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Youth Hostel Remerschen (Schengen)
31 Wistrooss Remerschen (Schengen) , Schengen, Luxembourg
Welcome to Youth Hostel Remerschen (Schengen)
The spacious rooms of the youth hostel opened in 2007 are located in a renovated convent and a new constructed extension. It is situated at the heart of the village of Remerschen, close to a bathing pond, the Moselle river and a nature reserve and is provided with:
- 3 conference rooms
- family rooms with terrace
- restaurant with cafeteria
- common rooms
- garden with pond
- youth centre
150 beds are divided in rooms from 2 to 6 beds, all equipped with sanitary facilities. Cosy dormitories at the attic are suitable for scouts or nursery schools.
Our team will do its best to satisfy the guests and offers full board (lunch, dinner, packed lunch). Luxembourgish specialities and vegetarian meals are available on request.
The hostel is also suitable for disabled guests. There is no age limit and it is open the whole year through.
Open the whole year through.
Opening hours: 08.00 - 10.00 a.m. and 05.00 -11.00 p.m.
Check in: 05.00 - 10.00 p.m. / check out before 10.00 a.m.
Members of Hostelling International will be given a 3 discount per night and person.
Get your international membership card and take advantage of the worldwide benefits and savings.
You will be contacted by the hostel to provide your CVV code. Hostelworld cannot provide this to the hostel and it is required in Luxembourg to confirm your booking. Failure to provide this may result in your booking being cancelled
In case of a cancellation more than 28 days before the arrival date, no fee will be charged. In case of a cancellation less than 28 days before the arrival date, a charge equivalent to 15 % of the booking value will be incurred. In case of a cancellation less than 24 hours before the arrival date or in case of no-show, the total booking value will be incurred (max. 2 overnights). View House Rules
It was a little remote from everywhere but I enjoyed a lot at the lake nearby the hostel. Very clean and well equipped room.
South Korea, Female, 31-40
We stayed in a 4 bunk room but they were not very busy so it was just the two of us. Bed sheets were provided but you made and stripped your own bed. The faculties are very nice, clean and comfortable. There was a large deck outside the room with pleasant views. The hostel is very close to the Bioversity center with hiking paths and close to Schengen & the river. Breakfast was served buffet style & was basic - meat & cheese slices, 2 cereals, bread ( no toaster), chopped fruit, juice, coffee.
Room could use power sockets closer to the bed, but other than that nothing to fault the hostel over.
We loved our stay at this hostel. It was easy to arrive by bus from Luxemburg city. The staff were friendly and helpful. We booked a two bed private and the room had two sets of bunks so we could have a bottom bunk each. The bed was clean and comfy. The shower was good. The view from the room was nice. The balconies are in some rooms, not a public area but there is outdoor seating at the bar and the Luxembourg wine is really good. The restaurant was also really good. And breakfast was good too.
Scotland, All Female Group, 25-30
Worth every penny spent. I had a good stay. Except there was no WiFi in my room in B building, everything else about the hostel is a heads up. The proximity to Remerschen lakes is the best part. You are surrounded by vineyards, mountains, Moselle river . Wonderful location. WiFi is available only in the main building hall I was told. Room was spacious & clean. There is also a restaurant which is very convenient.
India, Female, 31-40
A nice quaint place completely away from the husstle and buzztle. Fantastic breakfast and they threw in a surprise to pick up and pack a lunch if you wished completely free. I guess the check-in times can be a lot better to be convenient for travellers.
India, Male, 41+
Good place. Staff was very nice and flexible as we had a late check in. Beds are comfy. Was a bit noisy in the morning outside because they cleaned the yard for hours.
Switzerland, Male, 31-40
This hostel is not in Schengen - It is a bus ride/30 minute walk along a highway to Schengen. The facilities were nice with a reasonably priced restaurant. Room and bathroom were very clean but definitely get stuffy as there is only one window and it doesn't allow a breeze in. Staff were nice enough but no fun and excitement here. It held families, older couples, young individuals, truly everyone from all walks of life but very private. No socializing aspect at all.
Staff were friendly but incompetent. Everything seem to take a while to do and was always sub-optimum. It's a nice area but not a lot to do. Is more suited for just passing through than a holiday
Lady at the desk was incredibly rude. Allowed her friend to stay in the "4 bed dorm" which meant there were 5 people in the room. After she realised she couldn't persuade us to upgrade to a private room (extra charge), she hand wrote a reserved sign and gave to her colleague to leave on a regular bed, meaning one of the booking customers had to sleep on the pull-out floor bed. After arguing for 30 mins she upgraded her friend to the private room and refused to give us her or her managers details
Northern Ireland, Male, 18-24
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2019 Texas Rose Parade: The Queen and her court
by: Christa Wood
Tyler, Texas is the "Rose Capital of America" and along with that comes the Texas Rose Festival.
Held every year in Tyler, the 86th anniversary celebration's theme is Portraits of Inspiration.
Here is a look at the 2019 Queen and her court.
Hanna Claire Waits will take over reign as the 2019 Texas Rose Festival Queen. She attends The University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Waits attended All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Scott Waits.
Elizabeth Anne Schoenbrun is the 2019 Princess of the Texas Rose Festival.
She attends The University of Arkansas and is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mano Schoenbrun.
Alexis Renee Smith is the 2019 Duchess of the Texas Rose Festival.
She attends The University of Texas at Tyler and is a member of the Delta Gamma sorority.
She is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Sam Burton and Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Smith.
The Queen's escort is Mr. Tyler Lee Overbeek.
Tyler is the son of Dr. & Mrs. Troy Overbeek and attends The University of Oklahoma. He is a part of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Sully Patrick McCreery will be escorting Princess Elizabeth Schoenbrun.
Sully is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Matthew McCreery and attends Sewanee: The University of the South.
Jackson Henry Stone will be escorting Duchess Alexis Smith.
Jackson is the son of Dr. & Mrs. Brian Henry Stone and attends The University of Mississippi. He is a part of the Sigma Nu fraternity.
LADIES-IN-WAITING & THEIR ESCORTS
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Sydney Luisa Brunette will be escorted by Mr. Cole Douglas Reed. Brunette attends the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Reed attends the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Courtney Ann Bugg will be escorted by Mr. Charley Ross Ainsworth. Bugg attends the University of Texas at Tyler. Ainsworth attends the University of Texas at Austin.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Sarah Catherine Caton will be escorted by Mr. Charles Glenn Stone III. Caton attends Texas A& M University and is a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Stone attends The University of Mississippi and is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Lauren Elizabeth Evans will be escorted by Mr. Collin Scott Braughton. Evans attends The University of Arkansas and is a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Braughton attends The University of Arkansas and is a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Carly Sloan Furqueron will be escorted by Mr. Brooks Warner Melton. Furqueron attends Texas A& M University. Melton attends Tyler Junior College.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Anna Grace Gregory will be escorted by Mr. Michael Sammy Mezayek. Gregory attends The University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Mezayek attends The University of Texas at Tyler.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Chesley Payton Kelly will be escorted by Mr. Lewis Bradley Rippy, Jr. Kelly attends Texas Tech University. Rippy attends Texas Tech University and is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Anna Catherine Negem will be escorted by Mr. Harrison Keith Kirkpatrick. Negem attends Baylor University and is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Kirkpatrick attends Baylor University and is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Ashley Anne Oldham will be escorted by Mr. Rhett Fletcher Parker. Oldham attends Texas A&M University and is a member of the Delta Zeta sorority. Parker attends Austin Community College and is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Patricia Robinson will be escorted by Mr. Haddon Wayne Frederick. Robinson attends Texas State University and is a member of the Delta Zeta sorority. Frederick attends Texas Christian University.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Lindsey Christine Smith will be escorted by Mr. Jared Scott Bradford. Smith attends Texas Tech University and is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Bradford attends Stephen F. Austin State University and is a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Stella Caroline Thomas will be escorted by Mr. Mason Robert Embry. Thomas attends the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Alpha Phi sorority. Embry attends Baylor University and is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Lady-in-Waiting Miss Maddie Grace Varga will be escorted by Mr. Luke Roloff Twaddell. Varga attends the University of Oklahoma and is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Twaddell attends Baylor University and is a member of the Kappa Omega Tau fraternity.
