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Australia & PacificNew ZealandWaiheke IslandActivities
Waiheke Island Activities
Fullers
Tours in Waiheke Island
http://www.fullers.co.nz
Matiatia Wharf
Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Call 09-367 9111
Runs a Wine on Waiheke tour (adult $140, 4½ hours, departs Auckland 12.30pm) visiting three of the island’s top wineries, and including a platter of nibbles. There's also the Taste of Waiheke tour (adult $150, 5½ hours, departs Auckland 10.30am), which includes three wineries plus an olive grove and light lunch. Other packages include EcoZip's zipline and olive-oil tastings.
Fullers also operates the Waiheke Island Explorer, a hop-on, hop-off bus service travelling on a 90-minute loop around 15 different stops.
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July 1, 2019 by luxurious
European jet charter company, Victor, has implemented a plan of action to change the private aviation industry through environmental commitments to reduce and mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions of private jets.
Victor’s new climate action strategy aims to create an immediate call to action and establish a sustainability benchmark for the $26.1 billion jet charter industry in support of the UK Government’s recent commitment as the first G7 country to a NetZero target by 2050.
In 2018, Victor successfully rolled-out an optional Carbon Reduction Programme that saw the carbon emissions of 25% of its European flights offset working in partnership with Air BP and BP Target Neutral. Now, Victor commits to double offset the emissions of every flight booked as part of a three-pronged climate action plan in a bid to become Europe’s most environmentally responsible private jet charter company.
Victor’s three-pronged strategy:
1. Double Carbon Offsetting
From 1st July 2019, Victor guarantees to double offset the CO2 emissions of every flight, saving approximately 46,000 tonnes of CO2 over the next 12 months. Over the next five years, this is projected to save approximately 403,499 tonnes of CO2 which is equivalent to the personal annual CO2 emissions of 81,000 people in the UK (based on average emissions of 5 tonne per person per annum). Victor is supporting internationally audited and accredited carbon reduction projects managed by BP Target Neutral, Vertis and the South Pole.
These are largely nature-based schemes such as forest restoration in Brazil and Zambia which have additional socio-economic benefits to the communities where they are based. For environmentally conscious flyers and those who recognise their personal and company reputation may be on the line, Victor is encouraging them to contribute out of their own pocket to go beyond the standard 200% offset through Victor’s Unlimited Programme.
In June 2019, Victor achieved accreditation for double offsetting the carbon footprint of its London Headquarters, New York and Santa Barbara offices.
2. Reducing Fuel Burn
Offsetting alone is not enough and, in a bid to reduce consumption through smart technology, Victor is working with an award-winning provider of flight planning, RocketRoute, to leverage their flight routing algorithms in order to calculate emissions, optimise flight routes and reduce fuel burn. After every flight, RocketRoute records the actual flight plan filed by every operator, providing Victor with a highly accurate view of actual fuel consumption for carbon credit calculations.
Victor also compares this data with an optimal flight plan that is simulated by RocketRoute just prior to take-off. The difference between the RocketRoute simulated data and the actual flight plan data is investigated on a plan-by-plan basis to pinpoint route inefficiencies and potential fuel burn reduction.
A recent 2019 concept study conducted for departures from Gatwick Airport of both commercial and private aircraft movements found that, for routes which could be optimised, RocketRoute identified an average of 5% fuel burn reduction, with some operators seeing even greater fuel savings.
3. Adoption of Sustainable Alternative Fuels
Victor is working in partnership with Neste, the world’s largest producer of sustainable renewable fuels on a long-term mission to promote awareness and ultimately drive the adoption of waste-to-fuel solutions within the private aviation industry. Victor is also partnering with the European Business Aviation Association on the same mission.
Clive Jackson, CEO and Founder of Victor comments: “As a business leader, I have the opportunity to take a bold and perhaps unpopular step in highlighting a very uncomfortable truth within our industry. We must act now and encourage others to follow our lead rather than passively waiting for governments and legislation. The problem is only going to get worse, so the sooner we all start to prioritise the reduction and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, the better chance we have at preventing a 1.5-degree increase in the Earth’s average temperature.”
Victor’s climate action strategy:
For more information on Victor’s climate action strategy, please visit www.flyvictor.com or contact Climateaction@flyVictor.com
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Stockport switch is confirmed
DANNY Adams made his Stockport County debut last Saturday after a last-minute deal secured his move to Edgeley Park.
A hurried deal was agreed between the two clubs last Friday morning following a conversation between Silkmen chairman Rob Bickerton and County chief executive Gary Glendenning and lengthy discussions between Bickerton and Stockport manager Sammy McIlroy earlier in the week.
The terms of the transfer include the payment of a small, undisclosed fee.
Adams impressed during his first game for County, laying on the first goal in his new side's 2-0 victory over title-chasing Bristol City.
"We would have been very happy to keep Danny at the Moss Rose," said club chairman Rob Bickerton.
"The best deal ever offered by this club to a defender was on the table."
"But, once Danny had decided his future lay elsewhere, it was important that we achieve the best possible outcome for Macclesfield Town."
Adams made over 150 appearances for the Silkmen since signing for £30,000 in 1999 from Altrincham Town.
The tough-tackling full-back scored two goals during that time and links up at Edgeley Park with former Silkmen boss Sammy McIlroy and midfielder Ricky Lambert.
Alderley EdgeHockey honour as Emily makes Four Nations squadInternational honours should soon be coming thick and fast for Emily Spencer, despite England’s disappointment in the Easter Four Nations tournament.
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Torture and War Essay
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Torture and Just War So much for diplomacy and the using of non-violence to retrieve valuable information from criminals. Our world today is much different from what it was so many hundred years ago when torture was seen as something proper and necessary that was the basis for people telling the truth or risking getting killed or seriously injured in the process. Nowadays there is so much red tape and bureaucracies that individuals have to respect before even thinking of perusing making it near impossible for the truth to reveal itself. But with so much war looming and violent dangers to society its time to reconsider old methods of extracting whats important from the subject. Anyhow, many people continue to be reluctant in accepting and taking into account that torture as Darelle Cole puts it is “as an act of state-sponsored force to gain information crucial to the well-being of the common good, should be consid- ered as a tactic of war, and therefore scrutinized in terms of just war theory” (Cole 26). Furthermore, it is existential for us as a society to come together and use torture as a resource to crack down on terrorists as well as captured criminals who have crucial intelligence that could lead to the capture of “bigger fishes.” With many people using violence as the last resort for getting what they want its time to re-examine that principle and see how it applies in terms of reaching the truth. In other words, its enhanced interrogation that is morally acceptable because of the simple cruel nature of war. But there are sill people that continue to belief that the ends of torturing individuals for their information does not justify the means as expressed by the Just War theorists. Moving forward the Just War theorists’s heat is very much fueled by Jeremy Bentham’s beliefs who “gives the classic utilitarian argument for torture when he argues that torture is possibly justifiable as the lesser of two evils” (Cole 26). This goes with the idea that if torture has to be used to save innocent lives it should be done without hesitation. Even so, there are those individuals who believe “torture contradicts the golden rule” which in brief implores people should treat others how they would individually like to be treated. The flaw in this argument is that fails to understand that “we take advantage of superior strength all the time in war—that is typically how we win” since the golden rule says that we should turn down from employing our superior strength on our enemies. Opponents also argue “whatever is opposed to life itself, such as any type of murder . . . whatever violates the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, torments inflicted on body or mind, attempts to coerce the will itself . . . are infamies indeed” (Cole 30). In other words those acts of torture are a moral insult against human dignity which is an action that goes against God and the good that he instills in every human. Yet, people are not convinced that torture is some type of violation inherited from creation making it evil to use for the benefit of society. Additionally, “torture need not be used “solely” as a means to an individual’s own ends, but the ends of the common good of relatively just state” (Cole 31). Cole then brings the argument that above else torture harms the torturer just as much the “victim” which he doesn’t agree with it at all. John Perry goes further to say that torture gives the torturer some time of power that makes them to actions that will deprave them ultimately at the end. Its wrong to say that because acts of force aren't done out of a sense of hatred and revenge but committed by a soldier would come from a sense of duty and love of neighbor. Torture like “soldiering should always be the kind of job done with professional detachment toward the objects of force that would preclude the kind of intense emotional involvement that could lead to vicious acts” (Cole 33). Moreover, its important that this is all…
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Cipherloc and DataPath Update Technology Partnership Progress
Quantum-Safe Technology to Protect Highly Sensitive Mission-Critical Data
SCOTTSDALE, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / July 9, 2019 / Cipherloc Corporation (OTCQB: CLOK), a leading provider of highly-secure, quantum-safe data protection technology, today announced updates on its technology partnership agreement with DataPath, Inc. In accordance with terms of the technology partnership agreement, originally signed on May 19, 2018, the Cipherloc and DataPath executive teams have renewed the agreement through May 16, 2020 as per terms of the original contract.
Additionally, the companies are working together to produce a fully integrated hardware and software solution for Datapath equipment deploying Cipherloc's best-in-class polymorphic encryption technology.
"I am pleased to continue moving forward with DataPath as we work together to dramatically increase digital security for key customers in the Quantum era," said Michael DeLaGarza, CEO of Cipherloc. "Together, we have worked closely with DataPath to document a number of additional metrics and tests, including receipt of the FIPS 140-2 certification. As part of this process, we have incorporated numerous change requests, and enhancements identified by DataPath's engineering team and its customer to meet specific user needs. The latest custom platform will be demonstrated to the DataPath engineering team in mid-July. DataPath can then offer this expanded and enhanced platform to customers with mission-critical data that must be protected at all costs. We anticipate that Cipherloc's Polymorphic Cipher Engine will become critically important to DataPath in the post-Quantum era where Cipherloc is well positioned to compete and even dominate in the field."
"In our effort to include innovative technology in the solutions and services we offer to our customers, we selected Cipherloc for its advanced yet extremely spectrum efficient and flexible approach to obtain mission and business critical data," said Brad Majeres, COO of DataPath. "We are excited to see the contract's auto-renewal proceed as planned to continue our partnership with Cipherloc. The partnership allows DataPath to deploy, manage, and provision this advanced capability and future product enhancements in a secure manner for both legacy and new networks. We believe DataPath hardware combined with Cipherloc encryption creates the most secure digital communications platform available for mission-critical assets."
About DataPath Inc.
DataPath excels in advanced and secure communications solutions tailored to the unique requirements of defense, aerospace, broadcast, government, and critical infrastructure clients. Our solutions include a wide range of field communications and information technology products, including satellite communication systems, network management software, and cybersecurity services. All of our offerings are backed by 24x7 customer care and global field support. At DataPath we are committed to helping our clients achieve mission success. For more information, visit www.datapath.com.
DataPath Inc., 2205 Northmont Parkway. Duluth, GA 30096, www.datapath.com.
About Cipherloc Corporation (OTCQB: CLOK)
Cipherloc Corporation is a provider of highly secure, quantum-safe data protection technology. Our highly innovative solutions are based on our patented Polymorphic Cipher Engine which is designed to enable an ironclad layer of protection to be added to existing products, services, or applications. We deliver solutions that are highly secure, synergistic, and scalable. In short, we keep information safe in today's highly dangerous world.
Cipherloc Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this release and matters set in the Company's SEC filings. These risks and uncertainties could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.
The information found in this Press Release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction based upon the information found in this Press Release.
Cipherloc Investor Contact:
Matt Kreps
Darrow Associates Investor Relations
DataPath, Inc. Contact
Patrick Millard
Patrick.MIllard@DataPath.com
SOURCE: Cipherloc Corporation
https://www.accesswire.com/551325/Cipherloc-and-DataPath-Update-Technology-Partnership-Progress
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Locals flock to such bases after they’re demolished, looking for anything they can use or sell.
In the report, the U.N. mission makes several recommendations for ISAF, including that it conduct a comprehensive review of every base and firing range closed or handed over to Afghan security forces, including informal ranges.
Lt. Col. William Griffin, an ISAF spokesman, wrote in an emailed statement that ISAF was taking the issue seriously and had the same goals regarding the protection of civilians as the U.N. mission.
“We acknowledge the recommendations that UNAMA makes and will work to incorporate those recommendations into our plans and procedures,” Griffin wrote. “Both UNAMA and ISAF are mandated by the U.N. Security Council and maintain the same goal: to mitigate and end civilian casualties as thoroughly as possible.”
U.N. officials said last month that ISAF commanders had been evasive about how well the bases and ranges had been cleared of dangerous material, and that they believed little had been done.
In two cases this year that were so dire that U.N. officials treated them as emergencies, the mission funded cleanup operations on firing ranges at closed bases, including one where an accident hurt eight civilians. The emergency cleanups turned up hundreds of pieces of ordnance including grenades and mortar shells.
Griffin wrote that ISAF would thoroughly review its cleanup efforts at firing ranges.
“We have identified potential gaps in procedures, reporting and tracking of firing ranges on current or former ISAF bases and leaders have been directed to increase their oversight in regard to this matter,” he wrote.
ISAF also was taking steps to work with the U.N. mission and other agencies to develop a coordinated and consolidated system for tracking firing ranges, he wrote.
That’s not as simple as it might sound. In late 2011 there were about 800 coalition facilities across Afghanistan, according to ISAF figures.
More than 600 of them, mostly small bases used by a few dozen troops or less, already had been shut down or handed over to the Afghan government by the beginning of 2013, when the focus began shifting to closure of larger bases.
Some of those that were shut down had well-defined formal firing ranges with built-up berms; others had informal areas used for practice and sighting in weapons that might be hard to pinpoint now.
Troops on bases, large and small, use firing ranges to brush up their skills and test weapons.
Wounded Afghan civilians tell how it happened
Kabul hospital is sad symbol of Afghanistan’s rising civilian toll
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Cadoza wound up walking the one mile to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he waited for hours with his sister until she was discharged from the emergency room the next morning.
So why was Cadoza arrested?
Miami police detectives believed the testimony of 18-year-old Adela Santos, a friend of Cadoza’s family who swore that he was the man who shot and killed Carlos Rodriguez-Martinez.
The victim and a friend had just left a corner store and were walking along Northwest Eighth Avenue, near Third Street, on Oct. 27 when a gray Chevrolet rolled up. An argument took place between the men and the people inside the car. Somebody inside opened fire, even getting out and squeezing off more rounds.
Miami detectives tracked down the car and Santos, who admitted to being inside the Chevy during the shooting. She then implicated Cadoza, a middle-school dropout who supports his family doing odd jobs.
“We believe she was trying to cover up for her boyfriend, who was the real shooter,” D'Escoubet said.
Cadoza, 21, who was arrested in November, always denied being involved in the murder.
The Miami-Dade state attorney's office held off formally charging Cadoza, though he sat in jail for more than two months before he was released. D'Escoubet turned to private investigator Frank Miranda, who found the paramedics, one of whom provided a sworn statement to prosecutors.
Prosecutors concluded that Santos indeed had “fabricated” her story about Cadoza, according to an office spokesman.
Santos herself was charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder. And in unrelated cases, the teen is also accused of committing a string of unrelated burglaries.
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UN envoy says Yemen’s warring parties ‘not there yet’ on main issues
December 11, 2018 at 4:36 am | Published in: International Organisations, Middle East, News, UN, Yemen
UN envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths [Twitter]
UN special envoy Martin Griffiths said on Monday Yemen’s warring parties had yet to agree on main sticking points in peace talks, including a ceasefire in Hodeidah and reopening Sanaa airport, but that consultations would continue, Reuters reports.
The talks in Sweden are set to last until Dec. 13. Grifffiths said another round would be held early next year in the effort to end a war pitting the Iranian-aligned Houthi group against the Saudi-backed government of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
“I’m hopeful that we can reach an agreement on de-escalation to reduce fighting in (Hodeidah and Taiz). I am hoping that we can, we are not there yet,” he told reporters.
The mediator, who last week launched the first peace talks in two years, wants to avert a full-scale assault on the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, now under the control of the Houthis.
The group controls most population centres, including the capital Sanaa, which it seized in 2014 after ousting Hadi’s government, now based in the southern port of Aden.
READ: Yemen food survey finds majority in ‘dire’ crisis, famine a danger
The Houthis told Reuters they want Hodeidah, a lifeline for millions of people, to be declared a neutral zone.
The Saudi-backed government said it is open to a UN role in the seaport, but rejected a long-term presence in Hodeidah.
Foreign Minister Khalid al Yamani told Reuters on Monday that the city should be placed under the control of the interior ministry’s police forces as a matter of sovereignty.
“The concept of peacekeeping or some sort of permanent presence of the UN – boots on the ground – or making the city as neutral is something that we will never accept,” said Yamani, who heads the Hadi government delegation.
A Yemeni child walks among the rubble of a home after it was destroyed by air strikes in Yemen [Felton Davis/Flickr]
However, the government is willing to accept the deployment of monitors from the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) in the port, the Houthis’ main supply line and the entry point for most of Yemen’s commercial goods and aid supplies.
It could also accept the transfer of port revenues to the central bank in Hodeidah instead of routing them to Aden, the minister said.
Soaring prices have put basic commodities out of reach for many in Yemen, where more than 8 million people are facing starvation. The central bank has struggled to pay public sector wages on which many depend as foreign exchange reserves dwindle.
READ: US to provide $131m in emergency food aid to Yemen
The UN is working with the International Monetary Fund and other partners to reunite the central bank after Hadi’s government moved it from Sanaa to Aden in 2016.
The Sweden talks aim to secure confidence-building steps to pave the way for a political process to end nearly four years of war that have killed tens of thousands of people.
#YemeniCrisis
“It is very difficult to convince parties who are fighting each other to put down their weapons and give their trust to the agreements that the others propose,” Griffiths said.
He said the number of prisoners to be released under a deal agreed on Thursday would be announced soon, but that the United Nations was still seeking “common ground” on reopening Sanaa airport.
Another sticking point is a transitional governing body. Hadi’s government insists the Houthis disarm first, while the Houthis say this would require agreement on a unity government and timeframe for the transitional period.
Prospects for the talks have risen as Western nations, some of which supply arms and intelligence to the Sunni Muslim Saudi-led coalition, press for an end to the war.
The alliance intervened in Yemen in 2015 but has faced military stalemate since seizing Aden the same year.
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Nightmare of streetlights beaming out 24 hours a day
Bill and Janice Kent (back row at edges) and with neighbours Ian Maskell, 'and Sue Deane are being kept awake at night by a streetlight - which are on 24 hours - shining into their bedrooms. Pic Steve Robards SR1625326 SUS-160209-160151001
Sarah Page
Published: 11:23 Tuesday 06 September 2016
Streetlights which are beaming out light 24 hours a day are causing a nightmare for families in a Mid Sussex village.
Residents in Hurstpierpoint say that they are being kept awake at night by the lights shining into their bedroom windows.
Janice Kent, who lives in Hassocks Road with her husband Bill, said: “It is just driving us daft. Short of putting up blackout curtains, I don’t know what to do.”
She said she first noticed the problem about a year ago, but recently she had suffered even more sleep disruption. “During the hot weather, I couldn’t even open the curtains on a stifling night. It was awful.”
She said neighbours and others living in nearby Highfield Drive were similarly affected and their sleep was also being blighted.
One neighbour, Ian Maskell, has been confined to a wheelchair after an accident, and has to sleep downstairs. “He’s fed up, too, with the light constantly shining through his room,” said Janet.
She said she had been told the lights were being kept on permanently to save money.
A spokesman for Hurstpierpoint Parish Council, which is responsible for the lighting, said: “We are very sorry about this inconvenience and expect to rectify the matter over the next few weeks.
“The parish council operates around 140 lights across Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common. These are seriously ageing, unreliable and costly, both in maintenance and energy consumption.
“We have just let a contract to specialists SSE in Burgess Hill to replace all these lights with new efficient units and are expecting the work to be completed by December.
“The particular problems in Hassocks Road apply to around 20 streetlights in the area which operated on central switching from the nearby sub-station.
“This is an outdated system, and at the end of 2015 the area electricity cabling authority decided to update the local substation and remove the central switch.
“This matter was outside our control and had the effect of having the lights either permanently on or off.
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“The cost of making a temporary fix would be around £500 per light which was considered not to be good value, bearing in mind the imminent replacement with new units.
“We have reviewed the particular situation with the home of Mr and Mrs Kent, and considered removing the bulb. However, this is a busy and narrow section of road and there would be added risks if no light was on.
“The streetlight is actually some distance from the front of Mr and Mrs Kent’s house and, while we acknowledge and apologise for their inconvenience, we will be pressing ahead with installing the new lights as quickly as possible.”
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The Beast of War (1988) 111 min
The Beast of War (1988)
The Beast of War 07 Sep 1988
R 1988 111 min Adventure, Drama, War
Kevin Reynolds
Chaim Girafi, Don Harvey, Erick Avari, George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Kabir Bedi, Shoshi Marciano, Stephen Baldwin, Steven Bauer, Yitzhak Ne'eman
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Aside from Das Boot, of all the war movies that came out in the 1980’s, this is the best. I’ll go one further – it’s one of the best war movies ever created. It didn’t have the promotion of a typical 80’s movie. It wasn’t hoisted on the shoulders of critics either, so it wasn’t particularly well known. Like Rambo III, this movie suffered as well because it had the right message at the wrong time. Rambo in 1988 was blowing up commies just as the Cold War thaw set in. Since the tank commander in this movie is the antagonist, it falls into the same trap – people didn’t want to hear about it and worse, the actual war had ended. The fact that it isn’t well know doesn’t mean its a cheap ass picture though. It’s well shot, they went out of their way to get the real tanks (captured Arab tanks), shoot in in a realistic landscape and got theater distribution by Columbia Pictures.
A Soviet tank crew gets cut off from its unit, lost, then hunted by the Mujahideen in a game of cat and mouse. I mean, okay, this is a propaganda movie. But who cares. The hunters mean business, but so does the tank commander, who rants that he was taking out German tanks as a child and wasn’t about to lose his vehicle to some Afghans.
What this movie gets right first and foremost is having a killer screenplay. It’s a taut thriller, take your pick of any random 60 second scene and you’ll find it’s relevant and something necessary is happening. Isn’t it funny that the soldiers in Oliver Stone’s or Kubrick’s movies had time to ponder life like its some meeting in a shrinks office? There’s none of that shit in this movie. Ask the meaning of life – if you’re alive in the next hour.
Which leads to the real selling point of this movie; its realism. It’s authentic right down to the nuts, bolts and lingo that are in a real tank. Instead of those questions about the meaning of life, in this movie you’ll find the Commander tearing his driver a new asshole on the merits of conserving brake fluid during a hot war. This is the Das Boot of tank movies. That sub crew relied on being kept afloat by a simple rock or keeping the electric engines running, this crew relies on their (sturdy) T-55 in the same way. Some try to argue that the proverbial ‘Beast’ of the title is the tank, but it can’t be. Because the tank is crucial to the survival of the crew, and their expertise is crucial to keeping it running just enough to make it to safety. Ammo, fuel and hope are scarce. This is a survival action thriller that manages to incorporate all of that realism without losing any of the excitement.
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Week 6 Preview: Contenders or pretenders? Teams will find out this week
Who is a contender and who is a pretender? Get ready to find out in Week 6.
Week 6 Preview: Contenders or pretenders? Teams will find out this week Who is a contender and who is a pretender? Get ready to find out in Week 6. Check out this story on mansfieldnewsjournal.com: https://ohne.ws/2NEprsC
Jake Furr, Mansfield News Journal Published 8:00 a.m. ET Sept. 26, 2018
Lexington's Alex Green makes a tackle while playing a home game against Wooster on Friday. (Photo: Brian J. Smith/News Journal, )Buy Photo
It is hard to believe the regular season of high school football is half over.
Week 6 is already upon us and this is the time where we start seeing contenders start to separate themselves from the pretenders. Playoff teams really need to establish themselves before it is too late. Let's take a look at this week's matchups.
Lexington (1-4) at Mansfield Senior (2-3)
This is easily the game of the week in the area. Throw the records out the window for this rivalry game. This one is about more than a win and a loss. This carries bragging rights through the rest of the high school sports season. Lexington vs Mansfield Senior is like Ohio State vs Michigan. The Tygers came away with a convincing 54-17 win last season on the Minutemen's home field. Can Lexington return the favor? Lex has been able to move the ball through the air on offense, but the Tygers have a very talented secondary. On the flip side, Mansfield Senior is bringing in a new quarterback in Cameron Todd against one of the most talented defensive players our area has ever seen in Cade Stover. This one will be very interesting to say the least. Can Lex end Mansfield Senior's hopes for an Ohio Cardinal Conference championship and a playoff berth? Can the Tygers repeat last year's results and really turn a corner? We will find out on the gridiron.
The Clear Fork Colts host River Valley for the beginning of a big three weeks. (Photo: Irv Oslin/News Journal)
River Valley (2-3) at Clear Fork (5-0)
The Clear Fork Colts begin a stretch of games that can really set the tone even more for the second half of the season. River Valley is coming off an upset win over Galion last week and if the Colts can blow out RV, the momentum could carry them to another Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference title. With two games at home the next two weeks followed by a short trip to Ontario, the Colts won't be bus-tired heading into the biggest game of the season in Week 9 when they host Pleasant. But they have to take care of business first. With the way Jared Schaefer and Brennan South threw the ball last week, expect the Colts to keep lighting up the scoreboard. Schaefer and South set the new school record for passing yards in a game with 315 while the Colts are now averaging 47.6 points per game. Unbelievable.
Buckeye Valley (1-4) at Ontario (3-2)
The Ontario Warriors are presented with a golden opportunity the next two weeks. Hosting Buckeye Valley in Week 6 then traveling to River Valley in Week 7, the Warriors could be 5-2 heading into Clear Fork Week. Head coach Chris Miller has really worked his magic on this Warriors team and hopefully it can rebound after a tough loss to North Union last week. Ontario High School Athletic Boosters has opened this game up for any and all to come to for free with a fireworks show planned afterwards. The Warriors are going to have plenty of support and should feed off of the huge crowd to victory.
Crestline (2-3) at Lucas (3-2)
The Lucas Cubs didn't shy away from Division III competition last week when Centennial came to town. The Cubs fell in that game, but not before Logan Niswander threw for 213 yards. Yes, that is right, the Lucas Cubs threw the football for 213 yards in one game. Look for Lucas to go back to its bread and butter against Crestline, who shouldn't be able to stop the run. But if the situation calls for it, the Cubs will air it out with confidence thanks to Niswander's arm. The fact the Cubs have that in their arsenal makes them a very dangerous team.
Plymouth (2-3) at Western Reserve (1-4)
Speaking of teams with golden opportunities, the Plymouth Big Red have a very favorable next two weeks with a trip to Western Reserve and a return home to host New London next week. After the lights went out on their game last week with St. Paul, a 28-0 loss, the Big Red is hoping Week 6 is bright. The Roughriders are coming off their first win of the season after dropping New London 42-7 so they are riding high. The Big Red desperately need a win and could potentially be 4-3 heading into Week 8 with three chances to clinch a winning record. Watch for Kade Collins to have a big game Friday night with hopes of setting the tone early for the Big Red.
Huron (4-1) at Shelby (3-2)
The Shelby Whippets are on a downward spiral with two consecutive losses, including one of the worst losses to one of its oldest rivals at Norwalk last week, 49-0. The season isn't about to get any easier, but the Whippets will have home-field advantage for the next two weeks when they host 4-1 Huron and 3-1 Edison. The Whippets really need two quality wins before they can be considered a legit playoff team. Owen Fisher, McGwire Albert and Uriah Schwemley really need big games for the Whippets the next two weeks. Shelby is that team which can answer the question: Contender or pretender?
The Ontario Warriors host Buckeye Valley in Week 6 in a game that is free to all spectators and will feature a fireworks show after the game. (Photo: Jason J. Molyet/News Journal, Jason J. Molyet/News Journal)
Crestview (2-3) at St. Paul (4-1) (Saturday)
It seems like every team is presented with a golden opportunity in Week 6, but there is no other team with a bigger game than Crestview. The Cougars travel to St. Paul on Saturday for a big Firelands Conference showdown. After Crestview lost to Mapleton last week, this game lost a bit of shine, but if the Cougars can knock off St. Paul and the Flyers knock off Mapleton next week, or South Central stays on its hot streak, we could see a crowd at the top of a conference that hasn't seen a winner other than St. Paul since Western Reserve shared the title with the Flyers in 2014. Can the Cougars pull off the upset?
Marion Harding (1-4) at Galion (3-2)
The Galion Tigers had possibly the most disappointing Week 5 of any team in the area. After coming off an understandable loss to Pleasant in Week 4, the Tigers couldn't get anything rolling, falling in a shocker to River Valley 24-7. This is the Tigers' shot to get back on track hosting a 1-4 Marion Harding team which has flat out struggled to put points on the board. This is a big-time game for Galion if it hopes to keep pace in the MOAC with a trip to Clear Fork next week and an opportunity to even things up.
Ashland (4-1) at Madison (1-4)
The Ashland Arrows host the Madison Rams in Week 6. While on paper, this one doesn't seem close, these two rivals have some history and nothing would make Madison's season more than knocking off a defending OCC champ. Ashland has found an offensive groove the last two weeks, scoring 48 and 41 points in its last two wins. If the Arrows can keep that momentum, they won't only knock off Madison, but the Arrows could run the table the rest of the way to an outright OCC title and a playoff spot. If Madison can stop Ashland's offense, it may not give them an OCC title or a playoff spot, but there wouldn't be anything bigger to build a future on than saying the Rams had a win over Ashland in 2018.
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Letters to the Editor, May 3
The flagrant hypocrisy displayed in Joe Batte’s op-ed in the April 26 edition of the Marco Eagle was laughable to me.
Letters to the Editor, May 3 The flagrant hypocrisy displayed in Joe Batte’s op-ed in the April 26 edition of the Marco Eagle was laughable to me. Check out this story on marconews.com: https://www.marconews.com/story/opinion/2019/05/03/letters-editor-may-3/3646626002/
Marco Eagle Published 5:02 a.m. ET May 3, 2019
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How much more must this island take?
The flagrant hypocrisy displayed in Joe Batte’s op-ed in the April 26 edition of the Marco Eagle was laughable to me. The out of touch mentality of the “Keep the Chief” movement is highlighted when you have Joe Batte as its ring leader and chief advocate.
Of course he is defending his pal, the police chief, who allowed and potentially encouraged his negligent behavior. Schettino does Batte's bidding, no questions asked. As councilor, Batte demanded Schettino issue a citation to his neighbor even though the officer who investigated the complaint found no wrongdoing. Schettino ignored the officer and obeyed Batte's order. Is this someone that has any credibility? Special treatment, targeting of citizens and selective enforcement is what we got under him and Schettino.
In Batte’s editorial he gushed that Schettino “captured the hearts of so many of us.” That’s easy to say when he is on the receiving end of special treatment that he clearly wants to continue. For victims and critics, it’s not so easy for them to make themselves known publicly. When they do, Batte and his mob threaten, scream at them and slandered them as they tend to do at City Council meetings.
Batte’s editorial and speech to council brazenly urged them to violate the city charter and direct the city manager to overturn Schettino’s resignation, something the charter clearly forbids.
The icing on the cake is Batte lecturing what a “legacy” should like for “dedicated city councilors” when his own legacy, as well as Al Schettino’s, is marred with misconduct, special treatment and corruption.
How much more must this island take of this fraternity-like culture at the MIPD?
Alex Popoff, Marco Island
Electoral College 101
Letter writer Michael Troop attempted to denigrate our Electoral College’s election of President Trump with the analogy of an electorate voting in favor of using leaches to treat a headache instead of an analgesic. Such analogy assumes ignorant voters, so let’s again follow his logic and numbers but this time presupposing a fairly informed, knowledgeable constituency:
Our Electoral College represents 3,341 counties. The voting resulted in 300 of the College’s 538 electors representing 7.5 million people from 2.654 counties nationwide preferred Trump, while the electors constituting 487 counties representing almost 9 million people wanted Hillary Clinton. (The numbers presented here are taken from the 2016 presidential election.)
As a consequence, we as a country, rejected Hillary Clinton and elected her opponent, Donald Trump. Letter writer Troop feels our majority didn’t prefer this but that’s what the Electoral College did.
Two questions for Mr. Troop and any others of his persuasion: (1) Are you not aware of the Electoral College’s primary purpose? (2) Would you be equally complaining of the Electoral College if Clinton had won?
Russ Colombo, Marco Island
There are options
Is it in the best interests of Collier County resident/taxpayers to split the Collier County Sheriff’s Office into five separately organized, managed, administered, operated and funded Public Safety organizations, with five separate training and operation’s protocols, and five separate personnel compensation and benefits programs?
Are five separate Collier County EMS organizations better than one coordinated comprehensive countywide responder?
Currently, there are five separate Collier County fire agencies (down from ten a few years ago). Marco Island, Naples, and the unincorporated county with Immokalee Fire, North Collier Fire (comprising North Naples and Big Corkscrew), and Greater Naples Fire (comprising East Naples, Golden Gate, Isles of Capri, County operated station, and Ochopee under a management agreement).
The fire commissioners stated to the public for those previous fire agency consolidations that they were going to both provide better service and save taxpayer money.
Although some are dangerous, fortunately, fewer than 2 percent of responses are fires.
While 86 percent are medical responses, service calls, and good intention calls. The remainder is false alarms and other non-fire calls.
Thus, fire agencies are mostly in the medical response business.
All Fire Agencies could implement further cooperation in operating protocols, training, and other support functions that could save money.
Another option is Immokalee, Greater Naples, and North Collier Fire Commissioners could continue to further provide better service and save taxpayer money by consolidating into two, or even one fire agency for the entire unincorporated county, as supported by 63.7 percent of those voting and passed by a majority in 51 of 53 county precincts, to that March 2016 ballot question.
Marvin Easton, Naples
Say no to 'you know?'
"You know?” is a phrase that you hear increasingly, from television announcers, and public speakers, after an expository statement. I don’t know if it is a subjunctive question, seeking reaffirmation of that which was uttered or simply a reflexive utterance that supplants a comma or a colon in speech. Sometimes, an educated, and the seemingly sophisticated speaker will employ the phrase 20 times in an interview. What’s up with that? It makes the speaker sound like a semi-literate babbler.
Anyone, versed in the art of public speaking, knows that there are a lot of nerves involved when facing a large audience, each straining to hear what you have to say. The momentary thought transition, of reflexive pauses, when shifting mental gears, often manifests itself in the phrase “You know?” All well- trained public speakers are trained to avoid the utterance. Like “Er” or “Um,’ they are a phonic irritant to the listener. Most speakers are trained to pause, often saying nothing for a few seconds, until the mental transition is completed, and another verbal train of thought is entered into.
So, I appeal to all commentators and public speakers. Lose the phrase “you know” from your presentation. We in fact “don’t know” and are distracted from your message by this stylistic faux.
Joseph Xavier Martin, Estero
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Video Ad Viewability Update 2018: Benchmarks Across Countries & Devices
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Brands running video ads on YouTube continue to see good performance in terms of viewability, according to the latest findings from Google. Overall viewability continued to hit 95% in September 2018, matching the level shown in May 2017’s data.
Viewability for YouTube video ads far surpassed those on other platforms, per the data, with web & app video ads averaging a viewability rate of 68%, which is only a small gain from May 2017’s somewhat-comparable figure of 66%. New for this version of Google’s report are benchmarks for display ads, of which only half were viewed during the September 2018 study period.
As with previous figures, the study is based on Google and DoubleClick advertising platform data, and uses the Media Ratings Council definition of viewability (a minimum of 50% of the ad is in view for a minimum of 2 continuous seconds).
A wider study on video ads by Extreme Reach – which included Connected TV (CTV) – illustrated a growing video ad completion rate, particularly with longer ad formats. This study highlighted the significant impact of ad views and engagement depending on the device where the impression was served. For example, while CTV leads on impressions, it lags on click-through rate.
Google’s figures also demonstrate a device and ad unit divide when it comes to viewability. While 97% of YouTube Ads served on a mobile device were viewable, this figure fell to 85% for desktop. For web & app video Ads, a high of 73% of ads were viewable on tablets, in contrast to 68% for mobile and 65% for desktop. For display ads, the picture is even more significant – 55% were viewed on mobile, compared to 45% on tablet and 42% on desktop.
In the US, figures from Integral Ad Science showed a slightly conflicting figure, with desktop (68.4%) marginally leading mobile (65.2%) for video ad viewability.
Here are some other findings from Google’s data.
Viewability Benchmarks by Country
There is some variation in viewability by country when it comes to format, however in all cases YouTube Ads performed the most strongly.
In the US, average viewability for YouTube Ads was 94%, while the average rate for web & app video ads was 66% and 49% for display ads. In Canada, viewability rates were comparable for YouTube video ads (94%) as well as for display ads (51%), but the US’s norther neighbor enjoyed a higher average viewability for web & app video ads on platforms other than YouTube (71%).
Meanwhile, UK ad viewability rates were similar to the US (94% YouTube, 67% web & app video, 50% display).
In the Asia-Pacific region, Pakistan and Thailand saw the highest rates for display (both 62%) while Australia performed strongly for web & app video ad viewability (77%).
Viewability by Content Category
The context of the ad also has a significant impact on the viewability.
The category with the strongest performance for video ads was Games (82%), with the lowest rates seen for Computers & Electronics (58%) and Home & Garden (50%) content.
Larger Video Players Drive Higher Viewability
Google’s findings show that size matters. For video ads, players at 2560 x 1440 in size achieved the highest viewability rates, of 95%. By contrast, when players were the smaller 854 x 480 size, viewability averaged 88%.
For display ads, vertical units performed better on average. As an example, those measuring 120 x 600 had a viewability rate of 56%, compared to those at 320 x 100 with a rate of 47%.
The results from Google can be viewed here.
2018 Webinar Benchmarks: 6 Highlights Google Shopping and Paid Search Benchmarks For Retailers in 2018 Video Ad Engagement Benchmarks in 2018 OTT Devices Continue Their Ascent For Premium Digital Video Ad Views US Display Ad Viewability Rates Improve in H1: Here Are Benchmarks Ad Time-In-View Benchmarks Suggest Consumer Attention is Shorter on Mobile Check Them Out: Google Search Ad Mobile Benchmarks
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Calendar conspires against holiday shoppers
By Catey Hill
Published: Oct 6, 2013 7:55 a.m. ET
The Black-Friday-to-Christmas stretch is the shortest it’s been in a decade
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Due to a fluke of the calendar there will be far fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas than normal this year. As a result, retail experts say, stores may be more crowded than ever. That, plus less personalized customer service, may make this one of the more aggravating years for holiday shoppers.
Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 28 this year, leaving only 25 days between Black Friday and Christmas, compared with 31 last year—it’s the lowest number of shopping days in a decade. “Fewer days could mean more crowds in the stores,” says Loren Bendele, president of Savings.com. “People will buy the same amount of stuff but in a more concentrated period.” What’s more, there are only four full weekends to shop during that period this year, compared with five last year.
Furthermore, in some stores, there may be fewer staff to help consumers. According to a report released in September by outplacement company Challenger Gray & Christmas, holiday hiring likely won’t reach 2012 levels, partially because of “shaky consumer confidence and increased efficiencies among retailers.” This could mean that “consumers may have to look harder to find someone to help them throughout the store (retrieving items, looking up prices),” writes Colleen Madden Blumenfeld, the media relations manager for Challenger Gray & Christmas. While this probably won’t lead to longer checkout lines, “the lower hiring figures probably will translate to a loss of personalized customer service, which some shoppers seek the most during the holidays,” she writes.
To be sure, it isn’t all bad news for holiday shoppers. For one thing, the total traffic to stores is expected to decline by 1.4% this year versus last year, according to data from shopping insight firm ShopperTrak. This has more to do with the fact that shoppers are going to fewer stores than it does with fewer people shopping in stores, says Bill Martin, the company’s founder. Plus, increased efficiencies among retailers may prevent the lines from snaking along, says John Challenger, CEO of Challenger Gray & Christmas. And many stores are starting their holiday promotions earlier than ever, which may entice some consumers to shop a month or more in advance.
Also see: There may be two Black Fridays this year
Still, many consumers can expect to encounter crowds and some customer service issues this holiday season, experts say—so people may want to watch for lulls. In general, BeFrugal.com founder Jon Lal says, shoppers hoping to avoid crowds should try to go to stores during weekdays before 5 p.m. and avoid the lunch hour. “There are fewer people shopping at retail stores and at malls when others are at work,” he says. Those who can’t go during the week should aim for the opening hours on Saturday or Sunday, he says. Data from ShopperTrak shows that some of the least-trafficked shopping days last year were during the week following Black Friday, which Martin says will likely happen again this year (though, he adds, inventory is often picked through by this time). One day you might want to avoid: The Saturday before Christmas, which could be the busiest holiday shopping day of the year other than Black Friday, Martin says.
Catey Hill
Catey Hill is MarketWatch's senior content strategist. She writes about how to upgrade your life, and helps readers find great deals on products and services. Follow her on Twitter @CateyHill.
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Jeff Reeves's Strength in Numbers
Opinion: Why ‘America first’ isn’t your best investment idea
By Jeff Reeves
Published: Aug 14, 2017 7:04 p.m. ET
Bargain-hunting stock investors should look anywhere but the U.S.
JeffReeves
Donald Trump swept into the White House riding an “America first” campaign that resonated in many areas of the country. But while that slogan worked in politics, it could be bad advice for your portfolio.
The results show that the world outside of the U.S. holds a lot of promise for investors right now, and that those who stick with a patriotic portfolio may wind up leaving profits on the table.
Case in point: The S&P 500 SPX, -0.34% is up about 9% so far this year, while the popular Vanguard Total International Stock ETF ( VXUS, -0.32% — which invests everywhere except the U.S. — is up more than 15%.
Moreover, the “smart money” is turning bearish on U.S. stocks, as valuations remain stretched and domestic equities enter the ninth year of a bull market. So if you’re invested only in U.S. stocks, here are several other reasons why you may want to move some money abroad:
1. Eurozone’s death is greatly exaggerated
While the 2016 Brexit vote was indeed a shock to the eurozone, intervening elections — including the failure of Theresa May’s snap election plans in the U.K. and the ascension of political moderates including Emmanuel Macron in France — should give investors hope that Europe is more stable.
Indeed, European consumers and businesses are showing much more confidence. In the second quarter, German GDP expanded briskly and the International Monetary Fund projected Germany will post a 1.8% growth rate for the full year — just below the 1.9% rate in 2016, which was the fastest pace of economic expansion in five years.
Another important data point: HSBC Holdings PLC HSBC, -0.48% Europe’s largest bank, topped earnings expectations handily and boasted enough of a cash cushion to fund a $2 billion stock buyback. The fact that lending and investment is going just fine for this highly connected bank is an excellent sign for stability in the region.
Put all this together, and it makes sense that both iShares Europe ETF IEV, -0.34% and Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF VGK, -0.33% are up more than 15% year-to-date — significantly above the S&P 500’s return.
2. China remains resilient
Another region seeing a lot of negativity lately is China. A slowing growth rate, continued talk of a credit bubble and now the tensions with North Korea all offer plenty of reasons to steer clear.
But the top China ETFs by assets, iShares China Large-Cap ETF FXI, -0.17% is up about 20% year-to-date and recently hit its highest level since 2015. What gives? For starters, China’s “slowing” growth rate is still the envy of most other economies. China GDP topped expectations in the second-quarter with a 6.9% annual rate — ahead of the 6.8% forecast and above Beijing’s targeted 6.5% minimum growth rate.
Perhaps most importantly, the expansion of China’s economy now gives officials some elbow room as they make structural and regulatory changes designed to keep the nation stable in the long-term. This has some investors encouraged that the gains will last.
It’s also noteworthy that China stocks will become more accessible to foreign investors after 222 mainland stocks become part of a key MSCI emerging market index. That will also help attract capital to buoy the market.
3. Emerging markets in favor
One big headwind to emerging markets over the past couple of years has been the strong U.S. dollar DXY, -0.04% which increases borrowing costs significantly for emerging markets. A strong dollar also depresses commodity prices, adversely affecting regions that rely on mining, agriculture and energy.
But due to a host of factors, including uncertainty in Washington, D.C., the dollar recently hit a 15-month low — good news for emerging markets.
At the same time, stock valuations remain attractive in emerging markets. In fact, Citi Private Bank did a mid-year about-face and committed to moving assets from the U.S. and into emerging markets because of “near record discount valuations to the United States.”
With dollar risk fading and valuations attractive, more investors have been jumping into emerging markets. Just look at the stellar 23% return so far this year for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF EEM, -0.14%
4. Global growth is looking up
Aside from regional specifics, it’s important to remember that no country or continent can go it alone in 2017. And it’s increasingly clear that the interconnected global economy is growing pretty well right now. According to a recent report from J.P. Morgan Cazenove, global earnings growth should hit double digits in 2017 — the first such occurrence since 2011. Strong second-quarter results included 22% earnings growth in Japan and 13% earnings growth in Europe.
As for headline economic growth, the IMF raised its global growth forecast in spring to 3.5% and reiterated that outlook in its most recent report back in July. While that’s still lower than pre-crisis growth rates, the IMF notes that a “cyclical recovery continues,” with “signs of continued strengthening of global activity.”
5. Russia and North Korea threats will pass
Tragic and brutal events are always possible, but it is self-defeating to manage your portfolio out of fear the world will fall apart.
Just ask investors who sold everything in 2009 when things looked bleakest after the financial meltdown, or those who piled into gold in 2011 on fears that the European debt crisis would destroy Western civilization.
A nuclear winter will be a far bigger problem than your IRA balance. Try to keep a cool head, and don’t abandon a diversified and global strategy because of short-term scares.
The White House probably won’t be tweeting this Trump-vs.-Obama chart
CNBC’s Jim Cramer says stock market is in ‘a very serious correction’ — and there’s nowhere to hide
Jeff Reeves
Jeff Reeves is a stock analyst who has been writing for MarketWatch since 2010.
VXUS
IEV
DXY
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF U.S.: Nasdaq: VXUS
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR U.S.: NYSE: HSBC
Volume 856.2K
Market Cap 168.3B
iShares Europe ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca: IEV
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca: VGK
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Weapons Charges Lawyers in Encinitas, California
Encinitas, CA Weapons Charges Attorneys
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Brian R. Mason
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Carlsbad, CA U.S.A.
