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Home / Press Releases / Millions of savers in the dark
6 min read 29th November 2017
Millions of savers in the dark
People enrolled in a pension scheme has hit an all-time high[i]
However, the vast majority (69%) of those investing for their retirement have no clue or just a vague idea how much they have saved, leaving them potentially unable to afford retirement
Less than half (50%) of savers know which provider their pensions savings are with
Average saver now has multiple pensions pots, meaning the likelihood of losing track has significantly increased
A fifth (21%) of these savers have no idea how to track their old pensions pots down
The number of British workers enrolled in a pension is at a record high, with auto enrolment schemes playing a major part, however many workers are ‘saving in the dark’ and not keeping track of what they have saved, or who they have saved with, leaving them at risk of being unable to afford to retire.
According to OneFamily’s research, one in three workers (32%) say they have no idea what they have saved and a further third (37%) say they only have a vague idea.
There is also a significant number of workers who have no idea who their savings are with. Just under half (47%) of savers know who their pensions are held with, leaving many unsure or completely in the dark about who they have saved with.
With the era of the lifelong profession all but over, workers are now more likely to have many different jobs throughout their career, and are finding it increasingly difficult to keep track of their pensions savings. OneFamily’s research shows that on average, UK adults are likely to have two pension pots, with over one in ten (13%) having at least three.
For those who have lost track of their pension pots, finding this missing money is no easy task. Just a third (30%) would know what to do, with the majority of savers saying they would need some help (34%), and a further fifth (21%) saying they would have no idea what to do. Some savers have just given up entirely, with 7% admitting they won’t bother to track them down as it probably isn’t worth their while.
This is borne out in Government statistics that show there is currently over £400 million in unclaimed pensions savings in the UK[ii].
Simon Markey, OneFamily CEO, commented:
“It’s great that so many people are saving into pensions but the reality is that savers are not thinking about what this will add up to when they retire, resulting in many facing a significant shortfall. It’s also harder than ever for many savers to put enough away for their later years. This in part explains the increasing popularity of lifetime mortgages to fund later years, where we have seen new customers increase by nearly 60% in just the last year[iii]. At OneFamily we offer a range of lifetime mortgages to suit different customer needs.
“Regardless of your financial plans for retirement it’s important to try and keep track of any pensions savings you have, and this can be done by contacting old employers or using the government’s Pension Tracing Service which is free of charge. An industry-wide pensions dashboard is also under development and due to launch in 2019, which will help people to see all their pensions in one place in a convenient online platform.”
For useful information on managing your finances visit OneFamily Talking Finance and the Pensions Tracing Service can be found by clicking here.
[i] ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/pensionssavingsandinvestments
[ii] Department for Work and Pensions
[iii] Equity Release Council Autumn report
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Key to our ministry is to raise awareness and encourage prayer for the worldwide persecuted Church. We do so via a range of resources that are available to Southern African Christians, which alert them to the needs of the persecuted Church and encourage prayerful support.
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Gupta Empire in India
The Gupta Empire was founded by Sri Gupta and it lasted from 320 CE to 550 CE marking the Golden Age of India as it was an age of amazing philosophy, art, religion, science, mathematics, astronomy, dialectic, literature and architectural achievements.
The Gupta Empire was spread across north, east and west India which now includes countries Bangladesh and Pakistan also. Theirs was a prosperous empire that had Sanskrit as its primary language and Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism ad its primary religions.
Origin of Gupta Empire
The origin of the Gupta Empire is still undetermined as most of the information about their rule is taken from the accounts of various Buddhist saints like Hiuen Tsang, Yijing etc. who travelled to India during this period. But it is widely believed that this empire was founded by Sri Gupta who ruled approximately from 240 CE to 280 CE and his empire comprised of mostly only Magadha with a little part of Bengal. He was succeeded by his son Ghatotkacha who ruled from approximately 280 CE to 319 CE.
Significant Rulers of the Gupta Empire
Chandragupta I
Chandragupta I is the first well known ruler of the Gupta Empire due to which many assume that he founded the Gupta Empire.
He succeeded his father Ghatotkacha as a ruler and reined from 320 CE to approximately 330 CE. Though his rule was long a long one, he significantly contributed to the expansion of the Empire.
When Chandragupta I started his rule the kingdom consists of Magadha (present day Bihar) and other small regions around it, so approximately in 308 CE he married Licchavi tribe’s princess, Kumaradevi thereby increasing his power and kingdom. This strategic marriage alliance gained the ownership of iron ore rich mines that are adjacent to his then kingdom, this iron proved to be a vital commodity for trade and construction.
He gained the imperial title ‘Maharajadhiraja’ or King of Kings for his achievement of a large kingdom.
By the end of his rein the Gupta Empire had expanded to the present day Allahabad and this included the city of Ayodha, this strong kingdom became the base for Chandragupta I’s son Samudragupta’s achievements.
Samudragupta
Samduragupta was the son of Princess Kumaradevi and Chandragupta I and is told to be a muscular, fierce warrior, a talented poet and musician all in all he is described as hero.
After his father descended the throne Samudragupta ascended and his rule lasted from 330 CE to 380 CE, he was the best emperor of the Gupta Empire’s Golden Age of India.
Samudragupta was considered a military genius due to which he was able to spread the Gupta Empire across India, with already ruling a most of north India he set his eyes on southern India.
In Kanchipuram he defeated Pallav kingdom’s ruler King Vishnugopa, and establish the Gupta Empires rule.
During the height of his rule, Samudragupta had gained control of nearly all the valleys of the Ganges so you can imagine how powerful his campaigns were.
Other than being a great conqueror, he was a great ruler. He took his duties as a king towards his subjects seriously by following the Arthasharsta (guidelines by Acharya Chanikya on political, economic and social treaties and instruction on how to govern a kingdom prosperously).
Samduragupta was also a great philanthropist, whose aim was to promo education. This great warrior king was an art lover, as he himself was quite talented musician and poet with many of his talents showcased in the gold coin circulated during his rule.
He was also a very tolerant in aspect of religion as he promoted a number of religious communities like his support and permission of the construction of Buddhists sacred place Bodh Gaya (present day Bihar)
Chandragupta II
Chandragupta II was also known as Vikramaditya, he ascended the throne after his father Samudragupta.
For the throne he had to assassinate his elder brother Ramagupta who was quite weak, it is also told that Chandragupta II married Ramagupta’s wife Dhruvadevi after Ramagupta’s death.
Much like his father Chandragupta II extended the rule of the Gupta Empire by conquering the present day Gujarat, northern Maharashtra, Saurashtra, Malwa, Kazakhstan etc. And like his grandfather he used marriage as way of strengthening his power. So he arranged a marraige in between king of the Vakatakas Rudrasena II and his daughter Prabhavati, this alliance gave the Gupta Empire more control over the southern India.
In order to ruler his large kingdom in a better manner he established a second capital in Ujjain and he also put extra efforts into strengthening his navy as the trade had flourished during his rule.
Other than being a beloved king, capable administrator and great leader Chandragupta II was also a great philanthropist and art lover.
He showed his philanthropic side by constructing and supporting orphanages, hospitals, charitable organizations and many other such institutions.
His court was graced by nine gems or ‘navaratnas’, who were the greatest scholars of their time. This was the time when the Gupta Empire was at its best and Chandragupta II rein lasted from approximately 380 CE to approximately 415 CE.
Developments during the Gupta Empire
Art, Culture and Architecture:
The amazing art work during the Gupta Empire can be seen in their coins, sculptures, jewellery etc. they used intricate designs depicting various scenarios and leader.
The textiles and embroidery work of the time was quite impressive and detailed, which we have not been able to duplicate exactly despite having such advanced technology.
Various forms of dances, a number of musical instruments and vocal music were practiced during the Gupta Empire., these dance and vocals were also performed for the worship of god. All the forms of art, culture and architecture were encouraged and suppurated in this Empire leading them to flourish.
Some of the amazing work done during the Gupta Empire can be seen even to this day in Anuradhapura, Mathura, Sigiriya, Sarnatha, Ajanta and Elora caves.
Thought the Gupta rulers were devotes Vaishnava (a caste in Hinduism) there did not tolerate injustice to people to believed or followed other religions like Jainism and Buddhism.
This tolerance was even for the construction of place of worship for the other religions; the king’s even donated and supported the cause.
Therefore during the rule of the Gupta Empire Jainism and Buddhism flourished in Gujarat, Gorakhpur, Bengal and many other regions.
Education, Science and Literature:
Intellectual field like mathematics, astronomy and astrology flourished, due to which many scholars like Aryabhata were able to research, innovate and invent their ideas into reality.
Though Ayurveda flourished, surgical practices like amputation of infected limb were also practiced and researched by many doctors and healers.
Sanskrit was the primary language during the Gupta Empire therefore many poems, plays, philosophical writings etc. were written and well known poets like Kalidasa, Harisena etc. gained fame and are remembered to this day.
Many educational institutes were constructed during this period with large support and support from the Gupta kings.
Socio-Economic Conditions:
A simple life with affordable commodities was available for every citizen thereby creating an all-around prosperity.
Alcohol substances were banned and vegetarianism was practiced, the best example of the prosperous social condition is their use of coins which were gold and silver.
Various materials like silk medicine, spice, cotton, steel, precious metals, gems etc. were exported thereby booming the Empire’s economic condition.
Other than exporting various materials like gram, food, gems, salt, gold bullion etc. were also imported from regions like Middle East, China and many other regions.
Administration and Politics:
Efficient administration was practiced by dividing the large kingdom into manageable provinces where someone was appointed to foresee the province’s administration.
Bureaucratic process was transparent and disciplined with only mild punishment issued for a criminal.
People were given freedom and crimes like burglary, theft were quite rare therefore making the Empire a secure region to reside in.
Two capitals were established (Pataliputra and Ujjain) when the kingdom has expanded to southern India to make the administrating more easy and efficient.
The tax issued was quite reasonable even the occupied kings had to pay taxes therefor making sure that the Empire’s treasury is always stocked.
Fall off the Gupta Empire
After the demise of Chandragupta II his son Kumaragupta I and grandson Skandagupta managed to rule the Gupta Empire skilfully and prosperously.
The Empire was not expanded a great deal but scholars, architecture, art etc. flourished. But alas like all good things this also had to end, domestic conflicts began with the demise of Skandagupta in 467 CE.
The leaders that followed lacked the skill and ability to administer such a vast kingdom and this led to the decline in law, order, economy etc.
With the repeated attacks by Hephthalite emperors or Huns this great Empire came to a sorry end in approximately 550 CE.
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Why Stores Sell Halloween Stuff Before Labor Day For some, it's never too early to put shoppers in a holiday mood. Stores are putting out seasonal merchandise earlier than they used to, several industry experts say. One reason: If they don't jump the gun, their competitors will.
Why Stores Sell Halloween Stuff Before Labor Day
September 2, 20111:25 PM ET
Whitney Blair Wyckoff
Stores try to get a leg up on their competition by putting seasonal merchandise out early. Danny Johnston/AP hide caption
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Stores try to get a leg up on their competition by putting seasonal merchandise out early.
If you walk into the Safeway near Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown, you'll see a small display of Halloween decorations: witches hats, haunted houses, jack-o-lanterns — the works. That might not seem so strange if it were October or even late September. But it hasn't even hit Labor Day yet.
Safeway isn't the only retailer getting a jump on the holiday. Across the city, shoppers will find Halloween merchandise in Walgreens, Claire's Accessories, Target and Macy's.
The National Retail Federation doesn't have hard numbers on this trend, but the group does have anecdotal data.
"We do hear from retailers that there is a demand for early holiday merchandise," says Kathy Grannis, director of media relations at the federation. And several industry experts say it's an across-the-board trend.
What's Their Angle?
Purdue University retail management professor Richard Feinberg says there's one major reason retailers put seasonal merchandise out earlier: "The marketplace is so competitive that they can't take a chance that people are going to spend their $50 somewhere else."
And this strategy could allow retailers the time to figure out what's popular and replenish high-demand merchandise, Feinberg says. "Stores have become labs for telling them what to order," he says.
Steven Kirn, executive director of the David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research at the University of Florida, says it also swells the seasonal selling period, creating what's sometimes called the "Christmas creep." Black Friday, or the day after Thanksgiving, was once the debut of winter holiday buying. But Kirn says retailers have been pushing to get seasonal buyers in the door sooner.
It not only allows stores a larger window during which to sell but also means an item might get more time before it goes on sale, says Dinesh Gauri, assistant professor of marketing at Syracuse University.
Another factor, Feinberg says, is that over the past five years, stores have learned to keep leaner inventories. He says retailers have gotten better at predicting what will sell — and stores have learned it's better to sell out than have inventory left over.
One of the worst things that a store can do is have empty shelves. They need to fill that with something.
Richard Feinberg, retail management professor at Purdue University
"One of the worst things that a store can do is have empty shelves," Feinberg says. "They need to fill that with something." Rather than go with something old, stores fill that shelf space with something new.
But Marlin Hutchens, market vice president at Walgreens, says while having an item on the floor for a long time means it has more time to sell, the reason seasonal items are appearing on the floor earlier than they used to — at Walgreens and elsewhere — has more to do with logistics.
At Walgreens, inventory is ordered a year or so in advance, he says. The products are shipped from around the world, go through customs, move to a company warehouse and arrive in individual stores.
"There's not a great deal of storage space in stores," he says. So, things go out on the floor.
At the same time, Feinberg says it's important not to speak in generalities. Many retailers have shortened the time between ordering an item and putting it out on the floor. And he notes that the buying cycles of drugstores are different from those of department stores.
'Consumers Like It' — Or At Least Don't Mind
Do people actually buy Halloween decorations in, say, August?
"Absolutely," Kirn says.
But outside the Safeway in D.C., customers seemed somewhat indifferent to when stores put out their seasonal merchandise.
Ryan Tilden of Washington, D.C., says it surprises her to see holiday items out so early, but she never buys the stuff. "It just makes me feel rushed," she says.
Nehal ElDeeb, also of D.C., says she won't buy seasonal items early unless she's hosting a party or special event. "I don't just buy it because it is there," she says.
Sometimes customers do grumble when they see seasonal items early, Hutchens says. But it doesn't have an impact on sales.
"Some people will complain as they're putting it in their basket," he says.
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Park Road Remains Closed at Mile 67, Beyond Eielson Visitor Center
Contact: Kathleen Kelly, (907) 683-9504
The Denali Park Road will remain closed, with scheduled twice daily openings, at Mile 67, just west of Eielson Visitor Center, for at least a few more days to give some of the road repairs necessitated by last week’s mudslide a chance to stabilize, to prepare for additional rain forecasted for this weekend and to safeguard visitor and staff safety.
Shuttle bus and tour traffic will be allowed through the closure daily at 8 am and 6 pm.
The location of the mudslide, approximately one mile west of the visitor center, means few travelers should be affected by the continued closure; only those traveling to Wonder Lake Campground or staying at the private lodges in the historic former mining district of Kantishna will be impacted.
In addition, large vehicles with tandem trailers will be unable to pass because the mudslide caused road damage that narrowed the turning radius on the curve.
Park managers hope more normal operations can resume Tuesday, August 9.
Clean-up efforts are ongoing and so far approximately 8,000 cubic yards of material have been removed from the site; however, there is additional material in the chute above the slide which increases the potential for another event, and that probability will amplify if more rain falls on the already saturated soils.
The original slide, which occurred last Saturday, was approximately 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep.
Eielson Visitor experienced heavy rains throughout July and recorded 16.5 inches of precipitation. The soggy weather pattern is continuing into August.
Limited access will continue until the current weather pattern changes and the road is allowed to dry out.
Last updated: August 8, 2016
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Integrating Independent & Ethical Products into Your Work & Life
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Webster’s defines Previse as, “To know in foresee; to know in advance.” We take better care today to ensure a healthier future. Our Swedish-American company is led by dermatologists who bring holistic and scientific innovations to skincare. Our intent is to lead the clean-beauty revolution with 100% vegan, 100% organic essential oil, bespoke plant-based skincare. Crafted in small batches, Previse cold-pressed formularies retain the antioxidants, polyphenols, omegas, vitamins, vital trace minerals, and essential fatty acids naturally occurring in the organic, fair-trade, eco-certified ingredients. Join us December 6th and experience our 15-Minute Vegan Recharge clinical treatment. As debuted during London Fashion Week 2018, the facial features our unique restorative marine-algae cleansing, deep tissue massage, and skin recovery utilizing our signature Snow Mushroom Repair Cream.
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December 6 @ 7:00pm
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Sunday, Dec 16, 2018 09:24 PM
Stock Watch: Run defense, penalties among failures in Pittsburgh
Andy Hart
Patriots.com Writer
The Patriots 2018 struggles on the road trumped the team’s history of dominating the Steelers Sunday evening when New England dropped to 9-5 on the season thanks to a 17-10 loss in Pittsburgh.
As has been the case all year, issues on run defense (6.3 yards per carry allowed to a team without lead back James Conner) and third down offense (just 3-of-10 conversions) were among the issues that led Bill Belichick’s team to its second straight loss.
New England caught an early break when a coverage breakdown for Pittsburgh left Chris Hogan wide open as you’ll ever see for a 63-yard touchdown.
With that play, each team scored on its opening possession to tie the game at 7 and then the game bogged down into a somewhat ugly affair. Tom Brady and Co. subsequently punted five straight times from the first quarter into the third.
Ben Roethlisberger gave Pittsburgh a 14-7 advantage in the second quarter, but then threw one of his two interceptions with an ugly throw to Duron Harmon in the midst of what looked on its way to a game-opening drive.
The only scores of the second half came on field goals by Stephen Gostkowski (33 yards) and Chris Boswell (48 yards) as the Steelers held on to secure a season-saving victory.
Nothing came easy at Heinz Field. Nothing came consistently. And suddenly the Patriots aren’t as much fighting for the No.1 seed in the AFC playoff picture but trying to get back to a first-round bye as Kansas City (11-3), San Diego (11-3) and Houston (9-4) all currently have better records than New England with two weeks of regular season action to play out.
Clearly, a team that generally plays its best football after Thanksgiving and down the stretch is far from doing that. Heading into the final two weeks of home games against the Bills and Jets, Belichick’s team has work to do on both sides of the ball.
“Give the Steelers credit. They played well and did a good job,” Belichick said. “I was proud of our guys. We battled. Obviously penalties and the red area were pretty much the difference in the game. A typical tough football game against the Steelers. They did a little more than we did tonight.
“We’re going to get back to work and get ready for Buffalo. That’s exactly what we’re going to do.”
“We’re obviously not playing well enough to win,” Brady said.
Before moving on to next Sunday afternoon’s Christmas Eve eve game at Gillette Stadium against the Bills, here are the personnel highs and lows from the ugly loss in Pittsburgh.
Stephon Gilmore/Secondary – New England’s No. 1 cornerback played like it Sunday evening with a matchup against Brown and the Steelers. Gilmore trailed Brown more often than not and the All-Pro finished with just four catches for 49 yards, and Gilmore was not in coverage on Brown’s 17-yard touchdown. Rookie J.C. Jackson was also quite competitive on the day with a key pass defense on JuJu Smith-Schuster late in the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh’s leading receiver finishing with just four catches for 40 yards. Gilmore also had tight coverage to deflect a pass intended for Brown for an interception by Duron Harmon, one of the safety’s two picks on the day. It was a pretty solid day for the back end against a talented passing attack.
