funds are even refusing to take on financing risks," says Raybaud. Since infrastructure funds will take only very limited risks, this also means they want the best projects available.
Project financing VITAL
The market for project finance, in which loans are secured against project revenues rather than against an equity player's capital holding, has tightened considerably. Re-opening this channel of financing is seen as vital to allow the industry to move forward to meet wind's 2020 objectives in Europe. Project finance deals are still happening in the wind sector, although under quite different conditions than were par for the course in 2007 and early 2008.
"Before, no risk was bad enough, now [people want] none at all," says Jérôme Guillet of Dexia, a European bank specialising in public and project financing. "It took us many years for us to get banks comfortable with merchant risk," adds Mike O'Neill of New York-based independent power producer Element Power, referring to wind facilities which sell their power directly into the wholesale electricity market. "Now the M-word can no longer be mentioned." Senior debt for development pipelines is also almost out of the question, says Augusta's Menzel.
It is not wind projects as an asset class that is the problem, notes Nikolai Ulrich of HSH Nordbank. "It [wind] would be healthy for project financing, but there is just not enough liquidity available. If I could get more funding at a reasonable price, I would lend more. There is still a fundamental uncertainty about the balance sheet quality of banks...it's not a wind problem at all."
More equity required
Bank lending now comes with more stringent financing conditions -- and not just for the wind business. To begin with, much more equity is required for projects. According to Menzel, about 25-30% equity is needed for even a very solid onshore project right now, up from 10-15% in 2007 and early 2008. Loan maturities have shortened, while interest rate spreads over the interbank Euribor and Libor rates have increased. The impact of the widening spreads, however, has been mitigated by the cut in European base lending rates. As a result, the overall cost of borrowing is actually fairly steady and in some cases may even be down slightly, says Menzel.
For the big project financings that are getting done, there is a predominance of club deals, in which several banks are lined up from the beginning to take their share of a loan. Previously, standard procedure had been that one or two banks would underwrite a loan and then syndicate it with a larger pool of lenders. "Quite simply, there is no syndication and banks are not doing underwriting," notes Guillet. While the lack of syndication is not a problem for small deals, larger projects may be downsized or delayed and bankers report this is happening.
At the same time, portfolio deals, in which several projects are bundled together to diversify risks and to bring down overall transaction costs, are also on hold. They were in vogue in the wind sector not that long ago, but are too large for banks to handle. They may also be overly complicated for a market that is clearly emphasising simplicity and worried that greater risk may actually be hidden within the details of package deals.
"We need to go away with boring deals that are easy to understand," says the EIB's Kollatz-Ahnen "We are very much asked if we really know what's in our projects and the more anonymous and bundled something is, the bigger a problem it is." While the EIB may be known for its conservative lending stance, its approach to wind financing is rapidly becoming a common one in the sector. "One of the lessons is that complexity is out," says Paul Dowling of Scottish & Southern Electricity renewables' subsidiary Airtricity. Like a string of other EWEC participants, he ruled out the concept of bond financing as a solution to the financing woes of the renewables sector. Not long ago it was an idea that had been gaining ground.
Quality counts
Paradoxically, for some companies and projects it may actually be easier to get project financing now. "Even if banks do have limited liquidity, when we have high quality projects and high quality regulations, we are seeing it is easier, or let's say cheaper, than before to do a project on a project finance basis," says Luis Adao da Fonseca of EDP Renovaveis, the renewable energy subsidiary of Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal. For now, however, EDP Renovaveis continues to finance most of its projects on balance sheet.
"Clearly, the small independent wind farm developer will have a more difficult time," says Tom Murley of renewables at UK investment company HGCapital. Independent power producers (IPP) in the wind sector will need solid track records of successful project development. "Banks want relationship-based lending and for mid-sized developers and IPPs it will be on a very case-by-case basis depending on what they've done in the past," says Murley.
Despite the generally choosy attitude of banks towards transactions, some project finance deals are nonetheless also in the offing for offshore wind projects and there is a degree of longer term optimism for financing projects off Europe's coasts. "Offshore wind is a huge opportunity," says James Donaldson of private investment bank Investec. "It's crucial to meeting EU renewable targets and a huge amount of capital is required. Most projects are likely to be financed on balance sheet by utilities over the next few years, but I wouldn't write off project financing for offshore. Some utilities' costs of corporate debt is approaching that of project finance."
