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What Are the Former Super Shops Employees Doing Now?
For me, a cool by-product of launching this site has been re-connecting with so many former employees and customers, friends, manufacturers and such. Last weekend my fiancé, Janel, and I hung out with Dave Nehem and his wife at the Sand Sports Super Show in Costa Mesa, California. I've talked with Jorge Martinez, Tony Garavetto and Robbie Redner by telephone and even had a 4 1/2 hour conversation with Harry Eberlin! I hadn't spoken with him since December 5, 1985 but it was like we had spoken yesterday! I had dinner with Russ Wimberly a few months ago and a long telephone conversation with Greg Reinarts a few months ago. I keep in touch with Jim Patterson on a regular basis but had occasion to spend about 40 hours with him in my capacity as a real estate broker while he was scouting for locations in the Phoenix area for an off-road chain he was working with. During the time I was with Jimmy several former Super Shops employees called him such as Bruce Banker, Susan Hamm, Jim Jackson, Pat Emmett, Mike Fermoil and Dean LaFlam. I saw Les Davidson (see inset) last January at my favorite breakfast spot in North Scottsdale. He was in town for the classic car auctions and looks exactly the same–for better or worse! LOL!!
Of course, I keep in touch with dozens of former employees through Facebook and e-mail and look forward to reading your posts in our new forum section.
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Hello, my name is AL Kamenski. I was an employee of store #118. I transferred to Long Beach #007, the store was doomed to close after not recovering from the riots. I inspired the manager and employees, we filled the walls with parts and within 3 months that store hit #2 on the stores sales list. I am proud to say I helped save #007.
Working for SSI was the most exciting working experience I ever had.
Most of what I learned at SSI helped me be successful in every position I've ever had.
I worked under Scott Schoonover in store 002 Riverside, Ca from 88-89 Jorge Martinez & Bruce Banker were our divisional reps I can't remember the guys I worked with names other than Dave who was our asst and his roommate I think was Robbie. I loved that job those guys were like family. I wish I would have never lost touch.
Bruce and Jorge promoted me from tires to the counter after I sold 4 comp 9000's while still working in the shop (playin with sparky).
I have worked for new car dealerships since and now work for Nissan corporation. No job has ever given me the fulfillment as those days in the late 80's selling performance parts and tons of tires and wheels.
I wish you all the best and I will be ordering t-shirts since of course mine have been long gone.
Hey Todd, so great to see you are doing well. I agree with you. Super Shops was such a formidable time in our lives. My daughter and her husband own a modern version of Super Shops (sort of) in Victorville, Ca. It's interesting to see her doing what her Dad did years ago. On the flip side, when I talk to people about Super Shops and how huge it was back then, people just don't understand and unless you lived it, it's very complicated to explain. I am now retired Life is good, but it was sure great back then.
Best Regards
Jorge Martinez
Steve Trudeau was asking where you are, cant remember the last time I seen ya. Are you on Facebook?
Randy Robinson, Steve Trudeau, John Barker and a few others are on there.
Jorge Martinez…. Stop in to the Discount Tire Centers in Redlands Ca one day…. You may just find someone you trained in this industry…. Steve
Steve Trudeau! How the heck are you? I hope good. Unfortunately I do have a Facebook page. Will definitely stop by to see you next time I am in the area for a Rosie's Burrito! Hope life is treating you good!
Dean Chartraw! How ya doing man! Long time no see to say the least. Hope life is treating you well! I am retired living in Apple Valley with the Jack Rabbits and Rattle Snakes. Life is great…. Think about Super Shops and all the great people I worked with all the time.
My late brother, Glen Ward, worked for Harry at the san bernardino store in the summer of 1969. After his army service, he worked there briefly,leaving to "make big bucks" at Eagle Mountain Iron Mine. Later, he worked at the pomona & Garden grovestores about 1977-'78. I was often a customer of the stores from '75 thru '98. I bought a set of headers and chrome valve covers for my big block pickup at the salem OR store on its' lastday in 1998. Anyway, what I wanted to say was, my brother always said it was the best work enviornment he ever knew, and that Harry treated him like a friend, not an employee. (he also worked at the warehouse for a time I believe) My brother struggled after service in Viet Nam, the emotional scars of combat affected all his interactions for the remainder of his life, work, family, friends, all sufferred. If Harry is still out there, I hope he sees this, for he & Supershops made my brothers' life a little better. I can't recall names, but I know there were a number of Supershops Employees my brother remembered fondly 'til the end of his life. I still miss the stores.
Looking for Harys ex wife Jan
Hello All, I was a longtime customer when I saw a Help Wanted Ad @ store #009 Van Nuys back in 1989. Applied and I was hired by Dino Nussbaum. Although I had many run-ins with Dino, we settled our differences once I left the company in January 1990. Awesome place, awesome people to work for. I remember some of my team members like Jeff Herndon, Luis Sandoval, Nick and Adrian. They all shared their sales knowledge with me since it was my first sales job ever. Anyways, it was cool to find this website. Keep up-up the good work. P.S.- I recall ruining Brian Setzer's wheel from his 'Cool Cat' Jaguar during my tire shop training.
I worked at Super Shops Van Nuys, that's whare my automotive career started and my love for American Muscle Cars. It was cool working there, I still remember the red book in hand when helping a customers with tire and rims. Since it closed march 7,1998, i have worked for 4 Wheel Parts, P.A.W.=Performance Auto Warehouse(yes the competition),Performance products and now Pep Boys Speed Shop, yes some stores have a Speed Shop section that caters to performance customers. Not the same as SSI, but it is getting bigger & better. FYI: still got my name tag and black shirts
with SSI logo. employee g439
I was an employee at the Mundelien and Mt.Prospect Il stores from 1989-1993 I loved that place the people and the experience I gained there I would love to find some of the old crew
I'll start out by saying..I was never a "Super Shops" employee…But..I worked (?) with Harry at the old "San Bernardino Racing Equipment" shop on Baseline, pre "Super Shops" day's, around the time he was in transition from the service and just getting started..
I'll alway's remember Harry working seven day week's, twelve hour day's behind the counter. Well maybe taking a couple of hour's off to go to the drag's at Riverside to try to hustle up a new customer..But then back to the shop.. Alway's able to grin and alway's trying to make a deal.. I can hear him say, if I can only just sell four more pair's of American mag's I'll be able to get a better price break..
Good memories, good laugh's setting around the shop at night eating too many taco's..Still into Hot Rod's and lettering and striping after all these year's.. Ron Muller
Hey Pablo villarino I also remember the store on Van Nuys blvd when I was a kid growing up in the late 70s I kind of made that my summer hang out all the guys that worked there was great taught me a lot about the store and let me help put parts away . Pretty soon they gave me a shirt and started letting me help customers . It was like that for about 2 or 3 summers all I wanted for pay was place to hang out I thought that place was fun I loved hot rods and it was place I can dream about building my own I built many cars in my mind while I was there . Best fun I had they invited me to go watch the super shop funny car at the drag races . I wish I knew what some of them guys are up to now . Bummer we don't have them shops know more
Hello Steve, #009 was a cool place to hang out, you never knew who would stop by to have some fresh tires dropped on their cool cars. I remember Brian Setzer from Stray Cats and how I ruined his 2K Jaguar wheel. A lot a celebs would also check-in and some hot chicks like the one time Brandi Brandt was there!
