After a stormy winter for the broad market and clean energy stocks, including my picks, March and April brought relative calm. Better yet, my model portfolio has rebounded from its February lows, although its benchmarks (SDY for the broad market of income stocks and YLCO for clean energy income stocks) have mostly been treading water.
The gains were led by two of my less conventional clean energy picks, Seaspan (SSW) and InfraREIT (HIFR). Seaspan owns (mostly very efficient) container-ships, which most people would not associate with clean energy, but which I include because they they are much less energy intensive compared to moving a similar amount goods by any other means. InfraREIT is an owner electric transmission lines which, although not limited to carrying clean energy, are essential to the addition and integration of large amounts of wind and solar onto the grid. Along with wood pellet MLP Enviva Partners (EVA), three of my five least conventional clean energy picks are up for the first four months of the year. All of the the five more traditional Yieldcos mostly invest in wind and solar are showing losses. For me, the lesson here is the value of diversification and looking at stocks others might not be considering. The importance of such diversification only increases when investing in an otherwise very narrow sector such as clean energy.
My short term stock picking was less successful over the last two months. In the March update, I highlighted Covanta (CVA, up 1.2% in March and April), NRG Yield (NYLD/A, up 14.5%), Pattern (PEGI, down 0.3%) and Brookfield Renewable (BEP, down 1.5%) as attractive short term buys. On average, these four picks were up only 3.5%, or less than the average return on all 10 picks.
Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2018 model portfolio and benchmark total return, through April.
Leading independent charter owner of container ships Seaspan's stock advanced steadily after hitting a low of $5.50 on March 13th as investors started to recognize the strengthening fundamentals of the shipping industry (something that Seaspan management has been commenting on for almost a year now.) Deutsche Bank raised its target price for SSW from $7 to $13 and bumped its rating to "Buy" based on a strong forcast for free cash flow.
On May 2nd, Seaspan reported first quarter results. The strengthening fundamentals were clear in much stronger vessel utilization, which rose from 92% in the first quarter of 2017 to 97% this year, with a slightly larger fleet, leading to higher revenue and improved margins, causing the stock to continue its climb.
The stock of US leader in the construction and operation of waste-to-energy plants Covanta mostly treaded water for March and April. The company reported first quarter results on April 26th. Overall, I felt the results were encouraging, with the company's Fairfax facility operating well after a long outage for repairs and upgrades in 2017, and progress continuing on new investments. After an initial positive reaction on the 27th, the stock puzzled me with a sharp sell off. As I write on May 4th, it seems to have mostly recovered.
Although I remain puzzled by the sharp sell-off and rebound after the most recent earnings, I expect the stock to do well for the rest of the year if the company can just continue to operate its existing plants smoothly while slowly advancing its investment plans, most notably its UK partnership with Green Investment Group.
The purchase of NRG Energy's (NRG), sponsorship stake in NRG Yield by private infrastructure fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) remains on track and is expected to close in the second half of 2018. The upcoming change in sponsors has not put growth on hold at NRG Yield: The Yieldco closed the acquisition of a solar farm from NRG Energy. The smooth transition is likely in part due to the fact that GIP is also buying NRG's renewable development arm.
NRG Yield announced first quarter results on May 3rd. Overall, first quarter results seemed unsurprising, but the market reacted favorably, most likely because they included the announcement that the Yieldco had refinanced it's $495 million revolving credit facility, extending the maturity for 5 years and lowering the interest rate by 0.75%. It also boosted its quarterly dividend to $0.309 per share, a 3.7% increase over the prior quarter and in-line with its 15% annual dividend growth target for 2018.
I found NRG Yield's recent small purchase of a small (2.8MW) fuel cell power plant in California from FuelCell Energy (FCEL) interesting in that it is the first purchase of fuel cells by a Yieldco. NRG Yield has always been one of the more diverse Yieldcos in terms of its assets, and that diversity is valuable in its ability to insulate the Yieldco from weather-induced revenue and earnings fluctuations. For example, in the first quarter, NYLD's strong solar results offset lower wind production.
Atlantica Yield announced its fourth quarter 2017 earnings on March 7th, shortly after my last update. The company reported steady results, and after a year of paying relatively low dividends compared to its cash available for distribution (CAFD), a strong balance sheet with falling debt. The company is targeting an 80% pay-out ration on expected CAFD of $170-$190 million. This equates to a average quarterly dividend of $0.34 to $0.38, so we can expect continued dividend increases of at least 2 cents a quarter the rest of the year.
On April 24th, Atlantica's new sponsor, Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN) announced that it would exercise its option to buy an additional 16.5% stake in AY at $20.90 per share, increasing its stake to 41.5%. Investors should take note of this vote of confidence and have confidence themselves.
Wind Yieldco Pattern Energy Group has been in the doldrums for two reasons. First, the company is paying out 100% of its CAFD in dividends, while management says it wants to reduce this to 80% over the next few years. Second, wind conditions for the last few quarters have not been favorable at their largest wind farms, meaning that CAFD has repeatedly come in below expectations. First quarter wind production looks unlikely to blow investors away when PEGI reports earnings on May 10th.
With the stock price in the doldrums, any new stock issuance would only dilute cash flow per share, so Pattern's options for reaching its 80% payout ratio target are limited. The most obvious is a dividend cut, which management has repeatedly said they will not consider. Instead, they expect to get incremental cash flow increases from inflation adjustments and efficiency improvements at their existing wind farms. They are also continuing investment in new wind farms in Japan.
These investments are currently being funded with debt, remaining cash on hand, and recycling capital by selling minority interests in their existing wind farms. Selling stakes in some wind farms to fund purchases of other wind farms can produce incremental cash flow because Pattern keeps a management fee as well as its proportional share of the production; such management fees produce incremental cash flow without new investment. Cash flow may also be improved if the incremental returns on new investments are higher than the ones sold. With asset sales going to cautious financial investors such as pension funds, and Pattern's management team's long and deep experience in the the wind sector, it seems likely that the Yieldco can produce incremental cash flow by recycling capital from asset sales.
On other words, it seems likely that Pattern should be able to grow CAFD modestly in 2018. By holding its dividend constant at $0.422 per quarter, it should be able to bring the payout ratio down below 100% this year, even if wind conditions continue to be unfavorable. For this reason, I expect that Pattern will be able to maintain its dividend even if wind conditions continue to disappoint. Investors should not expect any meaningful dividend growth for the next 2-3 years, until the company achieves its target 80% payout ratio, but at the current price of $18.18, the current dividend amounts to a 9.3% yield. At this level, even reduced fears of a dividend cut (perhaps after a couple quarters for favorable wind conditions) should lead to price appreciation.
Although I expect first quarter earnings to disappoint again next week, any further weakness in the stock price that causes should be seen as a buying opportunity.
Terraform expect to achieve cost savings with by outsourcing the operations and maintenance of its wind facilities to a wind manufacturer. The company has already achieved some cost savings through refinancing its debt at more attractive interest rates. This was made possible by the confidence that its new corporate sponsor, Brookfield, gives lenders in comparison to its former bankrupt sponsor, SunEdision.
One dramatic event in January was when a crack at the base of a wind turbine blade caused the spinning blade to bend and, as it was spinning, sheer off the tower the turbine was mounted on. While there were no injuries from the incident (windfarms are mostly located in uninhabited areas and managed remotely) Terraform decided to temporarily shut down all of its turbines with blades from the same manufacturer until it determined if any of the others were at risk. The incident and shutdowns cost Terraform approximately $6 million, all of which the company anticipates will be recoverable from insurance.
With its price near $11, and a solid financial plan to grow the dividend at 5 to 8 percent per year, Terraform is an good long term buy.
Brookfield Renewable Partners reported first quarter earnings on May 3rd, with strong generations results coming in above long term average generation, and per unit Funds From Operations (FFO, a measure of the partnership's ability to pay distributions and similar to CAFD used by other Yieldcos) growing to $0.62 per unit compared to the $0.55 per unit from a year earlier. The growth was largely due to the acquisition of Terraform Power (TERP, see above) and Terraform Global in late 2017.
Brookfield targets sustainable annual distribution and FFO per unit increases of 5% to 9% on an annual basis. In the update, management says it expects to be able to deliver growth near the high end of this range over five years, despite the rising interest rate environment without raising new debt or equity.
Ethanol MLP and Yieldco Green Plains Partners will announce first quarter results on May 7th. While the partnership has some protection from the ups and downs of the ethanol market from its agreements with its sponsor, Green Plains (GPRE), the news in this sector has not been good. While ethanol has strong support from Republicans in Congress, the Trump administration's EPA head Scott Pruitt have been using his regulatory power to grant waivers to dozens of oil refineries. These exemptions are possibly illegal because they were intended to be used only for small refineries that are facing financial hardship. They have also been given without public comment, and some of the recipients are simply too large to qualify as small refineries.
One was given to the fifth-largest refiner, Andeavor (ANDV) in the nation. Such waivers were designed for refineries producing less than 75,000 barrels per day that can demonstrate that they suffer a "disproportionate economic hardship" from the costs of RFS compliance. Andeavor's 2017 net profit was $1.5 billion.
Until these issues can be sorted out in the courts, the sheer number of exemptions have reduced the required volume of ethanol to be bought by refiners by six percent, a large enough percentage to significantly affect the price dynamics in any market.
It still remains to be seen if Pruitt's gifts to oil refiners at the expense of ethanol producers will survive judicial scrutiny, or if these exemptions will harm Green Plains to the extent that its contracts with Green Plains Partners are at risk, but Pruitt's actions have definitely increased the risks for the partnership.
Electricity transmission REIT InfraREIT continues to perform well. The rise is most likely due to a rebound from December lows caused by worries surrounding the tax bill, and how it would be treated by utility regulators. In its first quarter earnings announcement on May 3rd, the company said that it intended to adapt to the new tax environment by opting to become a traditional corporation, rather than a REIT. The company plans to maintain its strategy of growing its business as a transmission-oriented utility, supporting load growth and the expansion of renewable energy in the Texas Panhandle region.
Most earning metrics increased substantially in the first quarter from a year earlier, but this was driven mostly by the structure of rent payments, which have a higher proportion of fixed rent compared to variable "percentage" rent than they did in 2017. Since percentage rent was mostly paid in the third and fourth quarters, investors should be careful not to read too much into the increase.
Wood pellet Yieldco and Master Limited Partnership Enviva reported first quarter results on April 29th. Results were well below expectations due to a fire at one of their wood pellet terminals costing $19.5 million in related expenses. These expenses should be recoverable from insurance in future quarters, and so the company re-affirmed its distribution guidance of $2.53 for the full year. With the just-declared $0.625 distribution for May, that means we can expect an average dividend of at least $0.6425 for the next two quarters, so the next to raises are likely to be larger than the 0.5 cent raise this quarter, most likely in line with recovering cash flow as the insurance proceeds come in.
The world market for wood pellets remains strong and growing with regulatory action in Europe and Japan driving demand growth. Even the United States got in on the action this year, with the EPA ruling that biomass from managed forests should be treated as carbon neutral when used for energy production. This ruling is aligned with numerous state policies and with the European Union, but the greenhouse impact of Enviva's wood pellets had been in a regulatory gray area previously, at least as far as the US federal government was concerned.
Two months ago, I wrote that it was "time to start putting some (but not all)… cash allocation to work." With the model portfolio up 5.3% in the subsequent two months, that seems to have been a good call, even if the four picks I highlighted at the time did not advance as far as the portfolio as a whole.
After that advance, I am returning to wait and see mode, and I am selling calls to lock in some profits in InfraREIT. Despite its larger advance, I still think Seaspan has significant room to the upside, so I am not selling calls there. For longer term readers, I've also been taking profits in MiX Telematics (MIXT) as it hit $15, $16, and $17. MiX was a fixture in this portfolio starting in 2014, when it started the year at $12.12. I subsequently urged readers to add to their positions at $6.50, $4.22, and $6.19 in 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively. I'm happy to say that I followed my own advice.
If I were looking to add to my position in any of the stocks in this list today, my top short term picks would be BEP, CVA, and EVA.
Disclosure: Long PEGI, NYLD/A, CVA, AY, SSW, TERP, BEP, EVA, HIFR, GPP, AQN, MIXT.
Tom – Any thoughts on PEGI earnings yesterday. Did they disappoint? The market seemed to like them.
Wind production was 7% below the long term average, so that was the "expected" disappointment, but I guess the market was cheered by the fact that the company maintained guidance and maintained the dividend. I really did not find anything surprising in earnings, except the market shooting up in response. Seems to be coming back today, so probably just sound and fury signifying nothing.
Thoughts on AY's results and their one cent dividend raise versus your expectation?
Pretty much what I was expecting. They are being cautious about the dividend raises while the stock price is in the dumps so that they can fund acquisitions with retained earnings. Not sure why the market does not get this story, but I'm fine being patient.