**All photos of the Rose Parade are done by James French Photography.
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Biomimicry Provides a Ray of Hope for the World's Problems
Words by Laurel Sheppard
Biomimicry, the design and production of materials, structures and systems modeled on biological entities and processes, is one example of how Mother Nature knows best. Breakthroughs in this field are touted as being one way to achieve a circular economy and solve other environmental challenges. That's why the Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation launched the Biomimicry Global Challenge and created the $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize in 2014. This partnership's goal is to help bring nature-inspired technologies to market.
Doing a world of good with biomimicry
According to Beth Rattner, Executive Director of the Biomimicry Institute, nature has the answers to solve many of the world's problems. Businesses embracing nature's designs can do a lot of good as evident with the Ray of Hope finalists, who spend a year working with experts and mentors through the Institute's Biomimicry Launchpad. The 2019 finalists were:
Aruga Technologies (Pittsburgh, PA) has developed a vascular implant technology with double the implant life that takes advantage of nature's dynamic surface wrinkling found in dolphins (prevents fouling from barnacles and algae) and other creatures. In the case of human arteries, as the surface wrinkles and straightens, debris (such as platelets) is cast off, renewing the surface.
Other potential applications include water filtration and petrochemical processing, replacing conventional chemical coatings and expensive cleaning processes used in these applications. Aruga received a $25,000 second prize from an anonymous donor.
Another treatment technology is being developed in India, where the majority of sewage goes untreated. The EcoStp team from Bangalore has come up with a low-maintenance technology inspired by the four chambers of a cow's stomach. Instead of using high-energy equipment like motors, fans, pumps and blowers found at a conventional treatment facility, bacteria, plants, and gravel filters are used to treat sewage. Better yet, the technology produces energy instead of consuming it and has the potential to treat up to one million liters of sewage a day without needing to be connected to a power grid.
Two teams from California State University-Long Beach were also finalists:
Gen-Rail adapted features of three diverse creatures (cockroach, California condor and desert snail shell) to harness wind generated on urban freeways and convert it into energy. Gen-Rail claims its system has a small environmental footprint, is highly efficient and will be easy to implement in cities.
Phalanx Insulation looked to the cactus, cathedral termite and several Saharan creatures (silver ant, camel) for designing its insulation grid, which is applied to exterior walls of existing buildings. This system reduces interior temperatures of buildings passively without the need for electricity by removing hot air and moisture.
Finding more solutions with flora
Several finalists took their inspiration from plants for their technologies. Habari (Utrech University, The Netherlands) is addressing the billions of dollars in potential frost damage to tea plants in Kenya with technology adapted from several of that country's native mountain plants. Triggered by temperature, the system automatically deploys a mesh where frost deposits, covering the plants and preventing the frost from settling on the leaves.
The inspiration of a carnivorous plant is helping to do good in a different way. Every year, more than 600,000 people die from malaria. To reduce this number, Cornell University designed its device based on the bladderwort plant, which uses vacuous pods on its roots to trap small insect prey. The UPod is a solar-powered mobile device that pulls water and mosquito larvae into a tightly-sealed water chamber, where the larvae are destroyed.
Grand prize winner looks to the sea
A fifth of clean water produced globally is lost to leaks every day. WatchTower Robotics Co. (Boston, MA), the recipient of the $100,000 prize, incorporated features of three marine creatures in their patented robotic technology to address this loss:
Blind cave fish. The animal senses changes in water pressure using hair cells to 'see' the surroundings. The silicon flappers of the robot mimic this process.
Moon jellyfish (shown above). A pulsating umbrella-shaped bell propels the animal through the water. The robot also uses umbrellas at two locations to move the robot through the pipes without using any energy.
Octopus. Because of its soft invertebrate body, an octopus can squeeze through tiny cracks and holes. The robot is also soft without joints, allowing it to bend and shrink to 50 percent of its original size, Octopus-like suckers on its flappers also help the robot maintain contact with the pipe wall and identify leaks.
The robotic system maps pipe systems in three dimensions and WatchTower claims it has five times the speed of traditional leak detection at a tenth of the cost.
So what unique animal or plant will lead to another innovative design? Stay tuned to see what next year's finalists come up with and who will take the grand prize.
Image credit: William Warby/Flickr
Laurel Sheppard
Laurel has extensive experience writing about energy efficiency, clean energy, sustainability and green building. She was formerly Senior Energy Content Specialist for a digital marketing firm serving the utilities industry where she generated story ideas and wrote content for several e-newsletters. Laurel is also a member of the Ohio chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and participates on several committees for the Central Ohio region.
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SXSW Unleashes the Midnighters
Mayhem, 68 Kill, plus Behind the Mask retrospective
"...a series of first screenings, including the eagerly awaited Mayhem, some Tokyo-style gore, and a local headtrip...."
Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films
"...comes into view. Berg is a master at depicting mayhem, people fleeing from pressurized bolts flying everywhere and flames..."
Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Sex, drugs, and privilege
"...has a restless, kinetic style that suits the drug-fueled mayhem, but like waking up after partying all night, in..."
Border-patrol officers get in way over their heads
"...a seemingly random border stop spirals into murder and mayhem. The three men now must grapple with a complicated..."
Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
The third entry in this nasty series adopts a political bent
"...their ids and do whatever they want: murder, rape, mayhem, etc. to cleanse them of their urges, thereby making..."
July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England
"...feature director Robert Eggers' slow-burning descent into madness and mayhem in 1630s New England. The Witch, which made its..."
Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The ever-popular YA novels spring to life with Jack Black
"...unwittingly unleashes on their sleepy little town the literary mayhem in the locked manuscripts of Stine's works, much to..."
Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis
A horror-comedy about kids turning to zombies and the teachers they hope to feast on
"...USA, add a bucket or two of Romero-esque siege mayhem, then cram in some broad splatstick comedy and a..."
Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Hitman: Agent 47
A great old video game is back for a lackluster film reboot
"...to get its hands on the supersoldier technology. Much mayhem and tedious plot points ensue. It doesn't help that..."
Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Pray for us; it's exorcism time again
"...behavior, institutionalization in the loony bin, homicidal and suicidal mayhem, and the inevitable rite of exorcism all illogically follow...."
July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Furiouser and furiouser
"...L.A.'s underground racing scene would become the most durable auto-mayhem franchise since Manny, Moe, and Jack? At the time,..."
April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
These monsters have more audience appeal than their human co-stars – which is good and bad.
"...Olsen, and Bolde) who struggle to reunite amid the mayhem...."
