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Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition to Award More than $1 Million
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Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business plan competition that targets mid-to-late-stage business start-ups with potential to generate an immediate impact on Michigan's economy, as well as student concepts with longer-term business viability. The grand prize in this competition is $500,000 with other prizes to be awarded.
Complete eligibility and application information is available on the competition website. Applications are due August 8, 2012.
Cleantech Open Launches 2012 Competition; Deadline is May 8
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The Cleantech Open Accelerator and Competition is now accepting applications its 2012 program. This business plan competition has awarded more than $5 million in cash and services to support cleantech startups since 2006.
Startups can submit entries in these categories - Air/Water/Waste, Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Smart Power/Green Grid/Energy Storage, and Transportation. The deadline to enter the 2012 competition is May 8th.
There will also be a National Launch Party on March 23rd at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. For more information:
Cleantech Open – Home page
Cleantech Open – Previous coverage (Green VC)
Cleantech Open Announces Winners in California, North Central, and Rocky Mountain Regions
The Clean Tech Open (CTO), a business plan competition that will provide more than $1 million in prizes for early-stage clean technology startups, recently announced the finalists for its 2011 competition in three of its regional competitions. The finalists are listed below by region. You can also view a list of all semifinalists here.
These regional finalist teams received a "Startup in a Box" prize package that includes combined cash and in-kind services worth up to $20,000. They will now be competing at the national competition, which will be awarding a grand prize of $250,000 in investment and services on November 16, 2011 as part of the Cleantech Open 2011 Global Forum.
California Region
Six category winners and Regional Sustainability Award winner:
Air, Water and Waste. This category covers technologies that handle anything from air purification to water filtration to new recycling methods. Kiverdi (San Francisco, CA) won with its high-yield gas-consuming microbes that turn waste gas into oil-based products.
Energy Efficiency. This category deals with anything that saves Watts, or deals in "nega-Watts." LoadIQ (Reno, NV) won with its energy-management software that determines how energy is used in buildings, and itemizes energy bills to help ratepayers reduce costs.
Green Building. This category includes technologies that enable commercial and residential buildings to be built and function in a sustainable manner. EnFocus Engineering (Sunnyvale, CA) won with its enhanced zero-carbon light that energizes buildings with sunlight.
Renewable Energy. This category includes energy solutions derived from the sun, wind, geothermal sources, ocean waves, and more. B2U Solar (San Jose, CA) won with its innovative non-imaging concentrator collector that uses the sun to heat fluids, without the need for mechanical tracking or direct sunlight.
Smart Power. This category includes technologies that encompass the smart grid, energy control, and battery storage. ECO Catalytics (Davis, CA) won with a process to develop a catalyst material deposition process that reduces fuel-cell platinum costs by 95 percent.
Transportation. This category includes covers anything that deals with new fuels or new forms/methods of transport. Gridtest Systems (Calabasas, CA) won with electric-vehicle infrastructure test tools that provide automated testing of EV charging stations.
May-Ruben Technologies (Minden, NV) won the Regional Sustainability Award, an honor given to the team that most effectively incorporated a triple-bottom-line approach to scaling its business. The company has developed a thermally driven heat pump that can increase the energy efficiency of industrial processes such as process heating and cooling, drying, evaporation and distillation.
Regional Finalist: Atmosphere Recovery
Gas analysis/control systems enabling sustainable manufacturing and renewable energy conversion.
Regional Finalist: FORTECO
Sustainable, lightweight composite framing materials for commercial buildings that saves costs.
Regional Finalist: Whole Trees Structures
Green building systems from abundant forest waste and a competitive option to steel and concrete.
Sustainability Winner: Sheerwind (Invelox)
Safe, silent, low-cost and high-efficiency wind power generation technologies.
Rocky Mountain Region
Arbsource
Phoenix-based ARBSource is on a mission to transform wastewater treatment from a costly liability into a valuable resource. Breweries, confectioners, and many other food and beverage processors are burdened with large electricity expenses to manage their wastewater, often totaling six figures per year. For half the cost, we can offer these companies identical treatment speed and quality with our patent-pending and licensed ARBCell biotechnology.
GeoTree Technologies
Lafayette, Colo.-based GeoTree manufactures high performance materials for rehabilitation of infrastructure such as pipes and roads. Using biomimicry, nanotechnology and systems design, the firm has created "green" specialized geopolymer-based solutions.
US e-Chromic
Boulder-based US e-Chromic LLC uses an electric field to change the tint of a window, allowing users to control the transparency based on the time of day, temperature, or exposure to sunlight. Today, the current supply of electrochromic windows turn darker in color when activated, consequently absorbing heat. In contrast, the technology being developed by US e-Chromic LLC reflects sunlight, keeping buildings cooler. They can be retrofitted to existing windows, potentially reducing cooling costs by 25 – 30 percent for commercial buildings during air conditioning months.
Dragonfily, the regional sustainability winner, is a Utah custom manufacturer of patent-pending systems that improve the efficiency of electrical systems in homes and businesses.
Unreasonable Institute Investor Pitch Event is July 18 (Discount Available)
In Green Business Competitions and Awards, Green Entrepreneurs / Social Entrepreneurs: Resources
On July 18, the Unreasonable Institute, a Boulder, Colorado-based startup accelerator, will be bringing 26 entrepreneurs (from 17 countries) to San Francisco for a Pitch Day (and Night). The Unreasonable Institute takes its name from a George Bernard Shaw quotation that states that "all progress depends on the Unreasonable man [andwoman]."
The presenting entrepreneurs include:
An MIT researcher from India with an anemia detection device recognized by the World Health Organization as one of the 7 most innovative emerging healthcare technologies.
An entrepreneur who is helping build the recycling infrastructure in Mexico and who has generated $1 million in revenue in the past 18 months.
You can view the complete list of presenting entrepreneurs here. Thanks to our friends at the Unreasonable Institute, readers of Green VC can obtain a 30% discount on registration to attend the Pitch program. To obtain this discount use code "secretdiscount" (without the quotes) when registering online.
April 11 is Application Deadline for 2011 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open Competition
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April 11 is the application deadline for the third annual Sustainable Brands Innovation Open (SBIO) start-up competition. Applications are being sought from innovative, socially-conscious entrepreneurs with either a consumer product or B2B solution that helps companies achieve their goals towards creating more sustainable brands. There are two categories for entrants:
Idea Stage – for self or family-funded entities with a solid business plan and limited operational experience
Early Stage – for companies currently operating with less than $1 million in outside capital.
The SBIO is part of the Sustainable Brands 2011 conference and ten start-ups will be selected to display and pitch during the conference to attendees, as well as a group of green/social investors, executives from leading companies, top brand consultants, and peers.
"SBIO supports innovation and fosters collaboration between early stage eco-entrepreneurs and executives from some of the most influential brands in the industry, as well as socially responsible investors who can help take their ideas to the next level," said KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, CEO of Sustainable Life Media. "The SBIO gives ten emerging companies a platform to showcase their early stage company and build a network of supporters that can accelerate their route to market."
Application information for the SBIO is available here.
Clean Tech Open Announces 2010 Finalists in All Regions
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The Clean Tech Open (CTO), a business plan competition that will provide more than $1 million in prizes for early-stage clean technology startups, recently announced the finalists for its 2010 competition. The finalists, by regional competition, are listed below. You can also view a list of the semifinalists here.