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Encinitas, CA U.S.A.
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Attorney at JD Law
San Diego, CA U.S.A.
Weapons Charges in Encinitas, CA
Have you run afoul of federal or state gun control laws and been charged with a weapons-related crime? If so, you should immediately speak with criminal defense attorneys who have experience representing people on weapons charges. These crimes can include commission of a crime with a deadly weapon, carrying a concealed weapon, illegal possession or sale of a firearm, gun trafficking, possession of an illegal weapon, unlawful import or export of weapons, and fraudulently obtain a firearms permit. Depending on the nature of the crime, you may be charged with a misdemeanor or a felony crime, and if you are found guilty it could result in fines, imprisonment and other punishments. A lawyer can aggressively defend you against the charges, while also negotiating with prosecutors to explore the possibility of a plea bargain.
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'He's a global priority': Insanity CEO Andy Varley talks Tom Grennan's debut
Andy Varley, Insanity Group founder and CEO, has told Music Week that Tom Grennan is a “global priority”. The solo artist drops debut album Lighting Matches today (July 6), ...
Friendly Fires return with Brixton show
Friendly Fires have announced their long-awaited return with a headline show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton next spring. The band will play their first UK show in more than five ...
A-List Management's John Woolf on managing Wiley's wild ride to the top
What do you call it, garage? What do you call it, urban? What do you call it, two-step?” So goes the chorus to Wot Do U Call It?, the third ...
Forever & everlong: Inside the Foo Fighters' unstoppable touring machine
It’s August 26, 1995. At Reading Festival, festival booker Neil Pengelly heads backstage at the Melody Maker Stage to find Russell Warby, the booking agent for the band that’s about ...
The xx to play record seven night stint at Brixton Academy
The xx will become the first act ever to play more than five nights at London’s Brixton Academy. The trio will embark on a seven-night run of shows at the ...
Celebrating David Bowie concert to be staged at Brixton Academy in January 2017
David Bowie’s key collaborators, friends and other musicians will perform at a worldwide series of benefit gigs in honour of what would have been the musician’s 70th birthday. Taking ...
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Princeton University Criminal Lawyer
The Hun School of Princeton Criminal & Disciplinary Defense Attorney
The Hun School is a private day and boarding school located in Princeton New Jersey. The campus spans approximately 45 square miles and the Upper and Lower Schools at the institution support enrollment of about 623 students. Just like other middle schools and high schools, The Hun School of Princeton has its share of criminal offenses, including drug possession, distribution of cds, underage drinking, assault and theft charges. If your child was issued a disciplinary violation or a complaint for a disorderly persons offense or an indictable crime, a lawyer at The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall can capably defend their interests and thoroughly protect their future. The staff of veteran defense attorneys at our firm include former prosecutors that have been practicing in Princeton Municipal Court and at the Superior Court level for over a century. To speak to a knowledgeable attorney on our defense team immediately, contact our Princeton Office at 609–683–8102 for a free consultation.
Criminal Offense at The Hun School of Princeton
When you are dealing with juvenile criminal defense, there are a gambit of criminal offenses that can arise at an institution like The Hun School of Princeton. Our staff has experience handling just about any violation you can imagine including those involving:
Simple Assault
Possession of 50 Grams or Less of Marijuana
Distribution of Marijuana and other CDS
Criminal Sexual Contact
Terroristic Threats
Do not be foolish enough to think that just because the charge involves a child that there are not consequences that can be life changing. The truth is that a serious criminal offense can result in a juvenile being detained or even ordered to serve a term of incarceration. This is particularly true where in felony crime of the first degree, second degree, third degree or fourth degree is involved. And even a misdemeanor case can result in a probation, a license suspension and many other collateral consequences. This is why it is important for your son or daughter to have sound representation if they have been charged with violation at The Hun School of Princeton. The same is true if a disciplinary charge has been filed since sanctions can include suspension, expulsion and/or tarnish his/her school record.
Princeton Criminal Lawyers for Charges at The Hun School
It is important that you consult an attorney for a free consultation if you have an issue with the law or administration arising at The Hun School at Princeton. At The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall, our lawyers are well versed in all facets of defense and can provide you with a plan so that the best outcome of your case is achieved. One of the Princeton Criminal Lawyers on our team is available immediately to discuss all of the specifics of your charge or violation. Call 609–683–8102 to speak to an attorney now.
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EC releases vetting procedure for conflict mineral due diligence agencies
The European Commission (EC) has published a secondary regulation that lays down how it will assess and authorize conflict mineral due diligence schemes. The schemes can be used by European Union metal importers to demonstrate they have not sourced product from mines and smelters associated with human rights abuses.
This new regulation (EU) 2019/429 ‘on methodology and criteria for the assessment and recognition of supply chain due diligence schemes concerning tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold’ dovetails with regulation (EU) 2017/821 on supply chain due diligence obligations for these traders.
The goal of the new regulation, now in force, is to ensure EU traders have sufficient numbers of third-party due diligence schemes to comply with ethical trading obligations in force from January 2021.
Under the Commission’s assessment system, certified due diligence bodies must follow principles laid down in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development’s (OECD) Methodology for the Alignment Assessment of Industry Programmes and the OECD Minerals Guidance.
This means that they can identify and address “actual and potential risks linked to conflict-affected and high-risk areas to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts associated with their sourcing activities”, said a Commission note.
Applicants would also have to declare their objectives, identify existing clients, release other assessments of their schemes, and say what mineral and metal production they assess.
Commission officials would have the right to inspect scheme documents, interview its representatives, and observe any third-party audits, when gathering information about an application. Brussels will also consult the OECD on applicants before adding them to its approved list.
If the Commission learns of problems with a certified due diligence scheme, it will give it three to six months to resolve these difficulties. If it fails, the EU executive will remove such a scheme from its approved list. The Commission will publish an updated register of approved due diligence schemes.
In an explanatory memorandum about the new regulation, the Commission said it wanted to “provide transparency and certainty as regards the supply practices of [European] Union importers and of smelters and refiners sourcing from conflict-affected and high-risk areas”.
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Long Steel Products Trade Log, July 17, 2019
FOCUS: Nickel battery industry set to integrate further
The collaboration and integration among nickel miners and battery makers in the electric vehicle (EV) sector will continue to expand, driven by higher margins, according to panelists at Fastmarkets’ Battery Materials Conference in Shanghai on Thursday April 11.
“I think you do see more and more integration in the industry with chemical companies and battery raw material producers, which has been happening for quite a while now. I think we will see more of that in the future,” Alex Khodov, principal nickel analyst at Norilsk Nickel, said in response to a question on the partnership between BASF and Norilsk Nickel.
“There’ll be less of the market that is just freely available and tradable and more will go into integrated or captive projects,” Khodov added.
Last year, European chemical company BASF and Norisk Nickel established a strategic partnership centred around battery materials for EVs, including a feedstock supply deal and co-located facilities, with their start-up planned for late 2020, enabling the supply of roughly 300,000 full EVs per year with BASF battery materials.
The combined integration of upstream and downstream in the nickel battery sector is attributable to higher margins.
“If you produce intermediate products – MHP (mixed hydroxide precipitate) – historically you’ll be given 80% of the LME price for the products. If you produce nickel sulfate, you’ll get a premium of $2,000-3,000 per tonne over the LME nickel price, so that’s a premium of 20% based on the LME nickel price,” Macquarie Capital senior commodities consultant Jim Lennon said at the panel.
“So if you’re a miner, you’ll get 80% of the price versus 120%, clearly there’s a huge incentive to go all the way through to [producing] nickel sulfate,” Lennon said.
Lennon elaborated the point by using BHP’s plan to start producing nickel sulfate as an example.
BHP received funding approval for phase one of a nickel sulfate project at the company’s Kiwanna refinery in Western Australia with capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes of nickel per year to tap into the growing EV lithium-ion (li-ion) battery market. The first phase is expected to be commission in the second half year in 2019.
The plant capacity is expandable to 200,000 tpy, which at full capacity means the plant would consume 44,000 tpy of nickel powder and would be the world’s largest nickel sulfate facility, according to Haegel.
Nickel hydroxide, also known as intermediate product, is derived from laterite ore via high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL) technology and is one of the key raw materials in nickel sulfate production.
Nickel briquette and nickel powder, attained via sulfuric acid dissolving, are some other nickel sulfate raw materials.
Nickel sulfate is the key ingredient in nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) and nickel-cobalt-aluminium precursor materials, which, in turn, are raw materials for li-ion batteries for EVs.
Fastmarkets does not assess the premium for nickel sulfate but does have a nickel sulfate price on a China ex-works basis.
Fastmarkets' assessment for the China nickel sulfate min 21% max 22.5%, cobalt 10ppm max, price was at 25,000-25,500 yuan ($3,729-3,803) per tonne on April 9, increasing by 200 yuan week on week following some light supply tightness in the market.
Another panelist, Zong Shaoxin, chairman of Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC) Ramu New Energy Technology Corporation, shared his views on cost reduction amid the industry integration.
“Our company’s industrial distribution covers mining to automobile manufacturing. There’ll also be battery recycling in the future. Such full-coverage of the nickel battery industry is likely to be a trend,” he said.
“Our ternary precursor project in Caofeidian, with stakeholders including BYD and Guoxuan High-tech, directly produce ternary precursor from MHP – Ramu’s project’s products - via short-course processing without making nickel and cobalt sulfate, thus lowering overall costs,” Zong added.
MCC’s ternary precursor project in Caofeidian, North China, boasts 40,000 tpy of ternary precursor capacity.
The project is currently on stream and expected to reach nameplate capacity by June this year, Zong said.
MCC holds a 67.02% stake in MCC-JJJ Mining Development, which itself owns 100% of MCC Ramu NiCo. The latter holds an 85% joint venture interest in the Ramu project in Papua New Guinea with a nameplate capacity of 35,000 tpy of nickel.
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[Cryptography] Feinstein will seek legislation to 'pierce' encryption
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"To this day, I cannot tell you what [the Texas shooter] said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. That is a big problem." -- Comey in 2015.
"To this day, I cannot tell you what [the Texas shooter] was thinking the morning of that attack. That is a big problem." -- Comey -- now Atty General -- in 2018 -- having a "conversation" about requiring universal chip implants.
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/fbi-encryption-james-comey-tech-companies/
Top Democratic senator will seek legislation to 'pierce' through encryption
By Patrick Howell O'Neill
Dec 9, 2015, 10:53am CT | Last updated Dec 9, 2015, 11:42am CT
A leading Democratic senator will seek legislation requiring the ability to "pierce" through encryption to allow American law enforcement to read protected communications with a court order.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that she would seek a bill that would give police armed with a warrant based on probable cause the ability "to look into an encrypted Web."
"I have concern about a PlayStation that my grandchildren might use," she said, "and a predator getting on the other end, and talking to them, and it's all encrypted. I think there really is reason to have the ability, with a court order, to be able to get into that."
A spokesman for Feinstein's office told the Daily Dot in an email that the senator has been working with Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) the issue of encryption and that Burr's office is taking the lead on potential legislation.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is actively warning America's biggest technology companies about the "public safety and national security risks" of encryption, according to FBI Director James Comey.
Deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, San Bernardino, California, and elsewhere around the world have reignited a major U.S. debate about encryption. Feinstein cited Paris as a reason the debate against encryption had evolved so quickly. Despite these concerns, the attackers in both of Paris and San Bernardino did not use encryption to organize or execute the deadly strikes, according to authorities.
The lack of evidence showing that encrypted communications played a role in either the Paris attacks, which killed 129 people, or the San Bernardino shooting, which killed 14 people, has not deterred law enforcement, who believe the technology is making their job more difficult and Americans less safe.
Most Internet and gadget users encounter encryption without ever knowing it. The "HTTPS" connection that allows users to safely buy products on Amazon or access their bank account uses one category of encryption, while newer Apple iOS and Android devices apply strong encryption whenever a user locks her phone
"The tech companies and the FBI both care about safety on the Internet," Comey told the Senate Judiciary committee in an FBI oversight hearing. "We understand that encryption is a very important part of being secure on the Internet. We also all care about public safety. We also see a collision course between those two things."
"We see encryption is getting in the way of our ability to have court orders effective to gather information we need in our most important work. We all agree we have to figure out if we can maximize both those values, safety and security on the Internet and public safety. We're not at war, we care about the same thing."
Comey said that use of encryption by terrorists and criminals is growing. He offered one example.
Encryption played a significant role in the killing of two people during a shooting in Garland, Texas, earlier this year, Comey said. One of the shooters, Comey said, exchanged 109 encrypted messages with an "overseas terrorist."
"We have no idea what was said because those messages were encrypted," he explained. "To this day, I cannot tell you what he said with that terrorist, 109 times the morning of that attack. That is a big problem."
Comey did not say what kind of encryption software was used in these communications. However, the fact that Comey knew the shooter spoke to an overseas terrorist means that metadata revealed the extensive communications.
Metadata is data surrounding communications that includes phone numbers, times of calls, and identities of callers, or the subject lines of emails. It's unencrypted and relatively easy for law enforcement to collect.
Over the last two years, Comey has been one of the most prominent figures in the American debate over encryption, increasingly known as the new "Crypto Wars." He's consistently warned of terrorist and criminal communications "going dark," which he says is a "continuing focus for the FBI."
In response to recent terrorist attacks, President Barack Obama recently said he would "urge high-tech and law enforcement leaders to make it harder to use technology to escape from justice." Many observers took that to be a comment about encryption.
Comey said on Wednesday that the Obama administration is still not seeking new encryption laws "at this time." However, conversations are still ongoing.
"We will continue the productive conversations we are having with private industry, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, our foreign partners, and the American people," Comey said.
Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) issued rare pushback in the debate over encryption, implying that Comey's idea essentially mandates that companies have to build their own "backdoors"--intentional weaknesses in the code--in encrypted products.
Lee added that such a rule wouldn't end the "going dark" problem because foreign companies would not be subject to U.S. law and that individual users could build their own encrypted apps. Comey agreed, saying any solution to the problem has to be international.
"There's no way we solve this entire problem," Comey said. "Encryption is always going to be available to the sophisticated user. The problem is, post-Snowden, it's moved to become default."
Privacy advocates and technologists have long fought against the idea of a legally-mandated "backdoor" into encryption that would give the government the ability to read any encrypted message, with or without a court order.
Objections vary, including that doing so would violate and chill free speech. Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has become a prominent encryption advocate, argues that any "backdoor" artificially added to encryption can be utilized by any hackers--not just law enforcement--from petty criminals to those backed by countries like China and Russia.
Comey countered that argument on Wednesday, insisting that the encryption debate is "not a technical issue" because "there are plenty of companies today who provide secure services to their customers and still comply with court orders."
The FBI director explained his hopes for the encryption debate by saying that "government doesn't want a backdoor."
Instead, Comey said, "if a judge issues an order, the company figures out how to supply that information to the judge and figures out on its own what would be the best way to do that. The government shouldn't be telling people how to operate their systems."
When Comey argued that "encryption is part of terrorist tradecraft now," he received a lot of pushback from online observers.
Matt Blaze, a security researcher who testified before Congress on this issue earlier this year, issued a reminder to Comey:
Update 11:41am CT, Dec. 9: Added comment from Feinstein's spokesman.
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EDITORIAL: Blocking pay-for-delay tactics
Published 12:00 am EDT, Saturday, June 22, 2013
Drug companies develop helpful drugs because, at the end of exhaustive, expensive research and testing, they get a patent -- the right to sell their new products without competition for a certain time. But sometimes the patents are unreasonable, keeping lower-priced versions off the market without enough justification.
So Congress set up a way for generic-drug companies to challenge the brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers before patents expire. On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down an important ruling that shores up the integrity of that process.
When manufacturers of generic and brand-name drugs go to court over a patent, many times they end up settling, and sometimes those settlements involve the brand-name manufacturer paying very large amounts of money to the generic. In the case the court considered, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the testosterone supplement AndroGel, agreed to pay three would-be competitors hundreds of millions of dollars; in return, they dropped their challenge and agreed to enter the market later than they would have if they had won.
What were these large payments buying? The generics claim they helped Solvay market AndroGel following the settlement. The Federal Trade Commission responded that the services provided weren't worth anywhere near what Solvay was paying. The commission saw something more nefarious: a payoff to forestall competition -- and keep prices high -- benefiting all parties except consumers. The potential for collusive behavior, premised on the division of the spoils of a monopoly that remained unchallenged, was obvious. Antitrust laws exist to combat such abuse.
Lower courts threw out the FTC's complaint, arguing that a patent grants its holder the right to ignore typical antitrust rules. But a 5 to 3 majority on the court ruled Monday that the FTC should have been able to argue its antitrust case against Solvay and its settlement partners fully before a federal court. That's because the validity of the patent -- the source of the brand-name manufacturer's right to wield monopoly power -- is in dispute in this case and would be in others like it.
The court didn't hand the FTC a complete victory. The commission thought judges should be able to presume as illegal any arrangements in which brand-name manufacturers pay generics lots of money and the generics delay their drugs' entry into the market. Instead, the FTC will have to show on a case-by-case basis that antitrust laws were violated. If firms have a legitimate reason for transferring money to one another -- say, to cover one of the parties' legal fees -- they should easily survive court scrutiny.
That holding, and the fact that brand-name manufacturers and generics have other, legitimate bargaining chips they can use to strike settlements, ensure that the FTC's checks on anti-competitive abuse won't shut down the system. But they should ensure that drug companies can't keep prices high by bribing rival firms to stay out.
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MDC reopens boat launch and access road in Hartland
HARTLAND >> The boat launch and access road at the Goodwin Dam-West Branch Reservoir has re-opened to fishing and boating, according to the Metropolitan District.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers limited the release of water from the Colebrook River Dam and water levels in the Goodwin Dam-West Branch reservoir has stabilized.
"The MDC requests that the public proceed with caution and obey all posted signage while enjoying our recreational facilities," according to a press release.
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Why Giants’ RJ McIntosh is turning heads at offseason workouts
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Giants defensive lineman RJ McIntosh competed in his first NFL mandatory minicamp this week. (John Munson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
By Brian Fonseca | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
RJ McIntosh is back where he belongs.
The Giants’ second-year defensive lineman is healthy and ready for a second impression on the football field after spending most of his rookie season in the NFL on the non-football injury list.
"I feel great. I feel healthy. I feel like I’m ready,” he told NJ Advance Media following his first-ever mandatory minicamp practice on Tuesday. “It was a great day, a lot of competing, a lot of reps.”
There were no reps to be had a year ago.
McIntosh missed all of the Giants offseason workouts — rookie minicamp, organized team activities, team minicamp, training camp — as well as the first 13 weeks of the regular season due to an undisclosed illness.
That should not be a concern moving forward.
“No, I don’t think (it’ll pop back up),” McIntosh said of his illness. “With prayer, I pray it doesn’t come back up. It was something I couldn’t control and I believe we do have it under control with this medical team.”
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The New York Giants held an abbreviated practice to close mandatory minicamp on Thursday.
With illness concerns in the back mirror, McIntosh is getting first- and second-team looks during OTA’s and mandatory minicamp. There are no pads, no tackling, no real football being played quite yet, but he is in the thick of things after standing on the outside looking in a year ago.
How quickly things changed.
“It’s amazing,” McIntosh said. “I just thank God, who got me through it, being able to be patient and working with the trainers. I’m grateful, ready to work, ready for this season.”
McIntosh worked hard in the offseason to return to his college form, where he picked up 103 total tackles with 5.5 sacks and 23.0 tackles for loss over three seasons. He feels his strength and speed have caught up, he said.
It has caught the eye of those on the practice field.
“He is caught up,” Giants head coach Pat Shurmur said. “He is doing well. With defensive linemen, we will see more once we can get in more hitting situations. He is moving around well and has gotten much stronger since he has gotten here. He fits well in the defense and looks like he is getting himself right for training camp.”
Whether McIntosh remains in the rotation come September is yet to be seen, but defensive line depth and inexperience are major question marks. More OTA’s, more offseason workouts, training camp and preseason stand between now and the answer to how big his role will be in his second season as a Giant.
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Still, the fact McIntosh is in the conversation is a step in the right direction.
“I’m grateful for everything I have,” McIntosh said.
Brian Fonseca may be reached at bfonseca@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @briannnnf. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
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New potent pot making its way into N.J. suburbs, police say
Updated Jan 15, 2016 ; Posted Jan 15, 2016
By Fausto Giovanny Pinto | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The arrest of a Montville man by Mendham police this week netted drugs and cash, including marijuana wax. Wax, a more potent form of marijuana, is being encountered by police departments across the state more often.
(Mendham Police Department)
MENDHAM -- The recent seizure of marijuana during a Mendham traffic stop highlights a growing trend toward a more powerful form of the drug, police and officials say.
During the Monday arrest of 19-year-old Paul Saryan, of Montville, police recovered cash, more than a pound of marijuana and nine folds of "marijuana wax."
Wax, also known as "shatter" or "dabs," is a refined form of the active chemical found in marijuana, THC, that has been appearing across the state in recent years.
"We have seen a big uptick," said Lt. Ross Johnson of the Medham Police Department. "We have had 15 to 20 arrests in the last 12 months due to the drug."
Arrests in which police have seized marijuana wax have been reported throughout the state including in Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Sussex and Union counties. Last year, when Morris County authorities announced their largest pot bust ever, part of that operation seized marijuana wax, which gets its name from its gooey and sticky consistency.
"We are hearing reports about the drug from law enforcement across the state," said Angela Conover, a spokeswoman with The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey.
To make the drug, butane and other chemicals are used to draw out THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, from marijuana plants, said Bruce Ruck, director of Drug Information Services at New Jersey Poison Control.
Regular marijuana has a THC potency level of less than 10 percent, while wax can have a potency of up to 95 percent, Conover said.
Ruck said his center has seen a few cases of people who suffered hallucinations from wax in the past couple months.
"Marijuana wax is not marijuana," Ruck warned. "There is an extremely bad hallucinatory side effect."
In Mendham, Johnson said police have responded to calls for people who were "far beyond high and debilitated" on wax.
Both Ruck and Johnson warned that users don't know what they are ingesting when smoking wax due to the chemical process used in making the drug.
"It's the meth of the marijuana world," Johnson said. "The way it is cooked."
The popularity of the drug has soared in recent years due to its increased potency, lack of odor and ease of concealment - the drug can be loaded into E-cigarettes.
"The drug can be smoked through vaporizers," Conover said.
Perceptions that the drug is safer than regular marijuana could be leading people to the drug, but Johnson warned that wax could be 20 to 30 times more potent than regular marijuana.
"It is some pretty dangerous stuff," Johnson said.
Fausto Giovanny Pinto may be reached at fpinto@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @FGPreporting. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
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The use of the existing WMD free zones as an exemple and a potential Framework for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles
By Benjamin Hautecouverture, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Taken as a wide-ranging notion, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have not produced significant instruments in international security over time, UNSCR1540 being an exception. As such, there are no existing WMD free zones (WMDFZ) which can be used as examples and as potential frameworks for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles.
The MTCR has been the only multilateral effort and instrument to curb missile proliferation until the adoption of the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). There is no multilateral legally binding instrument against the spread of ballistic missiles either in force or under negotiation.
The purpose of this study is twofold: first, it is to assess the potentiality of the WMDFZ approach to curb the proliferation of ballistic missiles; second, it is to draw lessons from the implementation of the seven nuclear weapon-free zones (NWFZ) being in force as potential frameworks for new initiatives against the proliferation of ballistic missiles.
If the notion of a NWFZ is by no means new, the notion of a WMDFZ is more recent. It was diplomatically mooted by Egypt in 1990 in the form of the “Mubarak proposal”, concerning the Middle East. The two notions have subsequently formally coexisted and taken shape, if not as a political project at least as a diplomatic reality in various arenas.
Since its diplomatic formulation by General Assembly Resolution 4630 in 1991, the goal of a WMDFZ in the Middle East continued to be addressed during the annual sessions of the UN General Assembly. It resurfaced in a regional framework: the “Madrid process” and in the NPT Review Process. This double dynamic has not made any quantifiable progress so far. It must be added, however, that whereas the regional approaches to address WMD generally do not imply delivery vehicles, the zonal approach in the Middle East has been an exception: the issue of delivery vehicles has become part of the scope of such a future zone over time.
As to the NWFZs, a general assessment can be proposed for the Latin American, South Pacific, South-East Asian and African NWFZs and several lessons can be drawn: NWFZs were designed to fit the particular needs and constraints of a region. All NWFZs were built on an existing regional architecture for cooperation and security. Each NWFZ was negotiated among a limited number of parties. CBMs preceded the establishment of the zone. Peace was a condition. Once it prevailed, agreeing to establish a zone was not an issue. Last, regional initiatives, whatever their success or their failure, provide a solid basis and background materials for future global negotiations.
These lessons could prove useful for further initiatives banning ballistic missiles worldwide.
Given the particular dynamics indicating that the Middle Eastern region may face a conventional missile race in the near future, this paper insists on two specific initiatives:
• First, Iran might be willing to abide by missile limits as part of a region-wide effort to ban longer-range ballistic missile systems. The EU could encourage regional track 2 dialogues on this issue as a first step.
• Second, the co-conveners of the so called “2012 Helsinki conference” could encourage, and support, a region-wide effort to negotiate a ban on missiles capable of carrying WMD. Such effort could be proposed and supported by the EU during the current NPT review process towards 2020.
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Bill Cosby Apparently Won’t Be Teaching the Sexual Assault Seminars No One Wanted Him to Teach
Cosby publicist Andrew Wyatt made the original announcement on Good Day Alabama.
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Bill Cosby exits the courthouse after a mistrial was declared in his sexual assault case.Matt Rourke/AP
Update, June 28: Bill Cosby is disputing his publicist’s claim that he planned to hold a speaking tour about sexual assault. “The current propaganda that I am going to conduct a sexual assault tour is false,” he said in a statement to ABC News. “Any further information about public plans will be given at the appropriate time.”
Four days after a judge declared a mistrial in Andrea Constand’s sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, the 79-year-old comedian wants to “get back to work”—teaching young people about the threat of being accused of sexual violence, Cosby representatives said on Wednesday.
Andrew Wyatt, Cosby’s publicist, and Ebonee Benson, a spokeswoman for Camille Cosby, told Good Day Alabama host Janice Rogers that Cosby was planning town halls for youth starting this summer. “This issue,” Wyatt said, “can affect any young person, especially young athletes of today. And they need to know what they’re facing when they’re hanging out and partying.”
It’s clear that the issue in question isn’t sexual assault itself, which studies have shown to affect as many as 1 in 5 college women, but rather the danger that young men (and even “married men,” Wyatt laughed) could be falsely accused. “People need to be educated on a brush against a shoulder—anything at this point can be considered sexual assault,” Benson chimed in.
More than 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual violence, with many of the stories following the same pattern: Younger women claiming that Cosby drugged them before the alleged assaults. Prosecutors in the Constand case have vowed to retry him.
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Bill Cosby Is Apparently Planning to Teach Young Men How To Avoid Sexual Assault Accusations, Because the World Is a Terrible Place.
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Dodge Demon Vs Shelby GT500 Drag Race Of Modded Muscle Cars product 2019-06-24 06:02:56 https://www.motor1.com/news/356190/dodge-demon-shelby-gt500-drag/ Ford Shelby GT500 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Races and Chases, drag race
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By: Anthony Karr
"A GT500 Priest came to exorcise my Dodge Demon."
Ford finally released official output details for the new Shelby GT500 earlier this month and the numbers are impressive. With 760 horsepower (567 kilowatts) and 625 pound-feet (847 Newton-meters) of torque, the company says, the engine of the muscle beast is the world's most power-dense supercharged production V8. Sales of the model should begin later this summer and until that happens, let’s see what the previous generation of the model is capable of.
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First, let’s see this particular GT500 here. It seems to be from either the 2007-2009 series or the 2010-2012 series. We can’t tell exactly as we don’t get to see it in details from the video – but that’s not the most important thing here. Even in stock form, this car should be good for at least 500 hp (373 kW) and 480 lb-ft (651 Nm). This is a heavily modified example though – the exact number should be way above.
Dodge Demon On The Drag Strip:
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Watch A Hayabusa Take On Challenger Demon In The Quarter Mile
Against it, the Demonology channel on YouTube puts its Dodge Demon, which is now also modified for better performance on the drag strip. The two line up and by watching the race, we tend to say the GT500 might be the faster machine here. Despite the outcome of the race, there seems to be a missed shift by the driver of the Shelby. Also, the launch of the GT500 was not especially great.
This GT500 versus Demon drag race makes us eager to see the new iteration of Shelby’s flagship vehicle race against the Demon. Ford says the new GT500 should be capable of covering the quarter-mile run in less than 11 seconds with a top speed limited to 180 miles per hour (289.6 kilometers per hour). These numbers apply for the factory version so one could imagine what a few modifications to the engine could do.
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Visa signs as Payments Technology Sponsor for Total Africa Cup of Nations™ to bring the continent’s biggest football tournament to fans everywhere
Visa, the global leader in payments, will bring its global brand and technology to African football this summer as it officially announced its partnership with the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) as a sponsor of the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in 2019 and 2021.
The sponsorship deal will make the payments giant the exclusive payment services provider at all venues during the Total AFCON tournaments in 2019 and 2021 and will be the preferred payment option for tickets bought both in-person and online. In addition, Visa will be the official partner of the player escort program, giving over 1,100 children the opportunity to lead their football heroes out at the Total AFCON matches.
Visa has a long and proud history of supporting football, having been a sponsor of the FIFA World Cup since 2007. Coming off the back of a successful 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign in Russia and with preparations underway for the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, this association builds on Visa’s strategy to bring the best of their sponsorship experience on the global stage to regional tournaments.
Ahmad Ahmad, President, Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) said: “The benefits of investing in African football are clear to see, and with football being the number one passion of consumers across the continent we’re delighted to welcome Visa as a sponsor of the Total AFCON tournament. Through this partnership with CAF, Visa will be able to connect further with its customers and leverage CAF as an innovative marketing platform. Africa is now more connected than ever before, and Visa’s payment network will play a vital role in reaching and rewarding fans across the region. I’m certain that together we will take African football to the next level.”
“Football is the most popular sport in the world with an estimated 4 billion fans and the sport intrinsically aligns with Visa’s values of acceptance and inclusion. The Total Africa Cup of Nations tournament is arguably the most important football event in our region where the best of African football comes together. We are very proud to begin our association with CAF, Lagardère Sports and the Total AFCON tournament to support the growth of football in our key markets,” said Andrew Torre, Regional President, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), Visa.
“Being the exclusive payment services partner at some of the biggest global sporting properties in the world has enabled us to showcase the latest in payment innovation on a global stage and has had a demonstrable impact on the fan experience and local merchant environment. We are looking forward to a very big summer in 2019 where through our sponsorship of two of the largest football tournaments in the world, we can connect football’s most passionate and engaged audiences through our powerful, reliable and secure payment network and create unique and unforgettable experiences for global football fans, cardholders and clients alike,” said Torre.
With every global sponsorship, Visa has focused on supporting host markets by connecting more local merchants to Visa’s payment network so that the influx of global fans travelling to the sporting venues can make safe and convenient payments. Visa has also historically enabled cardholders to win the chance to attend matches, and while there, having the chance to experience new payment experiences that improve their onsite experience. Most recently at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, fans and merchants were able to enjoy and experience secure contactless payment technology that was rolled out at the 12 FIFA World Cup Russia stadiums.
Visa aims to leverage the Total AFCON platform to continue to deliver exceptional benefits to its local communities, clients, partners and fans as they come together to support the best of African football.
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Uruguay president Jose Mujica overheard calling Argentina's Cristina Kirchner 'old hag'
URUGUAY'S President Jose Mujica has been caught on mic calling Argentina's President an "old hag".
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This handout picture released by the Argentine Presidency Press office shows Pope Francis(R) while receiving a gift from Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on March 18, 2013 at the Vatican. Pope Francis received compatriot President Cristina Kirchner of Argentina in the Vatican today in his first meeting with a head of state as world leaders arrived in Rome ahead of his inauguration mass. AFP PHOTO/PRESIDENCIASource:AFP
URUGUAY'S President Jose Mujica had no apologies Friday after disparaging remarks aimed at Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner and her late husband were picked up by an open microphone.
In a radio presentation, Mr Mujica talked about the close links between the two countries, and emphasised that no event or person "can uproot our common history".
Mr Mujica made no reference to his remarks broadcast live on Thursday at the start of a news conference while he was speaking privately with another official.
"This old hag is worse than the one-eyed guy," Mr Mujica was caught saying, without realising that the microphones were on.
It was a clear reference to Mrs Kirchner and her late husband, former president Nestor Kirchner, who had a lazy eye and was nicknamed "El Tuerto" (the one-eyed guy).
"'El Tuerto' was more of a politician, this one is stubborn," Mr Mujica said.
He also had a catty comment on Mrs Kirchner's gift to Pope Francis: "To an Argentine Pope, who has lived for 77 years, are you going to explain to him what...mate and a flask are?"
The reference was to Mrs Kirchner's gift a gourd to drink mate, the herbal infusion popular in the Argentina and Uruguay, to the newly elected Pope.
Word of Mr Mujica's slip-up shut down the website of Uruguay's El Observador newspaper, which recorded historic traffic, according to the outlet's digital content manager. The audio had also been broadcast live on the president's official website.
One hour after his remarks Mr Mujica told the online edition of another newspaper, La Republica, that he had been talking about Lula and Brazil, and that he had not spoken "publicly" about Argentina.
"I'm not going to play ball with them or go around the world clarifying anything. They can invent all the nonsense that they want," Mr Mujica snapped.
The comments, however, went viral on social media.
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman on Thursday slammed the remarks as "unacceptable" and "denigrating," adding that they offended the memory of the deceased.
An official protest was delivered in the form of a note to Uruguay's ambassador to Argentina, Guillermo Pomi.
Nestor Kirchner was Argentina's president from 2003 to 2007. His wife, Cristina, succeeded him and won re-election in 2011. Nestor Kirchner was a key adviser to his wife up to his sudden death of a heart attack in 2010.
Mr Mujica, 77, is a former guerrilla who took office in 2010.
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Misako Dance Teacher Spotlight
MAY 2017: MRS. DOROTHY ADAMS
May 15, 2017 / Misako Aoki
Dorothy Adams is from Montgomery County, here she grew up watching her sister dance. From this she fell in love with ballet. Dance was her way to express her feelings. At the young age of nine she began ballet at the Montgomery County Ballet Company and years later she majored in dance at the University of Maryland. Along with ballet she does jazz and modern.
She has been teaching for over 25 years in Howard County and loves to interact with all her students of different ages and backgrounds in order to expose them to the wonders and joys of dance. Their most important lesson taught in her lesson according to her is that anything can be accomplished with hard work and effort.
Along with being a dance teacher she also teaches at a local Elementary School and previously in Baltimore County where she wrote dance curriculum. She loves volunteering after school, as well as swimming.
Thank you Mrs. Adams!
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APRIL 2017: MR. CHARLES ABEL
April 28, 2017 / Misako Aoki
I was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and that’s where I started dancing. At this point, however, I pretty much feel as if I’m from the DC area.
After a youth filled with sports – baseball, gymnastics, and wrestling - I took a modern dance class in the Limon style, then started studying full time at a small school in Baton Rouge called The Brantley School of Ballet. The late Phoebe Brantley was a great coach and she gave me so many awesome learning opportunities. She took me to see the ballet in New Orleans on several occasions and brought many excellent teachers into the school including the Russian émigré, Alexander Minz, Martin Fredman and others. Alexander “Shasha” Minz made arrangements for me to audition in DC with one of his Russian friends from the Moiseyev Ballet named Yuli Vzorov. I studied with Yuli and danced in his small company, Rhythm Ballet, for two years. I also did a lot of academic study on my own on the history of ballet, the various styles, choreographers, the language, etc. I do not have structured conservatory training.
I have to say it feels awesome to really nail double tours en l’air. I probably like this so much because of how hard it was to learn and how “not awesome” it feels to fall during an attempt! I love everything about dance! Dance is athletic. Dance is artistic. Dance is romantic. Dance is expressive. Dance is challenging. For better or worse, dance has formed my life.
My first ballet teacher, Phoebe Brantley, once said to me: “Talent is the ability to work.” That really stuck with me because not every dancer is gifted with long legs, supple back and feet, and natural ability. But it takes absolutely zero talent to show up on time; to have a positive attitude; to stay focused; to observe and learn from others; and to develop the ethic to work hard. These attributes will create success in most any endeavor. I’m not of the opinion that dancers should “suffer for the art.” We should all be able to find joy and have fun with dance but hard work in not negotiable. I enjoy a wide variety of movies but prefer script driven movies. And while the action films like Star Wars, Gladiator, and Braveheart were great, the Academy Award winner Crash always comes to mind as a favorite. I still play a lot of sports including softball, and to a lesser extent tennis (too hard on my dancer knees:). I love hiking outdoors also. When indoors I watch sports on TV and read.
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JANUARY 2017: MS. JESSICA
January 28, 2017 / Misako Aoki
Jessica is from Hereford, Maryland. She studied dance at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She was an dance major. She also studied dance at the MGM dance studio in PA. Jessica started dancing when she was four years old. She liked it much better than any sports that she tried so she decided to stick with dance.
Her favorite part of dance is helping students make a big break through with their technique and “helping them figure out how to do something that was difficult for them before”. So that’s a very valuable lesson she likes to instill in her students is to keep working hard at something even when it seems impossible.
When she has free time she likes to watch videos of modern and dance performances. Along with that, she enjoys taking her children to the Robinson Nature Center located in Howard County.
Her favorite style of dance is ballet and modern and her favorite position are tilts which is a popular modern dance move.
Ms. Jessica is a dancer of Misako Ballet Company. Come to see Misako Ballet Company 10th anniversary performance "Perspective" on Feb. 19th at Jim Rouse Theatre!
Buy tickets at:
http://misakoballetcompany2017.bpt.me
Thank you Ms. Jessica!
January 28, 2017 / Misako Aoki/
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JANUARY 2017: MS. AMBER
Ms. Amber Hodak was born in Japan and has been dancing most of her life. She discovered dance when she was five years old and went to see a ballet. Realizing her love and passion for the art, her mother immediately enrolled her in dance classes and she has been dancing ever since. In Japan, Amber danced at an athlete club in a military base. She moved to Maryland when she was nine, and began dancing at Misako Ballet Studio. She has been a part of many dance companies and continues to cultivate her love of dance.
Amber's favorite part of dancing is learning about the different cultures and styles of dance as well as being able to express your feelings as you dance, without talking. Amber's favorite dance move is turning - she LOVES to turn! Every year Amber dances at the multicultural fest in October and loves to share her passion with others. When she teaches, Amber feels the most important lesson to pass on to her students is to always have fun and never forget why you started dancing.
Ms. Amber is a dancer of Misako Ballet Company. Come to see Misako Ballet Company 10th anniversary performance "Perspective" on Feb. 19th at Jim Rouse Theatre!
Buy tickets at: http://misakoballetcompany2017.bpt.me/
Thank you Ms. Amber!
DECEMBER 2016: MS. ALLISON
December 15, 2016 / Misako Aoki
Allison is a quirky and bubbly jazz, ballet, and tap teacher. She was born in Texas where she started her dance career at the age of three. When she was 14, Allison moved to Maryland, and she began her dance studies at the Hanover School of Ballet. She has always enjoyed dance and knew from a young age that she wanted to be a dancer. Now, as a teacher Allison enjoys sharing dance with her students (especially her favorite jazz move: petit allegros!) Allison always wants her student to believe in themselves and push themselves to their highest potential.
Thank you Ms. Allison!
December 15, 2016 / Misako Aoki/
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NOVEMBER 2016: MS. BROWN
November 15, 2016 / Misako Aoki
Faunai Brown is from Baltimore, MD. She studied dance at the Baltimore County Youth Ballet and from there she studied dance at the University of Utah. This is her first year teaching here at the ballet studio, she teaches elementary ballet, ballet 1, ballet 3 and ballet 5 classes.
Ms. Brown originally started taking dance class with her older sister, her sister quit, but Ms. Brown continued. She absolutely loves to dance she says “dancing is a good way to express myself”. Her favorite style of dance is Ballet, she loves the way it is so structured and organized.
Her favorite part of dance is the whole aspect of performing on stage, being dressed in beautiful costumes and allowing to everyone in the audience to be captivated by her movements. “I love having everyone in the audience feel a part of what I am doing on stage”
One of the most important lesson Ms. Brown loves teaching her students is confidence and strength. She wants to teach her students to be confident in everything they do and how they do it. Along, with that she loves teaching her students physical strength.
Her absolute favorite move is Centerstage, it is such a classic and her favorite activity in Howard County is going to the Columbia Mall!
Thank you Ms. Brown!
November 15, 2016 / Misako Aoki/
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Ryon Healy Diagnosed With Spinal Stenosis
Mariners infielder Ryon Healy – out since May 21 with lower back issues – has been diagnosed with spinal stenosis, Greg Johns of MLB.com reports. He’ll miss at least three to four more weeks as a result, according to manager Scott Servais.
Healy will undergo an epidural Tuesday in hopes of lessening the pain, per Johns. While Healy doesn’t expect the procedure to cure his problem, he suggested to Johns that the injury shouldn’t be a hindrance going forward “if we rehab it properly.”
With the Mariners firmly in sell mode leading up to the July 31 deadline, Healy has come up in trade rumors during his time on the injured list. This latest development figures to officially take him out of play as an in-season trade piece for Seattle, though. More importantly, the hope is that it won’t hamper the 27-year-old Healy as he continues his career. A spinal stenosis diagnosis in 2015 helped derail former Mets third baseman David Wright, who seldom took the field again before deciding to wrap up his playing days at the end of last season.
In addition to dealing with Healy’s ongoing absence, the Mariners will have to continue without right fielder Mitch Haniger for the time being, Johns explains. Haniger has been on the IL with a ruptured testicle since June 7. While Haniger has begun light (non-baseball) activity, there’s still no timetable for his return.
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Lots of painful and tough injuries for the Mariners this season you don’t usually see.
ediddy406
Definitely. Tough all around.
Two words you never want to see together. Ruptured and testicle.
Yikes. That’s even worse than gangrene of the testicles. I suppose the worst would be ruptured gangrene testicles. Talk about taking the fun out of baseball.
slowcurve
Too soon to use the word ball. Have some compassion. ;)
smrtbusnisman04
I’ve never thought anything of his playing career, but I feel terrible for him and wish him nothing but luck in his recovery. It’s de generative and will only get worse.
My mom was diagnosed with spinal stenosis last year and just had back surgery to reconstruct her vertebrae’s so I hope he gets quality care from his doctors.
HalosHeavenJJ
Wow. Forget baseball, I hope he’s able to lead a normal life as he ages. This condition only gets worse with time.
Man, that’s brutal..
PepperoniPapi
Oh this is awful news. I was diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis at around the same age, and some days it’s hard to get out of bed to go to a desk job. Pain in the area, weakness in the legs, pins and needles in the feet, etc. Most doctors won’t perform a vertebrae reconstruction on younger people, so it’s really all about maintenance and pain tolerance. Yoga, acupuncture, and a dedicated stretching regimen have worked wonders for me but every day is a grind. Best of luck to Ryon. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
jayspoon
I was diagnosed with the same thing about 6 years ago when I was same age. Luckily my pain has eased up… Or my pain tolerance went up… But what did help me was an inversion table. I was told by a doctor that she wouldn’t recommend surgery until I started losing control of my bowels. Hopefully that’s decades away
sufferfortribe
Brutal condition. I have it my lumbar and cervical areas. All it takes is one wrong turn or twist, then bam, I’m on the ground in pain.
I can’t imagine how he would be able to swing a bat, let alone everything else required to play baseball.
Butch779988
Spinal stenosis indicates a narrow spinal canal putting pressure on nerve roots from the compression. All the epidurals in the world don’t make it wider…..at best only temporary relief. .. surgery follows sooner or later..
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Updated: Iowa town's pit bull ban forces veteran cop to give up his service dog
Disabled retiree Jim Sak needs his dog after suffering a stroke, but Aurelia, Iowa, wants to see the animal destroyed. Now a judge has made a ruling.
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December 23, 2011, 9:43 a.m.
NO EXCEPTIONS: Pit bull in a kennel. (Photo: pwcorgigirl/Flickr)
Updated 12.28: A judge for the U.S. District Court in Sioux City has ruled that the retired officer and his dog should be reunited, according to a Souix City, Iowa, television station.
Retired and disabled police officer Jim Sak knows that the law often looks at issues in terms of black and white, but a law in Aurelia, Iowa, is preventing him from keeping his black-and-white service dog.
The dog, Snickers, is a pit bull mix. Sak, now 65, suffered a stroke three years ago and depends upon Snickers for his health and safety.
"I have spasms on my right side where the leg gives out whenever I get upset or try to do too much," Sak, also a Vietnam veteran, told the Chicago Sun-Times. "When Snickers sees that my hand is moving, he sits down by me right away and waits for me to tell him what to do. Usually, he goes to get my wife so she can help me get back in the chair. Without him, I feel lost."
When he lived in Chicago, his service dog was never a problem. But last month, Sak and his wife moved to Aurelia to live closer to his 87-year-old mother. That's when their troubles began. Aurelia has a three-year-old ordinance banning all pit bulls — put in place after a dog bit a meter maid — and has forced Sak to send Snickers to a kennel outside the city limits. If Sak brings the dog back, the city council has threatened to have the animal destroyed.
The matter made its way before the city council on Dec. 14, but officials voted 3-2 against making exceptions to the pit bull ban.
A nonprofit called the Animal Farm Foundation is paying for Snickers' kennel fees and says it has hired an attorney to represent Sak. The organization says that Snickers is exempt from the pit bull ban because he is certified with the National Service Animal Registry and that attempts to remove him are a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Department of Justice issued guidelines in 2010 that says service dogs are not subject to breed bans.
Both Sak and Snickers have suffered during their separation. Sak told news station KTIV that he has fallen twice since Snickers has been boarded. Meanwhile, Snickers is suffering from anxiety. "He's got hives on his underside, his hair is just falling out," Sak said.