Offshore too
As is the case for onshore, the quality of the sponsor is vital -- and counts more than ever when it comes to offshore, where everything from financing to construction and plant operation has a short track record. "High quality sponsors will get the better deals," says John Dunlop of HSH Nordbank. The ideal sponsor, he says, is one with a key client relationship with a turbine manufacturer, in-house technical expertise and a reputation for building the right kind of projects.
Those who know how to build the right kind of wind projects, on or offshore, may also be rewarded with higher valuations. While valuations for wind farm projects in general have declined, Da Fonseca of EDP Renovaveis says a more selective approach on the part of investors has helped to sustain valuations of the best wind projects on the market. "Most of the value in quality wind farms is still there. Before there was over-hype in value, but no distinction in the value of a project."
Menzel agrees. "Fully developed projects sold at turnkey are not getting that much less now," he says. "And [the developers] are actually getting more money because the price of turbines has come down." Wind asset valuations are holding up because there are few good, fully financed or operating projects on the market right now. History shows that these projects tend to receive significantly higher prices when they are also sold with their management team, he notes.
Generally speaking, however, Menzel says that the equity market for wind has moved from a sellers' market to a buyers' market. "There is still a significant amount of equity, but investors can afford to be very selective. Bank financing is available only to the best developers and projects." This has led to cash-strapped developers selling projects under development and a glut of non-financed development projects.
What is normal?
As the wind industry waits for liquidity to start flowing again, far from all industry players believe the market's pause is an entirely bad thing. A new emphasis on the quality and solidity of projects and an end to indiscriminate sky-high valuations could help form the basis for more sustainable growth. At EWEC 2009, conference participants debated when the market would return to "normal," but then asked whether the industry's pre-crisis period could actually be described as a "normal" business.
"I don't see the last three to five years as being normal at all," said Element Power's O'Neill, who was previously commercial director at the UK's Renewable Energy Systems. "It turned out to be a financial modelling exercise. Many developers made healthy profits in the short term, but that's not sustainable in the long term. The excesses of the past years are gone and I think that's a good thing. It's not in our interest for companies to go out of business." Menzel of Augusta agrees that the environment is a healthier one now. "The problem is, it's not tenable without liquidity," he adds.
The consensus at the financial discussion at EWEC 2009 is that liquidity will return, although just when that will happen is a matter of debate. Since banks are in the business of risk analysis and onshore wind farm risks are well understood by now, Dexia's Guillet expects that project financing for these projects will be one of the first segments of the market to rebound once liquidity becomes more readily available. He believes the market will restart with club deals, which have become the modus operandi for wind farm project deals under the credit crisis. As for the financing sector as a whole, O'Neill believes "there will be no normality this year and much of next until banks truly unwind their positions, but the capital is still there if you can find it and deliver on projects."


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During the first week of Lent, The Very Rev. Dr. John Behr, dean of St. Vladimir's, and Chancellor/CEO The Very Rev. Dr. Chad Hatfield, hosted a distinguished campus visitor, His Grace Bishop Suriel of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions. In a productive meeting, the three explored possible collaboration between their respective institutions in both hemispheres. SVOTS alumnus Fr. Athanasius Farag of St. Antonious and St. Mina Coptic Church in East Rutherford, NJ, also joined the meeting.
"We had great discussions about cooperation with His Grace's theological school in Australia, St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Theological College in Donvale, Victoria," explained Fr. John. "We also discussed our overarching vision for working together with the Coptic Church to help them further their goals in theological education."
"It was a very productive hour with His Grace Bishop Suriel," added Fr. Chad. "St. Vladimir's has long been recognized as the epicenter of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox dialogue, and our conversations this past week commit ourselves to renewing that essential work and witness."
Bishop Suriel is familiar with St. Vladimir's Seminary, since in his years of ministry in North America he studied towards a Masters degree on the Yonkers campus in the late 1990s. His Grace also served several times as a guest lecturer at the seminary's Eastern–Oriental Orthodox Symposium."It was indeed a great blessing to visit SVOTS again," His Grace reflected. "The meeting was truly fruitful and I pray that it strengthens our relationship further."
First–year Coptic student Mina Andrews noted Bishop Suriel's contribution to the Coptic Church. "He is a pioneer in the establishment of the first accredited Coptic Seminary in the diaspora. His Grace's vision has been very much influenced by the late Pope Shenouda III and His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, and his work is not only recognized in his diocese but in the church at large." An Australian who emigrated with his parents to Sydney as a preschooler, His Grace's enthronement as Bishop of Melbourne in December, 1999 enabled him to return to his roots to minister to the Australian Coptic community of his childhood.
