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Portal co-writer Erik Wolpaw: "We've gotta start Portal 3"
Portal and Portal 2 co-writer Erik Wolpaw says in Kiwi Talkz interview that he "would love to work on another Portal in a second, but I can't do it by myself"
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"We've gotta start Portal 3. That's my message to… whoever." Those words from Erik Wolpaw, who co-wrote both Portal and Portal 2 along with such titles as Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, Half-Life: Alyx, and Left 4 Dead, will no doubt whip fans up into a frenzy. However, Wolpaw is quick to constrain expectations. "I can't do it by myself," he says to Kiwi Talkz host Reece Reilly.
"I could advocate for it," says Wolpaw, "It might help a little bit, but the problem is with 300 employees there's a lot of opportunity cost to taking 75 people and getting a game made." He goes on to speak about the workplace at Valve and explains that getting a new project spun up isn't easy. "As much as it seems like Valve often is just a bunch of people sitting around sipping gin and tonics by a pool, everybody's working."
Wolpaw says that while Valve's employees are constantly working on a variety of projects, people don't always see the results – either because they end up not coming out, arriving years down the line, or are turned into something else entirely. He says that "everybody is accounted for… you'd have to stir up a bunch of people to leave what they're currently working on and come work on something else. In this case it'd be Portal 3."
Responding to Reilly's remark that Portal 3 would be a money-maker with a wry smile, Wolpaw says, "You're preaching to the choir here. The problem is, you would make money, but… are you going to make Counter-Strike: GO money? Probably not." After pondering briefly, he continues: "Maybe every game doesn't need to make Counter-Strike: GO money… Gabe, if you're listening," he chuckles, referring to Valve president Gabe Newell.
Wolpaw speaks in the interview about the process at Valve and several projects which he previously worked on. He notes that Portal 2 almost didn't happen due to teams shuffling around during the production cycle, speaking to the "all hands on deck situation" of finishing up Left 4 Dead 2 and other similar projects where staff members working on other projects would jump over and help close to release to help get a game out the door.
"Portal 2 came pretty close to being, if not killed, maybe it would've come back again in some form later on. But it would have been with that team disbanded, and somebody might take another run at it years later." Wolpaw notes that while this might sound strange given Portal 2's huge critical success, games are often in a bad state until they come together towards the end of development.
It's clear to see Wolpaw's enthusiasm for the prospect of a third game in the Portal series, although he's realistic about the difficulties of getting such a project off the ground. But he's hoping that he can convince his co-workers and the higher-ups before it's too late. "We're reaching the point where, it's crazy to think, but we're literally going to be too old to work on Portal 3."
In the meantime, one ambitious Portal 2 mod has been aiming to overhaul the puzzle game's graphics to resemble those of Half-Life: Alyx. Knowing Valve, there's also a decent chance that they'd want any future Portal titles to make use of their VR technology as well.
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No Longer Lost in Translation
Submitted by Japan Inc on August 31, 2008
PHOTOGRAPHY: HIROMI IGUCHI (www.hiromiiguchi.com)
Innovative scanning dictionary pen to help with the hardest parts of the Japanese language
By Gavin Blair
Every foreigner in Japan has encountered the same brick wall at some time or another—the unknown kanji character. It could be a key word in a newspaper article, an important phrase in a business document or an instruction on a form, but the snag of even a few small kanji may render an entire sentence or paragraph unintelligible. Of course there is always the kanji dictionary and, as long as you can identify the components and count the strokes correctly, it may be sufficient. Yet many who have tried to use those terrifyingly complicated tomes have come to the same conclusion—it may well be easier to memorize a few thousand kanji. Now, there are many electronic dictionaries that have light-pens with which kanji can be inputted onto a mini-screen. Here again though, get the strokes wrong or too far out of proportion, and you're in the same position.
The Quicktionary2 Kanji Reader: An ideal gift for all students of Japanese
The ideal would be to have a device which allows for quick translation, without the need to mess with buttons, strokes and other tricky obstacles that lie in the way of comprehending an otherwise simple sentence. However, many confused foreigners who feel that kanji might as well be hieroglyphics will be relieved to hear about an innovative new device which successfully cuts out the pitfalls of the old-style dictionary—the Quicktionary2 Kanji Reader pen. The world's first dictionary pen is a handheld device which is used to scan over the indecipherable kanji, instantaneously displaying the reading and definition of the character on its screen. The pen is produced by Israeli company Wizcom, and has been jointly developed, marketed and distributed by Japan21 Inc since April this year. "I met with Wizcom back in 1999 and I was very impressed with the original Quicktionary product," explains Mike Kato, CEO of Japan21. At the time it was just an English-to-Japanese dictionary, and Kato proposed that they localize by developing a Japanese-to-English version.
"I had been distributing the old model for seven or eight years and then in April, the Kanji Reader was launched. The technology is based around an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanner that has around 3,000 characters programmed into it, which is more than enough for everyday usage" says Kato. The device can scan almost any printed material, including newspapers, magazines, textbooks and printer output, as well as reading font sizes from 6 to 22, both vertically and horizontally.
Mike Kato, President, Japan21
Shortly after the launch of the unit, Japan21 held a competition for users who wrote short essays on how they felt about the Quicktionary2 and what difference it had made to their study of Japanese. Interestingly, the winner of the Gold prize was a 12 year-old Japanese-American girl. "She lives in Hawaii and can speak Japanese very fluently but can't read kanji so well. The Quicktionary2 allowed her to do homework from her Japanese language school without her mother's help," explains Kato.
The Quicktionary2 is not only useful for foreigners living in Japan but is also important for Japanese people who live abroad. It enables them to learn the language properly— a foundation for their cultural identity— and helps returnee Japanese get their kanji up to speed. However Kato affirms that the main market is the large number of people from overseas who can't read Japanese fluently and find it impacts on their lives to at least some extent on a daily basis.
Mike Kato explains how he ended up working on an Israeli technology venture and how it led to the establishment of his current company: "I first started doing business with Israelis back in '96, working at a Japanese company but already thinking about leaving. I was working as a consultant to coordinate meetings between them and big Japanese companies like NTT, NEC, Dentsu and many others."
He spent a week in June 1996 with representatives of an Israeli firm trying to crack the Japanese market. "It was a very busy time but very interesting. The last two or three days they tried to recruit me as a country manager for Japan. I thought to myself that I didn't know how to work with this strange Israeli video-over-internet startup of around 100 people," Kato says laughing. "By mid-July I had signed a contract with them, started up the KK in August and had my first order by September."
The operations of the business started very well with Microsoft investing in the venture as it began to grow. However, not everything was smooth sailing. "The Japan end was the most successful market but the company as a whole was less successful," reports Kato.
