Regular readers of the Pundit know that we have been dealing regularly with the issue of the future of Sunkist. Our most recent piece was entitled Eastes Leaves Sunkist and dealt with the departure of Rick Eastes, who was Sunkist Global LLC's first employee in 2004 and built it up to an organization that sourced almost 2.5 million cases of citrus in 2006.
We also congratulated Tim Lindgren on his appointment, after being called back from retirement, as President and CEO of Sunkist by asking a question: Will Tim Lindgren Go To China?This piece inquired as to what kind of CEO Tim Lindgren might turn out to be and what it might mean for the future of this iconic brand.
Your November 8th piece, Eastes Leaves Sunkist, about Sunkist recently came to my attention and I found it to be interesting even though inaccurate. I read your pieces from time to time and find them interesting and thought provoking. It sure seemed like you were kind of an investigative reporter but, after reading this article (and a couple of other recent ones), I think you are morphing into some type of a tabloid reporter.
If you knew half as much about the Sunkist issue and their excellent choice of Tim Lindgren as CEO as you think you know, your article would have taken a completely different direction. Here you are writing about someone you've never met much less know and, under the circumstances, I would think that you would be motivated to get off your duff, get on a plane and go interview the man. Instead you apparently rely on rumor and innuendo to speak up with great authority just as though you knew what you were talking about.
Just for the record, as a consulting engineer to the organization for many years, I have been close to the situation. After two mistakes in a row in the selection of a CEO, Sunkist could not afford a third one. Therefore, after careful consideration, they selected by far the best candidate they could find. Tim not only knows the organization but he knows every player. As the CEO of Fruit Growers Supply (same board as for Sunkist), he improved the performance of that organization significantly in every aspect over the years and, when he left, his succession plan resulted in a change of the guard that was seamless. He is a manager and leader par excellence and that is exactly what Sunkist needs at this time, much more than a marketing guru and certainly not a person who would spend most of his time nurturing a wine operation in the Napa Valley.
With respect to some of your unkind comments about Tim and Sunkist, you must know that they have an excellent marketing staff and probably the most extensive involvement in the international trade of fresh fruit of any company out there. And you can be sure to know that Tim is a global thinker. Rick Eastes is a nice guy but was obviously not the man for the job at Sunkist and I'm sure that had nothing to do with the change in the guard. Sure, there have been a few people leave Sunkist recently but that had a lot more to do with their incompetence than with Jeff's leadership or lack of same. As a matter of fact, it would be hard to find a more popular leader than Tim. He's even received standing ovations from the employees and growers since the announcement that he was being put in charge. You see, those close to the situation could clearly see that Sunkist was in trouble under the former CEO and, quite frankly, if you knew the half of it, you would certainly agree.
So, why don't you get off your high horse, make an effort to meet the man you choose to criticize and don't be surprised to see Sunkist thrive under the his excellent leadership.
Yet, this letter leaves us in a quandary. Bill explains that he found the November 8th piece "…interesting even though inaccurate." Yet, he quotes no words from the article and leaves us mystified as to what might possibly be "inaccurate" in the piece. We've read it over thrice and find no inaccuracies. So we stand by the piece.
As far as his allegation that the Pundit is "…morphing into some type of tabloid reporter," it is not even clear what this means. We received a press release indicating that Rick Eastes "…elected not to renew his agreement with the Sunkist subsidiary company…" and then we wrote an article about it. What would Bill think was responsible journalism? To ignore the subject?
Bill writes a long paragraph claiming that we rely on "rumor and innuendo" that we should "…be motivated to get off your duff, get on a plane and go interview the man" and, more generally arguing that the Pundit doesn't know that much about Sunkist.
The whole paragraph is odd. First because Bill hasn't told us what, precisely, we said that was incorrect, so the extent or source of our knowledge doesn't even seem to be at issue.
Second, considering the Pundit's family was buying Sunkist fruit before Bill Washburn was born and the Pundit has been thinking, writing, editing and lecturing about Sunkist since 1985, including this column written over 15 years ago, it seems odd to claim the Pundit is ignorant on the subject.
As far as interviewing Tim Lindgren goes, the Pundit has been to Sherman Oaks and would be happy to go again. So far the invitation hasn't come. Besides, many years of experience teaches us that interviews, almost always staid affairs, are often less enlightening than the commentary given by players behind the scene.
Look at Bill's letter itself. We have no reason to doubt our letter-writer's sincerity, but it is a reasonable assumption that if our correspondent did think Tim Lindgren's appointment a terrible mistake, we would never receive a letter on that subject.
So interviews are a source of information, as are signed letters such as Bill's, but often the more valuable information is the things people can't say out loud.
Besides, the Pundit's opinion of Tim Lindgren isn't what started the current interest in Sunkist's future. It was the decision of Sunkist's largest grower, Paramount Citrus, to leave the Sunkist co-op. An issue we dealt with here.
Our letter-writer alleges that the Pundit has made "…unkind comments about Tim [Lindgren] and Sunkist…" and here the Pundit takes offense. Once again our letter-writer identifies no unkind comments and thus leaves these assertions as unsubstantiated charges.
Just to clarify. We have heard good things about Tim Lindgren. And we agree with our letter-writer that "Tim not only knows the organization but he knows every player." If you define "player" to mean important growers and board members, some might argue that the customer base should also be considered "players" — and Tim Lindgren doesn't know those folks.
As President, when Nixon went to the Peoples Republic of China in 1972 and officially recognized the government in Peking — now Beijing — as the official government of China, Nixon was not vulnerable to attacks from the right that he was soft on communism.
So only the rabid anti-communist could, politically, make peace with the communists.
Perhaps Mr. Lindgren, so close to the grower/owners of Sunkist, is the one who can convince them that their interests lie in separating their ownership of Sunkist stock from their business of selling their crops. If so, he will have provided a value far beyond what any produce marketer could have done.
We hope it happens. If it does not, the problem is not Tim Lindgren; the problem is the board and, more broadly, the grower/owners of Sunkist.
And it is a problem endemic to co-ops. The nature of a co-op is that it isolates growers from marketing because the co-op takes over that function.
In our article Will Tim Lindgren Go To China? we used the situation in China as an analogy for the kinds of problems Sunkist confronts.
Sunkist exports a lot of fruit to Asia. Pulling and screaming, the growers were convinced to sell counter-seasonal citrus. Developing this program is principally what Rick Eastes has been involved with. Today, many of the Asian accounts that purchase California and Arizona citrus from Sunkist also buy Sunkist brand citrus from South Africa and Australia.