Hi all I worked at two stores, the first one 003 and then went to 001 and worked with Scott over there and learned so much from him. I lived in Victorville for years and now in hemet……
Holy Smokes!
Been a couple years since I've heard the names of a few of you here.
Sorry to hear of Harry's Passing yesterday.
I'm on Facebook and am friends with a few of the SS family there.
Went back to school and have been doing Physical Therapy for the last 16 years of so.
Great to check in here, and I'll be getting some shirts soon!
Just in a little bigger size now. 😉
A276 checking in. Stores 003, 029, 045 and 150. Sorry to hear about Harry.
I started with SuperShops in 1977 at the Riverside store #002 Jack Young was the manager and Tommy Valdez was the ast. I worked my way up to store manager by 79 then was transferred to the new Riverside store on Merrill Ave. I was there another 3 years then went to the San Bernardino warehouse and became the Inventory Manager for the warehouse and all the stores in the Western U.S. When everything was coming to an end I left and worked for Chaparral MotorSports in San Bernardino for 15 years.
Hi I don't know if this is still going on. I just found out about this but hey what the heck! So my dad Ernie Nunes was a Super Shops employee in Oxnard back in the day and I figured it'd be nice to toss his name in here. 🙂 He owns and runs a shop of his own now in Thousand oaks called CARS Etc if you want to check it out on Facebook. He's been getting real nostalgic so a. Anyway Super Shops sounded awesome and it sucks it went out of business
Cassie, Did your dad also work in the Texas Warehouse?
Best job ever, I learned so much from S.S,
I have never forgotten the lessons I learned from Jimmy,Woody,Russell,Bruce,Etc..and as long as I have my mind and ability to succeed,I will never be down and out.
Sad to hear about Harry, I am from Redlands and I will always cherish the time I had working there.It gave me the opportunity to move to San Diego for over 20 years. And not to mention all the friends I made while working there. And all of you that ever knew men I have never forgotten any of you.
I was emp. #3901, I work in three stores, Huntsville Al. Birmingham Al and Montgomery Al as store manager. It really was a great job and a bunch of great people, some of whom I still se today.
Managers Meetings in Reno Nevada were a blast. Getting to visit Erson Cams/ Mallory Electronics.
Harry sold the hubcaps off his car to have gas money to get to the place where he loaded up to go to work on the Alaska Pipeline. That is where he got the start up money for Super Shops. He rented a building where they used to sell fencing, they didn't move out when they said they would so Harry sold parts out of the trunk of his car.
We had a cheer we did after our morning meetings,
Super Shops,
Super Shops,
We're Number One,
Super Shops
Super Shops
Second to none.
I still have all my hat pins from all the different companies.
Rest in peace Harry, you touch a lot of lives.
Micky Christian #3901
Employee # 1427. Worked at the last vegas store in the mid 80's. Great job. Great people.
I worked in the Super Shops location in Blue Springs Missouri for a couple years. I look back at how much I learned not only about the obvious things, building cars and trucks to realize their own identity but also to encourage people to stop at yellow traffic lights so you could sit there listening to, and feeling your new Erson Cam rattling away through the new Hooker headers. Erson gear drives were the big deal of the time, Edelbrock water injection, B&M blower drive systems. I loved it all and could not get enough of that life.
Now let me tell you what has remained with me throughout my post Super Shops life. I learned about educating my customers and making sure they didn't get back to their shops or home workshops only to find they forgot something…. "One Liners" that term has always stuck with me, and I use that selling strategy to this day. If you sell a new Holley carb, make sure they are advised about air filters, banjo fittings, gaskets, inform them about new intake manifolds, new 12 point manifold fasteners. Of course with the new manifold opened the door to new chrome thermostat housings, thermostats. It went on and on, you were given the opportunity to advise customers of complete systems long before "Packaged systems" and crate motors were commonly available.
I remember customers getting a kick out of the Unilite distributer that ever store displayed to show the power of the electrical system.
The stores were individual in their staffs but consistency was amazingly attained long before the internet made communication so much easier. I could go to the Shawnee location to fill in if they were short staffed and went in with the confidence that I could fit right in because my store was run the same way.
I also remember the story we were told about Harry Eberlin, the story of him going into Lamborghini dealerships dressed in blue jeans and a t shirt asking if he could use their bathroom and how his appearance usually was met with the answer, NO we have no public bathrooms. The Lamborghini dealer that allowed him to use the bathroom despite his appearance was rewarded with the sale of a new Lamborghini.
The message was so simple and a message that I respect to this day, do not judge a person by how they look, the appearance they give off, treat everyone with respect and dignity equally. I think that was my most treasured memory because using that experience consistently has made me a better person, a better company representative and opened many doors for me.
My days working in the shop, mounting and balancing 35″ BFG Mud Terrains during the heat of summer, most days sweating it out in the shop all day long were hard and miserable but Super Shops had an incredible work ethic, start from the bottom and reward those that worked hard.
I am very proud that my work history includes being a member of Super Shops family. The old building is gone now but I still go by every once and a while and smile everytime when I think of all the smokey burn offs we all used to do!
Thank you Harry Eberlin, I never met you but you gave me life skills that no school ever came close to doing!!!
Im Steve I worked at the Richardson Texas location with Kenny Leacock, Gary Forsite and Scott Baker and our number one salesman Brett the asshole Midget.
There was also a guy that was Kennys buddy who had a 70s corvette that was blue and decked out.
Was truly a experience everyday at work.
I think that was my Vette, Blue 1982,
Sitting around and tweeking on our own hotrods and looking at everyone else and saying to our selves what in the heck is going on?
Hello, Employee # 1551 – I started SSI when they opened # 047 Memphis Tenn under Brett Latter, left there went to #054 Oklahoma City, # 034 Richardson TX # 069 Indianapolis IN, # Think #51,52 Buckner TX, then #034 Richardson TX, last stop #150 Tustin CA, then left the company, I learned allot working for SSI and met allot of good friends to this day, I remember meeting Harry at my first store Memphis, this company had a Presence and a way that worked, never have I experienced over 100 people waiting in line with numbers to be helped out on a Saturday afternoon and we had RHS Racing Head Service 1.5 miles down the street, Magic, Truly Magic, Thank you Harry for the experiences and teaching me the things SSI did, I use today, Rest in peace
Hey Paul, I worked at 034 while you were (briefly) there…at the time you had the 82 Vette and a beater maroon '77? Remember those days well…guys like Randy Ceplina, Lonnie Forniglia, Cameron Smoot, Terry "buy it today" O'neill, Wes from Houston, Ryan from Texarkana, Ron Wardell, Jeff Ames and others
Super shops Charleston, sc, early to mid 90's. I still dream about working at that shop. Kind of always wanted to reopen a shop just like it. Ended up in the custom business and starting my own. Currently, 20 years later, I'm a restoration tech (or properly named, a"coach builder"). I also teach autobody at my local community college, and do contact work for other shops. Met my wife at super shops, been married 21 years.
