SANTA CRUZ >> Thousands of people converged at Pleasure Point Sunday morning to witness what was expected to be the largest-ever paddle-out memorial, to honor Jack O'Neill, inventor of the modern-day wetsuit.
The procession filled the streets — wetsuit-clad surfers balancing longboards on their heads, couples on cruiser bikes, mothers with strollers and dogs, elderly people with lawn chairs — merging at the iconic cliffside home of O'Neill.
The longtime Santa Cruz resident and founder of the O'Neill wetsuit and surfboard brand died on June 2 at the age of 94.
A paddle out is an age-old memorial tradition in which surfers form a circle in the ocean, whooping, splashing and throwing flowers in the water, to honor a fellow waterman's passing.
The paddle out circle on Sunday for O'Neill stretched more than half a mile across.
Estimates ranged from 2,000 to 3,000 surfers joining in the circle. Roughly 700 more people were in 83 vessels, and on the cliffs, thousands more, a thick mass stretching from the Pleasure Point staircase to the Hook.
At around 11 a.m., when the event officially began, a Coast Guard helicopter circled twice, and as if on cue, the sun broke through the clouds.
Tucked into their wetsuits or held in their teeth, paddlers carried white orchids, which were passed out by organizers. Some paddlers wore eye patches, in honor of O'Neill's famous eye patch, which he had worn since the early 1970s, following a surfing injury at the Hook.
At the circle's center was a wooden double-masted sailboat — O'Neill's first boat — holding his family members.
Also inside the circle was the 65-foot catamaran on which O'Neill Sea Odyssey, an ocean education nonprofit founded by O'Neill, holds its field trips and science lessons for children. Sunday, besides O'Neill employees and guests, the catamaran held several speakers such as former world champion professional surfer Shaun Tomson, who eulogized the surfing icon, broadcast on loudspeakers.
Mike Dufresne, a contractor dressed in a flannel shirt, smoked a cigar and drank from his coffee cup as he watched the procession in front of his house on 38th Avenue.
Dufresne said O'Neill would hire him for jobs, and they became old friends. Every phone call he got from O'Neill was positive, he said.
"He'd call up to say I have some extra tuna," Dufresne said.
O'Neill was an "American entrepreneur" who was "always busy" and involved his children in lead roles in his businesses, Dufresne said.
"He wasn't like hanging out, surfing. He was always planning," he said.
Matt Lochner, also known by his surf nickname "Lackey," grew up nearby and remembers going trick-or-treating at the O'Neill house.
Santa Cruz resident Kelly Lauter, 18, paddled tandem on a surfboard Sunday with her father, Michael Lauter. She never met O'Neill, but grew up wearing his wetsuits, and in fifth grade she rode the catamaran with an O'Neill Sea Odyssey field trip.
"The first boat I've ever been on," Kelly Lauter said.
Santa Cruz resident Jahde Brown, who watched the paddle out from the cliffs, said she would see O'Neill in his old age, sitting on his back deck, looking out on the water.
"He was looking out to sea, like where his next surfing spot is going to be, like Valhalla or heaven or something like that," Brown said.
Another paddler on Sunday was Santa Cruz resident Jacob Meyberg, who as a child in 1988 wrote a letter to O'Neill for a school project. To his surprise, O'Neill replied with his own three-page handwritten letter, which was obtained by the Sentinel.
"How was I able to get into my field? It did take a lot of work. Planning, designing, and making suits. I worked a lot at night. It wasn't all surfing.
O'Neill wrote that his childhood hero was the aviator Charles Lindbergh, and as a child O'Neill would build model airplanes, which helped him later in shaping surfboards.
"What I like about my work is primarily designing and trying out new ideas. Actually it is all enjoyable. I just run out of time," O'Neill wrote.


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Java Enum, Enumeration is a feature and data type that will have a fixed number of values. For example Number of days in a week, this enumeration in Java was started in JDK 1.5 and it is one of the excellent feature of Java among generics, autoboxing, unboxing. Actually Enumeration was not available Java, originally it was in C and C++ languages. Enumeration provides better type safety, it will have methods and constructors. Java Enum has the ability to implement more interfaces, but it cannot extend class why because it internally uses the enum class.
Java Enum, following is an simple enum example to understand the purpose.
While creating an Enum Java compiler internally uses the values() method that returns an array containing all the values of the enum.
When compile the code result will be as follows.
For more detailed overview on array click here .
Enum is similar to class so enum can be defined inside the class and outside the class. Following is an example to define the enum outside class.
Where the developer defined enum outside the class.
Now compile the code result will be as follows.
Following is an example to define the enum inside class.
Here the developer defined enum inside the class as follows. Where the semicolon is an optional.
An array is a collection of homogeneous elements.
An array shares a same name with different index number, which starts from zero.
An array is reference type.
An enums are collection of constants, which are recognized with string constants.
Enum is freely used in Switch case.


Summer Family Volunteering in Peru – Sydney Hill and her new friends in Alto Progreso.
The teens shared an interest in soccer. The children welcomed hugs and games just as kids everywhere do. Neighbors worked together to build a stairway for safety and access on the steep cliff. At the conclusion of their two-week project, they felt they shared important, life-enhancing experiences together.
"Everyone really wanted to go. We were all super excited, " said 14-year-old Beau.
But, these "neighbors" live nearly 3, 000 miles away, and traveled more than 10 hours to lend a hand to families in Alto Progreso, Peru.
Jennifer, Sydney and Ryan play with toddlers.
They decided Alto Progreso, Peru was the place where each family member could offer the greatest contribution. Planted on a desolate and dusty mountainside, this community is cut off from running water, public transportation and the public education system. Helping improve life here, the Hills reasoned, would be highly meaningful.
Early in the service program, they met Haydee Mendoza, community leader and mother. "Haydee beamed at the roads being built, walls, stairs and the like. She shared stories of success and failures over her time as president of the community association, " Jennifer said. The differences between Haydee's neighborhood of Alto Progreso and the Hill's in Florida was staggering. But the family appreciated the warm welcome of the local people, and the pride they felt about the modest upgrades the community recently made.
Jennifer, Ryan and Beau help build stairs.
For two weeks, the family worked hand-in-hand with Alto Progreso residents – painting the inside and outside of the new community center, carrying cement bags, building forms, and helping construct a new set of stairs. It was obvious the work they did was greatly needed and appreciated… even by the volunteers. Beau, the youngest Hill family member, regarded the stairs project as a work-out to strengthen his lower body. "Beau was able to feel like he could trust his legs to do more hard labor tasks, " Jennifer reported.
Jennifer plays Uno with girls at the PPA.
Sydney spends quality time on the playground.
Smiling, she concluded Global Volunteers in Peru is an ideal volunteer opportunity for families. "Go! Your family will be better because of it, " she said.


