Friday, November 30, 2012

Ally Spotlight: Nick Beery ? ?There is always a vigorous left-brain ...

Nick Beery (who lends his name to full-service graphic, copy, illustration, branding and marketing development company Beery Method) is as energetic as he is prolific. According to his bio, Beery?s design experience is culled from fine art, photography, illustration, and graphic design; his designs run the gamut from pop culture and underground themes to music inspired and three-dimensional projects. Beery is influenced by pretty much everything going on around him, from commercial connections with the action-sports industry and record labels, to creative projects for the musicians he admires. Added to that, Beery keeps busy city-hopping between the three bases of his company (he?s yet to claim any East Coast real estate ? could that be next?) and constantly delving into new projects. ?I work in tandem with another fantastic designer in Chicago. We recently formed a new company called BroLabs Design Co.,? he tells Creative Allies (more on that below). And, when asked about his favorite projects: ?Honestly, it all moves so quickly for me here that the freshest work is what I prefer to show off, but am already half over what I did last week!?

Submission for The Offspring poster contest.

Creative Allies: What is your background in art/design?

Nick Beery:I?ve been an art director for 10 years working under my own creative firm, Beery Method Design. I attended RCAD with a background in illustration, animation, fine art, photography, cartooning, and psychology. I run a small artist collective called Coalesce Studios that allows me to collaborate with a plethora of creatives and have a hand in a multitude of projects. I?ve worked with big names in the music industry and curated shows with big names in the U.S. art scenes. I look at ?art? as pie: It?s meant to be shared, it takes a lot of ingredients to make it desirable, and each slice has a unique appeal to those who take part.

Artwork by Beery for Society6.com.

CA: Beery Method is based in San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle ? do you split your time between these three cities? And how does your location/environment affect your work?

NB: I live in a trifecta of amazing cities where I work and play. Bouncing between San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle allows me to be constantly fueled with fresh creative energy. This mental split also keeps my senses invigorated and nurtures a full spectrum of ideas and projects to come into fruition with a multitude of clientele and collaborators. There is always a vigorous left-brain hum whether in the studio or on the road. No rest for the wicked, as they say.

CA: Where did you get your inspiration for your winning designs?

NB: As an example, in the My Darkest Days longboard I dug into my past skate boarding habits and knew that putting forth a design that reflected an old school graphic which also rebelled in the attitude of the band?s music would be essential. The graphic is completely hand drawn digitally with tricks I use through the various software at my disposal.

Beery?s My Darkest Days winning longboard design.

CA: Tell us a little about your process for creating your favorite submissions.

NB: My creative methodologies involve a vast arsenal of media and techniques. Utilizing my illustrative skills to produce subjective subject matter is one of many trades I enjoy integrating into the process. Hand drawn elements, photography (for reference and subjects), vector graphics, and traditional hand painted elements tend to bleed into each project at various degrees depending on the scope and theme of the call.

Poster design submission for Slipknot.

CA: Who are some of your favorite visual artists and musicians?

NB: I?m a consumer of neutralism in the realm of music and visual art. I like all forms, genres, and cultures. This may sound trite, but everyone I work with is at the top of my list. I admire many, yet strive to make waves of my own. At the moment I?m drawing inspiration from the classic mathematical genius Escher, finding palettes with the likes of Warhol, vibing hard on the latest from Soundgarden, and jamming on my commutes and winter downtime with Father John Misty.

?What Me Worry?? from Beery?s ?Pop Fiction? collection.

CA: Do you find it easier or more difficult to design for a band of which you?re a fan?

NB: As a consultant I work with some really amazing groups, collectives, and media buffs. I tend to drink from the fire hose sometimes on the web and stay coherent to the fact that there is constant industry shifts. Dividing my attention to specific artists and subcultures is the best way to describe the agenda I take up when propagating the informational stream. As an artist, I?m drawn toward my scenes and the rest is fodder for intermingling concepts and desired longevity as an independent.

I tend to draw my inspiration directly from the artists/musicians collective work. The design process is a collaboration which directly feeds my creative energy put forth into the visual mechanism. Digesting the sub-layers in a band?s body of work and regurgitating the filtered audible consumables into a reflective and respectable form that accommodates another artist?s passion is the most gratifying nourishment for my own constant investigation methodologies. A desire to push the boundaries and align myself with others who wear the suit of boundless vision is a true ?win-win? for both parties. Peering into the deep recesses of what makes another creative tick is necessary to produce pieces that stand as prolific in the winning contender corner.

Slaughter Sex Coffin, from Beery Method.

CA: You?ve done poster and t-shirt designs for Creative Allies, but your company Beery Method, works with some interesting 3-D formats, such as the coffin stash boxes. Do you enjoy 3-D design, and do you think it gave you an advantage when it came to your winning longboard design for My Darkest Days?

NB: Going 3-D is my absolute favorite way to produce new product design. I work in tandem with another fantastic designer in Chicago. We recently formed a new company called BroLabs Design Co. We are?exploring a mission to create a higher level of aesthetics to clientele who desire unique custom integration with traditional and digital media for branding and personal affects. Commingling an infusion of skills from architectural arrangement to expressive illustrative resolve the ?bros? bring a heavily layered understanding of core master visual conceptualization from a dually thick and deeply channelled background and careers in various creative industries.?Visual designers of acoustic spaces, sound design, environmental?and atmospheric installations, custom furniture, graphics, illustration, industrial design, photographic & film documentaries, music videos, molds?and 3D fabrication, prop?and set tooling, murals?and interior deco, traditional special effects, art direction, and creative consultation. Literally wrapping your mind around the form and shape of three-dimensional products gives a lift to all the 2-D design work to make pieces that are utilitarian and efficiently functional.

