Austria's OMV has agreed to acquire Shell’s Upstream business in New Zealand for US$578 million comprising joint venture interests in Pohokura, the largest gas producing field in New Zealand, and Mauias well as related infrastructure for production, storage and transportation.
The purchase price is subject to customary adjustments and is likely to be completed in 2018.
The agreement includes Māui (83.75 per cent), Pohokura (48 per cent), and the Tank Farms. Shell has also entered into an agreement with OMV to sell its interest in (and operatorship of) the Great South Basin venture, which includes a drilling commitment currently estimated to be US$50 million.OMV is an existing partner in the acquired assets (OMV’s current stakes: 26 per cent in Pohokura and 10 per cent in Maui) and intends to assume operatorship in both joint ventures.
In parallel to the acquisition of the interests in Pohokura and Maui, OMV has also acquired Shell’s 60.98 per cent interest in the Great South Basin exploration block (GSB). The transfer of GSB is immediately effective and increased OMV’s stake in GSB to 82.93 per cent.
Rainer Seele, Chairman of the OMV Executive Board and CEO: “This acquisition is an important step to develop Australasia into a core region in line with our new strategy.”
Johann Pleininger, OMV Board Member Upstream and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board: “This acquisition builds on our operatorship capabilities in New Zealand, adds up to 100 mn boe of recoverable resources and improves the quality of our Upstream portfolio.”
“Today’s announcement is another step towards reshaping and simplifying our company, deepening Shell’s financial resilience and competitiveness, in order to become a world-class investment,” said Maarten Wetselaar, Integrated Gas & New Energies Director.
Rob Jager, Country Chair of Shell Companies in New Zealand added: "I want to emphasise that the business will continue to be run as it is now, until the deal is complete. We have two high priorities over this transition period: to continue to run our assets in a safe and reliable manner and care for our people.”
As part of the deal, the employees of Shell Taranaki Limited and Shell New Zealand will become part of OMV New Zealand, upon completion of the deal.


I sit here writing this on the Monday following Week 15 of the fantasy football season. This will be posted much later, but I wanted to give you an idea of my mental state right now. My one team that actually made the playoffs has just gotten eliminated by a whopping margin. This day comes in every fantasy season. When I look back on football season, I ask myself a number of questions: “Why did I do this? What did I get out of this? Why did I spend four to five months of my life obsessing over this?”
I’ve won a fantasy football championship before; it was fun. I got to feel superior compared my friends and rub it in their faces. But I’ve grown tired of it. Fantasy football is easy. It’s almost as much luck as it is skill.
Today is also a holiday for me. It’s the day I stop thinking about football and start to go back to my first and deepest love, baseball.
I played fantasy baseball for the first time in 2007; I was in a league with some friends from middle school that lasted for four years. I have a distinct memory of trading Josh Beckett for Ubaldo Jimenez on draft day in 2010 and it paying off in a big way. After that season, we lost a few people and the league fell apart. I didn’t play again until 2013, when I joined a college friend’s keeper league. I didn’t watch a ton of baseball during those two years and, as a result, I goofed up big time. I kept a 23rd-round Aroldis Chapman instead of a 23rd-round Paul Goldschmidt, and I paid for it. I dropped Jose Fernandez in that same season. I topped out at fifth place in 2014 before being replaced.
I joined a few other leagues over the next few years, trying to scratch that itch and improving each season. I’ve since won a few leagues, as I’m sure many of you have. I’ve also missed the playoffs a few times, including this year in the Pitcher List staff league.
Why is this relevant? Most of us have a love story with fantasy baseball that goes back years or even decades. We can all remember the first time we played this wonderful game, and we remember all the highs and lows. Each of these incidents is a notch in the belt that no seasoned fantasy veteran is without. Our mistakes make us stronger, make us smarter, and, each year, bring us back to the draft more determined than ever before.
I’ve played fantasy basketball, hockey, football, and baseball; there is NO fantasy sport as difficult as baseball. There is no sport that requires quite the extent of daily attention and focus for such a long period of time.
It’s a grind. No amount of lucky drafting can win you a fantasy baseball championship. It takes scouring the waiver wire each day. It requires diligent observation of your pitching staff on a daily basis, lest you bench Max Scherzer vs. the Marlins. In the hardcore leagues, it takes even more research to try and get the slightest advantage. In most sports, it’s about drafting the right player. In baseball, often those players have to be discovered before they even get the playing time.
Fantasy baseball is hard. That’s just a plain and simple fact. But what makes it harder?
A fantasy football draft lasts typically 15 rounds while the regular season lasts 13 weeks, with players playing only once per week. This means three things: One, a draft can make or break your season. In one league, I missed on my top three picks, and it didn’t matter how good the rest of my team was — there was no coming back from it. While the waiver wire is important, chances are, all the fantasy-relevant players were drafted, which is far from the case in baseball.
Two, a short season means more variance. If a player goes through a bad stretch in baseball, there’s time to recover and build the rest of your team around it. In football, a bad stretch by one player means you’re probably going to bench him and risk missing out on his renaissance or cut him completely. No guessing game should have that little room for error.
Three, the small lineups and limited number of games means that a single player can win you a week, and that’s beyond boring. I want a fantasy sport that requires you to put a whole team together. We all want that; it’s just better and more fun that way.
So we’ve established fantasy baseball is tough. So why do we play it?
We play fantasy baseball because the pinnacle of accomplishment demands the highest levels of difficulty. Winning your fantasy baseball league means you grinded, pushed, and strategized better than your friends for seven months to achieve the highest honor. It’s possible to win fantasy baseball by being extraordinarily lucky, but, for most, you have to comb through the otherworldly amount of statistics, and you have to comb the waiver wire because it’s not enough to have the highest waiver priority when Dalvin Cook gets hurt.
We play fantasy baseball because it gives meaning to a Tigers-Blue Jays game in September. There’s nothing quite like watching Joe Jimenez give up a leadoff walk in a one-run game in the ninth, knowing you need a save to seal the win, but Danny Jansen, who is on your opponent’s roster, is on deck and a two-run homer gives him the win.
We play fantasy baseball because no other sport features such an extraordinary amount of statistics that somehow simultaneously tell us so much and so little. Who among us can deny falling down a FanGraphs rabbit hole or suddenly realizing you’ve spent three hours on Baseball Savant because you saw something odd in Nomar Mazara‘s batting profile?
We play fantasy baseball because baseball is our pastime. It’s a beautiful game that, without fail, inspires the complete love and adoration of anyone who gives it the patience it deserves.
While writing this article, I decided to go back through my Yahoo history and look at every team I managed. Each one brought a smile to my face, even my 10th-place finish in a keeper league in 2015 because I remember the fun trades I made. My favorite trade involved a guy from Chicago who I’d met through this league. When the league folded, he joined my upstart keeper league in 2017. Earlier this year, we met in person for the first time.
