March 25, 1924 – January 8, 2018.
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved husband and dad Wendel Huber. Wendel was born in Aargau, Switzerland March 25, 1924, he was a veteran of the Swiss Calvary during WW2. As a young man he travelled to Canada to answer an advertisement for a agriculture opportunity in Cherry Creek where he worked for several years. From there he pursued logging in Port Alberni eventually moving back to the Interior where he and his brother Alfred bought the old Fadear Creek Ranch in Upper Louis Creek valley. This was where he met and married the love of his life, Joy Tudor, and they started their family.
Wendel is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Joy, sister Marie Stocker of Switzerland, and five children: Ross Huber (Janet), Leo Huber (Dawn), Rita Mosdell (Steve), Heidi Schilling (Pat), Christy Allen (George). He is also survived by his 12 grandchildren.
Wendel's love of ranching brought them to the Home farm in Squam Bay in 1969 which is still within the family today. For the next 50 years Wendel enjoyed happiness with his family and friends.
So sorry to hear about your Husband, Father, and grandfather. He was always a kind, soft spoken man, always had a good story to tell you.
All our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Dear Joy and family.. so sorry to hear of your loss. Will never forget the time I spent with your family when I was a very young girl and what a kind gentle man Wendel was. Your cherished memories and the strength of family will help you through this difficult time. Time is a great healer….thinking of you.
Wendel had a kind heart and warm soul.
We remember well the days haying on the ranch as teenagers. He was a good friend to our family and will not be forgotten.
I Truly Believe that if You were Fortunate Enough to stand in front of Wendel Huber You Stood in the Precence of Greatness A Saint and a Man Who along With His Beautiful Wife Joy not only cared understood and helped the unfortunate abandoned and unwanted But Thru Their Love Gave Me a Belief That no matter What Someone Cares And Thruough their Children This Philosphy Lives On !!Thank You Wendel !! Gee Iam Gonna Miss You!!!


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Hold aloft to us the lowly Tuna Can!
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Wash out your tuna can thoroughly!
 170g can of tuna - emptied of course and cleaned out!
1. Fold your sleeve fabric in 1/2 on the long side & press it.
2. Fold each side toward the centre fold you just made as if you were making the straps for a purse.
4. Bring the short sides together right sides together and sew a 1/4" seam to make a tube.
5. Finger press the seam open and fold one side down on the fold and then the other side.
6. Fold it once more from the centre enclosing the raw edges.
7. Audition it on your tuna can, it should fit snuggly.
9. Place it back on the tuna can and dab a little glue under it to secure it in place.
10. Glue rick rack on the under side of the top of the tuna can.
11. Place your stuffing on the wrong side in the middle of your pin cushion fabric and gather it tightly with your hand.
12. Sew it to gather it tight.
13. Put some glue in the bottom of the can & then stuff your gathered fabric into the tuna can base.
... And there you have it, a very sturdy, large and practical pin cushion made from a recycled, reused and repurposed tuna can. I can't wait to make more!


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"Guadalupe Rivera Marin Joins Edward James Olmos as Co-Chair of The Mexican Museum Arts and Letters Council"
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – September 17, 2014 – (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – The Mexican Museum announces the appointment of Guadalupe Rivera Marin, daughter of renowned Mexican artist Diego Rivera, to the Museum's Arts and Letters Council. Rivera Marin will serve as an honorary co-chair with acclaimed actor, director and producer Edward James Olmos. Besides being an author and lecturer, Rivera Marin is also the founder and board chair of the Diego Rivera Foundation.
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How did we grow up to be so small?
The Universe will expand to accommodate whatever space my ideas demand — so how, when, and why did I start believing I had to be smaller than I really am?
I've been advised to proceed without judgment. But I've found this difficult to accomplish considering my mind is often faster than I'd actually like for it to be. The process at which I can execute judgment happens to be one of my greatest skills.
"I'm too smart for my own good."
"I'm too big for my britches."
And so I try to appear to be smaller than I really am.
Those are not my words, my ideas, or my beliefs. Somewhere along the way, I learned these things. I picked them up. I was infected by them, like a common cold. Someone — many people — introduced them to me, and I chose to believe them.
They are not mine. They do not originate in my head. I have no obligation to carry them.
Acknowledging this should at least make them easier to tune out.
This has played out in my life in the form of an eating disorder. A kind of anorexia. Maybe not to disappear completely, but ... I believed, at least subconsciously, that I am unworthy of the space I claim.
I have believed the lie that I don't have a right to claim as much space as I would ideally require. Neither do I have a right to claim and hold potential space that I may or may not use in the future. That would make me look to others like an egomaniac, which I am not. I'm too empathic for that kind of behavior. It would pain me to be seen as an egomaniac because that is actually the exact opposite of who I am and what motivates me.
So I have played dumber than I am, to ensure the comfort of others, to appear less threatening to those who feel small.
One of my greatest joys — one of my greatest purposes in life — is fulfilled by showing other people how to be bigger. By acting as the voice of permission that says "You have the right to be bigger."
I can best accomplish this by mirroring others. They must trust what I have to say. I reflect them; they see me as one of them. I speak their language.
In order to teach, to lead, to share what I have to offer the world, I have learned the power of translation. I often serve any group with which I interact by digesting information and breaking it down for them and regurgitating it in a form that is easier for them to swallow.
Sometimes it is creating metaphor — knocking $100 words down to my two cents; or transforming scary thunderclouds — turning them inside out so their skies are full of silver linings.
I believe that, when communicating, if your truest, most noble intention is to make sure that others can understand, if you're the one with the power to translate, it is your duty and your purpose to perform this alchemy of information.
I do this enthusiastically. I receive my validation and greatest reward in life from accomplishing this. This is my touchstone of self-judgment. This is how my greatest ability becomes my own worst enemy.
It's a simple matter of filling my well.
I am happiest and most successful when I am making sure that everyone can drink the water. I am Moses, I am the Magician, I am the Hermit who holds the Lantern that lights the way for others at the edge of darkness.