Punt coverage – On a day with limited highlight-reel plays, Jonathan Jones, Rex Burkhead and Ramon Humber combined for one of the best downed punts you’ll ever see. Jones dove to flip back Ryan Allen’s second-quarter punt, lifting the ball up in the air at the goal line. Burkhead grabbed the ball and flipped it back again, Matthew Slater leaping to avoid the ball in the air, allowing Humber to down it at the 1-yard line. The play was reviewed and upheld.
Rex Burkhead – New England didn’t do a ton offensively with any consistency. Burkhead has been working his way back into the mix since returning from IR. Sunday evening he ran it well in limited chances, rushing four times for 25 yards with a long of 10. He also caught all three passes thrown his way for 18 yards. It wasn’t a huge day, but Burkhead maximized his seven touches.
Run defense – Despite the fact that the Steelers were once again playing without second-year star running back James Conner, the home squad was still able to run the ball well against a struggling New England defense. Versatile rookie running back Jaylon Samuels ran it three times for 35 yards on the Steelers opening drive to a touchdown, including a 25-yard scamper. Even with the Steelers going empty in the backfield often, the home team picked up 70 yards on seven carries by Samuels in the first half. The rookie, who was never a lead back in college at N.C. State, finished with 19 carries for 142 yards (7.5 avg.). Overall the Steelers ran it 23 times (not including kneel-downs) for 161 yards. The front continues to allow too many way too big holes to open up for the opposing run game. It was a big issue last Sunday in Miami. It was a big issue Sunday evening in Pittsburgh.
Dropped passes – Julian Edelman had a pair of drops on the evening, one on a short crosser the other deep down the right sideline. Josh Gordon had an ugly drop on a quick in-cut on a third down that appeared to get on the receiver before he was ready, deflecting off his forearm. The passing game wasn’t overly efficient and a big chunk of the production came on the fluky big play to Hogan. In that kind of game dropped passes, especially on third down, could make a difference. Two of Brady’s top targets came up short in that area.
Penalties – New England had a season-high 14 penalties for 106 yards lost. Eight of those penalties were pre-snap penalties, a major sign of sloppiness. There were illegal formation calls on Edelman. A couple false starts on Trent Brown. Holding calls in the red zone. Even a delay of game on a PAT. A couple calls were questionable, but most of the flags were well earned by the visitor and were a key part of an ugly loss in Pittsburgh. Three of the Patriots top four worst days in terms of penalties have come in the last month, a bad sign for a team coming down the home stretch toward the postseason.
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Stock Watch: Michel helps Patriots run away from Bills
New England returned home and got the ground game going to dispose of Buffalo and clinch the AFC East title.
Stock Watch: Brady, Gronk stunned by Dolphins
New England leaves Miami with yet another strange, disappointing loss.
Stock Watch: Develin, Gordon help Patriots put away Vikings
New England continues to put forth impressive wins at home in 2018.
Stock Watch: Brady, Michel grind down the Jets
New England comes out of the bye with another hard-fought win on the road.
Stock Watch: Brady, Gilmore lead losing effort in Tennessee
New England struggles on both sides of the ball in upset loss to Titans.
Stock Watch: Patterson, pass rush help pull away from Packers
Defense steps up as New England takes care of business against Green Bay.
Stock Watch: White, Flowers shine in beating of Bills
New England does enough on offense and the defense shuts down Buffalo to pull away from the struggling Bills.
Stock Watch: Hightower, Patterson come up special
New England gets 14 points in the third phase to kickstart a sloppy win over the Bears.
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4th Congressional District
Scott Perry has advocated for legislation to control government spending, enforce immigration law, bolster national security and protect families who seek medical care for their children. Two legislative measures sponsored by Scott have been signed into law. The first, a bipartisan amendment to H.R. 4007, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act, reinforces the protection and security of chemical facilities from terrorist attacks. In December of 2014, his legislation to preserve the Lincoln Train Station, where President Abraham Lincoln arrived prior to delivering the Gettysburg Address (originally H.R. 1513), was incorporated into separate legislation and signed into law.
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Paul Masterton
Conservative MP for East Renfrewshire
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CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY AND PAUL MASTERTON MP VISIT EAST RENFREWSHIRE NURSERY
Yesterday (7th September) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, The Rt. Hon Elizabeth Truss MP visited the Enchanted Forest Nursery in Thornliebank with Paul Masterton MP.
The Chief Secretary had travelled to the nursery to discuss the UK Government’s Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme with workers and parents.
Tax- Free Childcare (TFC) offers working parents in Scotland up to £2,000 a year towards their childcare costs until their child turns 11.
Tax-Free Childcare also broadens access to childcare support for more working families, including parents whose employer doesn’t offer vouchers and the self-employed who can’t use vouchers.
Tax- Free Childcare (TFC) will also create a level playing field, with lone parent households now getting the same support as two-parent households.
It is part of the UK Government’s commitment to helping Scottish families keep more money in their pocket and supporting Scottish businesses and entrepreneurs.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Elizabeth Truss said:
‘It was great to visit Paul and the fantastic staff at the Enchanted Forest nursery, who work so hard to give their children the very best start in life’
‘By keeping taxes low and helping working parents with the cost of childcare, we are ensuring the broad shoulders of the UK are helping Scottish families, entrepreneurs and companies thrive’
East Renfrewshire MP, Paul Masterton also commented:
‘Tax- Free Childcare demonstrates the UK Government’s commitment to hard working Scottish families. Many parents across East Renfrewshire will be able to benefit from Tax- Free Childcare and this support is very much welcome. I would encourage everyone to check their eligibility and take up this valuable entitlement.’
Paul Masterton Conservative MP for East Renfrewshire
Promoted by E. Waddell, on behalf of P. Masterton, both of 69 Ayr Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6SP.
Copyright 2019 Paul Masterton Conservative MP for East Renfrewshire. All rights reserved.
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The City of Edmonton has a population of just over 932,000 (2016) with a foot print area of 685.25 km2 which is about the same area as Athens, Greece and San Jose, USA. With an area of this size it can present several transportation challenges. City council and its planners are constantly working on ways of addressing, fixing and improving transportation issues within the city. Edmonton’s public transportation comes in the form of city buses and Light Rail Transit (LRT), it’s not like the large networks of other major Canadian cities or other cities in the USA or Europe. The majority of Edmontonians still prefer to get around by vehicle, so there are a number of major roadways that accommodate Edmonton commuters.
Edmonton’s advantage comes from having much less traffic in comparison to other major cities in Canada. In fact, drivers in Edmonton enjoy the shortest average commute times within Canadian cities with average times running around 25 minutes.
Also, I always recommend that a buyer look for homes that are on the same side of the river as their work. This way you avoid the bridges during peak rush hours as they tend to become points of traffic congestion.
Driving in Edmonton
Edmonton is divided in 6 quadrants (Northeast, Northwest, Central, West, Southeast and Southwest). The city uses a grid system that helps commuters navigate the city streets. Numbered Streets (i.e. 97th Street) run east and west with numbers increasing the further west you travel, while numbered avenues (i.e. 23rd Avenue) run north and south with numbers increasing the further north you travel. Some of the newer neighbourhoods in the Southeast and Southwest sections can also be named by boulevard, crescent, circle, close, road or trail to name a few.
Whitemud Drive is Edmonton’s largest and one of the busiest main arterial roads running east and west through the city. Yellowhead Trail is currently undergoing a 10-year conversion to become a freeway and will help to move goods and services more efficiently through the north end of the City. Anthony Henday is a ring road that circles the city and provides commuters an efficient way to travel around the city while avoiding traffic volumes within the city.
So, for the first few months, having a good sense of direction and using your GPS will make your commute a lot easy and less stressful.
Driving in rush hour in Edmonton (from about 7:00 am – 9:00 am and from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm) can be bit challenging as everyone tries to get to and from work as quickly as possible.
Be cautious as many people can have other things on their mind and not completely paying attention to the road.
Parking in downtown Edmonton is a little pricey and always monitored by By-Law officers.
During the winter months there can be parking bans through the city after a big snow storm as crews work to clear the roads for commuters.
On some major arterial roads, some lanes switch direction to allow for getter flow of traffic. Usually towards downtown in the mornings, and out of downtown in the evenings.
Avoid being in bus lanes during peak hours, unless you are turning to the right.
Edmonton transit centers and LRT stations are designed to function as hubs for commuters, allowing people to transfer between routes, or serving as starting and final destination points. May of the LRT stations also have bus terminals attached to them allowing passengers to transfer from a bus onto the LRT and vice versa. Most of the larger bus terminals have additional facilities such as washrooms, TTY telephones (a special device that lets people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired use the telephone to communicate, by allowing them to type messages back and forth to one another instead of talking and listening.)
If you are not using a bus pass, make sure you have the correct amount of fair money (in coins) because bus drivers do not carry change with them. You can purchase monthly bus passes or books of transfer tickets in advance.
For more information about transit apps, routes, maps, travel times and fares please contact the Edmonton Transit Service.
Walking in Edmonton
The City of Edmonton has created a program of neighbourhood-based walking maps. The reason behind this program is to bring neighbours together and create more walkable communities while supporting a more active life style.
These walkability initiatives add strength and enjoyment to the very fabric of our communities. The goal being that while you’re out walking you meet your neighbours, visit local shops, enjoy public spaces all while getting in some great exercise. It also helps neighbours become the “eyes on the street” further enhancing community safety and helping reduce crime.
Biking in Edmonton
Edmonton has created a Bike Network offering more than 16.4 kms of protected bike lanes, shared roadways, and paths to help and inspire Edmontonians of all ages to try new ways travelling to get around Downtown, Southside and the Westend.
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Osaka Station
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The Hankyu Takarazuka Line for Minoo, Ikeda and Takarazuka
The Hankyu Takarazuka Line runs between Umeda Station in Osaka and Takarazuka Station in Hyogo Prefecture.
It is run by the private Hankyu Railway company and so it is not covered by the Japan Rail Pass. The main destination of interest on this line is the hot spring town of Takarazuka, but there are some other tourist sites of note on the way.
An Express train for Takarazuka
Access to Hankyu Umeda Station
Hankyu Umeda Station
The Hankyu Takarazuka Main Line does not connect directly to Osaka Station, but to the nearby Hankyu Umeda Station. Hankyu Umeda Station is situated north east of Osaka Station and is connected to Osaka Station City by a raised walkway and by underground tunnels. At Hankyu Umeda Station Takarazuka Line trains depart from Platforms 4 and 5.
Trains for Takarazuka depart from Platforms 4 and 5
Key Destinations
Juso Station
Juso Station is the last stop where you can transfer between the Takarazuka, Kobe and Kyoto lines.
Train fare: 150 yen
Train time: 3 minutes
Hotarugaike Station
Transfer here to the Osaka Monorail Main Line for Osaka Itami Airport.
Train time: 13 minutes
Ishibashi Station
Transfer here to the Hankyu Minoo Line for the city of Minoo. Minoo is famous for Katusoji Temple which is 1200 years old and for the magnificent Minoo Waterfall in Meiji-no-mori Mino Quasi-national Park.
Ikeda Station
Exit here for the Itsuo Art Museum. The museum houses the extensive Japanese art collection of Ichizo Kobayashi (1873-1957), the founder of the Hankyu Railway. Among the paintings, ceramics, crafts and statuary, there are fifteen designated Important Cultural Properties and twenty Important Art Objects.
Nakayama-Kannon Station
Exit here for Nakayamadera Temple. This popular temple is dedicated to Kannon, the Buddhist saint of compassion, and people pray here for safe and easy childbirth. Behind the temple is a grove of a 1000 plum tress which come into bloom each February. Beyond that rises Mount Nakayama which is popular with hikers for its stunning views over Osaka Prefecture’s urban conurbation.
Takarazuka Station
Takarazuka is most famous as the home of the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theater group. The town’s other attractions include its hot springs, the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum, and the Tessai Museum which holds 1200 artworks by the renowned literati painter Tomioka Tessai.
Platform information displays alternate between Japanese and English
As the Hankyu Railway is a private company it is not covered by the Japan Rail Pass. However, a Hankyu Tourist Pass is available for 1 or 2-day travel. This might be worth your while if you are planning to use Hankyu Railways between Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.
Visitors from overseas can also get a Kansai Thru Pass (also called the Surutto Kansai Pass) for two or three days. This covers not only the Hankyu Railway but many of the private railways, buses and subway systems in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara and Shiga. This pass cannot be used on JR Railways however. Visit the Kansai Thru Pass website to find out more.
Local residents can get a PiTaPa Pass which also covers many of the private railways, buses and subway systems in the Kansai Region. These are available from the stations of participating companies, however you will need a Japanese bank account to get one.
Bilingual route maps in Hankyu Umeda Station clearly show the destinations. The central orange route map is the Takarazuka Line
Hankyu Trains, Maps and Timetables
The Hankyu Railway is served by a variety of train types. The main ones are the Local trains, the Semi-Express, the Express Service, and the Limited Express. The Local trains are the slowest because they stop at all stations, and the Limited Express trains provide the fastest service, but they may not stop at your station. You should be careful to get on the right train for your stop, or know where to make an appropriate transfer. Fortunately the official Hankyu website has a clear and simple English language PDF guide to all the train types on the Takarazuka Line. This includes a color-coded route map showing exactly which stations each train stops at.
You can also get a bilingual map of the complete Hankyu Railway network. On this map the Takarazuka Main Line and its branch lines are colored yellow.
There are also PDF timetables for trains running from Umeda to Takarazuka on weekdays, and on weekends and holidays. Return trip timetables from Takarazuka to Umeda are available for both weekdays, and weekends and holidays too. However, the quickest and easiest way to find a suitable train quickly is to use an English language online route finder like Jorudan or Hyperdia.
Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved.
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Speed, power and connectivity open up the world for the end-user
Smørum, Denmark
With Oticon’s launch of Oticon Opn™, the technology and features of hearing aids have taken a giant leap forward in favour of the end-user.
Technological limitations of current hearing aids have led to the use of tunnel directionality: Speech coming from the front is clear, whereas the rest of the sound environment is suppressed. This results in a limited, narrowed and artificial listening experience. With new, groundbreaking technology, Oticon Opn™ is fast and precise enough to analyse and follow the soundscape and differentiate between sounds. Even in complex listening environments, this allows Oticon Opn™ to constantly open up and balance individual sounds to deliver a rich and meaningful soundscape, empowering the brain to choose on which sounds to focus. Directionality as we know it has become a thing of the past.
“This is a major step forward in technology and end-user benefits. With Oticon Opn™, we have created a paradigm shift by overcoming a challenge that even the most advanced solutions of today haven’t been able to solve, namely the ability to handle noisy environments with multiple people speaking. In our commitment to People First, we have created the world’s best hearing aid, which every hearing impaired person should have to be able to interact actively in even the noisiest sound environments. This launch confirms Oticon’s position as the innovative industry leader in hearing care technology and audiology,” says Søren Nielsen, President of Oticon.
Ultra-fast and powerful sound processing platform
Designed specifically for hearing aids, the Velox™ platform is a technological quantum leap forward – extremely fast and powerful. Fast enough to follow rapidly changing conversations with multiple speakers in a noisy sound environment by analysing and processing sound data 50 times faster than Oticon’s previous premium hearing aid. Market-leading 64-band frequency resolution enables a more precise sound analysis and better sound quality to support the brain’s ability to make sense of sound.
The new OpenSound Experience is delivered by OpenSound Navigator™ combined with Spatial Sound™ LX. The new OpenSound Navigator™ scans, analyses and reacts to the sound environment more than 100 times per second, balances the speech sources and removes noise – even between words. Users can now follow the sounds they want to hear and shift their attention when desired. New 200% faster binaural processing allows Spatial Sound™ LX to help people locate more precisely where sounds are coming from, a well-known problem for people with hearing loss.
Significantly better speech understanding of multiple speakers in noise
With this new hearing aid, Oticon takes a fundamental step forward in improving speech understanding in complex environments while, at the same time, preserving the user’s mental energy. Preliminary data show that Oticon Opn™ provides a significant leap forward in improving speech understanding in situations with several competing speakers and background noise compared to Oticon’s previous premium hearing aid. This is evidence to the strength of the new OpenSound paradigm: The possibility to both provide full access to sounds in the environment and at the same time improve understanding. Even when deploying aggressive directionality and noise reduction algorithms, current competing technologies cannot achieve both access and understanding.
In tests, Oticon Opn™ reduces the load on the brain and improves the ability to remember conversations. Using pupillometry, a recognised objective measure of how loaded the brain is, Oticon Opn™ users had – in testing – 20% less listening effort when trying to understand speech. Additional studies show that because Oticon Opn™ users have freed up brain capacity, they remember 20% more.
First dual-radio technology
Oticon Opn™ introduces the world’s first dual-wireless communication system in one hearing aid, an innovative first in the industry, enabling the best possible audiological performance. This new technology called TwinLink™ provides the benefit of streamer-free connectivity while ensuring high performing, binaural communication and related audiology as well as ultra-low battery consumption.
The new Near Field Magnetic Induction (NFMI) system in Oticon Opn™ is 200% faster than the previous Oticon premium hearing aid, allowing much faster binaural processing – a key user benefit. The direct streaming technology uses 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Smart direct streaming for wireless streamer-free communication, with the highest level of sound quality and wireless programming. Developed specifically for hearing aids, this variant of Bluetooth Smart uses significantly less battery power when streaming to smartphones and other external devices. The free, downloadable Oticon ON App allows users to connect to smartphones and other external devices without a streamer.
Internet-connected hearing aid
Confirming Oticon’s innovative edge, Oticon Opn™ is the world’s first hearing aid that connects to the internet via the If This Then That service (IFTTT.com). Users can connect to a wide range of IFTTT-enabled devices used in everyday life, such as door bells, domestic lighting systems and a variety of home appliances. Oticon Opn™ provides users with a solution that will enable them to use their hearing aids with a growing number of IFTTT-compatible products and services, as they become available.
“With TwinLink, Oticon Opn is the world’s first hearing aid combining the best of two worlds – a completely new Near Field system allowing much faster binaural processing and the best possible audiological performance combined with directly streaming 2.4 GHz technology. This makes Oticon Opn the leading hearing aid offering – second to none. Together with the If This Then That service, Oticon Opn enables users to connect to a world of endless opportunities,” says Søren Nielsen, President of Oticon.
The new Oticon Opn™ premium hearing solution will be available in the popular discreet miniRITE™ style covering the widest variety of end-user needs. Products will be available in shops from the end of the second quarter 2016.
Katrine Hertz Østergaard, email: khos@oticon.com, phone: +45 20952530
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Avril Lavigne Is Back With A Dramatic Piano Ballad
“Head Above Water.”
By Dennis Hinzmann
September 19 2018 4:15 PM EDT
If you’ve been finding yourself lacking a proper outlet for all your churning angst, fret not. Avril Lavigne – the very girl who helped you get over every teenage breakup you went through – is back with new music, and the Canadian singer hasn’t lost any of her emotional edge.
As her first single since 2015, Lavigne’s new “Head Above Water” addresses the struggles the singer has faced in her life since contracting Lyme disease. Lavigne talked about her ailment and recovery in a letter to her fans she posted to her website.
