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Sporting KC Transfer News: Michael Thomas traded to Toronto FC for 2015 draft pick
Sporting KC has traded local product Michael Thomas for a second round draft pick in 2015.
By Ben Gartland@BenG_Sports Jul 2, 2013, 12:09pm CDT
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Sporting Kansas City has traded midfielder Michael Thomas to Toronto FC in exchange for a 2015 second round MLS Superdraft pick.
Thomas was signed by Sporting Kansas City in 2012 after playing for two years in Sweden. He was a local product, growing up in Olathe, Kansas and attending Saint Thomas Aquinas high school where he was part of a state championship team all four years.
Thomas played in seven MLS matches and had two starts in the US Open Cup past year. This year he was pretty much blocked at the midfield position so Toronto should offer better opportunities to him.
This is the second trade between Sporting KC and Toronto this year after Bobby Convey was sent there in exchange for a 2014 third round draft pick.
It looks like Sporting may be trying to open up a couple of roster spots with the transfer window opening up in about a week. They now have two more open after Yann Songo'o was released and after this trade with Michael Thomas.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground
by Philip Clark on May 31, 2015
In 1849, when Fyodor Dostoevsky was approximately my age as I write this, he was arrested as a political subversive and dragged before a firing squad. The late arrival of a letter from Tsar Nicholas I interrupted the execution and commuted the sentence to eight years of hard labor in Siberia, but for a brief moment the young Dostoevsky, enamoured of the socialist ideals of Charles Fourier, quite literally stared down the barrel of a gun. To what extent this grim experience shaped his later turn from idealism is a matter of speculation, but Notes From Underground, published for the first time in 1864, announces this transformation in the loudest possible terms.
The novella is focused entirely on its nameless narrator, the eponymous "Underground Man," of whom we know precious little: he is a retired bureaucrat, a recluse, living with one servant and subsisting on money left to him by dead relatives. He has no friends, no social life and no ambitions, and heaps scorn on those who do – and yet, at the same time, he is hopelessly self-conscious and lonely. His monologue is divided into two parts, the first a kind of extended meditation on suffering and what he views to be the pretensions of Western philosophy: its focus on the individual and its unflinching faith that the moral problems of the world have rational solutions waiting to be discovered; the second an account of three events in his life that have contributed to his isolation. Trapped in thoughts, Dostoevsky's underground views consciousness as a curse, one that leads inexorably to inaction. "I am at fault for being more intelligent than anyone around me," he proclaims, and some time later he will speak of being "crushed by inertia." It is best not to view "intelligent" as being synonymous with "knowledgeable," for what he really means by intelligence is an awareness of the possibilities ("I was aware at every moment of many, many altogether contrary elements"). Dostoevsky's Underground Man cannot match Hamlet for wit or charisma but he shares his capacious consciousness, and with similar results. "And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything; that only a fool can become something." Emil Cioran, himself a philosophical descendent of Dostoevsky, famously called all thinkers "action's eunuchs," and the Underground Man is the perfect case study.
For the direct, inevitable, and logical product of consciousness is inertia – a conscious sitting down with folded arms. […] all direct and active men are active precisely because they are dull and limited. How can this be explained? Well, it's this way: because of their limitation, they mistake the most immediate and secondary causes for primary ones, and so convince themselves that they have found a firm, incontestable basis for their activity. This puts their minds at ease, and that, after all, is the main thing. For, naturally, to enter upon any course of action, one must be completely reassured in advance, and free of any trace of doubt. And how am I, for instance, to put my mind at ease? Where are the primary causes I can lean on, where are my basic premises? Where am I to find them? I exercise myself in thought, and hence, within my mind, every primary cause immediately drags after itself another, still more primary, and so on to infinity. Such is the very essence of all consciousness and thought.
This is the essence of Hamlet's dilemma and the spur that would animate Dostoevsky's contemporary, Nietzsche, in such works as "On The Use And Abuse Of History For Life."
It is easy to sneer at Dostoevsky's Underground Man, to diagnose him or prescribe some course of action intended to cure him of his malaise, just as so many read Hamlet and feel no sympathy for his delays. But to such people and such prescriptions the Underground Man has a simple answer: "Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you. You may say I'm not worth bothering with; in that case, I can say exactly the same to you. We are talking seriously. And if you do not deign to give me your attention, I will not bow before you. I have my underground." The Underground Man, like Hamlet, will live life on his terms or not at all.


