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Samsung is investing another $4 billion at its Austin, Texas, site to expand production of mobile application processors beginning the second half of 2013.
The remodeled facility will produce mobile application processors on 300-mm wafers at the 28-nm process node. The boost in production will occur during the second half of 2013 and is expected to alleviate the rapidly growing demand for application processors for mobile devices.
Samsung also said it is expanding its Austin Research Center, which now employs about 200 engineers design mobile application processors.
Samsung's campus in Austin currently employs 2,500 workers.
Samsung claims its investment in Austin is the largest foreign investment in the state of Texas. The Koran electronics giant's total investment in Samsung Austin Semiconductor since 1996 will reach $11 billion by year's end, including the recently announced $4 billion investment.


The Italian Workshop on Neural Networks (WIRN) is the annual conference of the Italian Society of Neural Networks (SIREN). The conference is organized, since 1989, in co-operation with the International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies (IIASS) of Vietri S/M (Italy), and is a traditional event devoted to the discussion of novelties and innovations related to field of Artificial Neural Networks. In recent years, it also became a multidisciplinary forum on psychological and cognitive theories for modelling human behaviours. The 26th Edition of the Italian Workshop on Neural Networks (WIRN 2016) will be held at the IIASS of Vietri sul Mare, near Salerno, Italy.
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high quality papers in the topic areas listed below and proposals for special sessions. Special sessions aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Each special session should include at least 3 contributing papers. A proposal for a special session should include a summary statement (1 page long) describing the motivation and relevance of the proposed special session, together with the article titles and author names of the papers that will be included in the track. Contributions should be high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period.. Papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee, and may be accepted for oral or poster presentation. All accepted contributions will be published in a special volume printed by Springer and indexed by SCOPUS. Please visit the web site for further details of the required paper format http://www.springer.com/series/8767. Authors will be limited to one paper per registration.
Manuscripts should not exceed the limits of 8 pages. The submission Web site for WIRN 2016 is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wirn2016. You can log in through your Easy Chair account or register for an Easy Chair account and then log in.
Among others: Finance and Economics, Big Data Analysis, Neuroinformatics and Bioinformatics, Brain-Computer Interface and Systems, Data Fusion, Time Series Modelling and Prediction, Intelligent Infrastructure and Transportation Systems, Sensors and Network of Sensors, Smart Grid, Process Monitoring and Diagnosis, Intelligent and Adaptive Systems for Human-Machine Interaction.


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Lindsay-Crossman Chapel
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Prayer Chapel
About the Chapel
The chapel serves the spiritual needs of the Baldwin Wallace University community. A variety of activities and services are offered in an effort to give students, faculty and staff meaningful opportunities to enrich their spiritual lives.
At the heart of the chapel program is the conviction that making connections with God, with others and with self is what a vital spiritual life is all about. Programs of Christian nurture and study, general spiritual exploration and interfaith activities are part of the rich, evolving tapestry of growing connections created at the chapel. Whether you are committed to a particular religious tradition or searching for spiritual meaning, you are welcome.
Commitment to Spiritual Growth
An Independent Institution Supporting all Faiths
Founded in the Wesleyan Methodist tradition, Baldwin Wallace ended its formal affiliation with the United Methodist Church in 2019. Today, as an independent university, BW provides a supportive environment enhancing all students' intellectual, moral and spiritual growth. The University also respects the diversity of individual religious beliefs, including those who profess no religious viewpoint. All members of the BW community are encouraged to participate in activities related to spiritual growth and development.
Baldwin Wallace is deeply committed to the open pursuit of knowledge and stresses such values as integrity, honesty, justice, compassion and spiritual growth as integral to that pursuit. Further, the University recognizes the vital connection between faith, knowledge and service and offers a variety of means to develop and strengthen those connections. BW prepares students for lives of informed and mature leadership as global citizens in a diverse world.
An ecumenical campus worship service is held at 12:15 p.m. on Thursdays during the semester in the chapel sanctuary. The 30-minute service provides a spiritually focused "pause" during the week which brings together students, faculty and staff. A variety of people from the BW community can be heard in these services and a light lunch is served afterward, providing further opportunity for fellowship and conversation.
A Catholic Mass is celebrated in the chapel on Sundays at 5 p.m. during the academic year. For more information, contact the Newman Center at (440) 243-4955.
For those interested in finding a quiet place for prayer, the prayer chapel is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for private and small group meditation, prayer and study.
Rent the Chapel
The chapel is a multi-use space with a 200-seat main sanctuary and a small prayer chapel. Located on the main floor of the chapel, the Roehm Lounge, named for former Dean Fred Roehm, it is a comfortable space for meetings, studying and other small gatherings. To reserve a space for group use, please contact the chapel office at (440) 826-2175 or chapel@bw.edu
BW alumni, current BW employees and the children of current BW employees can rent the chapel for Saturday weddings only. The alumni rental fee is $800 and the employee rental fee is $400. The couple is responsible for engaging an officiant and any musicians. For rental information, availability or to schedule a visit, call the chapel office at (440) 826-2175 or email chapel@bw.edu.
The Lindsay-Crossman Chapel was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style of hand-cut Berea sandstone in 1872 at a cost of $10,000. The chapel is BW's second-oldest building after Kohler Hall, though the chapel was part of the campus before Kohler. In 1953, the chapel was dedicated to former BW trustees, Hamilton Lindsay and Fred Crossman, and is also listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.
The 1991 renovation of the chapel by Van Dijk, Johnson & Partners received best-of-show status and a Merit Award for Excellence from the National Institute of Business Designers in 1992. The extensive renovation rejuvenated the historic building without sacrificing its significant historical integrity.
The Cassavant pipe organ was donated by Mary Crossman in 1964. The multiple-story organ pipes draw the eye upward to the ceiling's hand-painted "Canopy of Heaven." The organ was rebuilt during the 1991 renovation project.
A Lord's Prayer tile set was given by Mrs. Walter Seeley in 1964. The set is displayed between the sanctuary and Roehm Lounge. Made in Jerusalem, it is an exact copy of tiles in the Pater Noster Church on the Mount of Olives and is one of only two sets in the world.
In 1991, President and Mrs. Neal Malicky donated the prayer chapel artwork, "The Eye of the Cross." This one-of-a-kind mixed-media piece was designed and executed by the influential American artist Wendell Castle.
The historic Lindsay-Crossman Chapel was built of hand-cut Berea sandstone in 1872 and is on the National Registry of Historic Places.
A multi-use space with a 200-seat main sanctuary and a small prayer chapel, the chapel is available for Saturday weddings.
The pipes of the multiple-story 1964 Cassavant pipe organ draw the eye upward to the ceiling's hand-painted "Canopy of Heaven."
Roehm Lounge is a multi-use space available for groups, classes and individuals to meet.
Individuals and groups of all faith traditions are invited to pray and meditate in the Knautz Prayer Chapel.
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John Leguizamo Signs Development Deal With ABC And ABC Studios
EXCLUSIVE: Actor-comedian John Leguizamo has signed a development deal with ABC and ABC Studios. Under the pact, Leguizamo will star in and executive produce a single-camera comedy inspired by his professional, personal and family life in New York City. This would be the first comedy series for Leguizamo who previously co-starred on ER and The Kill Point and toplined the 2006 CBS drama pilot Edison. Search is underway for a writer to pen the comedy project, which will likely be developed off-cycle given the timing of the deal. Leguizamo will executive produce with his longtime manager Jeff Golenberg of the Collective as well as Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Leguizamo is re-teaming with Mandeville after working with the company on Edison. He is not obligated to do an ABC pilot this season but will be exposed to some and could do one. Leguizamo is currently touring the country with his fifth one-man show, Ghetto Klown, following a successful summer run on Broadway. One of his previous stage shows, Freak, was televised by HBO and earned him an Emmy Award. Leguizamo, repped by UTA and attorneys Jason Sloane and Harris Hartman, recently completed the indie feature Fugly, which he wrote and starred in, and can be seen opposite Katherine Heigl in One for the Money.


