On Friday, Jets coach Rex Ryan explained during Pro Football Talk that the season-ending ACL tear suffered by cornerback Darrelle Revis will have no impact on the team's ability to sign Revis to a retirement contract.
The player's current contract suggests otherwise.
As explained earlier this week on PFT Live, the timing of the ACL tear couldn't have been worse. Prior to the injury, the thinking was that a new deal would be worked out early next year, before the 2013 season. But now that Revis has to prove that he can get back to being the guy he has been after rehabbing the injury, the Jets won't want to give him what he thinks he's worth if/when he's healthy.
Instead, Revis may have to use 2013 to prove that he's still healthy. Which could prompt him to decide to play out the final year of his contract. Which would make it more likely that he becomes a free agent, since the Jets can't use the franchise tag on Revis in 2014.
And 2014 is where things will get interesting, if Revis won't be able to get what he wants unless he shows he can still play. Because if he shows he can still play, the Jets will have to pay him market value in order to keep him from getting to the market.
Many players that have come back from an ACL tear have not been able to play at the same high level as they did before.
That would be another good story for PFT to write about. Although every case is different what percentage of players over the last few years came back and played like before and what percentage did not after an ACL tear.
really feel sorry for the guy,after all it must be terrible to paid for not playing this year under that horrible deal that only paid him what 28 mil. over 4 years? then having to prove he is healthy before signing another big contract he can whine about 2 years after he signs it.
Andy Reid, just give Rex Ryan what he wants, send him Nnamdi for Revis, hell do it this year. And then give Revis Nnamdi's contract. Done.
As much as I love Revis as a player, a torn ACL is hard to come back from.
I say he comes back strong, but not like he has played previously.
But to be honest, in 2014 I don't think it matters. We should have given up on Sanchez before them and hopefully drafted a RB, so by then the whole dynamics of the team would have change. Who knows where we'll be at?
I think you pretty much nail it. Either the Jets have to sign Revis to an extension this offseason without knowing how well he is going to play, or Revis hits the free agent market in '14 and goes to the highest bidder. I wouldn't want to be in the Jets' position, as neither option is preferable.
One thing we pretty much know for certain is that Revis will still think he deserves to be the highest paid defensive player in the game. His ego throughout these past holdouts have shown that he thinks he is worth more than he probably is, and I don't think a knee injury is going to change that. If anything, it may make him more resolute seeing how he wanted to get paid this past offseason to protect himself in case he got injured.
I'm sure Revis won't make any unreasonable demands for an expensive contract until such time he's proven he's healthy and still on top of his game.
He strikes me as a well balanced individual who always puts the team before his personal interests.
Let's all admit – when you think of intelligent, unselfish, humble players, Revis is the first player that comes to mind.
I really don't care if he ever recovers as he is a Jet and I hate them.
It's sarcasm, right? He doesn't have the nickname Mevis for nothing.
Revis for Mike Wallace after the season.
He's going to hold out on one leg????
The arrogant, egotistical, greedy prick now becomes mortal…..love it.


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Eric Kenneth Fanning, né le  à Kalamazoo (Michigan), est un homme politique américain, membre du Parti démocrate. Il est secrétaire à l'Armée des États-Unis entre 2015 et 2017, durant la présidence de Barack Obama.

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Sous-secrétaire au sein du département de la Force aérienne des États-Unis entre 2013 et 2015, il est secrétaire par intérim du 21 juin au 20 décembre 2013, durant le processus de validation de la nomination de Deborah Lee James par le Sénat.

Chief of Staff auprès du secrétaire à la Défense des États-Unis du 17 février au 30 juin 2015, il est nommé à cette date sous-secrétaire à l'Armée par intérim par le président Barack Obama à la suite de la nomination de Brad Carson au poste de sous-secrétaire à la Défense pour le personnel et la préparation. Il demeure à ce poste jusqu'au 3 novembre suivant ; désigné comme secrétaire à l'Armée le 18 septembre 2015, il n'est confirmé à ce poste par le Sénat que le 17 mai 2016 après une longue obstruction, durant laquelle Robert Speer assure de facto la fonction. Il prête serment et entre en fonction le lendemain, devenant le  à ce poste et le premier chef de service ouvertement homosexuel dans les armées américaines.