Pit bull bans exist in many towns and cities around the country, but some have recently made exceptions for service animals. Denver, Colo., put its pit bull service dog exemption in writing in April of this year after lawsuits from the Animal Law Center.
The case comes up in front of a federal court in Sioux City on Dec. 28 (See update at top of story). Meanwhile, a petition of Change.org seeks 1,000 signatures asking the Aurelia City Council to let Sak keep his service dog.
Also on MNN:
Photo gallery: 7 incredibly loyal dogs
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Disabled retiree Jim Sak needs his dog after suffering a stroke, but Aurelia, Iowa, wants to destroy it.
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Welcome to Cool Green Science — the conservation blog of The Nature Conservancy!
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Why shark finning should end
May 5, 2011, 8:31 p.m. by Nature Conservancy
73 million sharks are killed every year, largely to meet the rising demand for shark fin soup. Can California help reverse this catastrophic loss?
May 3, 2011, 9:44 a.m. by Nature Conservancy
Your Cinco de Mayo fiesta isn't complete until you follow these tips from the Nature Conservancy's Mexico staffer on how to incorporate traditional and popular foods into your celebration.
Spring on the National Mall
April 28, 2011, 3:37 p.m. by Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy's director of U.S. government relations urges you to enjoy the great outdoors and remind Congress of conservation’s important role in America’s history.
Earth Day and faith: Why should Christians care?
April 27, 2011, 8:10 a.m. by Nature Conservancy
Author and pastor Jonathan Merritt examines why “environmentalist” is still a dirty word among some Christians and how that can be changed.
An interview with Steve Ells, founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill
The chef-turned-CEO talks about family farms, native prairie grasses and the true meaning of food with integrity.
Steven Rinella: A hunter's view of conservation
Watch the TV host talk about the often overlooked intersect between hunting and conservation and the one threat that keeps him up at night.
Conservation movement must become more diverse
A new study challenges the conservation movement to become more racially diverse. Mark Tercek explains why it's important and how The Nature Conservancy is accepting the challenge.
Summit at sea: Entrepreneurs swimming with sharks
April 8, 2011, 9:11 a.m. by Nature Conservancy
Conservancy marine scientist Stephanie Wear will spend three days with a new generation of leaders. Find out why some of them will truly end up swimming with sharks.
Barton Seaver: Eat sustainably
April 5, 2011, 10:49 p.m. by Nature Conservancy
Chef Barton Seaver reminds us that sustainability is not about finding more food but about doing a better job nourishing people with the food we have. And we can do it without sacrificing flavor.
Mario Batali on eating smart
March 31, 2011, 9:36 a.m. by Nature Conservancy
Celebrity chef says one of the most important (and easiest) things we can do for Earth Day is to make better choices about what we eat.
Alice Waters: Eat local
March 29, 2011, 10:21 a.m. by Nature Conservancy
Local food pioneer Alice Waters talks about her favorite weekly outing and why she's hopeful that we'll finally start making smarter choices about what we eat.
Getting to know your bacon: Hogs, farms and clean water
Freshwater scientist Jeff Opperman has found a way to indulge in this guilty pleasure with less guilt and greater environmental sustainability.
Is that snake venomous?
13 natural solutions for killing and deterring ants
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Alex Cooke and Constance Holness
Two Black Country bus drivers at National Express West Midlands have won places at the company’s global Values Awards finals.
Alex Cooke from West Bromwich garage and Constance Holness from Wolverhampton will be at the international final in London on 23 May. They will be up against colleagues from Spain, Morocco, Bahrain, North America, Germany and others from the UK.
Constance is nominated for the Community award for her tireless work helping young people in her community.
A regular at Wolverhampton’s Mount Bethel Church, Constance dedicates her free time to a Big Lottery-funded community project called The Light. She teaches lifestyle and parenting skills to young people and teenage mothers, giving them practical advice. Often these young people don’t have support from parents or extended family to learn from.
Constance teaches young people essential techniques on how to manage a limited income. She shows them how to shop on a £10 budget, cook healthy nutritious meals for themselves and their children and also provides guidance on positive parenting.
Over and above this, Constance takes part in sponsored walks and lunch clubs to raise the funds so that these community projects can happen.
Constance doesn’t just volunteer with her church. Her compassionate nature and desire to help others drives the many community activities she instigates at Wolverhampton depot. When a fellow driver suffered a life-altering incident which limited the use of his limbs, Constance organised a large collection to help him.
Kerry Jukes-Rowe, National Express’ Wolverhampton Operations Manager, describes Constance as “a fantastic employee and a great asset to Wolverhampton. Kind and caring, she is a well-respected member of the team.”
Alex Cooke joined National Express’ West Bromwich garage in 2016 - following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps as a bus driver for the company.
From day one, Alex was motivated to become a Master Driver - National Express’ top-ranked driver scheme. And he’s already on track to achieve this prestigious driving accreditation this year.
Alex’s commitment to provide customers with a first-class service is evident. Within his first year, his performance had already achieved gold status on Traffilog. To get a gold score, a driver must demonstrate exceptional vehicle control.
In 2017, West Bromwich garage introduced DriveCam, which records incidents of harsh braking, accelerating, cornering or a collision. To date, Alex has had zero DriveCam events. This demonstrates his extraordinary dedication to consistently delivering the highest standards of driving and customer service.
Alex is so passionate that he volunteered to speak at a Master Driver graduation, inspiring 150 colleagues, friends and family with his comprehensive understanding of safety and his determination to provide the highest standards of professional driving.
Lee Stockton, National Express' Operations Manager at West Bromwich, describes Alex as “a truly exceptional employee who has a passion for the transport industry. He is an outstanding performer in all aspects of his role and a credit to the driving profession and to the depot.”
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Vijay Mallya’s escape: Evidence points to Modi Govt’s culpability
Is it not conclusive evidence that both the top brass within the bank and the Modi government were aware that Vijay Mallya was about to leave the country?
NH Political Bureau
Published: 14 Sep 2018, 6:29 PM
There is now enough circumstantial evidence pointing to the Modi government’s culpability in letting bank defaulter Vijay Mallya leave the country. Lawyer Dushyant Dave’s statement that he had clearly advised his client State Bank of India to move court to stop Mallya leaving the country is the first substantial evidence pointing towards the Modi government’s culpability in Mallya’s dramatic escape from the country, after siphoning off hundreds of crores from the SBI.
Dave, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, had advised SBI four days before Mallya left the country to take legal action to stop the defaulting businessman from fleeing the country. Dave had told the SBI that it must approach the Supreme Court to put stop to Mallya’s plan to go abroad. The SBI did not heed his advice and Mallya left the country four days later.
Dave told Indian Express that his client the SBI contacted him on February 28, 2016 for his advice in the Mallya case. Dave, according to Indian Express, "advised SBI to go to Supreme Court on February 29, 2016, for getting an order restraining Mallya from leaving the country…. SBI chairperson and people at the top within the government knew about this meeting and the advice given by me, However, there was no action taken upon this.”
Mallya left the country on March 2, 2016 while the SBI moved the Supreme Court in this regard only by March 5, 2106. Mallya was by that time comfortably settled in London. The SBI has denied any laxity on its part to let Mallya go. But facts speak for themselves because the Bank has not contradicted Dave’s statement in this regard.
Is it not conclusive evidence that both the top brass within the bank and the government were aware that Mallya was about to leave the country? Dave clearly says that the “SBI chairperson and the people at the top in the government knew about my advice’’. Why did the then “SBI chairperson and the top brass within the government” not act upon Dave’s advice in Mallya case?
State Bank of India lawyer Dushyant Dave’s statement that he had clearly advised the bank to move court to stop Mallya leaving the country is the first substantial evidence pointing towards the Modi government’s culpability in Mallya’s dramatic escape from the country, after siphoning off hundreds of crores from the SBI
Suspect role of “caged parrot” CBI
Another evidence pointing to the government’s complicity in Mallya’s escape is the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation. It’s now in public domain that the CBI diluted it’s own Look-out Circular (LoC) in Mallya’s case. The CBI LoC circular against Mallya was issued to airports three years before Mallya left the country. The CBI suddenly down graded its own circular in Mallya case from “detain” to merely “’inform”.
Isn’t it funny! Even a child in this country knows that the CBI has the history of being ‘his masters’ voice’. Even Supreme Court once described the CBI as a “caged parrot”. Will it not be fair inference that in the Mallya case the CBI did exactly what its masters told it to do while downgrading its LoC from “detain’’ to "inform”?
Who would believe Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in these circumstances when he said that Mallya met him in the Parliament gallery and he rebuffed Mallya. Mr Jaitley, you better heed Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s advice and quit. Because you were either listening to your boss or you were protecting Mallya’s interests and not the country’s interests. Both amount to a serious lapse on your part.
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Dodo Birds Weren't as Dumb as You Think, Study Finds
By Samantha Mathewson
Feb 24, 2016 12:21 PM EST
Dodo birds may have been smarter than we give them credit for.
(Photo : AMNH/C. Chesek)
Despite their centuries-long reputation of being stupid, dodo birds were actually fairly smart. In fact, a new study from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) suggests these extinct, flightless birds were likely as smart as modern pigeons, and had a better sense of smell.
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was native to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The large birds were last seen in 1662. The birds were thought to be stupid because they were initially very comfortable around early Dutch explorers landing on the island, making themselves easy prey.
"Because of that behavior and invasive species that were introduced to the island, they disappeared in less than 100 years after humans arrived," lead author Eugenia Gold said in the museum's release. "Today, they are almost exclusively known for becoming extinct, and I think that's why we've given them this reputation of being dumb."
For their study, Gold and a team of researchers examined a well-preserved dodo bird skull. Their analysis revealed the animal's brain was about the same size as a pigeon's. In addition, the team found an uncharacteristically enlarged olfactory bulb, which is responsible for sense of smell.
"It's not impressively large or impressively small -- it's exactly the size you would predict it to be for its body size," Gold added. "So if you take brain size as a proxy for intelligence, dodos probably had a similar intelligence level to pigeons. Of course, there's more to intelligence than just overall brain size, but this gives us a basic measure."
Pigeons -- the dodo's closest living relative -- are regarded as moderately intellectual animals based on their ability to be trained.
While the birds have spent a lot of time in the limelight, most aspects of the dodo's biology are still unknown to science. This, researchers say, is in part due to the fact that dodo fossils are extremely rare. The dodo brain examined in the study was from the Natural History Museum, London.
Generally, birds rely on sight, rather than their sense of smell to navigate the world. Therefore, birds tend to have larger optic lobes than olfactory bulbs. As a ground-dwelling bird, however, Gold suggests dodos relied on smell to find food, which likely included fruit, small land vertebrates, and marine animals like shellfish.
"It is really amazing what new technologies can bring to old museum specimens," co-author Mark Norell, Macaulay Curator of Paleontology and Chair of the Division of Paleontology at the AMNH, said in a news release. "This really underscores the need for the maintenance and growth of natural history collections, because who knows what's next."
Their findings were recently published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
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Interviews with Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner ("The Lion King"); Emmy nominations are announced.
Whitman and the Poll Drop: So It's a Race After All
Published May 20, 2010 at 10:18 AM | Updated at 7:39 AM PST on Feb 10, 2011
Before we crunch the numbers lets go ahead and anticipate the talking points for today: Meg Whitman will be in Camarillo this morning and she will be talking with the media.
The subject will come up and she will say the following: “We knew the race was going to get tighter at the end.”
“He’s spent 15 million dollars spreading falsehoods about me and that has something to do with it.”
“The only poll that counts is the one on election day.”
The first answer is true, the second is sort of ‘half’ true and the third use to be the case but isn’t quite so anymore.
The former eBay CEO spent a fortune on media since the end of last year and as a result catapulted ahead in the GOP race for Governor. Two months ago she had a 40 point lead over Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. But Poizner still had money and the Whitman people remained a little fearful. Hoping that they would insure entice Poizner to blow his cash well before the election the Whitman campaign went negative early (“reason #12 why not to trust Steve Poizner: he wears ballet slippers”) Poiz didn’t bite. Instead he saved much of his war chest until now and is using it to pummel Whitman on Immigration and Goldman Sachs… two issues he was handed late in the game (see related article)
And the punches have been landing.
The Public Police Institute of California says Whitman’s support has dropped 23 points since March and now her lead over Poizner is 38 to 29 percent among registered Republicans likely to vote in the June primary. Now that’s still a nine point lead… but it is a far cry from where it was.
Poizner has also pulled down Whitman’s numbers against Democrat Jerry Brown. In a hypothetical race Brown, who once trailed Whitman, now leads by several points. Whitman still does better against Brown than Poizner does but that doesn’t seem to matter much with Republican voters.
What is pulling Whitman down, or so it seems, is her approach to illegal immigration. While she has former Governor Pete Wilson on the radio saying she would be “tough as nails” on the issue, the fact is Whitman opposes SB 1070 in Arizona. While that measure may be unpopular with most politicians, and the media, the fact is the vast majority of voters around the nation and in California agree with it. Poizner's attacks that Whitman benefited personally from her ties with Goldman Sachs may also have an immigration component in that the ads maker her appear like the kind of rich CEO who employs undocumented workers and has little regard if they are taking roofing, drywall or construction jobs.
Meg still may win. If not she will own a dubious record: that of the most expensive, but failed, campaign in California history.
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Nebraska law permits citizens to bring forward constitutional amendments for approval on the ballot. To qualify for placement on the ballot, supporters of a constitutional measure must collect signatures from voters equivalent to at least 10% of the electorate in Nebraska at the time the signatures are submitted. To qualify for the 2020 ballot, approximately 130,000 signatures will be needed. Once the measure has been approved for the ballot, a simple majority is required for it to become law, provided the number of affirmative votes cast for the measure is greater than 35% of the total votes cast in the election.
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Brad Pitt hits back at Angelina Jolie’s child support claims
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The Hollywood couple had been together since 2005 but only married in 2014
US actor Brad Pitt has rebutted claims made by his estranged wife Angelina Jolie that he has failed to support their children.
In a court filing on Wednesday, the star's legal team said he had paid more than $1.3m (£1m) in costs and loaned $8m to Jolie to help her buy a house.
On Tuesday, Jolie's lawyer said Pitt had paid "no meaningful child support" since she filed for divorce in 2016.
The couple had been together since 2005 but only married in 2014.
In the documents, Pitt's lawyers also said Jolie's claims regarding child support were a "thinly-veiled effort to manipulate media coverage."
There has been no immediate response from Jolie's representatives.
"[Pitt] has a statutory duty to pay child support. As of present, [he] has paid no meaningful child support since separation," her lawyer said in the filing on Tuesday.
"Given that the informal arrangements around the payment of the children's expenses have not been regularly sustained... for over a year and a half, [Jolie] intends to file... for the establishment of a retroactive child support order," the documents stated.
Jolie cited "irreconcilable differences" when she filed to end the marriage, and the pair became embroiled in a bitter child custody dispute in the months following the announcement.
Pitt was investigated for possible child abuse after losing his temper in front of some of the children, but was later cleared of the allegations.
The couple were known as "Brangelina" by fans and met on the set of the 2005 film Mr and Mrs Smith.
The marriage was Pitt's second, having previously wed Friends star Jennifer Aniston, and Jolie's third after actors Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller. -BBC
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#WildlifeWednesday: Tarsiers
The Orangutan Foundation manages a tropical forest research station in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo. Pondok Ambung Research Station is used as a base from which our field staff, students and international researchers can learn more about the flora and fauna of Borneo’s forests.These studies are vital when implementing strategies to best conserve rainforest habitat in this area.
We’ve just received an exciting report from our research manager on tarsiers.
TARSIER FACTFILE
There are 10 known species of tarsier, all of which are found in Southeast Asia.
Tarsiers are the only carnivorous primate, primarily feeding on insects, but have been recorded to feed on small birds, bats, frogs, crabs and even snakes!
Tarsiers are small primates, averaging around just 13cm in length.
They are nocturnal, using their large eyes and ears to hunt for prey at night.
Their spines are specially adapted to allow them to turn their heads nearly 180° in each direction, perfect for locating prey.
Tarsiers move by leaping; Bornean tarsiers have been recorded to jump distances over 5m!
They are sexually dimorphic: males are larger than females.
Tarsiers have been known to live for up to 16 years.
They are generally found no higher than 2m above the forest floor.
They tend to live in small groups of around 3 individuals.
Tarsiers mark their territory with scent – using their urine!
A Tarsier is a primate which inhabits a range of different forest types. Their taxonomic classification is as follows:
SUB ORDER:
HAPLORRHINI
INFRA ORDER:
TARSIIFORMES
TARSIDAE
TARSIUS
The species our staff studied is known as the Bornean Tarsier (Tarsius bancanus boreanus). Bornean tarsiers are widespread throughout the island of Borneo. Listed by the IUCN as “Vulnerable”, Bornean tarsiers are threatened by the risk of extinction in the wild, as a result of habitat loss.
A population exists within the forests of Tanjung Puting National Park. Our field staff have conducted surveys to track this lesser-known species of primate. Locations where tarsier activity was identified were tracked using GPS. Our staff directly encountered two tarsiers, with 10 other indirect encounters from identifying their scent - left with urine.
All traces of tarsiers were found either near the river or in swamp forest, as this is where tarsiers obtain most of their food. Supporting other research, the two tarsiers spotted were found only in small trees, no higher than 2m from the ground.
Field staff reported heavy rain during tarsier observations, which made it difficult to spot and follow them in the dense vegetation.
It is vital we conserve these types of habitat for tarsiers by preventing human activity in this area of protected forest which leads to habitat loss. Limiting the amount of tourism in this area would also be beneficial so the area can be better managed.
Want to learn more about our research programme? Watch this short clip:
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"Us and not us" by Ashley Leiman - Director of the Orangutan Foundation
Ashley Leiman OBE, director of the Orangutan Foundation, explores the complex relationship between man and our closest relatives – the great apes
Please see here : The Biologist Vol 61(2) p12-16 , for the full article.
" The great apes are often perceived differently to other animals. In many cases, it's the simple physical resemblance – we look alike – that's enough to affect how people think and feel about them. No other group of animal has the same attributes that strike a chord with people: hands with nails, eyes that mirror our own, and rich social and emotional lives. Despite this, the 21st century may see the extinction of one of mankind's closest living relatives...
[ ]...But there are two sides to our perception of apes. While one side emphasises the similarities, the other side emphasises the differences, how the apes are almost but not quite human. This duality occurs across the world, but is perhaps strongest in the west.
[ ]...No one is deliberately trying to wipe out the great apes. The present situation shows little more than a lack of care, both nationally and internationally. This is the point where western and indigenous attitudes to the great apes intersect. The fate of the apes rests finally with the inhabitants of ape-habitat countries, be they individuals, communities or governments. However, the west or developed world has a duty of care, for it's the western world order (and its demand for products and raw materials from ape habitats) that has given rise to so many of the problems the apes face.
"As long as they [apes] are able to roam the earth, hooting, leaping, munching, breaking branches, beating their chests, or simply sitting gazing quietly into the sunset, they will act as a perpetual and vital reminder that we are, after all, little more than brainy, naked apes." (Morris & Morris, 1966). "
Please consider donating to the Foundation here... You can contact us - Ashley and the team - on info@orangutan.org.uk
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Lamandau River Wildlif..., Other wildlife
Trapped Wildlife
Releasing caged wildlife is rarely anyone’s idea of fun. Panic-stricken animals tend to lash out and they don’t have claws, teeth and talons for nothing. Which is why, yesterday, finding an eagle, a snake and two macaques caught in fish traps provided a challenging finish to the day. As always, I must apologise for the photos; but this time we did have a good excuse; we were all a bit too busy to take photos. So, thank you Rene (a peat forest researcher) for taking the ones below. The fish traps were made of a wooden frame wrapped in netting with an inverted slit through which fish can enter but can not escape. Because the water level in the Mangkung River, the Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, has dropped so much the traps were exposed and the fish inside had obviously tempted the monkeys and the crested-serpent eagle in for an easy meal. Certainly, I have never seen animals caught in them before.
Jak, the Lamandau Patrol Manager and I tackled the eagle first, only to find there was a small python in the trap as well. I was certain that as we cut away the netting the eagle would either peck or slash with its talons, which were wrapped in the netting. Amazingly, once the roof was cut away the bird freed its feet and flew out right in front of our faces, without scratching either of us.
Crested serpent-eagle caught in a fish trap (photo by Rene Dommain).
The python was half way through the netting but having gorged on the trapped fish had a bulge three quarters of the way down its body, which would not fit through the mesh. Jak was all for leaving it and I have to say as its head twisted around I thought he had a point. However, as it was, the snake would be a sitting target for the next eagle to come along. So trying to keep the sharp edge away from its skin, I slid my knife in between the snake and the netting and cut it free. Great, we were now in the water with a python and neither of us wanted to think about crocodiles!
Juvenile macaque caught in a fish trap - once freed he swam away (photo by Rene Dommain).
The macaques were about 100m downstream. In one trap there was a juvenile and on the opposite riverbank, an adult female, thrashing around madly. We were able to free the youngster and I swam over to cut out the female. Again, having some experience of macaques, I thought as soon as the top was open she would come flying out and bite. My dulcet tones did nothing to calm her and, as I cut away each side, she would retreat into the opposite corner ensuring she was always under netting until the whole top was cut off. Only then did she come out.
It was obviously our lucky day for instead of flying out as predicted she actually dove down and swam away under the water. We saw her pop up and climb out, maybe, 15m away.
Four animals released without injury to either them or us. Not bad. Then I scrapped all the skin off my shin climbing back into the boat!
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What human civilization needs more than anything is not greater IQ or EQ, but TQ: technology quotient. In their manifesto Hybrid Reality, husband-and-wife team Ayesha & Parag Khanna explores the frontier of the information revolution: The Hybrid Age. In this era of disruptive technologies, accelerating change, and deep anxiety about the future, the Khannas explain how the “balance of innovation” has superseded the military “balance of power” as a measure of national potential, and provide a global tour of how the smartest countries, cities, and companies are harnessing new technologies to gain an edge. Each of us also needs better TQ to adapt to a future in which robots are normal social actors in our lives, healthcare becomes a vehicle for physical enhancement, academic pedigree dissolves in a global skills market, and virtual currencies enable tax-free transactions.
Whether the future is a dystopian global class struggle over technology or a Pax Technologica of transparency, access and equity will depend on spreading TQ above all else.
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The garden still has its central lily pond and the quadrants around the pond are ornamented with a number of yew trees. In the library grounds is a section of the Surrey Iron Railway, which was the first public railway in the world. It was opened in 1803 and closed in 1846; it was horse drawn and used for carrying only freight.
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Lowder-Vandergriff Debate on God’s Existence Now Out!
November 21, 2014 by Jeffery Jay Lowder
Lowder-Vandergriff Debate on God’s Existence Now Out! November 21, 2014 Jeffery Jay Lowder
I’m pleased to announce that my debate on God’s existence with Mr. Kevin Vandergriff is now out! Here are the options for accessing the debate.
Download it as an audio file via the Reasonable Doubts podcast
Watch the YouTube version which has slide presentations accompanying each speech
Topic and Format
The topic and format for our debate was as follows.
Topic: Naturalism vs. Christian Theism: Where Does the Evidence Point?
Mr. Lowder’s Opening Statement: 20 minutes
Mr. Vandergriff’s Opening Statement: 20 minutes
Mr. Lowder’s First Rebuttal: 15 minutes
Mr. Vandergriff’s First Rebuttal: 15 minutes
Mr. Lowder’s Second Rebuttal: 10 minutes
Mr. Vandergriff’s Second Rebuttal: 10 minutes
Mr. Lowder’s Closing Statement: 5 minutes
Mr. Vandergriff’s Closing Statement: 5 minutes
This debate was not a live debate but was instead recorded over a series of many weeks. Once I recorded my initial opening statement, each speech was due within a week of the previous one being available to the other debater. Once all of the speeches were complete, the crew at Reasonable Doubts merged all of the files together into a single file for the podcast. As an added bonus, both Vandergriff and I provided PowerPoint slides for each and every speech, which should make it that much easier to follow the debate.
Summary of Mr. Lowder’s Case for Naturalism:
First Contention. Naturalism is a much simpler explanation than Christian theism (where simplicity is defined in terms of modesty and coherence).
Second Contention. Naturalism is a more accurate explanation than Christian theism.
2.1. Physical Matter
2.2. Intelligibility of Universe without Appeal to Supernatural Agency
2.3. Cosmic Hostility
2.4. Biological Evolution
2.5. Biological Role of Pain and Pleasure
2.6. Flourishing and Languishing
2.7. Triumph and Tragedy
2.8. Mind-Brain Dependence
2.9. Types and Distribution of Moral Agents
2.10. Limitations on Human Freedom
2.11. Nonresistant Nonbelief
2.12. Ethical Disagreement
Note: some of these lines of evidence were not mentioned until after Mr. Lowder’s opening statement, specifically, 2.2, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, and 2.14.
Summary of Mr. Vandergriff’s Case for Christian Theism:
First Contention: Naturalism is not significantly more simple than Christian theism.
Second Contention: Even if naturalism is significantly more simple than Christian theism, it doesn’t matter because God exists necessarily.
2.1. Origin of the Universe
2.2. Why There is Something Physical Rather than Nothing
Third Contention: Christian theism is a more accurate explanation than naturalism.
3.1. Discoverability of the Universe
3.2. Applicability of Mathematics
3.3. Evolution
3.4. Formational Economy of the Universe
3.5. Self-Aware Beings
3.6. Embodied Moral Agents plus Fine-Tuning
3.7. The Connection between Moral Beliefs and Necessary Moral Truths
3.8. The Connection between Necessary Moral Truths and Flourishing
3.9. Worthwhileness of Life
3.10. Resurrection of Jesus
Note: some of these lines of evidence were not mentioned until after Mr. Vandergriff’s opening statement, specifically, 3.3 and 3.4.
Related Topics Discussed in This Debate
1. The differences between metaphysical naturalism and the “hypothesis of indifference”
2. The Anti-Creation Ex Nihilo Argument
3. Neo-Aristotelian Ethical Naturalism, namely, Larry Arnhart’s version as defended in his book, Darwinian Natural Right
4. The Bayesian Interpretation of “Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence” (ECREE) and the Bayesian Anti-Resurrection Argument
5. Physical cosmology, including the Borde-Guth-Vilenkin (BGV) Theorem and quantum indeterminacy
6. God’s relationship with time
7. Animal pain
Major Selling Points and Drawbacks for this Debate
I think this debate is fairly unusual, if not unique, for theism and atheism debates for a number of reasons.
Selling Points
I think both debaters were pretty evenly matched in terms of speaking ability or, at the very least, the delayed audio format gives that appearance. (That is, in fact, a major point of the delayed audio format.)
Both debaters treated their opponents with respect. Anyone who was watched or listened to a number of these debates knows that this does not always happen, which is unfortunate.
Both debaters approach the question, “Does God exist?”, as an empirical question. This means that, for the most part (but not entirely), they avoided a priori, deductive arguments and instead gave evidential arguments. (Thomistic scholars like Ed Feser and other critics of “theistic personalism” won’t be happy.) Furthermore, they both adopt a Bayesian approach to evidence.
The naturalist debater actually attempted to present a positive case for metaphysical naturalism. Mr. Lowder provided nine (9) lines of evidence for naturalism in his opening statement, and five additional lines of (understated) evidence in later speeches.
As mentioned above, the theist debater actually attempted to provide theistic explanations for (alleged) naturalistic facts, rather than appeal to so-called “skeptical theism.” In other words, the theist actually attempted to defend a theodicy.
In fact, for the most part, I think both sides defended their position using arguments and objections which are representative of the best scholarship on both sides. I think both debaters avoided the typical blunders we see from both sides in these debates. (Mr. Lowder in particular is proud of the fact that he pretty much ignored every piece of the horrible debating advice offered by the late Victor Stenger.) For example, both debaters avoided making positive arguments which many, if not most, philosophers of religion would say have been discredited: the naturalist debater did not use the Lack of Evidence Argument (LEA) for atheism and the theist debater didn’t defend an ontological version of the moral argument (which claims that God is required as the ontological foundation for moral values and duties). Along the same lines, both debaters avoided using some more of the dubious objections to their opponent’s arguments: the naturalist debater didn’t respond to alleged cosmic ‘fine-tuning’ by appealing to the multiverse hypothesis and did not respond to the Resurrection argument using simplistic arguments for Jesus mythicism. The theist debater did not respond to the argument from biological evolution by denying the fact of common ancestry and he did not respond to various arguments from evil by appealing to so-called “skeptical theism.”[1]
On the other hand, I think this debate has one, maybe two, major drawbacks.
First, Vandergriff and I discuss a large number of arguments. If you didn’t like the number of arguments in my opening statement for my debate with Phil Fernandes, then you’re probably going to be very unhappy with the number of arguments in this debate. (I think the grand total by the end of the debater was somewhere around 23-25.) I don’t think this ever would have worked in a live debate but, given the unique “audio swap” format, we mutually decided beforehand to debate more, rather than less, arguments on each side. I hope that the PowerPoint slides will make the debate comprehensible.
Second, both debaters spoke faster towards the end of the debate and our speaking rates probably pushed the limits of what is reasonable. For people who listen only to the audio (as opposed to watching the YouTube version), this will make it hard to follow.
Vandergriff Did Not Cheat
Several people on the web noticed that Vandergriff used audio editing software to artificially speed up his speaking rate and to edit out the natural pauses in at least some of his speeches, in order to cram more content into his speeches. Based on that, they have accused Vandergriff of cheating.
I can see why listeners might reach that conclusion, but Vandergriff did not cheat and I want those accusations to stop. Not only did he not cheat, but I fully believe that Vandergriff neither had any intention to cheat nor did he believe at any point that he was doing so. Why? The rules for the debate did not impose a limit on the words per minute (WPM) ratio for each speech. They definitely did not prohibit the use of audio editing software. I have no doubt that Vandergriff chose to speaker at a higher WPM ratio because of his collegiate debate background, where it absolutely the norm for debaters to exceed 300 WPM in their speeches. (This convention is the primary reason I decided against participating in undergraduate debate, despite my university debate team’s attempt to recruit me.)
The problem, in my opinion, is that there is a huge disconnect between the way competitive debaters do debates and the way the general public thinks about debates. I believe that speaking faster than 190 WPM is a huge turn off for the general public, whether for a podcast or in a live debate. Even if Vandergriff had not edited the audio file and instead chose to speak (naturally) as fast as possible, I predict that many listeners still would have complained about the fast delivery. I can see how the use of audio editing software might lead people to think Kevin had cheated, but that conclusion is mistaken. He did not.
Operating from a collegiate debate perspective, Vandergriff opted to increase his WPM ratio as needed in order to address every single in the point in every single speech. Some people call that the “Gish Gallop” approach but, as anyone with high school or college debating experience can confirm, that’s the way they do it in that style of debating.
In contrast, my approach was to speak at a more comfortable pace (< 190 WPM). Of course, that meant I could not include as much content into my speeches as Vandergriff included in his. Instead of simply “dropping” arguments, however, my strategy was to “group” various arguments together in a way so that one objection could apply to many of his arguments at the same time. If our debate were judged by collegiate debate judges using collegiate rules, it’s quite possible they may have voted for Vandergriff as the winner. Since this wasn’t a collegiate debate, however, and since I did respond to all of his points at least indirectly (through grouping), I don’t care how a collegiate debate judge might vote. My courtroom was the court of public opinion and my intended “judge” was the judgment of the general public.
The real risk is that, once transcripts of the debate are made available, they may give Vandergriff an unfair advantage insofar as it will be much easier for readers to understand a written transcript of his speed talking than it is for listeners to understand an audio recording of his speed talking. I think that we can manage risk that by putting some sort of note at the beginning of the transcript which explicitly addresses the WPM issue.
In my opinion, this debate is a “lesson learned” for all parties involved. If I could go back in time, I would have proposed the following:
(1) No cap on the number of arguments because I think the only way to truly test both worldviews in a debate is to actually debate this large number of arguments.
(2) A modified time limit structure, such as 25 minute openings, 20 minute first and second rebuttals, and 15 minute closings. These longer speeches would provide both debaters more time to address the points raised by their opponents.
(3) A strict cap on the maximum allowed WPM, which I would probably set at 190.
(4) The use of audio editing software to manipulate WPM would be allowed, but rendered irrelevant by rules 2 and 3.
Vandergriff and I have already talked about the possibility of having a re-match in the future using the above proposal or something similar. I think I can speak for both of us when I say that we both hope this re-match happens. For my part, I greatly appreciate his informed, thoughtful, and novel approach and think it deserves a fair hearing by everyone interested in pursuing a deeper understanding of these topics.
We’d love to know your reaction to this debate; please feel free to leave your reviews of the debate and/or debate the arguments yourself in the combox!
[1] I recognize that several of the claims in this paragraph will be controversial. For example, some theists deny the truth of common ancestry. Even more important, in my opinion, is the fact some theistic philosophers believe that God is required as the ontological foundation for morality and that skeptical theism is a good response to arguments from evil. I obviously disagree, but I’m not going to attempt to defend my perspective in this blog post.
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The Long Lavender Look
A Travis McGee Novel
By John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Lee Child
Part of Travis McGee
Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller
Jan 08, 2013 | 336 Pages
About The Long Lavender Look
From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Long Lavender Look is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.
A lovely young thing, wearing little more than a determined look, streaks out of the darkness and into Travis McGee’s headlights. McGee hits the brakes, misses the fleeing soul by inches, and lands upside down in ten feet of water—and right into the heart of a violent mystery.
“To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen.”—Kurt Vonnegut
McGee and his old friend Meyer are cruising along on their way back from a wedding when the girl darts in front of their car. They manage to emerge from the wreckage and are limping along the deserted Florida road when someone comes by in an old truck and takes a couple of shots at them. So much for Southern hospitality. McGee and Meyer head to a service station to regroup, but are there arrested and charged with murder.
It turns out a local thug has just been killed, and the lead suspects are Meyer and McGee. Someone’s obviously out to get them—and in this Twilight Zone they’ve found themselves in, they must gather their resources to fight for their lives against a deeply corrupt system.
Features a new Introduction by Lee Child
"McGee has become part of our national fabric."
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A lovely young girl steps in front of Travis McGee’s headlights. McGee misses the girl but lands in ten feet of swamp water. As he’s limping along the deserted road, someone in an old truck takes a few shots at him. And, when he goes to the local sheriff to complain, the intrepid Travis McGee finds himself arrested and charged with murder. And he can’t help but ask himself, is this what they call southern hospitality…?
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Jan 08, 2013 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780307826732
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The Moon and More
By Sarah Dessen
Read by Allie Gallerani
Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues
Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks
May 05, 2015 | 464 Pages | Young Adult
About The Moon and More
From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All
In her eleventh novel, Sarah Dessen returns to the beach town of Colby, setting of some of her best-loved books. Emaline is a Colby native, and so summer at the beach for her means hard work and a new population of beach goers. During this, her last summer before college, Emaline meets Theo while working for her family’s rental business. He’s a city boy who’s come to Colby as the assistant to a high-strung documentary filmmaker who’s in town to profile a reclusive local artist. Emaline knows he’s not her type, but she can’t help feeling drawn to him. And as their relationship develops, Emaline finds herself questioning her own goals, values, and choices in this classic Dessen romance.
Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.
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Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun.
He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.
Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo’s sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.
Emaline’s mostly-absentee father, too, thinks Emaline should have a bigger life, and he’s convinced that an Ivy League education is the only route to realizing her potential. Emaline is attracted to the bright future that Theo and her father promise. But she also clings to the deep roots of her loving mother, stepfather, and sisters. Can she ignore the pull of the happily familiar world of Colby?
Emaline wants the moon and more, but how can she balance where she comes from with where she’s going?
Sarah Dessen’s devoted fans will welcome this story of romance, yearning, and, finally, empowerment. It could only happen in the summer.
“Completely engaging, infused with moments of sweetness, humor and major epiphanies.” —Kirkus Reviews
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2011, Hispanics in the United States Statistical Portrait
By Seth Motel and Eileen Patten
*Visit the most recent data.
This statistical profile of the Latino population is based on Hispanic Trends Project tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey (ACS). Users should exercise caution when comparing the 2011 estimates with estimates for previous years. Population estimates in the 2011 ACS are based on the latest information from the 2010 Decennial Census; the 2005 to 2009 ACS estimates are based on the latest information available for those surveys—updates of the 2000 Decennial Census. The impact of this discontinuity on comparisons between the 2010 and later ACS and earlier years is discussed in a recent report.
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Slideshow of Key Findings
The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. It covers the topics previously covered in the long form of the decennial census. The ACS is designed to provide estimates of the size and characteristics of the resident population, which includes persons living in households and group quarters.
The specific data sources for this statistical profile are the 1% sample of the 2011 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) and the 5% sample of the 2000 Census IPUMS provided by the University of Minnesota.1 The IPUMS assigns uniform codes, to the extent possible, to data collected by the decennial census and the ACS from 1850 to 2011. Due to differences in the way in which the IPUMS and Census Bureau adjust income data and assign poverty status, data provided in Tables 31 – 37 might differ from data on these variables that are provided by the Census Bureau. For more information about the IPUMS, including variable definition and sampling error, please visit http://usa.ipums.org/usa/design.shtml. To learn more about the sampling strategy and associated error of the 2000 Census or the 2011 American Community Survey, please refer to Chapter 8 of the U.S. Census Summary File 3: 2000 and U.S. Census Design Methodology, respectively. For the purposes of this statistical portrait, the population is based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Persons born in Puerto Rico and other outlying territories of the U.S. and who are now living in the 50 states or the District of Columbia are included in the native-born Hispanic population. Hispanics who are now living in the 50 states or the District of Columbia and who identified as naturalized citizens or non-citizens are included in the foreign-born Hispanic population.
1. Steven Ruggles, J. Trent Alexander, Katie Genadek, Ronald Goeken, Matthew B. Schroeder, and Matthew Sobek. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series: Version 5.0 (Machine-readable database). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2011 http://usa.ipums.org/usa.
Table 1.Population, by Race and Ethnicity: 2000 and 2011
Table 2.Population Change, by Race and Ethnicity: 2000 and 2011
Table 3.Racial Self-Identification Among Hispanics and Non-Hispanics: 2011
Table 4.Hispanic Population, by Nativity: 2000 and 2011
Table 5.Change in the Hispanic Population, by Nativity: 2000 and 2011
Table 6.Detailed Hispanic Origin: 2011
Table 7.Nativity, by Detailed Hispanic Origin: 2011
Table 8.Race and Ethnicity, by Sex and Age: 2011
Table 9.Median Age in Years, by Sex, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 10.Hispanic Nativity Groups, by Sex and Age: 2011
Table 10a.Age and Gender Distributions for Race, Ethnicity and Nativity Groups: 2011
Table 11.Fertility in the Past Year, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 12.Fertility in the Past Year, by Marital Status, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 13.Hispanic Population, by State: 2011
Table 14.Change in the Hispanic Population, by State: 2000 and 2011
Table 15.Distribution of Hispanics Across States: 2000 and 2011
Table 16.Marital Status, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 17.Persons, by Household Type, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 18.Households, by Family Size, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 19.Living Arrangements of Children, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 20.Language Spoken at Home and English-Speaking Ability, by Age, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 21.Language Spoken at Home and English-Speaking Ability Among Foreign-Born Hispanics, by Date of Arrival and Age: 2011
Table 22.Educational Attainment, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 23.Educational Attainment of Foreign-Born Hispanics: 2000 and 2011
Table 24.School Enrollment, by Race and Ethnicity: 2000 and 2011
Table 25.High School Dropouts, by Race and Ethnicity: 2000 and 2011
Table 26.Occupation, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 27.Detailed Occupation, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 28.Industry, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 29.Detailed Industry, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 30.Persons, by Personal Earnings, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 31.Median Personal Earnings, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 32.Full-Time, Year-Round Workers, by Personal Earnings, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 33.Median Personal Earnings for Full-Time, Year-Round Workers, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 34.Households, by Income, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 35.Median Household Income, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 36.Poverty, by Age, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 37.Welfare Income, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 38.Food Stamp Recipiency, by Race and Ethnicity, 2011
Table 39.Persons Without Health Insurance, by Age, Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 40.Type of Health Insurance, by Race and Ethnicity: 2011
Table 41.Housing Tenure, by Race and Ethnicity: 2000 and 2011
Table 42.Homeownership Among Foreign-Born Hispanic Heads of Households, by Date of Arrival: 2011
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HTC phone news
HTC One (M8) release date, rumours and everything you need to know (updated)
Chris Hall | 25 March 2014
The HTC One (m8) is set to be launched later today, but what can we expect? We've been following the rumours for the last 6 months pulling it all together and updating this article regularly, giving you a one-stop for all the news, cutting through the speculation to paint a picture of what we can expect later.
HTC One name
At the launch of the HTC One, HTC made it clear that the name was important and that HTC One was going to be the name of its flagship handset moving forward. Since then Carphone Warehouse, Three, and Vodafone in the UK have all publicly listed the phone as the HTC One (m8).
HTC One (2014) release date
The new HTC One (m8) will be announced on 25 March at a launch event in London and New York. HTC has issued invitations to the event where the M8 is expected to be formally announced. Tweeting the news, HTC simply said "The best is about to get better".
HTC kept up the "best" message through Mobile World Congress 2014, taking the time to troll Samsung at the SGS5 launch.
This timeframe was initially ratified by the Hon Mr Justice Arnold, the judge presiding in the patent case between Nokia and HTC, with the hearing report stating: "HTC is close to launching the successor flagship model to the HTC One.
HTC and Carphone Warehouse have both also confirmed that you'll be able to buy it today straight after the event. Exciting.
New HTC One specifications
A number of rumours have pointed to the specs that the M8 may bring with it. The first run matched our own early predictions, with serial leaker @evleaks suggesting that the HTC M8 would have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and a 5-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel display (440ppi).
This has subsequently been followed up with the HTC M8 bagging an AnTuTu benchmarking score. Revealed in the process is a run down of the specs for the tested device. Those again include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and mention of that 5-inch full HD display.
With Qualcomm announcing the Snapdragon 801 at MWC 2014, and the Sony Xperia Z2 and SGS5 both using that chipset, it's likely the HTC One will follow suit.
We've recently seen a new version of the 2013 HTC One released, offering dual SIM and microSD card support. The option to add additional external storage would be a great bonus for HTC's flagship handset in 2014, as it's been something that rivals, like those from Samsung, have offered for some time.
A recent round-up of HTC One specs from LlabTooFeR claims that HTC will reduce the internal storage to 16GB, but add microSD card support to all models, potentially up to microSDXC 2TB levels. Higher capacity internal storage may follow after launch.
We'd fully expect BoomSound to be in place with twin front-facing speakers. This is where the HTC One is easily the best class and with Beats parting ways with HTC, we'd expect HTC to continue pushing its own audio innovations.
Multiple videos, including a 12-minute video walkthrough by YouTube user "GadgetReviews", offer a detailed look at the HTC One M8.
HTC One camera
Also revealed in the AnTuTu results is a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera and 4-megapixel rear camera. The front sounds par for the course of HTC's latest devices and that 4-megapixel camera matches those of the UltraPixel camera introduced on the HTC One (2013).
More recently, an informant told Bloomberg that the new HTC One would have twin camera sensors on the rear, with the aim of improving the focus, image quality and "depth of field". Dual cameras on the rear of the HTC One have been spotted on various leaked photos and we've had it confirmed through our own sources that a 4MP UltraPixel camer will be joined by a 2MP camera. We even found a component doing just that at Mobile World Congress.
The camera on the HTC One brought with it some clever features, but also attracted a fair amount of criticism when it came to straight performance, especially when set against some rivals. The current rumours suggest that the UltraPixel camera won't see a change in resolution, so it remains to be seen how it will step-up performance to compete with the likes of Nokia and Apple, who have been widely praised for camera performance on recent models.
READ: HTC One camera review
The latest snippet of gossip is that HTC is looking at adding a 5-megapixel camera to the front of the M8. That will bring with it more enhanced selfie capabilities. Although the AnTuTu benchmark we mention above says 2.1MP, we know that device manufacturers experiment with a number of different hardware configurations in devices in the run up to launch.
HTC M8 design
Of all the features of the existing HTC One, it's the design that has been widely lauded. The high-quality finish of the handset has won it a lot of admiring fans, picking up numerous awards in the process.
Judging by the leaked shots and now videos the HTC One will follow the same sort of design lines, with a premium aluminium finish. Initially, a hastily taken casing photo appeared online, claiming to be the next HTC One handset and raised more questions than answers with the two rear camera holes. However, as the leaks have fleshed-out a dual sensor system, that's now explained to a certain degree.
This pair of images from @htcfamily_ru looks a lot more convincing than other leaks, and we believe them to be the final HTC One hardware that will hit the shelves. There are several obscured sections, which are probably the pre-production markings that HTC adds to devices. The left image appears in a flip case, but it shows a design very similar to the current HTC One.
The biggest hardware design change to the front appears to be a repositioning of the front light and proximity sensors next to the camera. It's a less attractive design than the original and the only reason as can think of is the make those sensors more central to make it better at knowing when the phone is next to your face. On the original HTC one, the far left-hand positioning meant that using the phone on your left ear could see the sensors failing to detect your head and shut off the screen when in a call.
Examining these images, it's not clear of the back is removable to accomodate microSD and the SIM card, or if this will be via trays in the side.
The images also show new on-screen navigation controls. Nowhereelse has also published an image supporting the on screen buttons in favour of the capacitive buttons found on the current HTC One. That makes the HTC logo sit in what looks like an empty panel, so we think some may end up saying the HTC One is longer than it perhaps needs to be.
Software: Android 4.4 KitKat and HTC Sense 6.0
Recent flagship launches from Samsung and Sony have both had Android 4.4 KitKat, so we can assume HTC will be the same - especially as its update for the HTC One is rolling out promptly.
Of course fans of HTC will know that a new year will see a new version of Sense. With Sense 5.5 making its debut on the HTC One max, and subsequently rolling out to the HTC One (2013), it's easy to predict that the HTC One (2014) will launch with Sense 6.0. That's been suggested by @evleaks, as well as getting a mention in the AnTuTu breakdown.