It's been eons (since Rosal days) since I've heard from you. hope you good.
I agree with Elmatematico, the time theft animation should be given to mumification.
Omfg I'm gonna kill you, lol.
Hey hey guildie, how you doing? *noob-slaps, runs aweh* o.o"!
OMGZ! Pirates Of the caribbean!?!?!!? do you play Pirates the MMORPG made by Disney by chance!?


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For the first time since 9/11, Congress has reduced the sweeping (and until now, expanding) intelligence gathering powers granted to the NSA. Among those things no longer kosher is the government's bulk collection of private telephone calls and Internet metadata. Here's WaPo on the newly retooled U.S. surveillance powers. The NSA still has the power to suck in plenty of your personal data, but at least for now, it sucks less.
+ There's no way to explain the politics of what's been cut out of the Patriot Act without considering the impact of Edward Snowden. In the NYRB, David Cole sums it up: "If Edward Snowden had not revealed the NSA's sweeping surveillance of Americans, Congress would have simply renewed Section 215, the USA Patriot Act provision that the NSA relied on before its expiration on June 1—as Congress had done on seven previous occasions."
+ Vox: Everyone's heard of the Patriot Act. Here's what it actually does.
Watch Your Six
"The Red Cross says it has provided homes to more than 130,000 people. But the actual number of permanent homes the group has built in all of Haiti: six." ProPublica and NPR team up to deliver a stinging report on the Red Cross: How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes. (Even out here in San Francisco, that price per home seems a little high.)
Castles in the Sand
Fracking, a shift towards alternative fuels, and U.S. talks with Iran have Saudi Arabian leaders looking to take their future into their own hands. Erin Cunningham and Brian Murphy explain how Saudi Arabia's 79-year-old King Salman is shaking up (and being shook up by) the Middle East.
+ "The truck approached with its cannon aimed at our windshield. A dozen or so men jumped off and swarmed to my car door." Michael Scott Moore on his 977 days held hostage by Somali pirates.
Red Notices are the New Red Cards
A day after Sepp Blatter announced he was resigning to focus on cleaning up FIFA (forget bending it like a Beckham, no one spins like Sepp), Interpol issued "red notices" for several FIFA officials and marketing executives.
+ Aside from bribes and corruption, why does this scandal matter so much (and why is it sure to spread, possibly all the way to corporate sponsors)? For the answer, focus your attention on Qatar where more than a thousand workers have died building World Cup sites. Following the Nepal earthquake, Qatar officials refused to grant bereavement leave to any of the 400,000 Nepalese workers because of a tight schedule (the World Cup will kick off there in 2022).
+ "In the 1980s, it was bad cops, the Thai heroin trade and the Italian mob. In the '90s, he turned to sports, exposing corruption with the International Olympic Committee." And for the last 15 years, Andrew Jennings has focused his investigative reporting on FIFA. Meet the curmudgeonly old reporter who exposed the FIFA scandal.
I Betcha Thought This Song Was About You
"The rollout of the Bissinger/Leibovitz scoop was as controlled and as stylized as the launch of an Apple product -- indeed, the image of Jenner in a sleek, fifties-style bustier in ivory satin shared some of the cunning, surprising design perfection of an Apple product." For the past several days, much of the media has been dominated by Caitlyn Jenner's cover shot. Yes, it represents a big moment for the transgender community. But that cover is also representative of something even more core to our times: The Kardashian empire and the perfecting of the art of self promotion. Jenner's cover was so widely shared and discussed that it even managed to overshadow Kanye and Kim's second pregnancy. Here's Rebecca Mead on Caitlyn Jenner's Big Début.
+ "As dramatic entrances go, it didn't lag far behind that of Venus emerging from the foam." The NYT on the woman behind Caitlyn Jenner's Vanity Fair cover.
+ And just as the promotional momentum wanes, E! releases the first teaser for Jenner's docu-series I Am Cait.
When The Shirt Hits the Fan
"Four years ago internal audits turned up multiple instances of human trafficking, forced labor, and exploitation." Those findings would hardly come as a surprise, but in this case, they were related to Patagonia's supply chain. And that's a great company that tries hard. The Atlantic's Gillian B. White wonders if the problem is too massive for companies to solve: All Your Clothes Are Made With Exploited Labor.
By the Fall semester of 2016, students and faculty members will be allowed to carry their guns on campus at Texas universities. Community colleges will have to wait until 2017 to bring the heat. (It will be interesting to see the reaction the first time an Art professor says, "Draw.")
+ In Louisiana, rape victims will no longer have to pay "hefty hospital bills for medical costs associated with rape exams."
Money, Shot
In an interesting article comparing the benefits of profits vs growth, Harvard Business Review managed to come up with a headline that could only exist during the Internet era: Too Much Profit Can Doom Your Company. Thankfully, I've managed to avoid this trap. Now I'm gonna warn my kids!
+ I've been investing in startups since the first Internet boom. The other day, I asked an equally experienced VC if he had any idea whether the startup dedicated to enabling you to never take out the trash again was for real or just a joke. It turned out neither of us was sure. That's the state of the seed startup world. We can no longer differentiate between reality and parody.
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Calories
Google is set to analyze your Instagram photos using artificial intelligence to calculate the calories in your food images. You take a photo of your meal. You share it on social media. You get data back about its caloric content. Finally, a diet plan where everyone loses.
+ Here are the most calorie-filled restaurant meals of 2015.
Bottom of the News
Mark Taylor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wanted to go undercover and unnoticed to catch people using their cell phones behind the wheel. So he pretended to be a homeless person begging for change.
+ Wait, humans can't actually be double-jointed?
+ IHOP's new logo smiles at you (like a deranged clown). Is there another kind of smile?
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Meet our Aussies - Welcome!
Maya is a red merle Australian Shepherd, AKA aussie that every cowboy and cowgirl wishes in a dog! She is an amazing Family dog and she herds great! Maya instictively showed us what she was bred to do once we got her out into the cow pasture. When the cows and chickens see her coming you can almost hear them say "we are in trouble now fellas". Maya is a quick and agile dog while on an agility course, she is bidable and has an extremely high prey drive; herding cattle or just fetching her favorite toys. she will give beautiful coated and well driven puppies. Maya will pass her STRONG herding insticts and prey drive to her litter and show them the ropes of being the best dogs for you!.
Bentley is a Tri colored Miniature Australian Shepherd, AKA mini aussie. At only 4 months old he shows amazing conformation. He possess all the ideal breed standards. He is currently being trained in being a service dog. He has a great prey drive for a puppy, though he knows when to relax and enjoy the moment. Bentley will throw gorgeous puppies.


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I went with a more "bat" than "demon"type of style with him, so as to have him match the Giant Bats I've done already. He is also something of a pain to take pictures of as he insists on leaning too far forward even after the boiling method was applied. Perhaps he's simply camera shy. A toothy greeting. Swooping upon his prey. More swooping.
This is the Reaper Bones Bat Demon I wanted to try some fiery wings. Comments and likes welcome! Hope you like him.
Howdy, I painted the bat demon from bones 2... Thanks for looking, Kev!


