The Board of Directors of the GIS Association of Japan (GISA) formed a working group to study GIS education curricula on October, 2002.
And in 2009, they completed Geographic Information Science (GIScience) Core Curriculum in Japan. However it means just core information like the item. That succession working group is concentrating on the making of contents now. In addition, we have to make more useful education toolkit for GIScience.
The education of Geographic Information Technology (GIT) is an education method of the application for spatial science. That concept includes many ideas with development, improvement, use case and evaluation as non-Black Box (Open Source) tools. We think that the directionality of the GIT toolkit looks like FOSS4G tools very well.
Especially, the experience of the design and development is indispensable for students of science and engineering.
Last year, we have developed some tools based on GIT toolkit is in our group aiming to help the experience.
In this summer, we will release some tools as beta version, please discuss and help our project for Japanese Students.
Taichi Furuhashi is president of MAPconcierge Inc, a vice-president of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan, a researcher of the center for spatial information science at the university of Tokyo and also a director of OSGeo Japan. He work with a Project of GIScience Core Curriculum in Japan.
Contributions to the quantitative civil war literature increasingly rely on geo-referenced data and disaggregated research designs. While this is a welcome trend, it necessitates geographic information systems (GIS) skills and imposes new challenges for data collection and analysis. So far, solutions to these challenges differ between studies, hampering replication and extension of earlier work. This article presents a standardized structure for storing, manipulating, and analyzing high-resolution spatial data. PRIO-GRID is a vector grid network with a resolution of 0.5 x 0.5 decimal degrees, covering all terrestrial areas of the world. The released dataset comes with cell-specific information on a large selection of political, economic, demographic, environmental, and conflict variables for all years, 1946–2008. A simple descriptive data assessment is offered to demonstrate how PRIO-GRID may be applied in social science research.
Andreas F. Tollefsen is Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. He holds an MA. in Geography from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is also the winner of the Stuart A. Bremer travel award 2009.
Land-use changes are typically modeled using geographic information systems because of the spatial nature of the data. But the complexity of coupled human and natural systems and the fourth dimension involved with change over time and time-series data expose some limitations of GIS tools when used on their own. In this paper we present the application of REPAST, a free and open source geospatial Multi-agent Model (a.k.a. Agent-based Model or ABM) to the dynamic simulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) changes in a sub-watershed in Ontario, Canada with predominantly agricultural land use. The combination of Geospatial analysis and use of an Agent Based Model is a new way to solve complex problems involving multiple decision makers on the landscape. The combination of these modeling approaches helps to address the time dimension in geospatial modeling problems. ABM can model dynamic systems, their evolutionary changes and importantly, can predict options for sustainable system configurations. As a part of this research project, open source tools were developed to integrate ABM and GIS environments, specifically with respect to data transport and coupling of GIS and REPAST tools. In this paper we present scenarios to estimate the GHG emissions in an agricultural watershed, and the FOSS tools we both adopted and have been developing to undertake this project.
I received my PH.D. in Physical Geography from Nottingham University, England (2006).Since January 2007, I have been working as a researcher and post doc fellow with the Department of Earth Space Science, Emergency Management Program, and most recently at the Faculty Environmental Studies. During this period, I have been involved with various research projects funded by GEOIDE and NSERC. In my current position as a post doc fellow at the Faculty of Environmental Studies, I work on a project that aims to evaluate the effects of organic farming on greenhouse gas using a GIS based agent based model.
At the same time, I have been working as a part time instructor for Wilfred Laurier University and Lakehead University (Orillia Campus), teaching various courses including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Arial Photo Interpretation. My research interest is Spatial Analysis/Modeling and GIS implementation in natural and technological hazards.
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The Embrapa Agricultural Informatics, decentralized unit of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), is developing a system for environmental regulation and licensing, called SISLA - Interactive System Support for Environmental Licensing. At first, the system is being used by the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and the peculiarities of the system to specifically meet this state are being developed in partnership with the Environment Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul (Imasul).
The SISLA was conceived with the use of free or open source tools, such as PostgreSQL and its spatial extension PostGIS, MapServer and i3Geo. Among its main features, stand out the analysis of georeferenced surrounding farms applicants for environmental licensing for projects; queries georeferenced of licensing procedures; and technical analysis of the licensing process. The first allows enterprising to check, quickly and simply by the Internet, the proximity or intersection of your property in relation to protected areas by the state government. The second allows managers to monitor the evolution of state licensing processes in the various municipalities that comprise the state. Finally, the third allows a visual analysis of the areas of licensing applicants for technical expertise as well as its comparison with other themes, including satellite imagery, in order to find irregularities that might impede the continuity of the process.
Graduate at Computer Science from São Pauo University (2003) and master's at Electric Engineering from São Paulo Univesity (2008). Systems Analist from Embrapa since 2007.
The DISDI Portal. The DISDI Portal assists the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) in meeting its goal of leveraging spatial information across the installation and environment (I&E) business mission areas to better manage global installations and bases.
Army Mapper. The Army Mapper supports the the U.S. Army Installation Geospatial Information & Services (IGI&S) program office by ensuring the availability of data and services that support the overall management and resourcing of Army installations worldwide.
USACE CorpsMap. CorpsMap is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) nationwide enterprise GIS implementation. CorpsMap supports a single USACE common operating picture and provides secure integration of geospatial data across business lines and secure access to this information within and beyond the Corps.
Tools such as GDAL, MapServer, OpenLayers, and MapFish have proven to be well suited to the task of supporting these large, complex, highly available systems. We will also highlight our general use of open-source software principles including code sharing and re-use, which increase efficiency and reduce costs.
Joel Schlagel is an environmental scientist with twenty years experience in design and deliver of geospatial information systems. He serves as the technical lead for multiple agency scale geospatial information systems including the USACE CorsMap and DISDI Portal. Mr. Schlagel is a leading proponent for the integration of open source software and open source principals in the development of standards based information systems for the US Government.


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Lacrosse | Ohio State rallies from four down to reach title game
Mark Znidar The Columbus Dispatch @MarkZnidar
It was at halftime, when his team was fighting itself as much as the opponent, that Ohio State coach Nick Myers reminded the players how many times they had been able to recalculate and come back to win.
The Buckeyes were out of sync in trailing Towson by four goals after the first 30 minutes of an NCAA national semifinal. In the first minutes alone, they had two turnovers and drew two pushing penalties on the same possession in giving up a two-man-down goal.
They could have thought it just wasn't their day when an error by an official gave the Tigers another goal even though replays clearly showed the ball had not crossed the goal line.
But Ohio State got a tying goal from freshman Tre Leclaire, a go-ahead goal from J.T. Blubaugh of DeSales, and what turned out to be the deciding goal from Johnny Pearson in coming away with an 11-10 victory Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
What fueled the offense was senior Jake Withers winning 10 of 13 face-offs in the second half.
The Buckeyes (16-4) will play for the national championship against Maryland (15-3) at 1 p.m. Monday.
"We got into halftime and really needed to take a hard look at ourselves," Myers said. "We said, 'Look, we are going to close the gap in the third and win it in the fourth.' That was a calming sense. We said, 'Yes, we can do that.' We had to establish some rhythm and tempo and give our defense a break."
Towson had held nine straight opponents to less than 10 goals and had won 29 straight games when leading after three quarters.
