John Bonnin oversees the utility's wholesale power portfolio management, including Day Ahead and Real Time operations, bilateral power trading, fuels management, and associated analytics.
Bonnin has 23 years of industry experience, including 14 years at CPS Energy. He has directed the Day Ahead and Real Time activities of Energy Supply and Market Operations since 2012, with a focus on managing market risks to native load customers and optimal dispatch of our power generation fleet.
Bonnin has a Master of Science in Management/Computer Resource Management from Webster University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Louisiana State University.
Daniel Chang is a Market Development Services Lead in Distributed Energy within Black & Veatch\'s Renewable Energy business with a focus on services to support end users and utilities development of a strategy to navigate the inclusion of distributed energy resources in the new energy landscape. In addition to developing and managing projects that implements distributed energy resources, Daniel\'s areas of expertise include technical knowledge in power generation systems, where he also had business management roles for Black & Veatch\'s services in this area.
The traditional centralized model of linear power generation and delivery through limited market monopoly conditions is giving way to a more diverse, dynamic and complex system. Since appointed to the Microgrid Business Development Team for the United States Center of Competence for Distributed Energy Systems (DES) in 2015, Maggie has been supporting a team dedicated to helping public and private sector companies make smart, sustainable investments in distributed energy systems and Microgrids.
In this role, Maggie leads and manages microgrid business development as well as crafts and implements microgrid project development plans for multiple vertical markets including commercial and industrial segments, cities, US Federal Government, universities and other campus environments which include developing clean energy technology usage (including energy storage, solar, wind, co-gen, waste heat recovery and more) for distributed energy and microgrid projects.
Prior to rejoining Siemens, Maggie served as Director of Business Development for Calnetix Technologies, leading a worldwide business development effort for Organic Rankin Cycle Waste Heat Recovery Systems; managing numerous sales channels including global distributors, resellers and partners. During her tenure at Comverge, Inc., Maggie served as Director of Product Marketing/International Business Development where she identified market segmentation, market potentials, growth rate and profitability, industry cost structures, distribution channels, market trends, competitor information, and key success factors in all aspect of Energy Management applications. Served as Subject Matter Expert to direct end users, channel partners, developers, consultants and other audiences; And articulated go-to-market strategy, and value proposition.
Maggie began her career with Siemens in 2000 as a Proposal Engineer and rose through the ranks over the course of 15 years serving in the roles of Strategic Marketing Management where she analyzed the competitive environment and strategic trends to provide strategic recommendations on go-forward strategies and Marketing Communications Manager leading all aspects of campaign development and implementation for solutions and topics including total power plant automation and electrical solutions, cyber security and smart grid.
Maggie is actively involved in many professional organizations including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Society of Automation (ISA), Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association of Energy Service Professionals (AESP) and American Solar Energy Society (ASES). She is regularly featured as a guest speaker or moderator at industry events; has authored and contributed to numerous business cases and white papers; and has been published in Turbomachinery Magazine and Process Heating Magazine.
Maggie received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Textile Engineering from China Textile University, Shanghai; her Master of Business Administration and Ph.D of Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University.
analyses, due diligence, financial structuring and modeling and contract negotiation.
CEO and founder Brian Curtis has over 20 years of engineering, finance and strategic management experience in energy and high-growth technology industries. Brian founded Concentric Power in 2011 to create sustainable infrastructure and energy independence for companies in critical industries, including food and pharmaceuticals.
Raised in Salinas, Calif., Brian has a deep understanding of how agricultural innovations have evolved and must continue with sustainable, energy-efficient solutions. At Concentric Power, Brian leads company strategy, technology and product roadmaps, and project development.
Brian has spent his career in and out of power plants and processing facilities for the energy and food industries. Previously, Brian spent five years in China where he built an ammonia processing plant and acted as plant general manager to launch the business and product line. He was also a venture partner and entrepreneur-in-residence with two local Chinese venture capital firms where he oversaw their clean energy investment strategies, contributing to $1.35 billion raised. When returning to the U.S., Brian joined the U.S. Department of Energy where he worked within the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Group, along with several clean energy startups. Brian started his career as a power plant design engineer at the power plant on campus at the University of California, Los Angeles and further honed his mechanical systems design skills as a refinery engineer for Chevron. Concentric Power is Brian's second start-up; the first was a software technology company that was acquired.
Brian currently serves on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrepreneurship Competition, where he was the lead organizer as an MBA student. The "MIT $100K" is a year long competition and the largest student-led organization at MIT.
Brian holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from UCLA, with an emphasis in electro-mechanical systems design and control, and an MBA from MIT. Brian lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two kids.
Prior to joining One Energy, Adam has spent over two decades in our customers shoes. He is a GE black belt, and Navy nuclear engineer and a certified Lean tool champion. He has learned the best practices of large companies (GE, Eaton, Crane ) and can practically apply those tools to help solve customer issues. He has spent his career leading teams and developing new markets. He's brought to One Energy over 14 years of sales management, 17 years of product/marketing management, and 28 years of operational/engineering management experience, creating for himself a composite of technical as well as managerial expertise. In his previous roles, he spearheaded millions in cost savings through process improvements and strategic sourcing. Adam's unique ability to blend leadership, business acumen, and technical understanding to drive results is what fortifies his role as Head of Sales for One Energy.
At One Energy, Adam serves as Head of Sales. In this role, Adam's key responsibilities involve growing and maintaining One Energy's customers and channels. His major focus is understanding customer and market drivers and collaborating with internal resources to develop and execute compelling value propositions. His role is to lead the commercial pursuit process and be responsible for the development of One Energy's commercial strategies. He cross-functionally supports other areas of the business as required.
Mr. DiCola is a principle and founder of DCO Energy. He has led the company from a single project in development in 2000 with 5 people to a Company with over 400 people and projects assets totaling over $ 1 billion. He is responsible for directing all company activities including strategic planning, project development, project management, engineering, contractor, and financing, legal and regulatory management.
Mr. DiCola is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate of the University of Cincinnati with over 47 years' experience in the energy management field.
Paul Donnellan is a Partner at Clareo with more than 20 years of experience leading strategic growth initiatives in both industry and consulting roles.
Paul advises energy and industrial companies on growth and innovation, helping businesses to identify and pursue new growth opportunities ranging from breakthrough technologies to new business models. He has worked with large power generation, electric utility and industrial companies on innovation initiatives to address transformations in the energy and transportation industries, including distributed energy resources and transportation electrification.
Prior to his work with Clareo, Paul led sales and marketing for a startup technology division of Navistar. In that role, he helped launch an OEM telematics service, managing marketing and product strategy and leading the division's national direct and indirect sales force.
Paul's prior experience as a management consultant includes IBM Business Consulting Services, where he advised companies on business strategy, technology, sales and marketing. Clients have included Exelon, Edison International, Johnson Controls, Navistar, BMW North America, Motorola and Sprint. Paul has an MBA from the University of Michigan with a concentration in Strategy and Marketing. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University.
K.K. DuVivier is a tenured full Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She has taught full-time at the law school level since 1990, including ten years at the University of Colorado School of Law before joining the Denver Law faculty in 2000. She received the Robert B. Yegge Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018, the Hughes-Ruud Research Professorship from 2015 to 2018, the AALS Teacher of the Year for University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2015, the Student Bar Association Mentorship Achievement Award 2013-2014, and the Sturm College of Law Faculty Excellence Award for Best Professor in 2012-2013.
