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Bolton, B. & Fisher, B. L., 2008, Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1929, pp. 1-37: 4-10
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Genus Centromyrmex HNS
Centromyrmex HNS Mayr
Centromyrmex HNS Mayr, 1866: 894. Type-species: Centromyrmex bohemanni Mayr HNS , 1866: 895, by monotypy. [Junior synonym of Ponera brachycola Roger HNS , 1861: 5 (synonymy by Kempf, 1967: 405).]
Spalacomyrmex HNS Emery, 1889: 489. Type-species: Spalacomyrmex feae Emery HNS , 1889: 491, by monotypy. [Synonymy with Centromyrmex HNS by Emery, 1890b: 40.]
Glyphopone HNS Forel, 1913: 308. Type-species: Glyphopone bequaerti Forel HNS , 1913: 308 by monotypy. [Synonymy with Centromyrmex HNS by Brown, 1963: 9.]
Leptopone HNS Arnold, 1916: 163 [as subgenus of Glyphopone HNS ; raised to genus by Wheeler, W.M. 1922: 647; synonymy with Centromyrmex HNS by Brown, 1963: 9]. Type-species: Glyphopone (Leptopone) rufigaster Arnold HNS , 1916: 163, by original designation [Junior synonym of Glyphopone bequaerti Forel HNS , 1913: 308 (synonymy by Brown, 1963: 10)].
Typhloteras Karavaiev, 1925: 128. Type-species: Typhloteras hamulatum Karavaiev, 1925: 129, by monotypy. [Synonymy with Centromyrmex HNS by Brown, 1953: 8.]
Diagnosis of worker and queen (gyne)
Workers are known for all species; queens are known for bequaerti HNS , decessor HNS , fugator HNS , sellaris HNS , raptor HNS and angolensis HNS of the Afrotropical region, for alfaroi HNS , brachycola HNS and gigas HNS of the Neotropical region, and for feae HNS and hamulatus HNS of the Oriental and Malesian regions.
1 Mandible triangular (MI 28-38) to elongate-triangular (MI 52-84), with 4-12 teeth; with a distinct basal groove but without a basal pit.
2 Palp formula 4,3.
3 Eyes absent in worker, present in queen.
4 Frontal lobes with their anterior margins considerably posterior to the anterior clypeal margin.
5 Antenna with 12 segments; scape very strongly dorsoventrally flattened in its basal half, the leading edge extremely thin; funiculus gradually incrassate towards the apex but without a differentiated club.
6 Mesotibia, mesobasitarsus and metabasitarsus with strongly sclerotised spiniform or peg-like traction setae.
7 Pretarsal claws small, simple.
8 Metanotal groove absent.
9 Orifice of metapleural gland a small pore or short slit that opens laterally, located well above the ventral margin of the metapleuron and far anterior of the posteroventral angle of the mesosoma.
10 Propodeum unarmed.
11 Helcium located close to mid-height on anterior face of the first gastral segment (abdominal segment III).
12 Prora present but of unusual form and sometimes very weak; see discussion below.
13 Girdling constriction between presclerites and postsclerites of second gastral segment distinct.
14 Stridulitrum absent.
15 Queen only. Eyes and ocelli present. Transverse suture present on the mesopleuron that divides the sclerite into anepisternum and katepisternum. Mesosoma with full complement of flight sclerites. Hind wing with jugal lobe present.
Discussion of female characters
Character 9, in italics, is autapomorphic. Some of the other characters may also be apomorphies but have analogues that have apparently developed convergently elsewhere in tribe Ponerini. Characters 1-14 together form an inclusive diagnosis that isolates Centromyrmex HNS workers and queens from all other genera in the tribe.
1 In the bequaerti HNS group the mandibles are triangular and relatively short, with a small number of strongly defined teeth and a distinctly inflected apical tooth. In all other groups the mandibles are elongate-triangular, pointed apically but without an inflected apical tooth as the latter continues the line of the long axis of the mandible, and with more weakly defined but more numerous teeth on the masticatory margin. The small teeth on the elongate-triangular mandibles are commonly very worn and rounded, leaving the margin with a crenulate or even an almost edentate appearance.
2 The consistent palp formula count of 4,3 has been confirmed in alfaroi HNS (worker and queen), angolensis HNS (worker and queen), bequaerti HNS (worker (all size morphs) and queen), brachycola HNS (worker and queen), decessor HNS (worker and queen), ereptor HNS (worker), feae HNS (worker), fugator HNS (worker and queen), hamulatus HNS (worker), raptor HNS (worker and queen) secutor HNS (all worker size morphs), sellaris HNS (worker and queen). PF 4,3 was earlier recorded for all Neotropical species by Kempf (1967). This consistent count is probably an apomorphy of the genus (the same count also applies in all known males, see below).
3 Loss of eyes in the worker caste but their retention in queens is also characteristic of Promyopias HNS : see discussion of potential genus group, below.
5 Extreme flattening of the basal half of the scape allows it to fit tightly against the dorsum of the head when directed laterally or posteriorly. Presumably this is an adaptation that allows the scapes to remain easily mobile in very confined spaces.
6 The apparent cuticular spines on the mesotibia, mesobasitarsus and metabasitarsus are in reality hypertrophied sclerotised setae, with sockets at the base. Their function is to improve traction in the ant's restricted habitat. They also occur in the same locations in Promyopias HNS and Feroponera HNS : see discussion of potential genus group, below.
8 All species lack any trace of a metanotal groove. Indeed, in all but alfaroi HNS there is usually no trace of any suture across the dorsum at the junction of mesonotum and propodeum, so that the line of the posterior termination of the mesonotum is not demarcated in any way. In alfaroi HNS a short, unimpressed, weak transverse suture is retained.
9 The unique position of the metapleural gland orifice is given as an unequivocal autapomorphy of Centromyrmex HNS ; it is a derived state not repeated anywhere else in the Ponerini, where the position of the orifice is always at or very near to the posteroventral corner of the mesosoma, opening laterally or posteriorly.
11 Position of the helcium is similar in Promyopias HNS and Feroponera HNS : see discussion of potential genus group, below.
12 In the C. bequaerti HNS group the prora is a flat transverse plate, slightly indented medially, that traverses the first gastral sternite below the helcium. In all other species groups the prora is represented by a pair of longitudinal ridges on the anterior face of the first gastral sternite, one on each side below the helcium (extremely reduced in alfaroi HNS and raptor HNS ); the space between the ridges is usually shallowly concave. The morphology of the former can easily be derived from that of the latter by emphasising and elevating the ridges and elevating the cuticle between the ridges. Prorae of this nature are not "normal" for Ponerini, which typically have a cuticular prominence, variously shaped, immediately below the helcium.
Diagnosis of male
Examined for alfaroi HNS , angolensis HNS , bequaerti HNS , decessor HNS and sellaris HNS ; also previously described for feae HNS and hamulatus HNS .
1 Mandible very reduced, almost lobate; edentate or with a small apical tooth.
2 Palp formula 4, 3 (in situ counts).
3 Frontal lobes absent; antennal sockets fully exposed.
4 Antenna with 13 segments, filiform.
5 Second funicular segment very short, only as long as, or at most 1.10 x longer than, the short scape.
6 Eyes large, inner margin shallowly convex to shallowly concave, without a marked concavity or indentation in about the median third; ocelli prominent.
