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This shot, captured by Marski2009 at lunchtime and posted on our Flickr site clearly shows the remaining bird on the nest ledge to be number 008. All the rest are doing fine, having led everyone a merry dance by making us wonder which individual bird they are. As someone on Derby Cathedral Green said - "they're doing fine, so does it matter?" Maybe not, but its been fun and exhausting trying to keep track of them today! Once again, our thanks to the Watchpoint volunteers for manning the telescopes and chatting to so many interested passers-by.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Thursday 11th updates
This shot, captured by Marski2009 at lunchtime and posted on our Flickr site clearly shows the remaining bird on the nest ledge to be number 008. All the rest are doing fine, having led everyone a merry dance by making us wonder which individual bird they are. As someone on Derby Cathedral Green said - "they're doing fine, so does it matter?" Maybe not, but its been fun and exhausting trying to keep track of them today! Once again, our thanks to the Watchpoint volunteers for manning the telescopes and chatting to so many interested passers-by.
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Glad that the Tiddler has been found, been worried about him all night!
Thanks for the update.
- 11 June 2009 at 10:09
Congratulations to this website for scoring 400,000 hits so far.
Just 3 weeks ago I was online when it turned to 300,000 and 100,000 hits in 3 weeks just shows how wonderful the site is.
Derby should be proud of its team who look after the site.
- 11 June 2009 at 10:15
- Karen Anne said...
Great news about 008!
Trying to get straight the fledging order, is this right?
010 female, third born, accidental fledge
008 male, first born
011 male, last born
009 female still in nest box, second born
That's about what would be expected, isn't it? Given that the females are so much heavier, so their fledging is usually behind the males?
- 11 June 2009 at 10:36
Hey, so it's 009 still unflown? (I'm way too nervous to use the "F" - for fledged - word) I have a soft spot for that one in particular because I bought a "fluffy chick being ringed" photo of it at the Bank Holiday Watchpoint. I think the whole fledging (sorry!) episode is massively stressful - exciting but stressful. I agree that this project and the people who work on it are brilliant ambassadors for their city.
- 11 June 2009 at 10:38
Great to have the multi-view back, now that two of them are up top. And can I add my thanks to the whole of the Derby team for this project, I've glued since the start..
- 11 June 2009 at 10:41
Thanks for putting multiview on again, I was going to ask... Good to see parent and young together on pudding cam! I wonder which one it is?
11 June 2009 10:29
EDIT: She has just walked closer to the cam so I think it might be female 010.
11 June 2009 10:31
Oh no I am wrong it is two youngsters on the pudding cam!
- 11 June 2009 at 10:41
- Project Member (Derby Museum) said...
That sounds right, to me, Karen Ann.
I think we need to publish a master list of all the birds that have been raised here since 2006, though in all cases we have no formal confirmation if any survived past their first year.
Thanks for the Team compliments, folks.
- 11 June 2009 at 10:44
Oh my! Are they chicks up on the pudding cam?
- 11 June 2009 at 10:45
@ Anon
They certainly are, aren't they just wonderful ?!!!
- 11 June 2009 at 10:48
They are beautiful, and I was beginning to think I wouldn't see them again, since I cannot get to the watchpoint.
- 11 June 2009 at 10:56
LOL and now one of them is giving me a close-up of their 'best side'
- 11 June 2009 at 11:04
11.03 lovely shot of one of the young peering right into the pud cam!!
- 11 June 2009 at 11:05
So had it not been for the unintentional launch by #010 we'd have had the two boys off first even though #011 is the baby of the family.
#010 would probably still be biding her time with #009 had that gust of wind not happened. Is there an ornithologist in the house who can comment on gender related first solo flight timing?
- 11 June 2009 at 11:09
- Joy said...
Oh I do feel sorry for the one left although he can still see two others.It has been brilliant and thanks to everyone for all your hard work.
Can someone explain to a silver surfer what'lol' means. Is it a new language?
Once more thanks to the team.
- 11 June 2009 at 11:16
I thought that 008 was the youngest.
- 11 June 2009 at 11:19
I thought #08 was the Tiddler too. I was so happy that he had been spotted this morning.
LOL >>> laugh out loud
- 11 June 2009 at 11:21
@ Joy
laugh out loud
- 11 June 2009 at 11:22
The last one can't actually see the other two as they are above him.
- 11 June 2009 at 11:24
My cousin uses "lol" to mean "lots of love". She texted me once to tell me that a family member had died and ended it "lol". Was a while before I realised!!!
- 11 June 2009 at 11:26
@ Julie
That gave me a good lol.
- 11 June 2009 at 11:34
Thanks for the compliments folks.....all the IT maintenance and webcam and blog set-up work is down to Nick M - so he must take the credit single handedly for that. The rest of us fill in here and there....Tony has been brilliant at getting the cathedral on board over four years and, of course, in the process has become addicted himself!
Further to the midday update just put on the blog, it looks like one of the two up above must have flown and moved elsewhere....
They lead us a merry dance!
Nick B (DWT)
- 11 June 2009 at 13:20
We've just looked at the peregrines on top of the tower. One of them was sitting on the camera. We saw its wing hanging down. What a surprise! The other peregrine was flapping its wings on the scrape - we got all excited because we thought it was going to fly!!
- 11 June 2009 at 13:30
So thats it then, for another season. Its been absolutely brilliant watching these magnificent birds throughout the whole process. My thanks and a job well done to the project team, the helpers, the techies for brining the pictures to my pc. I was hooked on this all the time to the point that some of my important things which needed taking care of took the back burner.
- 11 June 2009 at 13:33
Brilliant Tony? It is o8 in the tray!
- 11 June 2009 at 13:37
Did I just see 008 on the ring of the chick still in the scrape?
- 11 June 2009 at 13:38
Just off to take a sick cat to the vets - please hold any more excitement until I get back .....
- 11 June 2009 at 13:40
Pix on flickr of oo8 in the tray.
- 11 June 2009 at 13:43
The camera in the scrape just zoomed in – does it have some wire/thread tangled round its right foot?
- 11 June 2009 at 13:44
- Karen Anne said...
It does look from the flicker picture "It is 008 in the tray!" that there is something on the right foot.
Darn, I hope not. This is why I am terribly careful about not leaving anything outside animals can get caught in.
I hope if something is there, 008 can get it off.
- 11 June 2009 at 14:02
- Roger (AT) said...
@ Karen Anne:
I think you are right about the flying order, but not about the boy's ages. I quote from earlier Blog.
This is Colin's who's who of our ringed peregrine family:
011 Tiercel (male) Oldest
009 Falcon (female)
010 Falcon (female)
008 Tiercel (male) Youngest
and as you say the flight order
010 Falcon (Tue 9th 14:30 by accident, lately reported on West side of tower)
008 Tiercel (Wed 10th ~16:40 youngest - landed on nave, then low roof)
011 Tiercel (Thu 11th 07:00 oldest - flew up to tower to join 008)
009 Falcon (not yet flown)
I really hope I am right this time!
- 11 June 2009 at 14:24
Roger, the one in the tray has just been shown to be 008 during a close-up. Pic posted on Flickr
- 11 June 2009 at 14:31
- Karen Anne said...
Seem to be two in the nestbox now, cuddled up and sleeping. It's been a tiring few days for the peregrine family! And the human family :-)
- 11 June 2009 at 14:35
- Karen Anne said...
So, has everybody flown now? I'm getting confused.
- 11 June 2009 at 14:36
- Roger (AT) said...
Ha Ha What fun.
So the identification of 008 being the second to fly, and spotted on the low roof was wrong?
