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[caption id="attachment_6213" align="alignnone" width="625"] An Influencer in Aging on how active intention can do it [Photo credit: Adobe Stock][/caption]By George H. Schofield, Ph.D. for Next Avenue
(Next Avenue invited our 2017 Influencers in Aging to blog about the one thing they would like to change about aging in America. One of the posts is below; we will be publishing others regularly.)
When Next Avenue named its 2017 Influencers in Aging, a group I'm proud to be in, the site asked us: If you could change one thing about Aging in America, what would it be?
My answer was: Eliminate stereotypes. We are all pioneers, crossing shifting/surprising terrain. Longevity is an individual and collective gift. High quality of life relies on what we actively do with what we've got or can create. The catalyst isn't age. It's active intention.
I'd like to expand on that thought here:
These stereotypes aren't imaginary examples. I've seen them all first-hand.
Ageism, like any stereotype, doesn't stand alone. It is woven like one thread in a complex tapestry of prejudicial stereotypes, which might include the threads of ageism, racism, sexism, cultural biases, financial capacity, educational affiliation and social classism. The potential list is endless.
To eliminate stereotypes requires understanding that they are a habitual way of thinking, individually and collectively. It also requires understanding five things about them:
Stereotypical descriptions may be individually or situationally valid, but they are always collectively simplistic and untrue. One person might not be aging well, while 100 others are.
They can originate anytime and be aimed at anyone, anywhere. Sadly, older people can be just as ageist towards each other as anyone else.
Stereotypes are often a mean-spirited form of put-down masquerading as humor. "Can't you take a joke?," people spouting them sometimes say.
They can be a product of putting your assumptions on autopilot. Years ago, you and a friend may have reached a negative conclusion about someone you knew who wasn't good at dancing. But neither of you has been aware enough since to reconsider that decision.
Stereotypes can be a shared form of our belonging together. When you and I belong to the same group, we reinforce each other's safety in belonging. "As long as we're together, we don't have to be alone or wrong," you may think. "And they will never be accepted into our club."
In the end, it's almost impossible to extinguish one stereotype or another without destroying the tapestry into which we have woven it across our lives. This is because stereotypes actually reflect a way of thinking, patterns of speech and habits.
Stereotypes aren't essential for leading a great life. They are essential for a life based on faux superiority, resentment and always having to be right.
Eliminating lazy stereotypical thinking requires awareness, intention and action. It means willing to throw our stereotype systems and tapestries — not just a few threads — away.
Here are seven ways to do this:
It won't be easy, but it can be done. It's called active intention.
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Hot on the heels off of giving Boldy James' October 15th release, My 1st Chemistry Set, a hard listen, another Motor City rapper, Quelle Chris dropped a nugget for our perusal, October 29th's Ghost at the Finish Line. The rapper's third full length album further perpetuates the much beleaguered bankrupt city's hypnotic hold on the craft. Hit the jump to read the review in its entirety – Spotify album stream included.

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Ghana players have been paid US$ 35,000 each for advancing to the last eight of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Stars booked their place as Group B leaders after a comprehensive 3-0 win over Niger on Monday night in Port Elizabeth.
"The bonuses were paid at 10:30 pm last night and you can see that is why the players are happy," Ghana FA spokesperson Ibrahim Daara-Sannie confirmed at Tuesday's press conference.
Ghana FA Executive Committee member Emmanuel Kyeremeh further explained the mechanism for paying bonuses.
"The budget management submitted to the Ministry was approved and we also agreed the qualifying bonus with the players. We actually didn't base it on matches," Kyeremeh said.
"If we had not qualified yesterday, then we were not going to pay any bonus."
Ghana finished with 7 points, three more than second-placed Mali and set-up a showdown with high-flying Cape Verde. The Black Stars beat the Blue Sharks 1-0 in an international friendly in Portugal two months ago.
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Understanding Young Men and Masculinities in the Balkans: Implications for Health, Development and Peace
2014 - Promundo and CARE
This literature review by Promundo and CARE in the context of the Young Men Initiative (YMI) provides an overview of studies and surveys conducted in Southeastern Europe related to notions of masculinity and problems faced by young men and...
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Welcome to PWInsider.com's coverage of WWE One Night Stand. We will be updating this page throughout the night with results from the show, so check back often.
One Night Stand opened with all three announce teams welcoming us to the show.
Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam - Stretcher Match.
The stretcher was set up at ringside, and there was a "finish line" at the end of the aisle. A person has to be stretchered past the line to win. As Randy Orton made his entrance, they reviewed the events leading to this match. Rob Van Dam walked slowly to the ring, staring at Orton the whole time, while Orton returned the glare from the ring. Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler are calling this match.
They went face to face at the bell and exchanged words. RVD did the "Rob Van Dam" pose, but instead of doing three points to himself, he did two and then kicked Orton right in the head with a spin kick. Van Dam hit a forearm in the corner, then tossed him into the opposite side and kicked him in the head again. RVD hit a forearm and a series of punches in the corner. RVD monkeyflipped Orton, and there was an "RVD" chant. Van Dam kicked Orton in the chest, then hit a kick to the cut. Orton rolled to the apron and Van Dam hit a slingshot legdrop onto Orton's chest on the apron. Orton tried to kick a charging RVD, but Van Dam caught the kick and blasted Orton with a spinkick to the head. Orton reversed a whip, but as he tried a backdrop, Van Dam grabbed him, hit a heel kick to the head, then another spinkick, followed by a corkscrew legdrop. RVD hit a series of forearms and then another kick. RVD went for a backdrop, but Orton went to kick him on the attempt. RVD caught the kick, but Orton hit one (weak) punch to the head and RVD sold it like he had another concussion. Orton went for an RKO, but Van Dam kicked him in the head. Van Dam went to go to the top rope, but slipped and fell to the floor.
Orton went to the floor and hit a glassy-eyed RVD with a a pair of forearm uppercuts. Orton took Van Dam in the ring and dropkicked him. Orton stomped Van Dam, including a shot to the head, and rolled RVD near the stretcher. Van Dam grabbed the bottom rope to avoid the stretcher, so Orton pulled him back into the ring and stomped him some more. Orton lifted RVD into an over-the-shoulder backbreaker, then dropped him to the mat suplex style. Orton rolled Van Dam to the floor. Van Dam got up and threw some jumping punches, but was still woozy. Van Dam threw Orton head first into the ringpost. Van Dam staggered up and put Orton on the stretcher. Van Dam got on the apron, did his pose, then hit a corkscrew legdrop off the apron onto Orton on the stretcher. RVD rolled Orton into the ring and hit a slingshot legdrop. Van Dam hit a pair of clotheslines, then went for Rolling Thunder, only for Orton to grab Van Dam and plant him with a powerslam. Orton dragged Van Dam near the apron, and climbed out of the ring. Orton tried to suplex Van Dam out of the ring from the apron, but Van Dam blocked it and dropkicked Orton to the floor. Van Dam loaded Orton onto the stretcher. Van Dam got in the ring and charged off the ropes, diving over the top into a somersault plancha, but Orton moved and Van Dam crashed onto the floor, catching his foot on the stretcher on the way down.
Orton put Van Dam on the stretcher and wheeled it near the line, but Van Dam started to get up. Orton hit some punches, but Van Dam kicked Orton in the head from the stretcher. Van Dam rolled off, Orton fell onto it, and Van Dam pushed Orton and the stretcher across the line to get the win at the fifteen minute mark.
Winner: Rob Van Dam.
Orton attacked Van Dam from behind in the aisle, then kicked him in the head from the ring apron, sending RVD over the guardrail and into the ringside fans. Orton pulled RVD over the security wall, so he was hanging by his feet, then drove him into the floor with a DDT. Van Dam was out cold. The EMT's put him in a neckbrace and wheeled him out, while Orton watched from the aisle.
Backstage, Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon were chatting. Vince McMahon said he had a premonition that something bad would happen to him. However, he was not worried about the match tonight, feeling it was something else. Shane said it probably was something he ate, and that he and Umaga would be around to help Vince later.