And I thought it was bad enough that Clay Bennett STOLE our Beloved Sonics... But talk about starting the new season off on a bummer... As apparently USAC Silver Crown team owner Eugene Nolen had his #20 Dirt Car stolen upon his way towards the series kick-off event in Arizona.
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Singaporean Hawker Stalls Sprout in a Manila Mall at Makansutra
At SM Mega Mall, Singaporean street food concessionaires offer an answer to every possible craving.
By Sasha Lim Uy | NOV 11, 2016
IMAGE Medal Elepano
KF Seetoh gave up a successful career in photojournalism to establish Makansutra in 1997. Back then, the Singaporean developed guidebooks, creating a brand that celebrated the cuisine of Asia. In 2005, Seetoh curated a selection of some of the best hawkers in Singapore to rally along Raffles Avenue. He named it Gluttons Bay, after a similar setup on Orchard Road that shut down in the late 1990s. Since then, it's become famous all over the world, now known as the place to go for a true taste of the country's gastronomy. "We don't sell food," says Seetoh. "We sell stories." He illustrates his point through the tale of Singapore's famous bak kut teh. "The ribs were being thrown out. Someone decided to take them, put them in a soup, and cook them with sugarcane, white pepper, roasted garlic. Now it's one of Singapore's national dishes," he shares. Makansutra hopes to remind diners about heritage and culture. "That's someone's history you're eating."
A dish from Gooba Hia, the only Filipino-run concessionaire at Makansutra
If you ask JJ Yulo, one of Seetoh's local partners, how Makansutra managed a detour to the Philippines, he would say that it was all a matter of circumstance. Some forgotten number of years back, a common friend gave him the opportunity to meet Seetoh, and he joined the latter's 24-hour food safari in Singapore. Their sporadic correspondence led to a friendship of sorts and Seetoh later invited Yulo to open a Makansutra in Manila. "I chose to partner with JJ because he has never done this. He's not an entrepreneur. When you don't have experience, you're bound to break the rules, and that's what we want to do," explains Seetoh.
Seetoh further reveals that some of their employees come from halfway houses or grew up as orphans. "You can teach someone how to make one dish and they could be set for life," he declares, citing the example of Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle and Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice, two onedish hawker stands that have recently been awarded Michelin stars. Yulo adds, "We also want to make sure that the staff is happy."
Seetoh is impressively hands-on with the Philippine outpost of hisgastro market. The expansive indoor establishment is an unassuming corner that teases the senses with mouthwatering, spicy fragrances as you enter. Its interiors channel the charm of street-side dining with graffitiinspired walls and bare construction foundations. "Street food was born in this kind of environment, so we want to recreate it," Seetoh continues. Each stall also bears different designs because that's how hawkers are supposed to look. The food court extends to two semi-enclosed areas that can be booked for private affairs.
Inside Makansutra, where each stall is designed differently to replicate the hawker setting in Singapore
Seetoh handpicked each of the stalls to bring over to the Philippines—some of them already having made an appearance at the World Street Food Congress held in Manila earlier this year. Included in the lineup are Hong Kong Street Old Chun Kee, Donald & Lily, Jin Ji Kway Chap & Braised Duck, Alhambra Padang Satay, Bao Ji Xiang, Mian Ji, and Adam's Ribs. Makansutra Manila will also soon see the international debut of Singapore's Geylang Clay Pot Rice.
Seetoh admits that he'll be changing the stalls in the future. After all, there are more stories to be told—or, rather, eaten.
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Coronavirus case confirmed in Southern California, brings total cases in US to 13
Updated: 4:03 AM EST Feb 11, 2020
By Elliot Spagat
The first confirmed case of novel coronavirus has been found among hundreds of people who were evacuated from China to military bases around the United States, it was reported Monday.The adult and three other evacuees had been in hospital isolation after showing symptoms of the virus but on Sunday, federal health officials said they had tested negative and they were sent back to the base, where they joined more than 200 people who are under a 14-day quarantine.On Monday morning, however, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed county health officials that "further testing revealed that one of the four patients tested positive" for novel coronavirus and the person was returned to hospital isolation, UC San Diego Health said in a statement.Another evacuee from Miramar also was hospitalized for evaluation Monday afternoon, UC San Diego Health said in a statement."Both patients are doing well and have minimal symptoms," the statement said.This is the seventh confirmed case of novel coronavirus in California and the 13th in the United States.The person confirmed to have the illness arrived at Miramar last Wednesday from Wuhan. That locked-down city of 11 million is the epicenter of the highly contagious disease, which has killed more than 1,000 people overseas.Recent chartered flights have sent hundreds of people back to the U.S. They are being held in quarantine at military bases in California, Texas and Nebraska.Five evacuees taken to Travis Air Force Base, located between San Francisco and Sacramento, were hospitalized after showing symptoms of the virus but none of those possible cases has been confirmed, authorities said.Some 200 evacuees at March Reserve Air Base in Southern California were scheduled to be released from their two-week quarantine on Tuesday.No symptoms were reported among evacuees at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio or a Nebraska National Guard training base in Omaha.
The first confirmed case of novel coronavirus has been found among hundreds of people who were evacuated from China to military bases around the United States, it was reported Monday.
The adult and three other evacuees had been in hospital isolation after showing symptoms of the virus but on Sunday, federal health officials said they had tested negative and they were sent back to the base, where they joined more than 200 people who are under a 14-day quarantine.
On Monday morning, however, officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed county health officials that "further testing revealed that one of the four patients tested positive" for novel coronavirus and the person was returned to hospital isolation, UC San Diego Health said in a statement.
Another evacuee from Miramar also was hospitalized for evaluation Monday afternoon, UC San Diego Health said in a statement.
"Both patients are doing well and have minimal symptoms," the statement said.
This is the seventh confirmed case of novel coronavirus in California and the 13th in the United States.
The person confirmed to have the illness arrived at Miramar last Wednesday from Wuhan. That locked-down city of 11 million is the epicenter of the highly contagious disease, which has killed more than 1,000 people overseas.
Recent chartered flights have sent hundreds of people back to the U.S. They are being held in quarantine at military bases in California, Texas and Nebraska.
Five evacuees taken to Travis Air Force Base, located between San Francisco and Sacramento, were hospitalized after showing symptoms of the virus but none of those possible cases has been confirmed, authorities said.
Some 200 evacuees at March Reserve Air Base in Southern California were scheduled to be released from their two-week quarantine on Tuesday.
No symptoms were reported among evacuees at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio or a Nebraska National Guard training base in Omaha.