May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
This bio-disaster movie with zombies and Brad Pitt is smart and ambitious, even if it doesn't break the mold.
"...jam that thrusts the Lane family into sudden zombie mayhem provides a fine introduction to the film and its..."
June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
This new Superman flies without a lot of emotional baggage, which is mostly a good thing though the character could stand a bit more dramatic heft.
"...the story eventually, predictably, cedes itself over to endless mayhem. Man of Steel falls in line with the contemporary..."
June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.
"...smartly retools the original outline and delivers more bloody mayhem than what is usually considered acceptable in an R-rated..."
April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
As entertaining and subversive as Django Unchained is, Tarantino's latest also suffers from a certain slackness.
"...and near-castration added to Tarantino's vast arsenal of sanguinary mayhem. Even the action comedy has its moments to shine,..."
Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.
"...so minutes of the film go like gangbusters with mayhem and death appearing (literally so) out of nowhere. And,..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.
"...not thus?). West's distinct brand of ultraviolence and larger-than-life mayhem follows, but the plot barely hangs together amid outbursts..."
Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
This Indonesian film truly has a nonstop glut of martial-arts action, so don't worry about the minimalist story and characters.
"...devotees of action films, will be energized by the mayhem and thrilled by its inexhaustibility. The Raid: Redemption definitely..."
March 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Both ridiculous and ridiculously fun, this is over-the-top robotic mayhem.
"...fun 154 minutes of utterly unhinged, completely over-the-top robotic mayhem. And with a moral, no less. Pass the popcorn,..."
July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Double Dhamaal
Bollywood comedy.
"...the men. But love matches are made, and comic mayhem ensues...."
Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.
"...that allows director Lussier to stage some spectacular automotive mayhem and far too many CGI-aided flesh wounds. Satanists fall..."
March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
This animated film is vibrant and exceedingly clever, but also a rather slight thing for such mega-sized proportions.
"...Megamind – most commonly to the illustration of such mayhem as death rays vaporizing steel and whole buildings turning..."
Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Aakrosh
When three students go missing in a small Indian village, the investigation into their disappearance causes mayhem. In Hindi.
"...a small village, the investigation into their disappearance causes mayhem. In Hindi...."
This Robert Rodriguez-produced film doesn't try to be a sequel to the Schwarzenegger picture but, instead, is a new story about humans hunted by the merciless Predators.
"...to that eye-popping, mind-warping, starlit screen of endless sexy mayhem. Bring your best (or, lucky you, first) gal/guy, settle..."
July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.
"...are sure to leave a longer-lasting impression than anything mayhem maestro Carnahan cooks up onscreen. But hey, that's (summer)..."
Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl play a married couple, but the wife doesn't know her husband is a government assassin. Comedy ensues.
"...lifestyles, but instead the script only calls for violent mayhem and chaotic, nonsensical plotting. Only the underplaying Selleck gets..."
Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays an American diplomat in Paris who is paired with a wise-cracking, trigger-happy CIA maverick (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack.
"...With Love comes midway into the film's admittedly well-choreographed mayhem as the gun-crazy operative Charlie Wax (Travolta) exasperatedly explains..."
Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
James Cameron's opus is thrilling, lovely, sad, and explosive in all the right ways.
"...$300 million, Cameron's ne plus ultra of futuristic mechanized mayhem and seamless CGI trickery is both a cinematically spectacular..."
Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
This very special film is the rare children's offering that isn't coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.
"...the spectrum – joy, grief, rage, a relish for mayhem – and put it onscreen for our viewing pleasure...."
Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones


I have always been terrified of cookies. For some reason, every time I make a cookie recipe they fall apart. Until I created this recipe. These peanut butter cookies are so delicious I'm already wondering when I can make my next batch. If you don't love chocolate and peanut butter together or you can't find chocolate peanut butter at your store, you can always sub in plain pb. They will work just as well! These cookies would also be the PERFECT addition to any holiday dessert table or cookie exchange. Don't just take my word for it, you'll have to try them out yourself.
Using a hand or stand mixer beat together the butter, peanut butter and sugars together. Once combined, mix in the coffee and vanilla extract. In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients.
With your stand mixer on low, slowly add your dry ingredients into the wet. The dough is going to be a bit crumbly, but that is okay! Scoop out dough and shape into one inch balls. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and flatten with a fork to create a flat disk. Bake for 9-11 minutes. Let cool on a cooling rack.
While your cookies are cooling, melt your chocolate chips using a bain-marie or in the microwave.
If you're using the microwave, heat in 15 second increments and stir in between each heating.
Drizzle the melted chocolate over your cooled cookies and sprinkle with sea salt.
*You can also use plain peanut butter or other nut butter if you don't have chocolate nut butter options around. Just make sure the kind you use isn't the one that separates. You want a to use a thick consistency nut butter.


CATS provides a world-class international education, attracting students from across the globe. In this diverse and exciting international community you can thrive both within the classroom and beyond.
CATS offers you an unforgettable educational experience – where you can achieve academic excellence in encouraging and supportive surroundings, while also feeling confident to grow personally and take full advantage of the extensive enrichment opportunities provided at CATS Cambridge.
Studying at CATS Cambridge was a journey for me to discover who I was. CATS was the place where my academic ability, emotional endurance and professional passion were constantly challenged to grow.
Our welcoming and challenging learning environment ensures that you have everything you need to succeed academically, while also expanding your interests to become the well-rounded candidate universities look for.
The range of programmes we offer is demanding but rewarding, and aims to prepare you fully for success on your journey to university.


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Arbinet Picks HK as Asian Exchange Hub
Jeff Pao
Arbinet-thexchange, which exchanges bandwidths between telecommunications carriers and internet service providers, has opened a new internet protocol exchange in Hong Kong for the Asian market.
The exchange was set up at Mega-iAdvantage data centre in Chai Wan. Sellers include China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Korea Telecom, Singapore Telecom and Telekom Malaysia. Buyers include online gaming and video streaming firms.
"We chose Hong Kong as our Asian exchange centre as the market is fully deregulated, with nearly all international ISPs present here," said Danny Wong, regional sales director of Arbinet's data services division. "We may add one more IP exchange centre in Singapore or Malaysia to serve the Southeast Asia market."
"Hong Kong has emerged as the second-largest internet hub in Asia and is a vital gateway to China," said Alan Mauldin, the research director of TeleGeography. "Our research has indicated intra-Asian internet traffic has grown nearly 65 per cent annually between 2004 and
2008."
The Nasdaq-listed company expects its first group of internet protocol bandwidth buyers to connect in Hong Kong by year-end. Arbinet generates revenue by charging commission on exchanges of voice and internet protocol capacity. A few years ago, it set up its voice capacity trading centre in Chai Wan. Mr. Wong also said Arbinet could help internet service providers diversify their voice and internet protocol networks to avoid data traffic congestion in times of emergency. He said the internet disruption an earthquake off Taiwan caused on December 26, 2006, might not happen again, as many new submarine cables had been installed to diversify the network in the past two years.
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Driver Accused of Injuring Broome Deputy Rejects Plea Deal
Photo: Broome County Sheriff's Office
The man accused of seriously injuring a Broome County Sheriff's Deputy in a high-speed, wrong-way crash on Route 17 in Vestal in February is turning down a plea deal while the Deputy he is accused of injuring is honored by the New York State Senate.
