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Fun Facts About “Of Two Minds”

As you may have heard, my latest story, “Of Two Minds” was published in Starlite Pulp Review #2. It is the third in the Lady Sheriff Series. If you’re interested in reading my story, you can buy a copy of the review here. This post is about the fun facts / behind the scenes of this story. Enjoy!

This is not the first time I used the title “Of Two Minds” for a story. Years ago, I wrote a fantasy story by the same title, which was rejected by everyone and their brother. Just as it should have been. Since it was a failed story, I took the title and used it for this tale. The title actually suits this story better and matches up with the themes.

https://youtu.be/h2Ccbjp3hCg 

The song, “Hang Out the Stars in Indiana” sung by Al Bowlly, is featured in “Of Two Minds.” A British singer, he was known for “The Very Thought of You” and “Melancholy Baby,” he tragically died in a Luftwaffe Parachute Mine explosion in 1941.

Sheriff Claire Williams wears her badge when she’s on duty, and carries it around in her purse when she’s off-duty, in case she needs to put it on. I’ve tried to do research, to figure out what a sheriff’s badge from Indiana in the 1930s, and haven’t been able to come up with anything. I found this cute little badge on Temu and it matches what I’ve described in the series. I put my little badge next to an old 1917 postcard: the note is from one great-great grandmother to another, and mentions Edith giving birth to Margaret. Edith was my great-grandmother, whose story and a bit of her personality inspired Claire Williams. And Margaret was my grandma, whose stories of the past inspired many of my writings.

There’s a character named Isom in the story. On my mom’s side of the family, we have an ancestor named Isom.

Deputy Joseph Frank is a series regular character and I imagine him looking like a young Steve Buscemi.

Blackbirds show up in “Of Two Minds.” If you’re a Terre Haute/Wabash Valley native, you’re familiar with the plague of blackbirds that show up every October and torture us until the following spring. I used to live in the center of town and the birds were so bad there, when they flew in hordes over us, we’d have to run from the house to the car – or visa versa – carrying newspapers over our heads to avoid their… deposits. Our cars would be coated in a grotesque mix of white, brown, red, and black. Very nasty business.

“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” is featured in this story, sung by Deputy Frank. I consider it the theme song for this series.

https://youtu.be/XYG9bXOLr_E

In my continual research of this time period and of the lady sheriffs in the early 20th century in general, I came across this fascinating clip on YouTube. It took me a few months, but I was able to learn the sheriff’s full name was Sheriff Jennie Walker. Her journey to sheriff was a little different from those who inherited their positions from their deceased husbands. After her husband’s failed campaign, upon the encouragement of the locals, Jennie Walker campaigned for the position and was elected…she was the first woman to be elected sheriff in Kentucky! She served the people faithfully and was respected by all. Special thanks to Knox Historical Museum for answering my many questions about Sheriff Jennie Walker. She’s become yet another part of the inspiration for my Lady Sheriff Series.

If you’re interested in reading the other Lady Sheriff stories, click here. Or you can check out its tag, Lady Sheriff Series, for updates.

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Wit, Wordplay and Wondrous Performances mark Upstream's clever 'Wittenberg'

Wit, Wordplay and Wondrous Performances mark Upstream’s clever ‘Wittenberg’

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor The never-ending debate between science and religion gets a robust workout in the cosmic ‘tragical comical historical’ play “Wittenberg,” which is even more fascinating because two local Hall of Famers, the venerable Steve Isom and Alan Knoll, spar like heavyweight boxing champs in a title bout.

Upstream Theatre’s imaginative staging of David Davalos’…

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ON THE RADAR: DESERT HOLLOW ‘THIRSTY’ OUT 21 MAY 2021 

I love it when new music drops into my inbox. I love it even more when it is as wonderful as this EP Thirsty from Desert Hollow. Music that is refreshing, melodic, full of hooks and marvellous harmonies. I’ll review it in full nearer to the release on 21 May 2021, but, oh my it’s very good... 

However, to give you a flavour here is a bit about Xander Hitzig and Nicole Olney aka Desert Hollow. 

Press Release: February 17th, 2021 Venice, CA

Desert Hollow is a young, California-based folkie duet consisting of Xander Hitzig and Nicole Olney.  The duo are both independent songwriters who have come together in love and creative collaboration and are creating a totally unique sound.  “We have a lot of things to say, and even more to play,” quips Olney.  Their name, Desert Hollow is a definition of their combined geographical and artistic influences.  Hitzig is from West Virginia and Olney is from the California desert. They both share a love for early traditional folk and bluegrass, but are equally passionate about indie-folk and alt-country music.

Both Hitzig and Olney wrote and sang on their debut 5-song EP, Thirsty. Hitzig also contributes lead guitar, fiddle, mandolin, penny whistle, kazoo and 5-string banjo, while Olney provides guitar, banjolele, and kazoo. They brought in guests Matt Lucich (Paula Cole, Kate Pierson) on drums and percussion, James “Hutch” Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan) on bass, Johnny Hawthorn (The HawtThornes) on steel guitar, and Adrienne Isom (Nocona and Mule Kick Records) on bass. The record was produced by Steve Berns (who also engineers) and KP Hawthorn (Mule Kick Records, The HawtThorns).

The two met and clicked on the set of a country musical, Sneaky Ole Time in which they both had lead roles.  The creative and biological chemistry was apparent from the start. Their voices meld in a way that old bluegrassers would call a “blood harmony” and when they come together to play, it’s like two puzzle pieces clicking together.  “Xander and I both have a knack for writing a unique song,” Olney notes.  “And those words we write are known to rest on a solid musical bed created mostly by the multi-instrumental genius that is Xander Hitzig.  I think we are also at this point known for our in-between-song banter.  We do solid banter.”

The EP kicks off with the title song, “Thirsty”, written by Olney.  “I felt more like an archeologist than a writer, scraping away the dirt from the bones of the thing.  Once I finally had the words and basic chord progression, I shared it with Xander and he picked up his 5-string banjo and started playing along.” She adds laughingly, “The song didn’t originally have a penny whistle.  I went downstairs to get coffee for five minutes and I came back to a three part penny whistle solo.”

Hitzig was inspired to write “I Can’t Wait For Summer” visiting West Virginia in early spring.  “I was sitting on the porch plucking my banjo on my parent’s farm and realized the firewood was getting low,” he mused. “Looking at the dwindling firewood pile, I thought, ‘I can’t wait for summer.”’