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Bar U Ranch, officially known as the North West Cattle Company, was founded in 1882 in the southern foothills of the Rocky Mountains, in what would become the province of Alberta. Nicknamed "Bar U" after the shape of its cattle brand, the ranch was one of the largest of the ranches dominating the prairies in the late 1800s. In the early 1990s, Parks Canada bought Bar U with the aim of turning it into a public place commemorating Canada's ranching history. The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site opened in July 1995.
Battle Hill National Historic Site of Canada
By November 1813, the Americans were in control of the Detroit River frontier while the British had established small outposts at Port Talbot and the village of Delaware.
Battle of Beaver Dams National Historic Site of Canada
In 1976, the cairn was moved to the newly created Battle of Beaverdams Park in Thorold. Also moved to the park was a stone monument, erected in 1874, marking the grave of 16 American soldiers found during the construction of the third Welland Canal.
Battle of Chippawa National Historic Site of Canada
The battleground was designated as a national historic site in 1920, but is owned and administered by the Niagara Parks Commission. Called Chippawa Battlefield Park, it lies on the west side of the Niagara River Parkway.
Battle of Cook's Mills National Historic Site of Canada
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada designated the battleground at Cook's Mills as a national historic site in 1921. Two years later, a plaque summarizing the story of the skirmish was mounted on a stone cairn on the field of action.
Battle of Crysler's Farm National Historic Site of Canada
Before a national program of designating historic places was developed, the Government of Canada erected a monument commemorating the Battle of Crysler's Farm on the battlefield in 1895.
Battle of Lundy's Lane National Historic Site of Canada
Battle of Lundy's Lane National Historic Site marks the 25 July 1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane, the fiercest and bloodiest land action during the War of 1812.
Battle of Queenston Heights National Historic Site of Canada
The Battle of Queenston Heights National Historic Site commemorates a battle fought on 13 October 1812, when the British army and Canadian militia, assisted by First Nations allies, defeated an invading American army on the Niagara Escarpment overlooking the village of Queenston.
Battle of Stoney Creek National Historic Site of Canada
Stoney Creek National Historic Site commemorates a British victory over American forces at the Battle of Stoney Creek fought on 6 June 1813 in the settlement of Stoney Creek, now part of the city of Hamilton.
Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site of Canada
The Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site commemorates the Battle of Châteauguay, a battle in the War of 1812 that took place on 26 October 1813.
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham (13 September 1759), also known as the Battle of Quebec, was a pivotal moment in the Seven Years' War and in the history of Canada. A British invasion force led by General James Wolfe defeated French troops under the Marquis de Montcalm, leading to the surrender of Quebec to the British. Both commanding officers died from wounds sustained during the battle. The French never recaptured Quebec and effectively lost control of New France in 1760. At the end of the war in 1763 France surrendered many of its colonial possessions — including Canada — to the British.
Bellevue House
In 1848-49 Bellevue was leased to John A. MacDonald, then a member of the Legislative Assembly and receiver general for the Province of Canada. Bellevue was purchased by Parks Canada in 1964 and is now operated as a national historic park. It has been restored to the late 1840s period.
British Block Medicine Wheel and Tipi Ring Campsite
Medicine Wheels are a broad category that include different kinds of stone structures. The medicine wheel at British Block is only one example. Its size and structure suggest that ritual activities were conducted by relatively large groups.
Camp X — a popular name that reflects the secrecy surrounding its activities — was a training school for covert agents and a radio communications centre that operated close to Whitby, Ontario, during the Second World War. It was the first such purpose-built facility constructed in North America. Known officially as STS (Special Training School) 103, Camp X was one of several dozen around the world that served the needs of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the British agency created in 1940 to "set Europe ablaze" by promoting sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines. The radio communications centre, with its high-speed transmitter known as Hydra, was closely linked with British Security Co-Ordination (BSC), the New York-based agency directed by the Winnipeg-born businessman William Stephenson. Soviet defector Igor Gouzenko was hidden there after his defection in September 1945.
Carleton Martello Tower National Historic Site of Canada
Today, Carleton Martello Tower National Historic Site offers visitors a restored barracks room and powder magazine, guided tours, special events, and an award-winning exhibit in its visitor centre. The spectacular panoramic view from its observation level leaves a lasting impression.
Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse
Craigflower Manor (1856) and Schoolhouse (1855) were built by the Puget's Sound Agricultural Co, a subsidiary of the HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY.
Distillery Historic District / Gooderham & Worts National Historic Site
In 1832, English immigrants and brothers-in-law James Worts and William Gooderham built a 22-metre brick windmill on the edge of Toronto Bay that soon became a symbol of the young city.
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Fort Amherst, on the west shore of Charlottetown Harbour, PEI, was built in late 1758 by the British. The site had been known previously as Port La Joie, established in 1720 as the capital of the French colony of Île Saint-Jean.
Fort Anne
For the next 40 years, the British at Fort Anne maintained a precarious position in the Acadian-dominated province and were frequently attacked by French and Indian raiding parties. The status of the fort declined with the founding of Halifax (1749) and the expulsion of the Acadians (1755).
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When the settlement of Battleford, in what is now west-central Saskatchewan, was named the capital of the North-West Territories in 1876, the North-West Mounted Police established a post to deal with anticipated problems with Indigenous people.


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Homecare By Design, LifeSpire Blurring Lines Between Home Care and Senior Living
By Joyce Famakinwa | June 5, 2019 June 6, 2019
As the U.S. population rapidly ages, senior care providers are becoming increasingly more innovative to keep pace with consumer demand and preferences. For some, that has meant blurring the traditionally hard lines between senior housing and home care.
Among the providers that do not fit neatly into the "home care" or "senior housing" boxes, for example, is Lafayette, Indiana-based Homecare By Design.
In 2012, the home care agency expanded its service mix and opened a clubhouse to host events and keep its members socially engaged. The idea behind the "senior community without walls," according to Homecare By Design founder and President Traci Goudy, is to give older adults the choice of becoming a member and experiencing the community comradery without having to move into a senior housing facility.
On a high level, the clubhouse service bridges the best aspects of home care and the senior housing industry at a time when more seniors are choosing to age in place, Goudy told Home Health Care News. Currently, one of the biggest knocks against aging in place — and the home care services that enable it — is the danger of social isolation.
"How can we start thinking outside of the box, be more creative and come up with solutions?" Goudy said. "How can we tie all of those pieces together and be able to reach a broader market of people — and do it more affordably? How do we do that from an aspect of home care — with those similar amenities of senior living — and blending them together?"
As a part of Homecare By Design's unique service, the clubhouse is open to its existing home care clients. The clubhouse offers a seniors fitness studio, as well as room for educational seminars, brunches, bible studies and dementia support groups.
The clubhouse is also open to Homecare By Design's caregivers, with an on-site training space that replicates the look of an apartment, giving them the opportunity to learn in a space similar to clients' homes.
Broadly, educating caregivers and making sure they're prepared to enter clients' homes for the first time is a big part of successful retention strategies, experts say.
About 15% of Homecare By Design's revenue comes from the membership to the community center and other ancillary services, with the home care-senior living hybrid's overall annual revenue averaging between $1.6 million to $2.1 million over the past decade, according to Goudy.
Adding the clubhouse element to a home care agency adds a community and social component that is often missing from home care but is touted as a benefit in senior housing, she said. Targeting isolation and loneliness has become a main focus for stakeholders throughout the U.S. health care system, as mounting evidence continues to show the true cost of social determinants of health.
Being lonely roughly has the same health impact as smoking more than a dozen cigarettes a day in terms of overall mortality, past research has found. That's partly why insurance giant Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has made loneliness and other social determinants of health a priority.
"When I worked in assisted living or retirement communities, so much of the time the social aspect was the reason for moving there," Goudy said. "[Seniors] were lonely or had just lost their spouse or a lot of their friends. They needed that social aspect, as well as the activities [that senior housing offers] to keep their mind stimulated. When you have home care, you don't have that. You have one-on-one care."
Homecare By Design, though not contractually, works with local senior living providers to leave the offer of senior housing on the table.
"The senior wins either way," Goudy said. "They can stay home for life, and we will layer in home health or hospice if needed, or help them move into the community they chose as part of their pathway. It is simpler for the consumer and their family to transition physically and psychologically."
LifeSpire of Virginia's home care crossover
Another example of a senior care provider that's changing the landscape of senior living and home care is LifeSpire of Virginia.
In February, the Richmond-based senior living provider — which manages four continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) throughout the state — launched Lakewood at Home, a continuing care at-home membership program.
Through the program, older adults living at home in the Richmond area will be able to stay in their homes, paying a one-time membership fee along with consistent monthly fees to receive long-term care, which includes home care and other services.
"What's innovative about [Lakewood at Home] is that it combines an insurance type product with care coordination," Tammy Mackey, executive director of Lakewood at Home, told HHCN. "We don't do the home care ourselves … we have home care agencies that partner with us to provide those services, and we are part of a continuing care retirement community."
Currently, Lakewood at Home has partnered with four home care agencies. Mackey declined to name the specific ones, however.
In 2018, LifeSpire and its communities had total revenues of $83.5 million, with an average of about 1,100 residents.
Costs to live LifeSpire's communities vary based on the type of contract an individual chooses, but generally, entrance fees range from $100,000 to $500,000 — and monthly fees average $2,000 to $5,000.
The program is similar in nature to a long-term care insurance program, but its utilization of care coordinators that arrange care options separates it, according to Mackey.
"The huge thing that makes us different from long-term care insurance is care coordination," she said. "We have a care coordinator that gets to know our members very well, conducts visits with them and designs an individualized care plan. When people join they have to be healthy and independent to join. We look at medical records, history. We do a cognitive assessment. As they age and needs arise, our care coordinator who is familiar with them helps them proactively get the care that they need."
While this program was formed to help clients age in place, Lakewood at Home allows for fluidity in service for members that may eventually need to move into a LifeSpire community, offering "bridge options" and discounts.
Lakewood at Home is fairly new and, as of now, has only 20 members. But there is strong potential for growth, Mackey said, since it allows LifeSpire to reach older adults that prefer to age in place rather than move into the company's properties.
"There are around 30 of these [models] around the country, and if there is a steady stream each year, as it's proven that it works, it's something that will continue to grow," Mackey said.
Another example of the blurring of lines between senior living and home care: a pilot program unveiled last year between national home care franchise company Right at Home and Knoxville, Tennessee-based Dominion Senior Living.
"I think to some extent, [this kind of service is the future]," Mackey said.
Additional reporting by Tim Regan
Companies featured in this article:
Dominion Senior Living, Homecare By Design, Humana, LifeSpire, Right at Home
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Joyce Famakinwa is a Chicago area native who cut her teeth as a journalist and writer covering the worker's compensation industry and creating branded content for tech companies and startups. When she isn't reporting the latest in home health care news, you can find her indulging in her love of vintage clothing, books, film, live music, theatre and reality tv.
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Cait London, manchmal auch Cait Logan (* 11. April in Washington als Lois Kleinsasser), ist eine US-amerikanische Romanautorin.