Sunkist growers were persuaded that in order to sell domestic accounts such as Wal-Mart and Costco, plus many overseas accounts, it was crucial to be a 52-week-a-year supplier of every product Sunkist sold.
Even now, there is great resistance in the grower ranks to this concept. Many growers feel that every moment a Sunkist executive spends talking or thinking about anything but California or Arizona citrus is a waste. They think that salespeople should be selling California valencias rather than Southern Hemisphere navels.
But because of the justification for the counter-seasonal produce to maintain relationships to sell more California/Arizona citrus, the board approved it.
Now, the issue facing Sunkist is more stark. China is planting citrus like crazy. There are experts in China bringing the most modern sorting and packing equipment. People from America, from Chile, from Europe and from Israel are helping to upgrade the quality of Chinese citrus production.
China will have both quality and quantity available for export to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand and other Asian markets. The fruit will be significantly less expensive and Sunkist will lose these Asian export markets.
Because China and California/Arizona are both northern hemisphere fruit, they will be in direct competition.
The great strategic issue confronting Sunkist is what to do about massive plantings of citrus in China. Already Sunkist has virtually lost its European outlets. Inevitably this Chinese citrus will drive Sunkist out of its important Asian export markets.
The Pundit has urged Sunkist to open packinghouses in China. It could save the Asian markets for Sunkist, provide inexpensive fruit for sale in Europe and position Sunkist as a multi-national producer.
The Pundit believes that it is in addressing this great strategic question that Sunkist's future will be decided.
We believe that the strategy for value maximization would be to end the Sunkist co-op and give each grower shares in Sunkist, then do a listing on the New York Stock Exchange and allow growers to freely sell, buy or hold shares in Sunkist.
This would free Sunkist management to maximize the value of the Sunkist brand and Sunkist marketing organization and thus the value of the shares that growers would hold.
Growers would have an initial contract to market through Sunkist and after, say, three seasons, they could seek alternative marketing channels if they so desire.
This is a case where division of the company would provide a multiplication of total asset value.
Our letter-writer is entitled to his opinion on others who have been affiliated with Sunkist, but his opinions are not widely shared. To say that "Rick Eastes is a nice guy but was obviously not the man for the job at Sunkist and I'm sure that had nothing to do with the change in the guard" is to deny reality.
It is a fascinating critique of Jeff. Note that our writer doesn't point to any failures on Jeff's part, doesn't claim Jeff was negligent and didn't do his job. He just leaves his ownership of a winery out there kind of hanging like an accusation.
Jeff is a highly intelligent and successful entrepreneur. He started out his career in produce with the Naples Fruit and Vegetable Company. Eventually he started Gargiulo, Inc., which was to become the market share leader in fresh tomatoes and was one of the top companies in strawberries and raspberries. He sold the company to Monsanto, where he served as president of the Produce Business Unit for two years.
During his time at Sunkist, Gargiulo improved revenues and payments to the cooperative's members by introducing new products to leverage the Sunkist brand, expanding Sunkist's distribution into Wal-Mart and Costco, and by sourcing fruits from other parts of the world to satisfy demand for year-round availability of citrus fruits. Gargiulo also served as chairman of the Produce Marketing Association.
Yes, Jeff and his wife, Valerie, have a winery. Their daughter, April, runs sales and marketing. More power to Jeff and his family. You can find their website here. Download an order form and fax it over.
What is interesting about our letter-writer's critique is it echoes the kind of complaints about Jeff that board members at Sunkist told me about. Several Sunkist growers told me that they knew that Tim Lindgren would be a big win for Sunkist over Jeff Gargiulo. How did they know this? Well, it was explained to me that Jeff spent a lot of money on travel and Tim would spend a fraction of that.
We've never seen the Sunkist travel logs but that mode of thought strikes us as ridiculous. Sunkist is roughly a billion-dollar organization. The CEO's travel is simply insignificant.
But our letter-writer's complaint about the vineyard, the board members complaint about the travel expenses and the failure to keep Jim Padden and Rick Eastes, all speak to a cultural divide between the grower/owners of Sunkist and the necessities of a worldwide produce market.
And that is why Tim Lindgren may yet prove to be a great CEO for Sunkist. If he is able to persuade the grower/owners of Sunkist that converting to a stock company will enhance their interests, he will go down in history as the greatest Sunkist CEO ever.


Author: - November 07, 2018 0	A plan for presenting a Brexit deal?
There were signs of a possible compromise in a phone call on Monday between May and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, where he said he would consider a "review mechanism" for the backstop . An open frontier is seen as crucial to preserving the 1998 Good Friday peace accord that ended decades of Irish sectarian bloodshed. Britain's desire to leave the customs union is not easily reconciled with preserving the integrity of the EU's single market.
The arc-shaped object is actually a galaxy whose shape has been distorted because its light passed near a massive object en route to Earth. As NASA explains in its blog, amidst the twinkling lights, the telescope captured a formation of galaxies resembling a smiling face.
The news follows the SEC's settlement with Tesla and Musk in September for Musk's statements on Twitter about plans to take the company private. "To our knowledge, no government agency in an ongoing investigation has concluded that any wrongdoing occurred", Tesla wrote in its filing.
Dawn can no longer keep its antennae trained on Earth to communicate with mission control or turn its solar panels to the Sun to recharge, it added. "In many ways, Dawn's legacy is just beginning", said Dawn's principal investigator Carol Raymond. The Dawn mission was managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with spacecraft components contributed by European partners from Italy, Germany, France, and the Netherlands.
The information received from Kepler was made accessible to the public and resulted in a phenomenal explosion in citizen science - hundreds of thousands of volunteers around the world helped sift through the data, revealing exoplanets that others (and other computers) had missed.
The National Clean Air for Children Programme , launched last week by the Clean Air Parents' Network and supported by environmental law organisations ClientEarth and the British Lung Foundation, calls for £153m of funding to protect babies and children from the harmful effects of air pollution.
Parker Solar Probe , which was launched on August 12, is on an unprecedented seven-year-long journey to unlock the mysteries of the sun's fiery outer atmosphere and its effects on space weather. According to NASA, the plucky Parker Solar (spacecraft) is closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft has done before. As said earlier, it has been just 78 days since the probe was launched.