My power is bigger than the spiritual bartender I play. I'm not just dipping cups into the well of wisdom and handing them out to the masses. What no one sees is that I made the water drinkable — I transformed it while it was still in the sky. I'm more than a rainmaker — I beat them to the task — I'm a cloudbuster. I see a storm of darkness falling from heaven and I meet it halfway, with my magic that can alter the most hellacious downpour into a refreshing shower, that can be received by the earth and those on it in joy and celebration.
They may even look up to see a rainbow.
My little secret is that I fly that high, that I am as big as the sky. I can change your skies by changing mine, and so what you don't know, you need never be hurt by. I can perform this miracle, so how could I not?
I know that you can perform this miracle for yourself, or you can at least learn how to, but there I am, in the meantime, with my big old nasty ego, making rainbows for others, acting like God, and hoping I'm good enough at it that no one will catch me and call me out with the shameful truth.
I give myself permission. I claim the right.
I can name it, I can claim it, it comes naturally to me, it's easy... and so I simply do.
Never mind that the problem is not my playing God, but that you haven't joined in the Game.
I can teach you how to play, I can help you get in the game, I can give you permission to participate, to write your own rules, or to change them so that they better serve you and those around you.
I can't show you how to play, and neither one of us wins, if I'm crucified for mowing the outfield and dusting off the bases and chalking the diamond boundaries of our playing field.
These are my biggest fears.
I know how to get to Sophia's Tree. I have Cassandra's personal cell phone number. I am on a first-name basis with the Mother of God. I walk daily in the knowledge of who walks with me -- my god posse; my guardian angel pitcrew. I work in secrecy, in The Between, quickly, quietly, to wake you slowly without scaring you half to death.
Like anybody, I want to be acknowledged and loved.
When I was younger, I was often told that my own shyness was misunderstood, that when I was concentrating on the miracles, when I was turned inward, I appeared brooding, angry, sullen, stern.
I was looking at the ground, my face transparent with intention and focus, because I was clearing a path for you.
I was building bridges. I was mending fences. I was carefully placing delicate breadcrumb trails along the way I had blazed before you. You came upon me and caught me at my work and the sight of me in that state was scary.
You chose to veer off into the brambles and thorns rather than come closer.
I learned I had to work even faster, and to always be mindful of turning my frown upside down. Or all my magic was for nothing.
I rushed to change my wizard's robes so that you'd find a smiling guide.
To help you find yourself and your way, I need you to meet someone easy to like.
I am not afraid to go on ahead alone and light the fires, so long as you can find me.
It's a tall order. I expect a lot of myself.
Will you still want to find me?
This is how and why I have fallen into the bad habit of dumbing down who I am.
Fearful of your fear of me — the disaster that would negate all my efforts, take away my chance to deliver the message I have for you.
The message is not just that I am god — this is eminently true — but that you are too.
Please, for God's sake, don't run from the invitation and drop your permission slip.
I will cast a glamour — I will filter the light that I shine — so that the great all-encompassing white light of spirit appears as a simple candle you can accept from me and hold without fear of being consumed and burned.
I am a phoenix, pretending to be a sparrow. I am a griffin with righteous talons and an angry beak, costumed with the sweet round face of a cherub.
I am Cupid — I intend to shoot you and make you fall in love with yourself.
I understand how judgment happens — it can't be easily dismissed. Appearances are powerful, don't kid yourself.
In order to become all that I ever hoped to be, to walk my path, and to fulfill my purpose, to serve others, to answer my Calling — to guide you on the path to discovering your own divinity — to deliver God's permission for you to create the life you want to live — one of the greatest unforeseen challenges has been to design a package for something so enormous.
To create a seed pack of L'il Epiphanie that you will instantly want to pick up and hold, and love like a puppy — something non-threatening, that inspires you to adopt, to nurture, to take home.
Every rock is a relic — leave no stone unturned.
Magic is mundane — every moment is a miracle.
The way to the super common divine is found with a simple map that reveals the location of a gazillion rabbit holes — the way down into the deepest magic of your divinity — or you may think of it as the seed that will grow a beanstalk you can climb into your sky.
Artists get lost along their way for many reasons — any number of obstacles can come along — but the main problem is a basic misunderstanding of the nature of the path itself.
The shifting path cannot be mapped and made to stay put. It is constantly unfurling before you, and where it appears to lead today may no longer be the case tomorrow. You don't have to know every curve along the way. You don't even have to foresee the ultimate destination. All that is required of you is the courage to discover the next moment. Forget about the fear of when you may draw your last breath — this is not helpful information. Forget about whether or not breath exists on the other side of life — you will never know in this reality. It's not only unknowable, it is irrelevant.
The art of breathing is simply to breathe.
The good news is: nature has included this as involuntary. You don't need to remember to breathe to survive. You don't have to think about breathing, you don't have to try to breathe.
Stop feeling anxious about fulfilling your purpose in life — it's not a Great Big Decision. You are already fulfilling your life's purpose every moment that you draw breath.
How on earth did we grow up to be so small?


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Talent tested on grand tour
Doug Nye
The Tour de France Automobile lured drivers from all disciplines – including a future FIA president – as well as some unique cars
Over recent years, it occurs to me that the finest pound-for-pound competition driver in harness today isn't a Formula 1 star. I know he has perhaps been favoured by the car he drives, but that does nothing to minimise the gut-quaking hazards that the modern World Rally Championship drivers happily ignore, so the star driver I'd propose as currently the world's best is Sébastien Loeb. His combination of coolly applied, yet frequently utterly blinding pace with consistent common sense has seen few equals either on stage or circuit. And the lesson confronting Kimi Räikkönen since he has switched disciplines from Formula 1 circuit racing to world-class rallying must have applied some re-adjustment to the 2007 World Champion's sense of proportion…
For some years from the 1950s into the '80s, 'the real' Tour de France Automobile provided a multi-discipline challenge to factory teams, privateers and all competitors alike – mixing rally-style public road stages with substantial circuit races at, for example, Reims-Gueux, Montlhéry, Clermont-Ferrand, Ricard, Montjuich, Spa and the Nürburgring. The Tour probably peaked pre-1964, after which it vanished from the calendar until its revival in '69. That year saw another rally star turned circuit driver, Gerard Larrousse, winning in a Porsche 911R, navigated by Maurice Gélin. But in 1970 the Tour really took a step up, as nothing less than the Matra Sports factory team competed, with its Le Mans-derived MS650 V12 sports-prototypes. Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Patrick Depailler shared the driving of what proved to be that year's winning Matra , and scrunched into the left-side seat in that sleek blue projectile's open cockpit was their navigator, future FIA president Jean Todt.
