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Best of 2009: Jiggering it out at the PTO
Posted on January 26, 2015 by Ron Coleman
First posted January 29, 2009.
Oh, to be a hip, Jewish intellectual… property owner.
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A while back I was following the story of the PTO's refusal to register the mark NIGGA. As I put it then:
Forget "immoral or scandalous," which, as we have said before, is an increasingly hopeless position for national government to take on almost anything in this enlightened era. Interestingly, though, this one will probably stick. Political correctness — in this case, quite correct! (most of the time) — is the empty husk of what was once considered the public virtue of "decency."
No, the real problem is this: Can the Patent and Trademark Office register as a trademark a word that is, culturally (and almost legally) restricted for use to members of one race only — and that is considered practically a "hate crime" for members of other races to utilize? (As opposed to trademarks that no one can pronounce!) Now that seems as if it would be a bad policy decision for any government agency, much less one (i.e., the PTO) that takes eight months just to queue up a trademark application — no offense intended.
Now come the heebs — or, more specifically, racy, but not racist, Heeb magazine — and, in very much the same vein, the TTAB has bounced its appeal of the PTO's refusal to register a (second) trademark for HEEB, on the grounds that the term heeb disparages persons. Hebrew persons, of course. Heeb-rews. Juice.
A similar argument to that utilized in connection with the NIGGA application was attempted by Heeb, mainly along the lines of, hey, we're hip, we're past all that, we're taking the oppressive language of past repression and wearing it like a badge of pride. (See John Welch's coverage here.)
I think* that's a very good argument. And I think the whining of the usual suspects, professionals in the outrage and offendedness fields, cited in the opinion as tisk-tisking this and the previous (successful, as it turns out) application for a HEEB registration, is mostly pathetic.
In fact, unlike NIGGA or "nigger," the turn-of-the-century-vintage slur heeb has lost virtually all its punch or offense. When you want to insult Jews these days, in fact, you just call them "Zionists Nazis" — that gets you, not opprobrium, but a job at the BBC or Columbia University.
In short, bubbele, the PTO — which has found a way to register numerous terms once considered derogatory when referring to those, fabulous or otherwise, who have adopted non-standard sexual practices — can't open this Pandora's box. The PTO acknowledges, implicitly, the objectively demonstrable fact that words that once shocked and offended are now ironic, defiant playthings of the hip, comfortably assimilated (in a multi-culti way) descendants of the former targets of some kinds of opprobrium. But the PTO ignores this fact when it comes to trademarks for kikes, shvartsers and the rest of us.
Get the point? "Hip."
Well, it doesn't ignore it, or the inconsistency involved, so much as hide behind a thick lens of pretended obtuseness, relying on "proof" of offensiveness such as outdated dictionaries and statements by such cultural barometers as the Anti-Defamation League.
No, it's okay to "get it" when it comes to alternative-lifestyle terminology. But the PTO is, as we said, boxed in on the issue of racial slurs. For it is above all terrified of the prospect of what would happen politically if it issued a NIGGA or NIGGER trademark registration for anything, anyone, any time.
And if they can't have theirs, the Jews can't have ours, either. Sorry, my heebs.
UPDATE: Well, I've stepped in it now [Slants]… and it's coming full circle here [Geller] and — sickeningly — here [DOJ / Redskins ]….
* I was consulted by Heeb in connection with this appeal, but I was not retained. You know — they wanted a bargain.
Section 2(a)	Heeb Trademark, Nigga Trademark, Redskins trademark, Section 2(a)