Also arriving in St. John's Sept 22, 2012, the Artania arrived and secured at the upper end of the harbor. the ship, the fomer Royal Princess and Artemis is owned by the Phoenix Reison fleet and was built in Finland, she was christened by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1984.
The ship is 756 feet, and has a maxium passenger capacity of 1,260. The Artania arrived around a half hour after the Emerald Princess.


Based in River Hebert, Nova Scotia, Canada, I have a great collection of Canadian, U.S., and British popular music recordings — LPs, 45s, 78s, and a few tape cassettes — from the golden era for sale at reasonable prices.
Also, please check out my paper collectibles for a few oddball and interesting items, including some Beatles memorabilia.
All pressings are original unless otherwise noted.
All prices are in Canadian dollars — and with the declining value of the Canadian dollar, that means great values for non-Canadian buyers!
I am open to offers on the higher-priced items.
All photos are of the actual items for sale; they are not stock photos.
With the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War now being commemorated, I would like to highlight some of the vintage recordings relating to the war that I have for sale. Please click here for a list.
Also, please visit www.fredgodfreysongs.ca, my website on my grandfather, British Music Hall songwriter Fred Godfrey, who penned one of the most famous songs of the First World War, Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty.
NM: near mint, record appears never to have been played or perhaps only a couple of times; no scuffs, scratches or other marks, no spindle tracks around the centre hole; cover looks fresh from the record rack.
VG+: disc has been lightly handled and well cared for, perhaps a few minor scuffs and a light surface scratch or two, some spindle tracks around the centre hole; cover clean and undamaged on all sides, though showing minor signs of use, perhaps some fading or discoloration from the light.
VG: disc has a few scuffs and minor scratches not affecting play; cover shows obvious signs of handling, scuffing, and perhaps some ring wear, but any damage is minor (e.g. a creased corner).
G+: disc is a bit beat up and has some surface noise, obviously played quite a few times and lots of surface scratches, but no damage that affects play or detracts unduly from enjoying the music; cover may have a split (size specified) or be worn through along one or more edge.
G or worse: few of the records I sell are in such condition; in most cases, the disc or cover is unusual or comparatively rare in any shape.
Any particular marks or damage will be noted in the product description.
If possible, 45 and 78 rpm singles come with an original-type sleeve; details of picture sleeves and unusual or uncommon sleeves are noted in the product description.
To place an order, please e-mail your requests to barry@barrysdiscs.com, quoting the item #. I will contact you regarding availability and price (including postage & handling).
I will ship within 2–3 business days of receipt of payment.
Because of the many varied shipping rates depending on the size, weight, destination of the package, and delivery time, I will advise you about postage and handling costs when you place your order. I will charge you exactly what Canada Post charges me, plus a small surcharge to cover the cost of professional-quality packing materials.
All items are shipped well protected in cardboard mailers made specially for records. LPs are shipped outside their covers to prevent cover damage in transit. Despite my best efforts, an item (especially a fragile 78) might arrive damaged or broken, for which I cannot be held responsible. I have shipped all over the world with a 100% success rate so far — nothing broken, no unhappy customers (fingers crossed). Insurance may be available on request, depending on the shipping option you choose.
U.S. and International buyers are responsible for any import duties, taxes, and fees that may be assessed by the country of destination. To avoid any misunderstanding, I declare the exact purchase price as the value of the item(s) when completing the customs declaration. I do not check the "gift" box or underdeclare the value.
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact me and let's see how we can resolve the issue. I want you to be a repeat customer.