"In the second half we said take a deep breath and just run our offense, and it worked," Leclaire said.
The situation looked grim after attacker Joe Seider gave Towson an 8-3 lead with 11:46 left in the third quarter after an Ohio State turnover.
But the Buckeyes got consecutive goals by Austin Shanks, Leclaire, Shanks on a man advantage and Eric Fannell to cut the deficit to 8-7 with 4:11 left in the quarter.
Blubaugh scored from about 10 yards to the right of the goal with 10:26 left in the game to provide a 10-9 lead. Officials went to replay because the ball popped out of the net so quickly.
"I wasn't sure there was replay in lacrosse, but we were pretty certain it was a goal," Blubaugh said. "We talked about what we were going to do on the next play."
The comeback, he said, was the result of patience.
"We just stacked plays on top of one another," he said. "You can't come back from a four-goal deficit in one play."
Ryan Drenner got the Tigers (12-5) within a goal with 3:17 left.
Towson gained possession with 52 seconds left. A shot by Seider was wide with 15 seconds left, and defenseman Erik Evans secured the win by getting a ground ball with 3.5 seconds left.
"What a big-time stop," Myers said. "But we have one more to do. We haven't finished business. We've got one more Monday."
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Dr. Kristi Adamo (Research Scientist) co-authored a paper that was recently published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine titled, "Young Children and Parental Physical Activity Levels: Findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey." Several other HALO researchers were co-authors on the paper including Kendra Brett (PhD student) and Dr. Rachel Colley (Junior Research Chair). Complete citation details are below.
Kristi B. Adamo, Kellie A. Langlois, Kendra E. Brett, Rachel C. Colley. Young Children and Parental Physical Activity Levels: Findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Am J Prev Med 2012;43(2):168–175.
ABSTRACT: Background: Physical inactivity is a global public health concern. The relationship between dependent children in the home and parental physical activity has not been quantifıed using objective measures, nor has the relative association of the physical activity levels of mothers and fathers been examined. Purpose: To investigate the association of children of different ages in the home on twomeasures of parental physical activity: daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and likelihood of meeting the guideline of 150 minutes of MVPA per week accumulated in 10-minute bouts. Methods: Data were from the 2007–2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey (n=2315), and analyses were conducted between February and December 2011. MVPA was measured directly using accelerometry. Linear (minutes of MVPA) and logistic (meeting physical activity guidelines) regression models were performed to determine if the presence, number of children, or the age of the youngest child at home was associated with parental physical activity. All models were adjusted for parental age, marital status, household income, employment, and BMI. Results: Mothers whose youngest child was aged < 6 years and fathers whose youngest was aged 6–11 years engaged in fewerminutes of dailyMVPA than those without dependent children. Linear regression results identifıed that in comparison to those without children, women whose youngest child in the home was aged < 6 years participated in 7.7 minutes less activity per day (p=0.007) whereasmen engaged in 5.7 fewerminutes per day, or 54 and 40minutes per week less, respectively. Similarly, logistic regression analyses indicated that both women and men were less likely to meet guidelines if their youngest child in the home was aged 6 years (OR0.31, 95% CI0.11, 0.87;OR0.34, 95% CI0.13, 0.93). Conclusions: The physical activity level of parents with young children present in the home was lower than that of those without children. Given the many physiologic, psychological, and social benefıts of healthy active living, research efforts should continue to focus on strategies to encourage parents with young children to establish or re-engage in a physically active lifestyle, not only for their own health but to model healthy behavior for the next generation.


Oxford University is inviting Seren learners to apply for an all-expenses-paid summer school in August. The theme of the summer school is 'The Future', with lectures and tutorials on a range of interesting topics including climate change, migration, computing and literature. You do not need to be studying any particular subjects to be eligible. The aim is to cover a range of interesting and important matters.The deadline for applications is 2nd June, so think fast!


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This Minister is always willing to speak to those who want to know a little more about Christian faith. You may know, or you may be, someone who is considering whether or not they would like to join the church. Should you or someone you know be interested in being part of these it would be helpful if you could give me your details so that dates and times can be set. The classes usually take place over four weeks and look at belief in God; who Jesus was and is; the Holy Spirit's presence in our lives; and what church membership might mean for us.
It has been suggested that there would be some interest in conversations about church membership with those who are already members as they continue to think more about what this means for each of them individually.


Dr Nikhil Agarwal, Founder Entrepreneur Cafe and Ms Chayanant Tiyatrakarnchi, City Mayor Bangkok attended the CSW Singapore.
The four day event was the biggest crowdsourcing party. People from all over the world participated in the conference. The discussions during these 5 days in Singapore have intensively related with the disruptive transformations, and the future of the crowd economy i.e. technological innovations, growth and market opportunities, etc.
Sean Moffitt from Wikibrands & CSW2 shared his opinion… the crowdsourcing has been popularly transformed from west to east, consequently, the key growth driver of crowdsourcing in near future will be Asia region. Leo Shimada from Crowdonomic concurred Sean's opinion that… Asia is on the way to using crowdfunding as a powerful fundraising tool. Crowdfunding is no longer a novelty. Most platforms in Singapore are changing the competitive mindset and obviously, what was once known as novelty is now morphing into a powerful financing tool in Asia. The Dragon is awake and ready. China dominates in scale and South East Asia is the breakout region in growth!
Not only StartUp, but also FMCG and large corporation are also paying their attentions to crowdsourcing. Joël Céré from eYeka, shared insights on the evolution of crowdsourcing… Based on the crowdsourcing activity of the 100 Best Global Brands since 2004, as well as that of ten major FMCG companies on four leading crowdsourcing platforms in 2013 and 2014, the resulting "The State of Crowdsourcing in 2015" trend report is the first objective assessment of trends and adoption of crowdsourcing for marketing and communication by the world's biggest brands, and a forecast about where it is heading. Cade Tan from DBS Bank said… Crowdsourcing requires an ongoing learning culture; therefore, DBS invests spend more time to understand in shifting themselves to the collaborative, and transparent economy. In addition to time, it also invested a lot to build this two-way learning process in exploring its implications.


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Dr. LeViis Haney has over 17 years of experience in the education field, including experience as a middle school teacher, high school U.S. History teacher, high school dean, K-8 assistant principal and principal. Dr. Haney graduated from Northeastern Illinois University with a bachelor's degree in History and Secondary Education and a master's degree in Educational Administration and Supervision. He earned a doctorate degree from Loyola University Chicago in Administration and Supervision in 2011.
During his tenure as principal in the Chicago Public School district, Dr. Haney led Lovett Elementary School in achieving the highest gains in the district in reading and math, earning the highest school rating of 1+. He has also led the school in a 1:1 technology initiative, raised millions of dollars in funding for school initiatives, and implemented a personalized learning model that is recognized across the country in several publications and websites. Dr. Haney has won several awards and distinctions, including the LEAP Innovators in Education Leadership Award and the Loyola University Chicago Distinguished Alumni Award, and he was selected to deliver the Loyola University Chicago School of Education Graduation Commencement Speech in 2016. He also delivers speeches across the country on the implementation of personalized learning models and transforming school culture. Dr. Haney teaches principal preparation courses as an adjunct professor at Northeastern Illinois University.