Hello everybody,
I worked at SSI for 6 years (emp#1156). I started in warehouse in 1983 out of high school pulling parts. Then made the main counters for the new stores. Then I transferred to graveyard computer department. I then went to Texas to run the computer system in that warehouse. I roomed with Kenny for a while and then later Kenny roomed with me. After awhile I moved back to San Bernardino where I was repairing the computer terminals and equipment. I left SSI in 1989. I am now living in Anaheim CA working as a nursing home administrator and coaching basketball at the local YMCA.
Glad to see Super Shops is making a come back. Sorry to hear about Harry I worked at 4 different stores in Illinois back in the early to mid 90's started mounting tires and left as an assistant manager even ranked 3rd in sales for almost 4 months I still have my grand slams framed hanging in my garage this was my first real job and it's where my love for custom cars was born… Brings back good memories best of luck
I was employee #9211, San Jose, CA store #16 1989-1993. I started busting tires just like everybody else, but that lasted 1 month because I was selling more parts from the shop than the counter salesperson so they switched us and I never looked back…. My best work memories are from Super Shops, I thought "this was a job"? Helping people build hot rods and race cars? I learned many a skills whether it was socially, business, work ethics, customer service, technical, racing. I worked with many great people, Mike Bales, Mike Travers, Steve Whipple "woody" (only guy that had Boyd's wheels on a BMW) Courtney Maxwell, John Dell to name a few. Looking back, we had a great system to sell more parts and be rewarded, Top 100 contest, grand slam club, 10,20,30,40,50 liners… I still have the grand slam black jacket and a copy of hitting the #1 salesperson in the contest, to which I got treated to dinner as Mike, my manager said "when you hit #1, I'm buying dinner wherever you want". This is the same person that showed me how to cut and tailor my first Mallory ignition wire set. I have also helped many a customer that became good friends also, and I was one of a few Asians in the car scene that had a muscle car at that time. Or actually a few cars, 65 Chevelle, 67 Chevelle x2, 67 el Camino… I do believe that if Super Shops still existed, I would be there…. But alas, they are not, and so I digress… But I do remember, so if anybody out there does too, hit me up! And remember, "put the part in the customers hands and put your hands behind your back"…..
It is sad that he passed……But the bottom line is while a bunch of us learned tons working there and had fun. Harry Eberlin in the end (as in the 1990″s was a real estate scam artist) HRE development bilked the company dry and lined his pockets.
Hey Keith Neyman,
Know the facts before you shoot off your mouth. It's idiots like you that soil the reputation of a man who almost by himself built the high performance industry. How dare you even think to criticize a man like Harry. You have no proof, you probably never met him, and unless you can back up your claims with facts (you can't) shut your pie hole.
I knew him for 46 years, worked for him for 8, hung with him these last 6 years until his death, and at one time made sure all you guys felt "secure."
Guess you failed the "POA" tests regarding people.
Anyway-shut up!
Robbie Redner
Flash, Woody, Mottsty, Waldo (burgers), Porkchop,and all you other dweebs who worked at the Super Shops Garden Grove Racing Equipment store back in the 70's – its Randog here to say hey! Remember my baaaaad 57 Chevy? Miss you guys. Best time of my life was working there in 75-78+/-. Hope your all doing well! – Randog


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In my last post I suggested that I might be weird and my readers kindly failed to respond! Thank you, dear ones! Now I've decided that I'd rather be considered adorkable! Isn't that a precious word?
In an earlier post I mentioned that from time to time I would probably be sharing tidbits from the video course, The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins, which I'm watching while treadmilling.
Okay, you caught me! Treadmilling isn't actually a word but it might be someday and if it was, it would be an example of functional shift, a shift in part of speech without change of form. In this case, a noun becoming a verb.
Today's lecture was all about how new words are created which brings us back to adorkable, a great example of blending two words to form a new one. We use blends all the time. Smoke + fog = smog. Motor + hotel = motel. So why not, adorable + dork or dorky = adorkable? I love it!
Do you know anyone who's adorkable?
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Monday: Baked potato with beans and salad
Tuesday: English muffin pizzas
Wednesday: Stew with homemade rolls (new recipe)
Thursday: Baked ham with Melissa d'Arabian's Potato and Bacon torte (new recipe I'm looking forward to trying after watching her make it on the Food Network channel).
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) A former Massachusetts police officer who faces a federal child pornography charge is expected to plead guilty in court this week.
The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro reports (http://bit.ly/2fGoi3w ) that a hearing has been scheduled for Friday in U.S. District Court in Providence, Rhode Island.
Former Attleboro police Sgt. Richard Woodhead pleaded not guilty last week, but he had already agreed to enter a guilty plea at a later date. The 54-year-old is accused of trying to obtain child porn.
His lawyer has called explicit telephone conversations Woodhead had with an undercover agent "obscene sexual fantasies."
Woodhead was arrested by federal authorities at his home April 6.
He was placed on administrative leave from the police force. He has since retired.
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As Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo embarks on a search for a replacement for men's basketball coach Al Skinner, who served at the Heights for 13 years, he discussed the past and the future with NESN's Jayme Parker.
DeFilippo said that one particular event didn't trigger Skinner's dismissal; it was simply time for a change in Chestnut Hill.
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Here is a site that I came across the last time that I was looking for a birthday present for my girlfriend. I wanted to find something creative but had absolutely no clue what I could give her this time around. It came to me that some kind of personal wall art would be a good gift idea. We had taken many beautiful pictures on our last holiday in Spain so I choose one showing the two of us with the ocean and the sunset in the background and ordered it as a canvas art framed poster. It turned out looking quite cool, like a mix between a comic style poster and a photography and my girlfriend loved it, so now it has a fixed place in our living room.
I think it turned out to be a great personalized gift idea, that at the same time required little work.


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Little was known about how we (humans) smell and taste until the early 1990's when groundbreaking research revealed that humans have less than 1000 (maybe as many as 950) discrete odor receptor sites residing in the olfactory epithelium and of those many were non-functional, essentially vestigial, with only about 300 being "active" sites. Why so many of the sites were non-functional has been explained many ways most of which have to do with our diminished need to have an acute sense of smell to alert us to danger as human society developed and we became more gatherers than hunters (and less hunted). Interestingly, the case can be made that the genesis of our sense of smell was the very earliest detection biology found in single-cell life wherein exogenous chemicals were frequently hostile if not lethal to that life and the very detection of these chemical threats and "avoidance" of them was critical to the organism's survival.
