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2017 Healthy Living Heroes Announced
In November the greater La Crosse community nominated youth, individuals and organizations to be recognized as Healthy Living Heroes for their efforts to make La Crosse County a healthier place to live, learn, work and play. The review committee selected the following recipients:
Youth Award Winner: 7 Rivers Students
This group of young individuals completed a project to help the homeless. They partnered with local agencies and individuals to host a fundraiser which included a soup and dessert cook-in. All collected funds were used to provide the homeless community with individual care packages including gift cards for local businesses and warm clothing items among other necessities.
Individual Honorable Mention: Tyler Heinz
Tyler's big heart, entrepreneurial mindset and personal vision have helped to create a series of events that allow people of all ages and abilities to improve their health through running. Tyler and his staff at Grand Bluff Running have created free runs, training groups and post-run celebrations for people of any ability.
Individual Award Winner: Linda Riddle
In her position as Member Service Coordinator at the People's Food Co-op, she creates classes and events that empower people of the La Crosse community regarding health and wellness. Linda views access to nutritious food as a critical element to a just society. She prioritizes working with people who are often left out of the "healthy food" conversation.
Organization Honorable Mention: WisCorps
This non-profit organization makes such an impact on not only the La Crosse community but on communities around the state and beyond. Offering a real life work experience for young adults centered on conservation and obtaining lifelong skills, WisCorps makes its mark not only in the community but for the individuals involved.
Organization Award Winner: Pioneering Healthier Communities
This group of dedicated individuals has done an immense amount of work to improve La Crosse and the surrounding communities in a variety of ways. As a community based coalition, they set their aim high and made strides in healthy eating and physical activity, through educational opportunities, working with local businesses and conducting assessments with pedestrians and cyclists in mind.
Healthy Living Heroes were awarded at the annual January meeting with plaques and a hot, healthy breakfast on January 12 at the Myrick Park Center. Formed in 2009, the Healthy Living Collaboration has taken charge of bringing together groups that work to promote nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco-free living; three behaviors that are major contributors to chronic disease and premature deaths among La Crosse County residents.


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Subaru Outback And Legacy Earned Top Marks in Front-To-Rear Collision Avoidance Technology, Beating Cadillac, Mercedes And Volvo
An increasing amount of vehicles in the U.S. fleet are coming with crash-avoidance options such as pedestrian detection and auto braking.
To keep up with the new technology, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released on Friday its first crash-avoidance ratings after reviewing 74 new vehicles in the market. The move to judge these new features is an indication of the direction new-car technology is headed; the features, which are mostly optional at this point, and costly, may become standard in the near future.
"The combination of forward collision warnings and autobrake systems on many new cars has the potential to substantially reduce vehicle accidents and their related injuries," said Karl Brauer, a senior analyst at Kelley Blue Book. "This is really the future of both automotive safety and safety testing. The visibility of IIHS' ratings will encourage more automakers to provide this level of protection in the coming years."
The IIHS, a 44-year-old Virginia-based nonprofit whose ratings program can be compared with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) own crash-test program, found three brands and seven 2013/14 models that are currently leading the way in front-to-rear collision avoidance.
The winners are:
From Fuji Havy Industries Ltd (TYO:7270) -- The Subaru Legacy sedan and Subaru Outback wagon;
From General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) -- The Cadillac ATS compact luxury and the Cadillac SRX mid-sized luxury crossover SUV;
From Daimler AG (FRA:DAI) -- The Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan; and
From AB Volvo (STO:VOLV-A) -- The Volvo S60 sedan and Volvo XC60 SUV.
The IIHS said these vehicles earned "superior" ratings when decked out with all the features that can add thousands of dollars to the transaction price. The Volvos and the Caddys earned a lower rating "when not equipped with certain [optional] safety features," the IIHSA said in a statement. The Subarus, equipped with the company's EyeSight Driver Assist System, was the top-ranked of the lot.
The IIHS is known for its distinct front-end collision testing. Unlike the government's NHTSA, which tests full frontal front-end collisions (where the entire front end of a car smashes into a barrier), the IIHS tests these collisions by smashing only 40 percent of the front end. The test is considered superior because it better tests structural strength of a frame and more accurately simulates typical front-end collisions in which only a portion of the front of the vehicle is damaged as the driver swerves to avoid collision. This is the IIHS's first foray into rating preemptive technology
Here's a rundown of the IIHS's list of top rear-to-front crash-avoidance systems by model:

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Android this week: Amazon's tablet spied; Samsung Note debuts; Tablets galore at IFA
Amazon's(s amzn) long-awaited entry into the Android tablet space is nearly ready and expected to launch in time for the holiday season. But it's not the tablet that some were expecting. MG Siegler from TechCrunch spent an hour with a sample of the device and shared his experience: Instead of a full-fledged Android tablet, Amazon's new Kindle slate runs a forked version of Android under the hood that no user is likely to ever see.
The 7-inch tablet takes a cue from the Barnes & Noble Nook Color (s bks); arguably the most successful non-iPad(s aapl) tablet if it fits your definition of one, and likely to see a hardware refresh soon. Amazon's tablet will use a completely customized interface, not have Google apps of any kind, nor will it access the Android Market. It will run apps from Amazon's AppStore.
Software to read Kindle books, watch Amazon videos on demand or play music from Amazon's MP3 store and Cloud Drive service are the focal points. Expected to launch for $249, possibly with a free subscription to the Amazon Prime shipping service — normally $79 per year — the tablet could be a holiday hit for mainstream consumers who want a traditional Kindle with more access to Amazon services.
Those wanting something smaller than a tablet but bigger than a standard phone may be more interested in the newly announced Samsung Note. The handset uses a 5.30 inch Super AMOLED display with 1280×800 resolution and includes a digital pen which fits inside the phone for storage. Samsung says this combination of hardware features makes the Note a new class of device for enterprise users who want to capture and store digital notes. The pen is pressure sensitive and may be used for drawing images as well.
Samsung hasn't abandoned the 7-inch tablet market, however. The company also announced a refresh of the existing Galaxy Tab with a 7.7-inch version that uses a 1280×800 screen like the Note. However, the display technology is boosted up to Samsung's Super AMOLED Plus, providing more vivid colors that appear to pop off the screen. The new tablet uses a dual-core 1.4 GHz processor, Google Android Honeycomb and a boosted battery capacity over the prior version.
Toshiba and Lenovo also debuted new Android tablets this week at the IFA exhibition in Berlin, Germany. Toshiba slimmed down its existing Thrive tablet to create the AT200; just 7.7 millimeters in thickness. The 10.1-inch slate uses a 1.2 GHz dual-core process from Texas Instruments (s txn) and has a micro HDMI port to share media with a high-definition television.
Lenovo's newest Android entry, the A1, runs on Gingerbread, which is designed for smartphones, and offers 1024×600 resolution on a 7-inch touchscreen display. It only has a single core processor and reminds me of last year's Galaxy Tab from Samsung. However, the Wi-Fi model with many of last year's hardware components has a price from 2010 as well: the A1 will cost only $199 and should appeal to many at that price due to its versatility and portability.


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Welcome to the very last day of 2010 — and what a year, decade it has been! Think back 10 years and try to remember what our world was like in 2000. We had happily "survived" Y2K intact. But that's not to say our world was peaceful….
- The Presidents of North and South Korea signed a Peace accord
- Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee, accused of stealing sensitive nuclear weapons data, freed after serving nine months in prison
- The Concorde crashed near Paris, killing 113
- U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole die in Yemen terrorist explosion
- Mad cow disease started raising alarms in Europe
- U.S. presidential election closest in decades; Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state. Republicans file federal suit to block manual recount of Florida presidential election ballots sought by DemocratsRead more: 2000 World History — Infoplease.com
And as we all know, our world would forever and irrevocably change on 9/11/2001. What a tremendous decade it has been, not only in the world at large, but also for Marketing and Branding.
Ten years ago, Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare did not exist. In fact, most of us didn't have Wi-Fi hooked up at home – or even at work (the first commercially available Wi-Fi device went on the market in 1999). We certainly weren't concerned with Web 2.0, mobile marketing, or being interactive online. And when we marketed our companies – we expected to have a one way conversation with our customers and potential customers.
In the last 10 years, the world has changed in almost every conceivable way for marketers. Today, many companies are reputation building online, advertising online, and being social online. And if you're not – it's time to acknowledge that the world has changed and it's time to move gracefully into a new decade.