7 Notauli variable, see discussion below.
8 Parapsidal grooves present.
9 Mesonotum with a deep, transverse groove between mesoscutum and mesoscutellum.
10 Epimeral lobe present.
11 Metapleural gland orifice present.
12 Propodeal spiracle with orifice elliptical to slit-shaped.
13 Spurs of mesotibia and metatibia as in worker and queen, see below.
14 Mesotibiae, mesobasitarsi and metabasitarsi lack the spiniform setae that are so conspicuous in female castes.
15 Pretarsal claws simple.
16 A membranous arolium present between the pretarsal claws.
17 Hindwing with jugal lobe present.
18 Prora usually present, its structure as in respective worker and queen but reduced in size; absent in alfaroi HNS .
19 Gastral segment 2 (= abdominal segment IV) with a distinct girdling constriction between presclerites and postsclerites.
20 Pygidium (= abdominal tergite VIII) without a median apical spine.
21 Cerci (= pygostyles) present.
Males are known for few Afrotropical species, and very few specimens of each exist. The paucity of material makes it impossible to predict which characters will be of value at species-rank in this sex. For this reason, formal descriptions are not presented in the treatment by species.
Discussion of male characters
None of the characters listed are unequivocally stated as apomorphic at present, but 2 is a strong contender for this status and 5 and 11 are possibilities.
1 A reduced mandible of this form appears apomorphic for the tribe Ponerini as a whole (Bolton, 2003).
2 The 4,3 palp formula of males and the female castes is the same in all Centromyrmex HNS where both are known. Elsewhere in Ponerini it is usual for males to have higher palp formula counts than conspecific females (Bolton, 2003), so this equality of PF is most probably an apomorphy of the genus. The plesiomorphic maximum count in Ponerini males is 6,4 (as in Aculeata in general), as opposed to 4,4 in females
(Brown, 1963; Bolton, 2003).
5 In Ponerini generally the second funicular segment of males is much longer than the scape (e.g. Ogata, 1987; Yoshimura & Fisher, 2007; Bolton & Fisher, 2008). It is not certain whether the very short condition in Centromyrmex HNS is plesiomorphic or apomorphic.
6 In many groups of Ponerini the inner margin of the eye is distinctly concave or suddenly indented in approximately its median third (e.g. Ogata, 1987; Yoshimura & Fisher, 2007).
7 Notauli are distinctly present in decessor HNS , angolensis HNS and most sellaris. HNS However, in one example of sellaris HNS only the anterior portions of the notauli were developed and in another the notauli were present but superficial throughout. Notauli were entirely absent in all alfaroi HNS and bequaerti HNS males examined.
11 A metapleural gland orifice is visible in all males. Unlike the female castes, males have the orifice in the usual position for Ponerini, close to the posteroventral angle of the metapleuron. The presence of this structure in this sex is uncommon and may be an apomorphy of the genus.
13 In the male of bequaerti HNS both the mesotibia and metatibia have two spurs, on each the anterior spur is small and simple, the posterior is large and pectinate. In alfaroi HNS the mesotibia has a single small, barbulate spur and the metatibia a large pectinate spur. In angolensis HNS , decessor HNS and sellaris HNS the mesotibia lacks spurs and the metatibia has only a single pectinate spur present. These arrangements correspond to those of the female castes of the same species.
16 The arolium is usually white, membranous and very conspicuous.
The four genus-group names listed in the taxonomic synopsis above as long-standing junior synonyms of Centromyrmex HNS are all confirmed here. Promyopias HNS , an earlier, fifth junior synonym most recently catalogued in Bolton (2003), is removed from synonymy and reinstated at genus-rank as discussed below.
Synonymic synopsis of species
I Afrotropical species
= rufigaster HNS (Arnold, 1916)
secutor Bolton & Fisher HNS sp. n.
angolensis Santschi HNS , 1937 stat. n.
decessor Bolton & Fisher HNS sp. n.
ereptor Bolton & Fisher HNS sp. n.
fugator Bolton & Fisher HNS sp. n.
longiventris Santschi HNS , 1919 stat. n.
praedator Bolton & Fisher HNS sp. n.
raptor Bolton & Fisher HNS sp. n.
sellaris Mayr HNS , 1896
= constanciae Arnold HNS , 1915 syn. n.
= arnoldi Santschi HNS , 1919 syn. n.
= congolensis Weber HNS , 1949 syn. n.
= arnoldi r. guineensis Bernard HNS , 1953 syn. n.
II Oriental and Malesian species
= donisthorpei Menozzi HNS , 1925
feae subsp. ceylonicus Forel HNS , 1900
feae subsp. greeni Forel HNS , 1901
hamulatus HNS (Karavaiev, 1925)
III Neotropical species
brachycola HNS group
alfaroi Emery HNS , 1890
brachycola HNS (Roger, 1861)
= bohemanni Mayr HNS , 1866
= brachycola var. paulina Forel HNS , 1911
gigas Forel HNS , 1911
Key to world species groups of Centromyrmex HNS (workers and queens)
1 Mesotibia with 1 or 2 spurs. Procoxa not hypertrophied. Protibia not inflated. Pronotum not marginate anterodorsally .............................................................................................................................................. 2
- Mesotibia without spurs. Procoxa hypertrophied. Protibia inflated. Pronotum marginate anterodorsally. (Afrotropical, Oriental, Malesian)................................................................................................ feae HNS group
2 Mesotibia with 1 spur. Propodeal spiracle not high on side, not very close to dorsal margin of mesosoma. Apical tooth of mandible weakly or not differentiated, not inflected but more or less continuing the line of the long axis of the mandible. Monomorphic species.................................................................................3
- Mesotibia with 2 spurs. Propodeal spiracle high on side, very close to dorsal margin of mesosoma. Apical tooth of mandible strongly differentiated and inflected, not continuing the line of the long axis of the mandible. Polymorphic species. (Afrotropical).......................................................................... bequaerti HNS group
3 Ventral process of petiole consisting of two stout teeth. Metasternal process a pair of elongate, narrowly triangular spines. Mesotibial spur pectinate. (Malesian) ................................................... hamulatus HNS group
- Ventral process of petiole consisting of a single keel. Metasternal process a pair of low rounded tumuli or low triangular crests. Mesotibial spur simple to weakly barbulate. (Neotropical)........... brachycola HNS group
I Afrotropical species
Key to Afrotropical species (workers)
NOTE. The few known queens will also run in this key, except characters relating to shape of mesosoma in workers do not apply to queens.