These finalist teams will now be competing at the national competition, which will be awarding a grand prize of $250,000 in investment and services on November 17, 2010.
FogBusters, Inc. – Revolutionary technology for removing fat, oil and grease (FOG) from wastewater
Suntulit – Smart, multi-zone HVAC system enhancement for homeowners with central forced-air systems
Stramit Strawboard – Converts low-cost agricultural waste into high-value building board
Pure Solar – Laser-processing tool to produce an industry-standard c-Si wafer to increase efficiency for photo-voltaic cell manufacturers
SmartSense - Real-time fault detection, fault prediction and performance monitoring for electrical grids
Pressure Sentinel – Automatic tire inflation system that eliminates the problem of underinflated truck tires
EarthClean – Creator of a biodegradable, non-toxic fire suppressant system that can be used in existing firefighting equipment
Graphene Solutions, Inc. – Technologies that increase the practical application of nanomaterials in coatings, composites and energy generation and storage
Silicon Solar Solutions - Improves energy output and lower cost of silicon-based solar power cells.
OnChip Power – Bringing integration to power electronics
7Solar – Energy Independence, one building at a time
V Squared Wind – Wind technology
Pacific Northwest Region
Arcimoto – Builder of a fun and cost-effective electric vehicle for the around-town drives that typify most vehicle use
Nanocel Inc. – Revolutionizing the cooling of electronic devices with its microfluidic polymer cooling system that can cool specific areas that generate the heat
Puralytics – Maker of unique water purification devices that remove all types of pollutants in a single step without using chemicals or producing waste water
infiniRel – Assures renewable energy service providers of maximum equipment uptime at the lowest service cost through predictive data analysis and maintenance scheduling support
INOTEC – Distributes electrons to microbes in a manner that provides them with energy to more efficiently transform and remove contaminants found in waste and drinking waters
pureSilicon – Addresses growing electrical use by computer servers
Cleantech Open Announces Winners of North Central Regional Competition
The Cleantech Open, a business plan competition that will provide more than $1 million in prizes for early-stage clean technology startups, recently announced the winners of its North Central regional competition (which includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin).
The winning teams were:
EarthClean Corp. (Minneapolis, MN)
Xolve, Inc. (Platteville, WI)
Silicon Solar Solutions (Rogers, AR)
These teams will receive a "Startup in a Box" prize package of cash and in-kind services valued at up to $30,000. They will also be proceeding to the Cleantech Open national competition, which will award a grand prize of $250,000 in investment and services on November 17, 2010.
In addition, NewWater, based in Minneapolis, won the region's sustainability award, an honor given to the team that most effectively incorporated a triple bottom line approach to scaling their business.
"We were delighted to have more than 50 entries in this year's first North Central region competition – which was second only to the California region," said Justin Kaster, the regional director for the North Central region and an investment banker with Twin Cities-based Cherry Tree Companies. "While each entry was innovative and inventive, our four winners represent the best in cutting-edge clean technology and renewable solutions. With world-class training and extensive one-on-one mentoring, our winners now have the comprehensive tools to showcase their business. We're thrilled to see such success in the competition's first year in this region and believe the tremendous strides all our participant companies made will help our region lead in this emerging industry."
$10 Million Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Shared by Three Teams
In Green Business Competitions and Awards, Green Cars / Hybrids / Electric Vehicles, Green Entrepreneurs / Social Entrepreneurs: Resources, Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, X PRIZE Foundation
The Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, an international competition launched in 2008 with a $10 million prize purse designed to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles, recently announced its winners (video at the end of this post). They are:
$5 Million Mainstream Class Winner:
Edison2 "Very Light Car #98" (Charlottesville, VA)
Economy: 102.5 MPGe
Fuel: E85 ethanol
Boasting the lowest drag coefficient of any car with four wheels tested in the GM wind tunnel and at the Chrysler Proving Grounds, this vehicle demonstrated over 100 MPGe on the test track, and verified in the lab, under stringent testing conditions using a highly innovative small displacement engine. Its low weight of just 830 pounds is a tribute to its use of light weight materials, reduced engine displacement and a host of other weight-saving innovations.
$2.5 Million Alternative Side-by-Side Class Winner:
Li-ion Motors Corp "Wave II" (Mooresville, NC)
Economy: 187 MPGe
Fuel: Battery Electric
This side-by-side two-seat battery electric car was built on a lightweight aluminum chassis and weighs in at only 2,176 pounds, despite the weight of its powerful lithium ion batteries. The Wave II demonstrated outstanding low mechanical and aerodynamic drag that resulted in 187 MPGe in combined on-track and laboratory efficiency testing, a 14.7s zero-to-60 mph acceleration time, and over 100 miles range over a real-world driving cycle.
$2.5 Million Alternative Tandem Class Winner:
X-Tracer Team Switzerland "E-Tracer #79" (Winterthur, Switzerland)
This tandem two-seat vehicle combines the best of motorcycles and automobiles. This clever design has two extra outrigger wheels that deploy at low speed to stabilize the vehicle. At 1436 pounds, the E-Tracer is able to deliver over 100 miles in range, led the competition with over 200 MPGe in combined on-track and laboratory fuel efficiency and achieved a zero-to- 60 mph acceleration time of just 6.6 seconds.
"We've seen a shift in the market since we first launched this competition, and a greater awareness by people everywhere to think more seriously about the actions we take, and how they affect our environment," noted Peter Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation. "Gas mileage ranks as one of our top concerns when purchasing a new vehicle and I believe strongly that the innovations showcased throughout the life of this competition will continue to impact and improve our car buying options for the future."
"Congratulations to the winners and to all the teams who competed over the course of this competition. Their innovations and hard work are truly inspirational," said Glenn Renwick. "We're extremely proud to support a competition that will result in more super fuel-efficient vehicle choices; choices that will make people's lives better."
There will now be opportunities for winners and other competitors to move forward with their inventions. Under a U.S. Department of Energy-funded technical assistance program, qualified Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competitors will obtain funding support for access to key automotive expertise and test facilities to assist them in readying their vehicles and technologies for market introduction.
A video of the awards ceremony follows below.
Companies Selected as "Technology Pioneers 2011" in Energy and Environment by World Economic Forum
In Green Business Competitions and Awards, World Economic Forum
On September 1st, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced the 31 companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2011. These companies were selected as the most innovative start-ups from around the world that will have a critical impact on the future of business and society. Previous winners include Google (2001), Gridpoint (2008), Nanosolar (2007), Recyclebank (2009), and Silver Spring Networks (2008).
"The World Economic Forum is proud to recognize an outstanding group of innovative companies as Technology Pioneers for 2011," said André Schneider, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the World Economic Forum. "Their technologies and business models will have a durable and valuable effect in several industries and society as a whole. We look forward to their unique contributions to the mission of the Forum: improving the state of the world."
The companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2011 are in the areas of Energy and Environment are:
Digital Lumens (USA)
Ecovative Design (USA)
Ferrate Treatment Technologies (USA)
Flexoresearch Group (Thailand)
Novacem (United Kingdom)
On-Ramp Wireless (USA)
OPOWER (USA)
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies (Canada)
Quintas Renewable Energy Solutions (Nigeria)
TaKaDu (Israel)
Tendril (USA)
Topell Energy (Netherlands)
Transonic Combustion (USA)
World Economic Forum (WEF) – Home page
Thirty-One Visionary Companies Selected as Technology Pioneers 2011 (September 1, 2010)
Technology Pioneers 2011
$200 Million "ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid" Competition Announced by GE, Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and RockPort Capital
In Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, General Electric (GE), Green Business Competitions and Awards, Green Funding Opportunities, Green Venture Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RockPort Capital Partners, Smart Grid
Earlier this month GE announced the ecomagination Challenge. This is a $200 million innovation competition launched in partnership with Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RockPort Capital, and Chris Anderson (Editor-in-Chief, Wired).