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23 November 2018 in Clemson, football, Gamecocks, Rivalry Week, Solid Orange Friday - 2 comments
Happy Solid Orange Friday!
For the first time in thirteen seasons, I won't be at the annual rivalry game between Clemson and South Carolina.
I've been to twelve straight games in the series and throughout the twelve years, I've seen an even split of wins between the two teams. Patrick and I have been to the nine games together {and our relationship has survived all nine!} and it's going to be weird to watch the game on TV this year. We're so used to spending the Saturday after Thanksgiving tailgating with our friends before watching our teams square off against one another.
Let's take a quick trip down memory lane...
2006: Freshman year of college
{USC win}
2007: Sophomore year of college & first game in a really long time at USC. Also the coldest game I had ever in my life been to.
{Clemson Win}
2008: Junior year of college & the most miserable game I had ever been to. It was so cold and was sleeting during most of the game. Our Interim Head Coach {Dabo} beat USC's HOF Coach {Spurrier} and it was awesome. Patrick actually attended this game to and at the conclusion, swore that he was never attending another Clemson game again {little did he know!}
2009: Senior year of college and our first rivalry game.
2010: Year 2 of our rivalry relationship.
2011: Year 3 of our rivalry relationship. This was a long day of tailgating that culminated in walking down railroad tracks, cutting through an abandoned warehouse, and me falling down a set of stairs.
2012: Year 4 of our rivalry relationship. The tailgate was exceptionally fun, but the outcome of the game? Not so much. USC notched win #4 in a row.
2013: Year 5 of rivalry relationship. It was the year of the Chicken Bog, being picked up and dropped, and another Clemson defeat.
2014: Year 6 of our rivalry relationship and at least the 4th year in a row of Patrick and his Gamecock flannel and the FIRST TIME that Clemson won while we were dating! It was the beginning of excellent things to come.
2015: Year 7 of our rivalry relationship. Hands down the warmest Clemson/Carolina game to date - we were all rocking short sleeves rather than scarves, coats, and hats.
2016: Year 8 of our rivalry relationship. It was our first married game and one of the best Clemson/Carolina weekends. We had rented a house just outside of Clemson with a group of friends and spent the whole weekend together.
2017: Year 9 of our rivalry relationship and another Clemson win! I also absolutely froze during this tailgate because I accidentally forgot to pack a pair of leggings for when it got cooler after the sun went down.
The irony of having a Clemson / Carolina weekend due date was not lost on us when we found out that we were expecting baby girl. It's only appropriate for two people who built their relationship during football season, who have season ticket's to both Clemson and Carolina, and for two people who have always been distinctly Clemson and distinctly Carolina.
Our friends know us well, too.
They've already prepared baby girl for next football season!
It's just weird to think that we might be watching the game this year in the hospital if she decides to come this weekend. I know that she's going to come when she decides to come, but it would be truly appropriate for her to show up just before kick off. But, just as likely, we could be watching the game from our living room tomorrow night as we hang out waiting on her grand debut.
There are very few reasons why I would ever miss a Clemson / Carolina game. This little girl is at least a very good reason to miss it!
GO TIGERS! Beat USC!
Gentry Adams November 23, 2018 at 8:43 AM
How cute to walk down memory lane through all the football games y'all have been through! It would be such a great story if baby girl comes this weekend! Fingers crossed for y'all!
Annsterw November 26, 2018 at 3:43 PM
Sooo cute!!! Congrats on the beautiful you are about to have!!!
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I found your blog through your Countdown challenge wrap up and I like the books you read/are reading.
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BC's carbon tax is a success story for the economy and the climate
Last week, I also visited a Carbon Talks lecture on "BC's Carbon Tax Shift: What's Working? What's Next?" where I got an insight into Sustainable Prosperity's recent evaluation of BC's carbon tax shift.
BC's carbon tax was introduced in July 2008 as North America's first carbon tax. It started at a price of $10 per tonne of CO2 in 2008 and was increased by $5 every year to the current price of $30 per tonne of CO2. After its first four years of operation, it is time to assess how it has performed both environmentally and economically.
According to James Mack, Head of the BC Climate Action Secretariat, BC's carbon tax is a cornerstone of BC's Climate Action Plan which aims at reducing CO2 emissions by 33% by 2020 and by 80% by 2050. As a revenue neutral tax, its $1.2 bn in revenues have to be offset with tax cuts (currently mainly business tax cuts, low income tax credits, and personal income tax cuts). Apart from the effects in terms of emission reductions and economic benefits, one major aim is also to inspire other regions on climate action.
Stewart Elgie, Director of the University of Ottawa's Institute of the Environment, Chair of Sustainable Prosperity, and lead author of their "British Columbia's Carbon Tax Shift: The First Four Years" report then examined in detail how BC's carbon tax has worked environmentally and economically. In terms of the environmental benefits, BC's fuel use (-15.1%) is down 16.4% relative to the rest of Canada and GHG emissions have shown a similarly substantial decline.
There have also been positive effects on the economy, with BC's GDP growth outpacing the rest of Canada's, showing that a carbon tax doesn't hurt a region's economic competitiveness. Moreover, the tax was net positive for taxpayers as it has returned far more in tax cuts (by over $300 million) than it has received in carbon tax revenue. In short, BC now has the lowest fuel use in Canada, the lowest income taxes, and a healthy green economy with a fast growing cleantech sector.
By positioning itself as an emerging green economy, BC has become a leader in North America in the transition to a low-carbon economy. To continue this successful journey, BC needs to expand the tax to cover remaining sources and to further increase the carbon price to $50-100 per tonne of CO2 (instead of reducing the tax which would hurt investors) to drive energy efficiency and CO2 emission cuts to those levels that are needed to meet BC's GHG reduction targets.
