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The rain had finally stopped and the sun was showing its face for the first time all day. Adam and I packed up our computers and walked to our van in the parking lot of the Jackson Whole Grocer, where we had been using Wi-Fi all day. As we hopped in the van and were about to turn the key in the ignition, there was a knock on the window. A young girl, probably about the same age as Adam and I, wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and a trucker hat stood outside. Adam opened the driver's side door.
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Identifier: IWA0156
Abstract Organic farmer and political activist who served as president of National Family Farm Coalition.
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During World War II, Chrysler gained the trust of the United States military by providing the full ingenuity of its engineers without any hint of profiteering. The company's expertise in electronics and disciplined R&D, along with its CEO's patriotism, brought it the most difficult contracts and assignments, which the company handled exceedingly well, bringing Chrysler to the forefront of NASA's moon shots.
To support their aerospace and military work, Chrysler built a large electronics plant close to the Redstone Arsenal, for which the Redstone rockets were named. Far from Chrysler's Highland Park headquarters, the Huntsville Electronics Division plant started up in 1952 as a technical service facility for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
On January 11, 1953, shortly after the plant opened, Chrysler was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to develop a secret Army guided missile. It was assembled in the Navy-owned Chrysler Jet Engine plant near Detroit, but the research and development was centered in the Huntsville Electronics facility.
Chrysler continued to work on rocketry and missiles for the Defense Department and, once it was created, for NASA, America's space agency (the Marshall Space Center opened in the same city in 1960).
Jim Clifford was Engineering Manager at Huntsville during the mid 1960s; John Call had that position in the 1970s, and John Webster held that job in the 1980s.
In 1962, Chrysler engineers at Huntsville Industrial Complex delivered an Apollo Telemetry Checkout Console to NASA, Houston just 56 days after the fixed price contract award.
In 1965, Chrysler Huntsville delivered a Telemetry Checkout System to Grumman Aircraft for use in testing the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM). In the same year,
the plant was part of a corporation-wide expansion program, and was expanded by 176,000 square feet (to 800,000 square feet) to do more electronics manufacturing.
The Apollo Saturn 1B boosters were built at the Chrysler-operated Michoud Plant near New Orleans. Engineering teams at Huntsville led by Arleigh Trahern and later by Art Douyard supported the Apollo program in several ways.
Frank Henley's team initially supported the NASA Saturn Systems Breadboard facility and later formed a Military Systems business element, which would become the PEI plant at Huntsville. Douyard's team continued to provide telemetry systems support to the Apollo program and, begining in 1968, grew into the automotive electronic product development team.
The white cylindrical section, which carries the telemetry equipment (much of which was built by Chrysler Huntsville), rode just atop the Saturn 1B booster.
For details, see this NASA PDF file.
In 1969, Huntsville was producing 105mm shells and preparing for the production of TOW anti-tank missiles; between 1968 and 1970, the plant made over 6,000 TOW missiles for the Army. In 1970, Chrysler entered a joint development program for the Abrams tank (MBT-70), which was the basis for Germany's Leopard Tank Program. In 1976, the prototype (XM-1) was chosen by the Army; and Huntsville designed and produced electronic assemblies and test equipment until the military division was sold to General Dynamics.
As the 1960s and Saturn rocket development came to an end, space operations at the Huntsville plant slowed, and Chrysler started to find other uses for their skilled engineers and advanced facilities. Under Arthur Douyard, the plant manager "in those early days as Huntsville was rejuvenating itself after losing the Saturn contract," Doyard played a lead role in the transition to other fields, according to John Webster. "Art taught me MBWA ('Management By Walking Around,' popularized in In Search of Excellence). He was well known out on the factory floor where he got a daily first-hand feel for production efficiency."
In 1971, Huntsville created a CCTV system that worked in both day and night for Defense, and a system for dealing with human waste, using a reusable flushing fluid; meant for sea vessels, this was also installed at Mount Rushmore's visitor center. They also moved forward rapidly in automotive electronics, including emissions analyzers and radios.
In 1977, a second, 225,000 square foot plant was built on Wynn Drive to support the growing need for automotive electronics.
When it came time for the next generation of space vehicles, Chrysler was left out. Historian Dennis Jenkins wrote that Chrysler, working with Rocketdyne, had a "truly unique vehicle that was so far outside what NASA wanted, they were marginalized before they started." Still, NASA funded Chrysler through the end of 1971 to study and develop their proposal, at the cost of around one million dollars. Jenkins wrote,
Chrysler was in an unusual position in their contract with NASA Marshall in that they were essentially a level-of-effort contractor that simply did what the government told them (for instance, they did little development on the Saturn I/IB stages they built, but rather provided the manufacturing know-how and labor to build a government design — this was different than Boeing and North American that designed the stages they built). I suspect they negotiated a 10-11% profit (perhaps as much as 13%) on every dollar they spent (which was fairly typical for NASA; unlike DoD, which tends to be 3-4%).
Chrysler was in an unusual position in their contract with NASA Marshall in that they were essentially a level-of-effort contractor that simply did what the government told them (for instance, they did little development on the Saturn I/IB stages they built, but rather provided the manufacturing know-how and labor to build a government design — this was different than Boeing and North American that designed the stages they built). I suspect they negotiated a 10-11% profit (perhaps as much as 13%) on every dollar they spent (which was fairly typical for NASA; unlike DoD, which tends to be 3-4%).
Chrysler estimated that 445 total launches in ten years would cost around $1.3 billion (in constant 1970 dollars), with a cost per flight of $3 million. The accuracy of those estimates will never be known.
In 1983, Chrysler sold Chrysler Defense, Inc. to General Dynamics, for $239 million, partly to counteract a similarly-sized writedown in its Peugeot investment and create a profit for the year. In 1981, Chrysler had lost $476 million — despite $80 million in profit from the military unit.
The remainder of the military operations at Huntsville were renamed Military/Public Electronic Systems; in October 1983, the division built a "revolutionary" rail traffic control system for 110 miles of the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak's busiest route. It was the first computerized railroad operation in North America to provide traffic and electric power control from the same equipment.
In 1986, Chrysler announced that it would expand its Huntsville complex, creating the $65 million Chrysler Electronics City at 100 Electronics Boulevard to build electronic parts for automotive, commercial, and military uses. The company noted that automotive use of electronics was "practically nothing" in 1970, but $350 per car in 1986.
In 1988, the Military/Public Electronic Systems division was renamed to Pentastar Electronics, Inc (PEI). PEI began to set up systems for testing Chrysler's cars and military systems alike, calling the product the Direct Electrical System Test Set (DSESTS). According to the PEI web site, as of 2012, this system is still the primary test and diagnostic system for Abrams and Bradley tranks, and the Marines' LAV.