“Look At Those Birds” was also crafted during a visit to West Virginia, but Olney had the beginnings of this song.  On their way to a family dinner party, she looked up and saw birds circling in the sky. In a fit of goofy inspiration, she blurted out the melody and words that hadn’t been written yet, “Look at those birds, flying high up in the West Virginia skyyy…” Hitzig declared it a song and she finished writing it the next day.  “We flew to Austin for SXSW a few days later and in our hotel room, Xander used the picking pattern he made up and his impeccable ear to create the perfect guitar part for the song.”

Hitzig wrote “Take Me Back To Nowhere” long before meeting Olney.  It’s a song he used to perform with his group Brownchicken Browncow Stringband. He was inspired after living in a van in New Orleans with the five-piece band for two weeks. “You can image that ‘nowhere’ seemed like a good place to get back to as quickly as possible.”

Olney wrote “Mary” after a panel at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.  “There was a guy telling a story about asking his songwriting hero about how to write a song. He responded with ‘take a song of someone else’s you really like and re-write it. Then just change the chords.’  So I gave that trick a whirl.  I took a song that I loved by Gregory Alan Isakov and ‘Mary’ popped out. Xander wrote that brilliant lead guitar part for it, which holds the song just as much as the words.”

Meeting KP Hawthorn and Adrienne Isom of Mulekick Records (and formerly of Rebelle Road Productions) was a huge milestone for the couple. “We are so grateful for every opportunity they have given us and everything they have taught us about navigating the music industry,” said Olney.

The beginnings of the record happened when Olney and Hitzig were at SXSW working a Rebelle Road showcase.  Hitzig was backing up Nocona and Alice Wallace, and Olney was working as an MC. Hitzig had a solo set on the last day of the festival and asked Olney to get up and sing a few of their songs with him. KP Hawthorn, co-creator of the showcase spoke with them afterwards about how much she had enjoyed the songs and wondered if they wanted to get in the studio one they all got back to L.A. “We agreed!” said Olney. “Once we were back, KP introduced us to Steve Berns, and a few weeks later we were recording at his studio, Fitting Room Studio.”

The pandemic had a change of plans for everyone in 2020 and Desert Hollow was no exception.  “This last year has been challenging, that almost goes without saying,” states Olney.  “However, it was also one of the greatest years of our lives. We raised money to film our music videos in February and in April we purchased our home on wheels, a Toyota Dolphin RV named, Dolly.  We crossed the country back and forth and lived on the road for a while.  We regularly hosted Facebook Live shows and even had a few socially distanced outdoor shows.  The music never stopped.”  

In September, they put Dolly in storage and flew to Maui to rest for a while.  And they are still there today, as they prepare for the release of this very special debut album. “I want people to know that this album is truly the tip of the iceberg.  Xander and I are sort of songwriting machines and we are just so excited to release this music so that we can release so much more music.”

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Comedian And Game Show Host Steve Harvey Features D'Art Shtajio Anime Studio Founders

  Steve Harvey is a name well known across the country, whether you're a fan of his stand-up comedy with a career spanning 30 years, his time spent on network TV with his own sitcom in the 90s, and now with his own nationally syndicated radio show along with hosting duties on long-running game show Family Feud, he's hard to miss.

    Now, he's taking his talent to Facebook's Watch video platform to profile people of color that are making a genuine impact on the world. On today's episode, he featured the founders of D'Art Stajio, the first Black-owned animation studio in Japan to detail what influenced Isom, with tomorrow's episode expanding on the interview.

  By: Humberto Saabedra

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New season, new stars, what can we expect??

So, in this ultra-weird time (a new normal, I guess), we’re looking for ways to distract ourselves from what’s going on. Thankfully, we’ll have actual real live football coming back in just three short weeks (and one week for some non-SEC Power Five conferences), but since we’re exactly ten years removed from Auburn’s sizzling national championship behind the Heisman heroics of Cam Newton, we figure that it’s time for a bit of a throwback. Therefore, we’re going to look each week at each ensuing game as if it’s somewhat live.

Friday was actually the true ten-year anniversary of the season opener, when we first saw what Cam Newton was going to do and how the team would begin to work together. However, we’ll still be running things on Saturdays to mimic a true in-season preview series, and we’ll even be throwing in game picks as we try to recall how we actually felt about each game as they approached.

Enjoy a little throwback as you relive some of the calm before the storm that ended up being 2010!

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We made it! It’s been a little more than eight full months since Auburn beat Northwestern in the Outback Bowl in the first game of the 2010 calendar year, and now we’ve reached kickoff for Gene Chizik’s second season at the helm on the Plains.

I think we all had a pretty good feeling at the end of last year — truth be told, it sucked, absolutely sucked, to see Alabama win a national title after Auburn had controlled the rivalry for the better part of a decade — and despite the rise in competition around the SEC, it was hard not to come into 2010 with a bit of optimism.

First of all, Chizik came in and ran through what many would call a pretty successful year one in the SEC West. His immediate competition was coming off of a year when they were ranked #1 for much of the season, and then they won the national championship in Chizik’s first season. The fact remains that Auburn nearly knocked off the eventual champs in the Iron Bowl, failing to get the generosity of a bunch of guys who don’t know that pick plays are illegal. After the Iowa State tenure, Chizik nearly double his win total from Ames in one season at Auburn, and now he’s got some experience, a strong staff that remained intact, and a roster where you can’t swing a dead polecat without hitting a senior.

There are reasons all over the field to perk your ears up when it comes to to the talent that’ll be on the field. Obviously, Gus Malzahn’s offense showed off the run game on many occasions last year, and a senior-laden offensive line will lead the way this fall. Lee Ziemba, Byron Isom, Ryan Pugh, and Mike Berry should pave a ton of roads for some new talent in the offensive backfield.

While we lost Chris Todd and Ben Tate, the work done on Todd from 2008 to 2009 can’t be overstated. With that example, what Malzahn can do with Cameron Newton should be exciting. He’s certainly got all the tools at 6’6, 250 to be mobile and give Auburn a different dimension when things break down, or even on some designed runs...

...and while his passing game could use a little work after a mediocre A-Day showing (although he did win the starting job shortly thereafter), he’s got plenty of help around the rest of the offense.

Ben Tate’s gone after a huge season, but the top-ranked tailback in the country out of high school joins the fun in Michael Dyer. Auburn almost had two or three of the top backs in the land attending school this fall, but Dyer’s the one that stuck, and he should fit into the Tate role pretty smoothly once he gets into the college rhythm. Thankfully, Mario Fannin and Eric Smith are also here to help level out the transition as well.