1 Mesotibia with two spurs. Metatibia with two spurs, the anterior spur smaller and simple, the posterior spur larger and pectinate. Propodeal spiracle high on side, close to dorsal outline and at about the midlength of the sclerite. Pronotum not marginate anterodorsally. In profile the propodeal dorsum continues the line of the mesonotal dorsum. Subpetiolar process large, keel-shaped. Metasternal process bispinose. Polymorphic species. ( bequaerti HNS group) ............................................................................................ 2
- Mesotibia without spurs. Metatibia with a single large pectinate spur only. Propodeal spiracle low on side, far from dorsal outline. Pronotum marginate anterodorsally. In profile the propodeal dorsum slopes steeply down from the line of the mesonotal dorsum. Subpetiolar process a short slender spine or small triangular tooth. Metasternal process not bispinose. Monomorphic species. ( feae HNS group) ......................... 3
2 With mesosoma in profile the bulla of the metapleural gland is short and does not extend to near the base of the propodeal spiracle. Metatibia with spiniform setae such as are seen on the mesotibia. Protibia ventrally with a single stout spiniform seta, similar to those on the mesotibia, located close to the apex on its outer surface, anterior to and opposite the large spur. (Cameroun, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe).............................................. bequaerti HNS
- With mesosoma in profile the bulla of the metapleural gland is long and extends to, or even touches, the base of the propodeal spiracle. Metatibia without spiniform setae such as are seen on the mesotibia. Protibia ventrally without a stout spiniform seta that is similar to those on the mesotibia, at most a simple slender seta located close to the apex on its outer surface, anterior to and opposite the large spur. (Gabon) ........................................................................................................................................................... secutor HNS
3 Petiole node in dorsal view conspicuously broader than long.....................................................................4
- Petiole node in dorsal view at least as long as broad, usually distinctly longer than broad........................9
4 Apical third of metatibia with a total of more than 3 thickly spiniform setae that arise from its anterior surface opposite the pectinate spur; one or more thickly spiniform setae also arise from the dorsal (outer) surface of the metatibia in the apical third of its length...................................................................................5
- Apical third of metatibia with only 1-2 (extremely rarely 3) thickly spiniform setae that arise from the apex of its anterior surface, opposite the pectinate spur; no thickly spiniform setae arise from the dorsal (outer) surface of the metatibia in the apical third of its length...................................................................6
5 Mandible with 5-6 main teeth that are separated by diastemata, the latter are unarmed or have indistinct low crenulations present. With base of gaster in absolute profile the prora is visible as a distinct raised cuticular crest that extends from the base of the helcium onto the anteroventral surface of the first gastral sternite. Smaller species with narrower head and shorter mandibles, HW 1.20-1.34, PW 0.94-1.12, CI 102-105, MI 71-75. (Cameroun, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo)................................... decessor HNS
- Mandible serially dentate, with 10-12 teeth; all teeth are similar in size and without diastemata separating them. With base of gaster in absolute profile the prora is undeveloped, lacking a raised cuticular crest that extends from the base of the helcium onto the anteroventral surface of the first gastral sternite. Larger species with much broader head and longer mandibles, HW 1.92-2.02, PW 1.50-1.62, CI 119-123, MI 82- 84. (Zambia, Zimbabwe).................................................................................................................... raptor HNS
6 Anterior apex of metatibia with a single thickly spiniform seta, approximately opposite the pectinate spur. (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroun, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola)............................................................................................................................ angolensis HNS
- Anterior apex of metatibia with two thickly spiniform setae, approximately opposite the pectinate spur..7
7 CI 108-118; at low magnification and in full-face view the head capsule appears conspicuously broader than long. Mandibles relatively slightly longer, MI 68-75. Larger species, HW 0.90-1.13. (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe).................................................................................................................. sellaris HNS
- CI 98-101; at low magnification and in full-face view the head capsule appears slightly longer than broad or about as long as broad. Mandibles relatively slightly shorter, MI 59-64. Smaller species, HW 0.65- 0.81 .............................................................................................................................................................. 8
8 With mesosoma in profile the slope of the anterior portion of the propodeum is steep and slopes abruptly from the mesonotum. Smaller species, HW 0.65-0.68, WL 1.06-1.14. (Cameroun, Gabon) longiventris HNS
- With mesosoma in profile the slope of the anterior portion of the propodeum is shallow and slopes only weakly from the mesonotum. Larger species, HW 0.79-0.81, WL 1.31-1.34. (Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)....................................................................................... ereptor HNS
9 Basal margin of mandible, from basal tooth to basalmost curve, shallowly convex; basal margin much shorter than masticatory margin. Larger species, HL 1.06, HW 0.99, PW 0.82. (Democratic Republic of Congo)........................................................................................................................................... praedator HNS
- Basal margin of mandible, from basal tooth to basalmost curve, shallowly concave; basal margin almost equal in length to masticatory margin. Smaller species, HL <0.90, HW <0.85, PW <0.70. (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa)..................................................................................................... fugator HNS
Centromyrmex bequaerti HNS group
Worker and queen (gyne). A small group of two Afrotropical species. Workers are known for both, the queen is known for bequaerti HNS . Workers and queens with characters of the genus, listed above, and also the following characters diagnostic of the group, of which apomorphies are in italics. Worker caste polymorphic.
Mandibles short, triangular (MI <40 in workers) and with 4-7 teeth, the apical tooth differentiated and inflected.
Pronotum without margination either anteriorly or laterally.
Mesosoma in profile with dorsum of propodeum continuing the line of the mesonotum, the former not sloping steeply away from the latter.
Mesonotum behind promesonotal suture not elevated, not transversely marginate.
Metasternal process present as a pair of narrow erect spines that are very closely approximated and nearly parallel; the metasternal pit is between the spines posteriorly.
Propodeum in dorsal view broad, not strongly bilaterally compressed.
Propodeal spiracle in worker very high on the side and at about the midlength of the sclerite; orifice of spiracle long, slit-shaped.
Propodeal lobes low and rounded.
Procoxa not hypertrophied, only slightly larger than mesocoxa and metacoxa.
Mesotibia with two spurs: in all worker sizes the anterior spur is small, simple to barbulate. The posterior (main) spur is pectinate in large workers, but the pectination decreases with reduced size until, in the smallest workers, the spur is only barbulate.
Metatibia with two spurs: in all worker sizes the anterior spur is small, simple to barbulate. The posterior (main) spur is always broadly pectinate.
Petiole without an anterior peduncle; in profile the anterior face of the node rises from directly behind the anterolateral cuticular processes that protect the articulation.
Petiole node in profile becomes longer and lower as body size decreases.
Subpetiolar process large, roughly keel-like.
Prora conspicuous in profile as an elevated, roughly vertical ridge; in anterior view prora forms a transverse plate (slightly indented centrally) across the entire anterior face of the first gastral sternite. Sculpture extremely reduced, the ants very smooth and shiny.
Standing setae present on all dorsal surfaces of head and body in worker, including dorsal surface of scape. Setae also present on ventral head and gastral sternites.
Queen only ( bequaerti HNS ). Large eyes and conspicuous ocelli present. Mesosoma with full complement of flight sclerites. Transverse suture present on mesopleuron (absent or vestigial in workers except in largest examples of bequaerti HNS , where it is weakly delineated). Propodeal spiracle slit-shaped and close to metanotalpropodeal suture. Jugal lobe present on hindwing. Petiole node in profile much higher than long.
At first glance the species of the bequaerti HNS group appear quite different from those of the feae HNS group, and when taken in isolation their differences are arguably of genus-rank significance. However, the Malesian species hamulatus HNS forms an almost perfect morphological intermediate between the two groups. For distribution of shared and independent characters see under hamulatus HNS , below.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Unions, traditionally a force at Democratic National Conventions, are largely skipping this year's quadrennial festivities.