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Cait London ist deutsch-russischer Herkunft und im Bundesstaat Washington aufgewachsen. Allerdings ist sie die einzige Angehörige ihrer Familie, die nicht bilingual ist. Später zog sie nach Missouri, wo sie heute mit ihren drei Töchtern lebt. Mit rund 45 Liebes- und Familienromanen gehört sie nach den Angaben von USA Today zu den erfolgreichsten amerikanischen Autorinnen in diesem Genre. Im deutschsprachigen Bereich sind lediglich vier ihrer Romane ausschließlich beim Weltbild Verlag veröffentlicht worden und konnten bisher bei weitem nicht den Erfolg wie in den Vereinigten Staaten erzielen.

Mit dem Schreiben begann die sich selbst als Autodidaktin bezeichnende Schriftstellerin Mitte der 1980er Jahre, wobei sie zunächst historische Liebesromane verfasste, die im so genannten Wilden Westen spielten. Dafür bereiste sie die alten Fahrrouten der Siedler, wie z. B. den Oregon Trail. Diese Recherchen flossen insbesondere in die ursprünglich nur auf fünf Bände konzipierte Tallchiefs Serie ein. Die Ideen zu ihren Büchern flögen ihr buchstäblich bei ihren langen Autofahrten während dieser Reisen zu. Ihr Pseudonym legte sie sich auf ausdrücklichen Wunsch ihres Verlags zu.

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Eigenständige Romane
 Lady on the Line (1986)
 Rugged Glory (1986)
 Tame the Fury (1990)
 Wild Dawn (1992)
 Gambler's Lady (1992)
 Night Fire (1994)
 Delilah (1995)
 The Wedding Gamble (1996)
 Be Mine (1997)

A Lady's Series
 A Lady's Choice (1988)
 A Lady's Desire (1988)

Gemeinschaftsausgaben
 Outlaw Love (1997) (mit Connie Brockway, Brenda Joyce und Stephanie Mittman)

Als Cait London

MacLean Serie
 The Loving Season (1989)
 Angel Versus Maclean (1990)
 The Daddy Candidate (1991)

Einzelromane
 The Pendragon Virus (1990)
 The Cowboy (1993)
 Maybe No, Maybe Yes (1993)
 Fusion (1994)
 The Bride Says No (1994)
 Mr. Easy (1995)
 Miracles and Mistletoe (1995)
 Three Kisses (1998)
 Sleepless in Montana (1999)
 It Happened at Midnight (2000)
 Leaving Lonely Town (2001)
 A Loving Man (2001)
 When Night Falls (2002)
 With Her Last Breath (2003)
 What Memories Remain (2004)
 Flashback (2005)
 Hidden Secrets (2005)
 Total Package (2005)
 Silence the Whispers (2006)
 At the Edge (2007)
 A Stranger's Touch (2008)

Blaylocks Serie
 Midnight Rider (1992)
 The Seduction of Jake Tallman (1993)
 Blaylock's Bride (1999)
 Rio, Man of Destiny (1999)
 Typical Male (1999)

Every Guide To... Serie
 Every Girl's Guide To... (1995)
 Every Groom's Guide To... (1996)

Tallchiefs Serie
 The Cowboy and the Cradle (1996)
 Tallchief's Bride (1996)
 Tallchief for Keeps (1997)
 The Groom Candidate (1997)
 The Seduction of Fiona Tallchief (1998)
 Rafe Palladin: Man of Secrets (1998)
 The Perfect Fit (1998)
 Tallchief, the Homecoming (2000)
 Tallchief: The Hunter (2002)
 A Tallchief Celebration (omnibus) (2001)

Freedom Valley Serie
 Last Dance (2000)
 Slow Fever (2000)
 Gabriel's Gift (2001)

Stepanov Heartbreakers Serie
 Mr. Temptation (2002)
 Instinctive Male (2003)
 Hold Me Tight (2004)

Zusammenstellungen
 Luke's Promise / Tallchief, the Hunter (2002)