Professor Stewart Elgie, the report's lead author, said: "British Columbia's decision to introduce a carbon tax shift in 2008 was a courageous and far-sighted one. Our study shows that the decision was also a wise one, inasmuch as the tax shift has delivered real environmental benefits to the province, even as the BC economy has continued to grow. Moreover, by "decoupling" its economic growth from fuel consumption, the province is making itself less vulnerable to the volatility of fossil fuel prices, and it has created a fiscal advantage for itself through reduced personal and corporate income cuts."
Nicholas Rivers from the University of Ottawa then provided scientific evidence that at $30 per tonne of CO2, BC's carbon tax caused a 7% reduction in retail gasoline sales. In addition, theory and empirical evidence suggest that exemptions are a poor way to address competitiveness, profitability, or employment issues and a more appropriate way would be to rebate a portion of carbon tax revenues in lump sum or in proportion to output for negatively affected industries.
Finally, Mikael Skou Andersen from the European Environment Agency in Denmark confirmed that BC's carbon tax is one of the best designed carbon taxes in the world, that an intelligently designed environmental tax reform (ETR) can mitigate competitiveness impacts, and that (similar to BC's experience) environmental tax reforms in several EU member states caused a 4-5% decline in fuel demand, had a bigger impact on GHG emissions, and a small positive impact on GDP.
With regards to the problems of a carbon tax, an observed carbon leakage (businesses move abroad so that carbon emissions will just take place somewhere else) rate of 2-4% corresponds well to other studies. It should be clear though, as 20% of companies consume 60% of energy, revenue-recycling will not be neutral at the company level and instead create winners and losers (energy-intensive industries which are usually not very labour-intensive).
In short, while a carbon tax (such as most other policies) creates winners and losers, it is generally a win-win policy instrument for the economy and the climate. By designing a revenue-neutral tax, BC could minimize the financial impacts on low-income groups which would otherwise be disproportionately impacted by such a policy as they spend a greater proportion of their income on carbon-intensive goods.
British Columbia's experience shows that today an economy prospers not by sticking with failed industries of the past but by moving forward into an innovative, green low-carbon economy with creative and future-minded entrepreneurs who offer sustainable products and services. In the face of BC's positive experience with regards to emissions, jobs, innovation, and economic growth, it is no surprise that even the majority of energy and carbon intensive industries in Canada are overwhelmingly in favour of a price on carbon.
Posted on September 30, 2012 in Sustainability
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Are you Totally "LOST" ?
Posted in Lost, TV with tags Lost, TV on February 4, 2010 by mattyfresh697400
Since the Tuesday night premiere of Season Six of the ABC hit series "LOST" I have been trying to find both the courage and quite frankly the mental stamina to even write about the premier episode titled "LA X"
Prior to the episode ABC aired an hour recap show, which makes a rather futile attempt to refresh the memory of the long time hardcore faithful and perhaps even attract some new viewers. NEW VIEWERS…I DONT THINK SO PEOPLE….THAT SHIP HAS SAILED (and exploded I might add..lol)
When me and my better half were watching this , we could not help but laugh as the producers attempted to put 5 seasons worth of insanity , of twists & turns, time travel, love triangles, polar bears, mysterious black smoke and well you get the picture. Just watching the recap made my head spin and I have never missed a single episode EVER!
But little could prepare me for what the producers would deliver for the start of Season 6….AN ENTIRE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE where the Oceanic Jet Liner never crashes and on top of that insanity, they introduce an entire new cast of Maroon Clad "OTHERS" living in a Temple that no one has ever seen…How many fucking people live on this damn island anyway. The show , simply put is nothing short of Madness (but in a great way)
It might sound like I am complaining and in a way I am , the truth is I am always complaining about "LOST" . In Fact after every single episode I curse Carlton and Damon (executive producers and writers) and wonder aloud or to myself.."what the fuck is this show about?" But in the very next breath I say.. "GENIUS"… and it is Genius, or at least I damn well hope it is. The creators of "LOST" are mad scientist scribes, and I have faith that on May 23rd when they air the Final Episode I will be happy I gave 6 years of my life to this wonderful and frustratingly addictive adventure.
More LOST..NY Times Interactive Timeline
Just came across this awesome NY Times Interactive Lost Time line. Its a great chronological overview of the events from the series, and lets face it we all need some guidance when it comes to LOST…. Enjoy!!
"Lost," which begins its final season on Feb. 2, isn't just about plane crashes, polar bears, magical numbers and mysterious black smoke. It's also about choosing whether to surrender to destiny or to determine your own fate. To keep track of which side (i.e. Jack or Locke) is winning, you need to see the results of their choices; hence the show, and some of its characters, have been hopping around in time for several seasons. Because this can get awfully confusing — did Desmond meet Faraday before or after Ben wiped out the Dharma Initiative? — we've arranged some major events of the show's first five seasons in chronological order. —
LOST….Season 6 starts tonight!
Its the beginning of the end for Lost. The show is one of the best and certainly the most confusing shows I have ever watched. I have dedicated almost 6 years of my life to trying to figure out what on earth is happening on this Island. All I will say is this, the LOST creators better answer all the questions the millions of hardcore fans have. The recap show starts at 8pm and Season 6 starts at 9pm with a two hour premier episode!
LOST Season 6 Tonight
These are some of my big questions…
Will Jin and Sun be reunited?
Why was Sun not transported to the past?
Is Locke really dead?
The Smoke Monster?
Why does Richard never age?
Where the hell has Claire been?
Who does Kate Pick..Jack Or Sawyer?
I could go on and on and on… I just hope we start getting answers and quickly!!
Jack Is Back…the Return of 24!!
Posted in TV with tags 24, Jack Bauer, TV on January 19, 2010 by mattyfresh697400
Jack is Back...24!!
Jack is Back saving the world in my very own backyard. NYC! I watched 4 straight hours of the season premier and its as good and as wildly unrealistic as ever. Great to have 24 back, as soon as LOST is on we will be in business!!
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but it doesnt work.