Professor DuVivier's current research and teaching focuses are energy and renewable energy law, with a special emphasis on wind, solar, and energy efficiency. In addition to scores of articles, she has authored two books: Energy Law Basics (2017) and The Renewable Energy Reader (2011). Professor DuVivier worked as a field geologist before law school, and after earning her J.D., she practiced for eight years, first in natural resources law at the law firms of Sherman & Howard and Arnold & Porter, then as an Assistant City Attorney in the land use and revenue section for the City and County of Denver. Her net-zero-energy house built using Passiv Haus standards won the Colorado Renewable Energy Society's award for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Design in Buildings—Single Family in 2012.
Brian Evans-Mongeon, President and CEO of Utility Services. Brian has been working in the industry for over 30 years handling power supply and transmission planning activities. At NERC, Brian is the Chair of the Planning Committee and had served 4 years as Co-Chair of the Essential Reliability Services, which was predicated on the increasing penetration of renewable and distribution-based resources. He has been a participant in several Standard Drafting Teams, including for the Under Frequency Load Shedding program (NERC Project 2007-1), the Standard Drafting Team for Disturbance and Sabotage Reporting (NERC Project 2009-01), the Definition of Bulk Electric System (BES) team (NERC Project 2010-17), and the Standards Applicability for Dispersed Generation Resources (Project 2014-01). For 2018, Brian has been named "Best CEO for Utility Services Firms – USA for the leadership activities in the industry.
Tom Eyford is Oracle's global industry principal for utility operations solutions, responsible for helping utilities take advantage of technology in innovative ways to create real business value. Now with nearly 25 years of experience with utilities, Tom began his career in 1993 with PacifiCorp, and served in a variety of roles in engineering, asset management, operations, and customer service. He was one of the early innovators of distribution automation, co-holding a U.S. patent for automated feeder restoration schemes.
Tom earned a BSEE from Washington State University and the MBA from Utah State University. He is also an active member of IEEE PES and UCA International Users Group.
Mark Feasel is responsible for Schneider Electric's Smart Grid activities in North America which are focused on optimizing energy efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability from the electric utility control center through a consumer's loads. Mark's experience with microgrid began in the 1980's when he was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the electrical systems associated with the nuclear reactor on a ballistic missile submarine, and have continued throughout his career while leading an energy management and distributed generation controls company, and leading commercial operations of the Power Management and Controls business for Schneider Electric North America.
Brett Feldman is a principal research analyst with Navigant. With 20 years of experience in the energy sector, he focuses on distributed energy resources and their implications for the global power industry. Prior to joining Navigant, Feldman was a principal for demand response at Constellation Energy, an energy efficiency program manager for Eversource, and an energy consultant for ICF and Nexant. He has also served as the chair of the Business Issues Committee of the Association of Demand Response and Smart Grid, the chair of the New York Independent System Operator's Price Responsive Load Working Group, the vice chair of the Independent System Operator-New England's Demand Resources Working Group, and the co-chair of the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association's Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Committee. A Certified Energy Manager, Feldman is a recipient of the Peak Load Management Alliance's 2014 Outstanding Market Research Award and 2017 Thought Leader Award. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Boston University.
With over 35 years of professional experience in the international power industry, Al Ferrer is responsible for the profit and loss, business development and marketing of the consulting services Mott MacDonald provides to its clients in the Americas, including Owner's Engineering, Independent Engineering, due diligence, acquisition services, power plant performance improvement, CO2 strategies, operational risk management, air emissions control retrofits, upgrades and life extension, covering nuclear, coal, gas and combined cycle, biomass, geothermal, IGCC, circulating fluid bed, renewables such as solar, wind and biomass, and other power plant generation technologies. He worked for Stone & Webster most of his career with his last position serving as Senior Vice President and Managing Director. He worked for Burns and Roe as VP of the Consulting Division He has directed and executed work in the US, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Korea. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Tau Pi Sigma. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Nuclear Engineering.
Steve is a Vice President with ICF's Energy Advisory and Services practice, and leads the Distributed Energy Resources Team. Steve has expertise in evaluating the economics of conventional and renewable energy resources—both central station and distributed generation—within the context of developing technologies, market design and environmental regulations. He works with many of the major US power companies and developers in evaluating the impact of distributed energy resources (DER) on their system and the implications for their business models and their distribution system planning and operations.
He has published numerous whitepapers on the Value of Solar and Distributed Resources and is actively working with the DER team to develop innovative analytical frameworks that can be used by utilities and third parties to more accurately assess the value of these resources in the context of system planning. Before joining ICF, he worked for Luz International Inc., at the time the largest manufacturer and developer of solar thermal power plants in the world.
Steve has an M.A. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Deb Galimba the founder of X UTILITY, a WBE certified consulting company based in Fresno, CA and Honolulu, HI is a grid tie interconnection expert. She specializes in distribution and transmission renewable Third-Party grid tie interconnections for PV, wind, energy storage and capital T&D utility projects. Her previous 18 + career with PG&E in the regulated utility environment included Consulting level Project Management of large multi-million-dollar capital substation and T-line scope, schedule, budget execution. The last 10 years she has been busy pollinating the renewable landscape with the safe interconnection of over 1.6 Gigawatts of renewable energy. Her utility network upgrade experience range includes: 6 high voltage switching stations,14 T-line taps, 20 generation substations and 1000's of commercial/industrial/residential NEM projects. Her expert residential and wholesale Rule 21 grid tie interconnection experience creates a hybrid critical path knowledge that benefits utilities and Third-Parties. Her current passion is future proofing renewable assets, behind the meter aggregation and reliable grid services deployment. She's also serves as an expert on various Department of Energy -Solar Energy Technologies Office initiatives.
Howard has over 40-years of international project development, finance, consulting, project management, engineering management, business management, construction management and O&M management experience in the power and process industries. He has developed over $6 billion of global energy assets and performed over 100 Independent Power Producer (IPP) due diligence assessments for financial institutions, developers and governmental bodies. While with KBR, he developed and successfully implemented distributed generation and micro-grid projects in post-war Iraq for US CENTCOM under the military procurement FARR. Many of his projects during the post-war period in Iraq were executed under fire and he was commended by CENTCOM for completing them on time and within budget. He engineered numerous global micro-grids that operated either connected or disconnected from the main utility grid, one of the largest of which was the 3 x 9E [3 x 132 MW (ISO)] Kufra expansion of the Great Man-made River Project in Libya. He subsequently conducted a major, paid O&M improvement study for the General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) that resulted in a published ASME paper.
His cogeneration experience began in the 1970s with the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania steam heating system and expanded into heating and cooling systems with the Rice University power plant in the 1980s. He is currently evaluating applications of combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) for developers of two new, industrial parks in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
His major T&D projects include the Al Ameen Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation in Iraq (12 diameters of 400 kV, including 20 miles of transmission lines per circuit and 36 circuits of underground 138 kV lines throughout Sadr City), which received significant praise for meeting schedule and being within budget from the U.S. Department of Defense and Iraq's Electricity Ministry, and a 33 kV isolated grid throughout the Ramaila Oilfield near Basra, Iraq that included 16 distributed, synchronized generators (some with engineered capacitor banks for starting large, motors that did not have variable frequency drive [VFD] capability) and 12 substations.
He managed grid and generation planning for a major U.S. East Coast utility during the 1970s that included generation and transmission management of the PJM interconnection and demand management of individual customer loads within his utility's franchise territory. He was an early pioneer in the development of wind power in West Texas and the cost effective integration of hydroelectric, pumped storage, oil, coal and nuclear generation. He developed 500 kW to 50 MW micro-grids for the exploration and production (E&P) sector of the U.S. domestic oil & gas market throughout West Texas and North Dakota. His current distributed generation projects include integration of PV solar and thermal generation with inside the fence Li-ion battery storage in Mexico.
His major pipeline projects include the 390-mile onshore, natural gas pipeline from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to Cuiaba, Matto Grosso, Brazil and the 450-km West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) – an offshore natural gas line from Nigeria to Ghana with laterals at Cotonou, Lome, Tema, and Takoradi.