Mitherausgabe
 Spring Fancy (1994) (mit Pepper Adams und Dixie Browning)
 Spring Fever (1997) (mit Pepper Adams und Dixie Browning)
 Mistletoe Kisses (1998) (mit Andrea Edwards und Rachel Lee)
 Maternity Leave (1998) (mit Candace Camp und Sherryl Woods)
 Do You Take This Cowboy (2000) (mit Anne McAllister)
 First Love, Only Love (2001) (mit B.J. James)
 Forbidden Attraction (2002) (mit Laurie Paige)
 Her Ideal Man (2002) (mit Fayrene Preston)
 Mr.Temptation / Plain Jane's Texan (2003) (mit Jan Hudson)
 The Millionaire's Proposal / Plain Jane's Texan (2003) (mit Susan Mallery)
 Stuck on You (2004) (mit Wendy Rosnau und Carolyn Zane)
 Lionhearted / Instinctive Male (2004) (mit Diana Palmer)
 Nine-month Knight / Paternity Test / Tabloid Baby (2004) (mit Candace Camp und Sherryl Woods)
 Lassoed Hearts (2004) (mit Susan Mallery)
 Hold Me Tight / Cowboy Crescendo (2004) (mit Cathleen Galitz)
 Breathless Passion / Total Package (2006) (mit Emilie Rose)
 Sugarplums and Scandal (2006) (mit Lori Avocato, Dana Cameron, Mary Daheim, Suzanne Macpherson und Kerrelyn Sparks) (All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth / Lords of Misrule / Ghost of Christmas Passed / Partners in Crime / Holly Go Lightly / Very Vampy Christmas)

In deutscher Übersetzung
 Atemlos. (1. Aufl. 2001) Weltbild, Augsburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89897-398-4
 Weil Du nicht Wiederkehrst. Weltbild, Augsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86800-057-3
 Dunkel ist die Nacht. Weltbild, Augsburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89897-639-8
 Wenn die Stille zu Dir spricht, Weltbild, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 3-86800-166-2

Weblinks
 Cait London's Official Website
 Cait London's Webpage auf Fantastic Fiction's (engl.)
 Harlequin Enterprises Ltd

Einzelnachweise

Autor
Roman, Epik
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Englisch)
Literatur (Vereinigte Staaten)
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US-Amerikaner
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According to MétéoSuisse, the Swiss weather service, tricky winds will liven up the Bol d'Or Mirabaud, starting in Geneva Harbor next Saturday at 10:00. 520 sailboats representing 8 nationalities will battle for victory in this mythical race that continues to rejuvenate and innovate.
The great annual sailing festival takes place this weekend! Hundreds of sailboats of all sizes and categories have confirmed their participation in the Bol d'Or Mirabaud, a competition that promises to be intense. The 78th edition of the Bol d'Or Mirabaud, will be like its new website: more dynamic, modern, open and responsive, since the LIVE coverage will provide web users with realistic and instantaneous access to the race.
The new layout of the Société Nautique de Genève, easily accessible to the public, more comfortable to competitors and the commitment of a hundred volunteers should all add up to a successful 78th edition.
"Between Saturday and Sunday a disturbance will cross Europe and our regions. Ahead of this disturbance southwesterly could blow significantly and also northwesterly wind (Joran) behind it. Right below this front, clouds and rain which will also produce very irregular wind in terms of speed and direction. Isolated and embedded thunderstorms may be possible. The activity of this disturbance is of course to be confirmed and especially its schedule that will determine the wind conditions of this bol d'or 2016" explains Lionel Fontannaz of MétéoSuisse.
If we believe statistics – 11 wins in 12 races – one of the Décision 35 catamarans will cross the finish line first. The most visible teams of the moment are: Ladycat powered by Spindrift racing (X. Revil), recent winner of the Geneva-Rolle-Geneva, Team Tilt (S. Schneiter), current titleholder, or even Alinghi (E. Bertarelli). Only one different sailboat has a chance to break the D35 supremacy: Ventilo M1, Safram (ex Zenith Fresh …! steered at the time by Jean-Philippe Bucher and Christophe Peclard) already the winner in 2013. As for the M2 catamarans, they are standing by ready for battle, especially if there are light wind conditions.
The Bol de Vermeil, awarding the first monohull to finish in real-time, will foster a duel between local crews sailing Psaros 33s and 40s, Luthi F10s and other Taillevents, and the Hungarian Libera, Raffica, the only one with a chance to keep the trophy after her 2012 and 2013 victories. Remember that this trophy, copying the Bol d'Or, must be won three times in five years in order to be kept indefinitely.
Finally, the SRS-ACVL Trophy, given to the first monohull to finish in the overall handicap ranking, is in play with the peculiarity that its winner remains unknown until the last boat finishes the race.
Beside these prestigious prizes, the Bol d'Or Mirabaud will award numerous other sailors: the winners in each SRS class, the C1, Surprise (more than 100 boats expected) and Grand Surprise classes, without forgetting the handicap time winner and special prizes, such as the Sailing School Trophy and the Interclub Trophy.
The internationalization of the Bol d'Or Mirabaud continues with the participation of representatives from other classic Europen regatas, such as the Kékszalag (Hungary), the Centomiglia – Garda Lake (Italy), the Barcolana (Italy) and the Tour de Belle-Île (France).
The public is expected starting at 7:30 at la Société Nautique de Genève to watch the boats leave their docks, and at 9:00 and the Cologny quays, at the Pré Byron or the other viewing points around the Geneva harbor. The starting gun will be fired at 10:00 sharp by the rifle squad of the Vieux Grenadiers, under the orders of Geneva's Mayor, Mr. Guillaume Barazzone.
Completely renovated this year, the Société Nautique will be open to visitors all weekend. For the first time, the public will have access to the adjacent "Les Voiles" from the club's north jetty. A private space reserved for spectators will be open starting at 15:00 on Saturday. The club will be open all night to welcome competitors at the end of their race.
To facilitate spectators following the race, the Bol d'Or Mirabaud offers its completely redesigned website, that will be in LIVE mode during the regatta weekend: www.boldormirabaud.ch. The complete website is also available in English.
Social networks Twitter (@BoldOrMirabaud), Facebook (Bol d'Or Mirabaud), Instagram (@Instabom), and even Youtube (VideosBoldOrMirabaud) will be kept up to date. The hash tag "#BOM16" will be used across these different networks.