A: You don't parse HTML with Regular Expressions. Instead, use the built-in DOM parsing tools within PHP itself: http://php.net/manual/en/book.dom.php
Assuming your HTML is accessible from a variable named $html:
$doc = new DOMDocument();
$doc->loadHTML( $html );

$item = $doc->getElementsByTagName("li")->item(0);
$link = $item->getElementsByTagName("a")->item(0);

echo $link->attributes->getNamedItem('href')->nodeValue;
echo $link->textContent;

A: I suggest the following pattern:
$PATTERN = '%
(.*?)[\s]+
%i';
preg_match($PATTERN, $html, $matches);

The (.*?) part is a non-greedy pattern, which means that the parser won't go all the way to the end of the supplied string but will stop before the " in this case.
You may also want to pre-proccess the html before REGEX'ing it, i.e. remove all line-breaks in order to get rid of the [\s]+ part.
You can try it online here.

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Austin, Texas [February 7, 2022] (ORIGINAL: GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) ("the Company"), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, announced today a strategic political partnership with Campaign Nucleus to enhance its Smart Advocacy Solution on mobile and to further extend its capabilities in support of tech-enabled politics.
Campaign Nucleus, founded by Brad Parscale, provides an AI-based digital platform that provides center-right candidates, organizations and corporations a centralized ecosystem to not only curate actionable data, but also build political movements through accountability, analysis and action. Phunware plans to integrate these capabilities into its Smart Advocacy Solution to support not only politicians and advocacy groups, but also third-party platforms that want to personalize political content delivery and engagement.
"Phunware's previous experience in deploying enterprise grade mobile ecosystems designed to engage, manage and monetize audiences at scale will help Campaign Nucleus deliver critical functionality and capabilities to any center right politician or advocate at the local, state or national level," said Brad Parscale, Founder of Campaign Nucleus. "This partnership is the start of a much larger movement that is bringing unique platforms together to combat cancel culture and the unchecked power of technology companies who continue to interfere with people seeking to engage directly with policy makers in a more transparent manner."
Phunware's Smart Advocacy Solution was the foundation for the Trump 2020 mobile application portfolio and provides access to all of the features and capabilities of Phunware's Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform to help build, manage and engage voters and constituents on mobile. Phunware also offers (1) the ability to calculate instant device reach counts within specific congressional districts, (2) the ability to join these polygons with other audience segments including interest, issue, intent or language, and (3) the ability to save these settings into unique audiences for media activation via data-enriched media campaigns. Digital marketers and advocates can select from one to many of the 435 congressional districts, add them into a custom audience and then further refine that audience using device language information.
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While initial joint products and solutions will focus primarily on political activity in the United States, it is expected that new offerings and capabilities will be launched over time in international markets with similar challenges and needs.
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It's 2019 and the workforce burdens bearing down on plant managers and super- visors are heavy enough to make Atlas break a sweat. They can't find the right people who are both willing and educated, or the best people had to go and do a stupid thing like get old. Or even worse, suffer a musculoskeletal injury on the job. In Q1 of this year, one out of every four manufacturers turned down new business
opportunities because they lacked the workers, according to the National Association
of Manufacturing. Nearly every company is vulnerable, every factory susceptible, even
highly automated plants run by genius billionaire philanthropists.
Last year Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted: "Yes, excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated."
Fortunately, Homayoon Kazerooni, a brilliant Iranian engineer who immigrated to the U.S. right before the Ayatollah took over, has always sought to bring out the best in humanity.
He's done it through decades of research into functional exoskeletons, wearable devices that mechanically enhance human movement, from locomotion to lifting—using robots to pick up the slack for our areas of weakness.
"The writing was on the wall 20 years ago," Kazerooni laments. "Robots cannot replace people. We just cannot wait for the robots to show up. We need to come up with solutions for workers right now."
The professor at the University of California, Berkeley started by develop-
ing powered lower-body exoskeletons for soldiers hauling heavy loadouts,
Kaz, as he likes to be called, founded two of the leading
manufacturers of these medical devices, first at Ekso Bionics
and currently SuitX (where he is CEO). They are two of the four
devices in the world approved by the FDA. For just this work
alone, his (unofficial) title as Father of Exoskeletons would
be secure, but in the last half of this decade Ekso and SuitX
have developed industrial exoskeletons as the potential solu-
tion to all those workforce-related anvils resting on the chest of
companies requiring manual labor.
Ironically, as big a problem as keeping workers safe, productive and (now most importantly) willing to consider the job is, the wearable devices themselves are fairly simple. Most of the time you don't even notice them working.
The most mature of these by a wide margin are the devices that support arms.
These passive, or unpowered, exoskeletons have one specific job: reduce the strain of lifting or holding an object, be it a box or a drill. That's it, which is enough to have every major manufacturer in automotive, aerospace, and heavy equipment finding areas to leverage this new breed of exoskeletons.
SuitX is already on its third model of its ShoulderX, which has been tailored to address user feedback surrounding comfort, weight and breathability, while still remaining at $5,000.
"Worker's acceptance is a huge deal. If they don't like it, they don't wear it," Kazerooni says.
He likens it to having an ill-fitting pair of shoes and how that could affect your ability to work. Part of that is fit, and the ShoulderX is one size fits all (except for the shorter 5% of females). For comfort, the connection to the wearer is wider and distributes the force better. Carbon fiber was added to reduce weight from 11. 7 lb to just 7. 4 lb.
Finally, breathability had to improve. Thomas Edison always said success was 90% perspiration, and this inventor took that to heart by personally wearing the device all day long searching for every sweat spot.
Two major improvements were made. First, the back brace was made from a nylon mesh to improve air flow. More importantly for users in high exertion or high temperature areas, a small fan was added to cool the user's back.
Other options include fire-retardant and dust-proof versions. Kazerooni says now that the ShoulderX has been improved, the LegX and BackX—which work modularly with each other and ShoulderX—will receive similar upgrades.
"We have all these options because we go everywhere and want to become universal," Kazerooni says.
They even may have a recreational unit (for hiking and other outdoor activities) by end of year.
The improvements caught the attention of Siemens Gamesa, which makes really, really huge fans (wind turbines) and has chosen SuitX as its preferred supplier to deploy at its manufacturing sites.
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I used to have a hard time taking unexpected rest days, but once you get a few injuries from pushing through too much…you learn that the rest days are so worth it. Your body is often smarter than you and tells you when you've had enough!
I think we have all felt guilty for taking an unplanned rest day. I just keep in mind that it's mostly the things I do outside of the gym that make the gains (rest, sleep, and yes carbs). I eat the same amount of carbs no matter what I do that day.
Enjoy your day so you an hit it hard when you get back in there!
It's not the rest day that bothers me, it's the day after – getting my legs spun back up again. Far easier to keep the train rollin' than start it back up. That said, I just took an unscheduled yesterday. My legs were smoked and I knew I needed that day off… Back-to-backs start on Saturday so it would have gotten messy in a hurry had I not. Nice post.