Larrousse then won the Tour for a second time, in 1971, driving Matra-Simca's MS650, this time navigated by the intrepid French journalist Johnny Rives. Setting up the Matra V12 to make it road tractable for the long liaison sections between the assorted mountain climb and circuit race stages must have been quite a challenge. Ground clearance would have become a critical factor. And in that 1971 Tour two MS650s were fielded again, crewed by Larrousse/Rives and Bernard Fiorentino/Maurice Gélin. Their main challenge came from the then-new, fleetingly active works Ford GT70 from Boreham. This rare little silver-grey rear-engined coupé was crewed by the well-connected young French Formula 2 and 3 driver François Mazet… and tiny Todt.
Ford's GT70 rally car was to prove an interesting might-have-been. In the 1970 Monte Carlo Rally the Boreham-based works team's Escort Twin-Cams had been humiliated by the pace of the winning Porsche 911S and Alpine-Renault A110. On the subdued flight home competitions manager Stuart Turner sketched out a potential rear-engined, two-seat car to match them. Ford director Walter Hayes backed the project and a running prototype emerged after just nine months work. It was the first rally car from former Ford Advanced Vehicles GT40 and Alan Mann Racing designer Len Bailey, and the first-off chassis was built by dear old Maurice Gomm's specialist panel bashers at Gomm Metal Developments in Old Woking – then-recent builders of the prototype Formula 1 Tyrrell 001. I believe Joe Oros designed the interior layout, closely advised by Hannu Mikkola.
The GT70 was a bitsa, using as much off-the-shelf Ford material as possible to minimise cost, right up to the Capri RS 2.6-litre V6 engine, though the ZF DS25 five-speed transaxle had to be expropriated from bought-in stock. Roger Clark drove the prototype in its debut event, the September 1970 Ronde Cevenole, but retired with multiple engine, brake and suspension problems. Hayes sought production funding for 500 GT70s from Ford Detroit, describing it as a 'prestige sports car' capable of taking on all opposition in international rallying. But Ford's Advanced Vehicle Operations division, which would have built the batch, then required dozens of changes to facilitate production. Detroit proved unenthusiastic, unsure of the need for a GT70, a two-month Ford strike delayed matters and then the Oil Crisis loomed and, after only half a dozen or so had been built, the notion was consigned to history.
The gruelling, multi-day Tour was also in some respects a laugh a minute. Scrutineering was conducted in a tiny Esso petrol station on one of the busiest crossroads in Nice, during the lunchtime rush hour. The Matras were towed there and back. Jean-François Piot's Capri died between scrutineering and the parc fermé with a flat battery, adding to the traffic jams. Engines, gearboxes and axles were daubed with radioactive paint to prevent too much jiggery-pokery by any entrant… whose mechanics hadn't brought along matching paint of their own…
Poor Fiorentino's Matra was hampered by assorted problems but the stylish Larrousse reigned supreme, although Ford's promising GT70 went well. Big drama of the first night was one particular 'Left minus over brow' which had a Camaro slithering 50 yards straight on before it punched through a bridge parapet. An unfortunate spectator was hurt. He had been sitting on the parapet. Rauno Aaltonen then rolled his BMW on top of the crashed Camaro, and a private BMW completed the sandwich.
The 32-lap race around Barcelona's Montjuich Park circuit was run in such torrid heat that Ecurie Filipinetti Ferrari Daytona drivers Vic Elford and Jean-Claude Andruet both had to be revived with oxygen. To local joy, the stage winner there was the José Juncadella/Jean-Pierre Jabouille Escuderia Montjuich Ferrari 512M.
Torrential rain then lashed the return leg up through France, the Matra crews sitting in six inches of storm-tossed water. The MS650s' cockpits were so cramped that their service car had to carry the crew's spare crash helmets. Each man had three: one for the circuit races, one with integral intercom for the hillclimbs, and a lightweight shell for the road sections.
In a German time control at Birkenfeld, sited in another of sponsor Esso's cramped service stations, 'French' parking jammed the town solid, without a trace of any Polizei to help. When an officer finally arrived, his appearance coincided with that of the yellow Ferrari 512M. As Juncadella whooped the throttle to clear the V12's throat the officer took profound exception. It was strictly forbidden to run open exhausts on German roads, but as the officer was still writing down the Ferrari's infringements everyone suddenly clocked out, the jams miraculously cleared and he lost his culprits in the rush.
Larrousse/Rives won the prototype class handsomely after Mazet crashed the Ford GT70. The 'real' Tour was quite an epic event in period, and it offered in some respects an illuminating opportunity for circuit and rally specialists to meet one another in an event of real substance, toe to toe. It's such a pity this is no longer possible.
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Wow, a lot happened in 3 months.
As hoped, I've changed a lot since May. For the most part, I'm healthier, happier, and I have a much more positive attitude about my life. That by itself is a success. But, I've also managed to meet some of my other goals. I worked 3 jobs this summer, and managed to at least offset some travel costs (if nothing else, I got paid to be busy). I was able to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Karate this summer, so my conditioning has greatly improved. I'm mentally more prepared for conflict now than ever before. I've also managed the transition out of vegetarianism fairly smoothly. Overall, I feel fairly prepared for the semester in Nanjing.
Where I haven't progressed as much as I would have liked has been in my Chinese. 3 jobs and martial arts became overwhelming at times, so I didn't study as much as I wanted. I also haven't focused as much on simplified characters as I would have liked, and I haven't been using as much audio material as initially planned. I have been using the "DianHua" app on the iPod, and the study function has proven incredibly useful. However, this hasn't been a replacement for time lost.
I am not going through personal trauma.
I am not helping someone else out of their personal trauma.
I don't believe I am at a great risk of losing my own life.
I have little reason to believe someone close to me is at risk of losing theirs'.
I am not responsible for someone else's survival or personal safety.
I am not breaking someone's heart.
I'm just going to China.
This will probably be far from the hardest thing I've done, although there will definitely be struggles. Who knows what will happen once I get there.