The ecomagination Challenge seeks breakthrough ideas to create a smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grid, and accelerate the adoption of more efficient grid technologies. Proposals are sought in three categories — Renewables, Grid and Eco Homes/Eco Buildings. This competition is open from now until September 30, 2010 to anyone aged 18 years or older and all legally formed entities. Entries may be submitted via the ecomagination Challenge website.
Selected entrants will be offered the opportunity to develop a commercial relationship with GE through:
Investment: The $200 million capital pledge of GE and its partners will be invested globally into promising start-ups and ideas
Validation: Evaluate entrant's business strategy through in-depth discussions with GE's technical and commercial teams
Distribution: Explore partnership opportunities with GE to scale a business and create global reach
Development: Leverage GE's technical infrastructure and GE Global Research Centers to accelerate technology and product development
Growth: Explore opportunities for utilizing existing GE customer to take Challenge products to market
In addition, five entrants will receive a $100,000 "innovation challenge award" acknowledging their entry as an example of outstanding entrepreneurship and innovation.
"Innovation is the engine of the global effort to transform the way we create, connect and use power," said GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. "At GE we have invested broadly and deeply in digital energy solutions and see this as a substantial market for us, but we can't do it alone. We want to work with our partners to make sure we have a comprehensive digital energy offering. This challenge is about collaboration and we are inviting others to help accelerate progress in creating a cleaner, more efficient and economically viable grid. We want to jump-start new ideas and deploy them on a scale that will modernize the electrical grid around the world."
GE CMO Beth Comstock said, "We took on a challenge when we launched ecomagination five years ago and we have learned about the power of partnerships to deliver clean energy solutions today. The challenge announced today is about collaboration and harnessing the promise of fledgling ideas and businesses to transform our energy future. We are confident in people's willingness to change the way the world uses energy and in the ideas that will make this possible."
"The Smart Grid is a new platform and a new market that is just beginning to be explored. Great ideas on how to do this can come from anywhere, so this competition is designed to tap the widest possible range of innovators, from big companies to entrepreneurs to students," said Chris Anderson, who is serving as an advisor on the Challenge.
"Modernization of global electricity transmission and distribution systems have simply not kept pace with our society's growing demand for clean and highly reliable power," said Gina Domanig, Managing Partner of Emerald Technology Ventures. "Smart Grid innovation has been a significant area of investment focus for Emerald over the past decade and we are pleased to be a partner in the GE ecomagination Challenge."
Foundation Capital General Partner Paul Koontz said, "Global power grids make up the largest networks in the world. In most cases, the technology on which they are based is essentially 100 years old. The opportunity to reinvent how energy is produced, distributed and consumed is extraordinarily large and is critical in the battle against climate change. We're pleased to support GE's initiative to engage the entrepreneurial community, and the powerful innovation engine it represents, in this effort."
"Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is committed to a sustainable energy environment and are working to reduce the world's dependency on fossil fuel-based energy through our growing portfolio of innovative Greentech companies," said Ray Lane, Managing Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. We believe the Smart Grid is the information technology backbone that will enable faster scaling of energy innovations. Kleiner Perkins is proud to be a part of the GE ecomagination Challenge, and we are committed to working closely with GE and other investor partners to help commercialize the best Smart Grid innovations."
RockPort Capital General Partner Chuck McDermott said, "The electric power grid is the central nervous system of the global economy. Though today's grid is a 20th century engineering marvel, the smart grid of tomorrow promises to revolutionize how we manage our homes, offices and factories and to maximize the use of next-generation clean energy resources. Through this challenge, we will match the best ideas and best entrepreneurs with GE's commitment to innovation, unparalleled technical knowledge and its deep penetration into the most vital areas of the world's energy infrastructure. Working together we can transform yesterday's grid into a 21st century marvel."
A video of the formal announcement of the ecomagination Challenge follows below.
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As the fuel our bodies need to run, the food we select while hiking and backpacking is absolutely essential to the success of our journey. There are many prepackaged meals available for the hiker, but for a truly delicious and nutritious feast, you can easily whip something up your own.
The main aim with hiking and backpacking meals is to find something easy to prepare, light to carry, but delicious and nutritious at the same time. With a little bit of forward planning before your trip, you'll be able to have a meal fit for a king for every day you're on the journey so you and your body don't need to suffer.
These backpacking food ideas will keep you covered for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the all-important snacks you'll need in between. By preparing them before you go and throwing them into a heavy duty zip-lock bag, you can save space and time by having it all there when you get hungry with some simple campfire cooking.
The best backpacking food for snacks is those you can eat on the go, whether you're enjoying a little rest or not. Here are some simple snack ideas that are both healthy and filling, giving you the fuel you need to make it to your next checkpoint.
Trail mix: It says it all in the name, but a trail mix is perfectly designed for the hiker. These mixes can be pre pacakged or you can create your own with a mix of nuts, grains, and dried fruit.
Muesli bars: There are a few different types of bars available, depending on your needs. Some are there for a quick energy fix and others slow burning, so pack a few varieties to keep you covered.
Banana: One of the best fruits for long lasting energy, the banana is also easy to eat on the go. For something a little more exciting, spread some almond butter for an extra energy kick.
Homemade protein balls: Many hikers prepare protein balls themselves before a trip, and they can store well in freezer bags for a quick snack.
As the most important meal of the day, the hiker needs to ensure they get it right. Your breakfast will give you the fuel you need to get your day started, so you want to ensure you're getting the right amount of calories and nutrition with eating too heavy.
The best way to achieve this and get your essential protein, carbohydrates and other nutrients is a simple egg scramble. This recipe can be prepared at home with all ingredients thrown into a zip-lock bag, and when you're ready to eat simply place in hot water for five minutes.
The best way to ensure adequate nutrition and energy through a hike is to eat smaller and more regular meals, so it may not always be ideal to stop for a long lunch break. However, for those times when you need something more substantial and have the time to relax, this is a simple idea for a nutritious and tasty lunch.
This wrap might not seem like much, but the blend of peanut butter and banana will keep you full for hours. Have all of your ingredients ready and you can simply make this wrap up on the spot in an instant. When you're really hungry, feel free to prepare two and take one along for a snack.
Dinner is the time you can really relax and enjoy your hiking food, so you can spend a little longer preparing something if you like. This chicken quinoa meal will only take 15 minutes to prepare, but your body will be grateful for the flavors and herbs within.
When you're ready to eat, boil a cup of water and then add your quinoa and spices. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, keeping an eye on the quinoa. Once tender, remove and toss through the chicken to enjoy.
These easy camping meals might seem basic, but they can provide you with the adequate nutrition your body needs for energy. Working out your daily caloric needs is essential before a hike, as everyone's body will require a different amount. Hiking burns a lot of calories, so you need to be prepared for to make up this difference.
The best backpacking food should tick all of the boxes; nutritious, tasty, and easy to prepare. The aim here is to avoid carrying too many utensils or ingredients and having everything pre-packaged in single serving portions to reduce your load and the time it takes to prepare your meals.
