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A family-owned and operated funeral home, which specializes in cremation, opened in Cape Coral during the first week of October.
Mullins Memorial Funeral Home and Cremation Service, LLC, owner Shannon Mullins and his wife, Sheila, have been residents of Cape Coral for more than 10 years.
Shannon started in the funeral business in 1992 and has lived in eight funeral homes and has owned one. He said he previously managed two funeral homes in Cape Coral, which recently merged together.
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Sheila and Shannon Mullins own and operate Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
"My passion is people and serving people at the most difficult days of their life," he said, adding that it is important to take care of people at their hardest time. "The true heartfelt gratitude that you get from families that you serve is next to nothing."
Shannon decided to open the funeral home because he saw that there was a real need in the city for an independent funeral home that offers similar services and goods at a significant cost.
Shannon said they offer final care with dignity and affordability.
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"Just because we may accommodate our price, our level of service is maintained at all times," he said.
In addition, he said he wanted to open the funeral home because he wants to offer his daughter, who is 18 months old, with the opportunity to take over the business when she becomes older if she so desires.
"This business has helped me to slow down and enjoy the journey and serve the families of this community," Shannon said.
The funeral home serves all religious beliefs, nationalities and all financial situations. Shannon said his facility the only family owned and operated full-service funeral home and cremation provider in Cape Coral.
In addition, he said it is the only funeral home in Cape Coral to perform all preparation work on-site.
Shannon has his own room on-site to handle cremation.
"The least that you can move and transport the body or change custody of the body, the less chance of mistakes happening," he said.
There is also a refrigeration facility on site, Shannon said, because in the state of Florida there is a 24-hour law that requires a body to be embalmed or refrigerated after death.
'We are here to serve at a moment's notice," he said, adding that customers will always deal with the owners of the business.
All night visitations are also available to families at the funeral home.
"This building is the community's building," he said.
The funeral home also provides virtual services for family members who are out of state and cannot make the trip by offering real time in the room via the Internet.
Shannon said they will also provide individuals with the option of having their ashes scattered by a rocket by the end of the year. He said families can choose to have all or a portion of their loved ones' cremated remains scattered via rocket.
"It is something really unique and different," Shannon said, adding that the rocket can be launched over the gulf to provide a fireworks appeal.
The funeral home is not a large facility, Shannon said, because more than 75 percent of families are opting for cremation and having a celebration of life at a third party location. He said families are not having large gatherings that was customary in the past.
Shannon said they can accommodate between 25-30 people in their facility. He said the facility is elegant and clean.
The funeral home also provides translation in Spanish, German and Italian for families who need the service. Resources for grieving material are also available for families.
Mullins Memorial Funeral Home and Cremation Service, LLC., is located at 1056 N.E. 7th Terrace. For information, call 239-242-0909. The website www.mullinsmemorial.com provides history, advanced planning information, current obituaries and an online guestbook.


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FIFA Orders Brazil To Overturn Ban On Selling Beer At World Cup Matches
from the I-am-the-law dept
One of the recurrent themes on Techdirt is the sense of entitlement the owners of various kinds of monopolies display, and their common belief that being able to maximize the profit from those monopolies trumps any other consideration.
For example, FIFA, the world governing body for soccer/football, uses its monopoly on organizing the World Cup to demand some rather extraordinary privileges. Here are just some of the things the UK government was prepared to accept as part of its bid to host the 2018 World Cup:
The U.K. said it would meet FIFA's requirements to create a 2-kilometer perimeter around stadiums, and said the right to conduct commercial activities there was subject to the approval of FIFA or its appointees. The government also agreed to suspend some labor laws that affected FIFA's activities and to lift restrictions on the import and export of foreign currency.
FIFA is currently trying to assert similar rights in Brazil, where the 2014 World Cup will be held:
Fifa General Secretary Jerome Valcke said the right to sell beer must be enshrined in a World Cup law the Brazilian Congress is considering.
FIFA evidently believes that keeping its sponsors happy (Budweiser is a "big Fifa sponsor" according to the article quoted above) is much more important than local laws or people's health. Valke explains:
Alcoholic drinks are currently banned at Brazilian stadiums and the country's health minister has urged Congress to maintain the ban in the new law.
"Alcoholic drinks are part of the Fifa World Cup, so we're going to have them. Excuse me if I sound a bit arrogant but that's something we won't negotiate," he said.
"A bit arrogant"? Surely not...
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Look over there in the OBEY tank top, that guy is such a Cali Boy
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Dang, I know California is in a drought and all, but Steve is such a Cali Boy. He only goes to the beach to pick up girls in bikinis.
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Salt key in new drug for malaria
MALARIA claims about 655,000 lives a year, but research suggests that salt alone could be enough to kill the deadly parasite.
Australian National University researchers have found that the microscopic parasite living in the red blood cells of an infected person can die within hours if it has a salt overdose.
Seeking as part of her PhD research to establish how the parasite controls its salt balance, Natalie Spillman found that pumps dotting the parasite's body were crucial for it to rid itself of salt.
That discovery coincided with a paper outlining a potential new antimalarial drug - which, fortuitously, targeted these salt pumps. But the drug developer was initially unaware of the precise role of the key protein played with salt regulation.
''We sent off an email asking for some samples and we have shown that, sure enough, it stops the salt pump working,'' physiologist Kiaran Kirk said. ''As soon as we added the drug, the parasite fills up with salt and dies.''
The findings have been published in Cell Host & Microbe.
Professor Kirk, Dr Spillman's former supervisor, said because the malaria parasite evolved at such a rapid rate, it quickly outsmarted anti-malarial drugs and built resistance.
He said this discovery could lead to a new class of antimalarial drugs that would take the parasite much longer to overcome. The drug that stops the salt pumps is now in clinical trials - the first drug with a new chemical structure in human trials for 20 years.
''This is like nothing that has been used before,'' Professor Kirk said.
The malaria parasite survives on the haemoglobin in red blood cells. It causes disease by making the red cells ''sticky'', causing them to lodge in brain capillaries or other organs. Symptoms include anaemia, fever, chills, nausea, flu-like illness and, in severe cases, coma.