Today, human activities have modified more than 77 percent of land and 87 percent of the ocean, meaning only a small fraction of global area can still be classified as wilderness. "There is nothing to hold nations, industry, society or communities to account for long-term conservation", said James R. Allan from University of Queensland .
More recently, analysis of data collected by Kepler revealed that about 20 to 50 percent of stars that are visible in the night sky might contain planets that are of similar size to Earth and located in the habitable zones of its host stars.
NASA announced Tuesday that Kepler , an orbital telescope that's been spotting and analyzing distant planets for the past nine years, has run out of fuel and will no longer carry out scientific research. "In the end, we didn't have a drop of fuel left over for anything else", Charlie Sobeck, project system engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center, said during a teleconference.
It is clarified that the satellite close to the Sun at 40.23 million kilometers. After that, the probe will burn up in the sunlight. Launched in August , Parker is on track to set another record late Monday night. And NASA's Parker Solar Probe , travelling at more than 240,000km/h, isn't yet done with setting new records. Nevertheless, the team behind remain focused on the first solar encounter.
Russian Federation hopes to launch three crew for the International Space Station on December 3, the first manned blast-off since an accident this month, the Roscosmos space agency said Wednesday. Roscosmos is due to hold a press conference Thursday to further detail the findings of the accident probe. Roscosmos immediately set about investigating the launch failure, under time pressure because the current ISS crew had a January deadline to return to Earth.
Targets set under the Global Commitment will be reviewed every 18 months and ambitions will be scaled-up over the coming years. Ellen MacArthur , the record-breaking British sailor who is behind the campaign, said cleaning up plastics from oceans and beaches is vital, "but this does not stop the tide of plastic entering the oceans each year".
It took less than half a second for the barrel-sized bundle of nylon, Kevlar, and Technora to expand to the volume of a large house, generating more than 67,000 pounds of drag. Representatives of the Jet Propulsion Lab working on the project, claim that the Department consulted and gave the green light to ASPIRE to join the Mars 2020 mission.
At its closest approach in 2024, the probe is due to get within 6.2 million kilometers of the Sun's surface. " It's a proud moment for the team , though we remain focused on our first solar encounter, which begins on October 31", said Andy Driesman, project manager for the probe with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, in a statement .
The rover has been out of contact since early June, when a major dust storm deprived the rover of solar power. The storm did not affect NASA's Curiosity rover, because the second craft is nuclear powered. Choose from among several handsome Mars photos, write a brief message and send it up to Opportunity to show your support. However, NASA said that even if the team hears back from Opportunity during either phase, there is no assurance the rover will be operational.
The storm had top sustained winds of 65 miles per hour. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say a low-pressure system in the Atlantic Ocean has a 70 percent chance to form into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours. The minimum central pressure has dropped to 989 mb. Forecasters expect Oscar to transition to a tropical storm by early next week. Over the next few days, this storm will slowly begin turning toward the northeast.
Adam McClean reports from the Preston New Road site. Anti-frackers claim pollution from drilling shale gas includes cancer-causing chemicals. Cuadrilla was hydraulically fracturing the shale rock adjacent to a well when the seismic activity was recorded.
There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect. Subtropical storms have less defined and cooler centres than tropical storms. Hurricane Oscar continues to churn and strengthen slightly in the central Atlantic Ocean, but it is not expected to be a threat to land.
Image: NASA/Jeremy HarbeckNew photos of a surprisingly rectangular iceberg are offering the full picture of this now-famous Antarctic structure-and it remains weird as hell.Scientists with NASA's Operation IceBridge released the original photo last week , but it only showed a portion of the odd iceberg.
French Frigate Shoals is where 95 per cent of Hawaiian green sea turtles - classified as threatened under the Endangered Species Act - nest. It is unclear where the seals and turtles that rely on the island will go next or what the long-term impact to wildlife will be.
Keep your eyes in the sky because tonight, a stunning (and massive!) hunter's moon is set to appear this evening. It will officially become full at 12:45 p.m. "For Hindus, this full moon is Sharad Purnima, a harvest festival marking the end of the rains". The Hunter's Moon , owing to the orange-red tinge of the moon, is also known as blood moon.
Temperatures won't get out of the 50s over the northern half of the state; the average high for Birmingham today is 73. Be careful and try not to get sick! Thankfully, the chances become more scattered for Saturday and most of Sunday .
The test was carried out at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. According to Popular Science, its engines and boosters will produce 8.4 million pounds of thrust. The video was posted, as well as a brief summary explaining the goal of the test. The maiden launch will send NASA's Orion capsule on a three-week trek around the moon - an uncrewed test flight known as Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1).
Who knew rocket launches might require so much water? Footage of the feat has gone viral as the space agency's pressure jets fire the water 100 feet (30m) up in the air. The maiden launch will send NASA's Orion capsule on a three-week trek around the moon - an uncrewed test flight known as Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1).
The moon , which would actually just be a glowing satellite, will reflect sunlight back to Earth. Yes, many places don't even need those street lights on a full moon night, when our one and only natural satellite shines brightly without the clouds covering its glow.
It's heading to the north-northeast at 17kph (10 mph). View of the beach before the arrival of Hurricane Willa in Mazatlan, Mexico , today. Emergency officials said they evacuated more than 4,250 people in coastal towns and set up 58 shelters ahead of the unsafe Category 3 storm, which was expected to blow ashore in the evening near Mazatlan, a tourist spot of high-rise hotels and about 500,000 people, many of them US and Canadian expatriates.
Hawking used a wheelchair during his time at Cambridge and for most of his life, after he was diagnosed with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Perhaps more surprising, among some of Hawkings most prized possessions was a script from an episode of " The Simpsons ". FILE - In this August 29, 2012 file photo, British physicist, Professor Stephen Hawking during the Opening Ceremony for the 201.
NASA scientists clocked the tabular berg on a series of flights over the Antarctic. It looks like it has been cut that way deliberately, but this huge iceberg is simply a wonderful display of nature's awesomeness and beauty. A huge, flat iceberg with flawless, right angles was spotted on October 16 by NASA's Operation IceBridge floating among sea ice just off the Larsen C ice shelf.
Many of thelargest icebergs on record have formed this way. As for the size of the iceberg NASA photographed, Brunt said it's possibly more than a mile across - but it hasn't been measured yet. The chunk of ice has since been known as iceberg A-68. The agency also captured a triangular berg drifting in the Weddle Sea. In early September 2018, these winds pushed the southern end of the berg out into the Weddell Gyre.