I guess that 008 and 009 can easily be confused.
- 11 June 2009 at 14:37
Yes there must have been confusion with the ID of 008, wish I could have read the ring myself.
re: wire round foot -
I will look through my photos to see any evidence of wire round 008's right foot, I really hope not!
I have one photo where he appeared to stumble whilst flapping but that could just be the 6second delay.
- 11 June 2009 at 14:46
I think the team also changed their ID of the one on the low roof as 010, but who knows any more??
- 11 June 2009 at 14:50
The fun is not over yet not by a long shot. There will be many opportunities for some great shots especially from the pud. cam. I got some last year but did not know how to crop, post etc. Strange things appearing in the sky I thought one was a balloon ride and often see the peregrines bringing in food and eating right by the cam. Then there is the last one to fly, that's when it gets really sad. But don't give up watching yet. Great Photo's on the pool from lots of folks.
- 11 June 2009 at 15:04
- Roger (AT) said...
So all we know for 100% sure is that 010 was the first to fly, and that 008 is in the platform right now.
I guess we will need some photos and expert interpretation from the guys on the spot to fill in the hazy bits.
I wonder if Colin or Wayne got any helpful shots that help with ring numbers or even gender?
- 11 June 2009 at 15:07
It makes more sense if 008 is still in the tray as it usually stayed behind the others, I think, when they perched on the edge - until the excitement when 010 fell.
- 11 June 2009 at 15:17
- Karen Anne said...
Here's a link to the worrying maybe wire photo:
- 11 June 2009 at 15:19
Karen, I don't think he has been out of the tray to pick anything up, has he?
- 11 June 2009 at 15:30
I don't think there is wire round his foot, the dark lines seen look like shadows from the gravel. I have checked my photos and can't see anything to prove otherwise.
Lets hope they can zoom in again when appropriate to double check.
- 11 June 2009 at 15:32
- Roger (AT) said...
it looked more like a piece of grass on the leg that he was nibbling at.
- 11 June 2009 at 15:33
Fantastic photo of 008. How did you take it?
- 11 June 2009 at 15:34
The credit is not mine, I simply took advantage of whoever it was at the monitor in the tower (Tony?)that zoomed in. I was watching the webcam at the right time and took a screenshot!
- 11 June 2009 at 16:09
Mega confusion reigns about which bird did what and when.....and I apologise for my part in all that!
The main thing of course is that we keep track of all four birds and are ready to rescue any that do come down to ground. Perhaps they are all OK-fliers now.....only time will tell.
Once they get better at flying no doubt,as in previous years, some will make it back to the tray...so although the photo definitely shows the one remaining there now to be 008 it could just be that this is the bird that flew second and has now returned and 009 has indeed left the tray....ie all of them have made at least one flight.
Fun and games for sure!
Nick B
- 11 June 2009 at 16:11
It is very hard work trying to track all the birds (if only we had wings)they certainly know how to get us all running round!
Well done to all concerned, they are working very hard to try to get the information across to everyone.
- 11 June 2009 at 16:19
I can see plucking on the pudding cam near the waterspout.
- 11 June 2009 at 16:23
- Roger (AT) said...
The juvenile on the ledge shows great interest in the pudding-cam.
I was too late to get a screenshot.
I guess the poor parents must be doing a "Meals on Wings" delivery service - until the youngsters get confidence with flying.
- 11 June 2009 at 16:48
pax Canada
2 on the pudding cam, looks like the one is thinking "so this is what mum saw from up here" :-)
- 11 June 2009 at 17:20
- Karen Anne said...
What's going on in the nestbox? I've been watching for several minutes, and can't figure out if it's a prolonged preening, having a snack, or working at the hopefully non-existent wire.
- 11 June 2009 at 17:42
@Karen Anne @Roget AT
I was watching when the zoom in happened, which showed the close up of the #08 ring on the bird. The particularly interesting shots came either just before the pic KA linked to, or just after – I can't remember. It just looked like there was something – could have been wire, thread or even a hair, entangled in the right foot. It may have been a stray something lying in the tray and for a second it got picked up in the talons. Whatever, it was certainly there.
Anyway, I'm sure it'll get sorted.
I wonder if Nick Brown DWT is right – they are messing around, swapping positions, just to confuse us!
- 11 June 2009 at 18:21
Nick Brown, you're an absolute angel, keeping us all informed AND trying to keep track of those little comedians. God bless you and all the team x
- 11 June 2009 at 18:45
- Roger (AT) said...
Hi RJ,
Thanks for the extra info - I missed the zoom, dratted work interfered!
I have been waiting for the little perisher to hop onto the diagonal bar and show a clear view of his feet. He is remarkably idle, which makes me think he has not yet flown.
I found it a bit implausible to think that the youngest, least developed and least adventurous should fly FIRST. (Number 10's flight clearly being accidental).
Siblings 09 and 11 looked far more ready, with strong wing excercises and the disappearing trick up onto the webcam support.
Tiddler the Terrible has not shown much inclination to fly, and Saturday seems to me a bit more likely than tomorrow. (Just to prove me wrong, I expect the rascal to fly in the next 5 minutes).
- 11 June 2009 at 18:45
- Karen Anne said...
Well, if there is something tangled, and 008 hasn't flown yet, perhaps when he does he will have to be picked up in the box and his foot can be checked then.
- 11 June 2009 at 19:11
@Roger AT
Logic and Nature! They are truly working to their own timings, little devils.
If the first possible 'true' flight was on the 9th (just after the accidental one), logic would dictate that that would be the oldest, so the last would be the youngest (gender notwithstanding etc) and 4/5 days later. (The first three hatched a couple of days apart - first two on the same day if I recall - but the last was about that time gap). So, that would be sometime this weekend, as you said. Thing is, that's not how its gone so far, as far as I can work out – standby for take off..
- 11 June 2009 at 19:13
- Roger (AT) said...
@ Karen Ann:
I just got a reasonable screenshot, and the foot appears normal and unencumbered with any debris. Pic 304 on Flickr.
Mum has just delivered food to the platform, and left him too it.
The webcam view is totally blocked by a youngster who appears to be polishing the lens! Whichever Juvie it is seems to flying back and forth quite nicely.
- 11 June 2009 at 19:17
- Roger (AT) said...
mmm finger and brain coordination trouble!
Sorry for mis-spelling Karen Anne, and I do know my too from to and two !
- 11 June 2009 at 19:23
- Phoebe said...
I looked at your picture Roger and his foot looks clear now so even if he did have something on it it has now gone.
- 11 June 2009 at 19:41
- Phoebe said...
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- 11 June 2009 at 19:55
- Phoebe said...
I have just sorted out a pic of 008 a few moments before the zooming, his foot looks okay to me.
Pic on flickr.
- 11 June 2009 at 19:56
Me and my class have been watching these peregrine falcons
developed from the eggs,
to the sort of young adult and we all find it fascinating
- 11 June 2009 at 20:14
- Project Member (Derby Museum) said...
Hi Cebo
Glad to hear your class have enjoyed watching our peregrines. Was this just for a bit of fun, or did you do any classroom lesson activities based around our birds?
Without giving us any personal details, I'd love to know what year/age your class are and where your school is. Perhaps you're right here in the middle of Derby, or maybe the other side of the world?
- 11 June 2009 at 20:35
All 4 chicks were on the cathedral this evening (8.15) They are becoming more confident flyers but still cannot reach the nest platform.