Malaria is among the top diseases that kill humans. According to the World Health Organisation, about 3.3 billion people - half the world's population - are at risk of malaria. In 2010, about 655,000 people died of the disease.


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A new report has again put imported seafood inspections under the spotlight and leaves the USDA to answer questions about why it still hasn't begun inspections as instructed in the 2008 farm bill.
Currently, the USDA takes on the inspection of meat and poultry imported into the United States. However, it does not inspect imported seafood, leaving that to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The new study, authored by the Exponent Inc.'s Center for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety, says "FDA import inspections from 1998 to 2004 have shown consistently that fish and seafood products have one of the highest rates of import refusals due to food safety issues. The presence of harmful microorganisms and unapproved drugs is a frequent reason for refusals."
Further, "imported fish from Vietnam and China are produced in much less controlled environments" than fish raised in the United States "with many more opportunities for microbiological and chemical contamination. Vietnamese farmers use water directly from the Mekong River with most farmers using no screen against contaminants."
(For more about the Vietnamese farming practices, and a video of those practices click here.)
"I've said loud and clear that the release of the (USDA's) Catfish Inspection Rule is long overdue," said Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln during a press conference announcing the study. "Each day the USDA delays is another day we put Americans' health at risk — there's no question about that."
Despite being chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Lincoln has found it hard to get USDA to pick up the pace. "We've made a request for (Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack) to get the regulation back to us. I've made that request more than once and we'll continue to do that."
Is there fear that implementing a new inspection regime would mean trade conflict with China and Vietnam?
"I think, without a doubt, that's a concern," said Lincoln. "Clearly, we have science on our side and should require importers to adhere to the same standards we ask of our farmers."
The import inspection tug-of-war "has been dragging on for more than two years, now," said Joey Lowery, president of Catfish Farmers of America, who works ponds near Newport, Ark. "From our point of view, this is a health and safety issue — pure and simple.
"Our first priority is the health and safety of the American consumer. We're not just supporting this law because it imposes tougher standards on imported fish. It also requires those same, tough standards on U.S. farm-raised catfish. We're not asking for imported catfish to be treated any differently than (catfish raised in the United States)."
Currently, the FDA inspects only 2 percent of all imported seafood, including catfish products.
"That number is even more shocking in the face of the new report compiled by ... Exponent that exposes the alarming health dangers (to consumers) of imported catfish," continued Lowery.
To see the full Exponent report, visit http://www.safecatfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Catfish_Risk-_Report.pdf.
"It's been more than two years since Congress passed a law shifting responsibility for inspections of catfish and related species from the weak safety net of FDA to the tougher regulations and standards of USDA."
While the Obama administration has said food safety is a top priority "this law is still tied up by the bureaucracy of (U.S.) agencies more concerned about hurting Asian exporters than protecting the safety of American consumers. It's our view that trade should never trump the health and safety of the American people."
Also at the press conference was Tony Corbo, a lobbyist for the consumer group Food and Water Watch. While the organization wasn't "an active participant in the (2008) farm bill discussions regarding the transfer of … inspections of imported catfish from the FDA to USDA, the more we studied the issue the more it made sense to us this is a consumer protection issue."
Food and Water Watch "is familiar with inspection programs of both agencies," said Corbo. "Because of the continuous inspection standards that exist under the federal Meat Inspection Act, it affords greater consumer protection. That inspection program is more preventive in nature."
Corbo also praised the CFA, as it "isn't often that an industry comes to Congress and asks that it be regulated more. We compliment them for recognizing the deficiencies in the food safety system and proposing ways to close at least some of the loopholes."
The 2008 farm bill called for the USDA inspection regulations to be in place by December of 2009. Corbo pointed out that "the proposed regulations have been languishing at the Office of Management and Budget since Nov. 13, 2009. And they have continually extended the review of those rules."
Corbo said representatives of various consumer organizations "have already met with representatives at OMB and U.S. Trade to move the process along. There should be an open and transparent debate. … The way to do that is to start the public comment period and hold the public meetings called for in the 2008 farm bill."
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My contribution to Python UDFs in Pig has finally released as part of the new and shiny 0.8 release! I've been meaning to blog about how this came about when I had time, but Dmitriy saved me the work, so I'll just quote him instead:
This is the outcome of PIG-928; it was quite a pleasure to watch this develop over time — while most Pig tickets wind up getting worked on by at most one or two people, this turned into a collaboration of quite a few developers, many of them new to the project — Kishore Gopalakrishna's patch was the initial conversation starter, which was then hacked on or merged into similar work by Woody Anderson, Arnab Nandi, Julien Le Dem, Ashutosh Chauhan and Aniket Mokashi (Aniket deserves an extra shout-out for patiently working to incorporate everyone's feedback and pushing the patch through the last mile).
Yay Open Source! Documentation is available on the Pig website, but here's a one-line example of what you can now do:
register 'test.py' using jython as myfuncs;
Notice that we're using a python script instead of a jar. All python functions in test.py become available as UDFs to Pig!
Going forward, there are two things I didn't get to do, which I'd love any of my dear readers to pick up on. First, we're still not at par with SCOPE's ease-of-use since UDFs can't be inlined yet (a la BaconSnake). This is currently open as a separate Apache JIRA issue, would be great to see patches here!
The second feature that I really wanted to make part of this patch submission, and didn't have time for, was Java source UDF support as a JaninoScriptEngine. Currently, Pig users have to bundle their UDF code as jars, which quickly becomes painful. The goal of the
ScriptEngine architecture is to let multiple languages be implemented and plugged in, so I really hope someone takes the time to look at the Janino project, which will allow Java source UDFs with zero performance penalty. This would also make it the first dynamically compiled query system over Hadoop (as far as I know), and opens up a world of query optimization work to explore.


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SAN ANTONIO — These days Bill Fitch gets a special kick out of tuning into postgame news conferences and hearing players say they won't really know what happened in the game they just played until they look at the video.
That's because Fitch was sometimes mockingly called "Captain Video" in the early part of his 25-year NBA coaching career for using videotape to analyze opponents and scout talent.