34-year-old Daniel Butash of Endwell rejected a deal that would avoid a trial and send him to prison for five to 25 years. He's charged with felony counts of assault, aggravated vehicular assault and reckless endangerment and misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and reckless driving among other counts for the February 1 crash.
Police responded to a report of a Tesla traveling at a high rate of speed, the wrong way on Route 17 at 1:30 in the morning when the vehicle smashed into the Broome County Sheriff's Sport Utility Vehicle driven by Deputy Kristy Botsford. She was pinned in the S-U-V in below freezing temperatures for over an hour.
Botsford has been named 2019 Woman of Distinction for the 52nd New York State Senate District.
Senator Fred Akshar, himself a former Sheriff's Deputy, presented the award that recognizes women who have enriched the quality of life in their community and across New York.
Botsford continues her recovery and is expected to continue her career with the Sheriff's Office.
No date has been set for Butash's trial.
Source: Driver Accused of Injuring Broome Deputy Rejects Plea Deal
Filed Under: Vestal


This week I'm giving away a FREE copy of Grill Nation by David Guas, the host of the Travel Channel show, "American Grilled"! This 200-recipe cookbook shows you how to make great food on the grill, covering all sorts of proteins and showing you tips and tricks for even the most seasoned grilling pro.
I've been poring over the gorgeous photos and testing a few of the recipes, and so far I'm really enjoying it. The hubby usually mans the grill in our house (you know, because men and testosterone and open flames and all that), so I shoved him aside (figuratively and literally) for a couple of weeks so that I could try my hand at our mighty gas grill armed with my copy of Grill Nation. Bear in mind that I was testing recipes during our Whole30, and I wasn't sure at first that there'd be many options available to me in a cookbook that wasn't specifically geared towards a Paleo/Whole30 lifestyle.
As it turns out, there were plenty of sugar-free, grain-free recipes to choose from (Whole30, if you'll recall, is the 30-day clean eating/restrictive diet program that prohibits consumption of alcohol, dairy, grains, refined sugars and legumes). The first recipe I made was the Grilled Lamb Neck with Mint Chimichurri (page 203), substituting lamb loin fillets for neck, since my grocery store butcher didn't have any in stock the day I wanted to make this recipe. The mint chimichurri was a breeze to make using fresh mint and flat-leaf parsley we have in our herb garden, and the crushed red pepper flakes brought a nice heat to balance the sweetness in the mint. Since we're grain-free right now, I made a butternut squash "rice" to accompany the grilled lamb, and the whole dish was a huge hit with our family. By hit, I mean that every single person, down to the smallest little Who in Whoville, was closing their eyes and moaning while eating the juiciest lamb you'll ever have. Don't worry, my beautiful, clean-eating readers. I will be posting the recipe later this week, and it's a MUST TRY.
The second recipe I tried was the Top-Shelf Chicken Under a "Brick" (page 110) which is a grilled spatchcocked (i.e., backbone removed and flattened) chicken with a cast iron pan full of sizzling hot, crunchy potatoes set on top of it with charred lemons on the side. This recipe was the most complicated of the ones I tried, and also my least successful dish. The family liked it, especially the grilled lemons that are a warm, smoky/tart garnish for the chicken. I, however, sweated over this dish more than I wanted to admit as I was presenting it to them. There were so many steps — removing the backbone of the bird, squashing it until the breastbone broke, then pressing it under a cast-iron skillet full of potatoes and moving pans and chicken back and forth between direct and indirect heat on the grill — that I wouldn't recommend this recipe to novice grillers. The steps took me much longer than the prescribed 1 hour and 50 minutes in the recipe, so much so that we didn't eat dinner until 7:45pm the night I made this meal (that's super late for us creaky parents with young kids, by the way). Still, by the time the whole shebang was over, I had a melt-in-your mouth juicy chicken, and the browned potatoes were homey and perfectly fluffy on the inside. It's chicken the way it should be. Oh, but not for a weeknight meal. No, no, you'd probably end up waving a raw chicken backbone and swearing at David Guas and me. No one wants that.
The third recipe I tried from Grill Nation was the Caribbean Shrimp Kabobs, which calls for a pound and half of shrimp grilled after chilling out in an orange/lime juice/cilantro marinade. This recipe was magic. The marinade is easy enough to throw together after work, and you can let the shrimp hang out in this sour-sweet saucy goodness while you're prepping other things for dinner and then throw the shrimp on the grill for just two minutes per side. I could not get enough of these shrimp, so much so that I made the hubby run out to Whole Foods a second time during the week to buy me beautiful, wild-caught tiger shrimp so that we could have this recipe again. I did what I like to call a classic repeat offense — where you love a dish so much you cook it again for your very next meal, social norms, dietary restrictions or plain common sense be damned.
In short, Grill Nation is a great cookbook for any grilling enthusiast or someone who aspires to be. The cookbook is very comprehensive, covering everything from appetizers and cocktails that are meant to be consumed in hot weather, meats and seafood, filling sides and some really decadent-looking desserts. You can buy a copy on Amazon here (and support my blog) , or click the link below for a chance to win a free copy of Grill Nation — the giveaway closes on Monday, June 8, 2015.
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Red snapper with a citrus vinaigrette is my fave summer grilling! Never fails to wow!
So what are you serving with those yummy shrimp??
Ooh, that sounds great! Do you have a recipe? The other day I did shrimp and chicken kabobs, and the second night we had them with red curry clams. SO GOOD.
I mean, I love grilled meats, but in the summer when I can get it fresh, I love love love grilled corn!!
No shame in that, Shana – I love a good dog every now and again, too!
What don't I like to cook on the grill?! I love it all, but especially vegetables. Even leftover the next day (cold), they are so flavorful. My two favorite veggies to grill are eggplant and zucchini. I want to try peaches and pineapple.
I definitely want to try grilled peaches too!
I love grilling chicken, pineapple, onions, and bell peppers.
Sabine, how do you grill it? In kebabs or just thick slices? I love zucchini, so I'm always trying to figure out new ways to grill it.


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Two days in a row, I'm creating tribute cards. Yesterday was Jim Bouton who was 80 years old. A genuine loss to all baseball fans. Last night the Angels paid tribute to Tyler Skaggs. Today would have been his 28th birthday.
The tribute wouldn't have been believed if it were scripted. The entire team wore his uniform, name and number. His mother, a former softball player, threw out the first pitch. From the mound. A perfect strike.
Taylor Cole opened the game by striking out the first batter. Normally a relief pitcher, he only went two innings. Both of them perfect. In the Angels first, Fletcher led off with a double, then Mike Trout launched the first pitch 454 feet to put the Angels up 2-0. Trout would also get a double in that 7 run first inning.
Felix Pena came in and pitch 7 near-perfect innings. He allowed one walk in the 5th before retiring the next 14 in a row. After celebrating the 13-0 no-hitter, the players all laid their #45 jerseys on the mound.
There was so much going on that there is no way to capture it all on one card. Instead, I made a card in the style of the 1961 Topps Baseball Thrills crediting all three pitchers.
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Labels: 1961 Topps, Felix Pena, Los Angeles Angels, Taylor Cole, Tyler Skaggs
1965 Alt-Topps Jim Bouton
There is not much to say about Jim Bouton that he hasn't already written. If you are reading this blog, you are obviously an avid baseball fan. If you haven't read "Ball Four" you are doing yourself a disservice. This week baseball lost a great voice.