Although you may be tempted to bring along a stack of fresh fruit and vegetables, these really aren't efficient choices for the hiker. As the hiker requires short-term performance foods, you should focus instead on meals with high caloric values and protein and carbohydrates to get you through.
With a little bit of forward planning and these simple camping food ideas, you can ensure that you have the energy required to complete your hike. With adequate nutrition and hydration, you're giving your body the chance to restore itself each night and keep it running throughout the day.


This trilobite is a rare member of the family Crecicephalidae known as Coosella Type I. It has not as yet been sceientifically described, so the species has not yet been named. It differs from another from the region, known as Coosella Type 2 by virtue of a straighter thoracic profile and wider pygidium.


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14 Books to Read After Watching <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i>
14 Books to Read After Watching The Banshees of Inisherin
Looking for more darkly comedic Irish tales about friendship, loss, and loneliness? Look no further.
Design by Michael Stillwell
Martin McDonagh's The Banshees of Inisherin follows neighbors Pádraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson) who have a sudden falling out. "The starting point was to capture the sadness of a breakup, be it a love breakup or a friendship one," McDonagh said. "Being on both sides of that is an equally horrible position. To treat the sadness of both sides as truthfully as possible was the main thing I wanted to get right with this."
The friendship break-up is set during the backdrop of the Irish Civil War, and was filmed in the Aran Islands, off the west cost of Ireland. The following books all grapple with loss, friendship, small communities, Irish history, and other themes that weave throughout Banshees. So while there may never be a sequel to this film, you can continue reading works in a similar vein:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue
The heart of The Banshees of Inisherin is about the falling out of lifelong friends Pádraic and Colm. In Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls trilogy, set just a few decades after Banshees, confidantes Caithleen and Bridget leave their home in the Irish countryside and navigate city life. At the heart of both is a reflection of friendship in Ireland.
Graywolf Press
Milkman: A Novel
Anna Burns's Milkman, set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, is a tale, per the publisher, of "gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences." Though the historical context of Banshees is very different, how a tight-knit community grapples with the minefield of gossip is fascinating.
In The Sea, Max Morden is a middle-aged Irishman who returns to the seaside town where he grew up after his wife, Anna, passes away. How he copes with grief, and loneliness, is at the heart of The Sea, as are meditations on his childhoods spent in Ballyless.
Yale University Press
Graveyard Clay: Cré na Cille
A masterpiece of modern Irish literature, Cré na Cille was only recently translated into English (it was first published in 1949). It's set entirely in a graveyard, where the recently dead discuss local gossip, flirt, and carry on feuds. It's satirical, darkly comic, and entirely in dialogue. (Another translation is The Dirty Dust, translated by Alan Titley.)
New York Review of Books
Troubles (Empire Trilogy)
Like Banshees, Troubles is also set during the Irish War of Independence. It's set at a once-famous hotel in south east Ireland that is losing its glamour. Through the characters in the hotel, it's a lens to view the Anglo-Irish aristocracy in Ireland, and the war serves as a simmering backdrop of the plot.
The Slowworm's Song
The Slowworm's Song, one of the newest books on this list, is British, but about Ireland, so we're counting it. Ex-British solider Stephen is summoned to an inquiry in Belfast regarding an incident he was involved in during the Troubles, and he starts writing a letter to his formerly estranged daughter, Maggie, about that fateful night. It's a moving story about redemption, guilt, and atonement.
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Fourth Island
This historical fantasy is set in the Aran Islands, like Banshees, and also imagines a fictional island: Inis Caillte. This fourth Aran Island is "populated solely by the lost" and "heals the ailments of all those who reach its shores." It's a tale of community, loss, and healing—in the landscape of the Irish islands.
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?: A Memoir
If you want more Irish humor, Séamus O'Reilly's memoir is a sad but funny tale of childhood grief. Séamus's mother passes away when he is 5 years old, leaving behind him and ten brothers and sisters. His father becomes a single dad to 11, and raises them all in Northern Ireland on his own. It's extremely tender and hilarious.
Biblioasis
A Ghost in the Throat
If you want to travel back further in Irish history, Doireann Ní Ghríofa imagines the life of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, an Irish noblewoman in the 1700s who writes a poem about the murder of her husband, and interweaves her tale with a young mother in present day Ireland who becomes obsessed with Eibhlín and her poem.
Small Things Like These
Set in 1985, this Irish historical fiction novel is about Bill, a coal merchant, who confronts his past in the weeks leading up to Christmas after he makes a delivery to the local convent. Like Colm and Pádraic in Banshees, he is an unforgettable protagonist.
The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley: A Novel
This is a slightly different genre: The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley is a twist on a crime novel. Paddy Buckely, an undertaker, accidentally kills the brother of one of Dublin's most notorious mobsters. What follows is part thriller, part black comedy, part love story.
Wounds: A Memoir of War and Love
If you're looking to read more about the Irish Civil War, journalist Fergal Keane dives into his past—and follows the life of his grandmother Hannah during the Irish Civil War and the revolution after the 1916 Rising.
Maggie O'Farrell's This Must Be the Place follows Daniel Sullivan, an Irish-American linguistics lecturer, and his wife, Claudette, a former film star, who are living in the remote Donegal countryside. Yet when Daniel finds out about the fate of a former girlfriend, their marriage is thrown into question. Like Banshees, the story centers around a falling out between loved ones.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Modern Classics)
Last, The Banshees of Inisherin is not Martin McDonagh's first work set in the Aran Islands. He's written three plays set off the coast of County Galway: The Cripple of Inishmaan (1996), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001), and The Banshees of Inisheer (never published). The first two are available to read as a script—though not a novel, it still transports you to the world of Banshees.
The Royal Family's Favorite Kids' Books

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You'd think two sets of identical twins running around Ephesus, mixing up everything and everybody, was crazy enough. But in Brianna Sloane's production of The Comedy of Errors for Hampshire Shakespeare Company, that mixup does an additional 180. All the men's parts are played by women, and vice versa. In Shakespeare's chaotic tale, twin boys and their twin servants, separated at birth, are reunited, but not before they've baffled, befuddled and exasperated an entire town and each other. Oh, and all 20-some characters are played by just seven actors, swapping roles as fast as the madcap action.
July 9-13 and 16-20, 7 p.m., 650 E. Pleasant St., Amherst, hampshireshakespearecompany.wordpress.com.


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The Calgary Stampeders and their fans are proud partners and contributors to Kids Up Front, a program which allows youngsters who would otherwise be unable to attend games
to watch Canadian Football League action at McMahon Stadium.
Several thousand Stampeders tickets are donated to Kids Up Front by season-ticket holders every season.
Kids Up Front also gives youngsters the opportunity attend other sporting and recreation activities as well as arts and culture events.
Fans who are unable to use their game tickets or who simply choose to donate them can give them to the football club and the Stampeders will then relay them to Kids Up Front for distribution to deserving children.
Tax receipts are available for those making donations.
You can contribute your tickets in one of two ways:
1) Drop the tickets off at the Stampeders' McMahon Stadium ticket office at least two business days before game day and they'll be passed along to Kids Up Front.
2) Courier the tickets to Kids Up Front, #110, 105 12th Ave. SE, Calgary, AB T2G 1A1
For more information, call the Stampeders' Ticket Office at 403-289-0258.