BepiColombo is a seven-year, dual spacecraft mission to Mercury, the nearest planet to the sun, led by the European Space Agency (ESA ) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Only two NASA spacecraft, Mariner 10 and Messenger , have visited Mercury before, with Messenger intentionally crashing into the planet in 2015.


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Great North Road, Peter F. Hamilton, Del Rey, Isbn 978-0-3345-52666-3, $30.00., 976 pages
filedesc Peter F. Hamilton signing his Night's Dawn Trilogy Books in London. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I'm not sure Peter Hamilton knows how to write small books. Small both in scope and in pages. The Great North Road tells the story, essentially, of the North family. The Norths, at this point, are clones. There are first generation clones, second generation clones, third generation clones and a few forth generation ones. Each generation degrades from the original and, like in breeding of animals, produces offspring that are often not viable. The Norths are also industrialists and scientists and billionaires and developers of the tans-spatial connection, and generally a pretty horny bunch. At the same time, political systems on Earth are taking advantage of these trans-spatial connections to solve any number of social problems on the planet. Criminals are sent through the gate to a planet where they are given a homestead and left to their best devices. The poor are also given transport to a planet where they can get a second change. The politically diverse–essentially anyone who does not agree with the present government–are given transport to a planet where each group had developed a geographically segregated haven. Everything seems to be going great, until a body is found floating in the river. And it's not just any body but the body of a North. Because of the money, the cloning, and the control they have of business, finding a murdered North is more than a big deal. Unfortunately for everyone the murder creates a second problem. Angela Tramelo, convicted of killing a North twenty years previously, has to be set free because the current murder replicates the methods of the first murder and this time, Angela was in prison, serving her life sentence. Angela's story, that the household of Bartram North was murdered by an alien seems to be true. And Detective Third Grade, Sidney Hurst, recently back on the force after having his own professional problems, is going to be tasked with figuring out just what is going on.
So, this is a complex book, full of characters moving through multiple plot lines but all with a single threaded theme running throughout. Certainly part of the fascination is wanting to know how Hamilton is going to bring everything together in some satisfactory way by the ending. Of course he gives himself plenty of room to maneuver–almost a thousand pages. The danger with giving an author that many pages is that they might fill it with minutia–detail that they find interesting but which does not serve the plot of story. I'm glad to say that this does not happen here. Incredibly, considering the page numbers, Hamilton creates quite a page turner–not that you are going to actually try to do this beast in a single sitting or anything.
This is space opera as I remember it. But it's also a thriller, and a mystery. In some ways it is pure SF, paying homage to the imagination of Bradbury and the complexity of Asimov at the same time. I really enjoyed the book and, as with most great books, I was left wanting more. Whether or not I get it is irrelevant, the important thing is that the writing was good enough to create that want.
I would recommend this book highly. Frankly they don't get much better.
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English: This image is a reproduction of an original painting by renowned science-fiction and fantasy illustrator Rowena http://www.rowenaart.com/. It depicts Dr. Isaac Asimov enthroned with symbols of his life's work. Français : Peinture de Rowena Morill réprésentant Isaac Asimov sur un trône décoré des symboles de son œuvre littéraire. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Review: Great North Road by Peter F Hamilton (stephenormsby.wordpress.com)
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Kraken, China Mieville, Del Rey, ISBN 978-0-345-497499, $26.00, 509 pgs.
Cover of Kraken
The latest book from China Mieville finds him returning once again to the development of his city within a city theme. This time it is London and the incident that drives the beginning of the journey to the alternate city is the theft of a Kraken from London's Natural History Museum. The Kraken is a large one and immediately draws the attention of the special police division tasked with investigating the strange and unexplainable. Billy Harrow, curator, and keeper of the Kraken finds himself suddenly in the middle of a London that is strange, otherworldly and yet existing alongside the London he is familiar with. He finds himself sought after. The police want him to work with them, others just want his knowledge. Some just want him gone. He is introduced to a church that worships the Kraken, to a house inhabited by the sea, to cults both strange and wonderful, and to individuals too horrible to experience. In the end it is Billy Harrow's task to figure out the secret of the theft of the Kraken in order to save the world, if not the universe. There are few he can trust and fewer who will tell him all he needs to know. As he journey's through the London of the dark and hidden he learns as much about himself as he does about the Kraken around which the universe now seems to revolve.
Mieville is a master at creating his double cities, the unnatural existing alongside the natural, the odd just off the narrow, rarely seen alley and the unusual inhabitants we rarely look at twice. There is magic in his London and not all of it is pretty or controlled by humans. But, it is all, wonderful to watch and to experience. As Billy Harrow wends his way from beginning to end we get to journey along and marvel at those things we thought commonplace that are really imbued with the mysterious.
All of the above would make an interesting book but a dull one if not wrapped around a rousing adventure quest. There is an end for Billy Harrow, a place he needs to get to and a journey he needs to reluctantly make. It is this path that Mieville creates and develops that ultimately becomes hung with the fantastic and the unusual. It is like entering a curiosity shop with a one way entrance and not knowing where the exit is and having to wander the strange aisles looking for a way out.
Kraken was a marvelous read. Entertaining and enjoyable and worth every minute. A fantastic adventure through a strange wonderland that is both familiar and foreign. Well done and worth it.
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Monster Hunter Vendetta, Larry Correia, Baen, ISBN 978-1-4391-3991-0, $7.99, 612 pgs.
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This is the second book in Correia's Monster Hunters International series. It picks up where the first book left off with Owen Zastava Pitt settling in to his new role as a squad leader in the monster hunting organization and as husband to Julie, daughter to the werewolf leader of MHI and granddaughter to the founder of the organization. MHI hunts supernatural threats, collecting the bounties that have been placed on them and generally keeping the planet safe from things that go bump in the night. They compete with the governmental Monster Control Bureau who is also tasked with getting rid of monsters as well as keeping the general populace ignorant that monsters even exist in the first place. This sets up a highly competitive environment between the two organizations with no love lost between the two and friction aplenty. This time a former member of MHI has begun the process of world destruction by invoking the awakening of an otherworldly presence who will enter our world by destroying it. Needless to say the folks at MHI are eager to put a stop to this, especially since it's the work of a former member. Owen and his crew get the front row seats and all of the characters from the first book return as well as one or two new ones. There are a few twists and turns but the story is a pretty straightforward one of killing beasties with large weapons, explosives, and bravado.