I don't really know how to end this post, so I'll leave the readers with a quote. I learned this from the Venerable Tenzin Yignyen during my Tibetan Mandala course. I meditate on it when the world starts getting to me.
Best of luck to my fellow Asiapod bloggers and everybody returning to school.
Thanks for posting, and it's been great to hear your thoughts as you get ready to undertake your journey. I like your sense of perspective and the window into the mental process you're giving us. It reminds me of the mental process I go through as an airplane takes off (which causes me a bit of distress!): I think about the statistics of flying (it's staggeringly safe), imagine a set of dice with a million sides each and consider that I never get the number I want when I only have six-sided dice! Then I relax, consider myself lucky to be in such a machine, and then accept that I might die, but am not really likely to. But if I did, I certainly couldn't complain about my life thus far. I have several exercises like this that takes me through the flight. I don't mind the distress, really, it makes the first steps on new soil so much more appreciated!


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The Loops bike ride is always on. Hosted by musician, graphic designer and cycling enthusiast Broox Pulford, the weekly cruise for fixies is open to anyone interested in a fun, all-levels group ride. Loops meets up at Crema Coffee House every Tuesday night around 7 p.m. before taking off on a pre-determined route of streets and paths picked by Pulford. And rain, sleet or snow won't stop this party, as the focus is on getting to know the city in any kind of climate. Costumes are not required, and road safety rules definitely apply for any Loops participant — but breaks are encouraged for riders to get acquainted with each other and for comfort on longer rides.


Based on data from 597 people, the best ways to build trust as a leader aren't what you think they are.
Company retreats + team-building activities.
Only 1% of managers and employees who responded to the survey said that this was the most effective way to build trust. This is fascinating, given the amount of money and energy many companies spend planning company off-sites and team-building activities.
Thanking your team and giving recognition.
Only 4% of people said that this was the most effective to build trust in a team. While this shouldn't imply you should never thank your team, it goes to show there's more to building trust than doling out compliments.
Being transparent with company info.
#1: Show vulnerability as a leader.
#2: Communicate the intent behind your actions.
Twenty-six percent of people said making your intentions behind your actions clear was the most effective way to build trust. This makes sense, given that intent is such a primary part of the definition of trust, to begin with. Communicating the intent behind your actions means being open about why you're saying something, and why decisions are made – including your decisions to not act on something. Be opaque about why you're changing your mind, or fail to express why you're giving feedback to someone and it can wreck havoc on your work relationship.
#3: Follow through on commitments.


A New Home for the Summer!
This past Sunday we announced that we are moving locations for the summer. Starting on July 1, we will be meeting at El Tío Tex-Mex Grill! We have loved our time at the GALA Theatre, it is a beautiful venue and the management and staff there have been great to us. However, almost a year into our journey, and as we look forward to the future, we want to find a location that is the right fit for us as a church and that can work as a long-term location. While we search for that facility, we will spend the summer meeting at El Tío and hopefully start meeting on a new facility starting in the fall.
I am really excited about this move and this is why: A few months ago, there was a Sunday when we were not able to meet at the GALA and we ended up meeting at El Tío. It was kind of a last minute change so the service was very stripped down from what we usually do. But there was something about meeting there that felt right. It was an intimate atmosphere and it was very energizing, As we were singing I was able to hear everybody's voices joining the band, and as I was preaching I was able to look at everybody in the room, it was just a great Sunday.
"I want to be with people who take all of me seriously, not just my soul. I want to know that the nitty-gritty of my life is taken seriously by the gospel, not just the state of my soul. I don't want a religion that consists of soupy verses on Hallmark cards. I don't want a religion of neat little slogans about sunsets and heartthrobs. I want something practical that gets into the working parts of my life, into my wallet and pocketbook, and leaves evidence on my check stubs. And named persons who know my name. People I can serve and who will serve me when I am in need. The gospel of Jesus Christ creates a community in which people take care of one another, respond to others' needs, take people into their homes, give them beds, feed them meals, collect money to meet their needs."
I love that line: "named persons who know my name." I would also add: "seen people who see my face." This is what I believe meeting at El Tío will provide us. A much more intimate space that will help us grow closer together as a church family. Now that the opportunity for us to meet there during the summer has presented itself, it feels that God is leading us there. And if God is leading us there, it is for a purpose. I believe God is going to do a new thing among us this summer, and this is the place He has provided to start doing that new thing.
I know summer is a busy time for everybody, people travel a lot, we have so many things to do. But I want to invite you to lean in into what God is going to do at Encounter this summer. Make it a priority to be at church on Sunday, introduce yourself to someone, invite people to lunch after the service, accept invitations to hang out, allow your face to be seen and your name to be known. After all, this is a family gathering, and it wouldn't be the same without you.
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Ecoheat4cities intends to promote greater awareness of DHC systems and to tackle the barriers that prevent a wider take-up of this option (e.g. difficulty in comparing DHC systems and conventional energy systems). The project provides interested local authorities and urban planners with the communication tools to promote their contributions to energy and related environmental policy priorities.
Using this website as a springboard, learn how a DHC system can benefit not only your home and your city, but also the environment, in terms of energy efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions. Can the way in which energy is used in your local area be improved? Could homes or businesses in your municipality become part of a DHC scheme? Find out if your local DHC company can apply for the Green Labelling Scheme currently being introduced by Ecoheat4cities. Also, keep an eye out for the national workshop taking place in your country soon.
In addition to the active involvement of concerned citizens, local authorities and urban planners play a key role in making sustainable environmental choices. By getting involved in this Green Labelling Scheme, a city or municipality can demonstrate the merits of its DHC system. This will inform citizens of the superior energy and related environmental achievements of the area's heating and cooling infrastructure. By using a DHC system, your city or municipality can upgrade its environmental energy planning.
Keep an eye on our website. As the label scheme is rolled out in partner countries, the list of labelled systems and labelling bodies will be published. You can already find information on how the label criteria can be applied for cost-effective climate strategies, green procurement and more by clicking here. For more information contact us.
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For your District Heating or District cooling scheme to be awarded a label, an assessment must be carried out based on the labelling criteria, which include environmental factors, performance levels, local conditions and other aspects. In developing the criteria, researchers and academics have paid particular attention to factors such as comparability and avoiding incoherencies. The methodology for establishing the criteria follows strict European Union recommendations.