Many of Charlotte's local unions are still marching, but their ranks won't be fleshed out by brethren from across the country, who typically converge on Democratic convention cities to volunteer, rally and host policy briefings.
National labor leaders are angry that the Democrats chose to have their convention in a right-to-work state and in a city they say has too few unionized workers.
"There are plenty of other places this convention could have been held where union members would have been involved from start to finish in the preparation, the planning, the work, the set-up, the operation, the tear-down and every aspect of dealing with this convention," said Phil Smith, spokesman for the United Mine Workers of America.
The AFL-CIO is bowing out, too. "We won't be buying skyboxes, hosting events other than the labor delegates meeting or bringing a big staff to the convention," union President Richard Trumka wrote last month in a letter to his union's local leaders.
But, labor leaders say, don't confuse the message of the boycott. Unions still support President Obama and Democratic policy.
"Does that mean unions will abandon Obama in November? Don't bet on it," said Phillip Wilson, president of the Labor Relations Institute, a human resources consulting firm in Broken Arrow, Okla. "Unions will be around, especially in state and local elections, where they feel they have more control over the politicians they help elect."
Some union members, though, are disenchanted with Obama for blocking the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline, which would have brought thousands of new construction jobs.
Labor groups also are disappointed in him for not pressing hard enough for the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for workers to unionize. Some, such as United Mine Workers of America members, oppose new environmental regulations that they say harm the coal mining industry.
No Mine Workers endorsement
In fact, the UMW, which strongly backed Obama in 2008, hasn't decided whether to endorse him for re-election.
The UMW's absence contrasts with Democratic conventions in 2004 and 2008, when it sponsored receptions and briefed state delegations on labor issues in Boston and Denver.
"That's not to say we disrespect the workers in North Carolina who are not union members. We wish they were union members, but the way the laws are in North Carolina it's very difficult for them to become union members without going through intimidation factors by their employers," Smith said.
"We don't think it's right to reward that" by having a convention there, he said.
Other unions though, are firmly behind the president, even as they decry the party's choice of a convention location.
"We are deeply committed to re-elect President Obama and Vice President Biden," Trumka said in his letter.
On Monday, more than 300 people marched in the Charlotte Labor Day Parade, carrying signs, wearing matching shirts and chanting. In contrast to a protest the previous day, the atmosphere was overwhelmingly pro-Obama, family-friendly and generally low-key. The police presence was much lighter.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I was going to call this post "Old-Fart Physical Comedy" but I thought I'd pull in more readers this way. Sexagenarian must have something to do with sex, right? Maybe there'll even be pictures! No, but while you're here...
Mike ("Buster the Clown") Bednarek writes: : One week short of turning 60, nursing an aching back, and fully realizing and appreciating the growing limitations on my physical body when it asks to do some of the same bits from 10, 20, 30 years ago, I've got a question for you. What do older physical comedians/clowns do when their bodies tell their heads (usually after the fact, when it's too late): "Are you f---ing nuts?"
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Meanwhile, we might as well laugh at ourselves, so here are two comic takes on the sexagenarian physical comedian. The first is a 1959 performance by the Talo Boys on the French tv show La Piste aux Étoiles, live from the Moulin de la Galette. (Thanks to Max Weldy for the original video!) The opening is pretty much straight acrobatics, though we see that some troupe members are not exactly spring chickens. At the 1:45 mark they get into some comedy schtick, but the old-man physical comedy starts at 4:40 when they re-enter as moustachioed "acrobates de la Belle Époque."
And 54 years later here's a piece in a similar (varicose) vein by "Fumagali and their Fumaboys," as they appeared on another French tv show, Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde (2013), and which I saw that same year at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris.
Update (3-21-15)
Raffaele De Ritis writes: Fuma Boys act was conceived and created in the late 90s by Bernhard Paul, collector and founder of Circus Roncalli, under direct and deliberate inspiration of Talo Boys.
And just for inspiration, here's how Buster Keaton entered his sixties.
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Update (3-21-15):
Click here for a similar piece by Fratelli Bologna from about 1989. Thanks to Drew Letchworth for the link, who writes "We weren't Sexagenarians when we did this piece, but we are now. We developed The Old Act in part because we found that we were getting too old to do the young act."


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By directly sourcing from farms, we pay farmers a fair price for all the love, time and resources they put into growing our food - also food that is ugly. As a consequence, we are able to cut out many of the middlemen and thereby make sure your fresh stuff travels shorter distances and has a lower environmental footprint.
With GRIM, we want to enable more people to live healthy and sustainable lifestyles. Go greens! ✊
Our core values guide everything we do
The guiding principle behind everything we do is to reduce the negative environmental impact of our food systems. Full stop ✋
At GRIM, we love and welcome all shapes, sizes and colours 🌈
We think that everyone is entitled to know what they eat and where their food comes from.
It's a serious mission we are on - but while we do it, might as well have a bit of fun. Because look at those weird apples, failed oranges and disfigured cucumbers - how liberating!
We are trying to change what people think about food. — Petra Kaukua, co-founder and CEO of GRIM► Watch TV2 Lorry feature
Food Waste
Food waste doesn't make sense
About 1/6 of all veggies and fruit grown worldwide are lost on farms, where in some cases every second piece is tossed due to cosmetic flaws. EVERY SECOND.
In Denmark alone, that amounts to about 160.000 tons a year. It's a pain to the farmers, and of course, Mother Earth. Globally about 21% of the world's freshwater use and 28% of arable land goes to grow food we don't eat. At the same time we are worried that we don't have enough food for the growing population.
So really, eating GRIM fruits and veggies just makes complete sense.
GRIM's Impact
15 tons
of food saved
of income created for farmers
Our Beginnings
From day 1 … F*** beauty standards
It all started out as a university project, when two food waste opponents and good friends Petra and Carolin went out to explore how wasteful behaviour is rooted within our society.
After countless sessions of dumpster diving (you should all try it), a fair amount of research and never-ending discussions, we encountered an oh-so familiar issue in today's world. And that's why we started GRIM: because we believe that enough is enough.
F\*\** beauty standards and embrace diversity - not just in food, but in life ✌


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Winners: 2015 Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult & Children's Writing
Judge: Ammi-Joan Paquette
First Place: Rachel Furey, for her young adult fiction, "Tilt-a-Whirl"
Category Winners:
- Picture Book: Elaine Alexander "Angler Fish: Black Devil of the Deep"
- Middle Grade: Mathangi Subramanian "Banu the Builder"
- Young Adult: Sharry Wright "The Lies and Illusions of Lucy Sparrow"
Special Mentions:
- Picture Book: Helen Kampion "Paddy Cats"
- Middle Grade: Callie Miller "Attack of the Giant Meatball"
- Young Adult: Catherine Miller "In the Middle of the Night"
And the rest of the 2015 Finalists:
- Picture Book: Natalie Rompella "The World Never Sleeps"
- Picture Book: Sylvia Smith "Wishbone the Mechanic"
- Picture Book: Shari Swanson "Abe's Honey"
- Middle Grade: Ann Schoenbohm "The Sketchbook"
- Middle Grade: Caitlin Gutheil "Geodes"
- Young Adult: Amy Emm "How to Knit Your Own Boyfriend and Other Easy Projects"
- Young Adult: Laura McCaffrey "265 Days of Furie"
- Young Adult: Holly Thompson "The Ridge Path"
The winning pieces will be published in the upcoming Prizewinner issue at Hunger Mountain soon. Congratulations to the winners, special mentions, and finalists! Learn more about our Katherine Paterson Prize here.