Fantasy baseball gave me that. The joy of playing brings people together.
When I get to this place in baseball, the Monday after I’m eliminated from my final playoff matchup of football season, I often ask myself the same questions that I ask myself today. Only, the questions are a lot easier to answer because, with fantasy baseball, it’s about the journey, and the journey will always be worth it.
Featured image by Justin Paradis (@FreshMeatComm on Twitter)


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As part of Mayor’s Bowser Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal, the Mayor remains dedicated to producing, preserving, and protecting affordable housing by committing another $100 million to the Housing Production Trust Fund. This investment will continue to support grants and loans, thus yielding more affordable housing for DC residents.
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Councilmember Jack Evans, Ward 2
Brian Kenner, Deputy Mayor, Planning and Economic Development
Edward Mills, Assistant Fire Chief, Fire and EMS
Polly Donaldson, Director, Department of Housing and Community Development
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Born in Ontario and raised in New Jersey, Canadian-American baritone Michael Nyby has performed extensively in opera, concert, and theatre throughout Canada and the United States. Michael is a successful interpreter of new music, and has numerous world premieres to his credit. In recent years, Michael created the role of Brent Colgate in the world premiere of Gregory Vajda’s Georgia Bottoms with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, the role of William Dale in Minnesota Opera’s world premiere production of Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning Silent Night, and the role of Seth in Peter Anthony Togni’s Isis and Osiris with Toronto’s Opera in Concert. Michael’s additional new music credits include the world premiere of Scott Wheeler’s 200 Dreams from Captivity with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Larysa Kuzmenko’s Golden Harvest with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the role of Demetrio in the second performance of Kristin Hevner Wyatt’s Il Sogno with Opera Ithaca, and the singing role of the Young Man in the Canadian Premiere of Joe DiPietro’s play The Last Romance for Theatre Aquarius.
Particularly noted in concert for his interpretation of Carmina Burana, Michael was praised for his “stentorian masculinity” by Musical Toronto after his debut performance of the Orff masterpiece with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and for the “incredible control and command of his tender and rich baritone” by The Walleye after his performance with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. He has since performed Carmina Burana with orchestras across Canada to rave reviews .
Michael resides in Toronto with his beautiful wife and poorly-behaved cat. He is an alumnus of Ithaca College (Bachelor of Music, ‘05) and the University of British Columbia (Master of Music, ‘09). Some of his interests outside of music include coffee, craft beer, and competitive cycling. He is an unapologetic fan of the New York Yankees and the Vancouver Canucks and welcomes all sports-related trash talk opportunities. A handsome devil, Michael is frequently featured on the Barihunks blog.


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(Oct. 18, 2012)
Contact: Della Domingo
LEO KAGAN SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
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Applications available in early December at www.SEMA.org/scholarships
DIAMOND BAR, CA (Oct. 18, 2012) - The Leo Kagan Scholarship
has been established as part of the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund, a group
that promotes industry leadership by supporting the educational efforts of
current and future automotive professionals.
Kagan is an industry icon
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scholarship will be presented annually to a female interested in a career in
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the automotive restyling market. Such diversity in our industry is what
contributes to the excitement and innovation of the specialty equipment market."
Kagan began his career in
the automotive specialty equipment industry in 1964 when he was working with
Hurst. He went on to work for Amco, the convertible top manufacturer, for about
15 years, before serving as the President of SEMA from 1975-1979. During his
tenure at SEMA, he played a key role in moving the world-famous SEMA Show from
Anaheim, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kagan continued to be
active in the association, helping to establish the SEMA Scholarship Program.
In 1982, Kagan was recognized for his contributions by being inducted into the
SEMA Hall of Fame, a prestigious honor reserved for very few individuals.
"Leo has contributed a
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recognize his long-time work and support through this scholarship," said
Joel Ayres, SEMA Scholarship Committee Chairperson. "Leo's impact and
contributions to this industry will continue to be felt for generations to
The Leo Kagan Scholarship
will be among the many scholarships SEMA awards annually. SEMA Scholarships are
presented annually to students pursuing careers in the automotive aftermarket.
A total of $130,000 was awarded to 69 individuals in 2012. Applications for the
next school year will be available aw www.SEMA.org/scholarships
in early December, with applications due April 5, 2013.
SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association founded in 1963,
represents the $29.99 billion specialty automotive industry of 6,537
member-companies. It is the authoritative source for research, data, trends and
market growth information for the specialty auto parts industry. The industry
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The tobacco industry is particularly significant for those seeking to understand modern public relations techniques and the operations of specific companies for two reasons. Firstly, as a global industry that came under sustained criticism from the mid-twentieth century onwards, it pioneered many big-budget campaigns that fueled the growth and evolution of the public relations industry. Secondly, as a result of legal actions against the major tobacco companies, there are now over 40 million pages of internal company documents publicly available on searchable websites that provide a fascinating insight into the inner workings of past and still running campaigns.
- 1 Tobacco industry strategies/arguments to deflect legislation
- 2 The Tobacco Industry's Secondhand Science
- 3 Case studies
- 4 Resources
- 5 Other SourceWatch resources
- 6 External links
Tobacco industry strategies/arguments to deflect legislation
The tobacco industry pioneered strategies to take the focus off of the health, safety and environmental hazards posed by detrimental products, and shift attention onto topics considered more favorable to the industry. Many of the argumentation strategies developed by the tobacco industry have since been adopted and widely utilized by other industry groups, for example the Progressive Bag Alliance, which represents plastic bag manufacturers trying to fight bans on plastic grocery bags, and the Direct Marketing Association, which formed the front group Mail Moves America to fight legislated "do not mail" lists which would allow consumers to stop the flow of junk mail coming to their homes. The basic argumentation strategies are listed below:
1) Shift the focus of the debate away from the health, safety and/or the environmental damage caused by a product and onto the economic contribution that the detrimental product makes to the country;
2) Argue that legislation against the detrimental product is unnecessary, and that personal responsibility and industry self-regulation are preferable to legislation;
3) Argue that advertising is a necessary conduit through which important information is delivered to consumers;
4) Argue that businesses would be seriously disadvantaged by legislation regulating the damaging product;
5) Draw analogies between the detrimental product and less hazardous or bothersome products that require no warnings or pose no threats;
6) Propose or introduce weak legislation or regulation that would yield no measurable impact on production or sales of the product, but that would create an appearance that something is being done to ameliorate the problems the detrimental product causes;
7) Pretend to take internal action to ameliorate problems caused by the detrimental product by developing internal programs, funding coalitions, "independent" research, etc.;
8) Fund research through "credible" third parties showing the detrimental product is not dangerous or problematic, or is less dangerous or problematic than thought;
9) File legal challenges against any laws or regulations of the product that do pass.