On the perimeter, Darvin Adams returns after a near-1,000-yard season in 2009. He came up just three yards shy of a grand, and the return of Terrell Zachery, Emory Blake, Quindarrius Carr, and Philip Lutzenkirchen should provide a receiving corps made up of vets and young guys with relevant experience. One of our favorites in Kodi Burns is back as well, but this time at receiver. We’ll see if he still plays Wildcat quarterback in certain situations, which could continue to add a huge element to the offense.

On the other side, the defensive line started to really make strides at the end of last season, bottling up Alabama’s run game before guys like Nick Fairley started to show out in the Outback Bowl. We’ve got Josh Bynes and Craig Stevens returning as seniors at linebacker, with Darren Bates moving in from safety to fill the weak side spot. While the secondary got torn up by Northwestern in the bowl game, Zac Etheridge, Mike McNeil, and Aairon Savage return at safety, with highly-rated JUCO corner Demond Washington showing up to play one of the corner spots.

As for Arkansas State, they’re going to be a bit of a handful, especially when you consider the weirdness of opening games and ironing out wrinkles. Gene Chizik mentioned in his weekly presser this week that the plan may be thrown out the window if things don’t go correctly:

“I think you always have a plan. Obviously, I don’t want to be presumptuous enough to feel like we are going to be able to play second-team guys. Arkansas State has done some really good things in the past when it comes to playing the Iowas of the world like they did last year. They took Texas down to the wire a couple of years ago. This head coach, Coach (Steve) Roberts, has been there nine years. Defensively, they’re always one or two in the league, probably the last three or four years in their conference. They’ve got a new offense that is fast-tempo. It’s very similar to ours in that regard with a new offensive coordinator, so we’re going out and trying to win. If we ever get to the point where something happens where we’re able to play young guys, then obviously we’ll have a plan. But let me backtrack on that because we’ve got a plan right now during the game to play young guys in the middle of the game no matter what the situation is because we have to. We’ve got a good plan on what we want to do. I don’t really have any kind of pregame thought on how it’s going to unfold. I know how I would like for it to unfold, but this is going to be a tough football game for us. It’s going to be new, we are playing a lot of young guys, and it’s going to be fast-paced. Arkansas State is not going to come in here and be wowed by this. It’s not like they haven’t played all over the country, so this is going to be a tough game for us and it’s going to be a good opening game for a lot of our young guys who have never played before, but it’s going to be a tough game.”

Kickoff comes at 6 pm CST tonight at Jordan-Hare Stadium, so be there and be loud for what should be a warm season opener with good weather for early September! War Eagle!

from College and Magnolia - All Posts https://www.collegeandmagnolia.com/2020/9/5/21423750/throwback-game-preview-auburn-vs-arkansas-state

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Cast Sparkles in Stages' 'Oklahoma!'

Cast Sparkles in Stages’ ‘Oklahoma!’

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor The game-changing musical “Oklahoma!” is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and Stages St. Louis has honored that legacy with a rollicking hoedown. Their colorful collaboration burns bright with vivid characterizations.

The ensemble’s good cheer emanates. Based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play, “Green Grow the Lilacs,” the first book musical by Oscar Hammerstein II and…

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SPSI - The Only Answer to Property Improvement

Smart plumbing (S&I) Ltd was created by Steve Isom and Ian Smart. Having works closely together on many projects with their companies it seemed the logical step to come together and form the company. Steve has been doing general building and property maintenance for over 25 years and has a large regular customer base. Ian has been running Smart Plumbing for 15 years and also has a large portfolio of customers. The company works closely with many local business and letting agents and has seen a huge amount of success since its creation whether you are looking to build an extension, convert a garage, renovate a property, carry out internal works such as internal wall removals, have a new bathroom or kitchen then contact us for a free estimate Small Building Works Property Maintenance Property Renovation Bathroom specialists Kitchen Installations Contact Us Today 01795 590808

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Cage Warriors Academy South East live results

Cage Warriors Academy South East live results - http://mmauk.net/2019/04/13/cage-warriors-academy-south-east-live-results/

Cage Warriors Academy South East live results

CWA South East returns to Charter Hall, Colchester on Saturday 13th April for a night of amateur and professional fights and no fewer than TEN amateur title fights!

Main Event

Pro 155lb Craig Edwards vs Scott Butters

Co-main

Amateur 185lb title – Connor Hayes vs Steve Riformato

Amateur 145lb title – George Tanasa vs Stefano Morotti

Amateur 135lb title – Ollie Sarwa vs Jack Eglin

Amateur 125lb title – Muhidin Abubakar vs Krzysztof Pawlaczek

Amateur 170lb title – Jamie Ward vs Guolaugar Por Einarsson

Amateur 135lb title (female) – Kerry Isom vs Joanne Doyle

Amateur 125lb title (female) – Lexi Rook vs Sophia Haddouche

Norweigan Card:

Pro 170lb – Jorgen Indsetviken vs Eric Veyrier

Amateur 135lb title – John Vetle vs Ian Odin Krause

Amateur 155lb title – Emanuele Palumbo vs Phuong Tran

Amateur 155lb – Kim Bravie vs Patrick Bright

Amateur 170lb – Magnus Iverson vs Cyril Quijoux

Prelims

Amateur 115lb title (female) – Eivor Hovde Hoff vs Chloe Crooke

Amateur 145lb – Hamza Himdy vs Jimmy Fell

Amateur 145lb – Nik Bagley vs Imran Altamirov

Amateur 125lb – Grzegorz Pawlaczek vs Chey Veal

Amateur 170lb – Conan Barbaru vs Mark Harris

Amateur 155lb – Ben Woolliss vs Matthieu Moya

Amateur 170lb – Markus Gailius vs Joakim Dahlin

Amateur 135lb – Shoriful Islam vs Velizar Manev

Amateur 145lb – Milosz Wasik vs Sullivan Kerner

Amateur 135lb – Duncan Djillali vs Sydney M’Roivili

Amateur 155lb – Andreas Gule vs Dave Finch

Amateur 170lb – Ethan Barry vs Maghatte Himoud

Amateur 170lb – Adil Rajal Hussain vs Frantz Carpentier

Amateur 135lb – John Parthaugen vs Jack Clarke

Amateur 205lb – Arni Gudnason vs Ragine White

Amateur 155lb – River O’Callaghan vs Guido Possidente

Amateur 125lb – Tori Svendsen vs Shanelle Dyer

Amateur 135lb – Camilla Bergstrom vs Linda Birkley

Amateur 185lb – Noah Mitaev vs Marco Doda

Amateur 185lb – Vebjorn Jorgensen vs Umberto Argentano

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Early-stage VC byFounders closes €100M fund to back Nordics and Baltics startups

ByFounders, a relatively new early-stage venture capital firm targeting the Nordic and Baltic regions of Europe, is officially launching its first fund today.

