Interview with Joachim Wuermeling conducted by Georg Meck.
Mr Wuermeling, how shaky are Europe's banks?
All the banks that took part in the stress test are well equipped to face tougher times. They have enough capital to meet the minimum requirements – even in the event of a global economic downturn.
Why do German banks perform so poorly?
I wouldn't say that's the case. The performance of German banks was average compared to all the institutions tested, and was far better than in the last stress test two years ago. This is remarkable when you consider that the scenario applied to Germany, as an export-focused country, was much more severe this time round. I therefore find the results quite reassuring – although action still needs to be taken.
Deutsche Bank is one of the lowest-ranked institutions.
I can't comment on the results of individual institutions. As a general rule, the more international a bank's activities, the tougher the stress test. This is clear from all the results.
Should German savers be worried?
No, absolutely not. Even a severe economic downturn such as the one assumed in the scenario would not trigger a new financial crisis; banks have enough capital to provide a buffer.
What direct consequences does the stress test have for the banks?
As supervisors, we look at the overall situation of the banks. The stress test is just one of the components. That said, the worse banks have performed, the more capital we will require them to hold. This is how we increase their resilience.
The stress test also shows that German banks have a problem when it comes to profitability.
You're right – profitability does need to be improved. In this sense, the stress test doesn't give banks any grounds for complacency, especially given that global risks aren't getting any smaller. Consolidation is starting to take place in the banking industry, and we will see that process continue.
If Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank merge, as many are speculating, is this in the interests of banking supervision? Or will we then run the risk of having a bank so large that it is even harder to save?
A bank's resilience does not depend on its size, but on other factors. That's one of the lessons we learned from the financial crisis. On the other hand, size can cut down on costs, which is an advantage from a bank's perspective – even if it is only one argument. At the end of the day, it is up to the owners of the banks to make this kind of decision.


"Quiet, all of you! They're approaching the Tyrannosaur paddock."
Who can resist this face??
Sorry I've been so quiet! I've been getting looked after by my grandpa as @meganriley96 was on holiday! I'm happy she's home now!
Laying around is my favorite sport.
Introducing: Wren! The lady bearded dragon! So majestic, so smol .
Once a snake reaches a certain length. Everything inside the house can be a climbing structure. Luckily Slipknot decided not to get behind the T.V. ha!
Leider konnte ich nachträglich nicht herausfinden was das für ein Bursche ist, vielleicht wisst Ihr es? .
Seneca, Bearded Dragon, Pogona vitticeps .
the fijian crested iguana is a critically endangered species of reptile native to some of the northwestern islands of the fijian archipelago. the main threat to these iguanas is habitat loss due to fires, storms, agricultural development, and competition from feral goats. predation by introduced domestic cats, mongoose, and rats also threatens the iguana.
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#model Marlyne and Felix .
Pero me destruí, para construirme más fuerte.
More of the handsome boy, like promised.
He is doing so well, and is eating amazing.
Such a good boy. He still loves his strawberries, and hates blueberries.... which is sad cause blueberries are my favorite.
Been super busy with work, school, and social life lately. Everything is doing well. Had Ramsey out for a bit and got some good video of him exploring and also him analyzing different smells in the last video, you can tell their intent by their head direction and intensity of their tongue flicking. Something I've found surprising is how he's gotten quite fast with age probably due to his leaner build, his muscle definition definitely isn't what it could be but he's still in great shape and a perfectly healthy retic.
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Hoopl: Dataflow Optimization Made Simple by Norman Ramsey, João Dias, and Simon Peyton Jones.
A continuation of work previously mentioned on LtU here. Original people, new language. More purity, more goodness. Sinfully, there does not yet seem to be a hackage package.
I nominate this for the front page.
Finally, there is a hackage package.


The hotel offers a quiet place to stay, a stunning location and an intimate charm. Set in lush, tropical gardens, the hotel also offers new luxury suites with private pools overlooking the Caribbean Sea. It comprises a total of 35 rooms, including 10 Ocean Front, 10 Pool and 12 Garden suites, which form a horseshoe shape around the outdoor swimming pool.
All suites are contemporary and luxurious, and have been decorated to reflect island life. They all have individually adjustable air conditioning and come with their own living area, balcony or patio. Suites include: king-size beds, an en suite bathroom with hairdryer, direct dial telephone, satellite/cable TV, radio, Internet access, a minibar, a fridge, tea/coffee facilities, an ironing set and a safe. In addition, 2 of the Ocean Front deluxe suites feature a large bath, a walk in shower and a terrace with a plunge pool, and are located right on the edge of the beach. The truly romantic Hemingway Suite is also available for honeymooners.
Kathy's Restaurant - guests can dine under the stars and enjoy a variety of culinary experiences all using fresh local ingredients prepared to international standards.
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The hotel offers an outdoor swimming pool with sun loungers and parasols. Water-skiing, jet skiing and windsurfing are all available on the beach. Other activities available include: horse back riding, snorkelling, scuba diving, hiking tours, island safari, sight seeing tours, sailing, fishing and deep sea fishing. In addition there are tennis and golf facilities, as well as a gym. Massage treatments are also offered. Sun loungers and parasols are available on the beach for guests' use.


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La Culla dell'Umanità, è un sito paleoantropologico che si trova a circa  nord-ovest da Johannesburg, Sud Africa, nella provincia di Gauteng.

Dichiarato Patrimonio dell'Umanità dall'UNESCO nel 1999, il sito occupa attualmente  e contiene un complesso di grotte calcaree. Il nome registrato del sito nell'elenco dei siti del patrimonio mondiale è Siti fossili di ominidi del Sud Africa.

Secondo il South African Journal of Science Bolt's Farm è il luogo in cui è stato scoperto il primo primate. Il sito è stato oggetto di notevoli scavi per l'estrazione di speleotemo nel XIX e all'inizio del XX secolo.

Nelle vicinanze la Grotta della Stella nascente contiene la Camera Dinaledi (camera delle stelle), nella quale sono stati scoperti quindici scheletri fossili di una specie estinta di ominide, provvisoriamente denominata Homo naledi .

La grotta di Sterkfontein da sola ha rivelato più di un terzo dei primi fossili di ominidi mai trovati prima del 2010. La Camera Dinaledi contiene oltre 1.500 fossili di Homo naledi, la più vasta scoperta di una singola specie di ominidi mai trovata in Africa.

Contesto geologico
L'area comprende la famosa grotta di Sterkfontein, dove fu rinvenuto il più antico fossile di Australopithecus africanus soprannominato Mrs. Ples, risalente a 2,3 milioni d'anni fa, scoperto nel 1947 dai paleontologi Robert Broom e John T. Robinson. Questa scoperta rafforzò quella del bambino di Taung, effettuata nel 1924 nella provincia sudafricana di North West.

Nel 1997 fu trovato lo scheletro quasi intatto di Little Foot, datato all'incirca sui 3,3 milioni d'anni fa, scoperto da Ronald J. Clarke della Università di Witwatersrand. Altra famosa grotta è la Wonder Cave Kromdraai. L'uso del fuoco in questo sito risale ad oltre 1 milione d'anni fa a Swartkrans.

I resti di ominidi nella Culla dell'umanità sono intrappolati in un misto di calcare ed altri sedimenti chiamati brecce, fossilizzati dal tempo. Anche se gli ominidi erano probabilmente diffusi nell'intera Africa, i loro resti possono essere ritrovati solo nei siti in cui le condizioni geologiche hanno permesso la fossilizzazione.

Storia delle scoperte
Nel 1935, Robert Broom trovò i primi fossili di uomini scimmia a Sterkfontein e iniziò a lavorare in questo sito. Nel 1938, un giovane studente, Gert Terrblanche, portò a Raymond Dart frammenti di un teschio dalla vicina Kromdraai che in seguito furono identificati come Paranthropus robustus. Sempre nel 1938, un singolo dente di uomo scimmia fu trovato nel sito di Cooper tra Kromdraai e Sterkfontein. Nel 1948, la spedizione Camp-Peabody dagli Stati Uniti lavorò a Bolts Farm e Gladysvale alla ricerca di ominidi fossili ma non ne trovò nessuno. Più tardi, nel 1948, Robert Broom identificò i primi resti di ominidi dalla grotta di Swartkrans. Nel 1954, CK Brain iniziò a lavorare nei siti della Cradle, inclusa la Cooper's Cave, e lavorò per tre decenni nella grotta di Swartkrans, recuperando il secondo campione più grande di resti di ominidi dalla Culla. Anche il più antico uso controllato del fuoco da parte dell'Homo erectus è stato scoperto nella grotta di Swartkrans e risale a oltre 1 milione di anni fa.