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Ascendant Studios Launches to Create Uncompromising, Groundbreaking Game Worlds, Secures Initial Funding Round
Call of Duty Veteran Bret Robbins Leads Team of Seasoned
Developers at Newly Formed Bay Area Studio
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, independent Bay Area game developer, Ascendant Studios, announced
its formation and has secured initial funding to create pioneering,
original games and content. Founded by Bret Robbins, former Creative
Director of Call of Duty, the studio is comprised of industry
veterans from prominent developers, with a shared conviction to create
expansive, triple-A games of the highest quality.
A 20+ year veteran of game development, Robbins' career has spanned
multiple creative leadership roles for high profile hit games. Robbins
most recently served as Senior Creative Director for the globally
revered Call of Duty franchise. His resume includes the BAFTA
'Best Action Game' nominated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, VES
(Visual Effects Society) Award winner, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,
and NAVGTR Award-winning Call of Duty: WW2, which surpassed $1
billion in global sales.
Prior to his time at Activision, Robbins served a seven-year tenure at
EA, holding senior creative roles on blockbuster hits including The
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, which was honored with the
International Press Academy Satellite Award for Best Art Direction, and
IGN's 'Best Action Game' in their 'Best of E3' awards. Robbins earned a
BAFTA nomination during this time, as the Creative Director for the
acclaimed survival horror title, Dead Space, which went on to be
honored as 'Action Game of the Year' at the 12th annual DICE
Awards. As Founder and CEO of Ascendant Studios, Robbins combines the
principles of triple-A game design with the possibilities of an
independent studio, to extend the entertainment, action, and emotional
impact of innovative game development.
"This is a dream I've had for years, and I'm so excited to finally have
the opportunity to start a brand new studio," stated Founder and CEO of
Ascendant Studios, Bret Robbins. "Our focus is on making high quality,
original games. We are in a rare position where we have the freedom to
do things the right way without outside pressure and make something that
is truly new and exciting. The team we are assembling is fantastic and
already feels like a family."
Joining Robbins in this venture, the Ascendant Studios founding team
consists of top creative talent, that has contributed to some of the
most critically acclaimed and commercially successful game franchises of
all times, including Call of Duty, The Walking Dead, and Dead
Space. Each member of the leadership team has more than a decade of
industry experience, representing cinematic, technical, design, art, and
storytelling disciplines.
Ascendant Studios is backed by noted entrepreneur and philanthropist,
Brian Sheth. Sheth, is the Co-Founder and President of Vista Equity
Partners, the top U.S. private equity software investor of the past
decade. Vista's portfolio, with over 60,000 employees and more than $14
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conservation impact philanthropy.
"I'm thrilled to have our initial investment backed by Brian, who has
been so supportive of the team and has a history of supporting founders
and CEOs with vision," said Robbins. "He brings a huge amount of
experience, best practices, and leadership to us. He has given us the
creative freedom to make games that we think players will love. He
clearly wants to build and empower a winning team and deliver innovative
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About Ascendant Studios
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Dana Whitney [for Ascendant Studios]
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State News Release
Elwha Sediment Detailed in New Document
By Communications and Publishing February 11, 2014
As the largest dam-removal project in history moves into its third year, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey released a new report that documents the movement of sediment down the Elwha River in Washington State.
USGS hydrologic technician Andrew Spanjer walks along a newly deposited sand and gravel beach at the mouth of the Elwha River, Washington. In the first two years of the largest dam-removal project United States history, the Elwha River deposited 3-4 million cubic yards in a growing offshore delta. The USGS is measuring turbidity, surveying sediment accumulation, and monitoring responses of the offshore marine ecosystem as Elwha River sediment delivery to Puget Sound is restored.Elwha River (near Port Angeles, WA).Public domain
TACOMA, Wash. — As the largest dam-removal project in history moves into its third year, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey released a new report that documents the movement of sediment down the Elwha River in Washington State.
"During last winter's high flows, we set a record for the largest concentration of sediment thus far measured on the Elwha River," said USGS hydrologist, Chris Curran. "We expect more high flows this season and are interested to see how much of the sediment remaining behind the former dam sites is flushed toward Puget Sound."
In the lower Elwha River, a suite of sediment-detection instruments and samplers operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to track the downstream flux of sediment. Periodic measurement of sediment concentration in the river allows scientists to calibrate the sediment-detection instruments and calculate the total load of sediment carried by the river.
The release of millions of tons of sediment from the former reservoir areas is restoring the natural function of the downstream river, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. Understanding the timing and magnitude of mobilized sediment provides a foundation for cross-disciplinary basic research in the Elwha River with benefits far beyond dam-removal projects.
"Deposition patterns on the floodplain, estuary, and beaches are all influenced by the timing and caliber of arriving sediment," says USGS's Jon Warrick. "The pre-removal models gave us a rough approximation of system response, and now we get to document the fascinating details of change in the downstream river channel, floodplain, and marine delta. This includes the massive growth of a new delta along a shoreline that historically eroded at rapid rates."
USGS hydrologic technician Andrew Spanjer shovels Elwha River mud into a bucket for latter analysis in the lab. The USGS is monitoring turbidity at several locations in the Elwha River during the largest dam-removal project in United States history. The mud will be mixed with water to assess how different turbidity sensors react to different sediment concentrations using Elwha River sediment.Elwha River (near Port Angeles, WA).Public domain
Calculations of suspended-sediment concentration in the lower Elwha River, recently updated to include the first two years of the restoration project, are available in a USGS document, "Suspended-Sediment Concentrations during Dam Decommissioning in the Elwha River, Washington."
This research and monitoring was funded by the USGS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Park Service.
USGS researchers Chris Curran and Raegan Huffman retrieve instrumentation to measure sediment concentration from the Elwha River, Washington. Two large dams on the Elwha River are being incrementally removed from 2011 to 2013 to restore river function in an important salmon-bearing river. The USGS is sampling sediment from the river during the dam-removal project to quantify the magnitude and timing of sediment released during the restoration project. One third to one half of 24 million cubic yards of sediment is expected to be released and flow downstream during the next 3 to 6 years. Public domain
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The Babylonians had an advanced number system, in some ways more advanced than our present system. It was a positional system with base 60 rather than the base 10 of our present system. Now 10 has only two proper divisors, 2 and 5. However 60 has 10 proper divisors so many more numbers have a finite form.
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letter of april to Obama.
by : kakine
Saturday April 2, 2011 - 18:17
> Prison > South/Latin America > USA
Mr President Obama The White House
Washington DC 20500.
Mr President,
The little village where I live with my family is situated at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains, in Bearn.
Chiefly at the end of the nineteenth century, a number of people from Bearn, just as their neighbors the Basques, immigrated to Argentina, to Uruguay, to Cuba and to the United States (particularly to Miami).
The ties with our "American cousins", which have never been broken, explain the acute conscience we have of the United State's meddling in the affairs of Latin-American countries.
The saga of the five Cubans - Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, Ramón Labañino, and René González, prisoners in the United States for more than twelve years now, is a flagrant example, a textbook case, of this meddling!
For more than twelve years, in the United States and all over the world, lobbies, foundations and political pressure groups have financed, organized and manipulated information concerning the Cuban Five This affair is tied in with the terrorism that the United States practices towards Cuba, which is a taboo subject that has not been mentioned for more than fifty years. This terrorism, from the start, had been organized at the highest level, in January of 1960 by Allen Dulles, the head of the CIA, in charge of the "Special Forces" organized to commit subversive actions against Cuba.
Fifteen days after the death of the young Italian tourist Fabio Di Celmo in 1997 after a terrorist bombing attack in Havana, his brother Livio Di Celmo received calls from the media from all over the world. Nevertheless, neither CNN nor ABC nor The Herald nor The London Telegraph, or any other mass media, published a single article explaining the connection between the North American regime and the terrorists in Miami. Neither the Italian reporters from the Corriere nor those from the Repubblica informed their readers of the death of one of their fellow citizens, a victim of terrorism made in the USA, nor did they give any information concerning the Cuban Five. The major press agencies (AP, UPI, Reuters and AFP) well played their role in the domain of disinformation.
That the reporters from Florida had been paid to write hateful articles so as to create a deleterious atmosphere during the Cuban Five court case of course shocks us, but doesn't surprise us; it was in the nature of the government of the United States at that time. What really disappoints us, Mister President, is to see that you carry out the same policies as your predecessors concerning Cuba. When you were elected, we had sincerely hoped for new relations between your two countries.
Barely three weeks ago, we learned of the new economic blockade against Cuba - $4,207,000 seized, money that was destined for the Worldwide Funds for the Struggle Against Aids and Tuberculosis. Whereas, according to international conventions, a blockade is not supposed to affect the sphere of healthcare
On the other hand, your administration proposed to allocate 20 million dollars in its 2012 budget for programs intended for restoring what you call "democracy" in Cuba. This represents a veritable act of war. The obsession of the successive governments in the U.S. is in point of fact the summary execution of the Cuban revolution. Cuba is a sovereign country; the government that the Cubans choose, Mister President, regards no one but themselves!
Does your accession to the presidency of the United States mean that nothing is going to change? Is it thinkable that the report written by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lester D. Mallory to his Secretary of State Roy R. Rubottom, in a memorandum on April 6th 1960, is still topical? He recommended:
"Most Cubans support Castro. There's no effective political opposition (...) the only foreseeable means to alienate internal support is by creating disillusionment and discouragement based on lack of satisfaction and economical difficulties (...) We should immediately use any possible measure to (...) cause hunger, desperation and the overthrow of the Government."
In such a context, how far will the relentlessness of your country towards these five Cubans go? What kind of justice can these five patriots, who were imprisoned for having defended their country, expect when the person who had them arrested is the protector of the worst terrorists in Florida? This man, Hector Pesquera, is the one who instigated the destruction of the case file on Posada Carriles, who is presently under trial in El Paso. Is this criminal going to get out scot-free from this court case as a hero, lily-white ?
In the name of the numerous friends of the Cuban Five all over the world, I ask you again, Mister President, one more time, to be deserving of your Nobel Peace Prize, to sign an executive clemency order that would finally give them the liberty they've been deprived of for more than twelve years.
Please receive, Mister President, the expression of my most sincere humanitarian sentiments.
(translated by Bill Peterson)
PS : It is with a deep and profound loss that we learn of the death of lawyer Leonard Weinglass. He was a tireless defender of the Five's cause.
Be assured, Mr. President, we shall continue his fight for Justice.
Jacqueline Roussie
Copies sent to: Mrs. Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Janet Napolitano Mr. Harry Reid, Eric Holder, John F. Kerry, Pete Rouse, Donald Werrilli, and Mr. the Ambassador of the USA in France.