If we "practice" smelling different odor types and learn to discriminate and "learn" them it is possible as humans for us to be able to smell and differentiate among thousands of discrete odors. Some few scent experts have trained themselves to be able to identify many tens of thousands of discrete odors. When their experience is correlated with the chemical structures of these ingredients and the olfaction-to-chemical-structure relationship is learned an ability to objectively identify and characterize new, never before available odiferous chemicals is not only possible but has been observed on multiple occasions.
The obvious questions are – HOW can we smell so many discrete smells with only 300 functioning discrete receptor sites and HOW can some (few) individuals reproducibly differentiate among 100,000 discrete smells accurately? The answers are still not know for sure but scientific study is revealing that even with lesser numbers of discrete receptor sites it is possible for some individual humans to do the seemingly impossible.
For many of us the smell and taste of a fine wine or a rich, aged brandy are examples of our entry into this olfactory description world. When you recognize that our characterization of these odors, at best, only number in the hundreds you can appreciate how much more there is to experience in our mostly unknown olfactory world.
Written by Jerry Bertrand
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Do you have a projected date as to when you will have units available to purchase? Your company was founded April 2010 but you still have no units available. This is starting to sound like a lot of hype with no product. I apologize for being so direct but I have heard this before with other companies in the past. What's the facts? Thanks James


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Saturday, August 12, 2006
This Man Does Do Math
I just found friend Ulla's (http://ullam.typepad.com/ullabenulla/2006/08/fantasy_doll_ho.html#comment-20978254) post today about amazing dollhouse artist, Rik Pierce (http://www.frogmorton.com/) who makes the most incredible dollhouses I've seen. Dollhouses are one thing, but these are particularly germane to me right now because of how spot on they are for Rana's Halfland cottage creation. And because this man's background includes cartography and life-size, vintage architectural restoration (read: math) his angles dangle properly and his dormer intersects his eyebrows. The photos at his webpages are frustratingly blurry and poor (Ulla grabbed the best, I'd recommend looking there) but the heavy wooden beams of his various cottage ceiling interiors and the integration of house and tree are just about EXACTLY how I'd like mine to end up.
Good timing!
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Shelley! I thought of you as soon as I saw his work, isn't it amazing??? I just pulled out my ol' house, I'll post about soon, but now I feel amaturish compared to Rik's. His houses are so inspiring, and he uses paperclay for almost all of it. Can't wait to see what you gleen out of it. Do you know where he is from? I thought perhaps he was in your neighborhood...ReplyDelete
Yes Ulla, it's been totally helpful. I've made several notes and grabbed many reference photos from Rik's and other miniature home sites. His bio page said Rik lives in somewhere in California I'd not heard of, Visalia?ReplyDelete
Yes, I too read that he uses Paperclay! I even looked through enough photos to find one of a castle in process where I could clearly see the mechanical precision wooden understructure of his buildings. Remarkable. Sigh.
Thanks again for finding this!
Thanks Gina, or should I say, Nanogirl?! Nice to meet you. I saw you titled one of your highly technical mathematical (?) animations (I bet you do cool math!) "Lenticular". It's really nice! How did you know it would make a rose shape? If you can explain that to a count to ten with socks off person.ReplyDelete
I wonder, have you ever created a lenticular optic image before? I am crazy for them and have gotten so far as to find sources for the materials. I saw my main concept for them, using large scale corrugated glass, was done by a artist installation at our local Science Center. Once I saw someone had done it, the heat went off my doing it, you know? It's like I just thought someone should do it, it should be done, and when it was, that was enough. Ooo, it was a good idea though!
That guy must be an arquitect or something...I hate those people :PReplyDelete
Great for inspiration though...
Ulla rocks! You two could teach a class together??ReplyDelete
Thanks, Corey, I've thought of moving to Davis just to be near Ulla's castle! Her creativity is amazing!ReplyDelete


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NS2359 is a triple monoamine reuptake inhibitor, which may displace the dopamine reuptake inhibitor cocaine. NS2359's pharmacological profile means that it may be able to reduce cocaine withdrawal symptoms, reduce cocaine craving and reduce cocaine-induced euphoria. The salt products of NS2359 are covered by issued patents in the U.S. expiring in 2028. In addition, the company expects to obtain data exclusivity, which provides five-year protection in the U.S. and ten years in Europe after market approval.
The Treatment Research Center (TRC) at the University of Pennsylvania is conducting an investigator-initiated clinical Phase 2a proof-of-concept study with NS2359 for treatment of cocaine addiction. In January 2019, TRC informed Saniona that they plan to continue the cocaine addiction study with NS2359 at a higher dose following an interim analysis of the still blinded data for the first 50 patients enrolled.
Cocaine dependence is a significant public health problem. In 2012, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health revealed that in the US 1.1 million persons were classified as dependent on or abusing cocaine. Cocaine abuse and dependence leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Other problems associated with cocaine use include increased rates of crime, violence, poverty, and family disruption. The standard treatment for cocaine dependence consists of individual and group psychotherapy and self-help groups. Although progress has been made in developing new psychosocial treatments, psychotherapy alone does not provide substantial benefit for many patients. Dropout rates in outpatient treatment programs are very high. Even among patients who complete treatment, relapse is common. Thus, medications have been sought to augment psychosocial treatment. Currently, there are no medications approved for the treatment of cocaine dependence. According to The Treatment Research Center (TRC) at University of Pennsylvania, the market value for an effective medication for cocaine addiction may exceed USD 1.8 billion in the U.S.
In June 2015, Saniona granted TRC rights to perform a Phase 2 trial for its compound NS2359. The study is funded by non-dilutive grants from the Dana Foundation and the Groff Foundation. Saniona retains the commercial rights to NS2359.
The Treatment Research Center ("TRC") is a clinical outpatient treatment center that is part of the PENN/VA Center for the Studies of Addiction (CSA). TRC has a modern treatment facility with a fully certified clinical laboratory and a state-of-the-art data management unit. The investigators have been leaders in addiction pharmacotherapy research for over 35 years and highly experienced clinicians and research associates staff the center. TRC has an active recruitment process and network in place for cocaine addiction. The center screens about 250 cocaine dependent patients per year of which about 100 cocaine dependent patients are randomized into research protocols. TRC offers a comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluation in relation to clinical programs comprising a physical exam and ECG, an outpatient medical detoxification stabilization unit, and daily individual and group therapy sessions that are made available to patients eligible for one of the treatment-research studies.


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Reserve books for Sociology are located on the first floor of the Bird Library. Online reserve materials can be accessed through the course Blackboard page.
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Sage Research Methods Online (SRMO). SRMO provides access to information about research methods compiled from a variety of Sage publications, including books/handbooks, articles, and the "Little Green Book" series, Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. SRMO is searchable and browsable by author, and it includes a methods map, as well as video tutorials. Results can be refined to focus on specific academic disciplines of interest.