Read the full press release here.
Winners: 2015 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize
Judge: Kathleen Graber
First Place: Julie Cadwallader Staub for "Milk"
- Lisa Breger "Time under a Bridge"
- Kari Smith "Pink"
Special Mentions:
- Samantha Deal "When I Think About My Brother"
- Georganna Millman "Barn Owl"
- Elizabeth Aoki "Crow in the Hospital Parking Lot"
- Melissa Downes "Black Seam"
- Gibson Fay-Leblanc "The Nature of Language"
- Kim Garcia "Rumpelstiltskin" and "Prayer on the Feast of the Assumption"
- Ann Huang "Night Lullaby"
- Bethany Schultz Hurst "Seascape with Evacuating Animals"
- Matthew Kilbane "Consolation Prize"
- Jennie Malboeuf "Double Star—"
- Emily Pulfer-Terino "Elegy For My Mother's Dress"
- Julie Cadwallader Staub "Comfort"
- S.E. Wheatley "The Oldest Door"
The winning pieces will be published in the upcoming Prizewinner issue at Hunger Mountain soon. Congratulations to the winner, runners-up, special mentions, and finalists! Learn more about our Ruth Stone Poetry Prize here.
Winners: 2014 Creative Nonfiction Prize
Judge: Rigoberto González
First Place: Laura Distelheim "Nocturne in the Key of We"
- Kenneth Garcia "The Hollow Places of the World"
- River Holmes-Miller "The Bang Gang"
- Julie Marie Wade "The Suit"
- Gary McDowell "Rhythm is Originally the Rhythm of the Feet"
- Michelle Webster-Hein "These Things Should Not Happen"
- John Philip Drury "Interrogator's Guide"
- Laura Distelheim "On Why I Wish We Could All Wear Our Dreams On The Outside, Tattooed To Our Skin"
- Grant E. Ericksen "Behind the Glass"
The winning pieces will be published in the upcoming Prizewinner issue at Hunger Mountain soon. Congratulations to the winner, runners-up, and finalists! Learn more about our Creative Nonfiction prize here.
Kathleen Graber Will Judge 2015 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize
Kathleen Graber is the author of The Eternal City (2010), a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award, the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and the 2011 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America; it won the 2011 Literary Award for Poetry from the Library of Virginia. Her debut collection, Correspondence, received the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize in 2005, and also earned her a Writer's Award from the Rona Jaffe Foundation. She has received grants from the NEA and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and was the winner of a 2012 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. She teaches in and currently directs the creative writing program at Virginia Commonwealth University, and is faculty in the VCFA Postgraduate Writers' Conference for 2015.
2014 Katherine Paterson Prize in Young Adult and Children's Writing Winners
Judge: Katherine Applegate
First Place: Robin Heald for her picture book manuscript "Isadora's Sandálias"
Category winners:
- Picture Book or Writing for Younger Children: Ruvanee Vilhauer for "Paper Lantern"
- Middle Grade: Cori McCarthy for "Name Me America"
- Young Adult: Beth Miles for "The Harm in Knowing"
Special Mentions:
- Christina Elaine Collins for "Tallies" (Middle Grade)
- Rachel Furey for "Controlling the Weather" (Young Adult)
This year's finalists:
- Amy Guglielmo "Maya's World" (PG)
- Patti Richards "Dancing Grannies" (PB)
- Niki Masse Schoenfeldt "The Little Elephant Keeper" (PB)
- Carol Grannick "Reeni's Turn" (MG)
- Jennifer Wolf Kam "All Souls Realty" (MG)
- Stacy Davidowitz and Elissa Brent Weissman "Here Goes Everything" (MG)
- Kelly Dyksterhouse "Match Point" (YA)
- Danielle Pignataro "The Signs" (YA)
- Sarah Tregay "Love at First Book" (YA)
2014 Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize Winners
The winners of this year's Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize, selected by Robin Black:
- First place: Lee Ann Dalton for "The Hierophant"
- Runner-up: Terrance Manning Jr. for "Saturday Night Special"
- Runner-up: Sara Schaff for "Faces at the Window"
Our finalists are:
- Noelle Catherine Allen for "I-95 Blues"
- Rolf Yngve for "Three Wishes"
- Lones Seiber for "Polaris"
- Carol Collins for "The Third Man"
- Kate Hanson for "Soleil"
- Amanda Emil Anderson for "365"
The winning pieces will be published at Hunger Mountain soon. Congratulations to the winners, runners-up, and finalists. These are some wild, weird, wondrous, thunderous, tender, terrifying, electrifying stories.
Rigoberto González Will Judge 2014 Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
Rigoberto González is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose in several genres, including three works of nonfiction. The memoir, Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa, won the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. A second memoir, Autobiography of My Hungers, and a book of essays, Red-Inked Retablos, were both released in 2013. He edited the anthology, Camino Del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing, which won recognition in 2011 through the International Latino Book Awards and Independent Publishers Book Awards. He is the recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, The Poetry Center Book Award, The Shelley Memorial Award of The Poetry Society of America, ForeWord Magazine's Fiction Book of the Year Award (for his novel, Crossing Vines), and a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and has twice been named a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, for books of poetry and children's literature. He is contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine, on the executive board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and is associate professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey. He served for several years on the Core Faculty of the MFA in Writing Program at VCFA, mentoring students across all three genres. www.rigobertogonzalez.com
First Hunger Mountain Fellow Appointed
The first ever Hunger Mountain fellow has been named. The 2014-15 fellow is Renee Lauzon, a current student in the MFA in Writing program at VCFA, and an alum of VCFA's MFA in Visual Art program.
This working fellowship is awarded annually to one writing student in the MFA in Writing , MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults, or MFA in Writing & Publishing degree programs at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The Hunger Mountain Fellowship offers students a chance to gain valuable professional skills as an integral part of the Hunger Mountain editorial team, taking part in all aspects of the editorial, production, promotional, and fundraising processes. The Hunger Mountain Fellowship awards a $15,000 annual stipend for 20 hours of work per week in the HM office and is open to a writing student in any semester/year of study.
2014 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize Winners
Congratulations Dante Di Stefano, winner of the 2014 Ruth Stone Poetry Prize. His poem "Epithalamion Doused with Moonshine" was chosen by judge Michael Dickman from over 900 poems. This isn't Dante's first year entering the Ruth Stone Poetry Prize. His "Chagall's Bride on the Leroy Street Bus" was a finalist in the 2013 prize. Runners- up were Eric Berlin for "Things Like These" and francine j. harris for "where you could sit up straight." Finalists are Emily Casey, Anna Coe, Lina Feuerstein, Laura Davies Foley, Thomas March, Hannah Oberman-Breindel, Tess Taylor, and Katrin Tschirgi. Winning poems will be published online at Hunger Mountain.