- 11 June 2009 at 20:38
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to view the peregrines, I have watched all the stages and feel that I have been privledged to see this wonderous event. I have never seen anything quite lie it in all my 52 years. It has been compulsive veiwing, far better that the X factor and Britain's Got Talent!I pray everything goes well (I feel like I'm their Nana), I can't wait to see what happens next year. Thank you all once again. Carole (Glossop, Derbys)
- 11 June 2009 at 20:57
- Roger (AT) said...
The falcon has brought more food to the platform, and is preparing it there.
Much wing flapping from Juvie by the webcam.
- 11 June 2009 at 21:17
- Phoebe said...
she didn't seem to give him much food there, maybe tomorrow will be 'his day', she will try to tempt him off the ledge with food. I am hoping to get over tomorrow but knowing how they play us up, he will be gone before I even wake!
- 11 June 2009 at 21:38
- Phoebe said...
Did anyone else just see what looked like a leg dangling over the pudding cam?
- 11 June 2009 at 21:52
- Karen Anne said...
Thanks, Roger, I feel like the "there are only three!" people before the four were ready to fledge :-) Parental paranoia :-)
- 11 June 2009 at 22:15
I apologise if I set alarm bells going with the 'tangled foot' thing. Seems from what I've read, all is ok. Still thought I saw something!
Question for the Team/Colin: It seems that once the bird makes the first flight, they also exhibit 'adult' behaviour in more ways than one. The #08 still in the scrape is sleeping lying down, but from what I can see, the ones up top are upright. Is this opportunity (somewhere to actually lie down) or a rite of passage? If one flew back to the scrape, would it revert to a lie down?
- 11 June 2009 at 23:35
One of the ones up top has been lying down tonight, and last night the two in the tray spent some of the time apparently sleeping standing up. It's probably more of a gradual transition.
- 11 June 2009 at 23:46
pax Canada
2 on the pudding cam, one in the nest, and one on the ledge below the nest
- 12 June 2009 at 02:15
- Roger (AT) said...
One of the two pudding cam juveniles disappeared from view just after 5am, the other is patrolling the ledge.
The youngster in the platform, is looking very alert as he perches on the edge, but does only the infrequent wing flap.
Thanks Chris, for letting us know that all 4 youngsters were somewhere on the cathedral building by late yesterday.
It looks like lovely flying weather this morning - so ... - ... will he? or won't he?
- 12 June 2009 at 05:16
- Roger (AT) said...
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- 12 June 2009 at 05:35
- Roger (AT) said...
#8 has really woken up now, and is very busy flying from one side of the platform to the other.
Up by the pudding cam the juveniles are flying from groteque to water-spout to ledge, and an additional tail can be seen next to the camera.
- 12 June 2009 at 05:39
- Terry, Herts UK said...
Mum has just been feeding one of the juvies, up on pudding cam. She then flew off, leaving her (?) to feed herself from the remaining prey.
- 12 June 2009 at 06:01
Were there two in the tray last night? Has one taken a visit back to see 008?
Still just 008 in the tray, I hope he doesn't fly before I get there today...
- 12 June 2009 at 07:42
Hi Phoebe,
I was replying to RJ about sleeping positions (lying or sitting) and commenting on the previous night (Wed night) when there were 2 left in the tray and they spent some time sleeping on their feet.
2 in the tray last evening (THUR) when falcon came to feed. She looked at least twice the size of the young one.
- 12 June 2009 at 09:29
- Ruth Z said...
Looks like the nest in empty, but is Tiddler hiding somehwere, trying to fool me?
- 12 June 2009 at 14:42


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PROVO, Utah (AP) Two members of Brigham Young's football team have been suspended from the team and withdrawn from school amid an investigation into an assault at a Provo restaurant.
Head coach Bronco Mendenhall announced in a statement that senior defensive back Joe Sampson and sophomore linebacker Zac Stout have been suspended for violating team rules. Both players have withdrawn from BYU (5-4) and will not return this season.
Sampson started eight games this year at safety and had 33 tackles. Stout appeared in one game at inside linebacker and had one tackle.
The Provo Police Department said Friday it was investigating the alleged assault that was reported early the morning of Nov. 1. The department said there were allegations that members of the football team were involved.
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As we made our way to the Florida Keys last year for our honeymoon, Sherill and I saw some equipment running in the fields nearby. Farm guy that I am, I had to stop and see what they were doing. It would have been rude of me not to stop and observe my dirt brethren.
The machines and the crop they were harvesting were not familiar to me. Well, the tractors were, but that was about it. The rest of the hardware turned out to be sugar cane harvesting equipment. It looked to be good-sized, but the equipment didn't have enormous heads to harvest multiple rows per pass like we do in the Corn Belt. These machines were only taking one or two rows per pass. They dumped their product into wagons trailing beside them. Those wagons then filled semis parked in another area.
I decided to follow a truck to see where they were going with all of this stuff. We pulled into a large processing plant and found an office building near the entrance. A sign on the door said that tours of the operation were available through the Clewiston Chamber of Commerce.
I called the Clewiston Chamber of Commerce the next business day. The friendly lady told me that they host tours of the sugar cane harvesting, as well as the sugar processing operations. The tours lasted about four or five hours and cost about $40, which included lunch and bus transportation.
It sounded like a great idea. I love behind-the-scenes stuff like that.
One small catch. The sugar tours in Clewiston, Fla., are very popular. Reservations need to be made a couple weeks in advance.
That's when I made a mental note: "Book a tour early the next time you go to Florida."
That mental note was retrieved and acted upon in a timely manner this year. A call was made and two spots were booked for a Sugarland Tour while we were in central Florida. The day's events begin at 9:45, so we booked a room at the Clewiston Inn to allow us to be leisurely travelers.
We arrived at the Clewiston Inn in the heart of "America's Sweetest Town" fairly late the night before our tour. Sherill and I got down to the far end of the building and unlocked the door to our deluxe room. It reminded me a bit of a college dorm room on the first day you're allowed on campus. The bed was not assembled. There was a distinct smell of fresh paint and varnish in the air. It was a bit stark.
Huh. Turned out we'd gotten a kit room — a do-it-yourselfer.
I was in no mood to build my own resting place for the night, so I went to the front desk and reviewed the concept with the clerk. She had another room in mind, which was a suite. We made our way to the other end of the second floor and found our next option to be a lot better than the first one. The bed was not only assembled, it had sheets and blankets on it and everything. True Southern Comfort.
The next morning, we made our way to the Clewiston Chamber of Commerce. We joined our fellow tourists and went to a room to watch a video about all things Clewiston. Our host for the day was a retired gentleman by the name of Hunter. The video we watched was part of a Florida Public Television program about Clewiston and the sugar industry. Hunter, as it turns out, was a featured interviewee in the documentary. Based on his appearance in the video and his appearance in the room that morning, I'd guess the documentary may have been produced during the Clinton administration.
Hunter then took us out to our awaiting chariot for the tour — a small bus with a capacity of 24 people, and we made our way out to the countryside. Hunter drove us down some dirt/gravel roads and showed us a few different machines in operation. One thing we had noticed on our way to Clewiston the day before was that there seemed to be a lot of fires going on in a rather random fashion. You'd be driving along and suddenly see a square mile of land on fire. The flames on some of those fires appeared to be 15 to 20 feet in the air. Then the next several square miles would be bare. A few miles later, another cloud of smoke would appear.
Hunter said that sugar harvest typically runs from October through March or April. They set the fields on fire to get rid of some of the undergrowth before harvesting. It makes the process easier, since they don't have to harvest and transport the leaves and other growth that won't create sugar. In the old days before mechanical harvesting, burning the fields was also a good way to get rid of various critters roaming the fields.