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Labels: Alt-Topps, Jim Bouton, New York Yankees
The 1989 ASG was played under the "Big A" in Anaheim. Once again neither Honorary Captain had ties to the host team.
The AL Captain was newly minted Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. The 1989 class consisted of two first-ballot superstars, Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski. The veteran's committee also selected Red Schoendienst and umpire Al Barlik. Yaz's stats read the way you would expect of a first-ballot HOFer; Triple Crown winner, AL MVP, All Star Game MVP, 18 All Star Games, 7 Gold Gloves. But there was controversy too. Yaz was accused of a lack of hustle when he thought the play or game wasn't important. This led to a much publicized rift that may or may not have caused the Sox to trade Tony Conigliaro to the Angels.
The NL Captain was Dodgers great Don Drysdale. Had he not been forced into early retirement (age 32) due to shoulder soreness, Drysdale might have been a first-ballot HOFer, too. He was an imposing pitcher at 6'5" and he had a 2 for 1 rule: "If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team". His stats bore that out. In his 14 season career, he was in the top-ten of Hit-By-Pitch 12 times. If you are wondering if this was intentional or not, he also finished in the top-ten for strikeout to walk ratio 10 times in 14 years.
Here are the Topps versions of the Captains Cards that appeared as inserts in the 1990 set.
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Labels: All Star Game, Boston Red Sox, Carl Yastrzemski, Don Drysdale, Honorary Captains, Los Angeles Dodgers
1988 All Star Game Honorary Captains: Bobby Doerr & Willie Stargell
Continuing with my revived All Star Break Tradition, the Honorary Captains. Spoiler alert: this is in no way as exciting as last night's duel between Guerrero and Pederson.
In 1988 the game was played in Cincinnati. Often there's one or more players with ties to the host team. If there's a connection here, I'm missing it.
The AL Captain was Bobby Doerr. He spent his entire MLB career with the Red Sox. Missing only the 1945 season to serve in the Army, he played from 1937-1951. Doerr was a 9 time All Star who played in the shadow of Teddy Ballgame in his prime. It took the Veteran's Committee to induct him in 1986.
In the NL was first-ballot 1988 inductee, Willie Stargell. Pops was a seven time All Star. In 1979 he won the NL MVP, the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP.
Again, the honorary captains appeared on the All Star Glossy inserts in 1989 Topps rack packs.
Labels: 1988 Topps, All Star Game, Bobby Doerr, Boston Red Sox, Honorary Captains, Pittsburgh Pirates, Willie Stargell
1987 All Star Game Honorary Captains: Catfish Hunter & Billy Williams
Its been 3 years since I've made Honorary Captain cards for the All Star break. Part of the reason is my extended break from blogging. The other part is that I'm just not that into the design of the cards in these years. The last card I did, 1986 Topps All Stars were really a mash-up of the base cards and the All Star cards because I disliked the 1986 All Star design so much.
The best of the group is the 1987 All Star Cards. Subjectively, it is also the best pair of Honorary Captains. The 1987 All Star Game was played in Oakland and both Honorary Captains played for the A's and both entered the Hall of Fame in 1987. Yet neither of these player's plaques featured caps with A's logos.
Representing the AL is Jim "Catfish" Hunter. Unable to choose between the A's and the Yankees, Hunter opted for no logo on his cap at all. The nickname we all know, and the fake story behind it all came from Charlie Finley. Topps always referred to him as Jim Hunter. It wasn't until long after his playing years that Topps finally used the nickname on the front of a card. It was the 2001 "American Pie" release.
The NL was represented by Billy Williams. "Sweet Swinging" Billy was, of course, enshrined as a Cub. After 16 seasons in the "Friendly Confines", Williams finished out his career as a DH in Oakland.
Unlike my earlier Honorary Captain cards, these captains actually were featured on 1987 All Star cards. They were on the Glossy All Star cards inserted into 1988 Topps rack packs.
These Glossy All Star cards were inserted into rack packs from 1984-1991. For the most part they were extremely similar year to year. They really had no design similarities to the base cards of those series.
Other than the lack of the league logo in 1986 and he 40th anniversary badge on the 1991, there is virtually no difference between the sets.
Labels: 1987 Topps, All Star Game, Billy Williams, Catfish Hunter, Chicago Cubs, Oakland A's
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7 Staffers in Top Pentagon Delegation Test Positive for Covid Despite All Being Vaxxed
December 23, 2021 December 23, 2021 Winston Irie
Despite the armed services & DoD being about 97-98% fully vaccinated, there's been a new Covid outbreak among the highest ranks.
7 Staffers In Top Pentagon Delegation Test Positive For Covid, Despite All Being Vaxxed
Despite the Pentagon recently touting that across armed services and the DoD about 97-98% of all personnel have been fully vaccinated, there's been a new Covid outbreak among the highest ranks.
"Seven staffers who traveled with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks last week tested positive for COVID-19, the Pentagon announced," according to The Hill. She's the second highest ranking Pentagon official in the United States government, and on that trip last week had traveled to several large US military bases.
Hicks herself has so far tested negative for Covid-19, according to a follow-up statement by Pentagon press secretary John Kirby. He said that contact tracing is still ongoing.
"We are also contacting hotels, bases and support personnel who may have come in contact with the traveling party," Kirby added. The high level nature of the delegation means that the infected staff members would have come into contact with top Generals and Colonels and other officers at multiple bases and command centers.
The Hill lists that the deputy Pentagon chief visited the following: "the Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan, then traveled to Colorado to visit the U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Space Command, and the U.S. Space Force Space Training and Readiness Command."
"Hicks also visited the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii, the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in California; and the U.S. Strategic Command in Nebraska."
The staff members who tested positive are currently in quarantine, with Kirby underscoring upon announcing the small outbreak that "We continue to treat the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 with utmost seriousness and care."
Meanwhile, the Army, Air Force, and Marines have begun the process for discharging hundreds of service members who failed to get vaccinated by their respective branch deadlines. "The Army said it has reprimanded more than 2,700 soldiers and will begin discharge proceedings in January, while the Air Force has discharged at least 27 members," NBC recently reported.
The Omicron variant has begun to appear within the US military…
NEW: More than 360,000 boosters doses or third doses have been given at DoD facilities: Pentagon official.
DoD has detected 10 cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant within the military health system so far, spokesman John Kirby said in emailed statement.
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) December 20, 2021
But the deeply awkward irony remains, underscored in these latest infections among the Pentagon's highest ranks: without doubt those officers and staffers traveling with Deputy Secretary Hicks were fully vaccinated – and possibly also had received the booster as well. And yet the vaccine did not prevent infection in these cases.
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3+5, 5+7, 6+8, Addition commutative counterparts (4+2, 5+3, 7+5, 8+6), and Subtraction counterparts.
*NOTE: The Double in the Middle strategy can be used for other facts as well: 1+3 and 3+1, 4+6 and 6+4, 7+9 and 9+7. However; these facts are addressed using alternate strategies in other lessons. Although 2+4 and 4+2 were previously covered in Lesson 3, we have included them in Lesson 8 to demonstrate to students that there is often more than one strategy from which to choose.
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9+2, 9+3, 9+4, 9+5, Addition commutative counterparts (2+9, 3+9, 4+9, 5+9), and Subtraction counterparts.
*NOTE: Although 9+2 and 2+9 were previously covered in Lesson 3, we have included them in Lesson 9 to demonstrate to students that there is often more than one strategy from which to choose.