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With a serial killer loose on Carnival Row, and a government that turns a blind eye to the deaths of its lower class citizens, Rycroft Philostrate, a war-hardened investigator, is the only person willing to stop the murders and maintain the fragile peace. But when Vignette Stonemoss, a faerie refugee, turns up in the Burgue, she forces Philo to reckon with a past he's tried to forget.
I was quite intrigued as soon as I watched the teaser for this superb dark fantasy ("neo-noir") TV series on Amazon's Prime Video. The world it offers is really interesting. It doesn't feel entirely original since it is constituted by a blend of mythos that oozed from our collective psyche (legendary creatures mostly from celtic or classical lores) and it seems inspired by various literary classics (you'll find little hints of Shakespeare, of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, of Alexandre Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo, of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, or a little Jack The Ripper and even a bit of Lovecraft), but it is all put together in a very clever and inspiring manner.
In an alternate Victorian world, a British-like country (a city-state named The Burgue) is fighting a German-like folk (The Pact, which remains quite mysterious throughout the series) over new territory to increase their colonial empire. It seems set in a period similar to the Boer War mixed with some aspects of WWI. Strangely, this society looks almost like the Victorian or Edwardian era from our world, but with slight differences in technologies and with everything having akin but different names. For example, the religion they practice is very similar to Christianity (with the typically puritan attitude of the Victorian England) but the Christ is called the Martyr and is represented as a hangman on the gallows instead of a cross!
As The Burgue is losing the war, refugees from their invaded colonies are starting to flow into the London-like city-state creating social problems and racial frictions. It would be a normal historical drama if those population were not made of mythical creatures like faeries (fae), goblins, pucks, kobolds, werewolves, centaurs, etc. In the middle of all this, Rycroft Philostrate — a police inspector with a mysterious past and an identity crisis — is investigating a series of gruesome murders and is somewhat reunited with his long lost lover, Vignette Stonemoss.
Carnival Row is an excellent steampunk story (they still use coal but also telegraph, electricity, airships, gatling guns and small rockets). It is full of mystery, moral (battle of good vs evil, high society vs the slums), politics, forbidden love (inter-racial and LGBTQ+) and even sex (faeries are apparently quite sexual creatures). It tackles very contemporary themes, like social inequity, immigration, feminism or racism. This series is a real advocacy for tolerance and diversity, a call to rediscover and preserve the magic that is in our hearts. It makes me realize that steampunk (and Neo-victorian), as a genre, is really getting popular — we start noticing it more and more in novels, in anime and manga, and now even in TV series.
This series is quite captivating (I binged the first season in a couple of days) and incredibly well-made (superb special effects and costumes), with a great cast (Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Indira Varma, Jared Harris) and an excellent storytelling. It will surely be the event of the season. I found it both fascinating and entertaining, and cannot understand the poor reception it got from the critics (54% on Rotten Tomatoes !) although it was better appreciated by the public (87% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.1 on IMDb). I admit that the ending of the first season was a little predictable and disappointing (aren't they all — but this one does solve the identity crisis of the main character and the murder mystery). Some people complained that the folks of the Pact were never properly introduced or developed, but I am sure that more will be explained in the second season (I can't wait to see where the plot will take us). No, this series is definitely a must-see (be sure to check also the behind the scene videos) and I highly recommend it.
To learn more about this title you can consult the following web sites:
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Arrivals – Bus from the Arezzo Railway Station (5pm). Meet at the cafe in the train station.
< afternoon > Visit to the Eremo of Camaldoli and its Ancient Library.
Bus to Arezzo Railway Station. We will aim to be back in Arezzo by 9am.


GAO-15-775: Published: Sep 15, 2015. Publicly Released: Oct 15, 2015.
Explanation of vehicle-to-infrastructure safety applications.
Vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies allow roadside devices to communicate with vehicles and warn drivers of safety issues; however, these technologies are still developing. According to the Department of Transportation (DOT), extensive deployment may occur over the next few decades. DOT, state, and local-transportation agencies; researchers; and private-sector stakeholders are developing and testing V2I technologies through test beds and pilot deployments. Over the next 5 years, DOT plans to provide up to $100 million through its Connected Vehicle pilot program for projects that will deploy V2I technologies in real-world settings. DOT and other stakeholders have also provided guidance to help state and local agencies pursue V2I deployments, since it will be up to these agencies to voluntarily deploy V2I technologies.
According to experts and industry stakeholders GAO interviewed, there are a variety of challenges that may affect the deployment of V2I technologies including: (1) ensuring that possible sharing with other wireless users of the radio-frequency spectrum used by V2I communications will not adversely affect V2I technologies' performance; (2) addressing states and local agencies' lack of resources to deploy and maintain V2I technologies; (3) developing technical standards to ensure interoperability; (4) developing and managing data security and addressing public perceptions related to privacy; (5) ensuring that drivers respond appropriately to V2I warnings; and (6) addressing the uncertainties related to potential liability issues posed by V2I. DOT is collaborating with the automotive industry and state transportation officials, among others, to identify potential solutions to these challenges.
The full extent of V2I technologies' benefits and costs is unclear because test deployments have been limited thus far; however, DOT has supported initial research into the potential benefits and costs. Experts GAO spoke to and research GAO reviewed indicate that V2I technologies could provide safety, mobility, environmental, and operational benefits, for example by: (1) alerting drivers to potential dangers, (2) allowing agencies to monitor and address congestion, and (3) providing driving and route advice. V2I costs will include the initial non-recurring costs to deploy the infrastructure and the recurring costs to operate and maintain the infrastructure. While some organizations have estimated the potential average costs for V2I deployments, actual costs will depend on a variety of factors, including where the technology is installed, and how much additional infrastructure is needed to support the V2I equipment.
Over the past two decades, automobile crash-related fatality and injury rates have declined over 34 and 40 percent respectively, due in part to improvements in automobile safety. To further improve traffic safety and provide other transportation benefits, DOT is promoting the development of V2I technologies. Among other things, V2I technologies would allow roadside devices and vehicles to communicate and alert drivers of potential safety issues, such as if they are about to run a red light. GAO was asked to review V2I deployment.
This report addresses: (1) the status of V2I technologies; (2) challenges that could affect the deployment of V2I technologies, and DOT efforts to address these challenges; and (3) what is known about the potential benefits and costs of V2I technologies.
GAO reviewed documentation on V2I from DOT, automobile manufacturers, industry associations, and state and local agencies. In addition, GAO interviewed DOT, Federal Communication Commission (FCC), and National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) officials. GAO also conducted structured interviews with 21 experts from a variety of subject areas related to V2I. The experts were chosen based on recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences and other factors.
DOT, NTIA, and the FCC reviewed a draft of this report. DOT and NTIA provided technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate. FCC did not provide comments.


Numerous blue-green fractures can be seen in this false color mosaic taken during Cassini's second close flyby of Enceladus on March 9, 2005.
The mosaic shows the anti-Saturnian hemisphere of Enceladus--the side that always faces away from Saturn. This region contains a number of tectonic and impact features and shows how these two geologic forces interact on Enceladus. The center left portion of this mosaic is dominated by Diyar Planitia. Like Sarandib Planitia observed in the previous Enceladus flyby, the region is characterized by low ridges and troughs. Throughout this hemisphere, fractures of all sizes disrupt the previously existing cratered terrain and even the comparatively youthful Diyar Planitia.