The firm sold off its key R&D unit to a US company and matters deteriorated from there. "The CEO asked me to close the Japan operations but fortunately or unfortunately, the business was too successful in Japan and I felt responsible for the staff and customers here so I told the CEO that I couldn't do it. I bought out the operation and took over full responsibility for everything. That's how I became independent," says Kato.
The people he had worked with around the world eventually provided him with many of the partners he has since worked with. "I also built a big network of overseas contacts who, when they had some business in Japan, would call me and say, 'Hey Mike, can you help me?' So this is my job now," Kato explains.
"I would tell them: Japan is problematic, the culture is different, they don't speak English so well, it takes too long to get good personnel on-board"
He recalls that even back when the Japanese economy was booming, it was still often very difficult for outsiders trying to penetrate the market: "I would tell them, 'Japan is problematic, the culture is different, they don't speak English so well, it takes too long to get good personnel on-board.' " Kato believes that country managers want to set up and expand the team but revenue can never grow fast enough. He got around this by setting up his own company "to provide resources and knowledge, basically all the essential things you need to run your business here in Japan." With a proven track-record and years of experience behind him, Kato is clearly confident in his ability to deliver. After spending ten years with Motorola in Tokyo, Kato believed he had learned many of the rights and wrongs for foreign firms setting up operations here. "Japanese telecommunication deregulation occurred in 1985, so "At that time, being a good English speaker in the Japanese business world had a lot of kudos. Now, effective communication is essential in any business"Motorola had lots of opportunities at the time and 1,000 staff but not a lot of people doing business development. It's a different culture, it's not one-to-one sales. In Japan it's more business-to-business and not a lot of people were willing to put in that level of commitment." Kato ended up taking on increasing responsibilities to fill the voids that had been allowed to develop. "So I did everything," he says. "Even though I wasn't a telecom expert." He goes on to explain how his language skills made a big difference in those days: "At that time, being a good English speaker in the Japanese business world had a lot of kudos. Now, effective communication is essential in any business, especially when providing a gateway service as I do."
The combination of Kato's skills, and knowledge of the challenges faced by companies entering the marketplace in Japan, has been a successful one for his company and its partners. In 2003 this success led to Japan21 being approved for the "Greensheet System" (an alternative sharemarket system sponsored by the Japan Security Dealers Association). "It is still a small company and I would like to keep it as streamlined as possible with a select group of very professional people at its core," says Kato. Japan21 currently represents and manages the Japanese operations of a number of overseas technology companies working in fields such as biometric security, high-tech communications solutions, semi-conductors, PC-based translation applications, open source software consulting, multimedia processing and delivery, as well as mobile network monitoring and surveillance.
With the ability to read small and large text, vertically and hozrizontally, the Kanji Reader dictionary pen could become a staple for life in Japan.
"Being creative is the key to my success in business," explains Kato. He gives his background of patent licensing in the automotive safety field as well as the product development of the Quicktionary2 Kanji Reader as examples of his creativity. In fact, Kato is a strong believer that creativity is essential for on-the-ground operations and troubleshooting.
After doing business for 30 years, Kato is looking for a new challenge. His future plans include the creation of a fund with the objective of financing M&A deals and bringing innovative ideas to market. "Having experienced the salaryman lifestyle, I know that is not for me. I now concentrate on building true value for businesses, not just as a sales representative or distributor, but from the planning and development stages." The Quicktionary2 Kanji Reader demonstrates the additional value provided by Kato and Japan21 by being involved at early-stage localization. Kato is constantly searching for new partners, innovative ideas and products to help develop for the Japanese market. JI
Contact Details: Japan21 Inc
Website Kanji Reader: www.kanjireader.net
Website Japan21: www.japan21.co.jp
Email: info@japan21.co.jp
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Anonymous (not verified)
I am very interested in this product although at first I must admit it sounded too good to be true.
Does the voice speaker also read out loud the pronunciation of the kanji itself?
Kanji Fan (not verified)
The Kanji Reader's audio function
I have one of these pens. As far as the audio function, it's designed for the English to Japanese mode. But I don't find it necessary in reading Japanese words, as the romanji or hiragana given will show you how to pronounce the words anyway.
February 11, 2010 - 06:45
So for what do you need after all the pen?
In my opinion, I think it's, sorry to mention it, a stupid comment. So when everything is so clear, why did you buy one of these pens? And I think, if you write such stuff, you are probably at the beginner level, as even quite same written Majiribun somtimes have total different meanings, furthermore, what do you do with a lots of Kanji compositas (like the diet prime minister), for example?
You should be happy as you have such a great help, as I unfortunately do not live in Japan so I probably could order one, which could help me for Japanology education.....
So far, whish you the best for your Japanese studies....
Yuri Anisimov (not verified)
October 1, 2008 - 13:33
Kanji Reader
Fantastic. It finally arrived and I can read my bills. 20% discount is welcome
Flying Blind (not verified)
No Language skills Required?
Hello I am a flight attendant who moved here to Japan for work. I don't speak or read Japanese but felt it was a great opportunity to explore Japan and Asia as a whole. However living in Japan- even part time, without being able to read has proven very difficult. I can't read menus or decipher train schedules or read updates or announcements on the bulletin board in my building. I can't even find the right receipts or read them to figure out how much I paid for a certain item. Would this device help me?
Required language skills for Kanji Pen
Good questions. I have one of the Kanji pens and have been experimenting with scanning various things. Hadn't tried store receipts yet, so just tried that and had pretty good results. It is certainly true that life in Japan is still not that easy if you can't read anything.
My personal opinion is that the Kanji Pen is most useful for people who have started studying the language, who know hiragana and katakana, the two syllabaries (which are fairly quick to learn) and have an interest in moving on to the kanji. Yes, you could use the pen on a notice or something, looking up every word, if you are very patient. However, as it's not a translation device, to get the sense of a text, you'd be best off knowing something about Japanese grammar. If you are planning to stay in Japan for any length of time, I really recommend that study, as it makes life so much more interesting and comprehensible.
June 1, 2009 - 12:37
reading from screens
I just stumbled on this device online and was wondering, can i run it on my mobile screen to translate a japanese word of the text message received, or if i took a picture of a japanese signboard using my digital camera, could i run the dictionary on the display of my camera containing the picture taken of the kanji? Thanks..
unRheal
Not likely good for screens, but possibly pictures, depending...
I'm no authority, but I did read a comment elsewhere while looking for info - where someone asked if it would be good for reading screens, and the reply was that since it worked like a scanner, it wouldn't read from a screen well, if at all. (probably not at all)
As well, it sounded like it wouldn't read handwriting very well, but would read at least a few different popular fonts... so presumably if you took a picture of a sign that was reasonably close to a decent font, and the actual printed picture ended up with the results being in the font-size range it can handle - then it might translate that. But you can probably see how that would be iffy and a bit of hit-miss - unless the picture was taken and (re)sized with this in mind.. and of course would at least have to be printed - and not viewed on your monitor. ;) Cheers.
