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4 seedless oranges
2 lemons
8 cups water
8 cups sugar

Scrub oranges and lemons; dry well. Cut lengthwise (don't peel), then into thin half-moon slices. (Discard any seeds.) Place sliced fruit and any juices into a large soup pot. Add water and bring mixture to a boil, stirring often. Remove from heat and stir in sugar until it dissolves. Cool to room temperature; then cover and let stand overnight (8-10 hours).

The next day, bring mixture to a boil over high heat. Then reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered about 2 hours. Raise heat to a gentle boil, stirring often, another 30 minutes. Cook until marmalade reaches 220°F on a candy thermometer. Skim off any foam. Pour marmalade into hot, sterilized 8-ounce glass canning jars (leaving headspace). Seal and process in boiling water 15 minutes. Store in your pantry for up to a year.

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Languages spoken : Allemand Anglais

Practical services: Sheets for hire, Local tourist information, End of stay cleaning included

Accommodation facilities: Balcony, Shared barbecue grill, Personal barbecue grill, Bicycle shed, Private car park, Private garden furniture, Closed courtyard, Private patio

Facilities for children: Highchair, Cot

Leisure facilities for children: Playground

Possibility of Internet connection: Wi-Fi access included in the fare throughout the building / location

Comfort accommodation: Fitted kitchen area, Microwave, Conventional oven, Coffee machine, Fridge, Dishwasher, Iron, Shared washing machine, Washing machine, fireplace, TV, Telephone at the owner's

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Surface area (sq.m.): 85

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Methods of payment: Cheque, Holiday vouchers

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Changing the Energy World

Changing World Technologies Inc. is changing the energy world in its own way, producing more than 250,000 gallons a month of renewable diesel from a refinery in Missouri that uses poultry parts for its feedstock.

By Paul MacDonald

Sometimes creating alternative energy is actually all about creating synergy. Brian Appel, chief executive officer of Changing World Technologies Inc. (CWT), knows that first-hand. In recent years, the West Hempstead, New York-based company has had partners, such as agriculture industry giant ConAgra Foods Inc. and major supporters like Daimler-Chrysler, Ford and GM. Added to that is research and development support from industry association, the Gas Technology Institute, and financial support from blue chip investment firm Goldman Sachs & Co.

"It's been great to have the resources all the different companies bring to the table," says Appel. "We've had collaboration from each of the different industry streams we are doing research and working in. A lot of people have been supporting what we are doing simply because companies want to reduce their energy bills and their waste disposal costs. "These companies all have people assigned to those tasks," explains Appel. "We've leveraged what we are doing at CWT with those skill sets to have a bigger, faster impact. We only have about 90 employees at CWT, and people wonder how we get so much done--well, it's all about leverage." And synergy.

That--plus about $100 million in research and development investment and years of work--has, for starters, produced an energy refinery in Carthage, Missouri that is now shipping more than 250,000 gallons (6,000 barrels) of renewable diesel fuel a month. That figure represents only about 30 percent of the plant's capacity. Changing World Technologies' waste-to-oil subsidiary, Renewable Environmental Solutions (RES), which oversees the refinery, was a joint venture with ConAgra Foods. RES itself was established in 2000 as the exclusive vehicle for processing agricultural waste material utilizing CWT's Thermal Conversion Process technology. The company says the quantity of oil that RES currently supplies to the market makes a small, but significant impact in helping the U.S. to meet its energy needs, utilizing domestic, renewable sources. CWT sees the refinery as a step towards energy independence--helping to reduce the reliance of the United States on foreign oil supplies, while creating an economically viable solution for the disposal of waste.

The type of waste explains ConAgra's involvement and the location of the refinery in rural Missouri. The feedstock for the facility includes chicken parts, turkey feathers, turkey fat and, sometimes, whole chickens and turkeys from ConAgra operations. This area of southwest Missouri, Appel explains, has one of the largest concentrations of livestock--in this case, poultry--in the world. "The region has a highly concentrated animal and agricultural related business. It's also in soybean country and that provides rancid oils that we can also process. Our system is very forgiving--the pipes don't distinguish between what types of fats, proteins or carbohydrates are feeding it. It doesn't care if it is from an oil crop seed or an animal source."

How does it all work? At the start of the process, the animal or plant material is trucked to the plant from the various ag facilities in the area. It then goes through a depolymerization step. "It's a big word and that may sound scary, but in our world what it means is separating the organics and the inorganics," explains Appel. Any metal, for example, that has made its way into the waste stream is removed.

Changing World Technologies' $40 million refinery (in photos at left) in Carthage, Missouri, is now shipping more than 250,000 gallons of renewable diesel fuel a month.

The material is then hydrolyzed to make the renewable diesel. In hydrolyzing, the process breaks the material into different components. In the case of fats, for example, they want to eliminate the glycerol.
"Water does a really good job of doing that," says Appel. "There are a number of other downstream processes that clean up the material and separate it."

Essentially, the company breaks down long chains of organic polymers into their smallest units, and reforms them into new combinations to produce clean solid, liquid and gaseous alternative fuels and specialty chemicals. Appel notes that the process emulates the earth's natural geothermal activity, whereby organic material is converted into fossil fuel under conditions of extreme heat and pressure over millions of years.

In effect, it mimics the earth's system by using pipes and controlling temperature and pressure to reduce the bio-remediation process from millions of years to mere hours. The process entails five steps:

1. Pulping and slurrying the organic feed with water.

2. Heating the slurry under pressure to the desired temperature.

3. Processing the material in the de-polymerization reactor; separating the organic from the inorganic fraction.

4. Processing the organic material in the hydrolysis reactor; splitting complex molecules into smaller units.

5. Separating the end products.

The $40 million demonstration refinery was built by Kvaerner Process Systems of Calgary, Canada, and Tindle Construction. Kvaerner also built CWT's Philadelphia research and development facility. The system may look relatively straightforward, but the multiple steps on the way to producing renewable oil, Appel notes, can be tricky. "The reason why we are successful and why we have such high energy efficiency is the multiple steps, so that we wind up with clean product streams.

"Some companies try to do things in one process or reactor, such as with gasification or incineration. You can end up with ingredients you don't want in there--if things get complex--and it can be hard to sell the product." Even though it had done years of work at its Philadelphia R & D facility, the company still had a learning curve with the Carthage refinery, and the depolymerization and hydrolysis that are key parts of the refining process, not to mention the raw material itself.

"This is not just the hydrolyzing of fats that has been done for many years. We have a much more complicated mix--we call it nature's soup--that we are dealing with." But the end result is a fuel that industry can apparently work with. CWT has already done tests using the fuel to fire engines to generate electricity at Carthage Water and Electric, though it is highly blended.

"We are moving towards a straight-run fuel," adds Appel. "We can also take the oil we produce and, unlike other renewable fuels, upgrade it into other products, like jet fuel, because it does not contain alcohol. Refineries don't hate the carbohydrate economy--that is a myth. They just hate alcohol because it fouls up their catalysts."

The oil currently being produced is being sold to a local oil blender and to customers who use it as a heat source for their operations. Appel says that their source of supply for this complex process--in the form of a variety of waste materials--is readily available, in both North America and in Europe. "Our whole focus is on dealing with waste and converting it to energy, and there's an awful lot of BTU's available in that waste. We stay on the side of low value streams for industry and convert that to renewable diesel and other co-products." With the Missouri plant, the co-products include fertilizer.

While the Carthage plant is using animal waste, the company's Thermal Conversion Process can also use tires, plastics, oils and municipal waste as feedstock, opening up huge potential supply streams. It's been almost 10 years since Appel founded CWT, and seven years since he set up the R & D facility in Philadelphia. With that set-up, and the Carthage facility up and running, CWT is now at the point where it can roll out its technology in a greater way.

"It's not something that is going to come--it's here now, and we can make a dramatic impact now," he says. The type of impact Appel has in mind, in part, explains Changing World Technologies' name. "Changing the world is exactly what we are trying to do." They are, predictably, running up against obstacles in changing the world, notably from the conventional energy industry, and a lack of government support. Appel notes there is huge potential for these types of alternative energy systems, but there is a lack of parity in the energy industry--and government policy--in the United States.

"The hidden costs in the extraction and delivery of oil are enormous--there are subsidies of up to five dollars a barrel for fossil fuels. We're really up against this oil addiction." Those subsidies can range from the tax breaks individual energy companies get to the credits for building oil pipelines in Alaska. "There are no breaks out there for building ethanol pipelines from Iowa to California or from Illinois to New York. It really is preposterous."