His major process projects include construction of the Mobil Oil Refinery in Joliet, Illinois, the post-war reconstruction assessment of the Basra Refinery and the post-war revamp of the Baiji Refinery located midway between Baghdad and Mosul in Iraq. The Baiji work was executed under hostile conditions and resulted in commendations from Iraq's Ministry of Oil.
He is a Fellow and Life Member of the ASME, recipient of the 2015 Woolrich Engineer of the Year Award for South Texas and holds current memberships in the American Chemical Society, the American Nuclear Society (Life Member) and the American Welding Society (Life Member). He has chaired numerous technical conferences for ASME and has received commendations from the ASME Board of Governors, Westinghouse/MHI, Siemens and GE.
He carries current professional engineering registrations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Hawaii and Texas. He is a managing partner of Silverstone Power Technologies, LLC, which is a registered engineering company under his Texas PE license.
As a Cleantech Program Manager Adam serves as the primary interface between customers and Schneider Electric's industry-leading cleantech advisory services. He provides strategy development, procurement support, and transaction guidance for customers looking to navigate the global complexities, risks, and opportunities associated with cleantech solutions. Adam helps customers understand key trends in the market and advocates customers' interests to leading industry vendors.
Adam has been with Schneider Electric since 2016, prior to which he held positions on both the buy-side and sell-side of the energy market. As a senior energy and sustainability manager with AT&T (DIRECTV), Adam oversaw the design and implementation of the company's renewable energy strategy and served as an operations manager for resource management programs and sustainability reporting. Before this, Adam worked with a renewable energy development company where he originated power purchase agreements with major utilities and Fortune 500 companies.
Adam earned a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Kansas and an M.A. in Economics from Tufts University.
Darren R. Jamison joined Capstone Turbine Corporation in December 2006 as President and Chief Executive Officer. He brings a wealth of industry knowledge and almost 28 years of direct experience in the areas of Energy, Renewable Energy, Cogeneration, Distributed Energy, Energy Efficiency, Backup Power and Alternative Energy including Solar and Wind. Darren's expertise is in sales, channel development, marketing, aftermarket service, lean manufacturing, product development and quality. Businesses under his leadership have a proven track record of dramatically improving top line growth while vigorously managing operating costs.
Capstone Turbine embarked on a transformation in late 2006 when Darren took the helm. Back then Capstone was a small enterprise with $21 million in annual revenue, gross margin of negative 27 percent, and a market capitalization of approximately $125 million. Darren drove broad-based change throughout the organization, which enabled Capstone to deliver its untapped potential and improve results on behalf of all stakeholders. Through the process of internal improvements on multiple fronts and strong, strategic execution, Capstone has journeyed from a position of negative growth in limited markets to emerge as a high-growth global microturbine distributed generation player.
Under his leadership the company successfully developed and commercially launched a megawatt product in 2009 and Capstone quickly became a global energy player with low-emission, clean-and-green products now scalable from 30 kilowatts to up to 10 megawatts for use in applications ranging from remote locations to city centers, and Capstone is continually gaining market share in dynamic market segments requiring energy efficiency, affordability and reliability through exceptionally clean power.
Today, Capstone continues its cutting edge and progressive product development activities as well as evolving its industry leading customer service organization. In addition, Darren and his team have an outstanding record in their commitment to the environment with approximately 8,800 Capstone turbines having been shipped worldwide. These clean and efficient microturbines provide a variety of societal and customer benefits such as reduced fuel consumption; ultra low emissions; lower greenhouse gases; utility grid support; lower energy costs; and security of power.
In addition, Capstone Turbine is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership, which is committed to improving the efficiency of the nation's energy infrastructure and reducing emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Prior to joining Capstone, Darren served as President and COO of Northern Power Systems. At Northern, Darren more than tripled revenue over a 3 year period by broadening the company product offering to include structured products and a comprehensive aftermarket service business. Darren developed strategic relationships and partnerships with companies like GE Jenbacher, Elliott Turbine, Waukesha Engine, Solar Turbine, IES, Fuel Cell Energy, STM, and Kohler. He led the company to profitability after several years of mounting operating losses and purchased 110,000 square foot manufacturing facility and introduced lean manufacturing processes. Company stock price increased from less then $3 per share in 2003 to a high of more then $10 per share in 2005.
Prior to joining Northern, Darren was Vice President of Distributed Energy Solutions for Stewart & Stevenson Services from 1994 to 2003. While at Stewart & Stevenson he re-established S & S as an industry leader in reciprocating engine power generation and distributed generation growing U.S. sales from $40 million to over $120 million. He developed a bundled solutions business strategy (turnkey construction, operations and maintenance, project financing, and aftermarket support) to increase company competitiveness against vertically integrated competition. Under his leadership Darren's team received the 2002 Power Engineering "Power Plant of the Year" honors for a 50 MW turnkey power plant completed in less than six months during the California energy crisis.
Darren holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration and Finance from Seattle University. He also serves as a Director for Endurance Wind Power, a privately held Canadian-headquartered wind turbine manufacturer, since December 2015. He has served as Secretary of the Waukesha Distributor Advisory Council, been a member of the California Trucking Association, a member various Chambers of Commerce, member of the U.S. Combined Heat & Power Association, member of the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD), member of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), and a member of the Southern California Executive Summit. In addition he is active in his local community including the local food bank and serving as head coach for boys youth lacrosse ages 9 to 15.
Prior to joining One Energy, Katie was an Assistant Attorney General at the Ohio Attorney General's Office, where she represented the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the Ohio Power Siting Board before the Commission and the Supreme Court of Ohio. She litigated more than 50 cases and successfully argued before the Supreme Court of Ohio. While attending Vermont Law School, Katie researched and published articles on state, federal, and international energy issues. Katie has written and published reports on energy security with the US Department of Energy and the Center for Naval Analysis. Katie is admitted to the bar in the State of Ohio and the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
At One Energy, Katie serves as Head of Regulatory Affairs. In this role, she ensures we remain at the forefront of legal and regulatory issues in the energy arena, as well as making sure One Energy complies with all required permitting and regulations on a state and federal level. Katie monitors changes to the law at the state and federal level to ensure those changes do not negatively impact One Energy's business model. When they do, Katie directs our team in reaching out to lawmakers to mitigate or eliminate those negative impacts. Katie works tirelessly with our team to proactively seek legislative changes to break down barriers and legal complexities, so One Energy can further innovate and revolutionize the electricity industry.
Merrill has been involved in the fossil power generation industry for over 40 years, working for several companies specializing in Maintenances Services, Combustion Equipment, Combined Cycle Power Plants and Boiler start-up and commissioning. His area of expertise is in the boiler and balance of plant Engineering, Operation and Maintenance Services. Merrill resides in Plano, Texas and covers the southwestern United States for Day & Zimmermann. Merrill has a B.S.M.E. from the University of Massachusetts/Lowell.
Jereme Kent is the General Manager and CEO of One Energy Enterprises LLC, a Findlay, OH headquartered company. Prior to founding One Energy in 2009, Jereme ran construction of several of the world's largest wind projects. During his tenure in big wind, he grew frustrated with the inefficiencies plaguing the industry. Believing there had to be a better approach to wind projects, Jereme founded One Energy. This same innovative spirit drove the creation of the Wind for Industry® concept. One Energy is now a vertically integrated company delivering handshake-to-handshake on-site wind projects, including 100% self-perform construction. In 2016, Jereme led a groundbreaking round of fundraising that raised $80 million of institutional financing to continue growing One Energy's fleet of projects.
Rick began his career in 1990 as a field engineer and then moved into projects engineering and then to product development where he worked on various products including control Builder and the Ovation Controller. In 2011 Rick became Director of Research and Technology and was recently named as Vice President of Software Development where he is responsible for overall Ovation architecture strategy and direction, as well as all worldwide Ovation software and firmware development activities.
Mackinnon Lawrence is a director in Navigant's global Energy practice and leads Navigant Research. He is responsible for overall strategy and operations, including management of a global analyst team, development of the Firm's Energy Cloud thought leadership framework, and client engagements supporting utility, oil & gas, telecom, manufacturing, IT, and consumer tech companies. His expertise covers energy transformation, business model innovation, and technology disruption.