As this year – and decade – come to a close, let's acknowledge the endings of the way it used to be and be grateful that we have survived to see the world change again. And as the New Year begins let's move forward fearlessly into the new world, one where Wi-Fi exists on every corner and in every home. Smart phones do more than most computers could 10 years ago, where Facebook and Twitter aren't going away anytime soon, and where mobile marketing is a requirement – not an option.
I wish you the very happiest of New Years and am looking forward to what changes the next 10 years will bring to the world of marketing — are you up for it?


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Tybee Island withdraws plan to scan license plates of all vehicles
TYBEE ISLAND, GA. | Tybee Island officials agreed unanimously Monday to retreat from plans to install machines designed to scan and record the license plates of every car and truck coming onto the island, an idea that was met with hostile emails from people fearing Big Brother would be monitoring beach vacations.
It took the small coastal community's City Council just 10 minutes to reverse a decision it made less than three weeks ago to spend nearly $29,000 on computer-linked cameras to scan car tags on the only road linking Georgia's largest public beach to the mainland.
"If the whole purpose was to track tourism and ultimately bring more tourists here, but it was turning people away, then that's counter-productive," said Mayor Jason Buelterman.
Officials on the beach getaway of 3,100 residents about 18 miles east of Savannah had said they wanted the license-plate scanners to help them gather how many cars were coming onto the island, precisely when they arrived and whether they stayed for a few days or a few hours. They also wanted to use the tag data to see where visitors were coming from by state and county.
Buelterman said Monday city officials had learned the scanners they planned to buy wouldn't automatically count vehicles or analyze tag numbers to tell where vehicles were registered. Backlash from residents and potential tourists played a role, he said, noting that he had personally received about 100 emails about the scanners with most of them opposed to the idea.
Officials insisted they weren't trying to spy on visitors, but wanted the license plate information for a tourism study to help the island focus its marketing efforts. Buelterman said precise data on how many cars were coming from out of town would have helped win state and federal grants for beach maintenance projects such as replenishing sand washed away by erosion.
The City Council was scheduled Dec. 12 to consider guidelines for letting Tybee Island's small police force use the license plate scanners. In many U.S. cities, police use the scanners to look for cars registered to people with arrest warrants, track suspected drug dealers or search for vehicles linked to child abductions.
The American Civil Liberties Union said in a July report based on information from hundreds of U.S. law enforcement agencies that scanners nationwide now capture and store information on millions of vehicles, most belonging to Americans suspected of no wrongdoing. The ACLU says dropping costs have helped spread made the technology to smaller cities. Still, Tybee Island seemed like an unusual candidate considering it has so little crime. Tybee Island police reported four violent crimes, all aggravated assaults, last year and zero violent crimes in 2011, according to local crime statistics reported to the FBI.
Tybee Island Police Chief Robert Bryson said the scanners would have helped catch criminals from neighboring Savannah, which has a much higher crime rate.
"It would have been a useful tool," Bryson said. "But to live without it is no problem."
After ruling out the tag scanners, Tybee officials agreed to look into spending about $7,000 on a device that's buried under the road and simply counts cars without collecting any license plate information.


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You know Diabetes is a killer. I know Diabetes is a killer. Your friends know Diabetes is a killer. What if Diabetes was a holy a myth as Santa Claus! It is such a horrible thing being told you are sick and even worse being told from birth that you have a snowballs chance in hell of leading a normal life. What we are told by Medical Science is that the only way we can understand ourselves is via the prism they hold. Yet they can't make heads or tails of it either as they ramble on in double speak.
Diabetes has been growing by leaps and bounds, so we are told. Yet factually this is likely not the case if we understand how business runs. When we see ads running, it is because sales are in decline. Yet, the posturing continues as Big Diabetes says the "disease" is getting worse.
Diabetes is vacillation between thirst and urination, hydration to dehydration, repeat, repeat, repeat. The logical mind asks why? A body receiving toxins does not ask for more it tries to FLUSH THEM OUT!
Diabetes is caused by a poor diet and habits the body is trying to flush out. Now the CDC agrees with this statement. On 1 December 2015 the New York Times said that Diabetes has been in decline since 2008 and continues to crash. Why, because people are attacking it by changing their diet and habits. They are exercising and giving up coffee, junk food and drinking water. The fact that we are just now learning this is proof how much Big Diabetes was guarding this huge secret. The fact is we can heal and we have always had the power to do it. All we have to do is find the means. Whole Raw Foods allow the body to do the work of healing itself, by itself. It really is that easy.
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Record U.S. Polypropylene Imports: Lessons Learned
In 2021, United States polypropylene imports reached record levels despite dire global logistical conditions. What drove those record imports and what can we learn from them?
In 2021, United States polypropylene imports reached record levels despite dire global logistical conditions. What drove those record imports and what can we learn from them?
This year, a "logistical hurricane" is causing polyolefin supply disruptions in North America, keeping supplies tight and prices high in the region
Are you aware of how much it costs to move polyolefins from Asia or the Middle East to the Americas? The container shortages and logistical issues are affecting how our industry operates, keeping arbitrage opportunities across regions open. Take a look at my most recent article, where I share with you recent freight costs and thoughts about how these costs are impacting polymer sourcing decisions.
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On March 7, Russia and Saudi Arabia fired the first shots in what is an apparent war for crude oil market share. The war's
Last week, Mexico's Revista MP published an interview conducted during our last trip to Mexico City, to present at ANIPAC's 6to Foro de Materias Primas. Here follows its English
Last week, during AMI's Polymer Sourcing and Distribution Conference in Barcelona, Spain, ChemPMC presented an analysis of the U.S. and China Trade war and its impact
On Friday, August 3rd, China announced a new round of tariffs directed to U.S. exports, as the trade fight amongst these two countries intensifies. This
In the last decade, between 7 and 8 percent of the United States exports of goods has been destined to China. In 2017, exports to China amounted to
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Curatorial Statement:
Photography in the hands of great artists can transmit a visual message that can make an impact, like no other medium. A single still image is capable of saying something so profound that its effect is undeniably felt by all people.
The artistic expression may be an individual one, but an image can be universally understood, and resonate around the world. The Lucie Awards is honoured to have been asked to curate and present exceptional images that do just that.
For the UN Climate Change Legacy Exhibition, we have called upon renowned photographers who have dedicated their lives to documenting melting icebergs, drought, air, water, waste pollution and the undeniable effects these things have had on our planet. It is a condensed, compassionate plea, through their lenses, of the effects of climate change.
Their images may be startlingly beautiful, which can complicate the horrific message they convey, but look beyond the amazing artistry and try to understand the subliminal ideas within these framed works.
Bravo to these brilliant image-makers who challenge us with their documentary record of what is taking place. It has been a privilege to curate their works for the COP21. We have been humbled by their clarity and consistent endeavour to keep shouting to the world to do something.
Hossein Farmani, Chair, The Lucie Awards
Susan Baraz, Co-Chair, The Lucie Awards
Coconut Octopus
Anilao, Batangas, Philippines
A Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) peeking out of empty oil can. The Coconut Octopus is one of the few marine animals using tools. It is known to pick-up empty coconut or clam shells to use as shelter, hence its common name. These days the octopus has expanded its tool selection and is often observed carrying and using empty cans, jars and other human trash.
Afghan Girl
A young Afghan girl carries a sack as she picks her way through freshly dumped waste at Lahore city's landfill. Beginning work at just four years of age, children search for plastic, glass, paper, wood, leather and fabric that will then be sorted and recycled by their families for money.
Working in filthy conditions for up to twelve hours a day, they must eat the scraps they find and have little access to water for washing. Invariably many children are sick; suffering from regular infections and disease due to bad hygiene and the toxic environment in which they have been forced into exile. Marginalised and living in complete poverty, this third generation of more than two million Afghan refugees in Pakistan have no stability and nowhere to turn.