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Simon and Schuster, 2012. ISBN 9780857079169.
An unabashed devotee of historical fiction, this reader leapt at the chance to review this novel - purportedly a Downtown Abbey aimed at the YA market. Hmmm, well, after a very slow start, one started laughing and was surprised as one didn't expect it to be a spoof. Oops, apparently it's not meant to be!
For those of a certain age, or those who enjoy revisiting vintage British programs - recall if you can, The Forsyte Saga - yes, that's right the black-and-white series from the 60s, based on the novels by John Galsworthy. Melodrama, hammy acting, every cliche known to humanity. Now combine that with perhaps The Bold and The Beautiful - histrionics, hokey performances, every banality known to scriptwriting.
Shallow characters, slight plot (eventually) hanging by a thread, and of course, the usual plethora of family secrets, unpleasant people, illegitimacy, unwanted suitors, star-crossed lovers - you name it, it's there.
One doesn't like to disparage a first novel - after all, it has been considered worthy to publish - and apparently, Ms Graham is enamoured of historical fiction, albeit may it be suggested without real in-depth knowledge or research. For example, in the early 20th century when the class system was still very entrenched in England, it would be hard to believe that a very young maid raised by charity within the one stately family home would be able to quote Shakespeare or articulate with a vocabulary that would be more at home with an Oxford scholar. It is not suggested that this shouldn't be put on the library shelves, but please don't expect quality literature - essentially, a slight novel that may divert a girl looking for a undemanding read.
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The dead I know by Scot Gardner
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A Journey to the Zone of Silence
There's an area in the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico where radio signals don't work, and compasses spin out of control when placed near stones on the ground. It's called the Zone of Silence. It measures only 50 kilometers across, and it is located in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve, a huge, mostly uninhabited expanse of almost 400,000 hectares, where the flat and desolate terrain is interspersed with lonely mountain outcrops.
Horses and 'Venus' build site at the Palacios ranch.
"The Zone is my passion," Benjamin Palacios says as we bounce through the area in his 4-wheel drive Suburban, surrounded by mesquite, cactus, and guamis—brilliant yellow flowers resembling buttercups. Palacios, 61, grew up in the village of Escalón, Chihuahua, on the edge of the Zone, and now has his own UFO-themed ranch on the area's periphery.
Read full article by La politica's TE Wilson here at Atlas Obscura.
US Citizen Kidnapped in Mazatlán México
UPDATE: O'Neil Patrick McGean has since been found dead, and his killers captured by police.
The family has requested that this news be spread without media speculation. For that reason, La politica is posting the following unedited press release:
O'Neil Patrick McGean, an American full-time resident of Mazatlán, Sinaloa for 10 years, has been missing since Tuesday, Oct. 25 under suspicious circumstances.
O'Neil Patrick McGean
McGean was last heard from earlier that evening, as he was on his way to meet a new friend at the Hotel Punta Pacifico, at the far north end of this popular retirement and vacation destination for foreigners. His last communication was with another friend at about 8pm, saying that he was on his way.
After that, he has not been seen or heard from. The vehicle he was driving, a white Spark (license plate VRK-1996) was found by friends early Saturday morning parked on Camaron Sabalo one of the busiest streets in the center of the tourist area, near the restaurant Los Zarapes. Neighbors said it had been there for several days. It is now in police custody.
The mysterious disappearance of Shawn Ramta in Mexico City
On August 31, 2016, a Canadian man, Shawn Ramta, 34, called his wife in Canada from Mexico City. He then left his AirBnB in the upscale Polanco neighborhood to go to the gym.
He never came back.
According to Mr. Ramta's younger sister, Sareeta Bassuta, 31, Ramta had been in Mexico City on vacation, and was due back in Canada on September 2. But when his wife went to Toronto's Pearson International Airport to get him, he wasn't on his direct Air Canada flight.
His absence was more troubling given that his one year marriage anniversary was only a few days later, on September 5.
Mr. Ramta is believed to have arrived in Mexico City on August 10. His sister and her partner Anisan Anton were recently in the Mexican capital to try to determine his whereabouts.
"The Canadian Embassy has contacted all the jails and hospitals, and found nothing," says Ms. Bassuta. "Beyond that, the Canadian government says the only people who can help are the Mexican authorities."
A Mexican newspaper owner is arrested for cartel links, and worlds collide
Members of Mexico's Criminal Investigation Agency of the Attorney General's Office have arrested Naim Libien Tella - owner of the newspaper Diario Amanecer, and vice president of the newspaper unomásuno - for tax fraud.
Last year the US Treasury Department named Libien Tella as having business connections with Los Cuinis, which is believed to be the financial wing of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (known by its Spanish acronym, "CJNG"). As a result of these concerns, all US assets and interests of Libien Tella were frozen, and US citizens were prohibited from engaging in any business activities with him or his companies, including the newspaper Diario Amanecer and his air taxi company Aerolíneas Amanecer.
Naim Libien Tella
There is a lot of history to this story, and more than meets the eye. In 2007, Abigael González Valencia, a leader of Los Cuinis, granted power of attorney to Libien Tella to allow him to control his investment company Valgo Grupo de Inversión.
Protesters block access to Torex Gold's Media Luna mine site in Guerrero, Mexico
At five in the morning on Thursday, March 31, members of the commission of communal property in Colula, Guerrero, blocked access to Torex Gold Resources' (Torex) Media Luna mine site. As of this writing, it appears that the blockade continues.
Blockade at the Media Luna mine entrance (Milenio)
The protesters are from three surrounding communities, and have shut down access to the gold mine's main entrance. They are alleging that during the initial exploration period the Canadian mining company had promised to pay compensation in excess of 500,000 pesos (C$37,500) to the surrounding towns. The company was also to make investments in social services.
The commission members argue that the mine is now well beyond the exploration stage, yet they have yet to see any compensation.
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Goldcorp challenges Mexico's tax laws, and loses
A Mexican subsidiary of Canadian mining giant Goldcorp has been denied an injunction challenging the constitutionality of federal tax reforms that were brought into effect on January 1, 2014. The reforms established a special duty of 7.5 percent to net income on the disposal or sale of extraction activities, with an additional 0.5 percent tax on income from the sale of gold, silver and platinum.
Goldcorp's vision, values, and "six pillars".
The Goldcorp subsidiary, Minas de la Alta Pimeria, put forth an extraordinary challenge. According to Mexico's Federal Judiciary Council (Consejo de la Judicatura Federal, or "CJF"), the mining company wanted to pay per unit of measure, and not by the value of gold extracted. In effect, it would pay the equivalent taxes on a kilo of coal as on a kilo of gold.
In its legal claim, the company stated that the "constituent does not have powers to establish these rights and added that the amounts are not proportional or equitable." How Goldcorp felt it could challenge the powers of the federal government of Mexico to establish its own tax laws is hard to understand.
Heating up the plaza in Sinaloa
In the middle of the night on February 13, in the municipality of San Ignacio, Sinaloa, near the border with Durango, 13 people – eight men and five women – were gunned down. An additional three gunmen were killed in a shootout between armed groups on February 16 in Maloya, near Rosario, south of Mazatlán.
Shrine to Santa Muerte, near Sinaloa-Durango
border, southern Sinaloa.
Then, another five people were shot to death on February 21 in a bar in La Cruz de Elota, a town on the old Mazatlán - Culiacán highway – including a federal police officer, who died after he was transferred to a hospital in Mazatlán. The violence occurred during a concert at La Trova bar by the band Enigma Norteño. This may be a matter of "drunken idiots with guns", and not cartel related, but it looks like people showed up for a fight.
Which is to say, things appear to be heating up in Sinaloa, particularly in the southern part of the state, which is no stranger to mass killings.
Mexico's hope: from Mazatlán to Las Vegas with Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez
It's a go. Gilberto Ramirez, the undefeated 24-year-old boxer from Mazatlán, Mexico, is set to challenge Arthur Abraham at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 9 for the super middleweight title. It won't be easy: Abraham, an Armenian-German, is a formidable opponent. Technically skilled, he is tough, with a strong punch.
(UPDATE: The kid won in a unanimous decision!)
Gilberto Ramirez training in Mazatlan (Photo: Matt Mawson)
"Abraham is a good champion, a great champion," Ramirez's manager, Jesus Zapari, a heavy-set man with short-cropped gray hair, told me at his gym in Mazatlán before the team relocated to Los Angeles. "But we are going to have a new champion after April 9."
It is clear that the boys from Mexico are serious contenders. At the gym in Mazatlán I watched as Ramirez – called "Zurdo" or "Lefty" – was taken around the ring with weights on his ankles by Jose Luis Cruz, a former world-ranked middleweight. Cruz was a solid opponent, but this was boxing school, not proper sparring. For that, the team needed to be Stateside.
Canada's Liberals continue the TPP charade
When President Obama delivered his State of the Union address, he was clear: He supported the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), and he wanted Congress to pass it.
Freeland and Trudeau: appearance is everything
Similarly, during last year's federal election, Canada's former Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, was unstinting in his support for the TPP. And the New Democratic Party's Thomas Mulcair made it clear that, given what he knew of the deal, he was unlikely to support it.
However, the Liberal Party of Canada, under leader Justin Trudeau, made the false claim during last fall's election campaign that it knew too little about the TPP to pass judgment. The party was pro trade, but would need to look at the details.
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Moreira arrest: a long tradition of corrupt Mexican governors
When Humberto Moreira, former governor of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, was arrested at Madrid's Barajas Airport on January 15 for alleged financial crimes, it was big news.
(Update: Moreira was released by a Spanish judge on January 22 for lack of evidence, though ordered to surrender his passport.)
In Mexico, there was much handwringing. Here was the former leader of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a former close adviser of the current president, Enrique Peña Nieto, being detained in Spain on a request from the U.S. on suspicion of money laundering, embezzlement, bribery and criminal association.
Moreira: if Mexico won't, Spain and the US will
The anxiety, however, wasn't that Moreira might be guilty of such crimes. It was that it was the Spanish in concert with the gringos who nailed the cabrón. In effect, these two external powers did what Mexico could not.
It was hardly news that Moreira's behavior was suspect. After an investigation by two journalists, Moreira was accused in a U.S. court of money laundering and embezzlement. A state court in Texas heard how Moreira and other state officials took over $1.8 million from the Coahuila treasury and transferred them to a leader of the Los Zetas cartel to invest in radio stations.
El Chapo Tried to Bribe Federales by Side of Highway
In the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, it is a tried and true tradition that when you are stopped by the side of the road, you can usually buy your way out of a jam. That corruption might have let El Chapo to get away yet again, but for the general chaos surrounding his capture.
After El Chapo escaped through a drain tunnel in the town of Los Mochis, he and his number one hitman, Orso Iván Gastélum, 'El Cholo', hijacked a vehicle. The alert was put out, and the vehicle was detained by federal police on a highway.
Here, things got dicey. Apparently, as soon as El Chapo was detained by the federal cops, the billionaire leader of the Sinaloa Cartel offered to take the officers to Juan José Ríos, Sinaloa. The roadside negotiations were intense. Guzmán started to offer some serious coin. From the side of the highway, he said he would set up the police officers with businesses and houses in Mexico and the United States, whereupon they could "forget about work for the rest of their lives."
Mexico's marijuana consultation, and Justin Trudeau's harsh toke
Mexico's Human Rights Undersecretary, Roberto Campa, has announced that his country will be embarking on a national debate on the legalization of marijuana. However, with Mexico matters are complicated somewhat by the fact that the country is a signatory to international treaties that make the road ahead uncertain. The same is true for Canada, which has stated intends to legalize marijuana.
Looked good then (source: Toronto Sun)
The difference seems to be that Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto has been aware of his country's treaty obligations; whereas Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, only now seems to be coming to this realization.
During the 2012 Mexican presidential campaign Peña Nieto did not campaign on legalization. Not so with Justin Trudeau, who was elected Prime Minister of Canada on October 19, 2015.
During the Canadian campaign, the three dominant Canadian political parties were clear in their positions. The New Democratic Party (NDP) under Thomas Mulcair campaigned on decriminalization and consultation towards legalization. The Conservatives, under then Prime Minister Stephen Harper, campaigned for the status-quo, and the Liberals under Trudeau campaigned for legalization.
"El Chapo" Guzmán Won't Be Extradited Until At Least 2019
Now that Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, the leader of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa Cartel, has been recaptured in his home state of Sinaloa on the west coast of Mexico, the pressure is on to extradite him to the United States.
El Chapo in the love hotel - Three strikes?
The U.S. has an outstanding – and still valid – extradition request, but don't expect it to happen any time soon.
The life-long criminal, who has now escaped from two separate maximum security prisons in Mexico, has become such an embarrassment to the Peña Nieto government that it simply cannot withstand the additional humiliation of handing him over to the gringos.
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Never allow womenfolk to sleep without consuming food Ladies during the course of monthly periods should not pour water to tulasi plant Never say no, if someone comes to your doorstep to sell the flowers simply say that you will purchase tomorrow Never utter no, not available, saniyane, kashtam, daridram words Never curse others even if you suffer. By cursing others you have to share the same again Accumulation of spider linen in the house causes poverty so try to remove them once in a week and for doing these avoid Tuesday and Fridays as well as in the evenings after the lamps are lit. Never put kolam in the main door during the day you observe pitru karyam Take care while serving food in plates/leaves first put some sugar or salt or some of the side dishes prepared by you. Wash the pillow covers frequently otherwise the invisible germs will spread to body and cause diseases. If you happen to use the pillows available in the foreign place keep your towel over the pillow and use. Do not directly use the pillows as is where is and wash the towels once you reach home. Avoid using others bed as far as possible. If it is utmost necessary cover the same with your dhoti or saree before use and wash thoroughly the same once you reach home. Use sambrani fumes to cover entire house particularly the bed rooms once in a week this will make the germs spread to disappear While going to sleep wash your hands and feet thoroughly and wipe out the water apply some vibhuti in forehead, do some prayers in bed and then go for sleep. This will avoid bad dreams and it also hygienic. Deep breathing should be avoided always. Do not do sound while leaving air from mouth cover the mouth with hand Do not interfere in doing services to parents of your husband and see that your husband will not cause disgrace to your parents also Married woman when comes to mother house should not ask anything without knowing the position of them, once if she ask they will try to give the same even by borrowing and suffer later If you practice to know others problems you will never try to ask anything from others.
Never have fighting with husband and go to your parents house. this will cause hurt to your in laws and your parents. It is disgrace to you and your family. Sameway husbands also should not indulge in finding fault with wife and her parents and cause inconvenience to others. nowadays no one has patience and tolerance. Whatever sufferings youare facing now is only due to the sin you have done in the previous birth that you have to face it. There is no remedy for this. You can lessen the intensity of suffering by praying to god. If you want to live with peace in future do not harm to others from now onwards and do not make them to suffer mentally. Akwayas wear the gold ring in the ring fingure only this is because the nerve connection going from ring finger to heart and this will make the heart to function normally. if you purchase the pumpkin pieces from market for cooking purpuses the same is used on the day of purchase. After 24 hours the same will harm to human body. never pour hot water directly on head while taking bath. This will affect the central nervous system. Try to keep two footpads (midiadi) in main door one ourside and one inside so that we can avoid entering of germs to 50 percent If you want to give anything to others either debt or any items try to give them before sunset in the evening and also avoid giving anything on Tuesday and Fridays completely. While brushing your teeth do not walk and brush also while brushing with hand you have to use only middle finger only and not the fore finger Do not bait the nails with teeth. It has become a routine for all nowadays when they have no work they will bite the nails. When cutting the foot nails do not cut till the end leave some length so avoid injuries while walking. When coconut was broken in the temple for pariharam (sidarukai) you should not pick up and eat the same. When litting the lamp in the temples you should not lit the lamp from the lamps lit by others instead you have to use your own match boxes otherwise the sin for which they have lit will come to you. When someone is going out of house do not call them back and do not ask them where they are going Do not throw the money either notes or coins carelessly this will cause poverty. You have to respect the money i.e. lakshmi. After sunset lice should not be pick up. Married women should wear kumkum, earring and metti in foot.
Never have food or sleep by sitting below the girder/beam in the house and never sleep below the above. Never have food or drink coffee by sitting in bed. This will cause death early. But nowadays everyone is doing the same intentionally. Do not consume food by standing or walking or even keeping in left hand. This will cause suffocation or the food may enter into lungs also While serving food do not serve salt, rice cooked and ghee by hand it should be served with spoon only. Never serve food without bangles in the hand Never rise in the middle while consuming food to attend phone or to adjust the tv etc. Be attentive while give any items to others i.e. danam try to put one set of tulasi leave along with it which will give you more punyam. Always make it a practice to give tambulam to women who comes to your house. This is called tambula danam. This is srikaram i.e. will give you more prosperity Make it a practice to take vadu in the head while combing your hair both male and females. This will make the water accumulated in the head to evoparatae otherwise you will feel headache. Never use baking sode in preparing food. Try to use menthe seeds in food this will give you good rememberance and make your body cool also it is good preventer for sugar also. Make it a habit to consume one or two bananas in a day. This will avoid constipation. Sugar patients should avoid instead they can take kadukkai powder one spoon in the night with water. Orange fruit is good and have lot of vitamin c hence try to consume as much as possible This will also avoid cancer development also. While performing sradha , do not give alms to beggers who comes to your doorstep. Never sit on URAL, ULAKKAI, AMMI, MAIN DOOR VASAPADI, MURAM (CHATA). THIS will cause poverty and also any insects hidden will bite you. These items should not crossed at any cost. These items are to be crossed except the main door on the apara kriya i.e. 12th day rituals performed to make the pretams (dead persons soul) not to follow you. The chairs stools in which you sit should not be thrown by foot. Never drink water or consume anything by lying down this will cause entering into lungs and may lead to death. Never use two hands to massage your head.
During birthday/marriage day or any auspicious day get asivadam from elders of the family Make it a practice to your children also this habit.