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It also buit-in FM Radio function.
Built-in Microphone so you can use it to answer phone calls wirelessly hands-free when your cellphone is in your bag, pouch or on the far away desk.
Built-in color LED lights. Your children will love to have beautiful color lights when using the headphone.
Fits my 4 year olds head perfect. The volume is not too loud. Easily connects via bluteooth.
I bought this as a present for a 4 year old Granddaughter and she loves it. The volume has a limiter to keep it safe for young ears, and it fit her head well.
I like it but not sure it really keeps the the volume to where my child won't hurt their ears, I can still hear the volume from even a 10 feet distance. I have to keep telling them to turn it down.
Loved them.... at first. Now the Bluetooth won't connect. My (her) tablet says "no Bluetooth devices found" and "unable to pair" even though its listed in my "paired devices" and is less than 3 inches from the tablet. Lasted all of 3 months. Now I'm stuck listening to her 5 favorite songs ALL DAY LONG!!
They are not clear at all sounds very muffled. And the sound is very low even with or with out the kid safe.
wireless function does not work, so much static on wireless connection that it is impossible to hear anything. Non existent customer service.


Oh, what the heck. Unless you are really worried about your own liver, heart, etc., indulge yourself in the real thing. That's sautéed chicken livers with onions and hard-boiled eggs and chickpeas, chopped together for the best of appetizers. Good on crackers, matzo, to stuff celery or to eat by the spoonful.


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Home Football Manager 18 Letou Decide: Swansea City vs. Arsenal Match Review
Letou Decide: Swansea City vs. Arsenal Match Review
I didn't expect our game against Arsenal to go well and sadly, I was right. Let's all be honest, games against Arsenal and Liverpool aren't going to define our season, it's the ones against Newcastle United and Burnley which count.
What happened was that we at least restricted our goal difference to a minus of just two, which means we are at minus five overall. If the league were determined on goal difference alone, we'd actually be safe in thirteenth. Despite not expecting the win, the blame for our loss rests with the officials and Kristoffer Nordfeldt. Danny Welbeck's opener was offside in my humble opinion, before Nordfeldt started to come for Welbeck's second, only to be a few yards short and the England striker just sidefooted the ball under him. The free-kick we gave away for Arsenal's third was soft but Sanchez's effort was saveable, but Nordfeldt had weak wrists and let the Chilean's effort though.
Delighted to see André Ayew combine for our consolation goal. More on him later in my deadline day review. For a first impression, it wasn't bad to see him beat Hector Bellerin for pace (which is rare) and crossed for Jordan to convert.
The left-wing problem position started with Clucas, Narsingh won a vote amongst Swansea fans, went back to Clucas for Newcastle and now we have André Ayew. I'm going to give him the shirt for the next two games.
As a result of Nordfeldt's performance, I'm going to drop him back to the U23's and bring back Erwin Mulder to act as back up for Fabianski. Arsenal were their usual slick passing self, all the hallmarks of Arsenal's most successful sides and they have a fully-motivated Alexis Sanchez.
In terms of our deadline day, it was a busy one, wasn't it? To recap the departures; we sent McBurnie, Jay Fulton and Kyle Bartley out on loan to Championship clubs, Leon Britton and Ki Sung-Yeung were unhappy at lack of game time and were allowed to leave. Coming in we broke our transfer record to bring André Ayew back to the club from West Ham United for £18.5 million and we have Andy King from Leicester City on loan, which screams good business.
Bony is just about back to full fitness, Fabianski will be ready for Manchester United on Wednesday. This game was indeed a loss but not one which will hold us back.
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My name is Craig Thompson, from Preston in England. In Football Manager I'm known as Charlie Tango and alongside my brother Mike Tango, we bring sibling rivalry to a whole new level in the simulation world. It's not the destination so much as the journey, they say. I can only hope that's true.
Letou Decide: Mlog 17th April


Today on Instagram I shared about our family's advent calendar, made by my mom when I was a kid. From December 1st till Christmas, my boys get to pull out a different piece to add to the full manger scene — finishing on December 24 with a tiny, felt Baby Jesus. I love this tradition SO much!
We do a little something extra, too. I also like to add a tiny slip of paper in each pocket with some type of service they can do that day (another idea from my mom). I use the same slips of paper every year with the same service ideas to keep it simple — this isn't about doing something big and complicated, just something small to daily drive home our family's goal to celebrate Christmas by trying to do good like Jesus did. We're also participating in the Light the World campaign where you do something kind every week in December, so these little activities keep us on track there too!
Our service ideas are SUPER simple — some take a bit more effort than others, but all can be completed that day with little to no preparation. And the boys LOVE doing their good deeds.
Lately, I've had a few conversations with fellow moms about the challenge of raising boys in our current social climate. There are so many conflicting messages about the professional, sexual, and stereotypical roles of men — how do you navigate all that and raise a healthy, courteous, well-rounded boy?! I'm still trying to work this out, but I wanted to share 3 things that have really helped me understand my job as a boymom today.
1. Embrace boyishness. Boys need to run, jump, climb trees, build things, destroy things. We can't expect them to sit still or play inside all day. Being active is a pressure release for them — and a great opportunity for YOU to guide them to channel this into constructive outlets...and teach respect, body awareness and fairness from an early age.
2. Model good behavior. Boys need role models — men and women. They need to see healthy marriages, selfless teachers, courteous coaches, older boys who are respectful and kind. We can actively seek these people out, in church or community organizations or extracurriculars, and point them out to our boys. Make sure they see and notice qualities of good men, and help them aspire to be like that.
3. Teach courtesy. Teach them to respect their own amazing bodies, and others' too. A couple weeks ago my boys were really into sneaking up behind each other to tickle until the other screamed. Eventually I sat them down and explained that it's not okay do something that makes another person uncomfortable. We need to be respectful of everyone — boy or girl. They know this is important in our house.
So…we had "the talk" with our son. Yikes! Spoiler alert: it actually went better than I thought it would. I thought I'd share some of the resources my husband & I used to prepare, and then I'll give you the run down on how it actually went.