With the launch of the HTC Desire 816 at Mobile World Congress, HTC kept the device in a box for the announcement and then wouldn't let it be turned on when we got to play with it. The important thing to notw about the HTC Desire 816 is that it has no capacitive buttons on the front and the press release mentioned an update of Sense beyond Sense 5.5, so 6 seems certain for the HTC One (M8).
Exactly what HTC will add in Sense 6.0 remains to be seen, but LlabTooFeR claims that HTC will be moving away from hardware buttons, to the sort of software buttons that Google prefers on its Nexus family. This matches the images, although the use of a curled back arrow rather than the chevron (<) seems to be the case on the leaked photos.
Leakster @evleaks posted an image which seems to show Sense 6.0 bringing a redesign of the BlinkFeed software that sits behind apps on the main homer screen, as well as the on-screen buttons. It's worth noting the 10:08 time, which HTC traditionally uses for it's product images and that the date and location under the clock has been obscured - perhaps because this often reveals the launch details. The UEFA window seems entirely appropriate too, given that HTC has a football sponsorship deal.
We're sure that bits and pieces of Sense 6.0 will make an appearance over the next few months and if they do, we'll be sure to update, although given that HTC Sense 5.5, with BlinkFeed and all it's tweaks isn't too old, we don't expect huge changes for Sense 6.
We will be at the launch of the new HTC One, so we will bring you all the information, as it's announced.
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SITA apologises for home affairs system crash 'disaster'
Those responsible to be held accountable, says CEO Setumo Mohapi
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) apologised to citizens for the system failure that occurred in all government departments, particularly at home affairs offices, over the last few days.
SITA and the Department of Home Affairs were in Parliament on Tuesday for a scheduled meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs.
The meeting comes after a difficult few days for SITA, which experienced intermittent system downtime at all home affairs offices from Friday.
Certain government departments were hit again on Monday.
SITA CEO Setumo Mohapi explained that the initial crash on Friday was caused by a power outage in the City of Tshwane due to faulty cables.
It was then found that SITA's own backup generator was low on diesel fuel due to automatic monitoring. To make matters worse, the fuel pump then burnt out and a new pump had to be dispatched and was only installed around 13:00.
Improved warning system
Due to the high workload, the voltage on the backup system was at a low level, causing secondary system problems.
"It is very rare that one has such a disaster, where every backup [plan] that you have fails, and not for lack of maintenance or testing," Mohapi told the committee.
"We are still not sure what caused the fuel pump to burn, but in terms of remedial action, we are intensifying discussions with the City so we get better warnings."
Power was eventually restored on Friday at around 15:30, and all government departments were up and running again at 19:00.
When the systems went back up on Friday, another "catastrophe" occurred, he continued.
On Monday morning it was discovered that the equipment at SITA's Centurion switching centre had been running on battery power since the outage on Friday and that the batteries were depleted.
Those responsible to be held accountable
The problem went undetected because after the power was restored on Friday evening the circuit breaker on the main power grid tripped, causing the centre to default to battery power.
"We would like to sincerely apologise to the committee and to citizens," Mohapi said.
He promised the committee that SITA was at the end of its period of instability, "even though it doesn't seem that way".
The agency would be forging forward with a plan of action to solve the problem. He said those found to be responsible for the incident would be held accountable.
A long-term data centre, which was already in development, would help with warning systems. SITA will ask for input from government departments for quicker alert times.
The agency would also be revising its system recovery procedures so that the Monday incident would not reoccur.
Call for new service provider
Opposition MPs were critical of the downtime, saying it had been an occasional issue for at least four years, and that government needed to have better backup systems.
"It can't be that we rely on one diesel pump, and if one diesel pump goes down then the entire government system shuts down in one day," DA MP Haniff Hoosen said.
"To me that is massively embarrassing and I think it should be for all of us too."
Both Hoosen and EFF MP Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi said government should consider separating itself from SITA and finding a new service provider.
ANC MP Maesela Kekana said the department should rather work with SITA to improve delivery.
ANC MP Donald Gumede said MPs should be reminded that the initial problem was a power failure in the "DA-run" City of Tshwane.
The ANC wasn't pointing fingers at the DA, he said jokingly, but wanted to remind MPs that power failures do occur.
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What does Assange's arrest mean for press freedom?
Carrie Cordero, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and law professor, spoke with The World’s host Marco Werman about what might happen next in the case — and what Assange's arrest means for news organizations publishing national security stories.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London
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Antarctica Dispatch 9: Thoughts on climate change and returning home
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THEATER REVIEW: In Guards at the Taj, A View from Downstairs
At Theatre Exile, Rajiv Joseph’s flawed but compelling play packs a lot into 90 minutes.
By David Fox· 10/28/2016, 11:06 a.m.
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Anthony Mustafa Adair and Jensen Titus Lavallee in Guards at the Taj at Theatre Exile. (Photo by Paola Nogueras)
As any Downton Abbey fan will tell you — if you want to know the real story, ask the help. The folks downstairs always have a much fuller understanding of what’s actually going on than those upstairs.
If that’s true in a palatial Edwardian estate, it’s even more so at the Taj Mahal, built in 1643 by Shah Jahan as a memorial for his beloved wife (one of several wives, actually, but who’s counting?) The glorious Taj is a wonder of the world — a monument to love, beauty, and formal perfection.
What’s happening behind the scenes is a whole other thing.
You don’t get much more downstairs than the guards in Rajiv Joseph’s flawed but compelling play. These two are so lowly, they’re not even allowed to look at the Taj, which here is in the final stages of completion. Their job is simply to keep watch. In the initial set up, the two make a perfect comedic team – Humayun (played by Anthony Mustafa Adair) is rigid, a rule-follower; Babur (Jenson Titus Lavallee) is a slacker and a dreamer.
But the funny tone soon proves to be a false-front. When Shah Jahan calls for punishment to rectify an imagined slight by the Taj architect and builders, the consequences are horrific. It becomes poignantly clear that Babur’s dreams — fantasies about escaping into the stars — are a coping mechanism; neither he nor Humayun have much real hope of moving up in the world.
It took me a while to warm to Joseph’s play, but by the midpoint, I was hooked. Like Waiting for Godot, which I think Guards emulates and honors, the vaudeville shtick here serves sweeping existential questions.
Also as in Godot, navigating the shifts in tone is a challenge. Director Deborah Block does it through striking imagery that is at once beautiful and frightening. It’s trickier for the actors. Both are charming in the lightweight badinage; Lavallee is considerably better at the hair-pin turns from comedy to terror to heartbreak.
Guards at the Taj comes in and out of focus, but a day after seeing it, I’m still thinking about it. Joseph packs a lot into 90-minutes, and his work deserves to be seen.
Guards at the Taj plays through November 13. For more information, visit the Theatre Exile website.
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El Mac Mural Defaced in Downtown Phoenix
El Mac mural at Roosevelt and Fifth streets after it was defaced on Wednesday, February 21.
An El Mac mural in downtown Phoenix has been defaced.
Painted on the west-facing wall of the Flowers building at Roosevelt and Fifth streets in 2009, the collaborative work with Augustine Kofie features a woman's face in profile, surrounded by geometric shapes.
Now, it's covered in random lines of gold paint.
"Nothing lasts forever, certainly not public art, but it is still disappointing this happened," El Mac says in a written message to Phoenix New Times. The internationally renowned artist, who grew up in Phoenix, is currently in Texas painting a large-scale mural on the U.S.-Mexico border.
"I very much doubt this was done by any graffiti artists," he says. "I would hate for it to seem like this was just the work of ‘taggers’.. like, ‘oh it’s just street art! It’s impermanent and ephemeral!’"
Currently, a patio is being built around the mural for Aaron Chamberlin's restaurant Taco Chelo, which is slated to open in March. It's part of a new multiuse development called The Blocks of Roosevelt Row. The restaurant is a joint venture between Chamberlin, chef Suny Santana, and artist Gennaro Garcia.
Workers discovered the damage when they arrived around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, February 21. Chamberlin saw it later that morning. The day before he'd noticed a small bit of thin black writing on the piece, but he didn't foresee Wednesday's incident.
"This is so disheartening," Chamberlin says.
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After seeing the mural damage, Chamberlin pulled up the security footage from cameras they had installed just two weeks ago. "The camera shows it happened at 6:02 a.m.," he says.
Chamberlin shared with New Times footage of the vandalism taking place. It shows a single person painting the wall, dressed in dark pants and a hoodie. The person's face is obscured by a hood and a dark-colored baseball cap worn underneath.
Chamberlin called the police to report the vandalism, and plans to post the security footage online.
El Mac mural on February 18, 2018.
This isn't the first time this mural has been at the heart of discussions about Roosevelt Row development.
Gentrification has been a big concern in the area since late 2014, when community members learned that Denver-based Baron Properties would be demolishing existing buildings and iconic murals to make way for multilevel apartment buildings at Roosevelt and Third streets.
Desert Viking officials announced plans for The Blocks of Roosevelt Row in October 2016. At the time, they released a mock-up design for the development that included a sign reading "Authentic Taco Shop." The design showed El Mac's mural obscured by patio tables with umbrellas.
In April 2017, El Mac suggested on social media that it might be better to see the mural painted over than have it blocked from public view.
Since then, his position hasn't shifted.
"When I discussed this issue on Facebook last year, I think I made it pretty clear how I felt about the whole issue and really nothing changed since then," El Mac says.
Still, he wishes things had gone a different way.
"I just wish they would’ve given the mural a proper buffing/burial instead of adding insult to injury with whatever this defacement was. I also wish I was around to take care of this, but I do have a few friends in town who’ve offered to paint over it properly soon."
For Chamberlin, past controversy surrounding the mural has been frustrating.
The chef says he's taken steps to assure the mural remains accessible to the public. "We raised the canopy height and built a short perimeter fence for the patio so people would still be able to see El Mac's mural."
Once the restaurant opens, there will be patio access off Fifth Street, so people won't have to go through Taco Chelo to see the piece up close.
"We've been trying so hard to protect this mural," Chamberlin says. "We did like five different revisions to be sure people would see the El Mac mural."
Now, his focus is trying to figure out who damaged the mural. "I don't have any idea who did this," he says.
So he's doing some of his own sleuthing, along with business partner and artist Gennaro Garcia. Together, they designed the interior for Taco Chelo, as well as the patio that's being built around the mural.
Like Chamberlin, Garcia was upset at learning the news. "I'm just speechless; it's so fucking upsetting," Garcia says. "It's the most stupid thing ever."
He's also focused on finding the culprit.
"Gennaro is out checking on whether another mural got tagged, and whether it's got the same kind of markings," Chamberlin told New Times early Wednesday afternoon.
Chamberlin filed a police report but says he's not planning to file charges if they figure out who did the damage. Other than that, he doesn't have much recourse.
Artists who've taken to social media doubt it was a tagger or young graffiti writer, because there's such enormous respect for El Mac in Phoenix. He's got several murals around the Valley, and they've always been off-limits to taggers. He's also an internationally renowned street artist, so people familiar with his work understand its significance.
El Mac and Augustine Kofie mural after it was defaced on Wednesday, February 21.
Social media began lighting up soon after the mural was defaced.
Tyson Krank, an artist whose murals are prevalent in Roosevelt Row, posted an image of the defaced mural on his Instagram account Wednesday morning. Soon, other artists, including Lucinda Yrene, began weighing in.
"We are on a hunt to find this person or people who are tagging through historical murals in Phoenix!" she wrote on her Instagram. "One by one they are being destroyed! This is not a graff kid this is ignorance at it finest. You want fame? Ok you will get it watch...," she wrote in part on her Instagram feed.
Her post also put the tagging in context: "P.S ever since we got hit hard with gentrification suddenly our buildings are being burnt down and our murals are being destroyed..hmm just an observation," she also wrote.
Speculation about what will become of the mural has already started, Chamberlin says.
For now, he's planning to leave the wall as is.
"We're just gonna keep it, because you can still see the art, and no matter what we do there will be backlash."
Even so, it's possible that plan will change.
Turns out, Garcia discovered the gold paint is relatively easy to remove. But he's not planning to remove it just yet, because he's hoping to talk with El Mac about how he'd like them to proceed with the wall.
"Ultimately, it will be up to El Mac on what we do with the mural," Chamberlin says.
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Liz Isenberg at The Trunk Space, 6/8/11
Anthony Sandoval | June 9, 2011 | 9:00am
Liz Isenberg
Trunk Space
One of the absolute treats of a stripped down, do-it-yourself show is that a musician cannot hide behind bright lights, over-processed distortion, or the skills of other musicians. One mic. One voice. One presence. Touring artists Liz Isenberg and Vio/Miré, and Phoenix-based artists Courier New and Naked For Now spent two hours last night wooing a handful of people at the Trunk Space with a veritable time machine of instruments. The small turnout and chummy atmosphere made it easy for the crowd to pull up chairs close to the small stage or sit on the ground with knees drawn up as each act lined up front and center.
Madi Hibbard of Naked For Now got things rolling at 8:30 with a 15-minute jaunt. Armed only with a ukulele, Hibbard, like the rest of the solo musicians, used her voice as much as her stringed tool to deliver her brand of folk. With a small frame and unassuming disposition, Hibbard's booming voice came as a bit of a shock when she belted out lyrics to her songs, which included cheerful musings like, "You will find that loving me is easy as pie." She fumbled through one of her newer songs that she said had just been finished, but improvised well enough to get a giggle out of the crowd. She quickly rushed off stage to find her place in the audience, eager to catch Isenberg's set.
Rhode Island native Brendan Glasson, also known as Vio/Miré, changed the pace with more wistful words and a narrative intonation. Starting first with an acoustic guitar, "Shrinking Coasts" saw Glasson's voice arc with his lyrics in a peppier tone. He later employed the use of a pump organ, this rickety black box from 1904, to weave landscapes that were both eerie and dreamy all at once. With a set that lasted around 30 minutes, Glasson shared exchanges with the crowd and took time to explain how the pump organ works.
With set changes taking only 10 minutes or so, Isenberg jumped into her set at 9:40 with more playful overtures as her fingers danced over piano keys. "I Loved Him, I'll Leave Him," embodied her style of music that was riddled with relentless rants, mixed in with whimpers and wails. Although more erratic than the groups before her, Isenberg still managed to sound sweet as she sung, "I tried to break your fingers, I squeezed them real hard," in "Hey I'm Drowning." Also wrapping up after just 30 minutes of playing, she was gracious to the fans who stuck it out through her set and thought back fondly to her first impression of Phoenix and Trunk Space the first time she played the venue.
The wild card of the lineup ended up being mad man Christian Filardo, who's fledgling project, Courier New, utilized the most interesting instrument of the night: a variable speed changer. "It's a cassette recorder that changes cassette speed when triggered with a foot peddle," Filardo explained. Tres chic. He picked up the contraption in a thrift store up in Flagstaff about six months ago and created this incarnation specifically around the VSC. Filardo ended up foregoing the stage and pulled up a chair within the crowd, removing his shoes and socks. As he sat there, adjusting to his guitar, he baited the remaining crowd to get in tight. Filardo sings over his acoustic and uses his feet to trigger what sound like obscure motivational speeches on cassette tapes. He did more than sing, however -- he outright yelled at the top of his lungs. A little jarring after you just invited me to get close, sir. A little strange, but kind of cool.
Critic's Notebook:
Last Night: Liz Isenberg, Vio/Miré, Courier New and Naked For Now at The Trunk Space
The Crowd: Downtown Denizens
Overheard in the Crowd: "Ooh, an intimate show."
Personal Bias: Hooray for cassette decks!
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It Rains Love
BCR067LPC2
Limited translucent red vinyl.
2xDeluxe CD
BCR067CDX
Limited Edition 2CD Version Contains Bonus Disc With Instrumental Album.
At the corner of Living Legend St. and OG Ave. you will find Lee Fields’ house. A home that was built with blood, sweat, and tears, and stands on the unshakable foundation of his god given talent. Lee has been singing for 50 plus years and is undeniably, yet amazingly, at the top of his game. Those who have paid attention know that Lee is part of the class that is directly responsible for the revival of old school funk and soul. He has inspired many of today’s younger artists who are doing their best to carry the torch. As long as the road has been, and heavy as the crown may be, Fields is proving yet again that he’s “still got it”. His latest offering is sure to be a warmly received instant classic.
It Rains Love is the 2nd album by Lee Fields & The Expressions on Brooklyn’s Big Crown Records and gives us yet another masterclass in soul. Teaming up again with frequent collaborator and producer Leon Michels and his devoted band, The Expressions, they have managed again to take a classic approach and update it. Traditional soul sensibilities are mixed with a hip-hop tinged, sample ready sound that is as much an homage to the old as to the new. Some of the songs sound like they could belong to any of the last 4 decades without it feeling like a throwback, while others are 60’s soul through and through. Lyrically, Lee runs the gamut from gushing admonishments of love to politically charged calls to action, from proclamations of God’s existence to love letters written to his wife. This record marks the fifth studio album from Lee Fields & the Expressions and we are very proud to add it to the already impeccable catalog they have created together. Another strong offering by a man many people consider to be a national treasure, the professor of love himself, Mr Lee Fields. It’s all love baby!
Millie says: Lee Field’s is on top form and dominating the soul genre with his distinctive and bold vocals. It Rains Love is a monumental album which sets him apart as a pure talent, taking all things soul and putting his own stamp on it.
1. It Rains Love
2. Blessed With The Best
3. Two Faces
4. You’re What’s Needed In My Life
5. Wake Up
6. Will I Get Off Easy
7. Prisoner Of Love
8. A Promise Is A Promise
9. God Is Real
10. Love Is The Answer
11. Don’t Give Up (Cd Bonus Track)
Lee Fields & The ExpressionsIt Rains Love / Will I Get Off Easy
Lee Fields & The ExpressionsSpecial Night Instrumentals
Tony AllenThe Source
Arctic MonkeysTranquility Base Hotel + Casino
Justin UnabomberCutz From... Vol 1
Hot ChipA Bath Full Of Ecstasy
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National & International News
Drilling & Exploration
A decade ago, Saskatchewan became a have province. Now New Brunswick wants the same
Pipeline News
New Brunsiwck Premier Blaine Higgs spoke in Moosomin on Feb. 16
Photo By Brian Zinchuk
Blaine Higgs, the recently elected Conservative premier of New Brunswick, is quite remarkable, as far as premiers go.
When it comes to energy and the state of confederation, he’s not afraid to rope, throw and brand some sacred cows. That was clearly evident in the two-on-two interview Pipeline Newsand the Moosomin World-Spectatorhad with Premier Higgs and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe just before the rally for resources in Moosomin was about to get underway on Feb. 16.
Just like Pipeline Newsis an anomaly in the journalism world, with a writer who actually built big-inch pipelines, Higgs is an anomaly in the political world. He’s a former executive with Irving Oil, and spent 33 years in a career that included refining and transportation. In other words, he’s probably forgotten more about then energy business than any other Canadian politician will ever know.
And thus it was clear, in the interview, his speech, and the post-speech interview, that he wants to get his province, a perennial recipient of federal equalization transfers, off the dole.
If it sounds eerily familiar to people in Saskatchewan, that’s because it is. We heard very similar words from Brad Wall in the first decade of this century, at a time when NDP Premier Lorne Calvert was indicating Saskatchewan would always be in and out of the have-not status. Since Wall became premier, and Scott Moe has succeeded him, Saskatchewan has been a have province. And we have not looked back.
Saskatchewan did that through, in large part, its natural resources. The oil boom was instrumental, but potash was, too. Agriculture gained strength.
Higgs took over a province that has its own natural gas reserves, but its provincial government put a ban on hydraulic fracturing. Thus, its previous government was willing to take money from equalization, a good chunk of it derived from fracking, oil and gas, but not develop its own resources.
Although these aren’t the words he used, Higgs essentially said, “to hell with that noise.” The moratorium was lifted two months ago.
He said, “New Brunswick’s received transfer payments for a long time. I’m not proud of that fact. But equally, I recognize the importance of a united country that makes that possible. So it’s not acceptable to see stranded assets that are devalued. And having people speak up is going to be huge. And then working through, in our case, I feel like we’re a stranded asset in New Brunswick, with difficulty getting through Quebec.
He added, “And the disconnect is in transfer payments that keep coming and coming, regardless of the impact of where the revenue is coming from. You have to connect the dots, and say, ‘How does our country survive and thrive?’
“Well, it thrives from, it always has thrived from, natural resources.”
Later on in the interview, he said, “We say no to an industry that has 40 or 50 years experience, but yet that’s okay?
“Well isn’t. We can’t expect other people to pay our way if we’re not trying to do our best. I’m not saying we’re able to do that at this point, because we’re not. And that’s why I value the benefits we get from transfer payments. And I’m to look at the Saskatchewan position, as Premier Moe mentioned, and looking at that and saying, ‘We can do that. We can move from a recipient to a contributor.’”
It is evident that the ‘have’ provinces, the ones that contribute to equalization, the wealthy provinces, by and large exploit their petroleum resources. Alberta is the poster child. Saskatchewan is in there, too. But even (literally) poor Newfoundland clawed its way into ‘have’ status on the strength of offshore oil development.
That brings us to Quebec. It has natural gas, and evidently lots of it. Michael Binnion, who heads up Questerre Energy (which has oil production near Redvers), has been trying for years to develop that natural gas. But they won’t let him, or anyone else, due to a moratorium on fracking. He says he can replace a substantial amount of Quebec’s gas imports from the U.S. with domestic, Quebec supply.
So far, no dice. And the current Quebec premier was even so bold as to denigrate oil as “dirty” when referring to pipelines through his province. No mention of the “dirty” Saudi oil tankers docking in Montreal, however.
Maybe Quebec needs to adopt the concepts that Saskatchewan embraced – and that New Brunswick is starting to – that you should develop your own resources, instead of depending on a cheque from another province developing its resources.
For decades, Saskatchewan’s population stagnated. Wall used to talk of the Saskatchewan graduation gift – a set of luggage to leave the province. Higgs said, “We’ve had a huge exodus of people that have moved here because that’s were the jobs are. They have to do that. Well, here we have that opportunity, right in New Brunswick, and we’re not taking advantage of it.”
Around the time Saskatchewan became a ‘have’ province, people started staying, and our population started growing. Maybe New Brunswick can achieve the same.
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Publications, Dissertations, Patents
R.J.G. Nuguid, D. Ferri, M. Nachtegaal, O. Kröcher, Modulated excitation Raman spectroscopy of V2O5/TiO2: Mechanistic insights into the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3, ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 6814. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01514
A.M. Bahmanpour, F. Héroguel, M. Kiliç, C. Baranowski, L. Artiglia, U. Rothlisberger, J.S. Luterbacher, O. Kröcher, Cu-Al spinel as a highly active and stable catalyst for the reverse water gas shift reaction , ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 6243 . doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b01822
P. Steiger, D. Burnat, O. Kröcher, A. Heel, D. Ferri, Segregation of Nickel/Iron bimetallic particles from Lanthanum doped Strontium titanates to improve sulfur stability of solid oxide fuel cell anodes, Catalysts, 2019, 9, 332. doi:10.3390/catal9040332
C.J. Baranowski, A.M. Bahmanpour, F.E. Héroguel, J. Luterbacher, O. Kröcher, Insights into the nature of the active sites of tin-montmorillonite for the synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (OME), ChemCatChem 2019. doi:10.1002/cctc.201900502
A.W. Petrov, D. Ferri, O. Kröcher, J.A. van Bokhoven, Design of stable palladium-based zeolite catalysts for complete methane oxidation by post-synthesis zeolite modification, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 2303-2312. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04486
P. Steiger, D. Burnat, H. Madi, A. Mai, L. Holzer, J. Van Herle, O. Kröcher, A. Heel, D. Ferri, Sulfur poisoning recovery on a SOFC anode material through reversible segregation of nickel, Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 748–758. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03669
A. Marberger, M. Elsener, R.J.G. Nuguid, D. Ferri, O. Kröcher, Thermal activation and aging of a V2O5/WO3-TiO2 catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3, Appl. Catal. A 2019, 573, 64-72. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2019.01.009
C.J. Baranowski, A.M. Bahmanpour, F. Héroguel, J.S. Luterbacher, O. Kröcher, Prominent role of mesopore surface area and external acid sites for the synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (OME) on a hierarchical H-ZSM-5 zeolite, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2019, 9, 366-376. doi: 10.1039/C8CY02194E
M. Sridhar, S. Brose, D. Siewert, D. Ferri, J.A. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher, Mechanistic implications of lanthanum-modification on gold-catalyzed formic acid decomposition under SCR-relevant conditions, Appl. Catal. B 2019, 244, 709-718. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.11.092
P. Steiger, I. Alxneit, D. Ferri, Nickel incorporation in perovskite-type metal oxides – implications on reducibility, Acta Mater. 2019, 164, 568-576. doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2018.11.004
A. Marberger, D. Ferri, D. Rentsch, F. Krumeich, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Effect of SiO2 on co-impregnated V2O5/WO3/TiO2 catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3, Catal. Today 2019, 320, 123-132. doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2017.11.037
O. Kröcher (Ed.), Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx, ISBN 978-3-03897-364-5 (Pbk), ISBN 978-3-03897-365-2 (PDF). doi:10.3390/books978-3-03897-365-2
O. Kröcher, Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx, Catalysts 2018, 8, 459-462. doi:10.3390/catal8100459
S.M. Pieber, A. Kambolis, D. Ferri, D. Bhattu, E.A. Bruns, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, A.S.H. Prevot, U. Baltensperger, Mitigation of secondary organic aerosol formation of log wood burning emissions by catalytic removal of aromatic hydrocarbons, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 13381–13390. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04124
P. Steiger, M. Nachtegaal, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri, Reversible segregation of Ni in LaFe0.8Ni0.2O3±δ during coke removal, ChemCatChem 2018, 10, 4456-4464. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201800603
D. Scholz, O. Kröcher, F. Vogel, Deactivation and Regeneration of Sulfonated Carbon Catalysts in Hydrothermal Reaction Environments, ChemSusChem 2018, 11, 2189–2201. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201800678
M. Sridhar, J. Mantzaras, J.A. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher, Numerical Modeling of Hydroperoxyl–Mediated Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid under SCR–Relevant Conditions, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2018, 57, 10206-10215. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01592
A.V. Petrov, D. Ferri, F. Krumeich, M. Nachtegaal, J.A. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher, Stable complete methane oxidation over palladium based zeolite catalysts, Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 2545. s41467-018-04748-x
I. Alxneit, HR-TEM Fringe Analyzer: A free python module for an automated analysis of fringe pattern in transmission electron micrographs, J. Microsc. 2018, 271, 62-68. doi: 10.1111/jmi.12695
D. Peitz, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Impact of Catalyst Geometry on Diffusion and Selective Catalytic Reduction Kinetics under Elevated Pressures, CIT 2018, 90, 795-802. doi: 10.1002/cite.201700146
A.M. Bahmanpour, F. Héroguel, C.J. Baranowski, J.S. Luterbacher, O. Kröcher, Selective synthesis of dimethyl ether on eco-friendly K10 montmorillonite clay, Appl. Catal. A 2018, 560, 165-170. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2018.05.006
R. Pereniguez, D. Ferri, Structure reversibility of LaCo1-xCuxO3 followed by in situ X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy, ChemPhysChem 2018, 19, 1876-1885. doi:10.1002/cphc.201800069
G.L. Chiarello, D. Ferri, E. Selli, In situ attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy study of the photocatalytic steam reforming of methanol on Pt/TiO2, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2018, 450, 146-154. doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.04.167
A. Marberger, A.W. Petrov, P. Steiger, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, M. Nachtegaal, D. Ferri, Time-resolved copper speciation during selective catalytic reduction of NO on Cu-SSZ-13, Nature Catal. 2018, 1, 221-227. doi:10.1038/s41929-018-0032-6
G. Carollo, A. Garbujo, A. Bedon, D. Ferri, M.M. Natile, A. Glisenti, Cu/CGO cermet based electrodes for Symmetric and Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Int. J. Hydr. En.. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.01.201
D. Ferri, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Methane oxidation over a honeycomb Pd-only three-way catalyst under static and periodic operation, Appl. Catal. B 2018, 220, 67-77. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.07.070
D. Ferri, A. Gaur, J.D. Grunwaldt, Genesis of a Co–salicylaldimine complex on silica followed in situ by FTIR and XAS, ChemPhysChem 2017, 18, 2835-2839. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201700550
C.J. Baranowski, A.M. Bahmanpour, O. Kröcher, Catalytic synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (OME): A review, Appl. Catal. B 2017, 217, 407-420. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.06.007
V. Marchionni, D. Ferri, O. Kröcher, A. Wokaun, Increasing the sensitivity to short-lived species in a modulated excitation experiment, Anal. Chem. 2017, 89, 5801-5809. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04939
A. Marberger, D. Ferri, M. Elsener, A. Sagar, C. Artner, K. Schermanz, O. Kröcher, Relationship between structures and activities of supported metal vanadates for the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3, Appl. Catal. B 2017, 218, 731-742. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.06.061
P. Steiger, R. Delmelle, D. Foppiano, L. Holzer, A. Heel, M. Nachtegaal, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri, Stable Ni particles through structural reversibility in La-Fe-Ni perovskite type metal oxide catalysts, ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 2505-2517. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201700358
M. Sridhar, D. Ferri, J.A. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher, Water-assisted oxygen activation during gold-catalyzed formic acid decomposition under SCR-relevant conditions, JCAT 2017, 349, 197-207. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.01.006
A. Petrov, D. Ferri, M. Tarik, O. Kröcher, J. van Bokhoven, Deactivation Aspects of Methane Oxidation Catalysts Based on Palladium and ZSM-5, Top. Catal. 2017, 60(1), 123-130. doi: 10.1007/s11244-016-0724-6
V. Marchionni, A. Kambolis, M. Nachtegaal, O. Kröcher, D Ferri, High energy X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy of Pt/Al2O3 during CO oxidation in a novel catalytic reactor cell, Catal. Struct. React. 2017, 3, 71-78. doi: 10.1080/2055074X.2016.1274118
R. Pereniguez, A. Caballero, D. Ferri, Preferential oxidation of CO on a La-Co-Ru perovskite-type oxide catalyst, Catal. Commun. 2017, 92, 75-79. doi: 10.1016/j.catcom.2016.12.020
D. Potamias, I. Alxneit, A. Wokaun, Double modulation pyrometry: A radiometric method to measure surface temperatures of directly irradiated samples, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2017, 88, 095112. doi: 10.1063/1.4987129
E. Koepf, I. Alxneit, C. Wieckert, A. Meier, A review of high temperature solar driven reactor technology: 25 years of experience in research and development at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Appl. Energ. 2017, 188, 620-651. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.088
R.R. Bhosale, A. Kumar, A., F. AlMomani, U. Ghosh, P. Sutar, G. Takalkar, A. Ashok, I. Alxneit, Effectiveness of Ni incorporation in iron oxide crystal structure towards thermochemical CO2 splitting reaction, Ceram. Int. 2017, 43(6), 5150-5155. doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.01.034
M.A. Newton, D. Ferri, G. Smolentsev, V. Marchionni, M. Nachtegaal, Kinetic studies of the Pt carbonate-mediated, room-temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide by oxygen over Pt/Al2O3 using combined, time-resolved XAFS, DRIFTS, and mass spectrometry, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13930-13940. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b06819
V. Marchionni, J. Szlachetko, M. Nachtegaal, A. Kambolis, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri, An operando emission spectroscopy study of Pt/Al2O3 and Pt/CeO2/Al2O3, PCCP 2016, 18, 29268-29277. doi: 10.1039/C6CP05992A
A. Marberger, D. Ferri, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, The significance of Lewis acid sites for the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide on vanadium-based catalysts, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11989-11994. doi: 10.1002/anie.201605397
M. Zeifang, O. Kröcher, Kompetenzen bündeln von der Forschung bis zum Markt - Das Bioenergie-Center SCCER BIOSWEET, Aqua&Gas 2016, 7/8, 24-26. Link
D. Burnat, R. Kontic, L. Holzer, P. Steiger, D. Ferri, A. Heel, Smart material concept: reversible microstructural self-regeneration for catalytic applications, J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 11939-11948. doi: 10.1039/c6ta03417a
O. Martin, C. Mondelli, A. Cervellino, D. Ferri, C. Douilly, D. Curulla-Ferré, J. Pérez-Ramirez, Operando synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and modulated-excitation infrared spectroscopy elucidate the CO2 promotion on a commercial methanol synthesis catalyst, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11031-11036. doi: 10.1002/anie.201603204
S. Campisi, D. Ferri, A. Villa, W. Wang, D. Wang, O. Kröcher, L. Prati, Selectivity Control in Palladium Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidation Through Selective Blocking of Active Sites, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 14027-14033. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b01549
V. Marchionni, M. Nachtegaal, A. Petrov, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri, Operando XAS study of the influence of CO and NO on methane oxidation by Pd/Al2O3, J. Phys.: Conf. Series 2016, 712, 012051. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/712/1/012051
F. Pilger, A. Testino, A. Carino, C. Proff, A. Kambolis, A. Cervellino, C. Ludwig, Size control of Pt clusters on CeO2 nanoparticles via an incorporation–segregation mechanism and study of segregation kinetics, ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 3688-3699. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00934
T. Baidya, P. Bera, O. Kröcher, O. V. Safonova, P. Abdala, B. Gerke, R. Poettgen, K. R. Priolkar, T. K. Mandal, Understanding the anomalous behavior of the Vegard’s law in Ce1−xMxO2(M = Sn and Ti; 0 < x ≤ 0.5) solid solutions, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 13974-13983. doi: 10.1039/C6CP01525E
M.A. Lucchini, A. Testino, A. Kambolis, C. Proff, C. Ludwig, Sintering and coking resistant core-shell microporous silica - nickel nanoparticles for CO methanation: towards advanced catalysts production, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental 2016, 182, 94. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.09.012
D. Ferri, A. Heel, D. Burnat, Aerosol spray synthesis of powder perovskite-type oxides, in Perovskites and Related Mixed Oxides: Concepts and Applications, Eds. Granger P., Parvulescu V.I., Kaliaguine S., Prellier W., 1st Edition, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2016, p. 69. Link
A. Kampolis, T. Schildhauer, O. Kröcher, CO Methanation for Synthetic Natural Gas Production, Chimia 2015, 69, 608-613. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2015.608
O. Kröcher, SCCER BIOSWEET – The Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research on Bioenergy, Chimia 2015, 69, 569. Link
Special CHIMIA issue about the SCCER BIOSWEET, October 2015:
M.A. Newton, D. Ferri, G. Smolentsev, V. Marchionni, M. Nachtegaal, Room-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation by oxygen over Pt/Al2O3 mediated by reactive platinum carbonates, Nature Commun., 2015, 6. doi:10.1038/ncomms9675
A. Kambolis, D. Ferri, Y. Lu, S.N. Yannopoulos, S. Pokrant, D. Rentsch, O. Kröcher, Structural modification of Ni/γ-Al2O3 with Boron for enhanced carbon resistance during CO methanation, ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 3261. doi:10.1002/cctc.201500567
A. Marberger, M. Elsener, D. Ferri, O. Kröcher, VOx Surface Coverage Optimization of V2O5/WO3-TiO2 SCR Catalysts by Variation of the V Loading and by Aging, Catalysts 2015, 5, 1704-1720. doi: 10.3390/catal5041704
F. Pilger, A. Testino, A. Kambolis, M. Tarik, A. Schuler, C. Ludwig, One-pot polyol synthesis of Au/TiO2, Pt/CeO2, and Au/CeO2 nanopowders and their catalytic activities, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2015, 15, 3530. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2015.9861
Y. Lu, S. Keav, A.E. Maegli, A. Weidenkaff, D. Ferri, Pd loading and structure of flame-made Pd/YFeO3±d, Top. Catal. 2015, 58, 910. doi:10.1007/s11244-015-0459-9
A. Spiteri, P. Dimopoulos-Eggenschwiler, Y. Liao, G. Wigley, K.A. Michalow-Mauke, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, K. Boulouchos, Comparative analysis on the performance of pressure and air-assisted urea injection for selective catalytic reduction of NOx, Fuel 2015, 161, 269–277. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.08.061
T.J. Schildhauer, M. Elsener, J. Moser, I. Begsteiger, D. Chatterjee, K. Rusch, O. Kröcher, Measurement of Vanadium Emissions from SCR Catalysts by ICP-OES: Method Development and First Results, Emiss. Control Sci. Technol. 2015, 1, 292-297. doi: 10.1007/s40825-015-0023-x
A. Borgschulte, E. Callini, N. Stadie, Y. Arroyo, M. Rossell, R. Erni, J.J.C Geerlings, A. Züttel, D. Ferri, Manipulating the reaction path of the CO2 hydrogenation reaction in molecular sieves, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2015, 5, 4613-4621. doi:10.1039/c5cy00528k
A. Villa, D. Ferri, S. Campisi, C.E. Chan-Thaw, Y. Lu, O. Kröcher, L. Prati, Operando attenuated total reflectance FTIR spectroscopy: Studies on the different selectivity observed in benzyl alcohol oxidation, ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 2534-2541. doi: 10.1002/cctc.201500432
K.A. Michalow-Mauke, Y. Lu, K. Kowalski, T. Graule, M. Nachtegaal, O. Kröcher, D. Ferri, Flame-made WO3/CeOx-TiO2 catalysts for selective catalytic reduction of NOx by NH3, ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 5657–5672. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01580
M. Sridhar, D. Ferri, M. Elsener, J.A. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher, Promotion of ammonium formate and formic acid decomposition over Au/TiO2 by support basicity under SCR-relevant conditions, ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 4772-4782. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01057
A. Marberger, M. Elsener, D. Ferri, A. Sagar, K. Schermanz, O. Kröcher, Generation of NH3-SCR active catalysts from decomposition of supported FeVO4, ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 4180-4188. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5b00738
K.A. Michalow-Mauke, Y. Lu, D. Ferri, T. Graule, K. Kowalski, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, WO3/CeO2/TiO2 Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx by NH3: Effect of the Synthesis Method, Chimia 2015, 69, 220-224. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2015.220
G.L. Chiarello, D. Ferri, Modulated excitation extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, PCCP 2015, 17, 10579. doi: 10.1039/c5cp00609k
J. Zarfl, D. Ferri, T.J. Schildhauer, J. Wambach, A. Wokaun, DRIFTS study of a commercial Ni/gamma-Al2O3 CO methanation catalyst, Appl. Catal. A: General 2015, 495, 104. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.02.005
M. Sridhar, J. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher, Effect of ammonia on the decomposition of ammonium formate over Au/TiO2 under oxidizing conditions relevant to SCR: Enhancement of formic acid decomposition rate and CO2 production, Appl. Catal. A 2014, 486, 219-229. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2014.08.034.
G.L. Chiarello, M. Nachtegaal, L. Quaroni, V. Marchionni, D. Ferri, Adding diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy capability to extended x-ray-absorption fine structure in a new cell to study solid catalysts in combination with a modulation approach, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2014, 85, 074102. doi: 10.1063/1.4890668
D. Ferri, M.A. Newton, M. Di Michiel, G.L. Chiarello, S. Yoon, Y. Lu, J. Andrieux, Revealing the dynamic structure of complex solid catalysts using modulated excitation X-ray diffraction, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8890. doi: 10.1002/anie.201403094
D.Peitz, A.Bernhard, O.Kröcher, Ammonia Storage and Release in SCR Systems for Mobile Applications, in I. Nova, E. Tronconi (Eds.), Urea-SCR Technology for deNOx After Treatment of Diesel Exhausts, Springer, New York, ISBN 978-1-4899-8070-0, 2014, pp. 485 - 501. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4899-8071-7
Y. Lu, S. Keav, V. Marchionni, G.L. Chiarello, A. Pappacena, M. Di Michiel, M.A. Newton, A. Weidenkaff, D. Ferri, Ageing induced improvement of methane oxidation activity of Pd/YFeO3, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014, 4, 2687. doi: 10.1039/C4CY00289J
M. Sridhar, D. Peitz, J. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher, Ammonium formate decomposition over Au/TiO2: A unique case of preferential selectivity against NH3 oxidation, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50 (53), 6998. doi: 10.1039/C4CC00196F
M.A. Lucchini, A. Testino, C. Ludwig, A. Kambolis, M. El Kazzi, A. Cervellino, P. Riani, F. Canepa, Continuous synthesis of nickel nanopowders: characterization, process optimization, and catalytic properties, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental 2014, 156-157, 404. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2015.9861
V. Marchionni, M.A. Newton, A. Kambolis, S.K. Matam, A. Weidenkaff, D. Ferri, A modulated excitation ED-EXAFS/DRIFTS study of hydrothermal ageing of Rh/Al2O3, Catal. Today 2014, 229, 80. doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2013.10.082
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, M.-R. Bothien, W. Dölling, Pre-Turbo Scr - Influence of Pressure on NOx Reduction, MTZ Worldw 2014, 75, 46-51. doi: 10.1007/s38313-014-0140-x
Y. Lu, K. Michalow, S.K. Matam, A. Winkler, A.E. Maegli, S. Yoon, A. Heel, A. Weidenkaff, D. Ferri, Methane abatement under stoichiometric conditions on perovskite-supported Palladium catalysts prepared by flame spray synthesis, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental 2014, 144, 631. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.08.001
S. Keav, Y. Lu, S.K. Matam, A.E. Maegli, A. Heel, A. Weidenkaff, D. Ferri, Cr-induced deactivation of a commercial honeycomb noble metal-based CO oxidation catalyst, Appl. Catal. A: General 2014, 469, 259. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.10.005
J. Szlachetko, D. Ferri, V. Marchionni, A. Kambolis, O.V. Safonova, Ch.J. Milne, O. Kröcher, M. Nachtegaal, J. Sa, Sub-second and in situ chemical speciation of Pt/Al2O3 during oxidation-reduction cycles monitored by high-energy resolution off-resonant X-ray spectroscopy, JACS 2013, 135, 19071-19074. doi: 10.1021/ja410146c
Y. Lu, S.K. Matam, G.L. Chiarello, P. Dimopoulos, C. Bach, M. Weilenmann, A. Spiteri, A. Weidenkaff, D. Ferri, Operando XANES study of simulated transient cycles on Pd-only three-way catalyst, Catal. Commun. 2013, 39, 55. doi: 10.1016/j.catcom.2013.05.006
D. Ferri, M.A. Newton, M. Di Michiel, S. Yoon, G.L. Chiarello, V. Marchionni, S.K. Matam, A. Weidenkaff, F. Wen, J. Gieshoff, Synchrotron hard X-ray methods coupled to phase sensitive analysis to characterize aging of solid catalysts with enhanced sensitivity, PCCP 2013, 15, 8629. doi: 10.1039/c3cp44638g
T. Baidya, P. Bera, B.D. Mukri, S.K. Parida, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, M.S. Hegde, DRIFTS studies on CO and NO adsorption and NO + CO reaction over Pd2+-substituted CeO2 and Ce0.75Sn0.25O2 catalysts, J. Catal. 2013, 303, 117-129. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2013.03.020
D. Peitz, A.M. Bernhard, M. Mehring, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Harnstoffhydrolyse für die selektive katalytische Reduktion von NOx: Vergleich der Flüssig- und Gasphasenzersetzung, Chem. Ing. Tech. 2013, 85(5), 625-631. doi: 10.1002/cite.201200183
F. Vogel, P. Heusser, O. Kröcher, Mit Hochdruck Biomasse zu Methan umsetzen, Aqua&Gas 2013, 4, 30-35. http://www.aquaetgas.ch
M. Mehring, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Diesel Soot Catalyzes the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with NH3, Topics Catal. 2013, 56, 440-445. doi: 10.1007/s11244-013-9993-5
A.M. Bernhard, D. Peitz, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Quantification of Gaseous Urea by FT-IR Spectroscopy and Its Application in Catalytic Urea Thermolysis, Topics Catal. 2013, 56, 130-133. doi: 10.1007/s11244-013-9941-4
D. Peitz, A.M. Bernhard, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Liquid-Phase Catalytic Decomposition of Novel Ammonia Precursor Solutions for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx, Topics Catal. 2013, 56, 19-22. doi: 10.1007/s11244-013-9922-7
T. Baidya, A. Bernhard, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Hydrothermally Stable WO3/ZrO2–Ce0.6Zr0.4O2 Catalyst for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3, Topics Catal. 2013, 56, 23-28. doi: 10.1007/s11244-013-9923-6
A.M. Bernhard, D. Peitz, M. Elsener, T. Schildhauer, O. Kröcher, Catalytic urea hydrolysis in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx: Catalyst screening and kinetics on anatase TiO2 and ZrO2, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2013, 3(4), 942-951. doi: 10.1039/C2CY20668D
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L. Sharifian, Y.M. Wright, K. Boulouchos, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Calibration of a model for selective catalytic reduction with ammonia, including NO oxidation, and simulation of NOx reduction over an Fe-zeolite catalyst under highly transient conditions, Int. J. Eng. Res. 2013, 149, 107-121. doi: 10.1177/1468087412437825
I. Czekaj, S. Brandenberger, O. Kröcher, Theoretical studies on the stabilization of iron complexes in the ZSM-5 frame, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 2013, 169, 97-102. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.10.018
A.M. Bernhard, I. Czekaj, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Adsorption and catalytic thermolysis of gaseous urea on anatase TiO2 studied by HPLC analysis, DRIFT spectroscopy and DFT calculations, Appl. Catal. B 2013, 134-135, 316-323. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.01.009
S. Brandenberger, O. Kröcher, Active sites, deactivation and stabilization of Fe-ZSM-5 for the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO with NH3, Chimia 2012, 66, 687-693. doi: 10.1007/s38313-012-0243-1
Ch. Gerhart, B. Schulz, O. Kröcher, D. Peitz, E. Jacob, Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide — Part 1: Formates as Ammonia Storage Compounds, MTZ Worldw 2012, 73, 60-66. doi: 10.1007/s38313-012-0243-1
M. Mehring, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Selective catalytic reduction of NOx with ammonia over soot, ACS Catalysis 2012, 2, 1507-1518. doi: 10.1021/cs300184q
Ch. Gerhart, H.-P. Krimmer, B. Hammer, B. Schulz, O. Kröcher, D. Peitz, Th. Sattelmayer, P. Toshev, G. Wachtmeister, A. Heubuch, E. Jacob, Development of a 3rd Generation SCR NH3-Direct Dosing System for Highly Efficient DeNOx, SAE Technical Paper Series 2012-01-1078. doi: 10.4271/2012-01-1078
M. Mehring, M. Elsener, L. Bächli, O. Kröcher, The influence of H2SO4 on soot oxidation with NO2, Carbon 2012, 50, 2100-2109. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.12.061
A.M. Bernhard, D. Peitz, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, O. Kröcher, Hydrolysis and thermolysis of urea and its decomposition byproducts biuret, cyanuric acid and melamine over anatase TiO2, Appl. Catal. B 2012, 115-116, 129-137. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.12.013
T.J. Schildhauer, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, J. Moser, I. Begsteiger, D. Chatterjee, K. Rusch, Measurement of vanadium emissions from SCR catalysts: Method development and temperature dependency, Proc. 7th International Exhaust Gas and Particulate Emissions Forum, 6-7 March 2012, Ludwigsburg (Germany), pp. 123-131.
