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Boston Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians
Game One: 10-3, Red Sox. Boston leads series 1-0.
Scott Raab: Must we dismiss the notion that such a beast as "clutch" performance truly exists? Or do some guys just know how to rise to the occasion, while others choke?
"Andy Pettitte is a big-game pitcher?" HA!
"Don't tell me what he hit; tell me when he hit 'em?" HAWK!
"Gee, Mrs. Robinson, this has never happened to me before. Maybe if you sucked it a while..." HOO-HA!
Which brings us to C.C. Sabathia, the 6'7", 290-lb. Cy Young candidate, the young twirler the Cleveland Indians and I like to think of as an Ace. After walking 37 batters in 241 regular-season innings -- 1.38 BB per 9 IP -- Sissy now has walked 6 Yankees and 5 Red Sox in 9.3 October innings, a rate of whogivesashit. Thus far in 2007, of a total of 199 post-season pitches -- many of them thrown in obvious fear -- Sabathia has tossed 93 balls. "Sucking it" barely begins to describe Carsten Charles's October performance so far.
I get the part about small sample size. Also the part about how these young guys have succeeded under pressure their whole lives, have played their way up the ladder to become among baseball's elite. But as 'Maui' Chuck says, Don't piss on my pantsleg and tell me it's raining. And don't try to tell me that C.C. Sabathia isn't shrinking under pressure.
Jay Levin: I will not judge Sabathia.
I will not judge Sabathia, because he's one of the very best pitchers in the game, and that's not an easy thing to become, regardless of talent.
I will not judge him because of Jason Davis, a pitcher of roughly the same age and just as devastating stuff; a pitcher I watched fail in his quest just to be a major league starter for five years. If you're an Indians fan, then you know about Jason Davis. If you're a fan of some other team, then you know him by some other name.
I will not judge Sabathia because I watched him dozens of times as a younger pitcher, blowing up entire ballgames after just one mistake pitch or defensive miscue or unlucky bounce or bad call. He stopped doing that a couple years ago. He got control over himself, learned to stay within himself and master his frustration.
When he found that mastery, some people acted like it was long overdue. It was, in fact, just after his 25th birthday, and it involved Curt Schilling, who will start tonight. Schilling met with Sabathia in June 2005, telling him (we can only assume) what he needed to know to become a Great Pitcher, just as Roger Clemens had done for him a decade earlier.
Sabathia emerged from that meeting a different pitcher — he spiraled into the worst eight-game stretch of his entire career, posting a 6.44 ERA. Schilling, it turned out, had no idea what Sabathia needed to know to become a Great Pitcher. (Schilling spent much of the previous year advising the nation as to who should be President, with similar results.)
Ah, but after that point, after he perhaps started listening to his pitching coach, Sabathia became a Great Pitcher anyway.
I will not judge Sabathia because he has done everything right and said everything right to get his team to the brink of a pennant, including the things he didn't say. He went out there and battled every game; some days he had it, some days he didn't. He gave his team 240 innings — because Great Pitchers do that — enabling a three-deep Indians bullpen to be seen as a success.
He said, in May: "I don't care much about my personal record. I just want to be able to pitch in the playoffs. For me to do that, we're going to have to win pretty much every game I start." (Raised some eyebrows with that last part, but it's not far from the truth. A team that wins 30 of 34 games started by its ace, and half of its other 128 games, only gets to 94 wins.)
And when he pitched gems and the team lost anyway, he never complained; a Great Pitcher wouldn't.
I won't judge Sabathia because he was throwing 98 and 97 mph last night, and if you didn't know that he was supposed to be throwing 92 mph, his own pitching coach came on the Fox broadcast and said so. He was amped up, and I don't know how he supposed to calm himself down. Maybe he should have a beer or smoke a joint before he goes out there. Hell, maybe he should start on short rest.
You have to give Beckett his due. I've seen a lot of Grady Sizemore at-bats, and I can't remember the last time he looked that helpless against a righthander. Victor Martinez didn't fare much better. Baseball is one sport where excess energy gets you nowhere, and "rising to the occasion" really means staying the same.
Beckett does that beautifully — beautifully — and I don't think it's taking anything away from either man to say that Beckett seems to come by that calmness naturally and Sabathia doesn't. Just as in the regular season, Sabathia's going to have to learn to master himself at this level.
Finally, I won't judge Sabathia because this has nothing to do with character. He may or may not figure out it out by next week, and if he doesn't, I imagine he'll spend a very long offseason thinking about it. But he survived Curt Schilling's advice and made himself a Great Pitcher, and he will survive this.