Hunter took us to a field that was ready to harvest. He got out of the bus and invited us to follow him to the field. But we had to be careful of the adjoining water areas. You never know when a snake or a gator may saunter up next to you.
The sugar cane was about 10 or 12 feet tall. Hunter pulled out a big machete and sliced off a couple stalks of cane. Then he removed some of the leaves and got down to just the stalk. He carved off a couple hunks and sort of dissected them for us so we could see the inner workings of a sugar cane plant. The sap and the fleshy tissue in the center was where all the good stuff resides. Hunter got his machete and proceeded to slice a couple of stalks into inch-long pieces for us. We were then told to put it in our mouths and chew on it.
Sure enough, it tasted like those hypoglycemia events from childhood where someone would take a drink and pour some pure sugar into it for me to get me back to even. I haven't been afraid of sugar, and I certainly haven't avoided it in my life to this point, but you don't really appreciate its true value until you eat it raw!
We got to watch some of the harvesters as they went through the field. The machines would cut the stalk off the plant and then chop it into pieces about a foot long. Those pieces were then fed via conveyor to a set of wagons traveling next to the harvester. Each of the two wagons had a hydraulic hoist on it. The tractors would pull the loaded wagons to a point in the field and either dump them into waiting semis or into waiting railcars if the rail line was close by. If the field was next to the rail line, a giant concrete loading ramp was constructed so that the tractors would pull the wagons up the ramp and then hit the hoist to tilt the wagons to one side and dump their load into the railcars. It was beyond slick.
Another stop took us to the processing plant where they turn the sugar cane into pure sugar. The sugar manufacturing process isn't dainty and it isn't done in a sterile lab. They're not making computer chips at this outfit. Everything seemed to have sort of a grayish-brown cast to it. There were railcars of sugar cane getting unloaded into hoppers and conveyors. There was a lot of spillage. To clean it up, there were several skid loaders all over the place. They'd scrape up piles of cane and piles of spilled sugar and dump them into whatever transfer device was closest. It certainly wasn't the sanitary conditions you'd see in a hospital, or even a packing plant, for that matter.
Next, Hunter steered our bus into a warehouse so we could have a look. The whole complex was a bit deceiving, perspective-wise, what with all the trucks and big buildings around. It seemed like kind of a big building, but it was hard to tell for sure. Then we got inside and found out how big the place really was. Sitting on top of sort of a shelf of sugar, halfway up the pile, was a full-sized construction track hoe with an enormous bucket on it. Raw sugar was being dumped from a conveyor overhead. The track hoe was then picking up bucket loads of sugar and dumping them onto the pile behind it in such a way that 98.5% of the useable space was taken. The track hoe was probably 12 to 15 feet in the air, on top of the shelf it had built for itself to get the raw sugar from the floor to the very top of the ceiling in the warehouse. The track hoe ultimately reached another 15 to 20 feet above that with every stretch of its boom to dump another bucket of sugar.
At that moment, my insulin pump didn't chirp. It whimpered.
I made another mental note. On my next trip to Florida, I'm bringing a spare spoon. Maybe even a shovel. I'll be packing an extra bag just for insulin, too.
If I trade him some Prime Iowa steaks, maybe Hunter would let me take a leap into the mountain of sugar with my giant spoon. Get the IVs ready, Sherill. We may need to mainline the insulin for this. I feel a "Predicted High" coming on!
Guy No. 2


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During the past few years, health club leaders turned inward. Given the pressures from the recession and some unwanted additional competition, club owners shifted their attention to the fundamentals of operations and retention, which led to retention improvement for many. They did a better job of "selling" internal club programs and services. Hence, ancillary revenue has been increasing. Getting new people to join has still been a challenge, with slight improvements but no consistent pattern of increases. In general, club leaders are more optimistic in 2011 about their operations and bottom lines.
During these past years, great attention was placed on daily, weekly and monthly metrics. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) margins leveled off. Debt and equity funding was difficult. New club growth was often put on hold. But now is the time to start examining the future of the industry and, more specifically, the future as it affects your organization.
Your club's leadership team needs to start thinking beyond 2011 toward 2012, maybe even looking out three to five years, and to contemplate some of the greater issues for their future. Is the local market growing? If so, which segments? Where are the underserved elements of the market today? Can our club fill them? What types of clubs are likely future competitors? How do we defend against them in advance? What do we need to do to have a physical plant that meets our future needs? What type of capital do we need to grow? What changes must be made in our organizational structure? How should we market and sell in the future? What systems improvements do we need? How can we better serve our members? The list of questions goes on.
As we contemplate the coming years, let's address some likely changes, trends and realities.
Staff will need to be more educated to meet the needs of older adults, the medical issues of members and the future demands of insurance companies for future tie-ins. Operations will be overhauled due to advances in technology, which will affect all aspects of the club. From marketing to selling, programming, registering and communication, club operators will need to change the underpinnings of their currently limited technological platforms. Real member-to-staff or member-to-club communication and the reverse will be the norm. And member-to-member dialog will be the norm, creating real communities. Internet advances will help the club organize its staff with better and more efficient communication and training. Better tools, dashboards and analyses will allow the club to operate more efficiently, consistently and timely.
The market will likely see the 60-plus age market expand, forcing club owners to make changes to woo and service it. The industry will learn how to attract a higher percentage of minorities and with greater community affiliations. Finally, club owners will learn how to serve the 5- to 14-year-olds year round and help address the childhood obesity problem.
More segmentation will occur, forcing the positioning of clubs away from the plain-vanilla facilities with no clear points of differentiation. This process will be pressured with greater competition from a variety of other facilities, including university fitness centers, corporate fitness centers and, to a lesser extent, member-owned private clubs, municipal recreation centers, nonprofits and medical fitness centers.
Marketing will benefit from connections with insurance companies and their suburban base in greater ways than previously contemplated. Medical referrals with a systematic pattern of physician-directed introductions to clubs will likely develop. Programming changes will lead to increased levels of in-club spending (beyond the regular dues), a much greater set of small-group exercise offerings, a packaged set of nutritional services, a continuance of the development of functional fitness activities, an increase in the variety of programs (including some aimed at nonmembers and different audiences), an increasing emphasis on the use of existing space and more employer-packaged programs, along with a variety of wellness educational offerings.
All financial pundits have projected a meaningful consolidation in this industry. It has not yet happened, but it will. Those who see the future and make plans to take advantage of it will flourish.
Rick Caro is president of Management Vision Inc., a consulting company that serves the club industry. The company focuses on market analyses, valuations, member surveys, club finances, expert witness testimony and operational analyses.


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When the Ravens' 2012 draft class takes the field Friday for the start of a three-day rookie mini-camp in Owings Mills, everybody will be accounted for and newly signed.
The Ravens made sure of that Thursday, reaching an agreement with three more draft picks, including their top selection, Alabama linebacker Courtney Upshaw.
The Ravens also struck deals with third-round pick Bernard Pierce, a running back from Temple and sixth-rounder Tommy Streeter, a wide receiver out of Miami on Thursday. In doing so, they wrapped up their eight-man 2012 draft class, and became the first team in the NFL to finalize agreements with all of their picks.
The normally convoluted process was accelerated this thanks to the new collective bargaining agreement which created a wage scale and slotting systemand left little room for negotiation. The process worked out for the Ravens, who are going to need several of their rookies to play prominent roles immediately.
Upshaw, who was taken in the second round with the 35th overall pick, is one of those players. He reported to the team facility Thursday, took a physical and signed a four-year deal worth as much as $5.3 million with nearly $3.6 million guaranteed. He was the highest second rounder to agree to terms.