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9+6, 9+7, 9+8, 9+9, Addition commutative counterparts (6+9, 7+9, 8+9, 9+9), and Subtraction counterparts.
*NOTE: Although 9+8 and 8+9 were previously covered in Lesson 7, we have included them in Lesson 10 to demonstrate to students that there is often more than one strategy from which to choose.
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1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6, Addition commutative counterparts (9+1, 8+2, 7+3, 6+4), and Subtraction counterparts.
*NOTE: Although 1+9 & 9+1 and 2+8 & 8+2 were previously covered in Lessons 2 and 3, we have included them in Lesson 11 to demonstrate to students that there is often more than one strategy from which to choose.
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3+6, 7+4, 8+3, 8+4, 8+5, Addition commutative counterparts (6+3, 4+7, 3+8, 4+8, 5+8), and Subtraction counterparts.


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OK I love Pumpkin Pies and all other pumpkin spiced items. I do not like the amber like base beers that most pumpkin beers are so i brewed. I did a pumpkin wheat beer with pumpkin and pie spices. Now the beer finished and racked to keg. I find that it has a little extra bitter after taste(not a hoppy bitter) . Spices went in the boil at the last 10 min. I did use 2 oz of Mt. Hood 5% alpha hops. 1 oz @60 min, .5 oz @ 30, .5 @15min. The body and mouth feel are prefect nice aroma to. Could the ginger or clove gone bitter from to much boil time? No spice beers under my belt till now.
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I would add the spices at flameout or to secondary; I think cooking them at 220degrees or higher likely pulled some of the essential oils from it and the off-flavors occurred.
Next batch I plan on doing the spices will go in vodka for an extract. Then adding it before bottling or kegging. This will give me more flavor control. Also I think less hops.
Well gave my pumpkin brew to a few trusted friends. They all have said the beer came out great. As often is the case with things of taste I am my own worst critic. Still will rerun the brew with the spice extract.


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Like Netflix, HBO has been growing its international presence. Spain is the latest country to receive the streaming service, joining the likes of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, as well as more recently offering HBO Go (traditionally only available to cable subscribers) as an a la carte offering in Colombia. (HBO Go, in Colombia operates much like HBO Now works elsewhere). It also plans to roll out its HBO Go to other Latin American and Caribbean markets.
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Here's an email we've received from a happy buyer of The Amazing Zigzag Concert:
'Many thanks for the concert CDs which arrived on Saturday morning (how did you get them here so quickly?). This meant that I could spend large parts of the weekend luxuriating in hours of beautiful music. What first struck me was how well recorded the concert was and how 'clean' it all sounds today.
Rather perversely, I listened to the CDs out of order, starting with two old favourite groups of mine: Help Yourself and Starry Eyed and Laughing. I think the Help Yourself set is magnificent; and I confess that the opening bars of Starry Eyed's Chimes of Freedom brought a tear to my eye. The Mike Nesmith set is superb. I've never really been a follower of his work and this came as a complete surprise - a very moving collection of songs.
So far, then, a wonderful experience - there is just so much humanity in these performances. Thank you for making it possible. With all my best wishes, Chris.'
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A set of 5 CDs, recorded live at Zigzag magazine's fifth anniversary concert, held at The Roundhouse on Sunday afternoon and evening, 28 April 1974, complete with a 32 page booklet celebrating the occasion.
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John Tobler reflects: interviewing Bob Marley and a life in music journalism
"In 1977, the only people at Radio One who weren't nervous about involvement with punk/New Wave were John Peel and myself."
RGF boss John Tobler was interviewed recently by Roger Crow for The Huffington Post, discussing his interviews with the late, great BOB MARLEY in the late 1970s. He's also interviewed by Ian Ravendale in Vinyl Guru, in which he looks back at his life as a music writer.
John's previously-unheard interviews with Bob Marley have been compiled onto CD, and are available now. Read more >>>
North East All Stars - Save the City Hall
As you might have seen reported in the press recently, the future of the iconic Newcastle City Hall is under threat following a review of funding by Newcastle City Council.
A collective of concerned musicians, including ex-Lindisfarne's Ray Jackson, and Roxy Music drummer Paul Thompson, have recorded a new song written by Steve Daggett. 'Save the City Hall' is available now in CD format and digital download from iTunes. All profits after expenses will be donated to charitable causes such as the bid to Save The City Hall and/or local charities. Listen to 'Save the City Hall'.
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This might be old news, but there was a great deal of discussion a while back about embedding an RFID within the US currency.
There is talk that the Euro Dollar already has this in each bill.
However there is talk about Hitachi powder that has RFID properties that can be used to make Paper with it embedded.
Why the fuss about embedding an RFID Chip ? It is another way that a Government can track every dollar throughout the country.
Go through a border crossing with too much cash on you? they can check quickly to see how much.
But, this is not the reason I am writing this. It seems someone decided to take some real US currency to try and destroy the RFID chip in it. They decided to microwave $1000.00 US bills. Well as you can imagine, it did not go as planned. 2 things come out of this. 1) if you have an extra $1000 laying around, you definitely have 2) TOO MUCH TIME on our hands!
All Smart Watches are vulnerable to attacks.
Well this didn't take too long.
Researchers at HP have discovered that all brands of Smart Watches are vulnerable to various types of attacks.
Well duh! any item that has network access, uses blue tooth or has wireless information capabilities can be susceptible to some forms of attacks. Is this really anything new ? We continue to build cutesy gadgets that no one tests. No one has learned lessons from the past 10 years that putting devices out in the ether can be hacked in some way or another. Are these people living in a dream world ? You ut out insecure items, you will be hacked and embarrassed at some point in time.
This year DEFCON will be again held in Las Vegas however, not at the Rio. This year is will be held at Ballys and Paris on the Strip.
Yes, I will again be attending this conference. Staying very close to the center of activities should allow for late nights, early mornings and most likely a fair amount of Shenanigans!
The last option is optional. We always go to these conferences to learn and build more knowledge of new hacks, techniques and other information.
Actually, so far, I am looking forward to some of the new talks and villages. They expect to have a Car Hacking Village! This should be very interesting given some news of late.
How popular are those apps ?


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As globalisation enters a new phase characterised by the rise of developing economies, and as global challenges such as the economic crisis, food security, climate change or energy scarcity become more urgent, the states and regions around the Atlantic look at their counterparts across the ocean with renewed interest. The twenty first century has been termed as the Pacific century to emphasize the emergence of a new global order with the emerging powers (states, corporations) in Asia-Pacific area and the relative decline of the Atlantic space as centre of global political and economic relations. However, the Atlantic remains a central space of exchange, where the North America – Europe link continues to be the strongest and largest of the transcontinental relations. The latter's decline in relative terms is slowly matched by raising Africa and Latin America, all of which are increasing their interregional links and gaining weight in global affairs.
The ATLANTIC FUTURE, a collaboration project coordinated by CIDOB, aims to study the rationales of cooperation in the Atlantic space and to suggest strategies to the EU on how to engage with the wider transatlantic relationship in the context of the ongoing redistribution of power and the overall rebalancing of relations around and within this area. Both positive factors, such as the opportunities for better management of shared resources, and negative ones, like the illegal flow of narcotics that harms the whole region, can be drivers for cooperation. The project includes innovative features such as an online interactive Atlas of the Atlantic to visualise and mapchange in the Atlantic, the conduct of interviews to collect perspectives of stakeholders from all Atlantic regions and an interactive online community bringing together stakeholders from around the Atlantic.