There's a growing trend for multi-generational travel, where 3 or sometimes even 4 generations of family take vacations together. Greece is one of the top multi-generational travel destinations, and here's why.
Being able to spend quality time together has long been one of the great attractions of a family vacation. As people become fitter, healthier and live longer, this has meant that a trend for multi-generational travel has also arisen. Now, Grandparents and even Great-Grandparents can be seen joining in with family vacations, giving people a chance to reconnect and discover places old and new together. Not all destinations are ideal for multi-generational family vacations, but one country most certainly is – Greece.
There are many reasons why Greece is an ideal country for different generations of a family to visit. It's safe, there's an endless amount of things to see and do, and the culture is friendly and welcoming. Over the years, we've been pleased to have helped many different families plan their multi-generational vacations in Greece. If you're thinking to do something along those lines yourself, here's some suggestions in ways that Kids Love Greece can help.
People with Greek heritage or connections are always keen to visit the village or island that their family came from. Perhaps a Grandparent is Greek themselves, or was even stationed in a part of Greece with the military. Kids Love Greece can help organize a trip to the island or village so that you can see if it has changed over the years. You may even be able to recognize a few old faces when you are there! Contact the Kids Love Greece team with any request you have, and we'd be happy to help.
A family vacation is the perfect time for everyone to reconnect and have fun. We have a number of exclusive experiences we think you might enjoy, from family cooking workshops in Crete to a family Olympics activity in Athens! No matter where in Greece you plan to take your multi-generational vacation, we can suggest activities suitable for your family group.
We know that planning a large family vacation can have its challenges, especially when it comes to accommodation. In some circumstances, hotels might be suitable, whereas in others a rental villa in Greece would be more practical. With experience in organizing family trips to Greece for groups of 20 and more people, you can be assured that we'll look after you every step of the way! Let us know the type of accommodation you are looking for, and we'll soon have a list of trusted accommodation providers ready for you to choose from.
Our Greek Mythology Tours are fun and educational for people of all ages. They've been developed with kids in mind (if they love the Percy Jackson books they will love this!), as well as adults of all ages. Visiting the most significant archaeological sites in Greece, our guides will explain the myths and legends, as well as the facts and history behind each place in a fun and engaging manner. All your transport is organized for you, leaving you to enjoy what is the ultimate multi-generational family road trip in Greece!


Widely recognized as one of the top Disc Jockeys in the Metroplex, Dayle has been performing in the circuit for over 15 years.
She got the DJ'ing 'bug' during the late 70's. Her career started in the Disco Clubs: Club Phenomenon, Uncle Nasty, The Paladium, Studio 54 and Broadway City Place where she performed regularly and filled in for other DJs.
Dayle is perhaps most known for spinning her magic at weddings, corporate events, private parties, extravagant theme parties, conventions and benefits. Events of note include: Weddings and Corporate events at the Fairmont Hotel, Adolphus Hotel, Hilton Anatole, South Fork Ranch, Petroleum Club, Crescent Hotel, Canyon Creek Country Club, Dallas Arboretum, Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, DFW Marriott, III Forks, Maggiano's, Four Seasons Mandalay, Omni Hotel, Lantana Country Club, Las Colinas Country Club, Tribute Country Club, Lone Star Park, La Cima Club, Celebrations, Westin Hotel, Stone Briar Country Club, Sheraton Hotel, Glen Eagles Country Club, The Tower Club and Firewheel Country Club.
Dayle has played for many high profile events and has an extensive list of corporate clients: AT&T, UPS, Clorox, Harley Davidson, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Comcast, Bank Of America, J.C. Penney's, Southwest Airlines, Dallas Cowboys, Bank One, Chase Bank, Park Place Lexus, Byron Nelson Golf, American Airlines, IKEA, TD Industries, Federal Reserve Bank, Verizon, Ben E Keith, Centex, Neimen Marcus, Ebby Halliday, Lifetime Fitness, IBM, Pitney Bowes and Coors Brewery.
Dayle has spun her magic at numerous celebrity events in conjunction with Radio Disney (Hanna Montana & High School Musical II), CBS Radio (Nokia Theatre), UPN 21 & CBS 11 (Texas State Fair), 20th Century Fox (Alvin & The Chipmunks, The Simpson's Movie and Mamma Mia Movie Premiers) , BET (James Ingram, Queen Latifah and Tamia), The Edge Radio (Texas Motor Speedway), The Bone Radio (Texas Motor Speedway), and the Dallas Cowboys (Texas Stadium). The most recent event was June 6, 2009, opening night at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium for the after concert party for George Strait, Reba McEntire, Leann Womack and Blake Shelton in conjunction with the Messina Group (AEG LIVE Worldwide).
Dayle's musical background is extensive, steady and consistent.
In addition to her DJ'ing Dayle studied business, speech, music, voice and performance in the local colleges and at the University Of North Texas.
To add to Dayle's musical knowledge and expertise, Dayle has managed multiple music stores in Dallas, Mesquite, Grapevine and Plano for years.
Therefore, If you are looking for a quality DJ, with years of wedding and corporate experience, with an extensive library of music, reliable professional equipment, and the versatility to seamlessly blend your favorite songs with nonstop music all night long, Dayle is confident she is a perfect fit for your next event .


I hope you are all ready. I have about six recipes that I have been saving to put up on the blog but I just haven't seemed to have the time. The time is now so I hope that if you try these recipes that you like them as much as Eric and I have.
2 limes zested and juiced.
Toss the wings with the coriander, cumin, cinnamon, salt and olive oil. Cover and chill for at least 4 hours. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lay the wings out in one layer on baking sheets and roast for about an hour and half, stirring once or twice. In a bowl add the Sriracha, butter, cilantro, zest and juice. Add the wings to the sauce, stir until coated. Transfer to a platter and serve.
These were some of the best wings I've ever had and they were very easy.


Alta is the founder of Alta Kloppers & Associates established 24 years ago on the East Rand. She enjoys and has extensive practical experience in all areas of dietetics. Furthermore, she has a passion to apply the expertise she has gained during the years in private practice, by guiding and developing young dieticians in all aspects of running a successful practice and efficient patient management. In addition, Alta enjoys teaching and has presented at international as well as national congresses.
Alta Kloppers was schooled on the East Rand and completed a B Dietetics and Post- Graduate Diploma in Hospital Dietetics at the University of Pretoria.
She is member of ADSA, SASPEN and ALLSA.
Alta is currently enrolled at UFS and is in the final stages of completing her MSc (Dietetics).


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Partnership for Peace Information Management System (PIMS) is a US Department of Defense Bilateral Cooperative Development Program started in 1996 to enable collaboration and communication between Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries and the NATO community.

General information
PIMS is a US bilateral program which supports US-Partner relations and PfP mission through Information technology.
The mission of the PIMS is to enable efficient reliable information exchange between PfP countries and the NATO community - a key first step in the orderly process of incorporating Partners into NATO initiatives. It aims at facilitating the rapid communications and coordination required to support individual PfP objectives as well as the overall goals of the PfP Program. By extending economical communications connectivity and an automated means for common access to information, PIMS is expected to support an environment conducive to multinational cooperation in Europe.