In addition to his professional career, Dr. Haney also owns and manages several properties in underserved communities, with the goal of providing high quality living options for an affordable cost. He also sits on several boards, including the Loyola University Chicago Superintendent Program Advisory Board, and the NEIU Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education Field Experience Advisory Board. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, basketball, bowling, and hanging out with his family.


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When it comes to construction law cases, mediation can be a critical moment. Construction mediation can be a time for the two sides of the lawsuit to sit down and talk about the case. At mediation, this is done in a face to face meeting that often results in the sides reaching a settlement agreement that works for both of them.
When a case goes to mediation, a skilled and trained professional such as Lyle Charles serves as the mediator. They explain the rules of mediation to both sides so that the session can be productive. Then, the mediator takes turns talking to each side in the case. Each side has a chance to say their peace as they work towards an amicable resolution of the case.
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A construction consultant can help you prepare for mediation. They can work with you to decide what your case might be worth before mediation begins. They can help you form realistic expectations as you head into the mediation process. This can help you achieve a good result during your mediation session.


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Farnell Adds Ikalogic to Test and Measurement Range – Featuring the World's First Wireless Oscilloscope Probe
November 5, 2019	Distribution, News, Press Releases, Test & Measurement 1,118 Views
Farnell, the Development Distributor, has added Ikalogic to its test and measurement range, extending its portfolio of competitively priced logic analysers and handheld oscilloscopes.
Designed with engineers in mind, Ikalogic products will be welcomed by electronic design and firmware engineers, embedded designers and makers, enabling them to capture and analyse signals with ease.
Offering a high degree of flexibility in use, Ikalogic's product range includes both wireless and battery operation (enabling isolation from mains voltage) and software which runs on Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems. The standard USB connection turns any computer into a measuring system allowing processing of hours of high frequency signals and identification of rare events. State of the art hardware guarantees reliable measurements and open-source add-on scripts offer in-depth analysis.
Key products available for same day despatch from Farnell include:
IkaScope WS200 is a revolutionary, ultra-portable, battery powered wireless oscilloscope probe, the first of its kind anywhere in the world, making measurement and debugging simpler than ever before. The IkaScope connects to any WiFi enabled screen including desktop computer, tablet or smartphone to display captured signals and reliable measurements within a few seconds of using the product. Its patented ProbeClick® technology automatically holds captured signals when the probe tip is released.
SP209 Series 9-Channel, 200MSPS logic analyser features an embedded 2 GB sampling memory and industrial bus receivers. The SP209 can capture logic signals and analyse I2C, SPI, CAN, RS232, 1-Wire, and 30 more protocols. The performance of the SP209 does not depend on USB connection bandwidth. The SP209 is ideal for embedded systems development and debugging, serial protocols analysis, industrial bus analysis, ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) diagnostics, reverse engineering, research and educational facilities.
SQ series (ScanaQuad) is a low budget logic analyser which can capture, analyse and generate logic signals on 4 channels, at sampling rates up to 200MHz, allowing analysis and debugging of all serial protocols. Free ScanaStudio software is included to display, decode and analyse captured signals. Device performance does not depend on USB connection bandwidth. The SQ Series may be used for development and debugging of embedded systems and firmware, analysis of serial protocols, reverse engineering and education.
James McGregor, Global Head of Test and Tools for Farnell says: "We continue to offer our customers an ever-expanding range of competitively priced test and measurement products designed with engineers in mind. Farnell's test and measurement range is all-inclusive and holistic, ensuring the engineering community is supported at every level, from beginners right through to professionals."
Farnell offers its customers 24/5 technical support from their in-house test and measurement specialists and provides free access to online resources, data sheets, application notes, videos and webinars.
Ikalogic handheld oscilloscopes and logic analysers are available for same day despatch from Farnell in EMEA and element14 in APAC.


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These ferocious hounds can ambush the enemy and disrupt their defenses. Sic the dogs on footmen, and there will be few left for the handlers to finish off. Wardogs are highly effective against poorly armored units and can break up phalanx formations.
To deal maximum damage, keep the dogs in terrain that lends cover—high grass and forests—and strike adversaries from the side or rear after using the Rebellion ability. Avoid prolonged fights—these will wear the War Dogs down. Stay away from ranged units and remember that the dogs will bite everything in their way, so choose the direction of attack wisely!
The domestication of dogs was well-advanced by the Classical era. Though mostly used for hunting and guard duty, these beasts had a role in battle too: Pliny records that at the battle of Vercellae dogs were used to guard the Cimbrian wagon-laager. The Romans must have been surprised to find that, in their moment of victory, the spoils were denied to them by a horde of slavering hounds!
The wolf played an important role in the iconography of many of the tribes of Europe. It was particularly important to the Dacians, who frequently marched under a fluttering banner called a draco. The draco was a depicted a horrific hybrid of a wolf and a dragon, designed so that the wind would whistle through it in an imitation of a wolf's howl. The Romans were so impressed by these standards that they eventually developed a version of their own.
There are numerous descriptions of classical-era armies being accompanied by large numbers of dogs. The Arverni king Bituitus boasted that the army amassed by the Roman general Fabius Maximus was barely large enough to provide food for his hounds. Their uses were manifold: Appian claimed that the Allobroges used them as bodyguards for tribal chiefs.
In Arthurian legend, Broceliande was a mystical, fog-shrouded forest, most famous as the final resting place of the wizard Merlin. The story Broceliande was possibly inspired by the thick forests that covered most of Northern Europe in the classical era. These dark, untamed wildlands were a place of danger and mystery even to their hardy inhabitants, in part because they were at that point still rife with dangerous beasts. Wolves rarely attack humans unless particularly desperate, but that would not have made their howls any less eerie. In more mountainous areas a traveller might encounter the hulking Eurasian brown bear, a fearsome beast that could weigh up to 1000lb. The cantankerous wild boar was also a threat – these bristly balls of muscle and tusk could gut a careless hunter as easily as any Roman soldier. In such hostile environs, a trusty animal companion would have no doubt been a great comfort.
The Greeks and Romans enjoyed a spooky tale, and like many cultures throughout history they told stories of men who turned into wolves. In one myth, such a transformation was the work of Zeus, who transformed Lycaon into wolf after he doubted the gods' omniscience. Herodotus associated lycanthropy with a far-off Scythian tribe, the Neuri, who were said to transform into wolves for several days a year, while Ovid and Pliny both connected it with Arcadia, a wild and sparsely-populated part of Greece.
Though only the most credulous would have taken these tales at face value, they highlight the degree to which the Greeks and Romans believed the lines between man and beast blurred the further one went from 'civilisation'.
In ancient Germanic culture, the term 'warg' was used to refer to the monstrous wolf-god Fenrir and his two sons, Hati and Sköll. Fenrir's offspring were no less fearsome than their father. Their names alone evoke their diabolic natures: 'Sköll' translates to 'Treachery and 'Hati' simply means 'The Enemy'. Each pursued a celestial body across the sky: Hati hunted the moon and Sköll the sun. Their eternal chase would finish with the coming of Ragnarok, the end of the world.
Fenrir was one of the most fearsome monstrosities in all Germanic folklore. The child of the trickster-god Loki and the giantess Angerboda, the rapid growth of this ferocious wolf terrified the gods so much that they conspired to bind him. This they did, using a dwarf-forged chain made of supposedly impossible ingredients - including the footfall of a cat, the breath of a fish and the beard of a woman. But their victory came at a cost. Tyr, the god of valour and justice, had tricked Fenrir into complicity by placing his hand in the wolf's mouth as a sign of the gods' good faith. As soon as the beast realised he had been tricked, he clamped his jaws shut and bit Tyr's hand clean off.