But what was once a joke became a standard and integral part of the game, making Fitch a pioneer. That, along with his 944 career wins and penchant for turning bad teams around, has earned him the 2013 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Basketball Coaches Association. He received the award Tuesday in a presentation prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
"To be honest, I never really thought being known as Capt. Video was a bad deal," Fitch said. "Other people could laugh and tease all they wanted. The truth is I was glad to that nobody else was doing it, because I thought it always gave our teams a big advantage.
"If you could see my closet today, it's crammed full from floor to ceiling with old tapes and now with DVDs and I'm still doing film for different people. I still love the competition and the strategy."
Fitch ranks eighth on the all-time win list and his 2,050 games coached is third. He is a two-time Coach of the Year winner (Cleveland in 1976 and Boston in 1980), led the Celtics to the NBA championship in 1981 and, after moving to Houston, took the Rockets to The Finals in 1986. He was also named one of the NBA's top 10 coaches of all-time in 1996-97.
The NBCA Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award commemorates the memory of the Hall of Fame coach who won a pair of championships with the Pistons in 1989 and 1990 and led the 1992 USA Dream Team to the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics.
"I've always said that being a coach made me able to live a life where I never, ever felt like I had a job," Fitch said. "Honest, it wasn't about the money. It was about the feeling that I was never working, because I was doing something that I loved. It was about the competition all those relationships that were built.
"I guess what this means is that I'm 81 and going the wrong way. But seriously, anytime you get an honor from your peers it means a lot more. I'm humbled by it. It's always great to be recognized by the guys you worked with or against. Coaching is the biggest fraternity there is and I've always felt like I've had more brothers than I could count.
"Chuck especially was a great friend and to get an award named after him makes me immediately think of all the experiences and stories we shared, some of them that could even be printed." (more…)


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Brentwood, Tenn. — January 7, 2013
Comdata Corporation, a leader in payment innovation, today announced the expansion of its payment solutions into Canada. With its fleet card and corporate card solutions, Comdata offers Canadian-based companies access to programs with universal acceptance and real-time controls, similar to those widely used throughout the United States today.
The Comdata MasterCard provides a consolidated solution for managing fleet expenses, travel and entertainment spending, and purchasing. With the one-card program, companies eliminate the need for employees or drivers to carry multiple cards and remove the complexities and exposure of managing multiple programs. The new program features billing and settlement in Canadian dollars, as well as management of data for Canadian tax reporting. Additionally, Comdata offers bi-lingual customer support in English and French.
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Guybrush wrote:Just read on one forum, that a guy is suggesting a deal that would send Beans and Jefferson to Boston, and Jeff Green to GS, along with a filler. Just curious, would you guys go for that?
I don't see why either team would do this. He doesn't make us better, and losing Biedrens would make us worse, unless we are actually getting Bogut back soon. And I don't get why Celtics would take on both contracts, like for what?


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MILWAUKEE – A federal district court judge in Milwaukee has entered a consent decree resolving an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against a major Wisconsin building products company, the agency announced today.
The EEOC had charged that Sheboygan Falls, Wis.-based Richardson Industries, Inc., doing business as Richco Structures, violated federal law when it fired employee Morgan Rae Brocker after supervisors allegedly reported to management that another Richco supervisor had sexually harassed Brocker at the company's Christmas party in December 2005.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Richardson Industries, Inc., d/b/a Richco Structures, Civil Action No. 2:10-C-0505) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on June 18, 2010, after first trying to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The decree entered yesterday, July 14, by U.S. District Judge Charles Clevert prohibits future discrimination and provides that Richco will pay Brocker $22,500 and train its managers and supervisors on employers' obligations and the rights of employees under Title VII.
"Retaliation complaints have been the fastest-increasing type of complaint filed with the EEOC over the past 10 years," said John C. Hendrickson, regional attorney of the EEOC's Chicago District Office, which is responsible for EEOC litigation in Wisconsin. "Sometimes we need to reinforce through litigation the message not to fire workers after they, or others, report that job discrimination has occurred. We appreciate Richco's willingness to provide relief for Ms. Brocker and to ensure that such misconduct does not recur."
The case was litigated by Senior Trial Attorney Dennis R. McBride of the EEOC's Milwaukee Area Office.
According to company information, Richardson Industries, Inc. is a privately held corporation with several different divisions devoted to furniture and woodworking. The company's website states that Richco Structures, which is located in Sheboygan Falls, Haven and De Pere, Wis., and is part of the company's Richardson Building Products division, "is one of the Midwest's largest manufacturers of custom fabricated wood roof trusses, floor trusses, and wall components, as well as a distributor of engineered wood products for the construction industry."
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing discrimination charges, administrative enforcement, and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information is available on the EEOC's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Quote from: MeshGearFox on July 05, 2013, 01:14:31 AMBTW, real reason why PSX-era games aren't retro: The indie scene isn't intentionally mimicking the art style of that era yet.http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q2-2013/062813b.htmlToo late.(Although granted, this isn't so much of 'mimicking PSX era games' so much as 'blatantly ripping off assets from FFTA while claiming that they're just mimicking PSX era games' but its the thought that counts.)
BTW, real reason why PSX-era games aren't retro: The indie scene isn't intentionally mimicking the art style of that era yet.
Since it was on sale and there was a buy one get one half-off deal I finally picked up two games that I've wanted forever. I got Valkyria Chronicles and Soul Calibur V for $22. Valkyria Chronicles is extremely good, I love the art and gameplay. This game is as good as I thought it would be when it was released, but there was always other stuff in the way. I'm 9 chapters in and it has been tough, but fair. I've only lost one mission (the one with the huge tank with a million guns) and I thought Selvaria as backup was pretty bullshit and unfair, but the rest of it has been great.
Currently playing through the Last of Us [...] I figure the end is near pretty soon.
Currently playing through the Last of Us, I think I am at around 13-14 hours in, so I figure the end is near pretty soon. Will likely beat it either today or tomorrow.I haven't had a game take up this much of my time in a long long while, that is, in terms of concentrated gameplay. Each session is like...an average of 4-5 hours haha! Anyways, playing through on Hard Mode...I like the lack of ammunition. Gives a sense of urgency, and forces you to think through different situations. Great game so far.
