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Dialing back energy use
Energy use and energy costs are tightly intertwined, making it possible for local governments to be both fiscally and environmentally responsible through proper management. How much energy a local government uses affects both its costs and how much greenhouse gas (GHG) it emits. Every unit of energy has a related quantity of GHG emissions; the more energy used, the more emissions created. Renewable energy - like solar, wind and emerging technologies - has an important role to play. Reducing employee commuting and travel also can help local governments reduce their environmental impacts. A comprehensive energy and sustainability program will extend through all levels of the local government, from policy makers to public works departments to the treasurers' offices to facilities staff. Small changes can add up to big results. The key to a successful energy management program is the quality of the planning behind it. Five steps are discussed that are designed to help local governments plan strategies to reduce their energy use and energy bills.
Trade Publication Article
Mental Health Days
What really caught my attention was when Hailey talked about her mom granting her three MHDs or \"Mental Health Days\" per semester. Hailey soon began to use her mental health days to catch up on reading and rest and not worrying about school for the rest of that day. Jay Sheehan is production manager at the School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University.
Magazine Article
Production Manager's Corner
Adapting to What Comes Next Change to Grow and Flourish On the first day of classes, I always tell my students that being adaptable is one of the most important traits of being a production manager or stage manager. The director will discuss fade in and outs, music beds, green screen backgrounds, scene transitions, camera angles, and a plethora of other items as the virtual director must have a fully immersive vision of all the elements. The \"Virtual Integrated Actor\" now has to be involved with many of the technical elements and will often, in addition to acting, have to operate their own virtual backdrops, cameras and shutters, lighting instruments, microphones, props, and execute their own costume changes... all without any traditional crew to help them.
Magazine Article
Change is Inevitable Suffering is Optional
This quote came off of one of those daily Zen calendars and while we spoke to each other about this topic during various early USITT conferences, its meaning hasn't been absorbed until much later in our production management lives. \"Change is inevitable,\" but is it? During theatrical productions while in performance, change is the last thing we want. So, the production management team works with the stage managers to stop change from happening during performance and practices instead, consistency...the opposite of change.
Magazine Article
Taking Chances
Both of us love the thought of making art. Be it theater, special events, opera, or dance, the fact that we can both make a living doing a job that helps create art is a blessing. So, what binds the two of us, and makes us so similar in our successes and our failures? Both of us are risk takers. There is no doubt that we have taken chances and not been successful. We have made mistakes, some corrected in time with no harm, no foul. Other times our errors may have cost us resources due to our lack of attention to one matter over the other during the production process. The fact is, we have taken chances all our lives, and continue to take chances now, even at this point of our careers. The second factor that binds us is that we both come at a risk with the approach of 'It never hurts to ask; all they can say is no.'So, what drives us to continue? What motivates us to get up every day and have passion for what we do? For both of us, it's the fact that every day is a surprise in production management, and every surprise can be a fulfilling experience; be it positive or negative.
Magazine Article
Will baseball be very, very good to the Valley with a AAA team? Backers hope so, but some caution that value would be in quality of life, not money
That's a far cry from the team's first years. Back then, the Lynx were affiliated with the nearby Montreal Expos, a contender at the time. And with the world champion Toronto Blue Jays playing four hours to the west, Ottawa was becoming a baseball town. Average attendance at Lynx games in the first season was 9,764. \"I think it would be a tremendous boon to the Lehigh Valley,\" said Lee Butz, chief executive officer of Alvin H. Butz Inc., and former owner of the Allentown Wings of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League and the Allentown franchise in the Blue Mountain League. 2 Photos by Chris Mikula, The Ottawa Citizen and Darren Calabrese, The Ottawa Citizen file photo and Graphic by Craig Larimer, The Morning Call; 1. AMONG THE BIG HITTERS FOR THE OTTAWA LYNX are (from left) Alejandro Freire, Bernie Castro, Bobby Darula and Walter Young. 2. THE LYNX'S RICK BAUER prepares to pitch against the Charlotte Knights at Lynx Stadium in Ottawa earlier this + year in a ballpark almost completely devoid of fans. 3. Graphic shows Minor Points: Minor league baseball is divided into three classes - Class AAA, AA and A. Class A designation is further divided into Short Season and Rookie Leagues.
Newspaper Article
Microbial Consortia and Mixed Plastic Waste: Pangenomic Analysis Reveals Potential for Degradation of Multiple Plastic Types via Previously Identified PET Degrading Bacteria
The global utilization of single-use, non-biodegradable plastics, such as bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has contributed to catastrophic levels of plastic pollution. Fortunately, microbial communities are adapting to assimilate plastic waste. Previously, our work showed a full consortium of five bacteria capable of synergistically degrading PET. Using omics approaches, we identified the key genes implicated in PET degradation within the consortium’s pangenome and transcriptome. This analysis led to the discovery of a novel PETase, EstB, which has been observed to hydrolyze the oligomer BHET and the polymer PET. Besides the genes implicated in PET degradation, many other biodegradation genes were discovered. Over 200 plastic and plasticizer degradation-related genes were discovered through the Plastic Microbial Biodegradation Database (PMBD). Diverse carbon source utilization was observed by a microbial community-based assay, which, paired with an abundant number of plastic- and plasticizer-degrading enzymes, indicates a promising possibility for mixed plastic degradation. Using RNAseq differential analysis, several genes were predicted to be involved in PET degradation, including aldehyde dehydrogenases and several classes of hydrolases. Active transcription of PET monomer metabolism was also observed, including the generation of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)/polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) biopolymers. These results present an exciting opportunity for the bio-recycling of mixed plastic waste with upcycling potential.
Journal Article