The tale-tellers knew that the binding would not hold forever. It was foreseen that at the coming of Ragnarok Fenrir would break free, and would grow so enormous that his jaws would span from the sky to the earth. Then he would gain his revenge upon by killing Odin, the king of the gods, by swallowing him whole.


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On August 5, 2008, the SEC announced the settlement of administrative proceedings against Ernst & Young and Mark C. Thompson, a former director of three public audit clients of Ernst & Young. The proceedings arose from a business relationship between Ernst & Young and Mr. Thompson which the SEC determined impaired the audit firm's independence and, thereby, caused each company to violate the federal securities laws. The proceedings clarify certain aspects of the SEC's rules regarding auditor independence, and highlight the need for public companies to periodically review any changes in the relationship between each director and the company and its audit firm that might affect auditor independence.
The business relationship between E&Y and Thompson involved their collaboration over a 19 month period in creating a series of audio CDs. Thompson, who is in the business of facilitating and coaching others to facilitate interviews and discussions with business, political and entertainment leaders, moderated each CD which featured E&Y partners interviewing industry leaders. The CDs bore the logos of E&Y and Thompson and were provided to prospective E&Y clients for business development purposes. E&Y paid Thompson $377,500 for his contribution to the production of the CDs, which comprised approximately one-half of Thompson's net income during this period.
During the entire 19 month relationship, Thompson was a director of one company. For a portion of that period, Thompson was a member of the Audit Committee of that company, and was a director of two other companies. Each company was an audit client of E&Y. At the end of each fiscal year during the period, E&Y confirmed to each company that it was independent in its letters delivered pursuant to Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees) and failed to disclose E&Y's business relationship with Thompson. In addition, by failing to disclose their lack of independence, E&Y's audit reports violated Rule 2-02(b) of Regulation S-X which requires the report to state whether the audit was performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (including the independence requirements of GAAS). Each company, with E&Y's knowledge and consent, included (or incorporated by reference) E&Y's audit report in its annual report on Form 10-K and proxy statement filed with the SEC, thereby violating Sections 13(a) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rules 13a-1 and 14a-3 thereunder (which require annual reports and proxy statements to include or incorporate independently audited financial statements). In addition, by recommending E&Y's retention as auditor without disclosing that one of the directors favoring the recommendation had a business relationship with E&Y, the companies further violated Rule 14a-9 (which prohibits misstatements or omissions in proxy soliciting material).
Although the SEC has not identified the three companies, Best Buy Co. and Korn/Ferry International have disclosed the issue. In addition, the Wall Street Journal has publicized that Thompson was a director of TeleTech Holdings, Inc., a Denver technology consulting firm, during this period. Only Korn/Ferry is still an E&Y client. Thompson has resigned as a director of each company.
Thompson failed to fully furnish the details of his relationship with E&Y in response to the annual director and officer questionnaires of each company. He also took part in votes to retain E&Y as each company's auditor and to recommend approving this retention to the shareholders in the annual proxy solicitations, all without disclosing the relationship. As a director, Thompson signed annual reports on Form 10-K incorrectly stating that each company's auditor was independent. As a member of one company's Audit Committee, he shared the responsibility for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the auditor and signed the Audit Committee report incorrectly stating that the company's auditor was independent. As a result of Thompson's actions, the companies' proxy statements recommending shareholder approval of E&Y's retention as auditor failed to disclose the relationship, and the companies' annual reports and proxy statements failed to include or incorporate the required independently audited financial statements and included or incorporated audit reports falsely asserting that E&Y was independent.
Rule 2-01(c)(3) of Regulation S-X provides that an accountant is not independent if during the audit the accounting firm or any "covered person" has any direct or material indirect business relationship with an audit client or person associated with the audit client in a decision-making capacity, such as an officer, director or substantial shareholder. A "covered person" includes those partners, principals, shareholders and employees of the accounting firm who meet specified criteria. The rule exempts a business relationship in which the accounting firm or covered person is "a consumer in the ordinary course of business."
The SEC rejected E&Y's reliance on this exemption. The SEC noted that the exemption requires the relationship to be in the normal course of business for both parties and at least one of the parties must be acting in the capacity of a consumer. In the case of the collaboration between E&Y and Thompson, the SEC concluded that neither prong of the exemption had been met. This determination is consistent with the SEC's discussion of business relationships which impair auditor independence in Section 6.02.02.e, Example 18, of the Codification of Financial Reporting Policies (available at 7 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 73, 272) and Commission Letter dated 2/14/89, responding to 3/29/88 Petition of Arthur Andersen & Co. and others.
The SEC found that E&Y and certain of its partners had engaged in improper professional conduct, had violated Rule 2-02(b) of Regulation S-X, or had caused each of these three audit clients to violate Sections 13(a) and 14(a) of the Exchange Act and Rules 13a-1 and 14a-3. The SEC ordered E&Y to disgorge approximately $2.9 million in audit fees and interest and the named partners to cease and desist either from violating Rule 2-02 and causing violations of Sections 13(a) and 14(a) and Rules 13a-1 and 14a-3 or from appearing or practicing before the SEC as an accountant (with the right to petition for reinstatement in one year). E&Y and the named partners, without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, consented to the entry of the order.
The SEC found that Thompson was a cause of each company violating Sections 13(a) and 14(a) and Rules 13a-1, 14a-3 and 14a-9, and ordered Thompson to disgorge approximately $124,000 in director compensation and interest and to cease and desist from violating such sections of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder. Thompson, without admitting or denying the SEC's allegations, consented to the entry of the order.
Despite the inadequacy of the current definitions of director "independence" under the stock exchange rules and the virtual absence of enforcement of their own independence rules by the exchanges, director independence remains a center piece in the SEC's efforts to promote sound corporate governance. By finding that Thompson's failure to disclose his relationships with E&Y resulted in violations of the periodic reporting and proxy requirements under the Exchange Act, the SEC effectively sanctioned Thompson for his lack of independence.
These proceedings illustrate the importance of ensuring the completeness and accuracy of director and officer questionnaires by periodically reminding directors that they should promptly inform the company of any changes in their relationship with the company or its auditors which could affect their independence.
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Psychologists have explored why we sometimes like listening to the same song on repeat
Bittersweet songs were listened to more often than happy or relaxing songs, and provoked a deeper connection
By Alex Fradera
It's that song. Again. The one they play over, and over, and over. It might be your roommate, child, or colleague. The year I shared a flat with my brother, it was Worst Comes To Worst thrice daily. What are the properties of the songs that drive some people to repeatedly listen to them over and over? A new article in Psychology of Music explores the tunes that just won't quit.
In the Autumn of 2013, the research team led by Frederick Conrad of the University of Michigan asked 204 men and women, mostly in their 30s or younger, what song they were "listening to most often these days". Participants mentioned mostly pop and rock songs, but also rap, country, jazz and reggae, with only 11 songs picked by more than one listener (the most frequently mentioned were Get Lucky, Royals, and Blurred Lines, all of which were hits in the year of the survey).