Source: http://articles.creativeallies.com/2012/11/29/ally-spotlight-nick-beery-there-is-always-a-vigorous-left-brain-hum/

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Shifting account of CIA's Libya talking points fuels Rice controversy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. intelligence officials testified behind closed doors two weeks ago, they were asked point blank whether they had altered the talking points on which U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice based her comments about the Benghazi attacks that have turned into a political firestorm.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, acting CIA Director Michael Morell and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen each said no, according to two congressional sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The next day, November 16, former CIA director David Petraeus testified before the same congressional intelligence committees and also replied no to the question of whether he had changed the talking points, three congressional sources said.

The CIA on Tuesday told lawmakers that it had in fact changed the wording of the unclassified talking points to delete a reference to al Qaeda, according to senators who met with Morell on Tuesday. It appeared to be the first time that the CIA acknowledged it was the agency that made that change, congressional sources said.

The Obama administration's shifting explanations of who changed the talking points - which were the basis for its early, flawed public explanation of the attacks in Libya - have fueled Republican anger, and could prevent Rice, and maybe even Morell, from getting promotions.

"This is the fourth story about who changed the talking points and the third reason why - after all the agencies appeared under oath and said, ?I don't know who changed the talking points.' To say I'm disappointed, confused, is an understatement," Senator Lindsey Graham, a leading critic of the White House's handling of Benghazi, told Reuters on Wednesday.

Rice has said she relied on the talking points from the intelligence agencies when she did a round of Sunday talk shows days after the September 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound and a CIA base in Benghazi. In those appearances, she said the violence arose spontaneously from a protest of an anti-Islam film rather than a premeditated strike.

U.S. intelligence officials have since said that militants with ties to al Qaeda affiliates were likely involved in the attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. In a statement on Tuesday, Rice acknowledged there never had been a protest.

Republicans have criticized Rice's earlier comments as an attempt by the administration to play down al Qaeda connections to the attack ahead of the presidential elections, to avoid denting President Barack Obama's image on fighting terrorism. During the election campaign, Obama angrily denied that.

INTELLIGENCE CZAR REVIEW

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversees the CIA and the other spy agencies, is reviewing who made the changes to the talking points from the original set that was drafted by the CIA on September 14, congressional sources said.

Two weeks before the top intelligence officials testified at the closed-door hearings, congressional sources said, a CIA staffer had told a staff-level meeting of the congressional intelligence committees that the talking points drafted by her unit were changed after leaving their hands, leading to the early impression that the CIA had not been involved in changing the original language.

The initial draft referred to "attacks" carried out by "extremists with ties to al Qaeda." But by the time Rice received them before she went on the talk shows Sept 16., "attacks" had changed to "demonstrations" and "with ties to al Qaeda" had been deleted, multiple U.S. sources have said.

The question of who altered the talking points has been repeatedly asked of the White House and intelligence agencies.

Deputy White House national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters onboard Air Force One en route to Thailand on November 17 that the White House made only minor adjustments to the talking points to change the reference to the diplomatic facility as a "consulate" because it was not formally a consulate. "The only edit ... made by the White House was the factual edit as to how to refer to the facility," he said.

Because the question has become such a flashpoint, some lawmakers who met with the CIA's Morell, who accompanied Rice to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, were flabbergasted that he told them - inaccurately - in their morning meeting that the FBI had altered the wording. The CIA later corrected his statement.

"CIA officials contacted us and indicated that Acting Director Morell misspoke in our earlier meeting. The CIA now says that it deleted the al-Qaeda references, not the FBI. They were unable to give a reason as to why," Graham and two other Republican senators said in a statement on Tuesday.

"This was an honest mistake and it was corrected as soon as it was realized. There is nothing more to this," a U.S. intelligence official said on Wednesday about Morell's fumble, without commenting further.

A MORELL NOMINATION?

Graham has suggested he would hold up the nomination of Morell if Obama nominates him to be the new CIA director, as well as that of Rice if she is nominated to be Secretary of State, because of the administration's response to the Benghazi events. Morell and Rice are both believed to be on Obama's short list for those jobs.

But Morell appears to be fairly popular on Capitol Hill. Senator Saxby Chambliss, the senior Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, doubted that Morell's reported verbal stumble on the talking points would disqualify him for a promotion should Obama choose him.

"I'm not sure that in and of itself would keep him from ever being confirmed," Chambliss told Reuters. The Senate must approve such appointments.

"Mike was actually not the director when this (the attack on Benghazi) took place. And he's kind of putting Humpty Dumpty back together again," Chambliss added, calling Morell a "smart, straightforward guy."

(Additional reporting by Susan Cornwell and Jeff Mason; Editing by Warren Strobel and Eric Walsh)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/shifting-account-cias-libya-talking-points-fuels-rice-020905401--finance.html

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

AP Newsbreak: New Suzanne Collins book in 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ? "The Hunger Games" novelist Suzanne Collins has a new book coming out next year.

The multimillion-selling children's author has completed an autobiographical picture story scheduled for Sept. 10, 2013, Scholastic Inc. announced Thursday. The 40-page book will be called "Year of the Jungle," based on the time in Vietnam served by Collins' father, a career Air Force officer.

"Year of the Jungle" is her first book since 2010's "Mockingjay," the last of "The Hunger Games" trilogy that made Collins an international sensation. More than 50 million copies of the "Hunger Games" books are in print and the first of four planned movies has grossed more than $600 million worldwide since coming out in March.

Collins' next project will be intended for ages 4 and up, a younger audience than those who have read, and re-read, her dystopian stories about young people forced to hunt and kill each other. But "Year of the Jungle" will continue, in a gentler way, the author's exploration of war. James Proimos, an old friend from her days as a television writer who helped persuade Collins to become a children's author, illustrated the book.

"For several years I had this little wicker basket next to my writing chair with the postcards my dad had sent me from Vietnam and photos of that year. But I could never quite find a way into the story. It has elements that can be scary for the audience and it would be easy for the art to reinforce those. It could be really beautiful art but still be off-putting to a kid, which would defeat the point of doing the book," Collins, 50, said in a statement released by Scholastic.