Un-natural Bestiary
In this work Andrea Alessio collects, like an ancient bestiary, a series of images of animals. The forest does not frighten modern man anymore. Its night calls no longer echo as sinister in the imagination of children. There is little of the supernatural and the wild is no longer suggestive. In this disenchanted world, within which we have roamed far too long, Andrea Alessio knowingly undertook his journey. A journey in search of what remains of the beast. It is a journey that seems to be fed by the need for an understanding through the eyes. A look sometimes glassy, sometimes elusive and very often dead. Our animal nature is dead as well, closed on itself, situated among its artifices, almost like a bear caught between fake rocks. And so it may happen that we cannot distinguish a live animal, although with wounded instinct, from a stuffed animal, being both stern and awkward at the same time. Among these dioramas, among these small stages, Andrea Alessio moves for over 20 years without bias and with the specific and rigorous intention to engage perception and its boundaries. So it does not matter if we are in a museum in New York or at the zoo in Paris. The geography is nothing more than a scenic replica in which the animal is forced to spend its time. And so do we, because the way we perceive can become a prison like a cage for a lion. And this is a message, almost subconscious, which breathes through the pages of this bestiary. However, a cross-reading of the images of Andrea Alessio can still surprise us with new dimensions of meaning, combinations of senses that transcend the space and time of the gaze.
Ghosts of Hurricane Sandy
The Princess Cottage at night, located at 705 Front Street, was severely damaged in Union Beach, NJ, because of hurricane Sandy. The planet is getting warmer and, as it does, our sea levels keep rising. Few events better put that phenomenon on display than Hurricane Sandy. The 13-foot storm surge is an example of what will, by mid-century, be the "new norm on the Eastern seaboard" says Harvard geologist Daniel P. Schrag. Few were spared in the working-class town of 6,200. More than 500 houses were damaged, and over 110 were destroyed. Homeowners, local officials and contractors swarm in each day, picking up the pieces one brick at a time. Then they vanish each night, leaving Union Beach to its own devices- a haunting silence that sets in every 24 hours when the sun dips behind the horizon.
Urban Jungle
After years of unsustainable and exponential growth in the construction industry during 1990s led to an economic meltdown, countless developers went bankrupt and were forced to abandon their projects. 10 years on, all that's left of the burst bubble are eerie pockets of the abandoned foundations of skyscrapers and suburban homes to be. While the construction boom may have ended with these structures, the day-to-day lives of Thais seeking to make ends meet continued on and many of Thailand's poorest soon found new homes in other people's forgotten dreams.
The Bangkok suburb of Bang Bua Thong, surrounded by marshland and hidden among tangled masses of overgrown grass and tropical vegetation, is the home of several hundred squatters, who occupy the abandoned concrete foundations of two-storey townhouse-style living quarters. In the furthest reaches of the complex, unknown even to many of its inhabitants, live five families with their ten domesticated elephants. As if from a classical tale of days gone by, the elephants live side by side with their handlers, or mahouts. Many of the elephants use the abandoned structures as a jungle gym, clambering in and out of the many rooms, some even climbing the stairs to the second floor.
Agbogbloshie dumpsite in Ghana's capital, Accra, is one of the main hubs for electronic waste (e-waste) disposal in West Africa, particularly from old computers and computer monitors. Since the late 1990s, countries around the globe have been sending millions of tons of e-waste to be processed each year on the site, which is home to more than 40,000 people.
The Recyclers of Port Au Prince
In a 200-acre toxic wasteland 5 kilometers north of Haiti's capital, Port-au- Prince, hundreds of men, women and children scavenge day and night through the burning wasteland. They earn $12 to $15 a day-on a good day-for recycling plastics as well as clothing, household items and aluminum (for smelting). Some 5,000 tons of waste is created each day in the Port-au-Prince area.
The Salton Sea was formed in 1905 when the Colorado broke its banks. 130 million gallons of partially treated sewage, slaughterhouse scraps and industrial toxins are carried by the New River into the sea per day. There is so much selenium at the bottom of the sea that it would be considered a hazardous waste dump were it not covered by water.
Salterns are salt-making ponds, containing saline waters and high concentrations of microorganisms, algae and bacteria. Depending on the saline content, the algae in ponds turns the water various pastel hues from green to deep red. These images were captured in North and South America from fixed wing and rotor aircraft.
Paradise Lost
The streets are covered in a dirty layer of ash, and the horizon is dominated by factory chimneys and slag heaps that are more like mountains. The 140.000 people who live in Enakievo, a city in the east of Ukraine, have grown used to their bleak surroundings. The steel plant may plague the air with black, yellow and blue smoke from its 14 chimneys, but it also provides jobs and income. The coalmines and chemical factories are important drivers of the local economy too, though the financial crisis has hit the region hard. In the south, the tourists are the ones that keep the economy alive, flocking to the beaches and the Soviet-style hotels.
Baku, Azerbaijan, 1993
The burning of fossil fuels not only destroys the ozone layer, but in Azerbaijan, dilapidated and leaky pumps of oil rigs create viscous pools of runoff. With forests of rigs in their backyard, the children of suburban Baku have learned to use them as sad substitutes for missing playgrounds.
Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, 1993
Metaphorically walking on water, camels cross the dry bed of the Aral Sea. A powerful combination of irrigation draining the sea's feeder rivers and decreasing snowfall in the Pamir Mountains has shrunk the sea's area to the point where it has disappeared almost entirely. Due to the drying over the past decades, the micro-climate changed significantly. As coastlines receded, the area was plagued by dust storms that contained toxic residue from industrial agriculture and weapons testing in the area. The shrinking sea created this graveyard of rusting shipwrecks, where once the beautiful bay glistened.
This photo was taken while I was photographing for a customer – lodge owner from Zambia. It was lazy day on Kafue River; I was in a small boat, because water level was very low. Kafue River, Zambia, is full of Hippos and they feel safe only if they can hide in the water. Just after winter, water is down and if you drive in a boat they either run out of water, submerges – if there is enough depth, or they try to attack you. This one was too lazy to run out so attack was better option. Many times they finish their attack before they reach you but you never know. It is amazing how quick such big animal can run in the water. I was sitting few cm above the water and taking photos, looking just thru viewfinder. My friend, who assisted me, became unhappy with furious animal heading our way and tried to force boat driver to move but I asked just for few more seconds. When my friend becomes really loud I looked above camera and I must admit that hippo was way bigger than before, so we moved away, not as fast as we wanted because of low water but Hippo was happy with a small victory, not seeking for total win-turning our boat and forced us to swim (optimistic version).
Low angle, focused animal, a bit of luck challenge and I got a great shot I always wanted because with rangers in boat they decide when you move (for safety reasons) and with a driver, who was not trained ranger (but the best boat driver and tracker) I succeed in challenging our luck a bit more than otherwise.
The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar
"Changing Perspectives – The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar" is an aerial survey of the construction of Ivanpah Solar in the Mojave Desert, California. Now complete (February 2014), it is the world's largest concentrated solar thermal power plant, producing 392 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 140,000 American homes.
Over the next few years, I intend to transform Changing Perspectives into a project of global scale. By observing these contemporary changes, I am creating imagery relevant both to our present-day collective consciousness and to our eventual historical perspective of this era on Earth.
Canoeing in the Morning Mist – Centennial Valley, Montana
Canoeing at J Bar L Ranch vacation homes. The Red Rock River begins at Lillian Lake in the beautiful Centennial Mountains in Montana. It flows down the mountains into the extremely scenic, sparsely visited and wildlife-abundant Centennial Valley.
Rio Tinto, the Heart of the Earth
The history of the Rio Tinto mines dating back to the first organized civilizations. Already in the Bronze Age development of the mine, he was attached to the own civilizations: Tartars, Phoenicians … But mine development at this time came with the Romans. The introduction of these new techniques allowed the continuation of mining operations. Las Rio Tinto mines are among the most oldest in the world and contain the bulk of known copper pyrites.
The river's name comes from its reddish ocher passing on the banks. These colors are due to the high, since the dawn of history, ferruginous salts and ferric sulfate, and the scarcity of oxygen, give a very acidic pH. Rio Tinto is a unique place in the world, both for its chromatic beauty as for its exceptional environmental conditions.
Its waters have little oxygen and harbor significant biodiversity of microscopic organisms whose presence has attracted NASA scientists investigating the ecosystem, due to its similarities to Mars.
Francisco Mingorance reveals in this series of aerial images an exclusive insight into the captivating beauty of a unique landscape.
The Coal Question
Indonesia is the fifth largest coal producer in the world today and as of 2009, is the second largest exporter after Australia. This archipelagic nation only uses approximately 13 percent of the coal it produces for domestic consumption and the remaining 87 percent is sold to the rest of the world.