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This article heavily relies on the research conducted by the authors in the framework of ATLANTIC FUTURE, a 3-year collaborative research project funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme and developed by a consortium of 13 partners from January 2013 to December 2015. More information can be found at http://www.atlanticfuture.eu/.


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Corporate and other non-utility purchasers increasingly want to power their operations using wind energy. Wind's low costs and stable prices make sense for their bottom line and its clean electricity helps Fortune 500 companies and cities meet sustainability goals. With most wind projects located in rural areas, these customers are not only purchasing renewable energy, they're also supporting jobs and economic investment in rural communities.
A Growing Demand Market
Over 100 companies, including Walmart, Anheuser-Busch, and General Motors, have committed to 100 percent renewable energy targets. Wind has become the go-to choice for many of these businesses to meet that mark. For example, Google recently announced that it achieved its 100 percent renewable energy goal, and wind supplies 95 percent of that electricity.
Some businesses are choosing to specifically locate new facilities where they can be powered by wind energy, like Facebook's Los Lunas data center in New Mexico as well as Apple's newest data center in Iowa.
"Iowa is proud to be the top-ranked state for renewable energy procurement by the nation's retail and technology industries," said Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. "Access to low-cost renewable energy is a critical part of our economic development strategy. These job-creating businesses cite our access to low-cost renewable energy as a major reason for locating in Iowa.
In announcing plans to build a 400,000 square foot, $1.3 billion data center Apple CEO Tim Cook said Iowa's renewable energy resource was "paramount for us" and "if we couldn't [procure renewables], we would not be here."
Wind's costs have fallen by 69 percent since 2009, making it the cheapest source of new electric generating capacity in many parts of the country. And because wind has zero fuel costs, U.S. businesses can purchase wind at a long-term stable price, protecting themselves against future fuel price volatility.
"The U.S. has amazing wind and sun resources that will never run out," IKEA noted when announcing its investment in the Illinois Hoopeston Wind Project. "We invest in our own renewable energy sources so that we can control our exposure to fluctuating electricity costs."
"When looking at wind deals, cost savings are one attribute I can bring up when I talk to our finance and accounting department," said Rob Threlkeld, General Manager of Renewable Energy at General Motors. "Have you ever seen your electric bill go down for multiple years at a time?"
As wind's costs have come down, interest from corporate buyers has risen, as evident in the chart below.
Source: AWEA, U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report
Our new interactive map highlights all of the publicly announced wind deals with non-utility customers at least 20 megawatts (MW) in size.
How to Purchase Wind Energy
For potential customers, there are many ways to buy wind energy. Power purchase agreements (PPA) continue to be the preferred procurement mechanism. A record 4,203 MW of wind PPAs were signed by corporate and other non-utility customers in 2018, and more than 11,300 MW in PPAs have been signed to date. That's more than all of the wind capacity installed in Iowa, America's number two wind state.
In addition to PPAs, non-utility purchasers can invest in wind energy in a number of other ways. Methods include wholesale or retail transactions, including utility green tariffs. Customers can also make a direct investment in a wind project or purchase renewable energy credits (REC). AWEA's Corporate Buyer's Guide to Wind Energy examines all of these pathways in greater detail.
Municipal Purchasers of Wind Energy
Cities are also purchasing wind energy to meet their sustainability goals and secure long-term price stability. The first wind energy purchase was made by Austin Energy in 1994; since then, there have been over 200 purchases of wind energy made by 100 cities, most through municipal electric utilities. Combined, these purchases total more than 5,800 MW – enough to power 280,000 average homes.
And with over 500 cities making big renewable energy commitments in the past several months, it's clear there is more good news on the way.
AWEA Windy Cities Award
This year, AWEA is launching a new award to recognize cities that have demonstrated a clear commitment to wind energy. The AWEA Windy Cities Award will be given annually to one city or municipal electric utility, and award recipients will be determined based on the following criteria:
Wind Procurement: The extent to which a city purchases wind energy to power its government buildings or larger community footprint. The purchase can be made by the municipal utility, a community choice aggregator (CCA) representing the city, or the city government itself. Eligible procurement methods may include, but are not limited to, signing a physical or virtual power purchase agreement (PPA), enrolling in a utility green tariff program, directly investing in a wind project, or signing a long-term renewable energy credit (REC) contract with a specific wind project.
Scale: The scale of the wind energy purchase, both in terms of contract term length and size of the agreement.
Governance: The extent to which the wind energy purchase is part of a larger, public renewable energy commitment made by the city.
Information Sharing: The extent to which the wind procurement experience is shared with other cities and the general public in order to encourage similar actions.
Innovation: The extent to which the city uses a new or innovative approach to purchase wind energy.
Replicability: The extent to which the wind procurement can be replicated at the same scale or larger, either by the same city or by a different city.
The Windy Cities Award assessment will be completed by a Selection Committee comprised of AWEA staff and AWEA Electricity Policy & Demand Committee members. As America's cities continue to move toward affordable, reliable wind energy, those that are doing the most to act on their commitments will be recognized and commended for their efforts.
Wind Works for America's Cities
In June 2017, the American Wind Energy Association released a new brochure, "Wind Works for America's Cities," highlighting some of the many success stories of U.S. cities purchasing wind energy, and explaining how wind purchases work:
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Career Fair Leads to Job Offers for Cedarville Students
Cedarville News Career Fair Leads to Job Offers for Cedarville Students
by Alyssa Speicher, Public Relations Writer
On February 15, Cedarville University hosted its largest spring career fair in school history, attracting 102 employers and 553 students. Some companies who attended the fair have already offered jobs to Cedarville students.
By mid-April, eleven students had received offers with Northrup Grumman, five with the English Language Institute of China, three with Cummins Inc., three with Innotec, and six with JP Morgan Chase. But these reports are only the beginning.
Director of career services Jeff Reep recognizes that it is difficult to measure how many students receive job offers directly because of the career fair. However, he noted that it is easy to see that employers like Cedarville graduates based on who continues to recruit at the fairs.
"Every company is concerned with its return on investment," explained Reep. "So the fact that reputable companies continue to come to Cedarville shows the caliber of our students—their talent, their training and their character."
Cedarville offers seven career fairs annually, including one every fall and spring. This year, the five fairs that took attendance boasted a combined number of 1,350 present students. Career services, professors, resident directors and administration all work together to encourage students to register and attend career fairs.
Outside of career fairs, Cedarville's career services department offers many tools to help students find a job. Jobs4Jackets is an online program that allows employers to post listings and students to upload their resumes. Career Services also provides workshops for interviews, resumes, LinkedIn profiles and more, and it brings companies to campus outside of career fairs.
Professors realize the importance of career-seeking skills for their students. As a result, 77 percent of students will see career services as a part of their curriculum sometime in their Cedarville career.
"Students are making a huge investment to go to school at Cedarville, so they should learn interview, career fair, resume and networking skills," said Reep. "If they don't, they're doing themselves a disservice."
Located in southwest Ohio, Cedarville University is an accredited, Christ-centered, Baptist institution with an enrollment of 3,760 undergraduate, graduate, and online students in more than 100 areas of study. Founded in 1887, Cedarville is recognized nationally for its authentic Christian community, rigorous academic programs, strong graduation and retention rates, accredited professional and health science offerings, and leading student satisfaction ratings. For more information about the University, visit www.cedarville.edu.