Scott Raab: I like how Franklin Gutierrez faked a bunt on the first pitch of his first at-bat against Josh Beckett. Yo, Gutz -- I love ya, kid, but you don't wanna be giving up strike one to Josh, at least not until you show some sign that you're able to make any form of contact with one of his pitches.
Scott Raab: Bad-mouth FOX and Joe Buck and Tim McCarver all you want -- I'll still take 'em over TBS in a heartbeat based on camera work alone. (Toss in a broadcast free of Frank TV commercials and it's strictly no contest.) For you kids out there, here's something: Tim McCarver used to be a pretty good color man. (Before that, he was a pretty good catcher for 21 years in the bigs; his performance in the 1964 World Series against the fucking Yankees was the very essence of clutchitude.) But McCarver will be 66 years old on Tuesday, and I swear I heard him call a pitch Beckett threw to Casey Blake in the 6th inning as a "hanging fastball" -- the first one I've ever heard of.
Scott Raab: You think maybe the Red Sox don't trust Eric Gagne? Up by 7 runs in the ninth, with Gagne on the mound, Francona has Okajima and Papelbon getting ready in the bullpen.
Scott Raab: Cialis commercials warn men to call the doctor in case of priapism -- "an erection lasting more than four hours," is how they put it. Is that really a warning? Or are you supposed to sit waiting -- with a stopwatch in one hand and the phone in the other -- praying that hour four of bonerhood will end in flaccidity before you have to make the call?
And when you're done reading this, check out Priapus on Wikipedia. Priapus's man-root makes John Holmes's schlong look as small as Sabathia's.
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Here are some of the best races in June 2013. This list is compiled from previously published articles in Runner's World magazine and on runnersworld.com. Some races are full or no longer accepting registrations. We decided to list them anyway, because, hey, there's always next year.
See also: July races
June 1
Hospital Hill Run
Kansas City, Missouri
Description from Half-Marathon Guide, February 2013: "It's hill after hill after hill," says local runner Stacey Ellerman. Indeed. Rolling hills throughout. Six are named. Three become ingrained in your calves: mile-long Hospital Hill; Broadway's long, slow grind in the bite-me zone (mile 10); and the 8.5 percent grade over Trinity Hill just after mile 12 (don't miss the view of the WWI memorial). "The course is killer, but the feeling of accomplishment is tremendous!" says another Kansas City runner about the fifth longest-running half-marathon in the nation. Slow on hills? Each year two Hospital Hill "heroes" are nominated to be the final finishers, so you won't be last. There's barbecue and beer for all finishers, as well as a T-shirt announcing "I conquered the hill." Wear it proudly.
June 1
Virginia Wine Country Half-Marathon
Leesburg, Virginia
Wining is encouraged in this race, which starts and ends at the Doukenie Winery, about an hour outside Washington D.C. At mile six, the course diverges off the main road and into Hiddencroft Vineyards. There, the race's 3,000 entrants can sample a white Traminette that is fruity with a tingly aftertaste (which might help numb the final miles).
June 7 and 8
Bear Lake Idaho Marathon, North Beach State Park, Idaho
Bear Lake Marathon, Garden City, Utah
Description from Marathon Guide, January 2013: Most weekends find serial racer Chuck Engle running a marathon or two—often winning. So the self-described 26.2 "junkie" appreciates easy travel. Enter the Bear Lake double. "Two days, two great marathons, one location," says the 41-year-old who has won and run a sub-three-hour marathon in all 50 states. The fact that you can stay in the same hotel makes this pairing ideal, particularly for first-time doublers, says Engle, but the reason to run these races are the courses. Bear Lake straddles the Idaho-Utah border at 5,900 feet, and by the end of both races, you'll have looped the entire 50-mile shoreline. The Idaho event is low-key: 75 runners, no spectators, no finish-line party. Utah's race is the festive affair, with 200 marathoners and a lively finish-line party. "When you finish, the announcer yells out that you ran the double," he says. You get a "Back-to-Back" marathon medal.
June 8
Dog Day 5-K
Waconia, Minnesota
From the water bowls at the midrace aid station to dog treats at the postrace party, this race caters to canine competitors. The fastest person-pooch tandems receive engraved dog bowsl.
June 16
Estes Park Marathon, Half Marathon, 10-K, 5-K
Estes Park, Colorado
The paved course undulates through hills in Estes Park, which sits at an elevation of 7,600 feet, and boasts views of Longs Peak, the tallest in the Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Continental Divide.