A. Heubuch, G. Wachtmeister, P. Toshev, Th. Sattelmayer, D. Peitz, O. Kröcher, C. Gerhart, B. Schulz, R. Brunner, E. Jacob, Neue Verfahren zur Ammoniakbereitstellung und Messung für die SCR-Anwendung, Wissenschaftsymposium Automobiltechnik, 21-22 March 2012, Braunschweig (Germany).
M. Mehring, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Micro-analytics and reactivity of diesel particulate matter, MTZ Worldw 2011, 72, 52-59. doi: 10.1365/s38313-011-0090-5
D. Peitz, A. Bernhard, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Laboratory test reactor for the investigation of liquid reducing agents in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, Rev. Sci. Inst. 2011, 82, 084101. doi: 10.1063/1.3617463
L. Sharifian, Y. M. Wright, K. Boulouchos, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Transient simulation of NOx reduction over a Fe-Zeolite catalyst in an NH3-SCR system and study of the performance under different operating conditions, SAE Int. J. Fuels Lubr. 2011, 5, 370-379. SAE Technical Paper Series 2011-01-2084. doi: 10.4271/2011-01-2084
E. Rohart, O. Kröcher, M. Casapu, R. Marques, D. Harris, C. Jones, Acidic Zirconia Mixed Oxides for NH3-SCR Catalysts for PC and HD Applications, SAE Technical Paper Series 2011-01-1327. doi: 10.4271/2011-01-1327
S. Brandenberger, O. Kröcher, A. Tissler, R. Althoff, Effect of Structural and Preparation Parameters on the Activity and Hydrothermal Stability of Metal-Exchanged ZSM-5 in the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH3, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2011, 50, 4308-4319. doi: 10.1021/ie101771e.
A.M. Bernhard, I. Czekaj, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, O. Kröcher, Evaporation of Urea at Atmospheric Pressure, J. Phys. Chem. A 2011, 115, 2581-2589. doi: 10.1021/jp112066m
M. Casapu, A. Bernhard, D. Peitz, M. Mehring, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, A Niobia-Ceria based multi-purpose catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NOx, urea hydrolysis and soot oxidation in diesel exhaust, Appl. Catal. B 2011, 103, 79-84. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2011.01.011.
M. Mehring, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Development of a TG-FTIR system for investigations with condensable and corrosive gases, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 2011, 105, 545–552. doi: 10.1007/s10973-010-1178-x
T. Todorova, D. Peitz, O. Kröcher, A. Wokaun, B. Delley, Guanidinium Formate Decomposition on the (101) TiO2-Anatase Surface: Combined Minimum Energy Reaction Pathway Calculations and Temperature-Programmed Decomposition Experiments, J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115 (4), 1195–1203. doi: 10.1021/jp106523b
S. Brandenberger, M. Casapu, O. Kröcher, A. Tissler, R. Althoff, Hydrothermal deactivation of Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3, Appl. Catal. B 2011, 101, 649–659. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2010.11.006
L. Sharifian, Y. M. Wright, K. Boulouchos, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Simulation of NOx reduction in an ammonia-SCR system with a Fe-zeolite catalyst and calibration of related parameters, Proceedings of the ASME Conference 2010, IMECE2010-40431.
M. Casapu, O. Kröcher, M. Mehring, M. Nachtegaal, C. Borca, M. Harfouche, D. Grolimund, Characterization of Nb-Containing MnOx-CeO2 Catalyst for Low-Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH3, J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114 (21), 9791–9801. doi: 10.1021/jp911861q.
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, M. Mehring, A. Bernhard, Hochentwickelte Thermoanalyse-Verfahren zur Charakterisierung von Russ und Ablagerungen in Harnstoff-SCR-Systemen / Highly developed thermal analysis methods for the characterization of soot and urea SCR systems, Proceedings of the 6th International Exhaust Gas and Particulate Emissions Forum, 9-10 March 2010, Ludwigsburg (Germany), pp. 148-159. Link
S. Brandenberger, O. Kröcher, A. Tissler, R. Althoff, The determination of the activities of different iron species in Fe-ZSM-5 for SCR of NO by NH3, Appl. Catal. B 2010, 95, 348-357. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2010.01.013
S. Brandenberger, O. Kröcher, A. Tissler, R. Althoff, Estimation of the fractions of different nuclear iron species in uniformly metal-exchanged Fe-ZSM-5 samples based on a Poisson distribution, Appl. Catal. A 2010, 373, 168-175. doi: 10.1016/j.apcata.2009.11.012
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, M. Votsmeier, Determination of effective diffusion coefficients through the walls of coated diesel particulate filters, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48 (23), 10746–10750. doi: 10.1021/ie901269v
S. Brandenberger, O. Kröcher, A. Wokaun, A. Tissler, R. Althoff, The role of Bronsted-acidity in the selective catalytic reduction of NO with ammonia over Fe-ZSM-5, J. Catal. 2009, 268, 297-306. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2009.09.028
I. Czekaj, J. Wambach, O. Kröcher, Modelling Catalyst Surfaces Using DFT Cluster Calculations, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2009, 10, 4310-4329. doi: 10.3390/ijms10104310
O. Kröcher, M. Widmer, M. Elsener, D. Rothe, Adsorption and Desorption of SOx on Diesel Oxidation Catalysts, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48, 9847–9857. doi: 10.1021/ie900882p
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, Hydrolysis and oxidation of gaseous HCN over heterogeneous catalysts, Appl. Catal. B 2009, 92, 75-89. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2009.07.021
I. Czekaj, O. Kröcher, Decomposition of Urea in the SCR Process: Combination of DFT Calculations and Experimental Results on the Catalytic Hydrolysis of Isocyanic Acid on TiO2 and Al2O3, Top. Catal. 2009, 52, 1740-1745. doi: 10.1007/s11244-009-9344-8
T. Todorova, O. Kröcher, B. Delley, DFT study of structural and vibrational properties of guanidinium derivatives, Theochem 2009, 907, 16-21. doi: 10.1016/j.theochem.2009.04.017
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, Materials for thermohydrolysis of urea in a fluidized bed, Chem. Eng. J. 2009, 152, 167-176. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.04.030
M. Casapu, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, Screening of doped MnOx-CeO2 catalysts for low-temperature NO-SCR, Appl. Catal. B 2009, 88, 413-419. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.10.014
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, E. Jacob, A model gas study of ammonium formate, methanamide and guanidinium formate as alternative ammonia precursor compounds for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in diesel exhaust gas, Appl. Catal. B 2009, 88, 66-82. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2008.09.027
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, Combination of V2O5/WO3-TiO2, Fe-ZSM5, and Cu-ZSM5 catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47, 8588–8593. doi: 10.1021/ie800951a
S. Brandenberger, O. Kröcher, A. Tissler, R. Althoff, The state of the art in selective catalytic reduction of NOx by ammonia using metal-exchanged zeolite catalysts, Catal. Rev. Sci. Eng. 2008, 50, 492-531. doi: 10.1080/01614940802480122
I. Czekaj, O. Kröcher, G. Piazzesi, DFT Calculations, DRIFT Spectroscopy and Kinetic Studies on the Hydrolysis of Isocyanic Acid on the TiO2-Anatase (101) Surface, J. Mol. Catal. A 2008, 280, 68-80. doi: 10.1016/j.molcata.2007.10.027
D. Nicosia, I. Czekaj, O. Kröcher, Chemical deactivation of V2O5/WO3-TiO2 SCR catalysts by additives and impurities from fuels, lubrication oils, and urea solution: Part II. Characterization study of the effect of alkali and alkaline earth metals, Appl. Catal. B 2008, 77, 228-236. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2007.07.032
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, Chemical deactivation of V2O5/WO3-TiO2 SCR catalysts by additives and impurities from fuels, lubrication oils, and urea solution - I. Catalytic Studies, Appl. Catal. B 2008, 75, 215-227. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2007.04.021
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, E. Jacob, Neue Reduktionsmittel für die Low NOx-SCR-Technik / New reducing agents for the low-NOx SCR technology, Proceedings of the 5th International Exhaust Gas and Particulate Emissions Forum, 19-20 February 2008, Ludwigsburg (Germany), pp. 98-119. Link
O. Kröcher, Aspects of catalyst development for mobile urea-SCR systems - from vanadia-titania catalysts to metal-exchanged zeolites, Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 2007, 171, 261-289. doi: 10.1016/S0167-2991(07)80210-2
D. Nicosia, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, P. Jansohn, Basic investigation of the chemical deactivation of V2O5/WO3-TiO2 SCR catalysts by potassium, calcium, and phosphate, Topics Catal. 2007, 42-43, 333-336. doi: 10.1007/s11244-007-0200-4
G. Piazzesi, D.Nicosia, M. Devadas, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, Investigation of HNCO adsorption and hydrolysis on Fe-ZSM5, Catal. Lett. 2007, 115, 33-39. doi: 10.1007/s10562-007-9072-2
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, Ammonia measurement with a pH electrode in the ammonia/urea-SCR process, Meas. Sci. Technol. 2007, 18, 771-778. doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/3/029
M. Devadas, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, G. Mitrikas, N. Söger, M. Pfeifer, Y. Demel, L. Mussmann, Characterization and catalytic investigation of Fe-ZSM5 for urea-SCR, Catal. Today 2007, 119, 137-144. doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2006.08.018
O. Kröcher, New challenges for urea-SCR systems: From vanadia-based to zeolite-based SCR catalysts, 1st Conference: MinNOx - Minimization of NOx Emissions through Exhaust Aftertreatment, 1-2 February 2007, Berlin (Germany).
I. Czekaj, G. Piazzesi, O. Kröcher, A. Wokaun, DFT modeling of the hydrolysis of isocyanic acid over the TiO2 anatase (1 0 1) surface: Adsorption of HNCO species, Surf. Sci. 2006, 600, 5158-5167. doi: 10.1016/j.susc.2006.08.037
M. Devadas, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, N. Söger, M. Pfeifer, Y. Demel, L. Mussmann, Influence of NO2 on the selective catalytic reduction of NO with ammonia over Fe-ZSM5, Appl. Catal. B 2006, 67, 187-196. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.04.015
K. Tikhomirov, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, M. Widmer, A. Wokaun, Manganese based materials for diesel exhaust SO2 traps, Appl. Catal. B 2006, 67, 160-167. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.03.025
K. Tikhomirov, O. Kröcher, A. Wokaun, Influence of potassium doping on the activity and the sulfur poisoning resistance of soot oxidation catalysts, Catal. Lett. 2006, 109, 49-53. doi: 10.1007/s10562-006-0055-5
O. Kröcher, M. Devadas, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, N. Söger, M. Pfeifer, Y. Demel, L. Mussmann, Investigation of the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 on Fe-ZSM5 monolith catalysts, Appl. Catal. B 2006, 66, 208-216. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.03.012
G. Piazzesi, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, A. Wokaun, Influence of NO2 on the hydrolysis of isocyanic acid over TiO2, Appl. Catal. B 2006, 65, 169-174. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.01.002
G. Piazzesi, M. Devadas, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, Isocyanic acid hydrolysis over Fe-ZSM5 in urea-SCR, Catal. Commun. 2006, 7, 600-603. doi: 10.1016/j.catcom.2006.01.022
G. Piazzesi, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, Adsorption and hydrolysis of isocyanic acid on TiO2, Appl. Catal. B 2006, 65, 55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2005.12.018
K. Tikhomirov, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, MnOx-CeO2 mixed oxides for the low-temperature oxidation of diesel soot, Appl. Catal. B 2006, 64, 72-78. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2005.11.003
M. Devadas, O. Kröcher, A. Wokaun, Catalytic investigation of Fe-ZSM5 in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3, React. Kin. Catal. Lett. 2005, 86 (2), 347-354. doi: 10.1007/s11144-005-0331-1
O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, M. Koebel, An ammonia and isocyanic acid measuring method for soot containing exhaust gases, Anal. Chim. Acta 2005, 537, 393-400. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2004.12.082
O. Kröcher, Aus der Forschung in die Praxis: Saubere Dieselmotoren dank Stickoxid-Umwandlung mit Harnstoff, Vjschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 2005, 150/1-2, 49-50.
K. Boulouchos, O. Kröcher, T. Lutz, NOx-Reduktion für PW-Dieselmotoren, auto&technik 2005, 4, 28-32. http://www.abisz.genios.de/r_fachpresse/daten/at/20050401/040501025.html">Link
J. Despres, M. Elsener, M. Koebel, O. Kröcher, B. Schnyder, A. Wokaun, Catalytic oxidation of nitrogen monoxide over Pt/SiO2, Appl. Catal. B 2004, 50, 73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2003.12.020
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, O. Kröcher, Ch. Schär, R. Röthlisberger, F. Jaussi, M. Mangold, NOx Reduction in the Exhaust of Mobile Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines by Urea-SCR, Topics Catal. 2004, 30/31, 43-48. doi: 10.1023/B:TOCA.0000029726.38961.2b
C. M. Schär, C. Onder, M. Elsener, H. Geering, Model-Based Control of an SCR System for a Mobile Application, Proceedings of the FISITA 2004 World Automotive Congress.
C. M. Schär, C. Onder, H. Geering, M. Elsener, Modelling and control of an SCR system, Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control AAC04.
C. M. Schär, C. H. Onder, H. P. Geering, M. Elsener, Control of a Urea SCR Catalytic Converter System for a Mobile Heavy Duty Diesel Engine, SAE Technical Paper Series 2003-01-0776. Link
J. Despres, M. Koebel, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, Storage of NO2 on BaO/TiO2 and the influence of NO, Appl. Catal. B 2003, 43, 389-395. doi: 10.1016/S0926-3373(03)00004-3
M. Koebel, E. O. Strutz, Thermal and Hydrolytic Decomposition of Urea for Automotive Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems: Thermochemical and Practical Aspects, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2003, 42, 2093-2100. doi: 10.1021/ie020950o
J. Despres, M. Koebel, O. Kröcher, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, Adsorption and desorption of NO and NO2 on Cu-ZSM-5, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater. 2003, 58, 175-183. doi: 10.1016/S1387-1811(02)00627-3
M. Elsener, H. P. Geering, F. Jaussi, M. Koebel, O. Kröcher, M. Mangold, Ch. Onder, R. Röthlisberger, Ch. Schär, Development and evaluation of a DeNOx system based on urea SCR, MTZ Worldw 2003, 64, 28-31. doi: 10.1007/BF03227633
NOx katalytisch reduzieren, auto&technik 2003, 3, 22-23.
G. Madia, M. Koebel, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, The Effect of an Oxidation Precatalyst on the NOx Reduction by Ammonia SCR, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2002, 41, 3512-3517. doi: 10.1021/ie0200555
G. Madia, M. Elsener, M. Koebel, F. Raimondi, A. Wokaun, Thermal stability of vanadia-tungsta-titania catalysts in the SCR process, Appl. Catal. B 2002, 39, 181-190. doi: 10.1016/S0926-3373(02)00099-1
G. Madia, M. Koebel, M. Elsener, A. Wokaun, Side Reactions in the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Various NO2 Fractions, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2002, 41, 4008-4015. doi: 10.1021/ie020054c
M. Koebel, G. Madia, F. Raimondi, A. Wokaun, Enhanced Reoxidation of Vanadia by NO2 in the Fast SCR Reaction, J. Catal. 2002, 209, 159-165. doi: 10.1006/jcat.2002.3624
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, G. Madia, Selective catalytic reduction of NO and NO2 at low temperatures, Catal. Today 2002, 73, 239-247. doi: 10.1016/S0920-5861(02)00006-8
C. M. Schär, M. Elsener, C. Onder, H. Geering, Control Strategies for the DeNOx System of a Mobile Application, Proceedings of the FISITA 2002 World Automotive Congress, Helsinki, 2002.
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, G. Madia, Recent Advances in the Development of Urea-SCR for Automotive Applications, SAE Technical Paper Series 2001-01-3625. doi: 10.4271/2001-01-3625
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, G. Madia, Reaction Pathways in the Selective Catalytic Reduction Process with NO and NO2 at Low Temperatures, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2001, 40, 52-59. doi: 10.1021/ie000551y
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, G. Madia, NOx-Verminderung in Dieselabgasen mit Harnstoff-SCR bei tiefen Temperaturen, MTZ 2001, 62 (2), 166-175. Link
M. Kleemann, M. Elsener, M. Koebel, A. Wokaun, Hydrolysis of Isocyanic Acid on SCR Catalysts, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2000, 39, 4120-4126. doi:10.1021/ie9906161
M. Kleemann, M. Elsener, M. Koebel, A. Wokaun, Investigation of the ammonia adsorption on monolithic SCR catalysts by transient response analysis, Appl. Catal. B 2000, 27, 231-242. doi: 10.1016/S0926-3373(00)00158-2
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, M. Kleemann, Urea-SCR: a promising technique to reduce NOx emissions from automotive diesel engines, Catal. Today 2000, 59, 335-345. doi: 10.1016/S0920-5861(00)00299-6
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, Oxidation of Diesel-Generated Volatile Organic Compounds in the Selective Catalytic Reduction Process, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1998, 37, 3864-3868. doi: 10.1021/ie9801103
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO over Commercial DeNOx-Catalysts: Comparison of the Measured and Calculated Performance, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1998, 37, 327-335. doi: 10.1021/ie970569h
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO over Commercial DeNOx-Catalysts: Experimental Determination of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Parameters, Chem. Eng. Sci. 1998, 53, 657-669. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00342-4
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, T. Marti, NOx-Reduction in Diesel Exhaust Gas with Urea and Selective Catalytic Reduction, Combust. Sci. Technol. 1996, 121, 85-102. doi: 10.1080/00102209608935588
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, Determination of Urea and its Thermal Decomposition Products by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, J. Chromatogr. 1995, 689, 164-169. doi: 10.1016/0021-9673(94)00922-V
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, Entstickung von Abgasen nach dem SNCR-Verfahren; Ammoniak oder Harnstoff als Reduktionsmittel?, Chem. Ing. Tech. 1992, 64 (10), 934-937. doi: 10.1002/cite.330641014
M. Koebel, Vor- und Nachteile stickstoffhaltiger Reduktionsmittel beim Einsatz in mobilen SCR-Systemen, 3. Dresdner Motorenkolloquium, May 20-21, 1999, pp. 76-83.
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, Schwefeltrioxidbestimmung in Abgasen nach der Isopropanolmethode - eine kritische Betrachtung, Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft 1997, 57, 193-199.
M. Koebel, Entstickung von Dieselabgasen mit Harnstoff-SCR, VDI-Berichte 1993, 1019, 195-211.
M. Koebel, Stickoxidminderung in Abgasen, SIA 1992, 110 (38), 693-700.
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, H. P. Eicher, Stickoxidminderung bei stationären Dieselmotoren mittels SCR und Harnstoff als Reduktionsmittel, BKW/TÜ/Umwelt 1991, No.3 (Special Luftreinhaltung), E24-E32.
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, Stickoxidminderung bei Dieselmotoren, SIA 1991, 109 (9), 187-192.
M. Koebel, M. Elsener, H. P. Eichler, Selektive katalytische Reduktion von Stickoxiden - mit Harnstoff gegen Stickoxide, Technische Rundschau 1990, 82 (49), 74-79.
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S. Brandenberger, Selektive katalytische Reduktion (SCR) von NO mit NH3 über Fe-ZSM-5: Identifizierung der aktiven Zentren, hydrothermale Desaktivierung und Stabilisierung, Ph.D. Thesis No. 18867, ETH Zurich, 2010. Download
G. Piazzesi, The Catalytic Hydrolysis of Isocyanic Acid (HNCO) in the Urea-SCR Process, Ph.D. Thesis No. 16693, ETH Zurich, 2006. Download
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J. Despres, Adsorption and Catalytic Oxidation of Nitrogen Monoxide in Lean Exhaust for Future Automotive DeNOx Techniques, Ph.D. Thesis No. 15006, ETH Zurich, 2003. Download
G. Madia, Measures to enhance the NOx conversion in urea-SCR systems for automotive applications, Ph.D. Thesis No. 14595, ETH Zurich, 2002. Download
M. Kleemann, Beschichtung von Cordierit-Wabenkörpern für die selektive katalytische Reduktion von Stickoxiden, Ph.D. Thesis No. 13401, ETH Zurich, 1999. Download
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HomePODCAST RECAPSRECAP AND REVIEW: Ron Fuller’s Studcast on Finishing Florida 1974 – Bill Watts turns heel on Ron, why he felt his time in Florida was going to be short, what Dusty Rhodes needed to get over, why there was concern of running in St. Petersburg
RECAP AND REVIEW: Ron Fuller’s Studcast on Finishing Florida 1974 – Bill Watts turns heel on Ron, why he felt his time in Florida was going to be short, what Dusty Rhodes needed to get over, why there was concern of running in St. Petersburg
February 9, 2019 Andrew Soucek PODCAST RECAPS, Ron Fuller's Studcast
Ron Fuller Studcast – Finishing Florida 1974
Recap by: Joe Aguinaldo
On this week’s podcast, Ron talks about the end of his run in Florida. He’s spent four years in the territory, which set the tone for the next phase of his life. He learned a lot about the business that helped him later in his career as a promoter.
-Ron was teaming with Bill Watts, however, they aren’t wrestling together as often as Ron would like. Watts is battling Buddy Colt regularly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Nkv1vbL_Y
-Ron beat Colt earlier for the Florida title, however, Colt beats Watts for the North American Title.
-Watts doesn’t have a belt and he and Ron start chasing the Hollywood Blondes for the tag titles.
-Ron and Bill wrestle the Hollywood Blondes a number of times for the titles.
June 3rd – Watts and Ron win a non-title match.
June 4th – Watts and Ron win by DQ.
June 8th – Watts and Ron win a non-title match.
June 10th – Watts and Ron win a non-title match.
-Even though they’ve won, these weren’t title matches, which frustrates Watts.
-Ron says Watts may have been upset that Ron was the Florida champ, yet Bill did not have a title.
-On June 11th, during a match against the Blondes, Bill turned on Ron. Throughout the match, Bill was hesitant to tag Ron. Eventually, Bill hit Ron from behind and left the ring.
-Bill and Ron wrestle a number of matches in the territory.
June 17th, they wrestle for the first time in a non-title match. Ron wins.
June 18th, Ron beats Bill in a non-title match.
June 24th, Ron retains his title against Bill with Don Curtis as special referee.
June 25th, Ron beats Bill by DQ in a non-title match.
June 27th, Ron beats Bill and retains his title.
July 1st, Ron and Don Curtis beat Bill Watts in a handicapped match.
July 2nd, Ron missed his flight for a title match against Watts. Bill came to the ring and realized Ron wasn’t there and started saying he wanted to be crowned champion by forfeit. Ron’s brother Rob came out and offered to defend Ron’s championship even though he had just lost a tough match against Pak Song. Watts beat Rob and was declared Florida Champion.
-Ron got four title matches against Watts before the end of July, but Bill got DQ’d in every one of those matches.
-Behind the scenes, Ron had the feeling his time in Florida was short. Bill wasn’t putting Ron over, which was a little bit of a question mark. Ron could see things were changing and he started to think about his future. He had been in the territory for four years, which is unusual, but he was beginning to wonder about it.
-In August 1974, Ron wrestled his first match is in Philadelphia against Strong Kobayashi representing the Florida territory on a show for Vince McMahon Sr. This was the first wrestling card at the Spectrum.
-This was the first time Ron had been in a building that wasn’t sold out, because the Florida Territory was on fire at the time compared to other territories.
-On July 4th, Ron wrestled Buddy Colt for the North American title working a 60 minute broadway.
-Buddy was a great worker and called a lot of high spots. Ron says the last five minutes of that match felt like 50 minutes because of how Buddy worked.
They had a great match to 60 minutes however, Bill came out wanted them to wrestle for five more minutes. After those five minutes, he wanted them to wrestle five more minutes, however, both Ron and Colt left the ring.
Bill came to the back and said that was one of the best broadway matches he had seen.
Dusty Rhodes
-Dusty is three months in as a babyface and has a great group of heels to work with in Gary Hart’s army.
https://youtu.be/O8BiY29gVAk
-Fans are still going crazy for Dusty while Dusty is still developing his style.
-Dusty is a great seller, which makes it easy to keep heat on the heels. His timing is great when doing his comeback. Dusty’s timing and how he sold always brought the crowd to its feet.
-Dusty is a totally new worker compared to when he was a heel. He also has more confidence in and out of the ring and does articles for newspapers and radios.
-Dusty has been doing a lot of bleeding from his head, so he decides to start bleeding from his arm, which is not something the crowd would normally see.
-Some of the other wrestlers would cut their ears, but anytime you cut yourself anywhere other than your forearm, the crowd will look at it differently.
Card from June 1974 in Tampa
Dusty/Eddie Graham vs. Pak Song/Bobby Duncum
Dusty vs. Pak Song
Dusty vs. Terry Funk
Dusty vs. Giant Baba
Dusty vs. Strong Kobayashi
Watts was smart and was feeding Dusty different heels.
Ron says Dusty needed to bleed to get over. Florida fans were used to a more wrestling product from guys such as Jack Brisco and not a lot of bleeding.
With Dusty, they were getting a lot of blood so Watts made sure to balance the undercard by loading the underneath card with a lot of wrestling which would level out the blood and guts at the end of the evening.
The Hollywood Blondes
-The Hollywood Blondes were a fabulous team (Buddy Roberts and Jerry Brown).
-Oliver Humperdink was the perfect manager for them and they could work with any team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhnyn8AeGw
-Ron enjoyed working with them.
-Around this time, they started running St. Petersburg which had a bigger and better building. There was some concern though because it was so close to the Armoury in Tampa which was an established town.
-They decided to run St. Pete as a regular town on a Saturday night. It became a huge success in the box office but now the problem was how to book both places which were only miles apart.
-Eddie Graham suggested booking return matches using the two arenas in Tampa and St. Pete’s.
-Opening St. Pete’s lead to the territory making $100,000 profit in one month which was huge money back then.
-Ron answers questions about Lou Thesz, a young Arn Anderson’s potential and how he met Ric Flair, Jerry Stubbs, how friends turning on him and trying to destroy what Ron tried to build affected him (during the Knoxville Wrestling Wars).
Rating – 7.5/10
Another great Studcast from Ron Fuller. The wrestling historian geek in me loves listening about the business back in the ’70s and ’80s and how sensibilities have changed when it comes to what is considered a lot of money to blading. The story about how Bill turned on Ron was told in half kayfabe but was still a fun story to listen to. Also, I got to know Dusty mainly from his days in the Crockett promotion and later on his work in the WWE. It’s nice to get some insight into his early career before all that happened. Definite recommend.
Joe is a long time wrestling fan from Toronto. He is a co-host on the Pull Apart Podcast with Jeff Rush and Caitlin Lavelle as well as a contributor to www.pwpodcasts.com. One of his life goals is to be a guest host on one of Wade Keller’s post-show podcasts. He doesn’t consider himself any sort of expert, he just likes wrestling. Check him out on Twitter and Instagram @ja113.
Eddie Graham
Oliver Humperdink
RECAP AND REVIEW: Ron Fuller’s Studcast on Fantastic February 1974 – the emergence of Dusty Rhodes as a major star, how he broke into the business, his incredible promos, and Ron reveals the wrestler who got knocked by a cage before a match
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A New Paroches
A number of years ago, Rabbi Ezriel Tauber, shlita, gave a lecture on the Holocaust in New York City to a secular audience. At the end of his talk, a young lady walked over and told him that she came from an assimilated family in Austria. She explained that her father had been religious before the war, but as the sole survivor of his family, he became so bitter against G-d that he went back to Vienna to raise an assimilated family. The woman had been fascinated to hear a positive interpretation of the Holocaust and eventually she became a complete ba’alas teshuvah. Her father was devastated. “I ran away from all that. Are you crazy to go back?” But she did go back and even made aliyah, settling in Jerusalem.
Some time later, Rabbi Tauber was invited to deliver a lecture in a hotel in Tiberias over Shabbos Chanukah. The very same woman was there and she told him that her father was visiting from Vienna and she was spending some time with him in Tiberias. Rabbi Tauber suggested that maybe if she brought her father that evening to his lecture it might soften him up a bit toward Judaism. She brought him to the packed lecture hall where Rabbi Tauber spoke eloquently. He drove home the message that each and every Jew is an ambassador of Hashem, and as a result every Jew has the chance to sanctify G-d’s name. Hashem gave every Jew a pure neshamah, a candle to light up the dark, and no one can replace the light he will spread. The light that is not spread leaves a dark area in the world, which prevents Mashiach from coming.
Rabbi Tauber explained that there are two types of Kiddush Hashem. One is to die for Him and one is to live for Him. The second is more difficult. He illustrated this idea with a true story. In Treblinka, one of the worst concentration camps, the Germans eliminated more than 800,000 Jews in less than one year. But they were not satisfied in killing them alone. They hung a paroches, the covering from an aron kodesh, at the entrance to the gas chambers inscribed with the words “This is G-d’s gate; the righteous shall pass through it.” These cynical Germans thought they could humiliate the Jews in the last moments of their lives, hoping they would curse G-d before they died. The exact opposite happened. Even the assimilated Jew, without understanding why, would sing, “Ashreinu mah tov chelkeinu, How fortunate are we that we are being killed as Jews.” This drove the Germans crazy. Instead of humiliating the Jews, they lifted them up.
“This,” said Rabbi Tauber, “is called dying al Kiddush Hashem. And if you are going to die, you might as well die sanctifying His Name. The challenge is for those who survived Treblinka. Finding themselves alone in this world without their family, those who walked with Hashem without complaints, who raised a family, made a new paroches that says ‘This is the gate of Hashem.’ In this generation, we are all Holocaust survivors. Every one of us is a victim of the gas chambers. We are victims of the Western gas chambers. Spiritually, we are being poisoned. Our brains do not function. We are addicted to the stupidity of Western society. Those who live in the warmth of Yiddishkeit are like those liberated from the camps. This is the time to rebuild ourselves by becoming proud Jews. This is the reason Hashem made miracles for us, enabling us to survive!”
When the lecture was over, this young lady ran over to Rabbi Tauber. She said that her father was in the audience and he wanted to talk to him. A few moments later she escorted her father to the front. He walked with his head down, and when he lifted his face up, Rabbi Tauber could see that his eyes were swollen with tears. He said in a Polish Yiddish, “I was in Treblinka working at that gas chamber. I saw my family killed in front of my eyes. I saw the paroches you spoke about, and that made me an apikores. I couldn’t forgive G-d for keeping me alive with all these horrific memories.”
Rabbi Tauber asked him whether he had found his answer tonight. Hadn’t he thought that he could get away with raising an assimilated family? And look, one daughter was married to a gentile and the other, who had been non-religious, had come back to Hashem. “Your daughter is the one who is making that new paroches with her own hands,” he told him. “This is the gate of Hashem. Can you run away from that?” Slowly but surely, the Yid from Vienna became a ba’al teshuvah.
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Executive Communication
‘I Have a Dream’ holds 5 lessons for speechwriters
Rev. King’s stirring address resonates in oratorical circles as well as historical ones.
By Andrew Dlugan
Rev. King’s stirring address resonates in oratorical circles as well as historical ones
“I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most memorable speeches of all time.
Much of the greatness of this speech is tied to its historical context, a topic which goes beyond the scope of this article. Instead, I’ll focus on five key lessons in speechwriting that we can extract from Martin Luther King’s most famous speech.
Emphasize phrases by repeating at the beginning of sentences
Repeat key “theme” words throughout your speech
Utilize appropriate quotations or allusions
Use specific examples to “ground” your arguments
Use metaphors to highlight contrasting concepts
Lesson 1: Emphasize phrases through repetition at the start of a sentence
Watch the full speech here.
Read the speech transcript here.
Anaphora (repeating words at the beginning of neighboring clauses) is a commonly used rhetorical device. Repeating the words twice sets the pattern, and further repetitions emphasize the pattern and increase the rhetorical effect.
“I have a dream” is repeated in eight successive sentences, and is one of the most often cited examples of anaphora in modern rhetoric. But this is just one of eight occurrences of anaphora in this speech. By order of introduction, here are the key phrases:
“One hundred years later…” [paragraph 3]
“Now is the time…” [paragraph 6]
“We must…” [paragraph 8]
“We can never (cannot) be satisfied…” [paragraph 13]
“Go back to…” [paragraph 14]
“I Have a Dream…” [paragraphs 16 through 24]
“With this faith, …” [paragraph 26]
“Let freedom ring (from) …” [paragraphs 27 through 41]
Read those repeated phrases in sequence. Even in the absence of the remainder of the speech, these key phrases tell much of King’s story. Emphasis through repetition makes these phrases more memorable and, by extension, make King’s story more memorable.
Lesson 2: Repeat key “theme” words throughout your speech
Repetition in forms like anaphora is obvious, but there are more subtleways to use repetition as well. One way is to repeat key “theme” words throughout the body of your speech.
If you count the frequency of words used in King’s “I Have a Dream,” interesting patterns emerge. The most commonly used noun is freedom, which is used 20 times in the speech. This makes sense, as freedom is one of the primary themes of the speech.
Other key themes? Consider these commonly repeated words:
freedom (20 times)
we (30 times), our (17 times), you (8 times)
nation (10 times), America (5 times), American (4 times)
justice (8 times) and injustice (3 times)
dream (11 times)
“I Have a Dream” can be summarized in the view below, which associates the size of the word with its frequency.
Lesson #3: Utilize appropriate quotations or allusions
Evoking historic and literary references is a powerful speechwriting technique which can be executed explicitly (a direct quotation) or implicitly (allusion).
You can improve the credibility of your arguments by referring to the (appropriate) words of credible speakers/writers in your speech. Consider the allusions used by Martin Luther King Jr.:
“Five score years ago…” [paragraph 2] refers to Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address speech, which began “Four score and seven years ago…” This allusion is particularly poignant given that King was speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” [and the rest of paragraph 4] is a reference to the Declaration of Independence.
Numerous Biblical allusions provide the moral basis for King’s arguments:
“It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.“
evokes Jeremiah 2:13 “…for my people have committed two evils: They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water“
More biblical allusions from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech can be found here.
Lesson 4: Use examples to “ground” your arguments
Your speech is greatly improved when you provide examples that illustrate your logical (and perhaps theoretical) arguments.
One way that Martin Luther King Jr. accomplishes this is to make numerous geographic references throughout the speech:
Mississippi, New York [paragraph 13]
Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana [14]
Mississippi [19]
Alabama [22]
New Hampshire [32], New York [33], Pennsylvania [34], Colorado [35], California [36], Georgia [37], Tennessee [38], Mississippi [39]
Note that Mississippi is mentioned on four separate occasions. This is not accidental; mentioning Mississippi would evoke some of the strongest emotions and images for his audience.
Additionally, King uses relatively generic geographic references to make his message more inclusive:
“slums and ghettos of our northern cities” [paragraph 14]
“the South” [25]
“From every mountainside” [40]
“from every village and every hamlet” [41]
Lesson 5: Use metaphors to highlight contrasting concepts
Metaphors allow you to associate your speech concepts with concrete images and emotions.
To highlight the contrast between two abstract concepts, consider associating them with contrasting concrete metaphors. For example, to contrast segregation with racial justice, King evokes the contrasting metaphors of dark and desolate valley (of segregation) and sunlit path (of racial justice.)
“joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity” [paragraph 2]
“the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity” [3]
“rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice” [6]
“This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.” [7]
“sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” [19]
How can you employ contrasting metaphors in your next speech?
Andrew Dlugan is the editor and founder of Six Minutes, a public speaking and presentation skills blog.
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ETechA Focuses on 4K and Fiber Optics
The recent ETechA showcase, hosted by Catalyst AV member AV Warehouse, in Scottsdale, AZ, brought together manufacturers and integrators with the one common purpose of learning more about 4K video and demystifying fiber optics technology.
RS Staff ⋅ Nov 9, 2016
In the theater at AV Warehouse
The showcase was the first event hosted by ETechaA (Emerging Technology Alliance), whose founding members are Cleerline Technology Group, Niveo, Techlogix Networx, and Hexcon AV. Also participating at the event were Broadata, LG, and Murideo.
“We had 75 people and the manufacturers were very excited that the dealers and integrators wanted to learn the truth about 4K,” said AV Warehouse partner Paul Brown.
The alliance’s mission is to increase market awareness through collaborative marketing opportunities for its members, and to help the industry by demonstrating interoperability between member products and services.
Devan Cress from Broadata discusses 4K video and fiber optics
Cleerline Technology’s Ryan Prentice said that he wanted attendees to understand that fiber is no longer a technology of the future, but one that is ready right now. “Bandwidth required for 4K resolutions, especially uncompressed 4K, just will not work with current copper cabling,” he said. “Fiber is really the only answer for integrators that want to provide their clients with the latest in technology without compromise.”
Attending integrators were keen on becoming educated on 4K requirements, as well. Concerns were addressed about compatibility issues between sources, receivers, switchers, and displays using HDMI and HDMI extenders.
Deric Andre of custom integration firm Cyber Technology said that his company is trying to be ahead of the current trends and preparing for the future. “Many of the smaller integrators shy away from 4K because they don’t understand it and don’t see it as a big part of what is coming,” he said. “In our market, there are too many small AV integrators who are only focused on what they have installed in the past and are not comfortable discussing new technology because they aren’t educated. These type of trainings offer very valuable information of what is currently available and what is on the horizon.”
AV Warehouse’s Paul Brown said that based on the success of this inaugural event, plans are being discussed to hold another ETechA in the spring.
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New Video: Trademark Da Skydiver “Keep It 100”
As he approaches the final dates of the Smokers Club Tour and prepares to release his forthcoming album Return of the Super Villain on December 2nd, Trademark Da Skydiver has premiered his new music video “Keep It 100” via AllHipHop. The video, which is directed by Rand Rosenberg, matches Trademark‘s authentically laidback demeanor as he cruises through New York City with a sultry passenger.
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Section 9 boys' soccer preview
Gianni Carillo, soph., midfielder/striker, Pine Bush: Played as a goalkeeper on the under-15 US national team in Croatia in May.
Hunter Cassini, Sr., midfielder, Chester: Missed the last two years because of knee injuries, but aiming to help replace the 19 goals older brother Wade scored last season.
Anthony Cavazza, Sr., defender, Cornwall: The leader of a defense that allowed just 13 goals last year might move to center-mid this year.
Dustin Foerstch, Sr., goalkeeper, Fallsburg: Son of coach Herb Foerstch could be a factor in what figures to be an incredibly up-for-grabs race in Division V.
Tyler Lundgren, Sr., forward, Wallkill: Scored an MHAL-leading 22 goals and had five assists in 2010; one of the best offensive players in the section.
Zach Rufer, Sr., center midfielder/striker, John S. Burke Catholic: Scored 19 goals last season and will be relied on to do even more after the graduation of Niall Croke.
Marc Torres, Jr., forward, John S. Burke Catholic: Key part of the offense as a sophomore scored 18 goals and made eight assists; will have an even larger role this year.
Tyler Toweson, Jr., forward, Cornwall: Scored 13 goals and had six assists for the Section 9 Class A runners-up as a sophomore.
Mike Wagner, Sr., defender, Monroe-Woodbury: Anchored a defense that allowed a Section 9-low six goals in 2010.
Dylan Williams, Sr., midfielder, Monroe-Woodbury: Scored 12 goals and assisted on six others last season; makes the Crusaders strong on both sides of the field.
Ryan Winski, Sr., midfielder, Goshen: A team captain, he has been playing varsity since his freshman year; will be relied on for his speed.
OCIAA
Newburgh Free Academy: The reigning Section 9 Class AA champ lost Nick Bramall (eight goals, 15 assists) and Dave Giddings (starting goalkeeper) to graduation. Will the Goldbacks be able to find adequate replacements in 2011?
Warwick: The Wildcats have won the last four Division II titles but are looking to replace Collin Taylor (midfield) and Eric Wittels (defense), who played major roles as seniors in 2010.
Monticello, Port Jervis: Division rivals Cornwall and Goshen have combined to win the last six Section 9 Class A titles, so can either of these teams make a dent with such a tough regular-season schedule?
Liberty: Goalkeeper Will McGuire, the team's MVP last year, returns for his senior season. He has the ability to keep Liberty in any game.
Division V
Chester: Having lost his two top scorers and his starting goalkeeper to graduation, coach Michael Doucette hopes Ernesto Savinon, new to Chester via the Dominican Republic, can provide a spark.
Division VI
Chapel Field, Family School: The teams will clash in a two-team division.
MHAL
Highland: Frank Alfonso, a longtime boys' soccer, boys' basketball and softball coach at New Paltz, returns to his alma mater. The Huskies last won a Section 9 title in 1997, so Alfonso looks to get the program back on the right track.
Marlboro: Jimmy Ventriglia, a former star at Highland, takes over as the boys' coach after coaching Marlboro's girls' team in 2010. The job opened when Ventriglia's father, Gene, took the men's coaching job at SUNY New Paltz. The Iron Dukes finished 6-6-2 last year, but 10 starters return, meaning the younger Ventriglia will have plenty to work with this season.
New Paltz: A very young team last year, the Huguenots came on strong at the end of the 2010 season and will be much more experienced at the start of the 2011 campaign.
John A. Coleman Catholic: Could be a factor in the Section 9 Class D race.
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The Opel Manta 400 Is a Group B Homologation Special You Probably Don't Remember
It's a glimpse at the world of Group B mere moments before the series went turbo and all-wheel drive.
By Brian Silvestro
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The Opel Manta 400 was built as a homologation car to compete in Group B rally, but by the time it was ready to compete, the rest of the field had moved to things like turbos and all-wheel drive—neither of which the Manta had. It's not as widely celebrated as some of our other Group B hero cars, but it should be.
What the 400 lacked in outright pace it made up for in character. Wide, boxed arches and a three-piece wing made it look great, while a high-revving engine sending power to the rear wheels made it a true joy to drive.
Henry Catchpole of Carfection was lucky enough to get some seat time with one of the 245 Manta 400s built, and he thoroughly enjoyed it. This particular 400 is pretty special—it's one of just 60 that got those sweet flared fenders, and one of just 11 painted in silver (the rest were white). This car was also converted from left-hand drive to right-hand drive at a Vauxhall dealership in-period.
It might not be as wild as an Audi Quattro or Lancia Delta S4, but the Opel Manta 400 is a legend all the same.
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Why a 25-Year-Old BMW Is the Perfect First Race Car
Want to race? Get an E30.
By Travis Okulski
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This past weekend, we took on our friends at Jalopnik in a friendly battle at Mid Ohio's American Endurance Racing season finale. The idea was to see which publication would be better behind the wheel in a racing situation.
The cars we used were equally prepared Spec E30 BMWs from Drive Gear Racing. They were perfect for the task at hand. Here's why.
While we have a number of club racers on staff, the guys at Jalopnik weren't nearly as experienced in a racing situation as us. But driving a Spec E30 is the best possible way to even the odds in the race for a few reasons.
First, they're unbelievably easy to drive. There's nothing about an E30 that overpowers the other parts. Power and handling are totally in check with one another, there's a sort of zen balance to the whole car. When you don't have to concentrate on correcting oversteer or smooth throttle application and can instead concentrate on getting the track down, mastering your braking points, and getting that turn in point just right.
Second, they aren't that fast. Now, that might not sound like an advantage, but there's something to be said for a race car that isn't going a million miles per hour if/when something goes wrong. The lack of speed acts as a safety net. If you go off the track and hit the wall in one (as I have), your slower speed will be an advantage, not a disadvantage.
Third, they inspire confidence. It's a lightweight car with a moderate amount of power, great brakes, and controllable handling. It encourages you to go deeper into a corner, get on the power earlier, and generally push it without the fear of it really biting you back.
That's really the most important part. It's the perfect tool for a non-racer to learn a track for the first time and gain confidence as well as for a long-time racer to get faster and learn how to be smoother in more powerful cars. The variance in time from a pro to a novice in the car is a couple seconds a lap. While that's a lot on paper, over the course of an endurance race where anything can happen, it's basically nothing.
Unfortunately, our competition didn't last very long as the treacherous conditions at the start of the race claimed the Jalopnik car in the first hour with a spin and a subsequent slam from another car. It was one of those unfortunate racing incidents.
The good news is that the cage kept them totally safe, and even though the car was totaled, parts are cheap, E30 shells are cheap, and most of that car was salvageable. Reason four right there.
What about for us? Well, our car was a rocket in the wet and we managed to pass race prepped Caymans and BMWs to reach 4th overall of 43 after starting in 24th. It just shows that this is also a car that can punch far above its weight when the conditions are right... reason five why it's basically perfect.
Seriously, just go race an old BMW. What are you waiting for?
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Tesla Will Start Preliminary Model 3 Production Later This Month
The very first Model 3s will be assembled soon, with full production set to begin in July.