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A Space to Learn
Athletic training graduate student interns at NASA's RehabWorks
Story and photos by Kasi Dickerson '13 & '15
Issue: Winter 2018
Nicole Cardenas
Graduate Student: Athletic Training
Entering the double doors of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on NASA's 144,000-acre property at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Nicole Cardenas is immediately greeted by the NASA logo etched into the entrance's tile floor.
Nearby, a model of the Orion spacecraft, which is designed for deep-space exploration, intrigues visitors. Not far away, the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore in 1969 when he became the first man to walk on the moon and famously took a "giant leap for mankind" is on display and reminds guests of that historic moment.
This summer Cardenas, an SFA athletic training graduate student, made a giant leap of her own when she interned at RehabWorks, the athletic training clinic at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
"It was such an amazing opportunity," Cardenas said. "I not only saw some of the space program's historic treasures, like Neil Armstrong's spacesuit, but I also heard stories from incredible people who all contribute to the space program and put so much time and effort into the future of space exploration."
Landing the Internship
Cardenas has always desired to help people, and becoming an athletic trainer seemed like the perfect profession in which to achieve her goal.
After earning her bachelor's degree, Cardenas visited SFA and fell in love with the beautiful campus. A deeper look into the graduate athletic training program convinced her to apply. The university's two-year intensive program meshes academic and clinical work. Program faculty members strive to teach students that they should "dare to reach beyond their boundaries."
"When I researched the program, I discovered a great opportunity — a university where I felt I could receive the education I was hoping to find, as well as a place that could open doors and help me figure out where I wanted to go in my career," Cardenas said.
An internet search led Cardenas to the internship at NASA. After a discussion with Dr. Linda Bobo, director of SFA's graduate athletic training program, the duo polished and submitted Cardenas' résumé and waited for a response. She interviewed via Skype a few weeks later.
"I have followed NASA for the past couple of years, and I was gifted a telescope for Christmas last year, so I was almost speechless when I received the call that I was chosen to participate in the program," Cardenas said.
According to Bobo, she was overjoyed to have an athletic training graduate student secure an internship with NASA.
"It was a personal and professional bucket-list goal of mine for a graduate student in our program to achieve this internship," Bobo said. "NASA is a high-profile, nontraditional clinical setting. The clientele and work environment make it particularly unique for athletic trainers."
Mary Kirkland, a licensed athletic trainer and athletic training supervisor for RehabWorks, started the clinic 21 years ago to promote free employee wellness and healthy living to all NASA employees, including astronauts, researchers and scientists.
Since its inception, the clinic has offered an internship program. According to Kirkland, more than 100 university students from across the nation have interned at the clinic. Each school is represented with its logo on a banner that hangs inside the facility. As the first Lumberjack to serve in the program, Cardenas is responsible for the addition of SFA's logo.
Training at RehabWorks
Cardenas' day began with a 20-minute commute to the Kennedy Space Center from Port Saint John. Each morning, she would drive by the fuel tank and rocket boosters on display at the visitor complex — a visual reminder that she was not in Nacogdoches anymore. After gaining clearance at the security checkpoint, she would make her way to the "O and C Building" to start prepping for the day's patients.
As an intern, Cardenas worked daily with multiple patients. She conducted evaluations of musculoskeletal injuries, created rehab designs, closely interacted with clinicians, worked with a variety of therapeutic modalities, and completed daily charting and patient education.
She also helped the staff with a yoga class held at "Balance Zones" in various buildings at the space center. These zones are small areas where employees are encouraged to take a break and de-stress.
As a nontraditional clinical setting, Cardenas said the NASA facility helped diversify her training.
"Most athletic trainers work on the sidelines during sporting events and witness injuries when they occur," Cardenas said. "However, the RehabWorks' athletic trainers typically don't witness the injuries happening. Therefore, we applied critical thinking and questioning to determine the issue's source."
Kirkland agrees the facility provides a unique opportunity for students to learn.
"You have to play sleuth and delve into the problem," Kirkland said. "That's one of the skills we teach the students. They really have to hone in on how to be a detective and question the patient and look at the issue from different angles to connect the dots."
Throughout the summer, Cardenas worked closely with Kirkland and Ian Stites, intern coordinator and athletic trainer, which was the highlight of the internship.
"My most meaningful experience was learning from the excellent athletic trainers, each at a different point in their career," Cardenas said. "They were all amazing and just great teachers to learn from. I am so lucky I got to be part of this amazing experience."

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Demida's first shoot with us turned into a test for my crew. Once she spread her legs tension rose on set, people turned sideways and kept holding their breath to the point where I had to call for a break midway through. Turns out unimposing Demida is a smoldering volcano just waiting to incinerate.


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Recollecting Her Horrid Past, Tanushree Dutta Extends Support To Kerala Sexual Assault Survivor
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Actor Tanushree Dutta has supported the survivor in the Kerala actor sexual assault case.This came after Kera actor took to her social media accounts to share her tale of being pressed and shamed.Tanushree added how she had no support when she needed it the most.
(Trigger Warning: The story contains details of sexual assault and harassment, which could be triggering for some readers.)
Actor Tanushree Dutta has supported the survivor in the Kerala actor sexual assault case. This came after Kera actor took to her social media accounts to share her tale of being pressed and shamed.
Recollecting her journey, Tanushree revealed how exhausting and excruciatingly tricky it was to bounce back.
Tanushree wrote, "I just came to know about this brave, beautiful & graceful woman, who has continued her fight for justice despite years of antagonism & oppression," Tanushree wrote.
Tanushree added how she had no support when she needed it the most.
"I had to move on to build up my broken psyche, life & career. I had no one who remotely loved me enough to continue to stand by me & provide the real tangible assistance needed. All I had are people who would much rather see me struggle & fail so I can give them company in their eternal misery!"
Dutta added how even though she led the #MeToo movement and fought for it, she was continuously outcast by the film industry.
"So basically, I just got tired of being negative, hateful, angry, full of rage at being lied, humiliated & belittled by anyone & everyone who had a say and platform. All the fake feminists also vanished overnight & I was left to struggle for basic survival. Movements don't run a household work does!!"
Recalling her battle with anxiety and depression because of the trauma from the incident, Dutta wrote:
"It's showbiz, and they say that you can only look as good as you feel. I had already spent a large part of the 12 years post 2008 feeling low, anxious, depressed, angry & gloomy. (I have been on medication for chronic anxiety last two years) I finally feel normal & myself again because I avoided this topic. For years after the Horn ok pleasse incident, I was unable to take up & hold a job due to my anxiety, depression & PTSD".
Throwing light on how witnesses in her case were silenced, she said all her attempts to get justice failed. She wrote,
"Prime witnesses were coerced into silence & my case file went into the cold storage & deadlock despite repeated attempts to make something out of it. There was no point fighting when nobody wants you to win. It felt a total waste of energy for a sensitive & creative soul who wants to act, sing, dance, love & live life!".
Tanushree concluded her statement by writing how she decided to ignore the incident and focus on her health and work.
Tanushree made headlines when she kickstarted Bollywood's #MeToo movement after accusing Nana Patekar of sexual harassment on the sets of Horn OK Pleassss in 2008.
Her interview with Zoom TV went viral, and she also filed an FIR against him. However, Patekar was given a clean chit in the case in 2019.
Even though Tanushree never got justice, she did help many oppressed and silenced women to come out and share their stories.
(If you or someone you know are suffering from depression, experiencing suicidal thoughts, or need someone to talk to, please reach out to the following helplines in India. BMC mental health helpline: 022-24131212 (available 24X7), Vandrevala Foundation: 186-02662345/180-02333330 (24x7) or AASRA: 91-9820466726 (available 24X7).
(To get the latest updates from Bollywood and Hollywood, keep reading Indiatimes Entertainment.)