June 22
Grandma's Marathon
Duluth, Minnesota
Description from Marathon Guide, January 2013: "I've run this race three times and it's like going to Boston or New York, the whole town knows about the race and is really into it." – Chuck Engle
June 22
Billy Goat Half-Marathon
Corona, California
The good news: There's only one hill in this half-marathon. The bad news: It lasts 6.5 miles. Runners ascend 2,400 feet on a jeep trail up Santiago Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains of Southern California.
June 22
Mayor's Marathon and Half-Marathon
Anchorage, Alaska
Description from Half-Marathon Guide, February 2013: What you want in an Alaskan vacation—grand views and wildlife sightings—you get in this half. The rolling loop hugs the Anchorage waterfront, overlooking the waters of Cook Inlet and the snow-capped Chugach Mountains and Alaska Range (on a clear day, you can see Mount McKinley). The 2,000 half-marathoners have spotted bald eagles, lynx, snow geese, bears (!), and moose. "In 2011, my time was affected because a moose ventured onto the course," says Tom Rowe, 57, of Plano, Texas, who has run the half four times. "I didn't care. For a suburbanite like me to see that kind of wildlife that close is over the top."
June 29
Jalapeño Half-Marathon
Fort Worth, Texas
This half-marathon brings the heat, and not just because of the jalapeños. Temperatures can reach the upper 80s, even with the 7:30 a.m. start time. First place in the jalapeño costume contest wins $300.
See also: May races | July races


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FoodBytes! is not your average startup pitch competition. On Wednesday March 15, our 20 pitch companies will take part in an invite-only mentor sessions with industry experts and rehearse their pitches for our rockstar panel of judges.
Our mentor sessions originated in SF in 2016 and are part of our continual quest to provide increasing value to our pitch companies and stakeholders. The mentorship component in San Francisco will be our most robust yet, facilitating meaningful, collaborative conversations between our up-and-coming pitch companies and leading industry players. Hailing from Rabobank and some of our sponsor organizations, Holland and Hart and Nucleus Maximus, our standout lineup of mentors specialize in branding, legal, financing and consumer trends.
Check out our mentor' bios below to learn more about their ground-breaking work. Want to attend and have a chance to mingle with our mentors in San Francisco March 16th? Snag your ticket. Interested in pitching for FoodBytes!? Click on the location links for each up coming FoodBytes! Europe, NYC or Austin. Follow FoodBytes! on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more updates!
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Paula joined Rabobank in 2008 as an Analyst in Argentina's office, where she was responsible for coordinating the economic analysis of the Argentine agricultural and food sector with an emphasis in grains and oilseeds, animal protein, and dairy. Paula moved to New York in 2015 to join the US consumer foods sector team where her main areas of research include branded foods and consumer trends, foodservice industry and food retail. Prior joining, Paula worked at the World Bank in Washington DC, where she participated in agricultural development projects in Latin America and Africa and was a co-author of the World Bank's flagship publication, World Development Report 2008 "Agriculture for Development". Sponsored by ICICI Bank, Paula has also worked on microfinance projects for farmers in India. Paula holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad de San Andrés in Argentina and a Masters in International Development from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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text: Politics / campaign signs Hidden Camera Catches Political Foe Stealing Signs Sheriff is investigating late-night pilfering By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Jul 27, 2010 2:53 PM CDT Copied Hidden Camera Catches Political Foe Stealing Signs Greg Brown and wife Jennifer remove opponent Doug Broxson's campaign signs in Florida. (youtube.com) (Newser) – Geez, if you're going to steal your political opponent's campaign signs in the age of YouTube, at least wear a mask. A hidden camera caught one candidate for a state House seat in Florida stealing his rival's signs at night, reports the Pensacola News Journal. The sheriff's department is investigating the actions of Greg Brown and his wife, who were caught minutes after the campaign of Doug Broxson set up a surveillance cam. "Honestly, we just got lucky that he happened to show up right then," said Broxson's campaign manager. "Lord only knows the odds of that." Brown, however, says he did nothing wrong because he removed the signs from the property of one of his own supporters who had agreed to a Brown-only zone. "I disposed of them," he said. "Quite honestly, I may have put them in my own trash can at home. I am not completely sure." (Read more campaign signs stories.) View 1 image


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Water-transfer projects, public hearing bills on power projects priorities for area Senators
Credit: By Todd von Kampen For The North Platte Telegraph | February 18, 2018 | www.nptelegraph.com ~~
Despite the dark fiscal clouds over Lincoln's State Capitol, west central Nebraska senators hope for progress on other personal or regional causes before going home in April.