"Then one day I was having lunch with Jim and telling him about the idea and he said, 'That sounds fantastic.' I looked at him and I had this flash of the story through his eyes, with his art. It was like being handed a key to a locked door. So, I just blurted out, 'Do you want to do it?' Fortunately he said 'Yes.'"

"How could I refuse?" Proimos said in a statement. "The idea she laid out over burritos and ice tea during our lunch was brilliant and not quite like any picture book I had ever come across. The writing is moving and personal. What Suzanne does so well here is convey complicated emotions through the eyes of a child."

According to Scholastic, "Year of the Jungle" will tell of a little girl named Suzy and her fears after her father leaves for war. She wonders when he'll come back and "feels more and more distant" as he misses family gatherings. He does return, but he has changed and his daughter must learn that "he still loves her just the same."

Collins has said before that she wanted to write a book about her father. In a 2010 interview with The Associated Press, she explained that her father was a trained historian who made a point of discussing war with his family.

"I believe he felt a great responsibility and urgency about educating his children about war," she said. "He would take us frequently to places like battlefields and war monuments. It would start back with whatever had precipitated the war and moved up through the battlefield you were standing in and through that and after that. It was a very comprehensive tour guide experience. So throughout our lives we basically heard about war."

Scholastic also announced Thursday that "Catching Fire," the second "Hunger Games" book and originally released in 2009, is coming out in June as a paperback. The paperback edition usually comes within a year of the hardcover, but "Catching Fire" had been selling so well that Scholastic waited. "Mockingjay" has yet to be released as a paperback.

Next summer, Collins' five-volume "The Underland Chronicles," published before "The Hunger Games," will be reissued with new covers.

"'The Underland Chronicles,' with its fantasy world and 11-year old protagonist, Gregor, was designed for middle readers," Collins said in a statement. "The 'Hunger Games' trilogy features a teen narrator, Katniss Everdeen, and a stark dystopian backdrop for the YA (young adult) audience. 'Year of the Jungle' attempts to reach the picture book readers by delving into my own experience as a first grader with a father deployed in Vietnam."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-newsbreak-suzanne-collins-book-2013-140920974.html

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Red algae bloom closes Sydney's beaches, but probably not for long

Bloody waters before summer has even started may sound like a drag on tourism, but it's a mere drop in the sea for Australia.

By Helen Clark,?Contributor / November 28, 2012

A couple of young surfers play with a small wave during a morning surf at Coogee beach in Sydney, Australia, in October. A red algae bloom has closed 10 beaches so far in and around Sydney and up the more northerly Central Coast in Australia during the past 24 hours.

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A red algae bloom has closed 10 beaches so far in and around Sydney and up the more northerly Central Coast in Australia during the past 24 hours.?And more beach closures could be on the way, say officials. But aside from some startlingly other-world pictures, it's not likely to scare away the tourists.

The "crimson tide," or an algal bloom that has variously been compared to shark attacks or oily tomato sauce in the Aussie media, washed up on Sydney shores earlier this week, temporarily closing famed tourist beaches like Bondi. But it doesn't seem like too many around here are worried.

Turns out the blood-colored algal bloom isn?t a result of pollution, but rather an upswelling of nutrient-rich waters that the buoyant algae can feed off. Two different blooms have apparently come from the same source and essentially floated to Sydney?s shores. Their ammonia-rich diet can cause skin and eye irritations but little else problematic, according to experts.?

"This bloom has likely occurred as a result of the upwelling of nutrient-rich deep ocean water on to the continental shelf," the Metropolitan Sydney, South Coast, and Hunter Regional Algal Coordinating Committees told media Tuesday.?They said tests had identified the algae as noctiluca scintillans or "Sea Sparkle" (for its phosphorescence) and pointed out that?most algal blooms last around a week.?

Despite the closure of Sydney?s favorite beaches on the cusp of a hot summer ? and a possible heat wave of a weekend, with temperatures predicted to pass 100 Fahrenheit ? it?s doubtful this red tide will cause any longstanding problems either for locals or the tourism industry. And in the meantime, not all of Sydney's beaches are closed, and there are plenty of hotels with swimming pools.

And anyway, Australia has faced much worse in the water: Real blood in the water with the odd shark attacks, or stings from one of the many species of?box jellyfish?like the Chironex fleckeri, the world?s most venomous animal. The sting from this particular jellyfish can cause death in minutes, according to Australian jellyfish experts.

It will take much more to keep people from hitting Sydney's beaches.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/fHQYa2kckUk/Red-algae-bloom-closes-Sydney-s-beaches-but-probably-not-for-long

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Career Hub: 7 tips to stand out in an interview

7-tipsDuring an executive?s career, one might expect to be interviewed dozens of times. ?Your job at the interview is to be as helpful as you can,? states Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, a seasoned search consultant and author of Great People Decisions.? He comments that most interviewers focus too heavily on experience and not enough on competence, and that it is the executive?s job during the interview, to demonstrate he or she has what it takes to be a perfect fit for the position.

1.???????? Prepare for the interview

It doesn?t matter how many times you have heard this, it is worth repeating ? do your homework! Changing jobs is vitally important to an executive?s current lifestyle and future potential. So, before the interview, dedicate a reasonable amount of time to research important factors about the company you are interviewing with, such as industry trends, company culture, products, highs and lows of company history, etc.

2.???????? Create your story

People generally have a higher level of engagement when information is relayed in story fashion. It keeps the listener?s attention if the story is interesting and succinct. Consider putting together 10-12 stories that showcase your talents, skills and career-defining initiatives using the CAR formula (Challenge, Action, Result). Lead with the result to grab the interviewer?s attention and then weave in the challenge and how you achieved the results. These stories are valuable when you can use them to answer an interview question.

3.???????? Focus on fit?