Great resource for learning more about what comprises a specific research method, with a view into how that method was applied within actual published scholarly literature.


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A Gesser-Edelsburg
University of Haifa, Israel
Title: Nutrition labelling and the choices logo in Israel: Positions and perceptions of leading health policy makers
A Gesser-Edelsburg (PhD) is on the faculty of the School of Public Health and a teaching fellow at the Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, a teaching fellow at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications, the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and is a senior researcher in the Participatory Social Marketing Program at Tel-Aviv University. Her research fields include health and risk communication, social marketing, entertainment-education, persuasive communications and evaluation of health-promotion prograMS. She has received numerous research grants from a variety of Israeli and international health organizations, most notably, two from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme.
Background: Based on the Social Marketing approach and Diffusion of Innovations Theory that indicates the importance of opinion leaders with respect to the spreading of new ideas, concepts or practices within a community, the present study aimed to examine positions and perceptions of Israeli leading dietitians and health officials regarding nutrition labelling and the Choices logo, before it was launched in Israel in February 2011, as well as how they would communicate it to the public as agents of influence. Methods: The study involved in-depth face-to-face and telephone interviews with 15 senior dietitians and Health Ministry officials using semi-structured protocols including questions about nutrition labelling and the Choices logo. Results: The respondents considered that the nutrition facts panels usually found on the backs of packages are too complicated for the average consumer. Similarly, fronts of packages are cluttered with advertisements and health claiMS, causing confusion. The study participants would like to see an integrative label on the front of the package to facilitate consumers' decisions. However, the Choices logo raises ethical and social questions about the conflict between corporate interests and public health: (i) the label's relativity versus objectivity; (ii) the consumer's responsibility to create a balanced diet; (iii) the label's credibility; and (iv) bias against companies, products and audiences. Conclusions: The results of the present study highlight the importance of a need for an integrated programme of nutrition promotion, including the use of social marketing based on a cooperative effort between the food industry, regulators and professionals, to recommend changes and adjustments in nutritional front of package labelling with the aim of promoting healthier nutrition consumption.


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The financial problems of an important General Motors supplier may humper the automaker's output in North America.
Even if the Massachusetts-based Clark-Cutler-McDermott has been a long-time partner for General Motors, the supplier filed for bankruptcy, claiming it has been losing millions of dollars in recent years, partly because the automaker has gradually started to pay for the components less and less from year to year. McDermott provides acoustic insulation, interior trim products and other parts for the automotive industry, with GM being its biggest customer. Furthermore, according to Automotive News, the Detroit-based maker has no other supplier for the parts CCM makes, a situation that is highly risky for the output rate and may cost the automaker "millions of dollars per day per plant," GM lawyers said.
If CCM wants to sell its business, GM plans to take possession of the supplier's tooling, equipment and inventory to make sure that production will not be hampered. A hearing will be held this week to determine the next steps. "There is a court hearing to address this issue and we anticipate no impact to GM's supply between now and then," GM spokesman Pat Morrissey told to Automotive News.
GM knew about CCM's trouble, as the supplier informed the automaker earlier this year that it failed to repay a loan. But negotiations broke down later and CCM was forced to halt its plants, with GM finally getting a restraining order and providing the necessary funds to make CCM restart the output.
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Roary The Racing Car - Go Gadget James And Maxi
Roary The Racing Car - Series 2, Episode 23 - Go Gadget James And Maxi
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Follows the adventures of Roary, a bright, cheeky and energetic single-seater, and his amazing race car friends at Silver Hatch race track.
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Episode 23 - Go Gadget James And Maxi
Maxi is jealous of all of James' gadgets, or more precisely, the attention the other cars give him. He persuades Molecom to devise some gadgets for him with hilarious results.
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Episode 17 - Simply The Best
Molecom is very grateful to Plugger for rescuing him after yet another of Flash's pranks. But Plugger is soon frustrated by Molecom's attempts to help. Meanwhile, Roary is trying hard to beat his best lap time.
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Mohsen Fallah Tafti
1 Multiple Fault Detection and Classification in a Coupled Motor with Rotor Using Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Mehrdad Nouri Khajavi, Gollamhassan Payganeh, Mohsen Fallah Tafti
Abstract:Fault diagnosis is an important aspect of maintaining rotating machinery health and increasing productivity. Many researches has been done in this regards. Many faults such as unbalance, misalignment, looseness, bearing faults, etc. have been considered and diagnosed with different techniques. Most of the researches in fault diagnosis of rotating machinery deal with single fault. Where as in reality faults usually occur simultaneously and it is, therefore, necessary to recognize them at the same time. In this research, two of the most common faults namely unbalance and misalignment have been considered simultaneously with different intensity and then identified and classified with the use of Multi-Layer Perception Neural Network (MLPNN). Processed Vibration signals are used as the input to the MLPNN, and the class of mixed unbalancy, and misalignment is the output of the NN.
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Home > Ojuela! – June 8 > MS1215 Ojuelaite with Scorodite and Legrandite
Ojuelaite with Scorodite and Legrandite - Sold
- Ojuela mine
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- Durango
- Mexico
- 4.2 by 3.6 by 2.2 cm – Miniature specimen (fits into a 5 cm cube)
Ojuelaite is a hydrous zinc iron arsenate named after this locality (Cesbron et al. 1981). Legrandite is a hydrous zinc arsenate originally found elsewhere in Mexico (Drugman et al. 1932). Scorodite is a hydrous iron arsenate, named after Greek word for garlic, which odor it gives upon heating (Breithaupt, 1818).
Ojuelaite here forms a 3 mm fibrous bundle, overgrown with millimetric green-blue scorodite crystals and yellow legrandite prisms to 3 mm. This material came out alongside the fabulous legrandite specimens in 1977. From the collection of southern California collector and dealer Mac Blair.


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In harsh environments all over the world, loose rocks in the environment shelter a large number of animals from heat, cold, rain predators and, especially in fynbos, from fire. On the coldest day the temperature under rocks will be quite moderate compared to "outside" and even after even the hottest fires in fynbos, the lizards, snakes, geckos and insects will be out and about within hours.
Geckos are highly specialized lizards that occur in most warm regions of the world. Their specialized feet that allow them to "stick" to almost any surface, including glass and they have very large eyes with pupils that can dilate widely at night, when most species are active, and contract to pinpricks in daytime. To protect their delicate eyes, most have transparent eyelids and some even have long tongues with which they clean their eyes! They have adapted well to human dwellings and have been carried all over the world in cargo.
Another little stone dweller is the Cape Legless Skink, a legless lizard that looks like a shiny snake! These lizards have lost their legs and their external ear openings therefore they use the entire body to pick up sound vibrations. They "swim" through loose sand feeding on earthworms and bugs.