In the late 1990s, PEI created the Sidecar embedded diagnostic system which is used in the Abrams tank; it put full diagnostics directly into the tank itself. PEI also worked with Chrysler on development of the fully electric minivans.
Chrysler sold defense electronics unit Electrospace Systems, Inc., and its airborne systems unit Chrysler Technologies Airborne to Raytheon in June 1996. During the 1990s, according to DRS-TEM Technologies' web site, "PEI was instrumental in helping the Army develop advanced capabilities in producing and transporting high performance energy management systems into the battlefield utilizing hybrid electric sources. This work is revolutionizing this field of Energy Management and supports the development and fielding of Directed Energy Weapon and Protection Systems that makes our forces more effective and is helping in transitioning our forces to a lighter, more lethal, and more mobile Army."
Retired Huntsville Chief Engineer John L. Webster contributed a great deal to this page. He wrote, "I transfered to Huntsville from Detroit in 1957 on a temporary assignment to work for Bill Gudaitis at Chrysler's Guidance and Control Service Center supporting the Redstone Missile program. I ended up spending 30 of my 31 years with Chrysler at Huntsville. "My first assignment was managing the Systems Analysis and Data Reduction group. I was lucky enought to participate in the first American satellite project. The Explorer satellite was launched atop a Jupiter-C missile on January 31st, 1958. My crew and I stayed up all night doing the flight data reduction and delivered the analysis to ABMA the next morning. ... I took early retirement in December 1987."
On January 10, 1997, the "historic military segment" of Chrysler in Huntsville was purchased by a group of private investors backing company managers; they named the new company PEI Electronics, Inc and kept its two buildings at 110 Wynn Drive, with 220,000 square feet of floor space. It had around 350 employees at the time; 1995 sales had been around $50 million, and encompassed all that remained of Chrysler's once impressive aerospace and military businesses. Chrysler had tried to sell Pentastar Electronics in 1990, but could not get a good enough price to make it worthwhile.
The new company was almost immediately turned over; in October, 1998 it was acquired by Veritas Capital. Then, almost exactly five years later, the company was sold to Finmeccanica. PEI continues to build military diagnostic equipment and other leading-edge technologies as "DRS Test and Energy Management," still operating from Wynn Drive.
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If you are a member of Gambler First Nation who came in under Bill C-3 three additional pieces of paperwork are needed beyond just this application form. If you are a member of Gambler First Nation but did not gain your treaty status after and because of Bill C-3, then the additional paperwork is not necessary but we would appreciate a scan or Xerox of your long form birth certificate along with your application form, just to help us confirm your eligibility faster.
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Jerusalem — Three years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that he had "no intention of building new settlements," contractors paid by Israel's government have constructed a brand-new, exclusively Jewish neighborhood in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
As in the past, the government is portraying it as simply the expansion of an existing settlement. But in this case, the new construction didn't come about as a result of settler lobbying. Quite the opposite: It resulted from a legal case brought by the left-wing activist group Peace Now against the government's support for the unauthorized West Bank settlement of Migron.
Having lost that case and being forced under court order to dismantle Migron, the government has erected prefabricated homes on a previously clear site a little more than a mile down the hill that Migron topped. These are to house the 50 families of Migron, who at press time were hoping to move in within days. The cost to Israeli taxpayers will be $6 million.
After many delays and deferred court orders, the government evacuated the Migron settlers, whose outpost was built on privately owned Palestinian land, on September 2. The evacuation took place some six years after Peace Now first petitioned the Supreme Court, demanding this action.
The permits for the new neighborhood are temporary, but the settlement movement is expert at turning temporary into permanent, and its leaders are already saying that they will never leave the new site, known as Winery Hill.
"For us, we've rolled down the hill and we're just calling it Migron," evacuee Aviela Deitch said.
The government can say what it wants to the international community about expanding old settlements; as far as the settlers are concerned, they have scored a new settlement. Their ties with Kochav Ya'akov, the settlement in which their new site theoretically lies, are non-existent, and even their updated identity cards doesn't list them as living there — it lists them as belonging to another nearby settlement, Psagot.
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Jewish settlers first arrived in Hebron in 1968, occupied an Arab hotel and left on only the promise of a nearby settlement. Within a decade they had the compensatory settlement, Kiryat Arba, and had returned to Hebron, where they established a permanent presence.
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Branscombe residents have seen it all over the years: smugglers, ghosts and one of the most extraordinary shipwrecks the world has ever seen. Chrissy Harris meets a woman helping to preserve the history of this fascinating village…
Barbara Farquharson remembers exactly what she was doing the day the storm damaged MSC Napoli was run aground on Branscombe beach.
"We were coming back from London when we got this phone call telling us what had happened," she says, recalling the moment in January 2007 when she heard a stricken cargo ship loaded with 2,300 containers and 3,800 tonnes of fuel was forced to come ashore near her home village on Devon's world famous Jurassic Coast.
"We thought someone was having us on. We just couldn't believe it. But really, that was just the start of it all," says Barbara.
What happened over the next few weeks and months was incredible: hundreds of people from all over the UK descended on Branscombe to scavenge what they could from the stricken ship's cargo that had washed up on the shore.
Images of these modern day 'wreckers' hauling boxes of shampoo, wine barrels and even BMW motorbikes still in their packing crates along the beach were beamed all over the world. Branscombe's narrow roads and lanes quickly became completely gridlocked as booty-hunters, media teams and sightseers crammed in to get a look at the sinking ship.
In the background was the constant threat of a pollution catastrophe as maritime experts worked tirelessly to prevent a major oil spill from the wreckage.
"It was an extraordinary time," says Barbara, who is chair of the Branscombe Project, a local history organisation she helped to set up more than 20 years ago to record and document every aspect of village life.
"I was really interested in getting everyone's opinions and I wanted to see how people's feelings changed as it all unfolded," she adds, explaining how she has spent hours recording accounts of those remarkable events here 11 years ago.
"There were really two views here at the time: those who thought it was good because it brought a bit of life to the village and others who thought it was the worst thing ever."
Despite this divide, the MSC Napoli shipwreck had brought Branscombe to the attention of the world and is now a vital part of village history.
Barbara and others from the Branscombe Project have put together a DVD, slideshows and image galleries of the wreck and even organised an exhibition last year, which included two of the 'salvaged' BMW motorbikes.
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As well as the notorious shipwreck, the Branscombe Project has delved into the village's ghostly goings on and explored everything from lace-making, disappeared houses, smugglers and family legends.
Through talks, exhibitions and a comprehensive website, local people have been lucky enough to see their past brought to life. There aren't many history groups as hard working as this one.
"I enjoy doing it," says Barbara, a retired archaeologist and anthropologist.
"I just think Branscombe is the most beautiful place in the world. I love the sense of history here – it has such an incredible past. Every square inch of the place has some depth to it."
As if to prove it, Barbara helped to set up a wonderful 'interactive map', where villagers have been able to mark their favourite places and explain their significance.