Nel 1966, Phillip Tobias iniziò i suoi scavi di Sterkfontein, ove tutt'ora sta lavorando (2022) con gli scavi fossili ininterrottamente più lunghi al mondo. Nel 1991, Lee Berger dell'Università del Witwatersrand scoprì i primi esemplari di ominidi dal sito di Gladysvale, rendendo questo il primo nuovo sito di ominidi ad essere scoperto in Sud Africa in 48 anni. Nel 1994, Andre Keyser scoprì fossili di ominidi nel sito di Drimolen. Nel 1997, Kevin Kuykendall e Colin Menter dell'Università del Witwatersrand hanno trovato due denti fossili di ominidi nel sito di Gondolin. Sempre nel 1997, lo scheletro quasi completo dell'Australopithecus di " Little Foot ", risalente a circa 3,3 milioni di anni fa, fu scoperto da Ron Clarke . Nel 2001, Steve Churchill della Duke University e Lee Berger hanno trovato resti umani della prima età moderna a Plovers Lake. Sempre nel 2001, i primi fossili di ominidi e strumenti in pietra sono stati scoperti in situ a Coopers. Nel 2008, Lee Berger ha scoperto i resti parziali di due ominidi ( Australopithecus sediba ) nel sito fossile di Malapa vissuti tra l'1,78 e l'1,95 milioni di anni fa.

Nell'ottobre 2013, Berger ha incaricato il geologo Pedro Boshoff di studiare i sistemi di grotte nella Culla dell'umanità con il preciso scopo di scoprire più siti fossili di ominidi. Gli speleologi Rick Hunter e Steven Tucker hanno scoperto fossili di ominidi in un'area precedentemente inesplorata del sistema di grotte Rising Star/Westminster a cui è stata assegnata la designazione del sito UW-101. Nel novembre 2013, Berger ha guidato una spedizione congiunta dell'Università del Witwatersrand e della National Geographic Society al sistema di grotte della stella nascente vicino a Swartkrans. In sole tre settimane di scavo, il team internazionale di sei donne di scienziati speleologici avanzati (K. Lindsay Eaves, Marina Elliott, Elen Feuerriegel, Alia Gurtov, Hannah Morris e Becca Peixotto), scelti per le loro abilità paleoantropologiche e speleologiche, a causa della loro piccola statura, hanno recuperato oltre 1.200 esemplari di una specie di ominidi fossili attualmente non identificata. Il sito è ancora in fase di datazione. Nel settembre 2015, Berger, in collaborazione con National Geographic, ha annunciato la scoperta di una nuova specie di parente umano, denominata Homo naledi, da UW-101. Più sorprendentemente, oltre a far luce sulle origini e sulla diversità del nostro genere, Homo naledi sembra anche aver depositato intenzionalmente i corpi dei suoi morti in una remota camera della caverna, un comportamento precedentemente ritenuto limitato agli esseri umani. Negli ultimi giorni della spedizione della Stella nascente, gli speleologi Rick Hunter e Steven Tucker hanno scoperto materiale fossile di ominidi aggiuntivo in un'altra parte del sistema di grotte. Gli scavi preliminari in questo sito, designato UW-102, sono iniziati e hanno prodotto il proprio materiale fossile di ominidi completo. Non è noto quale sia la relazione tra i siti UW-101 e UW-102.

I resti di ominidi presso la Culla dell'Umanità si trovano in grotte dolomitiche e sono spesso racchiusi in una miscela di calcare e altri sedimenti chiamati breccia e fossilizzati nel tempo. Gli ominidi potrebbero aver vissuto in tutta l'Africa, ma i loro resti si trovano solo in siti in cui le condizioni hanno consentito la conservazione dei fossili.

Centri visitatori

Il 7 dicembre 2005, il presidente sudafricano Thabo Mbeki ha aperto il nuovo Centro visitatori di Maropeng nel sito ove i visitatori possono vedere fossili, visualizzare strumenti di pietra e conoscere la nascita dell'umanità. Sono disponibili un tour delle grotte di Sterkfontein e alla mostra a Sterkfontein . Una struttura leggera e mobile in acciaio nota come il Maggiolino è stata collocata sopra il sito di Malapa, per consentire al pubblico di vedere gli scavi. (Gli scavi sono stati sospesi dal 2009, quando sono stati rimossi i resti di quattro individui di A. sediba.)

Note

Voci correlate
 Culla della civiltà
 Origine africana recente dell'uomo moderno
 Ominidi
 Australopithecus africanus

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Patrimoni dell'umanità del Sudafrica
Siti paleoantropologici

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Show Racism the Red Card's Education Worker, Gillian Eunson, spent a great day at City of Glasgow College as part of a judging panel for their annual 'Embracing Diversity' competition last week.
The competition is open to all schools within the college with a brilliant variety of entries ranging from poster designs and jewellery to impala burgers and cupcakes.
Gillian commented that "…it was an inspirational day, and the standard of entries was very high. It is always very encouraging to see so many students thinking creatively about how to promote the importance of equality and diversity throughout their college and beyond".
The marketing department within City of Glasgow College have a keen eye open for the winning entries, as they will be used throughout the academic year to promote the students' messages. We look forward to seeing the finished products, and also to the fresh ideas and inspiration that next years competition will bring.
Well done to everybody who participated, and congratulations to the winners.


The European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates (ECPI) is disappointed by the European Parliament's plenary vote against the Commission proposal to authorize the recycling of soft PVC containing DEHP. The final decision will be taken by the European Commission which is not obligated to follow the European Parliament's opinion.
Although the European Commission proposal to grant the authorization of flexible PVC recycling containing DEHP fully respects REACH, the plenary vote challenges this process. "ECPI respects the right of the European Parliament to oversee an implementing measure but it is essential to underline that the Commission has been strictly adhering to its mandate under REACH. This is a highly complex and technical process based on thorough scientific and socio-economic impact assessments", commented Stéphane Content, General Manager of ECPI.
In September 2014, ECHA's Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) and Socioeconomic Analysis Committee (SEAC), based on an extensive evaluation of all available data, recommended the authorization of DEHP for use in specific applications including recycled soft PVC containing DEHP.
Furthermore, ECPI is concerned that the objection could undermine recycling, which in Europe represents about 200k tons per year of flexible PVC, for uses which have been proven to be safe. This would open a much wider debate around European waste management and the Circular Economy, the latter being strongly supported by the European Commission and the European Parliament.


The .blog top-level domain extension is entering the sunrise phase today, during which trademark holders have first access to apply for their .blog domains via a certified trademark agent. Knock Knock, WHOIS There, Automattic's subsidiary that is managing .blog domains, won the rights to oversee the sale and registration of the extension in 2015 for an estimated bid of $20 million.
Nic.blog lists a couple dozen .blog accredited registrars, and trademark owners can select from those denoted with the Sunrise check box. The Sunrise phase of the launch plan ends October 17. A "Landrush" phase, open to non-trademark owners willing to pay a slightly higher price, will be held November 2-9. General availability for purchasing .blog domains at regular prices begins November 21.
As part of the Sunrise phase launch, Automattic is featuring the blogs of two high-profile early adopters. Dave.blog is a new site for Dave Winer, widely recognized as one of the founders of the blogging movement.
The company also announced that John Maeda, former Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is joining Automattic as its new Global Head of Computational Design and Inclusion. The news coincides with the launch of Design.blog, a site where Maeda and other Auttomattic designers will feature posts and essays from influential creative people around the world.
Open source projects have historically struggled to attract designers, as the culture and contribution flow are more geared towards developers. The creative process doesn't always fit into the defined workflow for most open source software projects and the obstacles to contributing are often greater than the rewards.
1/ highlight Automattic's international community of designer-engineers (global), 2/ advance the kind of design that is being fully impacted by Moore's Law (computational), and 3/ highlight how cutting-edge design requires the capacity to embrace human differences (inclusion).
Maeda has done extensive research on the impact of design on business, technology, and startups and has shared his insights in his #DesignInTech Report at SXSW for the past two years. His new position at Automattic will allow him to bring his deep knowledge of design to the WordPress world and the greater open source community.