Their issues include Sandhills residents' opposition to wind-energy projects, North Platte Sen. Mike Groene's efforts to restrict tax-increment financing and heartburn over the local impact of public water-transfer projects like NCORPE in Lincoln County.
Partial relief in the latter controversy appears to be on its way.
LB 758, which would authorize "in-lieu-of-tax" payments to local governments by owners of public "water augmentation projects," advanced on a 47-0 vote last week to the final stage of floor debate. Groene co-sponsors the bill by Sen. Dan Hughes of Venango, chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, which made it a committee priority bill.
It addresses one of two major local gripes over the Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte Enhancement Project, which currently pumps groundwater from 19,500 Lincoln County acres into the Republican River basin to ensure Kansas gets its share of water under a three-state compact.
Dundy County's Rock Creek Augmentation Project also could make use of LB 758, which would build on the example of in-lieu-of-tax payments by other quasi-governmental agencies like public power districts.
Efforts to return the NCORPE site to private ownership suffered a setback last week when Hughes' committee killed a Groene bill to let water-transfer projects sell their surface land but retain a site's water rights.
Both senators cited opponents' fears that LB 1123, which includes Sens. Tom Brewer of Gordon and Steve Erdman of Bayard as co-sponsors, might hinder Nebraska in meeting its obligations to Kansas.
Groene offered amendments to address them, but committee members decided that trying to quickly fix the bill "isn't the right way to deal with water law," Hughes said. "Water law is more complicated than that."
Groene said he'll keep working on his proposal, but added that "my bill did not have to be passed" right away. Court decisions, he contended, allow NCORPE to sell the land but retain its water – thus allowing the formerly irrigated grassland to be farmed as dryland.
Hughes hasn't chosen his personal priority bill. Erdman has already prioritized his school property-tax refund bill (LB 829), but he also hopes for action on his bill to base agland valuations on earning capacity rather than market value. That bill, LB 1100, remains in the Revenue Committee.
Brewer has prioritized LB 1054, his bill to require the Nebraska Power Review Board to hold a public hearing on any proposed wind-turbine project. It had not advanced from the Natural Resources Committee as of Friday.
His 2017 bill to impose a moratorium on Sandhills wind projects (LB 504) remains alive, but its prospects are slight, Brewer said. LB 1054 looks toward future wind projects, and "I want to give people a voice," he said.
Meanwhile, Sen. Matt Williams of Gothenburg has renewed his priority designation for LB 496, Gering Sen. John Stinner's bill to add "workforce housing" projects to the list of development projects eligible for tax-increment financing.
LB 496 received 31-8 first-round approval last spring but stalled when Groene successfully halted further consideration – colorfully emphasizing in the process his feud with North Platte business leaders over TIF.
Williams said rural Nebraska still faces a chronic problem in luring young professionals who want modern homes. "The problem is the availability of contractors who will take the (financial) risks to build them," he said. "You go to the school or the hospital or the co-op, and they can't hire people because they can't find a place to live in Gothenburg or North Platte."
But Williams also joined Thursday's 33-0 majority that advanced LB 874, an Urban Affairs Committee bill co-sponsored by Groene that would tighten TIF oversight and forbid North Platte's frequent practice of partly diverting TIF repayments into a city revolving-loan fund.
Groene said LB 874 also removes permissive language that allows TIF to be used for purposes beyond those stated in state law. If LB 496 returns to the floor, he said, he doubts senators will narrow TIF uses in one bill and expand them in another.
But if he and Williams square off again, the two have "agreed to be more cordial this year," he added.
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Dr Raylene Reimer and her colleagues at the University of Calgary in Alberta have uncovered evidence that a natural fiber known as oligofructose, a type of fructooligosaccharide (FOS), may help reduce overeating and improve blood lipids. Fructooligosaccharides are prebiotic fibers available as a dietary supplement.
"It's not a chemical or a drug," Dr Reimer explained. "In fact it's a food product that is already being used in things like yogurt, cereal and baby food. We have found in a previous study with rats that the fiber increases the levels of a satiety hormone called glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) in the body and increases a gene in the intestines that helps the body to create more GLP-1."