Correia writes in a very straightforward manner, telling the story without much obfuscation or misdirection. This is basically a what you see is what you get kind of tale. While there are some plot twists they are more of the anticipated variety than the kind that take you fully by surprise. For example, there is a spy in the organization that we know about from early on and the only surprise comes when we learn who it is.
This book is perfect for the reader that likes a story full of tough characters with big weapons taking on nasty beasts with just a touch of humor thrown in the soften the blood and gore. There is not a lot of internal dilemma or character development, more a sense of prophecy fulfillment or action taking on the role of fate.
This is not to say that the book is not an entertaining book to read. It is. Very. Just that you should be expecting a shot gun blast rather than the subtle stroke of a hidden stiletto. Definitely recommended if you like your action fast paced and direct.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
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Nights of Villjamur, Mark Charan Newton, Ballantine Books, ISBN 978-0-345-52084-5, 437 pgs., $26.00
The city of Villjamur is home to thousands and capital of a mighty empire. But, things are changing; the darkness is coming and with it the cold and ice. As snow flies more frequently and as the ice begins to cover everything, people begin to flock to the city. Refugees gather outside the gates of a city that can not hold them and, from the perspective of many, should not even try. As a debate begins about what to do, the Emperor suddenly dies. A detail is sent out to gather the Emperor's long estranged daughter as she is the heir. Along with her sister, the new queen struggles to come to grips with the politics and machinations of those born to power. She feels a certain kinship with those outside the gates and wants to do something. At the same time, her younger sister, long raised to entitlement, has come under the thrall of a new dance teacher who is not quite what he appears to be, although he does seem to know both the swordplay and the dance he is to teach her. While all this is beginning to play out, Inspector Rumex Jeryd, who is a rumel, a species of non-human that can live for hundreds of years, is tasked with investigating the murder of a councilor. As he begins his investigation he discovers layer and layer of deceit and misdirection, including some of it targeting him. Besides the humans and rumel in Villjamur, there are the birdlike garuda and the banshees whose cry always heralds death. All will be affected by the actions building within the city's walls. Eventually all of the key players will also be threatened by this broad conspiracy and all must act in one form or another if they hope to survive.
Nights of Villjamur is Newton's first novel and it is very well done. Newton's universe (yeah, yeah, I know) is very complex and he presents it in a very understated way. His introduction of the rumel, for example, is through the interplay of the difference in longevity they have over humans and the conflicts such a difference can bring to such simple things as who gets promoted to a new position in the workplace. It is this understatement that pulls the reader deeper and deeper into the complexity of the city and the maneuverings of those who rule within the sheltering walls.
Newton's writing style is both direct and straight forward, not leaving the reader to suppose what was meant but also not bringing everything to one's attention all at once. Newton moves from character to character, pushing the story forward a part here and a part there and all the time developing an atmosphere that is consistent, moody and oppressive, as one would expect with an encroaching ice age at the door.
I enjoyed the book and Newton is working on a sequel which is good news as this first book leaves quite a few loose ends. Definitely recommended.
Click the link below to buy the book.
Nights of Villjamur (Legends of the Red Sun)
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The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombi, Pyr, ISBN 978-1-59102-641-9, 543 pgs.
Cover of The Blade Itself (First Law)
This is the first book in The First Law series. Superior Glotka, inquisitor, torturer, former sword master, military hero and cripple, works in the hot, sweaty belly of the empire ripping truth from the mouths of those deemed enemies of the state. The Bloody Nine, also known as Ninefingers, has become separated from his men during battle and now must make a new path if he is to survive. Bayaz, magician, in fact, first of the Magi, rests in his keep, waiting for the time when he must venture forth, back into the world he helped make. Around them all swirl secrets, mysteries, betrayals, found alliances and personal failures. As these three stories intertwine with a number of others, all leading to the shaping of major events and minor, yet key, interventions, the empire, and the world begins to crumble under an onslaught that comes from all sides. If the world is to survive each of these key players must let go of their pasts and move to new positions on the stage of destiny.
Joe Abercrombie has created a very intriguing world for his fiction debut. It is full of character and intrigue and smothered in rich background. The story is definitely character driven and that is perfect as these are some very interesting characters. That is not to say that the world that these characters inhabit is not equally interesting, what with a crumbling and aging empire, the intrigue of court, an invasion threat from the north and enough deceit and deception to fill a castle.
I like the way Abercrombie writes. I like his character development, his pacing and his plotting. Certainly his Superior Glotka character is more fun than one can imagine, and the guy is a torturer. This should be a clue that The Blade Itself and the series is full of dark humor and observation on the human condition–albeit a twisted and cynical observation. The story is one that stretches across the centuries which lends both a fatalism and a sense of epic to the proceedings. This book is highly recommended. More so if you like Dave Duncan or Steve Erikson.
Filed under Book Review, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Opinion, Science Fiction, Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged with action, Blade Itself, book, criticism, Del Rey Books, epic fantasy, fantasy, Fiction, First Law, Joe Abercrombie, literature, Magi, Online Writing, review, Roleplaying
Dragongirl by Todd McCaffrey, Del Rey, July 27, 2010, 464 pages, $26.00 ISBN 978-0-345-49116-9
This is the third book set in the Pern Universe by Todd McCaffrey, who is the son of Anne McCaffrey, the woman who created Pern. But, if you are a fan of the series, you already know all that. This book picks up where Dragonheart (the previous book) left off. Fiona, who, in the previous book fled to the past to cure the wounded and raise a new crop of dragons, has returned. She's only been gone three days but has aged three years. Just after her arrival the entire complement of dragons at Telgar Weyr go between. There is a sickness that has been infecting the dragons and killing them. With Telgar empty, Fiona gathers what dragons and riders she can, along with some support personnel and heads to Telgar to take charge. At first there is friction as this young woman with odd ideas implements change after change, not the least of which is sleeping arrangements. But hope soon arrives with Kindan and Lorana who bring a cure for the dragon plague. But, is the cure too late? So many have died that Pern may have reached a tipping point where there are now too few dragons to fly thread without leading to extinction. How Fiona tries to cope with this while coming into her own as a Weyrwoman provides the push behind this novel.