With nearly 400,000 preorders on the books, there are few more anticipated cars than the $35,000 Tesla Model 3. Tesla has frequently announced its intentions to begin mass production of the Model 3 in July 2017, but doing so will require a pretty quick ramp-up. Reuters reports that in preparation for the Model 3's launch, Tesla will shut down its Freemont, CA factory later this month to begin "test building" a handful of Model 3s
Anonymous sources told Reuters that Tesla would start building pre-production Model 3s on February 20th to test the assembly process and quality control. February 20th is also two days before Tesla reports its fourth-quarter 2016 earnings, so building a handful of Model 3s is seen as a way to get investors and fans excited.
While the Model 3 debuted in concept form last April, the design of the production car wasn't finalized until July. At some point before Model 3 production begins in earnest, Tesla is expected to hold another reveal event to show the production-spec car. Reuters does, however, report that the company is still making small changes to the design, which could impact its production schedule.
Tesla intends to ramp up production to 500,000 cars per year in 2018, an ambitious target that's greater than the number of cars the company has built in its entire history. With full Model 3 production set to begin in July, Tesla intends to start customer deliveries by the end of this year.
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Wot I Think: Orwell
Down And Out In Bonton And Parges
6th December 2016 / 4:00PM
With the Snooper’s Charter having very quietly been accepted into law in the UK at the end of last month with nary a bleat, thoughts of government surveillance have rarely been more topical. Orwell [official site] is a take on what such a system might look like in practice, with you the person given access to everyone’s information. Think of it as a Papers Please for the digital age, with all the accompanying ethical dilemmas. Here’s wot I think.Orwell is the very on-the-nose name for a game about surveillance, government snooping, and the pitfalls of such systems. Set in a fictional country (The Nation), with a fictional government (The Party), surrounded by other fictional nations (Parges, Ustvakia, Gentria), (making it slightly peculiar that it then features actual Germany), terrorism is afoot, and you’re tasked with using snoopy tech to investigate potential suspects, and perhaps even influence the findings to your own end.
And I’ve loved playing this. It’s an enticing thriller, a deep, broad investigative journey into the private lives of a small collection of people, and most entertaining to pursue, despite a tissue-thin veneer of reality. I have so much to criticise about how this has been put together, because it’s ridiculously flawed, completely daft, and vulnerable to even the most casual of analysis. But the key thing is: I enjoyed it! Remember that.
When it comes to games where a new player is supposed to have an established role, developers seem to have the option of two problematic approaches. The more common is the completely daft situation where a long-established pro has to have the basics of their job and circumstances explained to them. The other, as is the case with Orwell, is for someone new to the role to suddenly be thrown into the deep end. This is usually the more narratively convincing approach, but it does require some hurdles of disbelief. Ones that Orwell certainly doesn’t clear.
You are a volunteer given access to the government’s new Orwell system, an ironically named surveillance tool that allows users to access personal information about citizens, collating from both their public social media accounts and snooped details from their private communications. The peculiarity – and pretty insurmountable conceit for the game – is that you have full access to all the details about a suspect, but your supervisor is (legally?) only allowed to look at the snippets you send him. It’s to prevent the government from being too powerful, see? By, um, giving all the information about people’s privacy to some person. And it’s through this conceit that the nature of how you can potentially manipulate the data is made possible
It then gets even more odd as you’re the first “test case” investigator for this new system, and yet despite that, you’re given work related to a terrorist attack that’s literally just taken place. Blimey – I’d save that up for someone who’d been on the job for at least a week.
But we must suspend our disbelief, no matter how precariously, if potential fun is on the line. And, it should be said, that as silly as the conceit may be, the effects of sharing information out of context are profound, and of course largely the game’s point. It’s very, very easy, when playing, to quite forget how information could be misconstrued. Early on you are spying on the text message chat of a suspect who jokes to her partner that she’s “stolen” his credit card, and plans to go on a spree. Share that snippet (and you can only share that which has been pre-selected by the developers), and your handler will take the matter quite seriously, and report the theft. Then of course, after realising how easily you forget that the context isn’t being seen by him, you can of course manipulate the delivery of information deliberately. Or indeed just choose to not share it at all. Quickly it becomes apparent how easily you can shape perception by what you choose to divulge. (Although I should add, the game does quite frequently forget its own fiction, with your handler having impossible insight into the details you’ve shared. Ah well.)
This all makes for an interesting and useful commentary on surveillance culture. Or at least it would if it weren’t so farcical as to have you playing as some applicant fresh off the street, rather than a long-in-the-tooth member of this government organisation. The idea that such an arrangement would be even considered is beyond credulity – even if the game does (unconvincingly) eventually try to address this. Never mind that it keeps piling on the ridiculous in the name of its own conceits, with such silliness as refusing to let you update information on the Orwell database that further research proves to be inaccurate. Why? Because the mechanics require it. It doesn’t even try to justify this one – it just says, “it can’t”.
But despite this, despite how eye-wateringly silly the whole concept is, you can suspend it all. I know, because I did. I slipped into its farcical groove, and then embraced it. I started collating, worrying, suspecting, excepting, making wrong guesses about where it was all going (one of which would have been an excellent alternative ending, if I do say so myself), and then piecing together the truth of the matter. It became apparent as I played that I could have a significant impact – so much so that I felt compelled to start the game again as soon as it finished to share information differently, to see what else might happen, and wanting to start a game again as soon as it’s over is a pretty good sign.
And rewarding it is to do so! I was surprised by how much I could change, making knowing decisions about what I did and didn’t share, skewing the results to surprising effects, even life or death results. I think, if anything, I spoiled my first playthrough by being right about everything (I stress, with luck as well as design), and not seeing the consequences of putting together a more inaccurate portrait. This is to a degree, of course. The game doesn’t offer infinite variety, and there are certain times when the only way to advance the story is to share some information that you might have wanted not to to maintain your own narrative.
Yet, I wish it asked more of me. For the most part your role is to drag across pertinent-looking pieces of information to the right profile, while not dragging across the clearly irrelevant ones. The actual research is severely limited. When you discover someone is a temp, instead of then being asked to go find a site relevant to that from a database, find a way to hack their account, etc, it just instantaneously links you to the logged in profile of that person. It takes a significant bite out of the thrill of the snoop. Find a suspect’s patient number, and you don’t get to explore a hospital’s database to find her in the logs – you just get magically logged into her medical records. And with this, the sense of achievement is mightily diminished. Getting to these records may get you the suspect’s accurate date of birth, but it’s very apparent that you really had no choice about the matter. It certainly wasn’t dependent upon your skill. Weirdly, early on, it does actually do this better, having your scour through some university teaching schedules, but sadly this is never repeated again.
The result is, as I’ve said, silly but affecting. Don’t think about it for as long as you can, and there’s lots of entertainment to be drawn out. While it laudably avoids taking an overt moral stance on the matter, this doesn’t mean it employs subtlety in its delivery of the subject matter. There is no deep understanding here, you won’t have your mind changed, and it certainly doesn’t have any of the emotional impact of Papers Please. But within its own barmy universe, it works! It’s a good chunk of fun, and easily survives at least a second play to see how much you can mess with people’s lives.
Orwell is out now on Steam for £7/$10/€10. You can pick up a demo of the first chunk from Steam or IndieDB.
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History was made on Sunday: Peyton Manning broke the NFL mark for career touchdown passes, DeMarco Murray pounded his way to a seventh straight 100-yard game and the Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t lose. We’ll be talking about two of those three for a long time to come – no offense, DeMarco; the Jags don’t do this very often.
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Of course, Week 7 also gave us plenty of moments worth forgetting, too, especially if you’re a Saints or Seahawks fan. There’s discord in the Bears’ den, serious questions to be answered in San Francisco and some doubts about the Chargers’ championship aspirations. Oh, and if anyone can figure out the Cincinnati Bengals, please let us know.
While we wait for answers, let’s get to this week’s Winners and Losers.
Winner: St. Louis’ Special Teams
Rams coordinator John Fassel pulled off the most audaciously executed special teams trick in recent memory on Sunday, and he did it by allowing his crew to embrace their inner actors. Tavon Austin faked right to field a punt, even staggering beneath the invisible ball, but the actual kick was headed left, and after Stedman Bailey snagged with an over-the-shoulder grab, he had clear sailing on a 90-yard touchdown return. It was so impressive the Screen Actors Guild should consider rewarding this crew with their Best Ensemble award.
As an encore, the Rams laid ’em on the table. With under three minutes left in the fourth quarter, St. Louis was up by two but facing a 4th-and-3 from their own 18-yard line, and pretty much everyone in the universe assumed they’d punt and hope their defense could hold Seattle. But punter Johnny Hekker had other ideas, executing a perfect pass to Benny Cunningham to move the chains and run out the clock. Big win for the Rams, and the champs are a mystifying 3-3.
Loser: The Saints
Who Dat? No, seriously, Who Dat? New Orleans handed a win to Detroit, and the normally infallible Drew Brees was a big reason why. He threw an interception on his own 29-yard line with 3:20 remaining, which led to the Lions’ game-winning TD. If you’re used to always betting on Brees with 2:00 remaining like me, then you’d be out on some serious cash (again, like me): he couldn’t muster a response, and New Orleans blew yet another road game. Lucky for the Saints, the NFC South is awful, so they remain right in the thick of things.
Winner: Colt McCoy
Kirk Cousins was having issues against the Titans, tossing a first-half pick (his eighth in his last four stars, BTW), which lead to coach Jay Gruden making a change at intermission, summoning NFL wanderer Colt McCoy from the bullpen. All Colt did connect with Pierre Garcon for a 70-yard TD on his first pass, and finished 11-12 for 128 yards and zero interceptions. Washington won ugly, but right now, we suspect they’ll take what they can get.
Loser: The Battling Bears
According to reports, “things got ugly” in the Chicago Bears’ locker room after a listless home loss to the Miami Dolphins. We’re not exactly sure what happened, but apparently wide receiver Brandon Marshall called out QB Jay Cutler, who presumably scowled then went off and lit up.
Afterward, Marshall didn’t deny there was some spirited discussion behind closed doors – “We lost, there should be a lot of frustration,” he told reporters – and Cutler described the scene as “emotional.” Bears coach Marc Trestman called the whole day “unacceptable,” which is certainly a polite way of putting it. He must’ve learned that in the CFL.
Winner: Kansas City
The people of Rib City have to be on the most natural sports high of their collective lives right now. As the Royals get set to take on the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, the Chiefs started the week off right by taking down another team from Cali (not to mention their bitter divisional rivals): the San Diego Chargers.
It was a back-and-forth battle that came right down to the final punch, as Cairo Santos kicked a 48-yard field goal to win the game for the Chiefs. If this is a sign of things to come, expect Kansas City to be awash in champagne and barbecue sauce by next weekend.
Loser: The Lambeau Leap
It’s been a tradition at Lambeau Field for 20 years now: a Packers player scores a TD then goes sailing into a sea of supporters. But on Sunday, Randall Cobb exposed the dangers of jumping into the stands, getting coated in condiments during his Leap. Yep, that’s ketchup on his shoulder pad. Hopefully someone gave him some fries when he made it to the sideline.
Winner: The Jacksonville Football Jaguars
They’ve got ugly uniforms and a stadium with swimming pools in it. They’ve given up 191 points through seven games and their rookie quarterback has thrown 10 interceptions in four starts. But the Jacksonville Jaguars are winless no longer.
The Jags won for the first time since last December, knocking off the Cleveland Browns 24-6, and they might have found a breakout star in the process. Swiss Army Knife Denard Robinson was the difference, running for 127 yards and a touchdown, the most work he’s gotten since his days as a Michigan Wolverine. The Jags defense frustrated Cleveland all day, bottling up the ground game and holding the Browns to key field goals on two trips to the red zone. Celebrate responsibly, Jacksonville. Just kidding, we know you won’t.
Winner: The Record Breakers
Let’s hear it for the guys who added their names to the NFL’s record book on Sunday. First, DeMarco Murray rumbled over the New York Giants on way to his seventh consecutive 100-yard game, surpassing Jim-freaking-Brown’s mark of six straight century marks to start a season. He also helped the Cowboys win their league-best sixth game, and served notice (just in case you weren’t already aware of it) that he is a juggernaut wrapped in a beast, garnished with a tasteful hint of army tanks.
Then there’s the football savior himself, Peyton Manning. The ageless one threw his 509th touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas (who else?), which broke the all-time touchdown record held by Brett Favre. Yes, he’s the best quarterback of all time. No, Super Bowl’s don’t matter. And for the love of God, he’s a lot better than Eli. There isn’t much more than can be said about Manning. Here’s to 509 more TD passes, which, given his current clip, actually seems sort of possible.
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Two tire recalls: One by the book, the other confusing
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is recalling 92,000 tires. Hangzhou Zhongce has been ordered to replace 450,000 tires. Two recalls, similar tires, similar problem. Yet the recalls couldn't be more different.
Cooper's action concerns American-made light truck radials, built at the firm's headquarters plant in Findlay, Ohio, during a three-year period that ended in March 2005. The issue is belt separations.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a year ago reported an elevated number of consumer complaints about the tires and began a preliminary investigation. In December it upgraded that to an engineering evaluation.
Cooper claims its own analysis hasn't found any design or manufacturing defects in the tires, although in a notice to consumers it does mention the possibility of property damage resulting from belt separation. In any event, the company is recalling and will replace the tires.
The early warning system of the TREAD Act proved itself in this case. Cooper will suffer a financial loss, but its rapid and bold action will help it avoid a damaged reputation, and might discourage ambulance-chasing plaintiffs attorneys from seeking a big payday.
The recall of tires made by China's Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. is nothing like Cooper's and is very muddled. After a couple of weeks of controversy, more questions than answers have arisen from the incident.
Unlike the Cooper recall, this one was sparked by the importer of the private-brand tires, Foreign Tire Sales Inc. of Union, N.J. The company, facing a lawsuit over an accident involving Hangzhou Zhongce tires, went to NHTSA, claiming the tires were made without or with insufficient gum strips between the belts to prevent belt separation.
FTS was prepared to launch a massive recall on July 16, and charged Hangzhou Zhongce with failing to respond to inquiries.
And the questions arise: Was Hangzhou Zhongce stonewalling? Or did it just take time for a company on the other side of the world to respond, which it has, point by point. Is, as the tire maker claims, FTS essentially using Hangzhou Zhongce as a scapegoat in a lawsuit? Or is this another example of a Chinese manufacturer cutting corners in producing goods for export?
The recall has been delayed. Its resolution very likely rests on what the Chinese tire maker said needs to happen-an independent, NHTSA-sponsored study of the tires, rather than an investigation by the two opposing companies. Until then, reserve judgment.
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SCAD tennis player honored
SCAD tennis players honored
SKILLMAN, N.J. - Savannah College of Art and Design's Jan Menzen and Dima Chiriacov were recently named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NAIA All-America Team.
Menzen was selected as a singles and a doubles player; Chiriacov was chosen in doubles. To be selected for singles, the player needed to finish in the top 20 in the final FILA/ITA NAIA rankings. In doubles, the players needed to be ranked in the top 10.
Menzen, a sophomore from Bonn, Germany, finished ranked 19th nationally in singles after recording a 5-3 mark at No. 1. Menzen and Chiriacov, a sophomore from Chisinau, Moldova, were No. 5 in the doubles rankings after posting a 10-4 record at No. 1. Chiriacov was named to the NAIA All-America second team in singles last month. He was ranked 34th after going 9-2 this season at No. 2.
SCAD women's tennis players Irina Pljusznyin and Chloe Lipp were both named to the ITA's NAIA All-America Team.
Pljusznyin was selected as a singles and a doubles player; Lipp was chosen in doubles.
Pljusznyin, a sophomore from Budapest, Hungary, finished the season ranked No. 13 in the FILA/ITA NAIA rankings in singles with a 10-6 record at No. 1 and a 13-5 mark at No. 1 doubles.
She was named to the NAIA All-America second team last month.
Lipp, a senior from Sarasota, Fla., teamed up with Pljusznyin to finish 2007 ranked 10th in doubles. Lipp compiled a 12-7 overall mark in doubles, splitting time between No. 1 and No. 2. Lipp finished at No. 26 in singles with a 10-4 record at No. 2. She was also named to the NAIA All-America second team.
Silver Cheetahs pile up medals
Ramon Lewis and Jamar Washington of the Savannah Chatham Silver Cheetahs each won two races earlier this month at the Georgia AAU District Track and Field Championships at Savannah State.
Competing in the boys' Midget division, Lewis took first in the 100 and 200 meters with times of 12.0 and 26.0 seconds. Competing in the boys' Primary division, Washington won the 100 in the 14.0 and took first in the long jump with a best of 12 feet.
The top-six finishers at districts advanced to the regionals, which began Thursday and run through today at Chapman High School in Inman, S.C. The top-four finishers at regionals advance to the AAU nationals July 30-Aug. 4 in Knoxville, Tenn.
Georgia AAU District Championships
At Savannah State, June 7-10
Savannah-Chatham Silver Cheetahs Results (top six)
Gabrielle Houston (Women, 3rd, 200 meters; 6th, 400; 1st, 3,000 race/walk).
Brionca Walker (Women, 5th, 100 hurdles; 2nd, 400 hurdles).
Jasmine Brown (Midget, 2nd, 1,500 race/walk; 3rd, high jump; 3rd, shot put).
Shacurea Dowdy (Midget, 1st, 1,500 race/walk; 6th, 100).
Alicia Champion (Intermediate, 3rd, 3,000 race/walk; 1st, triple jump; 4th, 400).
Patricia Martinez (Intermediate, 1st, 3,000 race/walk; 4th, high jump).
Shannon Stewart (Intermediate, 2nd, 3,000 race/walk; 2nd, shot put).
Sade Stewart (Youth, 1st, 3,000 race/walk; 3rd, javelin).
Shanice Williams (Youth, 2nd, 3,000 race/walk; 6th, discus).
Deanna Roberts (Youth, 4th, high jump).
Camille Dash (Sub-Youth, 1st, triple jump; 2nd, long jump; 6th, 100).
Jade Stokes (Sub-Youth, 1st, shot put; 4th, discus; 2nd, long jump; 6th, 200).
Sheandrea Famble (Sub-Youth, 3rd, 3,000 race/walk; 2nd, javelin; 6th, discus; 6th, shot put).
Keiyonna Gusby (Sub-Youth, 3rd, high jump).
Rondaisja Dunn (Sub-Bantam, 1st, 1,500 race/walk).
Jamia Washington (Primary, 1st, long jump).
Darryl Harper (Men, 1st, 3,000 race/walk).
Diaab Khalil (Intermediate, 3rd, 3,000 race/walk; 2nd, 2,000 steeplechase; 2nd, triple jump).
Ausheen Williams (Intermediate, 1st, 110 hurdles; 4th, 400 hurdles).
Leron Pace (Intermediate, 1st, 3,000 race/walk; 2nd, shot put; 4th, discus; 2nd, javelin).
Reggie Williams (Intermediate, 2nd, 3,000 race/walk).
Tariq Khalil (Bantam, 2nd, 1,500 race/walk; 2nd, long jump).
Timothy Leeks (Sub-Bantam, 2nd, 100; 3rd, long jump).
Ramon Lewis (Midget, 1st, 100; 1st, 200; 6th, long jump).
Mike Dash (Midget, 1st, long jump; 2nd, 200; 2nd, 100).
Walter Davis (Sub-Midget, 1st, 1,500 race/walk; 2nd, long jump).
Robert Lewis (Youth, 6th, 200; 2nd, high jump; 3rd, long jump; 6th, 200 hurdles).
Shidel Williams (Sub-Youth, 2nd, 3,000 race/walk; 4th, long jump).
Andre Williams (Sub-Youth, 1st, 3,000 race/walk; 3rd, high jump).
Aaron Hughes (Sub-Youth, 3rd, 3,000 race/walk; 5th, 200 hurdles; 6th, long jump).
Immanuel Davis (Primary, 4th, long jump).
Jamar Washington (Primary, 1st, 100; 1st, long jump).
Hinesville Winner
Marsalis Jackson (Sub-Youth, 1st, long jump).
Falcons sign free-agent linebacker Orlando Huff
FLOWERY BRANCH - The Atlanta Falcons signed free-agent linebacker Orlando Huff to provide depth at outside linebacker and play on special teams.
The 6-foot-3, 263-pound Huff started 13 games for the Arizona Cardinals in 2006, making 79 tackles. The six-year veteran has three sacks and two interceptions in 48 career starts with the Cardinals and Seattle.
Huff also gives Atlanta an experienced option at weakside linebacker as Demorrio Williams recovers from offseason surgery to repair a torn pectoral muscle.
The Falcons also signed former Georgia Tech tight end George Cooper, who was released by Detroit after being signed as an undrafted rookie free agent.
Alinghi beats New Zealand in America's Cup opener
VALENCIA, Spain - Alinghi began its America's Cup title defense Saturday by defeating challenger Emirates Team New Zealand by 35 seconds, the start of a sailing showdown for the oldest trophy in international sports.
Alinghi, a Swiss boat that had not raced in competition since April, will try to extend its lead today when the best-of-nine final for the Auld Mug resumes. This was the sixth straight victory for Alinghi, dating to its 5-0 sweep of the Kiwis in 2003.
"It was a great race," Alinghi skipper Brad Butterworth said. "The boats seem to have much the same speed."
Alinghi rounded the first marker with a 13-second lead after trailing out of the start. It stretched its lead over NZL92 to about 160 yards on the first downwind lap.
Though Emirates Team New Zealand narrowed Alinghi's lead to less than a boat length on the second upwind lap after initiating a tacking duel, the Swiss were faster over the final downwind beat.
Tactician Terry Hutchinson's decision to take the race to the middle of the course paid off as the Kiwi yacht rounded the final marker trailing by only 14 seconds. But Ed Baird, an American at the helm of the new Swiss yacht SUI-100 yacht, handled his opponent down the final lap.
Butterworth said the team was pleased, considering that "with the big waves it was difficult to get the boat settled." He stretched his unbeaten streak in America's Cup races to 16, going back to Black Magic's sweep in 1995 of American yacht Young America, skippered by Dennis Conner.
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Joann Kief (left) and her daughter Lauren Kief enjoy the view from one of the grand prize houses in the Hometown Heroes Lottery. The East Sooke home features unparalleled scenic views. (Tim Collins/Sooke News Mirror)
Sooke dream home is one of the Hometown Heroes prizes
Lottery offers lavish prizes while helping hospitals
May. 29, 2019 12:05 p.m.
The B.C. Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund’s annual Hometown Heroes lottery is in full swing, and although the cause is reason enough to buy a ticket, one of the grand prizes of this year’s draw is a house in Sooke.
Imagine owning a home on the tip of Vancouver Island – a unique oceanfront peninsula that juts into the clear waters of the Salish Sea.
From your glass-walled great room, you can see the snow-capped Olympic Mountains, and walking out onto your spacious deck, you can watch as orcas swim by the reef, humpback whales and dolphins play nearby, and sea lions guard their salmon catch against marauding seagulls.
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All of this is happening on the edge of an adjoining 1,457-hectare oceanfront wilderness park.
“This is a property like no other, just an amazing property that offers beautiful sunsets, amazing moonlit nights, and views like nothing you will see anywhere,” said Joann Kief, a spokesperson for the SookePoint Ocean Cottage Resort.
“Down there, at the base of the cliff, we have four orcas who swim through the narrow channel on a regular basis. Where else are you going to see that?”
The 1,607-square-foot house features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and is furnished.
The development has even more surprises.
There are floor-to-ceiling glass walls that open to create a spacious expanded living space, opening on each of three levels to the panoramic views of the surging surf.
A marina is slated for the property as is a restaurant, accessible by elevator. For the young at heart, an adult slide takes riders from the upper levels of the cliff face to the ground floor dining experience.
All of this is included for the winners of one of the eight grand prizes in the lottery, but it doesn’t stop there.
Grand prize winners who choose the Vancouver Island home will also receive a 2019 Tesla Model X and $850,000.
There are eight other grand prize options in Surrey, Abbotsford, Vancouver, Kelowna, Lake Country, Colwood and Cultus Lake, but it’s fair to say that Kief feels her property in East Sooke leaves all the rest behind.
The grand prize winner also has the option of taking $2.1 million in cash.
Funds raised through the lottery are dedicated to UBC Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital, the GF Strong Rehab Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and Vancouver Community Health Services.
Funds also support burn fund programs, including the annual Burn Camp for young burn survivors.
Tickets (three for $75, six for $100 and 20 for $275) can be purchased online at www.heroeslottery.com or by calling 1-604-648-4376. Tickets can also be bought at London Drugs.
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Sock Hop dance kicks off 2019 Oak Bay Tea Party
Trash gang keep the Tea Party clean
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Tru Value checks out of Cordova Bay
Grocery store with 25 employees closes its doors ahead of demolition of Cordova Bay Plaza
Rita Motorsill rings in the items for Rick Harcus during Tru Value Foods last day of operation in Cordova Bay Plaza on Friday.
The last piece of produce and final box of cereal went through the checkout at a Cordova Bay fixture on Friday.
After nearly five years in the community, Tru Value Foods closed its doors in Cordova Bay Plaza.
“It’s a really sad day because we wanted to continue there. Things were going good,” general manager Phil Greenhalgh said as shoppers picked through the final items on the store’s shelves.
He said Tru Value was informed by their landlords back in September that there wouldn’t be a long-term extension to the store’s lease when it was up at the end of March.
Cordova Bay Plaza is in the midst of redevelopment plans that would see the current stores demolished and replaced by a new development that includes a grocery store, retail shops, 86-unit coneo and 320 parking spots.
Greenhalgh said at first Tru Value was told the store could remain until the new project was complete, but were later informed by new owners that they would have to tear the whole plaza down before starting work on the new development. He said the company was offered a chance to extend the lease on a month-to-month basis, but declined.
“They said when they do that [demoliton] we would be closed for two years. When they made that announcement we lost a lot of our key people, including our whole meat department,” said Greenhalgh. “They went out to seek employment elsewhere because they had to look after their own interests, which we totally understand.”
Tru Value employed about 25 staff at its Cordova Bay location, and Greenhalgh said it is those people he will miss most about the store.
“We had some wonderful people working for us so it’s a pretty tough day to say goodbye to them. A couple of them are here from the very beginning when we opened our doors April 11 five years ago [2012].”
Rita Motorsill is one of those staff, having worked at Tru Value for the last four years after coming to Canada from Panama.
“The customers for me are like family. It’s hard because I feel like all my family is going their separate ways,” said Motorsill, who is moving down the road to work at Red Barn at Mattick’s Farm.
Frank Whysker lives across the street from the plaza and says she stops by the store regularly, sometimes multiple times a day to pick up that integral ingredient she’s missing for her meal.
“It’s so convenient. I’m going to have to get in the car now. It will be sad, I don’t know what we’ll do,” said Whysker as she gives Motorsill a hug.
“We get Spanish lessons sometime too, we’re going to miss that.”
Tru Value Foods was presented the 2017 Vancouver Island Family Business Excellence Award last month, with the company also operating stores on Quadra Island, Mayne Island and Pender Island.
Greenhalgh will now work out of Tru Value’s head office on Keating Cross Road and spend more time visiting some of the store’s other locations, but he says it won’t be the same as heading into Cordova Bay each morning.
“The setting is beautiful there. Coming down the hill to see the beautiful views really puts life in perspective when you came to work everyday. It really starts the day off right.”
Greenhalgh isn’t prepared to reject the possibility that he will see those beautiful views again one day.
“We’re waiting to see what happens with this [Cordova Bay Plaza] development because there will be a 17,000 square-foot store that’s going to be going in there.”
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Living expenses are up, too. Students pay $4,000 more per year in food and housing costs, totaling nearly $14,000 per year.
“The ‘back in my day’ narrative is tempting on the surface,” wrote Amy Rose, policy analyst for the center and author of the study. “Many students in prior generations were able to work moderate hours and attend school full-time, graduating on time and with little to no debt. Today’s students face a much different scenario, with significantly higher total costs of attendance, largely due to rising housing costs.”
California students graduate with more than $20,000 in debt, a number below the national average. The state’s general fund financially supports the public university systems, but budget cuts “have shifted the cost of public higher education from the state to the student, as universities raised tuition and fees to make up for lost revenues.”
Cal Grants cover up to $5,732 at CSU and $12,570 at UC, the center notes. Both systems also offer need-based grants. But while the robust state financial aid system helps keep low- and middle-income students debt-free, the additional housing and food expenses — as well as transportation and book costs — leave thousands of students struggling to keep afloat.
“These students are more likely to be students of color and the costs of tuition and basic needs are, therefore, more likely to be a barrier to them accessing a high-quality education,” Rose said. “They are also more likely to experience poor academic, health, and mental health outcomes which can snowball into them taking part-time classes, dropping courses, or skipping semesters which means that they take longer to graduate.”
Rose wrote that legislators should consider the obstacles students face in the changed education landscape, and said it’s in the state’s hands to make up for years of “disinvestment.”
“The state’s economy and ability to remain competitive suffers greatly from this disinvestment,” Rose said. “And at the same time, the state has the ability to make policy choices that take us in a different direction.”
Lawmakers are considering a number of proposals that help address homelessness on California campuses, the rising student debt crisis and building rainy-day funds to ensure future economic downfalls don’t financially break students.
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FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo University of Georgia undergraduate students avoid walking under the university arch on the first day of the spring semester in Athens, Ga. As the U.S. student loan balance surpasses $1.5 trillion, a trio of contests promise a lucky few a shot at putting a dent in their debt. Joshua L. Jones AP
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Hannah Wiley joined The Bee as a legislative reporter in 2019. She produces the morning newsletter for Capitol Alert and previously reported on immigration, education and criminal justice. She’s a Chicago-area native and a graduate of Saint Louis University and Northwestern.
Gavin Newsom signs off on $26 billion plan to address wildfire threats
Gov. Newsom on how Trump administration could cause ‘massive’ healthcare premium increases
By Anna Maria Barry-Jester California Heathline
Over the past decade, more than 350 workers in the U.S. have died from heat-related illness. New federal legislation would require the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to create heat-related workplace standards.
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Immigration raids + Getting money to Paradise + Batjer takes over utilities commission
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Accused Sexual Harasser Touts Polygraph as Proof of Innocence
By The Fly / March 27, 2019 22
Dominic Caserta is determined to clear his name.
Dominic Caserta is going about his comeback tour in a random, roundabout way.
First, the disgraced ex-Santa Clara councilman opined about urban planning and traffic woes in an interview for a Czech newspaper. Then he had an attorney send takedown requests to a couple local bloggers (though Fly never got one, oddly enough). Not requests for corrections, mind you, but full takedowns, saying the sexual misconduct and harassment claims that torpedoed his public life were nothing but a political hit job.
Caserta’s latest gambit involves a polygraph test, which—in a press release prepared by temporarily disbarred attorney John Mlnarik and making the rounds on a national wire—he crows about passing with flying colors.
Per the statement, he took the test on Jan. 21 “in an attempt to dispel all duplicitous accusations” by his most vocal accuser, ex-campaign staffer Lydia Jungkind.
“Mr. Caserta was questioned on various incidents pertaining to the allegations after being accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with female students during his time as a teacher and candidate for Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors,” it reads.
The examiner, who boasts of proctoring 11,000 such tests, says Caserta passed with a damn-near perfect score of 99.9 percent. “The primary accuser of the 2018 allegations, Lydia Jungkind, has not participated in a polygraph,” the prepared statement adds. (For what it’s worth, she says she was never asked to.)
The news release goes on to say that Caserta maintains his innocence and that “an incident was made in an effort to derail his front-leading status” as a supervisorial candidate. It doesn’t specify the singular incident he’s referring to.
Was it the time then-19-year-old Jungkind says her married boss caressed her thigh in his car? Or the times she says he awkwardly hugged her, kissed her cheeks, made flirty comments or offered her drugs and booze?
Maybe by “an incident” Caserta means the claims coming out how and when they did, by former campaign coordinator Ian Crueldad blowing the whistle a month away from the primary election, as though the timing of the revelations undermines their veracity.
While the press release singles out Jungkind and a politically motivated incident Caserta implies she manufactured, the claims stemmed from dozens of other accusers as well. And they spanned the better part of two decades, from the early 2000s at the start of Caserta’s teaching career to just days before they came to light in spring of 2018.
Yet Caserta elides mention of which questions he fielded, or whether any addressed allegations from other accusers, such as the ones who filed police reports against him or had their claims documented in his personnel file at Santa Clara Unified.
When Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney Terry Harman declined to prosecute Caserta citing “insufficient evidence,” she stressed that the decision in no way diminished the credibility of the accusers.
“They didn’t prosecute him because they didn’t have a smoking gun,” Jungkind says, “which is always the reason these guys get away with it.”
All we can infer from the polygraph, really, is that Caserta voluntarily answered questions he prepared for while maintaining a steady pulse and even breathing. Whether that proves his truthfulness and blamelessness, as he purports it to, is a matter of debate.
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The Santa Clara barrister is no longer trusted as Rotary president, and a jilted client claims his misconduct was worse than previously reported.
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The accused sexual harasser and former Santa Clara High teacher reportedly plans to sue his former employers to the tune of $38 million.
Eric Bauman Resigns as Cal Democratic Party Chair Amid Sexual Misconduct Inquiry
DA Declines to File Charges Against Disgraced Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta
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Theri Ann Rowen Mar 27, 2019 @ 7:39 am
In my opinion he should’ve taken it alot earlier. It doesn’t excuse the rude comments that he made to his students and colleagues.
Susan Bassi Mar 27, 2019 @ 8:09 am
In a recent NPR special on “Deep Fakes”, a group of forensic investigators explained the danger that deep fakes can impose in our local and national elections. Deep Fakes are a practice whereby allegations against a political candidate are made just before an election, leaving no time for the accused to react sufficiently before a major vote.
With so many lawyers and politicians ripe for reporting in our local community, this reader wonders why SJI would continue to focus so much ink on Caserta. Perhaps it is time to look at Ellenberg, who easily sailed into her Supervisor seat after the Caserta allegations were made. Or perhaps Jeff Rosen, who was also campaigning in 2018 and where public records show he was using office staff and resources (taxpayer money) to tilt public opinion and thwart others who might want to run against him. And where Rosen was playing both sides in the Persky Recall, also 2018. Better yet, perhaps it is time to look at Ellenberg’s three month voting record where after she sailed into her elected seat, she immediately voted to give more money to the DAO as Jeff Rosen refused to prosecute a homeless rapist, and as Rosen is now saying he is going to follow the state law now that an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history and drug use background has murdered Bambi Larson in her Willow Glen home. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/26/chiefs-submit-ice-notification-plan-for-santa-clara-county/
Isn’t Rosen always supposed to follow the law for the over $400K he is paid every year? ( Oh and Ellenberg just voted to give Rosen a raise along with Mike Wasserman and Cindy Chavez) .
Then of course there is the endorsement trial. SJI was quick to report that Persky Recallers Jennie Richardson and Michele Dauber were withdrawing their support for Caserta, but nobody ever asked how these women got it so wrong if Caserta’s accusers were credible.
Better yet, instead of reading online takedowns and Czech news, maybe SJI could look at Ellenberg’s endorsements and see if her voting for Rosen’s raise and more funding for his office in the first three months of her role as a Santa Clara County Supervisor constitutes a kickback known as an emolument. https://www.susanellenberg.com/endorsements
If SJI is going to survive the new Fake News – Apple TV and Silicon Valley news era, it is going to have to start reporting on what readers see and experience everyday rather than worrying about a disbarred lawyer and what his client says to Czech News. Come On Fly, you can do better.
FEXXNIST Mar 27, 2019 @ 9:30 am
It is public knowledge ROSEN, supervisors, and the judges are a big close friends web of corruption. As I have stated before, look who is around Supervisors. They are going to fill lower level vacancies while existing insiders will move higher. Of course they are going to pay Rosen more. He is the center of the corruption web. Believe Victims! No woman wants to be on the public eye and share sexual or harrasment stories unless it is the last resource to obtain some justice. BELIEVE VICTIMS! Carseta supported the recall when others running for position or already in office were too afraid to do so. Carseta had lots to win by supporting this recall. At this point, the recall movement was in great need for sopport but not at the expense of supporting alleged sexual harasser. Once Carseta was out and the recall gained more momentum, then Córtese, Chavez, and Don ROCHA came along to support it. Jennie and Michelle in my opinion made a big mistake by relating to these supervisors. They and the other women had the support of the people; the people in the county knows these women. Relating to these politicians made them part of the same. This is why I no longer contribute to their projects. We need those who challenge corruption not people who become friends of corrupted people!
Political hit job! Wow, I did not know he was a politician before this. Poligraph tests are not admitted by court AS EVIDENCE. Sociopaths are good at faking these tests due to the fact that they have no congruent emotions. How do you easily spot a sociopath? They are the authority figures and the crooks! Research shows public service has the most sociopaths…law enforcement too. Carseta you are a gone want to be politician. NO SEXUAL PIGS IN PUBLIC OFFICE! ROSEN’S and judiciary corruption is already enough to take!
Robert Cortese Mar 27, 2019 @ 11:32 am
The very same blogger that went after Mlnarik and Casserta went after me, even went as far as to tell Madison Nguyen’s campaign staff that I’m homophobic (My daughter is Lesbian, and would be happy to tell anyone I’m the most supportive of her of anyone)
That being said though, all of this reeked of what I watched in the Veritas report on James O’Keefe. About 7 minutes in they start talking about how “All we do is find some mentally unstable person on the edge, give them a little nudge and let them rabble rouse”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IuJGHuIkzY
Beyond that though I also heard from several people my harassment was coordinated by a very prominent local campaign consultant. One person I helped campaign for told me that this same consultant offered to “hire” this guy for her campaign and she refused. This mentally ill person was often times recruited by him (And Casserta,and Mlnarik) to do this type of “Work” if you can call it that.
I #walkedaway from the party in 2016 when I realized that this is a common tactic by the Democrats. It’s shameful, unfair, and slanderous. It’s like releasing an uncontrollable rabid pit bull in someone’s house. There’s no controlling it, there’s no reason for it.
Democrat party is firmly in the throws of Behavioral Sink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink It’s become crowded, with the elders trying so hard to hold onto power that they’re eating their young. Sometimes being all inclusive is unsustainable.
M.T.GUNN and Walmart shopper Mar 27, 2019 @ 10:21 pm
The Democrat Party is in the throws of behavioral sink? Why after carefully watching the Clintoons, the News Media, and their Democrat allies right up to this week, I’d say you have a gift in your ability to slander an understatement!
Maybe a rabid incestuous pit bull from the cesspool’s of hell………………… Just my observation.
Robert Cortese Mar 29, 2019 @ 9:23 am
Oh Hai Doggy.
sjoutsidethebubble Mar 29, 2019 @ 7:54 pm
> Democrat party is firmly in the throws of Behavioral Sink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink It’s become crowded, with the elders trying so hard to hold onto power that they’re eating their young.
Interesting concept.
The Democrat party has “cleared the field” in California and is now the only electoral party that matters.
The Party has attained “absolute power” over elections, and as many people outside of the Democrat bubble have noted “power corrupts”.
(Democrats inside the bubble still think they’re fighting for “the little guy”. Why does the little guy want a flood of illegal aliens and H1B visas to depress his wages, push him out of his job, drive up the cost of housing, and flood the public spaces with feral humans who poop on the sidewalks and throw their used needles on public transit carriages?)
“Behavioral sink” is caused by “overpopulation”. Is illegal immigration and “open borders” the overpopulation that is causing the behavioral sink?
sjoutsidethebubble Mar 29, 2019 @ 10:23 pm
More support for the “behavioral sink” theory:
https://www.libertynation.com/california-dream-has-become-an-overcrowded-nightmare/
“California Dream Has Become An Overcrowded Nightmare”
Robert Cortese Apr 2, 2019 @ 10:49 am
I’ll leave you to do this research on your own, but look on youtube for behavioral sink videos. It’s somewhat humbling to see the direct analogies between mouse and human behavior when they’re crammed into sky high density housing.
The Elite Mar 27, 2019 @ 11:43 am
Ellenburg and Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor is what took him down, it is obvious now.
Just wondering . . .
Is Naava Ellenberg, who was admitted to elite and prestigious Columbia University, any relation to Susan Ellenberg?
http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2019/03/28/op-ed-removing-barriers-to-voting-will-improve-turnout-strengthen-democracy/
FEXXNIST Mar 27, 2019 @ 1:58 pm
I am always shocked to see how people jumped to safe a man and condemn a woman. Libel and slander is a civil matter. If someone accused me of this harming my career and reputation, I would have filled suits long ago! BELIEVE VICTIMS! I give a shit about the Dems or Reps No sexual pigs in public office!
Edward Lamb Mar 28, 2019 @ 10:00 am
Well, well, well, I see the local fake news is at it again. Mine, how some have disgraced the fine art of journalism. If my journalism teacher was still here, she would have had a heart attack at all the reporting holes in your “coverage” of Caserta. In fact, there’s more holes in your “coverage,” than there is in a block of Swiss Cheese. And look here at your editorializing, lionizing Mr.Crueldad as “blowing the whistle,” didn’t your journalism teacher(s) taught you that editorializing is a sin of journalism? Especially with that last paragraph, debating the merit of the test results when real news isn’t suppose to be a cheerleader nor condamners of the involved parties. The last time I check this was supposed to be a news article, not an article from the opinion section. If one wants phony baloney, I would suggest either going to a deli or here. Actually on second thought, the deli would be a much better option given the phony baloney news here not only degrade one’s IQ, but isn’t as delicious like the one over in the deli. On the note of test, Caserta has never received military/special forces training that would allow him to cheat the test nor does he have any pacemaker or heart condition that would have the same effect. You have absolutely, no empirical evidence that Caserta prepare for the question in advance therefore implying received them in advance, but yet you make that argument and report as fact with no source to back you up. Also, I know the truth about you Wadsworth and you too Lydia. How you two are pretty buddy buddy with each other. Not sure how that would count as objective reporting. Real journalists like the PBS Newshour alway tell their audience about possible conflicts of interest. Furthermore, you break another virtue of good journalism, telling all sides to the story. By the count, you give far more coverage to anti Caserta forces, giving only genetic quotes to the Caserta camp when you rarely quote them. Caserta was voted by class after class teacher of the year in Santa Clara High School. All those parents you see whining against Caserta, merely do so out of envy that he has more respect from their kids than they do. In this country, one is innocent until proven guilty. We, not like China, Russia, or Saudi Arabia. The DA found that there is NO evidence, NONE, ZILCH, ZERO, NADA, a big donut hole bigger than any of the fine donuts made at Stan’s against Caserta. The case against Caserta is about as valid as Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally in the last presidential election. The only reason the DA used the term “insufficient’ is because DAO is full of the filth of corruption. Full of anti Caserta political animals, mostly Ellenberg and Rocha supporters especially the top two people heading it up are Ellenberg’s puppets. Don’t believe me? Unlike the pathetic excuse of “journalism” or rather yellow journalism (the worse since William Randolph Hearst), I paid attention to the evidence that was in front of the public’s eyes and boy the report I’ve written about all is going to be the biggest since the Mueller Report. Oh how juicy the steak that is the report and how loud the sizzle it will give once all the juicy details come out. Oh like how Iago Ian was fresh out of college and fired from that lobbying gig with that Realtors’ Association shortly before he accused Caserta, then took a job with a shady, Gillmor linked campaign. In closing, I’m on you Wadsworth, your McCarthyist character assassination/political stunt/distraction, and your little friends too!(the old SJ Inside boss and Ellenberg cheerleader Tom McEnery) and Lisa Gillmor’s Michael Cohen/Bannon/Roger Stone to her Trump and a blast from the past for the SJ Inside Jude Berry). Winter maybe over, but the truth is coming!
RS from San Jose Mar 28, 2019 @ 1:47 pm
From the press release
The polygraph examiner concluded that Dominic Caserta passed with the highest score, 99.9%.
https://www.apnews.com/ACCESSWIRE/34577ed67a8e0774b18f12f8ec4174a6
Is a 99.9% score really credible? When I see something like that I always think the numbers are cooked up. The press release also claims, “examiner has conducted over eleven thousand polygraph examinations…” 11,000 seems like a lot of examinations.
Do research as to why these tests are not admissible in court to support or not a case. If he is sure that he has nothing to hide, he should take this to a civil court against all his alleged victims. His reputation and his high likelihood of becoming a supervisor were seriously harmed by these allegations. It appears he has a case. One might fight these suits with cleans hands. If not, it might just bring bigger skeletons out of a closet.
Regardless of these tests being admissible, my BS detector goes off when I see numbers like 99.9% and that the examiner had conducted over 11,000 tests. 99.9% is better than Ivory Soap’s purity (99.44%), and 11,000 is almost as many as the number of women Wilt Chamberlain claimed to have had sex with.
People are posting about fake news, but this press release is in the category of news for dummies.
FEXXNIST Mar 28, 2019 @ 10:19 pm
San Jose Inside is very inclusive and does not discriminate dummies! Carseta has a voice too.
> San Jose Inside is very inclusive and does not discriminate dummies!
If San Jose Inside suppresses one of my postings, does that mean I’m NOT a dummy?
sjoutsidethebubble Apr 1, 2019 @ 10:30 am
Dominic Caserta seizes a photo op:
https://sjoutsidethebubble.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/dominic-c01.png
joey piscitelli Apr 3, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
He scored 99.9% ??
This guy must be the most holiest, spotless, wholesome, flawless, impeccable, immaculate, spotless, gleaming, pristine, untarnished, unblemished, person on earth to be that pure. God doesn’t even get that 99.9% polygraph score.
But seriously,
The reason why polygraphs are inadmissible, is because they are unreliable. Otherwise, they would be accepted by the courts.
1-The main reason why polygraphs are inadmissible is because people who have little conscience,or are sociopaths, can easily pass a polygraph test.
2-Some clergy molesters, who are known to have dozens of rape victims, have passed a polygraph test with a smile, even after they admitted to countless rapes and child molestation.
3- Convicted criminals in jail who admitted to heinous crimes have volunteered to take polygraphs in experiments, and have successfully duped the polygraphs at will.
4-Polygraphs can be manipulated by the person giving the test, and the desired results can be achieved depending on what the polygraphers intention is.
5-You can also take lessons on fooling or passing the tests, or find a cooperating polygrapher for your rehearsed questions and answers.
6- Expert witnesses are paid for what they do – to accomplish the purchased goal.