Many of the younger fractures have blue-green walls, revealing coarse-grained water ice in the top layers of Enceladus' lithosphere, compared to the fine-grained ice that coats much of Enceladus' surface. The blue-green color is very similar to the coatings surrounding the South Polar Tiger Stripes (these appear greener than the features in the south polar mosaic released in 2005 (see PIA07800) due to the use of clear-filter images, instead of green, in that mosaic).
This mosaic consists of 25 false-color footprints (75 images total) taken by the Cassini spacecraft's narrow-angle camera. The mosaic uses an ultraviolet filter centered at 338 nanometers for blue, a green filter centered at 568 nanometers for green and a near-infrared filter centered at 930 nanometers for red--thus covering a wider spectrum region than the human eye. To create a single, full-disk mosaic, the images were reprojected into an orthographic projection centered at 1.5 degrees south latitude, 204 degrees west longitude with a pixel scale of 90 meters (295 feet) per pixel. The black strip seen at the top of the mosaic is an unfilled seam between two images.


Media are invited to hear from Northrop Grumman cyber executives about the value of embedding cyber into new systems and platforms and how cyber hardening up front will ultimately increase affordability and mission efficiency.
The briefing will demonstrate how Northrop Grumman is leveraging its expertise to embed cyber protections into the full range of its missions to help customers operate in a trusted environment, expand capability on today's battlefield and prepare to confront the challenges of this new domain.
Continental breakfast – 8:30 a.m.; briefing – 9 a.m.


Nominate and vote for your most impactful startup community leaders!
Helping entrepreneurs build companies, create jobs, and raise the standard of living is what I find to be the most rewarding experience of my life. I have a tremendous amount of respect for community leaders in the startup ecosystem who are working tirelessly to spur startup activity in multiple communities, and in many cases globally. I'd like to begin recognizing leaders of the community in order to magnify the impact startup community leaders are making, so collectively we can lead by example.
I recently read a book called 'Switch, How to change things when change is hard.' What I learned was the one way to drive change is to shine the spotlight on people and programs that are working well in order to encourage similar behavior.
I've put this list together to do just that, shine the spotlight on startup community leaders to encourage more people in the community to strive to make an impact on their own startup community.
Please share and vote for who you think is the most impactful startup community leader. We'll do a follow up list if this catches on. For now, I think it's best if we measure impact based on the number of people being impacted by these leaders, perhaps number of companies launched is another factor to consider when voting.
This list is admittedly a bit U.S. centric (this time). Thanks to everyone including many who aren't on this list who have dedicated themselves to helping entrepreneurs achieve greatness.
Share community leader nominations and vote here.


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Items that don't fit the above categories, but are still of specific interest to Longview / Tyler area musicians. No free kittens or other non-music related posts!


In-situ testing of hydrokinetic river turbines demonstrates the feasibility of installing these turbines in cold climates and at remote communities without significant infrastructure requirements. Complete water-to-wire systems are deployed, tested in winter conditions and retrieved with major aspects of the technology investigated. A robust river-bottom anchoring system is developed and tested suitable for remote communities with minimal infrastructure. Vertical-axis 5-kW and 25-kW hydrokinetic turbines are deployed and tested in the Winnipeg River, under various climatic and flow conditions: -36ºC to 30ºC and 2.0 m/s to 2.6 m/s. Winter testing reveals that frazil ice accumulates on devices near the water surface, ice forms at the air-water interface, and ice sheets flowing with the stream can impact near-surface components. These factors lead to the conclusion that for low-maintenance and reliable year-round deployment in cold climates, systems must be fully submerged and removed if major ice floes occur. Hydrokinetic turbine generated power is delivered to a utility 12.47-kV overhead distribution line through pole-top transformers and bi-directional electricity meters, establishing a remote community water-to-wire system for the first time. Commercially available rectifier/inverters, developed for use in wind and solar energy capture, are successfully integrated into the power conversion system for the 5-kW and 25-kW units, reducing costs. A power conversion design is developed and tested. Concurrent measurement of river flow and turbulence with electrical power output from the permanent magnet generator are obtained in-situ. This data is used to investigate power production fluctuations resulting from turbulence in the flow. Turbulence is evaluated in detail, using time domain and frequency domain analysis. Calculated turbulence length scales varied from 0.7 m to 1.2 m, which are in the order of magnitude for the physical rotor elements. The results show that power extraction is maintained in the presence of moderate to high levels of turbulence in the range of 4% to 5% and that such level can improve energy capture. These studies indicate that hydrokinetic turbine systems can provide reliable power for both micro-grids and base-load applications in remote communities located in cold climates if placed below the water surface and not impacted by river ice floes.


> Why can't we rotate edges on quads yet? Too complicated?
> Triangulate modifier feels incomplete if we can't rotate edges on quads.
rendering engine will split them up using its own calculations.
the modifier or triangulate it in the mesh.


E-commerce can get by with the brute force of analytics, but in-store selling requires nuance that sometimes only humans can provide.
A second Amazon Go store opened in Seattle yesterday. Early reports from the Seattle Times indicate that the new store is quite similar to the first one that opened on the ground floor of Amazon's headquarters at the beginning of this year, with one important exception — the second Go store is smaller.
Twenty percent smaller in fact.
The second Go store is only 1,450 square feet, smaller than the first store at 1,800 square feet, and far smaller than the early GeekWire reports that the store would be as big as 3,000 square feet.
According to the Seattle Times, some pretty noticeable things. The liquor section is gone, grocery staples like milk and bread are gone, and so too is the space devoted to a full in-house kitchen.
On the surface, these changes may not seem like much, but they may actually offer a beacon of hope for Amazon's competition for a number of reasons.
First, it is unusual to "test in reverse," meaning it is strange for something to start as a minimum viable product (MVP) in the manner Amazon Go did and then get smaller in scale.
Amazon Go was closed to the public and only open to employees for months while Amazon worked out its kinks. For it to now become even smaller after these initial rounds of testing could mean that being open to the public introduced new points of customer frustration that the company may not want to replicate or new points of operational distress that Amazon believes could also hamper its return on investment.
Second, it may indicate that Amazon Go is not built to handle subjectivity. Amazon Go's technology is built to handle a certain type of shopping — i.e., shopping the same way, over and over again. Therefore, it should not be surprising at all that Amazon has removed the categories and space that it has, given the dynamics of how Amazon Go works.
Amazon Go runs off visual recognition technology. Customers enter the store with an app, and cameras then track their movements until customers leave the store and are charged for whatever they take off the shelves. The experience is essentially dehumanized e-commerce product acquisition inside of a physical space, and a person's physical movement is almost a default proxy for a mouse click.
This physical recreation of e-commerce works well when products are easily identifiable and run-of-the-mill. But introduce elements that are more difficult to control, like purchasing alcohol and identifying fresh or spoiled food, and the subjective or, better said, human elements and supply chain dynamics of managing a shopping floor come more into play.
As a former store manager, I can tell you firsthand that the adage that retail is as much an art as it is a science comes to life more on a store sales floor than anywhere else in retail. E-commerce can get by with the brute force of analytics, but in-store selling requires nuance that sometimes only humans can provide.
Combine these dynamics with the fact that visual recognition technology already has its own limitations as one expands into categories outside of prepackaged consumer goods, and one can easily start to ascertain why Amazon Go may now be the size that it is.
Amazon likely wants something that it knows will work and that won't disappoint customers. It's quite possible 1,450 square feet is the upper limit of Amazon's confidence right now.