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The EoP Applicants – 'strategic path' as such – as I interpret it – is to do what we can to provide impartial and bipartisan support to all political parties, religions, corporations, etc; their leaders and their followers enabling preferably not one but a few nation's Minister of Defence – or courts – to collectively inform their President/s of the national security military necessity of embarking on domestic and foreign policy education and negotiations to implement an Ecology of Peace international law social contract.
That would be my working hypothesis conclusion interpretation of figuring out what the informed consent order, should anyone accept it; should be; and that is partially what my Pro EoP Applicant or Pro WiP American; correspondence to Erik is based upon.
"We looked at the problem and thought we'd rather go through Jordan than Baghdad. … It was best captured by a sign on a door of a commander whom I went on patrol with his company; in what used to be a very dangerous part of Iraq and his brigade had done a magnificent job. I remember walking around with no body armour, no kevlar, watched the soccer game, walked through the market, made a few purchases. And we go back to his command post, which was a plywood door in some little makeshift office and there is a sign on it that says: "In the absence of guidance or orders; figure out what they should have been and execute aggressively". .. I have found that it is the off the wall experiences; that have been the most developing. So when asked what would I advise: Do off the wall stuff" — David Petraeus; American Leadership in the World; Conversations with Bill Kristol.
» EoP Leg Sub: 22 Oct: Belfer Center, Conversations with Bill Kristol, National Review: EoP Applicant strategic path foundation of Pro-EoP Applicant or Pro WiP American.


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Cleaning: Business & Industry
Filling That Empty Seat
Jan/San Sales Jobs Do Attract Young Workers
What Gen Z And Millennial Workers Want
Use Personality And Skills Tests When Hiring
BY Jake Meister, Associate Editor
A sales career in jan/san distribution has historically been a steady — if not safe — choice because it's in a venerable industry with a reputation for providing solid pay and job stability. However, that same steadiness has made jan/san distribution a less sexy option than, for example, the commercial real estate, medical, dental or pharmaceutical industries where sales careers can provide a huge pay day.
Because of this, many distributors and their hiring teams assumed that younger generations didn't think jan/san was cool enough to apply. As a result, some distributors didn't bother recruiting these young, inexperienced workers. But times have changed. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the practice of cleaning out from under the blanket in which it was covered and onto center stage, lights beaming with intensity. The industry is exciting — even to younger crowds.
Now with the attention of the Millennial who has exceedingly gained buying power, and the Gen Zer who is a few years into the workforce, jan/san distribution has the opportunity to attract everyone from those born during the Space Race to the people who handled cell phones before they could read. To do this correctly, hiring managers must go beyond the status quo and embrace changes to recruitment strategy.
Those just now turning their attention to younger sales reps could be in for a surprise. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Spruce Industries, Rahway, New Jersey, realized jan/san distribution has more appeal to younger generations than was previously thought.
Daniel Josephs, the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer, thought as recently as two years ago that the jan/san industry was not sexy enough to attract the inexperienced worker. In his mind, what has since changed isn't the attitudes of younger workers, but how these people are perceived. After hiring two Millennial sales reps two years ago, Josephs realized that fears that those workers didn't want to come sell in jan/san was more rumor than truth. Today, half of the sales reps the company employs are under the age of 30 and are a good fit.
Some jan/san distributors are getting better at attracting inexperienced talent, but others continue to struggle. Those who find themselves stuck should evaluate their business and see if it's currently catered to only employees of a certain generation versus anyone of working age, like it should be.
"My advice would be to take a look at your environment — and I don't mean that Millennials are picky," says Josephs. "I think owners and people in leadership positions need to look at how they're leading. If you're leading like you're leading a Baby Boomer, it's hard to attract Millennials."
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Mozawaqa means literaly "Decotated", it was so called because of its colorful decorations and its bright colors. Situated 22 miles from Dakhla, they are the remains of a Roman necropolis. The first tomb built for Ba-di-Ozir, the ruler of the area in the first century AD, the second for the ruler's assistant and his wife. The tomb is important as it reveals the secrets of ancient astronomy.


Gecko's Hospitality Group officially opened a new Gecko's Grill & Pub in the former Trader Vic's restaurant at 351 N. Cattlemen Road near Interstate 75 and Fruitville Road.
The sixth restaurant in the locally owned chain opened earlier this summer. It's the largest of all the Gecko's restuarants at 10,000 square feet, and offers a patio overlooking a pond area. The restaurant is located on Fruitville Road not far from I-75, behind the Don Pablos restaurant. The owners hope that the restaurant will serve athletes and tourists who visit the area.
Trader Vic's, the Hawaiian-Polynesian-themed chain's only restaurant in Florida, closed in July last year. Prior to Trader Vic's, the space was filled by an R.J. Gator's.
The Gecko's team also ownes S'macks Burgers & Shakes, which opened last year at Beneva and Bee Ridge roads.


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After: Movie Review
Danielle Wiese, Staff Writer
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With the opening statement, "certain moments in life define who you are as a person," the movie After seemed like a promising young love story of two college kids. With the mysteriousness of the trailer, I anticipated drama, struggle, and lots of passion. But as I sat inside the AMC movie theater, I was very, very disappointed.
Unlike the opening lines of the movie, there are no defining moments in the main character Tessa Young's life. Instead, there are four parts to this "love story:" before meeting Hardin Scott, trying not to fall in love with Hardin Scott, falling in love with Hardin Scott, and breaking up with Hardin Scott.
With the whole plot dedicated to the most cliche storyline of all time, girl meets boy then falls in love with said boy, I was quite distraught that this is the kind of content that society is producing and feeding young children. To be in the 21st century, with all the feminist movements that have occured, and still show that the "most defining moment" in a young girls life is losing her virginity to a boy is highly ridiculous to me. What about when Tessa graduates college, or gets a job? No, instead this movie focuses on the partying side of college and only reinforces in young girls minds that education doesn't matter when you can have a man provide for you.