"I'm an old Veneto fan and this is where I'll leave my heart". Ernest Hemingway actually penned these words in Italian to a friend – Sono un vecchio fanatico del Veneto ed è qui che lascerò il mio cuore. He wrote them in 1948, thirty years after first coming to the region as an 18-year-old volunteer ambulance driver and winning an Italian Silver Medal of Bravery. In '48, the now middle-aged author and celebrity stayed at the Cipriani Inn on charming Torcello, writing Across the River and into the Trees. The novel was largely inspired by the peaceful, leafy island on the Venetian Lagoon and by friends like Giuseppe Cipriani.
It is only poetic justice that on Saturday, April 23, 2016 (400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death), at the same Locanda Cipriani, Giuseppe's grandson, Bonifacio Brass, inaugurated a photo exhibition on Hemingway, Veneto and the Venetian Lagoon: when Across the River was published, the New York Times critic hailed it as the work of "the outstanding author since the death of Shakespeare".
More poetic justice was celebrating the launch with the zappy taste of Canella Prosecco Superiore DOCG: as crisp, terse yet layered as Hemingway prose.


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Bob-white! Bob-white! The call of the bobwhite quail used to be heard loud and often, especially in the rural parts of the state, but it's becoming scarcer as the birds' numbers dwindle.
The population of the northern bobwhite quail has declined 65 percent in the last 20 years throughout its territory in the southeastern United States, according to some estimates.
Rex Roberg, Arkansas Extension wildlife management program associate, is on the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's quail restoration committee, a group that encourages the development of quail-friendly habitat.
Becky McPeake, Arkansas Extension wildlife specialist, says some people believe fire ants are to blame for the declining number of birds. The ants are attracted to moisture on cracked quail eggs and to the moisture on the chicks as the eggs hatch, and a fire ant attack on one egg can eventually decimate an entire nest.
The use of pesticides and herbicides have allowed farmers to rid their pastures of insects and the kinds of weeds, brush and tall, clumpy grasses that quails depend on for survival.
Farms are now larger than they were 50 years ago, with smaller farms becoming less and less economically feasible. Farmers often plant from fence row to fence row. More space around fence rows, field borders, ditches and roadsides — once left mostly unmanicured — is used for growing crops.
Bobwhite quails need the now-scarce shrubby cover for protection, especially for nesting and in the first few weeks of life.
Fescue and bermuda, grasses widely used for cattle and other foraging animals, offer no protection for quail.
The Cooperative Extension Service can help landowners who want to alter or add agricultural practices that will support bobwhite quail populations.
For those with more than 40 acres of land, adding native grasses to their pastures, such as big bluestem, Indian grass and gamagrass, as well as allowing common weeds, including ragweed, to thrive will benefit quail and other wildlife.
Landowners are encouraged to create buffers along woody areas, allowing those native grasses to grow alongside shrubs that provide woody cover year-round, such as mayhaw and blackberry.
Brush piles created by thinning or harvesting timber can also be a suitable habitat for quail, so leaving those instead of burning them is a good environmental practice.
As a general rule, farmers can facilitate a climb in the quail population by limiting the use of pesticides and herbicides, because doing so means providing a more natural habitat and a more available food supply.


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CSL rivals Lansdowne and Pancyprians square up in Open Cup qualifiers; Week 3 preview
By Ralph 'Onz' Chery
Lansdowne Yonkers F.C. fullback Craig Purcell (number 7) receiving a yellow card in the club's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifier versus NY Pancyprian Freedoms last year. Photo by Dinos Avlonitis
Sept. 21st, 2018
The CSL in on for an electrifying weekend. For starters NY Pancyprian Freedoms and Lansdowne Yonkers F.C. will take on each other in the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifiers. Powerclub Cedar Stars Academy will face Shamrocks in their home opener while Doxa S.C. and Central Park Rangers Whites will look for their first win of the season against each other.
Open Cup qualifiers: Lansdowne Yonkers F.C. vs NY Pancyprian Freedoms on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. at Tibbetts Brook Park Field 3
As usual, NY Pancyprian Freedoms will go head to head with their fierce rivals Lansdowne Yonkers F.C. in the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualifiers on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. at Tibbetts Brook Park Field 3.
Lansdowne got the best out of the Freedoms the last two times they met in Open Cup qualifiers, defeating them in penalty kicks last year after a 0-0 draw and in extra time in 2016.
NY Pancyprians' winger James 'Jimmy' Nealis, an ex-Lansdowne player, shared that his club is keen on getting an avenging win over the Bhoys this season.
"I think the whole organization is looking forward to a different result this year against Lansdowne," Nealis said.
"They have made some key signings to strengthen the squad and I know the players are pumped up to play Saturday. We are going to have to match their intensity and work rate on Saturday if we are to come away with a win."
Lansdowne lost four key players from last season, Tom Wharf, Jean Voltaire, Pat McCann and Joseph Lopez as well as their head coach Austin Friel, who won 2017 Region I Coach of the Year.
Defender Sean Kelly stepped up for Friel as the Bhoys' player-coach and the club added 14 players to their CSL roster.
The Irish club is 4-5-1 in all competitions during their transition period, which includes two recent losses to Shamrocks, 3-1, and Cedar Stars Academy, 4-1.
Despite the Irish club's rough transition period, Nealis noted that Lansdowne is still a dangerous team and commended their new player-coach Kelly for his leadership skills.
"Although they [Lansdowne] are going through a bit of a transition they still have a strong culture and strong team to compete in the league and US Open Cup."
He later added: "No matter the time of year Lansdowne always puts a quality squad on the pitch. I used to play with Sean Kelly and I have total faith in him to maintain the high level of play that we have seen over the past couple of years from Lansdowne. As the captain, when I played for Lansdowne, Sean was a natural leader and a big reason for our success there."
The Freedoms won their first two CSL matches while scoring the most goals in the league, 13, and conceding the least, 1.
As for players to watch in the encounter--if they do play part in the game--Lansdowne new signing Jack Doherty, a former League of Ireland player netted in his debut for the club against CSA. And for NY Pancyprians, 23-year-old Grenada international player Shavon John-Brown tallied a goal and an assist in his first two games with them.
Cedar Stars Academy vs Shamrocks on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at Ramapo College Athletic Center
Powerhouse Cedar Stars Academy will host Shamrocks on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at Ramapo College.
Cedar Stars won their lone CSL game so far and captured one-day tournament Rapaglia Cup last weekend while besting Lansdowne 4-1 and Brooklyn superclub Grenada 2-1 in the final.
The Stars acquired reigning Region I Coach of the Year Austin Friel as their new head coach last week. Friel will more than likely make his debut against the Rocks this Sunday.
The club also signed ex-U.S. international Danny Szetela on Wednesday to add to their roster that's already loaded with former professional players.
Shamrocks forward Kurt Cameron acknowledges that CSA is one of the most in-form CSL teams now hence he expressed that his side must perform at their highest quality on Sunday.
"We know they're one of the hottest teams right now and we'll have to bring our best game against them. We're focused and will be ready to play on Sunday."
The Rocks were victorious in their first two games of the season, in which they played Lansdowne and Doxa.
The game will feature four players in the Top 5 Scorers chart: Cameron (3 goals), Rocks forward Travis Blair (2 goals) and CSA forwards Christopher Katona (4 goals) and Bledi Bardic (2 goals).
Doxa S.C. vs Central Park Rangers on Sunday at 9:00 p.m. at Joseph F. Fosina Field
Doxa S.C. and Central Park Rangers Whites will battle for their first victory of the young season on Sunday at 9:00 p.m. at Joseph F. Fosina Field.
Doxa started their season with two rough losses versus NY Greek Americans, 3-2, and Shamrocks 3-1.
"We're very disappointed we couldn't get anything out of those first two games that we truly deserved," Doxa head coach Paul Grafas said, "but we're going to come out hungrier this weekend versus CPR."
Kareem Joachim leads the Greek club in scoring, tallying three goals in two matches. Joachim is also keen to win his first match of the season with Doxa on Sunday.
"I'm very eager to help my team get our first win of the season this weekend because two losses out of two isn't good at all," Joachim said. "We need to start picking up every point we can in order to compete for the title and I'm sure my teammates will be more than ready for this game on Sunday."
Doxa S.C. star striker Kareem Joachim. Picture by Dinos Avlonitis
As mentioned CPR will also be fighting for their first victory of the season. They lost their first match to Hoboken F.C. 1912 4-0 and drew with NY Greek Americans, 1-1, last week.
Zum Schneider F.C. 03 vs NY Athletic Club on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. at Randall's Island Field 75
NY Athletic Club will travel to Randall's Island Field 75 on Sunday to take on Zum Schneider F.C. 03 at 8:00 p.m.
Zum lost their first two matches of the season, falling to Cedar, 6-1, and to NY Pancyprians 7-0. NYAC on the other end drew their last game with Hoboken F.C. 1-1 after losing to the Freedoms 4-1 on opening weekend.
NYAC midfielder Jake Mann is unhappy with the first two home-results but he's optimist for Sunday's match as he noted that his side looked better after each outing.
"One point from two home matches hasn't been an ideal start, but each week we've improved," Mann said. "We'll take that momentum into this weekend as we head into our first away contest. It's important we're not over eager and chasing points, if we play well and fight, the results will come."
Last time the two clubs met in the league, the match ended 2-1 in Zum's favor.