Dr Reimer, who is a member of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Kinesiology, and colleagues are launching the first human trials of the fiber on the basis of research under consideration for approval in a peer-reviewed journal. Reimer and University of Calgary doctorate student Jill Parnell found that lean and genetically obese rats given diets enhanced with oligofructose and inulin (another FOS) for eight weeks greatly lowered their food intake and experienced improved blood lipid profiles. They concluded that "prebiotic fiber supplementation could be used as a dietary treatment for obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes."
"It may not be the magic bullet, but in all likelihood this will likely be one factor that people can change in their life to help achieve a healthy body weight," Dr Reimer commented. "It won't cure obesity or cause people to drop half their body weight -- not even our strongest obesity drugs can do that -- but we believe it could help."
The clinical trial will enroll 50 overweight but healthy individuals residing in Calgary who will consume a supplement for three months without making other lifestyle changes.
"What we have found so far in our animal studies has been very encouraging," Dr Reimer stated. "Another short study done by some Belgian researchers also indicates that the fiber will work for people, but we really won't know until we complete this detailed, long-term study."
When it comes to weight loss, fiber has not received the attention it deserves. The recent focus on carbohydrates has led some people to reduce their intake of whole fruits and some vegetables because these foods contain carbohydrates. By doing this, those dieters deprive themselves of the many benefits of a naturally fiber-rich food source. According to the American Heart Association (AHA) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Americans should consume about 30 g or more of fiber every day. The actual average consumption, however, is between 12 and 17 g (AHA 2005; NCI 2005).
Consumed before a meal, soluble fiber has multiple benefits. First, it is filling and causes people to eat less because they are satiated sooner. Anecdotally, Life Extension has received reports that some people can actually cut the size of their meals in half by consuming a glass of soluble fiber mix before eating.
One of the most modifiable of risk factors for obesity is physical inactivity (Grundy et al 1999). In unveiling new health objectives, the US government dramatically increased target exercise goals. To maintain a healthy weight, the NIH now recommends that adults engage in 30 to 60 minutes of exercise most days of the week. For weight loss, or for people who have recently lost weight and want to keep it off, the recommendation is between 60 and 90 minutes of exercise most days of the week (MMWR 2002). Consult your physician before embarking on any exercise program.
Human studies document an increase in beneficial bifido bacteria when FOS (fructo-oligosaccharides) is ingested. NutraFlora is the highest quality FOS available. The Japanese use FOS in many food products including soft drinks, cookies, cereals, and candies. FOS is not digested by the human digestive process, but instead is used as food by bifidobacteria, promoting their proliferation.
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Mark Calderon is back with the first solo song of his career: the infectious new single "It's Like Good Sex," premiering exclusively on Billboard below. The Color Me Badd singer decided to embark on his own musical journey to explore the creative freedom of a solo venture and share his growth as an artist with the world.
"It's my time to explore on my own time and terms. It's the freedom as an artist, a songwriter, an entertainer, and now it's my time," said Calderon. "I'm so excited about this new journey."
Color Me Badd — best known for their 1991 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits "All 4 Love" and "I Adore Mi Amor" and the provocative No. 2-peaking "I Wanna Sex You Up" — initially parted ways in 1998, with each member pursuing seperate career paths and occasionally reuniting for performances in recent years.
Calderon's latest effort sparks a new musical direction for the singer, as "It's Like Good Sex" encompasses upbeat dance elements that are fused with Calderon's trademark R&B vocals. The energetic pop beat makes for a catchy and fun tune that comes just in time for summer. "This girl she's vibing me/ This night no stopping me/ Alarms and robbery/ She's taking all of me," Calderon sings to the feel-good beat.
Calderon says the decision to release a solo song came after he and the rest of Color Me Badd embarked on the I Love the '90s Tour a few years ago, performing alongside fellow '90s hitmakers Vanilla Ice, Salt-N-Pepa, Tone Loc and Young MC. The singer began working on his new single in August of last year with co-writers Todd William Nystrom and Isaiah Pittman.
"I've never felt so positive about life and sharing who I am to the world," Calderon told Billboard. "Let the story be told — my time is now!"
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Even avid cyclists might feel like turning to other modes of transportation in the winter, when biting weather and black ice make biking more daunting. But this year, Emily D'Ath, an Australian living in Beijing, was determined to stick with it. "I didn't want to put my bike away for the winter and have to battle with Beijing traffic and the metro system," she says.