I like the fact that it takes place in Boston and uses real locations around the city, even if their geography is dead wrong (The statehouse is about 3 blocks from Park Street station for instance) creative liberties and all.


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These are fantastic. They are the ultimate pre-portioned comfort food! I made this for myself (a vegetarian) and my meat eating husband.
What You Will Need:
pie crust, your favorite double recipe
carrots, 1 cup, chopped
onion, 1 small chopped
celery, 4 stalks, chopped
peas,frozen, 3/4 cup
olive oil, 2 tablespoons
flour, 2 tablespoon
salt & pepper
crushed bay leaves, 1 tablespoon
basil, 1/2 tablespoon
parsley, 1/2 tablespoon
thyme, 1/2 tablespoon
mushroom or veggie broth, 1 1/2 to 2 cups
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4. Poach the chicken in some broth or water. Chop into bite size pieces.
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Four Gannon University students were recipients of prizes as
winners of the Erie Collegiate Innovation Showcase held at the Erie
Insurance Arena.
Undergraduate and graduate students in the University's College
of Engineering and Business first submitted projects to the
college's dean, William L. Scheller, Ph.D., who chose two teams to
compete in the showcase. Students, Jennifer Papich and Christian
Kennett were chosen to present their project "Assessment of
Hygienic Movements" and the second team of students, Alissa Jones
and Anthony Cusati presented their project "Chimera Space
Papich and Kennett presented the assessment of hygienic
movements using a motion capture and analysis setup, in which two
webcams were used to track and analyze the movement of the upper
limb during feeding. The students worked to track the movement,
interface the data to a musculoskeletal model and derive
approximate force values for various upper limb muscles involved in
the motion. "This project began as a simple laboratory experiment
last semester and turned into a presentation topic for the American
Society for Engineering Education. When we heard about the
innovation showcase, we decided we would enter and see what came of
the opportunity," said Kennett.
That opportunity brought the two students a second runner-up
prize of $500 and six-months of access to the ETI building at the
StartUP Incubator video production studio. The students were
mentored by biomedical engineering Assistant Professor, Davide
Piovesan. "I really enjoyed the experience mostly because motion
analysis and/or biomechanics is my career of choice. I interned at
Shriners Hospitals for Children in Erie and was involved in similar
exercises; because of that experience, my intent has been to work
in biomechanics ever since," said Kennett.
Jones and Cusati presented a project and business plan to
collaborate with local middle schools to bring high altitude
ballooning to teachers and their curriculum. The students developed
a business plan for the pre-existing company Chimera Space
Technologies, which was started by Cusati's brother-in-law, but
struggled to obtain customers and sales.
The concept the students created was to supply the support and
curriculum for the teacher to help students learn how to assemble
the payload, the computer, the camera, etc. necessary to launch the
project into extremely high altitudes and then analyze their
findings via live footage attached to the launched project. Because
the teacher may not have the knowledge of the launch, that portion,
along with the retrieval, would done by the Gannon students of
The students researched the business' target market, value
proposition, business and revenue models, how to reach the teachers
and the prices associated with this project and business plan, all
with the intention and goal to get middle school students
interested in math and science.
Jones and Cusati won second runner-up, and were awarded $500 and
the Erie Technology Incubator (ETI) prize consisting of six months
of incubation at ETI, a prize valued at about $2,500.
Entrepreneurship instructor, Kurt Hersch mentored the students
throughout the research and presentation. "It wouldn't have been
possible without the coursework that was offered through Gannon; I
wouldn't have had the slightest clue where to start if this was
something I would have wanted to do on my own," said Jones. "The
coaching from Professor Hersch - I can't thank him enough; it's
phenomenal what I learned through just that one class."
The Erie Technology Incubator at Gannon University (ETI)
provides technology-enabled start-ups and early-stage businesses
with strategic guidance and professional mentoring to address their
most significant challenges. ETI offers personal, hands-on support
in an open, collaborative environment that is designed to challenge
the entrepreneur's thinking, expand his or her capabilities, and
prepare the business for growth. ETI joined InnovationErie as a
sponsor this year and provided one winner with six (6) months of
residency in its Erie offices, along with comprehensive staff
support and a carefully selected professional mentor team that will
be assembled based on the winner's specific needs.
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You don't see Donald Trump dealing blackjack or George Steinbrenner playing third base for the Yankees. Instead, they spend their time developing solid strategies and getting operational results through other people. If The Donald or George were hit by a bus tomorrow, their businesses would continue to operate effectively in the hands of their managers, corporate policies, and operating procedures. That's because their businesses are not "owner-dependent."
But what about yours? If you took a month off from your electrical contracting business (with your cell phone turned off), would you have a business to come back to? Can you imagine spending most of your time planning for future projects and dealing with only the occasional operational issue while your day-to-day business runs smoothly without you? Or do you think this strategy works only for billionaires?
Sure, the Trumps and Steinbrenners of the world get the press, but there are thousands of electrical contractors who operate in exactly the same way and achieve the same type of results. In fact, almost every successful business — no matter the size or industry — operates this way. The owners, CEOs, or presidents all play the same role: They plot the course, watch the horizon, and deal with exceptions while the rest of their team keeps the business running smoothly.
Many contractors, however, are convinced their businesses simply can't run successfully without their constant involvement in every operational detail. Unfortunately, this owner-dependency strangles the operation of the business, prevents the owner from dealing with important strategic issues, and makes the business vulnerable to collapse if the owner is out of commission for any length of time.
Letting go
The first step in shedding this stereotype and becoming a great business leader is to let go of the day-to-day operational details of your business. Let's start by defining the concept of "letting go," focusing on some common misperceptions.
It does not mean losing control or power.
It does not mean walking off and hoping your employees do the right things.
It does mean creating bulletproof systems that ensure things are done your way and getting the results you want without you having to do them yourself or physically be there to see them through.
It does mean documenting your decision-making processes so that employees can make many decisions as you would, without you having to be there or always worrying about what's being done.
It does mean giving up your role as electrician, job-site foreman, estimator, inspector, accountant, and any other job that could (with proper training) be performed by an employee. This enables you to turn your attention to the proper focus of an owner: strategy, systems development, company policies, and being a true business leader.