The Program was established on the premise that each Partner has relevant and pertinent information to contribute and is also in the best position to determine its own information requirements. Collaborative database development provides the practical approach to leverage information resources for all coalition partners. O&M cost sharing provides an economical means of accommodating individual needs for processing, connectivity, maintenance, system familiarization, and other technical services, when PIMS hardware is required. The terms of both arrangements are implemented through Memorandum of Agreement between US DOD and PIMS-installed Partners.

Organization
PIMS is a virtual organization that includes users from the USA and across Eurasia. The PIMS Program is managed by SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston, European Division, located in Stuttgart, Germany. 10 In-Country Coordinators (ICCs) in PfP partner countries round out the PIMS team.

Participating PfP Countries

As of July 2010, the following PfP countries participate in the PIMS program: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Participating countries in the past include Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkmenistan. All of these, but Turkmenistan, have eventually joined NATO.

History and background
 1996 - Established as a US Department of Defense Bilateral Cooperative Development Program with NATO PfP Partner Nations.
 1997 - Installations in: Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, AF North, Marshall Center
 1998 - Installations in: Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, EUCOM, JHQ NE, Kazakhstan (Almaty), Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, RHQ AFNO, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Uzbekistan
 1999 - Installations in: Baltic Defense College, Georgia, HQ NAVSOUTH, JHQ CENTCOM, SEEBRIG, SOUTHLANT, Turkmenistan
 2001 - Installation in: Croatia
 2002 - Installation in: Armenia Tajikistan, Azerbaijan
 2004 - DoD program management selected new program management for PIMS at European Office of SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston, a US Navy Working Capital Fund.
 2005-06 - Upgraded communications capabilities in PfP Partner countries; Enhanced Event Support IT/Communications capabilities; Institutionalized Collaborative Technology Platform at the PfP Consortium, PfP Training Centers, and among institutions of the NATO/PfP Education Training Network
 2006 - Spring 2007 - Carry out R&D projects on Defense Planning and Strategy, Emergency Information Network as well as enhanced linkages among the NATO PfP Knowledge Network Sites.

South-Eastern Europe Defense Ministerial
Southeastern Europe Defence Ministerial Process' (SEDM) main objective is strengthening understanding and politico-military cooperation in the region in order to enhance the stability and security in SEE. Southeastern Europe Defence Ministers gather regularly to discuss issues of security and cooperation in the region.

In October 2008 in Ohrid, Macedonia were discussed all the questions regarding regional security, stability and development of civil military relationships in all the countries in the region.

In October 2009, in Sofia, the Heads of Delegations signed the Agreement on the Coordination Committee in the Framework of Southeastern Europe Defence Ministerial Process and the 5th Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Multinational Peace Force of Southeastern Europe (MPFSEE) initiative. By signing this protocol, the nations expressed their approval of the updating of some essential parameters of the MPFSEE activities, including of the structure of the Southeastern Europe Brigade's Headquarters (SEEBRIG HQ). Its adoption also resulted in the amendment of clauses of the Agreement concerning financial, logistic and organizational changes in SEEBRIG's activities. The activities of the Southeastern Europe Brigade were also reviewed at the meeting, leading to the conclusion that the Brigade's potential is greater than what has been employed so far. The Defence Ministers endorsed SEEBRIG's annual plan and budget for 2010, as well as the financial framework and activities plan up to 2012.
During Bulgaria's chairmanship, Serbia became a full member.
The Process of Meetings of Southeast Europe Defence Ministers has a rotating two-year presidency.

  (2007–2009)
  (2009–2011)
   (2011-2013)

Membership
The following NATO members participate in SEDM:

The following PfP members participate in SEDM:

The following PfP members are observers to SEDM:

References

External links
PIMS Website

Politics of NATO

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B Reactor
The B Reactor at Hanford was built and operated by DuPont and was the world's first production-scale nuclear reactor. B Reactor was the first of three plutonium reactors constructed in the 100 area during the Manhattan Project.
Design of the B Reactor
The design was based on the success of Enrico Fermi's "Chicago Pile I" in December 1942 and a pilot plant, the X-10 graphite reactor, in Oak Ridge, TN that began producing plutonium in November 1943. B Reactor was a 36-foot cube built of graphite blocks with a matrix of holes for the process tubes that held the uranium fuel and the control rods.
B Reactor was designed to produce 250 million watts, more than a million times the Chicago Pile I. While the X-10 pilot plant was air cooled, B reactor was water cooled. There was no time to build another pilot plant or rigorously test engineering solutions to the many first-of-a-kind problems. DuPont engineers had to work quickly to translate the Chicago physicists' ideas into blueprints to keep ahead of the construction crews at Hanford. The fuel elements were loaded into the reactor. At full capacity, workers had to load over 60,000 fuel elements into the reactor's 2,004 process tubes.
After an average of 100 days in the reactor, a fuel element would be sufficiently irradiated to be removed . The fuel elements were ejected from the rear face of the reactor where they fell into a 20-foot pool of water. Here they cooled off for about 90 days until they were ready to be shipped to the chemical separations plant in the 200 area. B Reactor was equipped with multiple redundant safety systems. During routine operation, the reactor was controlled using nine neutronabsorbing control rods inserted horizontally into the reactor.
Reactor Safety
B Reactor also had 29 vertical safety rods that could be quickly dropped into the reactor if the horizontal control rods were insufficient. As a last resort, a mechanism above the reactor could drop small boron balls into the reactor. These balls would stop the reaction and could be vacuumed out later so as to not permanently damage the reactor. Operators had to constantly monitor more than 5,000 instruments, most of which were located in the control room. Many of these devices had never been used in an industrial setting before. The main control panel was staffed around the clock. The reactor core generated a tremendous amount of heat.
Cooling the Reactor
Water pumped from the Columbia River was filtered, treated and stored in facilities near the reactor. To cool the reactor, some 30,000 gallons of water were pumped through the reactor every minute. The water was channeled through thin passages between the process tube and fuel elements.
Afterwards, the cooling water was stored for up to four hours in basins to cool down and then discharged back into the Columbia. Nearly 75 percent of the electricity in the 100 Area went to pumping and processing water for cooling. B Reactor, once threatened with demolition, is an icon of the Manhattan Project at Hanford. Today visitors can tour the original reactor and listen to Manhattan Project veterans describe the facility and their experiences there.
Atomic Heritage Foundation's "A Guide to the Manhattan Project in Washington State"
Hanford, WA
Hanford Site
Route 6, Hanford Site
Richland Washington 99343


The Department for Work and Pensions has published an information note which explains how the new arrangements for State Pension sharing will affect people who reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, reports Family Law Week.
• Dissolution and annulment of a civil partnership.
It is also intended to help legal advisers and the courts to manage the transition from the existing system to the new system from 6 April 2016.
• Information that we are able to provide to individuals.
Access the note itself here.