Coal powers 41 percent of the world's electrical supply. This led to the dramatic increase of world coal demand, which in turn prompted the industry to grow in leaps and bounds. However, irresponsible coal exploitation results in adverse impacts and comes at the expense of human health, environmental degradation and global climate change — a high cost to pay when alternative energy is a cleaner, safer and healthier option.
In Indonesia, where open-pit mining is predominantly practiced, coal leaves an irreparable trail of destruction in its chain of custody from extraction to burning. The story of coal is a tale rife with destructions and misery rooted in irresponsibility.
Nepal—A Moment of Silence
A series of photographs that preserve Nepal's majestic beauty prior to the devastating and destructive force of the recent earthquakes and tremors.
Namche Bazaar is the largest village in the Solukhumbu region, surrounding the epicentre of the second 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal. Namche Bazaar is known as the main trading center for the Khumbu region. It rests at an altitude of 3,440m and is one of the main lodging villages for the intrepid Mount Everest trekkers and professional mountaineers.
People of the River
This project focuses on the lives of indigenous fishermen who have worked to remake their lives after being expelled from their homes and kicked off their land; sacrificed in the process of making of several private nature reserves and a federal national park in Pantanal, Brazil.
People of the River captures the intimate, symbiotic and multifaceted relationship between the Brazilian Guató Indians and their environment in the largest wetlands in the world, Pantanal in Brazil. Pantanal is roughly 10 times the size of Florida's Everglades. The Guató have traditionally been a nomadic tribe. They have used hand-made canoes to fish and travel along the rivers, lakes and wetlands of Pantanal. In the past and still today, the Guató do not strive to change, control or triumph over nature. Rather, they have worked within a given landscape to sustain their families and to adapt to the surrounding environment. They have inhabited the area for centuries, and while far fewer in numbers, around 400 people in this tribe still exist and continue with their traditions today.
This project raises questions about the way we "preserve nature" by separating man from the land and gives voice to the Guató who struggle to maintain their culture and livelihoods which is intimately tied up with this land and nature.
Syria. Hell on Earth.
More than 70,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began more that 2 years ago. What began as peaceful pro-democracy protests has ended as the worst nightmare Syrian citizens could imagine. Ans survival is not easy.
Syrians hardly resist the harshness of war, therefore, to give voice to an issue of such magnitude and gravity, I propose these photographs as a sample of the body of work I've been doing in Syria since September 2012 until the end of March 2013.
Space Shift
Space Shift take place on the edge of the city near a motorway, where temporary housing units had been erected to provide support for those whose homes had been damaged by the flooding.
When I first arrived at the location, I was immediately struck by how the futuristic the setting appeared – the fluorescent lighting that glowed against the giant concrete structures at night felt reminiscent of the worlds captured in sci-fi manga comics or the sleeping capsules for the overnight businessmen in Japan. There was something otherworldly about the setting alongside a pervading sense of stillness that contrasted to the scenes of hysteria that had been portrayed in the media.
The Ice Bear
A lone polar bear sits at the edge of a melting iceberg near Half Moon Island in the Svalbard archipelago. During my first trip to these Norwegian-administered high arctic islands, I saw polar bears for the first time in the natural environment. The landscape at 80° north latitude was barren and forbidding, but also hauntingly beautiful.
This photo was taken in a narrow ice cave near Exit Glacier in Seward, Alaska, so narrow that I had to crawl in carefully without damaging the structure. The melting of all the glaciers on earth is speeding up due to the worsening of the global warming. The Mendenhall ice cave in Juneau, Alaska, which was once one of the most spectacular scenes in the world, has disappeared. How many other magnificent views do we have to destroy before we wake up and try our best to make a difference?
Bastrop Fire
The region surrounding Bastrop, Texas (USA) was parched from years of diminished rainfall & many years of drought. Over the labour day weekend of 2011, high winds from tropical storm Lee caused weakened trees to fall onto power lines, creating sparks that fell onto and ignited the dry grass and leaf litter below.
By October 1, the fire had reached 98% containment but had burned a total of 34,068 acres and 1,645 homes, making it the most destructive fire in Texas history. At 8:00 PM on October 10, the fire was declared 100% contained.
Wildfires burned an estimated 8,706,852 acres (35,235 square kilometers) of land across the United States during 2011 making it the third-most-active wildfire season in the historical record (since 1960).
Water is Life's Most Basic Need
Drinking water is life's most basic need. Yet nearly a billion people on our planet do not have access to it.
The Samburu of North-West Kenya are traditionally a nomadic tribe, but the government has settled them so that they can be taxed and documented. Now with the drought, they can no longer move with their livestock to another area. Young girls carry 43-pound jerry cans on their backs to bring the minimum water needed for the family. New wells will help ease the lives of these girls, and bring peace to their land again.
This project begins with images of the massive icebergs as they enter Greenland's Disco Bay from the Ilulissat Icefjord; it ends with the icebergs off the East Coast of Newfoundland, by which time they have travelled hundreds of miles, and have been so battered and broken down that they are little more than ghosts of what they once were. Seeing them first overpowering in grandeur and then, later, about to be absorbed back into the flux from which they came, is both beautiful and humbling: a metamorphosis that endows them with a life-span, each with it's own personality, each with it's own story.
This project had its origin in a wholly personal moment; a personal journey. It is impossible, however, to look at these images and not think of the environmental issues we face right now. Just as the choice I made in my childhood in some ways defined me as a man, so the choices we are making as a species will define who we become, and what becomes of the planet on which we live.
This project begins with images of the massive icebergs as they enter Greenland's Disco Bay from the Ilulissat Icefjord; it ends with the icebergs off the East Coast of Newfoundland, by which time they have travelled hundreds of miles, and have been so battered and broken down that they are little more than ghosts of what they once were. Seeing them first overpowering in grandeur and then, later, about to be absorbed back into the flux from which they came, is both beautiful and humbling: a metamorphosis that endows them with a life-span, each with it's own personality, each with it's own story.
This project had its origin in a wholly personal moment; a personal journey. It is impossible, however, to look at these images and not think of the environmental issues we face right now. Just as the choice I made in my childhood in some ways defined me as a man, so the choices we are making as a species will define who we become, and what becomes of the planet on which we live.
Dust Storm in the Desert
I was in a beat-up taxi traveling through the desert to a town called Jaisalmer near the India-Pakistan border. It was in June, and as hot as the planet ever gets. The rains had failed in that part of Rajasthan for thirteen years. I wanted to capture something of the mood of anticipation before the monsoon.
As we drove down the road, we saw a dust storm grow — a typical event before the monsoon breaks. For miles it built into a huge frightening wall of dust, moving across the landscape like a tidal wave, eventually enveloping us like a thick fog. As it arrived, the temperature dropped suddenly and the noise became deafening. Where we stopped, women and children worked on the road — something they are driven to do when the crops fail — now barely able to stand in the fierce wind, clustered together to shield themselves from the sand and dust. I tried to make pictures.
In the strange dark-orange light and howling wind, battered by sand and dust they sang and prayed. Life and death seemed to hang in a precarious balance.
Not Dark Yet
I started this series wanting to draw attention to the dangerous consequences of the man made climate changes and humanity's interconnectedness with nature. I realized as the series was evolving, that I very much approached the subject of my own feelings around death and old age in creating pictures about the death of nature.
Praying Ganesh
The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal, between India to the west and Burma to the north and east.
In spite of its white sand beaches lined with palm trees, this archipelago remains a confidential destination, spared by the mass tourism.
This elephant is 61 years old. His name is Rahjan. This is the last elephant swimming in the sea water. He has been trained by the British to push logs of wood, while swimming, from one island to another.
He lies in this peculiar position for his mahout (master) climbs on his back. This photo needed 5 working days to meet the climatic conditions and the willingness of Rahjan. I did not want to cast a shadow on the sand and had to lie Rahjan perfectly aligned with the horizon.
Where does recyclable scrap go
A large city like Beijing, with the population more than 22 million, produces 1.84 tons household garbage. Very few people know where recyclable scrap goes and how will the city handle those. There are more than a hundred recyclable scrap markets in suburban areas of Beijing, also the destinations of much of Beijing's recyclable scrap. The yards of the markets are filled with blocks of crushed metal, stacks of cardboard, heaps of plastic bottles and piles of newspapers and rags. People there work on sorting and preparing it for a second life. When the dark falls in the city, tricycles and trucks throng to the village, loaded with discarded cardboard, paper and plastic bottles.