So D'Ath created a personal challenge for herself: to bike to work every day throughout the winter. Her friend Monica Tan, a fellow Australian expat, loved the idea, and together they created the Winter B-Icicle Challenge, a global group of cyclists pledging to bike to school or work through February 29.
D'Ath and Tan created the Challenge in late November with a website and Facebook page and accounts on Twitter and its Chinese equivalent, Weibo. The idea took off: "When we started the WBC we were hoping for about 50 people to join up," Emily says, "but within a month we had over 400."
The point of the project isn't to force people to suffer through discomfort, but rather to show them that winter biking isn't so bad. "Once you have the right clothing, riding in winter is so fantastic," D'Ath says. "You get to work and you feel like your whole body has been sucking on a peppermint. It wakes you up and provides an opportunity to interact with your environment and people."
On their website they're collecting photos of challenge participants. While some are pretty hard-core (see the guys cycling across central Asia in -30 degree temperatures), most are just average commuters. A Huntington, West Virginia, couple and their four children recently signed up. "If a family of six can get around on a bike," says D'Ath, "then we all should be able to do it."
D'Ath and Tan are trying to get 1,000 participants before winter ends. They're planning to take the idea to the Southern Hemisphere winter in a few months. You can sign up for the challenge on their website or on their Facebook page.


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Introducing Carpenter Box Financial Advisers
Today we are excited to reveal the change of trading name of our Wealth Management department to Carpenter Box Financial Advisers.
Carpenter Box Wealth Management (CBWM) has been in existence since October 2008. Initially, the majority of the work completed by CBWM was in respect of investments, which were heavily tax motivated.
In the intervening 12 years, the landscape for this work has changed dramatically as have the regulations that support the advisory industry. CBWM has evolved through these developments and the cornerstone of the business is now very much financial advice.
With the above in mind and in light of feedback that we've have had from clients over the last few years, as of the 1st of July 2020, our trading name will change to Carpenter Box Financial Advisers (CBFA).
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In the video below, Roy Thompson, the Partner in charge of Carpenter Box Financial Advisers, explains more about the name change and what this means for clients.
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To coincide with the change in name we have also launched a new CBFA website. The website highlights the breadth of services we can provide as well as positive feedback and testimonials we've received from clients in respect of the work we do.Visit the new website
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Press Release : Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange to be conducted at 14 sites around Rhode Island on November 25.
Contact Greg Gerritt firstname.lastname@example.com 401-331-0529 https://prosperityforri.com
On November 25 for the 20th time, Rhode Islanders from all walks of life will gather at locations from Cumberland to Newport, from the State House, to South Kingstown and many places in between including most of the facilities of the Greater Providence YMCA to make sure that Rhode Islanders have warm winter coats this year. Already many communities, businesses churches, and assorted characters are collecting winter coats at locations all over the state. ( A list of sites is attached to this release). The good folks of Pawtucket are the masters of pre season coat collections with boxes everywhere from City Hall to Ama's variety, including some in Providence. Each site is unique and independently organized.
Over the last few years we have developed a partnership with the Greater Providence YMCA. We are very proud to work with such an organization. :"We are so proud to participate in this initiative once again," said Steven O'Donnell, CEO, YMCA of Greater Providence. "The winter coat exchange and 'Buy Nothing Day' serve as great reminders of the needs of so many members of our community, and how simple it can be to help."
The event was started as a protest against the damage consumerism does to our communities and the the environment of planet Earth. A search for something that we could do to highlight the problems but also provide something of real value to the community. Through the years we have seen poverty and homelessness become bigger problems than ever as Wall St thinking came to dominate the economy and more and more folks lost jobs to robots. At the same time we now have a climate denying president despite ever higher temperatures and ever more climate disasters marching along with ever more Carbon dioxide in the air. The Bay is cleaner but much warmer and being invaded by species from all over the world. And the power elite still want to build more fossil fuel power plants cause there is money to be made and communities be damned.
The need is still great, and the spirit of Rhode Islanders is still giving. We encourage everyone who can donate a coat to look for a site near you and donate one. Better yet, you can organize a collection drive or volunteer at your local site. All of the sites are listed on the web at https://prosperityforri.com For those who need a coat, please come get one. No questions asked, no paperwork needed. We can not tell you what coats we shall have as we accept what we receive and pass them along.
The few coats not distributed at the Providence site on November 25 will be carried by volunteers to the Standing Rock Reservation to keep our brothers and sisters on the front lines at the Dakota Access Pipeline warm this winter. This is the first time coats left at the end of the day have not been further distributed through local partners. All of the other sites have local connections to make sure coats not given away November 25 continue to be available in the community.