"Thank you for waiting so patiently as I fought through and still continue to fight, the battle of my lifetime. The first song I am choosing to release is called 'Head Above Water.' It is also the first song I wrote from my bed during one of the scariest moments of my life. I had accepted death anankd could feel my body shutting down. I felt like I was drowning. Like I was going under water and I just needed to come up for air. Like I was in a river being pulled in a current. Unable to breathe."
Lavigne gets real and personal with the song’s lyrics: “My life is what I’m fighting for, can’t part the sea, can’t reach the shore. And my voice becomes the driving force, I won’t let this pull me overboard.” Listen to the empowering track, below.
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In London, Yuppies Are Out + Endies Are In
Numbers and factoids — fodder for your next cocktail party.
Because stagnating wages and a rising cost of living in Britain’s capital make hopeful planning futile.
By David Gerrie and Nathan Siegel
The Daily Dose DEC 06 2014
The latest sign of the cash-strapped population of England isn’t 20-somethings dwelling in their childhood bedrooms. London’s earned itself a new socio-economic sub-strata, which sounds deceptively like a name for young swinging socialites: the Endies, aka “Employed but with No Disposable Income or Savings.”
The name comes from the Centre for London, a think tank. According to their recent report entitled “Hollow Promise: How London Fails People on Modest Incomes and What Should be Done About It,” Endies earn between $32,200 and $53,130 (USD) per year.
Couples with kids earn up to $69,230. They account for roughly one-fifth of all Londoners. They earn more than minimum wage, they’re the capital’s so-called “squeezed-middle” households — people living on low to modest incomes, not earning so little as to be entitled to most benefits, but under such pressure that most struggle from month to month to make ends meet.
MoneySavingExpert.com is their bible
— Centre for London report
These Endies, in the last decade, “have suffered a total loss of narrative,” says Brell Wilson, a co-author of the report and urban anthropologist. “People have very little idea of how to progress” to better lives. Titled “Hollow Promise: How London Fails People on Modest Incomes and What Should Be Done About It,” the report, authored by Wilson and economists Charles Leadbeater, a former economic adviser to Tony Blair, and Margarethe Theseira, is one among others sounding the alarm about the British middle class. It’d be easy to dismiss the Endies’ struggles as First World: the report cites them downgrading their shopping habits from slight luxury goods to the bargain supermarkets; relying on TV and the Internet instead of city outings for much of their social entertainment. “MoneySavingExpert.com is their bible,” the report reads. But the researchers paint a gray picture for Britain’s middle class as a whole, but an even drearier one for Londoners. Since the recession, the capital has failed to bounce back like other cities.
They feel there’s absolutely no safety net.
— Brell Wilson, co-author of the Centre for London report
Rental costs in London have risen 14 percent over the past decade; city rent is 50 percent higher than in the rest of the U.K. The average London residential energy bill has increased by more than 50 percent above inflation. Plus, many Endies are former yuppies living above their means, paying for private school over public schools and choosing ”to squeeze yourself,” says Keith Pilbeam, professor of economics at City University London. But the ultimate upshot may be political. The Endies, Wilson says, are hankering for a pre-Thatcherian, liberal welfare state. Says Wilson: “They feel there’s absolutely no safety net.”
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Tuesday, Apr 16, 2019 10:19 AM
Packers schedule will be announced Wednesday night
Wes Hodkiewicz
packers.com staff writer
GREEN BAY – The Packers’ complete 2019 regular-season schedule will be announced Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT.
The announcement will be made in conjunction with the NFL Network's schedule show, with stories, videos and analysis available on packers.com, and the Packers’ mobile app and social platforms.
The Packers already know they’ll open the NFL’s 100th season against Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Thursday, Sept. 5.
It’ll be the 199th game in the rivalry. The Packers hold a 97-95-6 edge in the series, which includes two playoff games (1-1). It’ll be the 14th straight year the two division rivals have squared off in prime-time, the NFL’s longest active streak.
The Packers’ 2019 opponents already have been determined:
Home opponents: Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings.
Road opponents: Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings.
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Significant one-year changes not a long-term concern for the franchise
Packers focus on team-building, play paintball
Team spent Thursday on a paintball course
J’Mon Moore has ‘grown a lot from last year’
The Packers’ offensive coaches addressed the media Thursday afternoon
Packers legend Bart Starr dies at 85
Hall of Fame quarterback, former head coach was beloved by generations of Packers fans
Blake Martinez is 'a football junkie'
Packers' defensive and special teams assistants meet with media
Former Packers board member James Kress dies at 89
He was elected to the Board of Directors in 1985 and became emeritus in 2000
Former Packers back MacArthur Lane dies at 77
He formed impressive backfield tandem with John Brockington in early '70s
Packers’ rookies hit the field for the first time
Actually doing football drills a welcome change
Path to fast start in 2019 begins at home for Packers
Packers will play five of first seven games at Lambeau Field
Packers will push to ‘perfect the defense’
Defensive leaders Kenny Clark, Blake Martinez eager for Year 2 under Mike Pettine
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baldur s gate 3
How Baldur's Gate 3 and Bloodlines 2 are rewriting the rules of the tabletop games they're adapting
By Hayden Dingman
Rulebreaker What works for a pen-and-paper campaign doesn't always work for a videogame.
Baldur's Gate 3: Everything we know
By PC Gamer
It's Back The mind flayers have escaped the Underdark, and they want your brains.
Larian teases a return of Minsc and Boo in Baldur's Gate 3
By Andy Chalk
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I only want to play Baldur's Gate 3 if I can sleep-scum my way to victory
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Sleeper agent While you were playing videogames, I was studying my eyelids.
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Larian talks Baldur's Gate 3 at the PC Gaming Show
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Baldur's Gate 3 will combine the best of Divinity and D&D 5th Edition
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Baldur's Gate 3 is finally happening
News Larian's taking us back to the Forgotten Realms.
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Opera Launches In-Browser VPN
For now, a built-in version is available in the early release developer edition of the Opera browser.
April 21, 2016 10:40AM EST
Opera has added an unlimited and free virtual private network to its browser.
Following last year's acquisition of the SurfEasy VPN, Opera is launching a built-in version to the early release developer edition of its browser.
Users can now access blocked websites and shield online activity without the hassle of downloading third-party extensions or paying subscription fees.
"Until now, most VPN services and proxy servers have been limited and based on a paid subscription," Krystian Kolondra, senior vice president at Opera, wrote in a blog post. "With a free, unlimited, native VPN that just works out-of-the-box and doesn't require any subscription, Opera wants to make VPNs available to everyone."
Mac users can click the Opera menu, select "Preferences," and toggle VPN on; Windows and Linux users need to navigate to the "Privacy and Security" section in "Settings" to enable the feature.
A button in the browser address field lets users see and change their location (USA, Canada, or Germany, with more to come), check whether their IP is exposed, and review data usage stats. Opera's built-in VPN can also hide your IP address (replacing it with a virtual one that's harder to track), unblock firewalls and websites, and improve security on public Wi-Fi networks.
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"Everyone deserves to be private online if they want to be," Kolondra said in a statement. With this tool, "desktop users get a handy way to boost their online privacy, as well as easier access to all their favorite online content no matter where they are."
The company last month introduced native ad-blocking technology—no extensions or plug-ins needed—in the developer version of its browser.
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Fossil Shows Off Slim and Sleek Smartwatch Lineup at CES
Skagen and Kate Spade debut touch-screen smartwatches while Misfit introduces a new hybrid analog.
By Victoria Song
January 9, 2018 10:12AM EST
LAS VEGAS—It's not CES without an army of stylish smartwatches from Fossil. This year is no exception, with new offerings from Skagen, Misfit, and Kate Spade New York.
First off, Skagen is launching its first touch-screen smartwatch, the Falster. It runs on Android Wear 2.0 and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100. Size-wise, the Falster is quite slim with a 42mm case and 20mm lugs. It fit comfortably on my wrist, and its minimalist design makes it a good unisex option.
In addition to your typical app notifications, the Falster also features activity tracking and a series of chic customizable watch faces and music control. It's available in black, silver, and rose gold, with either leather or mesh straps. It's a tad pricey, however, starting at $275 for the leather strap and $295 for the mesh.
Kate Spade New York also debuted its first touch-screen smartwatch. Like the Falster, it'll run on Android Wear 2.0 and a Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor. But while Skagen opted for minimalist chic, the Kate Spade is distinctly feminine with a scalloped bezel and spade-detailing on the crown. Like the Michael Kors Access Sofie, it features fashion-oriented watch faces as well as a "choose your look" app, which lets you select time of day, the color of your purse, dress, and jewelry. Based on your answers, it'll automatically generate a watch face to complement your outfit. It costs $295 (black, vachetta leather) or $325 (rose gold), and is available for presale now.
Also on display was Misfit's new hybrid analog, the Path. Visually, it's similar to the excellent Phase. The main difference is that it's impressively small for a smartwatch. I've worn my fair share of smartwatches, and the Path is legitimately one of the most discreet that I've had the pleasure of wearing.
Combined with its understated aesthetic, the Path is an attractive smartwatch-tracker hybrid for women. Like the Phase, it can track steps, calories burned, distance and sleep, as well as receive your typical call, text, and app notifications. Swimmers will be happy to note it's safe for the pool and shower. It also features auto-update time and date, as well as haptic alarms and movement reminders.
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The Path also features the same smart button that can be programmed as a remote control to play music, snap photos, and ring a phone. The Path is slated for a spring launch for $149.99, and will be available in four colors: stainless steel, rose tone, gold tone, and stainless steel with gold tone accent.
While these are somewhat incremental updates, all three watches are promising alternatives to the sporty aesthetic and chunky form factor that seems to dominate smartwatch-tracker hybrids. We'll have to see how well they hold up in everyday wear, so be sure to check back soon for our full reviews.
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Violent past, privileged future? Politics and entitlement in post-conflict Rwanda
10 October 2016: Feeling like a hero or victim can drive social processes in post-conflict societies. In the second of a two-part series, Andrea Pabst and Markus Bayer discuss the impact of victimisation in Rwanda.
Perceptions of who were and remain victims of the genocide are a key factor in Rwandan politics. Image credit: Dylan Walters.
Victims of the genocide are an important social category in Rwanda
In the first part of this contribution on peacebuilding and justice, we discussed the relationship of entitlement claims by heroes and social justice. Claims of ‘deservingness’ can lead to societies where rights and access to state resources depend on belonging and group membership, rather than standards of fairness and equality. So, special rights can present a problem for social justice.
In the context of post-conflict transitions, the victims of political violence play an important role. Compensation based on the entitlement of victims can be seen in accordance with ‘positive discrimination’ favouring disadvantaged members of society. Victims of mass crimes are vulnerable, they are in need of redress and they even have the right to compensation because of the harm they have suffered. As previously discussed, victim claims can be traced to the psychological rule that it is just and fair to be compensated for bad luck or suffering. Why then can it become problematic to entitle the victims of political crimes?
The status of victims in Rwanda
Rwanda witnessed a cruel genocide in 1994. An estimated 75% of the country’s Tutsi population was slaughtered by extremist forces of the then Hutu-led government and its militias.
The victims of this event are an important social category in Rwanda. The leitmotiv of the country’s post-genocide politics, led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), the victorious rebel movement which ended the genocide, is “Never Again”. Honouring and remembering the victims and survivors of the genocide is one of its central pillars. However, identifying the victims eligible for reparation and commemoration is a highly politicised and contested question. Besides the recognised Tutsi, the violence in Rwanda left many other victims, including ‘ordinary’ civil war victims and the Hutu that were denounced and killed in RPF-controlled areas or in revenge.
But these victims have no place in official memory and no access to reparation programmes, so they feel abandoned and unjustly treated. This uniform denial and neglect of the suffering of parts of the population leads to bitterness and victim competition. So, for example, there have been reported cases of victim egoism in the context of the semi-traditional gacaca courts that were implemented in 2002 to deal with crimes of the genocide. The procedures have reportedly been misused for personal ends including enrichment and revenge. Such incidents, and the fact that only genocide cases and not ‘ordinary’ war crimes can be brought to justice, leads to a continuing feeling of exclusion on the side of parts of the population.
Victimhood is an interesting phenomenon when it comes to entitlement and justice. On one hand, being victimised shatters the lives of those affected. Compensation for suffering is a central element of criminal law, as is punishment for perpetrators. Victims are part of the least advantaged in society, and their entitlement can be seen as a contribution to the creation of social cohesion and equity.
On the other hand, research has found that victims tend to behave selfishly, led by a sense of entitlement to ‘equal the score’. Vamik Volkan has observed such “exaggerated entitlement” in studying groups of victims that make claims for their own group regardless of the costs and consequences for others.
Photos of genocide victims on display at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre. Image credit: Adam Jones.
A sacred role?
The moral authority that emerged from the victimisation of the Tutsi has built the moral high-ground for claims to power
Additionally, in the globalised field of peacebuilding, the status of victimhood has experienced an “upgrading”. Victims have had an almost sacred “aura” since human rights and related concepts such as Transitional Justice have become dominant. This sympathetic global structure facilitates the emergence of “victims as protagonists” and the evolvement of a “compassion economy” based on the “commoditisation of suffering”. Internationally, victimhood became ‘profitable’ bringing with it moral authority, political legitimacy and possible economic benefits in the form of allocations by, for example, aid agencies.
In the Rwandan case, the moral authority that emerged from the victimisation of the Tutsi has built the moral high-ground for claims to power and the mobilisation of support. The leading social group in Rwandan society is constructed around heroes and genocide victims, taken to be Tutsi. So many Hutu feel like second-class citizens, due to an assumed collective guilt.
In this way, victimhood is the only thing able to free people from guilt, and provide first-class citizenship and moral superiority.
Competition over victimhood and political mobilisation
As a result, Hutu exiles around the world are not surprisingly mobilising around their victimhood, framing their demands in the language of human rights, suffering and international justice.
On the 20th anniversary of the genocide, for example, the Rwandan diaspora in Belgium initiated the #ITooAmAVictim campaign, with Rwandans and supporters around the globe sharing their experience of perceived victimisation. By pointing to victimhood caused by the RPF, the political opposition is also questioning the moral entitlement of the RPF government.
This competition over the deservingness of victim status makes victimhood an attractive resource that can be used for political and economic ends. Especially in the international arena, where claims based on victimhood resonate with human rights discourse, all actors are pointing to experiences of victimisation to gain moral ground and try to secure international support.
In Rwanda, these issues do not contribute to deepening understanding and ways of living together. Instead, they foster rumours and resentment. This does not support useful structures for social justice.
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Esperanza Rising
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Annotation: Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, & servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life and her own depend on it.
Common Core/STEAM: Common Core
Publisher: Scholastic Book Service
ISBN 13: 978-0-439-12042-5
Mexican Americans. California. Juvenile fiction.
Agricultural laborers. Fiction.
Mexican Americans. California. Fiction.
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Moving from a Mexican ranch to the company labor camps of California, Ryan's lyrical novel manages the contradictory: a story of migration and movement deeply rooted in the earth. When 14-year-old Esperanza's father is killed, she and her mother must emigrate to the U.S., where a family of former ranch workers has helped them find jobs in the agricultural labor camps. Coming from such privilege, Esperanza is ill prepared for the hard work and difficult conditions she now faces. She quickly learns household chores, though, and when her mother falls ill, she works packing produce until she makes enough money to bring her beloved abuelita to the U.S.. Set during the Great Depression, the story weaves cultural, economic, and political unrest into Esperanza's poignant tale of growing up: she witnesses strikes, government sweeps, and deep injustice while finding strength and love in her family and romance with a childhood friend. The symbolism is heavy-handed, as when Esperanza ominously pricks her finger on a rose thorne just before her father is killed. But Ryan writes movingly in clear, poetic language that children will sink into, and the books offers excellent opportunities for discussion and curriculum support.
In this poignant look at the realities of immigration, thirteen-year-old Esperanza, daughter of an affluent Mexican rancher, is forced to trade fancy dolls and dresses for hard work and ill-fitting hand-me-downs after her beloved father dies. Laboring in the United States, picking grapes on someone else's land for pennies an hour, Esperanza is transformed into someone who can take care of herself and others.
The author of Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (1999) and Riding Freedom (1997) again approaches historical fiction, this time using her own grandmother as source material. In 1930, Esperanza lives a privileged life on a ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico. But when her father dies, the post-Revolutionary culture and politics force her to leave with her mother for California. Now they are indebted to the family who previously worked for them, for securing them work on a farm in the San Joaquin valley. Esperanza balks at her new situation, but eventually becomes as accustomed to it as she was in her previous home, and comes to realize that she is still relatively privileged to be on a year-round farm with a strong community. She sees migrant workers forced from their jobs by families arriving from the Dust Bowl, and camps of strikers—many of them US citizens—deported in the "voluntary repatriation" that sent at least 450,000 Mexicans and Mexican-Americans back to Mexico in the early 1930s. Ryan's narrative has an epic tone, characters that develop little and predictably, and a romantic patina that often undercuts the harshness of her story. But her style is engaging, her characters appealing, and her story is one that—though a deep-rooted part of the history of California, the Depression, and thus the nation—is little heard in children's fiction. It bears telling to a wider audience. (author's note) (Fiction. 9-15)
Gr 6-9-Ryan uses the experiences of her own Mexican grandmother as the basis for this compelling story of immigration and assimilation, not only to a new country but also into a different social class. Esperanza's expectation that her 13th birthday will be celebrated with all the material pleasures and folk elements of her previous years is shattered when her father is murdered by bandits. His powerful stepbrothers then hold her mother as a social and economic hostage, wanting to force her remarriage to one of them, and go so far as to burn down the family home. Esperanza's mother then decides to join the cook and gardener and their son as they move to the United States and work in California's agricultural industry. They embark on a new way of life, away from the uncles, and Esperanza unwillingly enters a world where she is no longer a princess but a worker. Set against the multiethnic, labor-organizing era of the Depression, the story of Esperanza remaking herself is satisfyingly complete, including dire illness and a difficult romance. Except for the evil uncles, all of the characters are rounded, their motives genuine, with class issues honestly portrayed. Easy to booktalk, useful in classroom discussions, and accessible as pleasure reading, this well-written novel belongs in all collections.-Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
Starred Review for Publishers Weekly
"With a hint of magical realism, this robust novel set in 1930 captures a Mexican girl's fall from riches and her immigration to California," said PW in our Best Books citation. Ages 8-12. (June)
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Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances-because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.
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Lucasfilm Sues to Stop "Empire Strikes Bock" Lager
The legal system has failed me for the last time.
By Andrew Moseman
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No... I am your lawsuit.
Empire Brewing Company, of Syracuse, N.Y., makes some damned fine beers. Recently, the company filed for a trademark on the name of its newest concoction, a lager called Strikes Bock. Empire Strikes Bock—get it?
Well, Lucasfilm certainly did. The now Disney-owned company has sued the brewery, saying the name is too reminiscent of "The Empire Strikes Back."
Empire's owner, David Katleski, says his outfit has been brewing the bock for years. Only now that the operation is scaling up with a new brewery building did he file for a trademark on the name—and draw the ire of Lucasfilm. He told Syracuse.com that if you want to get really specific about it, the beer's name is Strikes Bock by Empire, though he acknowledged that the label might make the beer's name look more like a reference to the Star Wars sequel.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to change the name of the Stuck-Up, Half-Witted, Scruffy-Looking Nerf Herder IPA I've been making in my basement.