Crows Nest
After receiving a report from a citizen who had been attacked on the street by a crow watching over its nest, employees of Tokyo's municipal government moved the nest to a storage warehouse. I heard a strange story that the nest was made with things like clothes hangers, so I went to investigate. Luckily, I was able to find the warehouse. The only way to tell that it was a nest was the egg resting in the center. The municipal workers who cleared the nest explained that "the crow borrowed metal hangers a little at a time from apartment balconies, and skillfully formed the base structure with its beak. It used just about anything, including twine and vinyl fibers." The completed nest resembles a modern work of recycled art. From the day on, I started to be drawn to the trees of the city.
Terra Mia
The Italian Region of Campania, in the last few years has become notoriously known as the 'new triangle of death' or ' The Land of Fires'. It is at the center of a media storm due to the dangerous levels of pollution of the land and the connections between politics and corruption that brought the area and its inhabitants into complete chaos. My work observes those who are battling to live in this complex situation, placed amongst the toxic elements of contamination and corruption both literally and metaphorically.
The region has recently experienced an increasing number of deaths caused by cancer and other diseases connected with the introduction into the environment of substances which had harmful or poisonous effects far exceeding the Italian national average. It is thought that the rise in cancer-related mortality is caused mainly by pollution from illegal and indecorous hazardous waste disposal from various sources. No more so than as a result of the work carried out by the familial organized crime clans of the Camorra. Carmine Schiavone – one of the ex-heads of the Camorra's clan Casalesi – recently admitted that he had systematically worked for 20 years to bribe local politicians and officials to gain their acquiescence to dump toxic waste.
Even though the illegal dumping of toxic waste was at the core of the Camorra business before, what concerns now it is the very probable scenario that sees the new focus of the business pointing to secure contracts to clean up the polluted land. The lack of values or assistance from the Italian Government and an overly bureaucratic system has left the population in a complete state of disarray and uncertainty.


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Blenheim Palace
One of the closest and most impressive local attractions must be Blenheim Palace, just ten minutes drive from Gorselands. There is always a huge amount to see and do there, with a year-round calendar of events.
One of the closest and most impressive local attractions must be Blenheim Palace, just ten minutes drive from Gorselands. There is always a huge amount to see and do there, with a year-round calendar of events.
Just a short walk down a stony track, the remains of North Leigh Roman Villa are set within a peaceful landscape on the banks of the River Evenlode in the neighboring village of East End. This 'courtyard villa' is considered one of the larger villas of Roman Britain. It was at its most extensive in the early 4th century when it included four bath suites, 16 mosaic floors and 11 rooms with under-floor heating. The remains of one of the mosaic floors can be seen through a visitor's centre at the site.
Woodstock is the traditional historic market town, next to Blenheim Palace. It has a picturesque market place and Town Hall. There are four main streets which link up into an interesting 15 minute short walk. There are lovely independent shops, galleries, restaurants and pubs. The market place is regularly used for antique and craft fairs, as well as a farmers market once a month.
Known as the city of 'Dreaming Spires' and for it's world famous University, Oxford is well worth a day trip.
With it's mix of ancient and modern, there is plenty for both the tourist and resident to do. Whether its visiting one of the many historic buildings, colleges or museums, going out for a drink or a meal, taking in a show or shopping till you drop, Oxford has it all and oxfordcity.co.uk will help you find it.
Take a walk on the WILD SIDE! Stroll around the Park and get eye-to-eye with giraffes, watch rhinos graze on the Gothic Manor House lawns, walk with lemurs or visit the tropical house.
The stunning gardens and themed borders, make a beautiful backdrop for the animals. With over 260 different species of animals in over 120 acres of Parkland, there's plenty of space to relax and get closer to wildlife!
Kids of all ages will love the adventure playground in the woods with interconnecting tree-houses, rope bridges and slides. There are daily activities, such as Penguin and Lemur feeding times and a small railway which travels around the park from April to October.
The story of bus and coach travel around Oxfordshire over the last 130 years is told at the Oxford Bus Museum. Exhibits include an historic preserved horse-drawn tram, motor buses, coaches and a wide selection of artifacts – including bus stops, ticket machines, timetables, posters and staff uniforms. There are also lots of interesting photos illustrating public transport history through the ages.
Designated as a World Heritage site in 1988, Combe Mill is the old power house of the sawmill of Blenheim Estate. The Victorian Mill houses the original working steam beam engine and alternative waterwheel power which are run entirely by committed volunteers. There is a functional double blacksmiths' forge, three other steam engines and an upstairs workshop in which many of the country skills and crafts used to develop and maintain the Blenheim Estate are demonstrated. There is plenty of parking and a good tea shop on site too.
Cogges Manor Farm is situated on the edge of Witney. It is a historic farmstead in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Visitors can view the manor house, the orchard, farm animals, participate in country crafts, picnic outside or enjoy the coffee shop on site. There is a continuous programme of activities for young and old alike with plenty of music, theatre and festivals as well.
WITNEY BLANKET HALL was built in the 18th century by the Company of Blanket Makers. For over 120 years, every Blanket woven in Witney came to the Blanket Hall to be weighed & measured, and upstairs in the Great Room the Company set the Rules for the Trade. Witney blankets were world-renown for the quality of the Cotswold wool and workmanship.
Today the Blanket Hall houses a fascinating museum and artefacts of the wool trade as well as a lovely shop with Cotswold woollen blankets and throws and there is a very good coffee shop known for its hand-made pies.
The Blanket Hall also holds a series of talks during the year covering interesting historical activities such as the Golden Age of Coaching and Blanket Trail walks in the town of Witney.
A fabulous place for all ages to spend a day or afternoon, the multi-award winning pottery, gift shop, cafe and gardens are situated in the quiet Cotswold village of Aston, Oxfordshire. All the pottery is designed, manufactured and hand-stencilled in Aston. The gift shop is perfect for finding that special gift and the café is a roomy sun-lit place with a terrace to have coffee and cake, a light lunch or an afternoon tea. Follow up your shopping with a stroll around the seasonal flower beds which are famous for their variety and colour.
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Meet the impressive sounding Vodafone Smart 4 Turbo and Smart 4 Power, the latest handsets to bear Big Red's name and this time there's 4G inside.
Vodafone is no stranger to own-brand handsets, but the Smart 4 Turbo and Smart 4 Power are the first to arrive with 4G capabilities.
You can get your hands on the Vodafone Smart 4 Turbo now, which boasts a 4.5-inch display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, microSD slot, 5MP rear camera, front cam and Android 4.4 KitKat.
It'll set you back just £135 on PAYG, but you'll need to fork out £31.50 per month if you want it on the Red 4G plan with unlimited texts and calls and 4GB superfast of data, which is pretty steep for what is being billed as an affordable handset.
Feel the Power
The Vodafone Smart 4 Power will be "available soon" and boasts a larger 5-inch HD display, 1.3GHz MediaTek quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, microSD slot, 5MP rear camera, front snapper and Android 4.4.
There's currently no pricing for the Smart 4 Power, but it will be more expensive than the Turbo.
The Smart 4 Turbo provides direct competition to the £99 EE Kestrel which offers up 4G support alongside a 4.5-inch display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM 5MP rear camera, microSD slot and Android 4.3 - oh and don't forget about the Motorola Moto G 4G either.
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Another in our semi-regular round-up of the best tunes to hit our inbox and the web.
First up is another track from Scott & Charlene's Wedding's imminent new album, Any Port In A Storm. This latest, the album closer Wild Heart has more of a classic American slacker-pop feel to it a la Pavement or Mission Of Burma, it is a laconically heartfelt tale of a flatmate on the path to self-destruction.
Next we have the sludgy, stoner rock of White Orange and the heavy doom-laden psychedelic riffing of Dinosaur Bones.
Third up are the veteran psych-folkies Elf Power and latest album, Sunlight On The Moon, which expertly combines the scuzzy, sleazy recording qualities of their early lo-fi masterworks with their powerful live bombast – check out the title track.
Los Angeles based indie rockers TORCHES have released the new single If The People Stare, the title track of the new EP released this past May.
Our penultimate offering is the twangy surf inspired rockabilly of Crazy Pills. Break It Down from forthcoming album Restless is a triumph – likely to induce a mosh pit riot and as authentic a nod to the halycon days of quiffs and leathers as you're ever going to hear.