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Of UAS Experience
VITTORIA GARBARINO
Joined UAS in 2006
Mother of two students
I joined UAS U.S. Program Elementary Teachers in 2006. I have taught Grade 1 for nine years and am currently teaching in Grade 4. Before coming to the school; I worked in North Carolina Public Schools in the USA. This school's uniqueness lies in its different cultures, coming together as one diverse community. Our students have a sense of wonder and awe. They are enthusiastic about learning and happy to be here each day.
UAS means doing what we like with passion, energy, and dedication. It cultivates a sense of community in which all stakeholders are part of the whole. Thanks to a rigorous online learning program, not even a world pandemic could keep us apart.
CECILIA BURGUEÑO
Retired UP Coordinator & Teacher
I have been teaching at UAS for over 40 years and also coordinating the Uruguayan Program. For 20 years, I worked in public schools. I have a postgraduate degree in "Educación en Valores "and also one in "Gestión Educativa." I enjoy UAS for its cultural diversity. UAS shares the same vision of freedom and flexibility of thought along with total respect for all ideas and points of view that have captured my attention since day one. This vision has been enhanced and maintained.
My professional development has been enriched by teaching at UAS. The school's educational vision and mission have enabled me to grow not only as an educator but also as a person. Teachers at our institution must fully identify with its proposal, always maintaining a broad and flexible outlook, as well as a great capacity to adapt to new experiences and points of view. This is the identity of UAS and it is what has allowed the school to achieve educational excellence with its own unique profile over the years.
ANDREA POOLE
Mother of a student
We have one child who is currently in 1st grade. Our family moved to Uruguay in August 2019 and we were looking for a high-quality, bilingual pre-K program to prepare our son for kindergarten. We did a lot of research and knew we'd be joining a warm, diverse community offering a high-quality education to ease the transition of moving to a new country. UAS has high standards and a close-knit, supportive community led by experienced, dedicated, and creative administrators and teachers.
Committed to the whole child; UAS celebrates and honors international and local; in a transparent, creative, resilient, and warm atmosphere. The school provides an education that supports and enhances his cultural experience in a warm community that scaffolds his learning as he grows. He has learned to be resilient and flexible as a person, student, and community member by living through this pandemic as a member of the UAS community. Our whole family has. We are lucky to be here.
ALYSSA LORCH
"The decision of where to enroll our kids is one of the most important decisions we will make. I would encourage anyone curious to come to spend a day here, feel the energy, meet the passionate teachers, and explore the great campus!"
NICOLÁS BRUNI
School-Wide Outdoor Education Coordinator
"The school is truly distinctive because of its international atmosphere. I just love teaching and working with people from all over the world. There's a natural embracing of diversity."
FRANCESCA SHAW VILLAR
Grade 6 student
"I found that UAS teachers are always understanding and there for you no matter what, whether it is a problem at home, with friends, or any issue with school work. They always try their best to help out. Also, I really enjoy the classes. They are always different and fun, there are activities, projects, group assignments, and even the tests are made in a fun way."
JEFF GRANGER
Has been part of UAS since 2001
Physical Education Teacher and Basketball Coach
"I teach students that if they work hard, are disciplined and practice everyday, they can become whatever they want to be."
XIMENA PEREIRA
"As a teacher, my role is to provide an appropriate level of challenge while creating a classroom environment where students feel comfortable taking risks and making mistakes."


Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, London.
The Royal Court's International writing programme is still one that goes largely unsung and almost always undervalued. For nearly 20 years they've been scouring the world, running writing workshops and for at least seventeen of them, in Palestine.
With Dalia Taha's Fireworks, they've really struck gold. A novelist and poet (who was brought up in Ramallah though born in Berlin), Fireworks is the first production by a Palestinian playwright from the Royal Court's International scheme. Despite its subject – inevitably sombre not to say agonising – of the effect on two families living under the siege of Ramallah in 2002, its tone turns out to be both wonderfully tender and humorous as well as shocking.
Geopolitically, the subject is fraught with cultural danger. Two plays in the `noughties' – My Name is Rachel and Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children –each set off firestorms of comment due to their perceived pro-Palestinian sympathies.
Fireworks ostensibly falls into a similar category but such is the gentle universality of Taha's writing, its war situation could as easily be applied to any other current war torn situation. Its style though has more in common with other Palestinian companies who have visited the UK in recent years being both surreal and absurdist despite the horrific context.
Humour we know is the most potent of weapons in the face of horror and here Taha weaves a marvellous texture of play, fantasy, protectiveness and anguish as the parents of two teenagers, Khalil and Lubna struggle to keep up a sense of normality in a day-to-day existence determined by death and destruction.
Richard Twyman's production, set in one room criss-crossed by bare wires and light bulbs is an eloquent expression of the deprivation under which the families are living. But it is the playing together with Taha's writing that makes Fireworks – euphemism for bombs – so delicately memorable.
There are exquisite performances from Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri and Sirine Saba as the parents devastated by the loss of their little boy as well as by the two young actors – Eden Nathenson and George Karageorgis – as Lubna and Khalil whose childhood is as smashed as the buildings destroyed around them.
This entry was posted in 2015, Reviews and tagged Dalia Taha, Palestine, Royal Court Theatre on February 23, 2015 by Carole Woddis.


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Last December, Rev. David Armstrong, minister of the First Limavady Presbyterian Church, performed what in most parts of the world would have been a little noted act of courtesy: He exchanged Christmas greetings with a neighbor, the pastor of the local Roman Catholic church.
Last week he left town. He was the victim, he said, of hounding by some of his church`s elders who objected to this act of friendship and ecumenism.
His departure is complete. Not only did the 36-year-old minister give up his pulpit, he also took his wife and family out of Northern Ireland. He even left the Presbyterian Church.
After a vacation, Rev. Armstrong will take up duties as Anglican clergyman in Oxford, England.
His withdrawal has left a badly divided congregation. Eight of the church`s officers have resigned to show support for him. And more than 170 of the 330-member congregation have signed a petition to remove the elders.
The incident also has seriously embarrassed this town of 9,000, which has enjoyed a reputation for good relations between Protestants and Catholics.
He named no names. ''There are those who saw my vision and those who didn`t. I will state my case at the judgment throne of Almighty God someday.'' The events that led to Rev. Armstrong`s exit began at Christmas, 1983, when Rev. Kevin Mullan, new at the Church of Christ the King, Limavady`s Catholic church, crossed the street to wish the Presbyterian congregation a happy Christmas.
He got a warm reception, and Rev. Armstrong returned the gesture. But not everybody was pleased.
Waiting for them at Christmas, 1984, was a 40-strong demonstration organized by Rev. Wesley McDowell, pastor of the local Free Presbyterian church founded by Rev. Ian Paisley, firebrand fundamentalist leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. Free Presbyterians are not connected to the Presbyterian Church.
Three of Rev. McDowell`s supporters were in Rev. Armstrong`s church for the service. When Father Mullan prepared to speak, they interrupted, quoting from Scripture. The three were ejected after a scuffle.
In the year between their well-publicized Yuletide exchanges, Father Mullan and Rev. Armstrong developed a friendship based on an intention to promote good community relations.
''I found him a very brave, shrewd person. And I know that he was a very hardworking minister,'' said Father Mullan, 39.
In a move that did the minister no good with his opponents, Father Mullan and Rev. Armstrong went to the United States to take part in the St. Patrick`s Day Parade in Worchester, Mass. They were invited by a local Irish-born businessman who read about their ecumenical work in People magazine.
It has been suggested from within the Presbyterian Church that much of the opposition to the minister came from members of the Orange Order, the militant Protestant organization.
But Rev. Armstrong`s opponents are not talking.
Mervin Douglas, the elder most identified with the anti-Armstrong group, said the local church presbytery discussed the issue last week.
Limavady is easily one of Northern Ireland`s quiet towns. The population, according to Father Mullan, is 55 percent Protestant. The most serious incident here was a car bombing in the early 1970s that killed two people.
From all accounts, relations between Catholics and Protestants are good.
Housing is integrated and mixed marriages are common. Father Mullan says a young Catholic escorts his Protestant girlfriend home without fear of attack. In working-class areas of Belfast, such an act would be unthinkable.
It is so safe in Limavady that it has become a bedroom town for members of the security forces who work at nearby Magilligan prison or as policemen in Londonderry about 20 miles away.
Rev. McDowell, 37, who led the protest at the Presbyterian church, seems a figure from a fiercer time.
He said he opposed Rev. Armstrong`s tendencies toward ''ecumenical, charismatic and Romanistic'' practices.
''The mass to me is repugnant to God`s word, certainly repugnant to Presbyterianism and Protestantism in general.
''We feel that a lot of trouble in our land is a result of Roman Catholicism.
Such talk bemuses Father Mullan.