The debut fund has closed at €100 million and will be used to back tech startups at pre-seed, seed and in some instances Series A. ByFounders will also do follow on investments to maintain pro-rata ownership in its most promising portfolio companies.

However, what perhaps makes byFounders stand out from the crowd is its LP structure. Along with institutional investors, such as anchor investor Danish Growth Fund, byFounders’ backers includes more than 50 entrepreneurs.

Dubbed the “Collective,” the group of individual LPs include founders behind some of the region’s most renowned companies including Skype, Zendesk, Kahoot, Unity, Tradeshift, Sitecore and Vivino.

The idea is that byFounders portfolio companies can benefit from unique access to “deep industry and operational knowledge” — from scaling, recruiting, international expansion to raising further funding — in addition the Collective’s global network and ties to Silicon Valley.

ByFounders’ other institutional investors are Isomer Capital, Draper Esprit, Digital Garage, Danske Bank, as well as a number of prominent family businesses from the Nordics.

Founded by Eric Lagier and Tommy Andersen, the VC firm has offices in Copenhagen and San Francisco and has already backed 11 startups: Corti, Peergrade, Simple Feast, Cobalt, Spiio, SafetyWing, Drugstars, Omnio, Qurasense, Tame and Uizard. It plans to make a further 30 investments over the next three years.

Below follows an email Q&A with byFounders Managing Partner Eric Lagier, where we discuss the fund’s remit, how byFounders’ LP network aims to give it an edge, ties to Silicon Valley, and the thorny issue of Brexit.

TC: byFounders says its sweet spot is seed and occasionally Series A rounds. Can you be more specific with regards to stage and cheque size you plan to write?

EL: byFounders’ €100m fund size and operational guidance from our 50-strong collective of the region’s most successful entrepreneurs means that we’re able to engage early with initial investments of e.g. €200.000 in pre-seed in companies like UIzard, Safetywing and Qurasense, onto €1-2m seed stage rounds like Corti and Omnio, and even do larger Series A rounds of up to €5m. The latter, we’ve done with the likes of Cobalt and SimpleFeast as they expand internationally. Our approach means we still reserve a large pool of capital to protect our ownership pro rata in later stages.

TC: What are the types of companies, technologies, business models or sectors you are focussing on?

EL: Evidently, our current portfolio is a mix of tech companies across verticals like healthtech, edtech, fintech, foodtech, IoT, B2C and B2B. Common to all of them is that they’re founded by great Nordic and Baltic teams with global ambitions. Successfully scaling a business is incredibly hard, but it’s crucial to do so almost from day one. We created byFounders to give the next generation of new Nordic entrepreneurs access to the collective learnings and leaders behind today’s unicorns.

TC: What can we expect byFounders to bring to the Nordics that doesn’t already exist, aside from another €100 million of venture capital?

EL: What sets us apart is the depth and breadth of our industry expertise and practical advice on offer from more than 50 people who have faced and overcome the challenges that you will meet as a founder.

Each member of the Collective is actively involved with our portfolio companies and they have all invested in the fund. We are basically inviting the next generation of founders into the “hall of fame” of Nordic and Baltic founders. The energy and potential unleashed from this is unparalleled.

TC: You say that a shortage of local funding sources has pushed many Nordic and Baltic startups to relocate to the U.S., but why is this a problem?

EL: Historically, many Nordic tech companies like Skype, Unity, Zendesk, Tradeshift have had to relocate in their pursuit for capital, talent and markets. The emergence of Northzone and Creandum, namely in Sweden, meant that companies like Spotify, Klarna, iZettle were able to stay local and help build a strong tech community that continues to feed and accelerate local entrepreneurship and the number of startups created here.

The good news is that many of the founders that once upon a time left the Nordics and Baltics, like Sten Tamkivi (Skype, Teleport), Jakob Jønck (Endomondo, SimpleFeast), Morten Primdahl (Zendesk), David Helgason (Unity), Michael Drejer (ProPeople) and Mikkel Hippe Bruun (Tradeshift) have all returned from Silicon Valley by now. They represent a huge untapped potential of knowledge that we are unleashing to help the next generation of founders.

The reality is that today you don’t need to relocate your business to get funding and be successful. This is a trend we’re increasingly seeing and contributing to in the Nordics.

The Nordics and Baltics have incredibly strong ecosystems that have in part been created by the willingness of our governments to work with entrepreneurs and tech companies, as well as by universities and society embracing tech-focused education. I believe the change in dynamics, in part, has been caused by seeing companies relocate, making nations’ lose out on wealth creation and a highly skilled workforce.

TC: You claim to have 50+ founders as LPs. Will this also be how you source deal-flow or how might this be a competitive advantage for the startups you back?

EL: More than one-third of all our deal-flow is generated by our 50+ byFounders Collective. We benefit from getting strong, qualified endorsements of new investment opportunities from our network of proven founders. In terms of our portfolio companies, our Collective represents unparalleled access to knowledge, expertise and networks. You can get capital anywhere these days, but with byFounders you get qualified operational guidance and game changing introductions which increases the likelihood of your success as a founder.

TC: How does byFounders think about Brexit? Are you long or short on the UK leaving the EU and does it have any bearing on the Nordics ecosystem?

EL: Despite Brexit, London looks likely to retain its position as the VC capital of Europe for now, but it’s still uncertain how access to talent and access to markets will be impacted. We all know that any tech startup’s success depends on the trinity of access to capital, talent and markets and byFounders is further strengthening the Nordic ecosystem at a time of uncertainty across the region.

TC: You are talking up byFounders’ ability to build bridges to Silicon Valley. Can you be more specific?

EL: You no longer need to leave the Nordic region to build a world leading tech company, but at the same time it is a massive tailwind to have someone on the ground in Silicon Valley that can help fast track you into the right conversations.

After Skype and Tradeshift, I moved to San Francisco where I have lived for the past eight years building and then exiting my own startup to HP and serving as advisor for 500Startups. During this time, I have built up a strong network of other tech entrepreneurs and investors that have helped bring scale and growth to early stage companies.