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I would have never believed that I was going to participate to a blog competition this year! But yes, I registered to the Cook Blog Competition on Marie Claire Idées website!
Well of course I won't win (even if for sure, a Thermomix would be great in my kitchen 8-). But I found that was a really good idea, so let's fill the form!
The principle is very easy: to vote, you just have to go there, on Marie Claire Idées website and click on "Je vote". There is also a link on the right side of my blog. One vote per day and per person is permitted, so get your mouse friends ^^.
See you soon for my next article where you're going to find something delightful :p


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In community citizen science, nonprofessional scientists (volunteers) exert a high degree of control over research, working with professional scientists during the research process and performing research on their own. In this report, the authors describe the nature and potential uses of community citizen science. They address implementation needs and challenges, including pathways to achieve policy and community impacts.
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- What are some implementation needs and challenges?
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- What are some challenges that could keep community citizen science from achieving its potential?
Citizen science is the use of scientific methods by the general public to ask and answer questions and solve problems. In community citizen science, groups of volunteers exert a high degree of control over research, working with professional scientists during the research process and performing research on their own. This important, yet understudied, model often focuses on addressing community concerns. A better characterization of community citizen science could yield insights into important barriers and opportunities for translating its research into action.
In this report, the authors characterize the nature of community citizen science and its potential uses, identify implementation needs and challenges, conceptualize pathways through which community citizen science could achieve policy and community impacts, and elucidate challenges that might impede people from achieving their goals. Part of their research included interviewing representatives of three community citizen science projects carried out for disaster response and recovery: SkyTruth pollution tracking applications; Planetary Response Network activations for disaster response; and the Blue Water Task Force and Hurricane Maria–related activities of the Rincón, Puerto Rico, chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.
The authors used findings from the disaster response and recovery case studies to identify specific considerations for community citizen science implementation and impacts. Interviews with general citizen science experts provided a greater understanding of how the cultures and institutions that make up the larger field of citizen science could shape and react to the development of community citizen science.
Key Findings
Community citizen science and traditional scientific institutions reflect different cultures
- Concerns about the rigor of community citizen science arise mainly from traditional scientific institutions.
- Distinctions between professional scientists and community citizen scientists can seem unclear — both groups might use the same methods, but professionals have more-extensive formal credentials and are given greater benefit of the doubt.
- Community citizen science might operate under a different research paradigm from that of traditional science.
Community citizen science can creatively leverage resources to address project implementation challenges
- Community citizen science can face many challenges to project implementation, including scaling and replicating activities, balancing the roles of professional and citizen scientists, navigating competition and duplication within the field, clearly communicating project mission and objectives, and obtaining needed project resources.
- Disaster-related community citizen science can leverage creative solutions to address challenges.
Conveying credibility and promoting community citizen science research will be important for meeting policy-related objectives
- Policy-relevant outcomes can motivate community citizen science research more than they do other research models.
- There are many avenues to convey credibility of community citizen science and promote its uses.
- To enhance credibility and gain access to resources, community citizen science leaders should strive to integrate their programs with established scientific institutions through partnerships, publications, or research dissemination avenues.
- To address challenges in partnerships and funding, project leadership should diversify funding streams and reach out to nontraditional entities for help with resources. This could be accomplished by establishing organizational reputation within communities in which resources might be pursued or by developing personal relationships with influential community or organizational actors regardless of immediate project needs.
- To address challenges in technology and infrastructure, project teams should leverage existing technologies and tools while taking into account design and usability for project goals and participants.
- To address challenges in volunteer participation, project leadership should know the likely volunteer pool so that project objectives can be aligned with volunteer motivations. Leaders must also take into account barriers to project accessibility (e.g., timing, costs, technology needs), demonstrate to volunteers that they are valued, ensure proper volunteer training, pursue media coverage for activities, and issue communications in a wide range of venues.
- To address challenges in organizational support and leadership structures, project leadership should widen leadership circles, promote or retain a robust volunteer base, identify and nurture highly committed volunteers, and create leadership training programs.
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Hotel Poro Cristo is just a short walk away from the Mediterranean beaches, monastery and castle. It is a mid nineteenth century building and has maintained many original features. The hotel restaurant is open 24 hrs and offers fine regional dishes.
Dinner will be in the Monterrey Restaurant with beautiful sea views. The restaurant specializes in fresh fish and seafood dishes along with Mediterranean rice dishes.