The Tobacco Industry's Secondhand Science
A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that the tobacco industry "recruited and managed an international network of more than 80 scientific and medical experts in Europe, Asia and elsewhere in a bid to avoid regulations on secondhand smoke."
In 1991 alone, the industry spent $3.3 million (2.8 m Euros) on the program, according to company documents. The program's goal was "to influence policy makers, media and the public" by having industry consultants attend conferences, present papers and lobby, all while hiding or obscuring the tobacco industry's role. The program began in 1987. By 1991, "every member of the organising committee of an international conference on indoor air quality in Bangkok ... was a tobacco industry consultant." And, "as of early 2004, no document has been located indicating that the program has been terminated."
- How Tobacco and PR Grew Up Together
- Three out of Four Flacks Agree: No Ifs About Butts
- Burson-Marsteller and the National Smokers Alliance
- PR Week Offers Free Advice to Philip Morris
- Tobacco's Secondhand Science of Smoke-Filled Rooms
- State Affairs Company attacks public interest groups
- Contributions Watch
- The U.S. Government's racketeering case against Big Tobacco
- Tobacco Industry Marketing Aimed At Ethnic Groups
- Assunta M, Chapman S, University of Sydney School of Public Health A mire of highly subjective and ineffective voluntary guidelines: tobacco industry efforts to thwart tobacco control in Malaysia Tobacco Control 2004;13:ii43-ii50
- Americans for Nonsmokers Rights What to Expect from the Tobacco Industry Report. May, 2006
- Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Tobacco Industry Sound Bites and Responses Report. August, 2004
- Norris J, University of California San Francisco News Office New Tobacco Industry Strategy is to Appear Anti-Tobacco, Study b UCSF Health Policy Researchers Concludes News release. January 8, 1998
Other SourceWatch resources
- British American Tobacco
- Philip Morris
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Imperial Tobacco
- Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
- Rothmans Tobacco
- American Tobacco
Tobacco Industry Lobby Groups
- Tobacco Manufacturers Association
- National Smokers Alliance
- Tobacco Institute
- Center for Indoor Air Research
- FOREST (Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, United Kingdom)
Other Tobacco Related Articles
- The U.S. Government's racketeering case against Big Tobacco
- Devil's Weed
- Secondhand smoke
- Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (H.R. 1108) 2007 (Philip Morris-backed legislation to allow the Food and Drug Administration to partially control tobacco, introduced February 15, 2007)
Researching The Tobacco Industry
- How to research front groups
- Legacy Tobacco Documents Library Online archive containing approximately 40 million pages of previously-secret internal tobacco industry documents
- British American Tobacco Documents Archive Online archive of approximately 7 million pages of previously-secret British American Tobacco (BAT) company documents
- UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos Collection Contains audiotapes and videotapes related to the advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research of tobacco products as well as materials gathered and produced by tobacco control advocates.
- Tony Paterson, "German health experts 'paid by tobacco firms'", The Independent, June 7, 2005.
- Jamie Doward and Lea Teuscher, "Tobacco firms' subtle tactics lure smokers to their brand: Philip Morris and other cigarette giants take to subliminal style messages after cigarette advertising is banned," The Observer (UK), September 25, 2005.
- Richard W Pollay, "Propaganda, Puffing and the Public Interest", Public Relations Review, Volume XVI, Number 3, Fall 1990.
- Roger Dobson, "Study shows how tobacco firms recruited scientists covertly", British Medical Journal, British Mediacl Journal, Volume 332, February 13, 2006, page 321. (Sub req'd)
- Andrew Martin, "Wall Street Finds a Lot to Like About Tobacco," New York Times, January 31, 2007.
- Roger Harris, "Some Tobacco Facts and Myths,".


In Your Prayers, Please Remember:
In the Episcopal Church: for Michael our Presiding Bishop; Marc our Bishop; the clergy of the Diocese; our Rector Cameron; our assisting priests Don and Gary; our Deacons Margaret and Mark; our seminarian Susan; our Music Minister Barry; our Administrator Diana
In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer:
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Western Michigan (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Whayne Hougland
Western New York (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd William Franklin
In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer:
St. Cuthbert's, Oakland Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne
In our Parish Cycle of Prayer: for our Wrestling with the Scriptures group
For those who have asked for our prayers: Carmen, Ellyana, Jen, Jim F., Bryan, Ashley, Nancy F., Dave P., Deborah T, George, Mary, Jennifer, Tina, and Jim T; Janice, Debbie, Susan, and Colly T., Linda C., Bill C., Valerie, Nora, Linnea, Judy, Michael, Jim P., Phyllis L., Carol O. & Family, Kim K., Earl P., Jim F., Scott M., Rebecca P., Nola G., Zeta T., Lee B., David, The men in blue & staff at San Quentin, Natalie L., Chuck & Mary E., The Rev. Maja L.S.
For those who strive to maintain mental and emotional wellness, and for their families and friends;
For our congregation as we embrace our call to be a sanctuary people,may we commit ourselves to prayer, education, and practices of sanctuary to support immigrants to this country and all people who are estranged, excluded, or threatened in 21st century America.
For the ongoing work against all forms of oppression, and in affirmation of the human dignity of all people;
For all who are struggling in this time of increased hatred and division; for comfort and community and for a sharpened sense of watchfulness to safeguard our common life;
For those who have recently died: Tom Slaiman, Bob Tobler, John Dyer, Lutter Robinson, Liken Wong, Jess, Don Tettelbach, Ginny Troyan, Dorothy Leong, Grace Jang, Cathy Paul, John Tomlins and all who have died in wars, natural disasters or other violence around the world and for their families.
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Olympian from Elmira provides motivation, lessons for high school runners.
Molly Huddle's imprint on local running remains significant more than 14 years after she took her last last step as a student at Elmira Notre Dame High School.
The Elmira native is a role model for runners who now wear Notre Dame blue and gold, a source of inspiration for the likes of just-graduated Elmira Express star Abbey Wheeler, and a measuring stick for boys and girls throughout Section 4, whose aspirations range from improving a best time to someday joining Huddle as an Olympian.
Payton Yoder, set to enter her sophomore year at Notre Dame, met Huddle in November 2013 when Huddle returned to Notre Dame for a Turkey Day 5K Run that raised $16,000 for the school. Yoder, who got a picture with Huddle and chatted with her at the event, is a key part of a Notre Dame girls track team that has won four straight Interscholastic Athletic Conference Large School titles and last season finished second in a bid for a fifth consecutive Section 4 class championship.
Having the chance to watch a runner who is among the best in the world, and who also happened to represent your school, can't help but make Yoder picture herself in a similar position down the road.
“I’d be very honored to do the same things she did and accomplish all the things she’s accomplished, and on top of that go to the Olympics,” said Yoder, who also runs cross country. “It’s definitely something to aspire to in the future. Just watching them makes it that much more surreal. … When she runs, it’s just so interesting and cool to see someone you know from our area actually doing it.”