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Apparently the Steam Box has been a simple test unit for Steam's upcoming Big Picture Mode: "we're building boxes to test that on," Valve director Doug Lombardi said. The Big Picture mode is Steam's way of making the software more accessible, allowing Steam users to browse content on bigger screens (especially their TV).
He also said that putting out test boxes for upcoming games and services was entirely normal, as even going back "to the Half-Life 1 days, we built special boxes to test our software render" Lombardi said.
When the initial rumour came out about Valve producing the "Steam Box" it was suggested that it would also include a configurable controller, with a patent from last year showing removable analogue sticks. Similarities were also being drawn to Alienware's X51 mini PC, which would apparently upgrade to the service Valve would be offering upon release.
The Steam Box was reported to be in development with various hardware manufacturers, and the platform would be free to use by any developer, with rival services such as Origin free to run on the Box too. The original rumour cited comparisons to Google's open source Android software for mobiles. The rumour cited the specs as a Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a Nvidia GPU.
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Weronika Alexandrowna Martschenko (; * 27. November 1969 in Moskau) ist eine russische Aktivistin. Sie ist Gründerin der Nichtregierungsorganisation "Mother's Right" (deutsch etwa Recht der Mutter), die sich für die Rechte von Armeehinterbliebenen einsetzt.

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Martschenko hat an der Universität Moskau Journalismus studiert. Während der Perestroika hat sie bei der Zeitschrift Junost gearbeitet. 1986 war sie Teil des Jugend Fernsehprogramms "12th Storey" und der internationalen Jugendbewegung "Next Stop Soviet" (1987–1990). Martschenko gründete 1990 als Studentin die Stiftung "Mother's Right".

Martschenko ist ein Mitglied des Russischen Menschenrechts-Forschungszentrum und des Wissenschaftlichen beratenden Ausschusses der Staatsanwaltschaft der Russischen Föderation. Sie lebt in Moskau.

Mother's Right
Ziel dieser Nichtregierungsorganisation ist es, die Umstände zu ergründen, in denen es außerhalb von Kampfhandlungen zu Todesfällen in der russischen Armee kommt. Die meisten dieser Todesfälle werden als Selbstmorde klassifiziert, wodurch die Angehörigen keine Ansprüche geltend machen können. Martschenkos Gruppe führt Untersuchungen über die Umstände der Todesfälle durch, wodurch sie oftmals beweisen können, dass der vermeintliche Selbstmord angestiftet wurde oder ein Mord war. Die Organisation bietet moralische und rechtliche Unterstützung für die Familien und leistet Lobbyarbeit gegen Korruption in der Armee.

Laut Martschenko wenden sich jährlich 5000 bis 6000 Familien von Wehrdienstangehörigen an ihre Organisation. 2007 half die Gesellschaft 5323 Familien. Ihre Anwälte haben 132 Fälle pro bono in 21 Städten Russlands vertreten. 2008 gewannen sie 66 % aller Gerichtsprozesse.

Auszeichnungen
 1998 Public Recognition Prize der National Public Recognition Foundation in Russland
 2002 Price For Selfless Work des Open Society Institute in Russland
 2009 International Women of Courage Award des Außenministeriums der USA