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Committee aiming to lower number of students behind grade level
Reading, English Language Arts and Mathematics are at the core of every child's education in Louisiana, but some kids are still not able to read – or read at grade level.
In the instruction, supervision and curriculum committee Thursday, that very issue was at the heart of the discussion. Webster Parish School Board Member Frankie Mitchell, District 9, says the idea of the meeting was to explore options to keep children from falling through the cracks.
"We are to value instruction as the most important responsibility," she said. "Whatever we do, the most important responsibility is the value of instruction for our children."
Marty Kilgore, Title II staff development facilitator with the Webster Parish School Board, presented some figures and benchmarks over the last four years for third grade students throughout the parish.
The results come from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, or DIBELS, Kilgore said.
"That is a screener and it lets us know which of our students are on grade level, which ones are at some risk and which ones are at great risk for being successful readers," she said.
She says after doing some research, Connie Busby found indicators that possibly show why some students are not reading at grade level.
"Mrs. Busby discovered that when the state started cutting the number of preschool and Head Start classes, not as many children were receiving that preschool education before entering our public schools," Kilgore said. "So there's a direct correlation there. These kids are starting way behind."
She says this means that almost a third of their students are entering first grade well below benchmark.
Figures show in kindergarten in the fall of 2011, the state showed 53 percent of students who are reading at grade level. Webster Parish's percentage was at 43 percent. Third grade figures for that same year show the state at 60 percent and Webster Parish at 53 percent. The figures also show that by the end of the school year, the percentage of students in Webster Parish increased for both kindergarten and third grade.
By the fall of 2014, kindergarten students rose from 53 percent in 2011 to 56 percent in 2014. Third grade's figures show an increase to 63 percent.
However, the state is addressing the preschool issue by mandating the school system oversee education for children in Head Start as well as day care centers.
Sam Mims approached the school board in February saying he learned a third grader at J.L. Jones is not able to read. His church, The Shepherd's Hut, adopted the third grade class at the school to help provide for their needs in order to provide a more conducive learning environment. However, he says he does not feel a child should be promoted to the next grade until they are at grade level, especially in reading.
Jones Principal Dusty Rowland says they cannot hold a child back due to provisions in the Pupil Progression Plan, a state-mandated plan. She says at least a quarter of her students were not educated in Webster Parish schools before entering her school. In other words, they came from other school districts or from other states. That plays a factor into it, she said. Some students are also home-schooled.
Some of the ways they are combating the lack of reading skills by some is through interventionists. Kilgore says Title I schools have interventionists that come in to work specifically with children who are not hitting the reading target. Teachers block out a period of time during class time to work with these children at schools that are not Title I.
They also use a phonics program called Project Read.
With curriculum changes constantly taking place right now, parent universities are also conducted to help the parents help their children. The time is set aside after school so that parents can meet with their child's teachers and learn how their kids are learning.
The results from the committee will be brought before the board at the March 7 meeting.