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December 28th-29th
A few weekends ago, we put a wrap on our 2012 season with a weekend at (where else?) O'Malley's Pub in Weston. It was a COLD weekend, with the temperature getting down as low as 17°. But it was positively toasty in the Pub! Friday had a rather hard start. The crowd was at-capacity by 7:30, and we had barely gotten into our second number when we started experiencing some intermittent signal-loss from the guitar. Bit by bit, we swapped out everything that could be swapped out (and that amounted to EVERYTHING) before we finally got to the culprit - a bad mic-cable (which should have been the FIRST thing to swap out). In all, the process took about 20 minutes but the crowd was good-natured and forgiving. Once we were finally back on-track, it turned into a great night. Holly, Laura, Sean, Tyson, Stephen, and Jesse (and Damien on the door) took expert care of the patrons all night long. It was great to see Bob (down from Cedar Rapids); Mike and Allison; Bryan and Wendy; Stephen and Kendrick; and Rel, Michael, Catherine, Trisha, and Matthew. And a warm welcome to new friends and fans Cannon; Joshua and Nicole (our talented landing-dancers); Jon, Seth, Dale, Paul, Alisha, Cody, and John and his big, friendly-drunk crew of Country Roads singers. Saturday night was a great night from the word go, notwithstanding Mark's voice being a little on the overworked side. It was another full night early on, which was all the more amazing considering that the upper pub was full for Bob Reeder. The crowd was VERY responsive... and generous - over the course of the night, a Black-and-Tan, two shots of Tullamore Dew, and four Irish Car-Bombs made their way to the stage, all for Mark. It was a worthy undertaking (one which would culminate in Bob driving back to Blue Springs), but Mark was up to it. Penny, Meredith, Laura, Ray, Stephen, Tyson, Nick, and Jesse (and Aaron at the door) kept the customers satisfied. It was our pleasure to see Bob and Lloyd; Michelle, Laura, and Heather and Ted; Marion and Diane, and Mike and Cindy; Gloria, Katherine, Sundra, and Suzanne and Gary; and Stephen and Kendrick. And a warm welcome to new friends and fans Jim; Chris and Scott; Francis; Donna; Sandi; Ben; Jim; Francis; and our birthday-celebrants Heather and Adam. It was a great wrap-up for season-16 (THANKS for being part of it!), and we're looking forward to our first O'Malley's weekend of season-17 in February.
SALADO SCOTTISH CLAN GATHERING & HIGHLAND GAMES
Last weekend, it was our pleasure to make our debut appearance at the Salado Scottish Clan Gathering & Highland Games. It was the 51st anniversary of these Central Texas Games... and after 50 years, it was about time for them to have us down. We had the good fortune of hooking up with George Shott (the President of the Central Texas Area Musem, which holds the Games) this past summer in the Glen Finnan Tent at the Texas Scottish Festival, where he booked us on the spot. The weekend began with a drama-filled flight to Austin. The first leg (KC to Dallas) was delayed fifty minutes on account of the plane arriving late, which would not have been so bad if it weren't for the fact that we only had a thirty-five minute layover in Dallas to get to our connecting flight to Austin. They committed to holding that leg if the first leg pushed back by 4:55... which it did to the minute. When we got into Dallas, we made the mad dash to Gate-8 to be three of the last five passengers on the plane. After a few minutes of bag-shifting, we were able to stow the dulcimer into an overhead bin and buckle in, and then we were off to Austin. Bruce (Mark's brother) met us at the airport and drove us back to his Round Rock home where we unpacked, picked up Lupita, and bundled off to BJ'S Restaurant and Brewhouse for a late dinner. Then it was back to Bruce and Lupita's to crash for the night. The next morning, we took a couple cars and headed out to breakfast at the Corner Bakery, and then drove up to Salado for day-1 at the Gathering. Right off the bat we hooked up with George (and his son Angus) who showed us around. We unloaded at the Bannockburn Tent - which we would share with Jed Marum, Seamus Stout, and Rod Campbell & Tom McKenna. It was a fairly lovely day, and the audiences were nicely-sized and quite receptive. After our first set, we high-tailed it over to the Stirling Tent to catch the one set by Ed Miller that we'd be able to see all weekend. The day was three sets long, and the crowd thinned out as dusk came on. When the day ended, we headed up to Belton for dinner at the Oxbow Steakhouse with Bruce and Lupita, Ed, and Jed. Then we took a walk across the parking lot to check in at the La Quinta (the sponsor-hotel for the Gathering). Charlene, Erin, Jeff and Peter (from Rising Gael) and Sean (Kyle Carey's partner) were lounging about the foyer jamming, so we stayed up with them and Jed and hung out for an hour or so before heading off to bed. The next morning, we had breakfast with Ed before heading back to Salado for day-2 at the Gathering. Deb turned up shortly before our first set (Frank, unfortunately, was dealing with work), and Bruce and Lupita arrived just as the set was beginning. We had one more set that day, and then we were done and heading off to the airport. We made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare, and our flights home were (relatively speaking) fairly uneventful. It was great to see Deb; Meghan and Ron; Ed; Jed; Deanna and Craig; George and Angus; Damon, Jan, Billy and Jarrod (Seamus Stout); Brian (and Heather), Jimmy, and John (Scotland Rising), and John, Dylan, Mike, and Paul (Cleghorn). And a warm welcome to new friends and fans Charles; the Shaws; Becca; Vic, Mark, Matt and Jonathan; Tristan and Nisha; Justin and his daughters; Sean and Kyle; Tom (Beadnell); Rod and Tom; and Charlene, Erin, Jeff and Peter (Rising Gael). And a very special thanks to Bruce and Lupita (and Jiggs) for hosting us and driving us around all weekend!!
This past weekend, we made our way back up to O'Malley's Pub to perform at the Weston Irish Festival. It was our seventh appearance at this Festival - which was celebrating their thirteenth anniversary... and the rainy weather seemed entirely (albeit unfortunately) apropos. The Festival ran Friday night through Sunday, but both of our sets were on just Saturday. We arrived at about 11:30. just as the Langers Ball was sound-checking on the Courtyard Stage, and headed down to the bottom cellar for our 1:00 set on the Hall Stage. We were pleasantly surprised at how attentive the crowd down there was - unusually so given how big and rowdy it was - and the set was a blast. Kudos to Ken (the Hall Stage sound-man) for his exceptional work downstairs. We cleared out as the Langers Ball came on to follow us, and headed upstairs to wait for Bob Reeder to finish on the Pub Stage to play our 3:00 set there. We lost some time in the transition as the fiddle seemed adamantly opposed to giving any of its signal to the sound-board... but once we got going, the crowd ate it up and that set was a blast as well. We wrapped up and handed the stage off to Eddie Delahunt & Gabriel Reyes. Eddie was the workhorse at O'Malley's in the mid-1990s (when it was just getting going and before Sean had begun the big renovation), and it was great to see him again in his 'natural element'. We stayed as long as we could watching Eddie, and then packed it in and headed off for the van - but the evening was hardly over. It was great to see Dennis (out from Cincinnati), Ellen and Justin; Mike (out from Ft Leonard Wood); Mike and Gayla; Marion and Dianne; Scott and Louise (down from Maryville); Brian; our friends from Jiggernaut (Deanna and Craig, Matthew, Garren, Rodger, and Richard and Janell) and Flannigan's Right Hook (Ben, Matt, and Shane and Abby); Jennifer; and Steve and Kendrick. And a warm welcome to new friends and fans Denise and Lee; Ben and Mark; Mike; Lena; Wayne; Cameron; Steve; Mary and Jack; Mike, Keith, and Victoria; Kevin and Emily; Kevin and Lloyd; Chad; Shannon Marie; and Shannah. And more kudos to the tireless staff - Chris, Jeff, Steve, Justin, and Meredith in the bottom cellar; Penny, Lynn, Carolyn, and Holly in the upper cellar; Ray on the middle landing; Peter and Aaron in the foyer; and Mike and Corey doing what it takes where it takes. But like we said, the evening was hardly over. Driving away from Weston, we headed off to Wyandotte County Park to join in celebrating the nuptials of Rachel Bowerman (our partner from version 2.0) and Dave Deering. They were married at James P Davis Hall (where eleven years earlier, we played at the wedding of Keith and Jen Benjamin). It was a lovely ceremony and celebration, and we got to see a lot of friends that we don't see enough of anymore. A great Saturday!
This past Saturday, we played a special Saturday-evening-only at O'Malley's Pub. It was Apple Fest time up in Weston, and the pub was full by the time we arrived - upstairs and down. Mike had just finished clearing the stage and we set up. Whether by way of some feat of extraordinary effectiveness or a rift in the space-time continuum, we ended up all set-up and ready to go in less than 45 minutes, leaving us over an hour before show-time. So we ate, visited with friends, made friends of other patrons, and otherwise dawdled until Mike returned and began the sound-check. The evening started out big and just got bigger. Mark had been fighting off a bad cold, and his voice was mostly shot by 11:15 - leaving the girls to finish the show off as he limped along until midnight. That one hitch notwithstanding, it was an otherwise all-around exceptional night. An off the wall request for a Christmas song led to a performance of Joy To the World (a la Hoyt Axton/Three Dog Night) and the possible addition of the piece as one of our battery of bungee-cord songs. It was great to see Mike (out from Ft Lost-In-the-Woods); Bob (down from Cedar Rapids); Garry; Big Steve; Linc; and Marion and Dianne. And it was our pleasure to welcome new friends and fans Aaron; Quentin and Monica (celebrating their 4th anniversary); Mike and Randy (who was returning to O'Malley's for the first time in 20 years - before Sean began the renovations); Shanna; Angie; Beth; Will; Chad, et al (celebrating Shanna's birthday); and Erik and his big bachelor party. We'll be returning to O'Malley's in a week for the Weston Irish Festival. Come on out and see us then (AND the other fifteen acts as well)!
September 21st-22nd
The Fall run drives on. This past weekend, we came to Mike Coakley's rescue by stepping in for Reverse Cowboy up at O'Malley's Pub. Friday night started out rather subdued, but picked up gradually over the first hour or so. Around 9:45, though, about 50-60 folks came down the stairs and for the next hour-and-a-half, it was standing room only. We trotted out some crying-in-your-beer songs earlier in the night than we usually do in response to a couple of requests to honor the memory of some fallen heroes. It was great to see Garry; Bob (down from Cedar Rapids); Marion and Dianne; and Big Steve. And a warm welcome to new friends and fans Dan and Misty; Mark; Brandon and Carrie; Terri; John; Clark; and Dana. Saturday night was pretty strong right from the word go. It was marked by the phenomenon of celebrating five (count them - FIVE) birthdays in one night. What more can an Irish band do with five birthdays than to line them all up on the landing and have them sing Shel Silverstein's The Unicorn? They were so enrolling that the audience actually followed along with them and all their actions. Big Steve was back as was Bob (who arrived late after attending the Rogues Gallery's Annual Pig Burning and Belly Crawl). It was great to see Jack and Angie, Maggie, and Kaitlin and Megan (O'Malley - no relation). And a special welcome to new friends and fans Brad; Justin; April; Cheryl; and Amy. It was a great weekend overall.
A couple weekends ago, we had the pleasure of returning to Tulsa for the fourth time to perform at the Oklahoma Scottish Festival. It was a busy and utterly enjoyable weekend that started off Friday evening with some authentic Scottish weather - brisk, breezy, drizzly. Roger met us before we were even unpacked, and would be with us the entire weekend. We squeezed in an early set in the Edinburgh Tent between Jed Marum & Hugh Morrison and the trio of Celtic rock bands that followed (Cleghorn, Murder the Stout, and Celtica). And we followed that up an hour later with a mid-evening set in the Glasgow Tent before yielding the stage to Jed. Ed Miller was one of the new acts at the Festival this year, and we stayed until the end of the night to catch his set. We started late (12:00) on Saturday with our first set of the day in the Glasgow Tent. Bob and David were up from Irving and Sherman respectively, and met us at the tent. It was an 'all-business' day with three sets between noon and 6:00 (a second set in the Edinburgh Tent and a third in the Glasgow Tent), so there wasn't a lot of time to cavort. But what we lacked during the day, we more than made up for after we were finished. We stuck around at the Glasgow Tent to catch sets by Jed and Ed, whom we joined onstage for a few songs. Then we headed off, with Ed, Jed, Bob, Dave, and Roger to Lanna Thai for some exceptional Thai food and some unexpectedly great jazz music by Danny Timms and Steve Hickerson. We were up, out, and on early then next morning, playing on the Outdoor Stage at 10:45. Then after a small break, it was over to the Edinburgh Tent for another set. One of Sunday's highlights was joining Kevin and Dave (Murder the Stout) and Harry (Celtica) for a game of Bocce. We played our final set in the Glasgow Tent, bringing Jed up onstage with us... and then the four of us finished out Jed's set (right after ours). It was a great weekend all around. Kudos to Tucker, Colby, and Matt for exceptional sound all weekend long. It was great to see Murder the Stout (Hugh, Jason, Dave, Kevin, David, and Neil) and Cleghorn (John, Dylan, Mike, Paul) again, as well as to meet the gang from Celtica (Gwendolen, Gajus, Duncan, Harry, Lukas, and Josy). It was also great to see Shane; Charlie and Donna; Derryl and Mary, Heather, Rachel and Aiyanna; Jason; and Becky. A special welcome to new friends and fans Denis; Pamela; Damon; LaDonna; Sarah; David; Olivia; Craig; Doug; Mark and Gay; Lynn and Gary; Larry; Gina and Andrew; Michael; Jim; Cheryl; Mariann; Terry; Amy; Jack; Charlotte and Dr Watson; Katie; Emma; Timothy; Christian; Sid; and Matthew. And a SPECIAL thank you to Steve, Eric, and Kory for having us back down again. We look forward to returning next year.
We spent a great weekend down in Buffalo at the Southwest Missouri Celtic Heritage Festival. It was our third year headlining for the one-day Festival - which was celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. We arrived just as the Lads of Tallymoore were kicking off their opening set. Originally an a cappella quartet, the Milwaukee-based Lads (Matt Voell, Sean Ward, Jason Fricke, and Matt Ecclestone) have been infusing instruments into their arrangements as well as fiddler-lass Erin Hoffman to come up with an enthusiastic sound that made them a hit at the Festival. After their performance, another new addition to the Festival this season - the Farnum Family (Norm, Trish, Daniel, Benjamin, and Hannah) took the stage with their delightful fusion of Celtic and Old-Timey styles. After a parade and a Bonniest Knees Contest, we took the stage for the first of our two sets. Then each of the bands played one more set before the evening ended with an utterly fun jam that included Jon and Heidi Reneau, Tom Meehan, and Two Cents Plain (Kathleen Hilmer and Meg Burns). Kudos to Jeffrey and Amie for the excellent sound-man work. After the Festival, we went out to our favorite Buffalo eatery - the Maple Street Grill - accompanied by Mike (down from Ft Leonard Wood), Kevin and Michelle (down from Osceola), and Lee and Lee Ann. After a big and fun dinner, we drove to the home of Lee and Lee Ann to visit and spend the night. The next morning, we had a leisurely home-made breakfast courtesy of Lee Ann before driving home. It was great to see Jason, Mark and TJ, Kristi and Paul, Kevin, Robin, Derryl and Mary, Heather, and Darby. A special welcome to new friends and fans, Ty and Courtney, Earlene, Rose and Sharon, Pamela, Denis, Damon, and LaDonna. And we're looking forward to returning to Buffalo next September.
August 31st - September 2nd
We had a great time out at the Kansas City Irish Festival this past weekend. It was the 10th Anniversary for the Festival which has vaulted into the Top-10 list of biggest Irish Festivals in the US. With 28 bands and artists scattered over six stages, plus Irish dancers, music workshops, theatre, comedy, ceilidhs, and Mass, there was something for everyone down at Crown Center Square... including a little bit of authentic Irish weather. We played on the Atrium Stage inside Crown Center both Saturday and Sunday afternoon. A big "THANK YOU!" to all of our fans who turned out to support us - too many of you to name, but we appreciate each and every one of you for being there, and for coming up to say "hi" and visit for a while. We enjoyed sharing the stage with Rob Gavin (always a treat to see Rob), Jonathan Ramsey (St Louis' golden-Bieber-haired treasure who was once a fixture at Harling's), Bob Reeder (the patriarch of Kansas City's Irish music scene), Ellis Island (Omaha's fine duo of Dave Marsh and Mick Doyle), Tin Cup Prophette (Amanda Kapousouz and Jeremy Wheatley - great music), and the Darren McMullen Trio (along with Jason Roach and Colin Grant - truly outstanding music). They all made it difficult to actually get out of Crown Center before the evening began. And there was plenty of great music to be had outside of Crown Center... the Elders, the Young Dubliners, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, Gaelic Storm, McPeake, Sprag Session, Scythian, Millish, Pogey, Goitse, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Ashley Davis, Kelly, the 3 Dollar Band, Flannigan's Right Hook, and Eddie Delahunt. It was great to spend some quality time with Kathleen Jackson and Richard Jones (up from Dallas) on OUR turf - for lunch, lunch, and dinner! And also with Mike Moran (over from Ft Leonard Wood) with whom we spent most of the weekend and dined (x2). A special welcome to new friends and fans Jo and Jim, Bill, Jennifer, ZoAnn, and Susan. And a very special "THANK YOU" to David Shaughnessy for bringing us out to KCIF to be part of their big 10th Anniversary year!
August 17th-18th