Many Nordic and Baltic founders venture to Silicon Valley to address a global market, yet it’s the equivalent of entering this new room in complete darkness and stumbling their way around. The majority of our 50+ byFounders Collective either live or have lived here, and together we help “turn the light switch on” and put our portfolio companies on a fast track to access additional capital, talent and billion $ markets.

TC: What is the biggest change you’ve seen within the Nordics (and Baltics) ecosystem in the last 5 years, and what needs to happen next to maintain the current momentum?

EL: Standing on the shoulders of success of Skype, Spotify, Zendesk, Tradeshift, Unity, etc, it’s been very encouraging to experience how the Nordic and Baltic ecosystem have grown an identity of its own as a global tech hub. Never has the region been able to attract so much attention from investors. As an example, three of Sequoia Capital’s best performing portfolio companies are from here – Unity (Denmark), Klarna (Sweden) and Medalia (Norway).

This also means that even though we are doing great, we need to work together and keep supporting each other across borders in order to keep punching above our weight globally. We see byFounders playing an important role in facilitating this and helping to maintain the momentum.

TC: What is the biggest threat to the continued success of the Nordics tech ecosystem?

EL: As the Nordic tech ecosystem scales rapidly, we quickly face resource constraints given our small local pool of talent and high barriers to entry. Key to success going forward is for us to attract talent from outside the Nordics and to retain them.

TC:. Does the tech press pay enough attention to the region, given it has produced a number of Europe’s most successful tech companies in recent times? If the answer is no, what is the one Nordics story that you feel no one has yet properly told?

EL: No. We all know too well the stories of the creation of Facebook, Google, Amazon etc, while few actually know the story of Nordic and Baltic unicorns Skype, Zendesk, Spotify, Supercell, Klarna, iZettle, Unity, Transferwise, Taxify, Rovio, Sitecore, JustEat, Tradeshift, etc. The common denominator is that they succeeded “against all odds”.

With byFounders, we have come together because we have strong stories to tell and we want to help guide the next generation of Nordic and Baltic founders to build global companies, however, this time not “against all odds”.

Via Steve O'Hear https://techcrunch.com

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David Michael Letterman (* 12. April 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana) ist ein ehemaliger Moderator der US-amerikanischen Fernsehsendung Late Show with David Letterman. Außerdem ist er Komiker, Produzent und Miteigentümer des Motorsportteams Rahal Letterman Racing. 

Lettermans ironischer, oft absurder Humor ist stark beeinflusst vom Komiker Ernie Kovacs und vom Late-Night-Moderator Johnny Carson.

The Late Show trat gegen Lenos zeitgleich gesendete The Tonight Show an. Letterman erntete Lob seitens der Kritiker sowie der Unterhaltungsbranche; seine Show erhielt 67 Emmy-Nominierungen, und gewann davon zwölf Mal in den ersten zwanzig Jahren. Leno schlug Letterman bei den Quoten, eine Führung, die über die Jahre zwei Millionen Zuschauer betrug (5,8 : 3,8 Millionen im Jahr 2003). Dennoch ist Letterman in der jährlichen stattfindenden Harris Poll (eine Zuschauerbefragung) in der Rubrik Nation's Favorite TV Personality (national beliebteste Fernsehpersönlichkeit) vor Leno platziert, so auch 2003, als Lettermann Dritter wurde, hinter Oprah Winfrey und Ray Romano – Leno wurde Neunter.

Letterman startete mit seiner eigenen Produktionsgesellschaft Worldwide Pants Incorporated, die seitdem seine eigene und einige andere Shows produzierte, darunter auch Alle lieben Raymond, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn bzw. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Im März 2002, als Lettermans Vertrag mit CBS auslief, gab die ABC bekannt, Letterman den Sendeplatz des schon seit Jahren laufenden Nachrichtenprogramms Nightline mit Ted Koppel zu überlassen, was bessere Zuschauerzahlen bringen sollte. Dies verursachte einen kleineren Tumult, der endete, als Letterman wieder bei CBS unterschrieb und sich öffentlich bei Koppel entschuldigte.

In der Show vom 3. April 2014 verkündete Letterman, dass er im Jahr 2015 aufhören werde, nach der Sendung am 20. Mai 2015 ging Letterman dann in den Ruhestand. Lettermans jährliches Gehalt bei CBS belief sich nach Branchenschätzungen auf 31 Millionen US-Dollar. Seine Late Show war Vorbild für die Entwicklung der Harald Schmidt Show und diente bereits Herbert Feuerstein als Inspirationsquelle für die Sendung Schmidteinander.

Nach zwei Jahren Abwesenheit meldete sich Letterman im Januar 2018 mit einer neuen Talkshow zurück: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (Mein nächster Gast braucht keine Vorstellung) startete am 12. Januar mit Barack Obama als erstem Gast. Netflix kündigte zunächst sechs 60-minütige Sendungen an, die jeweils im Abstand von einem Monat veröffentlicht werden sollen. Als weitere Gäste hat der Streaming-Dienst George Clooney, Malala Yousafzai, Jay-Z, Tina Fey, und Howard Stern angekündigt.

Letterman wurde in Indianapolis, Indiana geboren. Der Vater, Harry Joseph Letterman, war Florist im eigenen Blumenladen und starb 1973 im Alter von 57 Jahren an einem Herzinfarkt. Die deutschstämmige Mutter, Dorothy Letterman (geb. Hofert, jetzt Dorothy Mengering), half dem Vater zunächst im Geschäft aus und arbeitete später als Sekretärin in einer presbyterianischen Kirche, sie wird in der Late Show gelegentlich zugeschaltet, üblicherweise an Thanksgiving und zum Muttertag. Letterman hat eine ältere Schwester, Janice, und eine jüngere Schwester, Gretchen.

Nach dem Besuch der Grundschule Public School 55 ging Letterman zunächst ab dem Herbst 1961 auf die Broad Ripple High School und ab September 1965 auf die Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, wo er Mitglied der Studentenverbindung Sigma Chi war und 1969 im Fachbereich „Radio and Television“ graduierte. Während seiner High-School-Zeit arbeitete er nebenbei im Atlas Supermarket, wo er Einkaufstüten packte, Regale befüllte und später auch kassieren durfte.

An der Ball State University lernte Letterman die Musikstudentin Michelle Cook kennen. Die beiden heirateten am 2. Juli 1968, doch bereits 1977 wurde die Ehe wieder geschieden.