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So, tonight during scripture reading, my daughter was reading away. We were in 1 Nephi 22:26 which reads-
26 And because of the arighteousness of his people, bSatan has no power; wherefore, he cannot be loosed for the space of cmanyyears; for he hath no power over the hearts of the people, for they dwell in righteousness, and the Holy One of Israel dreigneth.
As she ended the verse she said, "...and the Holy One of Israel resigneth."
We all stopped and thought about that for a minute. We laughed, but the thought crossed my mind, "What WOULD happen if the Lord just resigned?"
It wasn't a pleasant picture. I sometimes think that with all the struggles I have and do face that sometimes the Lord maybe WANTS to resign, but I am ever grateful for a Savior who is willing to stick with me despite my failures, struggles, and outright sinning.
So, I guess the next time you feel like giving up, remember that our Savior has experienced anything and everything that WE might encounter and he understands. I don't think there will be any resignations anytime soon, either from the Lord...
Or, from me.


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22.12.2017 Flow test results from Rizq-2 appraisal well in Pakistan exceed expectations
The appraisal well flowed at a rate four times faster than during initial testing. Once connected to the production facilities, the well will add approximately 140,000-170,000 m3 to PGNiG's daily natural gas output in Pakistan (around 124,000–148,000 m3 of high-methane equivalent). Total production from PGNiG's Pakistani fields will reach 1 mcm of natural gas per day (approximately 850,000 m3 of high-methane equivalent).
The first tests in the Rizq-2 appraisal well were carried out in October 2017. The initial flow rate achieved at the time was approximately 28 m³/min. After a hydraulic fracturing treatment performed in late November and early December 2017, the well flowed at a rate of around 128 m³/min.
The Rizq-2 appraisal well was drilled in the Rizq field under the Kirthar licence located in the Sindh province. Connection to the production facilities is planned to be completed by the end of February 2018. After that, the total production from PGNiG's Pakistani fields will reach 1 mcm of natural gas per day (approximately 850,000 m3 of high-methane equivalent). PGNiG S.A. holds a 70% interest in the production, with the other 30% held by Pakistan Petroleum Limited.
PGNiG produces natural gas from two fields in Pakistan – Rehman and Rizq. The latter was discovered in 2015 in the Rizq-1 well, which was brought on stream in November 2016. The provider of drilling services for PGNiG in Pakistan is a PGNiG Group company Exalo Drilling.


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Many Cha Cha reveals a lot about me, despite the fact that I've always intended to keep a low profile here. Many of my interests, preferences and day to day experiences shape the content, obviously. So it's a challenge to come up with seven new things about myself as required by the Very Inspiring Blogger Award.
(Check out this post, if you missed it, to see a list of blogs that I find very inspiring).
Monday: I guess I dress like my kids lately. It's hard to tell who is copying whom.
Tuesday: I like fluffy wool, I swear it's not prickly. (No, I can't really crochet but I've been trying).
Wednesday: My handwriting is shocking.
Thursday: Most of my best stuff is salvaged. Many would call it junk.
Friday: I'm a book vandal.
Saturday: I often push imaginary glasses onto the bridge of my nose (when I'm not wearing mine, that is).
Sunday: I'm so pale I made an elephant squint.


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Google+ is a social network created by Google.
The Muppets started a Google+ profile on November 7, in anticipation of The Muppets.[1] According to a post, Miss Piggy insisted in being in all the important circles, thus the Muppets' Google+ account.[2]
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See also
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- ↑ https://plus.google.com/104375674620500794820/posts/JBPk54oBcDd
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It looks like I was a bit over ambitious on my match prediction on a 3-1 win to the Saddlers. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.
Not going to the game was absolute torture for me. I have only been to one away match this season and usually I am quite happy with waiting for the alerts to come through on my phone. It was completely different for this match.
The only thing I could do for the duration of the game was switch between refreshing my twitter news feed, to refreshing my BBC sport app, both whilst watching Sky Sports News.
The slightest mention of Walsall's name, or even when it came up on the Sky Sports News feed to notify of half time my heart skipped a beat.
When the final result of the 0-0 draw came through I breathed a sigh of relief. Going from the comments on Twitter not many of my fellow supporters are as happy me.
The lack of social media updates from the players also has me questioning what happened. Usually they are the first to comment on their thoughts moving on to the next game. But I suppose that's what happens when it ends in stalemate.


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But what were we going to do with all the cords? This is where the genius comes in: we mounted it on the only wall that the rest of our
Then we built a small shelf to set our accessories on. The dvd, dish reciever and wii fit great, the xbox went up above on the closet shelf (hubby wanted to keep little fingers far from his baby!)
We were going to build a shelf for movies, wii games and such, but in the interest of $ we used a clear plastic organizer we already had.
all of the annoying wii accessories are in a rubbermaid container that was also on hand, but I can't get the lid back on anyway, so I am still working on another option.
What do you think? I love it and even with our entertainment center before the cords and clutter drove me mad! Really, really crazy! Look at all those cords, now I don't have to see them!! I am so glad we don't have to look at any of it now!
Sidenote: Hubby just pointed out that he had to install an outlet in the bottom of the closet as well. Kind of important to know if you are going to try it!


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Buster's People:
" Hi everyone Buster here on my take of what is going on. Well I feel like a king every time I get to Doggy Daycare. I get treated so well here it's awesome. Like the last time i was there the crew brushed me,and made me look my best. No question when I got home I was the hot guy on the crescent. All the other dogs were barking and looking at this fine dog. I really wanted to say thanks to all the staff at B n' B.You all make me feel special! I only wish my dad would stop petting that Cindy and Gene!
Thanks again to Tif and all my friends at B n' B for making me look so darn good. Ah perfection is easy when your name is Buster and you look as good as me. "
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I am Gracie's step-mommy and I am so proud she made "Pet of the Week" at Barks and Bubbles. Gracie is full of love and lots of licks when I visit her and she loves to play with her bestie "Cosmo" my Pure BUG puppy!!
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Thanks Tiffany for another wonderful haircut! Pepsi looks great and smells so good. We love what you do
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We moved to our new home January of 2016 and then expanded February 2017. Our expansion included a larger small dog daycare and Pet Hotel!
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"As the business has grown, so have the problems."
That's how Marcus Lemonis, host of the CNBC show "The Profit," explained the plight of the floundering Greek food business My Big Fat Greek Gyro, which he attempted to save in a recent episode of the show. Lemonis encounters this theme all too frequently with the businesses featured in the reality series, and he uses his money and experience to help.
Lemonis, the chairman and CEO of the billion-dollar recreational vehicle supplier Camping World, is not always able to turn around the companies he invests in, however. The Profit highlights a host of entrepreneur mistakes, from balking on promises to failing to communicate with employees to delegating too many important tasks to a third party. Here are some of the critical errors that have occurred on the show.


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The Excel and the Sequoia are both older versions of the popular Nordic Track skier. The Sequoia was the original skier. The Challenger model came next, followed by the Excel. These two skier machines have more similarities than differences. The main differences are in the design materials and the machine's mobility.