This past weekend was a really interesting weekend at O'Malley's Pub. Friday night was a busy, noisy weekend. There are these evenings that occur like a paid rehearsal... that no matter how hard you work the crowd, you just don't win them over... THAT was Friday night. Shout-outs to Garry; Heather; Dave; Jon; and Ryan. Saturday was a similarly interesting evening. During the summer, the Pub holds what they call their Third Saturday Concert Series, where they feature performances from jazz/blues bands on the Courtyard Stage... which was what was going on while we were downstairs playing. And on a beautiful Saturday evening, there's a pull to be outside... and there you go. Despite the come-and-go crowds, we did have two birthday celebrations, so we had the celebrants and the girls go to the landing and lead the crowd in The Unicorn. Shout-outs to Allyson; Chris; Brad; Ron; Judy; and John and Carol.
July 21st
Thanks to the wonderful efforts of Kelly Hill Dougherty, this past Saturday found us performing the first of two concerts in the Summerfest concert series presented by the Kansas City Irish Center. Summerfest, and its partner Winterfest, are the performing artist series that the Irish Center holds to bring new people in. With a fair amount of rearrangment, enough chairs were put out to be able to accommodate 100-some people - which we were able to deliver without breaking a sweat. It was a great concert for a great crowd in a really great venue... if you have not been there already, make a point to visit the Irish Center. A good opportunity would be Saturday, August 18th, to see William Morris. Shout-outs to Garry; Mike; Marilyn; Claire; Hank; Rita; and Steve.
For the second time this year, we've had to say goodbye to one of our dear friends - Jeannie Dybdahl-Towns, who succumber to a brain injury she suffered in being thrown from a horse. Jeannie has been a long-standing close friend and fan of the band whom we met out at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival - where she performed, managed, and crafted. A kind and generous, gracious, and perennially-upbeat woman, Jeannie had a positive influence on everyone with whom she interacted. Just nine months ago, she married another good friend of the band - Garry Towns - making them a perfect couple. We had many great times with Jeannie... and our lives are all the richer for having done so. Our hearts go out to Garry and Jeannie's family.
TUSH/LANE WEDDING
Yesterday found us performing out at Powell Gardens in Kingsville MO at the reception of Rachael Lane and Daniel Tush. It is an honor and privilege to share in that day for folks. There was a (mildly) humorous aspect to this performance... we did it in costume. Rachael indicated it was medieval themed, and asked if we would be able to follow in that theme... which, of course, we are (so far as Renaissance costumes kinda go). What we discovered was that Rachael's dress, being an Arwen Undomiel wedding gown, did have a slight medieval look... and that was about it. Everyone else - groom, wedding party, and guests - were dressed in conventional clothes. So basically, it was Rachael and the band dressed a la medieval style. It made for a lovely afternoon of... interesting... looks from the guests. AND it was a lovely afternoon.
SHERWOOD HOUSE CONCERT
Another week, another road-gig. It was a doubly-enjoyable Sunday for us yesterday as we not only got to perform at a house-concert... we also got to do so at the home of two of our favorite friends/fans - Charlie and Dona Sherwood. The Sherwoods are movers and shakers in Tulsa's Celtic music and Scottish communities, and have opened up their home to many Celtic greats... Gerry O'Beirne, Robbie O'Connell, Ed Miller, Long Time Courting, et al. To figure into that list is definitely a compliment. We made the four-hour drive to Tulsa, found their beautiful home, and brought all the instruments in. We visited and noshed for a while, then got tuned up and gussied up, and waited for folks to arrive. We performed to a very friendly crowd of about 40. After the concert, we had a short amount of time to visit and make our goodbyes before getting on the road and making the drive back to Kansas City. We'd say we're looking forward to a return-performance for the Sherwoods... but they're already in the process of making plans to move to Colorado. We guess the next time we play for them, we'll be flying out. Shout-outs to Charlie and Dona; Mariann; Kym; Roy; Tony; Andrew and Rebecca; Karen; Walter and Lois; Mark and Gay; and Jane.
May 4th-6th
We headed down to Arlington TX for our sixth consecutive appearance at the Texas Scottish Festival - there's very little more rewarding for a band than a big festival adopting you into their slate of regular performers. This year was a BIG year for the Festival in that they shifted their weekend from the first weekend of June (what we lovingly refer to as SweatFest) to the first weekend in May. It was a gutsy move - a shift in schedule always causes a hit on attendance, not to mention rescheduling to a weekend that places squarely at odds with Scarborough Renaissance Festival (which ties up a LOT of Celtic music lovers) and Dallas' Cinco de Mayo Parade and Festival (which ties up everyone else). But it was a great move - the weekend was on the warm side of beautiful and the crowds were very good for the first year of a move. We flew in Friday afternoon, and Bob picked us up at the airport and drove us straightaway to... On the Border, where we had a great lunch before heading over to Maverick Stadium, the new home for the Festival over at UTA. We turned in an opening performance in the Glen Coe Tent that ended just before the formal Opening Ceremonies. Then afterwards, we caught a set from Ed Miller (and friends... John Taylor, Jil Chambless, & Scooter Muse). Then we headed back to Chez Bob and crashed. The next morning, we hit the grocery store for lunch-foods, drove through McDonald's for breakfast, and arrived at the stadium early. We would end up spending the rest of the weekend performing on the Glen Finnan Stage with Jed Marum, Margaret Lyle Gravitt, and Jim McCrain. We turned in three performances during the day and spent an amount or time hanging out with the performers over at the Glen Coe Tent (Brian McNeill, Ed, John, Jill, and Scooter). At then end of the day, Rachel and Mary went over and turned in a couple of performances at the Lassies Galore mash-up before all the (acoustic) performers hooked up for Fiddle Faddle. Afterwards a handful of us (including David Shaw and Kendall Rogers) headed over to Pappadeaux's for a late Cajun/Creole dinner. Then once more we headed back to Chez Bob and crashed. Sunday morning was a re-run of Saturday morning, only we slept in a little longer. We turned in two more performances on Sunday, and made our goodbyes (unfortunately missing out on the big finale set). With a late flight, we had time to squeeze in dinner at TGI Friday's before Bob dropped us off at the airport. Then it was home to Kansas City. Shout-outs to Casey; Earl; Carol; Judy; Adam; Kathy; Mark; Leah and the fam; and (of course) Bob and David.
This past Saturday found us driving over to Lenexa's VFW Post #7397 for the Kansas City Rogues Gallery's 10th annual Spring Hoolie. Credit Dan Robertson for originating the Hoolie - which could best be described as "We can put on the show right here in my uncle's barn"! It's a fun show for us in that it's the biggest all-request show we do with the audience choosing 100% of what we perform... which provides some pretty interesting moments when the choose something we haven't performed or rehearsed for... years. The attendance seems to grow year by year. Saturday's audience overflowed into the main room of the VFW... in fact it seemed like there were more people out there than in the room where we were. Again, the palpable sense of absence was prevalent, and there was a bittersweet moment of special acknowledgement of Pat Patterson by his family and friends as well as toasts to our absent friend throughout the night. And as usual, the party ran long, and we had to break down and get out in a hurry.
ST PATRICK'S DAY @ O'MALLEY'S PUB'S
Saturday, we celebrated Lá Fhéile Pádraig, along with the 3 Dollar Band and Bob Reeder, at O'Malley's Pub. We got there at 11:00, got set up, and kicked the Kansas City area's biggest St Paddy's celebration off at noon. The Hall Stage was already close to full, and filled up within the hour with a very lively crowd. Our set motored along quite nicely along with the crowd. Four o'clock came quickly and we wrapped up our set, packed up, and handed the stage off to the Three Dollar Band's Adam Braunschweig, Keith Van Winkle, and Chris Carr who took the next 4-hour shift. And about 8:00, Bob Reeder kick off his own set upstairs in the small pub. An hour after packing up, we headed out to Kato Japanese Cuisine (I-29 and Barry Road) for the traditional St Patrick's Day sushi-dinner. Everything was right with the world. Shout-outs to William; Adam; Tim; Ted; Marion and Diane; and Mike and Gayla.
March 9th-11th
IRISH-AMERICAN CLUB / EMMA CHASE MUSIC HALL / ST PATRICK'S CHURCH
This past weekend was a busy one in our run-up to St Patrick's Day. It kicked off with a performance for the Irish American Club of Johnson County. We made our way over to Old Shawnee Town around mid-afternoon, and had the sound-system set up by the time folks started arriving around 6:00. Friends Damian Stack and Seán Moriarty were the travelling dignitaries from Listowel who came to visit this year. We played a set, and then yielded the floor for the official program - the clubs officers were recognized and honored, as was the Mayor of Shawnee, the Club's VIPs and honorees, and then the visitors from Listowel. And then we played a second set. Afterwards, we headed over to Jake's Place for a very late dinner, and then home. The next day, we piled in the van and drove down to Emporia to the home of Ray and Beth Cole. We had a nice long visit before following them over to Cottonwood Falls for a concert at the Emma Chase Music Hall. The Music Hall operates in conjunction with Sue Smith's Emma Chase Café - which was our first stop. After checking in with Sue, we went over to the Music Hall and set up our equipment and instruments, and then came back to the café for an utterly-tasty dinner of corned beef and cabbage, potatoes, and pie. Afterwards we headed back to the Music Hall for a concert to perhaps 75-80 folk music lovers from in and about Cottonwood Falls. Then it was back to the Cole homestead for some more visiting and then to bed. Shout-outs to Jason and SueAnn; Joe; Kathryn; James; Linda; Jackie; Patty; Alan; Amy; and Kris. The next morning, we were up quite early for a sit-down breakfast with Ray and Beth, and then off to Emerald for our eighth appearance at St Patrick's Church in their annual St Patrick's Day fundraiser-dinner. This gig is an absolute pleasure for us to do. The parishioners there are great and it's a genuine contribution... and the dinner they serve is the best farm-cooking around (no slight to the Emma Chase Café, of course). After the performance, we packed up and headed home. Shout-outs to Stan; "Dancing" Nancy; George; and Arlene.
March 2nd-4th
Our appearance at the North Texas Irish Festival this past weekend marked the fifth consecutive time we've been one of the featured performers at the Festival... and what a weekend it was! We started out with a late-morning flight to Dallas' Love Field, where Bob Harmon picked us up and whisked us off to the Doubletree/Campbell Center - new digs for the Festival as host hotel - where we checked in, dropped off our bags, spruced up, and then piled back in to Bob's Nitro to head down to Fair Park and the Festival. We arrived just before 5:00 with more than enough time to set up for our opening set at the Star and Harp Pub Stage. Our friendlies were already arriving, and it was a great set. We wrapped up and handed off the stage to the irrepressible Seamus Kennedy. We sold and signed a few CDs, caught half of Seamus' set, and then headed off to see what else was going on. After another hour, we packed up the van and headed back toward the Doubletree, stopping at In-N-Out Burgers for a late dinner. Back at the hotel, some of us stayed up for some visiting and a couple of beers with the milling-about-ers, and then off to bed. It was a late morning on Saturday give that the day's set was at 5:15. Bob picked us up for breakfast, and we ran around the corner to Henk's European Deli for one of their utterly delicious breakfasts. After breakfast, Bob took us back to the hotel, dropped Mary off (she would come out later by shuttlebus), and took us to the Festival. We headed over to the Star and Harp Pub Stage again (where we'd be performing later), caught a set by Ed Miller and friends (John Taylor, Jil Chambless, and Scooter Muse), and half a set from Seamus Stout before taking a spin around the site. We came back in time to catch half a set from Seamus Kennedy, and then got tuned up and turned in a set of our own to a fairly packed crowd. After breaking down and as we packed up, we were able to catch most of a set from Beyond the Pale, and then most of another from BEHAN before heading off for another tour of the Festival, catching a little each of Eileen Ivers and 5 Second Rule. Then we headed back to the hotel and the plethora of sessions. Mark just drank a few beers, visited with a lot of folks hanging out at the bar, then wandered around listening on a few sessions (having lost track of Mary and Rachel - no reports on them). Then it was off to bed. The next morning, we got packed up and out the door early, hooked up with Richard Jones, and headed off to another great breakfast (Dallas has the BEST breakfasts!) at BUZZBREWS Kitchen. After breakfast, Richard deposited us at the Festival where we headed over to the Trinity Stage (one of the two main-stages!) where we put on the opening set there to an impressing good-sized crowd. We handed off the stage to Dan Possumato & Jamie O'Brien. We caught a little of the Jig Is Up and a little more of Ed Miller (and the gang), and then Bob took us to the airport and we headed off for home.
February 17th-18th
This past weekend, we headed up to O'Malley's Pub for our second weekend of the year up there. And it was quite a different weekend from January's. It was a nicer weekend... and one that saw the return of the Rogues Gallery. Friday night was a big, busy night, with folks turning up from everywhere. Mike; Jack and Angie, and Maggie; Jordan; Kevin and Michelle; James, Nathan, and Jared; David, Jason, and Tyson; Robbin and Brenda; Johnny and Shanley; Peter and Josie; Big Steve; Luke and Anna, and Bill and Gina (who had, curiously, researched us specifically and came out to see us); and Patrick and his (unnamed) friend. Saturday night was another big one that included Dan and Norma; Carol and Mike; JR and Dana; Gary and Jeannie; Jason and SueAnn; Kim and Adam; Sean and David; Bill and Kathleen; Big Steve, Kendrick, and Zack; Karen and Elaine; David "Sicilian" and his lady-friend; Chris and his entire table; and James (who, we've learned, speaks Russian when he's... inebriated. The Rogues were back, on a mission to celebrate the memory of their fallen comrade, Pat, and every favorite song requested and sung.... from the opening of the night to the parting glass. It was a great night.
For the 9th straight year, we had the exceptional fortune of making the 4-hour drive down to the Home Builders Association in Tulsa for the Scottish Club of Tulsa's Robert Burns Night. The evening is one of our hand's-down favorite gigs. It's a splendid night... handsomely-dressed couples (some of our FAVORITE couples), excellent food, the water of life, good humor (and... eh... other humor), and recitations of works penned by the Man of the Night. We love going down there, and they love having us. Gigs really don't get much better than that. We arrived and met up with our friend Roger - who has become a fixture at the Dinner. Roger helped us get set up, then we dashed around the corner to get ready. We returned to find people beginning to traipse in, and did a small set during cocktail-hour. Then we retired to a table we had staked out and thereal festivities began... a great performance from the City of Tulsa Pipes and Drums and Rick Ewing... a speech and toast to the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns... toasts to the Lasses and to the Lads... and to Scotland and the US... and an incredible dinner. Afterwards, we performed for a couple hours for the listening and dancing pleasure of everyone there... and boy-howdy do those people love to dance! When the evening wrapped up, we sang our Auld Lang Syne, made many long goodbyes and headed off to the hotel. Then drove home the next day. Shout-outs to Roger; Charlie and Dona; Derryl, Mary, Heather, and Aiyana; Rick and Christine; Steve and Aleah; Eric and Donna; Michael and Vicki Cox; Richard and Kami; and Bruce.
We are deeply saddened to pass along word of the passing of our dear friend Pat Patterson. After a gallant battle against brain cancer, Pat left us all for a new world. We had the opportunity, this past Sunday, to drop by and visit him on last time. Pat (along with his cohorts Dan and Larry) began following Mark and Sean as The McGuire Brothers in 1996. They became regulars - avid fans who attended virtually every performance we did. As we morphed into Limerick Junction and eventually into Tullamore, their fanship evolved with us, and they became our first and most faithful fans and friends. Pat has been present with us for all of our 15 years - with his support, his humor, his wit, his stories (and even his $1 bills!). His friendship, loyalty, graciousness, camaraderie, and service to his country are all appreciated... by many. Our lives are richer for having known him. He will be missed. Our warmest thoughts go out to his wife, family, and friends. Godspeed Pat.
This past weekend, we kicked off our 16th season in the pub where we've spent more hours performing than anywhere else EVER - O'Malley's Pub. It was a low-key weekend as far as O'Malley's weekends go... due, no doubt, to the 10° weather and the snowy-slushy mix on the roads. Friday evening began with four tables, and never really got full. There were a couple surges, but other than that it was a fairly temperate evening. Shout-outs to Bob, Steve, and Kendrick (which should tell you how low-key it was). Saturday was a little bigger. Notwithstanding the noteworthy absence of our trio of most ardent fans (the Rogues Gallery) and their wives, the crowd was fairly responsive. The evening was marked with two birthday celebrations (necessitating the use of BOTH the Volga Birthday Dirge and The Unicorn)... but we gives the crowd what they likes. Shout-outs to Bob, Steve and Kendrick, Marion and Diane, and Mike and Gayla. A nice kick-off to Season 16.