Chase Yoder, Payton’s older sister, feels much the same.
“For the longest time, she’s definitely been an inspiration to me,” said Chase, a rising senior at Notre Dame. “It’s ironic she went to our school, but to see a girl go from a somewhat small town who has gone so far that she’s running in a different country, running for our country, is amazing.”
Huddle, 31, will compete in the finals of the women’s 10,000 meters Friday at Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. This is the second Olympics for Huddle, who placed 11th in the 5,000 at the 2012 London Olympics. Among her mountain of professional accomplishments are holding the American women’s outdoor 5,000 record since 2010 and capturing more than 20 U.S. outdoor and road-race titles.
Notre Dame connection
In high school, Huddle’s count of state titles was 10 when you factor in class and overall championships in track and cross country. Notre Dame didn’t have a cross country team until Huddle and her father, Dr. Robert Huddle Jr., petitioned Section 4 for her to be a one-person team as a senior.
It was only two years ago that cross country came back to Notre Dame as a full boys and girls sport for the first time since 1987. Jeff Naylor is coach of the team, which has already seen great success in its two seasons, including a sectional team title for the boys last year.
Naylor is an assistant for track head coach Ed Shelling, who coached Huddle in high school and points to Huddle as a role model for runners on both Crusaders teams.
“We talk about the things Molly has accomplished and is still accomplishing,” he said. “When she was at the Olympic Trials, we were all very much aware of when she was running. From time to time, we get together as a group and watch her races.”
Huddle's influence extends beyond young runners. Naylor was just getting back into running in 2002 after a 12-year layoff. One of his first races back was the Elmira-Thon, and he said watching the winning performance of Huddle in the 3-mile race helped motivate him. Although he was slowed by a recent injury, Naylor went on to become a national-caliber runner for his age group in United States masters competition.
Huddle never won a national championship during her college career at the University of Notre Dame despite earning All-America honors 10 times. She has said that made her question whether she was good enough to compete on the world stage. Huddle took awhile to find her groove as a professional runner, in part because of foot issues that have thankfully not popped up in recent years.
The steady path of improvement shown by Huddle is used by some coaches to remind runners that getting better every day, and every year, should be a constant goal.
“It’s not just natural. She has to put in a lot of hard work," said Matt Karee, a rising senior at Notre Dame. "She doesn’t play around. She’s very dedicated to what she’s doing.”
Huddle had a bittersweet moment when she finished fourth at last year’s World Championships in Beijing. With a bronze medal a few feet away in the 10K, Huddle eased up at the finish line because she didn’t think anyone was near her. It turned out American teammate Emily Infeld was right behind and ended up passing Huddle for the medal.
Huddle was visibly upset, but she congratulated Infeld and handled the defeat with class. Her response to that setback was to reel off five consecutive wins in U.S. championship road races during the fall.
“It definitely taught me you’re going to screw up, and you’ve just got to keep going,” said Notre Dame rising junior Claire Kubinski. “There’s no point in dwelling on the past or what happened. But it also told me you need to really work for all of the race. Doing a two- or three-mile race takes a lot to get through it, but you can’t give up until you cross that line.
"I've definitely noticed recently she is willing to fight to keep her position, especially with what happened last year with stopping too early. She is definitely running to make her point and has a fierceness to her."
Huddle's work ethic sets example
Ben Cardamone, longtime cross country and track coach in the Elmira City School District, said it wouldn’t surprise him if there are weeks where Huddle puts in more than 100 miles of training.
For many runners out of high school, college presents the opportunity to socialize more or to skip a training run since you no longer have a parent or high school coach watching you every day. Cardamone said Huddle is the example of what can happen if you're a gifted runner who also remains focused and dedicated.
“When your friends are all out doing what they’re doing, what are you doing?” he said. “Are you smart enough to stay home and rest, or go out and have a socially great time? Those are choices when you’re that level of athlete you have to deal with.”
Wheeler is among the best runners Cardamone has ever coached and will attend national power Providence College on a full athletic scholarship.
Providence is coached by Ray Treacy, who also happens to be Huddle’s personal coach. Huddle sat in on a recruiting meeting with Treacy and Huddle, which certainly didn’t hurt Providence’s chances of landing her. But the bottom line for the All-American Wheeler was to run for a coach and program that would push her to reach her potential.
“I know she had gotten a lot of different calls from coaches and everybody trying to woo her to come to their school, but your hero is training with this coach who’s coaching and ‘Would you like to come there?’” Cardamone said. “I don’t think there ever was really a doubt where she was going to go.
"When you look and say what kind of impact (Huddle) has had, you see what Huddle has done, you see how dedicated she has been to the sport. I know with Abbey, that's one of the big things that kind of made her go to Providence. When you see how good Huddle has been with the coach that's there and then you say, 'I would like to be like that. I would like to be that person. I would like to run that fast.' You know this guy has a plan in place that's working."
Wheeler is like Huddle in that both take analytical approaches to every race and training run. That is part of why Wheeler admires Huddle, who has talked before about how she hopes her own career is inspiring runners in the Elmira area, her current home of Providence, Rhode Island, and elsewhere in the country.
“I think she’s really strong, and mentally, what sets her apart from all the other distance runners is how long and how consistent her running career has been,” Wheeler said of Huddle. “She’s been basically at the top of the country for years and years, and it’s really amazing to see a runner that consistent.”
Wheeler and Corning’s Jess Lawson, who just finished a junior season that included state titles in cross country and track, gave the Elmira-Corning area two of the top high school runners in the country last season.
Huddle left a trail of national, state, sectional and course records in high school for the likes of Lawson and Wheeler to chase. Both have topped some of her marks, which provides a notable jolt of confidence when you’re aspiring to be among the best runners in the United States. Wheeler’s 2-mile time at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals meet in Greensboro, North Carolina, in June ranked her third all-time in that event among New York state girls, trailing only Cornwall’s Aisling Cuffe and Huddle.
“It’s humbling to be up there with her times, but at the same time, I know if I want to be where she was at in college and beyond, I have a lot of work to do,” Wheeler said. “It does give me a lot of confidence. The first step was done right, but I have a lot of work to go.”
Huddle also raised the bar for Section 4 as a whole with her accomplishments at Notre Dame.
“Now other people have tried to put the puzzle pieces together in order to get to that point,” Cardamone said. “What I do now coaching-wise is so much different than what I did back then. It’s not only changed the kids, but it’s changed some of the coaches. Coaches are like, ‘How did she get there?’”
Runners, coaches among Huddle's fans
At the same time they're drawing from Huddle's career, runners, coaches and fans are also simply enjoying watching her run. The appreciation has been reciprocated by Huddle. She congratulated Elmira’s girls cross country team in 2014 when it won the biggest race at the prestigious McQuaid Invitational and has shown support for other area runners, including those from her alma mater.