CM Punk, Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman vs. Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von & Matt Striker - Tables Match
Sandman did his entrance, complete with beer drinking in the crowd. Dreamer and CM Punk then did separate entrances. Tazz and Joey Styles are calling this one. The New Breed came out as a unit. Cor Von started with Dreamer, as the teams are tagging in and out. Cor Von hit a shoulderblock, but missed an elbowdrop. They traded holds on the mat, then Striker distracted Dreamer and Cor Von hit a double underhook suplex. Burke tagged in, and worked over Dreamer with punches. Burke hit a kneedrop, but missed a splash in the corner. Dreamer hit a bulldog and tagged in Sandman, who hit a flapjack. Burke hit a knee to the gut and tagged in Striker. Sandman hiptossed him and tagged in Punk, who hit some knees to the chest, then a jumping knee and a bulldog. Dreamer tagged in and elbowdropped Striker as Punk gave him a side slam. Dreamer and Punk did the old Dudleys "Get The Tables" bit. Dreamer went to the floor for a table, but Cor Von attacked him, so Punk jumped from the ring and hit a tope. In the ring, Sandman was going for his cane, but Burke hit him. Punk hit Burke with a springboard clothesline. Striker ran from Sandman, but Sandman chased him to the floor and caned him. A table was set up on the floor, and Dreamer & Sandman went to suplex him through it, but Cor Von and Burke moved the table.
Everyone was brawling on the floor, then Burke and Cor Von got Punk in the ring. Cor Von powerslammed Punk and Burke hit an elbowdrop out of the corner. Burked ordered Striker to put a table in the ring. Striker set up a table in the corner and the New Breed worked over Punk. Dreamer saved Punk as Cor Von was going to slam him through the table. Dreamer and Sandman cleaned house, sending Burke and Cor Von to the floor. Sandman went for a top rope Frankensander, but Striker shoved Sandman to the floor. Dreamer gave Striker a spinebuster, then Burke tackled Dreamer. Punk gave Burke an enzugiri, but Cor Von powerbombed Punk. Cor Von put Punk on a table in the ring and went for a V Bomb, but Sandman caned Cor Von from the apron. Cor Von fell to the floor. Striker pulled Sandman off the apron, and Sandman hit his head on the steps. Striker was climbing the ropes, with Punk still on the table. Dreamer gave Burke a piledriver and put him on the table, as Punk rolled off and caught Striker on the top rope. Punk superplexed Striker off the top rope and through the table, with Burke on it, for the win at the seven minute mark.
Winners: CM Punk, Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman
Randy Orton went up to Edge backstage, noting that Edge vs. Batista is a battle of his former partners. Orton said if he ends up on Smackdown as a result of the draft, Edge will "be next". Edge said if Orton comes to Smackdown, he'll end up just like Batista, and took his belt and walked off.
It was reported that Rob Van Dam has suffered another concussion.
World Tag Team Champions The Hardys vs. The World's Greatest Tag Team - Ladder Match
Lawler and Ross are calling this one. Fans were chanting "Hardy" before the bell. They started brawling right away, and Matt gave Shelton a bulldog. The Hardys hit a double suplex on Haas. Double hiptoss then fistdrop elbowdrop on Shelton. Haas decked them with a double clothesline, then Haas and Benjamin went for ladders. The Hardys did the same, so we had four ladders in the ring. They had a standoff, then the Hardys dropped their ladders and dropkicked Haas and Benjamin's ladders into themselves. Haas was whipped into a ladder in the corner, then two more ladders were piled on him, then Shelton, then Jeff hit Air Hardy on Shelton's back. Shelton collapsed, and the Hardy's knocked the ladders on him.
Jeff climbed a ladder, but Haas pulled Matt out of the ring, then grabbed Jeff and yanked him off the ladder and to the mat. Big chant for the Hardy's. Charlie began to climb, but Matt pulled him off into an electric chair. The Hardy's climbed a ladder and went for the belts, but Shelton threw another ladder at them, knocking them down. Shelton with a short arm clothesline on Jeff. Haas bridged a ladder in the corner, then he and Benjamin dropped Matt on it with a back suplex. Shelton slammed Jeff, then Haas and Benjamin did a double leg whip, putting Jeff up against the ladder. Haas rammed Matt head first into a ladder. Haas and Benjamin climbed a ladder, but Matt pulled Shelton down and the Hardys yanked Charlie down. Haas rammed Jeff into the ladder twice. Shelton dropkicked a ladder into Matt, then Haas hit Jeff and Matt in the ribs with a ladder.
Haas and Shelton piled up a ladder on top of another and went for a teeter-tooter spot, but the Hardys broke it up and double hiptossed Shelton on the ladders, then slammed Haas onto the pile as well. The Hardys double clotheslined Benjamin over the top rope and to the floor. The Hardys grabbed the extra large ladders from ringside. They bridged one across the apron and guardrail, then dropped Haas gut first on it. Matt then tried to suplex Shelton out of the ring onto the ladder, but Shelton blocked it and suplexed Matt into the ring. Shelton charged Matt and was backdropped over the top rope and onto the bridged ladder at ringside. Matt put Shelton on the bridged ladder, and Jeff went to the top rope. Haas cut off Jeff and gave him a second rope German suplex. Matt got in the ring and gave Haas a Side Effect. Matt set up the ladder and began to climb up. Haas and Benjamin grabbed him and tipped the ladder, sending him chest first into the top rope. Haas leaned one ladder against another at ringside and put Matt against it. In the ring, Benjamin gave Jeff an exploder suplex. Haas held the ladder Hardy was on, so Matt was on a ladder stretched between the ladder and Haas. Benjamin climbed a ladder in the ring and dove off, straddling Matt on the ladder at ringside. Sick spot.
Haas got in the ring and climbed up a ladder. Jeff came up the other side, hit Haas, then superplexed Haas off the ladder to the mat. Jeff climbed up a ladder and went for the belts. Shelton went for a springboard, but slipped and instead kicked the ladder as he fell, and it tipped the ladder and Jeff fell tot he mat. Benjamin hit Hardy twice with a ladder, then climbed up. Matt got back in and knocked it over, hanging up Benjamin in the ropes. Matt gave Shelton a neckbreaker. Matt set up two ladders and began climbing. Shelton climbed the other one and started punching it out. Haas and Jeff climbed up as well and all four men brawled. Haas and Benjamin knocked over the ladder with the Hardys, but the Hardys landed on their feet. They knocked over Haas and Benjamin and Haas fell into the ropes, while Benjamin went over the top rope and hit the ladder that was bridged at ringside. Jeff gave Haas a Swanton Bomb, while Matt started climbing the ladder. The Hardys grabbed the belts for the win at the 18 minute mark.
Winners: The Hardys.
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Apple Tarts
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Source: Ina Garten
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves 4 people
- (1 sheets) frozen puff pastry, defrosted
- 4 small (6 ounce) Granny Smith apples
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) cold unsalted butter, small-diced
- 3/4 cup apricot jelly or warm sieved apricot jam
- 3 tablespoons Calvados, rum, or water
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper.
Cut each sheet of puff pastry into 4 squares. Divide the pastry between the prepared sheet pans and refrigerate while you prepare the apples.
Peel the apples and cut them in half through the stem. Remove the stems and cores with a sharp knife and a melon baller. Slice the apples crosswise in 1/4-inch-thick slices. Place overlapping slices of apples diagonally across the pastry and place one slice of apple on each side of the arranged slices. Sprinkle the apples evenly with the sugar and dot them with the butter.
Bake for 40 minutes, until the pastry is browned and the edges of the apples start to brown. Don't worry! The apple juices will burn in the pan but the tarts will be fine! When the tarts are done, heat the apricot jelly together with the Calvados until bubbly and brush the apples and pastry completely with the jelly mixture. Loosen the tarts with a metal spatula so they don't stick to the paper. Allow to cool and serve warm or at room temperature.


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Thanks Norma, that's high praise indeed! I thought it was funny that she used the word "phenomenal", considering she is 8 I used King Arthur bread flour for this batch, and olive oil for the oil. How long have you been keeping your dough in the fridge/cooler? Normally I keep it in the fridge for a day.
lol, yeah, there is a dumpster in the center of the lot. You'd be better off just walking adjacent to the entrance though. They leave the kitchen door open in the summer for you to get a great view of the prep room.