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After airing a conspiracy theory that was floating around about the Superprestigio, we had a load of great feedback and discussion.
JP wrote...
Marc had a hotrod CRF that had several maps that he was choosing from during the heats. a few times he was on the straight reaching over to the right bar with his left hand changing settings on the bike. The commentators on Fanschoice.tv pointed it out a few times, wondering what he was doing, then saying he had multiple engine maps to choose from, and his bike was being worked on by his MotoGP engineers. Brad (if I heard him right while the commentators talked over him)[edit- just read a Crash.net post with him saying that he really messed up tire selection, so yeah, I heard him right] though did mention he missed the tire setup for the last race and had no traction.
Also, the bikes don't look to have the needed wiring for TC to be used. Speed sensors for both wheels would be needed or some other way to judge bike speed vs wheel speed/spin. I'd bet it wasn't the TC that was the advantage, but the engine controls where he had a selection. TC also tends to have a particular sound when on a bike without a fly-by-wire throttle because it isn't able to shut the butterflies, so it uses ignition and dropping spark. But. if you start losing traction, and can select a different ignition and EFI map to soften the engine, et viola. Marc was the only one I saw doing that during a race. Big advantage, anyhow. Elias wasn't on a Honda and was out to lunch until getting setup help from his old MGP mechanic, and Jared Mees via phone calls. So saying him also having TC was because he won Moto2 on a Honda engined is a bit of a reach. I doubt Yoshimira Suzuki or Catalan Suzuki (Who Elias said were all faster than him Thursday) gave him a TC setup from Honda. Did Brad send a bike this time, or was it provided to him?
Lots of good stuff in there. It was me, who made the mistake about Elias being on a Honda. And yes, it is a bit of a reach, but that's why it's a conspiracy theory, not a news story. I'm not sure the sound of well set up traction control would be audible over a TV feed with so much other noise, and bikes geared to hit the rev limiter on the straights, but that's just more conspiracy fuel.
None of the original post was supposed to put any doubts about Marquez being a hell of a rider, Elias too. But who doesn't love a good conspiracy theory? G
Labels: Marc Marquez, Road racers doing dirt track, Spain, Superprestigio
Yeah, and I really don't think that having an ECU you can change while racing is really in the spirit of Flat Track, but I also don't think they'd say no one else could have run it. Any how, if you're a rider like me (old, fat, and slowish), or you miss your tire choice by a mile, (as Brad admits) it ain't gonna do a bit of good either, so. . . My brain defaults to the likely reasons that way from back in my dirt track days (4 wheels). We had a fast little Mustang II, and to hear the reasons we were so fast and won was entertaining. (roller cams, 3 liter strokers, nitrous, etc) When some of those making claims actually came across our engine at the machinist's he said "Wait, That's all?! That's almost stock!" Our car handled the best. simple as that. The guy actually cheating was the guy in 4th place most of the time . . .but he was running a stock Chevette 1.6, so the 20% nitromethane just got him from 9th or 10th to 4th and 5th.
The other thing is, Brad said the tires were horrible and he really messed up . . . and still got third.
oh, and the point about the sound a TC tends to make was, more folks would have heard it there and reported something or complained, but sometimes you can hear them over the TV or in this case, a 'net feed. it's like the rev limiter. especially is there is no shifting involved. "If you hear it at the end of the straight, they missed the gearing, hear it coming out of the corner and he is still accelerating, it is TC" - I forget who it was who said that about telling if someone might be using TC after it was first popping up in road bike racing (er, pun unintentional)