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REDBAR Espresso & Market was founded December 31st of 2012 by Dr. Michael Bucknell and Kevin Anderson. The story is worth sharing. Dr. Bucknell, a well known Chiropractor, author, and internet health educator, loved coffee.
The R in REDBAR stands for Responsible. Dr. Bucknell as an outspoken health advocate and educator knows through years of patient encounters that the most difficult part of maintaining health is living in a culture that is not conducive to the same high standards. It's like trying to be a healthy fish in a sick tank.
A great experience is only partially made by great food and drinks. Of equal importance is the environment and the customer service. When designing REDBAR there was particular emphasis on creating an engaging and social environment. Typical coffee shops are typical. Browns and greens, antiques and fraternity house couches.
Everything we do is Deliberate. For instance we are asked "why don't you have a drive thru?". While it removes having to get out of your car, it also removes the experience we are committed to. Why do we only give a chocolate when ordered in a house mug and not a to-go cup?


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M. Thomas Hobson '84 recently authored a myth-busting article about oil skimmers, tools used to remove hydrocarbons such as oil and grease from water. Hobson is currently president of Abanaki Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of industrial oil skimmers. His article appeared in Pollution Engineering's, "PE CoffeeHaus Blog."
Among the facts Hobson states in the article is an explanation of the way belt oil skimmers work: "Oil skimming makes use of the differences in specific gravity and surface tension between oil and water. These physical characteristics allow the belt to attract grease, oil, and other hydrocarbon liquids from the surface of the fluid as the belt passes through the water. While recovery rates are important, the size of the application and skimmer should be taken into consideration for the best results."
Hobson earned a B.A. in economics from Hobart College. As a student, he was a member of the cross country team and Theta Delta Chi.
The full article follows.
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Oil Skimming Myths Exposed!
Tom Hobson• August 21, 2013
Oil skimmers are simple, dependable and effective tools for removing oil, grease and other hydrocarbons from water – and they usually pay for themselves within a few months. Despite these benefits, myths about oil skimmers persist.
Belt oil skimmers only pick up free-floating oil in the immediate area of the belt.
Oil skimming makes used of the differences in specific gravity and surface tension between oil and water. These physical characteristics allow the belt to attract grease, oil, and other hydrocarbon liquids from the surface of the fluid as the belt passes through the water. While recovery rates are important, the size of the application and skimmer should be taken into consideration for the best results.
Oil Skimming Tip
When selecting an oil skimmer, be sure to choose the skimmer by the size of the area being skimmed, not just by the amount of oil that needs to be removed. An oil skimmer that has the capacity to remove at least two times the capacity of oil needed to be removed should be chosen.
Tube oil skimmers snake around the surface of the liquid and go out to retrieve the oil.
Tuber skimmers are surface oil skimmers that remove floating surface oils by means of an oleophilic (oil attracting), continuous looped tube. Where the tube touches the water it breaks the surface tension and attracts the oil just like a belt oil skimmer.
Oil Skimming Tip
When sizing the tube for an application, make sure that the tube comes into contact with the coolant or water.
The action of belt oil skimmers causes turbulence forming emulsions.
The belt on an oil skimmer rotates at speeds up to a maximum of only 30 RPM. At this speed, barely a ripple can be seen when the skimmer is operating.
Oil Skimming Tip
Skimmers can struggle with emulsified oils. However, they will not cause the emulsification.
Belt oil skimmers do not collect all types of oil.
Belt oil skimmers collect all types of oil including all free floating oils, LNAPLS, DNAPLS, and some emulsifications. There are various belt materials appropriate for any type of hydrocarbon removal.
Oil Skimming Tip
There are several things to consider when choosing a belt for your oil skimmer. Some plastics won't stand up to heat or strong chemicals. Some metal belts won't skim well from coolants due to rust inhibitors being present. Certain plastic belts don't last in heated applications while others do. It is very important to choose a good oil skimmer vendor and inform them of the details of your application so they can provide assistance in choosing the proper belt material.
Tube oil skimmers have very slow oil skim rates.
The belt and tube rotate at a speed to maximize oil removal with little or no water pickup. Skimmers can remove 1 gph to 200 gph with less than 5 percent water content. The use of an Oil Concentrator can get the water content down to less than 1 percent.
Tom Hobson is president of Abanaki Corporation. He is a graduate of Hobart William Smith College in New York State. Hobson can be reached at (800) 358-SKIM or email@example.com.