All that said, the courts know this, and consider the polygraph results useless. As far as reaching a 99% score in a polygraph, refer to 1,2,3,4,5, and 6.
It’s disgraceful to bash abuse victims. But it’s all too common.
And it’s disgraceful to teach our children that coming forward courageously when you believe you have been sexually harassed or abused will get you re-victimized by the accused, and his fan club. It’s a shame.
That’s why less than 10% of sex abuse victims come forward, because of bad behavior by people who should know better. You have to ask yourself why people don’t want to believe sex abuse victims, and the answer is scary.
The people who usually say “if it happened to you, then why didn’t you come forward?”
Are the same people who attack you when you do come forward. They don’t want to hear the truth at all, for any reason.
I admire and commend all the abuse victims who courageously come forward, in light of the disgraceful attacks they endure.
RS from San Jose Apr 3, 2019 @ 6:18 pm
I don’t know anything about polygraph tests, but 99.9% means 999 out of 1,000. Were there really anywhere near 1,000 discrete elements to score in Caserta’s test? This is what is known as “false precision.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_precision
In this particular instance, it doesn’t seem as though they are fudging. It seems like they are fabricating.
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The Importance of Documentation
Written by William Masters
Just recently I had dinner with my old friend, Margaret Hanson, a retired psychiatrist in whose guesthouse I had lived during my two post graduate years at Stanford University. Although nearly 80 years old, she still had it together and always proved delightful company. I made a reservation at Le Pot Au Feu in Menlo Park, one of her favorite restaurants, now in its third incarnation: mother to son to grandson.
I picked Margaret up at 7:00 p.m., and fifteen minutes later I gave my car keys to the parking valet. As we entered the restaurant, a handsome young man took Margaret’s hand and kissed it.
“Good evening Mrs. Hanson. Grandmother sends her greetings.”
“Good evening Charles.”
The young man immediately seated us at the celebrity table, next to a door-sized window overlooking the beautiful, lighted back garden, a position that Margaret and her husband, Hans, had gradually earned over their almost 30 years of patronage prior to his death.
The restaurant still served classic French cuisine, steadfastly refusing to adopt the current, California healthy/French style of preparation that used reduced butter and cream.
I ordered a 20 year old, single malt scotch and Margaret, no longer able to tolerate the tequila shots of her youth or the double strength martinis of ripe middle age, ordered a white wine spritzer.
As we sipped our drinks, Margaret waived away the server.
“Have you noticed this double white orchid pinned to my dress?”
“I daresay, everyone in this room has noticed it.”
“Don’t be too fast to mock,” she said with the composed smile of someone about to reveal something confidential. “There is a story that goes with this orchid. Just sit back, enjoy your drink and listen.”
“As soon as I reached 65, I prepared to retire. I located other doctors for patients still in my treatment. To protect the privacy of my previous patients, I destroyed all their records, had a certificate of destruction and affidavit notarized re same and put the original copy on file with the San Mateo Court in Redwood City. I did this because I knew that many other retired psychiatrists had been served with subpoenas seeking former patent records based on some special circumstance allowing the release of records for review by the police or FBI. Neither entity ever proved capable of sufficient tact or judgment to keep such sensitive information confidential, and frequently caused unnecessary grief and embarrassment to the patients and their relatives.
One day, about three weeks ago, I answered my doorbell to be greeted by some well scrubbed young man, bearing a deep tan and sun bleached blonde hair like some surfer dude Hans and I might have seen on the boardwalk in Santa Cruz. The dude introduced himself as an assistant district attorney from the DOJ’s office and announced that he was seeking records from one of my former patients for an important case under investigation.
I apprised him of the destruction, showed him a copy I kept of the notarized affidavit re same and advised him to confirm the fact by looking at the original on file with the court.
He flashed a crocodile smile and told me, that to his personal knowledge, many treaters made the same claim, but still kept a "secret stash of records”.
“How rude,” I said.
“He then asked me, taking a step forward, raising an eyebrow and lowering his voice, if I had such a stash.”
“What a scoundrel.”
“Yes, I was scandalized. I then repeated my original reply and said good-by to him, and smiling sweetly, closed my front door.”
Soon thereafter, I received a succession of letters from him, at first asking me to turn over the records of such and such patient, then imploring me, "for the safety of some unknown persons”, and finally threatening to serve me with a subpoena and take me to court unless I surrendered the records to the San Mateo district Attorney's Office.
I finally called an old friend, a retired judge and asked him for help: “Dickey, my dear, it’s Maggie. I need your help.”
I remembered that Dickey had maintained quite a few connections among law enforcement and the judiciary, and then sotto voce added, “And still knew where a few skeletons were buried.”
This time it was I who smiled with admiration. “Sounds like something out of a John O’Hara novel.”
“A mostly forgotten and underrated writer,” Margaret noted.
Two days ago I answered my doorbell again. A messenger delivered a letter and a silver colored box. I sat down and opened the letter, handwritten on the Department of Justice stationery, in a handsome, cursive style that would make any grade school teacher proud.
Dear Dr. Hanson,
Please, allow me to apologize for my presumptuous, adolescent attempts to obtain information concerning one of your former patients because I refused to believe you. I hope you will forgive me.
It was signed Michael A. Donavan, Assistant District Attorney, Department of Justice, and then, on a sticker beneath his signature: temporarily on special assignment at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Ray Brook, located in upstate New York.
I opened the silver box to find this double white Phalaenopsis orchid. You can buy it from a standard grocery store, or if you happen to live near an Asian market, you can find truck-loads of the white or purplish-pink variety delivered several times a week. But it was thoughtful of him. And I suppose an assistant district attorney works for a meager salary, especially if the sequester has reduced it.”
Margaret leaned her head back slightly and produced the kind of laughter that only arrived at last, and was traditionally valued as best. Then she signaled to the server to approach.
Looking at me, she said, “Now, let’s order. I’ve worked up an appetite!”
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Why is UHF Spectrum so important for Wireless Microphones
Why is UHF Spectrum so impo...
Marc Henshall, August 12, 2015
For wireless microphone systems to work, we need access to clean RF (radio frequency spectrum) - this much is obvious. What is less well known or understood, is which bands – or sections – of spectrum are best suited to the operation of wireless microphone and in-ear monitor systems.
We can't, unfortunately, just use any spectrum – there are certain physical limitations that leave us with a clear choice of limited, but effective frequencies that work best for our application. The most popular bands used for wireless microphones over the last 50 years or so are referred to as UHF and VHF frequency bands; UHF (Ultra High Frequency) in particular is the preferred space in the UK.
Why UHF?
Although we cannot directly compare radio frequencies to sound waves, one characteristic they do share some similarity with is wavelength. Much like sound waves, lower frequencies have a longer wavelength, and, therefore, their propagation characteristics are stronger, which means they penetrate surfaces better and traverse greater distances without the need for a boost.
In a nutshell, UHF bands offer the largest quantity of good quality spectrum at the best frequencies required for large professional events.
Additionally, we can easily account for TV interference in the UHF bands as it is predictable - we cannot say the same for other parts of RF spectrum as these are often de-regulated and shared by technology such as WiFi.
Important changes to UHF Spectrum that affect you.
For years, professional wireless microphones and in-ear monitor systems happily shared UHF spectrum from 470 - 865MHz as a secondary user alongside the transmission of analogue television. Recent years, however, have bought about remarkable changes that significantly reduce our access to the all-important UHF space.
The short story is, back in 2003, the UK government announced it would be switching traditional analogue television services to digital. The immediate assumption was that this process would free up large portions of spectrum, and subsequently, it could be sold for a profit to the highest bidder. This process, and the income it generated for the UK Treasury became known as the Digital Dividend Review (DDR). Inevitably, with the rise in demand for mobile broadband, the majority of auctioned spectrum was re-allocated for use by the mobile industry to deliver next gen 4G services.
The first significant portion to go was the 800MHz band, but it won't be much longer before 700MHz suffers the same fate. To really bring the point home, it takes us from this:
UHF spectrum before DDR - (Green represents spectrum available to wireless microphone users. Yellow is dedicated space for PMSE. Blue is unlicensed, deregulated spectrum)
.....To this
(Post DDR UHF with red representing the loss of 800MHz and 700MHz)
As the above charts demonstrate, the space available to us has reduced significantly, and while there is space left for now, a pattern is clearly emerging.
Mobile is important too!
From what we've described so far, it could be easy to assume we're anti mobile phones - we're really not. We understand the need for internet access on demand; the benefits this brings consumers, and the contribution instant access to information has made to our lives. However, pursuing with a strategy of expansion at all costs, simply isn't viable.
You can't get away from the fact that spectrum is essentially a natural resource – just like oil or gas – and if we continue to consume it at the rate we are, we will eventually run out. The harsh truth for our industry in-particular is that while the demand for wireless microphones continues to rise, the amount of space available to reliably operate them in is actually decreasing.
Ironically, the prospect of a severely impoverished wireless microphone operating space actually affects the mobile industry too:
Think about it, what do people use their mobile phones for (other than to make calls)? They consume content, right? The very same content that relies on wireless microphone systems to meet production value expectations. It might not be obvious to the average consumer, but wireless systems are everywhere when it comes to producing TV, video, live music shows, theatre productions, and even YouTube videos from the increasing number of 'YouTube stars'. To remove wireless microphones from the equation would mean setting production values back by half a century. This would make streaming HD content on your phone somewhat less appealing, don't you think?
The point is, changes to wireless spectrum affect everyone. Therefore, it is not the sole responsibility of any one industry or institution to take the entire burden. Demand for spectrum certainly isn't going anywhere; what's certain is that we need to achieve more with less (and that goes for everyone). It is in the interest of new users to recognise, respect, and co-exist with wireless microphone users to ensure we satisfy modern requirements.
What we're doing to help: spectrum efficiency
One way we're doing our bit to ensure a more sustainable future is through spectral efficiency - a journey that started with our flagship wireless systems, Axient.
Axient pioneered a range of new to the world technologies – partly centred on the needs of engineers, but also offering truly exceptional RF performance through features such as automatic interference detection and avoidance. While limited to our flagship Axient system at first, our intent was always to replicate these features – wherever possible – throughout the entire Shure wireless portfolio. Subsequently, many of the advanced wireless technology features originally exclusive to Axient are now found across our wireless portfolio – right down to our consumer level options. Given the uncertainty of a congested RF landscape, having a spectrally efficient wireless system is essential – no matter what your budget.
What you can do to help
The fight to save the future of wireless microphones for future generations doesn't end with manufacturers; you can do your bit too. Here are three ways you can get involved:
1. Spread the word
Education is key to ensuring a sustainable future for all wireless spectrum users. To help raise awareness of wireless technology and the ongoing changes, we set up LosingYourVoice.co.uk
The initiative contains a crucial overview of the current RF landscape and links to useful resources. By sharing this website, you can help us ensure a more stable future for wireless audio.
Visit Losing Your Voice
2. Become a Wireless Expert
Parallel to Losing Your Voice, is our Academy training platform. One of the key contributions users can make to the wider industry is to learn how to run their wireless rig as efficiently as possible. Check out our Wireless Mastered seminar and Spectrum Management Masterclass (How to master Shure's Wireless Workbench 6 coordination software) to help you run your next show with complete peace of mind.
Visit Shure Academy for upcoming dates.
3. Support with BEIRG
Engineers and audio industry professional wishing to get in the trenches so to speak can get involved with The British Entertainment Industry Radio Group BEIRG.
BEIRG is an independent and non-profit making association, working for the benefit of all those who use radio spectrum.
Visit their website for further detail.
Have something to add to this article? How are the changes to RF spectrum affecting you?
Marc Henshall
Marc forms part of our Pro Audio team at Shure UK and specialises in Digital Marketing. He also holds a BSc First Class Hons Degree in Music Technology. When not at work he enjoys playing the guitar, producing music, and dabbling in DIY (preferably with a good craft beer or two).
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Summertime Sweat: Kitesurfing is the new way to ride waves to a fitter body
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Build fitness and get your adrenaline pumping with summer’s new workout, kiteboarding. A certified instructor shares tips, plus 5 kiteboarding spots to add to your travel itinerary.
By K. Aleisha Fetters
You never forget your first wave: The feeling of your feet on the board. The pull of the wave underneath you. The bird’s eye view of the ocean.
And, for more and more adrenaline-seekers, kiteboarding is the perfect way to get that wave-riding high. One of the fastest-growing water sports in the world, kiteboarding combines surfing, windsurfing, snowboarding, paragliding, skateboarding and the kite-flying you enjoyed as a kid, into one high-octane experience. Also called kitesurfing, it uses the power of the wind—and kites spanning 30 feet or more—to pull athletes up and on top of the water, which they ride while standing on a narrow board that resembles a snowboard.
• Summertime Sweat: Trail running is the workout your summer is missing
That wind gives kiteboarders a kind of freedom that you just can’t get in other water sports. After all, unlike with surfing, you don’t have to be on top of a wave to stay on top of the water when kiteboarding. The wind—and some skilled maneuvering with the kite—keeps you constantly afloat.
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“You just need the wind to ride waves with the kite, put yourself on top of a wave, ride it, release the power out of the kite and then ride the wave like a surfer. When the wave is done, you use the kite to put yourself onto the next wave,” says top kiteboarder Constantin Bisanz. (In 2011, he set a world record kitesurfing from Alaska to Russia across the Bering Strait.)
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What’s more, for advanced kiteboarders, the wind let’s you catch serious air. “You have the freedom to jump 10, 20, 30 feet off the water, even without the use of a wave,” explains kiteboarding instructor Nick Brouwer, owner Nix Kite Curaçao.
Like many kiteboarders, Brouwer got into the sport after looking for an alternative to windsurfing. “I had windsurfed for many years, but I didn’t like all of the bulky equipment. It was hard to travel with. In kiteboarding, it’s easy to pack up the kite, harness, and board, and ride waves all over the world.”
Sculpt Your Body on the Water
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If the adrenaline swells alone aren’t enough to sell you on kiteboarding, the total-body benefits should be.
“I was shocked how sore my abs were after my first time riding a kiteboard,” says exercise physiologist and recreational kiteboarder Mike T. Nelson, Ph.D., C.S.C.S. That’s because successful kiteboarding is all about stability and control when faced with crashing waves and intense winds. To stay up on the board, you have to put your core’s stabilizing muscles into overtime while changing your leg and arm positioning to adapt to the elements and propel yourself where you want to go.
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“When I’m on a trip, I will go out and ride for three to four hours at a time. For some people, that’s a long time. For some, that’s short. But the amount of exercise you get in that time is great. And you don’t even feel like you’re exercising,” he says.
Luckily, despite all of the fitness benefits of kiteboarding, you don’t have to be crazy strong or aerobically fit to pick up the sport, Brouwer says. As long as you have good mobility and overall health, everyone from children to adults in their 80s can participate. So don’t let that intimidate you.
Catch Some Air
Still, contrary to what most first-time kiteboarders expect (or maybe just hope) you typically don’t ride waves, or even get up on the board, during the first lesson, Brouwer says.
It’s a bummer, but kiteboarding is a sport of skill, and you’ve got to get those skills down before you can successfully get up on that board. In fact, reputable kite instructors (make sure that when learning the sport, you are going through a school that is affiliated with the International Kiteboarding Association) usually won't even take out the board until partway into the second lesson, he says.
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It typically takes three lessons, each lasting about two hours, to get licensed as a kiteboarder—which means you are certified to kiteboard on your own without the supervision of an IKO instructor. People who want to get up on the board ASAP (who doesn’t?) can fit a couple of lessons into a single day and master the basics of kiteboarding and get your license within a few days to a week, he says. Once you have your license, you can practice on your own, getting up on the water whenever you want to hone your skills and accomplish new on-the-water feats, Bisanz says.
During the first lesson, you practice flying the kite on the beach and in the water during what’s called “body dragging.” It sounds bad, but it’s actually fun; it simply involves steering the kite so that the wind pulls you through the water while you float on your side.
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Still, don’t be surprised if your first session is a bit, well, messy, Bisanz says. A lot of people are really bad their first time out, and can get frustrated. Meanwhile, some just get overly excited or happy which causes people to tug on the bar that controls the kite when they shouldn’t. “Kitesurfing can be a vicious cycle of emotions the first time out, but the learning curve is short. Stay relaxed and you will do well,” Brouwer says.
During the second lesson, you perform body dragging with less help from the instructor, try getting up on the board, and may even be able to ride for a few seconds at a time. During the third lesson, you learn how to ride more consistently, and hone in on controlling riding speed and direction. That third lesson is what kiteboarding is all about.
“I usually tell people that if they like their first lesson, they can’t quit until you get up on the board for a few seconds,” Nelson says. “Once you get up, you get addicted to that feeling.”
5 kiteboarding spots to add to your summer travel itinerary
These locales—from your own back yard to halfway around the world—are perfect for kiteboarders of all levels.
Tarifa, Spain: A mecca for kiteboarders around the world, Tarifa is situated at the southernmost tip of Spain at one end of the Straight of Gibraltar, and is consistently pounded with some of the world’s most intense winds. Every kiteboarder should aspire to harness these winds.
Curaçao: 40 miles off the coast of Venezuela, this island boasts some of the most consistent winds in the Caribbean. And while the island has more open water than any kiteboarder would know what to do with, St. Joris Bay, where Brouwer teaches lessons, is the most popular kiteboarding spot of the island. Since the bay’s strong winds run perpendicular to the bay, kiteboarders ride toward the shore, and you know you’ll never have to struggle to get back to basecamp.
The Great Lakes: This is no joke. The Great Lakes are secretly awesome for kiteboarding. Plus, they are easily accessible to people who can’t just dart off to the tropics on a regular basis. Grand Haven in Michigan as well as Lake Huron’s Tawas State Park are two of the most popular spots among professionals, but there is no end to the opportunities to kiteboard. City dwellers can even take care of Chicago’s famous winds at sites including Montrose Beach. (Just look online for kiteboarding rules and regulations before heading out.)
Maui, Hawaii: Seriously, what isn’t better on the Hawaiian island? “Maui’s one of my favorite places in the world to kitesurf,” Bisanz says. “It’s a perfect combination of really strong winds, great waves, and beautiful nature.” The availability of kiteboarding spots of instructors on the island is endless, and many resorts either partner with kiteboarding schools or offer on-property lessons.
Cape Town, South Africa: Near the southern tip of Africa, Cape Town’s forceful waves and winds make it ideal for watersports addicts looking for a fix, Bisanz says. Plus, wildlife lovers will flip over all of the penguins and seals that hang out in Cape Town’s waters. Local kiteboarding instructors can get you situated in the right waters for you, as winds, weather, and the best kiteboarding spots change frequently around the African coast.
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SIPAward-Winning Podcasts Benefit From Synergy and Timeliness
April 04, 2019 by Ronn
One session at SIPA Annual 2019 June 3-5 in Washington, D.C., that already has my attention is How 3 Publishers Became Award-Winning Podcasters starring Joseph Coleman, director of content, Coleman Publishing, Lynn Freer, president, Spidell Publishing Inc. and Stephanie Williford, CEO, EB Medicine.
A query I will have for them is about company-wide synergy. In a recent podcasting session I attended, a local podcast producer, Blake Althen of Human Factor, spoke about the importance of synergy for companies doing podcasts.
"I feel like this is overlooked a lot," he said. "At least [with organizations I've done work for], the magazine/newsletter department might be doing their thing, the email people might be doing their thing and the events people are doing their thing, but there's not a lot of synergy. And we tried to close that gap and have done it really well.
"The magazine that comes out every week for [a show we do called] Convenience Matters has a picture of the podcast in action from a convention [where an episode was done on onsite]. And it was the podcast team sitting down with Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs. They were talking about employment because it's hard to find employment now for convenience stores. It was a triple whammy—the magazine covered it, they pumped the podcast and the podcast people pumped the magazine. So there can be a great synergy."
On Twitter, Spidell's director of editorial and California Minute podcast host Kathryn Zdan promotes the week's show. "Thank you to all of our loyal California Minute listeners!" she wrote in late January. "We'll be going on hiatus through filing season, but want to show our gratitude for over 472,000 total listens here at the end of our 3rd year. Revisit recent episodes on our podcast page >> www.caltax.com/news/podcast/."
"Returns filed near the extended due date may be processed late and this could affect which year a refund is reported in," she tweeted the previous week to promote that week's podcast. The play arrow appears right on Twitter so you can listen to the podcast without leaving Twitter.
California Minute actually runs about four minutes, is produced in-house and stays very focused. One titled Guidance on Business Meal Expense Deductions started with a push for Spidell's Federal and California Tax Update Seminars (these are in person). Then it gets right into the topic, which is in response to a tax update that had just been published. Timeliness is another great characteristic to have for B2B podcasts.
Coleman Publishing sends out daily emails, where they can promote their podcast and a weekly live show that they do. "People are busy, they're deleting emails," Bob Coleman says. "But if they have a couple seconds, they'll watch [and listen]. I just want my name in front of their face as much as possible. This is stuff they can't get anywhere else. That's our editorial philosophy. Give them specific things they can't get from the Wall Street Journal or CNBC.
"The takeaway that I would stress from the live video show we do is that we're still at a stage where video [in this area] is new, so people aren't expecting grand production. They don't need Fox Business. It's the content that matters. So what I mean is, don't be afraid to try it."
In 2017, EB Medicine kicked off their podcast, EMplify, with a big push on Facebook. "EMplify, the new #emergencymedicine podcast now available on iTunes & Google Play." Then last October they posted this: "FREE podcast! EMplify # 20 – Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations: " There are actually about 10,000 ED visits in the US for snake bites each year, and 1/3 of these involve venomous species." Listen now: http://bit.ly/2PHsjBy."
"For our [audience], emergency physicians, who are notoriously ADHD, they can't stand to sit still and watch an educational video for more than a few minutes, but they love podcasts because they can listen and learn while doing something else too," Williford said.
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Google reports Q1 revenues of US$15.4bn – up 19pc
17 Apr 201467 Views
Larry Page, CEO of Google
Internet juggernaut Google reported revenues of US$15.4bn, up 19pc on last year. However, despite the soaring revenues, investors on Wall Street weren’t impressed as acquisitions such as the US$3.2bn purchase of Nest took a toll on earnings, and Google shares were down 5.5pc in after-hours trading.
Investors were also expecting an increase in paid clicks, which rose 26pc and fell short of analyst expectations of 33pc.
The company recorded profits of US$3.45bn, up slightly from US$3.35bn last year.
Cost per click had been expected by Wall Street to fall by 11.1pc, but only fell by 9pc compared with last year.
During the year, Google acquired the thermostat company Nest, created by iPod designer Tony Fadell, for US$3.2bn.
Google also sold Motorola Mobility, which it bought for US$12.5bn in 2012, to Lenovo for just US$2.9bn.
Sites revenues came in at US$10.4bn, up 21pc on 2013, and partner sites generated revenues of more than US$3.4bn, which was up 4pc on 2013, giving Google CEO Larry Page plenty of reason to sound optimistic.
“We completed another great quarter. Google’s revenue was US$15.4bn, up 19pc year on year,” said Page.
“We got lots of product improvements done, especially on mobile. I’m also excited with progress on our emerging businesses.”
Related: advertising, Larry Page, Motorola Mobility, Nest, stock market, Google
John Kennedy is an award-winning technology journalist who served as editor of Siliconrepublic.com for 17 years.
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2016 2 oz Silver British Queen’s Beast Lion Coins (BU)
Sell to Us Price: $36.34
Available as low as $8.49 per oz over spot!
For the first time ever, the Royal Mint of London has authorized a series of 2 oz silver bullion coins for production. In this exciting new series, the Royal Mint will take investors and collectors through the history of heraldry in the United Kingdom, starting with the Lion. Today, Silver.com offers the 2016 2 oz Silver British Queen’s Beast Coins for purchase in BU condition.
Ships in a protective plastic flip for individual coins, plastic mint tubes of 10 or boxes of 200 coins.
First release in a series of 10 upcoming coins from the Royal Mint!
First-time striking of 2 oz Silver Bullion coins from the mint!
Consists of Two Troy ounces of .9999 fine silver.
Face value of 5 (GBP) is fully backed by the government of the United Kingdom.
Reverse features the image of the Lion and Heraldic Shield of England.
Obverse depicts Queen Elizabeth II in right-profile relief.
Available in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.
Designed by Jody Clark.
The 2016 issue year from the Royal Mint is an exciting one for more than a few reasons. First and foremost, artist Jody Clark has created an all-new right-profile portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for use on British and commonwealth coinage. Currently, the 1998 depiction from Ian Rank-Broadley is in wide circulation.
Clark is also the lead designer on a series of Queen’s Beast coins that debuts with the release of the 2016 2 oz. Silver British Queen’s Beast Coin. At just 33 years of age when he designed the new portrait of the Queen, Clark is the youngest man to do so for the Royal Mint.
Eac 2016 2 oz Silver British Queen’s Beast coin in this listing has a Brilliant Uncirculated grade. Coins in BU condition show no signs of wear and tear, though you may notice minor imperfections such as spotted surfaces, contact marks, or breaks in the luster.
On the reverse of the coin is the image of the Lion, one of the most important heraldic creatures in British history. It is featured in front of the nation’s heraldic shield, with one paw raised and ready to strike, another clutching the shield, and standing upright on its hind paws.
The obverse of the 2016 2 oz Silver British Queen’s Beast Coin features the all-new design of Her Majesty’s portrait from Clark. Captured, as always, in right-profile relief, Her Majesty is visible along with engravings identifying the face value of the coin and the Queen’s name.
Located in the United Kingdom and originally founded as the London Mint during the 9th century, today the Royal Mint is one of the world’s oldest operating mints and is responsible for the production of British sovereign currency.
Please feel free to reach out to Silver.com with your questions. You can reach us on the phone at 888-989-7223, online using our live web chat, or via our email address. Check out our Silver British Coins page to see similar products.
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Brand: Royal Mint
Purity: .999 silver
Condition: Brilliant Uncirculated
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Microsoft Office Live - what a mess!
We had a call from a former customer of Microsoft Office Live who was having problems recovering their website since Microsoft shut down the service earlier this year.
It took a while to understand what they had done but basically Microsoft wanted to change Office Live customers and "suggest" they switch over to their new service, Office 365, but unfortunately it would cost a bit more...£4.25 per user, per month! Not so bad if you only have one user but how about 10? Compared with other services such as Google Apps or a basic hosting account for around £60 to £100 a year that seems a bit much!
Having finally worked out where Microsoft moved their domain name and how their email is still running, we're now helping them to move email to Google Apps for Business (free for up to 10 users!), and we'll be hosting the website (which we managed to recover from Microsoft) temporarily while they're busy working on projects and next year we'll look into giving it a makeover and sort out permanent hosting.
For anyone else struggling with Office Live websites that have been shutdown let us know and we'll be happy to help you too!
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Soul Of America > US Cities > Baltimore > Baltimore General Attractions
Baltimore General Attractions
PHOTOS: USS Constellation in the Inner Harbor and more
Baltimore General Attractions begins with the world-famous Inner Harbor and Fort McHenry National Historic Site, then includes Harborplace and The Gallery, World Trade Center – Top of the World, The Power Plant, Power Plant Live!, Phoenix Shot Tower, Fells Point, Canton, Federal Hill Park, Star Spangled Banner Flag House, Baltimore Maritime Museums, Lexington Market, Washington Monument, Mount Vernon Square and Hampden.
Harborplace and The Gallery
DESCRIPTION: Its hard to imagine the Inner Harbor was a jumble of derelict wharves littered with flotsam-jetsum. The area’s only redeeming quality was the complex scents of McCormick Spice Company blowing across Light Street to the harbor. Though McCormick building was torn down shortly after its headquarters moved to the suburbs, in 1973 civic leaders removed derelict wharves and built a red-brick promenade circling the harbor. By 1974, the private sector kicked-in with 40-story skyscraper at the northwest corner of Pratt & Light Streets followed by more office, convention, hotel, shopping and restaurant construction on nearby Light and Pratt Streets followed by the restored USS Constellation at Pier 1. One of the nation’s most successful urban redevelopment projects built from a master plan and instantly cemented Inner Harbor as the city’s main gathering place. Harborplace consists of two pavilions hosting over 100 unique shops and 50 restaurants/cafes. A small outdoor performance venue connecting the two pavilions often attracts free entertainment. Most eateries are in the Light Street Pavilion, while most shops are in Pratt Street Pavilion. Though the original tenant Phillips Restaurant moved to a larger venue in the Inner Harbor, Bubba Gumps replaced it, a Charm City Cupcakes and McCormick Spice Company opened a gift shop in Light Street Pavilion. Walk across the pedway over Pratt Street to more shopping in The Gallery, which features dozens more upscale restaurants, shops and boutiques.
ADMISSION: free entry
DAYS & HOURS: Mon-Thu 10a-9p, Fri-Sat 10a-10p, Sun 11a-7p
ADDRESS: 200 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
PARKING: Light Street Garage across the street
RAPID TRANSIT: Charles Center Metro Station
WEBSITE: http://www.harborplace.com
World Trade Center – Top of the World
DESCRIPTION: A pentagonal shaped building rising 405 feet above a one-acre plaza became instant Inner Harbor landmark when opened in 1977 as headquarters for Maryland Port Administration and World Trade Center Institute. Baltimore is one of 16 charter members of the World Trade Center Association. The Baltimore WTC side facing Pratt Street includes a 9-11 Memorial of ornamental steel beams from the exterior of New York WTC’s fallen towers. The WTC corner facing the harbor suggests the prow of a ship rising out of the water when viewed from certain angles. Visit Top of the World on the 27th floor observation deck for 360 degree views of the city. Welcome news for the Inner Harbor ecosystem are 50 wetland floats tethered to WTC’s harborside bulkhead to extract 2 pounds of nitrogen from the water for every 100 pounds of grass growing on the floats, while their underside provides habitat for worms, barnacles, eels, crabs, mussels and small fish.
ADMISSION: Top of the World $5 adults, $4 seniors and military, $3 for ages 3-12, age 2 and under enter Free; ticket sold 1/2 before closing
DAYS & HOURS: Wed-Thu 10a-6p, Fri-Sat 10a-7p, Sun 11a-6p
PARKING: Central Parking Harbor Park
WEBSITE: http://www.viewbaltimore.org
DESCRIPTION: Located in Inner Harbor Pier 4, the Power Plant opened in 1909 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its neoclassical three-tower and red-brick facade reveals a bold industrial building that once supplied power to the city’s electric street cars and the city in general. With the removal of most streetcars by 1963, the building sat vacant for many years. Then in the 1980s, a theme park and a nightclub each made of go it in the Power Plant, but failed. Finally in 1997-98, the first ESPNZone, Hard Rock Cafe and Barnes & Noble brought stability to this multipurpose entertainment complex. An adjacent building on the pier named for Ernst & Young ad Houlihan’s Restaurant, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Dick’s Last Resort. Then in 2010 this ESPNZone along with most ESPNZones nationwide closed. Seeing opportunity, popular Phillips Restaurant moved from Harborplace into this larger space and now includes a waterside dining area; this resilient combination of distinctive restaurants, a major bookstore and offices on Pier 4 makes Power Plant a dynamic place to read, play and dine.
DAYS & HOURS: varies by venue
PARKING: Central Parking Harbor Park one north
RAPID TRANSIT: Shot Tower Metro Station nearby
WEBSITE: http://www.hardrock.com/locations
Power Plant Live!
DESCRIPTION: Baltimore’s hisotric and character-filled district of restaurants and clubs including Havana Club, Rum Shack, Rams Head Live, Howl at the Moon, Have a Nice Day Café, Rascals, The Lodge Bar, Babalu Grill, Blue Sea Grill, Mondo Bondo, Ruth Chris Steak House. This venue is crowded before and after Pier 6 concerts, on weekends and after Ravens football games.
ADMISSION: free to enter for dining.
ADDRESS: 34 Market Place, Baltimore, MD MAP
PARKING: Central Parking Harbor Park; valet Fri-Sat nights
RAPID TRANSIT: Shot Tower/Market Place Metro Station
PHONE: none listed
WEBSITE: http://www.powerplantlive.com
DESCRIPTION: This 234” tall building opened in 1828 to make “drop shot” for pistols, rifles and cannons. Drop shot was made by dropping melted lead though a sieve-like device at the top of tower into a vat of cold water at the bottom. The process of falling rounded the shot to fit the weapon. One million bags of shot were produced yearly. It was also America’s tallest building until the Washington Monument in DC was completed after the Civil War. Due to changing technology for the weapons industry, the owner ceased making shot and closed the company in 1898. Today, its a one-of-kind National Landmark for Baltimore.
ADMISSION: Adults $5, Ages 5-18 $4
DAYS & HOURS: Sat & Sun mornings by appt
ADDRESS: 801 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
PARKING: on street
WEBSITE: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/baltimore/b29.htm
DESCRIPTION: The town of Fells Point was founded in 1763 and incorporated into Baltimore in 1773; the town was favored by the shipping industry as Baltimore’s original deep water harbor and shipbuilding center; Frederick Douglas and fellow African-American, Isaac Myer, worked on the docks moving cargo and in ship repair; today there is a Maritime Museum, charter fishing boats, ghost tours and historic homes, a yacht club, bed & breakfasts, an eclectic collection of shops in Fells Point; Broadway Market and vagabond players at the local theatre; enjoy some of the best seafood restaurants in the city and robust multicultural nightlife in a district that has zany characters day or night.
DAYS & HOURS: varies by establishment
ADDRESS: Broadway and Thames Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
RAPID TRANSIT: Water Taxi from the Inner Harbor to Fells Point
WEBSITE: http://www.fellspoint.us
DESCRIPTION: This historic and scenic district centered around O’Donnell Square, southeast of Fells Point and home to many renovated 19th century houses, bars, restaurants, galleries, a distinctive library, Canton Waterfront Park, DuBurns Soccer Arena, Korean War Memorial, old industrial buildings re-imagined as dramatic office space. Bars and restaurants along Boston Street are most interesting to visit.
ADDRESS: Eastern Avenue, Conkling Street, Waterfront and Chester Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
WEBSITE: http://www.livebaltimore.com/neighborhoods/list/canton
Fort McHenry National Historic Site
DESCRIPTION: Now more park than fort, you can still bring those history lessons alive with a walk along and inside the walls of the early American fort used during the War of 1812 when Francis Scott Key wrote the American National Anthem. Its worth noting that people of African descent fought on both sides in that war. One of the more interesting location aspects of the fort is that it splits the Patapsco River with one branch going to the Inner Harbor. You can also get great views of the container ports and working vessels in the outer harbor.
ADDRESS: 2400 East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD MAP
WEBSITE: Link
Federal Hill Park
DESCRIPTION: Used as a lookout during the Civil War, it now provides the best views of the Inner Harbor and Outer Harbor, particularly during fireworks and the Week of the Tall Ships. A pleasant place for small picnics.
ADDRESS: Bounded by Key Highway, Battery Avenue, Covington Street and Warren Avenue, Baltimore, MD MAP
WEBSITE: http://www.baltimore.to/FederalHill
Baltimore Civil War Museum
DESCRIPTION: In addition to the many artifacts of Baltimore Colored Troops who fought in the war, this building served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The site is also birthplace of the Pratt Street Riot, which marked first bloodshed of the Civil War.
DAYS & HOURS: Wed-Sun 10a-5p
ADDRESS: 601 President Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
Star Spangled Banner Flag House
DESCRIPTION: Glimpse the small rooms of home life in the early 19th century at this museum dedicated to the story of Mary Young Pickersgill. She who made the 30×42 foot Star-Spangled Banner that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became our National Anthem. Her original flag now hangs at the Smithsonian Institution in DC, a replica is displayed in the garden. Located behind the Reginald Lewis Museum, this museum was founded in 1927.
ADMISSION: Adults $6, age 18 and under costs $4
DAYS & HOURS: Tue-Sat 10a-4p, last tour begins 3:15p
RAPID TRANSIT: Shot Tower-Market Place Metro Station
WEBSITE: http://www.flaghouse.org
Baltimore Maritime Museums
DESCRIPTION: Discover the city’s fascinating maritime history at these museum, which isn’t a building, but rather a set of docked ships tin the Inner Harbor and Fells Point; begin with the USS Torsk, also known as the Galloping Ghost of the Japanese Coast. During WWII, this submarine helped end the war by sinking Japan’s last two warships. Next, step aboard the Chesapeake, a floating lighthouse that still works. The last ship, the Taney, is the only ship from the battle of Pearl Harbor still afloat.
ADMISSION: pricing based on 1-ship, 2-ships, 4-ships; see website
DAYS & HOURS: daily 10a-5:30p Mar-Oct; 10a-4:30p Nov-Feb
ADDRESS: Inner Harbor Piers 1, 3 and 5, Baltimore, MD MAP
PARKING: nearby streets and garages
RAPID TRANSIT: Civic Center Metro Station
WEBSITE: http://www.baltomaritimemuseum.org
DESCRIPTION: Historic 2-block long facility established in 1782 is the world’s largest, continuously running public market. Over 140 merchants display foods of every description and geographic origin. Its a visual, olfactory and gastronomic treat every time you visit. This gem stands out on the West Side Downtown.
DAYS & HOURS: Mon-Sat 8:30a-6p
ADDRESS: 400 West Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
RAPID TRANSIT: Lexington Market Metro Station
WEBSITE: http://www.lexingtonmarket.com
DESCRIPTION: For many years, South Baltimore was one of the oldest interracial districts in the city and remains so. Aside from Federal Hill overlooking the Inner Harbor, South Baltimore first gained national attention selling derelict homes for $1, provided the purchaser was willing to completely renovate and live in the property for 3 years. Real estate investors recognizing a good opportunity, did just that and many savvy investors bought two side-by-side houses to convert into one larger home. The program became a huge success and those homes today cost well over $500K. Proximity to Federal Hill, Cross Street Market, Inner Harbor, waterfront redevelopments along Key Highway, Fort McHenry, baseball and football stadia and many restaurants and art galleries along Light Street are the big attractions. Let your nose lead you to some of city’s best steamed crabs joints in Baltimore.
ADDRESS: mostly Light Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
RAPID TRANSIT: Hamburg Street Light Rail Station
PHONE: none
WEBSITE: http://www.southbaltimore.com
Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Square
DESCRIPTION: One of America’s grandest formal parks features the first monument to President George Washington. Using marble from Baltimore County quarries, principal construction of the monument began in 1815 and completed in 1824. In 1829, Washington’s statue was raised atop of the column. Climb the 228 steps to the top for a spectacular view of older Baltimore. The Washington Monument is the geographic centerpiece of Mount Vernon Place cultural district containing Basilica of the Assumption, Maryland Historical Society, Peabody Institute, Walters Art Museum and Center Stage. For best views of the square visit during Spring Flower Festival or December.
DAYS & HOURS: dawn to dusk
ADDRESS: 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD MAP
PARKING: nearby garage
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DESCRIPTION: A neighborhood first built in 1802 for workers at the nearby cotton and flour mills. Its memorable row houses are built in the Federalist-Greek style that radiate Baltimore persona. Today, 34th Street at Roland Avenue is filled with hip bars, lounges, restaurants, galleries, bookstores, health clubs, tattoo parlors and things too difficult to describe make Hampden a must visit and impossible to forget. Visit during HonFest in June to watch local gals tease their hair into a pink or blue beehive and hear them practice Bawlmerese when calling everyone “Hon.” This area has been seen in TV travel specials and a John Waters movie, Pecker, based in part on the Hampden lifestyle.
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Sheffield champion Kell Brook hungry for higher profile opponent
Kell Brook admits he 'feels for the fans' who are waiting for him to take on an elite opponent.
Wednesday, 24 February, 2016, 10:53
Kell Brook celebrates defeating Frankie Gavin in their IBF World welterweight title fight at the O2 Arena, last year
Sheffield’s 29-year-old world champion defends his IBF welterweight belt against virtual-unknown Kevin Bizier on March 26.
The run-up has been largely overtaken by rumour and speculation about who Brook will fight next.
In world-prestige terms, Canadian Bizier, 31, is not big business, and Brook has not been severely tested since he wrenched the belt off American Shawn Porter in August 2014.
“I feel for the fans, they need to see me in a massive fight, they need to be excited like I need to be excited for these fights” he says.
But Brook acknowledges he has to beat Bizier and put on a show if he is secure the major shows, he craves.
“If you are not on your best ‘A’ game, especially in the welterweight division, you come unstuck” Brook said on an Ingle Gym video on youtube.
“People have done that, been found out and been beat, in the history of the game. We can’t let that happen.
“While we are at the top, while we are unbeaten, and while we are shouting for the best fighters out there, we have got to perform we have got to look good in this fight and then we have got a shout at the best boys out there” said Brook.
“I am after the (Keith) Thurman v Porter winner, [This has now been postponed after Thurman was hurt in a car crash} I’m after (Manny) Pacquiao, (Timothy) Bradley, I am after (Danny) Garcia unification.
“Garcia...the WBC, that green belt would look beautiful next to my red IBF! A unification in the Summer, that would be a dream for me. Let’s give the fans a massive fight.”
Brook promises a “fireworks all-action” scrap with Bizier, whom he sent a message to.
“I am going to make sure I do my job and look sensational. I am going to perform like a world champion and defend my title in style.
“Kevin Bizier should be looking in my eyes, have I got the ‘eye of the tiger,’ do I want it? Does he want it? You are getting in there with the best.
“There is no stone unturned at my end.
“I am coming in there at 110 per cent. You have got your work cut out. I just wish you all the best in the fight and keep your guard up son!
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What Role Will NASA Play in Getting Humans to Mars?
By Calla Cofield 2017-10-12T18:05:45Z Spaceflight
An illustration of NASA's Deep Space Gateway, a space station in lunar orbit.
(Image: © NASA)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — What role will NASA play in getting humans to Mars, and when will the agency depend on participation from commercial companies? A top NASA official discussed the agency's plans this week.
Here at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) Wednesday (Oct. 11), William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, discussed how the agency is thinking about future collaborations with commercial companies.
"Our goal for human spaceflight is essentially to expand the human presence deeper into the solar system," Gerstenmaier said, adding that this task will require participation from many countries, companies, agencies and individuals. NASA could lead that effort, he said initially, before changing his wording. "'Lead' is maybe too strong a term," he added. "I think more maybe 'orchestrate' that effort — to bring together this diverse community to figure out how we can go accomplish that goal." [Red Planet or Bust: 5 Crewed Mars Mission Ideas]
Setting standards
In its path to eventually send humans to Mars, NASA has laid out a multiphase plan that includes the work being done on the International Space Station (phase 0) and the construction of the Deep Space Gateway (DSG) around the moon (phase 1) in the early 2020s. The DSG will assist in the construction of Mars-bound vehicles and habitats, and serve as a launching point for astronauts bound for the Red Planet.
Gerstenmaier emphasized that NASA cannot afford to carry out its entire humans-to-Mars plan on its own, but he added that NASA could serve two primary functions. The first would be to set standards for spaceflight technology and safety.
As an example of standards in technology, he brought up existing international docking standards that enable different vehicles to dock at the International Space Station. Those standards, he noted, still make it possible for companies to innovate in the actual vehicle design.
"We need to do that same thing in the life support area," Gerstenmaier said. That might include, for example, "the common pressure inside the capsules or in the modules that are in space. We need to understand the basic atmospheric constituents [that everyone should use]. We need to understand the basic data protocols [for measuring pressure and atmospheric content].
"[We could] set those standards … and anyone that builds hardware, and they build to those standards … they can be part of our system," he said.
NASA is already working with two commercial companies — SpaceX and Boeing — to build vehicles that will carry humans to and from the International Space Station. Those vehicles must meet NASA's safety standards, as well as various other mission standards, Gerstenmaier said, but the companies are in control of the design and how they use the vehicles outside the NASA contract.
"We let the companies design, build and own their systems," he said. "They can then market them; they can find creative uses. But NASA is there to make sure the basic safety, mission and success requirements are set in the right way."
An artist's impression of astronauts on the surface of Mars. Boeing and other commercial companies are working with NASA to be involved in the agency's pursuit of human missions to the Red Planet.
(Image credit: Boeing)
Owning the architecture
While NASA wants to encourage commercial participation in its human mission to Mars, the agency should design the basic architecture for the mission, so that no single company has a monopoly on any critical piece, Gerstenmaier said.
"It's more important that [certain things] be owned by the government, and then they are available to the wider industry and not held by one company," he said. "Things like going to cislunar space [should really be] driven by NASA's needs, and then when we get down to … a service or a capability, then those can be done by the companies.
"NASA can also help by providing substantial early demand and maybe being an anchor customer," he added. "But at some point, we need to get out of that mode and see if there's a market that can be generated."
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The performance is the winner of the highest theatrical award of St. Petersburg, Golden spotlightsin the 2004-2005 season as the best opera performance.
At first, the audience was unable to accept the opera which was set in the 19th century Paris, the present day for the listeners, and with a courtesan as the main character. Soon, however, the opera became part of the repertoire of many European theatres.
What makes the intention of the authors close to Yuri Alexandrov’s performance is the appeal to the modern times. The Petersburg Chamber Opera tells the story of today’s “fallen” woman, who has no other way to survive in this world than to sell herself. Explaining his approach, the director says: “I expose the situation to the limit, rather than trying to hide it behind the sparkling crystal and gold. Because you can sell yourself at posh parties as well as in the streets. Her dream is the only thing that helps Violetta to survive and not to hit the rock bottom. She dreams of a charming prince who would come to take her away from all this dirt. We tried to recreate the beauty of her imaginary world. But Violetta’s dream is unable to confront reality: the seemingly prosperous world that is so beckoning and unattainable for her, is caught up in prostitution of human relationships. Trying to touch this world becomes a nightmare phantasmagoria to her.”
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Production: Yuri Alexandrov
Conductors: Alexander Goikhman
Robert Luter
Set and Costume Designer: Vyacheslav Okunev
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Directors: Tatyana Karpacheva
Natalia Chernikova
Darya Modzalevskaya
Chorus Master: Maria Gergel
Musical Preparation: Olga Mityokina
Running time:2.30
World premiere:March 6, 1853, Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Our premiere:July 14, 2005
Performed in Italian
Age category:16+
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In the pursuit of speed, all trails lead to Camber. We designed it to be the ultimate speed-loving trail bike, which means that having equal efficiency both up and down the trail is an absolute must. To make sure of it, Cambers feature our fully active & independent FSR suspension with our Position-Sensitive Brain technology. So if your rides see you going big and going fast, the Camber is tailor-made for you.