I work primarily in cone 6 porcelain as it lends itself best to the fine lines I require. Form is my first concern; underglaze and glaze are used to complete the story that I wish the viewer to discover. These Funktional forms are based on Jelly Bean Row Houses of Newfoundland, apples, frogs and dragons; influenced by the works of Clarice Cliff from the "dirty thirties".
My sculptural pieces, inspired by nature are *"enveloped by a dense and unusual cloud of aesthetic possibilities".
Also showing at this location is Ken Solilo.


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package org.cakesolutions.akkapatterns.api

import spray.routing.{RequestContext, AuthenticationFailedRejection, AuthenticationRequiredRejection}
import concurrent.Future
import spray.routing.authentication.Authentication
import java.util.UUID
import akka.actor.ActorSystem
import org.cakesolutions.akkapatterns.domain._
import org.cakesolutions.akkapatterns.core.authentication.TokenCheck

/**
 * Mix in this trait to get the authentication directive. The ``validUser`` function can be used in Spray's
 * ``authentication`` function.
 *
 * The usual pattern is
 *
 * {{{
 * ... with AuthenticationDirectives {
 *
 *   ...
 *
 *   path("users/me/portfolio") {
 *     authenticate(validUser) { userDetail =>
 *     }
 *   }
 *   ...
 * }
 * }}}
 *
 * @author janmachacek
 */
trait AuthenticationDirectives {

  import concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

  /**
   * @return a `User` that has been previously identified with the `Token` we have been given.
   */
  def doAuthenticate(token: UUID): Future[Option[UserDetailT[_]]]

  /**
   * @return the function that is usable in Spray's ``authenticate`` function, giving
   *         routes access to a ``UserDetail`` instance
   */
  private def doValidUser[A <: UserKind](map: UserDetailT[_] => Authentication[UserDetailT[A]]): RequestContext => Future[Authentication[UserDetailT[A]]] = {
    ctx: RequestContext =>
      val header = ctx.request.headers.find(_.name == "x-token")
      if (header.isEmpty)
        Future(Left(AuthenticationRequiredRejection("https", "zoetic")))
      else doAuthenticate(UUID.fromString(header.get.value)).map {
        case Some(user) => map(user)
        case None       => Left(AuthenticationFailedRejection("Zoetic"))
      }
  }

  /**
   * Checks that the token represents a valid user; i.e. someone is logged in. We make no assumptions about the roles
   *
   * @return the authentication of any user kind
   */
  def validUser: RequestContext => Future[Authentication[UserDetail]] = doValidUser(x => Right(x.asInstanceOf[UserDetailT[UserKind]]))

  /**
   * Checks that the token represents a valid superuser
   *
   * @return the authentication for superuser
   */
  def validSuperuser: RequestContext => Future[Authentication[UserDetailT[SuperuserKind.type]]] =
    doValidUser { udc: UserDetailT[_] =>
      udc.kind match {
        case SuperuserKind => Right(new UserDetailT(udc.userReference, SuperuserKind))
        case _ => Left(AuthenticationFailedRejection("Akka-Patterns"))
      }
    }

  /**
   * Checks that the token represents a valid customer
   *
   * @return the authentication for superuser
   */
  def validCustomer: RequestContext => Future[Authentication[UserDetailT[CustomerUserKind]]] = {
    doValidUser { udc: UserDetailT[_] =>
      udc.kind match {
        case k: CustomerUserKind => Right(new UserDetailT(udc.userReference, k))
        case _ => Left(AuthenticationFailedRejection("Akka-Patterns"))
      }
    }
  }
}

/**
 * provides a default implementation for Authentication Directives
 */
trait DefaultAuthenticationDirectives extends AuthenticationDirectives with DefaultTimeout {
  this: { def actorSystem: ActorSystem } =>

  import concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
  import akka.pattern.ask

  def loginActor = actorSystem.actorFor("/user/application/authentication/login")

  override def doAuthenticate(token: UUID) = (loginActor ? TokenCheck(token)).mapTo[Option[UserDetailT[_]]]