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King of Pop Michael Jackson highest paid dead celebrity of 2018
According to Forbes magazine, Michael Jackson is the highest paid dead celebrity for the sixth year in a row.
The late King of Pop, who passed away in June 2009 at 50, reportedly earned around £313 million over the last year, boosted by the sale of his EMI Music Publishing stake to Sony. Earnings will also have been helped by Michael Jackson's Halloween - an animated TV special which first aired in 2017.
John Branca, the Jackson estate's co-executor, said: "You see 'Charlie Brown Christmas' and 'Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' every year, so now we’re looking to have 'Michael Jackson’s Halloween' every year. We
hope that it’ll become evergreen.”
Meanwhile, Elvis Presley, who died aged 42 in 1977, follows in second place having made £31 million over 2017. As well as record sales, the superstar's earnings also come from the new 'Elvis Presley's Memphis' entertainment complex created at his famous Graceland home. The new development is described on the official website as:
"A state-of-the-art entertainment and exhibit complex over 200,000-square-feet in size, [which] enables you to follow the life path that Elvis took, surround yourself with the things that he loved,
and experience the sights and sounds of the city that inspired him."
Fellow musicians Bob Marley, Prince and John Lennon found themselves in the top 10, which also features golfer Arnold Palmer, 'Charlie Brown' creator Charles Schulz, children's author Dr. Seuss, 'Playboy' founder Hugh Hefner and sliver screen icon, Marilyn Monroe.
See Forbes' full list below:
1. Michael Jackson: $400 million
2. Elvis Presley: $40 million
3. Arnold Palmer: $35 million
4. Charles Schulz: $34 million
5. Bob Marley: $23 million
6. Dr. Seuss: $16 million
7. Hugh Hefner: $15 million
8. Marilyn Monroe: $14 million
9. Prince: $13 million
10. John Lennon: $12 million
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Trump’s “advisers on the extreme right” might influence his policies, says an American analyst.
Paul Ryan maintains grip on US House
Paul Ryan has managed to stay at helm in the US House thanks to his last-ditch return to the Donald Trump campaign.
‘Electoral College turning against Trump’
Some members of the US Electoral College are openly persuading their colleagues to vote against Trump.
US students stage anti-Trump walkout
Thousands of students across several states have walked out of their classes to protest against President-elect Donald Trump.
KKK, Nazis hail Trump over Bannon
The notorious Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party praise US President-elect Donald Trump over appointing a white supremacist to a top White House position.
Americans ‘repudiated Clinton foreign policy’
The American people have “repudiated the foreign policy” of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, an American scholar says.
Time to rethink Electoral College: Sanders
Bernie Sanders says the US needs to “rethink” the concept of Electoral College after Donald Trump’s election.
‘Clinton lost due to working-class revolt’
Hillary Clinton lost the US presidential election against Donald Trump because of a working-class revolt against neoliberal economics, an analyst says.
Trump says won't ‘hurt’ Clinton
US President-elect Donald Trump says he would not “hurt” Hillary Clinton and her family because they are “good people.”
Sanders popular policies could shift 2016
Policies proposed by Bernie Sanders ahead of his endorsement for Hillary Clinton were so “popular” that would have ultimately gotten him elected the US president, an analyst says.
Don't be afraid, Trump tells protesters
Donald Trump calls on post-election protesters not to “be afraid,” further compromising his proposal about building a wall on the Mexican border.
Obama, Clinton to talk after 2016 defeat
US President Obama and Hillary Clinton are set to address the nation following their party’s failure in the 2016 presidential election.
‘Soros financing color revolution in US’
An American analyst argues that nationwide protests against Donald Trump are part of a color revolution orchestrated by George Soros.
Sanders could have defeated Trump: Poll
US Senator Bernie Sanders would have beaten Donald Trump by a historic margin if he had been the Democratic nominee instead of Hillary Clinton, a poll shows.
Most US voters accept Trump’s election: Poll
Trump’s election was a legitimate process in the eyes of over 70 percent of Americans, a poll shows.
‘Obama provoking confrontation with Russia’
Obama is trying to provoke a confrontation with Russia before Trump takes charge of the White House, an analyst says.
One protester shot at anti-Trump demo
One person has been shot at an anti-Donald Trump demonstration in the US city of Portland.
‘US security officials consider quitting’
US security and intelligence officials are “fearful” of remaining in jobs under Trump’s “dangerous” policies, a report says.
Clinton camp blames FBI’s Comey for loss
Hillary Clinton’s campaign blames FBI Director James Comey for the Democrat's devastating loss in the presidential election.
Anti-Trump protests for 3rd night in US
For the third night in a row, anti-Donald Trump demonstrators took to the streets in several big US cities on Friday.
Trump willing to keep parts of Obamacare
Donald Trump has said he would consider leaving in place certain parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Debate: Anti-Trump protests
This episode of The Debate discusses the wave of protests across the US after Trump's election victory.
Trump replaces Christie with Pence
Vice president-elect Mike Pence will take over Donald Trump's transition team from Chris Christie.
US hate group to celebrate Trump victory
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) hate group plans to hold a victory parade in celebration of Donald Trump’s election win.
‘Most Americans voted for wrong reasons’
The real tragedy of the November 8 election is that a great many people voted for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump for all the wrong reasons, an analyst says.
2 million sign petition for Clinton presidency
Over two million American people sign a petition, demanding the the Electoral College support Hillary Clinton in the December 19 vote.
Why Democrats lost White House to Trump
The Democratic Party is largely responsible for losing the White House to Donald Trump, an American analyst says.
US police clash with anti-Trump protesters
US police clash with angry demonstrators on the second day of protests against President-elect Donald Trump.
Muslim ban plan removed from Trump website
A statement on Donald Trump's plan to ban all Muslims from entering the US has been removed from his campaign website.
'I can't punch Trump now he's president'
Robert De Niro says he cannot punch Donald Trump now in the face now because he's the US president-elect.
Debate: Trump's foreign policy agenda
This edition of The Debate is about US President-elect Donald Trump's foreign policy agenda.
‘Trump to focus on peace, US issues’
An American state senator says Trump will be a president of peace and focus on America’s own issues.
Obama welcomes Trump to White House
US President Barack Obama pledges to help President-elect Donald Trump succeed.
Clinton fans blame defeat on 3rd-parties
Hillary Clinton’s fans are using third-party candidates to justify their defeat against Donald Trump.
Why did US polls miss Trump’s victory?
The unexpected victory of Donald Trump over heavily favored Hillary Clinton has thrown the future of the country’s polling industry into question.
‘Trump won because Democrats rigged system’
Trump won the November 8 election because Democrats rigged the system to have Clinton beat Sanders, WikiLeaks suggests.
Trump preparing list for cabinet posts
Donald Trump's transition team has prepared a preliminary list of potential Cabinet members for his upcoming administration.
Trump victory leads to protests across US
Thousands of demonstrators, including students, have taken to the streets across America to protest against Trump’s victory.
US loyal to Iran deal ‘through Jan. 20’
The Obama administration says it will remain committed to a nuclear deal with Iran “through January 20th.”
Clinton talks on winning popular vote
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says the fact that more people voted for her than her opponent, Donald Trump, means Americans “counted” on her.
‘Even greater heights’ for Israel-US ties
US President-elect Donald Trump invites Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States as the hawkish premier congratulates him on victory.
Trump won because of ‘white fear’
It was a panicked White America that handed Trump his presidential victory, says an analyst.
Clinton concedes, wishes Trump success
Hillary Clinton made her concession speech, saying she was ready to work with Donald Trump to unite the country.
UK, US to remain close under Trump: May
UK PM Theresa May says he looks forward to working with Donald Trump as the 45th US president, while Corbyn is not so optimistic.
Protests erupt across US after Trump's victory
Protests have erupted in cities across the US after former Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was declared the winner of the nation’s presidential election.
Obama: Americans must support Trump
President Obama calls his successor Donald Trump to set up a meeting at the White House.
Republicans remain in control of Congress
Both chambers of the US Congress are projected to remain under Republican control.
The end of a divisive battle: A President Trump
The polarizing US election campaign culminates with a Republican sweep spelling the death of the Democratic dream.
California shooting closes two polling sites
One person is dead and four others injured after an active shooting in the US state of California.
Reactions to US 2016 vote in UK
A UK research firm that correctly predicted the Brexit vote, says the next president of the United States will be Hillary Clinton.
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Apple Open-Sourcing Swift: Server-Side Swift Anyone?
Steve Fox
Apple has gotten notoriously good at delivering a mix of the obvious and the unexpected at their WWDC events, undoubtedly inspired by Steve Jobs’ famous “One More Thing…” style. The unexpected for this year’s WWDC event on Monday, for me at least, was the announcement Apple is open-sourcing Swift. Although I didn’t see it coming, it immediately made sense to me. A thriving AppStore and developer community is key to Apple’s success, so anything that drives adoption of Swift helps that goal.
But what does it really mean? Hard to say just yet. The details are still coming and it will not happen until “later this year”. What they did announce was that at launch, it would contain support for OS X, iOS, and Linux. The Linux support is the interesting one. Obviously you can build apps on OS X and iOS today with Swift. With Linux support, server-side code created with Swift becomes an option. What this means in the long-run is hard to say, but it certainly is an interesting development. Node.js gained quick adoption largely because it meant using the same language (JavaScript) on the front-end browser as the back-end server. With the potential of using Swift on the back-end we have an analogous situation for mobile apps and the back-ends that support them, at least for iOS apps. And if its open-sourced and successful building mobile back-ends, could we potentially even see Swift driving Android apps one day? Maybe even Windows Mobile, built from XCode on a Mac?
What was the punch line to a joke last week, this week is at least within the realm of possibilities. From a software development and language feature perspective, I would be perfectly content to see JavaScript not leap from web-dominance to mobile dominance. JavaScript simply allows for so many simple programming errors to go unnoticed. Errors I have too often seen appear in production systems as performance issues or outright functional issues. A Swift compiler should be able to catch many of those types of issues during the development phase. From a mobile monitoring perspective, I am also intrigued by the idea of tighter integration and correlation possibilities of apps powered by Swift-powered back-end servers, focusing more on the app’s model and user interaction, than the client-server distinctions so prominent in mobile monitoring tools today.
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The successful establishment of a buffer zone around Fort Carson will provide an example for other bases around the country as we seek to protect the training mission of the U.S. military while preserving critical habitats on our ranges.
- Wayne Allard
(Keywords: Successful, Country, Example, Military, Mission, Training, Will, Zone)
Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.
- Anthony Anderson
(Keywords: Opportunity, Actor, Old, Training, Years)
Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
- Barbara de Angelis
(Keywords: Men, Women, Training, Want, Years)
Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life.
- Walter Annenberg
(Keywords: Life, Participation, Play, Training, Will)
Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.
- R. W. Apple, Jr.
(Keywords: War, Conflict, Hollywood, Training, World, World war)
I'm a grown-up now, and I value the training I had.
- Christina Applegate
(Keywords: Now, Training, Value)
We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services.
- Joe Baca
(Keywords: America, Job, Neglect, Training, Workers)
When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much.
- Enid Bagnold
(Keywords: Man, Training, Will, Years)
The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices.
- Franz Beckenbauer
(Keywords: Football, Now, Old, Today, Training, Trouble)
The regular things in my life now - training sessions and playing matches - will all fall away. That will leave a big empty space and it will need to be filled.
- Dennis Bergkamp
(Keywords: Life, Now, Space, Training, Will)
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
- Josh Billings
(Keywords: Adversity, Effect, Fighting, Man, Training, Weight)
Yes, it will go through the disciplines that all puppies go through including house training and puppy walking, then at twelve month old it the training becomes a lot more rigorous which has to be done carefully otherwise you are in danger of stressing the dog.
- David Blunkett
(Keywords: Danger, Old, Training, Walking, Will)
If my training goes well and according to plan I feel that I am capable of a top 8 finish in Athens. It will be a very difficult and technical course which will be to my advantage.
- Jonathan Brown
(Keywords: Athens, Training, Will)
I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
- Inge de Bruijn
(Keywords: Work, Hard work, Training, World)
Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives, through adolescence, and while they are trying to work out who they are as people, never mind as a dancer. So train the whole person, not just the dancer.
- Deborah Bull
(Keywords: Time, Work, People, Adolescence, Mind, Training, Trying)
I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.
- Gerard Butler
(Keywords: Society, Law, President, Training, University, Writer)
Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.
- Samuel Butler
(Keywords: Men, Training, University, World)
We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work.
- David Cameron
(Keywords: Work, People, Advice, Help, Support, Training, Want, Will)
The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.
- Orson Scott Card
(Keywords: Experience, Life, Hope, Explanations, Questioning, Training, Will, Writer)
Quality child care, health insurance coverage, and training make it possible for former welfare recipients to get, and keep, jobs.
- Mel Carnahan
(Keywords: Health, Quality, Care, Jobs, Training, Welfare)
Because you know how you say I've got to really get down and really do some training and then of course, you never do or you do it for a couple of weeks and slough it back off again but I'm being forced to do something that I really want to do and I loved it.
- David Carradine
(Keywords: Being, Training, Want)
I can't think of anything that's as exciting as I'm sure this mission will be, and actually being in space. But, we did some training as a crew together.
- Laurel Clark
(Keywords: Being, Mission, Space, Training, Will)
I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.
- George Clooney
(Keywords: Actor, Drinking, Film, Training, Years)
I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.
- Judy Collins
(Keywords: God, First, Rest, Training, Voice)
When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons.
- Miley Cyrus
(Keywords: Work, Training, Voice)
The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer.
- Marc Davis
(Keywords: Art, First, Old, Summer, Training, Years)
The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing.
- Edsger Dijkstra
(Keywords: Being, Nothing, Students, Training, Will)
The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.
- Larry Dixon
(Keywords: Family, Time, Son, Daughter, First, Training, Words)
My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together.
- Ann Druyan
(Keywords: Science, Knowledge, Being, Training, Years)
At the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.
- Charles Eastman
(Keywords: Age, Father, Training, Years)
No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training.
- Hermann Ebbinghaus
(Keywords: May, Training, Will)
There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.
- R. Lee Ermey
(Keywords: Past, Training, Years)
Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.
(Keywords: Old, Training, Vietnam)
Our students learn more in 30 days than one could learn in 30 years without our training. To really maximize your potential as an umpire, you need to get a solid foundation as soon as you can.
- Jim Evans
(Keywords: Potential, Students, Training, Umpire, Years)
They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.
- Douglas Feith
(Keywords: Intelligence, Training, Weapons)
The Nixon years were trying. They honed my judgment for everything I did later on. The experience also illustrated for me the importance of training young lawyers properly.
- Fred F. Fielding
(Keywords: Experience, Importance, Judgment, Lawyers, Nixon, Training, Trying, Years)
For as Jews, the problem happens to be more urgent and vital than for others; because the destruction of religion on America will involve the destruction also of the religious training of freedom; and with that our civil liberties.
- Louis Finkelstein
(Keywords: Religion, America, Civil liberties, Destruction, Freedom, Religious, Training, Will)
The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals.
- Peggy Fleming
(Keywords: Time, Goals, Thinking, Training, World)
I really would rather have gone to New York, since all my training had been in theater, but I didn't have the guts to go there alone. I knew only one person in New York, and that was a man. What I needed was a woman. That's the way Southern girls thought.
- Louise Fletcher
(Keywords: Thought, Girls, Man, Theater, Training, Woman)
I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that's fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats.
- Jonathan Franzen
(Keywords: Books, Fun, Training, Trying)
I'm playing a very strong character, it's the story of the woman Polish Jews out of the Warsaw ghetto. I've just begun my weapons training and the SAS type training that's getting me fit.
- Sadie Frost
(Keywords: Character, Training, Weapons, Woman)
I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife.
- Haile Gebrselassie
(Keywords: Business, Home, Time, Family, Wife, Kids, Racing, Training, World)
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
- Fay Godwin
(Keywords: Mother, Father, American, Artist, Children, Germany, London, Photography, Schools, Training, World)
In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things.
- Linda M. Godwin
(Keywords: Office, Training, Years)
My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence.
- Daniel Goleman
(Keywords: Education, Intelligence, Hope, Training, Words)
But I plan on dedicating specific training to track this winter for the next racing season.
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar
(Keywords: Racing, Training, Winter)
Some go on to trade schools or get further training for jobs they are interested in. Some go into the arts, some are craftsmen, some take a little time out to travel, and some start their own businesses. But our graduates find and work at what they want to do.
- Daniel Greenberg
(Keywords: Time, Work, Travel, Jobs, Schools, Trade, Training, Want)
The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.
- John Grierson
(Keywords: Corporate, Fact, May, Sensibility, Training, Will, World)
And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Houston for training basically. And I was very happy to be assigned to this mission.
- Umberto Guidoni
(Keywords: Class, Houston, Mission, Training, Years)
Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization.
- Peter Hain
(Keywords: Education, People, Advertising, Party, Support, Training, Will)
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MAVS and MyD88 are essential for innate immunity but not cytotoxic T lymphocyte response against respiratory syncytial virus
Vijay G. Bhoj, Qinmiao Sun, Elizabeth J. Bhoj, Cynthia Somers, Xiang Chen, Juan-Pablo Torres, Asuncion Mejias, Ana M. Gomez, Hasan Jafri, Octavio Ramilo, and Zhijian J. Chen
PNAS September 16, 2008 105 (37) 14046-14051; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0804717105
Vijay G. Bhoj
Qinmiao Sun
Elizabeth J. Bhoj
Cynthia Somers
Xiang Chen
Juan-Pablo Torres
Asuncion Mejias
Ana M. Gomez
Hasan Jafri
Octavio Ramilo
Zhijian J. Chen
For correspondence: zhijian.chen@utsouthwestern.edu
Edited by Thomas Maniatis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and approved July 8, 2008 (received for review May 15, 2008)
Figures & SI
Infection by RNA viruses is detected by the host through Toll-like receptors or RIG-I-like receptors. Toll-like receptors and RIG-I-like receptors signal through the adaptors MyD88 and MAVS, respectively, to induce type I IFNs (IFN-I) and other antiviral molecules, which are thought to be essential for activating the adaptive immune system. We investigated the role of these adaptors in innate and adaptive immune responses against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common human pathogen. Deletion of Mavs abolished the induction of IFN-I and other proinflammatory cytokines by RSV. Genome-wide expression profiling in the lung showed that the vast majority of RSV-induced genes depended on MAVS. Although Myd88 deficiency did not affect most RSV-induced genes, mice lacking both adaptors harbored a higher and more prolonged viral load and exhibited more severe pulmonary disease than those lacking either adaptor alone. Surprisingly, Myd88−/−Mavs−/− mice were able to activate a subset of pulmonary dendritic cells that traffic to the draining lymph node in response to RSV. These mice subsequently mounted a normal cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response and demonstrated delayed but effective viral clearance. These results provide an example of a normal and effective adaptive immune response in the absence of innate immunity mediated by MAVS and MyD88.