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La endocrinología reproductiva y la infertilidad (REI) es una subespecialidad quirúrgica de la obstetricia y la ginecología que capacita a los médicos en medicina reproductiva que aborda el funcionamiento hormonal en lo que respecta a la reproducción, así como el problema de la infertilidad. Si bien la mayoría de los especialistas de REI se enfocan principalmente en el tratamiento de la infertilidad, los endocrinólogos reproductivos también están capacitados para evaluar y tratar disfunciones hormonales en mujeres y hombres fuera de la infertilidad. Los endocrinólogos reproductivos deben tener capacitación especializada (residencia) en obstetricia y ginecología.

La cirugía reproductiva es una especialidad relacionada, donde un médico en ginecología o urología se especializa aún más para operar trastornos anatómicos que afectan la fertilidad.

Certificación
En varios países, el camino para convertirse en un subespecialista en REI está regulado. Así, en los Estados Unidos, por ejemplo, la Junta Estadounidense de Obstetricia y Ginecología (ABOG) y la Junta Estadounidense de Obstetricia y Ginecología Osteopática establecen los estándares para que los subespecialistas obtengan la certificación. Después de cuatro años de capacitación en obstetricia y ginecología, se debe completar con éxito una beca aprobada de tres años. Luego, para obtener la certificación de la junta en endocrinología reproductiva e infertilidad, primero se debe completar la certificación de la junta en obstetricia y ginecología (exámenes escritos y orales), y luego certificarse en endocrinología reproductiva e infertilidad (exámenes escritos y orales).

En los Estados Unidos, la beca en endocrinología reproductiva e infertilidad suele durar 3 años y se ofrece en 40 centros de todo el país a partir de 2013.

En la Unión Europea, la Junta Europea y el Colegio de Obstetricia y Ginecología (EBCOG) tiene centros de acreditación para un programa de formación de subespecialistas en medicina reproductiva en 4 centros de la UE a partir de 2012.

En Australia y Nueva Zelanda, un programa de formación en endocrinología reproductiva e infertilidad dura 3 años y se ofrece en 15 centros de los dos países.

Sociedades
Los endocrinólogos reproductivos certificados por ACOG a menudo pertenecen a una sociedad médica específica llamada Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI). Como condición para ser miembro de pleno derecho, los médicos deben estar certificados por ACOG en la subespecialidad de endocrinología reproductiva e infertilidad.

Revistas

 Human Reproduction se publica en nombre de la Sociedad Europea de Reproducción Humana y Embriología . Según SCImago Journal Rank, su revista de revisión Human Reproduction Update fue la revista de mayor rango en obstetricia y ginecología en 2008.
 Reproduction se publica en nombre de la Sociedad para la Reproducción y la Fertilidad del Reino Unido.
 Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology (RB&E) es una revista de acceso abierto en línea publicada por BioMed Central. Se ocupa tanto de la medicina veterinaria como de la reproducción humana.
 Fertility and Sterility es una revista mensual de la Sociedad Estadounidense de Medicina Reproductiva

Además, muchas revistas académicas de obstetricia y ginecología dedican muchos artículos a la endocrinología reproductiva y la infertilidad.

Véase también

 Eje hipotálamo-pituitario-gonadal
 Endocrinología de la reproducción

Referencias

Obstetricia (especialidad médica)
Medicina de fertilidad
Endocrinología
Andrología
Ginecología

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I'm interested in getting a Oculus Rift to play in VR and my system spec is a i5 4590k and a GTX 1060 and 8GB RAM. I don't have enough money for the rift AND an upgrade, so I was wondering if it's possible to play with that spec.
Someone here tried VR with 1060? I'm pretty sure it will use reprojection most of the time but wanted to know if it's playable or it'll make me puke. Also like to know how much is possible to push the graphics settings.
I did for a few months, yes. It's totally playable, not the slightest puke or headache here. You'll need to have the detail a touch lower than on a faster card, obviously, but nothing drastic.
I play it on a 970 just fine, a 1060 should be no issue.
My RX580 is on pair with your GPU and handles it quite well, but don't expect to run on any exotic settings.
You will probably have to settle for somewhere between low/medium settings with high textures, etc.