In his State of the Union Address earlier this year, President George Bush noted America's "addiction to oil"--and the danger of being dependent on foreign produced oil. Since then, the government has made some moves to encourage alternative energy production. But very little has actually changed, says Appel. "I really don't know how meaningful that was. It certainly got people excited but I don't know how you monetize what was said by the president. The same laws and rules apply now as they did before. There are no incentives or tools to backstop the challenges of taking on something new in energy. You have to put programs in place, and these are not handouts or subsidies. I'm talking about programs that give parity to the system."

The tax incentives that are in place for alternative and renewable energy, says Appel, are short in duration. The Missouri plant receives a dollar a gallon, but that is only through 2008. "The U.S. has chosen to limit the incentives," says Appel. "But if I go to Germany, I can get a 20-year power purchase agreement, backstopped by the German government on a renewable energy program." Which explains the direction the company may be taking in the near future. They are currently finalizing the design for a new 500-ton-a-day refinery that will--quite possibly--be going overseas.

"There are two reasons," explains Appel. "One is that except for the U.S., most of the world has banned feeding animal material back to animals. That material which is now turned into feed in the U.S. is actually a waste material just about everywhere else. And you get paid for the proper disposal of that waste." By doing this, CWT points out that it is also able to reduce the risk to human health from exposure to Mad Cow Disease, and other health threats, by diverting these animal proteins away from the food chain into industrial products, and destroying suspect proteins.

The second reason is what Appel referred to earlier: that there are economic supports and incentives in other countries--like the power purchase agreements in Germany and renewable energy obligation certificates in the U.K.--which promote long-term renewable/sustainable energy technologies. Appel's preference would be to set up the new facility in the U.S. But there needs to be a real shift, on the part of the government, towards supporting alternative energy production.

And if that does happen, Appel says, look out. "If there was a leveling of the playing field and parity in the energy system, you would see the supercharging of sustainable and renewable energy efforts like we have never seen." The shift, he notes, would be on the order of scale of the U.S. moving from coal to oil more than a hundred years ago. "If that happened, we'd need strings to hold us down." This kind of change would unleash innovation and encourage capital investment on a massive scale.

In the near term, regardless of where the new refinery is located, in the U.S. or abroad, CWT also plans to expand its Carthage plant. "It's a production facility, but it's also a training center for us, and we still have some research and development to do." When it comes to doing the staffing for any new facilities, they want their people to train at a real operational center, in Carthage, rather than just on computer equipment. "One issue today with the new plants is that things are done with virtual design and there are a lot of mistakes that can be made with virtual design. And we'd like to avoid them."

September/October 2006


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Basin Electric is moving into wind power in a significant way, having completed the $250 million, 120 MW PrairieWinds project in North Dakota-the largest wind farm in the U.S. owned solely by a co-op-and another wind project starting construction later this year in South Dakota.

By Paul MacDonald

At times, the construction site of the PrairieWinds wind power project in North Dakota looked quite a bit like a Hollywood movie set, with major lighting systems set up to help crews carry out work at night, to meet a very demanding timeline.

This $250 million "production" had a very successful outcome, with the 120 MW project coming in on time and on budget. It is the largest wind farm in the U.S. owned solely by a co-op.

The construction was carried out by veteran wind power project builders RMT Inc., but this marked the first major wind development for power utility, Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Headquartered in North Dakota, Basin Electric is a regional wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative serving 135 member systems. These member systems provide power and services to more than 2.8 million consumers in nine states.

Those nine states, stretching from the Canadian border to Mexico, are rated as having among the best wind resources in the United States.

There will be more wind projects to come for Basin Electric, including a project starting construction this summer in South Dakota.

Basin Electric's big move into renewable energy and wind power was spurred suitably-since it is a co-op-by its members. At an annual meeting in 2005, members voted to set a goal of achieving 10 percent of member demand from renewable energy sources.

Prior to the PrairieWinds project, the company had been involved with wind power in a limited way, at least directly. They developed two small projects, each 2.6 MW (two turbines each) in North Dakota and South Dakota in 2002. The following year, Basin Electric negotiated a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to purchase 80 MW of wind energy from NextEra Energy wind projects (each with a capacity of 40 MW) located in North Dakota and South Dakota.

"PrairieWinds is the largest wind investment Basin Electric has ever done, by far," explains Ron Rebenitsch, Basin Electric's manager of alternative technologies. "We felt that the company could build this project and do it economically and effectively-and it has worked out well."

They made the choice to go the "develop and own" route, as an economic substitute for PPAs. "We see wind as a very important resource, and we thought we needed to develop the capability internally to use that resource.

"And, importantly, looking longer term, we want to control our own destiny. With owned projects, you don't get to the end of a 15 or 20 year PPA and then be back out in the open market."

Basin Electric has a diverse energy portfolio: coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear, and renewable energy. The company operates 3,767 megawatts of wholesale electric generating capacity, 2,827 MW of that being oil and natural gas-generated.

Rebenitsch said the co-op has successfully made the transition to develop and operate wind power, building on the skillsets the company's employees have developed in conventional power.

Carrying out construction on the PrairieWinds project was RMT Inc. The 80 turbines used on the project were GE's 1.5 MW SLE ESS models.

"In terms of construction management, there are a lot of similarities," he says. "We are able to utilize much of the engineering capacity we have in house. We had to develop skills in the siting and analysis of wind and the micro siting of the turbines. That was assisted by the use of wind siting software and limited use of micro-siting consultants to verify our results." Assisting them in this regard were WindPro systems and a comprehensive in-house GIS capability.

Due to other workload commitments, Basin Electric also used an outside engineering consultant, Ulteig Engineers, to supplement their engineering department for the collector substation design. "We now have the capability to develop these projects pretty much in-house, with supplemental engineering, as needed, depending on workload. While we have the capability, we have other projects on the go, and we chose to bring in electrical consultants to help design the sub-station and collector system, just as a matter of extending our resources."

All wind power development companies generally work closely, and with care, with the landowners where the turbines and wind farms are located. Basin Electric, being a co-op, was in most cases working with landowners who were customers of their member utilities.

"The people in the rural areas are literally our owners since they mostly belong to a Basin member co-op that we provide power to. There is a certain trust that is there because we are a co-op, and we were very mindful of that trust," says Rebenitsch.

"We had two people working full time, meeting with landowners and coordinating relations with the landowners on what was happening and when." They held public meetings and sent out newsletters to the communities in the area.

They worked with about 50 landowners on the PrairieWinds project. "The local population was very receptive to wind projects. There is the revenue from the turbine on your land, taxes paid to the local community, and the jobs that a wind power project brings."

Wherever possible and practical, they made adjustments to the plan. "We were able to adjust where some roads went, but we could adjust turbines only slightly because the wind modeling pretty much dictates where the turbines needed to go. This was especially true of the area we were working in with the rolling topography. You need to put the wind turbines on the hilltops, but we adapted roads and cables wherever we reasonably could to accommodate landowner preferences."

In terms of infrastructure, there were the typical gravel county roads that traversed the project site, but there was a fair amount of road construction involved, says Rebenitsch. "We upgraded a number of the county roads and built a number of new access roads on a significant part of the project." Some 30 miles of road were built for the project, with additional upgrade work on existing roads.

As with many of the states where Basin Electric operates, there is tremendous wind power potential in this part of north central North Dakota, not too far from the Canadian border.

The PrairieWinds site itself is on the Missouri Coteau, a ridge of hills that runs along the eastern side of the Missouri River valley in central North Dakota and north-central South Dakota. The site is made up of rolling prairie and croplands.

Basin Electric had a good start on wind data; a co-op member,

Verendrye Electric Cooperative, had wind data going back a number of years. Through the late-1970s and early 1980s, Verendrye Electric partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy on a wind data collection project. Basin Electric also utilized NREL wind data.

"We went through a comprehensive screening process," explains Rebenitsch. "In North Dakota, it's pretty hard to find a bad wind spot, but there are always some sites that are better than others. We were able to zero in on several different sites, and then we had to cross-reference that with the available transmission."

The PrairieWinds site pretty much straddles a 115 kV transmission line. The Western Area Power Administration (Western), which oversees a multi-state transmission system in the central and western U.S., built a switchyard for the co-op, and Basin Electric built a collector sub-station next to the switchyard.