Third, the latest Seattle Amazon Go store flies in the face of reports given onstage at ShopTalk just five months ago. As part of Amazon's keynote at Shoptalk, Amazon Go leaders discussed how their biggest findings and lessons from the early days of Amazon Go surrounded running food operations in store, even going so far as to say that the most surprising fact was that consumers loved Amazon's Go banh mi sandwiches made on site.
Now, however, the onsite "fresh" kitchen has been removed and any fresh food in the newest store, according to the Seattle Times, will be prepared in a centralized Amazon kitchen facility in Seattle. So the same sandwiches that Amazon was raving about at ShopTalk will now be no better than the prepackaged culinary delights people can get anywhere.
It all makes me believe that Amazon either couldn't get the dynamics of onsite food prep right or that consumers didn't really care that much about it from the get-go (pun intended).
Fourth, it seems unusual that Amazon has not said anything more about its stated plans for additional Amazon Go stores in Chicago and San Francisco. Amazon Go has been open since the early part of this year and the second store is now less impressive than the first, so what the heck is going on?
It is quite possible that Amazon still is not sure what it has in Go. Amazon may be pulling back the reins of PR because it does not want to give San Franciscans and Chicagoans unrealistic expectations that it cannot meet.
It is also peculiar that the second test is inside Seattle proper once again. Amazon may still be uncomfortable putting Go outside of its easy reach. The tech may not work as we think, the supply chain may be more cumbersome than we believe, and operations and staffing might also be difficult to control outside of the current corporate borders. Until a retailer can operate something outside of its own city though, it is really difficult to know whether a concept can scale.
Whatever the case may be, there are enough curious coincidences here to conjecture that there could be more (or, really, less) to Amazon Go than meets the eye, which is why, as I have stated before, the competition should not rush to copy Amazon Go for its own purposes.
Amazon Go's potential is already capped for the long run, for the reasons mentioned above and for the reasons I posited a couple of weeks ago too — namely that Amazon Go makes the fatal mistake of forgetting that shopping and buying are completely different concepts.
The fact that Amazon Go's second store is smaller than its first should be poster board material for every retail company in the United States. It should be the rallying cry to fight for a future that has yet to be won.
Different and better answers are out there.
Amazon Go is just the shiny penny on the ground, daring the competition to pick it up , while an unlocked safe of gold lies waiting around the corner for those daring enough to experiment with better answers.
If you enjoyed this post, be sure to check out my blog Omni Talk and my YouTube page for even more great humor and insight.


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Flu is lurking; student defenses differ
Rachel Logan, Copy Editor
Patty Ankney, who has worked as a nurse in the Health and Counseling Services office for 26 years, said she usually sees students coming in with flu symptoms right after Christmas.
Ankney said she expects the flu to surge within the next six weeks.
"Everyone's back with all their germs."
Ankney said the proximity to others in classrooms or dorms is what helps the flu.
"We push the flu shot, always," Ankney said, although it isn't available in her office.
Ankney said the shot is free with many insurance plans and is often available at Walmart, Giant Eagle or any pharmacy.
"It usually helps a little bit. You want to protect yourself in any way you can."
Flu shots were available for free at an October campus event for students with UPMC insurance.
Junior Brianna Facciani said she's never had a flu shot, but she's also never had the flu.
"Since I've never had it, what's the point in getting the shot? It's probably naïve, but that's why."
She said she builds her immune system in other ways, including taking zinc vitamins.
"My dad gets (a shot) every fall before flu season starts. You can get them at Rite-Aid," she said.
Senior Eric Jennings said he got a flus shot last season.
"I get if I can convince myself to call my doctor and get it from him. He gives the best shots because he uses the smallest needles."
Jennings said that, if he got the flu, he would not come to school.
Senior Sam Miller said he usually gets the flu shot, but he hasn't this season.
"When I get the flu shot, it's because I have time."
Miller said he's not worried about getting sick.
Ankney said she had the flu a few years ago, and she said she remembers not being able to function.
"It's not like a cold. It hits like a brick wall," she said, whereas cold symptoms build up slowly.
"I can see how it kills people."
Ankney said to watch for raging headaches, a fever and exhaustion. Body aches and chills are also common.
She recommends rest, fluids and isolation in the case of the flu—Gatorade, toast and broth help. Tylenol and Ibuprofen also help.
Ankney said that no one can know for sure if someone has the flu unless they have a flu swab done at a clinic.
She said the Med Express and Medwell urgent care centers on Scalp Avenue are available for walk-in appointments.
"Even a doctor needs to see the swabs. Ask for swabbing."
Once it's confirmed, she said she suggests students call her with a doctor's note to be excused from classes.
She said getting Tamiflu, an antiviral prescription drug, can shorten symptoms by a day or two.
Ankney said the flu is worse than a cold.
"If you're diagnosed, get Tamiflu—when you get back, call me, then go home for three to five days.
"You need (tender loving care) from a family member," Ankney said. "You don't need to be spreading it around."
A Jan. 11 campuswide email from Student Affairs Vice President Chris Stumpf said that the flu is most contagious in its first four days.
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How This Fashion Startup: The Quirky Naari – Winning Hearts of Millennials
Fashion startups have a lot to gain and lose when it comes to creating a name for themselves and winning over the hearts of customers.
There's one such startup that has managed to do that quite successfully and it goes by the name of 'The Quirky Naari'.
Just by venturing into their website, you can understand the appeal the webstore has cultivated for itself in the market. And that's not all, there are more things in store for them and thanks to the appearance at Shark Tank India, the future of The Quirky Naari appears to be a very smooth sailing cruise.
Let's get to know more about the startup, its appearance at the iconic show as well as its future plans.
The Quirky Naari – What Can You Expect?
The Quirky Naari, as we previously mentioned, is a fashion startup that specializes in selling products for homes, women, and kids. Looking at their collections, you will find items that are just the last piece of the unfinished puzzles waiting for their completion at your home and closet.
Separate sections for New Arrivals and Clearance Sale are always available, making it easier for you to reach out to brand new things and look for products at an affordable rate. The About Us page of the website introduces The Quirky Naari webstore as,
"A quirky, edgy line of footwear and accessories for millennials"
The name of the startup justifies the appeal and appearance of the webstore. It is definitely quirky and will catch your eyes the moment you venture inside.
From Denim Jackets, Bridal Shoes, Bags, T-shirts, whatever you need to look trendy and fancy, you will find it here. You have to create your own credentials and log in to enjoy the shopping experience. The featured items
Refund and shipping policy as well as contact information are at hand for you as a customer to get in touch and resolve your queries. The brand also has a large following on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.
Success At Shark Tank India
Startups and new companies around India have discovered a new way to reach a wider audience and gain prospective customers. And that new way is through Shark Tank India.
Shark Tank India became a hit with everyone in India when it aired on Sony. From bright entrepreneurs to common people, everyone became hooked on the show. A few lucky albeit deserving candidates had the chance to woo the judges with their product and service sales pitches, and the Quirky Naari was one of them.
If you are a regular viewer of the show – Shark Tank India, you must have already come to know which company we are discussing here.
The Quirky Naari made its appearance on the show at Season 1 Episode 20. The founder of the startup, Malvina Saxena, pitched her website and company successfully and asked for 35 lakhs. In return, the sharks had an opportunity to grab a 5% Equity share of the startup.