Often times, carbon gets all of the attention, but as our Senior Advanced R&D Engineer, Chuck Teixeira, says, 'If you haven't ridden an aluminum bike lately, you haven't ridden an aluminum bike.' And the same reigns true for the Men's Chisel. It packs some serious XC-prowess into an aluminum frame, making it the most durable, value-packed XC bike out there.
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Whether you're riding in the backcountry or racing enduro, you need a bike that's capable and efficient. After all, to ride 'all mountain' necessitates riding the entire mountain. That's why our Enduro line of all mountain bikes, both in 650b and 29er options, come equipped with loads of travel, lightweight constructions, and geometries that can handle themselves on anything from downhill tracks to stomach-wrenching climbs.
World Championships, Olympic Gold, more Cape Epic wins than we can count—if a bike were the sum of its accolades, the Epic would sit atop the throne. And to make sure of it, our new Epic features a completely re-designed frame, geometry, and a totally new Brain rear shock that's engineered to read the terrain for the most efficient ride possible, making it the fastest XC bike on the planet.
This isn't just the lightest mountain bike frame we've ever made, it's our lightest frame—period. The Men's Epic Hardtail was redesigned from the ground-up to give you an unparalleled performance advantage on the XC track. It flies up hills with ease, sends descents with confidence, and wastes nary a watt. Consider it a cross country revolution, and remember, this is going to be epic.
When did mountain biking get so uptight? As we see it, fun is a right, and no matter where or when you're riding, it should always be at the heart of each pedal stroke. So whether you're on singletrack, sand, or snow, the Fatboy will deliver a good time. It has tire clearance for up to five inches, a lightweight M4 aluminum frame, snappy handling, and rack mounts that make it adventure-ready, the question is, 'what's taken you so long?'
Just a few years ago, the thought of a hardtail conjured up images of Lycra®, not all-out trail ripping. Today, however, the Fuse hardtail trail bike has turned that notion on its head. It all starts with our new 6Fattie wheel system and ends with our revolutionary Diamond Stay design. And when you mix it all with low, slack geometry, you get a bike that climbs like a hardtail and inspires confidence like the best trail bikes we've ever made.
From pump tracks to skate parks, our P.Series bikes are built to be ridden hard, fast, and with loads of style. They cover all the bases of big-style riding, from dirt jumps to slope-style to street BMX, which is why every bike is designed to give riders the perfect bike to match their style—no matter how or where they shred.
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Where efficiency and capability cross paths on the trail, you'll find the Men's Rockhopper. The reasons are pretty simple. Sure, as a hardtail, it has some natural climbing ability, but what isn't so obvious is the low bottom bracket, roomy top tube, and ultra short chainstays. In other words, it puts out a planted, confident, and snappy ride over a diverse array of terrain. It's fast on the way up, and even faster on the way down.
More traction, more control, more fun—this is the philosophy behind the Ruze women's mountain bike. It pairs our 6Fattie wheel system with a design that makes climbing fast and efficient, while keeping things full-throttle on the descent. It's also tailored for women, with Women's Trail Geometry, a Body Geometry Myth saddle, and components that are specifically sized for women throughout the line. It's the ultimate trail hardtail.
The new Stumpjumper is the ultimate trail bike. Seriously, the damn thing rides like it’s on rails. It’s the most versatile trail bike we’ve ever made. And yeah, we’re stoked about that, but we’re even more excited about how well it’s tuned to you. We’ve said goodbye to proprietary bullshit, focused on your needs, and made, what we feel, is the new benchmark in trail bikes.
Every bike in our line of Turbo e-bikes has one goal—to be a bike first, with a little extra oomph, and the Turbo Kenevo is no exception. And with 180-millimeters of trail-eating travel, the Turbo Kenevo will have you doing lap after lap of the steepest, gnarliest trails you can find.
Hikers on Mt. Tam used to say we're crazy. Roadies called it a fad. Clunkers, tension discs— we left our eyes open, heads down, and kept designing. We kept evolving, and today, the Men's Turbo Levo FSR embodies a design unimaginable 40 years ago—a trail bike with pedal-assisted power on the climbs. A trail bike that gives you the power to ride more trails.
What is a road bike? A machine? A tool? Or is it a continuation of the body—a paintbrush completing a picture of your true self? We believe it's more than this, as words can't describe the feeling it gives you to ride, nor can they encapsulate the dedication behind our innovative designs. It requires years in the Win Tunnel, on the road, and in the lab perfecting aero and carbon, and it's worth every drop of sweat to deliver you the perfect ride.
The Allez range shows off the capabilities of aluminum, from Win Tunnel-tuned and ultra-stiff race rockets to fully capable all-rounders that serve as the perfect introduction to road riding. Our engineers have decades of experience with alloy, developing innovative welding and hydroforming techniques that allow them to craft the ideal balance of responsiveness, comfort, and handling.
Sure, you train hard and eat right, but there’s just one thing missing—an edge. The Amira gives you two. First, there’s the performance edge you get from its FACT carbon frame and tapered head tube. The combination results in responsive handling and true get-up-and-go accelerations. Then comes the psychological edge. The feeling that, when teamed up with a lightweight, high-performance machine, there’s no limit to what you can achieve together.
The AWOL is equal parts versatility and durability, all in one perfectly balanced package. Whether it's navigating through the urban jungle as your commuter rig or strapping on panniers to explore the back roads less traveled on a bikepacking adventure, the AWOL relishes either challenge. So go ahead, plan your next adventure or see where you daily commute will take you. With the AWOL, the only thing holding you back is your imagination.
Cyclocross demands a lot from both bike and rider, and the CruX has been engineered to give the precise and efficient performance needed to win races, and the durability to win them every weekend. The frame's geometry and character has been created with input from some of the world's most accomplished racers, making for an agile, easy-to-shoulder bike that is as fun to ride in a World Cup as it is in the local woods.
When the road less traveled is still too crowded, there's the Diverge. It's purpose-built for long, all-day rides over rough roads, and to make sure of it, we designed it with an endurance-focused geometry, Future Shock suspension, and clearance for up to 42mm tires. With the Men's Diverge, your rides are only limited by your imagination.
Nothing beats the thrill of discovering a new route by yourself, except the joy of sharing that route with your friends. The Dolce is your escape vehicle for long rides, short rides, and all that good stuff in between. Always up for a challenge, and built with our Women’s Endurance Geometry, its smooth and stable handling helps you push boundaries, while vibration-damping Zertz in the fork soak up road bumps for a smooth, fatigue-free ride.
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The Shiv is a truly triathlon-specific bike. Not only have the frameset and integrated cockpit been honed in our Win Tunnel, shaping its crosswind-optimized design, but we've also worked to keep the athlete as aero as possible. That's why we created an integrated hydration bladder and hid it in the frame, while also providing built-in storage for food and tools. This way, there's no need to break the aero tuck to drink or eat.
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The Men's Tarmac doesn't do one thing well, it does everything exceptionally—which is why it's been ridden to victory in all three Grand Tours. The new Tarmac's advanced materials and aerodynamic design add a modern edge to the lively character of a classic race bike, while its Rider-First Engineered™ design ensures that the Tarmac sprints, corners, and descends with uniform excellence across every size.
When it comes to creating the world's fastest road bike, it isn't enough to tweak a frame's shape and rely on existing technology. Instead, the Venge was birthed from years of development and testing in our own Win Tunnel. We used it develop the individual parts, ensuring that they work together to form an aerodynamic advantage. This meant shaping the frame, seatpost, brakes, and Aerofly handlebars to be faster than the sum of their parts.
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All too often, tech breakthroughs are measured in wattage efficiency and seconds saved, but we asked ourselves, 'What about the other things that make for an awesome ride?' The answer takes shape in the Alibi, with tires that'll never go flat, a chain that won't rust, and a geometry that just screams comfort. It's everything you need to hit your goals, whether they're to get in shape or get around town in style.
If exploration is the new black, then the Ariel is a bike dressed for adventure. Versatile and reliable, hit the road with purpose as you chase down your fitness goals, then satisfy your inner explorer as you veer onto the dirt with confidence. Its Women’s Custom tuned suspension and Multi-Circuit Damping fork turn rough to smooth, while giving you more control as you explore your world on two wheels.
Where in the fitness manual does it say that getting fit has to mean suffering? Nope, being active is getting the heart rate up and keeping the mojo high. The Crossroads is your key to weeknight workouts and rides with the family, offering a refreshing change from treadmills and dumbbells. And with the benefits of a Body Geometry saddle and grips, it's one bike that’ll keep you riding with a face that says 'joy' more than 'suffering.'
No day or ride is the same. Monday could be morning park laps, while Saturday might mean a day in the woods. If this is familiar, you need a bike like the CrossTrail. It has a responsive, durable aluminum frame, while our Body Geometry Fit science and a Multi-Circuit Damping fork ensure comfort over any terrain. Put it all together, and you have a bike that's just as versatile as yourself.
There’s a feeling people get when everything just clicks on a ride, and the Roll is a bike that pulls it all together for you. Take it on a bike path and enjoy the smooth ride afforded by a lightweight frame and Ground Control Positioning. Feel the confidence a wider, more stable tire provides. And ride longer with the Body Geometry science that’s gone into the saddles, grips, and pedals. Get out there, get active, and feel it for yourself.
We're adamant believers that the best way to mix up your fitness routine is found on two wheels. And with a lightweight frame for hard workouts, and a fit born from Body Geometry science that makes the bike feel like an extension of your body, the Men's Sirrus must be considered a key player on your fitness team. Go ahead and crank that intensity dial to 11—the Sirrus is ready to help you get fitter, stronger, and to become the better version of you.
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Your first bike opened up a new world of exploration and freedom, and the Hotrock does the same in a sleek, expertly designed package. Featuring durable, A1 Premium Aluminum frames that are designed to be strong, light, and corrosion resistant, the Hotrock will withstand whatever comes its way. Kids will feel confident to explore more than ever before, and because of the legendary build quality that we're known for, you can relax while they do.
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What Would Esports Inclusion In The Olympics Look Like?
By Logan Bradley / December 5, 2017
Logan Bradley, 2 years ago 3 min read
The worlds of esports and blockchain will collide later this month in Singapore. (Photo by Ken Ishii/Getty Images for Tokyo Game Show)
As discussions proceed regarding how esports might one day be included in the Olympics, it has become clear that a solution won’t be so cut-and-dry. While hundreds of thousands attend competitions in person and millions watch online, there are still significant barriers to Olympic inclusion.
“That is not on our radar just yet,” IOC Sports Director Kit McConnell said of esports being considered as as medal event on the Leaders Podcast last week.
But there certainly interest in involving esports in some way in the Olympics. Intel is one of the companies that is doing esports events leading up to PyeongChang in 2018. Olympic stakeholders recently recognized that esports can be considered a sporting activity.
McConnell said that after PyeongChang, the Olympics will further discuss esports and be “pretty excited” to see what engaging with esports leads to.
“The discussion and the declaration that came out of the Olympic Summit recently for us was a really important step forward,” McConnell said. “It’s been a question we’ve gotten a lot in recent months and in fact recent years, but more so recent months, and one that we haven’t really had a clear position on other than saying we were looking at it, and we certainly were.”
McConnell continued to touch on a pair of important factors that are hurdles to esports becoming an Olympic event. The first, and something that has been mentioned previously, is the lack of a singular international federation to represent esports. Given the different players involved (game developers, sponsors, platforms on which games are played), it’s difficult to work things out given the varying intentions of each group.
The second factor mentioned by McConnell is the need for esports to promote “Olympic values.”
“We know a number of the games have particular aspects which maybe don’t align with the Olympic values,” explained McConnell. “We’re also very conscious that in terms of what you would call the traditional sport games, this is less than 5 percent of the overall level of games sold and played in what we call esport.”
In other words, the most popular games — some involving first person shooter games — have nothing to do with traditional sports like soccer, baseball, basketball, etc. This presents another road block for staunch esports supporters to maneuver around.
The most logical suggestion yet may have come from Jan Pommer, the Director of Team and Federation Relations for ESL. Speaking to Reuters, Pommer proposed that esports do something similar to what the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has done.
“We can build bridges. We do not demand … the industry does not demand anything from traditional sports. What we would like is a dialogue.
“In a way it could be like the International Paralympic Committee which has an extended role to the Olympics.”
By giving esports a role similar to that of the IPC, some sort of relationship can be built between the two. The gaming world’s popularity is undeniable, but it must learn to walk before it can run.
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The Worse-Than-Average Effect: When You’re Better Than You Think
• Next article in this series: Why You’re a Sucker for the Impact Bias
• Previous article: The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why The Incompetent Don’t Know They’re Incompetent
People underestimate their ability at stereotypically difficult tasks like playing chess, telling jokes, juggling or computer programming.
Recently I covered the Dunning-Kruger effect which explains why the incompetent don’t know they’re incompetent.
But there’s a flip-side to the Dunning-Kruger: sometimes the competent don’t know when they’re competent.
This is the worse-than-average effect. This means that when you’re good at something, you tend to assume that other people are good at it as well. So, when you’re faced with a difficult task that you are good at, you underestimate your own ability.
It doesn’t just kick in when we have special skills, but also when we think that the odds are long, say because the task is particularly difficult. For example Kruger (1999) found that people underestimate their ability at stereotypically difficult tasks like playing chess, telling jokes, juggling or computer programming.
On the other hand they overestimate their ability at stereotypically easy tasks like using a mouse, driving a car or riding a bicycle.
Here’s another example, described by Moore (2007):
“University of Iowa students report believing that they stand only a 6% chance of beating fellow University of Iowa students in a trivia contest featuring questions on the history of Mesopotamia (Windschitl et al., 2003). In contrast, a trivia contest featuring questions on TV sitcoms inspired an average estimated probability of winning of 70%. Naturally, these beliefs are erroneous because the tests will be simple or difficult for everyone. On average, the actual probability of winning must be 50%.”
How can we explain all this?
“When people compare themselves with their peers, they focus egocentrically on their own skills and insufficiently take into account the skills of the comparison group.” (Kruger, 1999)
In other words we tend to forget how good other people are at riding bicycles and how bad they are at telling jokes or computer programming.
The same is true of judgements we make about ourselves. For example older people tend to assume they are less attractive and athletic than other people their own age (Zell & Alicke, 2011).
The moral of the story is simple: sometimes we do ourselves down, especially when faced with a difficult task or when we have special skills. Under these circumstances we are better than we know.
Image credit: Henry_Spencer
Cognitive Biases
→ This post is part of a series on cognitive biases:
The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why The Incompetent Don’t Know They’re Incompetent
Why You’re a Sucker for the Impact Bias
The Hindsight Bias: I Knew It All Along!
How to Overcome the Egocentric Bias
See How Easily You Can Avoid The Memory Bias
4 Belief Biases That Can Reduce Pleasure
Does Delaying Decisions Lead to Better Outcomes?
The Belief in a Just World: A Fundamental Delusion
Why Society Doesn’t Change: The System Justification Bias
The Availability Bias: Why People Buy Lottery Tickets
The Illusion of Transparency
The Illusion of Control: Are There Benefits to Being Self-Deluded?
The Endowment Effect: Why It’s Easy to Overvalue Your Stuff
Illusory Correlations: When The Mind Makes Connections That Don’t Exist
Anchoring Effect: How The Mind is Biased by First Impressions
The Confirmation Bias: Why It’s Hard to Change Your Mind
The Well-Travelled Road Effect: Why Familiar Routes Fly By
How a Psychological Bias Makes Groups Feel Good About Themselves And Discredit Others
The Sobering Up Effect: Why People Get More Pessimistic As The Moment of Truth Gets Closer
in category: Psychology
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All News » Axalta Coating Systems Completes Acquisition of High Performance Coating in Southeast Asia
Axalta Coating Systems Completes Acquisition of High Performance Coating in Southeast Asia
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA) has completed the acquisition of High Performance Coating Sdn. Bhd, a Southeast Asian leader in refinish coatings. The acquisition gives Axalta, a global supplier of powder coatings and performance liquid for industry and commercial vehicles, superior refinish capabilities in the region. In addition, Axalta will be in the position to offer a far broader range of products and solutions to its clientele through an expanded sales and service network.
Celebrating 150 Years of Innovation
Axalta, which recently showcased its new Energy Solutions products family at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Convention Center, has a 150 year track record in innovation, growth and leadership in the coatings industry. With a range of products that are designed to be aesthetically pleasing and functional, Axalta offers sustainable solutions for preventing corrosion, improving productivity and increasing product lifespan.
Axalta serves over one hundred thousand customers per day in 130 countries. The acquisition of High Performance Coating’s products, manufacturing capabilities and distribution network is expected to benefit existing Axalta customers and to enhance the firm’s service delivery in the region.
Nimble and Flexible
High Performance Coatings, established in 1996 will continue to retain its own products under current brand names including HIPIC, Nebula and Marvel. The company will remain agile and flexible going forward, able to respond quickly to customer demands whilst benefiting from the support of Axalta’s global refinish capabilities.
Axalta already operates extensively in the South and East Asian market, serving customers in the refinish and industrial end markets.
Impact on Executive Search and Chemical Coatings Recruitment
Any acquisition will impact on the culture of an organisation and transparency is key to minimising the impact on retention. The precise effect of Axalta’s acquisition in the context of possible redundancies is not yet clear. However, planning for the future will no doubt require a focus on aligning talent strategies with business objectives in order to meet specific challenges emanating from the acquisition itself.
Where Axalta will now benefit from High Performance Coatings’ sales and service network, those sections of the workforce that generate a higher share of value may be in high demand but low supply. Executive search recruitment strategies will need to focus on chemical coatings recruitment in order to develop this critical talent pool. For Axalta to best leverage this acquisition, focused recruitment will almost certainly prove crucial.
If change and culture management are mishandled, the uncertainty created may persuade key staff to look elsewhere for employment. What therefore seems certain in the Axalta merger is that executive search services will have a key role to play in talent management strategies for all parties in the coming months.
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Wyalusing shooter bought handgun day before killing three, coroner says
Bradford County Coroner Thomas Carman provided additional information Monday on the triple murder-suicide Friday in Wyalusing.
Wyalusing shooter bought handgun day before killing three, coroner says Bradford County Coroner Thomas Carman provided additional information Monday on the triple murder-suicide Friday in Wyalusing. Check out this story on stargazette.com: https://www.stargazette.com/story/news/public-safety/2019/06/17/wyalusing-shooter-bought-handgun-day-before-murder-suicide/1484094001/
Jeff Murray, Elmira Star-Gazette Published 10:00 p.m. ET June 17, 2019 | Updated 2:46 p.m. ET June 18, 2019
Coroner Thomas Carman said Jesse Lee Northrup stopped taking mental health medications before reportedly killing three other people and himself. Jeff Murray, jmurray@stargazette.com | @SGJeffMurray
A Wyalusing man who authorities say shot three people to death before killing himself Friday reportedly bought the gun used in the crime the day before.
That was among many new details in the case revealed by Bradford County Coroner Thomas Carman during a news conference Monday evening.
Jesse Lee Northrup, 31, shot and killed Candy Diane Bidlack, 60; her husband, Edwin L. Bidlack, 54; and Johnnie B. Johnson, 48, on Friday at the residence on Gooseneck Road in Wyalusing where the Bidlacks lived with Northrup, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Towanda.
Candy Bidlack was Northrup's mother and Edwin Bidlack was his stepfather, while Johnson was an employee of Edwin's who often stayed at the house, Carman said.
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Bradford County Coroner Thomas Carman discusses details of a triple murder-suicide in Wyalusing during a news conference Monday evening. (Photo: Jeff Murray / Elmira Star-Gazette)
Carman identified the murder weapon as a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, and said Northrup purchased it legally at a local gun shop the day before the killings.
A photo of a handgun Northrup posted on his Facebook page Thursday is likely the same weapon, Carman said.
Based on autopsy results on all four individuals, the coroner said Candy Bidlack was most likely shot first, sometime late Friday morning. She was shot in the face from a distance, Carman said.
Edwin Bidlack and Johnson were shot in the back of the head, execution style and at close range, probably several hours later, he said.
Authorities believe Northrup shot his mother and then waited at the residence until the others arrived and confronted them.
The bodies were discovered later when Johnson's father arrived at the residence to pick his son up.
Candy and Edwin Bidlack (Photo: Provided)
When there was no answer at the door, Johnson's father left and then returned with Edwin Bidlack's brother, and that's when they spotted a body through a window in the house, Carman said.
The pair called 911 and waited in a safe location until state police arrived on the scene, he said.
Northrup served in the U.S. Army after graduating from Wyalusing High School, but there is no indication if he was ever deployed to a combat zone, Carman said.
Nevertheless, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, and was on a number of prescription mental health medications, which he had stopped taking.
"It's never good to abruptly stop. If you abruptly stop and fail to continue to take prescribed medication, it can lead to episodes of psychosis and to rebounding of anxiety, depression, bipolarism, whatever your official diagnosis is," Carman said.
Related: Bradford County man gets up to 14 years in prison for death of his mother
In addition, Northrup had recently been fired from his job at Cargill in Wyalusing, reportedly over a dispute with another employee, Carman said.
Northrup also made several chilling posts on his Facebook page, including bragging about purchasing the gun and describing the ammunition as "military grade hollow point."
Carman also pointed out that Northrup covered each victim with a blanket after he shot them, a possible sign of remorse.
Candy Bidlack was a Sayre native who married Edwin Bidlack in 1999, and they recently celebrated their 20th anniversary, according to her obituary.
Edwin Bidlack, 54, was born in Towanda and worked for Welles Mill Co. for several years before starting his own business, Bidlack's Heating Co., his obituary stated.
Northrup graduated from Wyalusing High School in 2006 before joining the Army, according to his obituary.
Investigators are waiting for the results of toxicology tests on all of the subjects, Carman said.
He wouldn't say whether police found any other weapons in the house. No suicide note was found.
The investigation is continuing by Pennsylvania State Police and the Bradford County Coroner's Office.
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ESSENTIAL OILS MADE IN ITALY
The Authentic Italian Excellencies
CHIALVAMENTA
100% Pure Essential oils from Piedmont
IN PANCALIERI THE BEST PEPPERMINT IN THE WORLD
It is believed that Peppermint Essential Oil is only found in India, USA or England.... Not everybody knows though that the most precious and pure Peppermint oil comes from Italy!
Thanks to its silicon-rich, well irrigated soil, Pancalieri, a small village in the large plain south of Turin in Piedmont, is the homeland of mint, specialized in the growing of the most scented, flavorsome variety of the herb: peppermint ( L. var. Officinalis sole, species Rubenscens Camus) known as Mitcham Mint (a town in Surrey, England), from the English town where it began to be cultivated.
The distilled product is called Essential Oil of Pancalieri Mint. Because of its wonderful taste, delicate fragrance and intense aroma, several scientific studies and both aromatic and botanic classifications have established that the mint of Pancalieri is the most balanced among the varieties that are produced thanks to the particular composition of the soil but also because, according to some experts, it is cultivated on the 45th parallel, exactly halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. This variety is refined, refreshing, never unpleasant or irritating, persistent, very aromatic, as for both smell and taste.
Since 1865 the story of the cultivation of Menta piperita di Pancalieri, the best in the world, is linked with that of the family Chialva. Since 1926 also the distillation becomes privilege to family.
Today, at the 5th generation, the Azienda Agricola Chialva founds the bases on the oldest family tradition of growers, distillers and producers of Menta piperita di Pancalieri and Medicinal Plants.
Unique reference for great tradition, excellent quality and constant innovation, the Azienda Agricola Chialva has always followed directly the crops all along the production chain.
Constantly evolving until today, the Azienda Agricola Chialva recreates itself in the technical and mechanical field, experiencing new crops and farming techniques, significantly contributing to the development of Medicinal Plants of Piedmont.
Experience is the best guarantee offered to clients, who become partners of the constant process in the excellence of quality. The Azienda Agricola Chialva has always offered the best raw material and the best specialized service to the most demanding industries. Among these there are always main multinational food industries of confectionery, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks, leading companies in flavoring, parfumes, pharmaceuticals, aware of the quality of their products and oriented to the choice of the best raw materials.
In 2012, to commemorate the beloved grandfather Nicolao Chialva on the centenary of his birth, the Azienda Agricola Chialva, counting on forty years of technical and scientific expertise of Dr. Chialva in the liquor industry, develop the exclusives recipes of specialties ChialvaMenta.
The Menta piperita di Pancalieri, internationally recognized as the best in the world for refinement of taste and tastefulness, through the most advanced quality control systems, is featured in Sciroppo (Syrup), Liquore (Liqueur), Dolci Specialità (Sweet Specialties), Infusi (Infusions), and brings the Azienda Agricola Chialva to be selected among the excellences made in Italy, Maestro del Gusto (Master of Taste) and excellence of the Paniere (The Best Typical Products of the province of Turin), in national and international scopes.
Menta piperita di Pancalieri finds in ChialvaMenta its most natural and appreciated expression, becoming synonymous of true Italian excellence in the world. The ChialvaMenta recipes enclose the whole experience of the family Chialva, which is characterized by love for its tradition and for its territory. True culture of cultivation.
The Azienda Agricola Chialva implements the guide lines of GAP (Good Agricultural Practices), produces Menta piperita di Pancalieri and Roman Chamomile Certified Kosher, applies the Self-Control Manual in accordance with HACCP and is a founding member of FIPPO (Federazione Italiana Produttori Piante Officinali - Italian Herbs Growers Association) and AssoMenta (Association of Farmers, Distillers & Producers of Menta piperita di Pancalieri). The Chialva Nicolao s.a.s. is a founding member of SISTE (Società Italiana Scienze e Tecniche Erboristiche - Italian Society of Science and Medicinal Plants).
A journey through precious knowledge, unique hints and unique flavors
Through the wide open spaces of the countryside, flat plains rich in colors and scents, you can appreciate the beauty of nature, culture and architecture. Art, sanctuaries, ancients aristocratic homes and crops stronglyenrich this corner of Italy, permeating it with history and old traditions.
You can discover the great tradition Chialva in exciting guided tours, exhibitions, conferences and tastings ChialvaMenta.
Here you will find the colors and perfumes of the crops in fields, the Antica Distilleria Chialva, the Museo della Menta e delle Piante Officinali and the historical house of the Chialva family, Villa Giacosa Valfrè di Bonzo.
A world of excellence, almost two centuries of great traditions to discover.
ChialvaMenta Essential oils : Peppermint and Roman Chamomille
Essential oils from ChialvaMenta may be included in the following products from Stefania Borrelli's Collection
Peppermint essential oil has been called one of the most versatile oils in the world, sharing the title with Lavender. Abounding in dermal and oral uses as well as anti-microbial properties, there are countless issues for which it is beneficial, promoting the wellness of body, mind, and overall health. The scent of Peppermint can be described as being fresh, sharp and comparable to Menthol, and the components of this multi-purpose oil are used internationally in cosmetic, culinary, and health industries.
BENEFITS OF USING PEPPERMINT OIL
The main chemical constituents of Peppermint essential oil are Menthol, Menthone, and 1,8-Cineole, Menthyl acetate and Isovalerate, Pinene, Limonene and other constituents. The most active of these components are Menthol and Menthone. Menthol is known to be analgesic and is thus beneficial for reducing pain such as headaches, muscle aches, and inflammation. Menthone is known to be analgesic as well, but it is also believed to show antiseptic activity. It's invigorating properties lend the oil its energizing effects.
Used medicinally, Peppermint essential oil has been found to eliminate harmful bacteria, relieve muscle spasms and flatulence, disinfect and soothe inflamed skin, and to release muscle tension when used in a massage. When diluted with a carrier oil and rubbed into the feet, it can work as a natural effective fever reducer.
When used in aromatherapy, Peppermint essential oil’s expectorant properties clear the nasal passageway to promote the relief of congestion and to encourage easy breathing. It is believed to stimulate circulation, reduce feelings of nervous tension, soothe feelings of irritability, boost energy, balance hormones, and enhance mental focus. The scent of this analgesic oil is believed to help relieve headaches, and its stomachic properties are known to help suppress the appetite and promote the feeling of being full. When diluted and inhaled or when rubbed in small amounts behind the ear, this digestive oil can reduce the feeling of nausea.
Due to its anti-microbial properties, Peppermint oil can also be used as a cleaning solvent to sanitize and deodorize the environment, leaving behind the trail of a fresh, cheerful scent. Not only will it disinfect surfaces, but it will also eliminate bugs in the home and function as an effective insect repellant.
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ODOROUS:
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Analgesic, anesthetic, anti-galactagogue, anti-phlogistic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, cephalic, cholagogue, cordial, decongestant, digestive, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hepatic, nervine, stimulant, stomachic, sudorific, vasoconstrictor, vermifuge.
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Home > News > Gas Mains Replaced Using Live Mains Insertion In St. Peter-port – Guernsey
Gas Mains Replaced Using Live Mains Insertion In St. Peter-port – Guernsey
Guernsey Gas has carried out the first live insertion of a gas main on the island for two decades. The project involved renewing 126 metre of cast iron main in Le Pollet in the centre of St. Peter-Port.
A technician from Steve Vick International Ltd, the company which supplies equipment for the technique, was on site to offer help and advice. Only one excavation was required for the insertion, a major advantage in the narrow streets of St. Peter-Port.
First a bypass was set up to maintain the low pressure gas supply to customers and flow stopping bags were inserted between the bags. A section of the old main (which varied from 6” diameter for the first 40 metres to 8” for the remainder) was then cut out and the special Lyontec™ gland box fitted to the end of the cut out main.
A pneumatic pipe pushing machine was installed in the excavation and a ‘live’ head, designed with holes to allow for the flow of gas, was fitted to the end of the 90mm PE. This was then pushed into the gland box until the plastic membrane within was pierced. Gas was then allowed to flow into the coil of PE on the pipe coil trailer. Once 100% gas was achieved the flow stopping bags were removed from the main and the PE pushed to the end of the 126 metre section. This operation took approximately 25 minutes and at no time were customers off gas.
The PE was then squeezed off and cut out ready for connection into the existing main. The gland box was left in position acting as an end seal. The bypass was closed, with customers receiving their supply from gas in the annular space supplied via the ‘live’ head. Finally, the excavation was backfilled.
There were 13 services off the main, mainly commercial and retail customers including several restaurants. Guernsey Gas transferred the services over the following few weeks at a time convenient for the businesses. They excavated down to the services in groups of three or four, injecting a Steve Vick International Insertion Seal foam kit to seal off the annular space before connecting the services to the new PE main.
Phil Jones, Distribution Manager with Guernsey Gas, said, “We decided to use the live mains insertion technique as the streets are very narrow in St. Peter-Port and it meant we could minimise disruption to shops and businesses. It was also very useful to be able to schedule the transfer of services to fit in with our commercial customers’ requirements.
“Since this operation at the end of February we have carried out another live mains insertion involving 190 metres of 63mm into 4” and have scheduled a further 200 metres of 75mm into 4”, added Phil.
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Courts & Crime
Cyclist taken to hospital after being hit by bus in Upper Bukit Timah Road
The cyclist was taken conscious to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.PHOTO: STOMP
The pedestrian walkway along the road blocked with a stack of ofo bicycles.PHOTO: STOMP
Feb 15, 2018, 1:40 pm SGT
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SINGAPORE - A 28-year-old female cyclist was hit by a bus along Upper Bukit Timah Road on Wednesday afternoon (Feb 14).
The police told ST they were alerted to the accident at 2.49pm.
The cyclist was taken conscious to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
A reader of citizen journalism website Stomp who was present shared photos of the incident with the news site.
It showed the pedestrian walkway along the road blocked with a stack of ofo bicycles.
The reader told Stomp that the cyclist was using the road because the walkway was blocked.
Police investigations are ongoing.
ACCIDENTS - TRAFFIC
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Opinion | Morgan Liddick: Decoding Citizen Kaine
Opinion | August 5, 2016
Morgan Liddick
On your right
So it’s Tim Kaine. Hillary has chosen the junior senator from the swing state of Virginia as her running mate, hoping that the colorless if congenial Democrat apparatchik who has never lost an election will help drag her across the finish line in November.
It’s an illuminating choice — and not just for the senator’s avuncular persona. It’s another piece of the machine, another step in the Democrat party’s march toward totalitarian Progressivism. This one smiles nicely, true — but the punishment cells are there behind the eyes nonetheless.
Consider the senator’s response to the First Amendment Defense Act, put forward in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s action to “legalize gay marriage.” The FADA was provoked by several incidents in which activists sought out people who might have religious objections to participating in gay weddings, in order to use the power of the state to compel them to do so. If one is of biblical sentiment, think of early Christians being forced to make sacrifice to the Divine Augustus, on pain of flogging. Sen. Kaine waived the bill off with a comment that “equality means equality, and that in matters of official recognition or law, people shouldn’t be treated as less than equal because they’re LGBT.” As to the power of the state being used to compel people to violate their religious beliefs, well … The senator evidently has no problem with that. In Tim Kaine’s America, the individual has no right to be left alone; no protections against the power of the government to compel action or to shoulder its way into one’s beliefs and life.
There is his animus toward the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, which he has attacked from the Senate floor as part of an organized assault on public institutions that do not toe the Democrat party line on climate change. Sen. Kaine not only agrees with Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring that any such organization should be investigated, but he also seems to support Rhode Island’s Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s proposal to charge them under Racketeer and Corrupt Organization statutes — the ones used to jail mobsters.
Why? Not because the VIPP is spreading falsehood. Even the senator admits that their information is “technically true.” No, it is because they dare challenge Democrat orthodoxy about man-caused climate change — thus denting the argument for increasing the size, scope and power of government.
Think about that rationale for prosecution a moment and while your blood runs cold, consider the other attacks on First Amendment rights that have been undertaken in plain sight during the Administration of Barack Obama. Remember: Hillary Clinton would continue his practices, using many of the same people. Consider:
IRS officials who investigate and deny tax-exempt status to any group that seems both vocal and conservative. Department of Justice officials who entertain the possibility of prosecuting such groups, and conspire with the aforementioned Senator Whitehouse to do so — as revealed in emails unearthed in Freedom of Information requests. An Attorney General who threatens prosecution of anyone who dares breathe a hint of anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of two Islamic Jihadist terrorist attacks here at home, but refuses to prosecute a government official whose gross incompetence put US national security at risk because the latter was a Democrat.
Need we any further proof that the politicization of our federal justice system is an accomplished fact?
Thus, the Democrat ticket — and we should be under no illusions about who is running: A presidential candidate who has been obsessed with personal gain for decades and has used every device in service to avarice, down to trading on her public offices. And a vice-presidential contender who thinks it entirely appropriate to use all the power of the state against those who disagree with the dogma of the moment, grinding opponents into powder at the slightest hint of deviation from the party line.
It doesn’t matter that the running mate seems a nice guy. It means nothing that he is personable and easygoing. From first to last, the Democrat ticket is the vanguard of compulsion and forced conformity. Neither has sympathy for alternative views; neither has time for opposition or resistance.
The individual is nothing. Conscience is irrelevant. Personal principles and private belief are meaningless. All must be sacrificed in the rush to establish the American utopia, where everyone will finally be equal not legally — not in capacities, industry, intelligence or even outcomes — but in their servile relation to the state, directed by those better and wiser than those they rule.
And you will like it. Or else.
Morgan Liddick writes a weekly column for the Summit Daily.
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Behind the Gold: The meaning of courage
Sports | December 8, 2017
(Courtesy of Tom Kelly) Viki Rebensburg (left) pulls Mikaela Shiffrin's (middle) hat down during the medals ceremony for the Lake Loise downhill races on Dec. 2.
The two girls seemed almost giddy — playing around for the photographers as they celebrated on the podium. German ski star Viki Rebensburg reached over the pulled Mikaela Shiffrin’s familiar Barilla ski cap down over her eyes as cameras flashed.
“That was hilarious,” laughed Shiffrin. “It was a perfect funny little picture.”
It was the 33rd time in her career Shiffrin had been atop a FIS Ski World Cup podium. But this one seemed a bit out of place. This wasn’t about knocking out slalom gates at a rat-tat-tat pace like she had done six days earlier in Killington. This victory was about speed — nearly 80 mph through a mid-course speed trap on the Lake Louise race hill in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. This was about putting her Atomic skis on edge and letting them carve wide, sweeping turns at high speed.
This win was about courage!
Take a look at the top-10 women’s downhillers in history — legends of sport like Annemarie Moeser-Proell, Lindsey Vonn and Renate Goetschel. The average time to first World Cup downhill victory – over 12 tries. Mikaela Shiffrin, 22, did it in just four.
“I took some risks and was aggressive,” she said with confidence. “For me I know I’ve put in the work. My skiing today wasn’t crazy, just how I was skiing.”
Her win at Lake Louise last Saturday was just one highlight on day you could not possibly have scripted. A power outage shut down the lift. Eventually, innovative race organizers shuttled athletes up the mountain in their fleet of Prinoth snowcats.
“We had this crazy day when the power went out and I was stuck for 45 minutes,” said Shiffrin. “When they said they were moving the start down, I thought that was a huge advantage for me so I got really excited — I didn’t care when we raced.”
The Lake Louise downhill is deceptive. Sure, it’s a glider’s course. But it catapults you at excessively high speed into sweeping turns that can suck you into trouble and ruin your day — slapping you into the nets. Get off the racing line a little bit wide and it’s almost impossible to reel yourself back in.
Shiffrin stood in the lower starting gate wearing number eight, preparing for the sprint. Her eyes scanned the peaks of the Rockies. Unbeknown to her, seconds earlier Rebensburg had crossed the finish line with the lead. Now it was Mikaela’s turn, hoping her career-first downhill podium a day earlier was no fluke.
She was pensive, yet focused. She knew with the shortened course she had to accelerate out of the start – skating hard to the first control gate. She exploded out onto the course — reminiscent of her first-run slalom start just a week earlier at Killington.
“I felt like I may have tripped the (timing) wand a bit early so I skated out like a banshee,” she said. “I thought I had to make up for lost time — the whole run I had that mindset.”
She came down through Waterfall and arced the gigantic left-footed turn into Fishnet that broke the dreams of many a racer that afternoon. She caught a bump and got rattled – suddenly veering inches from the fence. But she rocketed on.
Regaining her composure, she was back on track slicing her way down the course. In the finish she looked to her right and saw the scoreboard go green. She was in the lead — .13 ahead of Rebensburg. One by one the girls kept charging. But no one could match her time. Friday’s winner Cornelia Huetter of Austria dropped into third .19 back. Then it came down to Swiss Michele Gisin — starting late in 27th. Gisin put Shiffrin’s time to the test, but landed .17 short.
While Shiffrin is quick to point out that skiing speed races won’t be an integral part of her plan this season, you couldn’t help but wonder what the sport had just witnessed.
“For me it so exciting when I got to the finish to think that I had a plan and executed it,” said Shiffrin. “I think today the most courageous skiing I’ve ever done.”
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Bots Legis: Your go to for legal info
JO ANN SABLAD
AN artificial-intelligence (AI) lawyer chatbot that can resolve disputes on parking tickets, that's DoNotPay, "the world's first robot lawyer" created by British entrepreneur Joshua Browder that at present offers AI-powered legal assistance.
From the notable successes of DoNotPay, with their 160,000 successfully contested parking tickets across London and New York for free in 2016, other robot lawyers emerged.
It was DoNotPay which inspired Albert Wences Daba III, who was in his senior year of law school at that time, to create a means to help people access basic legal information via Facebook Messenger.
"I believed that if it is possible to assist with their parking tickets, chatbot technology can help people with small money claims.
A chatbot that can be accessed through Facebook Messenger for free without the need to install another app, that is the Bots Legis chatbot.
Bots Legis guides users through a textual dialog system requiring their categorical responses to questions regarding specific legal topics.
The bot began its development in 2017 with the help of legal professionals, and contributions from government agencies such as the Department of Trade and Industry for its portion on consumer concerns.
Having a number of professionals involved helps assure the accuracy of legal information and the bot can also refer the user to the proper government agency and reminds users to always refer to lawyers, as the application is not meant to replace actual lawyers but just fill in some areas that were supposedly designed by law to be resolved even without the legal assistance.
"Bots Legis is not a lawyer substitute but is rather similar to First Aid. It informs people what to do using the automated responses from legal professionals and often encourages people to seek legal assistance from lawyers or the proper government agencies,” Daba said.
With the Bots Legis available on Facebook Messenger, Daba said it makes the law more accessible to millions of Filipinos, especially the millennials who comprise a huge number of social media users.
"For millennials, it makes the law more accessible to them, not only in terms of being accessed online through Facebook Messenger, but also in the language that it is in. Because we have features translated to the vernacular," Daba added.
The application can also help people reconsider what they post online. "Bots Legis offers them the option to review whether what they would say would constitute something that is libelous, and libelous remarks online are rather common these days," Daba said.
The libel feature in Bots Legis, according to Daba, was developed alongside lawyer Kristine Ravanera-Bago and Senior High School students of Xavier University during their 2017 Maker Faire. It simplified the language of the law to help people determine through a series of questions asked by the chatbot if what they said or what they might say would probably be libelous.
"And in relation to small claims, we see a lot of creditors who shame their debtors online without thinking that they might be making themselves vulnerable to lawsuits.”
"It really tries to make the law more accessible to the people so that people would be able to act accordingly," he added.
At present, Daba has passed the management and operations of Bots Legis to Gerard Micael Oro, along with his teammates Bianca Andrea Bince, Rafael Francesco Gonzales, Simon Peter Zagado, Lynyrd Alexsei Corrales, and Threjann Ace Noli - all law students at Xavier University. Prior to this transition, he was assisted by the members of Balaod Atenista, a legal aid organization in Xavier University.
Oro said they already have several plans for the application which builds on the work Daba started for Bots Legis, focusing primarily on strengthening the existing platform.
"We need to work on the features which involve libel, as well as the topic on labor, especially in the area of unpaid wages and illegal dismissals," Oro said.
They are also looking into expanding the language options in Bots Legis and making it available in Bisaya and Tagalog aside from English. Although some parts in the chatbot are already in Bisaya, Oro said that it would be a lot better if all the features could cover these three major languages used in the Philippines to provide for greater accessibility.
"Another project that we’re also looking into is the system that Albert developed which seeks to identify overstaying prisoners inside Lumbia," Oro said.
"The thing is, if we could determine that this particular system works in Lumbia, we would potentially be able to replicate it all over the country. As law students, we are often encouraged by our professors to use our knowledge of the law to respond to society’s problems. With this project, we hope to use technology to address challenges in the implementation of the law," he added.
Oro also said that they also wish to add another area in Bots Legis which guides victims on how to file a complaint against those who commit violence against women and children.
"We hope that this initiative that was started by Albert would allow for greater collaboration among legal practitioners in the future, and provide law students with ideas on how to creatively apply the concepts they learn in school," Oro said.
They are also looking forward to forming partnerships with civil society organizations, non-government organizations, the local government of Cagayan de Oro, and national government agencies.
Apart from the aforementioned future plans, Oro also emphasized the importance of working with data that the transition team of Bots Legis hopes to gather from their consultations with the various stakeholders in the city to look into most common legal problems in Cagayan de Oro.
"We wish to find out what legal topics we might be able to condense and put into the chatbot," Oro said.
"What we're trying to do is not replace lawyers but to provide common folk the ability to be properly informed on whether they should pursue seeking legal help from lawyers," he added.
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Welsh government appoints expert ITT adviser
Welsh education minister Huw Lewis has appointed an expert initial teacher training (ITT) adviser to help improve teaching standards.
Professor John Furlong was appointed to the position, the creation of which was recommended in Professor Ralph Tabberer's Review of ITT in Wales, published last year.
In the review, Professor Tabberer said an adviser should be appointed to work with ITT Centres, the Open University, employment-based teacher training providers and their partnership schools.
The new ITT adviser will be given the task of raising the standard, quality and consistency of teacher training and assessment in ITT across Wales.
Welsh education minister Huw Lewis said: "I know that [Professor Furlong] will take forward this role with a clear focus and a drive for improvement and excellence in teacher training and education."
He said the professor will be instrumental in forging links between policy makers and the education sector, working to create common goals and understandings that will raise standards in schools.
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EXOS workout plans now available on BridgeAthletic
PHOENIX, November 28, 2017 — EXOS, a leader in human performance, has partnered with BridgeAthletic, a market leading technology company, to make their methodology more available to coaches, trainers, and athletes.
“This new partnership helps us continue our mission to upgrade lives and provide coaches, trainers, and athletes with the tools and resources they need to improve performance,” says Mark Verstegen, EXOS founder and president. “Not only will EXOS coaches be able to better scale their reach, but individual athletes and industry practitioners will also be able to use the platform to access EXOS methodology.”
Together, BridgeAthletic’s technology and the EXOS movement library will help coaches, trainers, and athletes build, customize, and deliver training plans more efficiently. Through the platform, athletes and teams can receive customized EXOS training plans based on their sport, position, and general fitness goals.
“We’re honored to combine the EXOS methodology with our technology platform,” says Michael Sharf, co-founder and CEO of BridgeAthletic. “Over the last five years, we’ve built and strengthened a market-leading human performance technology. Our tools empower coaches, trainers, and athletes around the world at the highest levels of sport. We’re excited to work with EXOS to keep growing and expand our company’s impact to improve outcomes in other populations such as private training and physical therapy.”
The platform contains over 2,000 high-quality movement videos across Pillar Preparation, Movement Preparation, Strength and Power, Movement Skills, and Regeneration. Each component plays an important role in EXOS’ methodology, which has supported world champions, first-round NFL draft picks, MVPs, Hall of Famers, Olympic medalists, and more.
“Coaches, trainers, and athletes will now be able to remotely access EXOS training plans,” says Verstegen. “We’re looking forward to evolving the content and programs in the BridgeAthletic platform and seeing the impact it has on the clients we support.”
Learn more about this technology and save using these special discounts:
• Athletes and individuals: Use code EXOSTRAIN18 to save 50 percent on your first two months.
• Private Trainers: Use code EXOSEDU18 to save 50 percent on your first two months.
*Codes expire Dec. 31, 2018
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