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Throughout our evolution we have been surrounded by fractals in the form of the noise of a waterfall, the rustle of undergrowth and the sounds of our own bodies.
Because of this, some scientists say we react to them at a deep level. Perhaps that explains the sense of recognition we feel when we listen to fractal music?
Bridgeport Regional Business Council President and CEO Mickey Herbert in 2017.
The Bridgeport Regional Business Council is on the market for a new president.
The organization announced Thursday it has begun searching for a successor to Mickey Herbert, who has been in the role for less than two years. He took over following the retirement of Paul Timpanelli. According to a release, the search is in anticipation of Herbert’s expiring two-year term as the BRBC’s president and CEO.
According to Herbert, the move has been anticipated since he took the leadership role back in 2016.
Herbert, who has been a member of the board for years, ascended to the role as his predecessor Paul Timpanelli was preparing to retire after nearly 30 years at the helm.
When a search committee was appointed in January 2016 to find a replacement for Timpanelli, Herbert assumed the role when a decision couldn’t be quickly reached, with the expectations that his term would last only a few years.
By that October, the board decided to hire Herbert with a two-year contract, starting the next month. Now 17 months into his contract, the committee is going through the process to find his replacement when he leaves at the end of this coming October.
According to Herbert, when he took this job he said he needed to have full reign to work to transform the organization. As his final day as president approaches, Herbert said his focus will remain on making more progress within the BRBC.
“I’m going to stay fully engaged until then,” he said, stating that there are still a series of events scheduled prior to his departure including a business expo at the Webster Bank Arena in the fall toward the end of his term.
Even after he leaves his role as president, Herbert said he plans to remain on the board. He anticipates that the newly appointed search committee will find and implement a successor by November.
The BRBC will begin reviewing applications on April 1 and will continue until May 15.
The Washington Capitals (24-11-3) visit the St. Louis Blues (15-18-4) for an 8 p.m. puck drop at Enterprise Center on Thursday. This is the first of two meetings between the teams, the second coming up on Jan. 14. The game will be broadcasted on Sportsnet 360, Fox Sports-Midwest and NBC Sports Washington.
The Capitals are coming off a 6-3 loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday. Scoring for the Capitals was Michal Kempny, Jakub Vrana and Chandler Stephenson.
The Blues lost 2-1 to New York Rangers on Monday.
The Capitals are looking to bounce back against the Blues on Thursday. Capitals’ defenseman Brooks Orpik played Monday in his first game back since Oct. 27, due to a surgical procedure on his right knee. Tyler Lewington was sent back down to the Hershey Bears. Matt Niskanen missed Monday’s game against the Nashville Predators, making it his second straight game he has missed since going head first into the boards during the game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Dec. 27.
Jakub Vrana is an up and coming star on the team. He has shown his worth to the team and has improved tremendously. He has shown his greatest asset to him is his speed along with his stick handling. In Monday’s game against the Predators, Vrana scored the team’s second goal of the game in the first period. That was his 12 goal of the season. The most goals he has had in a season is 13, so he is on pace to surpass that by a decent amount this season.
In net on Thursday we could see Phoenix Copley against the Blues, as the Capitals have a game the following day against the Dallas Stars, in which Holtby will probably start. Phoenix Copley record this season while in net is 9-2-1 with a 2.61 goals against average and a .914 save percentage.
The Blues have lost their past two games, against the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers. They look to break the losing streak on Thursday. They have also been held to a single goal in those games.
Leading the Blues in points is Ryan O’Reilly with 35. He is in his first year with the Blues after being traded from the Buffalo Sabres. He has recorded 15 goals and 20 assists. He recorded a goal in Mondays game against the Rangers.
David Perron is back in St. Louis after spending the previous season with the Vegas Golden Knights. He is second on the team in goals behind O’Reilly with 13. He recorded a goal in the game against the Penguins on Saturday along with an assist in Monday’s game against the Rangers.
Jake Allen could be expected in net for Thursday’s matchup.
Protesters for and against the Confucius Institute gather outside the Toronto District School Board headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Hundreds of protesters on both sides had to be separated by police as they shouted and carried signs.
The Chinese government has proposed axing a controversial partnership with Canada's largest school board days ahead of a trustee vote on the issue.
Toronto District School Board trustees were expected to terminate the agreement with the Confucius Institute at a meeting next Wednesday, potentially creating an embarrassing rejection for leadership in Beijing.
But on Thursday, in a letter to education director Donna Quan obtained by The Globe and Mail, the head of the Hunan Provincial Department of Education pointed a finger at the TDSB for not moving forward with the agreement this fall to teach elementary students Mandarin and other cultural programs offered by the institute, and proposed terminating the partnership.