}


Xu Shen (c. 58 – c. 148 CE) was a Chinese scholar-official and philologist of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-189). He was born in the Zhaoling district of Run'an prefecture (today known as Luohe in Henan Province). During his own lifetime, Xu was recognized as a preeminent scholar of the Five Classics. He was the author of Shuowen Jiezi, which was the first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters, as well as the first to organize entries by radical. This work continues to provide scholars with information on the development and historical usage of Chinese characters. Xu Shen completed his first draft in 100 CE but, waited until 121 CE before having his son present the work to the Emperor An of Han.
Xu was a student of the scholar-official Jia Kui 贾逵 (30-101). Under Jia, he established himself as a master in his own right and enjoyed a positive reputation. This education allowed him to hold several government offices at the prefecture level, and ultimately rise to a post in the royal library. Before undertaking the Shuowen, he was already a prolific writer. Although lost, one of his better known early works was a commentary on the Huainanzi, an important sociopolitical work from the second century BCE.
Xu Shen's life and work were shaped by the fierce division between Old Text and New Text schools of Confucian thought. These rival camps grew out of the wide proliferation of Confucian texts, which was brought on by the Emperor Wu of Han's elevation Confucianism to the state philosophy. Because knowledge of the Confucian canon was the primary qualification for government office, there was a large upswing in the rate of copying. These new additions were written in a standardized Han dynasty script. During the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han (r. 33-7 BCE), however, older manuscripts were discovered in the imperial archives and in the walls of Confucius's family mansion. These older texts were written in a pre-Qin, small seal script (xiaozhuan 小篆). Importantly, they also differed in their content and organization. A group of scholars, which came to be called the Old Text school, emerged and advocated for the use of this more ancient version. The New Text school meanwhile preferred the more recent versions. Since Han jurisprudence was based on the classics, the interpretation of even a single character could lead to concrete differences in legal opinions. The great variation in interpretations greatly troubled Xu. He was familiar with both schools: Jia Kui was a respected Old Text scholar, but Xu's official work required familiarity with the New Text editions. In an attempt to eliminate discrepancies between interpretations, Xu authored Different Meanings of the Five Classics (五经异义), a commentary, now lost, that incorporated interpretations from both the New and Old Text schools. Xu picked the readings that were best to his mind, regardless of school. Ultimately though, Xu decided that only a rigorous work on the development and history of each character could standardize the interpretation of the classics.
Xu Shen's desire to create an exhaustive reference work resulted in the Shuowen Jiezi (说文解字). The Shuowen has no standard English translation, and is sometimes rendered: "Explain the Graphs and Unravel the Written Words" or "Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters." The uniting principle behind each part of the massive project was, as Xu Shen writes in his postface, "to establish defined categories, (to) correct mistaken concepts, for the benefit of scholars and true interpretation of the spirit of language." Intended to be a comprehensive work, it encompasses 15 chapters and over 9,000 small seal script entries, and has a preface and a postface. Xu intentionally listed headwords in pre-Qin characters in order to provide their earliest possible forms, and thereby allow the most faithful interpretation. It is among the first character dictionaries which examined the evolution of characters in detail, and streamlined the "six category" approach to analyzing Chinese writing. It also created a system of 540 semantically organized radicals.
In the postface, Xu gives a brief account of the history of writing. According to legend, Chinese characters were first invented by Cang Jie, who was inspired by footprints to create a system of signs that refer to the natural world. These original graphs could then be combined to make meaningful characters with referents distinct from their component graphs. This was important for Xu Shen, who emphasized the productivity, even fertility, of Chinese writing. Despite the novel meanings of compound characters, Xu Shen believed that true understanding of composite characters was contingent on an understanding of their components. Providing clear explanation of these relationships lay at the heart of his motivation.
A leaf from the Shuowen Jiezi. The large character on the upper left is written in the ancient Zhou form.
Central to Xu Shen's thought is the contrast between wen (文 patterns) and zi (字 characters), indeed these contrasting categories of graphs receive separate mention in the work's title. Even today, there is disagreement over the exact definitions of the two terms. The Song dynasty scholar Zheng Qiao (郑樵) first presented the interpretation that wen and zi are the difference between non-compound and compound characters. More recently, other scholars, such as Françoise Bottéro (2002), have argued that the addition of a specifically phonetic element (and thus not simply compounding) marks the principal difference between wen and zi. From this original binary contrast, Xu Shen formally delineated for the first time the six categories (六书) of Chinese characters.
Indicators of Function (指事), whose forms are iconic without being based on concrete objects. Examples include 上 (shàng) and 下 (xià), indicating up and down respectively.
Form Imaging or Pictographs (象形), such as 山 (shān), meaning mountain.
Form and Sound (形声), which consist of a semantic element and an element indicating pronunciation. The character 汗 (hàn sweat), for example. contains the phonetic marker 干 (gān dry), and the semantic marker 氵(shuĭ water).
Combining Meaning (会意), which unite two semantic elements. 明, for example contains the sun and the moon, and carries the meaning 'bright'.
Reciprocally Glossing (转注), which arose from a divergence of one character into two separate characters still linked in sound and meaning, such as 老 (lăo) and 考 (kǎo).
Loaning Characters (假借鉴), which essentially indicates one character whose meaning has been broadened to contain multiple definitions. This is seen in bifurcated meanings and pronunciations of 长, which originally meant 'leader' (zhăng), but came to have the second meaning 'long' (cháng).
To organize the thousands of headwords, Xu Shen established 540 radicals, and ordered them from least to greatest complexity. Each radical then headed its own group, which in turn subsumed all composite characters which incorporated the specific radical. The total number of 540 has a cosmological weight, as it can be derived from the product of 6, 9, and 10. 6 and 9 are the numbers of Yin and Yang, and 10 a number signifying completion. This number symbolizes the exhaustive scope of the dictionary.
Within the dictionary itself, each entry first gives the character's meaning, and alternate orthographies. It also accounts for a character's meaning, occasionally pronunciation, and cites examples of its use in the classical texts.
Xu Shen had to rely on a large body of sources to collect the thousands of characters and variants that appear in the Shuowen. Many small script characters were taken from the Cangjiepian (仓颉篇 c. 220 BCE); ancient characters were collected from the texts found in Confucius's mansion, and Zhou characters were taken from the Historian Zhou's Primer (史籀, dated to c. 578 BCE, the reign of Emperor Xuan).
The Shuowen has often been the subject of commentary and study. The earliest reported research was conducted in the Sui dynasty by Yu Yanmo (庾俨默), though this work has not survived. Later in the Tang dynasty (618-907), Li Yangbing (李阳冰 713-741) prepared an edition, though this version is lost as well. The oldest surviving editions go back to a pair of brothers, Xu Xuan (徐铉) and Xu Kai (徐锴). The pair lived in the Sui dynasty (581-618), and their work ensured the long term survival of the Shuowen. The well-known philologist Duan Yucai (段玉裁 1735–1815) of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) dedicated his life to studying the Shuowen, and produced the authoritative version and commentary still used today, the Shuowen Jiezi Zhu 说文解字注 (the Annotated Shuowen Jiezi).
Xu Shen's work also provides a valuable resource for linguistic research. Duan Yucai based much of his research on the Shuowen, and the philologist Zhu Junsheng's (朱骏声) phonological study Explanatory Book of Sounds 说文训定生 was written as a companion to the Shuowen.
Given the number of dictionaries and philological works that draw heavily from the Shuowen, Xu Shen has towered over the field of Chinese lexicography, and his influence is still felt today.
A number of Xu Shen's character analyses are erroneous, as the seal script differs considerably from the older bronzeware script and the even older oracle bone script, both of which were unknown at the time, also to Xu Shen. Karlgren, for example, disputes Xu Shen's interpretation of 巠 (jing) as depicting a subterranean water channel. Referring to the bronze script, he proposes a reading linked to weaving. Furthermore, Xu Shen does not account for historical phonological change that between the earliest days of Chinese writing and his own era. This results in inaccurate sound analyses.
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Northwestern College to present Little Shop of Horrors
October 6, 2021 /in News /by Vibrant Orange City
The Northwestern College theatre department will present the musical "Little Shop of Horrors" Oct. 28–30 and Nov. 4 and 6 in the DeWitt Theatre Arts Center's England Theatre.
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RUSH student dance concert on stage at Northwestern College
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Northwestern College students will present their annual dance concert, RUSH, in the DeWitt Theatre Arts Center during six performances March 18-20.
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Northwestern theatre students to present evening of plays