Eighty-six per cent of participants listened to their song at least once a week, and almost half did so daily. Sixty per cent said that they liked to re-listen to this song immediately, with many enjoying a third or even fourth go. Participants reported having high levels of connection with their named song, with higher connection associated with a tendency to close their eyes during listening to devote the fullest attention to it.
Prompted to describe their chosen song's effect in their own words, the participants' descriptions suggested the songs fell into three categories. Over two-thirds were happy, energetic songs – "Pumped up! Excited! Ready to dance, sing, and love!". For these songs, beat and rhythm were important, and almost half of people who were stuck on a happy song also reported tapping their feet, clapping their hands or drumming on the furniture during listens. This is definitely the vibe that was driving my brother's daily house party!
The other categories were calm and relaxed ("It makes me feel at ease, calm, and helps me to put things into perspective") and bittersweet ("It makes me feel sad. But not the bad kind of sad, and I like singing with it"). Bittersweet songs were the most likely to produce deep connections, and were also associated with a greater ability to build a "mental model" of the song, as measured by how much of the song participants felt they could replay in their head. (This ability increased with frequency of all song listens, but more so for bittersweet ones.) Bittersweet songs were listened to many more times than the other song types – on average 790 times, vs. 515 for calm songs and 175 for happy songs.
Repeated listening to songs is a bit of a riddle, given previous research that tends to bear out the classic Wundt curve, which states that a pleasurable stimulus becomes more pleasurable with familiarity until reaching a ceiling and dropping off, as happens with songs on heavy radio rotation. But our listeners weren't being assailed with the songs against their will (only six per cent of the songs were even on the radio during that time), they were deliberately seeking out and returning to them. For some idiosyncratic reason, a particular song speaks to this particular person, and that connection provides an incentive to listen deeply to the song, which can unlock further nuance in lyrical meaning or musical richness. And the emotional payoff is reliable, much as is a mood-regulating drug, and that reliable payoff can be more important than the hit of something novel.
Why not review your top listens on Spotify, iTunes or Winamp – this is mine – and have a think about what they are giving you: a dose of energy to tackle the day, a tonic of restoring calm, or a companion to join you in walking through contradictory, complex feelings.
—Extreme re-listening: Songs people love . . . and continue to love
Alex Fradera (@alexfradera) is Staff Writer at BPS Research Digest
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Rosie Beckett says:
I am thinking of getting my dad a vintage jukebox for Christmas that has a few of his favorite songs from back in the 60s and 70s on it. This way he can listen to certain songs repeatedly. I found it very interesting that you say the reason people can listen to the same song over and over is because of the beat and rhythm of the song. This makes sense because, for my dad, his favorite songs are always catchy and make you want to get up and dance due to the rhythm and strong beat.
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Based on my discussions with people in the contingent workforce and services (CW/S) industry in the past months, it seems that many are thinking that 2018 was a year in which, relative to past years, something quite different was happening. But it was hard to put one's finger on it.
Perhaps it was a year when new technology became more of an exciting opportunity to better serve clients and talent and less as something to fear or be cynical about? Or a year when the industry embraced innovation and change more than it resisted it? Maybe even a year that would mark when a seismic shift in "industry structure" began?
By this time next year, we'll know if 2018 was the beginning of a seismic shift, a year of only evolutionary acceleration or just a continuation of secular trends. But it is clear that fault lines have begun to appear and some tremors have registered on the CW/S industry transformation Richter scale.
In this post, we provide an overview of four seismic events in the CW/S technology-based solution space, with references to corresponding 2018 Spend Matters research coverage. Armed with all this information and a sprinkle of analyst commentary, we will leave it to you to form your own perspective on these events and some of the movers and the shakers in 2018.
In January, ADP made a surprise announcement that it had acquired the non-traditional workforce platform WorkMarket (now WorkMarket, an ADP company). It was probably the most significant acquisition of a technology-based solution business by a CW/S industry outsider since enterprise software giant SAP acquired Fieldglass in 2014.
But Fieldglass, founded in the late 1990s, was a mature solution in the mature VMS solution category, and it filled the services procurement solution hole in SAP's full enterprise suite offering. WorkMarket, founded in 2010, was a relatively young solution in an emerging solution category (the boundaries of which are still unclear, despite the FMS catch-all label). For ADP, the WorkMarket acquisition was not the filling of an obvious hole, but rather one of a number of coordinated strategic steps into the gig economy and the future of work.
In the spring, Beeline reported that it had completed one of the two hard parts of its merger with IQN: the organizational part. It also lifted some of the covers off the second hard part. Beeline reported its progress in its VMS convergence initiative, with the completion of Horizon (the new PaaS/microservices technology platform) and the first steps toward the realization of Beeline One (the company's user-facing, application-level solution, the real goal of the Beeline-IQN VMS convergence. For further details, see: What's New on the Beeline Technology Horizon: BeelineOne.
The step into services and the first iteration of Services Maestro were not surprises (Coupa had been clear about this direction for a year or more). But, as was noted in the above, the Services Maestro roadmap was being discussed in terms of being customer-driven evolution, largely services/SOW-focused and possibly taking on contingent workforce further down the road.
Source-to-pay and e-procurement solutions have long had their eye on the services beast but have allowed siloed VMS solutions to tackle that problem. That changed with SAP Fieldglass and now, over four years later, with Coupa and DCR. But at this time, we know that other procurement solution providers are also thinking about stepping into services procurement.
At this point, there are some suggestions but few details about how Coupa will proceed in addressing the services procurement/contingent workforce spend categories on behalf of its client community. No doubt 2019 will bring further clarity.
In addition to Coupa's procurement solution being covered in great depth in our SolutionMaps dating to 2017, in 2018, DCR (now Coupa Contingent Workforce) has been recommended as a solution provider in two of the CW/S categories, Temp Staffing and Complex Services/SOW.
Upwork — the descendent of the early online freelancer marketplaces, Elance and oDesk (both started around 2005) — went public in October. The IPO not only validated the coming of age of the remote online freelancer, it also signaled that Upwork might be interested more that just enterprise access to online freelancers.
If there has been a watershed event in the CW/S industry over the past 20 years, this may very well have been it. Until quite recently, Upwork has been a bit of a black box operationally and financially, and there was always much suspicion and cynicism within the industry about how successful the company really was or could be. Many in the industry thought the company — with what were thought to be so many perceived deficits relative to the long-standing and successful staffing model — would crash and burn sooner or later.
That has not proven to be the case. On the contrary: Over the past several years, Upwork has grown, evolved, developed an enterprise solution (Upwork Enterprise) blended with various types and levels of managed services. And now Upwork is clearly not only a going concern, but also has a market cap not so far away from $2 billion. In 2018, with annualized revenue over $200 million, and annualized gross services volume on its way to $2 billion, Upwork cannow stand proudly alongside some of largest, tier-2 staffing firms of the world.
2018 was unquestionably a year of significant developments in the CW/S solution space. Certainly, we should not dismiss the significance of the large swarm of much lower magnitude and less perceptible seismic events in 2018. But the developments covered above were impossible to ignore. While those big developments may have shaken some of our cages, their actual magnitude and the potential for landscape-changing aftershocks is not yet clear. At the very least, they have revealed some fissures and potentially emerging fault lines along well-established organizational and solution category boundaries: for example HR and Payroll/HCM versus Procurement and VMS.