That said, here are the most common questions we hear at Contractor's Business School from electrical contractors about letting go of their daily duties.
"I've been doing it this way for years, and it's worked okay. We've made it this far; what's so terrible about it?"
The owner-dependent model works in a business' early days (and there's usually little choice at first), but that dependence means that as the business grows, it demands more of the owner's time and energy until he finally hits the wall. It can't happen any other way. If you do all the bids, and there are 30% more bids, you'll be spending 30% more time doing bids. Period.
While the business' size is one factor that demands time and energy, the increased complexity that accompanies growth multiplies these demands. Tracking a few jobs and employees in your head is one thing; it's far different when you're running multiple crews, juggling countless bids, coordinating with dozens of other subs, and covering a wide geographic area. The coordination load increases geometrically, but the owner's capacity stays the same.
As the owner nears his limit, the business' atmosphere approaches chaos. Even in the best businesses, under these circumstances, balls start to drop, and quality and schedule performance suffer. Getting through each day entails facing a series of crises. In this state, the business can't grow, and the owner can't even begin to think about long-term strategies.
More ominous, if the micromanaging contractor/owners gets hit by a bus, the business usually dies too. This is because all the knowledge of how things work is locked inside the owner's head.
What are the characteristics or behaviors of a micromanager/owner?
Almost everyone has worked for at least one micromanager in his lifetime, and probably don't want to repeat the experience. This person likely kept all the knowledge to him or herself, made all the decisions, and gave orders to everyone in the company while ignoring reporting relationships. Micromanagers are usually harried and impatient because they feel employees can't ever do it right (so they do it themselves). They sometimes feel harassed by simple questions and problems that "any nitwit" should be able to figure out.
The typical micromanager usually spends little or no time with long-range planning, manpower, or marketing for the future because he's busy just keeping the ship afloat. He works long hours and is always busy, but the business never really seems to move forward.
"I may be working a lot of hours and doing lots of firefighting, but at least I'm building sweat equity, right?"
You wouldn't pay much for a car with no engine. Similarly, the owner-dependent electrical contracting business has little value. All too often, contractors work until retirement expecting to sell their businesses. They plan on using the proceeds as their primary nest egg only to find that they face years of putting systems and processes in place to make their business saleable.
Actions speak louder than words
Enough of the theory, the real question most contractors want to know is, "How do I actually go about letting go?" The list of steps is surprisingly short.
Step one: Get your head on straight. Are you ready to transform yourself from being a skilled tradesman and a seat-of-the-pants operator into a true business manager and leader? Can you truly relinquish the do-it-all control freak role you may have been playing for years? Although this step takes some courage, it absolutely has to happen first.
Step two: Learn to create consistent, high-quality results through others. Most delegation problems are caused by mismatched assumptions and expectations. "Make sure you take care of the Smith job," or "Don't leave until the site's cleaned up," will mean very different things to two different people no matter how intelligent they are. Any time you hear "Aw, jeez — I thought you meant…." it's usually a sign you did a lousy job of communicating your expectations.
Many owners believe it's the employees' duty to "get it right" when the real story is often much different. In reality, it's the owner's job to thoroughly train employees and create a system or process that will (when followed) produce the desired result. Then, it's the employees' responsibility to follow the procedures.
The delegation process that works isn't complicated or expensive. However, it does require an up-front investment of time and energy to ensure that employees understand exactly what you want and how you want it done. Here's the successful way to delegate:
List the tasks you're doing that could be done by others,
Identify your biggest time-wasters,
Create a detailed, step-by-step, written process for the task (and assume that everything that can be misinterpreted will be misinterpreted),
Define the desired results in written detail with the same assumptions about misinterpretation,
Train the employee(s) in how the process works,
Make "using the process" the law of the land (for you, too),
Turn over the task to the employee,
Monitor the results and refine the process over time, and
Go to the next task and repeat this process.
Now that you've gone through all this, what can you expect?
Reaping the rewards
When you've delegated a good portion of your daily operational tasks to others — and know that things will be done right nearly every time — your free time increases and your stress level decreases. Your cell phone will ring only occasionally, you'll be able to actually keep appointments, go on a vacation, and show up at your kid's soccer games.
Micromanager contractors usually top out at incomes around $200,000 (working 70 hours a week), but by taking themselves out of the day-to-day operation, suddenly this ceiling disappears. Documentation and delegation create an operation that can be replicated (similar to a franchise), and expansion is essentially unlimited. You don't have to create a huge company, but at least now you have the choice.
Operationally, documenting your business processes and desires makes your employees all do the same task the same way, meaning more consistent results, schedule performance, job costs, and greatly simplified training for new people. And don't forget one other thing: fewer headaches and higher profits for you.
Now that you've stopped doing bids and signing paychecks, wouldn't it be fun to be the guy who finally figures out how to transmit electricity without wires? Or the one who teaches the Electrical Contractor/Business Management curriculum at the community college? Or maybe you'd like to spend a year teaching electrical skills to people in developing countries. No? Then how about taking over a few competitors, moving into general contracting, or setting up an electrical supply house?
Okay, we're not all Nikola Tesla, but the biggest benefit of letting go of operational tasks is that it provides you the freedom to choose where to go and what to do. As long as the ship's engine depends on you to run it, you'll never escape the engine room (and the view from there gets pretty old). Teach somebody else to do it, and you can sit on the bridge and steer your ship wherever the spirit moves you.
Broudy is the founder and principal of Contractor's Business School in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Sidebar: Delegation 101
If letting go is such a great thing, how come everybody isn't doing it? Everybody isn't on the bandwagon because of a common set of misperceptions — some of which are emotional and others that stem from operational issues. Fortunately, none are difficult to overcome. Here are the most common sources of worry among most managers:
Myth: "I'll lose my power and control."
Fact: You will actually gain power and control by delegating authority and creating the policies, systems, checks, and balances that ensure things are done your way every time. What's more powerful — signing the checks or deciding how big they are and who gets them?
Myth: "Suffering just goes with success, doesn't it?"