"I just want to come in and produce and I am very happy and honored to be part of this defense," said Upshaw during a news conference the day after he was drafted. "I wouldn't want it any other way [than] to be here."
Upshaw's selection was viewed more as a luxury than a necessity because the Ravens had bigger needs on the offensive line. However, that outlook changed when the Ravens learned the day after they took Upshaw that star linebacker Terrell Suggs suffered a significant Achilles' injury during a workout.
Suggs had surgery Tuesday to repair a partial tear and is expected to miss a good part — if not all — of the 2012 season. Upshaw, who already was expected to occupy a significant role in his rookie season because of Jarret Johnson's departure in free agency, is now a favorite to start at one of the outside linebacker spots with fourth-year pro Paul Kruger the front runner for the other.
Upshaw, who is 6-foot-1 and 272 pounds, played in 50 games over his four-year Alabama career, registering 140 career tackles and 16 1/2 sacks. He had his best season in 2011, starting 12 of 13 games and making 51 tackles, including 17 for losses, 8 1/2 sacks and one interception.
Pierce, who left Temple after his junior season, racked up 1,481 rushing yards and a school-record 27 touchdowns. The 6-foot, 220-pound back joins a young backfield that includes Ray Rice, Anthony Allen and Damien Berry. The Ravens say they are content with that group after Ricky Williams retired early in the offseason. Rice said Monday that he is looking forward to taking on that leadership role.
"Just add him to the mix," Rice said about Pierce. "One thing about the running back position, we know one guy can't take the whole load. Him coming in, hopefully he'll contribute right away."
Streeter is expected to compete with Tuesday-acquisition Jacoby Jones and second-year players LaQuan Williams and Tandon Doss for the third and fourth wide receiver spots.
Streeter, who is 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, ran a 4.40 40-yard dash at the NFL combine and worked out this offseason with Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, emerged as the Hurricanes' top receiver this past season, hauling in 46 receptions for 811 yards and eight touchdowns.
NOTE: Pro Bowl right guard Marshal Yanda, who signed a five-year, $32.5-million contract less than 10 months ago, restructured the deal this week to give the Ravens more salary cap space to accommodate the addition of wide receiver/kick returner Jacoby Jones and nose tackle Ryan McBean. The Ravens converted $3.8 million of his scheduled $4.5 million based salary into a signing bonus, creating $2.8 million in salary cap space.
Sun staff writer Matt Vensel contributed to this article


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Fresco comes to life at CSB campus
Faculty, students and staff gathered at Saint Benedict's Monastery Sacred Heart Chapel Friday, Dec. 10, to recreate the famous painting "School of Athens" by Renaissance master Raphael. The "living picture" was the brainchild of Tony Cunningham, a philosophy professor at CSB and SJU. Tony and his wife Mickey came up with the idea over the summer and have been planning the recreation and recruiting participants throughout fall semester.
Among those who volunteered their talents for the project was Saint Ben's President MaryAnn Baenninger, who played the role of Hypatia. In all, 39 faculty, students and staff worked together to create the "tableau vivant" (living picture).
Take a look at the video to see the entire process (be sure to have your volume up):
List of participants:
Richard Albares, faculty
Alison Davis, student
Henry Jakubowski, faculty
Joe DesJardins, vice provost
Steve Wagner, faculty
Jennifer Galovich, faculty
Thomas Brossart, student
David Malone, staff
MaryAnn Baenninger, president
Ernie Diedrich, faculty
Robert Lennon, student
Avidan Tabak, student
Corbin Cleary, student
Tim Robinson, faculty
Br. Dennis Beach, faculty
Richard Ice, faculty
Pat Sitzer, student
Tom Sibley, faculty
Derek Larson, faculty
Scott Richardson, faculty
Matt Callahan, faculty
Isaac Meyer, student
James McLean, student
Laura Schmitz, staff
Steve Saupe, faculty
James Darcy, student
Jack Somers, student
Emily Huber, student
Carolyn Bowie, student
Norma Koetter, staff
Christina Shouse Tourino, faculty
David Wolf, student
Ben Seefeldt, student
Rita Allen, student
Brad Carstens, student
Aaron Sinner, student
Br. David Paul Lange, faculty
Children also pictured:
Madison Schmitz
Alexa Winter
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Spottswoode's Lindy Novak at L&N Wine Bar & Bistro in Louisville

When wine makers visit
Just about everyone who gets seriously into wine knows the feeling of staring thirstily at reports about rare and expensive wines that don't fit into our budget for everyday enjoyment, or perhaps into our budget at any time at all.
Is there any practical way to satisfy this hopeless craving? Well, maybe. If you live in at least a middle-sized city, the chances are good that a wine maker or winery representative with a suitcase full of samples will come through from time to time on a sales and publicity mission.
Although having a job in the wine business or as a wine writer certainly gives you a leg up on access to wine maker tastings, it may surprise you to learn that there are plenty of opportunities for "civilians" at such events.
Wine makers often partner with local restaurants for special tasting dinners and programs, and while there's typically a fee for these events to cover the cost of dinner, the chances are that the toll won't be any more than you'd pay for dinner there anyway, even without a taste of sought-after wine.
Better still, for the thrifty, wine maker visits often feature free tastings at a local wine shop, where you can meet and mingle, talk to the visiting dignitary and taste small samples of the wines.
It's not hard to find out about such events, if you keep your eyes open. Tasting dinners may be listed in local newspaper or online calendars of events or the international Website http://www.localwineevents.com . For news of wine shop tastings, just watch for posters at your favorite retailer - or ask the staff what's coming up.
This process has worked well for me in the past couple of weeks. In Friday's Wine Advisor, it was my pleasure to taste - and to pass along to you - the impressive Gerard Rachet Burgundies. Last week I was back at Louisville's L&N Wine Bar & Bistro again to taste the outstanding wines of Napa Valley's Spottswood Winery with the winery's national marketing rep (and family member) Lindy Novak.
Briefly told, Spottswoode is a historic Napa property in St. Helena, currently celebrating the 125th anniversary of its establishment as a winery by George Schonewald, who built a Victorian home on the property and opened it as a winery in 1882. Mrs. Albert Spotts bought the winery and changed its name to Spottswoode in 1910, and remained in residence until Jack and Mary Weber Novak bought it from her in 1972. The first Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon was produced in 1982, the winery's 100th anniversary. Jack died in the 1980s, and the winery is now owned and operated by Mary Novak and her daughters Beth and Lindy. With wine maker Jennifer Williams and consulting wine maker Rosemary Cakebread, assistant wine maker Aron Weinkauf, the only male on the staff, may sometimes feel a bit outnumbered at winery bull sessions.
Producing only estate-grown wines and recipients of many award and much critical acclaim, Spottswoode was a Napa pioneer in organic farming and has been certified organic since 1990. It releases just three wines each year: Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon, Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc and a recent addition, Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon, which is made of fruit from younger vines.
Spottswoode ranks high among my California Cabernet favorites for its elegance and style, consistently showing a sense of place and vintage without succumbing to the blockbusterish gobs-of-fruit siren song that has lured so many of its neighbors into excess.
Because of the demand, Spottswoode wines are primarily available only to members of the winery mailing list, although it does turn up occasionally at retail. For more details and information on the winery and its wines, see the Spottswood Website,
Here are my notes from the tasting:
Spottswoode 2005 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc
This fine Sauvignon Blanc is a very pale gold color, but everything else about it is intense, from ripe figs and golden raisins on the nose to its rich mouthfeel and luscious tropical fruit, soft at first, with crisp acidity clamping down in a long finish. Its exotic style is likely influenced by the presence of the rare Sauvignon Musque clone making up 57 percent of the blend; French oak also makes its presence felt, but the wine is properly about fruit, not wood. It's a high-end Sauvignon Blanc at $32 for a bottle on the winery mailing list and typically around $35 to $40 when it shows up, rarely, at retail, but quality justifies the price. A beautiful match with a range of appetizers including seared diver scallops and a luscious four-cheese fondue.