BenLee,Thanks for telling me the dumpster is in the center of the parking lot. I can think of some things I might say if I am not to nervous to go in there. Thanks also for telling me that I would be better off just walking adjacent to the entrance. The tip about the kitchen door being open in the summer to get a great view of the prep room is cool! Norma
Norma,As you prepare for your trip, I'd like to give you the benefit of my thinking on the De Lorenzo clone dough formulation to date, even if it turns out that my thinking is proven faulty in some respect as a result of what you learn. First, my best estimate on the thickness factor is around 0.065. It may be a bit lower to compensate for the semolina and bench flour used to make the skins but, at a thickness factor of 0.065, that translates to a dough ball weight of 10 ounces for a 14" pizza and 13 ounces for a 16" pizza. Once you get below about 0.065 as a thickness factor, say, 0.05-0.06, your are in cracker crust territory. And, in a commercial setting, you are usually talking about a sheeter or roller of some sort to work with skins at that value of thickness factor. Or, in a home setting, a rolling pin or its equivalent.Second, making a 16" skin that is uniform in thickness throughout the entire area of the skin solely by hand is not easy to do and takes some practice to accomplish on a consistent basis. I believe that it helps in De Lorenzo's case that they use a commercial mixer. That should produce a fairly robust dough to begin with. Also, I believe that it is important that the person who prepares the dough balls to the stage where they can be handed off to other workers for stretching and dressing do a good job flattening (or "pounding") the dough balls so that they are as uniformly flat as possible. Otherwise, the risk of thin spots, and even tearing, increases, especially if the dough has a high water content as discussed in the next paragraph. Third, I believe that a dough made from a flour such as the Pillsbury Best Baker's flour, with a protein content of 12.9%, should be able to tolerate a hydration value of around 58-59%. Adding a bit of oil to the dough, such as 1.5%, should increase the extensibility somewhat (plus contribute some other benefits) but it should be possible to grasp and open a large skin to 16" in the manner shown in the De Lorenzo photos without the skin getting away from itself. However, it is highly unlikely that one will be able to toss and twirl such a skin. In fact, as I see it, if one is able to toss and twirl the skin, that perhaps means that the hydration is too low to achieve the type of crust you are after. Fourth, for the above configuration to work, the dressed pizza has to baked long enough to drive off some of the water content of the dough and give the rim and bottom of the crust enough time to develop the proper color and charring. Depending on the state of fermentation of the dough, there may even be some bubbling in the rim. At the same time, the relatively high hydration of the dough as the pizza bakes will give the crumb some volume such that you don't end up with a crust that is too dry and cracker like. Finally, one should expect some shrinkage in the final baked pizza, even if it is minor. So, that is something to keep in mind when you measure the diameter of the pizza. Also, workers don't always get the exact diameter of the skin time after time. Sometimes they will be too high and other times they will be too low. What will most interest me in the context of what I have written above is the hydration value. Since there is only a small amount of oil (or oil blend) in the dough, and there is no sugar, and perhaps a modest amount of salt, and assuming that we have identified that type and brand of flour used and settled on an amount of yeast for a one-day cold fermentation in your case, that pretty much makes the hydration as the critical variable. Of course, the thickness factor value will also have to be right but that is something that can be overcome by running a few tests. Most reverse engineering and cloning exercises don't result in a home run right out of the box. Peter
No one is gonna care, its the dumpster for about 6 or 7 places.
I thought the TF was going to be fairly low. Interesting that the dough ball weighs you have in mind are 10 ounces for a 14 pizza and 13 ounces for a 16 pizza. I know some about cracker crusts from the experiments I have done.
Norma,I neglected to mention that I did not pull the thickness factor out of a hat. To come up with a probable value, I arbitrarily made an eight ounce test dough ball and let it cold ferment for a day, during which time it increased in volume by about 2 1/2 times. After tempering the dough ball, I flattened it out as uniformly as I could, and then gradually opened it up until the thickness was as close as I could get it to what the De Lorenzo photos showed. I had my iPad with me in the kitchen so that I could compare my skin thickness with what was shown in the photos. When I was satisfied that I had come as close as possible to what I saw in the photos, after much tweaking of the diameter of the skin, I weighed the opened skin and, based on its radius, calculated the thickness factor. I had estimated that the thickness factor would be close to 0.065, maybe a bit less. The calculated value was 0.065. I used that value to extrapolate to the 10 ounce and 13 ounce dough ball weights. It appears that De Lorenzo's may be using a 16" x 17" or 16" x 18" wooden peel with a 19" or 20" handle, so it is possible that the large skin is not quite 16" judging from the photos. That is why your measurement might be important. I followed the above test with another test dough ball that weighed 13 ounces, for a 16" skin. That dough ball was made and managed like the first one. I had no trouble flattening and opening that dough ball to 16". It was extensible, not elastic, and it could not be tossed or twirled. I was using General Mills all-purpose flour, which is all I had on hand for the tests, but I supplemented it with some vital wheat gluten to increase its protein content to 12.9% and give it a bit more structure. After I made the skin, I left it on my wooden peel that I had lightly dusted with bench flour to see if it would stick to the peel. It did not, even after a couple of hours sitting on the peel. Photos in two dimensions can sometimes be deceiving but I felt the the skins I made were in the thickness factor ballpark. I ended up discarding the skins. It has been around 100 degrees F here in Texas for several days and I was not anxious to turn on my oven to make pizzas. But the skins served their purpose.I am not sure that visiting the Sloan De Lorenzo pizzeria will serve much purpose if it is the Robbinsville tomato pie that you would like to replicate. Of course, if you and Trenton Bill are hungry for more pizza, then that is a different story. Peter
Norma,Yes, I did see that Slice article. I was waiting for an opening to note that the small pizza has eight slices and the large pizza has ten slices. That doesn't translate into pizza sizes but at least connotes size. My recollection is that the slices at the Hamilton De Lorenzo restaurant were cut into regular triangle pieces. I would imagine that is also the practice at the newer Sloan location.BTW, one of the nice things about the Robbinsville location is that it has a BYOB policy. However, I don't want you and Trenton Bill to imbibe so much that everything becomes a blur and you can't remember the next day that you were even in the restaurant. And we don't want to hear that the police found you and Trenton Bill passed out in the dumpster the next morning with an empty bottle of limoncello clutched in your hand. Have a great time. I look forward to your report.Peter
BenLee,That is what I thought by looking at the dumpsters on Google Maps, but I might need a few drinks to get enough nerve up to actually open those doors to be able to look. If someone would come out to the dumpsters from De Lorenzo's I would be embarrassed. Norma
Honestly, the two Delorenzo's have little more in common than the name. And, I don't know anyone....or of anyone...who is a fanatic of Delorenzo's Pizza (not Robbinsville or Hudson) . To me....comparing them is really a waste of time, as the "Pizza" place is nothing special...and really never has been. I think Gary Amico, Sam's father, tinkered and tinkered until he came up with what he did. The "Pizza" place, I think , even uses a rolling machine to roll out their dough..or "open" it...I don't dislike the place, really..and have been there 4-5 times. But...never was really dying to go back. It was open for lunch and more days than Hudson St. was...so...for spontaneity...it was convenient. I am curious about the new Papa's in Robbinsville....though....have only been to Papa's once, and it was good. But, another place I went to because I was in Trenton and it was open for lunch. Look forward to the CIA-coded report from the dumpster.
Norma,You might ask them if they would sell you a dough ball to take home and bake in your home oven. A lot of pizza places will do that if you ask nicely. Bring along your digital scale and immediately weigh the dough ball after purchase. This would provide some valuable information if you can pull it off. --Tim


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Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report - Fri, Dec 14, 2012
How to Find Success with Latin American Miners: Heiko Ihle
Miners in Latin America are facing both growth and challenges. Heiko Ihle, senior research analyst with Euro Pacific Capital, examines the factors behind these trends. In this Gold Report interview, Ihle urges investors to evaluate mining companies based on three important features rather than on the performance of others in the region.