Now we come to a creature that gives me cold shivers: I have an irrational fear of spiders and scorpions, but once one learns more about them, fear is replaced by absolute wonder. Related to spiders, scorpions are nocturnal predators easily recognized by their pinchers (pedipalps), and their tails with the well-known sting at the end. We have over 135 species in South Africa, and although most are not highly venomous, we also have some of the deadliest scorpions on earth.
Just before the end of my walk, I spotted a Cape Sand Snake in hot pursuit of a smaller lizard in a wild rosemary bush. One of the fastest snakes in fynbos, they have relatively large eyes and slender bodies. Although they are venomous, they are back fanged and pose no threat to humans.
At the height of summer, one is inclined to think that all life in fynbos has disappeared, but under the rocks one finds a collection of fascinating creatures. Next time you walk in the veld, spare a thought for life under every stone!
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The property tax is probably the most controversial tax in the U.S., subject to limits, caps and rebellions of various kinds. But reliable data on the property tax across the U.S. has been hard to come by all in one place, especially after the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations stopped publishing in 1996. Two years ago, the Lincoln Institute stepped in to provide a one-stop clearinghouse on public finance and the property tax, and just recently this database was improved and updated.
Significant Features of the Property Tax is a comprehensive database and resource center on property tax systems in all fifty states and the District of Columbia, and includes tax fundamentals covering tax rates, tax limits, taxable personal property, real estate transfer charges, and tax incentive programs.
Users can search these items for any state or group of states and download the results. Significant Features supplies statutory citations, links to official sites, and even a permanent archive of state material, to allow access to records even after the official state Web site changes. Users can also download state summaries that display all characteristics of a specific state's property tax system in a given year.
All of this information has been meticulously updated, and data is now available for 2006, 2007, and 2008. Also provided is access to U.S. Census of Governments figures on the property tax in the context of state and local finances. This data is available for 1992, 2002, and 2005.
New features and resources now enrich Significant Features by offering links to property tax research and analysis. For example, the Minnesota Taxpayers Association (MTA) prepares an annual comparative study of effective property tax rates across the country. This leading review of actual property tax burdens, formerly available only by purchase from the MTA, now can be read and downloaded free of charge.
Another continually updated feature has also been added: "Ask a property tax expert," with responses by John H. Bowman, professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. The current question is whether the property tax should be eliminated or replaced by an income or sales tax.
Because accurate data provide the critical foundation for sound governmental decision-making, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the George Washington Institute of Public Policy joined in a partnership to provide information and support public policy concerning the property tax. The site takes its name from Significant Features of Fiscal Federalism, the flagship publication of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, which from 1959 to 1996 provided a wealth of research on the functioning of the federal system. Making data available free of charge is a fundamental part of the mission of the Lincoln Institute.
The site is organized in these major categories:
-- Property Tax Fundamentals, covering real and personal properties that are taxed, basic and differential local property tax rates, local jurisdictions' use of transfer charges when properties change hands, and limits placed by states on local jurisdictions' authority to use the property tax.
-- The Property Tax Base, including information on assessed values by property class, valuation standards, and assessment ratios.
-- Property Tax Relief and Incentive Programs offering information onstate programs to encourage particular land uses, or provide property tax relief to selected classes of landowners. Property tax relief programs are grouped according to their objectives and structure, such as programs intended to provide relief to homeowners, encourage economic development, and encourage preservation of farmland and open space.
-- State Summaries, allowing users to display all data on a given state's property tax system for a specific year.
The Census Data section displays statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau's Census of Governments on the property tax in the context of state and local finances. Data for the years 2005, 2002, and 1992 are reported for state and local governments combined, and for state governments and local governments separately. For each year and each set of governments, data are presented for each revenue source in nominal dollars, as a share of all revenues, per capita, and as a percent of personal income.


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Bible belt
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the Bible Belt
A region in the United States noted for widespread belief in Christian fundamentalism, typically the Midwest and South. You can expect most politicians to attempt to court voters in the Bible Belt, but, as usual, they are careful about what they say there.
Bible belt
An area noted for religious fundamentalism; specifically, parts of the American South and Midwest. For example, You wouldn't dare try to sell a sex manual in the Bible belt. This term alludes to the prevalence of evangelical revivals, strict morals, belief in the literal truth of the Bible, and similar traits. [c. 1920]


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Racial profiling bill headed to Malloy's desk
With bipartisan support, the House gave final passage Monday to a bill strengthening a law requiring police to report traffic stop data. The data will be analyzed by the state for evidence of racial profiling.
The bill modifies the 1999 Alvin Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act.
For more than a decade, the state has failed to enforce the law requiring municipal police departments to annually report traffic stop data to the African-American Affairs Commission. The data was then going to be analyzed for racial profiling. But since the law was passed in 1999, only one report has been issued. According to 2010 data, only 27 of the state's police departments comply with the reporting aspect of the law and the data that has been reported hasn't been assessed by the state.
The bill cleared the chamber in a 142-1 vote after 90 minutes of debate.


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Only under Islam is targeting children considered "righteous." But watch for the condemnations of Israel to come from the UN and elsewhere because of the IDF strikes against Hamas. What choice does Israel have? It would be immoral for Israel not to defend herself and destroy this genocidal enemy. It would be savage not to respond. The response, however, will be portrayed in the enemedia as if it were a gratuitous and unprovoked attack. It's what they do.
"Dozens of rockets fired at south; IDF strikes 12 Hamas targets in Gaza," by Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, August 8, 2018:
Dozens of rockets and mortar shells were fired at southern Israeli communities from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, including one barrage that slammed into the city of Sderot, injuring several Israelis, prompting the Israeli Air Force to bomb 12 Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip, the military said.
Wave after wave of rocket attacks set off sirens throughout the night in the Hof Ashkelon, Sha'ar Hanegev, Sdot Negev and Eshkol regions, outside Gaza, sending thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters, where many bedded down with their families.
One rocket or shrapnel from an Iron Dome interceptor damaged a home in Sderot late Wednesday. Two rockets slammed into the city earlier in the day, injuring at least two people.
According to reports, at least 50 projectiles were fired at southern Israel as of midnight Wednesday, including the eight that were launched at Sderot. An official count from the IDF put the tally at 36 missiles as of 10:15 p.m.
At least four rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, the army said.
"The majority of the rockets hit open areas," the IDF said in a statement.
Spokespeople for the Eshkol and Sha'ar Hanegev regions said no rockets or mortar shells appeared to have struck inside any of their communities, though several were found in the fields outside their gates.
The Israel Defense Forces said its warplanes conducted airstrikes on 12 "terror targets" in the Gaza Strip in response to the rockets and an earlier shooting attack on a civilian construction vehicle near the border.
According to the military, among the Hamas positions bombed by the fighter jets was a factory where the terror groups constructs the concrete blocks it uses for attack tunnels and a fully operational tunnel opening near the Gaza coast belonging to Hamas's naval commando unit.
In addition, a number of Hamas facilities used to manufacture and store rockets and other military equipment were hit in the strikes, the IDF said….