Even as procurement solutions try to enable organizations to get their arms around "enterprise-wide" spend (including CW/S), total talent management is emerging in a variety of ways, including the management of all human capital (including CW/S) under a CPO (that is, a Chief People Officer, not the other one). Technology and various kinds of external (non-traditional supplier) platforms now make possible decentralized, direct access to and purchasing of contingent workforce and services in various ways that can challenge traditional centralized governance models.
At the same time, changes are already occurring among CW/S solution providers and merit some further consideration.
SAP has been integrating SAP Fieldglass (its CW/S solution), with SAP Ariba (its procurement solution) — in addition to growing tendrils into SuccessFactors, the company's human capital management/talent management solution for full and part-time employees.
ADP, which is a competitor of SAP SuccessFactors in the HCM/TMS solution segment, has now begun to address the non-staffing (independent/freelance) segment of the contingent workforce, which SAP Fieldglass and Beeline are addressing with their own new solutions (and which Upwork has been in for over 10 years).
Coupa, a major competitor to SAP in the procurement solution segment, has now gone "all in" on services — not only addressing contracted services/SOW spend, but also contingent workforce spend with the acquisition of DCR Workforce (which, incidentally, had been evolving its own answer to independent/freelance workforce).
The observations may provide a useful context to bear in mind, while considering the events in 2018 involving ADP, WorkMarket, Coupa, DCR, Beeline and Upwork. As for how significant (or earth-shaking) they are and what they may mean, we'll leave that for you to decide (or just wait and see what's happened over the course of the next year).


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It's been over two decades since Titanic sailed into our hearts, so it's about time it received a Hollywood remake. And who better to lead the charge than late night star James Corden and pop sensation Ariana Grande?
Grande stopped by Corden's late night show on Monday (August 13) to promote her forthcoming album Sweetener, and the pair turned Titanic into a five-minute jukebox musical with a live performance of 13 songs in front of nine different sets all done in one take.


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How Do Truck Drivers Stay Behind the Wheel with a Suspended License? Employer Notification Systems Would Save Lives
In a Digital Era where technology provides instant access to information, there is shockingly very little being done in Pennsylvania — and across the country — to take dangerous commercial truck drivers off the road immediately after they lose their license or are otherwise disqualified from driving.
This failure to tap into technological capabilities is costing innocent lives and putting countless unsuspecting motorists at risk every day.
Most recently, we saw the worst case scenario play out on Oct. 12, 2018, on I-83 in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, when Jack Edward Satterfield III, 29, of McComb, Mississippi, plowed his tractor-trailed into multiple vehicles, killing a young father, his 16-month-old daughter, and a college student in a separate vehicle. Personal Injury Attorneys Mark W. Tanner and James P. Faunes represent the widow and the Estates of her husband and daughter.
Satterfield, who was driving after having consumed five double-shot margaritas and two or three beers, never should have been handed the keys to a tractor-trailer in the first place. His commercial driver's license had been suspended months prior to the accident, and there was an outstanding warrant for him relating to a moving violation.
Approximately 6.1 million commercial motor vehicle drivers operate in the U.S., according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Of that number, 3.2 million operate interstate and hold commercial drivers' licenses (CDLs), and 1 million operate intrastate and hold CDLs.
The driver's license histories of these 4.2 million CDL drivers are kept as data by individual states, with only a handful of states embracing technology that alerts trucking companies when an adverse action is taken on a trucker's license. These electronic systems, called Employer Notification Systems (ENS), would surely save lives. Yet, Pennsylvania, along with 34 other states, does not participate in an ENS program.
How Often Must Trucking Companies Check the License Status of Their Drivers?
Federal law requires that trucking companies check the license status of their drivers upon hiring and once a year thereafter. That means that up to 364 days can elapse between the date a trucker loses his/her license and the date their employer is notified. This window during which a trucker may be operating illegally poses significant risks to innocent motorists because suspended drivers, across all vehicle types, have a crash rate that is 14 times higher than other drivers, according to a Report to Congress by FMCSA in 2015.
Do Truck Drivers Have to Notify Their Employer If They Lose Their License?
Commercial drivers are required by federal law to report to their employer if their CDL license is suspended, revoked, canceled, or if they are disqualified from driving within one business day following notice. Commercial vehicle operators also must notify their employer within 30 days of a conviction for any traffic violation (except parking), regardless of the nature of the violation or the type of vehicle that was driven at the time.
But researchers estimate that only 50 to 80 percent of commercial drivers self-report, according to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators.
This failure to self-report — even if the failure pertains to moving offenses that do not trigger suspension, revocation or cancelation of a CDL license — deprives trucking companies of data necessary to predict future truck crash involvement of their drivers.
Indeed, research conducted by the American Transportation Safety Institute using data from 587,772 U.S. truck drivers found that a "failure to use/improper signal" conviction was the leading conviction associated with an increased likelihood of a future crash, and that drivers with this conviction were 96% more likely to be involved in a future crash.
What Are Employer Notification Systems?
Employer Notification Systems are state-operated, computerized systems that automatically update requestors (push-system) on license status, crashes and convictions or that allow requesters to regularly query the record (pull-system) for this information. The real-time, automatic notification can close the 364-day gap during which dangerous drivers may go undetected by their employers.
ENS enables trucking companies to take immediate action regarding dangerous drivers who might otherwise slip through the cracks. Such action could involve additional training or be as severe as terminating employment.
How Many States Have Employer Notification Systems?
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators reported in 2016 that 16 states have ENS in place. They are:
How Do Trucking Companies Check Driver Histories in States That Don't Have Employer Notification Systems?
There is no national database of drivers' histories, which means that trucking companies must check the records of individual states. In Pennsylvania, driver's license histories are closed records, and a trucking company must have a signed consent form from its trucker to gain access.
Some trucking companies hire monitoring services with the capability to check license status more frequently than the annual check required by federal law.
How Many People Die in Truck Crashes?
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), 3,986 people died in large truck crashes in 2016. Some 66 percent were occupants of cars and other passenger vehicles, and 16 percent were pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists.
IIHS identifies the main problem as being the vulnerability of people traveling in smaller cars. According to IIHS, trucks often weigh 20-30 times as much as passenger cars, and they are taller with greater ground clearance. This can result in dire consequences when smaller vehicles underride trucks in crashes.
Loaded tractor-trailers also require 20-40 percent more roadway than cars to come to a stop. Wet and slippery conditions and poorly maintained brakes can increase the amount of roadway needed to stop safely.
Truck driver fatigue also poses a crash risk, with surveys showing that many long-distance drivers violate federal regulations limiting their driving time to 11 hours a stretch.
In Pennsylvania, there were 6,807 total crashes involving heavy trucks in 2017, with 145 crashes involving fatalities, according to the state's Department of Transportation. By road type, 1,915 crashes occurred on the interstate, 3,768 occurred on state-maintained roads that are not designated as interstates, 474 occurred on the Turnpike, and 650 occurred on local roads.
"We need our state legislature and Congress to work together to mandate greater protections for our motorists. Thousands of crashes resulting in this enormous loss of life, every year, require greater scrutiny of the practices that place unsafe drivers behind the wheel of these multi-ton vehicles, and participation in an ENS program represents a fundamental first step in that direction," says Personal Injury Lawyer Mark W. Tanner. "I have met with the families who have lost loved ones in these tragedies, and the notion that a driver should never have been behind the wheel in the first place compounds their suffering and demands action."