Clifftops where couples got engaged, top blackberry picking spots, childhood homes and commemorative benches all get a mention in the map, which involved 223 villagers, past and present.
"It's been so popular," says Barbara. "As an anthropologist, it's been a beautiful and fascinating thing to do."
Barbara says the map, along with all the other work the project does helps villagers connect with where they live.
"It's been lovely doing it because you get to know people and I'm always learning something new," she says.
Researching the history of the village pubs is next on the agenda, as well as a possible tree survey and other environmental studies.
With any luck, there won't be any more globally significant shipwrecks to disturb the peace and quiet of this picturesque village, but you never know.
"You just can't tell what's going to be coming next," says Barbara. "It helps to keep us all lively!"
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustrated U.S. lawmakers called on Tuesday for a high-powered response to North Korea's nuclear tests, saying Washington should act alone if necessary to stiffen sanctions on companies from China, Russia and any country doing business with Pyongyang.
"I believe the response from the United States and our allies should be supercharged," said Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.
"We need to use every ounce of leverage ... to put maximum pressure on this rogue regime," the Republican congressman told a hearing on North Korea. "Time is running out."
The U.N. Security Council stepped up sanctions on Monday following Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test on Sept. 3, imposing a ban on textile exports and capping oil imports.
It was the ninth sanctions resolution unanimously adopted by the council since 2006 over North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programs. To win Chinese and Russian support, Washington dropped demands including a bid for an oil embargo.
At the hearing, U.S. officials released American intelligence findings on how North Korea smuggles coal and commodities to Russia and China.
Assistant Treasury Secretary Marshall Billingslea displayed slides showing ships he said picked up coal and other commodities in North Korea, illegally turning off their electronic identification systems to hide the fact that they were carrying cargo to China and Russia.
"Pyongyang falsifies the identity of vessels to make it harder for governments to determine if ships docking in their ports are linked to North Korea," Billingslea said.
An Aug. 5 U.N. resolution banned North Korean exports of coal.
Russia and China both say they respect U.N. sanctions.
Committee members expressed frustration that previous sanctions had not deterred Pyongyang.
"We've been played by the Kims for years," Republican Representative Ted Poe said, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his predecessors.
Lawmakers pressed Billingslea, and Acting Assistant Secretary of State Susan Thornton for evidence new sanctions would be more effective.
They acknowledged there had not been sufficient evidence that past sanctions had worked, but insisted the administration would work for a better result this time.
"We can designate Chinese banks and companies unilaterally, giving them a choice between doing business with North Korea or the United States," said Royce, who had breakfast on Tuesday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
"We should go after banks and companies in other countries that do business with North Korea the same way," he said.
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A season premiere more anticipated than the inaugural episodes of Game of Thrones Season 6 and Orange is the New Black Season 4, the first instalment of The B1M and Su Butcher's #SocialBIM Season 2 has a release date.
We broke the news regarding the return of the series, and when filming of the upcoming shows was scheduled to take place, and we are delighted to announce that Season 2 kicks off tomorrow (August 19th, 2015) at 12pm.
All four episodes of the forthcoming collection are already in the can, and will be released back-to-back. The B1M tweeted about the concluding of filming, stating:
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What can we expect from the quartet of visual content? The first episode will look at Collaborative Working for BIM, with the rest of the episodes titled Conversations: People Will Talk, Mistakes: People Will Find Us Out and Sharing: People Will Use Our Stuff. We're excited just thinking about it!
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A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila
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Premiere: 2007 - 2007
Network: MTV
Sessons: 3
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Are you ready for the ultimate battle of the sexes? Well, you better be 'cause there's about to be an all-out war over cyber hottie Tila Tequila! Although Tila has racked up more than 2 million MySpace friends, she still hasn't found "the one," and she's ready to do anything to find him -- or her! This self-proclaimed "bisexual freak" has had her heart broken by men and women, and she's tired of being alone. With our help, she's inviting 16 luscious lesbians and 16 sexy straight guys over to her place for A Shot of Love With Tila Tequila. Yes, it's time for Tila to unfurl her freak flag and find true love. At first, the guys and girls won't know about each other. But once Tila narrows the field down to a few of her favorites, she's going to tell them all that she's bi. And when the two sides learn they have to vie for her affection, all hell breaks loose. There'll be hair pulling, sucker punching, ball-busting and, er, even some butt waxing. Oh, and let's not forget threesomes. There's bound to be at least a few of those. But all is fair in love and war, right? Even though Madonna has milked it, Angelina Jolie embraced it and TV shows like The O.C. and One Tree Hill have flirted with it, bisexuality is still the stuff of winks and nudges. But with A Shot at Love, Tila Tequila hopes to thrust the taboo into the spotlight and prove that flaunting your sexuality can be -- and should be -- fun. While Tila is dead serious about finding someone to get serious with, she's just not sure if she wants a relationship with a man or a woman. Who will win her heart? Going where no dating show has gone before, A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila pits men against women in a number of romantic challenges, all in an effort to win Tila's attention and affection. But just because Tila can't decide which sex suits her best doesn't mean the girl doesn't know what she wants. In fact, she knows exactly what she's looking for in a partner, and she'll keep kicking out potential suitors one by one until she finds Mr. or Ms. Right. May the best sex win! From girl fights to boy brawls to mad make out sessions, all the best action always follows Tila Tequila. So, bust out the limes, tilt your head back and get ready for A Shot at Love.
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The Danish movie "Land of Mine," which recently competed for a foreign-language Oscar, is the kind of film that becomes an instant classic: in this case, a World War II drama that manages to evoke the scope and solemn emotion of the best of that genre while relating an untold story with bold vision and assurance.
The action takes place at the end of the war, when German prisoners — most of them teenagers conscripted in desperation by Adolf Hitler — were sent to the Danish coast to clear the more than 2 million land mines that had been planted there. Against a backdrop of stunning windswept natural beauty, the fictional characters in "Land of Mine" re-create the meticulous, often deadly work of locating and defusing the buried bombs, which lie in wait with fatal certainty. Recalling the excruciatingly tense action of "The Hurt Locker," this thriller-cum-morality tale does a superb job of ratcheting up a taut sense of dread and anticipation. Even more effectively, writer-director Martin Zandvliet introduces a welcome moral argument, as the spiritual costs of postwar hatred and retribution take on grimly personal proportions.
The ethical dilemma of sending boys to do men's work, to rectify a debt they incurred mostly as cannon fodder, is personified by the Danish military man who trains and oversees them, a hard-bitten sergeant named Rasmussen (Roland Moller). As "Land of Mine" opens, the POWs are subjected to verbal and physical abuse by Danish civilians finally venting their hatred for their longtime enemies. Rasmussen shares their contempt, but as the movie proceeds, he begins to see the futility and cruelty of an endeavor that assumes the contours of revenge at its most brutal, rather than rough justice.