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The Most Famous Lutherans
Early in July, I traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to represent LSA at The 66th Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). As a lifelong member of the LCMS, one of LSA's affiliate church bodies, I know that this church body has a steadfast commitment to their faith, their history, and the work of mercy professed that Christ calls us to. As I wandered the exhibit hall to find our booth, I felt both excited and disappointed to find that our booth sat right across from those who some consider to be the most famous Lutherans in the country – the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs. I was excited because, well, I would get to be around loving dogs for four days. But I was disappointed because it would make it much harder, nearly impossible, to get the attention of people near these Lutheran celebrities.
People Who Make the Experience
Last week marked my halfway point with LSA. My first month in DC has been, quite simply, a whirlwind. From jazz nights to weekend markets, from baseball games on warm nights to shady lunches by the Capitol, my time here has been moving unevenly, creeping along at some moments but mostly leaping forward in bounds. It's been exhausting and wonderful. But it wasn't until this last weekend, when I spent some time away from DC, that I understood what has been making my summer here so special.
I spent my holiday weekend in Houston (a city where the Fourth isn't so much unique and glamorous as it is a slightly bigger show of Texas' daily patriotism), and as I told my boyfriend story after story about LSA and DC, I realized a truth that applies to most great experiences: the people I've come to know here are what have made my summer so meaningful.
And so, reflecting on my first month in DC, I thought I would talk about a few of those people who have so positively impacted my time here.
Who Is (Not) My Neighbor?
The Sunday of Independence Day weekend, I woke up bright and early to attend a worship service at a new church in my neighborhood. On previous weekends, you could find me at what I would consider to be a "popular church"- a well-attended, multi-satellite, free donuts before church kind of congregation located in a theater. You can picture it, can't you? I'd chosen this welcoming community for the past weeks because I enjoyed the company of a friend who went there. The only inconvenience about this arrangement was that the church was located quite far from where we were living to the point where we had to take a train and walk a significant distance to get there. I had been wanting to support a local congregation for some time, so when my friend went out of town for the weekend I decided to do so then. I spotted a local United Methodist Church one night while roaming the area and had decided that this would be my place.
Unconditionally Committed to Children
How can we prepare youth aging out of child welfare to be happy, productive adults? Is it important to for youth to have a permanent, positive adult relationship as they age out of the foster care system? How can we help them establish and maintain these relationships? These and many other questions were raised by members at the June meeting of LSA's second learning cohort with the Provider Exchange®. The cohort met in New York at The Children's Village, a nonprofit organization that works with children and families, to discuss improving permanency outcomes – both formal and informal – for youth aging out of the child welfare system.
A Space for Stories
After a late flight back the night before from a training with an LSA member in North Carolina, I felt a bit groggy as I entered the Falls Church, Virginia office of LSA member Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSS/NCA). Housed in an old Lutheran church, this location manages adoption and refugee and immigrant services.
I was there to volunteer with LSA's Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Tania Hernandez-Andersen, interns Nura Zaki and Danielle Steinwart of the Valparaiso University CAPS Fellows Program, and Member Engagement Fellow Natalie Goodnow of Harvard University's Kennedy School.
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Parlor Donuts will bring airy, layered dunkers this summer with a twist of American history
By Judy J. Beasley Last updated Jan 17, 2023
A new kind of donut place in Fort Wayne, with a theme reminiscent of America 100 years ago, when women wore long dresses and big hats to send their loved ones off to the Great World War.
They were the doughboys, the young men who received homemade doughnuts as a thank you.
Parlor Donuts, based in Evansville, is exactly that kind of store. There will be a living room atmosphere, just like the sort of meeting room where great-grandmother, her relatives and friends loved to sing around the piano and play card games like whist.
But come June, this modern gathering place will have a menu for all members of the family – countless kinds of donuts (you have to spell it old-fashioned) with milkshakes to match. The modern twist is that everything is included with offers like a Keto donut, dog donut, vegan, and gluten-free.
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Craving something substantial for breakfast? There will be avocado on toast, along with your favorite breakfast sandwiches.
The store will also carry many coffee beans from Proper Coffee, served inside the store on Lima and Carroll roads, behind Walgreen's or at the drive-thru.
"When it comes to competition, there's nothing like it," says Darren Vogt, who will partner his 22-year-old son, Gaven Vogt, for the venture. Donuts are "crispy on the outside and buttery on the inside." They are "light and airy, not the typical donut you wish you hadn't eaten".
The story is more interesting. Vogt grew up making donuts (whoops, donuts) at Tom's Donuts in Georgetown when his parents owned the store. He even made them in college.
But wouldn't you know, Vogt retired from a career at Allstate Insurance just in time to resume the donut business with Gaven and his fiancée, Maryanna Hayden.
Maryanna is the daughter of pastor-turned-doughnut entrepreneur Darrick Hayden, who opened his franchise in southern Indiana in 2019, Vogt said. He had toured the United States and had become a lover of big donuts, Americana and a love for the early 20se the story of the century – the First World War – hence the "doughboys" – and the Second World War.
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"Women made donuts during the war. They were issued to soldiers during World War I," Vogt said. The donut parlor on Carroll Road will have a jukebox, flags and more Americana. It will become a gathering place for children, teenagers and everyone.
The plan is to open in June, and the restaurant and lounge will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The building will be approximately 2,600 square feet with at least 40 seats.
Prospective Fort Wayne customers in other parts of town can expect more Parlor Donuts to open. Gaven's goal is to open four to five more before he turns 30, and right now he's 22.
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Cisco published a Point of View paper, "Smart City Framework: A Systematic Process for Enabling Smart+Connected Communities," which defines a framework designed to move the Smart City debate from merely an academic or esoteric discussion to a call for action.
The paper proposes a possible framework for how we can begin to define and assess Smart City initiatives and, in the process, capture information consistently and comprehensively. At its core, the Smart City Framework is a simple decision methodology that enables both the public and private sectors to plan and implement Smart City initiatives more effectively.


In the UK it is illegal not to have wheelchair access.
My cousins boyfriend has Spinabifida and is in his wheel chair 99% of the time after a few botched operations. If he wants to use my local train starvation he has to give 24hrs notice and the exact time he is travelling as they have to close the tracks and take him across them to get him to the platform.
If he goes anywhere and there is no wheelchair access he will sue, and I believe he has every right to do so as its the only way to make some companies obey the law and be wheelchair accessible.
No, and I am not "taking ownership" of anything short of the entire company!
Ha. Perfect. I'll have to remember that one.
I love these notes, thanks for giving me a laugh.
I'm lucky my boss is cool.
This makes me want to put my head down on my desk and nap.
Also makes me glad I'm my own boss, because I don't get weird post-its, and because I won't get busted for napping!
Your boss is a genius for "publishing" such amazing content, free of charge to you. You surpass his IQ by writing about it 🙂 LOVE your blog! I have a coworker whose 2nd language is English. I wish he would write sticky notes to me because as indecipherable as his comments are they are equally as offensive/racist/close-minded, unintentionally.
OMG…YASSS! SO dying right now…I WISH my office manager would use sticky notes in our IM feature. I would have a best seller. This post had me in tears! They say music is universal and brings the world together. I say office BS is universal in America and we need to keep this bonding effort going! Kudos, my friend. Kudos.
This totally sounds like my manager!