And finally, the second single from Expwy's highly anticipated new album is a heartwarming tale of small-town cannibals. Scraping Blue Terra Cotta (Waterloo Cannibals) is a power pop gem and something that Mikal Cronin would be mighty proud of…
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Clermont County CVB recognizes local volunteers
On August 23 Interim President Jim Comodeca and Communications Manager Sarah Gleason from the Clermont County Convention and Visitors Bureau presented a review of the tourism impact from the 2017 USRowing Club National regatta to the Clermont County Commissioners. In just a five day span the event brought in over 3 million dollars in economic impacts and thousands of hotel room nights.
The county hosted what is now considered the largest Club Nationals in USRowing history, which contained 1,993 athletes in 1,758 entries from 114 crews. These crews traveled both near and far representing 28 states and two countries; both Canada and Chile, making this an international competition.
"This year's Club Nationals was, by all accounts, a huge success. The Clermont County CVB staff and volunteers continued to deliver a high-quality experience, in face of the largest Club Nationals ever held. In our three years returning to Lake Harsha, we have experienced significant investments from the community in the venue, outstanding participation from local volunteers and continuous improvement in event execution. Our experience with Clermont County CVB and the Lake Harsha venue will act as a model for other venues moving forward and has ensured that Clermont remains high on our list of local organizing committees to work with in the future," said USRowing Senior Events Manager, AJ Dominique.
The Visitors Bureau highlighted dozens of the local sponsors which donated daily breakfast, lunches, technical equipment, tents and hundreds of bottles of water, but really stressed that the volunteers in Clermont County are what made the operations of this event such a huge success.
"There were over 500 volunteer slots that needed to be filled and we could not operate this event without all of them, Gleason said. The volunteers started pouring in from various groups willing to do different tasks including parking, trash clean up, shuttle service, water operations and land operations. Some of the larger volunteer groups included Love your Lungs, Bethel-Tate Soccer, St. Vincent de Paul/St. Elizabeth, Young Life, Irvine Wood Recovery, Paddling for Cancer and Lifeline Christian Missions. The Visitors Bureau conducted a "give back" program which insured donations to all organizations that filled ten volunteer slots or more. Over 6,000 dollars was donated back to local community organizations.
During the presentation the Visitors Bureau was able to recognize a few of the main volunteer groups that helped with event operations. For the third year in a row, Clermont DD provided the shuttle service the entire week, Civil Air Patrol made an excellent first impression as parking attendants as guests were arriving on property. Both Boy Scout Troop 237 and Cub Scout Pack 477 kept the property clean and presentable to thousands of visits. "I would have liked to recognize all of the volunteer groups at this meeting, but these three organizations were our biggest volunteer groups and together they spent hundreds of hours at the event," said Gleason.
While the Club National regatta will be traveling to another part of the country next year, the Visitors Bureau guarantees a national rowing event will be back to Clermont County in the near future. "We were lucky to have Club Nationals three years in a row," Gleason said. "We are working hard to keep water churning on Harsha Lake."


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Using the new source-set and sizes attributes, and the new picture element, it's possible to create images that behave better in a responsive design. These new pieces of markup allow us to deliver the right image to the right device, based on resolution, pixel density, and other factors we define. This will help web pages load faster and look better, and the most capable devices will get the best looking images possible.
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Crack Pie lives up to its name. This sensation from Momofuku Milk Bar in New York is a
slice of addictive, chewy, gooey, buttery deliciousness. It doesn't look like much, but don't let appearances fool you. Crack Pie is kin to sugar pie or butter tarts — except that making it is a messy, hands-on job. (It helps if you were the sort of kid who liked to fingerpaint and make mud pies.) Here's how I go about this baking project.
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp (200 mL) whole rolled oats (3 oz/90 g)
1/2 cup (125 mL) all-purpose flour (2-1/4 oz/65 g)
1/4 tsp (1 mL) table salt
1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) each: baking powder, baking soda
9 tbsp (135 mL) unsalted butter (4-1/2 oz/130 g), softened, divided
5-1/2 tbsp (70 mL) light brown sugar (2-1/4 oz/65 g), divided
2 tbsp (25 mL) granulated sugar
1 large egg
3/4 cup (175 mL) granulated sugar (5-1/4 oz/150 g)
1/2 cup (125 mL) light brown sugar (3-1/4 oz/90 g)
1 tbsp (15 mL) skim milk powder
1/4 tsp (1 mL) table salt
1/2 cup (125 mL) unsalted butter (4 oz/125 g), melted
6-1/2 tbsp (110 mL) heavy cream (35%)
4 large egg yolks
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
Icing sugar to taste
Crust: Line bottom of 9×13 inch (23×33 cm) baking pan with parchment. Grease lightly. Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
In medium bowl, stir together oats, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
In medium mixing bowl, beat 6 tbsp (90 mL) butter, 1/4 cup (60 mL) brown sugar and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, or until very creamy. Beat in egg 1 minute, or until fluffy. With wooden spoon or dough whisk, stir in oat mixture until thoroughly moistened.
Scrape into prepared pan. Smear with fingers to coat bottom of pan evenly but not necessarily perfectly. (Mixture is soft and messy.) Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes, or until turning golden.
Cool on wire rack to room temperature. Crumble into large bowl. Add remaining 3 tbsp (45 mL) butter and 1-1/2 tbsp (20 mL) brown sugar. Rub with fingers until broken down into evenly moistened crumbs. Press into 9-inch (23 cm) pie plate. Place on rimmed baking sheet.
Filling: Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
In medium bowl, whisk together sugars, milk powder and salt. Whisk in melted butter until evenly combined. Whisk in cream. Whisk in egg yolks and vanilla until well blended. Scrape into crust. Even out with spatula.
Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes, or until starting to set. Reduce oven temperature to 325F (160C). Bake 25 to 30 minutes, until filling is lightly browned in spots and set around edges, but still jiggly in centre.
Cool on wire rack to room temperature. Refrigerate, uncovered, overnight.
Topping: Sprinkle with icing sugar. Serve cold.
Makes 12 servings.
- Be sure to use traditional whole rolled oats, not the "broken" quick-cooking kind.


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September 25, 2018
"Should we stay, or should we go?" wondered Jeremy Tyndall as Hurricane Florence churned its way across the Atlantic. The storm's trajectory showed the more than 500 miles wide hurricane headed straight for Wilmington, North Carolina, a coastal city about 40 miles away from Tyndall's inland home.
"We were in a unique position," said Tyndall, a lead field engineer with UL. "There was much uncertainty with the storm, plus its size made it difficult to know which way to evacuate. Whether we went north, east or west, we'd still be in the path of the storm."
Instead, Tyndall and his family sat tight until the last moment to prepare their home and secure livestock, which consists of a few ducks and chickens, plus a terrier.
Finally, Tyndall erred on the side of caution and evacuated as feeder bands – storm squalls that precede a hurricane – heralded Florence's arrival. Tyndall loaded his family and various supplies, including a small generator, food and water, into his truck and headed inland towards Fayetteville, N.C., a city located about fifty miles northwest from Tyndall's home.
"I wanted to get away from the wind," he said.
The adventure begins
No sooner had the family left home when they came across a fellow evacuee, stranded with car trouble. Tyndall stopped to help, driving several miles to find what must have been the one auto parts store left open at the time. Having secured a serpentine belt, a rubber belt that connects the air-conditioner, power steering and alternator to part of the engine, Tyndall helped install the belt before continuing their evacuation.
As the hurricane drew closer, the family arrived at their Fayetteville hotel and prepared to watch and wait. By the next day, the hotel had lost power. No heating, no cooling. Other than water, nothing worked.
Fortunately, Tyndall had come prepared.
"I loaned the generator to provide light and basic utilities for the hotel staff who had been valiantly trying to serve the guests in the dark," he said. Tyndall elaborated on his effort in an email to Jason Fischer, senior vice president and general manager, field services, UL:
"Intense situations bring out the best and worst of mankind. I was blessed with strength and clarity even as I worked on my small generator in the pouring rain in the parking lot of the hotel on Friday night. The wind blew away the carburetor bowl screw TWICE and I found it BOTH times!!! This thing is tiny. When I found the screw the second time, I truly believed that it was meant for me to fix and crank that generator."