The story of "Land of Mine" is a fascinating and largely unknown one, but what makes the movie special is Zandvliet's command of space and visual language. Photographed by the director's wife, Camilla Hjelm Knudsen, it's a canvas of stark, high-contrast images of bodies against the white swath of Danish beach, the de-saturated palette and wide frame suggesting both inexorability and a sense of almost irrational dislocation: How can such a monstrous, misguided enterprise be transpiring in a place of such awesome, serene beauty?
As Rasmussen processes his own sense of professional and personal trauma, "Land of Mine" embraces similarly vast questions, none more vexing than the enduring prison of man's inhumanity to man. Both grimly naturalistic and infused with classical values at their most thoughtfully composed, "Land of Mine" is epic but deeply intimate; elegant but tough. Just when viewers might think they don't make war pictures the way they used to, Zandvliet has come along and done it — even as he pushes the form forward with intellectual rigor, unerring clarity and stylistic panache.
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Proof that you're missing out
Social proof is one of the most powerful psychological heuristics, it links the persuasiveness of a behavior or idea with how other people respond to it. Your brain reduces the perception of risk associated with an idea, or activity, when you see other people engaging in it. That's why we're all drawn to movies with high IMDb scores, best-selling books, and crowded restaurants.
Marketers use social proof as a tactic to ease the mind of reticent customers and consequently increase conversions. One example might be showing visitors how many others have viewed, or purchased, a particular product, another example might be what the hot product trends of the moment are. Both these, and similar approaches, have proven to be powerful in driving conversions for many businesses.
Social proof creates FOMO (a fear of missing out). It can give shoppers the confidence to make a decision, particularly when buying gifts for someone else in the run up to Christmas. Fashion retailer, Stuart Weitzman used this concept by tracking their most popular products and updating them regularly on a 'hot list' on their homepage. Visitors received the social reassurance from fellow shoppers, and converted.
Multi-channel retailer Express Gifts, has seen £1m in annualized revenue from implementing social proof across their sites ace.co.uk and studio.co.uk.
By grouping customers into valuable segments, they served personalized messaging throughout the complex visitor journey, significantly increasing new customer acquisition.
Companies who are really getting this right are those using historical customer data to create customer cohorts, and then building specific social proof experiences to influence that group. Blanket social proof across a website can be done, however, the most compelling results are when businesses segment their customers before deploying an experience. Not only does this increase conversion rates, but it also gets organizations closer to the one-to-one customer experience many are striving for.


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Controversial billionaire property developer Donald Trump faces a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority over a 'sick' advert.
If successful, the action would result in a second reprimand for Mr Trump in relation to his activities in Scotland.
The tycoon placed full page adverts in two leading Scottish newspapers on Friday 14 Decemeber, the Courier and the Press and Journal, both owned by DC Thomson.
The adverts feature a photograph of Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and a Californian wind farm, and state that "tourism will suffer" as well as linking this claim to the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.
Complaints about an earlier advert were upheld, with Trump and anti-wind group CATS warned by the ASA "not to exaggerate the number of turbines likely to be installed or the possible consequences of the Scottish Government's plans to use wind turbines."
Patrick Harvie MSP and co-convener of the Scottish Greens, who are making the latest complaint, said: "Trump has sunk to a new low. Linking renewables policy to Lockerbie victims is sick. Not only did he have no shred of evidence that tourism would suffer when we quizzed him during the parliament's inquiry into renewables, he has already been censured by the authorities for placing similar anti-renewables adverts."
He continued: "Trump's organisation has already trashed a unique environment on the coast of Aberdeenshire and trampled on the rights of local people. Now he appears to be determined to buy up chunks of the Scottish press. It's vital that Scotland doesn't allow a bully to think he can flash his cash and get his own way."
"The Advertising Standards Authority is clear that advertising must be responsible, and must not mislead or offend. If DC Thomson has any sense it'll tell him to take his irresponsible, misleading and offensive business elsewhere," said Mr Harvie.


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Boston venture capital firm Third Rock Ventures announced the launch of a genomic search engine company in strategic partnership with Sanofi SA, the French drug maker that recently bought Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge for $20.1 billion.
The new company --- Warp Drive Bio --- will have $125 million in initial financing; Greylock Partners, a VC firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Cambridge, is also participating alongside Third Rock Ventures and Sanofi in financing the company, Third Rock Ventures said.
Alexis Borisy, partner at Third Rock Ventures, is the interim chief executive officer of Warp Drive Bio.
In a press release, Third Rock described the new company's goals.
"Warp Drive Bio is leading the reemergence of natural products in the era of genomics to create breakthrough therapies targeting critical biological pathways, particularly those that are currently considered 'undruggable,'" the release said. "Built upon the belief that nature is the world's most powerful medicinal chemist, Warp Drive Bio is deploying a battery of state-of-the-art technologies to access powerful drugs that are now hidden within microbes. Key to the Warp Drive Bio approach is the company's proprietary 'genomic search engine' that enables hidden natural products to be revealed on the basis of their distinctive genomic signature."
Warp Drive Bio's founders include Gregory Verdine of Third Rock Ventures and a professor of chemistry at Harvard University; genomics expert George Church, a Harvard Medical School professor of genetics; and James Wells, a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California-San Francisco.
The plan is to seek to develop new products using Warp Drive Bio's proprietary genomic technology and Sanofi's natural products expertise.
One possibility for Warp Drive Bio is a future acquisition by Sanofi if certain milestones are achieved, Third Rock Ventures said.
Initially, Warp Drive Bio is a fully independent company, which gives its the ability to secure additional future partnerships, Third Rock Ventures said.
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The Four Basics Needs
Plato said that Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." But in Greek. This is a friend of mine from college's favorite quote, and I think about it fairly regularly. I've become more convinced of it the older I've gotten (my friend must have been wise beyond his years). And I hope that if you're a regular reader, on some level you also agree with the sentiment. Introspection is key to success and happiness.
It sounds so simple, but when we really bring this idea into practice, it can get a bit hairy. Okay, so we're supposed to examine our lives. Cool. So I guess I'll just sit down and… think? Maybe. But, think about what? My life? Okay, that's a lot. Maybe too much.
So how can we think about life in a practical way? What works, and what allows us to understand things in a way that will also allow us to improve them? There are all sorts of great ways to categorize life in this way, including the Life Pie (basically, you rate yourself on six different categories and see how that changes over time. These change depending on who makes the chart, but they are basically: Work, Friends, Love, Health, Spirituality, and Adventure) and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
The four basic needs are even simpler, and focus on our emotions. They were described by Dr. William Glasser, and this is also referred to as "Choice Theory." These needs are the ones that are beyond our basic survival: they are our most fundamental emotional needs, and a lack of any will disrupt our whole life.