Immune detection of pathogens is mediated by pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs), which, in the case of RNA viruses, involve a subset of Toll-like receptors (TLRs 3, 7, and 8) and the cytoplasmic RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs) (1–3). TLR 7/8 binds viral single-stranded RNA in endosomes and engages the cytosolic adaptor MyD88 to activate downstream signaling pathways leading to the activation of NF-κB and interferon regulatory factors (i.e., IRF3, IRF7). The RLRs, including RIG-I and MDA5, bind viral double-stranded RNA or 5′-triphosphorylated uncapped viral RNA in the cytosol (4, 5). Through their common adaptor, MAVS (also known as IPS-1, VISA, or CARDIF), RLRs also activate NF-κB and IRFs (6–9). Together with activated AP-1, NF-κB and IRFs subsequently induce transcription of antiviral genes, including type 1 IFNs (e.g., IFN-α and IFN-β, herein referred to as IFN-I). In addition to IFN-I, proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines are induced downstream of TLR and RLR signaling. It is thought that these innate responses serve to limit the extent of infection until the adaptive immune response is able to clear the virus.
Activation of adaptive B and T cell responses is driven by dendritic cells (DCs) (10). Upon detection of viral infection through PRRs, DCs become activated and traffic to lymph nodes, where they present viral antigens and provide additional signals to activate CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Activated CD4+ T cells can, in turn, activate virus-specific B cells, resulting in antibody production.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) belongs to the Paramyxovirus family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. RSV infection is currently recognized as the leading cause of respiratory disease in infants and young children, and it can also be life threatening in elderly and immune-compromised adults (11–13). There is currently no vaccine available against RSV. A previous failed vaccine attempt underscores the importance of a better understanding of the host response to the virus for the design of safe and effective treatment and prophylaxis (14, 15). In this report, we generated mice lacking Mavs, Myd88, or both (double knockout, DKO) to investigate the roles of RLR and TLR signaling in the innate and adaptive immune responses to RSV.
Innate Cytokine Induction Depends on MAVS-Mediated Signaling.
In the first series of experiments, we studied the cell-specific IFN-I response to RSV. Lung fibroblasts, bone marrow-derived macrophages, and conventional DCs (cDCs) were isolated and infected with RSV. Measurement of IFN-α and -β production by ELISA, shown in Fig. 1 A–E, revealed that IFN-I induction by RSV in all these cell types completely depended on MAVS. Previous studies have suggested that plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) rely on TLR7 and MyD88 to induce IFN-I in response to RNA viruses, whereas other cell types use the RLR-MAVS pathway (16, 17). Although Sendai virus (SeV) infection triggered IFN-I production in purified pDCs, we were unable to detect any IFN-α or -β in these cells after RSV infection [supporting information (SI) Fig. S1A]. Consistent with this result, the induction of IFN-α and -β by RSV depended on MAVS in bone marrow cells treated with the Flt3 ligand, which leads to the generation of pDCs and cDCs (Fig. S1 B and C). In contrast, infection of Flt3L-DCs with SeV triggered IFN-I production in a manner that was independent of MAVS. This is consistent with our previous finding that MAVS is dispensable for IFN-I induction by SeV in pDC, which is the major source of IFN-I in SeV-infected Flt3L-DCs (16).
In vitro and in vivo cytokine responses to RSV infection are lost in the absence of MAVS. Adult lung fibroblasts (A), bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM; B and C), and cDCs (D and E) from WT+/+ and Mavs−/− mice were infected with SeV or RSV for 24 h before culture supernatants were analyzed for IFN-β or -α by ELISA. Data are represented as mean ± SD. (F) Mice of the indicated genotypes were intranasally infected with RSV (107 pfu) for 24 h, and then BALF was harvested for cytokine measurements by ELISA (for IFN-α, IFN-β, and IL-1β) or Cytometric Bead Array (for IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1) (*, P < 0.001; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.05; ANOVA, Tukey's test) (n = 4 per group). n.d., not detected. Data are represented as mean ± SEM.
To examine the role of MAVS and MyD88 in RSV infection in vivo, we infected Mavs−/−, Myd88−/−, and DKO mice with RSV via the intranasal route (Fig. 1F). Consistent with the in vitro results, 1 day after infection, WT mice secreted a large amount of IFN-I, which was detected in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). This response was normal in MyD88-null mice but abolished in mice lacking MAVS. Consistently, MAVS-deficient mice failed to induce and activate STAT1 in the lung after RSV infection, whereas this IFN signaling response was normal when these mice were infected with vesicular stomatitis virus, an RNA virus known to induce IFN-I independent of MAVS (Fig. S2; ref. 16). Other proinflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, TNF-α, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and IL-1β, also depended on MAVS for their expression. Interestingly, maximal production of TNF-α, MCP-1, and IL-1β also required MyD88. At the same time point, day 1, we were unable to detect significant levels of IFN-γ, IL-12, or IL-10 in the BALF (data not shown). Neither IFN-α nor -β was detectable in sera and mediastinal lymph nodes by ELISA or quantitative PCR in mice of any genotype (data not shown). Recently, it has been shown that in response to intranasal Newcastle disease virus infection, IFN-α–producing alveolar macrophages and cDCs could be detected after 24 h in WT mice (18). In MAVS-deficient animals, however, this response was abolished and a compensatory IFN-α response was detected in pDCs at 48 h. However, we found no evidence of IFN-I production 2, 5, 9, or 14 days after RSV infection in Mavs−/− mice (Fig. S3, data not shown), consistent with our in vitro observation that RSV does not induce IFN-I in pDCs.
To evaluate the roles of MyD88- and MAVS-mediated signaling in the global pulmonary innate immune response to RSV, we analyzed lung RNA by microarray 24 h after infection (Fig. 2). Of the 659 genes induced by ≥2-fold in WT mice, 440 (≈66.8%) depended on MAVS but not on MyD88, 12 (≈1.8%) depended on MyD88 but not on MAVS, and 90 (13.7%) depended on both (Fig. S4). The induction of most IFN-related genes was MAVS-dependent and MyD88-independent (Fig. 2A). A similar pattern of dependence was seen for most of the cytokine-, chemokine-, and PRR-related genes (Fig. 2 B–D, Fig. S5). In contrast, optimal expression of TNF-α and IL-1β depended on both adaptors (Fig. 2E). Interestingly, both IL-24 and Cxcl-16 were induced in all RSV-infected groups compared with mock-treated groups. With the exception of these chemokines, innate immune responses were largely absent in Mavs−/− and DKO mice.
Global gene expression analysis of lung RNA after infection with RSV reveals profound defects in mice lacking MAVS. For each genotype, two mice were mock treated and three were inoculated with RSV (107 pfu) for 24 hours before lungs were harvested for total RNA extraction, which was analyzed by microarray. (A–D) Mean relative expression of genes known to be involved in immune responses, including interferon-related (A), chemokine or cytokine receptors (B), cytokines (C), and chemokines (D). (E) Induction of selected genes was confirmed by qPCR. Data are represented as mean ± SEM.
Viral Clearance in the Absence of MAVS and MyD88.
Next, we evaluated viral clearance in these mice by measuring viral loads in the BALF at various times after infection. In WT mice, viral loads peaked on day 5 after infection and reached undetectable levels by day 9 as previously observed in this model (Fig. 3A) (19). Consistent with a previous study, MyD88-deficient mice showed no significant differences in viral clearance compared with WT mice (20). In contrast, viral loads in Mavs−/− mice were ≈100 times higher than those in the WT mice on days 1 and 5 after infection. Surprisingly, despite the absence of IFN-I and other antiviral molecules, these mice were able to clear the virus to undetectable levels by day 9. The DKO mice showed no significant difference in viral loads compared with the Mavs−/− group 1 day after infection, suggesting the importance of MAVS- but not MyD88-mediated viral clearance in the early phase of infection. This is consistent with the lack of a pDC response, which would otherwise be the major source of early TLR-dependent antiviral interferons. As the infection progressed, however, DKO mice harbored significantly higher viral loads compared with all other genotypes. Remarkably, DKO mice were also able to clear the infection by day 28 (Fig. 3B).
Mavs−/− and DKO mice are able to clear RSV and resolve pulmonary disease. (A and B) WT, Myd88−/−, Mavs−/−, and Myd88−/−Mavs−/− (DKO) mice were infected with RSV (107 pfu) and BALF was harvested at the indicated times to measure viral loads by plaque assay. (A: *, mavs−/− vs. myd88−/−, P < 0.001; **, mavs−/− vs. DKO and mavs−/− vs. myd88−/−, P < 0.001; B: *, mavs−/− vs. DKO and mavs−/− vs. myd88−/−, P < 0.01; ANOVA) (n = 3–5). (C) Lungs from infected mice and mock controls were analyzed by immunohistochemistry using a polyclonal anti-RSV antibody. (D) Mice infected with RSV were assessed by whole-body plethysmography to measure airway obstruction (*, P < 0.0001; **, P < 0.03; ***, P < 0.04; ANOVA). n.d., not detected; Penh, enhanced pause. Data are represented as mean ± SEM.
Consistent with unrestricted viral replication in Mavs−/− and DKO mice in the early phase of RSV infection, immunohistochemical staining with RSV antibodies in the lungs of these mice showed evidence of infection of ciliated respiratory epithelium lining the bronchioles and bronchi on days 1 and 5 after infection (Fig. 3C). This staining was undetectable by day 14. Histological examination of lungs of infected mice revealed no striking differences on day 1 (Fig. S6A). On day 5, the inflammation seen in DKO mice appeared in patches compared with the diffuse inflammation in the other three genotypes. At this time point, there was no gross difference in the composition of the cellular infiltrate among all groups. However, few multinucleated syncytial cells were observed in the bronchioles of DKO mice (Fig. S6B). On day 14, inflammation had largely subsided in WT and Myd88−/− mice but remained in the other two groups. Although Mavs−/− mice had some chronic inflammation at this stage, DKO mice exhibited patchy acute pneumonia, numerous syncytial cells, and reactive bronchial epithelium (Fig. S6C). By day 28, inflammation was significantly reduced and comparable in all genotypes (Fig. S6D).
MAVS or MyD88 Deficiency Alleviates only the Initial Phase of Pulmonary Disease, and All Mice Eventually Recover.
Next, we evaluated the roles of MAVS and MyD88 signaling in the pulmonary function of mice by plethysmography (Fig. 3D). One day after infection, only WT mice exhibited pulmonary dysfunction, possibly attributable to inflammatory cytokine responses that cause airway obstruction (P < 0.0001). We also consistently noted that only WT mice had ruffled hair and were less active than other genotypes on day 1. This is consistent with cytokine measurements, which showed that mice lacking MAVS, MyD88, or both had markedly reduced levels of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β (Figs. 1 and 2). Between days 2 and 10, all groups developed increased airway obstruction compared with their baseline function. Whereas the WT, Mavs−/−, and Myd88−/− mice returned to normal function around day 10, the DKO mice experienced slightly prolonged pulmonary dysfunction but eventually also returned to normal lung function (Fig. 3D; day 12, P = 0.03; day 14, P = 0.04).
Antibody Production Is Defective in the Absence of MAVS or MyD88.
The surprising ability of Mavs−/− and DKO mice to clear RSV led us to examine anti-RSV adaptive immune responses in these mice. Serum anti-RSV antibody responses, including the production of both IgG1 and IgG2a, were significantly attenuated in mice lacking either MAVS or MyD88 and were reduced even further in the DKO mice (Fig. 4A). These results suggest that both MAVS and MyD88 play an important role in the generation of anti-RSV antibodies in the adaptive phase of the antiviral response. This is in contrast to antibody production in response to influenza, which is MyD88 dependent and MAVS independent (21). However, depletion of B cells, followed by RSV infection, has suggested that the antibody response is unlikely to be a major mediator of primary RSV clearance (22).
Adaptive immune responses in mice lacking Mavs and Myd88. (A) RSV-specific antibody subtypes, IgG, IgG1, and IgG2a, were measured by ELISA using sera taken on the indicated day after RSV infection (IgG; *, WT vs. Myd88−/−; P < 0.01, Myd88−/− vs. DKO, P < 0.05; ** and ***, WT vs. Myd88−/−, P < 0.001) (IgG1; *, Mavs−/− vs. DKO, P < 0.01; ** and ***, WT vs. Myd88−/− and Myd88−/− vs. DKO, P < 0.05) (IgG2a; *, WT vs. Myd88−/− and Mavs−/− vs. DKO, P < 0.01; **, WT vs. Mavs−/−, P < 0.001; ***, WT vs. Myd88−/−, P < 0.001) (ANOVA, Tukey's test) (n = 7–10 per group). (B) Mice were mock-infected or infected with RSV for 8 days before lung cells were harvested for stimulation with an RSV- or SeV (control)-derived peptide. Six hours after stimulation, intracellular IFN-γ levels in CD3+CD8+ cells were measured by FACS. The percentage of IFN-γ+CD3+CD8+ cells in RSV-peptide treated cultures minus that from SeV-peptide cultures is plotted for each genotype (P = 0.35; ANOVA) (n = 5 per group). (C) Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid IFN-γ was measured in WT and DKO mice at the indicated times after RSV infection (n = 3 per group). (D) Lung cells (effectors) from day 8 RSV- or mock-infected mice were incubated with EL4 target cells loaded with a peptide (RSV peptide or SeV control peptide). The target cells were differentially labeled with CFSE and incubated with the effector cells at the indicated effector:target (E:T) ratios for 4 hours. Cells were then analyzed by flow- cytometry and the specific killing of RSV peptide-loaded targets was calculated (n = 3 per group). (E) Mice were either depleted of CD8+ T cells (with antibody 2.43) or mock depleted (IgG) and infected with RSV. BALF was extracted on day 8 and IFN-γ was measured by ELISA (n = 3 per group). (F) BALF viral titers were measured for mice described in E. Data are represented as mean ± SEM.
Normal CD8+ T Cell Response in the Absence of MAVS and MyD88.
Next, we examined the activation of the CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response in the lungs of mice after intranasal infection of RSV. Eight days after infection, lung cells were stimulated in vitro with an RSV-derived peptide previously identified as a CD8+ T cell stimulating epitope or with a control SeV-derived peptide, both of which bind H2-Db (23). The percentage of IFN-γ– producing CD8+ pulmonary T cells was quantified by FACS (Fig. 4B and Fig. S7). Unexpectedly, RSV-specific CD8+ T cell activation was similar in Myd88−/− and Mavs−/− mice compared with WT counterparts. Even the DKO mice were clearly able to activate CD8+ T cells in response to RSV, although the responses were slightly but not significantly lower (P = 0.35). In fact, measurement of IFN-γ in the BALF of WT and DKO mice at various times after infection revealed that DKO mice produced this cytokine more robustly than WT counterparts (Fig. 4C). In WT mice, IFN-γ peaked on day 6 after RSV infection and was undetectable by day 10. In DKO mice, however, IFN-γ peaked on day 8 at a higher level than in WT mice, suggesting that the higher viral load in DKO mice led to a corresponding increase in IFN-γ production. Additionally, analysis of CD8+ T cell cytolytic activity showed that, compared with cells from mock-treated animals, lung cells from RSV-infected mice of all genotypes demonstrated increased ability to specifically kill target cells loaded with the MHC-I–binding RSV epitope (Fig. 4D). Furthermore, depletion of CD8+ T cells in conjunction with RSV infection firmly established a role for these cells. Analysis of BALF 8 days after infection revealed that production of IFN-γ was intact in all mice treated with control IgG but absent in mice depleted of CD8+ T cells, pointing to these cells as the likely source of the cytokine (Fig. 4E). Finally, measurement of viral titers in Mavs−/− and DKO mice showed much higher levels of virus when CD8+ T cells were depleted (Fig. 4F). In contrast, depletion of CD8 T cells did not increase the viral titers in WT and Myd88−/− mice, presumably because these mice still had an intact MAVS pathway to clear the virus. Together, these data clearly show that CTL activation was intact and effective in DKO mice.
Subset of Pulmonary DCs Is Activated in Mavs−/− and DKO Mice.
To investigate how Mavs−/− and DKO mice mount a largely normal CTL response in the absence of innate IFNs and cytokines known to be important for activating adaptive immunity, we examined the activation of DCs. We first measured up-regulation of CD86 in CD11c+ GM-CSF-derived bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) in response to RSV and SeV infection in vitro. CD86 up-regulation was observed in WT and Myd88−/− DCs but not in Mavs−/− and DKO DCs (Fig. S8), suggesting a complete dependence on MAVS-mediated signaling. As a control, LPS-induced CD86 surface expression was observed in DCs of all genotypes.
Because the RSV-induced response in these cultured DCs did not explain intact CD8+ T cell activation in mice lacking MAVS, we examined in vivo activation of pulmonary cDCs, which were identified as CD11c+, CD2−, and F4/80− cells (18). Both WT and MyD88-deficient CD11c+ DCs up-regulated surface levels of CD86 (Fig. 5A) and CD80 (data not shown) after RSV infection compared with mock-infected mice. In both MAVS-deficient and DKO mice, up-regulation of these molecules was drastically reduced. However, a small percentage of the pulmonary DCs in these mice consistently up-regulated these molecules, indicating their activation. In contrast, CD86 up-regulation was completely MAVS-dependent in CD11c+CD2+F4/80+ alveolar macrophages of the same mice (Fig. 5A).
A subset of pulmonary DCs is activated by RSV in mice lacking Mavs. (A) Mice of the indicated genotypes were infected with RSV or mock treated for 24 hours before CD86 levels were assessed on pulmonary DCs and alveolar macrophages by flow cytometry. Shaded histograms represent isotype-control antibody staining, blue histograms represent DCs from mock-infected mice and red histograms represent RSV infected mice. (B) Mediastinal lymph nodes (MLNs) were taken from mice described in A and surface expression of CD86 was assessed on dendritic cells by flow cytometry. Representative mice are shown for each genotype (n = 3 per group).
After activation, antigen-loaded DCs traffic from their peripheral tissue location to draining lymph nodes, where they activate T cells. Therefore, we examined the phenotype of DCs in the mediastinal lymph nodes draining the lung (Fig. 5B). Upon RSV infection, the majority of lymph node DCs in WT and Myd88−/− mice were CD86high compared with DCs in mock-treated mice. Consistent with the notion that the subset of pulmonary DCs activated in the absence of MAVS may subsequently traffic to the lymph node, we found a significant percentage of CD86high DCs in the lymph nodes of Mavs−/− and DKO mice. This subset of DCs may be responsible for the effective activation of RSV-specific CTLs in the absence of innate immunity mediated by MAVS and MyD88.
We have provided both in vivo and in vitro evidence that MAVS is essential for the production of IFN-I and inflammatory cytokines in response to RSV infection. Global gene expression profiling further demonstrated that MAVS is required for RSV-induced production of the vast majority of antiviral molecules. In contrast to MAVS, MyD88 is dispensable for the induction of IFN-I and the majority of antiviral cytokines, with a few exceptions such as TNF-α, IL-1β, and MCP-1. The defective production of these molecules in all of the mutant mice may reflect the complex regulation unique to these potent inflammatory mediators. Notably, Il-24 and cxcl-16 were induced independently of MAVS and MyD88. Whether these cytokines play any role in the immune response to RSV requires further study.