Even if I were to look past the fact that this movie is basically cementing the idea of the patriarchy inside young girls minds, the whole movie was still just bland. There should have been more of pretty much everything. More drama, more backstory, and definitely more character development. In an attempt to become the teen version of 50 Shades of Grey, this movie fell short; it missed all the marks to be truly great.
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New Approach Uses Mathematics to Improve Automated Security Monitoring
TOPICS:Artificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceMathematicsMITSecurity
By Helen Knight, MIT News Office June 6, 2012
In an effort to remove human error and fatigue from security surveillance, researchers at MIT have created a new approaching using mathematics. The system can perform an analysis more accurately and in a fraction of the time it would take a human camera operator by reaching a compromise between accuracy and speed.
Police and security teams guarding airports, docks and border crossings from terrorist attack or illegal entry need to know immediately when someone enters a prohibited area, and who they are. A network of surveillance cameras is typically used to monitor these at-risk locations 24 hours a day, but these can generate too many images for human eyes to analyze.
Now a system being developed by Christopher Amato, a postdoc at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), can perform this analysis more accurately and in a fraction of the time it would take a human camera operator. "You can't have a person staring at every single screen, and even if you did the person might not know exactly what to look for," Amato says. "For example, a person is not going to be very good at searching through pages and pages of faces to try to match [an intruder] with a known criminal or terrorist."
Existing computer vision systems designed to carry out this task automatically tend to be fairly slow, Amato says. "Sometimes it's important to come up with an alarm immediately, even if you are not yet positive exactly what it is happening," he says. "If something bad is going on, you want to know about it as soon as possible."
So Amato and colleagues Komal Kapoor, Nisheeth Srivastava and Paul Schrater at the University of Minnesota are developing a system that uses mathematics to reach a compromise between accuracy — so the system does not trigger an alarm every time a cat walks in front of the camera, for example — with the speed needed to allow security staff to act on an intrusion as quickly as possible.
For camera-based surveillance systems, operators typically have a range of different computer vision algorithms they could use to analyze the video feed. These include skin detection algorithms that can identify a person in an image, or background detection systems that detect unusual objects, or when something is moving through the scene.
To decide which of these algorithms to use in a given situation, Amato's system first carries out a learning phase, in which it assesses how each piece of software works in the type of setting in which it is being applied, such as an airport. To do this, it runs each of the algorithms on the scene, to determine how long it takes to perform an analysis, and how certain it is of the answer it comes up with. It then adds this information to its mathematical framework, known as a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP).
Then, for any given situation — if it wants to know if an intruder has entered the scene, for example — the system can decide which of the available algorithms to run on the image, and in which sequence, to give it the most information in the least amount of time. "We plug all of the things we have learned into the POMDP framework, and it comes up with a policy that might tell you to start out with a skin analysis, for example, and then depending what you find out you might run an analysis to try to figure out who the person is, or use a tracking system to figure out where they are [in each frame]," Amato says. "And you continue doing this until the framework tells you to stop, essentially, when it is confident enough in its analysis to say there is a known terrorist here, for example, or that nothing is going on at all."
Like a human detective, the system can also take context into account when analyzing a set of images, Amato says. So for instance, if the system is being used at an airport, it could be programmed to identify and track particular people of interest, and to recognize objects that are strange or in unusual locations, he says. It could also be programmed to sound an alarm whenever there are any objects or people in the scene, when there are too many objects, or if the objects are moving in ways that give cause for concern.
In addition to port and airport security, the system could monitor video information obtained by a fleet of unmanned aircraft, Amato says. It could also be used to analyze data from weather monitoring sensors to determine where tornados are likely to appear, or information from water samples taken by autonomous underwater vehicles, he says. The system would determine how to obtain the information it needs in the least amount of time and with the least possible number of sensors.
Matthijs Spaan, an artificial intelligence researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, says the work demonstrates how artificial intelligence decision-making techniques can benefit data-intensive applications such as automated video surveillance. "Video processing has high computational demands, and the work shows how POMDPs can be applied to dynamically trade off computation cost with prediction accuracy," he says. "The POMDP model excels at decision-making regarding uncertain information, in this case whether an intruder is present or not."
Amato and his colleagues will present their system in a paper at the 24th IAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Toronto in July.
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Yes. In Nevada, auto insurance companies owe a fiduciary duty and a duty of good faith and fair dealing to their insured — that means you. If you have a valid claim for a loss that should fall under the protection of your auto insurance policy, your insurer has a legal and contractual obligation to fairly process your claim and pay what is owed. Unfortunately, insurance companies are not all the same. Some insurance companies are notorious for failing to pay what they owe and try to play off the perceived weaknesses of their insured. For example, some insurance companies will tell you they will resolve your claim (for pennies on the dollar) today when they know their insured is desperate for money to pay medical bills or for car repairs. But that same company won't tell you that once your minimal settlement is done, you can come back for more — there are no second chances. And even the best insurance companies have one goal: preserve their profits. Every dollar they don't pay on claims to their insured is another dollar that stays in their pockets. Insurance companies do not want to be subject to a "bad faith" lawsuit, however. If an insurance company fails to act in good faith with their insured they can be held responsible for not only the original amount owed under the policy, but also punitive damages coming directly from the insurance companies pockets. Because of the nuances of Nevada law and difficulties recovering damages from an insurance company, it is important to hire an experienced and reputable lawyer from the beginning of your case to understand all of your options. At Harris & Harris Injury Lawyers, we help our clients win against insurance companies and make sure our clients get everything they are entitled to receive. If you have questions about how your insurance company is handling your injury claim, and you are looking for an experienced and reliable lawyer who provides excellent personal service from the beginning of a case through trial and beyond, call Harris & Harris Injury Lawyers and ask us to set up your free consultation today.


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Mays deans show students the value of thinking broadly
Grant Vassar, September 16th, 2016
In the first CurrentlyMAYS session, the four deans of Mays Business School discussed current events from their various perspectives. Most of their conversation with students centered on a case study using Mays as a business model. The players were Dean Eli Jones as CEO, Executive Associate Dean Duane Ireland as COO, and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Arvind Mahajan and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Martha Loudder as division heads.
Moderator Sandra Lampo, a clinical associate professor of marketing, said any successful business requires all the various disciplines. Jones concurred, and said, "This is one of the most complicated businesses I have encountered. There is usually a clear line of sight to the ultimate customer. What makes this business exciting and a challenge is there is not clear single customer."