Todd McCaffrey has done a fine job in maintaining the tone, feel and pacing of his mother's series. While one might argue that Pern embodies a fairly simplistic view of the world, almost as if Faire folk had taken over a volcano somewhere and created a society with no crime, no major social dysfunctions, no personality disorders other than the occasional grumpiness and the entire population continuously working toward the common good, the ability to maintain that worldview requires no little amount of skill. The book was fun, a fairly quick read and a welcomed addition to the Pern universe. It should be noted that there are many things left unresolved here so it appears as if at least one more book is forthcoming. I'm not a big fan of books that don't state right out that they are not complete, but that's the case here so if you require your plots tied up by the last page you may want to wait for however many books that will take.
Recommended. The cover is by Les Edwards. More info at http://www.delreybooks.com
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It is food addiction that many people are suffering when taking a look at the population. It is this one that is one of the causes of obesity in children in adults. Once you want to address food addiction then there are many ways on how you are able to address it. There are many treatments available and you will get to know them more by reading on this article.
The very first thing that you are should do to address food addiction is to use to it that you will know what triggers you. It s important that you will recognize that you have a problem and that is the first step. You need to see to it that you are able to do self-assessment before seeking any treatment. It is crucial that you will be honest about the assessment that you will be doing. A pattern for your overeating is a thing that you need to determine. There are people that eat especially when they are tired, stressed, bored, or emotional. You need to find out what triggers the operating that you have. Making a list of these triggers is a thing that you need to do once you have identified them. Making you focus more and have a clear idea of the goals that you have can be done once you will be making use of an intervention workbook.
When looking for treatment then one of the options that you can have is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).-info. It is this one that you should opt to have if your food addiction is caused by emotional or psychological factors. It is also in different eating disorders that this one is being used. A the psychologist that has experience with food addiction or similar conditions is what you should opt to have. It is also you that can find help once you will be opting to visit a nutritionist. It is them that can help you better understand your condition.
It is also a medical intervention that you can also opt to have. It is here where you can take anti-depressants which will help in design your food cravings. There are also some that will benefit from anti-anxiety medication.


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For the FCS..Still got carbon door cards and tailgate, Mattig DTM mirrors to go on and lower the torsion bar and coilovers, plus a good cut and polish.. and few other bits and bats.
Thanks to everyone thats helped me get it to this stage....You know who you are.
woo looking good mate....carpet looks nice aswell pal.
I have to thank kelly for the carpet. much better than the black water logged one i had in before.
tbh i quite like it without the dimond badge on the front...has he done a differant version without the impression in ?
Getting another bonnet off david thats been debadged, with this being the first one, its not 100% mint.
also mate...your top engine mount looks like its missin a rubber...(the one on the drivers side) mine looks differant.
It's all there, maybe the lack of power steering bottle has fooled you?
looking really good winston, so when we all going to see it in action and are you gonn abe putting acage in it?
Weekend fingers crossed, getting a new fuel pump and bolting the seats in. Then I can get up to martins and buy his cage.
thought you had a roll cage already winson ?
Had a roll cage, sold it to matnos on cliosport, It was far to heavy for the light weight beast.
Danny fancy bringing it to my house for me and I will sort you a even better mega deal for the parts you want :wink: ........If that would be ok with martin????
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Stephen Curry Sings Lebron James' Praises Over 'Craziest' 2016 NBA Finals Moment
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During his appearance in a podcast interview, the Golden State Warriors player has nothing but positive words about the Los Angeles Lakers star as he recalls when they went against each other in the 2016 NBA Finals.
AceShowbiz - Despite being former rivals, Stephen Curry (II) has no hard feelings for LeBron James. During his appearance in a podcast interview, the Golden State Warriors player had nothing but positive words about the Los Angeles Lakers star.
Speaking on the "Old Man and the Three" podcast, Curry talked about the time when he went against James and Kyrie Irving, who played for Cleveland Cavaliers at the time, for the 2016 NBA title. At the time, the Warriors, led by Curry and Klay Thompson, took a 3-1 lead in the Finals. However, James and Irving unexpectedly produced one of the greatest NBA Finals performances that earned Cleveland Cavaliers a history-making victory.
"You're up 3-1 and you're counting the win as 'let's just get it done,' " Curry said of the match on the podcast. "Draymond's [Green] suspension was a little distraction but still you're right there. Two-time defending champions, back-to-back the whole vibe."
He went on to say, "Then you know how it ended. That 3-1 situation, I've never seen two guys play at that level for three straight games. That's the craziest thing I've ever seen. Bron and Kyrie were just on... I mean we played well. They just played better."
In the episode, which also featured former NBA player JJ Reddick, the four-time NBA champ went on to say, "It was hard to watch and be in that vibe where you couldn't do anything about it. We still have the chance to win game five down the stretch, then the Kevin Love possession, which is the one play where I knew I should have done something better."
Recalling the moment, Curry further shared, "There was way more time on the clock than I thought, I was trying to answer Kyrie's three over me, that was in my head. I forced up a shot, we lost momentum and they won on our floor." He added, "You can always tip your hat to someone who just outplayed you. And that's what they did for three straight games."
The 2016 NBA victory did mean a lot to the Cavs as the team had never won the NBA Championship before. It also became the first NBA team ever to come from 3-1 down in Finals series and win.
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Many doctors couldn't help with Shelly Matheson's medical problem. Emory Special Diagnostic Services solved it in minutes.
During the winter holiday, Jackie Roché, a middle school teacher from Marietta, looked at some pictures taken at a family gathering and wondered why her cheeks seemed so full. Had she stuffed them with food just before the photo was taken? A few days later, she noticed her face was getting even rounder—although her clothes fit normally, and she hadn't gained weight.
At first, she looked for a simple explanation. She went to the dentist, who said she had no problems with her teeth or gums. She picked up some nasal spray, in case she had an allergy or congestion. She visited a primary care doctor, who told her it could be a sinus infection and gave her an antibiotic and steroids.
As the weeks went by, she began feeling worse. She was overcome with fatigue. An ear, nose, and throat doctor examined her sinuses and, after three visits and a CT scan, said they were clear. Another internist tested her for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, but she didn't have either. "It's so scary to not know what's wrong with you," says Roché, 48.
Just before the symptoms began, Roché had been treated with steroid injections for neck pain. Too much steroid treatment can cause the adrenal gland to stop making cortisol, a hormone the body needs for daily functioning and to respond to stress. "It had all shut down. I was tired all the time," she says. An endocrinologist put Roché on a different steroid as a treatment, until her adrenal glands began gradually to produce cortisol again.
This mystery was solved by Emory Clinic's Special Diagnostic Services. For more about the clinic and Dr. Clyde Partin, check out our story, Doctor Detective.