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NASCAR National Series News & Notes - Michigan International Speedway & World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
Speedway Digest Staff
Wednesday, Aug 18 1225
Next Race: FireKeepers Casino 400
The Place: Michigan International Speedway
The Date: Sunday, August 22
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 400 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
Next Race: New Holland 250
The Date: Saturday, August 21
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 125)
Next Race: Toyota 200 presented by CK Power
The Place: World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
The Date: Friday, August 20
TV: FS1, 8 p.m. ET
Two To Go: NASCAR Cup Series heads to the Irish Hills of Michigan
The penultimate NASCAR Cup Series regular season race has arrived, and Michigan International Speedway has set the stage for the FireKeepers Casino 400, this Sunday, August 22 at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). With just two races remaining in the regular season, the Playoffs loom and the competitors know time is running out to secure their spot in the postseason, making these 400 miles at Michigan that much more pivotal.
Michigan International Speedway sits on more than 1,400 acres in the "Irish Hills" of Southeastern Michigan. Ground-breaking for the facility took place on September 28, 1967 and the 2-mile asphalt paved track with 18 degrees of banking in the turns was created – the only track with those dimensions on the schedule. The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan was held on June 15, 1969 and the event was won by NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough in the Wood Brothers' No. 21 Mercury at a speed of 139.254 mph. The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan was 500 miles in length; the second was scheduled for 600. The track was re-measured to 2.04 miles for the last race in 1970 and both races in 1971 – with the race distance being 402 miles. All other races have been scheduled for 400 miles, except for last season's races that were 312 miles each and run on consecutive days.
Michigan International Speedway has hosted a total of 103 NASCAR Cup Series races. Other than 1973, which had just one race, there have been two races each season since 1969. The 2021 season is just the second season (1973) to host just one NASCAR Cup Series event at Michigan International Speedway since the track joined the schedule in 1969.
A total of 38 different drivers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway. NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson leads the series in wins at Michigan with nine victories (1969, 1972 sweep, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 sweep, 1978). Kevin Harvick (2010, 2018, 2019, 2020-1, 2020-2) leads all active series drivers in wins at Michigan with five victories. Seven of the 38 NASCAR Cup Series race winners at Michigan are active this weekend.
Active Race Winners
A total of 50 different drivers have qualified on the pole at Michigan International Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series. NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in poles at Michigan International Speedway with 10 poles (1969, 1974 sweep, 1975, 1976, 1977 sweep, 1978 sweep and 1979).
Joey Logano (2013, 2016 sweep, 2019) leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in poles at Michigan with four. Due to COVID-19 restrictions this season's starting lineups for the Firekeepers Casino 400 will be decided by Metric Qualifying and as a result Kyle Larson will start on the pole and will be joined by his Hendrick Motorsports' teammate Chase Elliott on the front row.
The first starting position is the most proficient starting position in the field, producing more winners (22) than any other starting position at Michigan International Speedway: 21 from the pole and one from the first starting position due to qualifying being cancelled – 1985 (Bill Elliott). The most recent driver to win from the pole at Michigan was Joey Logano in 2019. The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Michigan is 32nd, by NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin in the spring of 2009.
Regular Season Championship: Larson could clinch regular season title this weekend
Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson has opened up his points lead over Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin in second in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season driver standings by 22 points and has a chance this weekend at Michigan International Speedway to clinch the Regular Season Championship.
All Larson needs to do is be at least 61 points ahead of the driver ranked second in the NASCAR Cup Series regular season driver standings at the conclusion of the race at Michigan. Currently Denny Hamlin holds the second spot in the standings.
It will be tough for Larson accumulate that many points on Hamlin this weekend at Michigan because both have run well at the 2-mile track. Larson has made 12 series starts at Michigan posting three wins (2016, 2017 sweep), five top fives and six top 10s. His average finish is 12.4 – fourth best among active drivers. Hamlin has made 30 series starts at Michigan putting up two wins (2010, 2011), nine top fives and 15 top 10s. His average finish is 13.1 – sixth best among active drivers.
This points battle could come down to the regular season finale at Daytona to see who will take home the trophy and the 15 additional Playoff points. Denny Hamlin has made 31 starts at the 'World Center of Racing' grabbing three wins (all in the Daytona 500 – 2016, 2019, 2020), 11 top fives and 12 top 10s. His average finish at the track is 16.0. Kyle Larson has made 14 starts at Daytona posting five top 10s. His average finish at the track is 21.1.
If Larson or Hamlin wins the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Championship, the winner will become just the fourth different driver in series history to win the prestigious award.
NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champions
2019, '18
Martin Truex Jr.
Clinch Scenarios: Two spots left heading to Michigan International Speedway
All but two Playoff spots have been spoken for as the NASCAR Cup Series prepares for the penultimate race of the regular season, the Firekeepers Casino 400, at Michigan International Speedway. Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin became the most recent driver to clinch and did so on points following Indianapolis.
Already Clinched
The following 14 drivers have clinched a spot in the 16-driver postseason field: Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell, Aric Almirola.
Can Clinch Via Points
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the Playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 56 points above the third winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from Denny Hamlin.
Kevin Harvick: Would clinch with 44 points.
Can Clinch Via Win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone this weekend: Kevin Harvick, Tyler Reddick, Austin Dillon, Matt DiBenedetto, Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Darrell Wallace Jr., Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez, Erik Jones, Ryan Newman, Ryan Preece, Cole Custer, Corey Lajoie, Anthony Alfredo.
2021 Driver Playoff Outlook Following Race No. 24 - Drivers Who Haven't Clinched
Playoff Pts
Pts From Cutoff
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Chase Briscoe #
* Ryan Preece
Anthony Alfredo #
Michigan offers great opportunity for Kevin Harvick to snap winless streak
Last season's NASCAR Cup Series leader in wins, Stewart-Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick, returns to Michigan International Speedway winless this season but hoping he can not only snap his winless streak but tie NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott for the series-most consecutive wins at Michigan. Harvick has won four of the last five races at Michigan, including the last three consecutively while becoming the first driver in series history to win on back-to-back days at the same track.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway with four victories (1985 sweep and 1986 sweep). A total of 10 drivers have posted consecutive wins at Michigan International Speedway – Bobby Allison (1971 sweep), David Pearson (1972 sweep – 1973), (1974-1975), Cale Yarborough (1983 sweep), Bill Elliott (1985 sweep – 1986 sweep), Bobby Labonte (1995 sweep), Mark Martin (1997-1998), Ryan Newman (2003-2004), Greg Biffle (2004-2005), (2012-2013), Kyle Larson won three-straight at Michigan (2016-2017) and Kevin Harvick (2019, 2020-1, 2020-2). With a win this weekend Harvick can tie Elliott's record.
Michigan is one Harvick's best playgrounds. He has made 40 starts at the 2-mile facility posting five wins, 15 top fives and 21 top 10s. He also leads or is ranked in the top five of several key pre-race loop data categories – average finish of 9.7, second-best; average running position of 11.317, second-best; driver rating of 102.5, series-best; 425 Fastest Laps Run, series-best; 4,099 Laps in the Top 15 (66.8%), second-most.
Michigan natives Keselowski, Jones return home
2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion and Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski from Rochester Hills and Richard Petty Motorsports' Erik Jones from Byron are returning this weekend to compete at their home track Michigan International Speedway.
A total of 101 different drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Michigan, and nine of the 101 have won at least one race in a NASCAR national series. Michigan drivers have combined to win 158 NASCAR national series races. Keselowski has won a combined 75 NASCAR national series races, the most by driver from Michigan.
Winners From Michigan:
Johnny Benson
Tim Fedewa
Tracy Leslie
Jack Sprague
Bob Keselowski
Next to Martin Truex Jr.'s 30 winless starts at Michigan, Brad Keselowski has made the second-most starts among active drivers at Michigan without a trip to Victory Lane at 23. In his 23 starts he has put up seven top fives and 12 top 10s; including three runner-up finishes (2012, 2018, 2020). His average finish is 12.6 – fifth-best among active drivers.
Erik Jones has made eight series starts at Michigan posting one top five (third in 2017). His average finish is 16.3 – ninth-best among active drivers. His best finish of the two races at Michigan last season was 11th.
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NASCAR Driver Corey LaJoie Named Speedway Children's Charities Ambassador - In his sixth season racing in the NASCAR Cup Series, Corey LaJoie has been named the official ambassador for Speedway Children's Charities (SCC).
"Corey has shown a tremendous passion for helping the less fortunate, especially children, and we are thrilled to partner with him to use our collective voices to raise the public profile of Speedway Children's Charities and the hundreds of partner organizations we work with across the country," said Marcus Smith, Speedway Children's Charities Vice Chairman.
Founded in 1982 by Speedway Motorsports' Executive Chairman O. Bruton Smith, Speedway Children's Charities has established eight chapters across the country, paired with Speedway Motorsports facilities at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway. Through a variety of fundraising efforts chapters have raised more than $59 million dollars since the nonprofit's inception to distribute within their local communities. As a Speedway Children's Charities ambassador, LaJoie will appear in Speedway Children's Charities marketing and advertising materials, serve as a spokesman at SCC events and cross-promote SCC news and events on his social media channels, among other responsibilities.
"Traveling to the tracks, it's hard to miss all that SCC is doing to support nonprofits serving children in need," LaJoie said. "To be asked to be involved is an honor, and I look forward to helping all the hard-working staff and volunteers that bring the mission of SCC to life to continue to grow the charity and help serve more and more children across the country."
Ford looks to keep wins streak alive at Michigan – Ford enters this weekend having won the last six consecutive NASCAR Cup Series races at Michigan International Speedway (2018-2020) and this weekend will look to keep the streak alive – the longest consecutive streak of wins by a manufacturer at the 2-mile facility. Kevin Harvick has won four of the last six races for Ford; including the last three consecutively (2018-2, 2019-2, 2020 sweep). Joey Logano (2019-1), and Clint Bowyer (2018-1) are the other two drivers that contributed to the winning streak.
Eight different manufacturers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series at Michigan; led by Ford with 41 victories; followed by Chevrolet with 26, Mercury (12), Dodge (nine), Toyota (five), Buick (four) Pontiac (four) and Oldsmobile (two).