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Admit it. Your closet is just full as everyone else's. Hidden away in the dark, dusty corners lurk row upon row of skeletons, lined up, waiting to jump out and frighten anybody who takes a look inside. Of course these aren't literal skeletons. I'm talking about the "skeletons" we keep in our "closets" – those secret family stories from past generations and even our own regrets hidden away. We try to forget about them, but that's usually impossible. In the end, we're the ones who feel frightened, lonely, and sad.
You might know and love the family member who is the cause for these intensely personal and sometimes scary stories, or it might have been someone whose actions several generations ago are still spoken about in hushed tones. When you consider that your life story is made up of the life stories from all of your ancestors, though, you'll find that opening the door and shining the light on these skeletons helps you uncover and address the tough times in your own life. It also helps you pass down some learned wisdom to help future generations.
Which Skeletons Are in Your Closet?
Many people of German ancestry have found some level of family connection to the Holocaust. Teege's, though, is spelled out in her memoir, "My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me." She was adopted as a child, but wanted to learn about her history. Her father was Nigerian and her mother was the daughter of Amon Goeth, the real-life antagonist in the movie Schindler's List.
She wasn't told by her family members. She found out one day at the library.
What follows is her story of learning about and healing from a history she never knew. Teege tells about the psychological, emotional, and mental challenge of reconciling the grandmother she loved with her grandmother's love for a mass murderer. Of the woman who loved her granddaughter, knowing that the man she loved would have shot the child for being black, even though she was part of the family. She pulled out the skeletons, looked at each person involved as one of the bones holding her family's history together, analyzed it, and came to peace with it.
Perhaps finding your family's history won't be as dramatic. After all, it was a seemingly random, chance incident that led her to find out where she came from. But as many can attest, even just a glimpse of the skeleton's pinkie toe can be enough to send you on a journey you'd never expected.
Finding your family's skeletons can be a challenge, but Evan Imber-Black, a long-time family therapist, says that they always have a tendency to come out.
"Every secret is like a member of a family, reflecting familiar patterns handed down generation after generation, while simultaneously embodying its own unique soul," he says.
He notes that each person "who decides to wrestle with a particular secret faces a special set of circumstances that they've never experienced." Much of this starts from the minute you find the secret.
Some people are raised knowing a family secret that can't be shared. They are told at young ages about something that occurred — or may still be happening — that directly affects the lives of members of the family. They're instructed to keep the incident quiet, so that no one ever knows what happened. You might feel trapped, burdened, guilty, and scared under such weight.
Other individuals discover family skeletons by accident, like my friend, or Teege. One sentence, a book cover, a news article that leaves you thinking — each of these can be enough to pique your curiosity and send you looking for more information. What you find can leave you feeling sucker-punched, shocked, and at a loss for words.
In one instance, Imber-Black writes about an Austrian woman who came to see him after a life of wishing she could be American. She wanted to learn English as early as she could, spent her time consuming American books and music, and saw the cold, bitter responses from her parents. When she was 38, she overheard a fight between her parents that revealed she was born out of an affair between her mother and an American soldier. She told Imber-Black that she felt she had to rethink her entire life. Finding skeletons like this, unexpectedly or by overhearing a conversation, can leave you wondering who you are. You might feel some relief by learning more about what your family has gone through and explanations for the more challenging periods of your life, but you may also feel lost and confused.
There are times when the secret-holder shares the skeleton with you, out of the blue, or in a moment of confession. Maybe you're visiting, or you get a phone call, and someone tells you something you'd never expect. These can leave you hurt, betrayed, and angry.
Start talking to your family members, especially if you have questions about your life and your history. Don't be scared to ask questions, even if family members seem reluctant to share. Research your family genealogy, look for clues, and read old family journals, Bibles, and diaries. Take notes and look for connections between different stories family members have told you. You'll find that each story and sentence leads you to another, until the separate pieces and parts form the entire skeleton connect, painting the true picture.
After you've done your own research and processed some of your findings, you will most likely find yourself at a crossroads. Do you continue to keep the family secret, or, like Teege, do you make the hard choice to share your story with the world?
Telling others about the darkest or most unflattering times in your family can be terrifying. The truth is, preparing to tell others is actually the scariest part. You wonder what people will think. You worry they'll judge you. A million thoughts go through your mind, and soon you give in to the skeletons, and you hide them back in the closet, among your guilt and fears. These are toxic feelings that keep you imprisoned by your own secrets.
Healing in your own life often comes from your need to address the skeletons in your family's closet. When you let the skeletons have their way, you find yourself in a worse situation than you did before. The old saying goes "ignorance is bliss" and when you didn't know about the skeletons and stories, you may have felt something was off, but couldn't put your finger on it. It was easier to live your life because the skeleton wasn't standing right in front of you.
If you want to move forward, though, you need to move that skeleton — and sharing your story can be the ticket that helps you give the skeleton, and the story it brings, a proper funeral. You'll learn to cope and find peace in the story.
At the same time, when you actually do share your stories, you'll be amazed at how many people can relate. They haven't lived their lives the same way you have lived yours, but they know the struggles, and they will be thankful you've passed on what you've learned. The end result is a beautiful sense of relief because you've let the skeletons out, and you've recorded something important about your family.
You'll also be giving other family members a precious gift: the answers to the questions that may have unsettled them for so long, too. You might not be the only person in your family to have the same feeling, hunch, or snippet of information. Even if you don't share your story with the public, putting it in writing for your family to read can help others learn about — and heal from — the same incident that is causing them stress.
Many of us consider writing our memoirs or family stories at some point. It's a wonderful idea. But why should we be restricted to the happy times only? Think of your favorite books or movies. They are compelling because they include times of conflict. Heroes make mistakes. Bad things happen. People throughout history have experienced loss, heartache, trials, and tribulations. Telling that story makes your family and story more relatable, because everyone has gone through something hard in their own lives; even if their skeletons are vastly different, they are still trying to pull their owners into the secrecy of the closet.
Open the door. Shine the light on your skeletons. The message of hope comes only after the characters face true struggles. Your family has found its message of hope in a unique and interesting way. Honor that message by writing it down and accepting the struggles for what they were. You'll show people that they, too, can conquer their fears and their family's past. You'll show the power of forgiveness and faith. You'll show people that families can grow together come out of challenges stronger than before.
What will happen to the skeletons?
They'll get out. They'll climb out of the closet, dust themselves off, look up at the sun, and go on parade. That may sound horrifying if you've kept them locked away for years, but it will feel amazing when it happens. It's cause for celebration — your family has learned to overcome.
The goal is to own your darker times. Respect your family history – the good times and the bad. Wear your mistakes like badges of honor. March down the street with your skeletons, proud of who you have become.
You can start small. Do some writing exercises to practice what it feels like to admit your skeletons are real. You might pick a story that's only a little painful, or you might choose one that many people know already because it happened recently. Try to frame this story in a positive light. Don't pretend it wasn't hard; instead, accept all the hardships of it, and then show the lessons you've learned and how you moved on.
White about what you felt, who was involved, how you learned about the story, and how you handled the story. Include the truth, even if it might hurt, because that will help you develop strength and prepare you for more challenging stories.
This is an extremely healthy exercise. Even if you never show this story to a single person, the act of writing it down can help shape your thoughts and strengthen your resolve to be happy. When you're ready, try another. Start to dig into the closet by researching your family's history, asking questions, and following the trails and hints you've gathered.
Let those skeletons out. Go on parade!