Sounds great, but...?
I've tried emailing numerous different email addresses I found on wizcomtech.com and wizcomshop.com, but no replies. :(
Anyone know of somewhere in Vancouver, BC, Canada that someone could buy one of these, and ideally actually see one before buying it...?
The "Where to buy" stores they list for Canada don't mention this pen on their sites, that I've found - London Drugs for example - I go into almost every day, but they only carry a single translator by Franklin. :(
And support sure sounds iffy - as I've heard others say, and well... if you can't get a reply to an email, how good is support going to be!?
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Alan Bale (not verified)
January 13, 2014 - 03:26
translating from art reference books
I collect Japanese art objects and I wish translate from Japanese art reference books that use unusual kanji, sometimes complex ones with unusual definitions in the context of art objects. Will this be possible? Also can the pen read hiragana when it appears above a kanji as a superscript pronunciation help?
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While Las Vegas might be home to luxe hotels, Donny and Marie, and enough casinos to warrant a zip code, it's also one of the most popular destinations for couples to say "I Do." The options to get hitched here are as colorful and abundant as the glittery Elvises swiveling their hips on The Strip. Want to exchange rings on a rollercoaster? No problem. Prefer to swap vows aboard a pirate ship? Done. Call it glitzy or gaudy, but whatever you call it, you can't deny that this mecca of money keeps the brides and grooms flocking. And celebrities are certainly no exception.
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This is the nature of attention. It darts around, scanning continuously for what's interesting. This was an invaluable benefit in our ancestral environment. It was rare we might need to focus on one thing for more than a few moments at a time, but essential not to miss that snarling predator lurking in the bush.
As a result, if you try really hard to pay attention to only one thing, you'll quickly find your attention elsewhere. In fact, usually, your brain decides to change the subject of your attention without your conscious input, much less your permission. You might have already drifted off into a different thought a few times as you read this. Your brain expects a little hit of feel-good neurotransmitter every time your attention jumps to something interesting. Novelty feels good.
This is precisely what makes it hard to reliably capture people's attention. Generally, people themselves don't understand what catches their attention or why. Most shifts in attention are unconscious, so it's impossible for people to articulate why their attention does what it does. They only notice what it does after it has happened. Certain colors of call-to-action buttons work better on a landing page than others not due to any conscious decision by anyone, but due to the unconscious preferences of billions of brains.
Certainly, there are some things that work very well on all of us: bright colors, flashing objects, and attractive scantily clad people are all widely used to great effect. For a new parent, there's nothing better than an iPad to quell a tantrum from a cranky toddler, and that's because looking at colorful moving images feels good.
The best approach we've developed for understanding what captures people's attention is empirical. We record as much as we can about what's in their awareness — or what's on stage. We then try to record where the spotlight is cast — by recording a clicked link or opened email. Then, we look for patterns.
1) We'll have more data on both attention and awareness.
Shops already use realtime facial expression APIs to track ad viewers' age, gender, mood, and interest level. Google's Project Soli is a miniature solid state radar that can detect the movement of your hand and other objects near your phone. We appear comfortable with inviting Amazon Echo's Orwellian always-on microphone into our homes.
Screens are everywhere. Not only did our glossy paranormal hand rectangles become globally ubiquitous in just 10 years, they've fundamentally transformed how humans interact with the world. While technology often advances unpredictably, screens are probably likely to persist for a while. That's because out of the five senses you have — the five ways of putting information into awareness — vision has the highest throughput to the brain. We are multiple breakthroughs away from anything faster.
Eventually, you might ask a machine to produce a fantasy novel. Say you theme it similar to Harry Potter … but with a Game of Thrones flair. And let's maybe have the bad guy win this time.
Machines will play a much bigger role in helping us produce the content that captures human attention. We'll see a proliferation of collaborative agents in products that assist us in our workflows. Machines will suggest assets to include in the content you're making, or subsets of content to include. Executive control will remain with creators, but the ideation and production process will become increasingly automated. Think Clippy the Microsoft Office Assistant, but with a much bigger brain.
Demonstrating that content was created by a human will become much harder. There's no way you can imagine this article having been written by a machine, but one day, that won't seem so ridiculous.
Machines are cheap, so as machines contribute more to creating content, the places where we consume content will be flooded. Early adopters of those techniques will benefits, but the late adopters will find that to stand out, they'll have to produce content that is demonstrably beyond machines' capabilities in an effort to keep attracting interest.
Work will become increasingly symbiotic. You'll spend more of your time deciding among things and less collecting and preparing things. Machines will find relevant documents and emails, do Google searches in the background, and perform other functions that can be defined as a semi-structured set of tasks. As the deluge of content on our screens grows, tools will emerge to stem the flood.
To connect these dots, it's not hard to imagine a future in which wealthy corporations and governments support a basic minimum wage, and in return, people spend their time and attention generating training data and validating models. It would generally be simple tasks, easily performed on a phone, and would involve only skills or data that machines don't have yet.
Data on human attention exposes the unconscious information locked away in our minds. That information is valuable and important, because in the aggregate, it is an encoding of everything humans want — not just of our buying preferences and creature comforts, but also of our ethics and values as a species. We want machines to understand us, and monitoring human attention may be a good way to collect the necessary data.


The MPs behind the inquiry into Carillion's collapse have written to more than 20 people including business secretary Greg Clark, work and pensions secretary Esther McVey and former chief executive Richard Howson asking them to comment on their findings published last week.
The work and pensions and business committees have written to all the witnesses, as well as interested groups, from the inquiry telling them to get responses back by early July.
The letters include a request to the former treasury committee chair and incoming head of the Competition & Markets Authority, Andrew Tyrie, to launch a review of the Big Four accounting firms, including the possibility of breaking them up, at the earliest opportunity.
The letter asked Tyrie to "demonstrate what a new broom you are at the CMA, by asking your staff to initiate that review as soon as possible".
In their letter to Tyrie co-chairs Rachel Reeves and Frank Field said "it looked increasingly inevitable that the CMA would conduct a review" of the Big Four firms.
They wrote: "Since our report was published, Bill Michael, chairman KPMG UK, said his firm had been thinking about break-up scenarios 'for some time' as the current business model of the Big Four is 'unsustainable'.
The MPs have also written to Sir John Kingman, who is chairing the government's independent review of the Financial Reporting Council, asking him to include the question of whether FRC leadership is equipped to effect the cultural change laid out in the inquiry's findings within his review.
Reeves and Field have also sent a series of questions to the chair of The Pensions Regulator (TPR), Mark Boyle.
They expressed their disappointment at the "modest" scope of some targets in TPR's latest corporate plan.