1985 stiftete Letterman das Letterman Telecommunications Scholarship (ein Stipendium) an der Ball State University, um Studenten der Telekommunikationstechnik einzig aufgrund ihres Talents zu fördern.

Einige Zeit lang war er mit einer Late Night-Autorin, Merrill Markoe, zusammen, doch die Beziehung ging schief. Markoe zog kurz darauf nach Kalifornien, um ihre Karriere als Drehbuchautorin in Schwung zu bringen.

1988 wurde die Stalkerin Margaret Mary Ray verhaftet, als sie Lettermans Porsche in der Nähe des Lincoln Tunnels in New York City fuhr. Ray behauptete, sie sei Lettermans Ehefrau. In den folgenden Jahren wurde sie immer wieder wegen unerlaubten Betretens und anderer Vergehen verhaftet. In einem Fall fand die Polizei sie schlafend auf Lettermans privatem Tennisplatz auf seinem Anwesen in New Canaan in Connecticut. Ray verbrachte zehn Monate im Gefängnis und vierzehn in einer staatlichen Psychiatrie wegen ihrer zahlreichen Verurteilungen. Am 7. Oktober 1998 wurde Ray bei einem vermutlichen Suizid in Colorado von einem Zug überfahren und getötet.

Im Januar 2000 unterzog sich Letterman einer Herzoperation und bekam einen fünffachen Bypass. Während seiner Genesung moderierten Freunde von Letterman Wiederholungen der Late Show, wie z. B. Drew Barrymore, Ray Romano, Robin Williams, Bill Murray, Kathie Lee Gifford, Regis Philbin, Charles Grodin, Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Bruce Willis, Jerry Seinfeld, Martin Short, Danny DeVito, Steve Martin und Sarah Jessica Parker. Zu seiner Rückkehr am 21. Februar 2001 brachte er alle an der Operation beteiligten Ärzte mit auf die Bühne, inklusive Dr. O. Wayne Isom und seinen Arzt Louis J. Aronne, der noch oft in der Show auftrat. In einer ungewöhnlich emotionalen Show war Letterman den Tränen nahe, als er den Ärzten dankte. Die Folge wurde später für einen Emmy nominiert.

Im Februar 2003 wurde bei Letterman eine schwere Gürtelrose diagnostiziert, und wieder gab, wie schon nach seiner Herzoperation, Letterman die Zügel verschiedenen Gastmoderatoren in die Hand, darunter Schauspieler Bruce Willis, dem Ex-Tennisprofi John McEnroe, Morgen-Talkshow-Moderator Regis Philbin und verschiedenen anderen Hollywood-Größen.

Am 12. September 2003 gab Letterman bekannt, dass seine Dauerfreundin und Ex-Kollegin Regina Lasko mit seinem Kind im sechsten Monat schwanger sei. Sein Sohn Harry Joseph Letterman, benannt nach Davids verstorbenem Vater, wurde am 5. November 2003 geboren.

Letterman besitzt zusammen mit Bobby Rahal den Rahal Letterman Racing-Rennstall in der amerikanischen Indy Racing League.

Im März 2009 gab Letterman bekannt, dass er seine langjährige Freundin Regina Lasko geheiratet habe.

Letterman bekannte sich am 1. Oktober 2009 während seiner Sendung dazu, Affären mit mehreren Mitarbeiterinnen gehabt zu haben, nachdem er, wie er mitteilte, erpresst wurde, dass diese Informationen publik gemacht werden würden. Der Erpresser verlangte von Letterman 2 Millionen Dollar, andernfalls würde er über dessen Fehltritte einen Roman oder Film veröffentlichen. Erst nachdem der mutmaßliche Erpresser Joe Halderman festgenommen worden war, trat Letterman mit der Geschichte an die Öffentlichkeit. Dabei trat er wie immer betont scherzhaft auf, gab sich mit dem Satz „Um Himmels willen, Dave hat Sex“ selbstironisch und erntete dafür Applaus und Gelächter vom Publikum.

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Winter Gardening Chores for Future Bounty

Winter Gardening Chores for Future Bounty

Winter vegetables growing in a garden including Broccoli, Rhubarb, Cabbage and Red CabbageEveryone wants a good crop from their garden. Cathy Isom has some tips on gardening chores to be done in the winter months. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

Winter Gardening Chores for Future Bounty

The weather may not be giving many areas a break in these colder months, that doesn’t mean the…

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IDENTITIES: Short Study on Nothing/Difference/Dominique Iris Heitzinger’s "Short Study on Nothing" is a whole-hearted venture, an experiment between performer and audience. The choreographer and performer focuses on the present moment and its continuous flow towards memory. Her point of departure is an attitude of unintentional-ity in order to savour each moment in its emergence, presence and passing, and to invite the audience to experience this cycle with her. What remains are traces of the occurred in our memory. "Difference" gives an intimate insight into the imaginary world of an individual re-defining his own self. "Identity does not begin, nor does it end," says a voice quoting Deleuze, as choreographer Maciej Kuźmiński searches for independent artistic and movement style. This self-performed dance monodrama stuns with the beauty of its set and lighting design, created by visual artist Michał Mackiewicz and recreated by Calgary’s Steve Isom. Choreographer Maciej Kuźmiński presents "Dominique", performed by Dominik Więcek. "Dominique" looks at concepts of manhood and womanhood, their liquid and contractual nature. His body, put in a socio-political context, turns into Her body, serving as a field of battle for the cultural concepts of gender. “The word feminism needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.” Presented as part of ProSeries facebook.com/events/760478237486038/

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American and Southwest Airlines Giving Employees Tax Reform Bonuses

Southwest Airlines employees (pictured here) will receive bonuses. The airline said tax reform is the reason. Southwest Airlines

Skift Take: There's never been any doubt U.S. businesses would benefit from tax reforms. But will consumers and workers? Time will tell.

— Brian Sumers

Southwest and American airlines like tax reform so much they’re each giving $1,000 bonuses to most workers, and promising to invest in their operations, fleet and product.

Southwest said Tuesday it’s budgeting $70 million for full-time and part-time employee bonuses, and adding an extra $5 million for a charitable contribution. American said its largesse will cost about $130 million, and American plans to distribute bonuses this quarter both to its own employees and workers at regional airlines it owns, including Envoy Air. American’s highest-ranking executives will not receive extra pay.