Some customers include the Texas Legislature, which helps fund the school financially; students who are enrolled; parents who are invested; prospective employers; faculty and staff who support the programs; the Texas A&M University campus; and the state of Texas.
"Professors and administrators are in the business of knowledge," Loudder said. "In our business, we create new knowledge through research. Each of us start as professors with a narrow, technical expertise in our own fields. But as we advance in our careers and moved into administrative positions, we have understand the big picture and broaden our horizons to better understand other fields."
The deans advised students that they can stay current by keeping with news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Mahajan suggested reading news from outlets that give different political perspectives than his own. "It will force you to challenge your own biases, opinions and beliefs."
Ireland added: "Find one or two news sources in which you have great confidence and read those often. Soon you'll pick up on the cadence of the writing and be able to efficiently process the things you are reading."
Ireland also recommended that the students increase the breadth of individuals with whom they interact. "In management, we talk a lot about strong and weak ties. We value strong ties as our close relationships with others, but even weak ties can be valuable opportunities through which you can have sporadic interaction with people different from yourself."
Junior finance major Andrew Hitscherich said he appreciated that the deans took time to share their wisdom with students and their vision for transformational leaders at Mays. "I'm looking forward to seeing where Mays is headed," he said.
Senior PPA and business student Sarah Burns said the deans inspired her and other students to pursue a global, well-rounded mindset. She said she appreciated the cross-functional education at Mays. "We have incredible leaders at all levels behind the scenes of Mays' success," she said. "It was really special that the deans took the time to answer our questions, ask for our input, and discuss with us one on one."
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Michael Ani, Founder of Makkina in 1998 as an independent consultancy dedicated to automotive design, leading a team working discreetly for major manufacturers worldwide on production and concept design. 1988-1993 worked at International Automotive Design consultancy, 1993-98 for Audi reaching position of Chief Exterior Designer in VW/Audi's Design Center Europe for advanced design, Sitges.
Ralf Becker, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Chrom Juwelen and brand consultant with the focus on automotive industry. Car Culture and Motorkultur at all levels, internationally networked.
Jonathan Bell, Transportation & Technology editor at Wallpaper*
Marco Bonetto, CEO of Bonetto Design. Design manager since 1983 and son of famous designer Rodolfo Bonetto. 1998-2003 lecturer at the Politecnico di Milano, 2008-11 head of Transportation Design at Domus Academy, Milan.
Daniel Darancou, Chief Designer at CH-Auto Design. Over 25 years of leadership and support roles on award winning cars and advanced concept vehicles. Worked for GM, Toyota, Suzuki, I.DE.A…
Paul Deutschman, Montreal based freelance designer of extreme productivity.
Jan Fellstrom, freelance motorcycle designer. Professor at Fachhochschule Pforzheim, co-founder of target DESIGN and former designer at BMW Technik studio.
Eric Gallina, freelance automotive journalist and consultant specializing in vehicle design. Editor-in-Chief of Car Design News until 2012, he is now working on the creation of a new website, Form Trends.
Bart Lenaerts, Freelance motoring journalist since 2002. Author of three books: Waft, Waft 2 and Belgian Car Designers.
Roy Lonberger, CEO of MagnaDesign and LightSpeed Dynamics, and CFO for Blu808 Motorsports, has been a recognized expert in industrial and automobile design for over 50 years. He is a Patron and Mentor to Art Center College of Design transportation design students. He is most recognized by his role in the design of the Astro 1&3 concepts cars, 68-70 Corvette and Camaros, and the original Shadow Can-Am race car.
Marc Ma, Executive Director and Design Chief of Zhongyu Automotive Research Institute since 2004. More than 20 years worked for several Taiwanese and Chinese automotive OEM or independent design companies in Great Chinese Area reachings Design Executive positions.
John Manoogian II, Owner at Forza Blitz Design and Adjunct Professor at College for Creative Studies. Director of Exterior Design at Cadillac 2005-09, Executive Vehicle Chief Designer at GM 1999–2005, Chief Designer – Pontiac 1990–99.
Tsutonu "Tom" Matano, Executive Director, School of Industrial Design, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. 1992-2002 worked for Mazda reaching position of General Manager for Design. He is most famous as designer of Mazda Miata.
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Joseph R. Koob, 90, of Monticello, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, surrounded by his family at home in Monticello.
Visitation will be held from 4 - 8 p.m. Monday, September 17, 2018, at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello with a parish vigil service at 4 p.m. Visitation will continue from 10 – 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello where a Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery at a later date. Rev. Paul Baldwin will officiate.
Joe was born July 26, 1928, the son of Emmert and Ida (Takes) Koob. He married Cecelia A. McAllister on April 11, 1950, in Cascade. She preceded him in death less than a month ago. Cecelia and Joe opened their business, Hollywood Garage, in 1955, and later moved to the current Koob Automotive location in 1962. In addition, he operated Skateway Roller Rink from 1968 until 2000. After selling the automotive business in 1986, he drove a school bus for the Monticello Community School District.
Joe was a faithful and active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church where he ushered for several decades. He was also a life member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1821, where he served in several offices including Grand Knight, and the 4th Degree Dubourg Assembly. He also enjoyed bowling on the Knights team.


Transitioning video games to movies, or trying to, seems to be a big thing Hollywood wants to do these days. I've seen articles about the possibilities of movies based on Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and, of course, the World of Warcraft franchise. The idea of a World of Warcraft film is nothing new, but things have moved along far enough in development to actually name a director.
Speaking as someone who spent many hours immersed in Azeroth, I am skeptical of any attempts to translate this universe to film. The World of Warcraft Is a huge world filled with many interesting environments and characters, but it's also a world that I cannot see easily captured for the theater. I do have however have some thoughts on what might could help shape WOW into a decent movie.
Consider making the Protagonist a Woman: Jaina Proudmore, Sylvanas Windrunner, Tyrande Whisperwind, these are some of the most powerful people in Azeroth, or at least were when I last played. Yet, I think any Warcraft movie runs the risk of some generic, white male, "chosen one," coming-of-age fantasy story which we've seen played out a thousand times. Women play significant roles in shaping Azeroth, see the above examples, why not take advantage of it and tell the story from a woman's point of view?