Environmental considerations were also very important. There were approvals and permitting that involved Western, the Rural Utilities Service, and meeting the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act.

One environmental issue that had to be addressed involved the wind farm site being in the whooping crane migration corridor (a 200 mile-wide corridor between Mexico and Canada). This required substantial work and negotiation on the part of Basin Electric with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to offset the potential impacts of the PrairieWinds project.

Carrying out construction on PrairieWinds was RMT Inc., and the 80 turbines used on the project were GE's 1.5 MW SLE ESS models.

"We went through an approved bidders process, and the criteria included that we wanted a contractor with significant experience in the construction of many turbines," explained Rebenitsch.

"We also wanted a company with strong engineering capabilities because we delegated a fair amount of the engineering-we provided the initial layouts and RMT developed the detailed design for the roads and the collector system. The engineering work for the foundation design and erection was also delegated to RMT. The total above-ground weight for each turbine is 480,000 pounds, and each turbine foundation required 318 cubic yards of concrete and 2400 feet of rebar.

Rebenitsch says that calling the construction schedule tight is "an understatement."

"We had an extremely tight timetable," he explains.

"Our original construction start date of spring 2009 was delayed due to environmental permitting issues. We were finally able to begin construction on August 18, and we synchronized the last tower 27 hours before the January 1, 2010 deadline."

This involved working longer hours, weekend work, working at night (with Hollywood-type lighting), and mobilizing additional heavy equipment for earth work and additional cranes for erection work. The cranes were moved at night, to maximize their availability for erecting turbines during the day.

"On Christmas Eve, I was on the phone arranging for snow removal so crews could access the turbines the following morning," says Rebenitsch. Having done that, the site was then shut down by a blizzard on Christmas Day. "We had pretty poor luck with weather."

There were also record rainfalls in the middle of the civil work in September and October. November provided some good weather, which helped bring construction back on track.

"But we fought the weather most of the time. We had to deal with very cold temperatures in the latter part of December. It dropped to minus 20 degrees, which made it difficult to do the commissioning of the turbines. And we had a lot of heavy, drifting snow." Throughout the project, and with all their contractors and suppliers, the emphasis was on safety, especially avoiding frostbite in the cold weather. There were no OSHA recordable incidents for the whole project.

Rebenitsch says their contractor, RMT, had a good set of resources, in terms of equipment and material. "RMT was able to access the resources we needed. They were able to mobilize a lot of equipment to the site to enable them to move quickly.  And they knew what they were doing."

As with many of the states where Basin Electric operates, there is tremendous wind power potential in this part of north central North Dakota, not too far from the Canadian border.

Basin Electric had a rigid component delivery schedule. The solution? They built a temporary laydown yard for storage. "By building that laydown yard, we could take delivery of the components in bad weather, when the turbine sites were unavailable. We had to double handle a number of the components, and there was a cost to that, but we were able to avoid detention charges, which would have been even more costly." The 10-acre laydown yard was built just off a nearby major highway.

They stored turbine and tower components until the weather improved, and they could get them out to the site. "If it's been raining for four days, and the roads are muddy, you can't drag a 280,000 pound load up a hill and around sharp turns. We were watching hourly for any break in the weather. If it was dry on Sunday, we moved material on Sunday. We moved evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays."

With the 120 MW PrairieWinds project now complete, and construction starting on a 151 MW wind project in South Dakota this summer, Basin Electric is well on track for exceeding 20 percent of load coming from renewable energy by the end of 2010.

"If you look at the timeline, Basin Electric has had a tremendous amount of growth in renewable energy since 2002," noted Rebenitsch.
"In the last eight years, we've gone from owning four wind turbines to having hundreds of turbines, our own and with our PPAs. We're about ready for a breather after the South Dakota project-we'll have gone from zero MW to 601 MW in a fairly short period of time, plus another 44 MW of green power from waste heat recovery."

The total investment in renewable energy in the wind projects and PPAs is significant: more than $1 billion.

They set out to achieve what co-op members wanted in terms of renewable energy, and they have done it ahead of time and on budget.

As part of that, says Rebenitsch, Basin Electric has successfully made the transition to being a wind power developer. He had some suggestions for other utilities looking to ramp up their wind power.

"Make sure you receive good advice before you get too far into it. It's been a learning experience for us, but I'm proud to say this project came in on time and on budget and that was a major challenge.

"Speaking as an engineer, the engineering on a project like this is not the hard part. The hard part is the complexities, uncertainties, and risks involved in the permitting that-like the weather-you have no control over.

"Permitting is something that Basin has good experience in. But the permitting of wind projects is new and unique, and we and the regulatory agencies are learning as we go. I'd hope the process becomes more predictable as it evolves."

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8th day of christmas: mini alphabet punch board giveaway

I'm feeling generous, and it's the Christmas season friends, so today I'm giving away a Mini Alphabet Punch Board from We R Memory Keepers! Scroll down below to read more about this fabulous crafting tool and to find out how to enter.

With the Mini Alphabet Punch Board you can create 1.5 x 2.5 inch letters, numbers, and a few punctuation marks with your favorite paper.
These letters are perfect for scrapbook pages, cards, tags, gift wrap and other paper craft projects.

They're the perfect size for monograms too. Check out the monogram luggage tags I made for my girls!

Check out this overview video below where I share details and demonstrate how the Mini Alphabet Punch Board works.

If you'd like to be considered for this giveaway, please leave a comment below sharing what you would make with this fabulous punch board. I'll select a random winner who will be announced after Christmas here on the blog. Good luck, and don't forget to check back to see if you won!

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Debbie said...

what a great prize! I would use the letters for almost everything! scrap pages, greeting cards, tags & mixed name it! looks like so much fun. thank you for the chance :-)
Merry Christmas ~ Happy New Year

Cynthia Baldwin said...

What an awesome giveaway! Since I make scrapbook pages and cards, I'd use this punch board for titles and sentiments for my projects. Thanks so much for the chance to win! Happy Holidays!

Hussena said...

Thank you so much for the generous giveaway! I would love to use it for creating alpha banners for birthdays.

Jennifer Martinez said...

I would Love this punch! I am creating little crafters, my daughter is 4 & my niece is 6. They love to use my punches and this will be awesome to share with them. They would love to punch out letters to create something! Thanks for this giveaway! Happy Holidays!

Miriam Prantner said...

Would love to win this for some big titles for layouts and also school projects for the kids....was going to get it from during the sale, but it's sold out :(

Anonymous said...

What an awesome giveaway! I would love to use this tool to create a variety of banners. I would also use it in my scrapbook layouts. Thanks for the chance to win!

cjf477 said...

Thank you for the opportunity to to have this ...would be do much easier for me to make perfect letters for my crafts...I have hand issues and not everything comes out perfect or all the same dize.
Merry Christmas

Heidi Johnson said...