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The 2016 Detroit Auto Show focuses on family.
During the past couple of days AGirlsGuidetoCars explored the Detroit Auto Show – browsing the concept cars, new 2016/2017 releases and listening to the reactions and comments of the other spectators. We've noticed a common denominator in both what we were seeing on the show room floor and what people around us were saying – it seems as though the focus of the manufacturers and what the public might be looking for has shifted. Will this shift is design affect your family's car buying decisions in the next year?
The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
As the manufacturers unveiled their new designs one by one over the last few days in Detroit, many of them had a very similar focus: FAMILY. We watched as larger vehicles like SUVs and vans took the spotlight over some of the smaller and sportier vehicles. Amenities like rear seat reminders and teen driving safety features were the hot topics buzzing around in conversations – more so than the typical conversations of horsepower and torque. People were reveling in the way the newly designed features being added to the cars would make their family's lives easier. Talk of where to put groceries and ways to keep kids entertained came up frequently – I kid you not! So what was it about these new designs that is making them so appealing to families and was enough to get an entire show room floor blabbing? We'll show you.
2017 Chrysler Pacifica. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
One of the most talked about surprises of the 2016 Detroit Auto Show was the re-release of the Pacifica – a stunning new minivan which will soon take the place of the Town & Country.
2017 Pacifica interior. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
The Pacifica designers understand families, especially those with young children! They thoughtfully created the new Pacifica with a built in vacuum cleaner between the second and third row seats for easy cleanup where the vehicle gets the messiest, plus easy to maneuver rear seats that open and fold back down with just the touch of a button. Not only is the Pacifica a prettier than average looking minivan but the inside is also loaded with fun buttons and the hybrid version boasts a glorious 80 miles to the gallon!
2017 GMC Acadia. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
Apparently the new 2017 GMC Acadia has shed some weight and had a recent face lift. The new 2017 version is now shorter in length but still has room for seating up to seven. Just to prove that the new Acadia was designed with families in mind, the brand now offers a rear seat reminder system standard on every new Acadia. This system will remind the driver to check the back seat before exiting if she had previously opened the rear doors before starting the drive.
Inside the 2017 GMC Acadia. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
2017 Chevy Volt EV. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
If running around to and from the house all day, getting kids to school and practice is your norm, then the new 2017 Chevy Bolt is something you might want to take a closer look at. This new all electric vehicle doesn't need gas and can run up to 200 miles on a single charge – plus it has a sportier look that doesn't necessarily scream "electric vehicle".
The 2017 Honda Ridgeline. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
The new 2017 Honda Ridgeline was designed with every day family life in mind – by adding a sideways opening tail bed gate and an extra storage compartment within the truck bed itself, every day chores like bringing home the groceries just got a whole lot easier!
The 2017 Honda Ridgeline features. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
2016 Chevy Malibu Hybrid. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
2017 Kia Sportage SX AWD. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
2016 Buick Envision. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
BMW 750i xDrive. Photo by Mary Moore for AGirlsGuidetoCars.
Which vehicle can you envision your family in? Tell us which one you'd choose and why.


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Archive for the month "January, 2013"
Flaming Brown Cheese and other Cold Weather Treats
Did you hear the one about the cheese fire in Norway?
Gjetost Cheese
Actually, it's not a joke. Recently, a truck carrying 27 tons of brunost, a sweet, high fat cheese sold in the United States as gjetost, burned for over six days blocking a tunnel in Northern Norway. "This high concentration of fat and sugar is almost like petrol if it gets hot enough," explained a public official to the New York Times. Of course, the cheese is normally consumed like any cheese, not flambéed unless there is some kind of accident.
When you're enduring Arctic, or sub-Arctic, temperatures, either because you live in Norway or Sweden, or in so many parts of the United States plagued with this winter's unusually cold weather, it's easy to develop an appetite for things like a sweet, fatty cheese, loaded with the calories your body craves.
We won't go into the subject of blubber, but myMEGusta's Eskimo readers are welcome to add their Comments.
But let's look at some other treats of the north.
My personal favorite, and I am the only non-Scandinavian in the world who likes (no, LOVES) it, is lutefisk. Cod or other white fish which has been preserved in lye, lutefisk has the dubious honor of being the world's most ridiculed fish. People claim that it smells up the house, and then tastes horrible. Well, myMEGusta is here to tell you that the lutefisk you buy today has been pre-soaked and de-odorized, so the old wives' tales of the smell are just that, anachronistic and just not true any longer. Because of how it was cured, the fish has an amazing gelatinous texture, almost melting in your mouth. My favorite way to enjoy lutefisk is on a very cold day, swimming in cream sauce (perhaps seasoned with a little mustard) and melted butter, with boiled potatoes and lefse, a kind of potato pancake, on the side. Oh yes, in a restaurant in Stockholm.
Pea Soup with Pancakes and Lingonberries
Another wildly popular Swedish dish, traditionally served on Thursdays, is pea soup accompanied by pancakes and lingonberries. This pea soup is not the insipid, overly pureed stuff in most cans, but rather a thick, chunky mélange with the aroma of smoked pork, and a perfect companion to the hot pancakes.
Moving south to the Alps' frigid high altitudes, there's fondue. Quite the fad in the United States in the 60s and 70s (the joke was how many fondue pots people got as wedding gifts), "fondue" came to mean anything dipped in a pot. You had beef fondue (tenderloin deep fried and served with dipping sauces) and the emergence of chocolate fondue. But the real deal is a cheese mélange (including white wine and perhaps seasonings) into which bread is dipped, perfect for an apres-ski supper. High in calories and fat, another goodie to enjoy on a cold night.
Hot Wine at the Christmas Market in Prague
Then there the hot beverages which are to be found in little huts in the Christmas markets that dot Northern Europe in December: wine punch, mulled wine, gluh, gluehwein.
Wine Punch at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna
Every culture there has its own variation, but they're all a combination of a wine and/or spirit (red wine, port wine, brandy, vodka) usually plus sugar, fruit juices/rinds and spices (cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom being the most popular), sometimes even raisins or nuts, all served warm.
You can even find hot mead, made from honey.
Hot Mead at the Christmas Market in Prague
But what are the best of all of winter's culinary and beverage treats? The ones consumed in front of a roaring fireplace.
Cachaça and Pisco: Two New Dance Crazes from South America?
No, these are not variations on the cha cha or requiring disco balls and bad hair.
These are two of the most famous Latin American spirits, long living in the shadow of tequila and rum but now emerging in their own right in the United States and best appreciated in their signature drinks.
Cachaça (pronounced cah-SHAH-zah) is the classic spirit of Brazil. Made from fermented cane sugar, it is similar to rum (made from molasses) but has a more assertive flavor.
The Muddler – Also a handy tool for old fashioneds and mojitos
My initial encounter with it was at the Discophage, a long deceased Brazilian restaurant in Paris (which readers may recall from reading about the bean dish, feijoada, on May 15, 2012) where caipirinhas (ki-pah-REE-nyas) were made one by one: muddling fresh limes with sugar then adding cachaça and stirring with ice. Because the lime rinds are in the drink, and get crushed, you pick up a delicious accent when the lime oil is released.