The Gold Report: Heiko, you cover many companies in Latin America. One silver miner in Mexico is challenging an eviction notice from its property in Chihuahua, Mexico, which is causing a stir in the mining industry. Does that give you cause to reevaluate Mexico as a mining jurisdiction or is this an isolated incident?
Heiko Ihle: Mexico is a more challenging mining jurisdiction than the United States or Canada, but it's also a much easier place than Bolivia, for example. There are some common challenges with mining there. One of the companies I cover, Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (FSM:NYSE; FVI:TSX; FVI:BVL; F4S:FSE), has some issues with the community in Oaxaca. This sort of thing happens all the time, and it's mostly business as usual.
TGR: What sort of gold and silver prices are you using in your models to evaluate these companies?
HI: I'm a stock analyst, as opposed to a macroanalyst, so I use conservative numbers: $1,600/ounce (oz) long-term gold prices and $34/oz long-term silver prices. In the long term, those numbers are likely to be a little too low, but they produce a margin of safety to our net asset value (NAV) and cash-flow models.
TGR: The silver companies you cover in Latin America are for the most part outperforming your gold companies. Does this make you more bullish on silver than gold, or are you evaluating specific cases and what those specific equities offer?
HI: I look at specific cases because the best gold company can't prosper if it can't get gold out of the ground at a decent cash cost. Similarly, the best silver company won't flourish if a community demonstration shuts down its plant. Again, I am an individual equity analyst; I look at the microeconomic company-specific factors and make my decisions accordingly.
TGR: What are three must-haves for the companies you cover?
HI: The number one thing is good management. Bad management can run the best company into the ground. I've seen it in stocks that I covered and in stocks that I owned.
TGR: How do you quantify good management?
HI: If I speak with a management team and I get the sense that it doesn't understand what's going on, then that would put it into the bad management category. If it continuously disappoints, if it continuously over-promises and under-delivers, that would put it into the bad management category. I worry, too, if there is no coherent team - even if the CEO, CFO and chief geologist are great people, there is a chance that they do not work well together. It sounds simplistic, but I always pay close attention.
TGR: What are the other must-haves?
HI: A company must have a good asset. Even if it has great management, if a company doesn't have a good asset, nothing's going to be pulled out of the ground. It needs to have a decent land package with room for expansion. The grades need to be right. The type of ore needs to be right. It needs to be permitted or have decent progress toward permitting. The third must-have is a functional mill with potential for expansion. The chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and if one of these factors is broken, the whole system is going to crumble.
I do a lot of site visits to evaluate the mills. I look for spare capacity, and I go through all the geological reports for permitting.
TGR: Does that mean you're looking only at producers?
HI: Not necessarily. I cover Romarco Minerals Inc. (R:TSX). It is still in the permitting phase, but it has made good progress toward a permit; it is so confident that it will get the permit that it already bought the ball mills.
TGR: What is Romarco's production timeline?
HI: The Army Corps of Engineers should let it know early next year. My gut feeling is that it will be in production in 2015.
TGR: Let's move into your coverage of precious metals companies in the Americas. Aurizon Mines Ltd.'s (ARZ:TSX; AZK:NYSE.MKT) earnings per share were less than half of what they were in the same period a year prior, Q3/11. The company's cash costs rose to $759/oz in Q3/12 versus $497/oz in Q3/11. Nonetheless, you have a buy rating on Aurizon.
HI: Yes. Aurizon is going through a transitional year. It is going through a shaft deepening at the Casa Berardi mine. Meanwhile, several other companies that can afford higher wages are poaching its workers. The shaft deepening frequently shuts down production at the site, and the same thing will happen in 2013, which is why my 2013 production numbers are lower. Cash costs are higher and may be even higher next year, when production will dip to 130,000 oz. However, this is temporary and ultimately will serve as an investment in the company's longer-term growth.
TGR: In a recent research report on Aurizon, you said you believed that, with about $200 million (M) in cash, "the firm will engage in favorable M&A activity." What sort of projects or targets is it likely to pursue?
HI: Several projects in the area are in the $40-100M market-cap range. Two in the same mining camp are fairly widely known.
TGR: What is your 12-18 month target on Aurizon?
HI: It is $5.20/share.
TGR: Endeavour Silver Corp. (EDR:TSX; EXK:NYSE; EJD:FSE) had a strong Q3/12, with production increasing by about a third. You have a buy rating and a 12-month target price of $11.70 on the company. After such an impressive quarter, will there be room for more growth?
HI: A good part of Endeavour's Q3/12 growth came from its recently purchased El Cubo mine in Mexico. That is where growth in 2013 and beyond should come from; the mine should produce 1.1 million ounces of silver next year, compared with about 400,000 oz this year. Endeavour also has some growth at Guanacevi and Bolańitos. This growth should lead to more cash flow and potentially more acquisitions for the company.
TGR: Endeavour bought El Cubo from AuRico Gold Inc. (AUQ:TSX; AUQ:NYSE) in July. What were your thoughts when that transaction occurred?
HI: I liked the acquisition, and I liked it even more after I visited earlier this year, when Endeavour took a number of analysts down for a site visit - it really showed how much of a turnaround it has made. After it took over, Endeavour essentially doubled grades within six weeks because it started following the veins instead of randomly mining into the mountain and processing waste rock. I would expect Endeavour to have a good part of the transmission done next year, and my grades are improving for El Cubo as well.
TGR: Considering its growth, do you think Endeavour will introduce a dividend?
HI: No. It is more focused on growing the enterprise through more acquisitions. Endeavour has a very good track record for acquisitions.
TGR: Yes, Endeavour has made a number of badly performing assets perform.
HI: The day Endeavour closed on El Cubo, the NAV was already substantially above what it paid.
TGR: You also cover Fortuna Silver Mines, which had a great Q3/12 and is poised to exceed its production guidance for 2012. Do you expect similar performance in 2013?
HI: The company has good production numbers at its San Jose mine in Mexico, though there are community protests there. Offsetting that, however, is the Caylloma mine, which is in Peru. I visited it about a year ago. Labor costs are going through the roof at that site, so while production is very good, its cash costs have been rising more than everybody anticipated. The company should have a good 2013, but there will be some cash costs challenges, and it is already working on those.
TGR: In a recent research report, you said Fortuna continues to search for midsized acquisitions in Central and South America. Given the difficulties it has faced at Caylloma and the mine's higher than anticipated labor costs, which juniors in Peru or nearby might be a good fit for Fortuna?
HI: Fortuna is looking into private enterprise like smaller private mines that it can buy or privately owned land packages that it can attach to its mines. It probably will not buy a public junior company.
TGR: What is it looking for? Is it looking to bring more feet into Caylloma?
HI: Fortuna is looking for a separate project, which is what it should be doing because it diversifies risk. A good example is Aurizon, which has a single asset. Right now, that single asset is going through a tough time and that punishes the entire company. If a company has four assets and one goes through a tough time, it has much less impact.
TGR: What is the next catalyst for Fortuna that will get it to your $6.60/share, 12-18 month target price?
HI: It needs to get cash costs under control, which it should be able to do once labor pressures subside; labor is the biggest factor.
TGR: Is your $6.60/share target price a buy rating?
HI: Yes. That is an upside from here.
TGR: Great Panther Silver Ltd. (GPR:TSX; GPL:NYSE.MKT), on the other hand, had a poor Q3/12. Earnings per share were halved, and total revenues declined 6% year over year. You have a 12 month target of $2.20/share on the company, but it is trading around $1.60/share. What will push it higher?
HI: Great Panther is also experiencing challenges. The droughts in Mexico this year forced it to stockpile ore because the mill wasn't able to take on the capacity. Meanwhile, some thought Endeavour would take over Great Panther because it was a logical target. However, since it took over El Cubo, there is less of a chance of Endeavour buying Great Panther. Revenues should grow nicely next year. I was disappointed by 2012 results year-to-date, and my price target has gone down as well, but the NAV discount remains. In the longer term, it should hopefully be able to get those assets' value.
TGR: What is it trading at versus your NAV?