Other acts of kindness continued throughout the week-long ordeal. Tyndall helped guide emergency management services (EMS) to a neighbor in need of dialysis. Water had flooded the area and the EMS volunteers could not locate the home. Tyndall waded in waist-deep water to assist with the rescue. Onlookers took a picture of Tyndall, EMS, the patient and the boat, an action brought to Tyndall's attention after the event.
"At the time, I was not thinking about the photo," he said. "I was thinking about my feet hurting as I had busted my flip-flops," Tyndall joked.
As the flood waters receded, Tyndall managed to visit three clients since the storm. He reported that several clients remained flooded with ones in Wilmington, N.C. unreachable due to continued phone and power outages.
Flooded out street near downtown Bladenboro, N.C.
After Hurricane Florence
In total, the storm broke all-time rainfall records for tropical storms in four states. 35.93 inches of rainfall fell in Elizabethtown, N.C., a 3-day record for any one city in North Carolina. Moody's, Analytics estimated Florence's initial damage at USD $38 billion to $50 billion, said the Wall Street Journal.
Happy that the worst of Florence's wrath was over for Tyndall and his family, he reflected on the aftermath of the storm. The stress of the situation kept him up for hours on end as Tyndall worked to keep the generator running and monitored the water surrounding his home. Fortunately, while the water came close to the buildings on his property, it did not enter any of the buildings on his property.
Ducks, chickens, dog and family came through the hurricane without harm or injury thanks to Tyndall's pre-storm preparations and continued vigilance.
"Keep in my mind that I only did what came naturally to me to do," he said in an interview with Inside UL. "I only did what had to be done."
A point Fischer disagreed with in an email.
"Jeremy is a real leader in our business," he said. "It is a story worth celebrating."


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Does your real estate technology work as well as your agents?
Does this sound familiar? You started your agency a number of years ago, bought a couple of computers, had a website built and downloaded a few industry specific programs.
Stage 2: your business began to grow, you added some newer model computers, bought a server to handle the data and maybe your emails, downloaded more programs and hired an IT guy (hopefully older than 13) to set up a network.
Stage 3: the business continues with the ebb and flow of most real estate firms: expansion, some contraction followed by more growth. You add more equipment, programs, maybe another server or two and find yourself with more IT headaches than take up more and more of your time. Your computers are configured differently, many of your programs(even the best in the industry) aren't synchronized (they don't share data) and they sit on either your PCs or the server and can't be accessed from your home computer or mobile device. Perhaps you are using one of those companies that allow you to log into your office PC- as long as your PC is on, the server is working and the office has power. You have one company hosting your website, another hosting your email and maybe a third hosting your lead generation services, cloud based CRM or calendar etc etc.
That's what happened to Keys2Day , a Baltimore, MD real estate firm, and it was effecting their bottom line. Rather than rebuilding piecemeal, Keys2Day looked for a holistic solution that would deal with all these issues and finally, chose to deploy a full intranet.
"An intranet is a private computer network that uses web-based technology to securely share any part of an organization's information. The term is used in contrast to internet, a network between organizations, and instead refers to a network within an organization." Simply put, it is a private, cloud-based, secure and private environment where your employees (and customers, partners or whomever you allow) can access and safely and securely share company information and applications.
It is your virtual office accessible from anywhere you have a web enabled device and an internet connection. A cloud-based intranet and applications (programs) work on any of your computers or laptops whether they are old, new, PCs or MACs; they work on Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome; they don't require updates or licenses to operate and they most often, work on a pay-as-you-go basis (pay for only what you use when you use it).
Remember those SAT questions: a bat is to a ball as a shoe is to a ____? Well cloud based Intranets, like all cloud based applications are to your office computer as a cell phone is to a landline.
"We all come from big business backgrounds so we easily understood the value of having a central company environment where we can find everything in one place." said Jeanine Whitehead, a member of the Keys2Day team. Big business background but it worked perfectly for a local real estate firm.
The agents of Keys2Day can access their listings and access their firms wealth of information (nearby schools, prior sales, mortgage rates, etc.) in real time while with a client in their home, in the field or at a child's soccer game.
Cloud services such as the intranet designed for Keys2Day level the playing field for small businesses. Contact us to see how we can put the power of the cloud to work for your business
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Slow Cooker Cauliflower Cheese Soup Recipe
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- Course: Main Dish, Soup
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- Prep Time: 10m
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This information is per serving.
Calories98 cal
Protein5.5 g
Carbohydrate13.6 g
Fat2.4 g
Cholesterol7.6 mg
Sodium214 mg
Slow cooker cauliflower cheese soup recipe. Very easy and tasty vegetable soup with Cheddar cheese cooked in a slow cooker. This yummy puréed soup has a velvety texture. Please see below variations of Cauliflower Soup Recipes.
Chilled Cauliflower Soup Recipe
Make Cauliflower Cheese Soup, omitting Cheddar cheese, mace, and cornstarch. In a food processor, process soup, milk, and one tablespoon dry dill weed until smooth (do not reserve any vegetables). Ladle soup into soup bowls. Garnish each bowl of cauliflower soup with chopped fresh dill or parsley.
Fennel Bisque with Walnuts Recipe
Make Cauliflower Cheese Soup, submiting1 sliced leek or yellow onion, and 12 oz (360 g) sliced fennel bulbs for the cauliflower. Omit again Cheddar cheese, mace, and cornstarch. In a food processor, process soup, and milk until smooth. Finally, sprinkle each bowl of this yummy soup with crumbled blue cheese and toasted walnuts.
Creamy Turnip Soup Recipe
Substitute 12 oz (360 g) chopped turnips for the cauliflower and low-fat Swiss, Gouda, or Havarti cheese for Cheddar. Add 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves. Ladle into soup bowls. Serve hot.
Herbed Broccoli-Cauliflower Bisque Recipe
This easy and healthy soup is so delicious, you will want to make enough for the freezer.
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups (750 ml) chicken stock, 2 stalks frozen broccoli, thawed and coarsely chopped, 1/2 small head cauliflower, coarsely chopped, 1½ cups peeled and coarsely chopped potatoes, 1ccup thinly sliced green onions, 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves, 1 cup (250 ml) whole milk, divided, salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a slow cooker, combine all ingredients, except milk and seasoning. Cover cooker and cook on high-heat setting for 4-5 hours. In a food processor, process soup and 1 cup (250 ml) whole milk until smooth. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
Turn off slow cooker. Ladle soup into soup bowls. Serve hot with homemade croutons if desired.
Slow Cooker Cauliflower Cheese Soup Recipe
- 3½ cups (875 ml) low-sodium fat-free chicken broth
- 12 oz (360 g) cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1 large potato, peeled and cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) 2% reduced-fat milk
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 oz 990 g) shredded low-fat Cheddar cheese
- salt and gound white pepper
- ground mace for garnish
Step 1
In a slow cooker, combine broth, cauliflower, potato, onion, and garlic. Cover cooker and cook on high-heat setting for 3-4 hours.
Step 2
Using a slotted spoon, remove 1/2 of vegetables from the soup and reserve. In a food processor, puree remaining soup until smooth.
Step 3
Stir in reserved vegetables. Cover slow cooker and cook on high-heat setting for further 10 minutes.
Step 4
Stir in combined 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk and cornstarch, stirring 2-3 minutes. Add shredded Cheddar cheese and stir until cheese is melted. Season to taste with salt and white pepper.
Step 5
Turn off slow cooker. Ladle cauliflower cheese soup into soup bowls. Sprinkle each bowl with ground mace. Serve immediately.


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This months news round up from the Laois Sports Partnership covering a host of sporting activity across Laois
Portlaoise College students participate in Save the World Challenge Marathon Relay
36 students from Portlaoise College completed the marathon relay in a time of 2.23:01 so a huge thanks to all the participants and to their teachers for a tremendous effort.
Last year over 1,500 children representing 53 teams in 11 countries across the globe (Canada, China, France, Ireland, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Spain and the UK) completed the marathon relay challenge. This year the global organizers are hoping that teams from at least 30 countries will participate as children around the world run in solidarity to highlight the daily struggle that many face just to survive.
In 2011, Ireland was represented by two teams (a team from Tullamore and a team from Tallaght, South Dublin). This year 13 schools represented Ireland and representing Laois was Portlaoise College.