They also noted that secretary of state Esther McVey has confirmed her desire to see a regulator that is "tougher, clearer, quicker", and ask how TPR's board intends both to evaluate the performance of the current chief executive, and what the criteria will be for either reappointing or reappointing the next one.
All parties have been asked to provide their feedback to the inquiry's findings and answers to further questions by 4 July, with Field and Reeves saying they "intend to invite the committees to agree to publish those responses in full in a special report" before the summer recess.


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Suge Knight Faces Potential $3.3 Million Tax Bill
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Suge has all kinds of problems with the U.S. government.
(AllHipHop News) Jailed rap mogul Suge Knight is facing a $3.3 million tax bill from California and U.S. federal authorities.
Knight, who is currently incarcerated in Los Angeles County Jail facing a murder charge over an alleged hit-and-run incident, is now facing two tax liens, according to documents.
Agents for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) accuse the former Death Row Records boss, 52, of owing a total of $3.3 million; $3.28 million in federal taxes, and $44,600 to the state of California.
His alleged debts relate to the years 1997 to 2000 and from 2011 to 2013.
Knight, a leading figure in the gangsta rap movement of the 1990s, is set to stand trial in the coming months over the alleged 2015 hit-and-run incident in a Los Angeles car park.
He is accused of running down Terry Carter and Cle 'Bone' Sloan in an LA parking lot after an alleged altercation near the set of the N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton."
Carter was killed but Sloan survived his injuries. If convicted of murder Knight faces life in prison.
The hip-hop mogul, real name, Marion Knight Jr., has also been indicted over alleged threats made against the director of the biopic, F. Gary Gray.
Knight has pleaded not guilty to a felony count of making death threats against the filmmaker.
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Weir Group sells loss-making oil and gas division to Fortune 500 firm Caterpillar as FTSE 250 commodities engineer focuses on mining
The oil and gas industry has been hit by a big collapse in the oil price this year
Weir Group's oil and gas division recorded a £4million first-half operating loss
Weir makes products such as fracking pumps, hydraulic valves and wellheads
By Harry Wise For This Is Money
Published: 11:07 EST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 12:05 EST, 5 October 2020
The Weir Group has announced it will sell its oil and gas division to heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar in a £314million deal that signals the firm's departure from the struggling petroleum sector.
Shares in the Glasgow-based engineer jumped by 15.9 per cent to £14.84 after it revealed the agreed sale this morning, which it hopes to finalise by the end of the year, subject to shareholder approval.
The oil and gas industry has been set back by massive volatility in the last year, as the coronavirus pandemic caused demand to slump, an oil price war to erupt between Russia and Saudi Arabia, and prices to fall to their lowest in decades.
Weir said it would use some of the proceeds from the sale to pay down its debts and that it will earn a $70million cash tax benefit from the transaction
Weir's oil and gas division has been badly affected by this downturn. It recorded a £4million operating loss in the first six months of 2020 against a £29million profit in the same period last year, while revenues plummeted by 48 per cent.
But it has also been harmed for some years by the weaknesses in the North American fracking market, where it has been a significant supplier of drilling equipment. Its products include fracking pumps, hydraulic valves and wellheads.
In 2019, the company's oil and gas earnings fell by a quarter. And though it reported being 'modestly profitable' in the second half, it registered a $546million impairment charge and was forced to implement large cost-cutting measures.
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Weir said it would use net proceeds from the sale to pay down its debts and that it will earn a $70million cash tax benefit from the transaction.
Chief executive Jon Stanton called the deal a 'major milestone' for the FTSE 250 business that would enable it to put more focus on its mining operations.
These operations earned £653million in revenues in the first half of 2020, which was over £300million more than the earnings of its ESCO, and oil and gas divisions combined.
The oil and gas industry has been damaged this year by a slump in its price and demand
'We are pleased to have reached this agreement that delivers a great home for the Oil & Gas division and maximises value for our stakeholders,' Stanton added.
'Alongside the previous sale of the Flow Control division and the acquisition of ESCO, it is a major milestone in transforming the Group into a focused, premium mining technology business.
'It means Weir is ideally positioned to benefit from long-term structural demographic trends and climate change actions which will increase demand for essential metals that must also be produced more sustainably and efficiently.
The Weir Group has also been harmed for some years by the weaknesses in the North American fracking market, where it has been a significant supplier of drilling equipment
In July, Illinois-based Caterpillar, considered a bellwether for economic activity, warned of continued sluggishness in equipment sales due to the coronavirus pandemic, with its main customers in highly cyclical businesses such as mining and construction.
In a separate statement, it said the deal covered more than 40 Weir Oil & Gas manufacturing and services locations and about 2,000 employees.
"This acquisition will expand our offerings to one of the broadest product lines in the well service industry," Joe Creed, Vice President of Caterpillar's Oil & Gas and Marine Division, remarked.
The arrangement includes Weir's North American and international oil and gas operations, comprising its Pressure Pumping and Pressure Control business units, and associated after-market spares among other things.
Caterpillar agrees to purchase Weir Group's oil and gas division


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Marcus Rashford is on the radar of two of Spain's biggest clubs. Photo by Matthew Peters / Manchester United via Getty Images
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TOP STORY: Barca keep watch on Man United's Rashford
Mundo Deportivo report Barcelona are considering move for Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford.
Rashford previously said in an interview with The Guardian that Barcelona are one of two clubs, alongside Real Madrid, that he would consider leaving Manchester United, and it looks like the Catalan side are watching the England star's moves in the goal to make an approach in 2022 or January 2023.
Financial problems mean Barca are unable to move next January, or maybe even at the end of the current season, but they are aware that the 24-year-old's contract ends in 2023 and that he has moved within the last 18 months.
With that in mind, Xavi Hernandez's side are confident they can tempt the striker at Camp Nou rather than taking the option of an extra year at Old Trafford.
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The American's form has seen its ups and downs since joining Juve from Schalke and Leeds believe he has the perfect attributes to help them score points in the Premier League. Not only that, but it is also in their price range. However, Bielsa will have to work his magic to persuade him that a relegation battle is more appealing than the Serie A top of the line.
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In his latest book, Kippenberg argues analysis of religious violence should not seek to sanction the purity, authenticity or legitimacy of religious groups and deem others aberrant as this distorts our capacity to observe. For Kippenberg, the mis-handling of Jonestown as feared of by J. Z. Smith was manifest in the Waco disaster. Or, Kippenberg asserts that when academics credential the alterity of religious groups and public officials fail to understand the recursive impacts of religious belief and socio-political activity, potentially preventable harm occurs. Kippenberg's other case studies: Iran, Hezbollah, the Palestinian-Israeli crisis, American apocalyptic Christianity, and 9/11 demonstrate how macro-scale religious violence is observably a function of religious belief and perceptions of individual agency, communality, and autonomy. He indicates that these issues are also causative factors in the choice of non-violent religious responses by these same communities.