Nordic Track was started in 1976 by Ed Pauls. Living in Minnesota, Pauls wanted to build an indoor machine that mimicked cross-country skiing. Nordic Track kept its roots in Minnesota -- the skiers, including the Sequoia and the Excel, continued to be manufactured there even after the company grew. In 1998, Icon Health and Fitness bought Nordic Track and eventually moved production overseas. The Excel and Sequoia are considered Nordic Track classics since they were made before the company was sold and production left Minnesota.
The Sequoia is the original Nordic Track skier model. It is made with pine and steel. The pine has a redwood stain finish and the steel is black. The Excel came two skier models after the Sequoia. It is made with oak and stainless steel, which gives the metal a shiny appearance. The oak wood is coated with a clear finish.
Both the Sequoia and the Excel skiers fold for easy storage. The upright folds-down and rests on the base. However, the Excel model is more mobile than the Sequoia. It has wheels on its back legs. You can fold the unit down, then tilt it on its wheels and roll it to a storage area.
The features of the two machines are identical. They both have adjustable upper and lower body resistance settings. The hip pad can be tilted and moved to fit each individual user. You use both skier models in the same manner. Start sliding your feet in a smooth back and forth motion. Grab the hand grips and move your arms opposite your legs. Your left arm moves back when your left leg is forward. The motion should be smooth and natural.
Nordic Track no longer manufactures the Sequoia or the Excel. The only skier currently produced by Nordic Track is the Classic Pro Skier. However, you can purchase the Sequoia and the Excel as refurbished machines from businesses that find original skiers such as these and refurbish them.


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Felicitations For October: Let's #MakeStuff
"Happy October! How crazy that it is already fall? For this year's first autumnal Felicitations, I'm excited to introduce to you food crafter and fellow mother, Sarah Michelle Gellar. We are welcoming her as this month's guest editor for What The Flicka!" – Felicity
I am so excited to be the guest editor on What the Flicka this month! Fall is one of my favorite times of the year, even in Southern California where children decorate pumpkins in their bathing suits!
I've chosen #makestuff as What The Flicka's theme for October and contributors will be sharing their own experiences with crafting and spending fun, quality time with their kids. I thought this would be perfect, as October is all about the creative and spirited holiday of Halloween!
Anyone that knows me knows of my crafting love (read: obsession). As a child I always loved art class even though I was by no means the most talented. As an adult I discovered crafting. Whether its food, jewelry, flowers, photography, crafting can be found everywhere.
I recently took my passion for crafting and turned it into a business. This week we officially launched Foodstirs, a culinary lifestyle brand focused on healthier and creative baking kits! The idea came after my friend and Co-founder, Galit Laibow, and I went shopping to recreate all those Pinterest pins we saved, and realized not only were the available ingredients not appealing or good for you, but it took a lot of work to make something that took only a few seconds to save on a board. So after a year of recipe tasting and brand building, Foodstirs is up and running!
Now not all crafts are created equal…or edible in this case! Another great creative outlet we do as a family is painting. Sometimes we will roll out a large canvas, sometimes it is project based, and one time we even painted all of my husbands old sneakers (another great way to get your men to clean out their closet).
We also love family story time. Some nights, (or even) days, we all pile into bed and one kid picks a random word and off we go. We take turns adding to the story, and just listen, as it gets crazier and crazier. The last story started with the word Monkey from dad, then my daughter named it Chi-Chi and my two and half year old added the word pinch (thanks preschool) and suddenly we began the tale of Chi-Chi the pinching monkey.
For this month you can expect me to try out holiday apples, ghoulish cupcakes, leaf art, and DIY costumes for the kids. So share your stories with me and #makestuff this month. It may be DIY Halloween costumes (see my inspo here), fun fall decorations, or even a ghost themed cookie!


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*Process of Application: B Creative goes the extra mile to give you the best possible concrete slab by including several valuable steps that many concrete companies overlook. B Creative starts by removing grass and leveling the ground. Then, 3-6 inches of gravel is applied, depending on the surface. Next, the gravel is screeded (uniformly leveled), to insure a solid pour, whether 4 inches or 6 inches is needed, and by doing so, we minimize the likelihood of cracking. Next, the gravel is compacted before making the pour. B Creative always uses fiber reinforced concrete, rebar reinforcement when needed, and never minimizes the PSI rating. Lastly, expansion joints are cut where necessary to maintain a solid, strong slab to help prevent cracking that can occur over time.
NON-DECORATIVE RESURFACING: Create a new textured, broom-finish look on old or pitted concrete.
CRACK REPAIR: We have many types of crack repairs and fillers. Depending on the need and desired finished look, together we will determine the best solution for your concrete.
*Process of Application: First, B Creative "V" opens the crack(s). Next, a two part epoxy is injected into the crack, mixing it with sand, which bonds it back together. Where necessary, new tension relief joints are saw-cut to help prevent future cracking and allow the concrete more flexibility.


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The Friends of Tarrywile Park is grateful for our many corporate and local friends. Without their gracious efforts and financial support, we would not be able to do the many things every year to help keep Tarrywile Park pristine for all to enjoy.
We thank you!
All Seasons Party Rentals – Sarah Pineault- www.asrentals.net
Everything Carlye – Caryle Kloter – www.everythingcaryle.com
Gullivers Liquor – Tim and Patricia Isaascon (203.743.2582)
Hollandia Gift & Garden – www.hollandianurseries.com
Danbury Square Wine & Liquor – Jonathan Meyer – www.danburysquarefinewines.com
Union Savings Bank – Amy Morris
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
NaMoPaiMo success!
She's done! And with a couple of hours to spare, ha ha! This color and pattern were a significant challenge to execute and complete because I have often felt a lack of confidence in my dun dilutions, but I'm really rather pleased this gal turned out so nicely. I am still struggling with my workload mentally (and temporally) and a big dose of seasonal affective disorder, but NaMoPaiMo has been a very much needed artistic mojo boost. Thank you so much, Jennifer, for organizing this wonderful hobby event! I have thoroughly enjoyed the camaraderie and enthusiasm it engendered.
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Has anyone tried to use this to even out a tan line?If so, how'd it go? I saw a tip that said it could be used in such a manner and I'm curious as to whether or not it would work. I do need a new bronzer anyway since I have gotten really tan over the summer and I thought this might be a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
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my skin color is fairly light so im pale but not white white. is this bronzer good for like winter time and mainly is it over all face or contour i need to no if its overall face and does it make me look orange !!!
I use this mainly for a Contour on my cheek bones. Although, it does also work great all over the face. The powder it's self stays on for a long time. But I would suggest priming your face with porefessionall to even out your face and create a nice base.
I am just like you (very pale) and i was scared as well because i thought it would turn me a weird color but it gives you this subtle glow that is sooo amazing that you should definetly should give this product a try you will not be dissapointed!Also to answer your question it could be both. A great contour for you cheekbones or an all over color to give you a tan.
I have fair skin this is perfect for it. I definitely does not look fake, it's very natural looking. Definitely overall face bronzer.