"Given that the TDSB failed to fulfill our agreement on the Confucius Institute, the co-operation between our two parties cannot proceed," wrote director-general Kermin Wong.
The agreement with the Confucius Institute, which is affiliated with China's Ministry of Education, generated controversy because instructors are trained to self-censor topics that are politically taboo in China. In addition, former board chair Chris Bolton was the driving force behind the Confucius Institute, which did not receive approval from trustees, who were provided with minimal information.
Mr. Bolton abruptly resigned in June, five months before his term was to expire. That left trustees to deal with the fallout from the Confucius Institute agreement, including hundreds of e-mails and phone calls from parents worried over China's control of the programs.
Trustee Pamela Gough said the move by Chinese officials to dissolve the agreement is a pre-emptive measure. "My read on it is they want to terminate the agreement before it's terminated on them as a way of saving face," she said in an interview.
Ms. Gough is among the trustees who have been uneasy about the TDSB's partnership with the Chinese government. She said there could be damage to dissolving the agreement, including how it will affect the board's relationship with its most lucrative market for fee-paying international students. "We'll just have to wait and see how it plays out," she said.
Chinese officials have previously warned trustees against backing out of the board's partnership with the Beijing-sponsored cultural centre, suggesting that doing so would hurt relations.
TDSB trustees overwhelmingly voted in June to delay the rollout of the Confucius Institute and allow them an opportunity to investigate concerns about culture programs controlled by China's Ministry of Education. The motion called for TDSB staff to prepare a report for trustees on the institute. But the report won't be ready until November – after the municipal elections.
TDSB spokesman Ryan Bird said the letter from Hunan will be brought to Wednesday's board meeting, and that the motion to sever the school board's ties with the Confucius Institute remains on the agenda. The TDSB will have to pay about $215,000 to Chinese officials if the agreement is terminated, money that was provided for start-up costs and material, Mr. Bird said.
TDSB chair Mari Rutka, who tabled the initial motion, said the partnership has caused deep divisions at the board. "For it to conclude, it will certainly cause less division," she said.
If it cancels the agreement, the TDSB would join a handful of other academic institutions, including McMaster University, the University of Sherbrooke and, more recently, the University of Chicago, that have severed ties with the institute.
Confucius Institute: Chinese for ‘conflict of interest’?
Several records were set in Saturday's Bill Rahm Invitational finals match with Jack Book hoisting the trophy again.
BUCYRUS — On the final day of the 51st Bill Rahm Invitational that spanned three weekends, defending champion Jack Book and Butch Pangallo faced off for all the marbles Saturday afternoon at Suburban Lanes.
Multiple records were set between the two and spectators got to see a thrilling match unfold before their eyes. Pangallo shot games of 269, 242, 279 and 259 for a three-game total of 790 and a four-game total of 1,036, both record-breaking performances. Brian Patrick's 779 three-game total and Dave Skaggs' 1,019 four-game total were the previous records for a winner in the finals.
Jack Book bowled games of 248, 247, 259 and 259 for a three-game total of 754 and four-game total of 1,013, breaking Lenny Gaskell's previous record for highest four-game total by a losing bowler of 990. The total pins between Pangallo and Book also broke the previous record of 1,919, set by Skaggs and Gaskell, by a whopping 130 as the pair finished with a combined 2,049.
With Book going undefeated throughout the tournament, Pangallo's winning scores forced a decisive game-five roll-off.
Book and Pangallo both had 36 strikes each through the first four games and Pangallo opened up the fifth game with three strikes in a row, followed by a nine-pin frame, then another trio of strikes.
Book threw five strikes to open the final game before having a nine-pin frame, followed by a strike. In the eighth frame, both bowlers rolled a nine spare, leveling the two at 165 heading into the final two frames. Pangallo left the 10-pin in the ninth and missed it. Book stepped up and rolled a strike in the ninth and the first ball of the tenth. Book went on to roll an eight spare on his final two throws and Pangallo bowled strikes, giving Book a narrow win 233-223, making him only the fifth back-to-back champion in the history of the invitational.
Castellanos had been in a major slump in the months of July and August. His bat perked up in a big way on Monday against a team he has worn out all season.
The Detroit Tigers right fielder had the first five-hit game of his career -- two singles, two doubles and a homer -- and drove in five runs in their 9-5 win on Monday night. The White Sox will try to find a way to keep him in check when the teams square off in the second game of the series Tuesday.
Castellanos was batting .216 since July 1 until he erupted.
"I've been on vacation or something the past month, so I'm happy I was able to contribute today," he said in a postgame TV interview.
Castellanos is batting .419 with 11 runs scored, four homers and 14 RBIs in 10 games against the White Sox this season.
He came into the day questionable to play after sitting out Sunday against Minnesota with a bruised foot.