One more thing on women: Armor. It should cover things: If the people making this film ignore my first suggestion, fine. At least have what women do show up be wearing proper armor. Please? I have horrid memories of finding a delightful piece of armor, which was amazing statistic wise, and having it turn into a plate bikini once placed upon my avatar. How about no. Okay? Okay. I would find a lady in the full tier two paladin Judgment Armor quite appealing and so would many others.
No Outland: Illidan Stormrage was a badass villain, but damn. The Burning Crusade expansion was absolutely horrible on the eyes. Lots of glowing green, floating purple crap, and whatever the heck Hellfire Peninsula was. Ugh. I think sticking to Azeroth proper, though I wouldn't complain about seeing Northrend at all, would be more appealing.
Plot over Eye Candy: I feel, given the need by directors/producers to create a spectacle, to squeeze every drop of eye candy they can in (e.g. The first installation of the Hobbit), a Warcraft movie is potentially a ripe target for being overburdened with visuals. Yes, it's great you can show a massive orc army storming about, or the majestic elven forests, but do you really need to if it's not moving the plot along? I like epic battles and beautiful settings, but I need more than a bit of flashy CGI to stay interested in a movie.
Movies, like video games, are never going to please everyone in the audience. We all have our preferences, some are stronger than others, and we all have our own expectations of a particular property. The tricky thing with translating video games to film is that the director is essentially trying to establish a singular point of reference to tell an audience a story. Its possible fans of a game franchise, who have spent hours playing, influencing plot, in that world may not share in such a vision because they've already created their own. Why go sit in a theatre when you can essentially control the story yourself? I'm willing to give a Warcraft movie a fair shake, especially since it sound like it is in the planning stages, but they're going to have to offer me a pretty compelling reason for me to fork over my money.
Mass Effect 3 has been delayed, and we've determined that's good news. More time means more polish, more story, and a better Mass Effect. The nerds have been debating what we'd love to see in Mass Effect 3, so here is a brief and hopeful list.
no no hell no a woman as a protagonist in a war movie?are you out of your mind???


A workshop was led by Clara Morgan – the Curator of Social History at Museums Sheffield. Volunteers brought in objects which they or a relative had bought or used at the Castle Market or other markets in Sheffield and learnt to record them as archaeological artefacts. Stories were also recorded about the objects and these can be found in the History section of the website. These were simple everyday objects such as the mug above, but it demonstrated that important memories can be attached to the most ordinary of things.


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Gold climbs on war worries; US stocks shake off early loss
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE
AP Business Writers
NEW YORK (AP) — Gold touched its highest price in nearly seven years Monday as investors sought safety amid worries that rising U.S.-Iran tensions could lead to war.
Stocks in Asia and Europe retreated as dollars flowed out of riskier investments, but the U.S. market shook off its morning losses to grind out a modest gain. After dropping 0.6% as soon as trading opened, the S&P 500 pushed steadily higher through the day and ended up recovering half its sharp loss from Friday.
The S&P 500 climbed 11.43 points, or 0.4%, to 3,246.28. The Dow Jones Industrial Average erased an early morning loss of 216 points en route to a gain of 68.50 points, or 0.2%, to 28,703.38, and the Nasdaq composite rose 50.70 points, or 0.6%, to 9,071.46.
Caution has been seeping through markets since early Friday, when a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq. Both the United States and Iran have since talked up the threat of violence, which pushed up the price of gold as money flowed into investments seen as safer. Gold neared $1,591 per ounce during morning trading and reached its highest level since April 2013.
Gold settled at $1,566.20 per ounce, up $17, and it's climbed more than $40 since before Soleimani's killing.
Gold has historically performed well around past military conflicts, such as the two Persian Gulf wars and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, even after taking into account interest rates and the dollar's movements, according to Goldman Sachs commodities analysts.
"The escalation in the Middle East was both unexpected and unwelcome," said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at trading platform OANDA Europe. "Investors are now fully in defensive mode, hoping for the best but fearing the worst."
U.S. stocks seemed set to fall a second straight day Monday on those same worries, but gains for oil producers and big internet companies made up for drops by industrial companies and banks.
Oil prices have climbed in recent days because any potential violence in the Middle East could disrupt oilfields in the region. Benchmark U.S. crude oil rose 22 cents to settle at $63.27 per barrel, adding to big gains from Friday. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 31 cents to $68.91 per barrel.
That helped drive energy stocks in the S&P 500 to a 0.8% gain, the second-largest among the 11 sectors that make up the index. EOG Resources jumped 4.1%, Occidental Petroleum rose 3.3% and Halliburton gained 2.5%.
Healthy gains for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google's parent company, Alphabet, also helped lift the market.
Besides waiting for the next step in the clash between the United States and Iran, several big economic reports are on the schedule this upcoming week that could move markets. The headliner is Friday's jobs report from the government.
Solid job growth has helped support the U.S. economy, even as trade wars hurt manufacturing around the world, and economists expect Friday's report to show that employers added 155,000 jobs last month. The healthy job market is one of the reasons the S&P 500 soared to its second-best showing in 22 years in 2019. Big moves by central banks around the world to shield the economy from the pain of trade wars were also big factors.
Overseas stock markets slumped Monday, though the losses moderated as trading headed west with the sun.
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 1.9%, South Korea's Kospi dropped 1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.8%.
In Europe, Germany's DAX lost 0.7% and France's CAC 40 dropped 0.5%. The FTSE 100 in London fell 0.6%.
Treasury yields rose and recovered some of their sharp drops from Friday. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 1.80% from 1.78% late Friday. It had been at 1.88% late Thursday, before Soleimani's killing.
In the commodities markets, wholesale gasoline was little changed at $1.75 per gallon. Heating oil fell 3 cents to $2.03 per gallon. Natural gas rose 1 cent to $2.14 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Silver rose 3 cents to $18.10 an ounce. Copper was little changed at $2.80 per pound.
The dollar rose to 108.46 Japanese yen from 108.01 yen on Friday. The euro strengthened to $1.1192 from $1.1166.
AP Business Writer Pan Pylas contributed.
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