Sadly, while real caipirinhas are available in good Brazilian restaurants, most of them push the use of vodka instead of the real deal, for a "milder" drink. This is a shame, as they are usually the same proof (alcoholic strength) and cachaça gives a much more interesting flavor to the cocktail.
Another less well-known use of cachaça is in drinks known as batidas (bah-TCHEE-das), infinitely variable blends incorporating fruit juices, and usually coconut milk or condensed milk. These are delicious, refreshing and laden with calories.
Moving to the West coast of South America, we come to pisco (PEE-skoh), a grappa-like unaged grape brandy, claimed by both Chile and Peru as its own.
Pisco Sours at Pio Pio
The most popular way to enjoy pisco, in both countries, is the pisco sour – a mélange of pisco, sugar, lemon juice and egg white (for the froth) shaken vigorously or blended with ice and garnished with bitters.
My initial encounter with an alleged pisco sour was at the Santiago Hyatt on the eve of a flight to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world where our group would board a ship for Antarctica. Alas, made in bulk for a large reception, it was just OK, a pleasant enough beverage but nothing special.
The next time was in Mallorca, Spain, made by a native of Peru with pisco from Peru. And it was delicious. But, the mixologist was not happy; it wasn't good or authentic enough, in part because there was no blender in the villa. "You have to try this in New York at a good Peruvian place."
And the pisco sours at Pio Pio (at least in the Hell's Kitchen branch) are heavenly.
I can't wait to try one in Lima!
Don't Mess with a Crone when It Comes to Crones
OK, if you look like George Clooney, we'll let you get away with it. And perhaps schedule a private myMEGusta tutorial.
Crones – A Vegetable
The scenario: Bouchard, a fabulous French restaurant in Newport, Rhode Island.
The protagonists: Above-mentioned waiter advising one of my dinner companions that the squiggly looking things in his Petite Marmite were NOT artichokes, rather they are crones, having "nothing whatsoever to do with artichokes, Miss." (That's me. He gets points for not saying "Madame".)
Actually, we were both right and both wrong.
Preparing Crones
These little tubers are known variously as Chinese artichokes, Japanese artichokes, crones, crosnes, chorogi and knotroot.
Native to Asia, it is said that the First Western cultivation was in Crosne, in northern France, hence the name. A member of the mint family, they still grow wild in north China, and have many relatives in the western hemisphere, what we could call weeds. Some websites will counsel as to how to forage for them; MyMEgusta does not advocate this unless you are really certain of what you're looking for, as crones and their relatives also have medicinal uses.
Crones in Salad
Crones are comparable to jicama or water chestnuts in flavor and texture. They can sometimes be found fresh in upscale or farmers markets, as well as Asian markets where you'll also find them salted and/or pickled.
Pickled Crones
Treat fresh crones as you would water chestnuts in stir fries, or add them to soup or salad for a nice crunchy accent. They are about 23 calories per ounce, not bad considering that a little will go a long way to make a dish visually and texturally interesting.


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BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Says OVERKILL Not Being Part Of 'Big Four' Is 'Accounting Issue'
In a brand new interview with Metal Shock Finland, vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL was asked why he thinks his band wasn't included in the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX. He responded: "First and foremost, I think it's necessary to be concerned with your own house as opposed to what other people do.
"I think they're for sure a great compliment to the metal community, because I think it shows the power [those bands have within] the industry, being able to play the size venues that they did," he continued. "Obviously, METALLICA is worth the majority of those tickets, because they reinvented music on a heavy level by showing that a band out of San Francisco could make this happen at this large of a scale. And even the new record, the 'Hardwired' record, is, to me, back to, let's say, that angry, aggressive approach that was [present] on '…And Justice For All'."
Ellsworth added: "But when it comes to being selected and not selected, that's a simple accounting issue. When you talk numbers, numbers make the world go around, numbers put food on your table, and numbers put the 'Big Four' in arenas. And they sell enough records to do that.
"For me, it's not a concern. To even be asked the question from you is quite a compliment with regard to, let's say, our longevity or tenacity doing what we like doing. But this is quite simply an accounting issue. He who sells the most gets the pole positions."
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine in 2013 spoke to Radio.com about which band should have been included if the "Big Four" were expanded and considered the "Big Five". Mustaine said: "You know, people will say there's a whole another generation, like the 'Medium Four' [laughs], and I think there's a lot of great bands that fit that bill, too. But I think probably EXODUS, because there was nobody else at the time that had that kind of pull or that kind of importance in the metal community. Granted, it was with [late EXODUS singer Paul] Baloff, and Baloff had a voice that you had to have an acquired taste for, but you know, I liked him."
In a 2010 interview with Metal Asylum, EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt was asked if he feels the "Big Four" should have been expanded and considered the "Big Seven", including EXODUS, TESTAMENT and OVERKILL.
"Well, I think it should be the 'Big Five' with EXODUS, because we were there at the start of thrash metal with METALLICA in the real early '80s," he said. "Same thing with MEGADETH because [Dave] Mustaine was a part of METALLICA's birth and he also created MEGADETH. And SLAYER are SLAYER. ANTHRAX are also great and old friends, but if you listen to those first few records, they have definitely changed. TESTAMENT has every right to be part of the thrash metal legends, but it just came down to timing because they came later. And OVERKILL have been their since the beginning also. But I don't get hung up on that shit, because I know how it all started and I know where I was when the shit got created. We [EXODUS] certainly deserve to be part of the founding fathers, but you know who often gets excluded are the Germans — KREATOR, DESTRUCTION and SODOM. Everybody looks to America and forgets those guys. KREATOR, DESTRUCTION and SODOM all released records in the early '80s."
He continued: "Really, the "Big Four" is solely based on sales and the ones who sold the most. But if you compare records, I will put EXODUS' last few albums up against anybody's shit. SLAYER is always awesome; the last TESTAMENT album [at the time of the interview], 'The Formation of Damnation', was great; the new MEGADETH [2009's 'Endgame'] is one of their best; METALLICA are still finding their feet again, and their last album, 'Death Magnetic', was a step in the right direction. The new OVERKILL, 'Ironbound', is one of their best records ever; it's so good. And KREATOR, DESTRUCTION, and SODOM still make great new music. What I think it boils down to is the bands who've been doing this the longest still can do it the best. METALLICA are still a mighty force live, but they lost their way for quite a while. But then again I've never had to deal with the horrible problem of having millions of dollars. [Laughs] Maybe if I had that kind of money, it would distract my hunger for doing this kind of shit, too. But, unfortunately for me, I have to keep kickin' people in the teeth, I don't have the funds to go art-shopping. My version of fine art is a new edition of Hustler magazine. [Laughs]"
Back in 2014, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was asked by U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine if it's strange to him how much METALLICA has eclipsed the other "Big Four" bands in terms of commercial popularity.
"I try not to spend too much time thinking about stuff like that because whatever I think of is still not going to be a satisfying enough explanation," he replied. "It's just the way things are and how the chips fell.
"EXODUS in the '80s had some bona fide problems, but I think their first album [1985's 'Bonded By Blood'] is just as good as [METALLICA's debut] 'Kill 'Em All'. We were just playing the music we wanted to hear because no one else was playing it and it wasn't being played on the radio. It was only a small group of people who knew about it and it was almost elitist in that 'No posers allowed!' thing."
Photo credit: Mark Weiss
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