“Not only do (our runners) understand what an amazing athlete she is and some of the things she’s accomplished, but they also recognize she’s an amazing person,” Naylor said. “Every once in awhile, she’ll reach out and say congratulations to the team. She has been willing to congratulate them and be supportive of the team.”
Runners from Notre Dame were tuned in when Huddle swept the 5,000 and 10,000 races at the U.S. Olympic Trials in July at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. No doubt they'll join much of the Elmira area on Friday as they watch Huddle try to add another milestone moment to her career.
"It's just impressive how dominant she is among American distance runners," said Notre Dame's Nico Tripeny, who is about to be a junior. "In the 10K at the Trials, she had the lead the entire time and pretty much the same in the 5K. She's by far the best distance runner for American women."
Cardamone recalled getting his first good look at Huddle at a track meet at Lansing when she was a youngster, surprised to see this unknown girl giving one of his best Southside runners all she could handle.
By the time Huddle was a senior breaking the national 2-mile record at the adidas Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina, Cardamone was a big fan. He was there coaching a Southside relay team but had a chance to watch Huddle’s race from the stands. Huddle took off in a hurry at the starting gun, and a man next to Cardamone said there was no way she could keep that pace up.
“I remember turning to him and saying, ‘You haven’t seen her race before, because she does that every time and she’s not going to slow down,’” Cardamone said. “We got that whole section just cheering for her.”
Here we are 14 years later, and the cheering hasn't stopped.
HUDDLE IN RIO
EVENT: She will compete in the women's 10,000 meters, a 25-lap race.
WHEN: The race is scheduled to start at 10:10 a.m. Eastern time (11:10 Rio time) Friday at Olympic Stadium.
TO WATCH: NBC will provide live television coverage, with live streaming available at NBCOlympics.com.
Follow Andrew Legare on Twitter @SGAndrewLegare.


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Close friends Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have had a greater impact on the entertainment industry than anyone else in the 20th century. Most famous for fantasies such as Star Wars and E.T., both have more recently dedicated themselves to public projects of historical significance, and at the height of their careers, to more private roles as family men.
Their fantasies, the careers that followed, and their personal convictions mirror those of the baby boomers, the largest generation in American history, to which they belong. Their entrepreneurial paths—from dedication to their art to founding businesses to giving back to the community—make them our choice as SUCCESS Entrepreneurs of the Decade.
The two could not have been more different at the outset. Steven Spielberg made so many home movies as a child that he acquired the nickname Cecil B. DeSpielberg.
From the first, he demonstrated the traits for which he later would become famous. His interest was in the details, in making movies that were realistic, in perfecting the persuasive skills he would use so effectively in convincing others to work with him.
By the time he was 12, he had already envisioned receiving an Oscar and had begun rehearsing his acceptance speech.
Lucas, on the other hand, was emphatically not interested in the mainstream of business or filmmaking. Lucas’s father wanted George to go into the family’s stationery and office-equipment business in Modesto, Calif., but his son had other ideas. “One thing is for sure,” Lucas says he once told his father, “I’ll never go into business.” Then he adds, “and here I am heading three corporations.”
“I wanted to go to art school, but my dad wouldn’t pay for it,” Lucas said recently in a speech at the University of California at Berkeley. “A friend told me to come to USC and major in cinematography. It was an easy major, like P.E., and the department was right next door to the girls’ dorm.”
From the beginning, Lucas envisioned a career for himself outside the traditional studio system. “I started out thinking I was going to be a documentary cameraman and editor,” he says. “I came up through the very beginning of cinema verité, so it was like a very big rush. It was very important, and we were working from these old documentary constructs that were almost dramatic film; re-creations they were called.”
Spielberg on the other hand, headed straight for the mainstream— at first. He was so eager to learn everything he could about the business that he approached famous actors such as Cary Grant and top directors such as William Wyler, persuaded them to have lunch with him, and made them his teachers and mentors.
By the time he began making commercial films, his personal and technical abilities were well-honed.
Even the famously tough movie critic Pauline Kael termed Spielberg’s first feature film, The Sugarland Express in 1974, “one of the most phenomenal directorial debuts in the history of the movies.” But it was with Jaws the following year, at age 28, that Spielberg became a formidable power in the industry.
An Auteur Is Born
Spielberg “escalated the perception of the film director as auteur, as the ‘author’ of his movie and the primary reason for its success, rather than the traditional view that a movie made it big because of its stars,” claims Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University and president of the Popular Culture Association. “By wrestling away creative autonomy from the studios and remaking the image of directors, who had been something of comic figures with berets and megaphones until then, he became the biggest recruiter for film schools they’ve ever seen.”
Which is ironic, because several film schools rejected Spielberg for poor grades, and he dropped out of the Long Beach State University film program to start making movies at Universal full time.
From the beginning, Lucas sought funding outside normal studio channels, which he still believes is the key to being able to make the kind of groundbreaking films he wanted to make. In fact, Lucas’s first feature film, THX 1138, an innovative science fiction film, was financed entirely through one person, Francis Ford Coppola, who advanced Lucas a lucky $777,777. The film succeeded critically, though not commercially. His advice to a documentary filmmaking class at UC Berkeley: “Go to a place with the least amount of people overseeing your work, and then take the money and go as far away as you can [to make your film].”
Lucas emphasizes again and again that the central challenge in filmmaking is, and always will be, funding. Moreover, you have to decide who the audience is going to be: “What you really want to do is control your material, but then you have to find a market. You’re making films for an audience, but for how big a group of people you get to determine.”
License to Thrill
No one helped grow this industry and further push Hollywood to become a worldwide phenomenon more than Spielberg, “a marketing and licensing genius,” says Ryan Schinman, a licensing agent and president of marketing firm CNB Entertainment’s sports and entertainment division. “He was one of the first to do a video game and product placement, which is now an important budget source for even small independents.” With the financial stakes getting higher and higher, major studio executives became increasingly more risk-averse. They took away some of the hard-won authority from producers and directors and gave it to marketing departments.
“That Spielberg has remained the most powerful filmmaker in the world during both periods says something for his talent and his flexibility,” observes movie reviewer Roger Ebert.
He has both adapted to new conditions and shaped these forces in ways that have enabled him to direct or produce 10 of the 25 top-grossing movies of all time.
Similarly, Lucas’s phenomenal success has allowed him the financial freedom to go his own creative way. “I feel like a kid in a candy store,” he says, talking about the possibilities that lie before him.
Spielberg and Lucas have succeeded because of their obsessive interest in details. Both have pursued their passions. Financial success and critical acclaim couldn’t help but follow.
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Both men have shifted their focus to family—they say it’s the most important thing in their lives. Lucas is a single parent; Spielberg is married. Both have several adopted children. Both are increasingly interested in giving back through their charitable foundations.