With more than a decade of experience as an analyst and attorney, Lawrence has led research and consulting engagements covering emerging clean technology, grid transformation, and policy and regulatory issues. He has co-authored numerous publications, including Navigant's State & Future of the Power Industry annual reports, Navigating the Energy Transformation, and From Grid to Cloud: A Network of Networks in Search of an Orchestrator. He is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide on emerging technology issues. Lawrence holds a JD from Washington College of Law and an MA in international affairs from American University.
State Representative Chris Lee serves as Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the Energy and Environmental Protection Committee in the Hawaii State Legislature. First elected in 2008, he has since authored laws establishing Hawaii\'s climate initiative, making Hawaii the first state to commit to economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045, the nation's first 100% renewable portfolio standard, a net-zero clean energy mandate for all public schools and universities, policies laying the groundwork for a more distributed electric grid, and has been leading efforts to reform utility business and regulatory models including laws which mandate the transition to performance based regulation. Rep. Lee serves on the boards of several community non-profit organizations and volunteers his time in the community. He is a graduate of Oregon State University.
As Senior Vice President of Development, Eric is responsible for overseeing the origination, development and acquisition of distributed ground mount solar and storage projects at ENGIE.
Eric brings over twenty years of experience in the renewables and infrastructure industries. Prior to joining ENGIE (previously known as SoCore Energy), Eric was responsible for origination of distributed solar opportunities within Edison International's subsidiary, Edison Energy, as well as day-to-day coordination with the SoCore and Edison teams.
Eric was a Director and later a Managing Director at Edison Mission Energy (EME), a competitive power generation business of Edison International. Eric was responsible for project origination and development primarily focused on the wind generation market. Responsibilities included originating, structuring, and closing new wind energy investments as well as managing all phases of development of a portfolio of Edison wind projects. During that period, EME acquired, developed and constructed nearly 1,800 MW of wind projects located throughout the US.
Eric joined the Edison companies (Edison Capital) in 2000 as a Senior Associate focused on structuring and pricing infrastructure and mezzanine investments. Prior to joining Edison, Eric worked in the project finance group at the Fluor Corporation where he evaluated major infrastructure project investments.
Eric received a Bachelor's from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA in Finance from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Jason Makansi, a recent transplant to Tucson, is president of Pearl Street (www.pearlstreetinc.com), whose clients range from electric utilities, Fortune 50 global energy firms, growing technology firms, and garage shop inventors. He specializes in technology deployment for the electricity and energy industries.
A life-long entrepreneur, he has raised venture capital for clients, assisted in creating partnerships and collaborations, launched and managed a hedge fund focused on the electricity supply and delivery value chain, started up innovative publications in energy and environmental affairs, helped tech-based companies grow in preparation for acquisitions and exits, started up and managed two policy groups to support the grid-scale energy storage business, and launched a publishing company (now managed by his wife and two partners).
He is the author of four professional books, the most recent Painting By Numbers: How to Sharpen Your BS Detector and Smoke Out the Experts, winner of two prestigious national awards for independently published books, and including An Investor's Guide to the Electricity Economy and Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, The Global Economy, and What It Means To You, the last two published by John Wiley & Sons. He is co-author of Knowledge Management In the Digital Age, focused on how to get the most from people, devices, and data in the electric power industry.
Makansi is a frequent keynote speaker, guest lecturer, workshop leader, trainer, panelist, and presenter on technology, business, market, and policy innovations for energy and electricity.
In the area of service, he mentors students in innovation and entrepreneurship, delivers special lectures at the university level, leads tours at the Titan Missile Museum south of Tucson, interviews prospects for his college alma mater, plays viola and performs with inter-generational chamber groups and orchestras for seniors, juniors, and the general public.
He earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, has taken graduate courses in technology management, and several graduate courses towards a higher degree in Sociology. He moonlights as a fiction writer, evaluates fiction submissions for two well-known literary journals, and has published more than a dozen short stories. He serves as Associate Editor for December Literary Journal and Contributing Editor for River Styx, both St. Louis-based literary journals with a national reputation for literary excellence. He judges short stories for publishing and writers associations, and recently delivered a workshop on the short story for the Arizona Authors Association.
Makansi's first novel, The Moment Before, came out in March 2018.
Currently leads and supports globally - firm's strategy through execution business based on industrial internet of things (e.g., GE Predix). Seasoned strategist in the energy sector specializing in electric power, grid digitization, engineering products and services, and large scale capital projects. Provide senior level advisory services to grow global businesses, M&A due-diligence, strategy based transformation, go-to-market strategy, capital allocation, and business operations design.
Roy M. Palk assumed the duties of president and chief executive officer of East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) on April 1, 1994 and retired from EKPC on April 1, 2007. Among many other projects during his tenure at EKPC, he led a $2.5 billion generation and transmission program to meet its future power supply requirements. Prior to joining EKPC, Palk served as the assistant general manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in Washington, DC. Palk joined NRECA as its director of internal operations and became its assistant general manager in 1991. Palk, an attorney, he also served as NRECA's corporate counsel.
Mr. Palk is now the president of New Horizons Consulting in Lexington, Kentucky. He represents and advises various energy and energy-related clients regarding production technologies, project development, strategic planning, corporate governance and staff development, fuel issues, environmental issues and financing. His clients include lenders, electric utilities and related businesses, trade associations, utility construction companies, an architect and engineering firm, government agencies, fuel companies and a law firm.
A 40-year veteran of the energy industry, Palk has represented the electric cooperative program throughout the United States, including serving as the interim president and CEO for Colorado-Ute Generation and Transmission Cooperative located in Montrose, Colorado during the cooperative's successful workout from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
International assignments for Palk include Europe, Asia, Central America and South America. Some of those assignments were for projects funded by various international development agencies and organizations, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Prior to joining NRECA, Palk spent seventeen years with two Tennessee Valley Authority TVA) supplied electric distribution cooperatives. He was the director of member services for Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation in Lafayette, Tennessee, and the general manager and CEO of Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation in Carthage, Tennessee.
While employed within the TVA region, Mr. Palk served in various positions with the Tennessee Valley Public Power Association, the seven-state trade association for TVA-served power distributors, including the chair of its Rates and Contracts Committee and, later, as its board chair. Mr. Palk was a founding director of Distributor's Insurance Company, the captive insurance company for TVA power distributors.
In his role with LeClairRyan Mr. Palk provides advice to the Firm's energy attorneys and energy clients on various matters including power planning and delivery, financial resources, project development, regulatory matters, new and expanded business development opportunities and serves as a member of the Core Leadership for the Firm's Energy Industry Team. Mr. Palk is a frequent speaker and writer for the Firm.
Mr. Palk is a former member of the boards of the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) in Washington, DC, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Foundation (board chair) the Kentucky Coal Marketing Council, the Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto, California (vice-chair) and the Generation and Transmission Managers Association (Power Planning Committee Chair). Mr. Palk is a founding member and past chair of ACES Power Marketing LLC, a 22-state energy and risk management company based in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a member of the NRECA Power and Water Resources Committee and the Southeastern Federal Power Customer Group, (SEPA power recipients).
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Mr. Pullins is the past Chair of the IEEE PES Intelligent Grid Coordinating Committee, a member of the Transactive Energy Association, an Advisor to the Microgrid Institute, and an Advisor to Xendee. He has advised several international utility and government organizations on Smart Grid technologies and operations, microgrid development, integrating intelligence, new power generation, and waste to energy issues. He holds a BS and MS in Engineering.
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Villanueva es un municipio filipino de segunda categoría, situado en la parte sudeste de la isla de Mindanao. Forma parte de  la provincia de Misamis Oriental situada en la Región Administrativa de Mindanao del Norte en cebuano Amihanang Mindanaw, también denominada Región X.
Para las elecciones está encuadrado en el Segundo Distrito Electoral.