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Healthy Eating, Maintaining Your Values At-Scale, and Peanut Butter by the Spoonful with Mark Overbay | The Buddy Ruski Show (Ep. 26)
On episode 26 of The Buddy Ruski Show, Justin interviews food entrepreneur and co-founder of Big Spoon Roasters Mark Overbay.
My guest is Mark Overbay.
Mark's origins begin in Kingsport, Tennessee where his interest in food and nutrition started when his father was diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes. He became the food guru of his family, learning about healthy eating habits and nagging his parents to try new ways of cooking to support his father's health. In turn, Mark learned about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship through his parents — his parents owned and operated a jewelry store.
Mark attended Davidson College where he double majored in English Literature and Philosophy with a concentration in Film Studies. After reading the works of many popular philosophers in high school, Mark wanted to deepen his understanding of the human experience but kept an interest in storytelling, ultimately leading to a career in journalism after graduated. It was during his time at Yes! Magazine in Seattle that Mark met a mentor who persuaded him to join the Peace Corps.
While volunteering in Zimbabwe, Mark desperately missed one of his favorite foods: peanut butter. After watching local farmers using peanuts for other types of foods, he took a shot at making his own homemade peanut butter.
"I saw them crushing the peanuts with stones and thought, 'That's just one step away from peanut butter.' Just a little bit different ingredients. So I got the same set up, roasted peanuts over open fire, crushed them with stones, added a little honey, a little sea salt, and a thimble full of coconut oil because it helped it all emulsify and come together better. Not to toot my own horn, but it was so delicious."
Eventually, Mark took a job with Counter Culture coffee and moved to Durham. It was in his backyard in 2010 where Mark's craving for freshly-made peanut butter resurfaced. This time, after remembering the peanut butter he made in Zimbabwe, Mark decided to take the leap and co-founded Big Spoon Roasters with his now-wife Megan.
Mark remains committed to the values he's baked into Big Spoon Roasters.
"We try to create a version (of peanut butter) that celebrates and reflects the values that we have in terms of taking care of the planet, taking care of the people on it, taking care of the animals on it, and so by creating a product that's values-based, we are trying to do positive service toward other people that share those values."
Big Spoon Roasters is now available in 42 states as well as online.
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You Know Yourself 2.0 is a madcap satire of the heady days of the Celtic Tiger in cosmopolitan Dublin as seen through the eyes of a wet-behind-the-ears radio reporter who tries to get a break, find love and put up with her ex-rockstar of a father... usually with disastrous consequences.
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THAT'S NUTTY
This new peanut butter has twice the caffeine of a cup of coffee
Making coffee redundant.
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Peanut butter is a nearly perfect food—delicious, creamy, full of protein and healthy fats. But one company thought it was missing something important: caffeine.
With 170 milligrams of caffeine per 2 tablespoon serving, STEEM Peanut Butter has the same amount of caffeine as two cups of coffee. Its label also boasts electrolytes and protein, making it, the company says, "perfect not only for athletes and active people, but also for normal life."
Not everyone thinks the idea of caffeine via peanut butter is a great idea, though, especially since peanut butter is particularly popular with children. The New York Post reports that New York senator Charles Schumer is now calling for an US Food and Drug Administration review of the product.
"This may look like an ordinary jar of peanut butter, and it may cost the same as a jar of peanut butter, but the fact is, it's much more dangerous than an ordinary jar of peanut butter," Schumer said.
Currently available in just a handful of stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut, STEEM peanut butter, Schumer worries, could be a Trojan horse for other caffeine-heavy products to make their way onto US grocery store shelves and into US consumers' pantries.
"If they allow it, it can spread to all kinds of other snacks, even Popsicles, candy, things that kids eat. It needs some regulation. We need the FDA to let everyone know they're not asleep at the wheel about the high levels of caffeine being infused into our snacks," Schumer said.
Calling for the regulation of caffeinated products has become something of a specialty for the senator, who called for the ban of caffeinated alcoholic drinks in 2010 following a New York Times story on their dangers. The FDA took action that month, sending warning letters to producers about their unapproved mixtures. This year, Schumer called for a ban on powdered caffeine; a few months later, the FDA sent warning letters to five manufacturers.
In a statement to Quartz, STEEM said it has "complied with any and every obligation we were required to before putting our product out on shelves" and welcomes FDA or any other federal oversight so that the agencies "can see that STEEM is perfectly safe when used as directed." The company said that its product is marketed to adults and clearly provides information about serving sizes and caffeine content on the label.
The FDA did not immediately respond Quartz's request for comment but told amNewYork that it would respond to the senator's request upon receipt of a letter from him.