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Class E AIS, will it be huge?
by	Ben Ellison · August 27, 2012
Back in March I wrote about the Small Vessel Cooperative Tracking project that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered into the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Essentially, a DHS department called the Port and Coastal Surveillance Improvement Project (PCSI) sought out an innovative way to persuade boaters to voluntarily submit their ID's and locations so that various law enforcement agencies would have better situational awareness. Well, today I get to tell you about the idea that was awarded the SBIR phase two grant of about $500,000. We won't see the results for many months yet, and there are more acronyms involved in thoroughly understanding the concept, but I think Class E AIS will eventually be a huge advance in boating safety and enjoyment…
As the presentation slide above suggests — and Dan Corcoran guessed in a comment to that March entry — the consumer side of Class E AIS will be internet-connected smartphone and tablet apps. The prototype will be called Smart Chart AIS and it's being developed by a Maine company called TSI (Technology Systems Inc). The idea is a free app so loaded with useful marine data like NOAA charts, weather, Class A/B/E AIS tracking, ActiveCaptain cruising POIs, and much more that boaters will gladly trade their tracks for it…
And the further idea is that such apps can become so popular that they can also support various forms of marine social networking, and thus become even more pervasive. If there's a free and open national — perhaps even global (read on) — online database of unique boat ID's based on the existing AIS format, then apps devices and the network effect could make things like boat-to-boat chatting and photo/route sharing easy and commonplace. In fact, there's enough bandwidth in cellular Class E AIS that extra information like your home port and state registration or documentation number can also be included (plus more personal data like phone number and emergency contacts that will not necessarily be public but might be available to search and rescue authorities). There's even room in the Class E data specs to identify both the individual operator of a boat and the boat itself…
By this point, some readers are probably getting uneasy about privacy issues but let's remember that Class E AIS is completely voluntary; it's all carrot and no stick. Nor does it interfere in any way with regular VHF-based Class A and B AIS because it's segregated to the Internet, quite like the mAIS and Boat Beacon apps I've been testing this summer. Using Class E will not put your boat on the bridge of a ship unless the watchkeepers are using a Class E app themselves (though I'm realizing that some ship drivers, like my local pilots, are interested in any small craft info they can get).
Readers who develop marine apps without government help might also be uneasy, but they'll be glad to hear about TSI's underlying business model (remember that it's working on an SBIR grant designed to foster small businesses). There will eventually be a software developer's kit (SDK) so that any company or organization can interface with the Class E AIS data servers, as long as they deliver back the prerequisite user ID and track data. Any app — heck, any marine electronics system — could eventually be Class E enabled. That's because if all goes well TSI's future Class E revenue will come from tracks delivered to DHS, not from apps sales or advertising. Their real focus is the server side of Class E, and a peek at that reveals even more of interest…
For instance, note that TSI is building its charting app on ArcGIS, which apparently is uncommon in marine mapping but quite common for government-level geospatial data (like all these NOAA ArcGIS layers). As I understand it, that means that overlays like, say, the exclusion zone the FAA setup for an antique plane aerobatic show I boated to recently (as part of the Penobscot Bay Rendezvous) could be easily pushed out to Smart Chart type apps. Similarly, oil spills or dredging operations, or who knows what overlay of interest, could be delivered from government agencies to boaters. Or delivered from private sources to certain boaters using a certain app, as long as the Class E server gets ID and tracking back. What service can you imagine?
Meanwhile, a feature that might be unique to TSI's own Smart Chart apps for quite a while will be augmented reality views of the data, as in the draft screen of ActiveCaptain info below. That's because TSI has a long history with marine AR, which is how I came to meet founder Chuck Benton back in 2004. That's when I wrote about TSI's remarkable video-based LookSee navigation system, which did not quite make it in the yachting world but is apparently still in use aboard vessels with missions as challenging as the 88-foot LCAC (Landing Craft, Air Cushioned) mentioned in the article. And I'd like to add here that anyone who figures Class E AIS is some diabolical invention of The Government ought to meet Chuck. Among many other distinctions, this the guy who wrote Softporn Adventures on an Apple II in 1981, and thus is the father of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards! It would be hard to confuse Benton with a spook…
In fact, learning about Class E AIS over the last few months has been a reminder to me that The Government is actually a fairly chaotic mashup of agencies and individuals who rarely do anything with one mind. So while I think that the Class E AIS concept is a pretty brilliant way to provide the security folks with small vessel tracking — with boater benefits, and little taxpayer expense, to boot — not all those folks are necessarily into it. So, for instance, the government's high quality Class A and B coastal AIS info will not be available to the Class E servers, at least not at first, and TSI will be using the public sources like AISHub and MarineTraffic that I've been contributing to (even more reason you should set up a station).
On the other hand, the technologists and problem solvers at DHS who got behind TSI's SBIR idea are not shy about their enthusiasm. In fact, they presented Class E to a NATO symposium on Port and Regional Security in May, and I'm told that it was one of the most appreciated presentations. Hence my reference to global Class E above. And in September Chuck Benton and others will also present the Class E AIS concept at the RTCM Conference (which overlaps with the annual NMEA conference). The hope is that Class E will eventually become an RTCM-approved standard with the TSI Smart Chart AIS apps as the prototype. Isn't all this a pretty huge deal, at least potentially?
Ben Ellison
Panbo editor, publisher & chief bottlewasher from 4/2005 until 8/2018, and now pleased to have Ben Stein as a very able publisher, webmaster, and editing colleague. Please don't regard him as an "expert"; he's getting quite old and thinks that "fadiddling fumble-putz" is a more accurate description.
Dan Corcoran (b393capt) says:
I think the most compelling feature of a smartphone app would be a HELP or MOB function on the smartphone that would alert the closest voluntary boaters in the safety net that you are in distress, and point them to you. While there are other options to do this today, the vast majority of boats near me wouldn't get the message because they simply don't stay tuned into Channel 16 or have an MFD capable or wired to the VHF to receive an alert.
I can think of a few better "social networking on the water" ideas, written below as they might be used to appeal to boaters to join E-AIS.
– 1. Not quite an emergency, need some cheap help? Use our app to find a nearby friend to help you out of a small jam.
– 2. On the water lost and found: Broadcast to all nearby boaters your loss and get some help "Lost: white fender with red line in xyz harbor", "Lost, favorite wooden oar, intials DW on handle"
– 3. Worried your passangers can't use your VHF radio effectively in an emergency? Using your smartphone enable passangers to easily contact the coastguard with your position and distress, should you be injured or go overboard. (e.g. E-Rescue 21?)
– 3. You know you should be listening to VHF 16 all the time, but wife has been making you tune out Channel 16, eh? We have a solution, run our app to be alerted to tune into 16 for important VHF traffic, so your not oblivious when the USCG is asking for your help to locate a boater near you in distress.
Some thoughts, not rants.
What we have here is another of those interesting situations where boating accidents attributable to cellphone and tablet use are on the rise, and local jurisdictions are talking about "no texting while boating" campaigns at the same time the Feds are handing out money to for a tool that will increase boater distraction.
On the ICW this year we had to sound five blasts twice to get wandering boat operators to look up from their "i" whatevers. We could seem them looking at the devices as they headed toward us and toward a bridge abutment
It would seem the same save the parental-land benefit could be obtained less disruptively by making a turned on cellphone a boating safety equipment requirement.
DHS could then track the non-bad guys to their heart's content (after getting an open-ended warrant with no probable cause other than we are boaters — think TSA applied to boating writ large).
Given the USCG increasingly shifts emergency traffic to a cellphone (at least between the Chesapeake and the Bahamas) it could also save lives.
We carry a transponding AIS and have it on except in marinas. Already the target information is becoming overwhelming in major ports and harbors. I certainly hope we will be able to filter out the "E" crowd from the displays. Otherwise I think we will have diminished the value of AIS overall.
Ben Ellison says:
Christopher, please acknowledge that there is no way for Class E AIS data to get on your regular AIS display unless you want it to be there, and even then I'm not sure when or if it will become a possibility. Class E uses a totally different communications protocol than Class A and B. They are completely segregated except for online viewers and apps that bring the data streams together, which no one has to use.
Also, I'm confident that the solution to "overwhelming" AIS targets is simply smarter displays. There's no good reason that non-dangerous AIS targets have to plotted as big triangles on your screen. They can filtered down to little dots or off screen altogether until they become dangerous (because smart filtering doesn't mean the device or software stops tracking targets).
Ben, fair enough. Now, how do we do this to keep boaters focused on the boats around them rather than the distracting devices. I realize the social component is the hook to get folks to voluntarily disclose location, but what's available today is already problematic on the water.
As to the display issue.
We have a Vespermarine unit in the nav station. It's excellent. We port the data to a cockpit laptop. In both nav software packages, the display modality is big ship derivative. Give me a big bridge, proper lighting, a 19+ inch display and a trackball and I'm fine with it. With a cockpit seat, sun, shade, moon, no moon, an 11 inch display and a mouse or a trackpad…not so much.
What I have been discussing with providers is a hot, warm, cool target concept which would allow us to toggle between dangerous/potentially so/other/all states with a repeated key stroke/button push.
Feature rich menus to set up the states are fine; we don't want to have to routinely address multi layered menus when sailing in a stiff breeze and substantial swell across Tybee Roads at midnight.
Well, wouldn't Vesper Marine's neat ability to set up four different and deeply configurable AIS alarming profiles be nice in a charting program or MFD? In other words, you get to save your preferred alarming modes and then use different setups in different conditions without further mucking about.
As for distractions, I don't buy that they are a particular problem of apps or the MFDs that used to be the brunt of such worries. Almost every time I've been underway in close quarters this season I've noticed people who are also underway but haven't yet noticed me. It didn't seem like they were distracted by screens at all, but rather by the beauty and boatiness of Camden Harbor or Rockland Harbor or similar. Should we uglify ourselves for their safety?