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After Cancer Treatement Therapy Dog Has Two More Wonderful Years
August 3, 2012 Marcia Gossard - Director of Communications and Marketing
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"Mia," a bassador (Basset/Labrador mix) and therapy dog, was diagnosed with lymphoma in February 2012, just five months before her 10th birthday. She received several rounds of chemotherapy at the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and is currently in remission. In July, Mia with her canine family members celebrated her birthday by feasting on meat and cream cheese cupcakes.
To continue their therapy work, Mia and her human mom, Rachel Wright ('97 BA) recently renewed their Pet Partners therapy animal team registration. Rachel and Mia make weekly visits to Children's Hospital in Seattle and Bailey-Boushay House. Mia now has a new connection with human cancer patients after experiencing chemotherapy herself.
"She has given so much to so many," said Brian Wright ('96 BA). "She is in remission right now and she has been able to continue her visits while she fights this disease."
Brian, Rachel and their veterinarian are so appreciative of the advancement in cancer treatments at WSU that have helped Mia, they want to support cancer care for others. In October 2012, Brian and Rachel ran a half marathon to honor Mia and raise money for the WSU Oncology Service.
Update: As of October 2013, Mia is still in remission and continuing her work as a therapy dog. "She is a fighter, and an inspiration for us every day," says Brian. "She is in remission for the second time since her diagnosis over 18 months ago. She loves her work as a therapy dog."
Update from Mia's owner, June 2014: Mia is in her 3rd remission. We are celebrating 27 months of her being a cancer survivor. She is our miracle dog and continues to inspire us and all who meet her. She recently completely retired after 10 years of being a Pet Partners therapy dog. And, she is now re-channeling her therapy efforts to provide support to her basset hound brother Rudy, who was just diagnosed with cancer this week. Rudy will be starting radiation therapy at WSU the week of June 23. Mia has been accompanying him to all his vet appointments. She, too, has been through radiation (and chemotherapy) and has "woofs of wisdom" to share with her brother.
Update from Mia's owner, June 17, 2014: We heartbreakingly said goodbye to our basset boy, Rudy, last week. He made it through both surgeries, but unfortunately had serious complications during his post-surgery recovery. He experienced acute respiratory distress that he just couldn't recover from. His veterinary care team, myself, my husband, and Mia were all by his side. He and Mia both told us clearly that it was time to let go.
Mia (right) with her Basset Hound brother, Rudy.
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Your family dentist is your best resource for most of your dental care. In fact, many people almost never see any dentist other than their family dentist. In some cases, however, you might be occasionally referred to a dental specialist. These specialists have extra education and expertise in one specific niche of dentistry; it's similar to when your general practitioner refers you to a dermatologist for a skin condition or a cardiologist for a heart problem. Here are some of the dental specialists who might one day make up your dental care team.
A periodontist specializes in gum care. While your hygienist and your dentist will handle some gum problems, like gingivitis, a periodontist might be appropriate if you have extensive bone loss or need surgical treatment of your gums. A few patients see a periodontist routinely, but most just have the one problem addressed and then return to their family dentist to have routine cleanings.
An endodontist performs root canal and root canal surgery. While a general dentist can also perform root canals, an endodontist often has specialized equipment that allows them to access calcified canals or handle other challenges. An endodontist is also the dental specialist you'd see if you needed surgery at the tip of your root; that procedure is called an apicoectomy. After a root canal or apicoectomy, you would return to your family dentist for the final restoration of the tooth.
An orthodontist is the dental specialist who straightens teeth. They can apply braces and other types of appliances. Some family dentists do some orthodontic work, but complex cases generally require the expertise of an orthodontist. While having orthodontic work done, you'll still need to see your general dentist for cleanings, fillings, and any other treatment required.
If you have questions about your dental health or the need for a dental specialist, don't hesitate to ask.


RCI Technologies Inc. is a premier IT consulting firm, specializing in providing highly tangible software solutions to commercial and public sector services nationwide. Established in 1983, the business employs 68 full time and 2 part time employees. Headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, RCI has revenues of over $ 9 million.
Anisa was born in Tanzania, East Africa and migrated to the United States/ New York City as a youngster with her family.
After graduating from Baruch College, she started her career working for various financial brokerage firms. In 1983 she saw the need for IT placement and opened an IT consulting firm at home which was called Raj Consultants. She was motivated to start her own business because she wanted to raise a family and cut down on commuting to NYC. Moreover, running a business was natural for Anisa since she was born into an entrepreneurial family.
Today, Anisa manages the sales and marketing aspect of her company and her husband manages the operations and administration of the business. She has prepared her company well to take advantage of all opportunities by obtaining M/WBE certification from everyone - SBA, Port Authority of NY/NJ, NJ Transit, to name a few. RCI Technologies is the direct supplier to companies such as Lucent Technologies, IBM and many others. She methodically and successfully went after government business and now does business with the City of Philadelphia, NJ Transit, NYC Department of Transportation, GSA and more. She then concentrated on pharmaceuticals and landed contracts with Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson and Johnson, etc. RCI is expected to pass $10 million in revenues in 2008 and plans are underway to expand on a global basis.
As an Indian women, she states it is challenging doing business in the IT sector when the industry is typically dominated by men. Her advice to women entrepreneurs is "be persistent, have a vision and a strategy, and be focused".
Anisa is passionate about her work, and mentors other women-owned businesses. She serves on the Certifying Committee of the Women Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and on the Governing Board of WBENC; she is also a member of the Women Presidents Organization (WPO); Asian Women In Business (AWIB); New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO); National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and is also the Trustee of the Public Edison Library. Her awards includes NJSBDC (New Jersey Small Business Development Centers) Success Award 2005, the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) Supplier of the Year Award 2007 and was featured in India in New York newspaper "Women on Top" and the Star -Ledger "The Business of New Jersey".
Anisa resides in Edison, New Jersey with her husband Raj, and children Samir, 22 and Nisha, 19.