Bavly Kost, another first–year Coptic student, also met with His Grace during his visit to St. Vladimir's. "Hosting Bishop Suriel last week was a great honor," he said. "The connection between the Coptic community and St. Vladimir's has been given life, and God willing, this collaboration will attract more Coptic students in the years to come."


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The D.C. area continues to recover in the wake of giant storm Sandy, as authorities in Maryland, Virginia and the District took a new look at how many deaths could be attributed to the storm.
That number might be as high as 11 in Maryland, emergency officials said Thursday. However, the medical examiner must make the final determinations in each of the cases, which could take several days. Some of the deaths may be found to have other, non storm-related causes.
Meanwhile, power outages in the region have been steadily declining and are down to fewer than two thousand -- a massive drop from 250,000 at mid-day Tuesday.
Northern Virginia was hit worst; about 1,600 customers there were still waiting for their power to be restored as of Thursday morning. "It's very hard to find things in the dark," said a resident of an Arlington high-rise, who has to walk six flights to her apartment.
Pepco customers have fared better; the power company released a statement Wednesday night that all their storm-related power outages had been restored.
Pepco says it has restored power to 130,000 customers since the storm hit Monday afternoon, and the vast majority had power by Tuesday evening.
Unlike the sharp criticism Pepco received in the wake of June 29's derecho storm, this time around the power company has received praise on its relatively quick ability to restore power.
Customers took to Twitter to praise the utility, often with a sense of irony.
"Power is still on. Thinking of those without. Thank you Pepco! #wordsneverbeforesaid," wrote local resident Daniel Serwer.
"Praise to Pepco .. lost power about 9:40pm it came back on about 3:30am," wrote another who identified herself on Twitter as Kicha. "I was expecting to be in the dark for days. Very happy pep fan."
Current outages are a fraction of the 1.5 million outages experienced during the fast-moving summer storm that caught the region off-guard. This time, Pepco and other utilities had time to mobilize before Sandy hit Sunday night.
Across the D.C. area, the storm knocked trees and large branches across roadways, into homes, onto cars and onto power lines.
An apartment building on Kenmore Avenue in Alexandria was condemned after its roof was torn open by strong winds.
Alexandria spokesman Tony Castrilli says about 20 people in a garden-style apartment building on Kenmore Avenue were evacuated when the roof was damaged by the wind. The building was condemned, and residents all found places to stay.
Many homes in Alexandria have tree damage. About 11,000 Alexandria residents are without power.
But Castrilli says the city's infrastructure and historic sites were in good condition after the storm.
"The winds were strong, but everything seems to be OK. We lost a big tree here, but we're OK," said a resident.
In Oxon Hill, Md., a single tree smashed nine cars. In Rock Creek Park, a tree fell onto a park stable while it was occupied by a park officer and four horses; all were rescued safely.
The "A" from USA Today's sign at headquarters in McLean, Va., was knocked down by Sandy Monday afternoon. It fell to the lawn, but no one was injured, a spokeswoman said.
The storm stretched across the D.C. area and well into communities north, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 175 miles.
As Sandy moved away, high water filled low-lying streets from Maryland to Northern Virginia, including in Old Town Alexandria, where several streets were shut down as the Potomac swelled over its banks Tuesday.
On Wednesday night, though, trick-or-treaters were out in full force there -- with hardly a puddle in sight. The streets were blocked off not for floodwaters, but for families to celebrate safely.
Between 4 and 7 inches of rain fell in the D.C. area during the storm. In Leesburg,Va., Goose Creek was almost 10 feet above flood stage Tuesday. Frederick, Md.'s Monocacy River was about six feet over, and Opequon Creek near Martinsburg, W.V., was nearly five feet over.
On Tuesday, a kayaker had to be rescued from Seneca Creek in Darnestown, Md. when the storm-tossed rapids became too strong.
Flood waters peaked Wednesday and have receded since then.
It could have been worse. Due to the direction Sandy was moving, winds were blowing the Potomac's water out to the Chesapeake Bay. The opposite happened during 2003's Hurricane Isabel, resulting in much more severe flooding.
"It really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be," one resident told News4.
And a long-time resident of Alexandria said she's seen much more extreme flooding. "I've seen some pretty bad things," she said. "Lots of canoes going up and down Union Street, that kind of thing."