It is rare that any executive is the exact fit in every way for a new position. Clearly indicate how your potential makes you a top contender for the job. Explain how your leadership, management style, ability to influence, and operational expertise (name a few characteristics) mirror the requirements they are looking for.

4.???????? First impressions counts

I?d be remiss if I didn?t emphasize that people don?t pay attention to how you speak, body language, clothes, and facial expressions. Similar to capturing the reader?s attention in the first 15 seconds with your resume, you need to present the best impression that will clearly fix you in the mind of the interviewers ? so that they?re thinking of you in that context as they conduct the remainder of the interview. Most importantly, project confidence as you draw attention to details you want to share.?

5.???????? Present the best ?you?

Employers (and recruiters) can be suspicious of executives that oversell themselves. Whenever possible, I recommend relating ?context? information in your responses to help interviewers understand your value. What was going on at each company when you took the assignment? Why were you hired or promoted? What goals were you given, what challenges did you face, what obstacles did you encounter? A rich context lets the interviewer better understand and absorb what you did and how you can apply those skills and talents to their company.

6.???????? Prepare for zinger questions

The interviewer?s job is to ask questions that will reveal what they want to know. Perhaps the resume showed a gap in employment, incomplete education, or frequent job changes ? how do you explain those situations to your advantage? A reasonable 3-prong approach might be: 1) prepare a straightforward answer that is short and to the point; 2) prepare a more detailed response that describes the circumstances in more detail; 3) if the interviewer pushes for more, be ready to go into a deeper level of information that will satisfy the interviewer while substantiating your motives. Being prepared is key so the interviewer does not catch you off-guard.?

7.???????? Use radar perception

Apply the same strategies you rely on in business to your interview. When a business meeting is going ?south?, how do you save or change the outcome? Think about how you can use similar tactics to turnaround an interview. Individual dynamics play a big part in interviews and following interview protocol may or may not always work. Be flexible and adapt to the situation.

These seven tips can help you be more successful in your interviews and ultimately lead to the job offer. Good luck!

Source: http://www.careerhubblog.com/main/2012/11/7-tips-to-stand-out-in-an-interview.html

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2 Telling Black Friday Charts

In the 1990s, tales of the Internet?s commercial potential helped fuel one of the largest bull markets the world has ever witnessed.

Sparked by the personal computer revolution that began a decade earlier, online connectivity helped open our collective eyes to new, efficient ways to conduct business. Even in an era before smartphones and ubiquitous Wi-Fi connections, we dreamed that a vast online marketplace was just around the corner.

But massive industry shifts like this take time. So when a brave new e-world didn?t materialize overnight, investors started to worry. That worry turned into selling. Then panic. You know the rest?

Now, more than a decade since the dot-com bubble burst, the fortunes of e-commerce couldn?t be brighter.

Yet no one?s paying attention.

With the financial media (and most investors, for that matter) intently focused on fiscal cliff doomsday scenarios, powerful trends are accelerating the decline of traditional retailers and propelling their online counterparts to new heights.

Consider the newly released Black Friday numbers. News headlines proclaimed record shoppers hit stores for steep discounts over the long weekend.

As The Associated Press explains:

?All told, a record 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites over the four-day weekend starting on Thanksgiving, up 9.2% of last year, according to a survey of 4,000 shoppers that was conducted by research firm BIGinsight??

Spending was up over the weekend too. According to the BIGinsight numbers, the average shopper spent $423 over the entire weekend, compared with just $398 last year. Total spending came in at $59.1 billion. That?s a 12.8% increase compared with last year.

But the real kicker is the online sales numbers. Check that AP quote again. The record shoppers it references aren?t just the tent people who camped out in in the local Target parking lot. That?s right ? online shoppers are now baked into the Black Friday pie. And the number of people staying home and shopping online for deals is growing at breakneck speed.

Black Friday online sales topped $1 billion this year for the first time ? a 26% increase compared with 2011. Thanksgiving Day sales were also impressive, rising massive 32% year over year, according to comScore.

These numbers tell me one thing: Big, traditional retail stores better watch their backs. They need to solidify their respective niches or risk becoming victims of a now-thriving web-based marketplace.

Unfortunately for most big-box stores, there?s really not much to set them apart from their online competition.

I?m sure you?ve seen this play out before. After all, your local big-box bookstore and record shop closed years ago, didn?t they? Online retailers have their sights set higher now. And they?re winning the war.

The charts tell the whole story?

Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY), the formerly dominant face of the electronics sector, is the perfect example of how quickly these brick-and-mortar business models can crumble:

Consumers joke that Best Buy and other big retail stores have become showrooms for Amazon.com and its online retailer brethren. But I doubt management sees recent sales numbers as anything but a disaster. With free shipping options and the best possible prices, there?s little reason to waste gasoline and time at the store ? unless you?re buying something that requires professional installation.

Now, after an ugly third quarter, Best Buy?s CEO appears to be more willing to negotiate a bid to take the company private. In just a few short months, you might not ever have to look at its ugly chart again. Grab this falling knife at your own risk?

While traditional retailers continue to lose customers, innovative web businesses are there to scoop them up.

Take everyone?s favorite online auction platform, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY). I?ll let the chart do the talking:

No, this is not an inverted copy of the Best Buy chart. But it is the same timeframe as our first example. The main difference here is that eBay is flirting close to new multiyear highs this afternoon. And while the stock does have momentum at its back this year, it?s not just a story stock anymore. The company?s fundamentals and growth prospects couldn?t be better?

Of course, today?s two charts are just a small illustration of a much larger trend that?s unfolding in the retail world. It?s been a long wait for online retailers ? but now?s their time to shine. In the coming weeks and months, alert traders should have plenty of opportunities to book gains on the long and short sides.