Of course, as with any psychological theory, there are criticisms and whatnot, but for all practical purposes this description is great. Way easier to think about than Maslow. I've used it on wilderness trips with youth, and it provides a wonderful platform for learning to talk about and understand our own emotions. In my own life, it has helped me clarify what I'm missing or needing at a certain time.
Love and Belonging
The biggest, most fundamental need we have is for love and belonging. This can include familial love, romantic love, friendships, being part of a community, the whole shebang. Humans are social creatures, and no matter how introverted we may be, we still need relationships in order to feel complete and healthy (okay, maybe excluding a few reclusive monks/hermits/gurus). Whenever we're feeling bad, this is a great first place to look to see if there's something we're missing.
Am I feeling excluded? Am I feeling lonely, or separated from my people/group/family? Have I been isolated by working too much, by skipping social engagements, by being in bed sick, or anything else?
The importance of this basic need is the reason social media is so popular. Facebook, Twitter, etc, all give us a sense of being connected to each other even when, I would argue, most of those connections are superficial and don't satisfy the true need for love and belonging.
When love and belonging are lacking, we need to make a special point to get out in the world and connect with the people who mean the most to us. This can be hard, as loneliness can create a vicious cycle of not wanting to see people and feeling more isolated.
Power and Self-Control
Power and self-control refers to having agency in one's life, and being able in some way to direct its flow. It is connected to freedom (which is next), but it is about being empowered to make big decision happen. For most people, having power and self-control correlates to some kind of stability, perhaps through being able to support one's self financially.
When we become disempowered, we begin to lose faith in ourselves and the systems around us. Our self-worth may be connected to our power and self-control, as society has taught us that having a good paycheck is a sign that we're good people. This may not be true, but it can certainly feel that way.
We can also become empowered through education, and by feeling validated in the endeavors we take on in life. Much of the intention of this blog is to help us all become more empowered in our lives, and take control over the negative influences that are all around us.
In some ways, freedom can be a manifestation of empowerment, but it does deserve its own category. Someone with a high-paying job who has to work 80 hours a week may be empowered, but lack freedom. Someone who is unemployed may have the freedom to go take off on adventures every week, but lack the power (financially or emotionally) to actually go out and do it.
Freedom is about being able to explore the world and our dreams. This doesn't necessarily mean we have to go travel abroad every year. It is about being in a place that nurtures our growth, and that allows us to have choices about which direction our lives go.
If we're lacking freedom, we may lash out at the people or systems we feel are limiting us. Often our perception of what is limiting us is not what is truly responsible. For instance, we may build up resentment toward a partner about something that could be resolved by talking about what our needs are and how they are not being met. Better to express the need for an evening with friends once a week than to feel stifled for years without mentioning it.
This is the best one. What's the point of life without a little fun now and then? Even with all our other needs are met, if we don't have some fun once in a while life will seem dry and monotonous. This can take whatever form we like, but it's important to have enjoyable experiences. Even better if they help create a sense of love and belonging, or take advantage of some freedoms we have.
With an understanding of these four basic needs, we can begin to examine our lives in a useful way. "What is lacking?" "What is strong?" "What can I do to make things better?" By framing these questions around our needs, we can create concrete plans for improving our lives and taking the next step in our own personal development.
Low on love and belonging? We can call up some friends. Lacking power and self-control? It might be a good time to take a look at our job or living routine. Missing freedom? We can create small acts of spontaneity even in a busy schedule. Not having any fun? Let's go play some games, pick up an old hobby, or try out a new activity. It's a great way to frame the question, and leaves out the philosophical angst of trying to figure out how to live an examined life.


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The premier Medical Sensors Design Conference in Boston is shaping up into a formidable event. It is quite apparent that anyone involved with sensor applications will benefit greatly by attending. That's because medical applications draw upon sensors of every type, from the most common such as temperature, pressure, and motion sensors to esoteric devices that will drive networking, machine learning, automation, and the plethora of emerging IoT apps.
Similar to Sensors Expo West and Mid-West, there will be speakers from various medical sectors providing expert insight to the most vital and critical sensor applications related to personal health, diagnostic, and patient treatment and care. To give our readers and attendees, as well as other speakers and exhibitors, a quick pre-conference preview, we will be presenting several Q&A sessions with some of our esteemed and respected presenters.
In this first part of a series, I spoke with David Putrino, PhD, Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. David is a physical therapist with a PhD in Neuroscience. His research is well known, being featured on ABC news, in Sport's Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, the BBC, Time, Wired and the LA Times for starts.
David was kind enough to answer some questions based on the interests and concerns of sensor OEMs and engineers in the field, i.e., our readers. Here we go.
Mat Dirjish (MD): The Internet of Things (IoT), whereby almost everyone and everything will be connected to the Internet, is vastly becoming a reality. The medical community stands to be as one of the most impacted by this, with more patient monitoring devices also connecting to web and being controlled by smartphones and applications. This also aligns with the popular, and not particularly safe, practice of people self-diagnosing their symptoms using various medical websites. What do you foresee as being the most difficult challenges facing doctors and other frontline medical practitioners as a result of these phenomena?
David Putrino (DP): I agree that the IoT is rapidly becoming a prominent game-changer in many different fields. The digital health market is no different in terms of its potential for disruptive change, but the difference lies in our responsibility to ensure the highest possible standards of data security and user safety. The vast majority of digital health startups tend to fail, because although they are developed based on a sound premise, they fail to prepare adequately for the highly regulatory marketplace that they are entering. Currently, the road to a successful digital health product is a long and uncertain one: clinicians simply will not use most digital health products, even if they add value, if they are unable to reimburse their time whilst using them. Alternately, products that are marketed directly to the public - bypassing the healthcare system - must demonstrate value to the consumer, whilst being incredibly careful about navigating regulatory, safety and legal standards.
I like to take a hopeful view of the future of medicine as the IoT enters the digital health domain. When it comes to the current practice of "googling" symptoms, things are (hopefully) just about as bad as they can get: subjective symptoms being entered into a machine that is optimized, not for objectivity, but to actually lead the person inputting the data (thanks to predictive entry algorithms). My hope is that the influx of devices that are helping individuals generate accurate biometric data in an unsupervised environment will improve the quality of non-expert and expert advice that can be offered to someone in need of rapid consultation.
MD: What technological developments occurring now or are in the research stage that you feel will be most beneficial to patients? For example heart monitoring sensors for remote diagnostics, or other emerging technologies.
DP: This is a really exciting time for digital health, and there are so many emerging technologies that I think have a lot of promise. In terms of technologies that have been rapidly adopted into the healthcare world and are making a real difference, I love the advances that are being made in 3D scanning, modeling and printing – these are imminently useful technologies that are being rapidly adopted by leaders in prosthesis development, surgical intervention and tissue engineering and improving quality of life and patient survivability all over the world.