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I grew up with Where’s Waldo, a series of books that challenged readers to find the titular character among a detailed scene, usually illustrated around a certain theme or era. Hidden Folks is a lot like Where’s Waldo, taking the hidden object idea and turning illustrations into sprawling, interactive scenes where players are challenged to find items, objects and animals. It’s a charming and entertaining game that should be enjoyed for its beautiful monochrome art and quirky sound effects. $3.99 [Download]
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The first Monument Valley took mobile by storm thanks to its vibrant visuals and brain-twisting optical illusions. Then the second game made a surprise debut at Apple’s WWDC conference this summer, and it’s everything fans wanted in the sequel. Puzzle games on iOS are a dime a dozen, but Monument Valley 2 stands tall by offering a deep, charming, and challenging experience. $4.99 [Download]
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NEW ORLEANS – The first hearing is set for Tuesday in a New Orleans lawsuit filed by the daughter and grandchildren of New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson.
Benson's estranged heirs say his attorneys are opposing an independent psychiatric evaluation for the businessman because they fear the results.
The claim was made in documents filed Friday by attorneys for Benson's daughter, Renee, and her children Rita and Ryan LeBlanc. Last month, the three were removed from Tom Benson's succession plan for his NFL and NBA teams.
Benson now says he wants his wife of 10 years, Gayle Benson, to eventually control the clubs. But his daughter and grandchildren contend in their lawsuit in New Orleans that their 87-year-old patriarch was mentally unfit to make recent changes to his will and is being manipulated by a greedy wife who now controls all access to him.
"If Tom Benson were honestly consistently capable of making reasoned decisions, he would have no problem readily consenting to an examination by an independent doctor," lawyers for the spurned heirs stated.
Tom Benson's lawyers responded with a new filing of their own Friday night calling the spurned heirs' lawsuit "a farce" which is motivated by "insatiable greed," and should be dismissed.
They also stressed that the heirs have conveniently ignored their own role in the family split, and that "Mr. Benson should not have to publicly identify their cruelties, inabilities and indiscretions to justify his business decisions."
"Mr. Benson has spent Petitioners' entire adult lives shielding their shortcomings from public view," said the reply from Tom Benson's attorneys, led by Phil Wittmann.
Wittmann warned he'd produce "ample evidence of Petitioners' personal and business failings" if litigation continues.
Earlier Friday, the attorneys for Renee Benson and her children said the family patriarch's refusal to testify in a parallel case in Texas this week demonstrated that his lawyers were trying to shield him "from the scrutiny of the court."
The Texas case involves control of a trust holding Benson assets in the San Antonio area, which include auto dealerships, a bank and ranch property. It does not involve the pro teams in Louisiana, but is part of the dispute that has publicly erupted in the past month between Tom Benson and close family members who for years appeared to be in line to take over his business empire.
During two days of hearings in San Antonio, Bexar County Judge Tom Rickhoff said it would be helpful to hear from Tom Benson himself, but his lawyers decided against producing him as a witness.
Rickoff then appointed former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger and estate lawyer Art Bayern to temporarily oversee the trust holding the Texas assets.
Tom Benson's New Orleans attorneys have maintained since the lawsuit was filed that there is no need for a psychiatric evaluation. However, they have said they are open to setting up a meeting between Tom Benson and the judge in the Louisiana case to resolve any mental health concerns, which lawyers for Renee Benson and her children oppose.
"An informal meeting with the court cannot substitute for a medical examination by an expert," they argued in documents.
Regarding the hearing in the New Orleans case set for Tuesday, Saints and Pelicans officials could not immediately confirm whether Benson planned to testify.
Renee Benson and her children still stand to inherit hundreds of millions of dollars from Tom Benson, but no part of the Saints or Pelicans.
Tom Benson has done two brief TV interviews since the lawsuit was filed last month — both with FOX affiliates in New Orleans, which he owns.
In one of them, Benson stated: "People think there's something wrong with me. I've been in the office every day putting in a full day of work and I'm doing fine."
A couple days before last Sunday's Super Bowl, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tom Benson has "demonstrated to me that he's got complete control over what he's doing."
One of Tom Benson's granddaughters, Dawn Jones, also has released a statement saying she has a good relationship with her grandfather and Gayle Benson and opposes the lawsuit by her aunt and cousins.
Rita LeBlanc, 38, has worked for the Saints, which her grandfather has owned since 1985, in various roles since 2001, rising during that time to the level of part owner and executive.
But a little over a month ago, she was fired from the clubs, locked out of her office at the teams' headquarters and compelled to hand over keys to her team-issued Mercedes-Benz.
Her mother and brother, who also had been listed as part owners, were likewise removed from executive roles with the clubs and banned from team property.
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In Jordan, 39% of young people between the ages of 15 and 29 are out of school and unemployed. Many families cannot afford to send their children to school and job opportunities are limited. UNICEF is helping Syrian and Jordanian youth reach their full potential through the Amaluna Youth Economic Engagement program. With support from the Kuwait Foundations of the Advancement of Science (KFAS) and the Government of Canada, the Amaluna program is providing 30,000 young people with quality technical and vocational training in cosmetology, plumbing, hospitality, catering and food processing, garment manufacturing, customer care and call center operations.
“My dream is to run my own project... I would love to have a pastry shop and bakery. With the training I’m receiving here, I can make it a reality." -- Sawsan, 26, at Beit Souf enterprise in #Jerash, providing much-needed employment & training with @UNICEF's support #Amaluna pic.twitter.com/wpn3EXWeK6— UNICEF Jordan (@UNICEFJordan) March 11, 2019
"Women can do anything men can," said 26-year-old Sawsan, who joined the training program at Beit Souf, a cafe run entirely by women in Jerash, Jordan. "We can open shops, have our own projects and market them. Then we become equal in our community. My dream is to run my own project and market it not only locally but also internationally. I would love to have a pastry shop and bakery. With the training I'm receiving here, I can make it a reality."
The first class of over 400 Syrian and Jordanian students — half of them female — graduated from the job skills training program at Luminus Education in May 2018.
"I'm speechless! I'm so, so happy," said 19-year-old Syrian refugee Ahmad, a culinary arts graduate. "This scholarship gave me a chance to go back to study again after five years without studying. Being a refugee here in Jordan is such a difficult thing. I heard about this training program and that it is for free. Graduation day is quite a big deal."
The program includes employability, life skills and English language classes for each student, along with meaningful and sustainable employment opportunities through public-private partnerships.
"It's a great feeling, because now I depend on myself. I have my own income," said Mariam, 19, who studied cosmetology to become a nail technician.
Our #Youth Economic Engagement programme #Amaluna focuses on:— UNICEF Jordan (@UNICEFJordan) May 16, 2018
-- Reducing vulnerabilities of youth
-- Boosting young people’s confidence
-- Enhancing their economic engagement #LoveJO pic.twitter.com/J0tZky7613
"My message for youth who are at home, unemployed, is that you have to get out to achieve your dreams and don't stop when you're challenged," said Sawsan, the aspiring pastry chef. "Use your hands and work. You will succeed."