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Behind the scene winners shine at the All-American Dairy Show
by Sally Colby
Sometimes it's hard to imagine how a major livestock event such as the All-American Dairy Show (AADS) runs smoothly from start to finish. Clearly, it's the dedicated people behind the scenes who commit their experience, time and energy to ensure a rewarding experience for all.
Jean Kummer, of American Dairy Association North East, presided over the awards portion of the exhibitor's banquet. She welcomed Ryan Haines, chair of the All-American Dairy Foundation, to present the Arthur Nesbitt and All-American Dairy Foundation Scholarship award. This scholarship is awarded to a dairy youth who excels in participation in the All-American show as well as youth achievement and knowledge of the dairy industry.
Although all five scholarship candidates were highly qualified, Daniel Kitchen was the judges' choice. "He has participated in each of the last nine years at the AADS, competing in the fitting and showmanship contest, junior breed shows, 4-H dairy judging contest and won the national Judi Collinsworth award for outstanding junior Holstein exhibitor," said Haines.
In 2017, Kitchen won the All-American youth fitting and showmanship contest. Kitchen is currently a junior at Penn State University, majoring in animal science with a business management option, and plans to pursue a career in dairy nutrition and genetics prior to returning to the home farm.
The Image Award is tied directly to how the dairy industry presents itself to the public. "When I think of the Image Award for the All-American, a few words come to mind: dedication, support and leadership," said AADS board member Allen Hess as he presented the award to Dr. Alan McCauley. "This year's recipient has excelled in all of these. He has been involved with the All-American show for more than 10 years. He's been involved in various aspects including ultrasound ethics as well as his current role as president of the board of directors.
McCauley says he didn't get to where he is without the help of others in the industry. He credits several mentors for success early in his career, including the Lant family of Horseheads, NY who took him under their wing in 1969 when he graduated from vet school. "They really got me interested in cows and taught me many things," he said. "My son Tom, who we called 'Moss' also learned a lot there. I remember old Fred (Lant) told him 'one thing about showing is no one ever remembers who was second. That gave Moss the incentive to be first."
McCauley also mentioned Dr. Francis Fox, who was McCauley's mentor at Cornell. McCauley thanked the board for their hard work, and commented on the thousands of volunteer hours invested in making the AADS work. He also noted that Barb Ziemba, last year's Image Award winner, has taken fund-raising for the AADS to a new level, and that Ziemba has raised more money this year than last.
"I think you need to be thankful for what you've got, and be careful not to bite the hand that feeds you," said McCauley. "I thank the (Pennsylvania) Department of Agriculture with all my sincerity for what they do to make this show happen. That means Secretary Russell Redding, farm show management, and Harrison Franz, the show manager, who came into this position a few years ago. He had to start cold — he didn't have one word or one sheet of paper to guide him. He came through the door and put this thing together when it needed some work."
In closing, McCauley urged exhibitors to keep discarded bedding clean and free from trash so the AADS can profit by selling the used bedding rather than paying to have it removed.
Prior to presenting the Obie Snyder award to Elsie Wolff, Kevin Stolzfus praised Wolff's hard work and her willingness to provide guidance to all exhibitors. Wolff started exhibiting at the All-American show 48 years ago, and has served as the Guernsey breed representative since 1988. She has been a strong advocate for the Guernsey breed, and has contributed to show promotion, recruitment and fundraising. Wolff met her husband Scott at the show, and they established a Guernsey herd under the Hollow View prefix. She continues to exhibit cattle with the Stolzfus family of Warwick Manor Farm.
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Celebrate Pride with House Wine Cans Limited-Edition Rainbow Bubbles in Cans Supporting LGBTQ Equality - In Stores Now
Benefiting the Human Rights Campaign NOW to August 31, House Wine stands behind its "Everyone's Welcome in Our House" motto by donating $2 per case of special cans sold
SEATTLE (PRWEB) May 15, 2018
House Wine's new, Limited-Edition Rainbow Rosé Bubbles cans celebrate and support LGBTQ equality and love in all its forms, and they're on store shelves across the nation now! From now through August 31, House Wine will donate $2 for every case sold of the Rainbow Rosé Bubbles cans to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America's largest organization working for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer equality.
Can wine reigns as the fastest-growing packaging format in the wine category. House Wine is one of the leaders of the 375-mL can format and the brand is thrilled to raise awareness and funds for HRC.
"House Wine has always stood for authenticity and, as a brand, has been unapologetically bold," said Brad Mayer, senior vice president of marketing for Precept Wine, parent company of House Wine. "Inclusion and acceptance of all kinds of love are worthy of celebration and we are thrilled to support the HRC and the LGBTQ community with our House Rainbow Cans in this special partnership."
The HRC represents a grassroots force of more than 3 million members and supporters working every day to make LGBTQ equality a reality. This is the first time House Wine has partnered with the HRC and Mayer said he hopes to continue this impactful relationship for years to come.
"We are delighted that House Wine has chosen to support LGBTQ equality through this special partnership," said Adam Marquez, Associate Director, Corporate Development at HRC. "When well recognized and respected brands embrace positive change it is inspiring, and in this political climate, truly needed to continue our advocacy of support and tolerance. House Wine Rainbow cans symbolize acceptance of love that knows no gender, sex or racial barriers and we are proud to partner with House on this unique product."
House Wine Rainbow cans are an extension of House's new Rosé Bubbles, offered year-round in standard pink cans nationwide. Winemaker Hal Landvoigt describes the rosé – sourced from American grapes – as bright, fruity and flavorful, "the perfect quencher where crisp and elegant aromas of fresh berries lead to lively citrus notes on the palate." The 375mL cans are line-priced at $5.99 per can, alongside everyday House Wine cans sold nationwide.
Consumers are encouraged to share their photos enjoying House Rainbow cans across social media using the hashtag #housewinepride. Drink with pride and drink responsibly!
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House Wine is approachable and unpretentious. It's a wine you can enjoy on any and all occasions. Created in 2004 by acclaimed winemaker Charles Smith – who partnered with and later sold House Wine to Precept Wine in 2009 – House Wine was designed with the goal of providing maximum quality and value in a minimalist package. Today, Winemaker Hal Landvoigt continues driving its irreverent spirit by travelling the world to source the finest grapes and cultivate its uniquely unpretentious style. Visit http://www.originalhousewine.com.
Seattle-based Precept Wine is the largest, privately-held wine producer in the Pacific Northwest and Top 13 American wine producer. With deep roots representing close to 40 years of Northwest investments in the wine industry, it owns and maintains more than 5,000 acres of vineyards across Washington, Idaho, New Mexico and Oregon and owns leading wineries and brands such as House Wine, Gruet, Browne Family Vineyards, Canoe Ridge Vineyard, Waterbrook, Primarius, Ste. Chapelle and Pendulum and represents Shingleback and Red Knot of Australia. It also operates tasting rooms and hospitality venues throughout the Northwest. Co-Founded in 2003 by CEO Andrew Browne, the company's wineries have garnered more than 600 combined best buys and critical scores exceeding 90 points. Learn more at http://www.preceptwine.com.
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Only People Make Their Own History: Writings on Capitalism, Imperialism, and Revolution
by Samir Amin
Introduction by Aijaz Ahmad
Radical political economist Samir Amin (1931–2018) left behind a cherished oeuvre of Marxist writings. Amin's intellectual range—from economics to culture—was admirable, and his lessons remain essential. Monthly Review Press is honored to publish this volume, culled from the Monthly Review magazine, of ten of Samir Amin's most significant essays written in the twenty-first century. The collection is introduced by Amin's friend and comrade, the Marxist philosopher Aijaz Ahmad, who provides a comprehensive survey of Amin's life and path-breaking work. Ahmad also offers a contextual focus by which to read such stunningly astute pieces as "Revolution or Decadence?" and "Contemporary Imperialism."
Only People Make Their Own History is a loving and enlightening look at what the work of Samir Amin has meant—and will mean—to millions of people the world over.
What is splendid in Amin's writing…is his lucidity of expression, his clear consistency of approach, and, above all, his absolutely unwavering condemnation of the ravages of capital and of bourgeois ideology in all its forms.… Amin remains an essential point of reference, and an inspiration.
—Bill Bowring, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Samir Amin was born in Cairo in 1931 of an Egyptian father and a French mother. He was director of the Third World Forum and president of the World Forum for Alternatives. He died in Paris in August 2018. Among his many books are Modern Imperialism, Monopoly Finance Capital, and Marx's Law of Value; The World We Wish To See; Eurocentrism (2nd ed.); and The Liberal Virus.
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Q: Using protocol's associated type in generic functions I'm trying to write a simple MVP pattern to follow in my app, so I've written two porotocols to define View Controller and Presenters:
protocol PresenterType: class {
    associatedtype ViewController: ViewControllerType

    var viewController: ViewController? { get set }

    func bind(viewController: ViewController?)
}

protocol ViewControllerType: class {
    associatedtype Presenter: PresenterType

    var presenter: Presenter { get }

    init(presenter: Presenter)
}

After having those defined I started writing some RootViewController and RootViewPresenter. The latter looks like:
protocol RootViewControllerType: ViewControllerType {
}

final class RootPresenter<VC: RootViewControllerType>: PresenterType {
    weak var viewController: VC?

    func bind(viewController: VC?) {
        self.viewController = viewController
    }
}

Up to this point everything complies and is fine, but when I start implementing View Controller like this:
protocol RootPresenterType: PresenterType {
}

final class RootViewController<P: RootPresenterType>: UIViewController, ViewControllerType {
    let presenter: P

    init(presenter: Presenter) {
        self.presenter = presenter
        super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        presenter.bind(viewController: self)
    }
}

Immediately I get the following error message:

Cannot convert value of type 'RootViewController' to expected argument type '_?'

I know that protocols with associated types can introduce some limitations, but this example is pretty straightforward and I can't make it work. Is it possible to achieve something that I want, or do I have to look for some other, less Swifty pattern?

A: I don't think what you're trying to achieve is possible due to the circular dependency between the respective associated types of the PresenterType and ViewControllerType protocols.
Consider for a moment if the suspect code above did compile ... how would you go about instantiating either the RootPresenter or RootViewController classes?  Because both depend on one another, you'll end up with errors like the following:

As you can see, the compiler can't fully resolve the generic parameters due to the associated types.
I think your best bet is to remove the associated type from one or both of the protocols.  For example, removing the associated type from the PresenterType protocol and updating the RootPresenter class breaks the circular dependency and allows your code to compile normally.
protocol PresenterType: class {
    var viewController: UIViewController? { get set }

    func bind(viewController: UIViewController?)
}

final class RootPresenter: PresenterType {
    weak var viewController: UIViewController?

    func bind(viewController: UIViewController?) {
        self.viewController = viewController
    }
}

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A few random thoughts and bits and pieces of news.
Today I did my first 'Google hangout' for Telegraph Wonder Women. It was on the subject of paternity leave, something I haven't had to think about for nigh on six years. My take was, broadly, that we should be thinking about what it's for before we worry about how long it should be for. Then I guess we have to work on making it as acceptable as maternity leave. It was telling that when I was looking at how ours compares to others, the Wiki page redirected 'paternity leave' to 'parental leave'. Then again 'maternity leave' re-directs to an episode of Lost by that name.
It was all very modern. I don't even Skype or FaceTime very often so I still get discombobulated by whole my face-in-the-corner thing. And unlike writing, it necessitates the washing of hair and the applying of make-up. Anyway, you can see the results here.
That really made my day as it can feel so lonely in the echo chamber of writing/fannying around on the Internet. I also love Lucy's columns in the Guardian and I know she's a big book reader so I was very gratified. As an aside, I adored Harriet Lane's Alys Always. It's a very compulsive story about a woman who inveigles herself into the lives of a gilded literary family. It's got a touch of the Patricia Highsmiths/Ripleys about it, which is high praise indeed. She's got a new one called Her out which is top of my holiday reading wish list.
Another bit of completely unconnected news is that I wrote a piece for Woman & Home about holidays with loved ones and how they expose more than just your, ahem, 'bikini body'. Here it is.