In terms of future technologies, I'm a massive nerd when it comes to motion capture technologies. As a physical therapist, I'm extremely excited to see devices such as the Microsoft Kinect and Leap Motion Controller starting to become low cost and accessible. We're not quite there yet in terms of the technology but as devices such as these continue to improve, I'm excited for the potential of these devices to allow us to guide physical rehabilitation in a home environment, rather than outpatients having to go to the hassle and expense of traveling to a rehabilitation appointment. I know that there are companies that have begun building businesses like this, but we are really only scratching the surface of what is possible once the right technology becomes scalable and accessible.
MD: What technological developments occurring now or are in the research stage that you feel will make doctors and other diagnosticians' jobs easier and enable faster and more accurate diagnostics and other procedures?
DP: I'm very excited for symptom monitoring applications that tackle chronic disease management. Poorly controlled chronic conditions such as Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease, to name just a few, introduce enormous burden into the healthcare system every year, and are set to increase precipitously as the US population continues its rate of unprecedented aging. I feel as though we are rapidly approaching a "tipping point" where the average cell phone has reached the level of sensitivity and sophistication necessary to track symptoms meaningfully, and alert healthcare providers when a user's biometric data is looking questionable or worrying.
MD: As a speaker and moderator at Medical Sensors & Design Conference, what is the most important concept you want to impart to the medical/engineering/sensor-centric attendees?
DP: Innovation cannot happen without collaboration across a deeply multi-disciplinary team. As a coach, mentor, adviser and consultant to many different digital health and biotechnology startups, I cannot stress the importance of designing for a specific clinical problem rather than the ability to collect a specific biometric. For instance: don't put a team together just to build some gadget that measures blood sugar more accurately. Rather, put a team together because you have identified an inefficiency/pain-point in the way that blood sugar is currently being collected, and if you solve that problem, several million clinicians worldwide will thank you!
Once you have identified your clinical problem that you want to solve, verify with as many clinicians as you can get your hands on (preferably from a highly diverse group of clinicians in different clinical settings) that it is, in fact, a problem worth solving. Only then should you start designing your product. We have way too many devices that have been built that are looking for a problem to solve.
If you agree, disagree, and/or have had a revelation, be sure to attend Dr. Putrino's speaking events at the conference. On Monday, May 8 at 9:15am, he will be speaking about Using Sensors to Identify and Track Concussions and on Tuesday, May 9 at 11:15am he will moderate a session focusing on Using Advanced Biometric Sensors in the Field: Perks, Pitfalls and Lessons Learned from the Trenches.
Now the best thing for your health will be to attend. You can register for the Medical Sensors Design Conference by CLICKING HERE. ~MD


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USCAVC Sharp v. Shulkin No. 16-1385 Mr. Sharp, an Army Korean War veteran who suffers from numerous musculoskeletal injuries, argued that Veterans Affairs medical examinations he received were inadequate because the examiner failed to "ascertain adequate information — i.e., frequency, duration, characteristics, severity, or functional loss — regarding his flares by alternative means," according to court documents. Mr. Sharp contended that the 10% disability rating he received for his injuries was therefore insufficient because his "September 2015 evaluation was inadequate for evaluation purposes and the Board's finding to the contrary was clearly erroneous." In September 2017, the claims court agreed.
The Sharp case clarifies the responsibilities of the C and P examiners and the BVA in giving opinions on pain flare-ups in musculoskeletal disabilities claims. The court ruled the current system was inadequate.
Read the full article below:
Vets May Now Be Able To Get Higher Disability Ratings For Service-Connected Injuries
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims issued last month that could make it easier for veterans with injuries to the back, neck, and joints to obtain higher disability ratings, even in cases where veterans are already receiving disability benefits for such injuries. The recent case, called Sharp v.
Title 38: Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief PART 4—SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart B—Disability Ratings
The Musculoskeletal System
§4.40 Functional loss.
Disability of the musculoskeletal system is primarily the inability, due to damage or infection in parts of the system, to perform the normal working movements of the body with normal excursion, strength, speed, coordination and endurance. It is essential that the examination on which ratings are based adequately portray the anatomical damage, and the functional loss, with respect to all these elements. The functional loss may be due to absence of part, or all, of the necessary bones, joints and muscles, or associated structures, or to deformity, adhesions, defective innervation, or other pathology, or it may be due to pain, supported by adequate pathology and evidenced by the visible behavior of the claimant undertaking the motion. Weakness is as important as limitation of motion, and a part which becomes painful on use must be regarded as seriously disabled. A little used part of the musculoskeletal system may be expected to show evidence of disuse, either through atrophy, the condition of the skin, absence of normal callosity or the like.
§4.41 History of injury.
In considering the residuals of injury, it is essential to trace the medical-industrial history of the disabled person from the original injury, considering the nature of the injury and the attendant circumstances, and the requirements for, and the effect of, treatment over past periods, and the course of the recovery to date. The duration of the initial, and any subsequent, period of total incapacity, especially periods reflecting delayed union, inflammation, swelling, drainage, or operative intervention, should be given close attention. This consideration, or the absence of clear cut evidence of injury, may result in classifying the disability as not of traumatic origin, either reflecting congenital or developmental etiology, or the effects of healed disease.
§4.42 Complete medical examination of injury cases.
The importance of complete medical examination of injury cases at the time of first medical examination by the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot be overemphasized. When possible, this should include complete neurological and psychiatric examination, and other special examinations indicated by the physical condition, in addition to the required general and orthopedic or surgical examinations. When complete examinations are not conducted covering all systems of the body affected by disease or injury, it is impossible to visualize the nature and extent of the service connected disability. Incomplete examination is a common cause of incorrect diagnosis, especially in the neurological and psychiatric fields, and frequently leaves the Department of Veterans Affairs in doubt as to the presence or absence of disabling conditions at the time of the examination.
eCFR – Code of Federal Regulations
Loss of use of both buttocks shall be deemed to exist when there is severe damage to muscle Group XVII, bilateral (diagnostic code number 5317) and additional disability rendering it impossible for the disabled person, without assistance, to rise from a seated position and from a stooped position (fingers to toes position) and to maintain postural stability (the pelvis upon head of femur).
Back and Cervical Pain – Bulging Disc and the C and P Exam ROM Test
Read more about Musculoskeletal VA Disability Claims
site:hadit.com Musculoskeletal + "flare up" – Google Search
Jun 11, 2017 … If the examination is not being conducted during a flare- up: [ ] The examination is medically consistent with ….. wears brace when he leaves the house. During flare up he says he can't move, stays in a recliner for hours. Today ….. spine with musculoskeletal pain?


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Fen Farm Dairy
Posted 17/10/2017 : By: Alice Goodrich
Fen Farm Dairy Ltd. has had two successful LEADER applications, one in April and the other in August 2017.