Kippenberg's handling of violence as a religious act has broader applications for how analysts consider religion, agency and causation. The book is enormously useful for the analysis of religious and civic activity. In line with his observations on the problem of sanctioning legitimacy, he asserts that analysts must try to understand the internal logic or plausibility of actions taken rather than assume brainwashing or false consciousness on the part of those studied. Furthermore, analysts must take seriously the claims made about how activity is religious for the agents profiled and then situate those decisions as adherence or rejection of a communally understood array of options.
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Nestled between Lake Kogalup and the natural bushland of Beeliar National Park, 20km south of Perth, is the modern structure of Emmanuel Catholic College, which first opened its doors in 1999 and has now grown to more than 1000 students.
After a gradual increase in student numbers over several years, it became obvious that the campus would benefit from an upgrade and expansion to accommodate the needs of the students and maintain its commitment to the delivery of excellence in education.
Having commissioned Edgar Idle Wade Architects to create their vision for the expanded college, the six-stage build resulted in facilities that encompass a double-story block of classrooms, specialist media labs and offices, a new performing arts building and a sports centre, all of which complement the original building whilst taking the school to new heights.
"The modern 1000sqm multi-level building was designed as a feature on the school campus with classrooms spilling out into an open learning area. The southern side of the vast building is made up predominantly of glass overlooking the playing fields of the school's oval," says Mark Hutchison, State Sales Manager, Knauf Australia.
"While an alternate perforated plasterboard product was originally selected for the plasterboard ceiling lining, Knauf's Stratopanel was ultimately used to provide a seamless and continuous perforated finish even where access panels were situated. The end result looks superb and meets the needs of the large fan shaped building."
Stratopanel, Knauf's perforated plasterboard that provides excellent acoustic performance, was the perfect choice for this project, which included large open-plan learning spaces. The ceiling lining needed to cope with the noise that accompanies this type of environment. Stratopanel also includes CLEANEO Technology which has built-in air purification to reduce smells and airborne pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), improving the overall air quality in the building.
Working with Universal Constructions and JPM Ceilings, who were commissioned to manage the installation of the extensive wall and ceilings package in the new learning space, the Knauf engineers considered several solutions to providing an aesthetically pleasing result in a space that, whilst beautiful, presented many construction challenges. Perhaps the most challenging area of the build was securing Stratopanel to the solid plasterboard ceiling margins.
"Because of the unique fan shaped design to the building, almost no two walls were the same angle," says Mark. "The first solution that we considered for this was to import frieze tape from Germany to trial on the angled joints. However, although this may be a product for future projects, we ultimately determined that this wasn't the best option on this build."
Using their 30 years' experience in carpentry and ceiling installation, JPM Ceilings and the Knauf team, in particular Mark Hutchinson, collaborated on an alternative solution that adapted Knauf's Uniflott Jointing Compound, a plaster-based cement, rather than taping. This created a smooth transitioning joint from the margin to the perforated plasterboard.
"The biggest challenge was that the building was a curved shape with a downward raking ceiling. This meant the Stratopanel got lower as it went around the curve, which was very difficult to keep in a decent plane and keep the Stratopanel square," says Jason Millar from JPM Ceilings.
"We also had some very tight curved bulkheads which were even too tight for 6mm flexible plasterboard. But we managed to install multiple layers of 3mm MDF onto a Knauf framing system that we adapted."
To ensure that the perforation pattern of the ceiling panels was perfectly aligned, the team at JPM Ceilings cut the Stratopanel boards on angles to suit the various room shapes and created an engineered FF edge in conjunction with the Uniflott, resulting in a seamless aesthetic that provides high acoustic performance and minimises any glancing light issues.
"Glancing light can highlight the joints between boards, casting shadows on the plasterboard and causing it to look unsightly. The angles of the building and extent of the large windows, including the highlight windows designed to capture the sun on the north side, could all create potential glancing light problems. The combined use of Uniflott and the FF edge ensured that the installers achieved a jointless and flawless appearance," Mark added.
With the project completed on time and on budget, despite the many challenges offered by the multi-faceted and multi-angled building, everyone who worked on the building can be extremely proud of the end result which provides future generations of students with world-class learning facilities.
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Last Updated:June 12, 2013, 10:29 IST
Los Angeles: Singer Jennifer Lopez is "open" to reprise her role of a judge on 'American Idol' this autumn, but isn't sure what has been decided.
The 43-year-old refused to spill the beans as to whether she has been approached to be part of the FOX show's judging panel, reports contactmusic.com.
Speaking on US radio show 'On Air with Ryan Seacrest', Lopez said, "I don't know what's happening over there. I don't know. We will see. I'm always open to the infinite possibilities that the universe has to offer. So you never know."
"I was emotional about (leaving). I just had such a good time there. It fit ... I felt like family (and) I get emotionally attached," she added.
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This mix is different this month, in that it's 90 minutes, instead of the usual 60. There's just so much amazing music out, that I wasn't able to stop at 60 minutes! Punkt vor Strich has 3 hot new releases (in the past 2 months), so I had to give them some play; I think you'll approve.
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The discipline for the 2018-19 BCCSL season will be tracked within the GotSoccer system. The BCCSL follows all of BC Soccer's discipline and sanctioning policies.
In general, red cards during exhibition matches should be reported to the organization with jurisdiction.
For example, if two teams from the same club are playing each other, any red cards would be sent to that club. If teams are from different clubs within the same district, the youth district would have jurisdiction. If teams are from different districts, BC Soccer would have jurisdiction.
Note that if red cards are received by BC Soccer, BC Soccer may also assign discipline to be undertaken at the district, league or club level depending on the incident.
Discipline hearings are held at 6501 Sprott Street, Burnaby at 6.00 pm on Thursday's.


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TRIBUNE EDITORIALS
Vote for medical marijuana ballot issue
Medical marijuana has been debated in Montana for more than a decade.
After voters in 2004 approved a vague medical marijuana law, the issue languished for several years.
Seven years later, the number of medical marijuana card-holders soared to 30,000 people.
In 2011, the Montana Legislature passed a severely restrictive law that included a provision that a medical marijuana provider could only serve three patients. The three-patient limit finally took effect Aug. 31.
"I think it was just de facto prohibition," said retired CPA and former Bozeman Mayor Jeff Krauss, a proponent of Initiative 182, which would change Montana's medical marijuana law yet again. Last month, medical marijuana card-holders in Montana numbered 13,034.
The three-person limit "cut a whole lot of people out" of receiving medical marijuana, Krauss said. And he said it's not practical to expect an elderly person suffering from cancer to grow his or her own medical marijuana.
I-182 would reverse the three-patient limit.
"That's what we're trying to get back to, to a place where suffering people ease their suffering," Krauss said in a telephone interview.