PS: Dan, some neat ideas there. Thanks.
It would be good to be able to port the profiles. I've also talked with them about a 100% emulator for their chart referenced display. Unfortunately, the price point would be a significant percentage of another AIS.
As to the satire, a Coast Guard team killed an eight year old boy in San Diego Harbor (also quite pretty) while using cellphones. In Charleston, (parts of which are pretty) six people were injured by a USCG boat, the crew of which were using cellphones. The DUWK boat accident on the Delaware River (not so pretty) was directly and criminally attributed to cellphone distraction.
The NTSB has directed the Coast Guard to clamp down on cellphone use pending their final determination of causality.
If this is going on with experienced, licensed mariners, one might be safe in assuming it's going on with the recreational boater. Since we have seen it, for us, it's out of the realm of assumption.
USCG stats? — more than 1 in 4 the accidents on the water are attributed to operator inattention.
Time for me to go do something useful.
I'm going live on ProBoat Radio in a few minutes. You can call in questions and we will talk about Class E AIS among other things.
http://proboatradio.com/past-shows/
I agree…too many toys/apps now…And navigating with any device that is not sunlight readable is asking for trouble on a boat. I have an ipad with charts and I use it down below.That's where it stays.
In the land of AIS, Sweden (Håkan Lans, the inventor of AIS lives here) we alredy have a similar app – SeaPilot.
http://www.stockholmradio.se/seapilot
"Seapilot based on professional shipping standard for electronic navigation and is a simple, unique and professional navigation system for iPad and iPhone.
Seapilot is adequate navigation aids, but at a fraction of the cost compared to a plotter. It is the first navigation app ever with AIS data, which among other things makes it possible to see all the vessels with AIS transponder. A technology that in addition to increasing safety at sea also provides the opportunity for what we call "social Boating," a way to be seen and stay connected on the lake.
Also presented weather in real time via AIS from over 60 weather stations in Sweden. Seapilot shows wind speed, wind direction, air pressure, temperature and water level, etc. from any weather station."
It's not AIS Class E, but implements alot of the functions described by TSI.
Btw, i'm not in any way connected to this company.
You all should listen to the ProBoat interview, its still available, Ben has a great radio presence and spoke more deeply about this topic:
I caught the end of Ben's ProBoat Radio interview where I posed a question about potential use of smartphone applications in assisting captains in communicating, via Chat, their intentions in passing situations and was partially surprised to learn that its not a reasonable expectation that these phone apps will have positional data good enough for collision avoidance. Listen at the link below to learn more about what you can expect, what the benefits are more likely to be, what is being done so favorite boat applications can use this data, and approximate dates when most of us can first use this stuff:
Thanks, Dan! To clarify, I think smart phones and pads can deliver pretty darn accurate position, COG, and SOG, and the update rate in Class E can be as good or better than Class A if desired. But the whole system is dependent on cellular data service and remote servers, plus volunteer shore stations for the Class A and B info which is only one-way (receive) in the Class E world. That all leads me to be very cautious about Class E as a collision avoidance tool.
MaineFog says:
Perhaps some day we could add a BlueTooth enabled portable transducer with suitable mount and collect depth data to send to some charting entity?
I use an an iphone mount that adds a GPS and power for the phone. Improves position updates and location accuracy.
A mount that feeds the iPhone position data from the vessel GPS system would also improve the position accuracy. Or via Bluetooth.
Interesting concept but it does not have the reliability of AIS. The beauty of a VHF-based system is that it always works — I can see an AIS equipped vessel in the wilds of South East Alaska as easily as I can see one in Seattle. Cell phone internet access? Not so much (even on the Seattle waterfront.)
Why is this important? If a boater choses to forgo class A or B AIS for this method and if they chose to forego radar, then they are completely at the mercy of the cellphone network when they are in the fog. They may have a false sense of confidence that will lead them to go forth when they shouldn't. It is like a climber roping up with a safety rope that might not carry his weight — worse than no rope at all.
This is not a theoretical issue. I can tell when my boat (with an 8′ powered antenna) loses the internet because a small gizmo pops up on the tool bar. I lose the internet in the San Juan islands just as I come out of Thatcher pass, which is right where you begin to cross the shipping lanes. Cell phone access has been getting vastly better over the years, but I doubt that there will ever be a tower in the middle of the Strait of Georgia (for example.)
Perhaps in other parts of the country cell phone access is as reliable as VHF, but in my experience it is not so when on the water — especially in the shipping lanes which tend to be fairly distant from cell towers.
AIS over cellular is working pretty well for this long slog south. I just put phone in its boat holder, attached the charge cable, opened mAIS, and we've been tracked for benefit of friends and family everywhere we've had a connection. Check out current position and itineraries here:
http://goo.gl/nLxNe
The tracks are also a map of coastal cell coverage, or at least Verizon's, as mAIS tries to send a position every 10 minutes.
We just exited Buzzard's Bay headed for western Long Island Sound. Another night out, but best to catch the weather when it's right!
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The BNI All Stars are a BIG Beaumont referral group. Their members meet weekly to discuss their business and to exchange qualified referrals.
Note: The BNI All Stars will also meet on Thursday April 20th and Thursday April 27th. The BNI All Stars meet each Thursday except for major holidays like Thanksgiving.
Education First is a Beaumont based credit union that has expanded across Southeast Texas and into East Texas. They recently unveiled a new corporate office in Beaumont – come check it out and meet a number of other Southeast Texas business owners, managers, and marketing professionals.
Have you been to a Southeast Texas networking breakfast or ribbon cutting and not found the contacts you were looking for? Make sure you check out one of these after hours Mix and Mingles. They tend to draw a different group of Golden Triangle professionals.
How do you get to be the oldest referral group in Southeast Texas? Visit one of their weekly Tuesday meetings to find out. Senior members have been using the BNI Southeast Texas Networkers to grow their business for ten years.
There is no cost to visit, and you are welcome to visit up to twice. Please do visit as my guest – Daryl Fant, SETX Advertising.
Jack Brooks Regional Airport is one of the most important resources our citizens don't know very much about. Come discover the role Jack Brooks Regional Airport plays in our local economy and what Jack Brooks can do for you, your family, and your business. Did you know refinery owners and management fly into Jack Brooks Regional Airport from all over the world to check on their Southeast Texas plants? Did you know savvy business and vacation travelers have discovered how to use Jack Brooks Regional Airport to connect them to the world? Did you know that Jack Brooks Regional Airport helps minimize frustrating security lines and other hassles of air travel?
The Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce's two referral groups (Tuesday and Thursday) are joining together to host an open house. They would love for you to come out and learn more about what they do and if their approach to networking in Beaumont TX is the right fit for you and your business.
You probably know that the Elegante Hotel is where people from all over the country come when they are on a business trip to Beaumont / Port Arthur. Did you also know that the Elegante Hotel is where people from Southeast Texas come on Friday morning to network and grow their own local businesses? This popular Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce initiative gives local business owners and managers the opportunity to get together for breakfast, coffee, and LAID BACK networking opportunity. Over the years, a lot of long-term business relationships have been forged in these meetings.
What is the difference between a networking group and a referral group? Visit one of their weekly Tuesday meetings to find out. Find out how the power of referral marketing can free you up from the world of cold calls.
There is no cost to visit, and you are welcome to visit up to twice. Feel free to visit as my guest – Daryl Fant, SETX Advertising.
Click here for more information about the BNI Southeast Texas Networkers.
Janiyah's Love is a Beaumont TX nonprofit dedicated to educating Southeast Texans about Sickle Cell Anemia. Sickle Cell affects African Americans and robs the oxygen of blood. Sickle Cell can cause organ failure and death. Find out more during their Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting.
Free coffee? Free Breakfast? Free Beaumont networking opportunity? You bet – come out to the Elegante Hotel to meet your next client – or better yet, referral partner.
Would you like to have 40 local business owners telling their best clients about you? Visit one of the BNI Southeast Texas Networkers weekly Tuesday meetings to find out how to make it happen. Senior members of the BNI Southeasst Texas Networkers can attribute 25% – 40% of their business to their referral team.
There is no cost to visit, and you are welcome to visit up to twice. I would love for you to visit as my guest – Daryl Fant, SETX Advertising.
Click here for the BNI Southeast Texas Networkers Facebook Page.
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Division of Child Support Services needs updated mailing addresses
Delaware News Desk
In early 2020, the Delaware Division of Child Support Services will team up with U.S. Bank to issue a new prepaid debit card, the U.S. Bank ReliaCard, for child support recipients to receive their payments electronically.
The ReliaCard will replace the current First State Family Card.
In order to ensure timely mailing of the new ReliaCard to child support recipients, the Division of Child Support Services is urging customers to verify that their Social Security number, date of birth and their most current street address are on file by contacting DCSS.
"For our customers to continue to receive timely payments, and for a smooth transition to the ReliaCard, it is extremely important for us to have their current street addresses," said Ted Mermigos, director of the Division of Child Support Services. "As U.S. Bank offers exceptional customer service and has a proven track record in the child support prepaid card space, we believe they are the right partner to make our new program a success."
Delawareans with a child support case can send a change of address to the Division of Child Support Services at PO Box 15012, Wilmington, DE 19850. Customers can verify their address or make a change by calling and speaking with a child support specialist from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. In New Castle County, call 577-7171; in Kent County, call 739-8299; in Sussex County, call 856-5386.
The Division of Child Support Services' Automated Assistance Line also is available 24/7 with information in both English and Spanish. Customers will need their case number when they call.
For more, visit dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dcse.