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mike-adhikari-boardMichael Adhikari, CM&AA
Mike Adhikari has 20+ years of M&A experience and 17+ years of operating experience with a Fortune 500 company. He teaches at the Kellogg Business School of the Northwestern University. He has three post-graduate degrees, including an MBA from the University of Chicago. His valuation work has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and US Congress. Mike used early version of BVXä to quantify reduction in valuation of small businesses due to 12/99 tax law change that repealed installment sale provision. Wall Street Journal quoted this analysis and U.S. Congress used it during the hearings to reverse the tax law change. Mike worked actively with various organizations in Washington to help achieve reinstatement of the installment sale provision in 12/2000. Mike Adhikari continues his M&A practice as the President and owner of Illinois Corporate Investments Inc. (ICI), a mid-market M&A Intermediary firm handling transactions valued between $1-100 Million. Over the last 15 years, ICI has successfully completed sell-side assignments, buy-side engagements, business valuations, and special M&A projects. ICI specializes in manufacturing , service and distribution businesses and has successfully represented clients in the U.S., Europe and Asia. ICI has completed transactions involving profitable, unprofitable and under-performing businesses for private and public companies. Prior to purchasing ICI, Mike worked for a $400 million division of a Fortune 500 company manufacturing graphic arts equipment and supplies. He held various positions including Director of Marketing, Director of Strategic Planning, Director of Manufacturing and Manager of R&D. Mike has earned an MBA-Finance (1977, University of Chicago), an MS-Computers (1972, Cleveland State University), an MS-Mechanical Engineering (1970, Illinois Institute of Technology), and a BS-Mechanical Engineering (1968, India). Since 1994, Mike has been teaching Mergers & Acquisitions, as a guest speaker, in the Entrepreneurial Finance class of the MBA program at the Kellogg Business School of the Northwestern University. This class has been ranked in the "Top 12" in the country by Business Week magazine.
lloyd-bell-boardLloyd Bell, CM&AA
Lloyd advises business owners on the strategies necessary to build long-term shareholder value. He assists his clients with value growth – seeking opportunities to build value and understanding risks that erode value – with the goal of helping to achieve the business owner’s liquidity goals. This assistance often involves buying or selling a business, securing adequate growth capital or optimizing the company’s capitalization. Lloyd’s range of expertise extends to all aspects of financial and operational management. His experience allows him to identify the drivers of corporate value, which is vital in assessing the viability and worthiness of capital transactions. His knowledge of the financial marketplace enables him to structure transactions in a manner most advantageous to his clients. In addition, he provides business owners with advice on financial management, including performance measurement, costing and budgeting, with the goal of maximizing shareholder value. Before joining Meaden & Moore, Lloyd held positions in credit, finance and commercial lending with a commercial lending institution.
chris-blees-boardChris Blees, CM&AA
Chris began his career with a progressive CPA and Consulting firm, BiggsKofford located in Colorado Springs immediately after graduating with a degree in Accounting. Chris progressed quickly and made Partner at BiggsKofford after only 6 years with the Firm and later became the firm's President and CEO. Today, Chris plays a key role by directing several sectors of BiggsKofford's business including the Firm's Merger & Acquisition Practice. As a result, the Firm has become a leader in this sector throughout the Western U.S., as demonstrated by the Firm's involvement in over 300 merger, acquisition, or sale transactions in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. Chris' commitment to the acquisition and sale industry is personified by earning the Certified in Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) designation, and by obtaining his Series-7 Securities License. He is now the lead instructor for the CM&AA designation, taught through DePauls University's Executive Education program in Chicago. Chris has been active in many professional organizations, including sitting on the board of the Alliance of M&A Advisors in Chicago, Colorado Springs Technology Incubator, High Altitude Angel Investors, CU Chancellor's Leadership Council, and formally on the board of the Colorado Association of Business Intermediaries. He is a member of the Alliance of M&A Advisors (The Alliance), Association of Corporate Growth (ACG), Colorado Association of Business Intermediaries (CABI), AICPA, and the Colorado Society of CPA's.
rsz_k-perry-campbell-boardK. Perry Campbell, CM&AA
ACT Consultants, Inc. is a premier West Coast merger and acquisition firm with middle market intermediaries located in Seattle, Portland, Phoenix and New York. Dr. Campbell is principal and managing director of the Portland/Vancouver office with primary offices located at 4400 NE 77th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98662. Dr. Campbell has managed over $750 million in successful mergers & acquisitions during his career. He serves on the Alliance board of advisors as chairman of the Alliance's market research committee, and publishes the semi-annual "Deal Stats" report on middle market transactions. Dr. Campbell also publishes a monthly e-newsletter on middle market transaction and economic trends, "The Private Company Market Report." He provides both sell-side and buy-side services for middle market transactions. In January 2010, Dr. Campbell was selected as the Alliance Member of the Year.
kevin-carlie-boardKevin Carlie, CM&AA
Kevin possess over 35 years of diverse accounting and business consulting experience and has served in many roles. Having worked with companies ranging from emerging businesses to billion dollar corporations, Kevin has advised and established working relationships with CEOs, CFOs, controllers, business owners, public company board members, not-for-profit board members and others around the country. Kevin primarily serves as a client services partner at BDO, matching the firm’s resources with clients’ needs and is a trusted strategic partner for many of his clients.Kevin started his career in tax for 15 years working on several matters, including corporate tax, pass through entities, individual tax, ERISA, estates and trusts. Kevin spent a large portion of his career advising clients with transactions, providing business valuations and expert witness testimony where needed, primarily around valuation matters and contractual disputes. Transactions Kevin has worked on involve stock sales, asset sales, management buyouts, management buy ins, buy side transactions, sell side transactions, corporate divestures, ESOP buyouts, full ownership interest and partial ownership interest. Kevin also collaborates with team members and oversee transaction support services that are encountered including valuation, structuring and quality of earnings reports.
anthony-citroloAnthony Citrolo, CM&AA
Anthony J. Citrolo, is a CPA and the managing partner and founder of Strategic Merger & Acquisition Advisors, New York Business Brokerage, Inc. and NYBB Commercial Real Estate, Inc. He is also a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor, Certified Business Intermediary and Licensed New York Real Estate Broker. In his role as managing partner, he works directly with business owners, guiding them through every aspect of the selling or acquisition process, and also works closely with M&A Advisors and staff on the financial and operational analysis of each case to ensure that there is a maximum benefit and value in each transaction. Anthony is a CPA with more than 35 years of experience in business management, tax, operations and finance. He is a recognized leader in providing exit and succession planning guidance. He has been named an industry expert by Business Brokerage Press, Inc., a national publisher of educational content for intermediaries and business brokers. Anthony is a sought-after speaker and is quoted regularly on valuation and mergers and acquisition issues in many respected publications including The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Long Island Business News and The Journal of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners. Anthony is a board member and officer of the Alliance of M&A Advisors (The Alliance), Chairman of the committee for Exit and Succession Planning for the New York State Society of CPAs and the chairman of the Long Island Board of Easter Seals NY. He is the immediate past president of AANG (Accountant/Attorney Networking Group) in New York. Other professional affiliations include the AICPA (American Institute of CPA's), the Mergers and Acquisitions Source (M&A Source), and the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA).
david-cohnDavid Cohn, CM&AA
David Cohn is a Managing Director for Aaron Capital Advisors in Scottsdale, AZ. After 40 years as a business owner and an investment banker, it is easy for Mr. Cohn to step into a client’s shoes. Cohn’s brings a concentration of many completed deals in manufacturing, distribution, aerospace, and engineered plastics. David has co-founded two previous Investment Banking Firms, along with operating an investment banking division for City National Bank based in Beverly Hills in the late 90’s.
Champ Davis BoardChamp Davis, CM&AA
Mr. Davis has significant experience providing investment banking services to clients in a wide variety of manufacturing, distribution and service industries. His clients have ranged from closely held private companies to large cap publicly-traded corporations. Mr. Davis has advised clients on mergers & acquisitions, financial restructurings and private placements of debt and equity. In addition, he has advised clients on structuring and financing ESOPs, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, going-private transactions and has provided complex financial analysis for the rendering of fairness and solvency opinions.
J Michael Ertel BoardJ. Michael Ertel, CM&AA
* BS Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1969 * MS Industrial Administration, Krannert School, Purdue University, 1969 * 30 Years experience in corporate management with 3M, Bemis Packaging, GE Major Appliance, Hillenbrand Industries, Batesville Casket & Premier Bedding, LLC; * 20 years experience at the Senior Management level * 20 Years experience in Marketing & Strategic Planning * 10 years experience in Manufacturing, Logistics & General Management * 20 Years experience on various corporate Boards of Directors * Owner/Manager of various small businesses * Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker * Licensed Indiana Real Estate Broker * Certified Business Intermediary * M&A Master Intermediary * Certified M&A Advisor*Member: Alliance of M&A Advisers (The Alliance), Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Business Brokers of Florida (BBF), International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), M&A Source, MainSource * Co-Chair, Alliance Licensure Task Force, 2006 to present * Honors: 2006 Alliance Chairperson of the Year, 2007 Alliance Member of the Year, 2008 Alliance Member of the Year.
graeme-frazier-boardGraeme Frazier
Graeme is the founder and President of Private Capital Research LLC, a consulting firm that sources, originates, and invests in buyout and recapitalization investment opportunities for middle-market private equity firms and corporate clients; and he is also a partner in GF Data Resources LLC, a searchable proprietary database of transaction data on private equity-sponsored M&A transactions with $10 to $250 million in total enterprise value. Prior to PCR, Graeme was Director of Research for the Private Capital Group of Berwind Financial Group LP, (a subsidiary of the Berwind Corporation) where he was responsible for industry research and company research relating to the Private Capital activities at Berwind. Drawing from a broad base of operational and investment experience, Graeme also directed the process that provided both proprietary and opportunistic deal flow for the Leveraged Acquisitions Group. Graeme has a diverse background in the areas of finance, operations and marketing. Prior to joining Berwind Financial Group, L.P., he was: •A founding shareholder of The Eastwind Group, Inc., an investment company specializing in acquiring underperforming middle market manufacturing companies and turnaround situations. At Eastwind, Graeme participated in the acquisition and financing of a number of transactions. He was also President of Princeton Academic Press, a book printing company, and was Marketing Director of Team Graphics, Inc., a printing industry holding company. •Executive Vice President and General Manager, Murphy-Parker, Inc. At Murphy-Parker, Inc., a hundred year old bookbinding company, Graeme oversaw all aspects of the business for an absentee owner, and produced five years of record sales and profits. •Previously, Graeme worked with Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities as a regional institutional account representative, and with MCI Telecommunications in sales. Graeme has a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and an M.B.A. from Temple University (Executive Program), where he received the Dean's Certificate of Excellence and was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.
RayRaymond Hanson, MCBC
Raymond Hanson, MCBC, CMEA, BVAL, is the founder and designated broker for PragmaVentures Incorporated,of Oregon and Washington. Mr. Hanson is an Oregon and Washington licensed Real Estate Broker, Master Certified Business Counselor, Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser and a Business Valuator Accredited in Litigation. His experience includes over twenty one years of business evaluation, consulting and brokerage experience; marketing and transferring over one hundred eighty small-to-middle market businesses; and evaluating hundreds of other businesses for both fee and marketing purposes. In his career, Mr. Hanson has consulted, evaluated and transferred retail, service, distribution and small manufacturing businesses ranging from food products to high tech. Prior to his business brokerage and consulting activities, Mr. Hanson founded and operated Garland Distributors, an Oregon soft drink distribution firm for thirteen years.
kenneth-marks-boardKenneth Marks, CM&AA
Mr. Marks is a Principal and Managing Partner of High Rock Partners, Inc. (formerly Marks & Company Inc.) providing strategic consulting, investment banking and interim leadership services. Marks' past positions included President of JPS Communications, Inc., a fast growth technology subsidiary of the Raytheon Company and President / CEO of an electronics manufacturer that he founded and grew to $22 million. He was a director for a RTP, NC area investment bank focused on raising capital for early stage and middle-market companies during the late 1990’s. He has been involved as management, advisor or board member with over a dozen and a half emerging growth and middle market companies ranging from a venture backed software startup, INC. 500 staffing firm, environmental construction company, safety products distributor….to a middle-market insurance services provider. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) alumni; the founding YPO Sponsor of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO formerly YEO) in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Chapter; a member of the Association for Corporate Growth; a member of the board of directors of the North Carolina Technology Association and chairman of the board of directors of the Partnership for Defense Innovation (the parent of the Defense & Security Technology Accelerator). Mr. Marks created and teaches a graduate level course at Boston College in connection with the Hult International Business School in Boston (formerly the Arthur D. Little School of Management) titled "Managing Emerging Growth Companies". In addition, he teaches a graduate level elective titled "Financing Early Stage & Middle-Market Companies" at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. In addition, Marks lectures at DePaul University in Chicago as part of the Merger & Acquisition certification program.
Michael NallMichael Nall, CM&AA
As an experienced corporate financial advisor with a proven track record as a transaction advisor for privately held companies, Mr. Nall is a published author and recognized speaker on the valuation, growth, and sale of middle market companies. He is the Founder of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors. With the benefit of almost 30 years of experience in the industry, he lead the Alliance in the development and launch of a “1st of its kind” professional training and credential designation for the independent corporate financial advisory community: “Certified in Mergers & Acquisitions” (CM&AA).
ron-rudichRonald Rudich, CM&AA
Ronald D. Rudich, CPA/ABV/CFF, MS, CVA, CBA, CM&AA, CMEA, SBA, BVAL the Director of the Business Valuation, Machinery and Equipment Valuation, and Litigation Support Services Department of the accounting and business consulting firm of Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn, PA, is an authority in this area. Since 1966, Mr. Rudich has provided expert guidance, due diligence and services to clients and their businesses. Mr. Rudich's responsibilities include valuations of closely held and publicly traded companies, machinery & equipment appraisals, strategic business planning, cost segregation studies, budget and complex forecasting services, business consulting, business loss computations, depositions and court testimony.
sid-shaverSid Shaver, CM&AA
Sid Shaver is a Senior Managing Director of BVCA, a middle-market capital advisory group based in Houston focusing on closely-held businesses.
His focus is on the energy services, petrochemical, technology, transportation, logistics, consumer goods, environmental, food and beverage industries. Prior to joining BVCA, Mr. Shaver was the Transaction Advisory Services Shareholder for several CPA firms and a Managing Director and Securities Principal for mid-market investment banking firms.
Mr. Shaver has significant experience covering over twenty five years advising on transaction structure, private equity investments, due diligence and advanced tax planning for transactions. Professional credentials include Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA). FINRA registrations include Securities Principal/Investment Banker (Series 7,24,66,79). Mr. Shaver holds a Texas real estate license. Memberships include the Board of Advisors of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors and Founders Circle, C.T. Bauer College of Business Accounting Advisory Board, University of Houston, Investment Bankers Scholars Club, University of Houston, Advisory Board Member, AICPA, TSCPA, ACG, AMAA, IR Global- Texas investment banking representative, Touchdown Club of Houston and the National Football Foundation.
steven-silvermanSteven Silverman, CM&AA
Steven Silverman is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor and Managing Director at KingsPoint. Steven Silverman has 25 years of experience in corporate finance and middle market investment banking, including working for a Fortune 100 company and successfully developing a national boutique investment bank. Prior to co-founding KingsPoint, Steven worked on over 100 transactions across various industries. Steven is a licensed investment banker, and carries the Series 63, 79 and 24 licenses. He serves on a local CEO Roundtable, is a Board Member of the AM&AA and a member of the Association for Corporate Growth.
Brian WendlerBrian Wendler, CM&AA, MCBC
With over 29 years of professional experience in business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, analysis and structuring of traditional and non-traditional private placement investments, Brian Wendler is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and is Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV), Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), Certified Merger & Acquisitions, (CM&A), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Master Certified Business Counselor (designated by the Institute of Certified Business Counselors), Accredited in Business Appraisal Review (ABAR – Less than 100 individuals hold this designation nationally) and is a Board Certified Broker (BCB). He also holds General Securities, Financial & Operations, and Municipal Securities Principal licenses, as well as a Texas real estate brokers license.