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Community members are invited to attend a free performance of five plays, directed by Northwestern College theatre students, on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
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High school students interested in theatre invited to explore Northwestern's stage
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High school seniors interested in theatre are invited to visit Northwestern College for Theatre Raider Days Feb. 14 and 15.
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Northwestern theatre students and professor present two evenings of plays
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Community members are invited to two free events showcasing the talents of the Northwestern College theatre department.
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Drama Ministries Ensemble to Perform in Eastern U.S.
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Northwestern College's Drama Ministries Ensemble will tour and perform "Sioux Center Sudan," a play about an Iowa teacher who became a missionary nurse, during spring break March 1–11.
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RUSH Student Dance Concert to be Held at Northwestern
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Northwestern College's annual student dance concert, RUSH, will return to the stage with seven performances.
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High school seniors interested in theatre are invited to Northwestern College Theatre Preview Weekend on Feb. 22 and 23.
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Northwestern to Present Operatic Performances
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Northwestern College's 24-member Heritage Singers chamber choir will perform "A Night at the Opera" on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25 and 26.
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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Three-year-old Harper Steele is not sure she wants to touch the butterfly, as she gets a close up look with Kruze Steele, 3, as it is held by Candice Steele, at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The New Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Blue Morpho Butterflies feed on an orange, at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The New Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Butterfly rests on a plant at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The New Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. 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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Caligo Atreus butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The New Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Butterfly rests on a plant at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The New Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lynnsey Steel takes a photo of a butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The New Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Blue Morpho Butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The New Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Elly Snow, 3, uses magnifying Glasses to get a close look at a butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Anna Snow, 6, examines a butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Arabelle Walston, 7, examines a butterly fly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. The exhibit also has dozens of species of butterflies. 3 7 6 Arabelle pink Addie Walkston 6 blue (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chloe Parker, 6 looks at a butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brooke Barker holds up 6-year-old Hallie Barker to get a close look at a butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A butterfly rests on a childs finger, at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. The exhibit also has dozens of species of butterflies. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brooke Barker holds still as 6-year-old Hallie Barker watches a butterfly that landed on her back, at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Elizabeth Prince, 7, examines a butterfly at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A butterfly lands on the head of 4-year-old Maycee Barker, at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. The exhibit also has dozens of species of butterflies. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Taylor Chidester holds 5-month-old Linnon, as she looks at the butterfly on her arm, at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A butterfly rests on a tropical plant, at the Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point's Water Tower Plaza in Lehi. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The Butterfly Biosphere is home to more than a thousand butterflies from around the world.
By Scott D. Pierce
· Published: January 25
Thanksgiving Point in Lehi is now home to the Butterfly Biosphere — an exhibit that allows guests to meet 100 species of the flying insects, plus 100 species of other bugs. And you won't even need a net.
The $30 million, 33,000-square-foot facility is in the former emporium building north of the water tower. The building includes a 10,000-square-foot, glassed-in butterfly conservatory filled with tropical plants and more than 1,000 butterflies from around the world.
"The butterflies inside here, you'll never see in your garden here in Utah," said Thanksgiving Point spokesman Josh Berndt. "We don't have anything in here right now that's native to Utah at all.
"Right now, our most popular ones are probably from Costa Rica, but there's some that come from Kenya, the Congo and different spots in Asia."
The conservatory is "supposed to be like Costa Rica, so it's about 85 degrees in about 50-60 percent humidity," Berndt said. "That kind of self-regulates how many people are in there at a time."
(You can step out, cool off and re-enter the conservatory, however.)
Thanksgiving Point had to be certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be allowed to import nonnative species "to make sure that these butterflies can't get out. … They could really cause some damage to our ecosystem," Berndt said.
"Everybody who comes here has to go through a double magnetic door. Look, if a butterfly lands on you, that's fine. No problem. You just make sure they don't walk out with you."
The Butterfly Biosphere includes a "Costa Rica Climber" that features tree houses, nature-themed areas and a separate play area for young children. The Discovery Zone is an "insectarium" filled with interactive exhibits, including a Hold a Critter station where you can — you guessed it! — hold insects in your hand.
"It's like living science," Berndt said. "We try and do hands-on stuff here. They're learning, but the kids don't really know they're learning. We're tricking them."
Butterfly Biosphere
Where • Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi
Hours • 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; the last admission is at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets • $20 ages 13 and up, $15 ages 3-12 and 65 and up; free for Thanksgiving Point members and children ages 2 and younger; available at thanksgivingpoint.org
Tickets are timed and are valid for 30 minutes from the time reserved. (Members also must get tickets and reserve a time.)
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Globe 100 | No. 22 - Haemonetics Corp.
Machines for healing
Why this year's top device maker is a company you probably haven't heard about
Brian Concannon said his company "has tried to fly below the radar screen." (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)
By Todd Wallack
Globe Staff / May 18, 2010
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Over the past 40 years, Haemonetics Corp. has quietly become one of the state's largest makers of medical devices, offering a number of products to help process and manage blood. Yet chief executive Brian Concannon said that around here, most people aren't even sure how to pronounce the company's name (HE-mon-et-ix), let alone explain what it does.
"We've typically been a company that has tried to fly below the radar screen,'' said Concannon, who succeeded Brad Nutter as chief executive last year. Nutter remained as chairman.
But as Haemonetics continues to grow, it is becoming harder to overlook.
Today, Haemonetics has a market value of more than $1.4 billion, and more than 2,150 employees in 16 countries, including 800 who work at the company's 14-acre headquarters in Braintree and its warehouse in Stoughton. More than half its sales come from other countries.
And despite the downturn, Haemonetics has continued to grow — even if a bit more slowly than planned.
The firm's revenue soared 7.6 percent to $629 million in 2009, double what it was seven years ago. And earnings rose even faster, climbing 16 percent to $68 million last year.
"We've enjoyed some really good growth,'' said Concannon. "We've weathered the storm fairly well, and are going to improve.''
Most Haemonetics products fall into two categories: equipment to help collect blood plasma in donation centers and products used to help patients avoid transfusions by salvaging and monitoring their blood during surgery.
But only a fraction of the firm's profits come from selling equipment. Just as Gillette famously made money selling blades rather than the razors, Haemonetics generates more than 87 percent of its revenue from disposable products used in its machines. The rest of the revenue comes mainly from selling the machines, as well as software to help blood banks and hospitals manage their blood supplies.
Still, the company's revenue has grown more slowly recently, a result of hospital cutbacks and declines in elective surgeries. Shares slid 2 percent to $57.15 last calendar year, though the stock rose 4 percent through March 31, 2010.
"They've clearly had their share of challenges,'' said Lawrence S. Keusch, a financial analyst with Morgan Keegan & Co. in Boston, but "they have a management team that is really in full control of the business. They were able to hit the earnings they were looking for.''
The company, which was founded in 1971, has also grown by making key acquisitions. Last year, Haemonetics acquired Altivation Software of California, which makes software for blood processing centers, and Neoteric Technology Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, which markets a product to track blood products within a hospital. And this year, the company purchased Global Med Technologies for $60 million.