Krauss was mayor of Bozeman when it tackled the medical marijuana issue. Bozeman restricted medical marijuana shops to industrial areas away from schools. He said if I-182 passes, cities can still enact necessary marijuana shop restrictions through zoning laws.
The initiative is opposed by Steve Zabawa, a Billings car dealer who heads Safe Montana, an anti-drug group. Zabawa warned in a phone interview I-182 would return Montana to wide-open marijuana sales and would essentially legalize marijuana for any use, including recreation.
We agree with Zabawa that a better way to dispense pain-killing cannabis components or derivatives would be through physicians, pharmacists and a prescription drug system. But so far only a handful of marijuana-related drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or are in advanced trials.
Meanwhile, medical research concludes marijuana can help: Decrease the damaging pressure in the eyeball caused by glaucoma; control epileptic seizures; decrease anxiety perhaps; ease the pain associated with multiple sclerosis; treat inflammatory bowel diseases and more. The uses are broad. For some people, the hassle and expense of obtaining medical marijuana is worth the relief from symptoms it provides that FDA-approved medication, which is covered by health insurance, does not.
Krauss said I-182 would provide for unannounced annual inspections of marijuana provider premises, and allow laboratories to do marijuana product testing. The new initiative provides more oversight than the original 2004 version did, Krauss said.
Zabawa said his group supports medical use of marijuana, but he calls I-182 "a terrible piece of legislation," and predicted it will lead to access to marijuana for recreational use. The intent of the initiative is to "legalize marijuana in the state of Montana," Zabawa said.
"Anybody can go get a green card," Zabawa added. He said legislators in 2011 tried to "squeeze" out recreational marijuana users with the restrictive Senate Bill 423 that became law.
We think SB 423 went too far, which is why I-182 or something like it became necessary.
We support medical marijuana, but we don't support legalizing pot for recreational use. We also would hate to see Montana's marijuana laws continue to lurch back and forth between permissiveness and prohibition.
I-182 removes the difficult-to-justify three-patient limit that has created hardships for some medical marijuana patients across the state.
We recommend voters cast a "yes" vote for the medical marijuana initiative, I-182.
— Tribune editorial board
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Editor's note: This is the first in a series of four endorsement editorials regarding issues on the Nov. 8 general election ballot in Montana, reflecting the views of the Tribune editorial board. As in the recent past, the Tribune will not be endorsing individual candidates for any offices.


Through the years, we have had many committed and knowledgeable professionals as part of our Passy Muir team. Our experienced, caring, and committed clinicians have helped to establish Passy Muir as a company respected not only for our quality products but also for our educational focus on the unique issues and needs of our patient population.
Lynn Godwin earned a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy from the University of South Alabama. She has been a practicing respiratory therapist for over 30 years. Lynn's career has included multiple medical settings in the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of respiratory care. She has worked with every patient population, most recently with adults suffering from comorbidities in a long term acute care hospital. Lynn's focus in the LTACH Pulmonary Center of Excellence at Select Specialty Hospital in Pensacola, FL. was to implement early in-line intervention with the Passy Muir® Valve, not only as a communication tool but also for progression of ventilator weaning and decannulation. She is currently a full-time clinical specialist for Passy Muir.
Mike Harrell has varied experience in respiratory care clinical practice, education, and management. Prior to joining the Passy Muir clinical team in 2005, Mike was Director of Respiratory Care with Charlotte Regional Medical Center in Punta Gorda, Florida. Mike also presided as President of the Florida Society of Respiratory Care where he brought together his clinical knowledge and strong advocacy for patient care to improve respiratory care in the state of Florida. In his role as Director of Clinical Education-Respiratory with Passy Muir, he has presented both domestically and internationally.
Dr. Kristin King has been a speech-language pathologist in a variety of settings since 1995. She earned her PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders from East Carolina University in 2008, specializing in cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders with medically complex patients of all ages. She has trained SLPs in FEES and VFSS and developed programs for the management of patients on ventilators and use of the Passy Muir® Valve. She also developed programs for assessment, treatment, and management of patients with TBI. She has published peer-reviewed articles; is a recognized and invited speaker both domestically and internationally on the use of speaking valves, evaluation and treatment following TBI, and swallowing disorders; and has served as an expert witness. She currently conducts research in these areas and maintains clinical skills through consultative services. She also participates in the development of multimedia education on topics relevant to speech-language pathology, respiratory therapy, and nursing, among other clinical professions. She is the Vice President of Clinical Education and Research for Passy Muir.
Gail Sudderth, RRT has extensive experience in a variety of clinical settings as a respiratory therapist. As a lead therapist at a large teaching hospital, she worked with medically complex patients who required tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation, where her expertise was to manage patients who were considered difficult to wean. In her role, she worked closely with the speech-language pathologists and developed training competencies for suctioning and cuff management. Gail has developed and co-developed web-based presentations and on-site seminars for medical professionals who care for patients with tracheostomy. A recognized and invited speaker, she has presented in the United States and internationally at hospitals, as well as state and medical professional meetings, on the topic of airway and ventilator management and the application of the Passy Muir® Valve. In addition, she has presented and published articles on the importance and development of multidisciplinary airway management teams. She is currently a full-time clinical specialist for Passy Muir.
Allie Atkinson graduated with a master's degree in Communication Disorders from Texas State University in 2003. She is recognized as a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, and her clinical work has focused on providing dysphagia and speech therapy services for medically complex patients who require long-term acute care. Allie has developed multiple programs for dysphagia and communication disorders and is responsible for establishing an interdisciplinary service model for patients with tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation, which resulted in the designation of her facility as a Passy Muir Center of Excellence. She has presented the keys to successful implementation of her program and is a member of the national Passy Muir Clinical Consultant team.
Leigh Anne Baker is a speech-language pathologist who graduated from Purdue University and has over a decade of experience working with patients following tracheostomy, who require mechanical ventilation and are in the LTAC setting. She has presented at the local, university, and state levels on evaluation and treatment of patients with communication and swallowing disorders, including those with tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation. Leigh Anne was a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders from 2012-2017. She is a Clinical Consultant for Passy Muir.
Carmin Bartow is a speech-language pathologist specializing in the treatment of tracheostomized and ventilator-dependent patients. She currently works at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in adult acute care and the outpatient dysphagia center. She has gained experience in a variety of settings including ICUs,a progressive respiratory care unit, home health, outpatient, and an LTAC vent weaning facility. She is an Educational Consultant for Passy Muir and has presented numerous seminars and courses on communication and swallowing intervention with the tracheostomized population at local, regional, state, and national conferences. Carmin authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed papers and presentations on dysphagia, patients with tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation, and developing a multidisciplinary team.