D.C.'s damage was mild compared to the devestation along the Jersey Shore, in New York City and on Long Island.
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in New York City and Long Island, NBC4 New York reported, and authorities in New York say it may take weeks to repair the damage.
Many parts of the city have seen intense flooding -- some at record levels, including the Battery area. Water flooded two major commuter tunnels, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said at least five people have died in New York state because of the storm, the Associated Press reported.
Both President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney canceled rallies scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday due to the storm.
Obama toured the storm-damaged parts of New Jersey with Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Wednesday.
The Jersey Shore was devastated, with widespread damage in Atlantic City and Asbury Park.
Parts of Ocean City in Maryland and Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach in Delaware -- three of the region's most popular coastal destinations -- were under water by Monday afternoon. Officials were predicting that Sandy would cause damage equal to or greater than two of the worst tropical storms in the region's history: Gloria in 1985 and Agnes in 1972.
Authorities implored residents to stay off the roads while imposing evacuation orders that affected thousands of residents in low-lying coastal communities, primarily in Delaware.
On Monday, wind-driven high tides swamped streets in Lewes east of the Lewes-Rehoboth canal, and police blocked a bridge over the canal. The wind and water toppled light poles near the Lightship Overfalls, a National Historic Landmark.
Farther south in Dewey Beach, water from Rehoboth Bay innundated streets on the west side of Route 1, the major coastal highway, and crept onto the highway itself. Authorities blocked off Route 1 at the southern edge of town because of dune breaches farther south near the Indian River Inlet bridge, which also was closed.
The stormy Atlantic Ocean covered the beach in Ocean City, where a pier was battered and badly damaged. Mayor Rick Meehan said there was significant flooding in a downtown area where officials had ordered a mandatory evacuation. About 200 people were staying in the evacuated area.
The high water and extent of the flooding surprised some. Ron Croker, the owner of Waterways Marina, was out in the rain Monday afternoon moving jet skis from a parking lot on Coastal Highway. Croker said he was surprised how high the water rose.
"It's never been this high," Croker said of the water. "Pretty amazing."
On Chincoteague Island, with no shelters and no way to leave, emergency officials ordered a curfew at noon Monday as Sandy worsened, flooding streets and prompting several rescues.
The Virginia Department of Transportation reopened the causeway Monday night as waters receded from the road but said it would continue to monitor water levels.
Farther down the Virginia coast, there was tidal flooding in much of Hampton Roads, but the low-lying region had yet to receive the wallop expected from Sandy. Water was knee-high on some Norfolk streets and portions of major interstates, bridges and tunnels were impassible at times. There appeared to be little wind damage.
Assateague Island, famed for the wild ponies that roam the dunes and scrub pine, also attracts tourists and birdwatchers -- but Monday, few visitors had remained on the island.
Thomas Jones was among them. He was on business at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, located up the causeway heading to the mainland. A resident of Fulton, N.Y., he said the storm didn't measure up to what he has battled at home most winters.
"I live in the Snow Belt, so I've seen 48 inches of snow fall in a day," he said. "I've seen worse, but at least you can get out."
Sandy was a rare storm that started tropical and ended with blizzard warnings. Six inches of snow was reported in western Maryland, as well as coatings in southwestern Virginia and feet of snow in the mountains of West Virginia.
Modified Amtrak service south from New York City was scheduled to resume Thursday night, half a day earlier than planned.
However, Amtrak cautions riders that services to and from New York are subject to delays while repairs continue.
Workers were "continuing to remove water from tunnels in order to make repairs to track, signal and power systems under the Hudson and East rivers and to restore service to and from Penn Station in New York City," Amtrak's website said Thursday morning.
Plans to resume Northeast Regional service between New York and Boston, as well as modified Acela Express service, will be announced "later," Amtrak said.
Limited service on south of New York City had resumed Wednesday, and service from Boston to New Haven, Conn., resumed early Thursday.
Metrorail and Metrobus opened 2 p.m. Tuesday on a limited schedule, and resumed regular service Wednesday. Capital Bikeshare also resumed service.
D.C. and federal government offices reopened Wednesday, as did most schools.
Although Arlington National Cemetery was closed to tourists during the storm, the Army's Third U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard, continued to stand guard over the Tomb of the Unknowns. Soldiers in combat uniforms were guarding the tomb from a small enclosure covered by a green awning about 20 feet away, said Maj. John Miller, a regiment spokesman.
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