HI: My NAV is at $1.80/share. The 20% premium gets rounded, that is $2.20/share. That consists of $1.44/share for Guanajuato and $0.22/share for Topia, which includes the drought issues. That is $249M for the overall company, including cash and exploratory assets and such.
TGR: Rio Alto Mining Ltd. (RIO:TSX; RIO:BVL) operates the La Arena gold-copper mine in Peru, and its share price has trended higher throughout most of 2012. Can investors expect further growth?
HI: Yes. The second part of the company's project goes on-line in a couple of years, and a lot of copper is being taken from the site. The stock should fare well. Rio Alto is also doing something many others wish they could do, which is growing through internal cash flow, so it doesn't have to dilute shareholders. It doesn't have to issue a lot of debt or equity; it is using the free cash flow from its first site and using that to grow.
TGR: Could you give us an overview of Rio Alto? The company has done well this year, but it isn't widely known.
HI: It owns La Arena, which is about 1,000 hectares, in Peru. It is a gold mine currently and a future gold and copper project. It has an approximately 26,000 hectare land package around there, and it currently produces from the La Arena oxide project, the gold project I just mentioned. That is open-pit mining, and in about 2016, the sulfide project will come on-line. That is where most of its cash is going right now, and at that point it will also produce copper at the site.
TGR: When you met with management from Rio Alto, what stood out?
HI: It has performed so far, and many companies in this space can't say that. CEO Alex Black is a good guy and the team he leads with CFO Tony Hawkshaw has delivered on everything it said it would, including time tables, grades and proper sales of the metal. It also got lucky this year; the grades from the site were at least temporarily higher than the company and all the analysts had thought they would be.
TGR: You recently downgraded Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SSL:TSX) to neutral. What was your rationale?
HI: That decision was due to valuation. The gold streaming business is still a good business. And I still like the company's management, which has achieved a lot in a short period. Right now, in a period of high gold prices and a fixed cash cost, many are selling gold for twice what it costs to take it out of the ground. It is a terrific business. Nonetheless, at some point, even the best business becomes fully valued, and I believe Sandstorm reached that point at $13.50/share. That is where it was when I downgraded it. Now the stock is a lot lower; it is trading around $11.50/share.
TGR: The company has royalties on quite a suite of mines. This is a highly profitable business, given the margins and the tax considerations in Canada, but as more people catch on, will more companies enter this space, growing the competition for those royalties and shrinking the margins?
HI: A lot of streaming agreements are like pawn shops: companies go there because they can't go anywhere else. That is what has held the industry's margins up. If everybody else were to come out and do the same thing, it could drive the companies' costs of funding a little lower - but that won't happen. Also, a streaming company can err and invest in mines that never reach production only so many times until it is broke.
Of course, there are more streaming companies now than there have ever been, and there are more juniors than before, too. All it takes is a project, a dream, an engineer and a geologist.
TGR: The share price for Sandstorm Gold shot up and people made money, and now you say it has come back to earth. Is growth coming from the price of these commodities - or how will a streaming company like Sandstorm grow from here?
HI: The growth will come twofold. The mines it has streaming agreements on are going to enter production or grow production; that is one way to grow. A second way to grow is to issue more capital, which Sandstorm has done this year, and then use that to buy more streams in their infancy.
TGR: Are you bullish on Colossus Minerals Inc.'s (CSI:TSX; COLUF:OTCQX) Serra Pelada mine, in which Sandstorm has a royalty, and when that comes on, will it be a significant contributor to Sandstorm's revenue?
HI: I don't follow Colossus, but I do feel good about that mine. I put out a report on it as well.
TGR: What segment of the precious metals market is going to provide retail investors with the best bang for their buck in 2013?
HI: I suggest people figure out what area they want to invest in, then narrow it down to a couple of companies. Go back to those three must-haves that I mentioned. Look into management, look into the assets and look into the permitting and the operational phase of the firm.
I would also say people should diversify. And if they just go across base metals, gold and silver, they will be doing themselves a favor.
TGR: So your advice is to evaluate individual companies and divide the portfolio up by commodity.
HI: Yes, and commodities shouldn't be your full portfolio.
TGR: Thank you so much, Heiko.
Heiko Ihle joined Euro Pacific Capital in November 2011 as a senior research analyst covering companies in the mining and engineering and construction (E&C) industries. Prior to joining Euro Pacific, Ihle spent over six years with Gabelli & Company, more than five of which as a research analyst. While at Gabelli, he was awarded second place in the 2010 Financial Times/StarMine Top Analyst Awards for the Engineering & Construction space. A native of Germany, Ihle received his bachelor's degree in finance and management from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004, and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 2006. He has been a CFA Charterholder since 2010 and is currently a member of the CFA Institute and the Stamford CFA Society.
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1) Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report conducted this interview. He personally and/or his family own shares of the following companies mentioned in this interview: None.
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The opening I'm sure not to miss this Friday June 3rd is that of local artist's collaborative FEAST at 1708 Gallery. The show is called FEAST... Against the World. I only know the names of two of the members, Terry Brown and Chris Norris, both of whom work independently as well. Terry is a photographer and took all of my 2003/2004 slides; Chris just showed at Flippo Gallery, ADA Gallery, and has something coming up later in the month at the Anderson Gallery. He's hot. Word is that he's maybe being "considered" for something so get your Chris Norris drawings while you can.
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When a scientist becomes an activist
In my office, I have a picture of a man testifying to Congress. He is haggard, with the look of someone under great strain. Behind him, engraved on the wall, is a quote from the book of Proverbs: "Where there is no vision, the people perish."
The man in the picture is NASA climatologist James Hansen, best known for bringing the danger of global climate change to the attention of the modern world in the 1980s, and widely considered the planet's leading climatologist. Hansen has just published his first book: Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity.
As you'd expect, the book contains enough charts and graphs to choke a rhino. And there's plenty of science, lots of it illuminating, even to jaded climate geeks like me. For example: How do we predict what a world with higher CO2 concentrations would look like? Do we use computers to create climate models? That's one method, certainly. But we can find even more accurate information about what a warmed world will look like if we go back in time and rummage through the geologic record. The information we find there is extremely accurate. It shows that when it was only 1 degree celcius warmer on average than now, the seas were several feet higher. Just 1 degree makes that much difference.
The science is fascinating, especially when presented in the context of a 30-year effort to make our government understand the dire need for aggressive action. But in the end, Hansen's book is about something else. It's about how one should live a life; the book is as much about Hansen's answer to this philosophical question as it is about climate change.
Hansen is, on one hand, a remarkable man with an exceptional intellect, perhaps a once-in-a-millennium, perfectly timed comet of a person, like a Muhammad Ali or a Jonas Salk. On the other hand, he's an everyman plagued with the same traits of regret and disappointment with himself that the rest of us also share. In the 1970s, the world's greatest climate scientist once froze up while giving an overhead slide presentation and had to simply sit down, humiliated. Then, after giving a talk to the Bush-Cheney White House, he agonized about whether he should have ignored the cooling effects of aerosols because it gave Cheney an "out," enabling him and others to make the specious argument that aerosols somehow balance out the trillions of tons of CO2 emitted every year.
Whatever his demons, Hansen repeatedly forces himself to do what he believes to be the right thing. Over and over, he swears that after one last effort to connect sound science to the policy it should inform, he'll go back to the lab. Fortunately for us, he never does; his conviction overrules his reticence. This month, Hansen publicly defended Tim DeChristopher, the student who faces jail time for bidding on oil leases, without any money, to prevent drilling.
In his office, Hansen has a picture on the wall, too; it's of Jackie Robinson and the legendary 1950s Dodgers. Robinson, a hero in another monumental human struggle, is known for doing the impossible. He didn't just integrate baseball; he became famous for stealing home base -- that consummate statement of daring and confidence.
The task Hansen sets out for the reader -- and for himself -- in his book is similarly audacious: It is to take to the streets and save the planet. It's a task of limitless difficulty, because it must overcome not only human inertia but also the fat-cat special interests and our glacially slow government. Hansen correctly notes that solving climate change is about solving money in politics, and that the future of democracy depends on addressing both.