Sincerely,

Greg Guenthner, CMT

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Greg Guenthner

Greg Guenthner, CMT,?is the co-editor of STORM Signals and Penny Stock Fortunes. He is also the editor of Agora Financial?s Trend Playbook, a free resource for trend followers and technical traders. For close to a decade, Greg has led Agora Financial?s small-cap division, where he founded one of one of the only independent OTC research advisories in the industry. Greg specializes is classical trading techniques and combines timing strategies with his fundamental analysis of small-cap stocks.

He is a member of the Market Technicians Association and hold the Chartered Market Technician designation.?

Source: http://pennysleuth.com/2-telling-black-friday-charts/

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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112 killed in fire at Bangladesh garment factory

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? Fire raced through a garment factory that supplies major retailers in the West, killing at least 112 people, many of whom were trapped by the flames because the eight-story building lacked emergency exits, an official said Sunday.

The blaze broke out late Saturday at a factory operated just outside Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka by Tazreen Fashions Ltd., a subsidiary of the Tuba Group, which makes products for Wal-Mart and other companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Firefighters recovered at least 100 bodies from the factory, Maj. Mohammad Mahbub, fire department operations director, told The Associated Press. He said 12 other people who were injured after they jumped from the building to escape died at hospitals.

Local media reported that up to 124 people were killed. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear, and authorities ordered an investigation.

Army soldiers and border guards were sent to help police keep order as thousands of onlookers and anxious relatives of the factory workers gathered, Mahbub said.

Tazreen was given a "high risk" safety rating after a May 16, 2011, audit conducted by an "ethical sourcing" assessor for Wal-Mart, according to a document posted on the Tuba Group's website. It did not specify what led to the rating.

Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin Gardner said online documents indicating an orange or "high risk" assessment after the May 2011 inspection and a yellow or "medium risk" report after an inspection in August 2011 appeared to pertain to the factory where the fire broke out. The August 2011 letter said Wal-Mart would conduct another inspection within one year.

Gardner said it was not clear if that inspection had been conducted or whether the factory was still making products for Wal-Mart.

If a factory is rated "orange" three times in a two-year period, Wal-Mart won't place any orders for one year. The May 2011 report was the first orange rating for the factory.

Neither Tazreen's owner nor Tuba Group officials could be reached for comment.

The Tuba Group is a major Bangladeshi garment exporter whose clients also include Carrefour and IKEA, according to its website. Its factories export garments to the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, among other countries. The Tazreen factory, which opened in 2009 and employed about 1,700 people, made polo shirts, fleece jackets and T-shirts.

Bangladesh has some 4,000 garment factories, many without proper safety measures. The country annually earns about $20 billion from exports of garment products, mainly to the U.S. and Europe.

In its 2012 Global Responsibility report, Wal-Mart said that "fire safety continues to be a key focus for brands and retailers sourcing from Bangladesh." Wal-Mart said it ceased working with 49 factories in Bangladesh in 2011 because of fire safety issues, and was working with its supplier factories to phase out production from buildings deemed high risk.

At the factory, relatives of the workers frantically looked for their loved ones. Sabina Yasmine said she saw the body of her daughter-in-law, but had seen no trace of her son, who also worked there.

"Oh, Allah, where's my soul? Where's my son?" wailed Yasmine, who works at another factory in the area. "I want the factory owner to be hanged. For him, many have died, many have gone."

Mahbub said the fire broke out on the ground floor, which was used as a warehouse, and spread quickly to the upper floors. Many workers who retreated to the roof were rescued, he said. But he said that with no emergency exits leading outside the building, many victims were trapped, and firefighters recovered 69 bodies from the second floor alone.

"The factory had three staircases, and all of them were down through the ground floor," Mahbub said. "So the workers could not come out when the fire engulfed the building."

"Had there been at least one emergency exit through outside the factory, the casualties would have been much lower," he said.

Many victims were burned beyond recognition. The bodies were laid out in rows at a school nearby. Many of them were handed over to families; unclaimed victims were taken to Dhaka Medical College for identification.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed shock at the loss of so many lives.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said it would stand by the victims' families.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/112-killed-fire-bangladesh-garment-factory-060756614--finance.html

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Monday, November 26, 2012

Bank of Canada's Carney says British challenges greater

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said on Monday he would be taking on the biggest challenge going when he heads up the Bank of England next year, joining the institution as it wins a broader, bigger role.

"I'm going to where the challenges are greatest," Carney told an Ottawa news conference, adding he would not be moving if he did not feel the Canadian financial system was in top shape.

"We have a system that works very well. It's been tested under the biggest economic shock and financial shock that any of us will ever see in our lifetime, and it has passed that test."

Describing an "on-and-off" debate about his being chosen for the new job, Carney cited what he called the very positive challenge of the continuing reform of the British financial system as factoring into his final decision.

He said Britain was leading the world in these reforms, in many respects, but reforms had to be seen through, and he also wanted to help in the rebalancing of the British economy.

"Where I saw strengths here and confidence here, I weighed that against the needs and the real challenges in the UK and came to this decision," said Carney, who will keep his role as head of the global Financial Stability Board, which is tasked with making the world financial system a safer place.

Carney also referred to "the real management challenge of an institution which obviously has the longest, most storied history among central banks but is gaining a series of new powers and needs to be relaunched."

"It's very important for the global economy that the UK does well, that it succeeds in this rebalancing of their economy, that the reform of the British financial system is completed..., that the European transition comes to fruition; I will play a role there."

Carney is arguably the most ambitious Bank of Canada governor in recent memory, supremely confident in his abilities from his time as a banker at Goldman Sachs, then the Canadian finance department and the Bank of Canada.

His reputation for seeking challenges had fueled speculation he could run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Carney will continue to serve at the Bank of Canada through June 1 and then start at Bank of England on July 1.

(Reporting by Randall Palmer; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bank-canadas-carney-says-british-challenges-greater-175626980--sector.html

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More than 100 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

Hasan Raza / AP

Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday.