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... not that we ever take an extended break, mind you. Not that we haven't spent the past two weeks easing into our full schedule. And not that the children seem capable of not turning even mundane things into learning opportunities, but still ...
Today has been the Official Now We Are Doing School On the Record Day.
We've had an auspicious start, which is normally the case with our fall schedule. I am playing the part of human ping-pong again this year, bouncing from child to child, from topic to topic for those things that need to be covered individually. I have elected to stack those subjects in the morning hours. Jo, especially, tends to work faster and more efficiently before lunch, so I'm taking advantage of that fact. We've already covered math (courtesy of Math-U-See), LA (a mish-mosh of customized items), Spanish (Rosetta Stone), Bible, Art (a little free painting to fill in the time) and cursive handwriting for the boys. Then Jo made us some delicious quesadillas and we enjoyed them over some light reading before heading off for "rest time."
And it's only noon!
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Investigation continues into Greenwich worker accused of taking photo of murder victim
GREENWICH — An investigation is continuing into a town employee accused of taking photos of the crime scene where the body of 24-year-old murder victim Valerie Reyes was found last week on the side of Glenville Road.
The town of Greenwich has not released the name of the worker, but he has been independently identified as James Clifford, a foreman for the town Department of Public Works for its west side operation.
Another DPW worker found Reyes' body in a suitcase on Feb. 5 about 15 feet of the side of the road in a wooded area. After being called to the scene, Clifford allegedly took photos of her body and the crime scene and disseminated them.
The photos have reportedly become widely shared digitally.
On Feb. 7, First Selectman Peter Tesei issued a statement that a town employee had been placed on paid administrative leave until the conclusion of an investigation and when "appropriate action has been taken."
"This thoughtless and insensitive behavior by an employee is inexcusable," Tesei said in the statement.
On Tuesday, Greenwich Police Department, while announcing the arrest of Reyes' former boyfriend Javier Da Silva in the murder, indicated that it was not handling the investigation into Clifford's alleged actions.
Greenwich police Capt. Robert Berry said all questions about the matter should be directed to the town. On Friday, Public Information Officer Lt. John Sluzarz did the same, saying that "at this time" he could only refer questions to the town.
The town, however, had to little to say on the status of the investigation and what disciplinary action Clifford might be facing. On Friday, Tesei would only say, "As this is a pending personnel matter, the town will not comment on any investigation."
Clifford is a member of the Teamsters Union Local 456. Calls to the union have not been returned.
Local attorney Lindy Urso is representing Clifford. Last week, Urso noted Clifford's 26 years of service to the town and said that as a single father of three and grandfather of three, Clifford had been "stunned and devastated by what he saw" at the crime scene. Urso said it was an "error in judgment" to take a picture, but said that Clifford had no ill will or bad intention and had tried to assist police with the investigation.
On Thursday, Urso said he was hopeful there would be a resolution to the investigation.
"Mr. Clifford is a local success story, having grown up here, served in the U.S. Army and worked and educated himself from town laborer all the way to foreman," Urso said. "We are hopeful that he will be able to keep his foreman position after paying a reasonable penalty for is momentary lapse in judgment."
Federal authorities have taken control of the investigation and prosecution of the case, after both New Rochelle and Greenwich police officers were involved in the investigation, which led to Da Silva's arrest on Monday night.
Da Silva has been charged with kidnapping resulting in death, a federal charge that could lead to the death penalty if he is convicted.
Da Silva, who is a citizen of Portugal with a passport from Venezuela, is in the country illegally on an expired visa. According to court documents, Da Silva claims Reyes hit her head in her New Rochelle apartment after falling to the floor and he then placed packing tape over her mouth, bound her hands and legs and put her in the suitcase, which he dumped in Greenwich.
A preliminary hearing for Da Silva, who is held without bail in federal custody, has been set for March 13.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York, which is prosecuting Da Silva, could not be reached for immediate comment.


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Your average bookworm would get an absolute thrill from the Miami Book Fair International's lineup next weekend. Uber-geeks, on the other hand, are going to totally, well, geek out. Event organizers have carved out an awesome space just for us nerdy types.
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- Miami Book Fair International Announces Author Schedule
- Miami Book Fair's 2012 Dates and Authors
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For the intellectuals with a sense of humor, be sure to check out author and South Florida darling Dave Barry and The Onion writers Seth Reiss and Will Tracy as they show off their respective books, Lunacy and The Onion Book of Known Knowledge (Saturday, November 17, 10 AM, Chapman Conference Center, Building 3, 2nd Floor, Room 3210).
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Graphic novel enthusiasts looking to witness the shattering of the industry's glass ceiling in person should not miss the conversation between author Aline Crumb and scholar Hillary Chute, who authored her own examination of gender and the graphic novel industry, Graphic Women (Saturday, November 17, 2:30 p.m., Batten, Building 2, 1st Floor, Room 2106).
If you still need evidence to convince your peers that comics are awesome and are more than just mindless ink on paper, look no further than Comics and Social Change: with Marjorie Liu, Dan Parent, Ellen Forney, Stephanie McMillan, and Riva Hocherman. Moderated by DC Comics/Vertigo editor Joan Hilty. (Sunday, November 18, 1 p.m., Centre Gallery (Building 1, 3rd Floor, Room 1365). Liu and Parent are particularly known for writing or downright introducing gay characters into Marvel comics and Archie respectively, while the other authors make their own connections between comics and broader social issues.
That is just a taste of Miami Book Fair International's love for geek. Their Comics and Graphic Novel section on their website -- an entire section! -- promises over 30 comic/graphic novel authors on panels and book discussions back-to-back all day Saturday the 17th and Sunday the 18th. Give the rest of the schedule a perusal here.
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A little corner of kosher Brooklyn lost in the Marais, Schwartz's is all hot dogs, pastrami, pecan pie and onion rings. The area's locals swap family news with the waiters, and mix easily with hipsters among the old film posters, red leather banquettes and checked tablecloths.
A must-try is the pastrami sandwich, a mountain of dried beef wedged between two hunks of bread, served with fries and a little pot of coleslaw for €16.50 (or €19 for the version with veal). Or you could go for one of the numerous burgers (€12-€24), from classic cheeseburger to avocado, or even the Rossini (steak, foie gras, rocket and port sauce) – impressive, if not quite as decadent as its price would suggest. Also a good bet are the milkshakes (€7.50), often with real chunks of Oreos or other biscuits, though you'll want to save room for dessert: the strawberry cheesecake is one of the best in Paris – and at €7 a slice, it should be.
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Former U.S. diplomat: I am thinking of what Armenians lost in terms of churches
Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans reflected on the Armenian Genocide issue on Twitter in the context of the massive fire that ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday.
"Today, as France and the entire world mourn the destruction by fire of Notre Dame de Paris, I am thinking of what the Armenians lost in terms of churches, some filled with priests and people, in the Armenian Genocide. Horrific," he tweeted.