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7 Famous Presidential Pardons

One of the powers of the American President is the ability to pardon anyone of any crime for almost any reason. Section Two, Clause on of the Constitution notes, "The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."

The History Channel has an article titled 7 Famous Presidential Pardons. The list includes the ringleaders of the Whiskey Rebellion, Brigham Young (pictured below), Fitz John Porter, Eugene Debs, Jimmy Hoffa, Richard Nixon, and Patty Hearst.

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Our mission is to be the best loved Hotel & Restaurant Company so regardless of position, we look for individuals who are passionate about providing genuine heartfelt care to our guest and employees. What you get to do: Supervises and coordinates activities of room attendant/room cleaners engaged in cleaning and maintaining premises of hotel by performing the duties outlined. Your day-to-day: * Select, staff, recruit, hire, and train qualified housekeeping candidates. * Schedule the cleaning of the room carpets, upholstery, and draperies as needed, along with deep cleaning projects and window cleaning as necessary. * Schedule cleaning for lobby area, public restrooms, telephone areas, hallways, entrances, elevators. * Schedule cleaning for periodic major cleaning projects including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, elevator doors and tracks. * Schedule cleaning of all meeting rooms after a completed function. * Schedule deep cleaning of all meeting rooms on periodic basis including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, etc. * Ensure all meeting room functions are properly set up according to the requests indicated on the meeting room/event function sheets. * Read front desk log book for the pertinent housekeeping information. * Obtain all housekeeping reports and messages from the front desk and PBX departments. * Confirm all housekeeping staff members have arrived or find substitutes for absence employees. * Prepare room assignment for the attendants. * Distribute room assignments and keys. * Check floors periodically, update the current room status, and identify opportunities for House person service. * Communicate with the Front Desk, Sales, and Maintenance Departments to ensure a high quality product and service level is delivered to our guests. * Answer the department telephone to respond quickly to requests from guests. * Check hotel's computer for information concerning room status and enter updated room status. * Review outside laundry facility servicing to ensure quality, undamaged linens and consistent delivery, keeping in mind the budgetary guidelines. * Review and update systems and supplies purchase for guest room accommodations using budgetary guidelines. * Orient and familiarize new personnel with hotel facilities and operating hours. * Train by instruction and practice, both formally and on-the-job; and update staff on any new laws or regulations necessary to safely perform their tasks. * Maintain good performance and productivity levels by setting quality standards following hotel procedures and policies. * Control all expenditures relating to Housekeeping, including, labor, guest room supplies, and all cleaning supplies and equipment. * Prepare annual housekeeping budget. * Maintain high quality of housekeeping standards in: a) the guest rooms; b) linens and uniforms; c) lost and found; d) laundry; and e) janitorial department and night cleaners. * Establish quality-cleaning programs to ensure appearance and life of all furniture, fixtures and equipment. * Submits requests for repair of cleaning equipment. * Requisitions or purchases other supplies and equipment for hotel room honor bars, toiletries, and paper products. * Supervisory Responsiblities: * Manages all employees in the Housekeeping Department. 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Facebook, Instagram Announce New Educational & Enforcement Measures Regarding Firearms

Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management for Facebook

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Facebook, at its heart, is about helping people connect and communicate.

Because of the diversity of people and cultures on our services, we know that people sometimes post or share things that may be controversial or objectionable.

We work hard to find a balance between enabling people to express themselves about topics that are important to them, and creating an environment that is safe and respectful.

This balance is important to how we view commercial activity on Facebook or Instagram. We have strict rules about how businesses can use our advertising tools. For example, we do not permit advertising for illegal drugs, tobacco products, prescription pharmaceuticals, weapons, and several other products and services, and restrict advertising for products such as alcohol, adult products, and gaming. In all cases, we have systems in place to review and remove advertising that violates our policies, is false, deceptive, or misleading.

Of course, most of our tools are free to use, and many people and organizations use them to establish a presence on Facebook, including to promote commercial transactions. While people can't use our services to actually sell things to each other, they can set up a Page or make an occasional post to their Timeline to find a roommate, sell a home, or solicit contributions for a church or nonprofit organization. Just like posting on a bulletin board at a supermarket or community center, these activities may be considered commercial, but we treat this type of sharing like any other type of sharing on our services – and we respond to reports when something violates our Community Standards.

People sometimes use our free tools to discuss products that are regulated or controversial. In some cases they promote these products for sale or use, even though it's not possible to complete a sale on Facebook or Instagram. While we've recently heard specific concerns from people about offers for the private sales of firearms, this is one of many areas where we face a difficult challenge balancing individuals' desire to express themselves on our services, and recognizing that this speech may have consequences elsewhere.

Today, we are introducing a series of new educational and enforcement efforts for people discussing the private sale of regulated items:

  • Any time we receive a report on Facebook about a post promoting the private sale of a commonly regulated item, we will send a message to that person reminding him or her to comply with relevant laws and regulations. We will also limit access to that post to people over the age of 18.
  • We will require Pages that are primarily used by people to promote the private sale of commonly regulated goods or services to include language that clearly reminds people of the importance of understanding and complying with relevant laws and regulations, and limit access to people over the age of 18 or older if required by applicable law.
  • We will provide special in-app education on Instagram for those who search for sales or promotions of firearms.
  • We will not permit people to post offers to sell regulated items that indicate a willingness to evade or help others evade the law. For example, private sellers of firearms in the U.S. will not be permitted to specify “no background check required,” nor can they offer to transact across state lines without a licensed firearms dealer.

We have worked with a number of individuals and organizations on the development of these efforts, which will be implemented and enforced in the coming weeks. We are grateful in particular for the advice offered by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Americans for Responsible Solutions, Sandy Hook Promise, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and Moms Demand Action, (Editors Note: All groups are active Gun Ban Organizations] which helped us develop an approach for the private sale of firearms. We also appreciate the feedback provided by the Facebook Safety Advisory Board.

As always, we encourage people who see anything that violates our policies to report it to us using the tools found throughout our services. Facebook and Instagram will continue to remove content, and notify law enforcement where appropriate, when we are notified about things shared on our services that suggest a direct, credible risk to others’ safety. We will also continue to strictly enforce our advertising policies.

We believe these collective efforts represent the right approach in balancing people's desire to express themselves while promoting a safe, responsible community.

  • 7 thoughts on “Facebook, Instagram Announce New Educational & Enforcement Measures Regarding Firearms

    1. If you want to engage in legal commerce, without arbitrary rules set by internet service providers, maybe it’s time to go back to using telephones and fax machines. And the NSA can stay busy deciphering all the “meta-data”. LOL

    2. If anybody knows about responsible citizenship, telling the truth and protecting the innocent, it has to be “New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Americans for Responsible Solutions, Sandy Hook Promise, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and Moms Demand Action.” I congratulate and commend especially those brilliant minds that came up with the school lockdown procedures also practiced in other places like where you work and shopping malls. In case you didn’t know, the lockdown procedure is essentially the same as an ostrich putting its head in the sand when confronted with danger. In the case of the Connecticut State Police who reportedly took 20 minutes – count’em – 20 minutes to show up at the Sandy Hook Elementary School after the 911 call was received, a special trophy is in order – maybe for winning the slow race.

      And those pillars of the safety squad in Maryland who arrived at a Columbia Mall shooting within 2 minutes of the 911 call deserve special mention. Of course, there wasn’t as much noise made about how long it took them to suck it up and enter the mall even though the shooter was dead when they arrived.

      As you can see, you are safe with the police standing guard just around the corner. Don’t even think about self-defense. Prosecutors are licking their chops while waiting for the next person who thinks personal and family safety is their responsibility. Even if you win, you will loose because it is your personal fortune that will be spent fighting your tax dollars.

      Oh yeah, be sure to vote for a democrat come November if you like the direction things are going.

    3. Every patriotic American should delete their FaceBook page immediately. They are working against the best interests of all of us.

    4. Gah! They got advice from all the antigun groups they could get?!!
      Let’s hope Monika Bickert let them know they got advice from the wrong persons (which we suspect was on purpose).
      Somebody should start a petition or boycott.

      Hey! Gun owners could start a site competing with Facebook!

    5. Facebook is a venue where people want to be noticed. They also like to show off! At first I signed up, because a friend said it was a good way to keep in touch. Boy, did I screw up. I deleted myself from the FB as soon as I realized what was going on. Facebook is for losers, trying to act like winners!

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The walking catastrophe that was Obama’s father

Here is the most detailed account of the life of Barack Obama’s father that I’ve seen, written by Sharon Churcher in the Daily Mail in January 2007. Barack Obama, Sr. was an out-of-control mess, yet managed to attract lots of women and wives. (What does that say about Darwin by the way?) A heavy drinker, he regularly drove drunk on Kenya’s roads and lost both legs in an accident. They were replaced by iron prosthetics, and he continued to drive drunk until he was killed in another accident. The article concludes:

A family friend said: “He is haunted by his father’s failures. He grew up thinking of his father as a brilliant intellectual and pioneer of African independence only to learn that in Western terms he was basically a drunken lecher.”

Obama Sr. would be a top candidate for a Darwin Award, except that the Award normally goes to individuals who off themselves BEFORE they produce offspring (which is of course the whole point of the Darwin Award), but Obama Sr. had about ten children by about four different wives.

Oh, and by the way, Daddy-O was married to his first, Kenyan wife at the time that he married his second, white wife and sired Baby-O.

And while Baby-O’s maternal grandparents get kudos for taking care of him from age 10 to 17 while his mother was in Indonesia, his grandfather had to be pretty weird too. He was so disappointed when his daughter Ann was born instead of a son that he insisted that she be named Stanley after him. Her legal name was Stanley Ann Dunham. Is that weird or what? And then grandpa Dunham was also something of a crazed liberal, upbraiding his wife in front of their mixed race teenaged grandson for being afraid of a panhandler who had accosted her, because the panhandler was black. Presumably if the panhandler was white, it would have been ok for her to be scared of him..

A great nation that elected as its leader a man of such questionable and marginal background and upbringing as Barack Obama, Jr., a man who has no real identity, but who, like a mixed-race Zelig, is constrained to go through life manufacturing new identities for each situation, would be a country that had lost its way. Of course, a country that elected as its leader a brainless embittered 72 year old wreck of a man whose only two ideas were to open America’s borders to the Third World and keep our troops in Iraq for a thousand years would also have lost its way.