Barrios
El municipio  de Villanueva se divide, a los efectos administrativos, en 11 barangayes o barrios, conforme a la siguiente relación:

Historia
La provincia de Misamis, creada en 1818, formaba parte de la Capitanía General de Filipinas (1520-1898). Estaba dividida en cuatro partidos. El Partido de Cagayán, con Cagayán, Iponán, Molugán, Hasaán y Salay.

En 1830 la misión de Jasaán se hizo cargo  de la evangelización de ciudades de Sumilao, Linabo y Malitbog en la actual provincia de Bukidnon.
Su centro de la civilización y la primera iglesia católica estaba en Daanglungsod, hoy  barrio de Aplaya, donde todavía podemos apreciar su viejo kota o torre de vigilancia.
El párroco de Jasaan llamó al  capitán Villanueva, un soldado novohispano. Con el paso de los años, los Magahats se desplzaron hacia el este, al sur de Claveria y comenzaron a llamar a Bongloy  Villanueva en honor al capitán, en agradecimiento por haber desarrollado un sistema de agua potable y de riego.

A finales del siglo XIX la isla de Mindanao se hallaba dividida en siete distritos o provincias, uno de los cuales era el Distrito 2º de Misamis, su capital era la villa de Cagayán de Misamis y del mismo dependía la comandancia de Dapitan. Uno de sus pueblos era Jamán que entonces contaba con una población de 4,504 almas, con las visitas de Canajauán, Solana, Villanueva, Patrocinio, Clavería y Bubuntugán;.

A principios del siglo XX, durante la ocupación estadounidense de Filipinas, Tagoloán era uno de los 15 municipios que formaban la provincia de Misamis.

El 16 de junio de 1962 fue creado el municipio de Villanueva formado por los siguientes barrios  pertenecientes al municipio de Tagoloán: Villanueva, Nabacaán, Bulacanas, San Martín y Kimaya.

Referencias

Localidades de Misamis Oriental
Municipios de Filipinas de Segunda Categoría
Estados y territorios fundados en 1962