Fact: Success requires effort, focus, vision, and determination. But, it doesn't require 70-hour weeks, heart attacks, and missing your kids' graduations. There are thousands of owner/contractors who work short hours, take lots of time off, and make a bundle while their businesses run smoothly with or without them. Suffering is optional.
Myth: "I'm not really a manager, I'm just an electrician."
Fact: If you've built a million-dollar business, you're a manager. You may lack proper management and leadership skills and be using sub-optimal techniques (like owner-dependency), but you're certainly a manager. As soon as you let go of the operational tasks, you can better develop your management skills.
Myth: "I can't afford to hire people to do this stuff."
Fact: Some contractors believe that hiring more employees or subbing out tasks is expensive or extravagant when the opposite is usually true. Extravagance is having the contractor/owner do the work of a $10 an hour clerk or laborer instead of devising the strategy to take over a competitor or lower job costs.


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Apple Orchard Salad
From: Michigan Apple Committee
Quick Facts
Servings: 8
Prep Time: 15 min.
The perfect salad to take along for a picnic—chicken, cheese, and apples are tossed in a tangy vinaigrette dressing.
- 4 cups cooked and diced chicken breast
- 8 cups spring greens
- 4 Gala apples, thinly sliced
- 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
- 1 cup glazed walnuts
- 1 cup apple cider vinaigrette dressing (recipe below)
- Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing2 cups fresh apple cider
- 1/2 tsp black pepper, cracked
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- Mix together all Apple Cider Vinaigrette ingredients (except oil) until sugar is dissolved, then add in oil and mix.
- Toss salad greens and apple cider vinaigrette together in bowl. Arrange diced chicken on top of greens. Sprinkle cheese to cover.
- Arrange apple slices in circular rows to cover. Sprinkle glazed walnuts to finish.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 566
Calories from Fat 358 (63%)
(69%)Total Fat 45g
(28%)Saturated Fat 6g
Polyunsaturated Fat 11g
Monounsaturated Fat 22g
(24%)Cholesterol 72mg
(6%)Sodium 141mg
(13%)Potassium 465mg
Total Carbohydrate 31g
(12%)Dietary Fiber 3g
Sugars 18g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
(54%)Protein 27g
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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I have just now finally gotten my own internet and have my own apartment to live in and I am going to try to start working on the mod for real this time. I usually say I will work on it but I have been extremely busy and don't always have time to work on my mod. I am still currently working 2 jobs just to afford everything but I will try my best to finish my awesome mod.
I have completed redesigned http://www.gfxpros.com/
I am also interested to see that the other Arcade Mod has no new features just what ever crap he can find that I want to implement but all my best features are kept secret so he can't code them first trust me I have some good ones.
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He also seems to have implemented a jackpot system which is a future feature for my mod. I can't stop him from adding stuff I want to add to mine but you can set an example and use the better mod and spread the word. When I first started this I had nearly 1000 people using the mod while phpBB3 was in beta.
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Roberts brothersget new grandchildren a day apart.
Former Traer residents, Mike and Mark Roberts added new grandchildren to their families in Januaryjust a day apart. Mike and his wife Lindy, nowof Sierra Vista, Ariz., welcomed grandson Bryce Robert Schumaker, born January 4, 2011 in Fitchburg, Mass., to their daughter, Kelley Ann Roberts and Derek Schumaker. He weighed 8 lbs 14 oz. and was 21 inches long. Bryce is their second grandchild.
Mark and wife, Stephanie, now of Aurora, Mo., welcomed granddaughter, Alyxandria Jayden Plank, born January 5, 2011 in Aurora, Mo., to their daughter Caitlin and her husband Lucas Plank. Aly weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. and was 21 inches long. She is their third grandchild.
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So with this said, I'm going to confide that activity at the Labs has settled over the past month or so. Members concede to the demands of their families, works and university schedules, real-life concerns that are backed up by the frequently horrible weather.
As I have hinted by all of the above, I want to do start a project that allows the participation of all of us who are distributed in time and space: A book club. A classic science fiction book club. There is a literally vast selection of novels and stories available through online repositories such as Project Gutenberg and Book Glutton. If you are interested in joining, email me. Simple as that!


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Convenient creation of command-line-driven executables for rendering diagrams using the SVG backend.
defaultMaincreates an executable which can render a single diagram at various options.
multiMainis like
defaultMainbut allows for a list of diagrams from which the user can choose one to render.
mainWithis a generic form that does all of the above but with a slightly scarier type. See Diagrams.Backend.CmdLine. This form can also take a function type that has a subtable final result (any of arguments to the above types) and
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- Use a function with
mainWith. This may require making
Parseableinstances for custom argument types.
- Make a new
Mainableinstance. This may require a newtype wrapper on your diagram type to avoid the existing instances. This gives you more control over argument parsing, intervening steps, and diagram creation.
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mainRenderfrom Diagrams.Backend.CmdLine.
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renderDia; see Diagrams.Backend.SVG for more information.
For a tutorial on command-line diagram creation see http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams/doc/cmdline.html.
General form of
mainWith method unifies all of the other forms of
main and is
now the recommended way to build a command-line diagrams program. It
works as a direct replacement for
defaultMain or
multiMain as well
as allowing more general arguments. For example, given a function that
produces a diagram when given an
Int and a
Colour Double
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... definitions ... f :: Int -> Colour Double -> Diagram SVG R2 f i c = ... main = mainWith f
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defaultMain, except instead of a single
diagram it takes a list of diagrams paired with names as input.
The generated executable then takes a
--selection option
specifying the name of the diagram that should be rendered. The
list of available diagrams may also be printed by passing the
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Decision : 34 COM 8B.10
Mixed Properties-Papahānaumokuākea (United States of America)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-10/34.COM/8B, WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B1 and WHC-10/34.COM/INF.8B2,
2. Inscribes Papahānaumokuākea, United States of America, on the World Heritage List under criteria (iii), (vi), (viii), (ix) and (x);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Papahānaumokuākea is the name given to a vast and isolated linear cluster of small, low lying islands and atolls, with their surrounding ocean, extending some 1,931 kilometres to the north west of the main Hawaiian Archipelago, located in the north-central Pacific Ocean. The property comprises the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, which extends almost 2000 km from southeast to northwest.