By NBC News wire services

Updated at 3:25 p.m. ET: DHAKA, Bangladesh -- At least 112 people were killed in a fire that raced through a multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, an official said Sunday.

The blaze broke out late Saturday at the eight-story factory operated by Tazreen Fashions Ltd., a subsidiary of the Tuba Group, which supplies Walmart and other major retailers in the U.S. and Europe.?


By Sunday morning, firefighters had recovered 100 bodies, fire department Operations Director Maj. Mohammad Mahbub told The Associated Press. He said another 12 people who had suffered injuries after jumping from the building to escape the fire later died at hospitals. The death toll could rise as the search for victims was continuing, he said.?

Local media reported that up to 124 people were killed in the fire. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear, and authorities have ordered an investigation.?

Army soldiers and paramilitary border guards were deployed to help police keep the situation under control as thousands of onlookers and anxious relatives of the factory workers gathered at the scene, Mahbub said. He would not say how many people were still missing.?

Working conditions at Bangladeshi factories are notoriously poor, with little enforcement of safety laws, and overcrowding and locked fire doors are common. The cause of this fire was not immediately known.?

Tazreen was given a "high risk" safety rating after May 16, 2011, audit conducted by an ethical sourcing assessor for Wal-Mart, according to a document posted on the Tuba Group's website. It did not specify the conditions or violations that led to the rating.?

A spokesman for Wal-Mart said online documents indicating that the factory received an orange or "high risk" assessment after the May 2011 inspection and a yellow or "medium risk" report after an inspection in August 2011 appeared to pertain to the factory where the fire occurred.?

The August 2011 letter said Wal-Mart would conduct another inspection within one year. Spokesman Kevin Gardner said it was not clear if that inspection had been conducted, or if the factory was still making products for Wal-Mart.?

If a factory is rated "orange" three times in a two-year period, Wal-Mart won't place any orders for one year. The May 2011 report was the first orange rating for the factory.?

There was no indication whether the violations had been fixed since the May inspection. Neither Tazreen's owner nor Tuba Group officials could be reached for comment.?

The Tuba Group is a major Bangladeshi garment exporter whose clients include Walmart, Carrefour and IKEA, according to its website. Its factories export garments to the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and The Netherlands, among other countries. The Tazreen factory, opened in 2009 and employing about 1,700 people, makes polo shirts, fleece jackets and T-shirts.?

Bangladesh has some 4,000 garment factories, many without proper safety measures. The country annually earns about $20 billion from exports of garment products, mainly to the United States and Europe.?

In its 2012 Global Responsibility report, Walmart said that "fire safety continues to be a key focus for brands and retailers sourcing from Bangladesh." Walmart said it ceased working with 49 factories in Bangladesh in 2011 due to fire safety issues, and was working with its supplier factories to phase out production from buildings deemed high risk.?

At the factory scene, relatives of the workers were frantically looking for their loved ones. Sabina Yasmine said she saw the body of her daughter-in-law, who died in the fire, but had no trace of her son, who also worked at the factory.?

"Oh, Allah, where's my soul? Where's my son?" wailed Yasmine, who works at another factory in the area. "I want the factory owner to be hanged. For him, many have died, many have gone."

Mahbub said firefighters recovered 69 bodies from the second floor of the factory alone. He said most of the victims had been trapped inside the factory, located just outside of Dhaka, with no emergency exits leading outside the building.?

Many workers who had taken shelter on the roof of the factory were rescued, but firefighters were unable to save those who were trapped inside, Mahbub said.?

He said the fire broke out on the ground floor, which was used as a warehouse, and spread quickly to the upper floors.?

"The factory had three staircases, and all of them were down through the ground floor," Mahbub said. "So the workers could not come out when the fire engulfed the building."?

"Had there been at least one emergency exit through outside the factory, the casualties would have been much lower," he said.?

Many of the victims were burned beyond recognition. The recovered bodies were kept in rows on the premise of a nearby school.?

Meanwhile, many of the bodies were handed over to families but at least 60 bodies remained unidentified till late Sunday, said police official Moshiuddoula, who uses one name. The unclaimed bodies were later taken to Dhaka Medical College where the corpses will be kept until Monday morning for identification.?

Otherwise, the bodies will be handed over to a charity organization, Anjuman-e-Mufidul Islam, for burial, said local chief government administrator Sheikh Yusuf Harun. The charity group is a voluntary organization which buries unclaimed bodies.?

By late Sunday, firefighters had concluded their search and left the scene, the fire department's control room duty officer Bhajan Sarker told The Associated Press by phone.?

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed shock at the loss of so many lives in the blaze and asked authorities to conduct thorough search-and-rescue operations.?

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said it would stand by the victims' families.?

Separately, a flyover under construction fell onto a busy market, leaving at least 14 people dead including three construction workers in southeastern city of Chittagong, an official said Sunday.?

Local fire official Abdul Mannan said the concrete structure collapsed on Saturday night, and authorities recovered the bodies by Sunday morning from under the debris in the second-largest city after Dhaka.?

This article includes reporting by Reuters and The Associated Press.

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TeachMoore: Confusion Abounds on Teacher Evaluations

As I was going through my blog reader this morning, I came across a fascinating juxtaposition.?

First, part of the ongoing series in Hechinger Report on the new evaluation system that has become law in neighboring Louisiana. The article notes:?

In English, math, science, and social studies, teachers will be measured on their students? progress on existing state tests. But Louisiana school districts have broad latitude when selecting the exams that will be used in subjects without standard state tests. In some cases, district officials are letting teachers choose or design the assessments on which they will be judged. In other cases, school boards, superintendents, or principals are picking the exams without consulting or even notifying teachers.[emphasis mine]

State Superintendent John White said state officials recommended a few possible exams in subjects like foreign languages. They also offered guidance on acceptable learning targets for students, and advice as to how administrators can use those targets to decide whether an individual teacher is ?effective.? But they felt that it would be ?a mistake to impose a test.?