An efficient genome-scale editing tool is required for construction of industrially useful microbes. We describe a targeted, continual multigene editing strategy that was applied to the Escherichia coli genome by using the Streptococcus pyogenes type II CRISPR-Cas9 system to realize a variety of precise genome modifications, including gene deletion and insertion, with a highest efficiency of 100%, which was able to achieve simultaneous multigene editing of up to three targets. The system also demonstrated successful targeted chromosomal deletions in Tatumella citrea, another species of the Enterobacteriaceae, with highest efficiency of 100%.
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Insider's view: Pharmacy supervision proposals 'don't exist'
by Grace Lewis 25/08/2017 9 comments News
Rob Darracott: There are hundreds of people worried about a proposal that I don't recognise
Proposals to allow pharmacy technicians to supervise medicines supply "don't exist", Rob Darracott – former member of the board responsible for "rebalancing" pharmacy legislation – has said.
Contractors warned Royal Pharmaceutical Society assembly candidates last month that "many community pharmacists are extremely concerned" that the Department of Health programme board plans to "empower pharmacy technicians to supervise pharmacies" as part of its strategy to "rebalance" pharmacy legislation.
But Mr Darracott told C+D this morning (August 25) that "as far as I am concerned, no member of the board has even suggested it".
"The statement just doesn't exist," said Mr Darracott, former chief executive of Pharmacy Voice, who left the board in April.
"We now have hundreds of people concerned about a proposal that is not a proposal that I recognise at all," he added.
In a letter sent to Labour MP Hilary Benn earlier this month, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said "the government has not brought forward any proposals to allow pharmacy technicians to supervise pharmacies".
Mr Darracott suggested this would have done little to console concerned pharmacists.
"In one respect, getting [Mr Hunt] to write a letter that says it doesn't exist [doesn't work], because everybody goes: 'Well, who trusts the secretary of state?'"
"Extreme scenario"
Mr Darracott served on the board responsible for "rebalancing" pharmacy legislation since its creation in 2013, but left in April when Pharmacy Voice closed its doors for good.
Pharmacists are right to be concerned about the "extreme scenario" that has been painted in recent months around pharmacy technicians legally supervising the supply of medicines, he added.
It is important that the sector has a "robust debate" about how pharmacy currently operates, as it has changed "dramatically" since Mr Darracott first qualified, he said.
But these discussions should not be clouded by a non-existent proposal: "It is not on the table and nobody has suggested it."
"I don't think it is very helpful to get people worried about something that isn't true," he added.
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Do you think pharmacy technicians should be allowed to supervise medicines supply?
Graham Phillips, Superintendent Pharmacist
Is the hierarchy losing the plot over supervision and skill mix?
The Pharmaceutical Journal30 MAR 2002By Graham Phillips
The combined pressures of the pharmacy manpower crisis, the failed global sum system and our enthusiasm for new roles leaves the community branch of the profession at risk of oblivion.
Before I am branded a Luddite, let me make clear that I strongly support the use of dispensing technicians: I have no wish to see pharmacists wasting their time licking, sticking, pouring and counting. My own company policy is to employ technicians wherever possible to carry out the mechanical aspects of dispensing, thereby freeing the pharmacist to spend as much time as possible at the medicines counter. I do, however, insist on a pharmaceutical assessment of every prescription.
I am actively involved in medicines management, having spent the past three years as a primary care group/trust prescribing lead, and I currently sit on the local PCT executive committee and board. I would submit, therefore, that I am as committed to "Pharmacy in the future" as anyone in this profession. Nevertheless I believe passionately that a community pharmacist's fundamental place is in the pharmacy and that our prime function is to add value to medicines — all medicines — whether sold or dispensed.
Consider the following two scenarios:
(1)?The husband of one of our regular patients requested symptomatic relief on behalf of his wife. My qualified medicines counter assistant determined that a pharmacist's intervention was required. A brief oral history revealed that the patient had upper gastrointestinal symptoms, felt bloated and was unable to eat. Inspection of her patient medication record revealed poly-pharmacy for rheumatoid arthritis (fenoprofen plus methotrexate with only ranitidine 150mg bd as a mucosal protectant). Of course the patient's symptoms could be the symptoms of uncomplicated upper GI dysmotility, but the medication history and inadequate mucosal protection (a proton pump inhibitor was indicated) meant that the patient was at risk of gastric erosion, duodenal ulcer or worse. I opted to recommend a pro-kinetic agent (domperidone) plus a liquid food supplement (Build Up) with advice to see the GP within 48 hours if symptoms persisted or worsened.
(2) We received an apparently straightforward request for a product advertised on television. The parents described a pyrexic six-year-old with a history of asthma and febrile convulsion. Paracetamol was not adequately controlling the temperature. The advertised product is a pad which adheres to the forehead, releasing a cooling vapour, thereby inducing a cooling effect. Clearly it was important to control the temperature but the obvious option of adding ibuprofen suspension was contra-indicated. I gave appropriate advice regarding optimal dosage and use of paracetamol suspension together with cooling techniques (tepid flannel, increased ventilation) which should control the situation.
Any community pharmacist reading this will find both these scenarios entirely unremarkable. They are typical of the interventions we make (but do not yet record) every day, many times a day. However, I describe them because the truth is that the policy-makers at Lambeth and elsewhere are so far removed from the daily practice of pharmacy — especially community pharmacy — that they need to be reminded what it is like.
We must never forget that it is the wonderful combination of accessibility and availability that makes community pharmacists uniquely valuable, and often the most serious and significant interventions flow from apparently trivial initial enquiries. The work flow in community practice is entirely unpredictable and it is impossible to know in advance which queries will be sufficiently significant as to require a pharmacist's intervention and which will not.
The use of dispensing technicians undoubtedly frees community pharmacists' time, but it is generally accepted that only 90 minutes are freed each day, and that the free time is not made available in usable chunks. Certainly there is not enough free time to allow the pharmacist to absent himself from the pharmacy to conduct a clinic at the local GP surgery or to perform a medication review of a patient at home.
The public hugely values the prompt, professional advice that community pharmacists give. To propose that either of the patients in the two scenarios above could reasonably be expected to wait an hour while the pharmacist returned from, say, a prescription review at the surgery is flying in the face of reason — and worst of all it is most certainly not patient focussed.
It is a fact that most care is self care. Pharmacists have unique skills here. For reasons that I fail to understand, supporting self-care seems to have lost its profile and is at risk of being trivialised. This makes no sense because self-care is high up on the Government's agenda. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has just published an ambitious set of proposals for "pharmacy only" or "pharmacist prescribed" medicines. Under the heading of minor ailments, the proposals include switching proton pump inhibitors, topical antibiotics and topical metronidazole. Appropriate recommendation for use will inevitably require the input of a pharmacist.
Any suggestion that all of the above could be handled by well-trained dispensing technicians is clinically unsafe. Technicians are excellent dispensers (I am quite certain that the best of them could check one another), but there will always remain the need for a pharmaceutical assessment of each prescription. Even the best technician cannot replace a pharmacist, a health professional present in the pharmacy, with a remit to add value to all the medicines available there.
For some, the answer to the manpower crisis is effectively to abandon supervision. There is a massive political risk in this. If we are prepared to accept that a pharmacy can run perfectly satisfactorily for an hour in the absence of a pharmacist, then why not for a day? If for a day, then why not for a week? In fact, why do we need pharmacists in community pharmacies at all? It then follows perfectly logically that the dispensing fee will be cut because there is no longer the justification to fund a professional salary.
There is, rightly, a huge debate within the profession about the balance of skill mix and supervision. Certainly practice must change, and of course we must embrace the modernisation agenda, but that does not mean that clinical supervision or pharmaceutical assessment can be abandoned. A naive extrapolation of changing practice in the secondary care setting, where there is generally no self-care consideration and patients may wait hours for a prescription, simply does not work in the community.
There are those within the profession, especially within the hierarchy at Lambeth, who have entirely lost the plot. In my view, they have a level of access to Government ministers which is frankly frightening when one realises just how distant they are from daily practice.
Now is the time for those of us in the real world to stand up and tell it like it really is before it is too late. If we do not, we will be courting political suicide and walking into professional oblivion. And who would be the greatest losers? The public.
This debate (well it's not a proper debate- more an attempt by NHS leadership to impose its view, acting by stealth) has gone on for the best part of 20 years.
http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/opinion/comment/is-the-hierarchy-losing-the-plot-over-supervision-and-skill-mix/20006376.articleI wrote this in the PJ in 2002, and its pretty-much as relevant today as it was then:
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It's surprising that Mr Darracott would say that no member of the board has even suggested that pharmacy technicians could supervise medicines supply. APTUK, who are members of the board, have been suggesting it since 2011, most recently in July this year. http://www.aptuk.org/about-us/position-statements/
There's also this quote from November 2015: "With the current rebalancing and changes to legislation, the role of the pharmacy technician can become really important, not just in terms of supervision but in what they can deliver to the patient in the absence of a pharmacist". https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/sites/default/files/lpet_ucl_iet_stds_analysis_pts_final_report_november_15.pdf It was from one of the stakeholders in the list starting at the bottom of page 13, many of which are also represented on the board.
Ben Merriman, Community pharmacist
You're confusing the situation with facts, Peter...
Very interesting, Mr Darracott. I presume you've actually been to these meetings, yes? Supervision of the sale and supply of medicines is repeatedly mentioned in position statements and minutes of these meetings. But why confiuse the situation with facts...
And for anyone wanting to confuse said situition, here are said facts: https://app.box.com/s/75cii16v58e80r2g1p9k/folder/7782559933
Tony Schofield, Community pharmacist
Technicians have embraced new ways of working and enabled pharmacists to do so also. However, even with the undergraduate diplomas available from Bradford they do not have the knowledge and skills to take sole responsibility for a dispensing operation
Their skill base will be irrelevant when the multiples want to push through their intentions. Money is their sole God. The rest is not really of concern. All they'll do is come up with a suitable new title to confound and confuse the public. For example Superintendent Technician or Medicines Manager.