Most U.S. travel providers are bullish on tax reform, Steve Johnson, executive vice president for corporate affairs at American Airlines, told Skift last month, adding that changes in corporate tax rates would help the airline invest more in its product.

But few carriers have been as vocal as Southwest, with its CEO, Gary Kelly, repeatedly lobbying for the bill before it became law.  

This might have been because Southwest will benefit from lower corporate rates sooner than its three largest competitors. American, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines lost so much money between 2001 and 2012 that they’re still not paying cash taxes, though executives from the three have said they expect to within a few years.

Southwest was profitable during most quarters over that period, so it has paid substantial taxes in recent years.

Within a few years, American expects its tax benefits will be significant and wanted to share some of that with workers, CEO Doug Parker and President Robert Isom said Tuesday in a note to employees.

“While the company does not yet pay cash taxes due to our enormous losses in the past, there is no doubt that our country’s new tax structure will have positive long-term benefits for American,” they wrote. “We will be able to invest even more in aircraft and facilities, and we will be able to do so with even greater confidence about the future.”

Southwest Fleet Changes

While American didn’t share details on its investment plans, Southwest told investors Tuesday it changed some future aircraft orders to take advantage of what it called “favorable economics.” The airline is deferring 23 Boeing 737 Max 7s that had been due to arrive between 2019 and 2021, and is instead opting for larger aircraft.

In a filing, Southwest said it exercised options for 40 Boeing 737 Max 8s that will come in 2019 and 2020. It also said it will accelerate delivery of 23 Max 8s that had been slated for delivery in 2023 and 2024. They’ll now arrive in 2021 and 2022.

In Southwest’s configuration, the Max 8 has 175 seats, about 30 more than the smaller 737 model. Airlines generally prefer to fly larger jets because the operating economics are more favorable — as long as the carrier can sell most of the extra seats.

Southwest is still planning to take the smaller Max 7s it ordered, but will take them in 2023 and 2024.

Also, in a regulatory filing, Southwest said it expects it will record a reduction of its income tax expense between $1 billion and $1.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2017, “as a result of the difference between rates in effect when income tax expense was accrued, and the rates expected to be in effect when the income taxes will in fact be paid.”

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  St. Peter’s Cemetery. Photo courtesy of John Cofield

What an appropriate time to write about some of Oxford’s greatest…the Fourth of July! Thanks to local historian, Starke Miller, who provided this writer with his abbreviated 1 hour and 15-minute tour of St. Peter’s (City) Cemetery, stories forgotten or never publicized are now being brought back to life. Walking through the cemetery is a trip through American history…right here in our backyard!

HottyToddy.com: Starke, let’s focus on seven outstanding citizens of Oxford for this piece. Where do we start?

Starke Miller: AB Longstreet, second Chancellor of Ole Miss (1849-56) who was from GA and the President of Emory prior to coming here. He was the uncle of Gen. James Longstreet of Civil War fame that included Gettysburg.

  HottyToddy.com: The Longstreet name is synonymous with Oxford. (The Chancellor is buried in Section 1 of the Cemetery, SW quadrant.)What else can you highlight?

Starke Miller: He was also a pastor who had a very famous son in law…LQC Lamar. During the Great War, he sent bibles/tracts to the Confederate troops. He passed in 1870 at age 80 after late in life becoming President of USC (South Carolina).

  HottyToddy.com: Wow! What a way to start this historical journey. Is there another Chancellor buried here who you would like to highlight?

Starke Miller: Alfred Hume was the most beloved Chancellor ever. Having served in the position on three different occasions, it was this Chancellor who spared Ole Miss from consolidating with MSU (MS A&M then) and being relocated to Jackson.

  HottyToddy.com: I know a little about Chancellor Hume as his granddaughter was valedictorian of my HS class in Nashville.

Starke Miller: Hume was a Vanderbilt alum and was famous for the construction of many buildings on campus, his favorite being Fulton Chapel. His father was the dean of Nashville’s public education, and he was known as “Little Allie” as the Chancellor was about 5 feet three.Ole Miss was referred to as Hume’s Presbyterian University during his tenure. He died on Christmas Day 1950.

  HottyToddy.com: What a beginning! Can we pivot to Oxford history?

  Starke Miller: (Walking only a few feet away from where the Chancellors are laid to rest) Here is the grave of Herman Wohleben, a blacksmith on South Lamar and German immigrant. Herman arrived in Oxford in 1857, just in time for the war.

  HottyToddy.com: What is his claim to fame and fortune?

Starke Miller: While serving in the Confederacy’s First Calvary, Wohleben participated in a raid into Holly Springs where he confiscated hundreds and hundreds of Yankee $20 bills. Following the war, he purchased about half of the square.

  HottyToddy.com: Sounds like a local version of Captain Butler of Clark Gable fame.

Starke Miller: He also set up his four son-in-laws in business after the war with his newfound wealth. Wounded at the Battle of Franklin, Wohleben also fought at Shiloh. There is one story that describes his loading down three mules with the sheaves of the twenties during the Holly Springs assault.

  HottyToddy.com: Three mules for sister Sarah it wasn’t apparently. Where do we go next?

Starke Miller: Claudius Wistar Sears who taught at Ole Miss for 25 years after the war lost a leg in Nashville when a cannon ball went through his horse, Billy. He was devastated over the death of his horse moreso than his own injury. He had reached the rank of General at the time of the tragedy.

  HottyToddy.com: I recall you telling me on our recent trip to Franklin that Sears was a West Point grad.

Starke Miller: He was there at the same time as Sherman and Longstreet. He died in 1891 reaching the age of 74. 

  HottyToddy.com: This is really starting to get quite interesting.

Starke Miller: Let’s shift gears to some Ole Miss history by visiting the gravesite of James P. Stockard. (We are now in Section 2 of the cemetery). Stockard along with James D. Martin had a famous dorm named in their honor.

  HottyToddy.com: What prompted this?

Starke Miller: It was these two gentlemen along with their wives (both named Sarah) who provided the land that Ole Miss rests on today. They were engaged in land speculation and farming. Stockard died in 1860 at the very youthful age of 43. (Martin is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Holly Springs).

  HottyToddy.com: Starke, how can this tour get much more fascinating?

Starke Miller: You’ve only barely heard the tip of the iceberg. Want to hear about Dr. Thomas Dudley Isom? He left this world in 1902 after having worked in the first general goods store on the now Oxford Square. It was in a log cabin. He actually named the town hoping that one day it would be home to a university similar to Oxford, England.