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Aspire seems to be a company that does not mind marching to the beat of a different drummer. We have seen more boldly themed cases from Aspire than just about any other case manufacturer out there. This is not a bad thing at all though, as many, such as the X-Navigator we reviewed last year, actually represent a very good performance per dollar niche especially for the gamers out there.

Continuing in their tradition, Aspire has recently come up with a Micro-ATX form factor case dubbed the X-QPack, and let us be the first to tell you, this is by no means a case that only gamers should get interested in.

A quick search through your favorite engines on the web for "micro atx cases" will most likely yield droves of squatty-looking mid-towers with no real features separating them from their slightly-bigger mid-tower brothers. One has to wonder what the point is of getting a case that does not allow the use of larger motherboards if it really doesn't have much to offer over the nicer (not to mention only marginally bigger) mid-tower cases.

Well the X-QPack definitely aims to change all that. After a couple days of working with the unit, here is a brief summary of how we feel about the new chassis:

Aspire X-QPack

Included Features

- Excellent layout (good expansion)
- Removable motherboard tray
- LCD temperature monitor
- 420 watt power supply
- Good cooling design

Possible Improvement

- Rounded edges - Tool-Less Features (minor)

Much to gamers' delight everywhere the case comes in red, yellow, green, blue, and silver, and the model we received for review was of the blue variety.

More information on the X-QPack on Aspire's website.

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  • stromgald - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    The dimensions of the included PSU are unique, but there does seem to be some space between the PSU and the installed DVD burner. The height and widths are the same as a standard ATX according to the article so the screw holes are probably in the same place, but the depth may be a problem. I think that's what #11 was asking, and I'm wondering the same thing. I've been looking to build a new mATX computer, and have been looking at the Aspire and its OEM version, the Chenming 118 (has a 300W PSU and is less flashy) for awhile. Great review, the article and the nice pictures will help alot if I use this case for my next build. Reply
  • Olaf van der Spek - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    It's also a shame it doesn't have independent cover parts, which makes me think of those old minitowers where takes of the cover was almost a disaster. Reply
  • Olaf van der Spek - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    > We should note how if our motherboard had supported external USB and Firewire connections, some of that cable clutter would be greatly reduced.

    What exactly are external USB and Firewire connections?
  • Spacecomber - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    From the Aspire website:

    Power Supply ATX 420W power supply
    -High-gloss mirror finish
    -1*80mm built-in UV blue LED fan
    -Wire management:all wires are sleeved
    -Size:116 x 149 x 87 mm

    Power Supply Spec.
    +3.3V +5V +12V -12V -5V +5VSB
    20A 25A 20A 0.8A 0.3A 2.0A
    (They don't list the 3.3v+5v combined power rating. Just that the maximum is 420w.)

    Power Supply Connectors
    1 x 20pin Main Power
    1 x 12V (P4)
    4 x Peripheral
    1 x Floppy
    1 x SATA

    Those dimensions seem a bit unique; it certainly isn't a standard full-size power supply.

  • Cygni - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    I agree, the PSU is the question. At $90 WITH a 420wt PSU, it sounds like a really really good deal.. but i get the feeling its not exactly a true 420.

    BTW, i noticed the HD thing too. In one view we clearly see the PATA cables, and from the other side, i see orange SATA cables running up, haha. :D
  • RaNDoMMAI - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    Can you put a normal PSU in? Reply
  • Spacecomber - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    I like this review, but I have to agree with #9 -- we need more information on the power supply. How does it stack up against good quality power supplies in terms of amps per rail? Are there two 12v rails? Does it come with a 24 pin main power connector and with the new square 4 pin video card connectors? Is it of standard dimensions? What options would there be for changing it out, if you feel this one is not adequate?

    Basically, I hate to pay the extra cost of getting a power supply and a case when it turns out that the power supply is a low quality generic model which I'll have to replace.

  • JustAnAverageGuy - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    What were the amps (5V, 12V, etc) on the 420W power supply?

    One oddity.

    In all of the pictures it shows a Western Digital hard drive. It states you used a Seagate on page 8 though.
  • DarkKnight - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    great review, case looks awesome. I wish this case had come out before I bought my aria :(. Had to mod the hell of out it to get acceptable temps. Reply
  • KristopherKubicki - Saturday, July 02, 2005 - link

    Pannenkoek: Look in the comments section of the Sun article.

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We've had a fun filled day around here. Sophia loves anything that has to do with arts & crafts, so she's been gluing and coloring all day long.  And of course being Saint Patrick's Day the kiddos had to wear proper attire. ;)

 how yummy are these little rolls!!

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  1. So simple, but so pretty, the colorful paper links! :)

    I'll probably do this with the kiddos on the weekend to keep them entertained :D

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People Matters Hosts TechHR Conference 2014 – India’s First HR-Technology Conference

August 27, 2014 - Gurgaon, Haryana, India

In a globalized and economically dynamic world, HR technology is proving to be the game-changer for many corporations across the world. It is to capture the rising HR technology trends that People Matters organized the TechHR Conference 2014, India’s first coalescence of Human Resources (HR) and Technology leaders on August 22, 2014 in Gurgaon.
People Matters, a 360 degree knowledge and media platform in the Human Resources space, brought together leading lights from the worlds of HR and technology for a one-of-its-kind conclave in India. Over 65 speakers and moderators kept the over 550-delegate a a aa udience – mostly CHROs, CEOs, CIOs and CXOs – constantly engaged during the 22 fast-paced and interactive sessions.
The TechHR Conference 2014 title, Futurism for the Workplace, incorporated the avant-garde concept of Futurism – which means breaking away from tradition and embracing ideas that seem ahead of their time.
“TechHR Conference is all about looking ahead and staying abreast with the evolving and deepening relationship between HR and Technology. CHROs today face the challenge of keeping pace with the rapid changes in technology.  A deeper understanding of how technology can deliver significant efficiencies to the HR domain.  How HR can contribution to business agility. On the other hand HR Technology service providers want to better understand the needs of the HR business – which also change as new generations enter the workforce.  TechHR Conference provides the perfect platform where all this, and more, comes together!” says Esther Martinez, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, People Matters.
A specially developed App created a social community where delegates could communicate with the speakers, and with each other, share their views, participate in crowd-sourced polls and connect with popular social media. Delegates experienced the power and excitement of gamification when they earned points every time they engaged with the TechHR community. The prizes were exciting enough to keep everyone’s fingers continuously working. The true power of technology in action!
Rudy Karsan, GM, Kenexa and Smarter Workforce, IBM, says, “Technology is a way of life in the business world and the personal world. At this point in time, the three technologies influencing HR are social, SaaS and Big Data. The ability to interact with one another in the real time is something going to become a massive wave that will affect the way individuals and enterprises will communicate with one another and therefore it will affect HR.”
Madan Nagaldinne, Head of HR, APAC, Facebook, who spoke at the conference says,
“This is the first event of such scale bringing together HR and technology. It’s a fantastic concept and a theme that you have brought. HR and technology can’t be separated—they have to co-exist. HR has to understand the impact of the digital landscape and the technology landscape within the organization.”
TechHR Conference’s three tracks covered the role of technology in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and HR Operations.  The ‘Unconference’ area – an innovative, unstructured forum, gave delegates the creative freedom to share and learn in a less-formal environment.
The Business Agenda consisted of incisive presentations, interactive discussions, highly participative group sessions and a CHRO Round Table. Bistro Sessions allowed delegates to mix around and join several groups during the same session.
Sameer Patel, GM/SVP, Products and GTM, Enterprise Social & Collaborative Software, SAP Cloud/Successfactors, says, “Coming from the US, it was a big learning experience for me. HR needs technology. There is a huge disconnect in the organizations today between strategy and execution, goals and getting the work done. While we put a lot of emphasis on technology to collect and monitor those, we do not have a very good hand over how the work gets done or influence how the work is done. I think HR needs the second layer of technology, which moves from identifying those measurables, to be able to really influence and execute technologies down into the lines of business.”
From the high level of participation it was evident that the topics discussed were close to everyone’s heart. While the merits of technology in the HR domain were amply clear, several moral, financial and human aspects of this partnership also emerged.
An exciting highlight of the event was the Big Debate. Six acclaimed leaders battled it out arguing about “Who Needs Who – HR needs Tech or Tech needs HR”. The winning team – Ashok Sethi, Sr. VP, People and Internal Operations, Sapient, Abhijit Bhaduri, CLO, Wipro Group and Anuranjita Kumar, MD & CHRO, Citi South Asia – was determined by the audience through a poll on the mobile app!
Frank Ricciardi, Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific at Cornerstone OnDemand, “Work is changing and will continue to change. What, where, when and how we do the jobs is changing because of technology. We need to move away from process and automation and embrace consumerization in the enterprise.”
Debjani Ghosh, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group, Managing Director, South Asia, Intel Corporation who also spoke at the event says, “This year, the number one challenge that has been consistent across the globe is human resources…  To have meaningful discussions with business, HR needs analytics to measure every aspect of people management. Technology does not take HR a level up, but transforms it.”
TechHR Spotlight Awards were presented to start-up companies for innovative technology contributions to HR.  An eminent panel of judges put the nominations through a rigorous criteria. The winners in the four categories were:
Futurism in Recruitment: Talent Auction
Futurism in Talent Management: Playday
Futurism in HR Analytics: Jombay
Knolskape’s First Time Managers solution won the ‘Most Popular’ Award grabbing the maximum number of votes from the audience.
A well laid-out exhibition area, open to the public, had over 22 of India’s leading HR Technology service providers showcasing cutting edge solutions relevant to the HR community.  Experts facilitating demonstrations and hands-on experiences of their products were ever ready to answer all visitor questions.
People Matters announced that going forward, TechHR Conference would become an annual feature and is expected to be in every CHRO’s calendar as a ‘must-attend’ event.
Announcing that TechHR 2015 would be held on August 19th & 20th, 2015, Esther Martinez says, “There is still much to be learnt, and also many areas of HR Technology that Indian CHROs can take the lead on.  Our commitment to this community is to bring these great minds together on TechHR!”
People Matters has a proven track record of delivering high-quality, expertise-driven networking events during its five years in existence. So there’s no doubt that TechHR will become a learning-sharing center for HR and Technology leaders alike.
People Matters is a leading knowledge and media platform in the Human Resources space. We strive to create an HR community of practice and excellence that fosters amalgamation of new ideas between HR managers, HR service providers and CXOs, leading to the growth of HR as a business-critical function.
People Matters’ print, online, digital and events platforms provide thousands of HR stakeholders with information, best practices, trends and industry news. In a short span of 4 years, it has emerged as India’s single point of reference for knowledge in the HR industry. Outreach through multiple media platforms has enabled People Matters create a growing community of 84,000 professionals.
As HR ups its role as a strategic business partner, our vision is to become an indispensable source of knowledge, information and inspiration for this community.
Twitter: @Peoplematters2
Facebook: PeopleMatters
LinkedIn: people-matters/26/594/158