Spottswoode 2003 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
The 2003 offering, which Lindy was formally showing at the tasting, is drinking very nicely despite its youth. Inky dark, with a clear garnet edge, it offers appetizing aromas of black plums, currants and cocoa. Full and ripe, it's a bit plushy at first, but good acidic structure and smooth tannins keep it in balance. The 2004 Cabernet sells for $110 on the winery mailing list. Most retail prices seem to range from $90 to $110. Again, in the lofty realms of high-end Napa Cabernet, this pricing makes Spottswood a relative bargain. A wine made for red meat, it was perfect with L&N's "lamb pops" appetizer and steak frites.
Later, a couple of earlier vintages came out, impressive if tasted less analytically as the group moved from serious wine tasting into a more social session.
Spottswoode 2002 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Chocolate-covered Bing cherries, full and dry; beautifully structured.
Spottswoode 2001 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
A little warm at first from a couple of days of travel, but comes right around with a short stay in an ice bucket to bring it down to cellar temperatures. Structured, balanced, a beauty.
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Brussels, 17 July 2012
Fostering EU's attractiveness in clinical research: Commission proposes to revamp rules on trials with medicines
Boosting clinical research in Europe by simplifying the rules for conducting clinical trials is what today's proposal from the Commission is about. Clinical trials are tests of medicines in humans and give patients access to most innovative treatments. At the same time, clinical research with over 20 billion Euros of investment per year in the EU makes a significant contribution to the growth policy of the Europe 2020 agenda. Clinical trials are vital to develop medicines and to improve and compare the use of already authorised medicines. The data generated in clinical trials are used by researchers in publications, and by pharmaceutical companies applying for marketing authorisations Once implemented, the measures proposed today will speed up and simplify the authorisation and reporting procedures, while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety and robustness and reliability of data. The measures will also better differentiate the obligations according to the risk-profile of the trial, and improve transparency including on trials done in third countries.
John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, said: "Patients in Europe should have access to the most innovative clinical research. Clinical trials are crucial for developing new medicines and improving existing treatments. This is why today's proposal significantly facilitates the management of clinical trials, while maintaining the highest standards of patient safety and the robustness and reliability of trial data. 800 million euros per year could be saved in regulatory costs and boost research and development in the EU, thus contributing to economic growth."
The proposed Regulation, once adopted, will replace the 'Clinical Trials Directive' of 2001. It has ensured high level of patient safety, but its divergent transposition and application led to an unfavourable regulatory framework for clinical research, thus contributing to a decrease of 25% of clinical trials conducted in the period between 2007 and 2011: in 2007, more than 5000 clinical trials were applied for in the EU while by 2011 the number had dropped to 3800.
The new legislation proposed by the Commission will take the form of a Regulation. This will ensure that the rules for conducting clinical trials are identical throughout the EU. In particular, it will make it easier to conduct multinational clinical trials in Europe. Some concrete proposals are:
The legislative proposal will now be discussed in the European Parliament and in the Council. It is expected to come into effect in 2016.
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NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees won Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays, but the buzz in their clubhouse was about the five-game suspension handed to Boston Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster. The Yankees were confident Dempster would be suspended for throwing at Alex Rodriguez in Sunday's game, but five games felt light considering the Red Sox have two upcoming off days and Dempster is unlikely to miss a start. He'll just have it pushed back a day or so.
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WATCH AGAIN: Dempster plunks A-Rod
"I thought he at least should miss a start and he's not going to do that," pitcher CC Sabathia said. "I don't think it does anything."
While Sabathia thought that five games was at least enough to discourage other pitchers from going after Rodriguez, manager Joe Girardi seemed less certain. He said on Sunday that he was worried about something like this — that the Red Sox's schedule would keep Dempster from a legitimate punishment — and he was unhappy to hear about the five-game ban.
Girardi doesn't want other pitchers thinking they can go after Rodriguez and only pay the price with a slightly delayed start.
"That's my concern," Girardi said. "We'll find out. I sure hope (that doesn't happen). … I think when you talk about suspensions, if you suspend a position player three games, he misses three games. You can suspend a pitcher five games, even six games, and he might not miss a start if the off days come into play. That's why I think everything has to be taken into account when you make a suspension. Not just in this case; all the time."
It's understood that players are going to be plunked occasionally as a way to police the game, but this was a different case.
"It's definitely a different scenario," Sabathia said. "And even with the unwritten code, you don't throw at a guy four times. He violated every code in every way. … I'm sure if it happens again that hopefully somebody will see that this isn't enough and that guys need to be suspended longer."
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While our work with clients is satisfying enough, we're especially proud when respected organisations recognise our success. Our awards include:
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Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For: EY ranked 13th in The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work for, received a 1 Star Accreditation and won a special award for Innovation in Engagement Practice.
Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For: EY ranked 10th in The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work for, received a 1 Star Accreditation and won a special award for 10 years of commitment to making the world a better place.
EY Restructuring team wins two 2017 Global Restructuring Review awards: EY wins in 'Advisory firm of the year', and 'Cross-border cooperation in a specific insolvency or restructuring matter' categories.
Pension and Investment Provider Awards: Our Pensions Covenant Advisory team has been named Covenant Review Provider at 2017's Pension and Investment Provider Awards (PIPA).
Professional Pensions UK Awards: EY have been named 2017 Sponsor Covenant Provider of the Year at the Professional Pensions UK Awards.
MCA Awards: EY Advisory wins Best Customer engagement project
Sunday Times 30 Best Big Companies to Work For: EY ranked 17th in The Sunday Times 30 Best Big Companies to Work For, and received a 1 Star Accreditation and a special award for Giving Something Back.
MCA Awards: EY Advisory highly commended for Best Customer Engagement Project.
2016 Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For: EY ranked 13th in The Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to Work For, and received a 1 Star Accreditation and a special award for Innovation in Engagement Practice.
Health Investor Awards: EY wins Consultant of the Year – Transactional.
MCA Awards: Our UK Advisory practice scoops four MCA awards for outstanding consultancy work and comes top of the Big Four for number of individual consultant awards.
EY wins best workplace from Mental Health First Aid England.
2015 Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to work for: EY placed 14th in the Sunday Times list, and is the Best of the Big Four to work for. Awarded a special award for Learning & Development and the award for 'Best Improver' in all of the categories measured by the Sunday Times. Received a 1 Star Accreditation standard which acknowledges excellence in the workplace.
MCA Awards: Our UK Advisory practice wins three MCA awards for outstanding consultancy work, beating the other Big Four on awards for projects.
2013 Sunday Times 25 Best Big Companies to work for: EY placed 14th in the Sunday Times list – second placed of the Big 4 accounting firms.
We are pleased to be a 2013 LexisNexis Taxation Awards winner.
EY is the world's most attractive professional services employer – and second most attractive employer overall – in Universum's annual World's Most Attractive Employer ranking.
Infrastructure Journal Awards 2013: Financial Adviser of the Year.
We are pleased to be an International Tax Review 2013 European Tax Award winner.
19 April 2013: Our UK Advisory practice has won four of this year's Management Consultancies Association (MCA) Awards.
19 April 2013: Our Real Estate team has been awarded Deal of the Year at both the Property Awards and the Resi Awards for our work on the sale of Battersea Power Station.