It has recently been shown that systemic infection with the RNA virus, LCMV, results in IFN-I, inflammatory cytokine and chemokine production in a MyD88-dependent but largely MAVS-independent manner (24). Using an intranasal mode of infection, the same group found that influenza virus-induced IFN-I is defective only in mice lacking both MAVS and MyD88 (21). Further, pulmonary NDV infection indicated that mice lacking either MAVS or MyD88 are still capable of producing IFN-α (18). These results indicate that the requirement of MAVS and MyD88 for innate cytokine responses depends on the pathogen and on the route of infection. Our data suggest that RSV solely relies on the RLR-MAVS pathway for IFN-I induction in vivo. Further, we find no evidence of compensatory MyD88-mediated IFN-I production, which is consistent with recent data on the lack of IFN production by pDCs in response to RSV infection (25) but inconsistent with other reports suggesting IFN-I induction in these cells by RSV (26, 27). Our observation that RSV-infected Myd88−/− mice induce normal levels of IFN-I suggests that in this model, pDCs do not produce these cytokines because they are expected to use TLR7, which requires MyD88 for signaling. The reason for these seemingly conflicting results is unclear but may be partially explained by differences in virus strain or cell depletion methods.
Despite such a drastically defective cytokine response and the fact that Mavs−/− mice harbored higher viral loads shortly after RSV infection, these mice still cleared the virus effectively by activating a normal CTL response. Antibody-mediated depletion of CD8+ T cells significantly prolonged RSV replication, confirming their appropriate activation and demonstrating the important role of these cells in controlling the virus. Although deletion of Myd88 alone had no effect on RSV loads, mice lacking both adaptors had higher and more prolonged viral loads than those lacking either one alone, suggesting that in the absence of MAVS, MyD88 signaling contributed to antiviral immunity through a mechanism independent of IFN-I induction. Remarkably, even the DKO mice were able to activate CD8+ T cells and clear the virus effectively.
It is surprising that CD8+ T cell activation is normal in the absence of MAVS, because it is widely believed that IFNs and cytokines produced during innate antiviral responses are required for activating adaptive immunity, including cross-priming (28, 29). A possible answer to this conundrum is our finding that a subset of pulmonary DCs is activated by RSV in the lung and then migrates to the mediastinal lymph nodes in the absence of MAVS and MyD88. It is possible that this subset of DCs may be responsible for the cross-priming of CD8+ T cells in a manner that depends on TLR3 and Trif (30). We have assessed the expression of several surface markers, including CD8α, CD4, CD11b, B220, mPDCA1, and GR-1, on the pulmonary DCs and found that none are specifically enriched or lower in the activated subset in the WT mice or in those lacking MAVS or MyD88. Therefore, it is still not clear what makes this subset of DCs unique in getting activated by RSV in the absence of MAVS and MyD88. Further characterization of this DC subset should provide important insights into the regulation of T cell responses to RSV and possibly other pathogens.
Our results highlight the sophistication of the host's antiviral defense mechanisms and provide an example of an effective adaptive immune response in the absence of known innate immune mediators. Our results also have important implications for the development of RSV therapeutics and vaccines, as a significant contributor of RSV disease is an inappropriate CD8+ T cell response. Indeed, antibody-mediated depletion of CD8+ T cells alleviates disease progression in RSV-infected mice (22, 31). Because MAVS is required for optimal anti-RSV antibody production but not for a CD8+ T cell response, agents that activate the RLR-MAVS pathway may serve as important adjuvants in future RSV vaccines and therapeutics.
The generation of Mavs−/− mice has been described in ref. 16. Briefly, Mavs−/− mice were made by homologous recombination with a targeting vector in 129/Sv ES cells, which were then injected into C57BL/6 blastocysts to create chimeric mice. Myd88+/− mice, which had been back-crossed to the C57BL/6 background, were kindly provided by Shizuo Akira (Osaka University). To obtain mice lacking mavs, myd88, or both (DKO), mavs+/− and myd88+/− mice were bred with each other, and the resulting progeny with appropriate genotypes were used in the experiments. All mice described in this report were engineered and housed in animal facilities at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and the experimental protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
In Vivo Infection.
Mice were anesthetized with inhaled isoflurane before intranasal inoculation with 107 pfu of live RSV in 100 μl of Eagle Minimal Essential Medium supplemented with l-glutamine, Hepes, penicillin, streptomycin, and 10% FBS. Control animals were sham-inoculated with 100 μl of cell-culture media (19).
CD8+ T Cell Analyses.
For IFN-γ production, lung cells were incubated in complete media with either an SeV-derived peptide (FAPGNYPAL) or an RSV-derived peptide (NAITNAKII) (23) (10 μg/ml) and brefeldin A (10 μg/ml; Sigma) for 6 h. Cells were then incubated with antibodies against CD3 and CD8, followed by fixation, permeabilization, and staining for IFN-γ using the Becton Dickinson fix/perm reagent according to the manufacturer's instructions. Samples were run on a Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur and analyzed using FlowJo 8.3 (Tree Star, Inc.). Cytotoxicity assays were performed as described (23). EL4 targets were incubated with either RSV- or SeV-dervived peptides (10 μg/ml) overnight. Respiratory syncytial virus peptide-loaded targets were then labeled with 5 μM carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE) and control targets with 0.5 μM CFSE before mixing them at a 1:1 ratio. Mixed targets were then incubated at the indicated effector/target (E/T) ratios with lung cells from mice infected with RSV for 8 days. Cells were incubated at 37°C for 4 h and then were analyzed by flow cytometry. Percent specific lysis was calculated as 100 − (100 × Percent CFSEhigh [at E/T of 2 or 20)/Percent CFSEhigh [at 0:1]).
More information on materials and methods, including statistical analyses, can be found in SI Text.
We thank Dr. Nitin Karandikar, James Forman, and John Schatzle for much invaluable advice. We thank Dr. Nitin Karandikar (University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas) for the 2.43 hybridoma and Dr. Lijun Sun (University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas) for help with antibody purification. This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (Grant AI-09919) and the Welch Foundation. V.G.B. was supported in part by a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases training grant (Grant 5T32 AI005284–30). Z.J.C. is a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigator of Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
¶To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: zhijian.chen{at}utsouthwestern.edu
Author contributions: V.G.B., O.R., and Z.J.C. designed research; V.G.B., Q.S., E.J.B., and X.C. performed research; Q.S., C.S., J.-P.T., A.M., A.M.G., and H.J. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; V.G.B., A.M.G., O.R., and Z.J.C. analyzed data; and V.G.B. and Z.J.C. wrote the paper.
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Christopher Logue
Christopher Logue (1926 - 2011) spent over forty years working on his contemporary version of Homer's Iliad. Begun in 1959 the project expanded into five full-length collections, known collectively as War Music.
A miner’s son from Nottingham, Lawrence was a prolific writer of short stories, essays, poems and novels before his death at the age of forty‑four in 1930.
Dennis Lee
Dennis Lee (b. 1939) has written more than thirty books of poetry for adults and children and been awarded many prizes for his writing.
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Hannah Lowe
‘Every now and again there arrives at a poetry magazine a poem that clearly announces a new voice… with something to say, and in brilliant command of the means of saying it’, said The Rialto editor Michael Mackim of reading Hannah Lowe’s
James Lasdun
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Melissa Lee-Houghton
Fearless, naked and knowing, Melissa Lee-Houghton’s poems square up to the wildest reaches of our emotional lives. Hers is a poetry of excess, of the beautiful mess and complex depths of life as it is variously lived.
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RF Langley
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Robert Lowell
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Illustration by Ben Fearnley
How Everything Became the Culture War
America’s petty tribal arguments are now driving the bus on serious policy. Here’s why we should worry.
By MICHAEL GRUNWALD
Michael Grunwald is a senior staff writer for Politico Magazine.
To understand how American politics got the way it is today, it helps to rewind the tape to the presidential campaign of John McCain—specifically to his effort to win back a listless crowd at an otherwise forgettable campaign event in south-central Pennsylvania in the summer of 2008. The Republican nominee had opened by promising a country-over-party approach to politics, recalling his compromises with Democrats like Ted Kennedy: “We’ll have our disagreements, but we’ve got to be respectful.” The Republican crowd sat in silence. McCain then denounced Vladimir Putin’s incursion into independent Georgia, warning that “history is often made in remote, obscure places.” No one seemed interested in that particular remote and obscure place.
McCain just couldn’t connect with the crowd, until he unleashed a garbled riff about how Congress shouldn’t be on recess when gasoline prices were soaring. “My friends,” he said, “the message we want to send to Washington, D.C. is: ‘Come back off your vacation, go back to Washington, fix our energy problems, and drill and drill now, drill offshore and drill now!’” It lacked the poetic brevity of the “Drill, baby, drill” line his future running mate, Sarah Palin, would use to fire up crowds, but the York Expo Center suddenly erupted with raucous cheers. It felt visceral, almost violent, as if McCain had given his supporters permission to drill someone they hated. McCain flashed an uneasy grin, like a kid who had just set off his first firecracker, delighted but also a bit frightened by its power. He wasn’t really a drill-baby-drill politician, but he could sense his party drifting toward drill-baby-drill politics.
The Republicans clamoring for drilling that day in Pennsylvania weren’t reacting to the science of global warming or the economics of petroleum or the geopolitics of energy policy. They loved the idea of drilling now, and drilling everywhere, because their political enemies hated it. They were enjoying the primal experience of owning the libs, lashing out at the smug Democratic hippies who wanted to take away their SUVs and guns and Big Gulps. Oil exploration is a complex issue, but in the arena it was just another blunt-force weapon in a simple culture war.
A decade later, McCain is dead, bipartisanship is just about dead—his funeral felt like the rare exception that proved the rule—and the leader of the Republican Party is a world-class polarizer who mocked McCain’s service while cozying up to Putin on his way to the White House. President Donald Trump has pioneered a new politics of perpetual culture war, relentlessly rallying his supporters against kneeling black athletes, undocumented Latino immigrants and soft-on-crime, weak-on-the-border Democrats. He reverses the traditional relationship between politics and governance, weaponizing policy to mobilize his base rather than mobilizing his base to change policy. And in the Trump era, just about every policy issue is a wedge issue, not only traditional us-against-them social litmus tests like abortion, guns, feminism and affirmative action, or even just the president’s pet issues of immigration and trade, which he has wielded as cultural cudgels to portray Americans as victims of foreign exploiters. These days, even climate change, infrastructure policy and other domestic issues normally associated with wonky panels at Washington think tanks have been repackaged into cultural-resentment fodder.
At a time when Blue and Red America have split into two warring tribes inhabiting two separate realities, and “debate” has been redefined to evoke split-screen cable-news screamfests, this ferocious politicization of everything might seem obvious and unavoidable. But it’s also dangerous. It’s as if the rowdy cultural slap-fight the kids were having in the back seat has moved into the front, threatening to swerve the national car off the road. Transforming difficult analytical questions into knee-jerk emotional battlegrounds will dramatically increase the danger that thoughtless short-term choices will throw off our long-term national trajectory. And even beyond the impact on the quality of our public policy decisions, the ferocious politicization of everything is not healthy for the American body politic, which is why a Russian troll farm used fake social media accounts to gin up protests and counterprotests about hot-button issues like police shootings and Trump’s border wall. Our foreign adversaries like it when we yell at one another.
Honestly, though, we don’t need much prodding. Democrats and Republicans are increasingly self-segregated and mutually disdainful, each camp deploying the furious language of victimhood to justify its fear and loathing of the gullible deplorables in the other. One side boycotts Chick-fil-A (over gay rights), Walmart (over sweatshops) and companies that do business with the National Rifle Association, while the other boycotts Nike (over Colin Kaepernick), Starbucks (over refugees, gay marriage and non-Christmas-specific holiday cups) and companies that stop doing business with the NRA. We live in an era of performative umbrage. Every day is Festivus, a ritual airing of our grievances about Kathy Griffin, Roseanne Barr, fake news, toxic masculinity and those fancy coffee machines that Sean Hannity’s viewers decided to destroy for some reason. Every decision about where to shop or what to drive or what to watch is now an opportunity to express our political identities. The 24-hour news cycle has become a never-ending national referendum on Trump.
Politically, it makes sense that debates over highly technical challenges like energy and climate change have been transformed into shirts-and-skins identity issues. Ron DeSantis, the Trump-loving Republican former congressman running for governor of Florida, recently proclaimed that he’s “not in the pews of the Church of Global Warming Leftists,” a very 2018 way of expressing opposition to carbon regulations, renewable energy subsidies and other forms of climate action. He wasn’t disputing that the planet is getting hotter, or questioning the scientific data on the dangers of fossil fuels. He was clarifying which team he’s on, and more specifically which team he isn’t on, the team of tree-hugging scolds who look down on ordinary Americans for eating bacon and using plastic straws. You can see that sentiment expressed in less genteel ways if you search YouTube for “rolling coal,” where pollution-porn videos flaunt diesel trucks (sometimes dubbed “Prius repellents”) retrofitted to spew thick clouds of black smoke into the air, the transportation version of a middle finger to the opposing tribe. And there’s no denying that the opposing tribe of conspicuous composters and recyclers and Tesla drivers have their own identitarian rituals that pointedly broadcast their wokeness.
But while DeSantis may win points with his base by distancing himself from the Church of Global Warming Leftists, just as Trump does by dismissing global warming as a hoax manufactured in China, global warming is real, no matter who belongs to its church. Greenhouse gases don’t care whether they’re a wedge issue. Culture-war politics are often a crutch, a look-at-the-shiny-ball distraction, an easy way to shift complicated policy debates from inconvenient facts to emotion and identity.
As long as America keeps sorting itself into two factions divided by geography, ethnicity and ideology, pitting a multiracial team of progressives who live in cities and inner-ring suburbs against a white team of conservatives who live in exurbs and rural areas, this is what debates about public policy—or for that matter about the FBI, the dictator of North Korea and the credibility of various sexual assault allegations—will look like. We will twist the facts into our partisan narratives. The self-inflicted wounds will infect more and more of our lives. And if you want something else to worry about, consider where it might be spreading next.
Politics has always been adversarial. Traditionally, though, we’ve had a fairly robust national consensus about a fairly broad set of goals—a strong defense, a decent safety net, freedom from excessive government interference—even though we’ve squabbled over how to achieve them. What’s different about drill-baby-drill politics is the transformation of even nonpartisan issues into mad-as-hell battles of the bases, which makes it virtually impossible for politicians to solve problems in a two-party system. Cooperation and compromise start to look like capitulation, or even treasonous collusion with the enemy.
Take infrastructure spending, which was once reasonably uncontroversial, at least in principle. Today, many conservatives portray it as a liberal plot to siphon rural tax dollars into urban bike paths, subways, and high-speed rail boondoggles that unions will build and Democratic city slickers will use. The Trump administration actually changed the rules of the most prominent grant program for local transportation projects so that it explicitly favors rural projects, infuriating liberals who now see it as a slush fund for sprawl roads to nowhere serving out-in-the-boonies Trump voters. The war over Obamacare has a similar mine-versus-yours feel; many Republicans see it as a scheme to redistribute tax dollars (and the hard-earned Medicare benefits of older Americans) to lazy and entitled Barack Obama voters, while Democrats see the intense opposition to universal health care as generational warfare on behalf of the aging white GOP base.
There’s no denying that the opposing tribe of conspicuous composters and recyclers and Tesla drivers have their own identitarian rituals that pointedly broadcast their wokeness.
Trump has never shown much interest in the details of policy, but he does understand how to use the levers of government to reward his allies and punish his enemies. He froze the pay of federal employees, a key Democratic constituency, while approving a $12 billion bailout for farmers, who, like other industries, have taken a hit from his trade wars, but, unlike other industries, tend to vote as a Republican bloc. Trump’s tax bill hammered blue states by reining in deductions for state and local taxes, while his energy policies have provided relief to red states that rely heavily on fossil fuels. His administration has picked fights with California, the epicenter of coastal-elite Blue America, over fuel-efficiency standards, net neutrality and water policy.
Policy skirmishes tend to metastasize into cultural battles when they involve identity issues, and after spending time on the campaign trail recently, I got the sense the next big Republican culture war will be a war on college. For generations, the notion of higher education as a ladder of opportunity for everyone has been an anodyne nonpartisan talking point, even if Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the appropriate levels of federal funding and regulation. But Republican attitudes are changing. In Ohio, I heard them talk about taxpayer-funded school bureaucrats who trick kids into believing that expensive and often useless liberal-indoctrination universities are the only way to get ahead in life; siphoning students away from vocational programs that could prepare them for well-paying jobs.
It’s probably not a coincidence that this shift is happening at a time when college-educated voters are trending Democratic and noncollege whites have been Trump’s most reliable constituency. Policies that hurt colleges, like policies that hurt cities, are policies that hurt Democrats. To listen to pols talk about college these days is to watch a wedge issue in its embryonic stage, as substantive questions about the cost and relevance of higher ed, the burdens of student debt, the adequacy of worker training and the power of political correctness on campus start to morph into red-meat attacks on pointy-headed elitists who look down on ironworkers and brainwash America’s youth. Republicans are starting to fit the Democratic push for universal free college into their larger critique of the Democratic urge to hand out free stuff to Democratic voters. And they’re portraying a liberal arts education as a culturally liberal thing, like kale or Kwanzaa or reusable shopping bags.
I saw a soft-edged version of this anti-college theme at a manufacturing roundtable that Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, the Republican candidate for governor, held in September in Youngstown. DeWine listened for an hour as a group of executives complained how teenagers are constantly told they need college degrees to get ahead in life, how students who might flourish in programs to prepare them for factory jobs are steered into mainstream classes they hate. DeWine perked up when the director of a local career center said that only 12 percent of students who pursue four-year degrees end up earning enough to pay off their loans and that many never learn about other options. “The goal should be exposing kids to more things, not forcing them into anything,” DeWine interjected.
It was an earnest policy discussion—the mild-mannered DeWine is not very Trump-like—and the main policy takeaway seemed to be a positive call for better vocational options. It reminded me of Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s argument during the 2016 campaign that America needed fewer philosophers and more welders. This is a debatable point, and Rubio himself recently changed his mind about it after reading the Stoics; he now believes America needs philosophers, too. There’s voluminous evidence that post-secondary degrees lead to higher incomes and better life outcomes, despite the popular narratives about art history majors moving back home with their parents, and it’s a good bet Rubio and the executives at DeWine’s roundtable want their own kids to go to leafy colleges with decent literature departments. Nevertheless, the focus on how to produce more welders is a legitimate policy concern, based on a serious assessment of a gap between what American students learn and what employers want them to learn.
The Widening Gap
Democrats’ and Republicans’ opinions on policy-related issues have grown further apart.
Percentage of Democrats and Republicans who answered that immigration was, on the whole, a good thing for the country at that time.
Percentage of Democrats and Republicans who answered that they worried about global warming “a great deal” or “a fair amount.”
Percentage of Democrats and Republicans who answered that, yes, it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have health care coverage.
Source: Gallup
A few days later, at a campaign event hosted by Ohio Congressman Jim Renacci, who is running for Senate on a much Trumpier platform than DeWine’s, I saw hints of a less substantive campaign against higher education. It was more reminiscent of Governor Scott Walker’s red-meat attacks on the University of Wisconsin as an ivory-tower bastion of left-wing professors ripping off hardworking taxpayers. The underlying theme was that liberal elites have rigged the system to funnel Americans into colleges that look down on the kind of white working-class families who supported Trump. Speaking to a group of staunch Republicans at a northeast Ohio soybean farm, Renacci told a story about an opioid addict he met who fell in with a bad crowd because an uncaring taxpayer-financed educational establishment told him college was the only plausible path to success. Renacci said the addict plaintively told him: “I didn’t want to learn trigonometry.”