"It's the kind of thing that managers do -- give them a day off when they can't walk," manager Ron Gardenhire quipped.
The pitching matchup on Tuesday pits White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito against lefty Blaine Hardy.
Giolito has been a disappointment after ranking as one of the majors' top prospects as recently as two years ago.
Control issues have been his downfall, as he's allowed an American League-high 71 walks. He's issued three or more free passes in seven of his last eight starts, including a trio in a five-inning stint against the New York Yankees on Wednesday.
Giolito (7-9, 6.23 ERA) also gave up two homers, including a Giancarlo Stanton grand slam, while surrendering seven runs to the Yankees.
"I've had a few outings similar to this one. It always (stinks)," Giolito told mlb.com. "But I felt really good, physically, it was just one really bad inning. All I can do is flush it and move on to the next one. My body feels good, stuff feels really good. Just keep grinding."
He's faced the Tigers twice this season, giving up a combined 10 earned runs in 11 innings while getting tagged with a loss and no-decision. Overall, he's 1-1 with a 5.00 ERA in three career starts against them.
Hardy (4-4, 3.63 ERA) didn't make his first major league start until May but this will be his 13th start out of 23 appearances this season. He's now a fixture in a rotation due to the trade of Mike Fiers to Oakland and the oblique injury that has sidelined ace Michael Fulmer.
Hardy gave up five runs in five innings to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. In his previous outing, Hardy tossed seven scoreless innings in arguably the best outing of his career against the A's.
Hardy won both of his starts against the White Sox this season, limiting them to two runs in 12 1/3 innings. He's 3-0 with a 3.49 ERA in 20 career appearances against them.
The meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos may be regarded as the continuation of the informal meetings held earlier in Tajikistan’s Dushanbe and Russia’s St. Petersburg, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend on Jan. 23.
"The meeting was held at the initiative of President of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende," he added. "The meeting can be regarded as the continuation of the informal meetings held within the summits of the CIS countries in Dushanbe and St. Petersburg. As you know, the negotiation process is held at the level of the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers."
Hajiyev added that the meetings of the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers were held on January 16, 2019 in Paris, as well as on December 3, 2018 in Milan.
"A meeting of foreign ministers is also planned to be held in the future," he said. "The meetings in full format at the level of the heads of state, as a rule, are organized by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group."
AMD absolutely destroys Intel’s CPU in price/performance. However, price/performance is not something that Apple really cares about, and in terms of high-end performance, AMD is just not competitive.
So, they’re probably just talking about GPUs, because AMD’s (ATI) GPUs are a good deal better than the Nvidia stuff that Apple’s using currently. I’m sure that Apple’s got to be interested in bringing Eyefinity to Mac Pros.
Yeah, I’m not sure that the stuff AMD’s current lineup is good at maps to Apple’s intentions. Of course, there may be things we don’t know about in the works..
Well, this IS an interesting rumor. As an admitted AMD “fanboy” this would be fun to see and the online press would have an absolute field day (I would, of course, get my news from you Harry).
Several area cities are celebrating the Fourth of July with community festivals that include fireworks shows beginning July 1.
The city of Pico Rivera holds a festival at El Rancho High School, 6501 Passons Blvd., beginning at 5 p.m. Planned are inflatable amusements for children, food and game booths, live music and fireworks at 9 p.m. Admission is free.
East Los Angeles holds its Fourth of July Festival July 1 at Belvedere Park at the East Los Angeles Civic Center, 4801 E. Third St. It includes live entertainment, activities for children and a fireworks show.
The city of Norwalk is hosting its annual Independence Day Pageant July 3 on the Civic Center Lawn, 12700 Norwalk Blvd. Activities begin with games and face painting at 5 p.m. with live musical entertainment provided by Liquid Blue at 6 p.m. A fireworks display begins at 9 p.m.
The city of Cudahy also conducts a fireworks show at Cudahy Park, 5220 Santa Ana St., starting at 9 p.m.
The city of Downey holds its Freedom Fireworks Show July 4 at 9 p.m. at Downey High School Stadium, 11040 Brookshire Ave. Admission is free.
The city of Commerce celebrates July 4 from 2 to 10:30 p.m. at Rosewood Park, 5600 Harbor St. It includes a carnival, live entertainment and a fireworks show at 9 p.m.
The city of Huntington Park celebrates on July 4 from 5-10 p.m. at Salt Lake Park, 3401 E. Florence Ave. Festivities include games, food booths, live entertainment, family fun and fireworks at 9 p.m.
The city of Monterey Park celebrates July 4 from 3 to 9 p.m. at Barnes Park, 350 S. McPherrin Ave. It includes live entertainment, food and game booths with fireworks at 9 p.m.