As a result of the acquisitions, the company said in March it would cut about 170 jobs, and closed sites in Phoenix and Chicago. Haemonetics said the cuts will save about $14 million a year.
Todd Wallack can be reached at twallack@globe.com.
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September 5, 2020 [email protected]_84 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEWS
The technology industry is entering a phenomenal phase of global growth, which will be driven by the East for the next 40 to 50 years, primarily India and China. India is the only open market with over a billion potential customers, 40 percent of which are expected to be uplifted out of poverty over the next 10 to 15 years, who will be first time users.
It's been rightly said that "the future of the internet is Asia". With over 60 percent of global population on this side of the planet, we are living in an era of data, and it's expected that 5G will connect everything, which was till today not switched online. In the next five years, every hardware in the open world will be connected digitally and speaking to each other with IoT.
It is with this vision that Ashudeep Chadha runs OnDemand Agility, a niche and domain-centric IT organisation working on legacy and new generation technologies with a focus on providing customised solutions including application development, data services, business process testing, and quality assurance.
The Founder & CEO of the company, Ashudeep is a pioneering business entrepreneur and a global marketer in the data and technology space. Breaking the archaic and stereotypical male dominating sector, she is among the 20 percent of the women leadership workforce from the IT industry who has carved a niche for herself in providing technological solutions, especially in the BFSI market. She has also individually led technology and data delivery for numerous clients in the US before venturing out in India and setting up operations in Singapore, Australia, and Philippines.
In a conversation with HerStory, Ashudeep speaks about her journey in technology and data analytics business, use of cloud during the COVID-19 crisis, and providing a seamless experience for customers during unprecedented times.
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HerStory: How did you know you wanted to become an entrepreneur?
Ashudeep Chadha: The 'Aha' moment happened when I joined Ebusinessware as a working partner since it gave me an opportunity to build the development centre for software engineering, frame policies, and showcase them to bigger clients like Prudential, Citibank, Credit Suisse, etc. When the Singapore office became a major success for EBW as the largest revenue generator, I realised that I wanted to start a successful company of my own with the largest operating stake.
The challenges keep arriving.
By the virtue of 15 years of experience, agility, and learning, I decided to trust my intuition and start a service company for banks and financial institutions. I also wanted to differentiate OnDemand Agility from the 'Big 4' with no layers and bureaucracy. What better place than Wall Street, New York, to setup the base? Like I mentioned earlier, it was my gut feeling.
HS: Tell us more about what you do and your clients…
AC: ODA has a diversified portfolio of clientele and domains in IT services. Our experience across financial services – investment banking, risk management, capital markets (capital markets experience delivering front, middle and back office solutions for the sell-side, buy-side, and financial services (asset/wealth managers, banks, clearers/wirehouses, fintech, data providers etc.) and insurance, retail, utilities, healthcare, and energy gives us a leadership team comprising of multiple decades into direct market.
The recurring revenue model is very closely related to our flexible operating and business models where our core value is an engagement model based on integrity and honesty. ODA believes in being synonymous with quality and resource optimisation with the help of new generation technologies and thought-provoking skills. We have a 24×7 support model aligned with global client needs, and revenue structured across time and material deliveries, fixed cost and outcome-based deliveries, success based and risk sharing deliveries.
HS: Who is your target audience and where is it based?
AC: Our clients are based all the over the world – the US, India, UK, Switzerland, Singapore and tech hubs of all these areas, and include CTOs, Risk Head/CROs, technology decision makers, and organisations generating data but do not know how to use it. They are clients looking for process automation or to manage data or migrate to cloud. We are disrupting the industry by building multiple internal tools along with a larger bespoke solution for our clients. The main disrupter is the automation dashboard model which enables decision makers to identify bottlenecks and growth areas before managers can identify patterns and save huge operational and expansion costs for organisations.
HS: How has COVID-19 changed operations at ODA?
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HS: Do you think it's difficult to be a woman entrepreneur in India? What have been your biggest successes and challenges?
AC: Entrepreneurs live a dream not only for themselves but for all the people around them at work or outside work to make this dream turn into a reality. Challenges come and go for people who are brave. Being a woman, I had that in-built strength of head and heart, which helped me face each obstacle while taking ODA forward. Multitasking and balancing various acts, which a woman takes up because of the different roles she plays, helped shape my attitude towards life.
I am very proud of being a woman. It has not been easy. But the learnings have always helped me evolve into a better human being.
HS: Are you from a family of entrepreneurs? What was your education like, what impact did your family have on you, what were some habits/challenges which influenced you, and who were your mentors?
AC: I hail from Patiala in Punjab. Both my parents are from academia and that explains how education became the backbone of our family. While growing up, it was the thoughtfulness and wisdom of my father, and hard work and consistency of my mother that helped shape my education, confidence, and perspective towards life.
I was the youngest student to receive a national award as an 'All Rounder' participant in 1984 and continued to remain a merited student while receiving scholarships for attaining top positions in university exams.
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Starting at a startling $7,000 price-tag, Lynx has come out with the world's first "Smart Grill". This beautifully designed stainless steel meat maker is for those Dads who are tech savvy at heart. You can literally control the cooking of your meat, veggies or whatever else you throw on the grill from anywhere in the world. If it had a robot arm you would not have to leave the couch. You can set temperatures, timers, and control the whole grill with your voice or through their mobile app. With the Lynx, you can make sure Dad never misses another big play or family moment while out tending the grill.
If your Dad is a beer aficionado, then the Fizzics Waytap is the perfect gift for him this Father's Day. Fizzics let's you turn any beer in a car, bottle, growler, etc into a beer that is fresh from the tap. Just pop the beer in and let the Fizzics do its magic, and turn your beer into a better tasting, fresher delight. It uses its patent pending fluid and sound tech to enhance the flavor of every type of beer. Bonus, you can now take it on the go. It's not a bad price either at $169, could be the perfect nightcap for the best Father's Day yet!
The iGrill claims they are "The world's most advanced heat thermometer". Dad can simply insert the thermometer into any piece of meat, sit back, relax and wait for the iGrill app to let him know when his meat is cooked to perfection. The iGrill 2 offers 4 total prongs and will only set you back $99.
The Hozelock is every gardening and landscaping Dad's dream. A mobile app that lets you control your sprinkler system from anywhere in the world. After a super easy install, you can start monitoring from the ios/android mobile apps, including setting timers, schedules, notifications, and weather updates to make any changes. Never let Dad worry again about watering the lawn or bushes, all will be taken care of with the Hozelock Cloud Controller.
Does Dad have a hard time waking up in the morning? Or just needs to get on a better sleep schedule for a healthier lifestyle? Then the Lumie Bodyclock may be the answer he's looking for. The Lumie is the first self proclaimed wake-up light and dawn simulator. The goal is to wake you up gradually with increasing natural light which signals your body to slow production of your sleep hormones and increase hormones which wake you up. The Wake-up lights help to keep your sleep cycle on track, boosting mood, energy and productivity levels all day. So make sure Dad is well rested this year and pick up the Lumie Bodyclock.
Give Dad's back a break this winter with the Snow Joe Electric Shovel. Putting a twist on the traditional snow shovel, the Snow Joe is perfect for quick snow pickups on decks or sidewalks. It's got a 10 amp motor, can move 300 lbs of snow per minute and can cover 11 inches per pass. Now Dad will be excited every morning to get out and clear the driveway! If you need more ideas for Dad this winter check out some smart home devices we recommend.
Of course we needed to include our own awesome products in the list and the freshest of these is the SmartSocket. With the AirPatrol SmartSocket you can monitor and control electrical outlets from anywhere in the world with the AirPatrol mobile apps. Check in real time your energy and money consumption, as well as turn on/off any electrical outlet or device. The SmartSocket works only with the AirPatrol Wifi Controller, but both units are on one mobile app. Never let Dad worry about leaving on the lights or the radiator, with the SmartSocket he will know the status of all outlets in his house. Don't wait too long!
These are just a few ideas of what's out there and we are sure Dad would be one happy camper if you hooked him up with any of the above gifts. Did we miss anything out of this world that should be mentioned? Let us know in the comments and we'll be sure to add it in.