One of several advantages of the world wide web is shopping online. However, although it really is a simple process, you need to make sure you will have the right information to purchase successfully. Here are several things to keep in mind in order that you get acquainted with internet shopping.
Never give anyone your social security details when shopping online.No legitimate website should require this information. Jump off the website and search for the one that doesn't request a reputable one.
Many shopping on the internet sites offer discounts should you save money. They can offer free delivery or even a certain percentage off.
Have a look at product page information carefully before choosing. Do not forget that the product photos online will not be the same as the piece you obtain.
Some act intermediary if you find a dispute that needs to be resolved. Others usually do not help and want you to handle it yourselves.
Search for promotion code prior to an order. There are a lot of sites which render it their mission to find as much active codes as is possible. When you can't locate a code to the site you would like to use, search for the site's name and add "discount code". You Julia Upholstered Panel Bed Andover Mills might find the code that you would like.
Refurbished products additionally be surplus inventory. Julia Upholstered Panel Bed Andover Mills It can save you plenty of cash by purchasing surplus or refurbished items.
There are 3 primary types of restroom furnishings. Standalone, lift-up and installed. Stand alone furniture as the name suggests is made to remain by itself and isn't normally attached to the piece alongside it. Actually most free standing furnishings does not have a clear edge so it's normally not possible to attach another piece to the side without having to leave a small gap between the two pieces. The most typical type of freestanding furniture is the vanity device. This enables for storage space under the basin but occupies the minimum quantity of space. This is fantastic for storage in small bathrooms.
Lift-up furnishings is similar to stand alone furnishings but have flat sides to ensure that pieces could be added with each other to make a collection (or run) of furnishings. This allows for a lot more units to be fitted inside the restroom. Normally this type of furniture contains a to walls toilet and cistern real estate. These kinds of units are best fitted having a gap at either end, they do not come with for filler injections sections or extra worktop to complete odd areas.
Installed furniture is comparable to lift-up but has a variety of models and additional products to ensure that it can be installed wall to wall without any spaces. This kind of furnishings also offers the biggest number of device sizes and styles accessible. Fitted furniture in little bathrooms can have the effect of making the area appear smaller.


Having done extensive flying duties in the IAF, on retirement I was looking forward to a more down to earth and peaceful life. Life is nothing if not full of surprises. I am flying even more in India and US, and busy with my work of creative writing. Now writing about birds, travelogues, articles on scientific and environmental subjects in Hindi, and Upanishads take most of my time, that is whatever is left after giving discourses on Upanishads.
8 books of mine have been published since my retirement, taking the total to 11. (Anand panchi niharan ka - published by NBT, Beghar - An anthology of poems - pub. BSS) Also a Chapter on Upanishads in the 'World Encyclopedia of Hinduism' ( being Published from the US).
IAF honors - Both Indo-Pak wars. Two awards by the President of India. One by the Vice President, Defence Minister, Tourism Minister, and Chief Minister of Delhi. Hindi Service Award USA by the International Hindi Association, New York.


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Microsoft Health Subsidiary Nuance Backs 'AI Collaborative'
By Gladys Rama
Nuance, which was acquired by Microsoft earlier this year, is contributing its medical artificial intelligence (AI) expertise to a newly formed community of healthcare executives and experts dubbed the "AI Collaborative."
The AI Collaborative will officially launch in September 2022, according to a press release Wednesday announcing the launch, and will aim to connect "senior leaders from the nation's Leading Health Systems (LHS) who are deploying these technologies [AI and machine learning] in the clinical and operational settings, as well as planning for future use-cases."
Nuance is a co-founder of the AI Collaborative. The other co-founder is The Health Management Academy, a network of healthcare executives and companies that's committed to sharing data about the healthcare industry, learning and development opportunities, and opportunities for partnerships. According to its site, The Academy has over 1,600 "LHS executive relationships," over 450 members in the C-suite and over 150 "innovative industry members."
The new AI Collaborative will bring these members opportunities to expand their knowledge of AI, machine learning and data analytics in health care. Programming will include workshops, annual summits and visits to Microsoft's Redmond, Wash. headquarters.
"Our members have expressed their desire for a dedicated space to explore AI in healthcare and its enormous potential to improve outcomes and clinical workflow," said The Academy CEO Renee DeSilva in a prepared statement, adding that The AI Collaborative is "designed exclusively for clinical and operational executives who lead their organization's approach to investing in AI as a strategic initiative."
Acquired by Microsoft for $19.7 billion, Nuance's portfolio of healthcare technologies, particularly enterprise AI solutions for the medical industry, makes it an ideal backer of the AI Collaborative. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described Nuance as providing "the AI layer at the healthcare point of delivery" when announcing the planned acquisition back in April 2021.
"The key to successful healthcare innovation using AI is understanding at a deep level the problems that you're trying to solve and focusing on the outcomes you want to achieve," said Nuance CSO Peter Durlach.
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Peckham Library won Britain's most celebrated architectural award, the RIBA Stirling Prize, in November 2000.
The brief called for a building of architectural merit which would bring prestige to the borough and engender a sense of ownership and pride for local people. Will Alsop created a building of unique appearance which satisfied these criteria, comprising innovatory solutions to design problems; creating working, archive and meeting spaces of genuine delight and as a stimulating appearance.
Suspending the main reading room on a cantilevered plane allowed the creation of a new public space below the soffit. Within this are, 'pods' contain meeting rooms and independent collections, with workstations clustered below.
The brief included a children's library and a range of adult learning facilities. The central pod opens to the clerestory, allowing daylight into the main space while the 'beret' over the roof affords shade. The library was conceived with sustainability in mind and has natural lighting and ventilation systems which significantly diminish the building's energy requirements.