Friday night fun: The city of Bellflower holds the first of its four Food, Flicks and Fun events at Town Center Plaza, 16521 Adenmoor Ave., beginning at 6:30 p.m. It includes a free concert by the Colony Boys, followed by the movie “Sing” at dusk. Food vendors provide food for sale.
BAGHDAD • Four bombings killed dozens of people and wounded more than 100 in Baghdad yesterday, police and medical sources said, extending the deadliest spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital so far this year.
A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in a marketplace in the northern, mainly Shi'ite Muslim district of Shaab killed 38 people and wounded more than 70, according to Reuters.
Shortly afterwards, a bomb struck a fruit-and-vegetable market in southern Baghdad's Rashid district, killing at least five people, BBC reported.
This was followed by a car bomb in nearby Shi'ite Sadr City which left at least 19 more dead and 17 wounded, Reuters reported. BBC said a separate bomb attack in a restaurant killed nine others.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the last three bombings.
Security has improved somewhat in Baghdad in recent years, even as the Sunni militant ISIS seized swathes of the country almost up to the outskirts of the capital.
But attacks claimed by ISIS in and around the city last week killed more than 100 people, sparking anger in the streets over the government's failure to ensure security.
There are fears that Baghdad could relapse into the bloodletting of a decade ago when sectarian-motivated suicide bombings killed scores of people every week.
By Angie Drobnic Holan on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 4:55 p.m.
It's not everyday a candidate personally appears in an ad to call her opponent gutless, but that's what Jane Norton did in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Colorado.
"Seen those TV ads attacking me? They're paid for by a shady interest group doing the bidding of Ken Buck," she said in reaction to the ad paid for by Americans for Job Security. "You'd think Ken would be man enough to do it himself," Norton says in her own ad.
The "shady interest group" Norton refers to is an outfit called Americans for Job Security. What they had to say about her wasn't so nice, either.
Norton is a former lieutenant governor who got early backing from Republican Party leaders. Buck, on the other hand, is the Weld County District Attorney and a former U.S. attorney and has received backing from the tea party movement.
There are a lot of facts to sort through here. In this check, we're going to look at the tax increase charge against Norton. We'll examine Americans for Job Security's claim about an increasing bureaucracy in another report, and Norton's charges against Buck in still another report.
Americans for Job Security isn't a typical political action committee. It's organized as a business league 501(c)(6), which means its ads are limited to issue advocacy and that the group isn't required to publicly disclose its donors. The group's website says it favors "free markets and pro-paycheck public policy," and it has a reputation for working against unions.
Still, it was fairly easy for us to reach the president of Americans for Job Security, Stephen DeMaura and ask him about the group's claims, specifically that Norton "supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history, costing us billions." He said the group has not coordinated with Buck and that Norton should address the ad's substance. "Rather than wasting time with empty attack ads, she should respond to the claims and discuss them," DeMaura said.
What Americans for Job Security calls the "largest tax hike in Colorado history" is actually subject to debate; some people contend it wasn't a tax increase at all. Let's start with a brief primer on Colorado tax history.
Our story begins in 1992, when Colorado voters approved a Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, popularly known as TABOR. The measure said the government can't spend tax money collected under existing tax rates if revenues grow faster than inflation and population. Instead, the government had to rebate that money to taxpayers. These rebates applied to many types of taxes and business fees, but it primarily affected income and sales taxes. TABOR also required any tax increases to be approved by voters.
By 2005, the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights had curtailed government spending to the point that some people felt basic services were being hurt, particularly for education. So voters were asked to approve Referendum C, allowing government to stop refunding excess revenues for the next five years. The measure drew bipartisan support from Colorado's elected leaders, including then Gov. Bill Owens, a Republican, as well as his lieutenant governor -- Jane Norton. Anti-tax groups vehemently opposed the measure, saying it was a betrayal of TABOR. But voters approved Referendum C with 52 percent of the vote.
Norton explained her support for the referendum in March 2010 to Fox 31 KDVR of Denver. "Referendum C is actually the Taxpayers Bill of Rights in action," Norton said. "TABOR allows for people to vote. And in this case, it was: do you want your tax refund to go -- it was a five-year time out -- and 52 percent of the people said yes, we will forgo our tax refund to help pay for essential services." Her campaign also told Denver's ABC 7NEWS that the referendum was "an unfortunate consequence of the worst recession in state history. Passing it meant the state did not have to close colleges, let prisoners out early, or cut services to the elderly."
For our fact-check, we also wanted to determine whether Referendum C was actually the "largest" increase in tax revenues in Colorado history. We wondered, for example, if Referendum C was proportionally larger than Colorado's adoption of a 4 percent income tax in 1937.