EY has been recognised as the UK's strongest accounting and business brand in the influential Superbrands annual league table for 2013, a listing of those brands that have established the finest reputation in their fields.
|We have received a BITC Big Tick Award in the 'ways2work category' which focuses on our sustainable travel strategy and how it connects with flexible working. We were particularly commended for our levels of commitment, use of new technologies, active feedback mechanisms and clear regular communication with our stakeholders.
|May 2012: Our Tax team has won Best VAT team in this year's prestigious LexisNexis Taxation awards.
|20 April 2012: We are delighted our work has been recognised by the Management Consultancies Association. Find out more about the projects which delivered outstanding results for our clients.
| EY's UK operations have been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard which recognises organisations for real carbon reduction. Based on a rigorous independent assessment, it certifies that we have measured, managed and reduced carbon emissions across our operations and are committed to reducing them year on year.
EY three times a winner at Scottish Accountancy Awards
| 20 May 2011: EY scooped a hat-trick of titles at the annual Scottish Accountancy Awards, held on Thursday 19 May 2011 at the Hilton Hotel, Glasgow.
EY wins Management Consultancies Association Awards
| 8 April 2011: Our Advisory practice has scooped two top awards for Outsourcing and Change Management in the Public Sector at the 2011 Management Consultancies Association Awards.
EY celebrates Big Tick success
|7 June 2010: EY has been recognised for its ongoing commitment to corporate responsibility, scooping three accolades in Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence. Find out more.
Awards success for EY's tax practice
24 May 2010: EY's tax practice triumphed last week, scooping four accolades at the LexisNexis Taxation Awards and Scottish Accountancy Awards 2010.
We received Best International Tax Team, Best Indirect Tax Team and a Lifetime achievement award for tax partner Roger Muray at the annual LexisNexis Taxation Awards, which were held at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel in London on Thursday, 20 May. On the same evening, EY also won Tax Advisor of the Year at the Scottish Accountancy Awards, held in Glasgow. Find out more.
EY's pension schemes receive seal of approval
5 May 2010: EY has been recognised by a leading industry body for the quality of its pension schemes, receiving two prestigious accolades from the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF). Find out more.
EY recognized as a global knowledge leading business
8 December 2009: For the twelfth consecutive year, EY has been recognized as a Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE). A panel of Global Fortune 500 senior executives and internationally-recognized knowledge management and intellectual capital professionals selected the 2009 Global MAKE Winners. Find out more.
EY / South London Gallery are the winners of the A&B Young People Award
13 November 2009: EY and the South London Gallery triumphed last night at the 31st Arts & Business Awards, walking away with the A&B Young People Award, in recognition of their highly innovative and educational arts collaboration with young people in the local community. Find out more.
EY applauded for the success of its new EMEIA structure at annual MPF European Practice Management Awards
22 October 2009: EY triumphed last night at the annual Managing Partners' Forum (MPF) European Practice Management Awards, held in London, walking home with the award for Exceptional Achievement.
The accolade was in recognition of the integration of all of EY's 87 country practices in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa into a new EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) Area, on 1 July 2008. Find out more.
EY celebrates Big Tick successes
10 June 2009: EY celebrated three recognitions in 2009's Business in the Community's Big Tick awards for corporate responsibility.
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EY wins renewable energy financial advisor of the year at prestigious annual industry awards
13 March 2009: Last night EY secured the prestigious Renewable Energy Financial Advisor of the Year award at the ninth annual Infrastructure Journal Awards.
At a ceremony attended by the great and good, EY's renewable energy team were given the accolade in recognition of the exceptional high quality services it offers its clients.
The award programme celebrates project finance and infrastructure deals and the people behind the across a number of sectors from renewable energy to construction, banking and advisory.
EY makes its mark on the community
7 July 2008: EY has today been awarded a prestigious national standard in recognition of its investment in its local communities in the UK.
The professional services firm is one of only 21 UK companies to receive the CommunityMark, a national standard awarded by Business in the Community (BITC) and endorsed by the government and voluntary sector leaders.
The award recognises the real difference that EY has made through its long-term, high-level commitment to investment in its local UK communities. The firm was named as best in its class for a number of benchmarks and was praised for its many community initiatives, including Profitunity! and Art Matters. Read more.
EY wins double in Business in the Community's Big Tick awards
29 May 2008: EY has today been awarded a prestigious national standard in recognition of its investment in its local communities in the UK.
The professional services firm is one of only 21 UK companies to receive the CommunityMark, a national standard awarded by Business in the Community (BITC) and endorsed by the government and voluntary sector leaders.
The award recognises the real difference that EY has made through its long-term, high-level commitment to investment in its local UK communities. The firm was named as best in its class for a number of benchmarks and was praised for its many community initiatives, including Profitunity! and Art Matters. Read more.
EY wins prestigious Business Strategy Award
| 29 April 2008: A team from EY Business Advisory Services (BAS) last night received the award for Best Business Strategy Project at the annual Management Consultancies' Association (MCA) Awards, held at the Park Lane Hilton. Find out more.
EY wins 'Auditor of the Year' in Real Finance/CBI Finance Directors' Excellence Awards
| 16 April 2008: The UK's finance director community voted EY 'Big Four' auditor of the year at last night's Real Finance/CBI Finance Directors' Excellence Awards. Over 760 finance directors nominated EY for the prestigious award.
At the ceremony, EY were commended for its commerciality and tax services.
EY Chairman Mark Otty said: "We are delighted to receive this award, which is especially valued as it has been given by finance directors. I am very proud of all our audit teams and their commitment to quality – the award is a testament to their hard work."
EY leads UK training and development
| Mark Otty, our UK Chairman, is rated most inspiring leader in Best Companies to Work For Awards.
7 March 2008: For the second year in succession, EY was placed among the top five big companies in the highly prestigious Best Companies to Work For Awards, picking up a special prize for training and development. The firm was also one of only two accountancy firms to receive the prestigious 3 star accolade. Find out more.
EY again named top advisor to the hedge fund industry
7 March 2008: For the second year in a row, EY was last night named the Best Accounting Firm at The Hedge Fund Journal industry awards. The 350-strong team beat competitors from other accountancy firms and boutique consultancies to take the prestigious title at the second HFJ awards night. Find out more.
EY's Birmingham office wins prestigious chamber of commerce annual awards dinner
2 March 2008: EY's Birmingham office won Best Professional & Financial Services Business Award, at this year's Birmingham Chamber of Commerce annual awards dinner.
The firm's nomination focused on new client wins, financial performance, people & values initiatives and its corporate responsibility activities.
Ronnie Bowker, EY's senior partner in Birmingham said: "The Chamber of Commerce would normally recognise more locally owned/focused organisations, but in this case our active local corporate responsibility programme convinced them that we were acting like a local business in many ways, and not just as a branch of a national/global organisation."
EY Birmingham get the balance just right
The Birmingham office of EY has scooped the Work-Life Balance Award, in the large private business sector, at the recent Birmingham & Solihull Best Business Awards.
The award is in recognition of the policies and practices the firm has put in place in recent years, which have helped to achieve a better work-life balance.
Ronnie Bowker, EY's senior partner, said that it is recognition for one of the most innovative and flexible working environments in the professional services industry. "There are ma ny schemes and initiatives available to EY employees which encourage them to retain a healthy work-life balance.
"There is EY's Parent Network, providing support for parents; well being support, including relaxation techniques, and fitness and dietary advice; and cultural leave, providing faith rooms and the option to work UK bank holidays in return for faith days."