To add an extra dimension to events in Ireland, John Treacy lent his support to the challenge and the John Treacy Cup was presented to the first team of Irish children to complete the marathon relay challenge. The challenge was targeted at school teams of girls and boys aged 11-13 years old.
Are you making the most out of your fundraising events?
Calling all clubs and organizations interested in organising profitable fundraising events to attend our Workshop on 13th November in Heritage Hotel at 7.30pm, cost €10. Places limited so book early by contacting us on (057) 8671248 or email email@example.com.
The harsh economic truth facing everyone working in the community and voluntary sector is that while public donations to good causes are currently down, the need to fundraise has never been higher. Thus, running the most effective and profitable fundraising events possible if of paramount importance.
Our Organising Profitable Fundraising Events workshop will help you to fine tune and improve your event management skills by focusing on the following topics:
* Worked through a planned approach to organising events
* Considered 10 critical factors in event organisation
* Learned how to prepare effective sponsorship proposals
* Considered how to evaluate and learn from past events
* Generated some practical ideas for future events.
In these days of declining public donations, there is little doubt that we all need to really go that extra mile to achieve our goals. Attending this workshop will give you the crucial insight, information and inspiration that you need to make your fundraising events succeed.
Volunteer Workshop
Laois Sports Partnership invite all clubs to a free workshop on Tuesday 27th November in the Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise at 7.30pm in association with Volunteer Ireland. In the current economic climate volunteering is crucial to the sustainability of our clubs, community and voluntary groups.
This workshop will cover topics such as
* Volunteer recruitment and selection
* Volunteer training
* Volunteer induction
* Volunteer support and supervision
* Dealing with volunteer issues that arise
* Developing a volunteer policy
Places limited so book early by contacting us on (057) 8671248 or email email@example.com
Children's Officer Training
Recommendations from the Irish Sports Council are that every club involved with children and young people should appoint a Children's Officer.
This person should be child centred in focus and should have as their primary aim the establishment of a child centred ethos within the club. They are the link between the children and the adults in the club and also take responsibility for monitoring and reporting to the Club Management Committee on how club policy etc. impacts on children and their Sports Leaders.
The Children's Officer should have the following functions:
a) To promote awareness of the Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children's Sport in Ireland within the club and particularly among the children and their parents/guardians.
b) To influence policy and practice within the club in order to prioritise children's needs.
c) To provide an accessible resource to children through the creation of forums.
Participants must have completed the Irish Sports Council Code of Ethics training and places must be pre-booked with the sports partnership.
Next course scheduled for November so please register your interest in the course and we will contact with dates and venue.
Active Communities coming to Rathdowney
Have you an interest in seeing more people physically active in the community?
Laois Sports Partnership, working with a range of agencies, are offering the people of Rathdowney an opportunity to work with us on an Active Communities project.
Active Communities are those that make it easier for people in the community to include a high degree of physical activities in their daily lives.
They do this through such measures as:
Prioritising and facilitating walking, cycling and the use of public transport thereby minimising the need to use cars
Making it easier and safer for people to engage in greater levels of physical activities
Encouraging and promoting higher levels of physical activity within all strands / age groups in the community
Ensuring recreational, sporting facilities and natural resources are accessible, open to all, known to all, actively promoted and used.
Developing the confidence, skill and motivation for individuals to participate and become more active.
It is now widely accepted that the benefits of an active community are highlighted to positive effect in such key areas as Improved health, General wellbeing, Improved quality of life, Social involvement, Promotion of a sense of belonging.
These benefits are common across all members of an active community irrespective of such factors as age, gender, status or income levels.
Paul Corr, our Active Communities facilitator will be in contact in the next two weeks with individuals and groups to introduce the project and facilitator together with an introduction to and a brief outline of the project. The development process would involve the following steps
Individual consultations using appropriate methodologies
Community group facilitated consultation and audit using designed questionnaire
Initial plan development based on practical and realistic findings uncovered in the consultation process
Presentation of plan to Rathdowney groups to highlight findings, actions to be taken by them and support available
Linkage of local development initiatives into the county Development Plan
We would be delighted if you could participate in this beneficial community programme. If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact us on (057) 8671248.
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2017 Hyundai Elantra Debuts at 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show
LOS ANGELES – Hyundai officially unveiled the 2017 Hyundai Elantra at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show today. The redesigned sedan goes on sale early next year.
Visually, the new Elantra is a significant leap forward for Hyundai's compact sedan. Hyundai's "signature" hexagonal grille dominates the front end, along with dramatically angled headlights and vertical LED daytime running lights.
Apart from simply looking more grown up, the new Elantra feels more grown up thanks to more generous interior dimensions. Like the latest Honda Civic, the Elantra is technically classified as a midsize sedan by the EPA. It boasts 110.2 cubic feet of total interior volume compared with 103.9 for the compact Ford Focus and 108.7 for the Mazda 3. The Honda Civic (112.9 cubes) and Toyota Corolla (110.5) both best the Elantra in this regard.
Beyond simple space measurements, the Elantra has received similar interior treatments to those enjoyed by the Sonata. The dash design is wide, flat and clean without being bland. A large touchscreen dominates the center console (as with most cars these days), climate control functions are dedicated buttons and knobs, and the instrument panel features two dials.
Hyundai also went to work on the new chassis. The 2017 Elantra is lighter than the old one, even though it's nearly an inch longer and a full inch wider. Height and wheelbase are unchanged at 56.5 and 106.3 inches. High-strength steel was employed not only to lighten the chassis, but to help improve safety.
Hyundai is expecting the 2017 Elantra to receive Top Safety Pick+ status from IIHS and a five-star rating from NHTSA. Additional available safety features include automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, lane keeping assist, blind spot monitoring, cross-traffic alert, lane-change assist (that can "apply corrective steering assistance if necessary") and a rearview camera.
To go with the new bones and new skin come new engines. The base engine in the SE and Limited models is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder that cranks out 147 horsepower and 132 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a six-speed automatic transmission, it should earn fuel economy of 33 mpg in combined driving (29 city/38 highway) per Hyundai estimates.
The other engine is a 1.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that will debut on the Elantra Eco shortly after the car's release. This one makes 128 hp and 156 lb-ft of torque and is bolted to a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Hyundai estimates this combo will deliver 37 mpg in combined driving.
Edmunds says: Hyundai impresses once again with killer style, tons of features and solid fuel economy at what we guess will be a competitive price.


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Earlier today, TMZ Sports dropped a never before heard verse of LeBron James's rendition of the smash track from his big homie Jay Z and Rick Ross "#FuckWitMeYouKnowIGotIt" and, not too surprisingly, he wasn't terrible. Not sure if he'll be the next big thing at Roc Nation, but his bars were better than Kobe Bryant's and Tony Parker's .
King James then tweeted he'd be dropping a mixtape, but it is April Fools Day and no one really fell for it. But hey, if LeBron did do an All Star studded mixtape entitled "King Me," here's a list of rappers it'd be dope to hear him spit with.


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I have created this web site specifically for University of Colorado parents that would like to explore the opportunities to purchase housing for their child instead of paying rent for the 3-4 years the child is attending CU.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
C25K, Week 5 Day 5! "Couch to 5K"
Today was a pretty big milestone for me on the treadmill. It started out like every other day at the Gym. I got there and started walking on it very slowly as I got my set up ready. Got my phone, plugged in my headphones, turned on Pandora, and got ready to set the treadmill to run. As always I turn my C25K app on last. Today I was on Week 5, day 5, and I wondered what it had in store for me today. The longest I have ran without stopping since High School PE is 8 minutes. Which I only did two days prior. Today however, it said, walk 5-minutes, jog 20-minutes, walk 5-minutes to cool down. "20-minutes!!!" I thought, holy cow, I don't know if I can do that.
I decided I was going to do it. What I did was cover the board on the treadmill that shows time and speed, and flipped my phone upside down. I didn't want to think about the time, instead I started thinking about my day, my cars, and what I needed to do the upcoming weeks. The time flew by. I just ran and ran until I heard a ding in my ear. It was my app telling me my 20-minutes were up. I couldn't believe that I had just ran for 20-minutes. I know that ain't shit for a lot of people but for me it's a big deal.
I haven't looked at my phone to see what the next week will bring on my way to running a 5k without stopping, but I can honestly say that after today, I'm really looking forward to it.
Today I ran for 2.31-miles and burned 398-calories
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