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Skier found after disappearing at Red Mountain resort
Tracks found Monday, but poor conditions had halted search
Betsy Kline
Update at 2:14 p.m. on Wednesday: RCMP say the missing man has been found safe.
Poor weather is hampering efforts by search and rescue crews looking for a skier who's been missing on Red Mountain in Rossland since Monday afternoon.
South Columbia, Rossland, Castlegar and the Nelson Search and Rescue groups were called at about 6 p.m. Monday night after Mark Anthony Gayowski failed to return off the slopes.
"They went out and did some preliminary searching around Kirkup, Grey and Esling Creek area, and managed to find some tracks," says Mike Hudson, the head of the South Columbia SAR.
"They followed those tracks for some time until about 12:30 a.m. due to deteriorating conditions with the snowfall, darkness and fog."
Hudson says search efforts resumed at about 7:30 this morning, with about 30 people involved in the search by ski, ATV, snowmachine and on snowshoes.
"Conditions are still pretty snowy and foggy, but we have five teams in the field, and we're heading back to the location where we found the tracks, both from the bottom and the top and hopefully we'll find him somewhere in the middle."
Gayowski is described as a Caucasian male, 34-years of age, who stands about 6 feet tall (1.8 metres) and weighs approximately 209 pounds (94 kilos). He was last seen wearing a light blue ski jacket, a pair of black ski pants, a brown toque and ski goggles.
A reminder that conditions change rapidly and the avalanche risks are moderate to high. Take extra precautions and supplies to stay safe out there. Up to 30 centimetres of snow is still expected to fall in the area.
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BYO Bag
Here's a not-so-fun fact: Americans use 100 billion plastic bags a year, which require 12 million barrels of oil to manufacture.
Another one: The average lifespan of a plastic bag is 12 minutes.
Check out the Center for Biological Diversity for more disturbing bag facts.
No reason to wait for a law to take effect—BYO bag now!
And if you have extra plastic bags laying around, you can recycle them at grocery stores like Whole Foods, Shop Rite, and MOM's. Enter your ZIP to find nearby locations here.
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Ideas We Should Steal: Reusable Bag Share
As City Council considers banning plastic bags, Green Philly highlights a Collingswood program that could make going bag-free easier for consumers and businesses
BY Brianna Baker
We all know and love bike share programs, like Philly's own Indego. But in South Jersey, the Collingswood Farmers' Market put its own twist on that model: a reusable bag share program.
Under the Collingswood Bag Share, customers who don't have a reusable shopping bag with them can stop by a table at the market and rent out a bag. Volunteers at the table simply write down the name and contact information of the customer, along with the unique number assigned to that bag, and ask that it be returned whenever is convenient.
The program has been operating for three years, but it has new relevance as Collingswood and other communities—including Philly—move forward with bans on single-use plastic bags. Can this model, if replicated, help ease the transition as both businesses and consumers everywhere kiss flimsy carryout bags goodbye?
The Collingswood Bag Share was the brainchild of Tricia Aspinwall, volunteer leader at Friends of the Farmers' Market (FFM), which supports the operations of the Collingswood Farmers Market.
Aspinwall says that the idea occurred to her around three years ago, when the town began considering a single-use plastic bag ban. And while she supports a ban wholeheartedly, she also worries about the effect it could have on vendors at the market. What if customers are deterred from making a purchase because they don't have bags with them—and farmers can't offer plastic ones?
"The consequence of that is the farmers aren't selling as much produce," Aspinwall says. "That affects their bottom line. And to me, it's most important to keep farmers in business. So at the time, we wanted to think of different ideas to make sure that even if people couldn't use a plastic bag, they had another alternative to turn to."
Aspinwall's concern for farmers comes from her background in farmland preservation. She worked as a land preservation specialist at Morris Land Conservancy before moving to Collingswood with her family in 2011. After arriving, she was eager to continue supporting agriculture in New Jersey, which brought her to FFM.
"The farmers' market in Collingswood is just the coolest place ever," Aspinwall says. "It's a great place for people to go on Saturday mornings just to hang out, get good food, great produce, hear local music. It's just a great meeting place for the community."
When Aspinwall and other volunteers first floated the idea for the program, they called it a "lending library." However, Aspinwall said that FFM landed instead on "Collingswood Bag Share" as a nod to the town's bike share service, which is popular among residents.
"While I am as much a champion for green initiatives as anybody, there are practical implications," Duffey says. "If you tell a business tomorrow that relies on bags heavily that they can't use plastic bags, it's going to have a serious impact on them and their customers."
Aspinwell also says that, in early versions of the plan, FFM considered lending out bags donated by friends and neighbors. But Joan Leonard, commissioner of a local environmental volunteer group Collingswood Green Team, secured funding in order to purchase new bags specifically designed for the program—with branding and all. Now, in addition to lending them out, FFM sells the bags—and other merchandise—for $10 each, with all funds going toward the market. There are about 500 bags on hand for the program.
"They're super sturdy, they last forever, they're washable," Aspinwall says. "They're the best bags ever."
While the service has run smoothly, it hasn't been used as frequently as Aspinwall would like. "Not a lot of people know about the program. We struggle to get the word out," she says. "Our usage has been steadily increasing every year, but it's still not a lot. We sell more bags than we lend out."
That may change as Collingswood begins implementing its ban on single-use plastic bags, which passed in October and becomes mandatory on April 15, 2020. Camden County, where Collingswood is located, also recently banned single-use bags, utensils and straws at county facilities and events. At least 24 municipalities in New Jersey have similar bans in place, with legislation pending in others.
The Collingswood ordinance, which was introduced by the borough's Green Team, also requires that retailers charge customers 10 cents for use of paper bags, as a means to encourage reusable bag use. As such, the ban's success depends largely on consumers taking the initiative to bring their own bags to stores and markets. Aspinwall said that she's already seen the tide turning in that direction.
The Collingswood ordinance requires that retailers charge customers 10 cents for use of paper bags, as a means to encourage reusable bag use. As such, the ban's success depends largely on consumers taking the initiative to bring their own bags to stores and markets.
"When I'm looking at customers at the farmers' market this year in particular, almost everyone has their own reusable bag," Aspinwall says. "Whether it's something they bought from us, borrowed from us, or brought from home. They bring picnic-style baskets, they bring wagons. Not many people are walking around with single-use plastic bags anymore."
Still, many shoppers are in the habit of using the free single-use grocery bags available at stores. And sometimes even the most anti-plastic consumers forget their tote bags at home. So when the ban goes into effect, the onus is on retailers to supply an alternative bag type—which will come at a cost. Many share Aspinwall's concerns about the bottom line of farmers and other businesses with thinner profit margins, including Borough of Collingswood spokesperson Cass Duffey.
To address that concern, Duffey said that the municipality is looking into ways it can help businesses prepare before the ban goes into effect. The Business Improvement District, for example, is currently offering free paper bags to retailers and considering a long-term subsidized bag program for businesses to help offset the costs of purchasing reusable bags.
The Collingswood Bag Share service could a viable option for businesses. While Duffy says that the borough wouldn't administer the service itself, individual stores can choose to loan out subsidized bags to customers, rather than selling them—such a solution would make them more accessible to lower-income customers, while also avoiding the costs that come with giving out unlimited free bags.
"Frankly I'm for anything that helps reduce single-use and increase reusable bags," Duffy says. "So I would be open to it if there was a business that was making a bag share program available. We would absolutely promote it."
Aspinwall, meanwhile, simply hopes more patrons of the farmer's market will make use of the program. But if it's picked up by other businesses in Collingswood—or even other towns?
"I'm happy we can be part of that solution," she says.
This story originally ran in Green Philly, a media organization that connects people to sustainable solutions.
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