"Given the right skills and opportunities, youth are in a unique position to become engaged, contribute to the economy and accelerate growth," said UNICEF Jordan Representative Robert Jenkins. "By strengthening life and employability skills, and providing pathways for engagement, we can empower youth to contribute positively to their communities."
For over 70 years, UNICEF has been putting children first, working to protect their rights and provide the assistance and services they need to survive and thrive. With a presence in 190 countries and territories, UNICEF has helped save more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world.
Photo at top: Friends Mohammad and Mohammad graduated from the Amaluna vocational training program on a UNICEF scholarship in Jordan in May 2018. © UNICEF/UN0209583/Herwig


Comfortable and bright, Doral 502 in The Beach Club Resort & Spa is beautifully situated overlooking the sugar-white sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. Floor-to-ceiling glass doors lead out to a private balcony, where you'll enjoy breathtaking views from sunrise to sunset. Surround yourself with comfort, relaxation, and a variety of on-site amenities that include a pool right downstairs, tennis and basketball courts, and a beautiful stretch of beach.
The Doral building sits right up against the sand at The Beach Club Resort & Spa, a secluded, 86-acre property on the shores of the Fort Morgan Peninsula. If you're looking to hit the links, you'll be one mile east of the Kiva Dunes Golf Course and seven miles west of the Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club. Spend a morning exploring Fort Morgan State Historic Site (nine miles west), grab a delicious meal at Sassy Bass Amazin' Grill or Tacky Jacks, or head into the heart of Gulf Shores (12 miles east) to visit the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, Pirate's Island Adventure Golf, or Waterville USA.
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Owners of Niagara Grocery store in James Bay hope to set up an online fundraising campaign to help raise enough money to put a down payment on the property to keep the beloved business running.
Late last week, owners of the grocery store were notified their landlord had listed the building and the property next door for sale. The landlord is hoping to sell the two properties together for an estimated $1.3 million.
“When I got here on Saturday morning the signs were already up,” said Jennifer McKimmie, who opened the business with her husband Ken Winchester just over six years ago, transforming it from a convenience store to a much-loved neighbourhood market.
With the properties up for sale, McKimmie said new landowners could evict them if they wanted to.
“We’re trying to stay positive,” she said.
Since the announcement, the community has rallied behind the business.
Susannah Adams lives around the corner from the store and has been coming in almost every day since it opened.
“It’s a community hub, whenever I come in here, I can never just pop in for a quick pint of milk, it’s like bumping into everybody and having really nice chats with people. You get the sense that you’re a part of a community,” said Adams as she played with her two children at the table in the store.
“It won’t [close down]. I think there’s people with enough strength of intention and vision that this place is going to remain. I can’t envision the alternative because it would crush the community.”
Many people have suggested the owners set up a crowd-sourced funding campaign to help raise money for a down payment on the properties — a task McKimmie said she hopes to have in place soon.
“I’m trying to find the method that is going to work best for the community and perhaps it could be crowd funding as well as investment, so people can give what they feel like they can afford, but if someone is looking to invest, it gives them an avenue to do that,” said McKimmie, adding there have been a few people who have expressed interest in investing.
“We’re all here day in and day out and you’re support for people and people are support for you. People come in and they’ve had a bad day and they’ll unload and we work through it. Then something like this happens and everybody is here and they’re supporting us. It’s a true building of community in every sense of the word.”


The first song Koffee wrote was a tribute to Usain Bolt: “If the times get slower and yuh start get old, mi still remember yuh story”, she sang in Legend, which turned into something of a viral sensation. Considering the subject choice it shouldn’t perhaps come as a surprise that her career since then has moved as quick as lightning. Not only is the nineteen-year-old one of the brightest stars in Jamaica today, she also has got an international fan base that is growing fast – and hardly slowed down by her appearance on the remix of the Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber collaboration I Don’t Care. Alongside artists and role models such as Chronixx and Protoje (she’s toured with both), Koffee is now one of the leaders of the current roots-reggae movement.
She grew up as Mikayla Simpson in Spanish Town about an hour outside of Kingston. In the home her mother played a lot of old school soul music such as Etta James and Aretha Franklin as well as Jamaican reggae giants like Bob Marley and Dennis Brown. Koffee’s music is irresistible, energetic and features razor sharp lyrics. In the title track of her debut EP Rapture, released earlier this year, she says: ”Koffee come in like a rapture” – a statement impossible to question for someone who’s seen Koffee perform on stage.
Koffee will play at Way Out West on Saturday August 15.


Just wondering if anyone has experienced a slight discomfort/pain right under boobs at the ribcage? I'm wondering if my ribs are expanding and maybe this is whats casuing the slight discomfort... I'm 27 weeks..
Lila, I had that pain at around 14 weeks but its gone now. My aunt said it was the ribcage expanding but I said that to the consultant and he was non-committal about it.
Its really sore isnt it?
thanks Hokey for the reply - yes it can be sore but its more uncomfortable that anything. I had it before - can't remember how many weeks I was though but I'm sure its just as you said the rib cage expanding. I've a consultant appt this week so will mention it then if its still there
[quote="lila":15rkexcl]thanks Hokey for the reply - [b:15rkexcl]yes it can be sore but its more uncomfortable that anything.[/b:15rkexcl] I had it before - can't remember how many weeks I was though but I'm sure its just as you said the rib cage expanding. I've a consultant appt this week so will mention it then if its still there[/quote:15rkexcl]
I'm a bit of a baby - if its 'uncomfortable', in my head its 'really really sore'
I've had it from about week 16 and it is really sore... It's now beginning to creep around to my back! At this stage I'm just used to it but it is really sore. I dont usually get it until the afternoon though and it lasts til night time.. The joys.
Yep, I get this too, Im due next week and still have it I'm sorry to say...
it feels a bit like bruising I think its the muscles straining to carry the weight of the bump! Dr. seahorse
) are sore and think its definately time for me to move from underwired bra to maternity bra
im noticing this too my ribs under my left boob (the bigger one


A century after the great days of moledom described in the great Chronicles, Privet, a lonely female pilgrim from the north, arrives in fabled Duncton Wood. Only old Stour, Master of the Library, realizes the importance of her quest. For Privet seeks an answer to moledom’s final mystery: where and what is the Book of Silence, whose scribe nomole knows, whose content none can guess, whose existence many still doubt? Decades of harmony have passed since the brave moles of Duncton saved moledom’s peaceful Stone followers from the disciples of the evil Word. But now all is not well. Their system has grown sleepy, while moledom is dangerously complacent about the spread of zealots from Caer Caradoc. Led by the sinister Thripp of Blagrove Slide, the Newborns believe that any other way than theirs to the Stone’s Silence is blasphemy and deserves death. As the Caradocian moles gain power, shy Privet, aided by Stour and inspired by the strange and inarticulate Rooster, finds herself the agent of change and renewal in Duncton Wood.