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A motor grader sits idle at the site of a proposed subdivision in Crawford that has sparked controversy and a lawsuit against the city.
Staff photo — Kristin Hoppa
Crawford subdivision sparks controversy, lawsuit
By TOMMY WITHERSPOON twitherspoon@wacotrib.com
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A proposed new development that would bring 92 upscale homes to Crawford has divided the community, cost the mayor her job and spawned a breach of contract lawsuit against the city.
David Cunningham and David Holy of DCDH Development thought they had gone through the proper channels for their new subdivision just northwest of Crawford on Prairie Chapel Road. Crews spent a week in mid-March cutting in roads and clearing land for lots.
That was when a horde of Crawford residents who previously had not been following City Council meetings and were unaware of the development woke up and flooded City Hall and former Crawford Mayor Marilyn Judy with complaints.
Many simply are opposed to change and growth. Some feared the new subdivision would overload the schools, despite a 90-student decrease in enrollment since the district peaked at 635 students in 2003-04. Others were concerned the development would tax the city's water supply and wastewater infrastructure, although studies indicated otherwise and the developers agreed in March to kick in an additional $250,000 to help support the city water system.
City council members, who annexed the area containing the proposed subdivision in December, have since put approval of the final plat on hold, leaving Cunningham and Holy in limbo, holding a "developers agreement" with the city but wondering if the project will become a reality.
Judy, who taught in Crawford schools 24 years before serving as mayor for three years, supports the subdivision, not only for the needed tax revenues it would bring the city but also to boost attendance and funding at Crawford schools.
Judy attributes her defeat by Franklin Abel, a retired air-conditioning company owner, to the controversy over the development. Another council member who also supported the subdivision did not run for re-election and was replaced by a detractor of the project, further derailing plans for the subdivision.
Government code
With no action by the council on the final plat, Cunningham and Holy turned to Waco attorneys Jim Hering and David Deaconson to sue the city, alleging breach of contract and violation of the Texas Local Government Code that requires a municipality to act on a plan within 30 days after it is filed.
The code says a plat is considered approved by the municipal authority unless it is disapproved within that period.
Citing inaction by the council and its insistence that further infrastructure studies be performed since the developer agreement was executed, the developers' lawsuit, filed May 22, asks 170th State District Judge Jim Meyer to declare the final plat approved.
The lawsuit also asks the judge to order the council to "perform its ministerial duty" to approve the plat and to declare that the plaintiffs have "vested rights" evaluated under the ordinances in effect at the time the final plat was filed and without the burdens of a citywide infrastructure study proposed after it was filed.
Hering, who has served as mayor in neighboring McGregor for 19 years, said he will seek a hearing in the case soon.
"My clients still believe that Crawford is made up of good people and they believe they can do some good for the city by bringing in quality houses that would serve their school district well," Hering said. "And because it has been annexed, it would also generate significant tax dollars that the city needs. All they are asking is that the city abide by the agreement that DCDH believes they had all along, and that is to develop a subdivision of quality homes. They are ready to do it."
Crawford City Attorney Charles Buenger did not return phone messages Tuesday, but his associate, Kathleen Dow, said the city is "prepared to vigorously defend the case." She referred questions about the lawsuit to Buenger. Dow filed a response to the lawsuit last week with a general denial of the allegations.
The city will have to go forward without the financial backing of its insurance carrier, the Texas Municipal League risk pool. In a letter dated June 14, Susie Green, Texas Municipal League associate director of legal services, informed the city that the nature of the lawsuit exempts the risk pool from providing funds for a defense.
Abel, who won election as Crawford mayor in May, did not return phone messages Tuesday.
Planned subdivision
According to the lawsuit, Holy and Cunningham planned a subdivision with 92 lots, with 53 lots to be developed in the first phase featuring homes with an average price of $350,000. They presented their plans to the city council in June 2018.
The city annexed the property in December with the agreement that the city would provide services to the subdivision in exchange for Holy and Cunningham executing a development agreement that said they would pay for any additional costs of extending services and providing utilities.
With plans appearing to move forward, DCDH paid the city $3.9 million to cover all costs for a construction plan and plat reviews, the lawsuit states.
"As the conversations on the topic of water progressed, the city hired its second engineer, Miles Whitney of Cayote Consulting LLC to perform a study to determine the adequacy of the water supply and whether such supply could service the proposed subdivision," the suit states. "This is the same study that (previous engineer) Johnny Tabor proposed in August 2018.
"Discussion surrounding the availability of water focused on the city's surface-water reservoir that, in addition to two city wells, made up the city's three sources of water. The reservoir had been inactive for several years and city leaders believed that the addition of plaintiff's subdivision would be a good opportunity to revitalize the reservoir's capabilities of providing water to the city," according to the lawsuit.
In March, DCDH and the city executed the developer agreement, which the lawsuit states was approved by Buenger and focuses on the city's obligation to provide water to the subdivision in exchange for DCDH contributing $250,000 to improve infrastructure in and around the city reservoir east of Crawford.
After the agreement was signed, Judy told Holy and Cunningham they could start construction. A week after they started "turning dirt," Judy asked them to hold off until the final plat was approved, which she represented to them as "nothing more than a formality," the suit alleges.
However, at a council meeting called to vote on the final plat, "a significant number of angry citizens" made it clear that they opposed the subdivision.
"The discussion between the citizens and their city council became so heated that at least a dozen citizens had to be escorted out of the meeting by the city's chief of police," the lawsuit states.
After the meeting resumed, the engineer reported there was a sufficient water supply to support the subdivision. The developers reminded the council that any concerns regarding water had been addressed in the developer agreement.
'Clear division'
The lawsuit contends that subsequent discussion between council members showed a "clear division," causing a vote to be delayed.
"The more obvious reason for the delay was that those opposing the subdivision were siding with the boisterous citizens in attendance and were hoping that the approaching city election would shift the support, and therefore, shut down the proposed residential development," the lawsuit contends.
Judy said the subdivision controversy clearly caused her defeat.
"I think the public was misinformed on how this was going to benefit the school and the city and those rumors were spread throughout a closed Facebook group, social media, and people believed what they read on Facebook," Judy said. "It was a closed account, and I couldn't even address what was on there."
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(Reuters) – Newell Brands Inc (NWL.N) said on Monday it has agreed to appoint four directors to its board put forward by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, a deal that excludes activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP, which had mounted its own board challenge. FILE PHOTO – Billionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network's Neil Cavuto show in New York, U.S. on February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo The agreement is an example of activist investors competing against each other rather than working in tandem. Starboard, which is seeking to replace Newell's entire board of directors, declined to comment on its next move. Icahn disclosed a 6.86 percent stake in the Hoboken, New Jersey-based consumer products company last Friday. However, he and Newell CEO Michael Polk have been in discussions since last month, according to two people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to disclose the confidential talks. One analyst said the Icahn board deal changes the dynamics of the contest. "But it doesn't mean that Starboard will capitulate," said Damien Park, managing director at consulting group Spotlight Advisors. Newell's shares were down 6.5 percent $26.79 on Monday afternoon, giving the company a market capitalization of $13 billion. "There is likely also a belief that the activist who loses will sell shares, putting pressure on the stock," Renaissance Macro Research analyst April Scee said. Newell said it had accepted Icahn's designated nominees Patrick Campbell, Brett Icahn, Andrew Langham and Courtney Mather to sit on its board alongside existing directors Polk, James Craigie, Debra Crew, Steven Strobel and Michael Todman. In addition, Judith Sprieser and another independent director nominee designated by Icahn and approved by Newell's board will be nominated to stand for election at the company's 2018 annual shareholder meeting. Starboard has put forward a 12-member slate to replace Newell's board, arguing the maker of Rubbermaid, Crock-Pot slow cookers and Yankee Candles has underperformed peers and mismanaged its $15.4 billion acquisition of Jarden Corp in 2016. Starboard had teamed up with former Jarden executives and board members including former chairman Martin Franklin, who resigned from Newell's board earlier this year. Icahn said in a statement that his views on strategy are aligned with those of the company, including on its "expanded transformation plan" that includes divesting some business lines. Late last month, Newell outlined ongoing plans to overhaul itself from a hybrid holding-and-operating company to a more focused operator, with an increased emphasis on higher-margin operations such as online sales. Icahn had said in a regulatory filing last week that he had spoken to Starboard but that he had not yet decided which side he will back. Reporting by Liana B. Baker in New York, Svea Herbst in Boston and Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar and Matthew Lewis
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