Countdown to the Xfinity Series Playoffs, Michigan is up next
With five races remaining in the NASCAR Xfinity Series regular season a lot can happen to shake up the standings and one of the best places for that to take place is this weekend's Michigan International Speedway. The NASCAR Xfinity Series' returns to the Irish Hills of Michigan for the 23rd race of the 2021 season, the New Holland 250, this Saturday, August 21 at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90). The series did not compete at Michigan last season due to the pandemic, the first time since adding the track to the schedule in 1992.
This weekend's venue, Michigan International Speedway, a 2-mile paved oval, has hosted the NASCAR Xfinity Series 28 times dating back to the inaugural race on August 15, 1992. The first Xfinity race at Michigan was won by Todd Bodine driving a Chevrolet for car owner Frank Cicci with an average speed of 125.414 mph. In total, 20 different drivers have won in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Michigan International Speedway, led by eight different drivers with two victories each – Todd Bodine (1992, 2000), Kyle Busch (2004, 2015), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1999, 2006), Denny Hamlin (2007, 2017), Carl Edwards (2008, 2011), Brad Keselowski (2009, 2010), Mark Martin (1993, 1995) and Ryan Newman (2001, 2005). Only one of the 20 former Xfinity Michigan winners is entered this weekend, Tyler Reddick, who also is the most recent winner at the track taking the checkered flag back in 2019. Reddick will be piloting the No. 23 Our Motorsports Chevrolet on Saturday.
A total of 22 different NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers have qualified on the pole at Michigan International Speedway, led by three drivers with two poles each – Kyle Busch (2014, 2017), Austin Dillon (2012, 2013) and Paul Menard (2011, 2019). Due to COVID-19 restrictions this season's starting lineups for the New Holland 250 will be decided by Metric Qualifying and as a result Austin Cindric will start on the pole and will be joined by AJ Allmendinger on the front row.
Only three of the 28 NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Michigan International Speedway have been won from the pole or first starting position; the most recent driver to accomplish the feat was Brad Keselowski in 2010. The deepest in the field that an Xfinity Series race winner has started at Michigan is 38th, by Ryan Newman in 2005.
Different Winners Streak: Michigan has seen 10 different Xfinity winners
Michigan International Speedway is currently riding a different winners streak in the NASCAR Xfinity Series that has reached 10 different winners and dates back to 2010. This weekend, the New Holland 250 on Saturday, August 21 at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, has chance to produce an 11th different winner and keep the streak going. Only one former winner is entered this weekend, Tyler Reddick, who grabbed the victory in 2019.
The streak of different winners began in 2010 with Brad Keselowski, then Carl Edwards (2011), Joey Logano (2012), Regan Smith (2013), Paul Menard (2014), Kyle Busch (2015), Daniel Suarez (2016), Denny Hamlin (2017), Austin Dillon (2018) and Tyler Reddick (2019). The series did not compete at Michigan last season due to the pandemic.
Two drivers in NASCAR Xfinity Series history have recorded their first series win at Michigan International Speedway – Ryan Newman in 2001 and 2016 Xfinity Series champion Daniel Suarez in 2016.
Clinch Scenarios: Five to go in the regular season
Seven Playoff positions are still up for grabs, as just five drivers have secured their spot in the NASCAR Xfinity Series postseason heading into Michigan International Speedway this weekend.
The following five drivers have clinched a spot in the 12-driver postseason field: Austin Cindric, AJ Allmendinger, Justin Allgaier, Jeb Burton and Myatt Snider.
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone this weekend: Daniel Hemric, Harrison Burton, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones, Jeremy Clements, Riley Herbst, Brandon Brown, Ryan Sieg.
The following drivers could clinch with a win and some help: Tommy Joe Martins, Alex Labbe, Landon Cassill, Josh Williams.
Team Penske's Austin Cindric grabs fifth win, eyes regular season title
2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion and Team Penske driver Austin Cindric is on feverish pace this season posting his fifth victory in just his 22nd start of the season, opening his points lead on AJ Allmendinger in second in the driver standings to a stout 82 markers.
The next goal for the former series champ Cindric is to lock-up the regular season title and the 15 additional Playoff points that go with it. Cindric has already accumulated 33 Playoff points – most of any driver this season. If he accomplishes the feat, he will become the first driver in the Xfinity Series to win multiple Regular Season Championships.
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Josh Berry to race fulltime in 2022 for JR Motorsports - JR Motorsports announced this week Josh Berry will drive fulltime in NASCAR Xfinity Series competition beginning in 2022. The 30-year-old Berry will pilot the No. 8 Chevrolet in pursuit of the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.
"This moment is something we've been working toward for a long time," said Dale Earnhardt Jr., JRM team owner. "Josh took full advantage of the opportunity he had this year in the No. 8 car. He went out, raced hard, and earned every bit of this. With all he's accomplished on a limited schedule, I can't wait to see what he can do in this series full time."
Camping World Truck Series Playoffs opener set for World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
Following the weather-shortened regular season finale two weekends ago at Watkins Glen International that set the 10-driver Playoff field and saw Hattori Racing Enterprises' Austin Hill claim his second victory of the season, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is ready for the Playoff opener, the Toyota 200 presented by CK Power at World Wide Technology Raceway on August 20 at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
The 2021 season will be the sixth running of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs (2016-2021). The previous five Playoff-era seasons have produced five different champions – 2016: Johnny Sauter; 2017: Christopher Bell; 2018: Brett Moffitt; 2019: Matt Crafton and 2020: Sheldon Creed.
Once again, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2021 season will feature a seven-race, three-round Playoff format. All three national series will conclude the Playoffs with a Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway to crown a champion.
Characteristics of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff format include:
The number of championship drivers in contention for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship will decrease after every three Playoff races, from 10 to start in the Playoffs; eight after race No. 3; and four after race No. 6.
The first three races of the Playoffs (16-18) will be known as the Round of 10; races 19-21 of the season will be known as the Round of 8; and race No. 22 will be the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship (Championship 4 Round).
A win by a championship-eligible driver in any Playoff race automatically clinches the winning driver a spot in the next round.
Four drivers will enter the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship race with a chance at the title, with the highest finisher among those four capturing the championship.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff Structure:
Round of 10: The first round (races 16-18), called the Round of 10, consists of the races at Gateway, Darlington and Bristol. If a driver in the Playoffs wins a race in this round, the driver automatically advances to the next round (Round of 8). The remaining available positions (1-8) that have not been filled by wins will be filled on points. Each will then have their points reset to 3,000, plus any Playoff points awarded to that point are added.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff Outlook - Round of 10 (Gateway, Darlington, Bristol)
Playoff Drivers
John H. Nemechek
Austin Hill
Ben Rhodes
Todd Gilliland
Sheldon Creed
Zane Smith
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Chandler Smith #
Stewart Friesen
Round of 8: The second round (races 19-21) is the Round of 8 (Las Vegas, Talladega and Martinsville). Likewise, if a driver in the top eight in points wins a race in this round, the driver automatically advances to the next round (Championship 4). The remaining available positions (1-4) that have not been filled by wins will be filled on points. Each will then have their points reset to 4,000.
Each eliminated driver will return to the Playoff-start base of 2,000 (plus any awarded Playoff points), with their accumulated points starting with race No. 17 added. This will allow all drivers not in contention for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title to continue to race for the best possible season-long standing, with final positions fifth-through-10th still up for grabs.
Championship Race:
The 22nd and final race of the season will be the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship finale. Simply stated, the highest finisher in that race among the remaining four eligible drivers will win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title.
Stage Playoff points will not apply in the season finale, so the official finishing position alone will decide the champion.
Note: All rules outlined above also apply to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner championship structure.
First Playoff Race: World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway will be home to the first of seven Playoff races to decide the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, the Toyota 200 presented by CK Power on August 20 at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).
The 2021 season marks the first year World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway has participated in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs, becoming the fourth different track to open the Playoffs; joining New Hampshire Motor Speedway (2016, 2017), Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (2018), Bristol Motor Speedway (2019, 2020).
World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway is a 1.25-mile paved oval. In total, World Wide Technology Raceway has hosted 20 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races dating back to the inaugural event on September 19, 1998. The first Truck race at Gateway was won by Rick Carelli driving the No. 6 Chevrolet owned by Marshal Chesrown. The 20 Camping World Truck Series races at World Wide Technology Raceway have produced 19 different race winners, led by Ted Musgrave with two victories (2001, 2005). Two former series Gateway winners are entered this weekend – 2020 NCWTS champion Sheldon Creed (2020) and 2021 Regular Season Champion John Hunter Nemechek (2017).
This weekend's race will be 200 miles (160 laps) and will be broken up into three stages – the first two stages are 55 laps each and the final stage is 50 laps.
A total of 12 different NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers have qualified on the pole at World Wide Technology Raceway, led by Greg Biffle (1998, 2000) and Ted Musgrave (2001, 2005) with two poles each. This weekend's starting lineups will be set by Metric Qualifying and as a result Austin Hill will start from the pole and will be joined by John Hunter Nemechek on the front row.
Three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Gateway have been won from the pole or first starting position. The most recent driver to accomplish the feat was Kevin Harvick in 2010; the other two were by Ted Musgrave in 2001 and 2005. The deepest in the field a driver has started and gone on to win the race was 17th by Sheldon Creed last season.
Scouting the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff field
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2021 Playoff 10-driver field is stacked with contenders ready for their shot at the title. Seven different organizations are represented in this year's postseason driver field. Below is a quick look at the challengers in this season's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs heading into this weekend:
Kyle Busch Motorsport's John Hunter Nemechek (No. 4 Toyota) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 1 seed with 2,049 points; up 28 points on his nearest competitor. Nemechek enters the postseason as the 2021 Regular Season Champion – the first time in his career he has won the title. This season is his third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs appearance (2016, '17, '21). Nemechek's previous best finish in the series Playoff standings is eighth – twice (2016, '17).