‘More readable and rewarding than The Lord of the Rings’ The Times
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The wind turbine that symbolized Ontario’s push for green energy is at a standstill and won’t be generating electricity until next month at the earliest, CBC News has learned.
The turbine located at Exhibition Place was damaged in a storm in March, and it hasn’t worked since.
The rainstorm caused water damage to the turbine’s ring generator, said Tori Gass, media relations specialist for Toronto Hydro. The turbine is a joint venture of Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. and the WindShare Co-operative.
“There were also high winds in this rainstorm … and that’s what allowed the rain to get into the generator area,” Gass said Wednesday in an interview with CBC Toronto. “This is the first time it happened in the life of [the turbine], it’s not a common occurrence.”
It took until August to find a specialist firm that could do the necessary repair, which cost about $100,000, said Gass. Toronto Hydro then decided to perform other upgrades, at a cost of $25,000, that are be completed in November
This is just the latest in a series of maintenance troubles for the turbine since it began operating in 2003.
Its original backers promoted it as a showcase for the benefits of wind energy, billing it as “the most visible wind turbine in Canada” with its location along the shore of Lake Ontario, just west of downtown.
The turbine was sometimes used as a photo backdrop by former premier Dalton McGuinty and other members of his government, until a backlash over wind farms in rural Ontario contributed to the Liberals losing several seats in the 2011 election.
WindShare’s own blog about the Exhibition Place turbine shows it has been plagued with problems over the past five years. The issues began after the turbine’s main bearing was replaced in 2011.
“These improvements should extend the life of the turbine and further improve its availability and reliability,” said WindShare in a statement at the time. “With new equipment installed, our turbine will run better than ever.”
That has not proved to be the case.
A series of what the operators called “cascading faults” took the turbine off line from the summer of 2012 until March 2013. That time, the problems involved the converter, which generates electricity from the motion of the blades.
A new converter was installed but it too had trouble, and the turbine went down again from July to October of 2014.
The turbine was originally pitched as producing enough electricity to power 250 homes.
“It hasn’t come anywhere close to that,” said Parker Gallant, vice president of Wind Concerns Ontario, a group critical of the province’s wind turbine policies.
“It’s probably one of the worst [turbines] to look at in terms of what it’s actually produced,” Gallant said Wednesday in an interview with CBC Toronto. “It’s a bad example of industrial wind turbines.”
Gass, of Toronto Hydro, rejected the assertion the turbine is unreliable.
“It might seem like it’s not running a lot of the time, but actually in the realm of turbines, this one is considered quite reliable,” said Gass, adding that the turbine has an availability record of 95 per cent.
She said the upgrades to be completed by November will extend the 25-year lifespan of the turbine by another 10 years.
Officials with the Toronto Renewable Energy Coalition (TREC), which launched WindShare, declined comment and referred all questions to Toronto Hydro.
“WindShare is run by a volunteer board, and no longer has its own technical team,” said Linda Varekamp, operations and communications manager for TREC, in an email. “Toronto Hydro is currently taking the lead on maintenance and repairs.”
The turbine was manufactured by a Dutch firm, Lagerwey Windturbine Intl., at a price of $1.2 million, and was installed in late 2002. “Because of the prominent location, the turbine will go a long way in raising public awareness of the benefits of this renewable technology,” said Hilda Mackow, who at the time was president and CEO of Toronto Hydro Energy Services.
Criticism of Ontario’s wind energy program has focused on the hefty premiums paid to wind farm companies, financed by hydro customers’ electricity bills, as well as homeowner compalints about noise and vibration. In addition, wind turbines in Ontario tend to produce power when it is least needed, such as at nighttime, while generating little power on hot summer days, when demand for electricity peaks.
“Wind turbines are not really effective,” said Gallant. “They basically produce intermittent, unreliable power, out of synch with demand.”
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Enter the magical world of the butterfly. Marvel at this marvellous setting where butterflies freely live between the multicoloured tropical plants.
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Computers and Eye Strain
Posted on Jun 27, 2011 | 5 comments
As computers become part of our everyday lives, more and more people are experiencing a variety of ocular (eye) symptoms related to computer use. These include eyestrain, tired eyes, irritation, redness, blurred vision, and double vision – collectively referred to as computer vision syndrome. The visual effects of various display characteristics such as lighting, glare, display quality, refresh rates, and radiation affect how your eyes feel. Offices tend to keep the humidity low to protect the computers, however the dry air irritates the eyes. Indeed, the major contributor to computer vision syndrome symptoms by far appears to be dry eye.
Eye health tips when using the computer/PDAs
- Remember to blink (blinking rates go down from 21 times/minute to seven times/minute)
- Look in the distance for at least one minute every hour
- Have an ergonomic specialist at work optimize your computer area
What is dry eye?
Dry eye (stinging, burning, gritty sensation, reflex tearing) is also associated with aging, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, long-term contact lens wear, LASIK eye surgery, menopause, long-standing blepharitis and a relative dietary deficiency of omega-3 essential fatty acids. There are two general ways that someone can get dry eyes — decreased tear production or increased tear evaporation.
Home care for dry eye
One drop in each eye at least four times per day and as often as needed. Do not use drops that say they “get the red out.”
Twice a day, at morning and bedtime. After soaking your eyes for at least five to ten minutes, keep eyes closed and gently wipe your eyelashes with the cloth to remove any debris or crust from your eyelids. Minimize eye make up and remove it thoroughly before going to sleep.
Omega-3 fatty acids:
These have been shown to balance the tear film on the eyes and have countless other health benefits, including preventing heart disease. I recommend taking fish oil and/or flaxseed oil every day. You can take the pills (as directed on the bottle) sold in the vitamin section of stores, or eat the food source. If you choose to eat fish, Alaskan wild salmon, trout, sardines and herring are the safest and best sources, and should be eaten three times per week.
If you choose to ingest flaxseed oil, use the refrigerated oil (e.g, in a smoothie or salad dressing, keeping it cold) or use ground flax seed, two tablespoons per day (e.g. on your cereal or salad.) The whole seeds and the flour baked into products do not work. Walnuts, avocado and soybeans are also good vegetarian sources. I find it easiest and least expensive to buy whole flax seeds and grind them with a coffee grinder. Put them in a “ziplock” bag in your freezer and eat two tablespoons per day. You can also buy them in a vacuum sealed pack and then refrigerate.
Tips to treating more extreme cases of dry eye
- Over the counter lubricant ointment (e.g. Refresh PM) at bedtime
- Cool mist humidifier in bedroom
If after three months you are still having symptoms, ask your doctor about prescriptive eye drops, punctal plugs and other treatments.
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