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As promised in last week's Rye News article, Time to Stand and Stare , Alan Dickinson has designed the first in a series of themed walks in Rye during lockdown. This week he looks mainly at unusual shopfronts in the High Street. The principal commercial street in this defended port town had a medieval gate at either end. The Strand Gate at the foot of the mint was demolished in the 18th century but the Landgate, where the walk begins, still forms the starting point of a walk in Rye High Street. There are images of all the buildings to view in the gallery at the bottom of this post. Click on the images to enlarge.
Start from the Landgate
We tend to take the historic monuments in Rye for granted as residents, but the Landgate is a remarkable survival from the 14th century when Rye was on the frontline of defence in the Hundred Years War against France. Looking back through the arch, the Outside Inn is a historic building on an important corner site, just outside the town walls of Rye. It has a 13th century stone vaulted cellar beneath the present building which dates from about 1600 and was an inn, the "Rye Galley". Later, it was a hatter's shop and Bragge's antique shop from 1929. It has recently been opened as a wine bar, returning to its original use.
Hilders Cliff (2)
On your left, the steep slope down to Fishmarket Road was planted and divided off from the start of the high Street known as Hilders Cliff by municipal railings and a retaining wall from 1867. The two lookouts were later additions; the closer from 1914 in memory of John Symonds Vidler, a local ship owner much involved in affairs in the town, and the further from 1935 in honour of E F Benson, the author of "The Mapp and Lucia" novels who lived at Lamb House. In the background, the tall buildings are Seaview Terrace, a development from the 1880s built on the edge of the cliff off East Street. The green area stretching to the Ypres Tower was once the site of streets of houses known as "The Baddings Ward" lost to landslip into the sea in the 14th century
High Street – old ironmongers (3)
At the start of the High Street proper, the imposing shop on the right looking over the Town Salts has a long history as an ironmongers from the early 18th century when it was owned by the Guy family. They were succeeded by the Hilders in the early 19th century. The building dates from this period and was extended on the left to form a four storey furniture showroom, now the Fig Tearoom
Britcher & Rivers 'Sweet Shop Tony' (4)
Among other shop owners taking the opportunity of the lockdown to carry out painting is 'Sweet Shop Tony' of Britcher & Rivers who discovered this antique glazed fascia sign (one of three surviving in the High street) when opening his confectioner's shop several years ago. The sign dates from 1919 when a men's outfitters, later known as Rivers, was opened.
The Monastery, the Augustinian Friary (5)
Looking back from the top of the Conduit Hill research by David and Barbara Martin has shown that this whole block of the town was part of the Monastery, the Augustinian Friary (covered in scaffolding on the left), which moved to this site in 1378 following the landslip. The monastery owned the street frontage and developed it with shops, originally about three metres further back. One building has kept its medieval timber framed front wall fossilised behind. In the foreground, Café Zara occupies the former Custom House, a Georgian building which was later the home of Adams of Rye, Printers who later moved across the road to its present building
The large building now occupied by Adams was sold as a building site in 1736 when the present structure was developed including brick barrel vaulted wine cellars beneath. It started life as four houses, one of which survives at the far end and was taken over by an early mail order pioneer, John Neve Masters, a watchmaker in the Victorian period. It is one of several buildings in Rye clad in mathematical tiles, shaped clay tiles nailed to timber framing and pointed between to simulate brickwork.
Apothecary Coffee House (7)
On the opposite side of the road on a corner site adjoining East Street is another fine 18th century shopfront with a long history as a chemists, now the Apothecary Coffee House. Recorded back to 1787, the chemist's business lasted until a few decades ago. The original labelled drawers inside were stripped out but were recovered by the then Rother Conservation Officer in the 1970s from an antique shop on Romney Marsh
Ashbee & Sons (8)
Another of the three antique glass fronted fascia signs survives at 100 High Street together with the canopy from which Ashbee & Sons Meat was hung. The butcher's business had a shop in East Street next to Rye Museum and moved to this site about 1900 taking over an established business
Grammar School Records (9)
In a prominent position opposite Lion Street looking up to the church tower is Grammar School Records. This very fine early decorative brick façade was built in 1736 by Thomas Peacock, a Rye councillor who established it as the town's grammar school. It was in use until the present Rye College site was developed in 1908 and was converted from meeting rooms to the present shop and flats over in the 1980s (featured photograph)
A little further on is the third of the glass fronted fascia signs at Day Lewis Pharmacy. Horrell Chemist's business dates from the 1890s.
Rye Bookshop (11)
Two other long established businesses only changed in recent years; the Rye Bookshop was formerly occupied by Boots the Chemist, one of the later of the multiple retailers to move into Rye (in 1934), the yellow brick building was Sladen House earlier belonging to Kingsnorth Reeve, an auctioneer. To the left, the red building is Craft Magic. It was a very long established bookseller and stationers from the 18th century, taken over in 1929 by the Goulden family, and for many years the Martello Bookshop
Monogram at Edinburgh Woollen Mill (12)
Nearing the western end of the High Street, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill has an Edwardian shopfront with green glazed columns having the monogram "ITS" at the capitals, for "International Tea Stores" one of the earlier multiples in the town (from about 1890).
NatWest Bank, The Mint (13)
Finally, at the western end of the High Street adjoining The Mint, one of the recently closed banks, NatWest, occupied a fine early 19th century bow fronted house. The London & County Bank was established there before 1859.
We welcome any comments or stories you may have about these buildings. Alan will be preparing further walks on Significant Houses and Industrial Rye
The Outside Inn, framed by the iconic Landgate arch
Britcher and Rivers (4)
Monastery Conduit Street (5)
The Apothocary (7)
Ashbee and Sons (8)
High Street Pharmacy (10
Rye Bookshop
Edinburgh Wool Mill (12)
Bank in the Mint (13)
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The Equestrian Club is a luxurious, gated residential community located in Wellington, Florida. Homes in the Equestrian Club sit on 1/3 acre to 1/2 acre lots and are estate sized, featuring 5, 6, or 7 bedrooms and ranging from over 3,000 square feet to over 5,000 square feet. There 138 single family homes in the Equestrian Club. Residents enjoy a private clubhouse, tennis courts, children's play areas, equestrian trails and multi-car garages. The Equestrian Club is also just a short drive from world class dining, shopping and a variety of entertainment to suit a wide range of taste and preferences.