  HottyToddy.com: What a visionary! What else can you tell us?

Starke Miller: Following the Battle of Shiloh, Isom was the lead surgeon of 9 at the University Hospital who tended to the wounded troops. He was a practicing physician in Oxford for many years. His daughter, Sarah McGee Isom, was the first UM female Professor and had a woman’s dorm named in her honor.

  HottyToddy.com: This has been incredible, but surely there is one lady, we can include in this interview.

Starke Miller: Maud Morrow Brown (1877-1968) was in the Ole Miss class of 1897 and served on the first yearbook staff. She was instrumental in dedicating the annual to the University Greys as her father was a Civil War vet. Her father R.O.B. Morrow who was from Atlanta joined the Confederacy at age 14 in 1863.  

  HottyToddy.com: This is an individual one could talk to for days and find out so much history.

  Starke Miller: Speaking of history, Maud was a historian for Ole Miss and in 1940 published the history of the Greys which took her 12 years to author. She also wrote the history of First Presbyterian Church and the history of Lafayette County during the Civil War. An interesting story about her occurred during WWI when she was substitute teaching at Ole Miss. Upon arrival at her classroom, several male students were in tears. She asked why. They responded the war had just ended and they would be denied the opportunity to serve.

If this doesn’t wet your appetite about the history that is contained in our city cemetery, probably nothing will. Starke pointed out a grave dating back to the Revolutionary War; another from the War of 1812 and yet another to the Spanish-American War. He has two tours, the longer one consuming 2 and 1/2 hours. Anyone wanting to be overwhelmed with local history should email Starke at coach1159@aol.com. You’ll be glad you did. My head is still spinning from just round one.

Steve Vassallo is a HottyToddy.com contributor. Steve writes on Ole Miss athletics, Oxford business, politics and other subjects. He is an Ole Miss grad and former radio announcer for the basketball team. Currently, Steve is a highly successful leader in the real estate business who lives in Oxford with his wife Rosie. You can contact Steve at sovassallo@gmail.com or call him at 985-852-7745.

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UMG SCHOOL OF PHD PROGRAMMES - Seminario 3D Slicer

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Mercoledì 28 giugno 2017, presso l’Università degli studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, si terrà un seminario dal titolo “3D Slicer: the bleeding edge frontier of medical image processing. From histopathology to image guided surgery”. L’evento, organizzato dal Prof. Amato e dalla Prof.ssa Spadea, tratterà una delle piattafore open source più diffuse al mondo per l’elaborazione e la visualizzazione di immagini mediche. Lo sviluppo è guidato dal Surgical Planning Laboratory della Harvard Medical School di Boston (USA) e gli speaker che interverranno sono I project leader della piattaforma stessa. In ordine, prenderanno la parola: • la Dr. Tina Kapur, direttore esecutivo del programma “Image Guided Therapy”, Dipartimento di Radiologia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. • Il Prof. Ron Kikinis: fondatore e direttore del “Surgical Planning Laboratory”, Dipartimento di Radiologia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. • Il Dr. Steve Pieper: Chief Architect di 3D Slicer e CEO della Isomics Inc. Oltre a descrivere il software e il suo sviluppo, I relatori mostreranno diversi casi d’uso, spaziando dall’analisi quantitativa di immagini istopatologiche e microscopiche, fino all’elaborazione di immagini di risonanza magnetica per la chirurgia guidata da immagini. L’evento sarà sicuramente un momento di interesse sia per gli studenti dei corsi di laurea magistrale che per dottorandi, assegnisti e ricercatori dell’Ateneo.

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THANKS TO ALL WHO VISITED WITH US AT THE 2017 ILLINOIS RURAL WATER ANNUAL CONFERENCE!

by Jim Mimlitz ⋅ Leave a Comment Jim Mimlitz Jim Mimlitz, NRI Thank you! to all who stopped by and visited with us at the 2017 Illinois Rural Water Annual Conference in Effingham IL

Tony Beuke and Brian Isom of Flow Controls generously lent their expertise at the 2017 Illinois Rural Water Annual Conference in Effingham IL as we led an advanced valve automation training course.  In this course, we introduced exciting, breakthrough control valve technology, which is based upon JFlow Controls’ new V-Port/Baffled Segmented Ball Valve. Tony Beuke (President – JFlow Controls), Jim Mimlitz (Navionics Research), Steve Fletcher (General Manager – Washington County Water Company and President – National Rural Water Association), Brian Isom (Product Manager – JFlow Controls)

This year, we had two special guests, Tony Beuke (President, JFlow Controls Inc.) and Brian Isom (Product manager, JFlow Controls Inc.).

Tony and Brian generously lent their expertise as we led an advanced valve automation training course. In this course, we introduced exciting, breakthrough control valve technology, which is based upon JFlow Controls’ new V-Port/Baffled Segmented Ball Valve.

Tony Beuke (President – JFlow Controls), Jim Mimlitz (Navionics Research), Steve Fletcher (General Manager – Washington County Water Company and President – National Rural Water Association), Brian Isom (Product Manager – JFlow Controls) This valve technology was applied within the Illinois Rural Water community at Fosterburg Water District, where two diaphragm valves had reached end-of-life and were slotted for replacement. Each upgrade consisted of a new 6 inch V-Port/Baffled Segmented Ball Valve, a Quarter-Turn Motorized Actuator, plus SCADA Control modifications. The experiences and telemetry performance data from this application were reported in the training course, thereby providing a blueprint of how a rural water district can achieve similar successful results.

For those who could not attend, the training class was based upon the experiences detailed in an earlier blog article, titled “Precision Digital Flow and Pressure Control With a V-Port/Baffled Segmented Ball Valve”:

Precision Digital Flow and Pressure Control With a V-Port/Baffled Segmented Ball Valve

The Training Course PowerPoint slides are also available online at SlideShare:

Precision Flow and Pressure Control with a V-Port Segmented Ball Valve and SCADA-Based Automation from Jim Mimlitz

Interested?

Would our state-of-the-art, V-Port/Baffled Segmented Ball Valve technology help solve a control challenge in your Water District? Give us a call. Our Telemetry/Control Systems are designed to leverage this exciting technology; and we’ll be glad to discuss this with you in further detail.

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About Jim Mimlitz Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer @ Navionics Research. Specialties: Radio-Telemetry / Controls / SCADA System Integration for Water Utilities, Flow Metering, Variable Frequency Drives, Motorized Valves, Electronic Circuit Design, Software Development.

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