“We need to stop pushing everyone into college,” Renacci said. “Let’s get this stigma off our backs: You can live the American dream without college.”
Renacci’s event was supposed to be about trade, but none of the local farmers expressed any concern about the beating they’re taking from Trump’s trade war. What they expressed concern about was illegal immigrants who commit crimes and demand handouts; the deep state; Democrats who want to steal from Medicare to fund Obamacare; and Antifa thugs. Even though their party controls Washington and Columbus, they believe they’re under siege; one 60-something farmer told me he’s afraid to speak out because “radical Democrats will burn your house down.” When I said that seemed unlikely in the rural expanses of Ashtabula County, he said I should check out the angry leftist millennials he’s seen when he’s visited the Ohio State campus, “wearing boots and backpacks and shouting stupid slogans.” I asked him whether he supports government spending on higher education for those millennials, and he shot back: “I’ll tell you what I don’t support: free college for illegals and higher taxes for me.”
There are real policy debates to be had over higher education, and they’re important. U.S. universities aren’t blameless: They’ve jacked up their tuition costs much faster than inflation, overpopulated their faculties with liberals, failed to hold themselves accountable for the employment outcomes of their students and policed speech to the point that they look more concerned with stamping out “micro-aggressions” than promoting free inquiry. At the same time, a lot of work has been done to try to make colleges, especially community colleges, more relevant to the job market; DeWine’s roundtable event highlighted a model partnership between local educators and manufacturers. The Obama administration also established tough new rules limiting federal dollars to institutions that don’t move students into gainful employment. Ironically, the Trump administration is trying to roll back those rules, as well as others providing relief to students defrauded by Trump University-style for-profit diploma mills.
What they expressed concern about was illegal immigrants who commit crimes and demand handouts; the deep state; Democrats who want to steal from Medicare to fund Obamacare; and Antifa thugs.
But modern politics isn’t about these nuances of policy substance. It isn’t evidence-based. The debate over immigration isn’t really about measured wage effects or growth effects; it’s about whether a diverse America is the “real” one, and whether nonwhite newcomers make the country great. The Trump fans who came to see Renacci in Ashtabula County didn’t care any more about the details of higher education studies than they cared about the details of Paul Manafort’s guilty plea or our trade deficit with Canada. (It’s actually a surplus, a fact that will change approximately zero minds about Trump’s trade rhetoric.) The signal of substance breaks through the noise of politics so rarely that the noise has become the signal.
Nevertheless, substance does end up affecting people’s lives. Our higher education system is still one of America’s most valuable competitive assets, and breaking it in a fit of cultural fury would be the national equivalent of choking on diesel smoke to own the libs. Meanwhile, polls show that Americans, and particularly Republicans, are already increasingly suspicious that four-year colleges are really worth the money. That could affect their future choices and limit their own children’s options, all because “college” now feels like the other team.
Donald Trump was not the first Republican president to exploit America’s divisions. Think of Richard Nixon rallying his “silent majority” against bra-burning, free-loving, acid-dropping hippies, or even George H.W. Bush running against flag-burning and Willie Horton. And Trump didn’t create the so-called Big Sort of Americans into two ideologically polarized, geographically and racially segregated, mutually suspicious partisan camps. The rift between the mostly white camp of gun-owning, evangelical-church-going Fox News watchers who live relatively spread out and the more diverse camp of Whole Foods-shopping, funky-cafe-going NPR listeners who live closer together has been widening for decades.
Trump may be America’s leading culture warrior, but a war requires two armies. The frequent journalistic safaris into the right side of America’s divide tend to focus on the unwavering faith that Trump supporters have in Trump, but polls suggest the left side is just as prone to motivated reasoning about politics, and perhaps even more consumed by anger over politics. In a Pew Research Center survey, 47 percent of liberal Democrats said that if a friend supported Trump, it would put a strain on their friendship, and 68 percent of all Democrats said it’s “stressful and frustrating” to talk to Trump supporters. Andrew Gillum, the Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, had to fire his youth outreach director for posing for an Instagram post while wearing a shirt featuring the 2016 electoral map, with blue states labeled “United States of America” and Trump states labeled “Dumbfuckistan.” It was a perfect manufactured-outrage episode for our time—needless to say, similar shirts on which the blue states are labeled Dumbfuckistan are available for purchase—but it did reflect a common Democratic disdain for Republican rubes in the provinces.
So the culture war is not all about Trump. But Trump has a destructive genius for exploiting the culture war, exploding Washington’s norms of decorum and euphemism to trash his adversaries and torture the truth, portraying Puerto Ricans as ungrateful, immigrants as dangerous and Democrats as un-American. You’re with him or you’re with the terrorists. And the rest of Washington, which was already uncelebrated for civility, has followed him into perennial attack mode, to the point that even Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh bellowed partisan conspiracy theories during his confirmation hearing.
Trump’s entire Make America Great Again theme was always a cultural call to arms, deeply rooted in nostalgia for the supposedly good old days of the 1950s, before the messy disruptions of Black Lives Matter or #MeToo, before the steel industry had to worry about global competition or the coal industry faced limits on pollution. And since he’s abandoned his populist promises to crack down on Wall Street, build $1 trillion worth of infrastructure projects and get every American good health care, he’s doubling down on his racial and cultural messaging to his white working-class supporters, betting his attacks on the intelligence of LeBron James and CNN’s Don Lemon will overshadow his efforts to strip protections for pre-existing conditions and gut oversight of financial rip-offs. So far, it seems like a good bet.
Our higher education system is still one of America’s most valuable competitive assets, and breaking it in a fit of cultural fury would be the national equivalent of choking on diesel smoke to own the libs.
It’s hard to have serious public debates about the massive changes in public policy that Trump is pursuing, because there’s no longer a clear path for facts and logic to break through the daily onslaught of demonization and obfuscation. We’re too busy fighting to think. It’s especially tough to have an evidence-based debate about an issue like trade when Trump proclaims at one rally that his tariffs have prompted U.S. Steel to open seven new plants, and after fact-checkers point out the actual number is zero, he ups the number to eight or nine at his next rally. He understands that modern political debates don’t depend on facts or logic. Where you stand—on questions of whether to believe Kavanaugh’s accusers and whether there was any collusion with Russia, as well as questions about corporate tax rates or lifetime insurance caps—depends almost entirely on where you sit. Deficits are bad when your team is in charge, benign when my team is in charge. I’m being denied due process by a witch hunt, but you belong in jail. I’m no puppet; you’re the puppet.
This is presumably how entire countries turn into Dumbfuckistan. The solutions to our political forever war are pretty obvious: Americans need to rebuild mutual trust and respect. We need to try to keep open minds, to seek information rather than partisan ammunition. We need to agree on a shared foundation of facts from authoritative sources. But those words looked ridiculous the moment I typed them. Americans are not on the verge of doing any of those things. Once the dogs of war have been unleashed, it’s hard to call them back. And we should at least consider the possibility that we’re fighting this forever war because we like it.
The thing I remember most about Trump’s rallies in 2016, especially the auto-da-fé moments in which he would call out various liars and losers who didn’t look like the faces in his crowds, was how much fun everyone seemed to be having. The drill-baby-drill candidate would drill the Mexicans, drill the Chinese, drill the gun-grabbers, drill all the boring Washington politicians who had made America not-great. It sure as hell wasn’t boring. It was a showman putting on a show, a culture-war general firing up his internet troops. It wasn’t a real war, like the one that Trump skipped while John McCain paid an unimaginable price, but it made the spectators feel like they were not just spectating, like they had joined an exhilarating fight. They got the adrenaline rush, the sense of being part of something larger, the foxhole camaraderie of war against a common enemy, without the physical danger.
It’s not clear how a fight like that would ever end.
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Fujifilm X-T100: 4K at 15fps is for whom?
Fujifilm confirmed, with the X-H1 and the X-T2, that the company is serious about video, so the new X-T100 is a bit of a surprise, although it appears to be designed as a vloggers camera. Who wants 4K at 15 fps?
Jose Antunes May 24, 2018
The new APS-C camera from Fujifilm, X-T100, is a DSLR-style retro camera which offers a new fully articulating LCD, some interesting options in Full HD and 4K UHD at… 15fps. What was Fujifilm thinking?
‘Video is a big growth area for us” said Fujifilm executives in an interview published in 2017 by DPReview, but video does not seem to be, at least on 4K, the goal of this camera, as the X-T100 offers 4K at 15fps, taking things to the other extreme of what Fujifilm offered in the X-H1, which gave us DCI 4K (4096×2160) at 24P / 23.98P and UHD 4K (3840×2160)] at 29.97P / 25P / 24P / 23.98P.
There is also another puzzling aspect here: the X-H1 only manages 15 minutes of 4K video capture, in both DCI and UHD, but adding the Vertical Power Booster Grip VPB-XH1 to the camera extends the video capture to 30 minutes. The X-T100 can capture 30 minutes of UHD 4K video, although at… 15fps. Couldn’t Fujifilm offer, on the X-T100, less capture time at a better frame rate? Is this a technical limitation or a marketing decision?
Why bother offering 4K in a way that will probably be forgotten by users, if it is true that the market is after 4K, even on cheap cameras… which the Fujifilm X-T100 is, priced at $699.95 with a FUJINON XC15-45mmF3.5-5.6 OIS PZ lens, when it becomes available, after mid-June? Maybe Fujifilm knows something we don’t, because this new camera seems to aim at two segments of the public: those moving from a smartphone to a more sophisticated tool for photography and video, and vloggers, for whom Fujifilm introduces in the X-T100 an horizontal tilting rear LCD screen, ideal for vlogging. Aren’t vloggers working in 4K?
The compact interchangeable lens camera with retro look and a sleek design, looking very much like a DSLR (yes, DSLRs with their “inaesthetic hump” continue to be around), is lightweight, at just 448g and introduces a host of features, including a high magnification electronic viewfinder, the already mentioned horizontal tilting rear LCD screen for vloggers, which also tilts two other ways, and built-in Bluetooth technology for quick and easy image sharing. The camera also boast, according to Fujifilm tests, an extended battery life allowing up to 430 frames per charge.
Even if 4K seems to be included mostly for marketing purposes (and there is no immediate reference to the 15fps…) in terms of other video modes the Fujifilm X-T100 is well equipped, offering Full HD 1920 x 1080 59.94p / 50p / 24p / 23.98p, HD 1280 x 720 59.94p / 50p / 24p / 23.98p and High Speed Movie 1280×720 1.6x / 2x / 3.3x / 4x. Recording extend to 30 minutes for the first two options, and seven minutes in the case of High Speed Movie.
What this means is that if you forget the 4K present, the Fujifilm X-T100 may actually be a good camera for video. Fujifilm even included a microphone port so videographers can record audio from a compatible external microphone (sold separately).
“We are excited to announce the X-T100 as the latest addition to the X Series lineup,” said Yuji Igarashi, General Manager of the Electronic Imaging Division & Optical Devices Division at FUJIFILM North America Corporation. “This mirrorless camera is a perfect fit for photographers looking for an easy to use, compact and versatile camera, offering excellent image quality with a variety of enhanced features with the familiar design of previous FUJIFILM X-T series cameras.”
Equipped with a 24.2 megapixel APS-C sensor and high-speed image processing engine, the X-T100 is compatible with the full X Mount lens lineup of 26 FUJINON high quality lenses which cover focal lengths from 15mm to 1200mm (35mm equivalent). Combining Fujifilm’s renowned outstanding image quality with the company’s proprietary color reproduction technology, the X-T100 is stylish, portable, and highly versatile – making it the ideal companion for everyday photography.
One important note: this is not the proprietary X-Trans sensor used by Fujifilm on some of its high end models, but a “normal” Bayer sensor. While for some, especially those using X-Trans sensors, this might be a problem, as it means introducing a different process in their workflow, for newcomers – whom Fujifilm targets with this camera – this is not very important and may be a path to get better results immediately.
According to Fujifilm, “the X-T100 uses a Phase Detection Autofocus system and algorithm originally designed for flagship X Series models, to ensure quick and precise capture of images even when photographing fast-moving subjects. Adding to its ease of use, the camera also features an advanced SR+ Auto shooting mode that is capable of detecting the subject and scene simultaneously, and selecting the optimum settings accordingly to provide intelligent, fully-automatic shooting. This mode is perfect for situations where it is difficult to select the right settings, or when a series of quick shots is what the photographer is after.”
The tiltable rear LCD features a three-inch touch panel display to make composition easy. Boasting 1.04-million dots for a crystal clear view of the action, this screen swings out horizontally to almost 180 degrees. Not only does this help to compose shots at awkward angles, it also makes it possible to take selfies or shoot video blogs with a clear view of what’s in the frame.
Because the X-T100 is a Fujifilm camera, it comes with 11 variations of unique FUJIFILM Film Simulation modes and 17 variations of Advanced Filters—all of which provide photographers with the ability to add greater artistic expression to images. Setting adjustments on the X-T100 is quick and easy with one-step operation that is made possible via the function and exposure compensation dials on top of the body, and the touch-and-flick function available on the rear LCD monitor.
The kits and cameras will be available in Black, Dark Silver, and Champagne Gold. Dark Silver and Champagne Gold are two colors new to the X Series lineup, seen for the first time in the X-T100.
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Hudson’s Bay Company is assessing a privatization proposal. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)
HBC hires advisers, lawyers to aid in reviewing privatization offer
Jul. 11, 2019 7:22 a.m.
TORONTO — The Hudson’s Bay Company says its special committee of the board of directors formed to assess a privatization proposal has retained an independent valuator, advisers and legal counsel to help with the process.
The special committee retained TD Securities Inc. to be an independent valuator and Canterview Partners LLC to be a special adviser. It has also retained J.P. Morgan Securities to be a financial adviser and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP as legal counsel.
The appointments will help the committee to review and evaluate a proposal made last month by a group of HBC shareholders to take the company private at a price of $9.45 per share in cash.
Some shareholders have opposed the offer, including activist investor Land and Buildings Investment Management.
HBC says the committee acknowledges shareholders’ feedback, takes their input seriously and plans to respond to the proposal “as promptly as practical.”
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Textile designer Virginia Johnson's quirky meditations on the world outside. By Erin Wylie
Though she's partial to jubilant geometrics and meditations on flora and fauna, Canadian textile designer and illustrator, Virginia Johnson, isn't all sweetness and light. "I think I wore black all the time," Johnson says of her seven years living in New York, first as a student at Parsons School of Design and then as a footwear and accessories designer for Helmut Lang. Johnson's eponymous line of nature-inspired textiles seems out of character for someone who once had a hand in Lang's edgy take on beauty. But Johnson shrugs it off explaining, "It didn't seem like it at the time; the '90s were more minimalist anyway."
Enter the more decadent noughties: In 2000 Johnson decided to exit Lang and was inducted into the Spade family empire, illustrating for Kate's paper goods and a trio of delightful Kate Spade etiquette books. While the Spades make some of the best bosses around, Johnson now relishes the peace she finds in creating for her own line. "There's more freedom to experiment with the textiles." The result—Matisse-like illustrations of birds, flowers, and animals—take on new meaning when they are printed on cloth. Blown up and grouped en masse, orchids appear as teetering pod people abducted from Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!; a carpet of heavily veined leaves resembles a nervous school of wriggly eels; and row upon row of camels look like a symphony of sloppy music notes.
Citing multidisciplinary artists such as Sonia Delaunay as inspiration, Johnson doesn't want to make just another pretty object. "I love the combination of art that's not pristine but that is used for different things; Delaunay used her textiles for clothing and cars. "There's something that's interesting in using [art] everyday and tying it to commerce," she says. "It interacts with people." To that end, Johnson plans to expand into housewares and accessories: She's developing a line of ceramics a
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Is This the Industry’s Most Innovative Residential Heat Pump?
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By Chris Wood
EcoBatt insulation bonds glass fibers using a thermosetting plant-derived resin, resulting in a formaldehyde-free product. Low-dust, clean-cutting fibers encourage faster, cleaner installation, and the product can be used in wood- or metal-frame construction. It’s available unfaced or with kraft, foil, or flame-rated foil facings.
Insulation manufacturers want your recycled glass. From beer and soda bottles to pickle and mayonnaise jars, recyclables kicked to the curb are ending up in the attic, as manufacturers continue to boost the amount of recycled glass used to make batt and blown-in insulation. With homeowner interest in energy efficiency anticipated to drive insulation category growth to $10.3 billion in 2019 , according to The Freedonia Group, it’s getting harder for insulation manufacturers to find enough glass to fill the bins.
“We use 10 railcars of crushed glass every day,” says Brett Welch, senior product manager for Shelbyville, Ind.-based Knauf U.S. “So even as sustainability has been a driver in getting our recycled content north of 60 percent, there remains some market misconception about availability of recycled materials. We need industrial-scale amounts of glass, so we’re partnering with different industries and municipalities to raise awareness about how to get it to us.”
Insulation markets are booming, even as the home building industry has taken a more systems-based approach to heating and cooling that incorporates other products and construction methods into a wider, whole-house effort to reduce air leaks and improve energy efficiency.
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UltraTouch denim insulation contains 80 percent post-consumer recycled natural bluejean fibers, providing effective sound absorption and thermal performance, the company says. Perforated batts allow for quick and easy off-size cavity installations, and the insulation meets ASTM testing standards for fire and smoke ratings, fungi resistance, and corrosiveness.
“The energy codes are really beginning to appreciate the fact that insulation doesn’t work in isolation; that it needs to be paired with wider efforts to mitigate air leakage,” says J.R. Babineau, research engineer and principal building scientist for Denver-based Johns Manville. “Broadly, the industry is realizing you can’t keep increasing energy efficiency just by cramming in more insulation, and that systems approach has been one of the biggest changes our industry has seen.”
In addition to taking a harder look at insulating door and window openings, insulation specialists are finding air leakage at the rim joist and at the top of wall systems, too, particularly walls directly below an insulated attic or crawlspace. Spray foam has consequently surged in popularity as a product that can deliver air sealing as well as insulation. It also comes with a higher price tag and, once applied, is more difficult to remove.
EcoTouch insulation with PureFiber Technology offers exceptional stiffness and recovery characteristics with no additional handwork needed for high-quality installs, the manufacturer says. It’s easy to cut and split, with less dust, simplifying installation around irregular cavities and common obstructions. Available in R-values from 11 to 49.
Babineau says one of the more interesting things about spray foam is how it has disrupted traditional concepts of manufacturing, production, and distribution in construction supply chains. After getting into spray foam in 2009, Johns Manville launched its free TechConnect service to help train contractors to boost productivity, yield, and installation quality. “Batts and board products just go up, but spray-in takes a little more training to do well,” Babineau says. “We might produce the chemical, but the guy pulling the trigger on the gun is manufacturing the product right there in the wall cavity, and that’s been a big aha moment for us.”
Homeowner attention to energy efficiency has peaked in tandem with interest in indoor air quality, opening a market for manufacturers touting the overall healthfulness of their products in addition to their sustainability. UltraTouch (recycled blue-jean denim) and Havelock (sheep wool) insulation are both products that can be installed without use of protective equipment and that resonate with consumers that have high eco-awareness.