Ann Bauer is a speech-language pathologist, working in the greater Detroit metropolitan area. She earned a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Wayne State University and has enjoyed working in a variety of health care settings, including inpatient and outpatient rehab, home assessment, and long-term care facilities. Ann has worked for Select Specialty Hospital in Detroit Michigan since 2009, caring for medically complex and critically ill patients. At her facility, Ann's primary focus has been evaluation and management of swallowing and communication disorders. In this role, she regularly provides staff and physician education regarding the benefits of early PMV® intervention and has played a pivotal role in implementing in-line Passy Muir Valve use with patients on mechanical ventilation.
Jennifer Beall is a graduate of the University of South Alabama with a Master's of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences. Since she received her Certificate of Clinical Competency in 1995, her primary focus has been the study and treatment of dysphagia, and she has practiced in nursing homes, long-term acute care hospitals, and acute hospitals. Jennifer has treated patients with tracheostomy and on ventilators since 1998. She is the owner of Dysphagia Decision Solutions, LLC and has been providing FEES services since 2005.
Lori Burkhead-Morgan has been a practicing speech-language pathologist since 1994 in a variety of health care settings including inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, subacute, and acute care with a level-one trauma center designation. She subsequently earned a PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Florida in 2005 while continuing clinical practice. She has developed an expertise in evaluation and treatment of swallowing and communication disorders in medically complex patients, particularly those with head and neck cancer and respiratory compromise. Dr. Morgan has published several peer-reviewed articles regarding evaluation and treatment of dysphagia and has presented on the topic to both domestic and international audiences.
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Maribel Ciampitti received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Speech-Language Pathology from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has been a certified speech-language pathologist since 1998 and has worked in a variety of settings with both pediatric and adult populations. Her expertise is in the evaluation and management of communication and swallowing disorders in medically complex adult and geriatric patients requiring tracheostomy and ventilator support. She has developed CEU courses and presented on the topic of Passy Muir® Valve application in the assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing-related issues in the tracheostomy and ventilator-dependent population. Maribel also serves as a clinical site instructor and guest speaker at Jacksonville University.
Devan Clark earned her undergraduate degree in Biology in Oklahoma and her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has worked throughout the continuum of care with adults, children, and neonates. She is currently working in an acute care setting, serving patients from the NICU to adult. Devan has specialized in the care of patients with tracheostomies and the medically complex, including ECMO, transplant, LVAD, trauma, and burn ICU. She has a passion for providing education to patients, families, and staff on the use and benefits of the Passy-Muir speaking valve.
Sheila Clark has been a speech-language pathologist for over 20 years and has worked with both pediatric and adult patients in a variety of settings. She earned a doctorate in health education in 2008 and enjoys educating health care professionals on the use of a holistic approach to clinical care. She has worked closely with multiple disciplines to develop advanced skills in the specialty areas of dysphagia, neurological disorders, critical care, and the management of patients with tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation.
Nicole DePalma, MS, CCC-SLP received her bachelor's degree at Georgetown University and subsequently earned her master's degree at NY Medical College in Speech-Language Pathology. She is the owner of Speech and Swallowing Management, LLC working primarily in hospitals, subacute, and skilled nursing facilities in New York City with expertise in the tracheostomy and mechanically ventilated population. She has been instrumental in developing and implementing new protocols, performance improvement strategies, and providing comprehensive education to clinical staff. Through her leadership, she has aided in establishing interdisciplinary tracheostomy teams. She was previously Director of Speech-Language Pathology at Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Research Center, A Passy Muir Center of Excellence. As a member of the Passy Muir team, she has presented courses on dysphagia and communication management at conferences and universities throughout the nation.
Kristin Dolan is employed with Kindred Hospital/RehabCare for over ten years in Melbourne, Florida. She provides advanced tracheostomy and ventilator care. Her specialties include early intervention with in-line speaking valves and providing communication and tracheostomy related dysphagia care. Kristin has been the Program Director for RehabCare within Kindred since 2012, performing additional managerial duties. She consults with Passy Muir promoting protocol development and implementation of multidisciplinary in-line Passy Muir Valve applications. She has initiated a focus group at her site to implement a multidisciplinary tracheostomy team to promote patient advocacy for improved tracheostomy care, ventilator weaning, and PMV use outcomes.
PJ Gillen graduated in 1981 from Maricopa Technical Community College (now Gateway) in Phoenix, AZ with an AAS in respiratory therapy. She has enjoyed working with patients, from neonatal to geriatric within the United States and Germany. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to be a supervisor and clinical educator, as well as an adjunct instructor at colleges in New Mexico and Colorado. A strong believer in education, she returned to school and earned her bachelor's degree in Respiratory in 2011 from Boise State University. A longtime advocate for patients with tracheostomies, PJ enjoys teaching both patients and multidisciplinary clinical teams about the use and benefits of Passy Muir® Valves.
Sara Grzina earned her master's degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 2010 and has gained experience in the pediatric clinical setting working with children in the NICU, acute care, and outpatient settings, with specialized training evaluating and treating children with tracheostomies and swallowing disorders. Sara is currently a speech-language pathologist at Mercy Kids in St. Charles, MO and Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, MO.
Elizabeth Hall has been a speech-language pathologist in a variety of settings since 1996. She earned a bachelor's degree in Communication and Business Management from Whitworth College in Spokane Washington. She then received her master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Central Oklahoma. Since that time, she has primarily worked with adults following strokes, TBIs and Parkinson's disease who have a variety of cognitive and communication disorders, as well as dysphagia. She currently works in Oklahoma City, where she sees patients in acute care, inpatient rehab, and outpatient rehab. She also has several years of experience supervising speech-language pathology graduate students in a university clinic. Elizabeth attended her first Passy Muir speaking valve conference in 1996. She is VitalStim certified, trained in both SpeakOUT! Voice therapy and Lee Silverman Voice therapy for Parkinson's patients, and frequently evaluates patients for use of the Passy Muir Valve.
Laurice Henry attended the University of Western Ontario for an undergraduate degree in Psychology, and Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts for her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology. She has worked with adults and children in various clinical settings and acute care hospitals both in the United States and Canada. She has been working at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit treating children with traumatic and acquired brain injuries, infants with swallowing and feeding disorders, and infants requiring a tracheostomy. She has a specialized interest in the early implementation and use of speaking valves for children with tracheostomies and is interested in examining the possible effects of early tracheostomy on speech and language acquisition. She is a consultant for Passy Muir and provides education on the function and implementation of the Passy Muir® Speaking Valve.
Betsy earned her master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2007. She has experience in a variety of settings and has focused her career on the brain injury population with specialized training in evaluating and treating individuals with tracheostomies and swallowing disorders. She is currently a speech-language pathologist at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, MI.