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Swiss Shop Shows Its Value
Open communication, preplanning and quality control go a long way in maximizing the productivity of this company's Swiss machines.
Swiss-Tech President John Jones (right) played a big role in preparing the company for its recent sale. Here he stands in front of the facility with Hanwha representative David Stevens.
Holding similar tolerances as the CNC machines in the shop, 70 cam-driven Swiss automatics are used for higher volume, less complex work.
This 3/4-inch-capacity Swiss-type machine proved to be the seed for Swiss-Tech's lights-out operations. The rigidity of the machine helps to hold tight tolerances and brings better tool life and better finishes.
Hanwha CNC Swiss machines have helped Swiss-Tech move from zero lights-out operations to 3 million untended parts per year.
Chris Felix
Editor-in-Chief, Production Machining
Swiss Shop Serves Medical And More
Research Zone For Swiss-Types
Hanwha Machinery America, Inc.
Every shop has its own way of communicating its strengths to customers on a regular basis to maintain current work and gain new business. While a number of factors can come into play, most often the big selling point is some combination of precision production capabilities, delivery time, customer service and price. If a shop can be competitive in all of these considerations, it has a good chance of landing the work it needs to succeed.
For Swiss-Tech, LLC (Delavan, Wisconsin), a manufacturer of high-precision turned products for the medical and aerospace industries, though, proving the company's value was far more complex. It was facing the same challenges as others in generating and maintaining business, but it also was trying to attract the right buyer for the company.
Dry Swiss Machining in Medical
Still Learning After 102 Years
Micromachining Complex Parts on Swiss-Type CNC Lathe
The company was founded in 1965, starting out with four employees and six Tornos cam machines in a 4,000-square-foot facility. Through the years, Swiss-Tech has grown considerably and has faced the challenges of a company sale a few times before. But each time the business has changed hands, it has experienced still bigger growth, and that was the goal for the upcoming transition.
While co-owners Ken Bliss and Vince Martin were considering retirement, they wanted to do what was best for the company and its employees in a sale of the business. They made a call to John Jones, who had worked with the company for 10 years in the '80s and early '90s. They felt his experience and knowledge of the industry could help build the company and prepare it for sale.
Cleary Gull, a group of investment bankers out of Milwaukee who help sell businesses, was hired to find a good buyer for the company. The firm brought in 11 groups who had interest in the purchase, and each was presented with a thorough rundown of what the company had to offer. After close scrutiny and consideration, Mike Adams and Todd McCuaig, of Cornerstone Industrial Group (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) were told they were management's top choice. They stepped up to the plate and made the offer that would become the basis for the sale. With Cornerstone on board, Mr. Jones and a few others teamed up as partners in the purchase, and now, with the right management and business strategies in place, the company is poised to exceed all previous sales figures.
Why It's Worth It
According to Mr. Jones, who, with the sale of Swiss-Tech, was appointed president, much of the company's success lies in its commitment to customer communications. "At every level of the company," he explains, "from sales to expediting to shipping to quality to engineering, you'll find everyone fully interfaced with our customers. For example, our engineering department does a fantastic job of preplanning through brainstorming sessions and raising questions with the customer. It's all about determining customer expectations and meeting them in the timeframe that the customer allows."
Typically when a job comes in, engineering reviews the customer requirements and then breaks the print down into process drawings. A separate AutoCAD department redraws the customer print, allowing for plating, tolerances and heat treat growth. Then SPC is assigned to the dimensions of the print—sometimes driven by the customer and sometimes identified by engineering as an area of particular vulnerability.
Quality is also a major consideration for Swiss-Tech. It has more than 7,000 active part numbers in-house and more than 200 customers. Surface finish is critical for a large percentage of the parts produced, and many require individual, "no part-on-part" packaging. Given the strict requirements for finishes, the company has invested in a number of measurement and inspection systems throughout the shop. It is now adding Oasis non-contact video profile measurement and inspection systems that allow users to measure multiple dimensions on a part simultaneously and instantly.
Many of the company's customers accept shipments straight to their stock, with no incoming inspections. They rely strictly on the data that Swiss-Tech supplies. "People sometimes forget that even when you ship a 10,000-piece shipment to a customer, every one of those parts is going to get used," Mr. Jones points out. "If there's a bad one in that batch, you can bet you're going to hear about it. It's not like the old days when the customer would accept a certain percentage of fallout. If we find that a certain part is generating too much fallout, we'll take corrective action, and everyone will get involved in it and determine the cause. Customers can be very demanding these days; if you embrace that, it makes you so much better. After all, with the added inspection, time involved and replacing the part, it costs more to run a bad part than a good one."
Quality Production
Near the back of the shop is a lineup of 70 cam-driven Tornos Swiss automatics of varying capacities. Mr. Jones is quick to point out that these machines are entirely capable of meeting the company's high quality standards. He explains that these are precision machines with micrometer adjustments on every tool. To ensure the desired results, Swiss-Tech designs and cuts all of the cams in-house, designs and grinds all of the tooling for the cam machines and does its own maintenance on the machines.
"We hold 2 tenths tolerance with these machines just like we do on our CNCs," says Mr. Jones. "The difference of whether a job goes on the automatics or on the CNCs has to do with lot size and complexity. We can do pretty complex parts with the cam machines, but they tend to be on the smaller end. When we get to the bigger, more complex parts, they're more likely to end up on the CNCs. So the CNCs take our lower volume, more complex work, and the cams take the higher volume, less complex work."
Regardless of the complexity, volume or machine it's produced on, the goal is always a quality finished part. With the types of customers the company has, many parts (which can be as small as 20-thousandths diameter) require deburring under a microscope.
Intended For Untended
Much of the recent success of the company is attributed to the capabilities of its latest CNC machine acquisitions. There are about 100 Swiss machines of various makes, models and diameters on the shop floor, but the last 13 (including four in the last 2 months) have been Hanwha ML and SL series Swiss turning centers. Since bringing in the first Hanwha in 2004, the company has gone from zero lights-out operations to about 3 million untended parts a year.
By taking the time to engineer the parts up-front and understand the tool life and capabilities of the machine running the part, Swiss-Tech has made great strides in increasing productivity. "It starts with a rigid machine," Mr. Jones says. "We have some Swiss lathes that are not capable of holding tolerances in lights-out conditions. The Hanwhas work well even with the 316 stainless and titanium. Those machines are what really kicked it off for us. Then we've been able to transfer some of that technology to our cam machines to be able to do lights out on those as well. We purchased magazine loaders for them, and through the use of SPC, we've identified our tool life so we understand how many parts we can get out of the tools."
With a large casting underneath, these new machines bring the strength and rigidity all the way to the floor. Mr. Jones feels that it's the rigidity of that mass that translates into the ability to hold tight tolerances, better tool life, better finishes and lights-out production capabilities.
Lights-out production has also contributed to other positive influences on the bottom line. The number of employees has been reduced. Shop personnel work 4, 10-hour days, with two shifts running. Each weekday, then, has a 3-hour span of lights-out, and longer-run parts are scheduled for weekends. The in-house scrap rate has also been improved. Mr. Jones says, "We get almost no fallout from our lights-out operations. It only makes us better all around because untended operations force us to pay much more attention to the process up front, making sure the engineering is proper. There's no human safety net."
Mr. Jones says that the company has so much confidence in the Hanwha machines that they are even buying older models that have been abused and rebuilding them to dedicate to a specific part. Currently, a 316 stainless medical part is running on an ML20H with a Fanuc 18iT control and 3/4-inch-diameter capacity. The cost of a brand new machine couldn't be justified for this part, but he jumped at the chance to get a machine for less than $50,000 and run the part year-round, burr-free, untended.
Swiss-Tech chose the Hanwha particularly for its lights-out capabilities. "For us it's the perfect lights-out machine," Mr. Jones says. "It has high rigidity and practically no thermal growth. It has given us the confidence that with the right process in place, we can run untended without issue."
It is that kind of confidence in the capabilities of both the company's equipment and its personnel that keeps customers coming back, year after year. These are qualities that would make any buyer happy.
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Threading is usually the last operation when machining components, which is why the process needs to be reliable and highly precise. DC Swiss has developed an internal thread whirler, which leaves micro threads burr-free, even in demanding, hard-to-machine materials.
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Just like a car or a machine, the human body benefits from the technological progress of small parts turning equipment. Precision and stringent requirements for safety and stability are essential in the medical industry. In fact, the demands made on surgical screws (bone screws, maxillary-facial screws, implants and so on) and bio-implants can be much greater for the human body than for many industrial and commercial product applications.
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Stamas: Legislature continues to fight for Michigan residents, students
By Jim Stamas
Published 7:00 am EDT, Saturday, July 14, 2012
The Michigan House continued its push to protect hard-working taxpayers by approving legislation to help put more funding into public school classrooms and provide Michigan taxpayers with needed tax relief.
It was a culmination of a winter and spring legislative session that saw huge benefits for the people of Michigan, our public schools and to our quality of life.
We recently approved historic legislation to direct more funding into Michigan public school classrooms by reducing school employee retirement liabilities by almost $16 billion.
The Michigan Public School Employees' Retirement System is a statewide public employee defined benefit plan that has liabilities totaling more than $45 billion, which schools must pay.
Many area parents would be shocked to know that our schools currently pay 27 percent of their payroll, on average, into the employee retirement system. Their payments are expected to increase as high as 35 percent in the future. Reforms must be made in order to direct more money into classrooms where it belongs.
Public school employees hired on or after Aug. 1 of this year would have the option to receive an existing hybrid defined-benefit, defined-contribution plan or a straight defined contribution 401(k) account, under the plan. Employees hired on or after Aug. 1 would receive matching employer contributions of up to 2 percent of compensation deposited into a 401(k) account instead of retirement health care.
Along with needed retirement reforms, the House earlier this year voted to provide more funding for public schools and help Michigan parents and children by expanding options.
We approved an efficient and effective school aid budget that empowers students and gives local schools the opportunity for additional funding. We're giving students, parents and our schools the tools necessary to improve education opportunities across Michigan.
Our school aid budget makes up to $75 in additional per pupil funding available for schools that adopt best practices and another $75 million for technology upgrades.
Education continues to be a major priority and we must continue to take steps to improve education for all students. Our children deserve the best future we can give them, and our education reforms are a step in the right direction.
The House also sponsored and approved a sweeping long-term tax relief plan that benefits all Michigan taxpayers through broad-based reductions in the state income tax rate.
The plan rolls back the current income tax rate of 4.35 percent to 3.90 percent over the next six years, saving taxpayers $1.8 billion by 2018.
The House also approved a short-term plan to decrease the personal income tax rate from 4.35 percent to 4.25 percent, effective Oct. 1 of this year, while raising the state personal exemption tax deduction from $3,700 per person to $3,950 per person, effective Oct. 1. It then increases to $4,000 per person, effective Jan. 1, 2014, and moves to $4,100, on Jan. 1, 2017.
The tax relief proposals are based on genuine revenue projections, and can be done without raising taxes or reducing current state programs and services.
House Republicans have an inherent belief that hard-earned taxpayer dollars should be used wisely and effectively, and that every opportunity should be taken to bring people tax relief when possible.
Our overall breadth of work this session to make Michigan a better place is far-reaching. House Republicans finished the state budget for the second straight year by June 1, eliminated the Michigan Business Tax to encourage job growth, prevented fraud and abuse in state welfare programs, and eliminated lifetime benefit perks for state legislators, including myself.
We also approved crucial emergency manager legislation to help protect our ailing cities and schools; strengthened MAEAP environmental protections; and improved our state campaign finance laws to make government more open and honest.
These positive reforms we've made in Michigan are now showing tangible results. Michigan's unemployment has dropped from 14 percent to 8.5 percent, personal income has grown for the first time in a decade, we've turned a $1.5 billion state deficit into a $450 million deposit into the Budget Stabilization Fund, and people feel good about the direction Michigan is heading.
As we gear up for legislative session this month and in the fall, we'll continue to help Michigan students, fight for hard-working taxpayers, and make government more accountable and efficient. As always, improving our economy is a top priority and we will build on our efforts to create an environment where jobs can flourish.
Rep. Jim Stamas, R-Midland, represents Michigan's 98th District.