The first project funded a rumination monitoring system. Monitoring rumination offers an early window of diagnosis of any health issues, such as abomasums, metritis, mastitis and even the onset of calving in dry cows. The system includes a base station and 200 'moo monitor' collars. This system dramatically increases animal welfare, as well as reducing veterinary costs.
The second project received funding towards the development of a second cheese production facility at the Fen Farm site. The business started making cheese in 2012, with help from the previous LEADER programme. Due to the popularity of Fen Farm's cheese, particularly Baron Bigod - a creamy brie-style cheese, larger cheese-making facilities became necessary to meet this increased demand.
Fen Farm has been run by the Crickmore family for three generations and they are passionate about what they do. On the farm, they have a happy herd of Montbeliarde and Frieisan cows, from which they use their raw milk to make cheese, raw cultured butter and raw cream.


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We are getting ready to leave for another trip in a week. That means that we're on Finish It Up mode. Anything that has been started or opened needs to be finished, or else it gets tossed. Since I hate wasting stuff, t's the kind of challenge I like. The fridge is currently a delicate balance between enough and too much. Never has spinach been so carefully rationed.
The thing is: Finish It Up mode is a bit like running downhill. It's fun, but it all happens so fast, and it can get a bit out of control.
Last weekend, I had a few nectarines that I needed to use up. They'd become so ripe that the fruit flies were having a convention around the crate they were sitting in, so I brought them in, peeled them, sliced them, and then made a coffee cake. I used an angel food cake pan because I figured it would bake faster, and I thought I was being smart because I could pull it out by the tube, but it was a bit tougher to get it off the bottom than I thought. Still, it looked good, and tasted even better:
I took one for the team and ate a slice, and it was easier to get it off the base after that. It was an excellent cake, and we finished the last slice today.
Fruit: complete.
This is a common sight in our bathroom: the almost-empty-but-not-quite-we-can-get-another-few-days-out-of-it tube of toothpaste sitting next to the ok-that's-enough-already full tube of toothpaste. I admit that I can't let go of a tube until I know I have managed to get every single drop of paste outta that thing. And it's better to take a brand new tube when traveling than one that might run out while you're on the road. I threw out the empty tube this morning.
Toothpaste: complete.
Some things just aren't getting with the program. The butternut squash plant I've been nursing all season surprised me last week by finally showing some promise, just as I was about to give up on them. Now, I can't decide if I should be happy or disappointed. I'm going to have to find someone willing to dump a bit of water on them so they have a better chance. I hope they make it to full size while I'm away, but I'm not so optimistic. But darn, they are cute:
Squash: pending.
Of course, sometimes, when you're trying to use stuff up, you only end up with more stuff to work through. Case in point: this week's lunch, a vegetarian chilli, made with three different cans of beans, a cup of cooked quinoa, some corn, and a big can of tomatoes (based on this recipe). I decided to throw in the last few chipotle chilis in adobo sauce that has been languishing in the fridge for a while (I hope I'm not going to regret that, but the first few taste tests haven't blown my head off yet).
Perfect lunch recipe, except I have about three too many portions for this week. The freezer is full again. Not such a bad thing in the long run (it'll save me making a few lunches when I get back), but goes against the Finish It Up program.
Chili: frozen. (Is that an oxymoron?)
And well, I have my knitting project to contend with. I've got one side complete, and the second side is more than halfway done. I'm trying to focus on it: I really want to get it done before we leave, but man, it's gonna take some pushing. It's not helping that I'm also trying to figure out what kind of project I'm going to take with me to work on while we're traveling. Planning future projects are the worst thing for Finish It Up mode.


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Grayson Burger grew up watching her father struggle with heart problems.
The last few years, the 20-year-old from South Brunswick, N.J., has been building a career out of her online persona: PirateGray.
In December, she combined her passions to produce a video about her dad's fight and the American Heart Association's important role in fighting heart disease.
She entered it as part of Project for Awesome 2012, an annual online event attracting thousands of videos posted on YouTube to promote charities. The responses made her feel great, including a video response from Nancy Brown, the chief executive of the American Heart Association.
Gary Burger's health struggles began long before Grayson was born – all the way back to when he was 8.
He contracted rheumatic fever, which led to problems with his mitral valve. When he was 19, he underwent open-heart surgery to patch a hole and to repair his mitral valve. Another repair was done 17 years later. Later still, a St. Jude biventricular pacemaker device and mitral valve were inserted. Over the years, Gary had other pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) devices.
In 2001, a stroke left him unable to resume his job as a manager for an apparel company. Grayson was in middle school at the time.
Over the last two years, Gary's health worsened. He spent most of his time in bed or on the couch. In March, he developed a repeat bacterial infection in his blood. He was hospitalized earlier this summer after developing congestive heart failure. On July 20, he died in his sleep. He was 69.
"Today I lost the greatest man in my life," Grayson posted on Facebook and Twitter that day.
Two days later, she and her boyfriend Ty Moss posted "RIP Mr. Burger" as part of their popular YouTube series "Ty and Gray Daily Vlogs (Video Blogs)." Gary had appeared in several posts and Grayson said he often asked about her viewers.
She recounted his struggles with heart disease – and his perseverance against it.
"My dad never, never gave up. He always fought. He was always so strong. He still is strong," she said. "I think what happened is he realized he couldn't get any better. He wanted to make it easier for my mom and my family, even though it's going to be hard. … He is and always will be an amazing person."
Grayson works as a video blogger, producing and posting videos online about her life and things she finds interesting or funny through an unscripted reality Web series.
She lives in North Carolina and operates on several social media sites, as well as her own website. She has several YouTube channels, with the most popular ("Ty and Gray Daily Vlogs") attracting more than 85,000 subscribers.
Grayson's original video about her dad's story went online in December 2012. It's been viewed more than 6,800 times, and has drawn lots of feedback – mostly support, but also people sharing their own stories.
"It just made me happy that I was able to touch someone with my video."
"It hit close to home for many people because it was so personal for me," she said. "I had a few viewers say thank you for raising awareness and making them feel like they're not alone as they struggle with similar issues."
This video was Grayson's first involvement with the American Heart Association – the first of many, she hopes. She plans to produce more video blog entries about the organization and its lifesaving mission.
For instance, she's learned that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of all Americans, and that the American Heart Association annually funds more research than any organization outside the federal government. She knows that the American Heart Association was involved in many of the advancements in medical technology that helped extend her dad's life. It's worth noting his battle with heart disease went on for more than 60 years.
"My dad was incredibly lucky to grow up alongside research and efforts from organizations like the American Heart Association," Grayson said.
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Motorcycle Library Retro Review
Classic Triumphs, BSAs and Nortons can be somewhat uncommon in North America, but there are enough around that vintage examples are not usually considered rare.