Corey Mohnike is a registered respiratory therapist at a Level II Trauma Center. Corey joined the Passy Muir consultant team with significant experience regarding the Passy Muir® Valve. His experience includes use of the Valve both as a patient requiring a tracheostomy after a motor vehicle accident and working with the Valve in medical facilities as an RRT. Corey worked at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, a Passy Muir Center of Excellence, in areas that served many ventilator patients using the Valve. He has co-authored multiple procedures regarding Passy Muir Valve assessment and application with patients on mechanical ventilation. Corey served as the Clinical Educator for a multidisciplinary staff at Bryan Health in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was also involved with the Nebraska Society for Respiratory Care, and has spoken at multiple state meetings and national conferences. He is now the RT Educator at The Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO.
Jessica Nourse is a speech-language pathologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania, specializing in evaluating and treating patients with tracheostomy and ventilator-dependence. She has worked within a variety of settings including ICUs, inpatient and subacute rehabilitation, skilled nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities. Jessica is a strong advocate for clinical mentoring and supportive education within the clinical setting and is the student clinical coordinator within her facility. She is also a member of the Irish Association of Speech-Language Therapy (IASLT) publications committee. Jessica holds multiple bachelors degrees including one in Speech Pathology and Audiology from East Stroudsburg University, M.A.; in Applied History from Shippensburg University, M.Ed.; Communication Disorders from North Carolina Central University, as well as a doctorate in Speech-Language Pathology from Nova Southeastern University.
Katy Peck is a pediatric speech-language pathologist from Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is recognized as a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, and Lactation Educator. She has extensive experience working with high-risk populations. Katy is a guest speaker for local and state conferences, national symposia, and internationally broadcasted webinars. She has authored several published manuscripts on tracheostomy and dysphagia. She is a Lead SLP responsible for training staff in Modified Barium Swallow Studies and assessment/treatment of patients with dysphagia complicated by prematurity, cardiorespiratory implications, neurologic impairment, oncological population, gastrointestinal implications, genetic disorders, and craniofacial anomalies in the acute setting. Katy has been a clinical consultant for Passy Muir since 2010.
Denise Rogers has been a speech-language pathologist since 2003, providing evaluation and treatment of a primarily adult population in acute and long-term acute care hospitals, in-patient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient, and home health. She earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies and a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Montclair State University in New Jersey. Her primary clinical focus has been on swallowing disorders, acquired communication disorders, and the needs of patients with tracheostomy and ventilator-dependence. Denise has performed both FEES and MBSS. She has served as a mentor in ASHA's S.T.E.P. (Students to Empowered Professionals) program and is an active member of Special Interest Group 13 (swallowing disorders). In addition to providing educational services for Passy Muir, Denise continues her clinical practice in northeastern Ohio in acute and long-term acute care settings and providing peer reviews for continuing education products.
Mary Spremulli has been a Clinical Consultant with Passy Muir for a long time, providing education to professionals, patients, and parents. She is the owner of a speech-language pathology private practice, and the creator of Voice Aerobics™, a whole body voice strengthening program. Mary has published on the topic of patient education and is a member of the Education Committee of the World Parkinson's Program. Her blog has been selected as one of the top 49 blogs about Parkinson's disease.
Sandy Stawiasz graduated from Erie Community College in Buffalo, New York with an associate's degree in Respiratory Therapy. She is a registered respiratory therapist with experience in acute and long-term acute care hospitals and currently practices at St. Vincent Hospital in Carmel, IN. Sandy was instrumental in developing a Passy Muir program for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (now St. Vincent Seton Specialty) Hospital and has been an Educational Consultant with Passy Muir since 1997. Sandy has presented at numerous respiratory and speech and hearing conferences, as well as hospital educational programs.
Jacob received his BSed in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and subsequently received his MEd. in Speech-Language Pathology from Georgia State University in 2009. Jacob has worked in various healthcare settings including subacute rehabs, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, in-patient rehab units, and long-term acute care facilities. Jacob has spent the majority of his career in the acute care setting at a Level II Trauma Center/Certified Stroke Center in Metro Atlanta. At his current facility, Jacob's caseload is largely comprised of patients with dysphagia, tracheostomies, and laryngectomies. Jacob is proficient with conducting MBSS, as well as FEES. At his facility, Jacob provides continuing education regarding the prevalence of dysphagia after prolonged intubation. Jacob also has participated on tracheostomy teams to assist in expediting the weaning and decannulation process for patients.
Joanna Turner earned her master's degree from California State University, Fresno. She has over nine years of experience in a variety of settings including skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, and acute care. Joanna has been a full-time speech-language pathologist for Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, California where she specializes in the tracheostomy population and has been instrumental in leading the development of an interdisciplinary tracheostomy team.
Cheryl Wagoner is employed with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. She has worked on the Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) unit providing evaluation and treatment for patients with a variety of neurological and pulmonary diagnoses and patients with tracheostomy tubes and mechanical ventilation. She also serves as a consulting therapist in the acute care setting at The Nebraska Heart Hospital and provides guest lectures at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Nadine Wasserman has a degree in Respiratory Therapy from Hudson Valley Community College. She has extensive experience as a respiratory therapist working primarily in pediatrics and has served on both pediatric and neonatal transport teams. Currently a neonatal transport therapist at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, she has held several adjunct teaching positions including for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Respiratory Care program. She is committed to improving the lives of people with tracheostomies by educating patients, families, and clinicians about the benefits of the Passy Muir Valve.
Lyndsi Yarkosky is a registered respiratory therapist who serves as the primary multidisciplinary staff educator of respiratory care at the Pittsburgh Career Institute (PCI). She provides education in the areas of ventilator management, tracheostomy care, suctioning, and other aspects of respiratory therapy. Previously, Lyndsi played a critical role in the designation of The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh as a Passy Muir Center of Excellence. She has a wide variety of experience, including neonatal intensive care, adult critical care, and in-patient pediatric rehabilitation. In addition to her teaching duties at PCI, Lyndsi is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Pittsburgh and an independent clinical consultant for Passy Muir.


Is it just me or is this taking the whole "everybody gets a trophy" thing way too far?
Thinking back, high school was tough. Living life as a teenager, trying to do the right thing (not always succeeding), dealing with peer pressure, but most importantly trying to get good grades to keep from being grounded.
Maintaining a certain GPA and performing service hours was important when I was a kid, therefore following up with recognition. Personally, I remember being inducted to the National Honor Society at C.E. Byrd High School and feeling quite proud. It was also nice to have that recognition on graduation day as proof of all of the hard work.
But unfortunately for Seniors at Plano Senior High School, they won't be able to feel that same recognition on graduation day. Administrators at Plano Senior High School say that students will not be allowed to wear their National Honor Society regalia during graduation because they want everyone to feel included in graduation and not make other students feel excluded.
At Plano Senior High, students with a GPA of 3.6 or higher can wear a plain honor stole, but not the National Honor Society stole that signifies both grades and community service.
Should Seniors Be Able To Wear Their NHS Regalia During Graduation?