?Our philosophy is that local leadership should be empowered,? he said.

That last phrase is only comforting if you have competent and responsible local leadership. I'm thinking of the school district in which three of my grandchildren attend school, where the entire school board is appointed and not one member has or has ever had a child attend the public schools.?

Just above that was this post from one of the Teacher Ambassadors at the U.S. Department of Education explaining the Department's official position on use of standardized testing in teacher evaluations. Marciano Guttierrez, teacher from Mountain View, California notes that:?

At a?speech?to the National Council for Social Studies, Mr. Duncan stated, ?Just to be 100 percent clear?evaluation should never be based only on test scores. That would be ridiculous. It should also include factors like principal observation or peer review, student work, parent feedback. It should be designed locally?and teachers should be at the table to help design it.? The Department?s work on educator evaluations has thus been to promote multiple measures to elicit a well-rounded perspective on one?s craft and to encourage districts and schools to primarily use these tools as a means for quality professional development. This thinking was also captured in a?speech?that the Secretary made to Baltimore County teachers this past fall....

...As a previous Teacher Fellow with the Hope Street Group, and in my current work with Race to the Top states, I have seen a variety of state-developed approaches and strategies that aim to meet this vision. I have come to realize that the strongest evaluation systems have been developed with robust teacher input at every stage of the process.? These evaluation systems, which are designed and improved with the practical insight of teachers, use test scores as only one of multiple measures of effectiveness, therefore allowing teachers of students like mine, to demonstrate quality teaching in ways that transcend test scores alone.

So why all the confusion? Why are so many places trying to develop teacher evaluations as if there are no guidelines, no models, and no professional educators to help design them? How is the teacher evaluation process developing where you are?

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Source: http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teachmoore/2012/11/confusion-abounds-on-teacher-evaluations.html

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Fruit Salad & Mixed Veg: Eat Drink Blog 3 - Part 3 - Dinner at the ...

On November 3rd and 4th 2012, I had the pleasure of attending the third Australian food blogging conference,?Eat Drink Blog,?which was held in my hometown of Adelaide. I was one of 80 lucky Australian food bloggers who were selected to attend the fun and food filled conference. Our third event of the day was a South American fiesta themed dinner at the Hilton Hotel, smack bang in the middle of Adelaide.




























The pool deck of the Hilton was made 'food bloggers only' for the night. The deck looked fantastic; white tables and chairs, colourful table runners and fairy lights. Everyone loves fairy lights, right? :)

The menu for the night was put together by Executive Chef of the Adelaide Hilton Hotel, Dennis Leslie. He told us that he believes this style of eating will be the next big thing. Although he has never?traveled?to South America, he one day hopes to visit and go on FOOD SAFARI! That sounds like my kind of safari. He also has his own food blog.

The menu was as follows:


































































































My food selections for the night

Dennis Leslie preparing some meat with his team

The wonderful spread

There was so much food. I was concerned about what would happen to all the leftovers. Well, anything that can be donated to a charity was vaccum packed, frozen and then given the opportunity to be turned into a delicious meal for a local charity. Any food that was not safe to be passed onto a charity, was placed into special bins, collected and turned into compost.?

So full from all the food, it was dessert time. There was a chocolate fountain and I managed to make some room for a taste. I tell you though, I was so full. It was hard to move!

I attempted to take a photo of the grand chocolate fountain only to incur every food blogger's worst nightmare....

FLAT BATTERY!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *breathe* HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Luckily, Simon from Simon Food Favourites has been kind enough to allow all delegates, sponsors, committe and presenters to use his photos:) Simon took so many photos and they're up on his Facebook page if you would like to have a squiz.

Chocolate fountain. A work of art

Awards were also presented for winners of the photography and writing competitions. I wish I could learn to take photos like those who won the?photography?competition. One day...one day...

It was a wonderful evening of food, fun and new friends. Thank you to all who made it possible. We all had a fabulous time and will always remember the experience.

For more information on Eat Drink Blog 3, click?here.
For a full list of delegates, click?here.

I attended the conference event free of charge thanks to Eat Drink Blog and the sponsors.

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Saturday, November 24, 2012

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Stocks close higher on strong tech

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Stocks closed broadly higher in a holiday-shortened Friday session, with the major averages all gaining more than 1 percent. Techs led, with big-caps propelling the sector to its first positive week in the last 10.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 1 percent higher, led by tech firms Hewlett-Packard , Microsoft and Cisco.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ?also closed up, with the Nasdaq gaining 1.5 percent. The S&P 500 had its best five-day winning streak since mid-March.

The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, fell to near 15.

Among key S&P sectors, techs and telecoms were the leading gainers, while utilities lagged.

Retailers were the main focus on "Black Friday" ? often the busiest shopping day of the year.

Matthew Shay, National Retail Federation CEO, told CNBC that the holiday shopping season appears to be off to a great start with consumers flocking to the stores. ?We?re predicting 4.1 percent sales growth this year which would be $585 billion,? he said.

Discount retailers Wal-Mart and Target were among the stores that opened their doors on Thanksgiving evening.?

In a press release, Wal-Mart U.S. said it had its "best ever" Black Friday events, selling 1.8 million towels, 1.3 million televisions, 1.3 million dolls and 250,000 bicycles.

Terry Lundgren, Macy's chairman & CEO, told CNBC that the flagship Macy's store in New York City had a record crowd for its midnight opening. "It was a record crowd last year but that crowd was exceeded at this (Herald Square) store certainly this morning," he said.

Apple also kicked of a Black Friday sale, cutting prices on iPads, iPods and MacBooks.

Gap , Nordstrom , Bed Bath & Beyond and Dollar General were all higher.

?Earlier in the week was so surprising,? Matthew Cheslock of Virtu Financial told CNBC. ?You had one of the biggest accounting scandals possibly, we had an insider trading scandal and the markets still went higher. Now we?re focused on retail, which is kind of a nice story. Maybe this gives us a nice little lift."