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Jordan Morris is the first Sounder to win MLS Rookie of the Year award. / Sounders FC.com
Major League Soccer Thursday named Sounders forward Jordan Morris the 2016 Rookie of the Year. Morris is the first Seattle player to earn the honor, recording a team-leading 12 goals, also a league record for an American-born rookie. Six were game winners.
Morris, a Mercer Islander who starred at Stanford, signed as a Homegrown Player in January, received 44.95 percent of the averaged vote. Players, media and clubs participated in the balloting.
Keegan Rosenberry of the Philadelphia Union finished second with an average percentage of 30.60 while Jack Harrison of New York City FC was third with 15.12 percent.
"It's a huge honor and it was one of my goals going into the year, but there were some other amazing rookies this year and they had some awesome seasons," said Morris. "Just to be a finalist for the award with two other great, great players was cool. It is obviously a huge honor."
"We are proud of Jordan," said Sounders GM Garth Lagerwey in a statement. "We think he has been as impactful in his first season as any rookie in the history of the league. We also believe that because of his work ethic, intelligence and humility he will only get better. Jordan is an exemplar of the best qualities of his hometown Seattle. He is an unparalleled teammate and role model for our community."
"Jordan is a big reason that our club has been successful this year," said coach Brian Schmetzer. "He has dealt with huge expectations and pressure from the media, and handled himself like a veteran pro."
Morris, 22, netted his first goal in a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union April 16. He recorded his first multi-goal performance against the LA Galaxy September 25 in a 4-2 Seattle road win.
Outside of league play, Morris has earned 12 caps for the U.S. National Team and scored in a 2-0 win over Mexico in 2015. He was recently selected for a pair of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mexico and Costa Rica.
Another Sounder remains up for an award. Midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro is one of three finalists for Newcomer of the Year after recording four goals and eight assists since signing July 27.
The club has had five players earn MLS awards. Fredy Montero was Newcomer of the Year in 2009, Mauro Rosales was Newcomer in 2011, Kasey Keller Goalkeeper of the Year in 2011, Eddie Johnson Comeback Player of the Year in 2012 and Chad Marshall Defender of the Year in 2014.
The Sounders host the first leg of the Western Conference championship against Colorado Nov. 22, following the FIFA international break.
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Talking points from day one of the first Test between Australia and Pakistan
Both Australia and Pakistan have delivered some unwanted history on a bizarre opening day to the Test summer down under.
Andrew McMurtryAndrewMcMurtry
news.com.auNovember 21, 20199:56pm
Cricket:Pat Cummins has Rizwan caught behind for 37 off 34, but it looks as though he overstepped. Third umpire reviews it and it stands, but was that the right call?...
Cricket:Pat Cummins has Rizwan caught behind for 37 off 34, but it looks as though he overstepped. Third umpire reviews it and it stands, but was that the right call?
Asad Shafiq is playing a lone hand for Pakistan.Source:AFP
Day one of the summer eventually got off to a good start for Australia after a troubling historic disaster threatened to ruin the side's homecoming.
As the First Test match on home soil since retaining the Ashes in England for the first time since 2001, Australia were expected to have their tails up.
Here are the talking points from day one of the first Test between Australia and Pakistan.
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'LOST THE PLOT': LEGEND UNLOADS ON CHAOS
What a difference a lunch break makes.
Australia nabbed an unwanted first in the first session of the two-match series against Pakistan, going wicketless for the first time ever in a Gabba Test.
For the first time EVER, Australia have failed to take a wicket in the first session of a Gabba Test match when bowling first #AUSvPAK
— Samuel Ferris (@samuelfez) November 21, 2019
This is the first time since 2005 Pakistani openers have survived the first session on day one of a test in Australia.
Also, the first time Australians bowlers couldn't take a wicket in first session at Gabba. https://t.co/2gmEzboMf5
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) November 21, 2019
But the new look Australian team are not one to lay down and accept it.
Post lunch, Australia delivered what they had been waiting for all day — taking 4/3 in 39 deliveries as Pakistan went from 0/75 to 4/78 as the Aussie quicks took hold.
Two for Josh Hazlewood and one each for Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins had the visitors reeling.
Pat Cummins likes that — no matter how controversial it was.Source:AAP
It's also technically a record as never before in Test cricket history has a team lost it's first four wickets in the 70s.
Update: never before in Tests has *any team* lost its first four wickets with the score in the 70s. Previous "worst" - first three wickets.
History made today 😀 https://t.co/9CvLCkZJVz
— Ric Finlay (@RicFinlay) November 21, 2019
A rather large collapse from Pakistan 😬#AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/76ZEButzgX
— #7Cricket (@7Cricket) November 21, 2019
Ramiz Raja broke down the opening two sessions on Channel 7 with the Pakistan legend talking about the "perfect template" set up by the openers as they withstood the opening onslaught for the entire first session.
While they only scored 0/57 off 27 overs, it was patient, watchful and just what Pakistan needed to do to frustrate the Aussies.
Australia were criticised for bowling too short, and fixed their plans during the break.
After lunch, it was a different story.
"The next session, they lost the plot completely," Raja said. "Subcontinent in style and mind and playing frivolously outside off stump. They didn't know their off stump and didn't learn anything from that lovely first session."
After a great first session,what is happening here?! #AUSvPAK
— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) November 21, 2019
Plucky Pakistan. I loved that first session. #Ausvpak #AusvsPak
— Tunku Varadarajan (@tunkuv) November 21, 2019
debuting an exciting 16-year old quick, collapsing after an assured start, a no ball talking point - pakistan have made a very pakistan start to the series #AUSvPAK
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) November 21, 2019
Pakistan were reduced to 6/143 before rebounding to 6/227 on the back of an 84 run partnership between Asad Shafiq (76) and Yasir Shah (26).
But the rearguard action ended quickly with Mitchell Starc taking two wickets in two balls, while Pat Cummins took the wicket of Shafiq to leave Pakistan reeling once again after three wickets for no runs as Pakistan was bowled out for 240.
LEE STEAMS OVER CUMMINS SNUB
Brett Lee thinks Pat Cummins' gentle nature may be why he's still bowling first change for Australia despite being the world's No. 1 Test bowler.
Recalled Mitchell Starc and the accurate Josh Hazlewood took the new ball for Australia in Brisbane but went wicketless through their first spells as Azhar Ali and Shan Masood survived with few hiccups before Cummins was introduced in the ninth over.
But Lee thinks he deserved top billing.
Lee insisted the vice-captain should no longer toe the company line. "He's No. 1 (in the world Test rankings) and as a gentle guy off the field he won't push his case forward," Lee said on Fox Cricket commentary.
"He's content to say, 'Wherever you want to put me I'll do it'.
"I think he's earnt that right to put his hand up and say, 'OK skip, I want that new ball'.
"There's a massive difference, I can promise you as a fast bowler.
"To take that brand new Kookaburra ball, that mindset is totally different.
"I hated it (bowling first change) absolutely; there's a huge ego that goes with being a bowler."
Does Pat Cummins deserve to be higher in the bowling pecking order?Source:AAP
Cummins backed Lee's faith up with 3/60 from 21 overs — after going for just five runs in his first six overs.
But one of his wickets was the big controversy of the day with a no ball going uncalled by the third umpire as Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 37 off 34.
Cummins was the chief destroyer during the Ashes, taking the new ball on most occasions before Starc's recall saw him open with Hazlewood in the fourth Test.
Cummins' Test bowling average is 21.45, while Starc's is 28.26 and Hazlewood's is 26.57.
Captain Tim Paine said at the toss all three quicks were clear on how they fitted into the team's plan.
"We've communicated that with the three of them," he said.
"I've spoken to Pat about that; he wants the new ball at times but all three of them are team men."
Before play, Shane Warne told Fox Cricket: "I understand he's (Cummins) got a role to play to do what the team needs, but I'd like to see him have the new ball.
"Starc can sometimes be too loose.
"He can swing it and give him that opportunity, but he's got to earn that right to have that first ball too."
— with AAP
'AMAZING SCENES' AFTER CRICKET TRAGEDY
Cricket: Pakistan's 16-year-old debutant Naseem Shah shed tears when recieving his first Test cap ahead of debut against Australia at Brisbane....
Cricket: Pakistan's 16-year-old debutant Naseem Shah shed tears when recieving his first Test cap ahead of debut against Australia at Brisbane.
It's official — Naseem Shah has become the youngest Test debutant ever on Australian soil.
The 16-year-old was handed his cap by Pakistan legend Waqar Younis in an emotional ceremony before play, confirming his selection in the final XI.
The young quick, who is being talked up as someone who can hit the 150km/h mark already, wiped away tears after kissing the newest addition to his kit as his teammates all congratulated him.
Tragically, Shah's mother died after he arrived in Australia but he impressed in a warm-up game against Australia A and earnt his spot at the Gabba.
Aussie legend and Fox Cricket commentator Adam Gilchrist said: "The young man lost his mother just over a week ago. He came out and bowled in the tour match two days later.
"What amazing scenes. An emotional time. Really exciting for Pakistan this group of young fast bowlers."
'BIG SHOCK': LEGENDS REACT TO ABBAS SNUB
Pakistan quick Mohammad Abbas has been the big shock of the first Test, as the seamer was left out of the team despite an average of 18 from 14 Tests.
Pakistan instead went for the trio of Shaheen Afridi, Imran Khan and 16-year-old debutant Naseem Shah.
It was a baffling call with Abbas leaving some demons the last time the two teams met in the UAE with the quick destroying Australia with 17 wickets at 10.58.
The call was quickly picked up on with baffled stars confused by the shock snub.
Not as fun running the drinks for Mohammad Abbas.Source:Getty Images
Former Australian opener Chris Rogers believes the visitors will live to rue their decision.
"I think that was a big mistake by Pakistan," Rogers said on ABC Grandstand. "I was in Perth at the WACA when he bowled against the CA XI.
"He did not miss his length. For them to leave him out for Imran Khan is a highly curious decision."