The property includes a significant portion of the Hawai'i-Emperor hotspot trail, constituting an outstanding example of island hotspot progression. Much of the property is made up of pelagic and deepwater habitats, with notable features such as seamounts and submerged banks, extensive coral reefs, lagoons and 14 km2 emergent lands distributed between a number of eroded high islands, pinnacles, atoll islands and cays. With a total area of around 362,075 km2 it is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world. The geomorphological history and isolation of the archipelago have led to the development of an extraordinary range of habitats and features, including an extremely high degree of endemism. Largely as a result of its isolation, marine ecosystems and ecological processes are virtually intact, leading to exceptional biomass accumulated in large apex predators. Island environments have, however, been altered through human use, and although some change is irreversible there are also examples of successful restoration. The area is host to numerous endangered or threatened species, both terrestrial and marine, some of which depend solely on Papahānaumokuākea for their survival.
The pristine natural heritage of the area has deep cosmological and traditional significance for living Native Hawaiian culture, as an ancestral environment, as an embodiment of the Hawaiian concept of kinship between people and the natural world, and as the place where it is believed that life originates and where the spirits return to after death.
On two of the islands, Nihoa and Makumanamana, there are archaeological remains relating to pre-European settlement and use, including a large ensemble of shrines, heiau, of a type specific to Papahānaumokuākea, but which resemble those of inland Tahiti. These, together with the sites of stone figures that show a strong relationship to similar carvings in the Marquesas, can be said to contribute to an understanding of Hawaiians strong cultural affiliation with Tahiti and the Marquesas
Criterion (iii): The well preserved heiau shrines on Nihoa and Mokumanamana, and their associated still living traditions are both distinctive to Hawai'i but, positioned within a wider 3,000 year old Pacific/Polynesian marae-ahu cultural continuum, they can be seen as an exceptional testimony to the strong cultural affiliation between Hawai'i, Tahiti and the Marquesas, resulting from long periods of migration.
Criterion (vi): The vibrant and persistent beliefs associated with Papahānaumokuākea are of outstanding significance as a key element in Pacific socio-cultural evolutionary patterns of beliefs and provide a profound understanding of the key roles that ancient marae-ahu, such as those found in Raiatea, the 'centre' of Polynesia, once fulfilled. These living traditions of the Hawaiians that celebrate the natural abundance of Papahānaumokuākea and its association with sacred realms of life and death, are directly and tangibly associated with the heiau shrines of Nihoa and Mokumanamana and the pristine islands beyond to the north-west.
Criterion (viii): The property provides an illustrating example of island hotspot progression, formed as a result of a relatively stationary hotspot and stable tectonic plate movement. Comprising a major portion of the world's longest and oldest volcanic chain, the scale, distinctness and linearity of the manifestation of these geological processes in Papahānaumokuākea are unrivalled and have shaped our understanding of plate tectonics and hotspots. The geological values of the property are directly connected to the values in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and World Heritage property and jointly present a very significant testimony of hotspot volcanism.
Criterion (ix): The large area of the property encompasses a multitude of habitats, ranging from 4,600 m below sea level to 275 m above sea level, including abyssal areas, seamounts and submerged banks, coral reefs, shallow lagoons, littoral shores, dunes, dry grasslands and shrublands and a hypersaline lake. The size of the archipelago, its biogeographic isolation as well as the distance between islands and atolls has led to distinct and varied habitat types and species assemblages. Papahānaumokuākea constitutes a remarkable example of ongoing evolutionary and bio-geographical processes, as illustrated by its exceptional ecosystems, speciation from single ancestral species, species assemblages and very high degree of marine and terrestrial endemism. For example, a quarter of the nearly 7,000 presently known marine species in the area are endemic. Over a fifth of the fish species are unique to the archipelago while coral species endemism is over 40%. As many species and habitats remain to be studied in detail these numbers are likely to rise. Because of its isolation, scale and high degree of protection the property provides an unrivalled example of reef ecosystems which are still dominated by top predators such as sharks, a feature lost from most other island environments due to human activity.
Criterion (x): The terrestrial and marine habitats of Papahānaumokuākea are crucial for the survival of many endangered or vulnerable species the distributions of which are highly or entirely restricted to the area. This includes the critically endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal, four endemic bird species (Laysan Duck, Laysan Finch, Nihoa Finch and Nihoa Millerbird, and six species of endangered plants such as the Fan Palm. Papahānaumokuākea is a vital feeding, nesting, and nursery habitat for many other species, including seabirds, sea turtles and cetaceans. With 5.5 million sea birds nesting in the monument every year and 14 million residing in it seasonally it is collectively the largest tropical seabird rookery in the world, and includes 99% of the world's Laysan Albatross (vulnerable) and 98% of the world's Black-footed Albatross (endangered). Despite relatively low species diversity compared to many other coral reef environments, the property is thus of very high in situ biodiversity conservation value.
The boundaries of the property are all located in the ocean, but nevertheless have been clearly defined, demarcated on navigational charts and communicated widely. The large size of the property ensures inclusion of a wide variety of habitat types, including a highly significant area of marginal reef environment as well as submerged banks and deepwater habitat. It also ensures a high degree of replication of habitat type. Although past use has altered some terrestrial environments the property is still predominantly in a natural state: its nature conservation status is exceptional. This is largely due to its isolation as well as a combination of management and protection efforts, some dating back more than 100 years, including national natural resource protection legislation as well as internationally adopted restrictions. The integrity of the property and its ecological processes are in excess of most other island archipelagos and most other tropical marine environments in the world.
All the cultural attributes that reflect Outstanding Universal Value are within the boundaries of the property. The archaeological sites remain relatively undisturbed by cultural factors. Although none of the attributes are under severe threat, some of the archaeological sites need further conservation and protection against damage from plants and wildlife.
The unique arrangement of the collections of shrines of Mokumanamana and Nihoa islands need to be read in detail for their sacred and religious associations, linked to other similar sites across the Pacific. The strong spiritual religious associations of Mokumanamana island are living and relevant. Damage due to natural processes of decay, and disturbance by wildlife could also disturb their layout and ability to display clearly their meaning.