European stocks had their best week so far this year, boosted on Friday by strong German business confidence data and growing expectations Greece will receive more aid.

Greece said the International Monetary Fund had relaxed its debt-cutting target for the country, suggesting lenders were closer to a deal for a vital aid tranche to be paid. But other sources involved in the talks cautioned the funding gap was far bigger than Greece has suggested, according to Reuters. (Read More: Greece?s Lenders Move Closer to Deal on Funding.)

Turning to stock news, Blackberry maker Research In Motion was the subject of bullish analyst comments about the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry 10.

SAP , the German business software giant, is considering listing its stock in Shanghai.

After the close on Wednesday, General Motors announced that its financing arm will pay about $4.2 billion for the European and Latin American auto lending operations of Ally Financial.

In deal news, the Wall Street Journal reported that Baxter International is in talks to buy Swedish medical-equipment maker Gambro for about $4 billion in a bid to boost its kidney dialysis business.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/stocks-close-higher-strong-tech-1C7226146

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Mayor sees destroyed roller coaster as tourist draw

By Brian Thompson, NBCNewYork.com

The roller coaster that was swept right-side up into the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Sandy slammed the Jersey Shore may not be torn down, according to Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers.?

The picture of the ride, which looks more like a water slide these days, has become an iconic image of the damage Sandy ?wreaked up and down the coast just over three weeks ago.?

But Mayor Akers, in an exclusive interview with NBC 4 New York, said he is working with the Coast Guard to see if it is stable enough to leave it alone. ?

If it is, Akers said it would make "a great tourist attraction."


Meanwhile, demolition crews have already finished removing all of the damaged boardwalk that was the heart and soul of this seaside resort.

Businessmen like Mike Mergott of Mad Mike's Amusements said he is rebuilding because he is "one hundred per cent sure" families want to come back.

And Jim Loundy, who owned several buildings wiped away by the surge is confident he won't see another storm like this for "another fifty or sixty years."

Mayor Akers said construction on a new boardwalk should begin in January, and be ready by Memorial Day.?

Julio Cortez / AP file

A rollercoaster that once sat on a pier in Seaside Heights, N.J., rests in the ocean after the pier was washed away by Superstorm Sandy,Oct. 31, 2012.

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Friday, November 23, 2012

Parrots imitate individuals when addressing them

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Whether living with pirates or in the wild, parrots have exceptional abilities to mimic the sounds they hear. One species, the orange-fronted conure, may have evolved this ability in order to communicate with specific individuals in other flocks, according to research published November 21 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Thorsten Balsby from the University of Aarhus, Denmark and colleagues from the University of Copenhagen.

In the wild, orange-fronted conures live in dynamic flocks where individuals flit in and out, so each parrot encounters many different individuals every day. Each animal also has its own unique call. Both in the wild and in the researcher's experiments, parrots that heard an imitation of their own calls responded more frequently and faster to the calling individual than parrots that did not hear this imitation. Based on these observations, the authors suggest that the parrots may have evolved their abilities as mimics so they could 'begin a conversation' with a specific individual by mimicking their call.

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Balsby TJS, Momberg JV, Dabelsteen T (2012) Vocal Imitation in Parrots Allows Addressing of Specific Individuals in a Dynamic Communication Network. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49747. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049747

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Who benefits from big biology projects?

Debora MacKenzie, reporter

9781844678815_Genes_Cells_Brains.jpgSINCE 1980, biology has burgeoned from a small-scale discipline in academic labs to a science lavishly funded by governments and industry. The transition hit its stride with the human genome project, then came stem cell research and now there is heavy investment in neurobiology. The people behind these big projects promised a better future, cures for humanity's ills and a new way to think about ourselves and society.

In this salutary history, Hilary and Steven Rose ask what has become of these claims. They provide the answer by showing how, time after time, the promises turned out to be empty.

The much-hyped medical hopes for genomics failed to materialise as disease proved to be more complex than the misbehaviour of one or two genes. And now the claims for neurobiology look similarly shaky, say the authors, who are veteran warriors in the debate over nature versus nurture in the development of the mind. And yet this kind of research continues.

According to the Roses, it is largely the corporate super-rich - big pharma, venture capitalists and a select group of the academic elite - who benefit from all this effort.

In a few places the book could spell out more clearly the harm that comes from big biology projects or how this kind of research might be done differently. Just because the initial hype proved unfounded, that does not necessarily mean the science was wrong or that it will never deliver.

That said, there is a lot of good history and philosophy here - all the more valuable because the hype is so much louder.

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The engineer who defeated the wind

Ben Crystall, features editor

181463270.jpgONE stormy night in Boston in 1973, the windows of the John Hancock Tower began dropping onto the pavement. Alan Davenport was called in to help. Five years later, when structural engineers discovered that the newly completed 59-story Citicorp Center in New York was at risk of collapse, Davenport's phone was soon ringing again.

In Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts reveals Davenport as one of the unsung heroes of the construction industry. In the early 1960s, he established a wind tunnel lab at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, where he simulated the effects of wild, tumbling air flows on structures of all kinds. The techniques he pioneered have helped protect our biggest bridges and buildings from extreme weather conditions ever since.

Roberts's book is more than an account of Davenport's life - it also provides fascinating insights into some of civil engineering's greatest achievements, and closest shaves. She reminds us how much we rely on wind engineering: from portable toilets to space rockets, Davenport tested everything. He even deciphered the complex winds at Amen Corner, a tricky section of the Augusta National Golf Club course in Georgia, using a model and 40 years of meteorological data.

Davenport died in 2009 but his monuments are all around us - including the two skyscrapers he helped to save in the 1970s. With climate change making violent storms like Sandy more common, the story of the wind wizard has never been more relevant.

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Wind Wizard by Siobhan Roberts
Princeton University Press
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