Former Aussie quick Mitchell Johnson also called it a "very strange move".
Similarly, Ricky Ponting told cricket.com.au felt that Abbas would be a key to the Pakistan attack.
"If he can do it on really flat pitches like he did in the UAE against us, why can't he do it in Brisbane and Adelaide where it's going to offer something?" Ponting said. "Whenever the ball moves, we know it'll challenge the Australian players."
Big shock for mine that Mohammed Abbas has been left out of the Pakistan 11. Reliable quality seam bowler with a super test match record.
— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349) November 20, 2019
No Mohummad Abbas!! 😫 #AUSvPAK
— Trent Copeland (@copes9) November 20, 2019
Unbelieeeeevable. I'm flat
Dropping Abbas just feels so wrong https://t.co/yG7WBvRBe3
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) November 20, 2019
Pakistan legend Ramiz Raja admitted the Pakistan team were off the quick after some fruitless bowling in his last series.
After that Australian series, he had two wickets against New Zealand at 45.50 and a strike rate of 174.00, and against South Africa, he averaged 46.20 with a strike rate of 88.80.
"They didn't feel comfortable with his present form, they said he's lost a bit of zip. His last three or four Test matches he's not really been able to do a lot of damage," he told Channel 7.
It didn't stop more incredulity at the issue.
DIG UP SKULL!
Kerry O'Keeffe has dropped a - let's just say interesting - theory about home Test matches after discussing the power of the Gabba.
In commentary, Shane Warne had just finished telling O'Keeffe and Isa Guha the first Test of the summer should always be played at the Gabba, a bit of a shot at India last season, who had Australia move the first Test to Adelaide.
"A theory that might interest you Shane, testosterone levels are 40 per cent higher when you play at home," O'Keeffe said. "Yours are the same wherever you play," as everyone laughed, "but they are, they're 40 per cent higher."
Kerry O'Keeffe was ultimately right about the studies.Source:Supplied
O'Keeffe should have known the jig was up when Guha said "we'll get back to that in a second" as they looked at the ball speeds of Nathan Lyon.
But O'Keeffe kept digging the hole deeper.
"Australia are always more aggressive at the Gabba - their aggression is 40 per cent higher here because of their testosterone levels," he added.
Warne said: "run with it Skull," as O'Keeffe said there had been studies done on it.
As if waiting for the perfect time for her question, Guha pounced.
"So what happens when the women play here?" she asked.
After plenty of silence as the next four balls of Nathan Lyon's over were bowled without anyone saying anything, Guha broke the silence at the end of the over and said "I like how you avoided my question there Kerry."
"Um, it was a male study," O'Keeffe said as Warne tried to distance himself from the comments and the discussion moved on quickly and awkwardly.
But we don't want to leave O'Keeffe hang out to dry, and after a quick search, we found research from the British Psychological Society's annual conference in 2002 that suggests testosterone is higher when players player at home and another from Northumbria University in 2003.
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U.S. Pesticide Makers Seek Answers As Bee Losses Sting Agriculture
May 24, 2013 | Posted in Crop Protection
Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the insects pollinate fruits and vegetables that make up roughly a quarter of the American diet.
The agrichemical companies are taking these initiatives at a time when their best-selling pesticides are under fire from environmental and food activists who say the chemicals are killing off millions of bees. The companies say their pesticides are not the problem, but critics say science shows the opposite.
Die-offs of bee populations have accelerated over the last few years to a rate the U.S. government calls unsustainable. Honeybees pollinate plants that produce roughly 25 percent of the foods Americans consume, including apples, almonds, watermelons and beans, according to government reports.
Scientists, consumer groups, beekeepers and others blame the devastating rate of bee deaths on the growing use of pesticides sold by agrichemical companies to boost yields of staple crops such as corn. Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer and other agrichemical companies say other factors such as mites are killing the bees.
"This is a difficult, high-stakes battle," said Peter Jenkins, a lawyer with the Center for Food Safety, which sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March on behalf of a group of U.S. beekeepers and environmental and consumer groups over what they say is a lack of sound regulation of the pesticides in question. They may have a lot of money. But... we're going to win," Jenkins said.
The uproar worries officials at Bayer and Syngenta, who make the pesticides, as well as Monsanto, DuPont and other companies who used them as coatings for the seed they sell.
"Everybody is concerned by it," said Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robert Fraley in an interview.
Monsanto plans to host a summit in June for experts from around the country to analyze the issue and discuss potential solutions. Bayer is breaking ground on a facility in North Carolina to study bee health.
The European Union said this month it would ban the class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, or "neonics," used for corn and other crops as well as on home lawns and gardens. Similar constraints in the United States could cost manufacturers millions of dollars in sales.
"We are concerned... that the science sometimes gets trumped by the politics," said Dave Fischer, an ecotoxicologist at Bayer CropScience who is meeting with bee keepers and studying the bee deaths. He said critics "are searching for a culprit."
The companies point to a vicious insect mite as one of many factors harming the bees.
Corn Seed Treatments
But environmental scientists say evidence increasingly points to pesticides coating corn seeds as the problem, not mites. In recent years, U.S. corn seed suppliers have offered more corn seed pre-treated with types of neonic insecticides so that as the plant grows it repels harmful pests.
A study published last year by scientists at Purdue University in Indiana found evidence that planting the coated corn generates dust that contains very high levels of the neonics that can move beyond the fields where the seeds are planted. The researchers said they found the poison in the soil as well and in pollen collected by bees as food. The neonics were present on dead bees collected for study.
The study's co-author, Purdue University scientist Christian Krupke, said the issue needs more research.
Syngenta and Bayer say they are doing just that. This month both companies announced they were helping fund research grants awarded to Iowa State University and Ohio State University and a Canadian farm group to study the impact of insecticidal seed treatment dust on bee losses.
"This research will provide valuable information," Jay Overmeyer, an ecotoxicology expert at Syngenta, said in a statement.
Unsustainable Levels
A May 1 report funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that nearly one in three managed honey bee colonies in the United States were lost over the winter of 2012-2013. The losses are 42 percent higher than losses seen the previous winter, the report found. Fewer bees spells higher food prices, according to the government.
U.S. officials say there is no conclusive proof that pesticides caused the bee deaths, and they cite many other factors, including the mites.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it is "working aggressively to protect bees and other pollinators from pesticide risks through regulatory, voluntary and research programs" but sees no need for a moratorium on pesticides. The EPA has said it will study the situation, but many experts say immediate action is needed.
"One third of the food supply depends on pollinators to be productive," said Doug Gurian-Sherman, a scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "It's hard to say that these are definitively the cause of major bee declines. But there is a lot of data coming together that should be seriously examined."
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Sometimes I'm reminded that small things are big things. How doing something that takes 5 minutes can answer 7 years of prayer. Who knew that God could use something so very ordinary to show a child that He does indeed love them.
Sometime around 2007 there was a little girl that came to live at Eagles Wings. I didn't know her then, but I know her now and she is lovely. I imagine what it must have been like back then for her to come to this new place and become part of a family. In my head I like to think it was some kind of fairy tale story of her being rescued and brought somewhere safe where she didn't have to worry about where her next meal was coming from. But maybe it wasn't like that at all. Maybe the transition from what was once familiar into all that newness was scary and disconcerting, I'm not sure. When she arrived, this young child was assigned a sponsor. Someone had chosen her. And she began to pray. Seven long years ago she started to pray that she would one day receive a letter. For seven long years she watched her friends receiving letters from their sponsors, but for her, one never came. I'm sure she knew that her sponsor loved her, they had been faithfully supporting her for this many years, but she wanted to be told, she wanted to see it in writing that she was, in fact, loved. This girl loves her sponsor, but she thought perhaps, her sponsor was not the letter writing type, so she changed her request to God. She asked Him that she may receive a letter from anyone, specifics didn't matter.
Fast forward to a few months ago. I was at Eagles Wings Children's Village when this blossoming young lady wrote me a lovely letter. Too shy to give it to me herself, she handed it to one of her friends to deliver. I was touched by what she told me and before I left I wrote her a card. I reminded her not to forget that she was beautiful both to God and to me and I thanked her for the thoughtful words she had written me a few days prior. It took me 5 minutes to write that card. Little did I know that in those 5 minutes, God was using me to answer 7 years worth of little girl prayers. I came home and forgot that I had even written that card, until I received a letter in return. A letter telling me that she had prayed and God had answered. She told me that she was going to keep and treasure that card I gave her because it was a special thing in her life. It was a physical reminder that God had heard her prayers. She tells me that the joy you give to others is the joy that comes back to you. And I hope the joy that she gives me makes its way across the ocean and back to her. Because not once did she mention that it took 7 years. 2557 nights she prayed that God would send her a letter and finally He did, but the time it took didn't seem to matter. She just praises her Father for the good gifts He gives, in the time that He gives it. May I, may you, remember to do the same.