Equestrian Club currently has 24 homes listed for sale. Equestrian Club currently has homes and townhomes ranging in size from 1754 to 7273 living square feet. These properties are priced from $789,888.00 to $22,000,000.00.
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Articles | Mar 18, 2019
Classification: General Business Use
As part of its strategy to foster the additional growth of its Specialties business, and to provide
outstanding service to its customers, SABIC has named Amco Polymers, as a third distribution
partner in North America, providing SABIC customers with specialty engineering thermoplastics and
related services in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Amco Polymers joins Nexeo Solutions, Inc. and Chase Plastic Services, Inc. as authorized
distributors of SABIC's complete portfolio of specialty materials, including NORYL™ resins
(polyphenylene ether-based materials), ULTEM™ resins (polyetherimide materials), LNP™
compounds and the full range of polycarbonate-based high-performance LEXAN™ copolymers.
"We are delighted to welcome Amco Polymers to the team, as we seek to further expand our ability
to deliver high-performance solutions, along with outstanding service, to our Specialties customers
in North America," said Cathie Hess, director, Customer Fulfillment, SABIC. "Amco Polymers'
extensive knowledge of specialty plastics, together with their application development expertise,
and a culture focused on delivering 'peace of mind' to their customers make Amco Polymers an
excellent fit with SABIC and, most importantly, our customers."
In addition, Hess noted that Amco Polymers' strong solution development mindset, coupled with
technical expertise, particularly in industries of focus for SABIC's Specialties business, were critical
factors in the decision to add Amco Polymers as a distribution partner.
Amco Polymers has represented SABIC's Petrochemicals business since 2014, and will continue to
provide SABIC's portfolio of filled polypropylene materials, in addition to now distributing SABIC's
portfolio of specialty materials.
"We are excited to establish a partnership with SABIC's Specialties business and promote products
that are the hallmark of our industry," said Kevin Wettstein, vice president and general manager of
Amco Polymers. "Customers need suppliers who help them innovate and compete. They need
flexibility and reliability to help them navigate ever-changing demands. Amco Polymers is
committed to providing solutions that help to accelerate our customers' growth and adding SABIC's
specialties materials to our portfolio further strengthens our ability to do just that."
Amco Polymers is headquartered in Orlando, Fla., and has a network of more than 200 distribution centers and warehouses in the United States, Mexico and Canada. Their representatives will begin serving SABIC customers during Q1 2019, with a primary focus on initial introductions and orientation to programs in progress with select SABIC customers. Amco Polymers representatives will also have access to the full range of SABIC's global application design and testing resources to support their relationships with SABIC customers.
ABOUT SABIC
SABIC is a global leader in diversified chemicals headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We manufacture on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.
We support our customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy.
SABIC recorded a net profit of SR 21.54 billion (US$ 5.74 billion) in 2018. Sales revenues for 2018 totaled SR 169.09 billion (US$ 45 billion). Total assets stood at SR 320.1 billion (US$ 85.4 billion) at the end of 2018.
Production in 2017 stood at 71.2 million metric tons. SABIC has more than 34,000 employees worldwide and operates in more than 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, we have 11,534 global patent filings, and have significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.
The Saudi Arabian government owns 70 percent of SABIC shares with the remaining 30 percent publicly traded on the Saudi stock exchange. For more information, visit www.sabic.com
ABOUT Amco Polymers,
Amco Polymers is an agile, solutions-focused distributor with an extraordinary breadth in resin selection. For more than 60 years, Amco has provided customers with peace of mind by building genuine relationships, providing responsive 24-hour customer service, and delivering with industry-leading logistics. Our comprehensive and diverse line card coupled with our knowledgeable and experienced sales and technical teams allow us to provide customers with solutions optimized around cost and performance. This solution-focused approach has accelerated Amco's growth into major markets such as automotive, packaging, industrial, healthcare, electrical/electronics, and consumer durables. For more information, please visit Amco's website at www.amcopolymers.com.
As part of its strategy to foster the additional growth of its Specialties business, and to provide outstanding service to its customers, SABIC has named Amco Polymers, LLC as a third distribution partner in North America, providing SABIC customers with specialty engineering thermoplastics and related services in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Amco Polymers joins Nexeo Solutions, Inc. and Chase Plastic Services, Inc. as authorized distributors of SABIC's complete portfolio of specialty materials, including NORYL™ resins (polyphenylene ether-based materials), ULTEM™ resins (polyetherimide materials), LNP™ compounds and the full range of polycarbonate-based high-performance LEXAN™ copolymers.
SABIC Media Contacts
Susan LeBourdais
Specialties Communications, SABIC
E: susan.lebourdais@sabic.com
M: +1 413-329-9340
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Amy Godfrey
E: agodfrey@ahminc.com
T: +1 413-448-2260, ext. 370
Amco Polymers Media Contact
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Robert Moses State Park – Thousand Islands facts for kids
Not to be confused with Robert Moses State Park (Long Island).
Robert Moses State Park
Picnic tables along the Saint Lawrence River in Robert Moses State Park.
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19 Robinson Bay Road
Massena, New York
2,322 acres (9.40 km2)
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
98,257 (in 2014)
Robert Moses State Park - Thousand Islands is a 2,322-acre (9.40 km2) state park located on Barnhart Island in the Saint Lawrence River and the adjacent mainland in the Town of Massena in St. Lawrence County, New York. The park is north of the Village of Massena, near the Canada–US border.
The park is named after former New York Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who created many of the state parks in New York. It is one of two state parks in New York to bear his name. The other, Robert Moses State Park - Long Island, is in southern New York on Fire Island.
Park description
Robert Moses State Park offers a beach, picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, recreation programs, a nature trail, hiking trails through woods and wetlands, fishing, a boat launch and marina, a campground with tent and trailer sites, cabins, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling, and a food concession.
Visitors may access the portion of the park on Barnhart Island by traveling through a tunnel below the Eisenhower Locks, part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
A nature center offers outdoor education opportunities, and is managed by the Friends of the Robert Moses State Park Nature Center, Inc. As of 2015, the nature center is operating out of facilities at the St. Lawrence Center Mall while construction is completed on a new building at park. The new facility, financed by the New York Power Authority, will replace the former nature center that was destroyed in a March 2010 fire.
A sign near the entrance of the park notes the location where the 45th parallel crosses through the park.
George Robert Carruthers
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Robert Moses State Park – Thousand Islands Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.