As he ends his book, Hansen tells us that he has just undergone surgery for prostate cancer. With his grandchildren, Sophie and Connor, he has also planted milkweed for monarch butterflies to nest in near his home. Working in the ancient Pennsylvania earth, accompanied by two breathing miracles of existence, Hansen must have felt the crushing beauty of the world, the weight of mortality, the brevity and preciousness of life.
Hansen could have been content with just being a scientist. He could have done his work and felt -- with justification -- that he had contributed greatly to the world. This would have freed him from the personal attacks, the stress you can see plainly in his face, and the burden of being a living Cassandra, determined to try to change a world that stubbornly refuses to listen. But Hansen elected not to do that.
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I've used screw extractors before, but they did not look like these.
I knew that! In fact I have a set of screw extracters
These are a very useful tool especially in a machine shop. Working with my father for 25 yrs in and around a machine shop left handed bits and reverse spiral tool s where used quite often. Great article
Not much of a challenge here. I have had those bits in my tool box for years and have had many occasions to use them.
Great tip! Screw extractors are so helpful!
I knew that - but my experiences with badly damaged and stuck screws were not good.
I sort of knew this, but not exactly. I've used an extractor bit for years. But it is a manual one that I "back out" using an adjustable wrench. I never put one in my drill, I'll have to try it or pick up a set like you show in your video.
Happy 20th anniversary!!! I think I've been a follower of yours from the start.
Tim, I knew about the removal bits I bought a 3 piece set from Sears years ago. Being an old plumber did you use any nipple extractors or like us steam fitters a cheese cutter blade and a chaping chisel?
When You have reached my age there are very few tools that I have not seen or used for that matter.
Yes, I do know what a reverse drill bit is and Yes, I have used one on more occasions than I like to think about. Usually, because I have stripped a head or damaged a screw after it was put in.
Good luck with your quest. Those of us Baby Boomer age will know of these tools. We were raised for the most part working with our hands and with hand tools. I have even used the old fashioned reverse drill bits, we had to turn by hand, before we had cordless tools and such.
I have a set of Craftsman screw extractors that my daughter gave me, not knowing what they were. I had seen them used in a machine shop before, and they come in handy.
I knew that. I've been meaning to get a set, but haven't yet.
Tim - what you showed in your video about backing out a screw was nice but try to do that with a 3" screw in pressure treated decking. No way. I have two different sets, one set has a drill type on one side to start the hole and then flip it over to use the extraction side. The second set is the one you used. Frustrating.
I knew that! (Used to sell them when I was with Snap-On)
These are a fantastic invention. I have a set of these I've used many many times. I grew up on a farm in Iowa and have used them for extracting many broken screws and bolts. It is extremely important to use the correct size bit for the screw you are extracting.
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I have a set of three sizes. The problem that I usually have is when the screw head breaks off, then you can't use this tool. It only works when the head is stipped, but still attached.
I bought a set of these when they first came out. They have saved me a lot of times. Thank you Tim for all the projects you have helped me with through your videos. Keep up the great work. jim
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United States in South Africa.
The speech, intended to inspire the young women leaders, included several calls to action, like this series:
You can be the generation that holds your leaders accountable for open, honest government at every level, government that stamps out corruption and protects the rights of every citizen to speak freely, to worship openly, to love whomever they choose. You can be the generation to ensure that women are no longer second-class citizens, that girls take their rightful places in our schools.You can be the generation that stands up and says that violence against women in any form, in any place -- including the home – especially the home – that isn't just a women's rights violation. It's a human rights violation. And it has no place in any society.You see, that is the history that your generation can make.Even with that soaring rhetoric, Michelle Obama's speech worked because it made an intimate experience out of a big crowd, an historic space and an event full of significance. Here's how:
- She pokes fun at the outsized situation to put the young women at ease: "Now, I have to be honest. Your efforts might not always draw the world's attention, except for today," said the First Lady, a line that got a laugh--and let her go on to discuss how small actions can make a difference. That kind of keeping-it-real remark helps her to connect with her young audience effectively.
- She spends significant time recognizing individuals: From her opening acknowledgments of dignitaries to her examples of young women leaders in the audience and their accomplishments, Obama brings the audience into focus, making it a collection of individuals rather than a massive group--something that's true whether you watched this speech from afar, or right in the room.
- She relates the big, historic events to her audience of today: Recalling events in Soweto 35 years ago, Obama notes "Many of the students who led the uprising were younger than all of you." In so doing, she adds perspective, and right-sizes what seems outsized.
The video below includes an introduction and then the full address. What do you think of this famous speech?
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GIMME SHELTER- New shoes: Quarter-round finishes floor job
Kurt Lehnert
Q: I had my old floors refinished, but they removed and discarded the shoe molding. How do I go about replacing the shoe molding?
A: Replacing your shoe molding is fairly simple, but you can mess it up if you don't take your time and do it right. Poorly cut joints and warped or cracked sections of molding can be unsightly and detract from the beauty of your newly finished floors.
First, you'll need to measure all your baseboards to determine how much shoe molding– also called quarter round– you'll need. If you're going to paint or stain the shoe molding, it's a good idea to do that before you get started. You'll also need a miter box and handsaw, a coping saw, a big box of 6-penny nails, a hammer and nail punch [also called a nail set], and some wood putty.
Now, just pick one section of baseboard and begin laying down the molding like train tracks. For longer sections, where you don't have a single piece of molding to fit, use your miter box and handsaw to make a mid joint run by cutting two opposite 45-degree angles and sliding them together. On the exposed ends near door casings, cut the end at a 45-degree angle away from the door casing. On outside corners, cut the end of the molding at a 45-degree angle that meets at the corner. On inside corners, cut the end of the molding at a 45-degree angle that meets away from the corner.
If your inside corners aren't perfectly square, which can be the case with older houses, you can also make a tighter joint by butting one piece against the opposing baseboard, cutting the end of the other piece at a 45-degree angle, and removing the curved back of the cut with your coping saw. Done carefully, the other piece should butt up neatly against the piece flush with the baseboard.
As you lay down the molding, nail it down at an angle into the floor with your 6-penny nails every two feet or so. If your floors are uneven, don't sink so many nails that it forces the molding to follow the contours of the floor. Keep the shoe molding level and it will give the illusion your floors and baseboard are on plane. Finally, just sink the nails with your nail punch and fill in the holes with wood putty.
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This guy sounds like he knows what he is doing and talking about. Does he own his business? I might like him to so my floor.
Does anyone read these discussions? Like Kurt? If so i would like to hear from you.


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23sep(sep 23)9:00 am24(sep 24)5:00 pmDTDC 201: Operator Training – New York 2020New York | September 23-24
The DT Digitization Certification (DTDC) Series focuses on the theory and practice of modern camera-based cultural-heritage digitization. These courses are largely equipment-agnostic, suitable both for those using DT systems or other copy stands. The full DTDC Series is currently comprised of 2 classes:
Digitization 101 – Intro to Digitization
Digitization has undergone a rapid and profound transformation in the past two decades. Legacy systems built on scanning have been replaced with modern instant capture systems. Direct-to-TIFF workflows are being replaced by Raw Workflow. Institutions are adopting FADGI and other guidelines that ensure digitization is done at a preservation-grade of quality, but require a more nuanced understanding of image quality than relying on manufacturer's stated PPI. To fully reap the rewards of this transformation requires new hardware, software, and workflows, as well as a new approach to digitization's position in an institutional context. In this class we'll take the 10,000 foot view of these transformations to form a foundation of the modern approach to digitization.
Take the online course at your own pace; you are free to go through the videos and tests as quickly or slowly as you'd like, and can revisit the videos as many times as you'd like for as long as you'd like. Typically the course takes about 2 hours if taken straight through.
This course is a prerequisite to our 201 class. It must be completed online on the registrant's own time prior to taking the 201 course.
Price: $79
Click here for instructions on how to complete Digitization 101 – Intro to Digitization.
Digitization 201 – Operator Training
This course covers routine workflows for camera-based digitization systems, from capture to post processing. It covers topics like setting exposure, establishing focus, creating an LCC (even field), as well as topics like file organization, batch editing, and batch processing. Also included are basic standards-compliance theory and image-quality evaluation, including Golden Thread and OpenDice. Students emerge ready to be operators of modern digitization systems for most non-challenging object types.