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A student must be fully immunized against certain diseases or must present a certificate or statement that, for medical reasons or reasons of conscience, including a religious belief, the student will not be immunized. For exemptions based on reasons of conscience, only official forms issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services, Immunization Branch, can be honored by the District. The form must be notarized and submitted to the District within 90 days of notarization. Further information is described in the Student Handbook, as well as the following documents:
Important Information for 7th Graders
Important Information About Measles
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*See the COVID-19 Plan for full requirements related to the recent pandemic.
It is important to remember that schools are required to exclude students with certain illnesses from school for periods of time as identified in state rules. For example, if your child has a fever over 100 degrees, he/she must stay out of school until fever free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medications. A full list of conditions for which the school must exclude children can be obtained from the District Nurse. Please review the Student Handbook for additional information pertaining to student illness. To help prevent the spread of illness, we suggest reviewing the following health tips/guidelines:
Educational Rights & Responsibilities During COVID-19 (Spanish)
Cover Your Cough
The Flu: A Guide For Parents
Stop Germs! Stay Healthy!
No medication will be administered in school or during school-sponsored activities without the parent's/guardian's written authorization and a written physician order. This includes both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications.
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Although not an illness or a disease, head lice is very common among children and is spread easily through head-to-head contact during play, sports, and when children share things like hair brushes, hats, and headphones. If careful observation indicates that a student has head lice, the school nurse will contact the student's parent to determine whether the child needs to be picked up from school. The nurse can offer recommendations with regard to FDA approved treatments and how best to prevent their return. More information on head lice can be found in the Student Handbook, and from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Senate Bill 31, passed by the 77th Texas legislature (2001), requires school districts to provide the following information to all students and their parents/legal guardians in the District. Further information can also be found in the Student Handbook.
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Sometimes an app is fun and then there are those times that an app just adds a new dimension to your creative side. The Rhonna Designs is so never ending! I may be stuck here for awhile! So much easier than other software programs and I love the fact that I do not need an internet connexion to create! I am uplifted and inspired with the ease of it!!
My girls have been singing "Let it Go" from Frozen. I finally sat down to watch the movie last night with them and fell asleep at the end! Guess I will have to finish watching it tonight ..... Sometimes I need to be reminded by Papa God when I am worrying about too many things! Hence this inspiration came forth!
Yesterday was the last day of school and I find myself with bittersweet emotions! It was fun having both of my babies in Jr. High. Damita goes off to high school next year and the schedule will be crazy! Not even sure I will get any kind of break! Alas, the time goes too fast. I took this pic yesterday afternoon while we were waiting on my car to have a minor repair made. Can you believe my door handle broke on a Cadillac?! Well it did and it became a pain in the past month not being able to open that door! We are such creatures of habit. And we take too many things for granted. You cannot believe how many times we all reached for that door handle only to be disappointed again because it was not going to allow entrance into the car!!!! I feel relieved that I finally took time to get it replaced. So thankful that I can access my Heavenly Father 24/7!
Ahhhhh I guess I should go and do something!
So, here we are in the Spring of 2014 and I discovered today a set of pictures I had taken to write a blog post about my new We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board! Timely blogs do not seem to be in my grid, but I continue to try because there is just something about blogging that intrigues me!
My dear friend, and fellow cropping buddy, Valerie surprised me with this as a gift and certainly a new cropping tool is always an adventure. I finally gave myself permission to play for a couple of days and experiment with this new gadget. I have always had a liking for having my envelopes be hand-designed to go with my one of a kind cards. I confess that I have been using old fashioned templates and cutting them by hand...... I admit I wasn't too keen on this idea, but am hooked on a new system for making envelopes!
Once I caught on to "How To" do it I was hooked! I love the ease and the perfection in which my envelopes are coming together! Professional, I must say! The score lines make flawless folding of the edges!
See the three sides folded into the shape of an envelope? No lining!
Thank you, Marilyn for introducing me to Washi Tape...... I will be hopelessly devoted to rolls and rolls of the yummy forgiving tape..... loving the trim accents on my envelopes!
I rarely buy scrapbooking stuff at the dollar store, but stumbled upon these cute little owls and insipiration took me away!
Yes, I even planted some fall flowers in my flower pots. Don't you think they made a nice back drop for my cards?
Another new tip I have discovered is lining my envelopes with colorful magazine pages! See the red poppy behind the card? That my dear is out of a magazine!
Pink, of course pink goes with everything!
A little rubber stamping on the outside of my envelopes always makes me happy too!
Enjoying the "banner" thing...... they too are super easy to make! And such a great way to use up all of those tiny scraps that otherwise would fall into the trash bin!
See the lipstick? You gotta it, another magazine page. What do you think?
Really liking those little moving eyes on the owls!
Yes, It is finally fall and the temps will prove to be slow to fall!
Card Making is Fun Stuff; well at least in my opinion!
A close up of my banners, note the distressed ink on the edges? A little Tim Holtz always adds a nice finishing touch!
A twisting of twine adds a final touch!
This set of cards would't be complete without a tag thrown in! Shhh! I made these cards as a little token of my thanks, I hope they enjoy sending them out as much as I enjoyed creating them!
I even rounded out this crafting time with a two page layout, with out the pictures!
I am ready for the season to change..... it was a long, hot summer!
What are some of the things you love about Fall?