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The Cyber Standards Council connects user organizations on the front lines of cybersecurity, giving them a clear vision into the standards development process and a voice on the critical decisions that impact the products and services they rely on.
Members are united and empowered to articulate business requirements, mobilize support for vertical specializations, and define common best practices.
Dedicated to advocacy, adoption, and interoperability, the Cyber Standards Council drives its own agenda, conducting activities and producing deliverables for members and for the community at-large. The Council is managed by OASIS, a nonprofit, international, open standards consortium.
Our charter provides more details. Our agenda is shaped by our members.
Demand solutions. Share ideas. Inspire new approaches.
Cyber Standards Council members influence, track, and advance adoption of security standards that include (but aren't limited to):
A structured language for cyber threat intelligence that enables organizations to share intelligence in a consistent, machine-readable way. STIX lets you anticipate computer-based attacks and respond faster and more effectively.
A transport mechanism for sharing cyber threat intelligence over HTTPS in a simple, scalable way. TAXII defines an API that aligns with common sharing models. It's designed to support exchanges represented in STIX.
A format for disclosing cybersecurity vulnerabilities so that machine-readable security advisories can be produced and consumed broadly. CSAF makes it easier to identify and address known vulnerabilities within your networks, regardless of platform.
A standardized language for automated defense against cyber-attacks that enables machine-to-machine exchange of commands for investigating or mitigating against current and pending attacks. OpenC2 supports real-time, machine-speed response as well as interoperable coordination between domains.
Provide guidance, voice concerns, and identify insights that can be shared with standards developers. Demand interoperability and conformance.
Leverage the knowledge of fellow Council members. Enjoy peer-to-peer sharing and real-time problem solving. Have your questions answered by people who've been where you are now. Inform your decision-making.
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Cyber Standards Council F2F meetings are held in conjunction with Borderless Cyber conferences and at other times. These meetings will strengthen your professional network and connect you with others in the cybersecurity user community. We discuss and explore issues on how standards can and are driving change, as well as best practices for implementing interoperable products to ensure your business is secure and future–proofed. The next Borderless Cyber event will be co-hosted by The World Bank, Georgetown University, and OASIS.
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Meeting Kipster's chickens leading the food revolution
Producing eggs and meat on a large scale in an economically viable way, with as low an environmental impact as possible and ensuring that the need of the birds are catered for.
This is the thinking behind Kipster, an innovative chicken farm in Castenray, The Netherlands. Eurogroup for Animals and several member organisations recently had the opportunity to meet the chickens leading the food revolution. Ruud Zanders, entrepreneur, chicken farmer and one of the four founders of the farm led the visit.
The hens and their eggs
The farm has 24,000 hens (Dekalb White variety) divided into four sub-groups of 6,000 birds each. They are housed in a central barn with a number of simple, but according to Ruud, essential innovations.
Central barn, showing natural light, high ceilings and space to move.
The first is natural daylight – lots of it thanks to the extensive window area on the sloping ceiling. Ruud is a firm believer in the importance of giving the hens plenty of natural light, and says it minimises the incidence of feather pecking meaning that he does not need to trim the hens' beaks (standard practice in conventional systems).
The hens' living quarters allow them to fully express their natural behaviour: space to move and flap their wings, soil to scratch in, perches and branches to perch on and the chance to take a quiet nap (or should we say 'kip'). Again simple elements, but ones that are missing from the lives of the 220 million hens that are still reared in cages in Europe.
The hens have access to outside areas: during daytime they can go out onto ranges with soil and perches.
Hens busily scratching the soil.
Both inside and outside spaces include trees to make them more appealing to the hens: descending from forest birds, chickens prefer the comfort of covered areas, especially where they can perch. Unfortunately for the birds and visitors, since December 2017 all farms in The Netherlands have had to keep their flocks inside because of avian influenza risk.
Chicken meat at Kipster
Nesting areas behind this pair of inquisitive hens
Male chicks, which in conventional farms are usually killed at birth and turned into pet food, are a valuable resource at Kipster where they are fattened and sold in products such as 'Rooster burgers'. In the near future, the first generation of hens that have reached the end of their egg-laying days (so-called 'spent hens') will also be turned into meat products.
Solar panels on the barn roof.
The sustainability of the operation is addressed in a number of ways. Extraction fans that remove up to 95 percent of fine particles from the air to ensure that there is no question of Kipster harming the health of people living nearby. Ruud hopes to be able to prove that the air coming out of the farm is cleaner than the air coming in, as the farm is a few hundred metres from a motorway. That is not the only source of local pollution: when they got out of their cars in Kipster's car park, the visitors were hit by the smell the pigs being kept in enclosed barns on the neighbouring farm hundred of metres away, but not a whiff from the hens in the building in front of them.
The farm produces twice as much electricity as it needs from the 1,078 solar panels on the roof: the rest is sold back to the Dutch grid.
Perhaps most interesting is what the hens are fed on: meal produced from waste products from food industries, such as bread and biscuits. Ruud explained that in this way people and chickens are no longer competing for food. On most intensive farming farms animals are reared on food that people could eat (corn, maize, soy etc.), which is highly inefficient. Kipster has in effect gone back to what happened on any farm before industrialisation arrived in the 60s: chickens turning scraps and waste into something that people find lekker!
Results after the first six months of operation are promising. One of the reasons for the project getting off to such a good start is the exclusive contract it has signed from the outset with LIDL. All the eggs and rooster meat are sold by the chain with three Beter Leven stars in its shops in The Netherlands.
From an animal welfare perspective, Kipster is a very interesting model. Faced with the persistent threat of avian influenza, it is resilient and gives hens good welfare even if they are deprived of outdoor access.
Kipster's website
Dierenbescherming 'Beter Leven' labeling system
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Wife of former owner of Adare Manor Judy Kane passes away
THE wife of the former owner of the Adare Manor, Judy Kane, has passed away in Florida. Mrs. Kane passed away surrounded by her family in Jupiter, Florida where she had resided for the last number of years. A funeral service will take place Thursday, January 6, in St Patrick's Catholic Church, Jupiter, Florida.
Mrs Kane and her husband Tom bought Adare Manor estate in 1987 from the Earl of Dunraven and are credited with turning it into a luxury getaway location.
The couple had a long association with Ireland before they acquired the castle – in the 1980s they owned a tenth of Dromoland Castle in Clare and two units of Ashford Castle in Mayo.
Mr Kane put in a bid of £2 million on the estate without even seeing it. The next day he was the proud owner of the manor and the surrounding 847 acres.
Adare Manor first welcomed guests in 1988 and accommodation was increased to 63 suites and rooms by the following year.
Mr Kane enlisted golf course designer Robert Trent Jones to turn the manor into a world class golf resort. The course was completed in 1995 and in 1998 a clubhouse and 25 town houses were built.
Mr and Mrs Kane lived in and managed the manor for many years with help from their daughters Diane, Linda and Teri. Teri (Cosgrove) resides in Ireland and was involved in the manor throughout the duration of the Kanes' ownership.
The family sold the manor to JP McManus in 2015 and moved back to their native Florida where they have resided since.
A notice on RIP.ie reads: "Beloved wife of Tom, loving mother of Teri, Tommy, Linda and Diane, and deeply missed by Gerard and Daria, her grandchildren Frank, Grace, Alena, Conor, John and Lisanne, great-granddaughter Evelyn, friends and all those whom she met.
"Residing in Florida the past few years, Judy's memory will be lived on by her friends, family and many memories shared by all at Adare Manor.
"Family flowers only please. Donations, if desired, to Operation Smile."
Photo Judy and Tom Kane | PICTURE: SPORTSFILE
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Q: Until - ambiguity Hello I have big ambiguity in using this word: UNTIL. Does it include the thing after word UNTIL or it means that thing is not included?
Here are two examples:
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The TV Show was good until 3rd serie. - Does it mean 3rd serie was the last good serie or the last good serie was 2nd and 3rd was already bad?

B.

There were no problems until the 5th car/customer. - Does it mean 5th car/customer was already problematic? Or that 5th car/customer was OKAY but after 5th there were problems?

I hope you can see my problem, in this. If I should not use word UNTIL what should I use to be more clear? Can somebody give me proper answer? Thank you.

A: Usually it means that thing is not included. For example if I say "I have work until 5" it means I work until it is 5:00, and then I stop working at 5:00. I do not work the 5:00 hour.

A: In most contexts, until X would be understood as meaning up to, but not including, X (alternatively, until X starts, not until X finishes), so in #A above the speaker probably didn't think Series 3 was any good, and in #B the 5th car probably was problematic. But as you imply, there is the potential for ambiguity - for example, given the assertion He's at work until Friday, not everyone would agree on whether this implied he either would or wouldn't be at work on Friday.

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Execution privilege: With this privilege, users can set parameters, execute a cellset, and view resulting cell values and cellset descriptions, but cannot modify them. With only the execution privilege, users can neither see strings in the cells nor any cellset variables.
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To set the password, just enter it in the box, for example, setting abc as the password for the full access to the cellset in the above.
If For full control is selected, then users are granted the highest full control privilege without a password and the password set before will be cleared, which means the cellset encryption has been removed.
With execution privilege, users can click the icon on the menu bar to execute the cellset. If a cellset parameter needs to be set before execution, the Input argument window will pop up for the setting.
Users are allowed, possessing a full control privilege, to see or modify the code in the cellset, and to encrypt or unencrypt the cellset file, etc.
Different esProc editions are controlled by different license files and support different functionalities. About each edition's features and the way of getting a license file, please visit the official website http://www.raqsoft.com/esproc-download.html.
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Revival Productions is led by Lisa Ward and Katharine Brindley, long-standing friends and business associates.
In 2016 they launched Classic Ibiza at Blickling Estate in Norfolk. Due to the concert's overwhelming success it is now held at seven venues across England.
Revival Productions were finalists in two categories at the NOEA (National Outdoor Event Association) Awards 2018: Best Practice Award and Event Team of the Year.


Patriots owner Robert Kraft has said he is willing to accept the punishment handed out to the team for the Deflategate scandal, but he does not speak for the fans, it seems.
The Boston Globe reports that around 150 fans headed out to Foxborough to demand that the NFL "free" Tom Brady from the four-game suspension handed down by the NFL after the Wells Report came out.
A pair of Patriots-loving newlyweds at the rally showed some serious commitment to the cause, swearing that they would postpone their honeymoon until Brady's punishment was repealed, according to The Globe.


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Q: Word for describing a predominant orientation for an academic degree When faced with the task of translating academic documents, I often encounter difficulties with translating the dominant of a field of study. Let me take an example.

Your studies were about cooking in general. In the last year, you specialized in cooking pastas. At the end of the last year, on your diploma, you'll get :
Bachelor in cooking, _____ (specialty ? dominant ? mention ?) pastas.