That isn't necessarily the case with AJS and Matchless bikes, which were imported to North America from Britain in smaller numbers than those other brands.
That said, the history of AJS and Matchless is no less interesting than that of Triumph, BSA and Norton. Just how interesting is conveyed in vivid detail in the final installment of Mortons Media Group's The Scrapbook Series IV AJS Matchless.
Common to each installment in the series, which was published one book at a time from 2008 to 2011, the AJS Matchless story is told in a softcover bookazine format printed on high quality glossy heavy bond that allows excellent detail in the antique photos, magazine clippings, technical papers, historic advertisements and other items reproduced to look like they were taped into a scrapbook.
With about 300 images and background narrative packed into 130 pages, the AJS Matchless series book is a relatively quick but a very informative read — especially if you're like me and have had very little contact with the brands or their owners.
The Scrapbook Series IV AJS Matchless provides an insight into the story of these two firms that became one in the early part of the 20th Century.
Matchless began as a manufacturer of bicycles called H. Collier and Sons in Plumstead, southeast London. The firm built its first motorized bicycles in 1899, and its first production model bearing the Matchless name in 1901. In 1904 Charlie Collier, riding a Matchless, became the first Englishman to cover 50 miles in an hour. The Matchless name became a common sight in the winner's circle in the early days of British motorcycle racing.
As was the case for nearly every company with manufacturing capacity, World War I ended non-military motorcycle production, but when it resumed after the war, things took off.
At about the same time as Matchless was growing into the fledgling motorcycle market, likewise the Stevens Motor Manufacturing Company was building internal combustion engines in 1899.
In 1901, the first Wearwell-Stevens motorcycle was produced. By 1909, AJ Stevens Co. was formed, named after Albert John Stevens, the only one of the five brothers involved who had a middle name! In 1910, motorcycle production commenced earnest, capitalized by the fee earned by Harry Stevens for designing a 350cc single cylinder engine for Sunbeam.
Each company grew through the 1920s, and by 1930, Matchless had brought out its 400cc Silver Arrow V-twin and a sensational Silver Hawk with a 592cc overhead cam, air-cooled V-four engine, which later was developed into a supercharged, liquid-cooled racing machine.
In 1939, one of those became the first bike to top a 100mph lap at the Ulster Grand Prix.
AJS meanwhile was also making bikes with more features and more power, rolling out its first overhead cam models in 1927.
With both companies active in racing, it was only a matter of time before there was a meeting of the minds. By the end of 1931, Matchless acquired rights to the AJS name and motorcycle business and the company continued to produce both brand names from there on.
By 1969, however, hard times in the British motorcycle sector hit the firm as well and production of Matchless branded bikes ended that year. AJS nearly went extinct as well in 1974, but entrepreneur Fluff Brown took the name on and continued building AJS branded trail and motocross bikes.
Today, AJS offers eight models. In 1987, Les Harris of Triumph fame acquired the Matchless name and continued building some road bikes, but eventually that ended, as well. For additional information, visit AJS motorcycles.
The Scrapbook Series also includes:
Book Data:
- Title: The Scrapbook Series—Norton
- Author: Edited by James Robinson
- Published: 2011
- Publisher: Mortons Media Group, Ltd, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs, LN9 6JR
Note to readers: many of the books that we'll feature in Rider's Library may be out of print and some may be difficult to find. That could be half the fun. The Internet should make the search relatively easy but ironically, none of the books currently scheduled for eventual retro-review for the Rider's Library section were found with the help of the Internet. They all were found at book stores, used book stores, antique shops, motorcycle shops, yard sales and so on.


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This post is long overdue but I'd like to share my recent trip to Medan as part of a 'do-good programme', in collaboration with AirAsia Foundation and APE Malaysia. It was a four-day trip, in which we volunteered to help build enrichments for Sumatran orangutans in captivity. I'd say our group was a diverse bunch. There were people from Thailand, India, Macao, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and more — all from different departments of our company. Despite the language barriers, it's awesome to have met such lovely people during my time there, some of them I'm glad to call friends :)
The trip was great — I managed to do heavy work (for me it is lah haha) such as carrying around used fire hoses, drilling and screwing them together (they're really thick so it was tough to do that). I think we managed to make all 4 hammocks (each team has to make 4 hammocks) in about 5 hours.


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Excellent References Can Be the Clincher
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me." This childhood chant is familiar to many. It is probably the most famous comeback line in playgrounds across the country. But does this jingle have merit outside of the playground? In the real world, does it matter what others think of you?
It does indeed. In fact, it matters so much that potential employers seek out the opinion of others as part of the selection process. An excellent reference confirms to an employer that his or her assumption about your ability to do the job is accurate; a negative reference will have the employer doubting your character and your suitability for a role.
Since references can be the decisive factor on whether you are offered a position, it is important to choose referents carefully. The traits of good references are straightforward – they must be credible and provide a fair and balanced representation of your qualifications. Though the criteria is not complicated, choosing someone who can help you can be difficult.
Not only should referents be willing and able to speak enthusiastically on your behalf, they must also have intimate knowledge of your experience and accomplishments. It is not enough to compile a list of your fan base; references must backup their opinions with hardcore facts.
This is why it is important that you not pick your references out of a hat, but strategically choose them based on their power of influence.
Solid references fall under several categories:
Once you have compiled a list of references, you must take the time to educate and prepare each one for his or her role in the process. You can easily coach them to provide convincing, realistic testimonials by providing a current resume and filling them in on your career objective. It is also to your advantage to clue them in about the requirements of the job for which you have applied.
During the course of the conversation, describe the position you are seeking, the type of organizations you are applying to, and provide a listing of related skills and accomplishments. In addition, jog their memories by describing the projects that you worked on together and remind them of the end result.
Having a "sit down" with each reference will allow you to get reacquainted and reduce the anxiety that the he or she may feel about saying the wrong things. It will also put your mind at ease because you will be surrounded with supportive players who have your best interests at heart.
-Linda Matias Career Coach Inc. For more helpful articles go to www.agcareers.com


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Parc Galamé, a leisure and recreation park, is a wonderful oasis of nature, perfect for hiking, having a swim, and enjoying nature. During the holiday period, you can take part in a whole host of activities and events: there are no fewer than 16 activities and 25 events organised during the summer.
But it's not all about summer: Parc Galamé is open all year round, with a Museum of Traditional Games, a restaurant, themed gardens, hiking trails, children's playgrounds, a fishing pond, an orienteering trail, an animal park... When the summer arrives, you can also bathe in the natural pool, Aqualamé, the only one of its kind North of Paris - pure delight for young and old! Not to mention the minigolf course, the zip line, the merry-go-round and the daily entertainment taking place to brighten up your summer!
New in 2016: the Maison de la Nature et de l'Environnement is now open. Step into the fascinating world of bees... There are a number of events planned throughout the year.