Representing the worlds of music, theatre, festivals, digital, dance, visual arts, heritage and literature, the Change Creation cohort is incredible…. 28 organisations from across scales, across England and across communities. Collectively the cohort work with an incredibly diverse range of audiences, artists, community groups and networks spanning generations, cultures and art forms. The cohort is really excited to be working together to deliver changes in each organisation that will have an impact across the sector. To find out more about organisations, leaders and the changes they will be creating over the next two years, click on each logo.


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Q: How to specify the installation path in windows_package Ruby script Is there a way to specify the installation path in windows_package resource in chef Ruby script?
I am an newbie in chef script. I've been looking here https://docs.chef.io/resource_windows_package.html but can't find the answer.
Appreciate any help on this.
Regards.

A: I'm assuming you are asking how to set the path that a program will be installed into, and this will vary depenIding on the options that can be provided to the msi via command line as well as what route you need to take.  Not sure if you've ever needed to install sql server through using the UI, but an example cookbook that gets this accomplished is here https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/sql_server.  You might want to poke around to get an idea of what they are doing.  If you provide the name/path of the specific program you are trying to install, I may be able to provide a more specific answer.  There are many ways to skin a cat here.
Regards,


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Facemask Donation in aid of Covid-19 Callan Support Group charity appeal
Garda Carmel Murray modelling one of the masks which were presented to her and her colleagues in Callan Garda Station by Maria
We would like to give a huge thank you to Maria Bove-Audoire for all her hard work over the past number of months and her generous donations this week.
Maria has been very busy making facemasks and has generously donated €1 from every mask sold to the Covid-19 Callan Support Group charity appeal for Mount Carmel, St. Joseph's, and L'arche Community.
On Wednesday night a cheque for €350 was presented to Pauline Hartley and Claire Somers who are members of the Support group.
To date, the support group has raised over €10,000, over €7,000 of which has been generously donated online. Remember it's not too late to donate, you can donate via the GoFundMe page and donations can also be left into Callan Post Office.
In addition to this generous donation to the charity appeal, Maria has also presented some specially designed and made masks to Callan Garda Station.


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ECOSTARS
Seven schemes to assess the environmental performance of different types of fleets.
The ECOSTARS project set up seven fleet recognition schemes. Each ECOSTARS scheme rated vehicles and operating practices using star rating criteria, to recognise levels of environmental and energy savings performance. Operators then received tailor-made support to ensure an efficient and cost-effective fleet, to help them progress to higher ratings within the scheme.
ECOSTARS Key Results:
The scheme members stated that what they gained most from participation was an objective measurement of fleet standards (36%), an increased public relations value from media coverage (31%), and a better understanding of fuel costs (20%) and CO2 emissions (12%). In terms of the environmental impact of the project, we found that ECOSTARS members have gained:
A range of savings in fuel consumption from 1.1% up to 5% due to the adoption of eco-driving techniques.
A reduction in fuel consumption through the implementation of tailored advice given in their road maps from 0.2% up to 10%.
A fuel efficiency gain of 3.5% where low resistance tires have been deployed.
An improvement of more than 8% in fleet management proficiency by using in-cab telematics devices.
A reduction in fuel consumption of by decreasing the speed limiters from 85 km/h to 83 km/h.
Documents: ECOSTARS Final Publishable Report v2.pdf (Final report)
The project was funded by the European Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) Programme.
For further information, please visit ECOSTARS' TRIMIS page
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Professor Ken Herrmann
Professor Ken Herrmann is the Chair of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Universitätsklinikum Essen and currently the Chair of the EANM Oncology & Theranostics committee. He is a key opinion leader in molecular imaging and theranostics internationally and will provide advice on international collaborative opportunities.
Professor Herrmann completed his residency in Nuclear Medicine at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München before joining the Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where he became an Adjunct Professor. From August 2012 to July 2016, he served as Vice Chair of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Universitätsklinikum Würzburg until his current appointment as Chair at Essen in August 2016.
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(b) Either inspect the OSS before cover or allow the designer of the OSS to perform the inspection before cover if the designer is not also named as installer of the system.
(c) Keep the record drawings on file, with the approved design documents.
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Is tug Champion based in Duluth?
Got any more history and/or pictures of her?
Lee, she is not based in Duluth, she and a research barge came here to do research but she left to go back to her home port a few months later.


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Price per square foot is $316, based on the asking price of $2,880,000 and 9,101 finished square feet.
I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS 587385, 7640 LANGHORNE RD, SCOTTSVILLE). Thanks!


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Toy trains were altered when Märklina German firm that specialized in doll house accessories, sought to create an equal toy for boys where a continuous revenue stream could be ensured by purchasing add-on accessories for years after the initial purchase. Along with boxed sets comprising a train and track, Märklin offered extra track, rolling stock, and buildings offered separately, creating the predecessor to the modern model train layout featuring buildings and scenery in addition to an operating train.
Electric trains adopted, with the first appearing in 1897, made by the U.S. company Carlisle & Finch. As home use of power became more common in the early 20th century, electric trains gained popularity and as time went on, these electric trains grew in sophistication, gaining light, the ability to change management, to emit a whistling noise, to smoke, to remotely couple and uncouple cars and even load and unload cargo. Toy trains from the first half of the 20th century were often made of lithographed tin; afterwards trains were frequently made mostly of plastic.
Pull toys and wind-up trains were marketed by kids, while electric trains were marketed towards teens, particularly teenaged boys. It was during the 1950s the modern emphasis on realism in model railroading began to catch on.
Today, S gauge and O gauge railroads are still considered toy trains by their own adherents and are often accessorized with semi-scale model buildings by Plasticville or even K-Line (who owns the rights to the Plasticville-like buildings created by Marx in the 1950s into the 1970s). However, as a result of their high price, one is more inclined to find an HO scale or N scale train set at a toy shop than a O scale collection.
Many modern electric toy trains contain sophisticated electronics that exude digitized sound effects and allow the operator to safely and easily run several remote controller trains on a single loop of course. In recent decades, many toy rail operators will operate a train using a TV camera at the front part of the motor and hooked up to a display, such as computer monitor. This will show a picture, like that of a real (smaller size) railroad.


Collatz Conjecture function in Lua.
I just decided to post this after watching this numberphile video. I thought I might as well make it in Lua. Mainly to see how efficient I could get my solution. And I'm posting this here so maybe you guys can make it faster!
If the number is even, divide by two.
Else, multiply by 3 and add 1.
Bit long, but it gets the job done.
Here is a much faster version.
@Validark I jump to a recursive method too often, thanks.