According to Asbarez, Evans was dismissed as the U.S. ambassador to Armenia since he dared to acknowledge the historical fact of the Armenian Genocide in the United States, a country that considers itself a defender of democracy.


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Companies, including many PR firms, think they are not required to pay overtime to employees who have college degrees and who receive annual salaries. Think again.
Under federal law, a company is not required to pay overtime only if the employee's job duties and salary satisfy a specific exemption in the law. The mere fact an employee has a college degree or, for that matter, any educational training does not, by itself, satisfy an exemption.
Most employees at PR firms are classified as exempt from overtime pay based on the "administrative exemption" in the federal overtime law. There are three requirements for this exemption to apply:
• The employee must be compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate not less than $455 per week;
• The employee's primary duty must be the performance of office or non-manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers; and
• The employee's primary duty must include the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance.
The last requirement is particularly important. It should be easier than ever for PR firms to satisfy this criterion since employees are entering agencies with more experience – and getting more responsibility – than ever. This is true even for entry-level positions, such as account coordinators and AAEs. But it is critical for employers to ensure that these employees are actually exercising discretion and independent judgment on "matters of significance" – and that this is a part of their "primary duties" – if a PR firm wants to properly classify these employees as exempt from overtime pay.
There are other exemptions that would disqualify an employee from being entitled to overtime pay. One is called the "executive exemption," but that exemption is only applicable to employees who have managerial roles and supervise other employees. Another exemption is called the "learned professional exemption." This exemption is not commonly used by PR firms since it requires the employee to perform work requiring advanced knowledge in a field of science and learning (an engineer, for example).
In addition to the misclassification concern addressed above, there is another way in which PR firms are coming increasingly under attack for allegedly unpaid overtime. Even if employees are properly classified as overtime eligible, companies sometimes fail to pay them overtime for attending work-related events or regularly catching up on emails "after hours."
One recent case involving Rogers & Cowan illustrates this concern. In Malakhov v. Rogers & Cowan, Inc., et al., a former employee, who was eligible for overtime, filed a proposed class action against Rogers & Cowan, claiming that he and other employees were required to attend after-hours client-related events without receiving overtime pay. If successful, the plaintiffs could recover damages of six or even seven figures since they would be entitled to seek damages going back four years, plus attorneys' fees.
It is critical for PR firms to evaluate their current HR practices and employee classifications to ensure that all staffers are properly classified as exempt (not entitled to overtime) or non-exempt (entitled to overtime) and that all entitled employees receive overtime pay for all hours worked. Here are five key steps that PR firms should discuss with specialized legal counsel to reduce the risks associated with failure to comply with the federal overtime laws:
• Review employee job descriptions to determine whether the duties described meet the administrative exemption test, especially the requirement that the employee's job include the exercise of discretion and judgment on matters of significance.
• Revise job descriptions, taking into account the greater degree of experience and discretion that certain jobs now have due to changes in the PR business, whether due to social media, promotions, video production, or a host of other innovations that changed the duties of many entry-level positions at PR firms.
• Conduct an internal audit of employee classifications and determine whether any employees should be re-classified.
• Analyze the pros and cons of reclassification to determine the best way to minimize potential exposure and to ensure that all employees are being paid properly.
• Keep proper time records for all hours worked by employees.
Wage and hour lawsuits for unpaid overtime are increasingly common. Because of this, PR firms should be proactive to prevent such lawsuits, or, at minimum, to place themselves in the best position to defend against claims.
Michael Lasky is a senior partner at the law firm of Davis & Gilbert LLP, where he heads the PR practice group and co-chairs the litigation department. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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On the 16th of April the official launch of PRS was held in the Chairman's Lounge overlooking the racetrack and a beautiful day at Ascot racecourse.
The launch was an introduction and celebration of our brand and a thank you to all of our clients for their ongoing support and the professional relationships that we hope to mantain for a long time to come.
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Brynn Gericke, NSRI Richards Bay deputy station commander, said:
At 12h00, Sunday, 20th August, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports of an angler, aged approximately 36, washed off rocks by waves at Cape Vidal while fishing.
Our sea rescue vehicle was dispatched carrying our NSRI rescue swimmers to the scene and two NSRI sea rescue craft were towed to the scene to be launched if required. The TNPA helicopter carrying NSRI ASR (Air Sea Rescue) rescue swimmers and Ezemvelo Wildlife rangers and the SA Police Services responded.
A local fishing boat, Advantage, also assisted in the operation and searched an area North of the area.
Despite an extensive sea, shore and air search and rescue operation no sign of the missing fisherman has been found and a Police Dive Unit will continue an ongoing search operation.
Police have opened an investigation into the incident.


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Tender: EOI for research services on mineral extraction from geothermal brine, Kenya
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has issued a call for expressions of interest for research on mineral extraction from geothermal brine of its operations in Kenya.
Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) a limited liability company, 70% owned by the Government of the Republic of Kenya has published a call for Expression of Interest (EOI) for research services for mineral extraction from geothermal brine.
KenGen is the leading electric power generation company in Kenya, producing about 80% of the electricity used in the country. It has a total installed capacity of 1,631MW with power plants located in different parts of Kenya. Over the years KenGen has invested heavily in generation of electricity using geothermal energy. All the geothermal plants owned by KenGen are single flash condensing type. The flashing process yields brine that contains mineral elements like silica that could have commercial application.
Owing to this KenGen invites expression of interest from eligible firms and entities to provide application research on mineral extraction from the geothermal brine.
To enhance value creation and sustainability of the geothermal reservoir, the company wishes to engage an eligible firm or consortium in the research into mineral extraction from Brine.
The objectives of the research are to:
- Provide practical applied research approaches to mineral extraction from brine
- Develop technological know-how on mineral extraction from brine.
- Facilitate and foster collaborative research, planning and development with a focus to piloting mineral extraction technology.
The research is focused on data collection, methodological development, instrument/equipment development in mineral extraction technology. All intellectual property developed through this process will belong to KenGen.
Scope of Services
The scope of work and services for the research will include but not limited to the following:
- Study the presence of commercially viable minerals in the separated brine. Establish the available quantities of those minerals, Demonstrate market need for those minerals locally, regionally and/or globally.
- Development of a mineral extraction technology for extracting the minerals from brine
- Application of the technology developed by designing and developing a pilot extraction plant to demonstrate the functionality of the technology.
Eligibility Criteria
The expression of interest must be accompanied by the researcher's qualifications, professional capabilities and details of past experience related to the requested research services. Such information may include research papers, description of similar research projects, experience in similar conditions, and availability of appropriate skills among research team with their most recent profiles showing their experience, qualifications, capabilities, referees and details of past experience especially in their areas of expertise. This research requires the services of competent firms or entities knowledgeable in geochemistry, geology, mechatronics, electrical & mechanical engineering
Interested firms or entities should provide specific information as indicated in the official tender notice, see link below.
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