Can I Add Employee Gold Cards to My Business Platinum?
Can I add gold cards to my Business Platinum or do I have to get the Platinum card for all my employees?
This is a timely question, since American Express announced just last week it's adding the ability to add up to 99 authorized user Gold cards to The Platinum Card from American Express for free.
But that's the personal version. William wants to know about the business card, and with good reason, because adding employee Platinum cards to a company's Business Platinum account comes with a substantial fee of $300 each. For that fee, your employees get most of the benefits of the Platinum card, including their own Global Entry or TSA PreCheck fee waiver, elite status with Hilton and SPG and access to Centurion lounges, Priority Pass lounges and Delta Sky Clubs when they're flying on Delta. But it's still a lot of money, especially if your primary goal is just to give employees a way to charge business expenses to your company's master credit card account.
Fortunately, there are two good alternatives. First, to answer your question: Yes, you can add Amex Business Gold employee cards to your Business Platinum. The annual fee for each card is significantly lower at $50, saving you over $245 on each one. The Gold employee cards won't get the benefits of a Platinum card, but any charges will accrue points as usual on your company's master account — including the new 5x bonus for airfare and prepaid hotels purchased through Amextravel.com and the 1.5x bonus for purchases over $5,000 — and will also count toward any minimum spend you might need to meet for the bonus points when you first sign up for the card.
However, if all you're concerned about is giving employees a way to charge business expenses, there's an even cheaper option. The Business Platinum also allows you to add standard Green cards for employees, and those cards come without any fee whatsoever.
If you're wondering why you would pay $45 for a Gold employee card without any benefits when a Green employee card without any benefits is free, I actually wondered exactly the same thing. So I called American Express and a very friendly and knowledgable agent there told me "the Gold and Green employee cards are identical — the $45 annual fee is just for the prestige of having a Gold card." So it's up to you to decide if it's worth $45 to bestow extra prestige on your employees.
Remember also that American Express lets you set spending limits for each individual employee card, and you can even freeze a card at any time if you want to end an employee's ability to use the card for charges. All of these options are available at any time by signing in to your Business Platinum account online at the American Express website.
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