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(L to R) Frank Ricciardi: General Manager, Asia-Pacific, Cornerstone OnDemand,  Debjani Ghosh: Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group, Managing Director, South Asia, Intel Corporation, Rudy Karsan: General Manager, Kenexa & Smarter Workforce, IBM, Ester Martinez : Founder & Editor-in-Chief, People Matters

Quiz: HR Technology Trivia at the unconference track at TechHR 14

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Hits and Misses: Selena Gomez, Chris Brown, Frank Ocean and more

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In the world of celebrity news, there’s no shortage of hits and misses. This week, Selena Gomez practically tells us who her favourite One Directioner is and Chris Brown gets into a fight with Frank Ocean.

HIT: Selena Gomez would kiss Zayn from One Direction

Single Selena Gomez recently dished to Extra! that she wouldn’t mind stealing a smooch from One Direction’s Zayn Malik. Doesn’t that sound like a great new relationship? She’s single, he’s s— oh, no. No, he is not single but I wouldn’t be surprise if he were currently headed for one considering his recently cheating scandal. Malik (who’s attached to pop star Perrie Edwards) had a one-night stand with a waitress. Oooooh! Can’t wait to see how this plays out!

MISS: Chris Brown and Frank Ocean got into a fight

Chris Brown can’t seem to stay out of trouble as the village idiot picked a fight with fellow Grammy nominee, Frank Ocean. The confrontation allegedly escalated when Ocean left Brown’s handshake hanging or over a parking space. Ocean and Brown acknowledged the scuffle on the Internet in their own respective ways. Ocean tweeted the incident and added, “”Cut my finger now I can’t play w/two hands at the Grammys,” while Brown practically compared himself to Jesus on the cross on Instagram. Brown has since made his account on the photo sharing website private and is currently under investigation. GO TEAM OCEAN!

HIT: Bradley Cooper took off his shirt at a spin class causing women to fall off their bikes

In his quest of perpetual handsomeness, current best actor nominee Bradley Cooper hit up a spin class in New York City for a quick work out and caused a lot of women to fall off their bikes. According to the New York Post, the actor tried to be incognito and wore a long sleeved shirt for most of the class until he decided to whip it off at the very end. The Post’s sources said at that point “girls were literally falling off their bikes,” but “he was super gracious” to the fans that had the courage to say hello after class. I hope someone took the opportunity to ask him out because he is single.

MISS: Justin Bieber fondles a fan

Justin Bieber is starting to make me really sad as he continues to go on some downward spiral post-Selena break-up. First he Instagrammed his ass-crack and now there’s a photo of the star groping a fan in Miami on his official fan page. Even if the fan did ask him to touch her inappropriately (which she says she didn’t), shouldn’t he know by now that, with his young fan base, he really shouldn’t be touching his fans that way? You just missed her waist by a lot. WATCH YOUR HANDS, BOY!

HIT: Ask Tina (Fey): Did you go to there?

Hit play and please pass me a box of tissues. Guess who’s going to be wreck while watching the 30 Rock series finale? I am!

MISS: Lindsay Lohan missed her day in court because she was “sick,” went shopping instead

Lindsay Lohan avoided another day in court by calling in sick claiming that was too feeble to fly from New York to Los Angeles for her mandatory court hearing on Wednesday morning. It didn’t appear that she was too sick when the paps caught her shopping in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood over the weekend. Upon hearing the story, I experienced the same kind of frustration I normally go through when reality stars tell each other secrets that end with “don’t tell anyone” IN FRONT OF THE ROLLING CAMERAS. What’s even more frustrating is the hurt face they put on when their secret comes out which causes me to scream, “NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!” at my TV. At least Lohan got the clue and jumped on red eye to make it to L.A. just in time for her hearing.

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Books of the Bible

found in the adventure bible.
This just intrigued me for teaching the lad the books of the bible.

Genesis tells how God created us.
next comes Exodus and Leviticus.
Numbers and Deuteronomy tell
great stories of wandering Israel.

Joshua has stories of war and victory.
Judges tells of problems in Jewish history
Next comes Ruth - you'll find in this book
the story of Boaz and the wife he took.

Samuel contains books one and two.
Kings and Chronicles also do.
In Ezra and Nehemiah the Jews come home.
Esther is the story of a rise to the throne.

Job is a story of hope and sadness.
The Psalms are poems of praise and gladness.
Proverbs gives us wise things to do.
Ecclesiastes contains much good advice too.

Song of Songs - a poem of love and devotion -
Is expressed in words of strong emotion.
Isaiah and Jeremiah are books of prophecy.
Lamentations laments a sad time in history.
Ezekiel and Daniel take place in captivity.
Hosea, Joel and Amos are the next three.
Obadiah is a short little book.
Jonah is a great story - take a look.
Micah, Nahum and Habbakuk prophesy.
Then come Zephaniah and Haggai.
Zechariah and Malachi are at the end;
Then a long time of silence God did send.

Matthew and Mark with Luke and John
Tell of the teachings of God's son.
Acts reports on the apostle's work
With the people of the early church.
Take a look at Romans - you'll find within
How faith in Jesus can cover sin.
Next comes First and Second Corinthians.
Followed by Galatians, Ephesians and Philippines.
Colossians explains what Faith can do.
Thessalonians and Timothy have books one and two.
Titus tells us to carry on.
The next in line is Philemon.
Hebrews follows - a well-known book -
Chapter eleven at the subject of faith takes a look.
James tells what a Christian should do.
Followed by Peter - books one and two.
Then comes John's letters - one, two and three.
Jude is next, and as brief as can be.
The Revelation of John comes at the end.
And tells of a Saviour who's coming again.

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