The curriculum covers workflows for both Capture One Pro (for clients using commercial-oriented cameras like Canon, Nikon, Sony, or Fuji) and Capture One CH (for clients using cultural-heritage-oriented cameras such as DT and Phase One systems). We strongly suggest you install and activate a trial of Capture One Pro and Capture One CH in the week or two prior to the class; the trial is good for 30 days so will still be valid after the class for you to practice various techniques you learn during the class. You're welcome to bring a laptop to the class with Capture One installed but it is NOT a requirement. Both Capture One Pro and Capture One CH can be installed at the same time, click here for a step by step installation break down. If you need help with installing Capture One or activating the Pro or CH trial prior to the course, please contact [email protected]
Please plan to stay through the entire scheduled course.
Successful completion of our 101 class is required. The 201 course is a 2-day in-person training.
Price: $499
Click here for more information on Digitization 201 – Operator Training or reach out to our events manager, Kate Stone, with any questions at [email protected]
Your registration on this page will only include registration for Digitization 201.
The 2-day in-person training will be held at the address below:
Digital Transitions | New York Showroom
35 West 35th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York, 10001
1. How do I know if I'm ready for Digitization 201?
Successful completion of 101 is required to take our 201 class.
2. Does the training come with a license for Capture One Pro or Capture One CH?
No, the fee does not include Capture One software. You can download Capture One Pro here and Capture One CH here. For instructions on how to install the two programs simultaneously check out our blog post! Free trials are available for both versions and we recommend waiting to download them until the training dates fall within your trial period.
3. What Software should I have for the class?
For the most hands on experience, we suggest that you come with both Capture One Pro and Capture One CH installed. This will allow you to follow along with the demonstrations.
4. What Should I Bring?
Lunch will be provided by DT both days with vegetarian options available. If you have other dietary restrictions please contact Kate Stone ([email protected]) at the time of your registration to ensure the appropriate accommodations can be made. If you're able to, we recommend a laptop with the latest version of Capture One CH and Capture One Pro installed and fully charged. You may also want to bring a charger for your laptop. However, while we do our best to provide outlets for every attendee it is not always possible.
5. Can I leave early to accommodate my travel arrangements?
We do not advise planning to come early or leave late for the training as both days are jam packed with information and valuable networking opportunities. However, should you encounter a conflict with your travel arrangements for the class simply notify our events manager, Kate Stone ([email protected]) to coordinate
Refund Policy
Due to the limited seating, Digital Transitions DOES NOT offer refunds for this program.
23 (Wednesday) 9:00 am - 24 (Thursday) 5:00 pm PT
Digital Transitions | New York Showroom
35 West 35th Street, 2nd Floor
1 Seat for DT Digitization Certification: Operator Training
Price: $499.00
13octAll Day14DT Coding Series Certification Capstone – New York 2020New York | October 13-14
This is the final session of the Digital Transitions Coding Series, the Certification Capstone course. This course will offer an extended look at combining all of the knowledge gained in
This is the final session of the Digital Transitions Coding Series, the Certification Capstone course. This course will offer an extended look at combining all of the knowledge gained in the previous online sessions, and graduates will receive a diploma certifying that they have become coding experts.
The first five parts of the DT Coding Webinar series are introductory in nature. In this two-day in-person capstone class we will dive much deeper into AppleScript, Python, and the Capture One SDK. We will take on real-world coding use cases from scratch, including the pre-code planning, unit-testing small components of the overall solution, testing and debugging, and documentation. If you do not have previous experience with coding, in addition to the 5 previous webinars in this series, we will send you a list of free intro-level classes we suggest to arrive best prepared to dive deep.
$549 Registration Fee | $449 Early Bird Registration (use code " CodingEarlyBird2020 " at checkout)
By attending in-person you will receive:
– Access to an in-person only Coding Jam at the end of Day 2 during which the instructors will spend 1:1 time with each attendee to critically look at their current coding projects and offer advice and assistance.
– FREE registration for our Annual East Coast Round Table
– Invitation to an exclusive coding series Happy Hour
– Continental breakfast + a light lunch will be provided
– 1 Year single user license of Capture One Enterprise (available after registration, a $399 value)
If attending the in-person session please plan to stay for the full duration of the class on both days.
All Registrants will have the option to attend the session remotely, but we hope you'll join us.
The 2-day in-person training will be held at the address below:
Digital Transitions | New York Showroom
35 West 35th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, New York, 10001
The exact start and end time of the course is to be determined, but you can plan on the course being all-day during business hours.
An important note, while the first two parts of this series speak specifically to Cultural Heritage institutions, the series as a whole is directly applicable to high volume workflows of all types from e-commerce, to fashion, to museum/library digitization.
If you haven't already, we strongly recommend checking out the 5 preceding parts to the DT Coding Series to this session before the in-person certification (even if you have prior experience). This will ensure that all participants are joining the class at the same starting point. You can register before completing all parts, but it's best if you have parts 1-5 completed before the 2 day training. (Parts 1-5 are free.)
Parts 1-4 of this web series do not require any prior experience with scripting or coding and are intentionally structured in a way to be friendly to beginner level programers.
Part 1 Coding for Cultural Heritage: A Call for Community Action
Part 2 Coding for Cultural Heritage: Advanced Case Studies and Considerations
Part 3 : Getting Started with AppleScript for Capture One
Part 4: Getting Started with Python Step-by-Step (register for live session)
Part 5: The Capture One SDK (date to be announced)
Reach out to our events manager, Kate Stone, with any questions at [email protected]
1. Do I need to complete Parts 1-5 before attending the Certification Capstone?
While not absolutely necessary, we strongly suggest watching the recorded sessions of Parts 1-5 linked on this page. This is ensure all attendees have the same foundation for which we are building the certification.
2. Can I leave early to accommodate my travel arrangements?
We do not advise planning to come late or leave early for the training as both days are jam packed with information and valuable networking opportunities. However, should you encounter a conflict with your travel arrangements for the class simply notify our events manager, Kate Stone ([email protected]) to coordinate.
3. Can I use the Capture One Enterprise license before the class?
Yes! We will process your license within three business days of your sign up and you can use the license for one year thereafter. Moreover, it is a one-year subscription, so includes any new versions of Capture One Enterprise (e.g. v21) released during that period. This is a $399 value included at no additional cost.
Refund Policy
Due to the limited seating, Digital Transitions DOES NOT offer refunds for this program.
october 13 (Tuesday) - 14 (Wednesday) ET
Digital Transitions | New York Showroom
35 West 35th Street, 2nd Floor
1 Seat for DT Coding Series Certification Capstone
Price: $549.00
15oct9:00 am6:00 pmDT East Coast Round Table – New York 2020New York City | October 15
Our Cultural Heritage Round Tables began as small, one-off gatherings between Digital Transitions and our clients, as a formal way for us to gather the community's collective feedback
Our Cultural Heritage Round Tables began as small, one-off gatherings between Digital Transitions and our clients, as a formal way for us to gather the community's collective feedback on their experience with our equipment and how we could work to improve it.
Since its inception, the event has grown from a single day at our office to three annual conferences in key regions across the United States. Attendees come from a variety of disciplines and institutions to demo new digitization technology, learn best practices, discuss workflow tips, and network with other cultural heritage professionals.
Each event features presentations by industry-leading professionals, outlining challenging problems and innovative solutions. Past presenters have included experts from The National Geographic Society, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Northwestern University, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among many others.
While we stay in constant contact with our clients, these events provide us the chance to spend an entire day listening to the work they are doing, and for them to meet one another, building the collaborative community that we work hard to foster. As such, they have become some of the most important and sought after cultural heritage events of the year.
This is a save the date for the event. The location and time are to be determined.
Please notify us of any dietary restrictions at the time of registration (restrictions submitted after the order is placed may not be accommodated due to catering deadlines) Parking information and additional event details will be sent to your registration email.
Technology to be demonstrated will be announced at a later date.
Featured Speakers will be announced at a later date.
Check out the speakers at out last event here.