EY does the double!
| EY have demonstrated to the market that they lead the way in Private Equity and M&A advisory in Europe by winning both the Acquisitions Monthly 2007 'Due Diligence Adviser' and the European Venture Capital & Private Equity Journal's 2006 'Private Equity Accountancy Firm of the Year' awards.


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The Cisco brand is synonymous with corporate network hardware and business support, but if the company's new strategy succeeds, the range of products associated with its name could become much larger. Cisco's intended sphere of expansion is something of a departure: it intends to announce a new digital stereo at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. Exact details aren't yet available, but one feature of the system is the ability to move music wirelessly around the house.
In order to make consumers care about said capability, Cisco is going to have to demonstrate that it has developed a better, smoother way to deliver wireless library access from a single endpoint. There's nothing inherently new about the idea of accessing a central music archive from the bedroom, bathroom, or basement, but we've yet to see one particular product break away from the pack of competing solutions (unless you have cash to burn on a Sonos system). There's a significant opportunity for the right company with the right product, but whether or not Cisco, with its historically business-oriented focus, is that company is very much an open question.
Cisco, to be sure, is pushing into audio/video networking technology on both commercial and consumer fronts. Earlier this month, the company announced its Media Experience Engine (MXE) 3000, a 1U rack system designed to convert content so as to be playable on any device. The MXE 3000 is being advertised as delivering real-time post production/processing, watermarking, and audio/video editing capabilities. The entire point of the MXE 3000, according to Cisco, is to allow businesses to handle a suite of various A/V-related tasks they would once have farmed out to a production studio.
Even if the commercial side of the A/V equation is well in hand, meshing it with consumer-oriented products (or creating a separate consumer product division) is a formidable task. Creating a brand presence in a new market is tricky at the best of times; neither a recession nor the presence of other, long-established companies in the same field are going to help. On the other hand, adding a new major player to the game could push competitors like Sony or Apple to expand and extend their own relevant product series.
According to Cisco senior vice president Ned Hooper, a key component of the company's content distribution plan is to loosen the ties that currently bind content tightly to specific devices or software. "Today your content is very tightly tied to a device," Hooper told the New York Times. "Your music is tied to your iPod. Your games are tied to your PlayStation.
Hooper envisions a very different future, in which content is less tethered, saying, "If I forgot to sync my iPod before I left home, I can connect in my hotel room."
In addition to the digital stereo we've already mentioned, Cisco hopes to interest consumers in a version of its Telepresence video conferencing setup. Hooper is optimistic about the future of video conferencing on both a consumer and corporate level."Once you can go to full HD quality, with simple setup and high-quality experience," Hooper said, "it tips the balance."
Maybe, but color me dubious. Video conferencing is one technology that's been just over the horizon for at least two decades; I'm not convinced it will suddenly become a must-have feature for consumers; and how broad is the market, really, for folks who want to conduct conversations from the couch while staring at a giant shot of grandma's head on the HDTV?
As for Cisco's new digital stereo, the specific product details will be interesting to watch, but the company's long-term business plan for entering and thriving in the consumer market is much more important than any single product.


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WWF WrestleFest is a fondly-remembered arcade game developed by Technos Japan, and released in 1991. Players could take control of such legendary figures from the world of sports-entertainment as Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, Sergeant Slaughter, and "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, among others, as they took on all comers in the over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble, or paired up to conquer the unstoppable Legion of Doom for the World Tag Team Championships.
As with many old school games, it has made the transition to the iOS platform with bolstered rosters and graphics while keeping the same arcade beat 'em up style of the classics. Various WWE titles have made their way onto the App Store over the years, mostly trying to replicate the more realistic experience of recent console titles. Despite all of these, the best iOS wrestling experience I had was TNA Wrestling which also followed the 2D arcade nature of Wrestlefest. It's safe to say that this will be a hit for those fans as well.
At its heart, WWE WrestleFest is about big sweaty men hitting each other until one of them is unable to stand. The premise of the game is fairly self explanatory and will be easy for newcomers to pick up and play automatically. There are eight of these perspiring gents to choose from, with a further five unlocked as an in-app purchase. You control your wrestler with a virtual stick and two buttons. The stick lets you move around the ring, and the two buttons control your punching and kicking. Once you're in a grapple, which happens when you get close to your opponent, mashing 'kick' will fling him at the ropes, while mashing 'punch' will perform one of your throws at random. After you've beaten your foe's health bar down to zero, and stamped on his crotch a few times, pushing 'kick' will fling your muscular sprite atop his prone body for a pinning attempt. The controls are responsive and work perfectly, something titles with on screen buttons have been guilty of in the past.
There is a lot of choice in the game with a large array of fighters and locations. Almost all of the original roster and locations are gone and replaced with new ones, with both help yet hinder the experience for those wanted a nostalgic feel to the game. Yet, for all the choice you are given between wrestlers and arenas, it's all pretty much cosmetic. Every single one of the Superstars controls in the exact same way, with a joystick, one punch, and one kick button being your only means of input. Different combinations do different things, and each wrestler still has their signature and finishing manoeuvres.
There are plenty of modes on offer, from single matches to career-spanning climbs up the wrestling ladder. Some bouts have different victory conditions, such as the Royal Rumble, which tasks you with hurling men out of the ring. But mostly you're punching, kicking, and throwing until it's time to lie down.
Online multiplayer lets you take a wrestler out into the big bad world, fighting against other people for pride and bragging rights. This is a nice addition, but as with so many other games which aren't able to the hit the top of the charts the lobbies are a bit dry and it may be hard for you to find a match. If you are able to get a friend to play you, then the life of this game is expanded extensively with a nice bit of local competition.
If you are picking up WWE Wrestlefest Premium hoping for the classic arcade gameplay of old you may go home disappointed. This game has more changes than just the heading and is actually a complete revamp with only the base gameplay remaining. That being said the arcade action is a heap of fun and the large variety of modes will keep you body slamming weary foes for hours to come. Just go into Wrestlefest knowing it is an advancement and not a direct port.
Gameplay- 8.5/10
Graphics- 8/10
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HOLLAND -- Fans at the Flying Dutch basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 29, paid tribute to longtime Hope supporter Norm Japinga for his three decades of service as the official scorer.
Japinga, affectionately known as "Bunko", has been involved in the life of Hope College for more than 40 years. He joined the staff as the college's first fulltime equipment manager in 1968 and headed the transportation department in its early stages.
He retired as a fulltime employee in 1995, but has remained very active in the life of the college, serving as the official scorer at baseball and women's basketball games. The pressbox at the college's Boeve Baseball Stadium honors him. Japinga has also been a bus driver in the college's transportation department.


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Aside from tourist spots, the reverse side of the New Generation Banknotes feature also feature endemic and notable animals such as the tarsier (P200) and the whale shark (P1000). Along with their common English name, the animals are also labeled by their scientific name. Unfortunately, the scientific names are wrongly written!
Scientific names are written in binomial nomenclature where the first word is the genus name whose first letter should be capitalized. The second word is the species name which should be all lower-case letters. In the case of our new banknotes, both the genus and scientific names are written with their first letters capitalized. What's more, scientific names should be italicized and they are not.
Rhincodon Typus
Rhincodon typus
Scientific names were also ALL-CAPS in the Flora and Fauna and Improved Flora and Fauna Series of coins but this recent mistake in the still-to-be-released-banknotes are much more obvious.
Others have also previously complained about geographic errors in the new bills wherein the dot showing the location of Tubbattaha Reef in the 1000-piso bill is about 300 km off the mark.