I want to express the fact that you know how to cook, however your knowledge of pasta is predominant over the general knowledge you have acquired. I have put some words I have thought of, but I am uncertain if they fit the situation I described.
If needed, here are a few more similar examples where the word I look for is missing :
Master of Art, ______ Photography
B.Sc. Biology, ______ Stem cells and bioethics

A: Many universities use the term concentration - see definition 1b:

an academic major or area of focus within a major

It may not always appear in the actual degree paperwork, so it won't be capitalized in full sentences.

I have a BS in Physics, with a concentration in electro-optics.


Rear Haldex differential and both rear halfaxles. All that stuff removed from Audi TT 1.8T.
When buying engine I only knew the facts I mentioned before and that it has done approximately 200 000 km. Actually 200k km is low mileage in case engine was serviced properly. I was very curious what's awaiting for me when I'll open engine. I didn't remove oil sump, chain drive cover or detached cylinder head yet. At least I wanted to remove valve cover and check camshafts and overall view. A view was promising as everything looked beautifully and covered in gold colour - oil was changed on time. Camshafts had no even minimal visual wear signs. I didn't find oil residue too.
I will put more photos of engine on upcoming topics. There's one thing I did not talk about yet. Yeah, that's a body kit. I have complete Kamei body kit replica. That replica is strange as it reminds some details from Zender too. Anyway I like it and hope it will look crazy cool when restored and fitted to my Golf. It must help me to fit R17 or even R18 wheels... Somehow.
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A historical, cultural, and linguistic analysis of Kristang, a Portuguese-Malay creole that stems from Malacca's globalised past but is struggling to survive in its globalising present.
by Robert Laub 10 September 2018 4 May 2021
The Malay Peninsula was, and still is, a global centre of trade. Trade brought people from all over the world. They traded, made friends, and even married and settled down, producing new hybrid cultures unique to Malaya's soil. The long Portuguese involvement in Southeast Asia—from 1511 until 1975—is perhaps best-known today for producing the only Lusophone state in the region, Timor-Leste. However, it was their conquest of Malacca that first gave them a foothold in Southeast Asia. Today, the Straits of Malacca is dominated by Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, and the English and Malay languages. But a small yet hardy Portuguese Settlement continues to survive, deeply Catholic and speaking their own unique variety of Portuguese: Papia Kristang, or Kristang for short. This article explains the unique history of Kristang, its cultural context within Malaysia, and breaks down how the language works.
The Portuguese conquest of Malacca
Straddling the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Straits of Malacca is a choke point for all ships travelling between South and East Asia. Owing to this strategic location, the city of Malacca emerged as an important port, facilitating trade and attracting sailors from China, India, Arabia, across Southeast Asia, and further afield. The 15th Century saw the height of local power, with the Sultanate of Malacca taking advantage of its strategic location to become a wealthy and powerful kingdom.
Portuguese Malacca by Ferdinand Magellan, ca. 1509-1512
By the 16th century Portugal had begun exploration that would lead to the wider Portuguese Empire. After having sailed around Africa in 1497 and captured Goa in 1510, the Portuguese arrived in Malacca in April 1511.
The Survival of Malay Fiction in Singapore
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Bridging the Race Barrier: "Sakai" and "Malay" in the British Malaya Census
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Robert Laub
Robert Laub is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at SOAS University of London. His research interests include language documentation, endangered languages, and Luso-Asian Creoles.
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TOGETHER NOW FOR A SAFE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR ALL
The global recognition of the significant, lasting impact that climate change and disasters will have on economic growth, community wellbeing, and related financial and economic systems, is rapidly growing. For companies, big and small, to survive and even prosper in this environment, they need to adapt fast. The uncertainties and transformation brought about by climate change and disasters can be seen as significant risks but also as opportunities. By connecting a passionate community of business and other public and private partners, ARISE works as a catalyst for business innovation and for knowledge sharing to reduce risk for a sustainable and resilient future. Through its regional and national Networks and links into the global policy discussions on sustainability, climate action and disaster risk reduction, ARISE offers its members the opportunity to demonstrate leadership in cooperating with public partners to reshape business, society and financial frameworks to implement tailor-made solutions for all industries and sectors, leading to take risk-informed decisions, formulate adaptive strategies and implement preventative actions.
Download ARISE value proposition
ARISE, the Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, is a network of private sector entities led by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). UNDRR oversees the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, supporting countries in its implementation, monitoring and sharing what works in reducing existing risk and preventing the creation of new risk. The Sendai Framework specifically encourages action from private sector financial institutions, including financial regulators and accounting bodies and SMEs to integrate disaster risk reduction into business models and practices.
In joining the ARISE, private sector companies voluntarily commit to support and implement the Sendai Framework, aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Paris Climate Agreement, New Urban Agenda and Agenda for Humanity.
ARISE mobilizes and facilitates the private sector to carry out risk-informed investments and to apply business practices that reduce and prevent the creation of risk, build resilience and enhance recovery from disasters, in line with the Sendai Framework. ARISE focuses on four priorities: SMEs; integrating DRR into investment decisions; incentivizing DRR within the insurance industry, and resilient infrastructure. Here you will find resources produced by ARISE networks, members and partners on the ARISE four priorities for the private sector ARISE structure and organization.
Australia: Adaptation and planning strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change induced sea level rise, flooding and erosion
A public-private partnership for a livelihood seeding program in a post-disaster context
Philippines: The case of SM City Marikina mall
United States of America: Climate change and extreme weather adaptation options for transportation assets
The case of SM City Cabanatuan mall
100 Resilient Cities project
Adapting English Schools Sites to Reduce Predicted Overheating Impacts Resulting from Climate Change
Humus technology for preventive and post-disaster land conservation in disaster areas
Safe Places, Safe Communities: An Evacuation Shelter for the People of Tanauan, Philippines
North West Cambridge Integrated Water Management Strategy
Disaster planning and recovery for Tasmanian businesses - delivery of materials and training
United Nations city disaster resilience scorecards: USA, Chile, Angola
Private sector entities are encouraged to join ARISE in its Mission to create risk-resilient societies by promoting and supporting the integration of disaster risk and disaster preparation into business management strategies and investment decisions. ARISE also aims at unleashing the potential of private sector know-how, innovation and convening powers in partnership with Governments and other stakeholders to deliver measurable changes in business practices towards resilience. Information on why to join ARISE, what is required to join or start a national network can all be found here.
Regional offices and networks
ARISE members agree to advance The Five Commitments of ARISE in support of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030:
Raise Awareness: Awareness raising with respect to disaster risk and mobilization of the private sector;
Influence: Exercising influence in respective spheres of expertise;
Share Knowledge: Share knowledge, experience and good practices amongst the private sector;
Catalyse: Be a catalyst to generate innovation and collaboration in developing risk-informed business strategies;
Implement: Implement projects and activities to achieve the targets of the Sendai Framework.
See which organizations have committed to ARISE here.
ARISE is a network of private sector companies committed to risk-informed development, disaster risk reduction, and preparedness action.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR 2030)
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments


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The Disillusionment With Party Elites
Fears Over Fate of Democracy Leave Many Voters Frustrated and Resigned
A new survey from the Pew Research Center has revealed that many of those who participated in the 2011 elections were disappointed with their turnout. In addition, they were frustrated at the extent of the problems facing the country in terms of income inequality and healthcare, and they voiced a few concerns about the role of party elites within the political system.
However, with the exception of two issues on which they seemed to have voted differently, no other issue of concern seemed to generate much of a partisan divide. In fact, Republicans seemed to generally express dissatisfaction with the performance of the government.
However, the most important takeaway from this survey – with a few notable exceptions – was the extent of disillusionment with parties within the electorate. Indeed, the majority of respondents, 59%, did not think parties ever had their best interests at heart. This means that while party elites have been the targets of much of the criticism made against the parties in the US, the majority of the electorate have grown disenchanted with their own party leaders. This is most likely a reflection of the fact that, more importantly, they feel like the parties in the country, even those with a long history of government, never truly represent their interests.
For example, only 43% of respondents who voted for President Obama described the party as the 'best possible' representation of their preferences. While this is not a huge gap, it is important to note that this number is almost double the 25% support for Mitt Romney. Given that the overall number of votes cast for Obama was also nearly double Romney's number, it is difficult to conclude that much of the blame should lie with Romney's actions. Moreover, in the weeks before the election, there were signs that Obama actually did not stand a chance at winning, despite the high amount of popular support he enjoyed.
The two Republican Party leaders who were viewed as representing their best interests were also unpopular with voters. Indeed, just as voters were disappointed with Obama's level of performance, the two Republican leaders they held most dear were also viewed with disappointment by the electorate. In addition, President Obama was the only one in the field to receive a majority of the votes cast, but he did not receive an absolute majority, resulting in the election of a President whose position is even more
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Q: How to make Longlistselector with Horizontal scroll in Windows phone 8 Please help me to make Longlistselector with Horizontal scroll in Windows phone 8.
And I make the longlistselector follow this link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/jj244365(v=vs.105).aspx

A: LongListSelector doesn't allows you to change scroll orientation. In other controls like the ListBox you can specify the property ItemsPanel to use a StackPanel with horizontal orientation. But that property is not available in LongListSelector (i don't know exactly the reason, but i think it might be something related with the complex grouping, jump list capabilities of the LongListSelector.
If you need to make an horizontal list and you don't need to group your data, you can replace the LongListSelector with a ListBox and use the ItemsPanel property to specify a horizontal stackpanel.

A: I had the same problem and I needed to load canvas with different colors in it, I created a long list and rotated it to -90


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Edison hosts WCOMP education summit
Community, Education
Educators discuss helping students into future
By Aimee Hancock - ahancock@aimmediamidwest.com
PIQUA — The West Central Ohio Manufacturing Partnership held its regional education summit on Tuesday in Edison State Community College's Robinson Theater.
Around 50 principals and superintendents from 10 counties were in attendance for the summit.
Participants heard presentations from two main speakers, Aaron Moran, superintendent at Versailles Exempted Village Schools, and Jason Hemmelgarn, principal at Coldwater High School.
Moran presented the topic of "how to engage local business as a comprehensive secondary school district."
Moran began by stating 50 to 60 percent of Versailles graduates each year go on to complete a program from a four-year institution, though not necessarily in four years. He then presented questions regarding what the other 40 to 50 percent of graduates do after high school, and also examined whether college graduates end up in a career using their degree and/or if they go on to provide a positive return-on-investment.
Moran stated the school district should serve as a "pipeline" into the community workforce, just as much as it is a pipeline for students into college.
"We asked business leaders in various sectors of our community to come together to find out their needs and create a plan called, 'Pathways to Careers,'" Moran said.
"Pathways to Careers" has been executed in several ways within the district, including through college, career, and military night events, manufacturing day, junior and senior interviews, sophomore and junior career presentations, and student and parent awareness meetings.
"It's almost like recruiting for athletics," Moran said. "If you're not making connections with those kids, they're not going to know about your business. We've got to find ways to create those relationships inside the classroom."
Hemmelgarn's presentation focused on "how to create high school internship pathways from a comprehensive secondary school to business within the district."
He shared stories about participation from several local businesses, including Nidec Minster, Pax Machine Works, Taylor Communications, and Honda of America.
When it comes to providing internship pathways for students and local businesses, Hemmelgarn said Coldwater High School's philosophy involves being open to discuss anything, the willingness to accommodate as much as possible, the willingness to customize to the needs of everyone, and the idea that "we will always be driven by what is best for our students while still working in collaboration with the companies."
Hemmelgarn said the purpose of providing this type of partnership with businesses is to foster collaboration and a good working relationship with companies, to expose students to the best option for them, and to try to optimize the needs of all parties involved. In a best case scenario, pathways to internships will benefit students, businesses, and the community.
Attendees were also given the opportunity to split into small groups on two different occasions during the event to discuss among themselves a variety of topics and questions provided by moderators. After each break out session, the entire group reconvened to share answers and ideas.
Questions included, "Why is it important to engage in WCOMP (West Central Ohio Manufacturing Partnership)?"
One group answered by stating it's critical for the local economy, as well as entire communities, to make sure there is a strong workforce.
This group also touched on the idea that the west central Ohio area has "unique needs" and may benefit greatly from increased partnership with local manufacturing entities given the strong presence of the manufacturing industry within the region.
Groups were also asked to present some challenges or barriers that exist when engaging business.
Answers included the issue of location and transportation given that many students interested in participating in workforce partnership programs may not have a driver's license or a way to get to a business location, along with the possible issue of parents not being informed or educated on the opportunities available for students.
One breakout group also mentioned that due to some of the requirements, it's hard to provide access for all students to some of these career opportunities.
This group added that, in some cases, if a student has not completed certain core classes, they may not be eligible to go to a career center or to participate in some of the workforce programs offered.
All answers from each break out group were recorded and collected by representatives of WCOMP and will be compiled together to use as a reference guide for development and growth within WCOMP and the counties it serves.
The West Central Ohio Manufacturing Partnership (WCOMP), which was established last year, is a manufacturing-led "industry sector partnership" created to solve the common workforce training, retention, and recruitment challenges of its participating member manufacturers.
WCOMP's founding members come from nine manufacturing companies, including Crown Equipment Corp., French Oil Mill Machinery Co., Honda's Anna Engine Plant, Midmark, Nidec Minster Corp., PPG, Procter & Gamble, Staub Manufacturing Solutions, and Voisard Tool LLC.
The counties served my the partnership includes Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Shelby, and Van Wert.
By Aimee Hancock
ahancock@aimmediamidwest.com
Reach the writer at 937-538-4825.
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We're located at 183 Old Hwy 90 in Monticello, Kentucky, about 1/3-mile north of the intersection of Hwy 90 and Hwy 1275 South (Old Hwy 90) -- just behind Raceway Service Station. We're the stone office building adjacent to Wayne Feed and Supply.
Our business office is open Monday through Friday (except major holidays) from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.


It's that time of the year – the Christmas party!
We will start with our regular show and tell where members share with everyone the projects they have completed since the last meeting. After this, we will round up our UFO challenge with a quick quiz (with little prizes) and a show and tell of the completed projects. Finally, we will have a prize draw for the people that entered the challenge. For every project completed you will receive a 50/50 ticket for the prize draw, so more projects completed the higher the chance to win one of the fabulous prizes.
Then there will be an explanation about the challenge for the quilt show. After this there will be a break where people will get a chance to enjoy all the delicious treats people will be bringing to the meeting.
After the break there will be an interesting game involving sweets and fabric. Please be sure to bring 3 pieces of grey, white or black fabric to the meeting for the game. They will need to be the width of fabric (40″-42″) by 2 1/2″.