While event details are still being finalized, an approximate itinerary is provided below for your planning purposes. Please note that this itinerary is subject to change and is offered as a courtesy. We recommend planning your travel and hotel accommodations to stay for the entire day to ensure you don't miss anything.
9:00 AM – Breakfast and Check-In
10:00 AM – AM Session
12:00 PM – Networking Lunch
1:30 PM – PM Session
4:00 PM – Round Table Discussion
5:30 PM – Happy Hour
A more detailed timeline will be provided to registrants closer to the event.
New to our schedule this year is a Round Table discussion between all attendees and our panel of speakers! You'll have an opportunity to submit your questions at check-in and at the end of the day we'll open the panel for discussion on those questions. The topic of the panel is to be determined.
In addition to the day's festivities we will also be hosting our DT Coding Series 2-day Capstone Course on October 13-14. You can register here. More information on available trainings can be found here.
Accommodation recommendations are available upon request. For event updates and details, registration assistance, or assistance planning your trip please contact Kate Stone at [email protected].
We can't wait to see you all!
(Thursday) 9:00 am - 6:00 pm ET
Digital Transitions | New York Showroom
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Casa Xplendor-Tequila 29 Two Nine Tequila Brand
At Design Interviews
Interview with Casa Xplendor : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Casa Xplendor : Modern Mexico. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Casa Xplendor : We want to show the modern, elegant and youthful side of Mexico through tequila. We wanted to produce a different tequila not the same traditional, old and rustic tequila. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Casa Xplendor : Keep promoting this brand to show the world that there is a Modern side in Mexico. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Casa Xplendor : It has been years with this project and as time goes by we evolve in the way we offer and promote this tequila. Trying to do something different and new each time. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Casa Xplendor : We wanted to move away from the traditional concept that tequila has. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Casa Xplendor : We own the rights and we produce this product and sell it. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Casa Xplendor : The necessity to show a different side of Mexico. To change perceptions and ideas that most people have of tequila and of Mexico. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Casa Xplendor : New tequila drinkers that wish to drink a different tequila. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Casa Xplendor : The bottle design, the name and the concept. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Casa Xplendor : Tequila 29 Two Nine has different meanings. One is to represent the night with the rime Two Nine - Tonight and by this we can give a tribute to the night scene. Also the TWO represents the two most important elements in our tequila that it is the agave plant and the soil where we grow our agaves. We take great care of this elements because it has an direct impact in the quality of the final product. The NINE represents the 9 steps in producing a tequila. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Casa Xplendor : The general image. The bottle, name, colors and the general feeling to it. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Casa Xplendor : We made focus groups and tequila tastings. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Casa Xplendor : We want to show our tequila to the world, that is the main reason to submit it to a competition. .
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12 Mistakes to Avoid on a Vegetarian or Vegan Diet
A balanced vegetarian or vegan diet can provide many health benefits. These diets have been associated with weight loss, better blood sugar control, a decreased risk of heart disease and a lower risk of certain types of cancer (1, 2, 3, 4). However, it can be challenging to maintain a well-rounded vegetarian diet that provides… Read More »


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Jules: Faking It
The first notion that underpins my current project is that female bodies are socially, culturally and historically constructed. The second notion is that women's treatment of their bodies is often an attempt to regulate their bodies as they negotiate these norms.
The project intends to go beyond conventional expectations and representations by creating and exploring new approaches to the mid-life female body, particularly by using the mid-life female body builder as a vehicle.
I intend to make at least one entry into my sketchbook each day which is relevant to this project. This entry could take the form of; a photograph, a quote, a word, a sketch, a magazine article, an artist's work, a student's work (I am a teacher), an email, a text, a facebook entry, a documented conversation, a video clip etc.


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- Nail those pronunciations of difficult names of famous folks: The Associated Press Stylebook Online, a $25 annual subscription for individuals, offers authoritative phonetic pronunciation guides to hard-to-pronounce names of public figures. You can also follow APStylebook on Twitter.
- Pull together a do-it-yourself speaking tour with Google Maps: Best-selling author Rebecca Skloot chronicles how she put her own book-promotion speaking tour together using social media tools like Google Maps. It can be done!
- Cite a TED Talk video correctly in a written document: TED shares the correct citation method for its popular video talks here. Useful if you're citing others' talks--or on your online profiles, after you've given your TED talk.
- Collect and organize inspiring quotes you want to use later: Quotabl.es, described here on Lifehacker, is a bookmarklet app that lets you clip, save, store and organize quotes you're saving--whether they're just to inspire you or to inspire a future audience.
Use the Evernote clip button, above, to save this post in an Evernote notebook. Go here to subscribe to Step Up Your Speaking, my free email newsletter that looks at a different speaking topic in depth each month...then become a fan of The Eloquent Woman on Facebook and join the conversation with thousands of other women (and men) about public speaking skills and confidence. Subscribers also get a 25 percent discount when they register for our next Good On Your Feet! workshop on dynamic speaking skills, March 2 and 3 in Washington, DC.


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Beware... This is a rental home that has contractors lien on it!! At first the young lady That rents to you is very nice and comforting ... But that will change😈.. The horns go up... The mother lives right next door and thinks she has the right to just walk in and inspect the surrounding... The house smells like SHIT.. Not kidding, their a broken sewer line close by. Also when inspecting it I found the most disgusting huge pile of what looked like vomit and smelled like it👮👮.. Apparently the dishwasher or the disposal just let's out it junk right out side .. Their is tape on the doors where glass should be.. ---- we recently moved out because we where always being harrased for money , she will find a way to come up with some bull about how she needs more money for this or that.. Again it has a Contractors lien on it... Meaning she obviously had to have a contractor come in, but never paid him.. So it's sketchy xxx their are holes in the drywall, rat shit everywhere along with roaches ... I want to puke just thinking about the poor people that just moved in.. They have a small child and the house is freezing in the winter and hot as hell in the summer... We didn't make it a year... Had to scat.. CatSee this property: 502 WEST 10TH STREET, TAYLOR, TX
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this property is listed in a number of different places. one site states that it is NOT FOR SALE. another states that it is 45,000 square feet, meaning it's three lots in one, all for $9,500. and still another site states it is 5,000 sq.ft and selling for $9,500. which is the correct information? i am interested in a cash offer if it is just over an acre for $9,500. would someone out there please get back to me? thanks...See this property: 111 W MUSTANG, TAYLOR, TX
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London Fashion Week, 13-17 September is set to showcase some of the world's leading fashion talent. This season the British Fashion Council (BFC) has spearheaded a city-wide campaign to engage consumers in the excitement surrounding London Fashion Week. From events and shopping opportunities to digital initiatives and live streaming, there are more ways than ever before that members of the public can celebrate London Fashion Week and London as the global capital of creativity.
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Quadro Qusabi-Shelving System by Sonia Ponka
Sonia Ponka Discloses The Quadro Qusabi Shelving System
Sonia Ponka, the creator of the award winning design Shelving System:Quadro Qusabi by Sonia Ponka explicates, Quadro Qusabi Shelving System (or shortly QQ) has been inspired by versatility of scaffolding. Qusabi (means "wedge" in Japanese) are inserted in posts openings at desirable height. Shelves and drawers are placed on Qusabi wedges without tools or nuts. Any shelf or a drawer can be replaced at any time. It is easy to assemble a new QQ system only with 2 shelves, 4 posts and one stopper. The smallest shelf`s size is 280 square cm. Other shelves`sizes are 8 cm wider or longer. QQ system can be reassembled as well as expanded endlessly by adding new posts and shelves to existing system..
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Currently we are working in a process where documents are uploaded, then downloaded, modified and re-uploaded as a NEW file, not as a new version of the same file. However, When I upload the documnet, I get following error
I tried the following:
- Found that there is a previous file uploaded, which was modified to make this new one.
- Changed filename - didn't work, same error (though anyways there is no file with the same name)
- In windows, I "removed all properties and personal information of the file" - didn't work, same error
- Copied all sheets into a NEW workbook in excel - that did the trick.
The solution in point 4 is bit impractical as because it means that every now and then we will need to keep copying sheets to new excel files which will be tedious in the long run, so we need to look for a workaround.
Any help is appreciated.