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Book of the Day Roundup: July12-16, 2021
Love Me Please!
The Story of Janis Joplin
Nicholas Finet
Christopher, illustrator
Hardcover $24.99 (160pp)
Janis Joplin's brief, tragic, and spectacular career is recounted in the graphic biography Love Me Please!
Beginning with her childhood in Port Arthur, Texas, the book follows Joplin through the difficult and erratic process of finding herself. As she establishes herself as a singer, she faces sexism and insults about her appearance, and her reliance on drugs and alcohol becomes dangerous. Her unique singing style leads to great success, but also more out of control behavior, culminating in her overdose in 1970.
The book positions Joplin among other greats of the blues singer pantheon; it's narrated by the ghosts of Bessie Smith, Odetta Holmes, and Ma Rainey. That musical heritage is emphasized throughout the book, with lyrics floating across panels as they're sung, and song titles and composers listed at the bottom of the page.
Another focus is Joplin's search for inner peace—a quest that leads her to addiction, but also to a series of love affairs with famous figures including Eric Clapton, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Leonard Cohen. Joplin's excitement over her meteoric rise is captured, as are the conflicts between her goals and those of her family, bandmates, and business managers.
The art features excellent likenesses, delivering the look and feel of the psychedelic, hippie era. Its memorable, surreal imagery illustrates the grip of addiction in the form of tentacles that appear throughout, surrounding Joplin and others. Love Me Please! is a perfect graphic introduction to the short, shining life of an unforgettable vocalist.
A House Full of Windsor
Kristin Contino
Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
A hoarding matriarch throws a family into disarray in the endearing novel A House Full of Windsor.
Sarah delivers advice as the host of a beloved morning show segment in New York. When the ratings drop, she begins to have doubts about her future. Then, a family secret comes to light: Debbie, Sarah's mom, is a compulsive hoarder of British royal memorabilia, and her house becomes more of a hazard every day.
When Sarah's brother lands a job working for a reality show centered on helping hoarders, he suggests Debbie as the subject of an upcoming episode. But despite enduring injuries from moving about her home, Debbie refuses help. Each piece that she hoards is a memory, beginning from the time when Princess Diana captured her imagination.
Later, Debbie used collecting as a way to distract herself from her failed marriage, and from being forced to move from a haughty English estate to an unassuming Pennsylvania home to raise her three children alone. Each addition to her collection became a brick in the wall she built around herself, which also pushed her family away. And, because of their focus on the perception of perfection, the emotional distance between Sarah and Debbie grew.
While the show's attention offers an unexpected source of relief for Debbie, it also leads to upheavals. Debbie, Sarah, and their family confront what they've repressed, and family and romantic secrets bubble to the surface. And then a surprise romance suggests a potential future full of warmth, love, and the freedom to make mistakes.
As Sarah and Debbie sort out their pasts, their family drama becomes a lovely story of self-discovery. A House Full of Windsor is a life-affirming novel in which an epic collection of royal memorabilia and a reality show lead a family back toward love.
JOHN M. MURRAY (June 27, 2021)
Midnight, Water City
Chris McKinney
Soho Crime
In Chris McKinney's futuristic thriller Midnight, Water City, a detective uncovers a conspiracy that makes him question his life's work.
Akira, the most brilliant scientist in the world, hired her head of security because of his unique synesthesia: he senses the presence of death and murder as red and green wisps of color around crime scenes, items, and people. He also possesses specialized and violent skill sets. As Akira's perfect weapon, he subdued anyone who stood in the way of her great work: creating a beam that could stop a giant asteroid from destroying Earth, which left a mark on the sky that's known as Ascalon's Scar.
But now, thirty years after Akira saved the world, she is found murdered in her laboratory. It's a gruesome scene, and her former bodyguard, who's now a detective, is charged with solving the case. While he thought of Akira as an Earth-saving genius, a cybernetically enhanced, shadowy figure from her past reveals uncomfortable truths about her and her work. The detective is forced to rethink everything—including the deadly actions that he performed for Akira's sake.
As the detective mulls over his relationship with Akira, those considerations are complemented by his general thoughts on humanity. The result is a philosophical, futuristic narrative. Here, after the wake-up call of near destruction, human beings become more environmentally focused, but still need to accommodate for Earth's large, and longer-living, population. Descriptions of looming cloudscrapers and dense underwater cities made of recycled materials bring this intriguing setting to life. Dangerous, inventive technologies are also introduced, while entertaining fight scenes punctuate the story.
Set in a plausible future, the novel Midnight, Water City concerns a detective's reckonings with his complicated past.
DELIA STANLEY (June 27, 2021)
All the Fish in the World
David Opie
A curious mudskipper seeks a single definition of what a fish is, knowing that he's outside of the norm of others' expectations himself. Illustrations awash in innumerable examples of underwater biodiversity validate his curiosity: "fish" is an umbrella under which a vast and varied number of creatures swim! Educational and enchanting, this busy picture book does an excellent job of introducing curious young readers to the wide world just beneath the water's surface.
MICHELLE ANNE SCHINGLER (June 27, 2021)
The Memoir That Sparked Japan's #MeToo Movement
Shiori Ito
Allison Markin Powell, translator
The Feminist Press
Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's efforts to reform Japan's antiquated rape laws and give victims a voice are credited with sparking Japan's controversial #MeToo movement; her memoir Black Box begins with the rape that almost destroyed her.
In 2015, following her university studies, Ito returned to Japan, eager to begin her career. During an internship at Reuters, she covered dangerous international situations; in her home country, which was supposed to be safe, she was violated and left to struggle with the aftermath alone and unsupported.
Ito narrates as though she's still in shock, telling how her rapist, a well-connected Japanese reporter, invited her to dinner to discuss advancing her career. He drugged her; over her protests, he dragged her to his hotel room and raped her as she lay unconscious. Witnesses and hotel videos supported Ito's claim that she had been in no condition for consensual sex, but Japan's 110-year-old rape laws invalidate the evidence of those not present. Her case fell into the "black box" category, making prosecution impossible, even though forensic evidence confirmed the perpetrator's identity.
Ito describes how patriarchal societies favor silence over open discussions of sex crimes. In Japan, she says, victims are often ignorant of how and where to get help as a result. Confused, afraid, and ashamed, they are subjected to investigations so traumatic and ineffectual that some give up and endure, while others resort to suicide.
Despite the global spread of the #MeToo movement, Ito reports hearing a lawyer say, "In Japan, it's dangerous even to whisper 'Me Too.'" Her memoir Black Box is unforgettable as it exposes how patriarchal cultures and codes of silence deprive rape victims of justice.
KRISTINE MORRIS (June 27, 2021)