Protection and management requirements
Papahānaumokuākea is a highly protected area established through Presidential Proclamation in 2009, which adds to pre-existing state, federal and international legal mandates. The multiple layers of Federal and State legislation and regulation protect Papahānaumokuākea's natural heritage and also its cultural heritage: both monuments and landscape. The property was declared a Marine National Monument under the national Antiquities Act, and is further protected by other national legislation including as the National Historic Protection Act, Historic Sites Act, and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. There are also traditional Native Hawaiian protocols protecting the property's physical and intangible cultural heritage.
The multiple jurisdictions have created a complex institutional environment for management of the property, but management planning and intervention practices are appropriate. The three management Agencies for the property are the US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. There is a need to establish and maintain effective natural, archaeological and cultural heritage skills in managing the property. An archaeologist/cultural heritage specialist is required for the property, to complement the management of its natural values. The multiple jurisdictions have created a complex institutional environment for management of the property, but management planning and intervention practices are well conceived. In view of the threats facing the property, well-governed multi-agency involvement and participation is a strength, provided the complexity does not compromise operational capacities and the ability to quickly respond to challenges. It is a particular strength in relation to addressing the threats to the property that originate beyond its boundaries.
A Monument Protection Plan has been drawn up by key stakeholders, which will act as the guiding document for the property over the next 15 years. This includes strategic objectives and detailed thematic action plans that address priority needs. It is important that these efforts are sustained with the aim to increase streamlining, including to achieve more effective mechanisms for stakeholder participation and outreach. There is a need to ensure that the management system achieves effective, equitable and integrated management that protects and conserves both the cultural attributes and natural features of the property that are the basis for its Outstanding Universal Value.
Threats to the natural values of the property emanating outside its boundaries include marine litter, hazardous cargo, future exploration and mining, military operations, Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing, commercial fishing, anchor damage, vessel strikes and Invasive Alien Species.
A key issue in relation to threats to cultural attributes is the need to ensure archaeological sites are not disturbed by burrowing animals or plants, and that monitoring indicators address the impact of natural processes on the archaeological resources. There is also a need for management to be underpinned by clear documentation of the physical cultural resource, based on the outcomes of the current archaeological investigations.
4. Commends the State Party on the on-going comprehensive management efforts and encourages the State Party to continue and intensify efforts to address the threats to the property emanating outside its boundaries, including marine litter, hazardous cargo, future exploration and mining, military operations, Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing, commercial fishing, anchor damage, vessel strikes and Invasive Alien Species, through consultation, collaboration and development and implementation of appropriate strategies nationally and, as possible, internationally;
5. Also commends the State Party on the development of a consultation process between the Monument Management Board and the Department of Defense, also encourages the State Party to further investigate opportunities for improved information sharing and coordination with the military in support of management efforts and urges the State Party to ensure that the military presence will not in any way affect the Outstanding Universal Value and the integrity of the property;
6. Recommends that research and awareness-raising should consider the geological linkages with the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and World Heritage property;
7. Also recommends that the State Party, through the co-trustee agencies and the Monument Management Board and in consultation and collaboration with relevant institutions and stakeholder groups, develop a response plans for the property related to climate change, in order to harmonize existing agency plans and activities in a coherent framework that can further strengthen conservation and management efforts as well as generate information of importance beyond the property itself;
8. Welcomes the sister site agreement between the Governments of the United States of America and Kiribati on the management of Papahānaumokuākea and Phoenix Islands Protected Area respectively, and encourages State Parties to continue and, as possible, expand on this collaboration;
9. Further recommends that the State Party give consideration to the following points:
a) Ensure the management system achieves an equitable balance between the protection of cultural and natural attributes with the support of a cultural heritage specialist;
b) In order to address the fragility of, and disruption to, the archaeological remains from plant and animals, put in place deterrents to ensure archaeological sites are not disturbed by burrowing animals of plants;
c) Develop monitoring arrangements to monitor the impact of natural processes on the archaeological resources;
d) Provide clear documentation of the physical cultural resources based on the outcomes of the current archaeological investigations;
e) Ensure no military training activities take place on Nihoa and Mokumanamana islands.
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Honors Weekend More Than Scholarshipsby Howard Hewitt • March 16, 2011 Share:
The College's most important high school visitation weekend began Friday as staff, faculty and students welcomed up to 400 high school seniors to the Wabash campus. See photos here.
It's the 118th year for Honor Scholarship Weekend. Students will be testing to win up to $20,000 in annual scholarships to attend Wabash. Nearly $3.5 million was awarded from last year's Honors Weekend.
While many will earn scholarships to join the Class of 2015, it's a chance for all of the potential Wabash men to learn more about campus, spend a night or two in student housing, and get a realistic feel for college life.
"This weekend provides considerable free time for prospects to spend time with Wabash students in a relaxed atmosphere," Dean of Admissions Steve Klein said. "For many, it is their first chance to spend the night and get a better understanding of what we're all about. Honor Scholarship Weekend is a big part of the college search process for so many of the high school seniors who are considering Wabash."
The students began the weekend with an activity fair in Chadwick Court. Clubs, fraternities, and many college offices have tables to introduce the seniors to Wabash life and services. A formal welcoming program is held at 11:30 a.m. with a welcome from President Patrick White and Dean Klein.
Students then hear from their potential classmates as Student Body President Steve Henke '12, Independent Men's Association President Rudy Altergott '13, and Inter-Fraternity Council President Jake Moore '11 give brief talks.
The middle part of the day is designated for testing. Students will be joined by Wabash alums at dinner before fraternity and residence hall tours and a concert in Salter Hall.
Saturday's schedule isn't quite as busy but still full of activities. The morning kicks off with more testing and then a quick lunch. The afternoon schedule is largely open. Many students will want to attend the Inaugural Baseball Game in the new Wabash stadium. First pitch vs. Wilmington will be at 1 p.m.
Saturday night features Mission IMPROVable, a Chicago-based improve comedy troupe in Ball Theater at the Fine Arts Center.
The weekend is not only important for the students, but annually a large portion of the incoming class will have attended Honor Weekend.
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