Even in the face of competition from companies that were already well established in themselves, The Quirky Naari managed to grab the attention and interest of the sharks. The final deal was that the sharks and Ms. Saxena reached 35 lakhs for 24% Equity of the company.
The deal for the final investment on the show was awarded by investors Vineeta Singh and Anupam Mittal.
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The owner of the startup looks forward to growing and learning from the journey ahead as an entrepreneur.
Having both the shark meant a lot to the founder, because being a one-woman army herself, Vineeta's business success story was an inspiration, and Anupam's grasp on the market, sales, and figure number made the two of them a dream team of investors for The Quirky Naari.
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To make the supply chain efficient, the Quirky Naari is working to hire more designers and interns, and the funding they receive will enable them to spend a huge chunk of money on marketing.
Our motto is creating anything but ordinary and every single of our products are made with a lot of love and care. With personal touch through art, we focus on sustainable fashion by crafting not just quirky, fun and authentic products but also experiences for our clients that they can cherish for a long time.
After the show's appearance, the brand awareness for The Quirky Naari is on the rise. Evident from the brand's growing following on their Instagram page as well as monthly sales getting clocked way ahead of the prediction.
In the episode where the brand was featured as well as its pitch from the founder, the Instagram page exploded the night of the broadcast. In a matter of 36 hours, the Quirky Naari page gained 10,000 new followers. The website crashed and the website clocked its average monthly sale number in just two business days.
Appearance at Shark Tank India proved to be a learning experience for the owner/founder, Ms. Saxena. The company aims to scale its hero product in the future and get a good grip in the market prior to experimenting with other categories.
Business inquiries as well as love and appreciation are pouring in for the brand from all over India from women entrepreneurs, aspiring women, small businesses, and more.
The lesson learned from the show was – It is of no use to expand your product line at an early stage as your working capital gets stuck, and there are no specific products in the product that set you apart from competitors.
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Published on October 18 2021 6:46 pm
Last Updated on October 18 2021 6:46 pm
Written by Greg Sapp
Effingham County Board members Monday approved a $30,000 annual salary for whoever will be the board chairman as of December 1, 2022.
There is one person who won't be receiving that salary. Current Board Chairman Jim Niemann made it official at the meeting that he will not be seeking re-election to the Board next year.
Niemann has been working as board chairman for $85/meeting, equating to around $18,000/year. He said he made $20,000 one year.
The $30,000 amount was recommended by committee. Member Norbert Soltwedel suggested $25,000 at Monday's meeting, but that was voted down. The motion to approve the $30,000 salary was then approved.
The Board also approved a $100/diem pay rate for the other eight board members. There was back-and-forth over the amount, as well as whether the pay should be per diem or per meeting. Heather Mumma and Elizabeth Huston voted against the rate and John Perry abstained from the vote.
There was no action Monday on a vendor to provide 911 ambulance service to the county as of when the current contract expires in April of 2022. The Board's Ambulance Oversight Committee is still obtaining information from the vendors, so was not prepared to make a recommendation as to who should get the contract. The goal was to have the process completed by the October meeting.
The Board did finalize the map to redistrict the county to get as close as possible the same population in each of the nine board districts. The work is done each 10 years following the receipt of census data. The average per district population is 3,852. Here's how close to the average each district comes: District A--3,740...District B--3,864...District C--3,806...District D--3,868...District E--3,935...District F--3,915...District G--3,848...District H--3,839...District I--3,853.
Board members approved Ken Wohltman to fill the unexpired term on the Effingham County Airport Commission of the late Stan Bahrns, but did not approve the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Dust to the County Board of Health. The matter will be revisited. Board members also accepted the audit of the past fiscal year, and approved a per capita payment of $4,583 for services of South Central Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission.
Member Dave Campbell reported that approximately $25,000 is available to startup or expanding businesses through a revolving loan fund and that more information is available by contacting the County Board office at 217-342-4990.
Member Rob Arnold reminded that a meeting on the coming fiscal year's budget will be held this Thursday at 6pm.


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We noticed he's been losing weight and having intestinal issues and took him into the vet this week to find out it's either thyroid issues or feline leukemia. The thought of the later is horrifying, but he's on a lot of pills this week and will go back for a follow up next week. We adopted him over 14 years ago and he's been a part of our family since moving from apartment to house and across the country with us. So we've been trying to stay positive and make sure he's happy this week.
Partly from worrying about him and post nasal drip, my insides have not been happy this week. And soup is awesome for that, especially when it's using gorgeous, whole ingredients and is simple to make. I needed to use up these little potatoes we got in our farm box and decided to create a simple version of creamy broccoli soup that came out nicely.
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There are several notable dates in the early history of New Zealand cricket, from the country's first interprovincial match in 1860, to our first Test match in 1930. Amongst all the others there is one date that is, almost always, overlooked: March 26 1910. On this day, Easter Saturday, at Christchurch's Hagley Park, Canterbury met Wellington in New Zealand's first women's interprovincial match.
Like many other Commonwealth countries, women playing cricket was not a new phenomenon in New Zealand in 1910. Records of the game, here and overseas, have included references to men and women playing the game from about the same point in history. The earliest games, involving both men and women, tended to be played as fundraisers, exhibitions, or between "married" and "single" teams. However, men's sides organised themselves into clubs and representive teams as soon as interest grew, for women it simply took longer for that interest to reach critical mass. As such, organised women's cricket was a relatively new development in 1910. Reports from 1909 indicate that Wellington and Dunedin each had three women's cricket clubs, while Auckland's first club was established that year. The development of women's cricket in Canterbury isn't noted but, given their overall strength in the game, it's likely that they were at the forefront.
This is emphasised by the result of the game played at Easter 1910: Canterbury won by more than 230 runs. Details of the match are a little sketchy – different reports feature different scores – but there were some exceptional performances; including Miss A. Scott's 61, Miss I Scott's 56, Miss Mahoney's 4 for 65, and Miss I Curlett's 4 for 11. Curlett's figures are worth noting as she was the only Canterbury bowler to take a wicket in spite of Wellington making just 41; the other six were run out.
For Canterbury: Miss L Robinson, Miss I Curlett (probably Ilma Muriel Curlett), Miss Y Rose (likely to be Yetta Grace Rose), Miss I Scott, Miss I Bassett, Miss A Scott (could be Annie Alice Scott or her cousin Alice Scott – who was also known as Anna, just to confuse matters), Miss I Jones, Miss E Martin, Miss C Scott (probably Clara Mary Scott), Miss N Chapman, Miss E Wilson.
For Wellington: Miss Brown, Miss M Henderson, Miss N MacKay, Miss Mahoney, Miss P MacKay, Miss Poole, Miss Twohill (possibly Eileen Francis Twohill), Mrs Swanston (Captain), Miss Spence, Miss Taylor, Miss Henderson.
Although this match is recognised as New Zealand's first interprovincial women's match, very little detail is known about it. Some reports indicate that the teams selected to represent their provinces were essentially drawn from two clubs: Opawa in Christchurch and Wellington North in the capital. In spite of this, there are players in both teams whose names appear for other clubs in their regions. The scorecards refer to the players only by their initials and not a single player's first name is noted. When the return match was played a year later at Kelburn Park in Wellington, only Canterbury's Ida Collins was named in full.
We think it's important to fill in the blanks from this game and the players involved so we can further celebrate their pioneering role in New Zealand Cricket. If you know anything about the game or the players involved, please drop us an email at cricket@experiencewellington.org.nz.
We'll keep you updated with what we find.
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