Nemechek has made five starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting one win (2017), two top fives and three top 10s. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 10.2.
Nemechek's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
Stage Wins
DNFs
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Avg. Running Position
Lap Led
Hattori Racing Enterprises' Austin Hill (No. 16 Toyota) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 2 seed with 2,021 points; just 28 points back from standings leader John Hunter Nemechek with 2,049. This season marks Hill's third consecutive appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs (2019-'21). Hill's previous best finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs is fifth in 2019.
Hill has made four starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting one top-five finish. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 9.8.
Hill's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
ThorSport Racing's Ben Rhodes (No. 99 Toyota) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 3 seed with 2,019 points; 30 markers back from Nemechek in the standings lead and just two points behind Hill in second. The 2021 season marks the fourth time he has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs. His previous best finish in the Truck Series Playoffs is fifth in 2017.
Rhodes has made five starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting one top five and three top 10s. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 9.6.
Rhodes' 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
Front Row Motorsport's Todd Gilliland (No. 38 Ford) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 4 seed with 2,015 points; 34 points behind standings leader John Hunter Nemechek and just four points back from Rhodes in third. This is Gilliland's first appearance in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs; his previous best finish in the championship standings was 10th – twice (2018, '20).
Gilliland has made four starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting two top-five finishes. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 12.3.
"Last year, we went out (at World Wide Technology Raceway) and won both stages and then I'd say I had a top five truck at the end of the race and got wrecked, but just overall to have that confidence going into the first race of the Playoffs. I think even if we came out of here with a really solid run that would definitely set our Playoffs on the right track."
Gilliland's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
2020 series champion and GMS Racing driver Sheldon Creed (No. 2 Chevrolet) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 5 seed with 2,011 points; 38 markers back from Nemechek in the standings lead and just four points behind Gilliland in fourth. Creed in his first appearance in the series Playoffs last season rallied off two wins (Texas and season finale at Phoenix), made the Championship 4 Round and won the title. This year marks his second go at the postseason.
Creed has made two starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting one win (2020), one top five and two top 10s. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 4.0 – best among Playoff drivers.
Creed's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
GMS Racing's Zane Smith (No. 21 Chevrolet) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 6 seed with 2,009 points; 40 points down from the standings lead but just two points back from his GMS Racing teammate Sheldon Creed in fifth. Smith is coming off an impressive rookie season (2020) that saw him make the Playoffs and earn a spot in the Championship 4 Round ultimately finishing the season runner-up in the championship and the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award winner. This season, Smith returns for his second career appearance in the postseason.
Zane Smith has made two starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting one top five and two top 10s. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 6.0 – second-best among Playoff drivers.
Smith's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
Three-time series champion (2013, '14, '19) and ThorSport Racing driver Matt Crafton (No. 88 Toyota) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 7 seed with 2,004 points; 45 markers behind Nemechek in the series standings lead. The 2021 season marks the sixth-time Crafton has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs. Crafton is the only driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history to compete in all six Playoffs (2016-2021). A three-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion (2013, 2014 and 2019) and the only driver in series history to win titles in both the Playoff Era (2016-Present) and the prior points format (1995-2015). Crafton has appeared in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship 4 Round three times (2016, '17, '19) - tied with Brett Moffitt and Johnny Sauter for the series-most Championship 4 Round appearances with three each. Crafton finished fifth in last season's Playoffs.
Crafton has made 17 starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting two top fives and nine top 10s. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 12.6.
Crafton's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
Niece Motorsport's Carson Hocevar (No. 42 Chevrolet) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 8 seed with 2,002 points; 47 points back from John Hunter Nemechek in the standings lead. Hocevar and Chandler Smith are the only two Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidates from the 2021 class to make it to the postseason. Hocevar joins Chandler Smith this season as the ninth and 10th different Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidates to make the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs all-time; joining Christopher Bell (2016), William Bryon (2016), Austin Cindric (2017), Chase Briscoe (2017), Kaz Grala (2017), Tyler Ankrum (2019), Zane Smith (2020) and Christian Eckes (2020).
Hocevar made his series track debut at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway last season; he started 16th and finished 15th.
Hocevar's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
Kyle Busch Motorsport's Chandler Smith (No. 18 Toyota) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 9 seed with 2,001 points; 48 points behind the standings lead. Smith and Carson Hocevar are the only two Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidates from the 2021 class to make it to the postseason. Smith joins Hocevar this season as the ninth and 10th different Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidates to make the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs all-time; joining Christopher Bell (2016), William Bryon (2016), Austin Cindric (2017), Chase Briscoe (2017), Kaz Grala (2017), Tyler Ankrum (2019), Zane Smith (2020) and Christian Eckes (2020).
Chandler Smith has made two starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting one top-five finish. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 13.5.
Halmar Friesen Racing's Stewart Friesen (No. 52 Toyota) enters the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs as the No. 10 seed with 2,001 points; 48 points back from John Hunter Nemechek in the No. 1 seed. The 2021 season marks the third time he has competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs. Friesen finished a career-best fourth in the 2019 Playoffs after posting a win in the penultimate race at Phoenix to earn a spot in the Championship 4 Round. He failed to make the postseason last year ultimately finishing the season 15th in points.
Friesen has made three starts at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway posting two top fives. His average finish at the 1.25-mile track is 7.0 – third best among Playoff drivers.
Friesen's 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season statistics:
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Carson Hocevar Returns to Niece Motorsports Full Time in 2022 – Niece Motorsports announced this week driver Carson Hocevar will return fulltime in 2022. Hocevar is one of two Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidates to make the Playoffs in 2021.
"I'm so excited and thankful for the chance to race fulltime again with Niece Motorsports in 2022," said Hocevar. "The support of Al [Niece], Cody [Efaw], Phil [Gould] and every single employee at Niece Motorsports has meant the world. We are still 100 percent focused on chasing that championship this year, but it's definitely a relief to have next year's plans already in place."
Through the first 15 races of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, Hocevar has earned three top-five and five top-10 finishes.
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Galileo Analytics Co-Founder to Discuss the Imperative for Medical Interoperability at HCI-DC 2014
By Simon Fitall	February 3, 2014 March 28th, 2018 Events
Conference will feature keynote addresses from ONC Coordinator Karen De Salvo, West Health Institute CEO Nicholas Valeriani and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell
(Washington, DC – February 3, 2014) – Galileo Analytics Co-Founder Anna McCollister-Slipp will speak at this week's HCI-DC 2014: Igniting an Interoperable Health Care System, scheduled for February 6 at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC.
Sponsored by the Gary and Mary West Health Institute (WHI) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the conference will convene stakeholders critical to driving interoperability among medical devices and electronic health records, a critically needed step toward improving patient care and reducing health care costs.
The day-long program will feature key note speeches by author Malcolm Gladwell, WHI CEO Nick Valeriani and ONC Coordinator Karen De Salvo, as well as expert panels and collaborative networking sessions.
McCollister-Slipp will be part of a panel session moderated by ONC Chief Medical Officer Jacob Reider, titled Perspectives from the Point of Care.
Now in its fourth year, the West Health Institute's "Health Care Innovation" series of conferences convenes policy makers and leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss innovative solutions to our nation's health care challenges. Past HCI-DC events have featured the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Food and Drug Administration, Federal Communications Commission and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
There is no charge to attend the conference. It is open to policymakers, federal employees, health care advocates, business leaders, business development executives, academics, and product and technology specialists with a focus on or interest in health information technology, particularly in the area of interoperability. It will also be open to the media and live webcast.
For additional information on HCI-DC 2014, WHI and ONC, see below:
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Sir James Dyson says his company made a 'fantastic car,' but it's not commercially viable and he can't find a buyer, so it's a dead project.
By Matthew Humphries
https://www.pcmag.com/news/dysons-electric-car-is-dead
The company that succeeded in removing the bag from vacuum cleaners has now failed to make an electric vehicle that's commercially viable.
Sir James Dyson announced this week that his company's automotive team is being shut down even though it managed to develop "a fantastic car." It doesn't matter how fantastic a product is if it can't be sold, though, and in a message posted on the Dyson website, he explained that the car simply isn't commercially viable.
The lack of commercial viability is bore out by the fact Dyson tried and failed to find a buyer for the project. The only choice left was to shut down the automotive department and move on to other projects, with the core one being solid state batteries as well as "sensing technologies, vision systems, robotics, machine learning, and AI." Some Dyson automotive staff will lose their jobs, but most will migrate to other roles in the company's Home business, according to the message.
Dyson is keen to point out that it's a risk taker because "such an approach drives progress," and with the company doing so well in other areas, notably vacuum cleaners and fans, it certainly has the breathing room to take a few risks and fail.
Tesla remains the outlier in the field of electric vehicles, with the competition seemingly set to come from existing car manufacturers slowly transitioning over to electric. I have to wonder, though, if Dyson can't make a new design work, will we ever get another new entrant to the market on the scale of Tesla for vehicles?
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