Hoola is great for whenever you want to achieve a tan look and to contour your face. As a devoted Hoola fan, I would not be using it for 5 years if it left me orange. It's truly gives a perfect matte tan so you don't look too made up, just natural. Since you are fairly light, a little will go along way! Enjoy!
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I use it both for contouring and over all depending on the day, I first bought mine in Winter and I was so happy I felt like I'd been spending days n a beach. It's definitely not orange in the least. I don't use the brush it comes with, I use a powder brush and always make sure I tap it off so I don't get too much on my face.
This bronzer will never make you orange. It's a miracle! You can absolutely use it everywhere. For all over, or for contour it works perfectly.
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Does this work for darker skin tones? My skin tone and hair are similar to Selma Hayek... Will this color work for me or would you suggest a different shade?
it will probably give you a nice highlight. since you're darker, you can really build up the color because on darker skin it won't look as obvious as on lighter skin tones. Or you can try Dallas. It's darker with plum undertones.
I have dark skin and hair, not quite as dark as yours though but it works amazingly on me! If you have a benefit stand at a mall or a sephora near you i would go in and try some on, but it should work well on you too! it is a dark bronzer so I think i looks better on dark skin anyway, but it is also very easy to adjust the shade you want by how much you put on your face. The hoola also doubles as a powder, so I don't use it as just a bronzer!
I think this would be perfect for your skin tone, just the slight bit of colour you need and not too orangey which would not compiment your latino skin tone ? go for it its a great bronzer very verstile :) I would also recomend CORALista with this :) they look great together
yeah, i was so unsure at first because i am pretty dark. but then i thought that i should give it a shot-BEST decision ever! it gives me the cute glow that i really want, and despite having dark skin it SHOWS UP! quite a great buy.
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- The report contains detailed information about Lockheed Martin Corporation that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
- Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for Lockheed Martin Corporation. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
- The Lockheed Martin Corporation financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company's long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company's decision-making processes.
- In the part that describes Lockheed Martin Corporation competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company's competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company's business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors' businesses.
- Also the report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements. The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of Lockheed Martin Corporation business.
About Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lockheed Martin Corporation engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, operation, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products in the United States and internationally. The company also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company serves both domestic and international customers with products and services that have defense, civil, and commercial applications, with principal customers being agencies of the U.S. Government.
The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems & Global Services, and Space Systems.
Aeronautics segment engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, sustainment, support, and upgrade of advanced military aircraft, including combat and air mobility aircraft, unmanned air vehicles, and related technologies. The companys customers include the military services and various government agencies of the United States and allied countries around the world.
Combat Aircraft
The companys Combat Aircraft business designs, develops, produces, and provides systems support for fighter aircraft. The companys major fighter aircraft programs include: The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, an international multi-role, stealth fighter; The F-22 Raptor, the air dominance and multi-mission stealth fighter; and The F-16 Fighting Falcon, an international multi-role fighter.
Air Mobility
In Air Mobility, the company designs, develops, produces, and provides system support and sustainment of tactical and strategic airlift aircraft. The companys major programs include production, support, and sustainment of the C-130J Super Hercules, upgrade and support of the legacy C-130 Hercules worldwide fleet, support of the existing C-5A/B/C Galaxy fleet, and modification of Galaxy aircraft to the modernized C-5M Super Galaxy configuration.
Other Aeronautics Programs (Including Advanced Research and Development)
The company involves in advanced development programs incorporating design and prototype applications. The companys advanced development programs (ADP) organization, known as the Skunk Works, focuses on future systems, including unmanned aerial vehicles and capabilities for long-range strike, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance/battle space awareness, and air mobility. It also involves in various network enabled activities.
Global Sustainment
As part of each of its Aeronautics lines of business, the company provides a range of logistics support, sustaining engineering, aviation upgrades, modifications, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) for all of its lines of aircraft, including the F-35, the F-22, the F-16, the C-130, the C-5, the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, and the U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
The Electronic Systems segment manages complex programs and designs, develops, and integrates hardware and software solutions to ensure the mission readiness of armed forces and government agencies worldwide. Major lines of business include air and missile defense; tactical missiles; weapon fire control systems; surface ship and submarine combat systems, anti-submarine and undersea warfare systems; land, sea-based, and airborne radars; surveillance and reconnaissance systems; simulation and training systems; and integrated logistics and sustainment services.
Maritime Systems & Sensors
Maritime Systems & Sensors (MS2) provides ship systems integration, including command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capability across shore-based command centers; surface ship and submarine combat systems; sea-based missile defense systems; sensors; tactical avionics; port traffic management systems; missile launching systems; aerostat surveillance systems; technologies associated with renewable energy systems; and supply-chain management programs and systems. Core programs include the Aegis Weapon System, which is a fleet defense system and a sea-based element o
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1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History
2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units
3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats
4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
4.2.1. Profitability
4.2.2. Margin Analysis
4.2.3. Asset Turnover
4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot
5.1. Lockheed Martin Corporation Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Lockheed Martin Corporation and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Lockheed Martin Corporation and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Lockheed Martin Corporation Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Aerospace and Defense Industry Snapshot
5.4.2. Lockheed Martin Corporation Industry Position Analysis
6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events
7.1. Experts Opinion
7.2. Experts Estimates
9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors
10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix
Lockheed Martin Corporation Key Facts
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Lockheed Martin Corporation Key Executives
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Lockheed Martin Corporation Major Shareholders
Lockheed Martin Corporation History
Lockheed Martin Corporation Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
Lockheed Martin Corporation Offices and Representations
Lockheed Martin Corporation SWOT Analysis
Yearly Income Statement Including Trends
Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Lockheed Martin Corporation Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Lockheed Martin Corporation Capital Market Snapshot
Lockheed Martin Corporation Direct Competitors Key Facts
Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Aerospace and Defense Industry Statistics
Lockheed Martin Corporation Industry Position
Company vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Company vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Company vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Company vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Lockheed Martin Corporation Consensus Recommendations1
Analyst Recommendation Summary1
Price Target Summary1
Experts Recommendation Trends1
Revenue Estimates Analysis1
Earnings Estimates Analysis1
Historical Surprises1
Revenue Estimates Trend1
Earnings Estimates Trend1
Revenue Revisions1
Lockheed Martin Corporation Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Profit Margin Chart
Operating Margin Chart
Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Debt to Equity Chart
Current Ratio Chart
Lockheed Martin Corporation 1-year Stock Charts
Lockheed Martin Corporation 5-year Stock Charts
Lockheed Martin Corporation vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
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SWOT Analysis
SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.
Enhanced SWOT Analysis
Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:
- How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
- How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
- How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?
Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.
PESTEL Analysis
PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.
Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.
Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:
- Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations' impact on the business?
- Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence's degree?
- Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business's products and operations?
- Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
- Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
- Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?
IFE, EFE, IE Matrices
The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business's functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.
The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.
The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.
Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.
Porter Five Forces Analysis
The Porter's five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:
- What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
- Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
- What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
- How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
- How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?
VRIO Analysis
VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company's resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:
- Tangible resources
- Financial
- Physical
- Technological
- Organizational
- Intangible resources
- Human
- Innovation and Creativity
- Reputation
- Organizational capabilities
The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company's competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:
- Valuable?
- Rare?
- Costly to imitate?
- Organized properly?