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Megacities
It's all about the design!
Business prize awarded to Norbert Rethmann
BDE appeals to Environmental Minister
MVK wins environmental business award
Recycling: a versatile sector with a bright future
Happy Birthday, NRW!
Composite insulation boards – a blessing and a curse
SASE Volume 3: Reliable waste management and the recycling sector
RESPRAY nominated for 2017 GreenTec Awards
International Management Meeting looks at the future
Biowaste: curbing climate change and cutting costs
Long-term collaboration work
Lünen home to the biggest battery storage unit
Prepared for the worst
A refinery turnaround in record time
Economics Minister at the REMONDIS Forum
REMONDIS Aqua treats wastewater in Istanbul
New managing director at WAL-Betrieb
A clean business
Stable water charges for 16 years
A fun occasion!
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Further Issues
Dear Readers!
Many people in Europe could hardly believe the news when they woke up on 24 June to discover a slim majority of Britons had voted in favour of Brexit. Leading economists, politicians, business people, artists and scientists had repeatedly called for the UK to remain in the EU so that the problems of globalisation could be tackled together as one strong community. Their words were in vain; the majority of Britons decided that the best way forward was to take a step back towards the supposedly good old days of 'splendid isolation'. No-one at that time, however, could have anticipated that this was just a precursor of an even bigger political earthquake. On 08.11. American voters elected Donald Trump to be their next president. Never before had the country experienced such a populist movement and his comments do not bode well either for the global economy or for a peaceful co-existence between nations. Only time will tell whether or to what extent President Trump will try and change global economic and political structures. Only then will we be able to see what impact this will all have on Europe. However, no matter how much the new President tries to deny the very existence of climate change, there is one thing that is clear right now: the world's population will continue to grow and the challenges of meeting people's needs and tackling the planet's environmental problems will not become easier in the future. Our recommendation to Donald Trump, therefore, would be to take a look at the country of his ancestors – at Germany, where solutions are already being developed to create a sustainable supply of raw materials for the future.
Over 40 years ago, when the recycling sector was just beginning to find its feet in Germany (thanks also to the many contributions made by REMONDIS), there were approx. 3.5 billion people living on our planet. At that time, recycling was considered by many to be nothing more than a bit of a gimmick. The world had enough raw materials and plenty of space for storing waste – so why do more than we have to? The human race needed just under 100,000 years to reach 3.5 billion people. This figure has doubled within just 40 years! By 2050, it is expected to rise to 10 billion. The so-called Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity has exhausted nature's budget for the year, was even earlier this year: on 08 August. Since then, we have effectively been living as if we have a second planet to fall back on.
The recycling sector already offers solutions to these problems at a number of different levels: supplying raw materials, generating energy, protecting water supplies and the environment, curbing global warming and even taking on social responsibilities. 14% of the raw materials used in Germany are supplied by the recycling industry, an important step to separating economic growth and the consumption of natural resources from one another. If our production processes are to be sustainable and affordable in the future, then all products and raw materials must be recovered and reused. For this to be possible, however, politicians around the world must drive this development and introduce ambitious laws to ensure it happens. We need higher recycling targets and mandatory ecodesign guidelines that force manufacturers to design their products so that they can be fully recycled once they reach the end of their useful life.
Recycling would be become mandatory in a future where all raw materials and products – no matter whether it be a smartphone, car or plane – must be designed in line with ecological criteria. Children working in mines in third world countries would be a thing of the past. Wars would no longer be fought to gain access to natural resources. Innovative processes would mean that our wastewater could be used to produce clean drinking water and as a source of phosphorus for fertilisers, building supplies and energy. Collecting and recycling organic waste around the globe and turning it into high quality compost or using it to generate renewable energy would, for the most part, solve the problem of climate change – and also provide great prospects for growth.
With this optimistic look into the future, may I wish you and your families a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
REMONDIS AKTUELL
An opportunity to read about urban environmental protection
SASE gGmbH officially presented the 3rd volume of its self-published series of books on urban environmental protection at this year's IFAT, the world's leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management.
The period in question: 1975 to 2000
Entitled 'Entsorgungssicherheit und Kreislaufwirtschaft' [Reliable waste management & the recycling sector], volume three of SASE's series of publications looks at the period between 1975 and 2000. Focus here is on the successful efforts made by private sector waste management companies to set up reliable waste management services as well as to create a recycling industry – something that was being called for by politicians and society as a whole.
Contributions made by a number of well-known authors, who themselves played a decisive role in shaping the waste management sector during these 20 to 30 years, allow the readers to gain an insight into how the recycling industry was set up and developed. Moreover, people from within the industry provide interesting details on the importance of legislation and how the laws impacted on the whole of the recycling sector.
A total of three volumes
Previously unpublished material – such as the development of town cleaning services in East Berlin from 1945 to the reunification of Germany, the history of the hazardous waste disposal plant in Bramsche-Achmer or on the role of the BDE and the entrepreneurs shaping this association such as Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff and Norbert Rethmann – help to shed light on the current situation faced by private and public sector waste management businesses.
Together, SASE's series of publications on urban environmental protection (currently comprising three volumes) documents the activities of the whole of the waste management sector between 1900 and 2000 – from the towns developing their city cleaning activities, to the setting up of a waste management industry, all the way through to the creation of a recycling sector. The SASE publications aim to provide a summary of the waste management and recycling sectors, showing how they have developed over the years. The many illustrations help readers to visualise this development.
A must-read for all those working in the recycling sector: Volume 3 of SASE's series of publication is now on sale
The books are being sold to help fund SASE's non-profit work in the area of environmental education. The book, which costs 33 euros, can be ordered online (German only)
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Today I answer more of your burning questions as well as give you a life update! We talk about whether or not I am dancing again, will I going a ballet company, my podcast, my beauty secrets, divorce details, self insecurity, my insecurities, my best performance ever, who should choose your variation, my most embarrassing onstage moment, my dream roles, judging YAGP, my adoption story, will I do vlogmas, puppy update, the queen of hearts in Wheeldon's Alice, Carabosse, and your video requests.
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After a 1 week break, Shreyas is back!
The 11th edition of our weekly series on InsideIIM, where PwC Consultant Shreyas Panse curates a list that is the best from across the web that industry professionals and current students must read. There is a World Special list too this time round!
Is it time that we got rid of paper currency?
A question that needs definite answer: Why do Americans call it "soccer"?
Side-thought: Brazil is land of samba, and spiders!
Shreyas is a Delhi-based Consultant working with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He blogs at shreyasp.wordpress.com. He is an alumnus of IIM Indore.
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