HAVELOCK WOOL
Wool insulation is hypoallergenic, doesn’t off-gas, and can remove harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from the air. Wool fi bers absorb and release moisture against 65 percent relative humidity, do not act as a mold substrate, and absorb 90 to 95 percent of airborne sound.
“With the increased number of chemically sensitive people, [consumers] are starting to home in on the materials that surround them, looking for the culprit,” says Jessica McNaughton, president of UltraTouch and Havelock distribution company CaraGreen. “Insulation is one of the places homeowners still look to to limit exposure to toxic elements. Denim and wool will cost more than fiberglass, so you have to be willing to pay a premium for a healthier material, but most people, once educated, understand that.”
Left unsaid is the need for organic materials such as wool, cotton, and cellulose to be treated with chemicals to offset their flammability, a concern that has some homeowners defaulting to cheaper, inflammable fiberglass. Contractors should also be prepared to help educate homeowners about the difference between wool insulation from sheep and mineral wool insulation, an inorganic mineral fiber developed from coal or volcanic basalt.
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Mineral wool batts are made of inorganic fibers derived from volcanic rock that are then enhanced with glass fibers. TempControl batts and Sound & Fire Block batts feature high-density fibers to help delay the spread of fire and reduce noise transfer in interior walls and between ceilings and floors.
But regardless of the medium, insulation makers say the message is the same: Insulation performs better (and homeowners need less of it) when combined with a systematic approach to sealing air leaks throughout the building envelope.
“Air sealing, in addition to insulation, specifically has become a bigger and bigger focus with contractors, code officials, and builders as we are mandated to build tighter and tighter,” Welch says. “So even as spray-ins deliver air sealing, there are also contractors out there with skilled air-sealing crews that can deliver the same performance with fiberglass at a lower cost, and builders need to factor in the total cost of labor and materials for the approach they take.”
That, and keep the empty bottles coming.
Appreciate the commentary in
Permalink Submitted by Andrew Legge (not verified) on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 16:01
Appreciate the commentary in a nice article. Just a follow up point of clarity. Wool is naturally self-extinguishing (~14% nitrogen content) which means it requires far less additives than cotton and cellulose which will burn more easily.
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SpeakerCraft’s First AV Distribution and Control System
ResidentialSystems ⋅ Jul 30, 2009
SpeakerCraft will unveil a new AV distribution and control system called Nirv, which features several innovations.
“Being allowed to create the product from the ground up with no legacy system requirements gave us incredible design freedom,” SpeakerCraft’s director of electronic development, Jason Craze, said.
The system has a modular architecture instead of a central hub design, SpeakerCraft says, which means that the dealer will only need to buy the pieces necessary for the specific system he has designed, and upgrading or expanding is as simple as adding what is needed to the network. On screen programming is so easy and intuitive it can be accomplished on-site by virtually anyone on the project team.
“We wanted the system to be powerful, flexible, simplistic to program and to operate with unparalleled audio and video quality. Our team has hit it out of the park in every area,” Craze said.
All media, data, control, and communication signals are distributed through a single CAT5 cable making system wiring both simple and cost efficient. Beyond standard AV distribution, the system also integrates theatre surround sound, home automation, and page/intercom into one easy-to-manage package.
“It’s the first system of its kind that allows the user to own the experience instead of having the experience dictated by the equipment,” SpeakerCraft’s president, Jeremy Burkhardt, explained. “The system is almost transparent, bringing content and control to the fingertips of the user through touchpanel keypads or while navigating a GUI on the video screen. The remote single-handedly takes the complexity out of owning this type of system. You have to experience it to truly understand what a landmark product this is.”
That experience will first be available at the Nirv dome in the SpeakerCraft booth at the CEDIA EXPO. Dealers will be able to see a full demonstration and talk to members of the design team. The product will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2010.
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Telangana PSC 700 Village Revenue Officer Apply Online 2018
June 12, 2018 Adnan Rasool Govt Jobs
Telangana State PSC Group IV Job Recruitment 2018: Telangana State Public Service Commission had recently announced a recruitment notice for filling up 700 Village Revenue Officer vacancy in Telangana State. Candidates who are interested to apply for this recruitment can check the details at the commission’s official website http://www.tspsc.gov.in. Online Application will start for TSPSC from 08 June 2018 to 02 July 2018.
Applications are invited Online from qualified candidates through the proforma Application to be made available on Commission’s WEBSITE (www.tspsc.gov.in) to the post of Village Revenue Officer in Revenue Department in the state of Telangana. Before applying for the posts, candidates shall register themselves as per the One Time Registration (OTR) through the Official Website of TSPSC. Those who have registered in OTR already, shall apply by login to their profile using their TSPSC ID and Date of Birth as provided in OTR. The number of vacancies and Departments are subject to variation on intimation being received from the appointing authority, before the last date for submission of Online applications.
Telangana PSC VRO Jobs Important Dates:
Official Notification Download Here
Age Limit 18-44 Years
Qualification Intermediate (10+2)
Online Application Started 08 June 2018
Online Application Closed 02 July 2018
Last Date for Online Payment 02 July 2018 (11:59 P.M)
Exam Date 2018 16 September 2018
Download Admit Card before one week of examination
Apply Online Apply Online
Official Website https://tspsc.gov.in/
The candidates who possess requisite qualification may apply online by satisfying themselves about the terms and conditions of this recruitment. The number of vacancies and Departments are subject to variation on intimation being received from the appointing authority, before the last date for submission of Online applications. Applicants must possess the Intermediate Public Examination conducted by the State Board of Intermediate Examination or its equivalent qualifications from a recognized University thereto, as specified in the relevant Service Rules, indented by the departments as on the date of Notification. The Applicants have to read the User Guide for Online Submission of Applications and then proceed further.
Telangana PSC VRO Job Recruitment Details 2018:
Telangana PSC VRO Age Limit & Relaxation:
Minimum 18 years & Maximum 44* years. The age is reckoned as on 01/07/2018 (Rule- 12(1)(a)(v) of State and Subordinate Service Rules).
Minimum Age (18 years): A Candidate should not be born after 01/07/2000
Maximum Age (44 years): A candidate should not be born before 02/07/1974
The Upper Age limit will be relaxed as per Rules and will be calculated on the above lines.
*As per G.O. Ms. No. 329 GA(Ser.A) Dept., Dt. 27/07/2015 read with G.O. Ms. No. 264 GA(Ser.A) Dept.,Dated: 26-07-2016 and G.O. Ms. No. 190 GA(Ser.A) Dept.,Dated: 08-08-2017, the upper age limit is raised up to 10 years.
Age Relaxation: The upper age limit prescribed above is however relaxable in the following cases:
Sl. no. Category of candidates Relaxation of age permissible
1. Telangana State Government Employees (Employees of TSRTC, Corporations, Municipalities etc. are not eligible). 5 Years based on the length of regular service.
2. Ex-Service men 3 years & length of service rendered in the armed forces.
3. N.C.C.(who have worked as Instructor in N.C.C.) 3 Years & length of service rendered in the N.C.C.
4. SC/ST and BCs 5 Years
5. Physically Handicapped persons 10 years
TSPSC VRO Eligibility Criteria or Qualification:
Intermediate Public Examination conducted by the State Board of Intermediate Examination or its equivalent examination
Distance Education: The Candidates who have obtained Degrees through Open Universities / Distance Education mode are required to have recognition by the University Grants Commission / AICTE / Distance Education Council as the case may be. Unless such Degrees had been recognised by the relevant Statutory Authority, they will not be accepted for purpose of Educational Qualification. The onus of Proof of recognition by the relevant Statutory Authority that their Degrees / Universities have been recognised, rests with the Candidate.
TSPSC VRO Exam Pattern:
Paper Subject No. of Question Duration (Minutes) Maximum Marks
1. General Knowledge and Secretarial Abilities 150 (General Knowledge 75 + Secretarial Abilities 75) 150 150
Paper Language of Examination
General Knowledge and Secretarial Abilities Bilingual i.e., English and Telugu
TSPSC VRO SYLLABUS:
Paper: General Knowledge and Secretarial Abilities
General Knowledge:
Current affairs: International, National, Regional
General Science: science in everyday life and Environmental Issues and Disaster Management
Geography and Economy of India and Telangana.
Indian Constitution – Salient Features, Indian Political System , Government, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development
Modern Indian History with a focus on Indian National Movement.
History of Telangana and Telangana Movement.
Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts and Literature of Telangana.
Policies of Telangana State.
Ethics, Sensitivity to Gender and weaker sections, social awareness
Secretarial Abilities:
Basic English (8th Standard)
Mental Ability. (verbal and non-verbal)
Numerical abilities
Arithmetical abilities.
Telangana PSC VRO Fee Payment:
(A) FEE: (Remittance of Fee) Each applicant must pay Rs. 200/- (RUPEES TWO HUNDRED ONLY) towards Online Application Processing Fee. This apart, the applicants have to pay RS. 80/- (RUPEES EIGHTY ONLY) towards Examination Fee. However, the following category of candidates are exempted from payment of Examination fee.
BC, SC & ST of Telangana State
Unemployed applicants in the age group of 18 to 44 years of Telangana State (They have to submit declaration at an appropriate time to the Commission that they are unemployed).
PH & Ex-service men.
N.B.:- BC’s, SC’s and ST’s belonging to other states are not exempted from payment of Application processing Fee and Examination Fee and they are not entitled for any kind of reservation.
(B) Mode of Payment of Fee: The Fee mentioned at Para-I(6)(a) is to be paid online through SBI ePay duly following online instructions once the application form details are submitted by filling TSPSC ID, date of birth and other particulars.
The fee once remitted, shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances. Failure to pay the examination fee, application fee, wherever applicable will entail total rejection of application. The list of Banks providing service for the purpose of online remittance of fee is given in ANNEXURE – II.
Telangana PSC Apply Online:
The Applicants have to read the User Guide for Online Submission of Applications and then proceed further
The Candidate has to visit the WEBSITE http://www.tspsc.gov.in and fill the OTR application if not registered earlier to obtain TSPSC ID. While filling the same, the candidates have to ensure that there are no mistakes in it. The Commission bears no responsibility for the mistakes, if any, made by the candidates.
The candidates have to visit the website http://www.tspsc.gov.in to submit Application and Click on the Link with Notification Number and Name, provide TSPSC ID and Date of Birth to proceed further
The applicant should pay the prescribed fee as specified through any of the four modes of payment online. Separate instructions have to be followed for each mode of payment.
After payment of fee, the PDF Application will be generated which contains the particulars furnished by the candidates. The ID No in the PDF Application form has to be quoted for future reference/correspondence.
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Walgreens taps Narvar for online pickup, returns in 8K stores
Customer experience platform Narvar and Walgreens are working together to provide package pickup and returns at more than 8,000 Walgreens locations that have FedEx OnSite services.
It's the first offering in the platform's new "Narvar Concierge" suite of solutions for brick and mortar, according to a press release from the companies. Retailers on the Narvar platform can offer customers an option to pick up orders or drop off returns at any location in the Narvar Concierge network. Those customers can select a Narvar Concierge location during checkout or when making a return, including at the FedEx OnSite at Walgreens locations, according to the release.
Nordstrom is also piloting that new pick-up and drop-off service in Los Angeles, which is its largest market and home to its merchandise-free "Local" concept store, according to the release.
Narvar is among several post-purchase solutions and logistics companies that have conducted research demonstrating how returns have surged along with the growth in e-commerce.
The company last year found that 77% of consumers want easier ways to return packages, 41% regularly order more than they'll keep in order to try things out, and 40% think returning online orders to stores is easier than dealing with shippers. E-commerce return rates are three to four times higher than rates for brick-and-mortar stores, according to another return solutions firm, Happy Returns.
As legacy merchants stoke their digital channels, they're not immune to increases in returns. And most don't really need to be told that as they've boosted their e-commerce sales, they're also escalated their returns. Retail analyst Natalie Berg, founder at NBK Retail, told Retail Dive last year that she thought more retailers would have made progress by now, and calls the problem of returns "a ticking time bomb" for this year.
"Most legacy retailers are in the undesirable position of responding to, rather than leading, change. You have these very agile retailers coming in, disrupting the status quo and exponentially raising customer expectations," she told Retail Dive in an email. "Consumers now expect delivery to be fast, reliable and free. Click and collect has become a prerequisite and shoppers have come to expect free returns. The customer has never had it so good – but this has added a lot of cost and complexity for retailers."
Tapping Narvar for this service is just one of the partnerships that Walgreens executives said during their most recent conference call would be a hallmark of their business strategy going forward.
"Customers are continuing to redefine value and convenience, and this is another way in which we can provide a differentiated retail experience, by offering more simple and time-saving solutions," Alex Gourlay, Co-COO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and president of Walgreens, said in a statement. "We're leveraging new and different platforms as well as our expansive footprint to bring more services closer to our customers while giving our partners greater reach and access in communities across the U.S."
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Rick Herns: Party King
By Belinda Delgado
Whether your dream party includes a live mermaid aboard a pirate ship or a giant disco ball made of blue suede shoes, Rick Herns can make your fantasies come true. Herns is a special events producer, putting together some of the Bay Area's most lavish and imaginative parties. Herns and his staff animate private and corporate celebrations throughout the year. ‘A perfect party appeals to the senses, and I take care of all of them,' declares Herns.
The end of the year, however, is a special time for Herns, as the holiday – and party – season kicks into high gear. From early November to late January, Herns and his production staff spread cheer with the ultimate in yuletide revelries. Although many of his parties are large-scale, Herns also coordinates simpler celebrations that can include a sculpture made of pasta or a surprise visit from Santa. But no matter what its size, a holiday party, he notes, must have certain extra touches to succeed. ‘I have to make sure the place smells like cinnamon sticks!' he laughs.
However simple or grand the celebration may be, Herns makes sure his parties always contain plenty of what he calls ‘the WOW factor.' This may take the form of a 24-foot-long ice tunnel lit with crystal lights or a Christmas tree that lights up, dances and sheds candy canes off its branches. ‘It's a show without a rehearsal,' remarks Herns. ‘Guests arrive at a party and are inevitably surprised to see such unexpected delights.'
Coming up with elaborate productions and themes has never been a problem for Herns. Born into a theatrical family (his father was an actor, his mom a choreographer), Herns studied music in college and was a professional drummer for 10 years. He then switched careers, concentrating on his culinary skills as a restaurant chef. Soon after, Herns was introduced to the special events business when he was hired to coordinate parties for a production company. After spending the next three years jazzing up parties for someone else's company, Herns decided to start his own business. His wife Henri Mansfield, an English designer whom he met on a cooking job, helps complete clients' parties with table centerpieces and custom-made invitations. ‘This business gives me the opportunity to combine my three passions – music, theatre and catering,' explains Herns. ‘I can't imagine doing anything else.'”
By Harvey Chipkin
“In the realm of New Year’s bashes this year, one couple had Rick Herns of Rick Herns Productions in Redwood City, California, put together a do called “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” It is unrelated to the book, but featured the conversion of a staid country club into an elaborate garden maze trough which guests wandered to try to collect seven keys by answering questions correctly or winning games from a variety of characters, including a satanic magician, a nun and a gargoyle. At midnight, the seven keys gained them admission to a Secret Garden, where they found a fabulous dessert and champagne setup.
A Silicon Valley outfit called Silicon Graphics wanted to launch a new computer product. Rick Herns came in a did the flying saucer thing – an 18-foot saucer that flew independently (Herns won’t say how) right onto the landing platform…Very earthbound, however, was another Herns event where, to celebrate the completion of a new house, he put on a dinner that features blueprint place settings, Lincoln Log centerpieces, food served on sawhorses and lumber, and metal lunch boxes.”
By Michelle Goldberg
“Bay Area event planner Rick Herns, a former musician, describes an ultra exclusive event that played on the attendees' million-dollar egos. Herns works out of an historic Redwood City converted theater with sloping ceilings. There are purple chairs with yellow polka dots in the lobby that look plush and comfy, but turn out to be disconcertingly hard – they're props from a previous party, sculpted out of fiberglass.
The centerpiece of the event, Herns recalls, was a piece of equipment he bought from the Israeli army: a round machine, equipped with jaws, that was designed to dig up land mines and then fly off with them. The party was for the Young Presidents Organization, an elite group of company presidents under forty, mostly heads of tech firms. They were meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and had hired Herns to plan a shindig. On the night of the soiree, the young presidents were herded into buses and told that they were being taken to a dinner engagement. Meanwhile, Herns had hired the New Mexico National Guard to help him pull off a Roswell-themed bash.
‘Halfway out in the desert,” he explains, “They were stopped by the National Guard. I had Hummers and helicopters. Guys in suits and sunglasses boarded each bus and handed everyone dossiers. When they opened them, there was a letter signed with a presidential seal, which, of course, I'd forged.” The letter was ostensibly from Jimmy Carter, and it said that, unbeknownst to the American public, he'd been negotiating for several months with alien beings who wanted to form a trade agreement with planet Earth. Before they did, though, they wanted to meet the American business elite.
The young presidents bought it. ‘The YPO guys are so totally ego-involved in who they are that they believed it,' he says. ‘They totally believed it, because I had the National Guard right outside their windows and helicopters buzzing around. Think about it – if this were to happen, this might be the way it would happen.'
The buses proceeded to drive off the freeway and into the desert, an area that's just ‘hundreds of acres of nothing,' says Herns. ‘We set up a beautiful, pristine white tent and surrounded it with what looked like radar and scientific apparatus, just like in the movies.' The young presidents went in and were served dinner. When the meal was done, the Israeli machine, decorated to look like a UFO, flew into the tent and landed on the dance floor, where people in alien costumes climbed out. The bill for the whole charade? ‘Several hundred thousand dollars,' says Herns.”
And the elves, and the world's tallest cowgirl. You meet the most interesting people at Rick Herns' parties.
Coming up with new ideas is no problem for Rick Herns, a man known for his wild, inventive imagination. In fact, party producer and planner extraordinaire Herns says his biggest problem is executing his clients' fantasies. ‘They constantly come up with ideas that challenge us,' he says.
His latest challenge was someone who asked for a party with a Basque theme. After finding out what that meant – that the Basque region was between Spain and France – Herns went to work. “I had a man who caves anything out of foam make us some Gypsy cellar signs, got posters from the Spanish Tourist Board, did centerpieces that were actually edible using foods from the region.”
If a request for a Basque party was no problem, has anyone ever stumped Herns? “More typical,” he says “is a client who says ‘I want to have a party – what should I do?' and talking to people, finding out who they are, about their style and their budget, is part of the fun. It's my job to educate them to the possibilities and produce a party they couldn't have done on their own.”
His ease with and knowledge of the elements of a good party comes to him naturally. He is from, as he puts it, “a theatrical family” – his grandfather was a pianist who accompanied silent movies, his mother a choreographer and his father a regular actor in community theatre productions. “The tradition in my house,” Herns says, “was not Little League. My parents, brother, sister and I were always in some show.” Herns studied music in high school and college, and then worked as a professional musician for ten years.
His other passion was cooking, and, after starting at the bottom, he worked as a chef at the Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park for three years. So, with his experience in theatre, music and catering under his belt, he was a natural for the party business. “I didn't know there was such a thing as special events,” Herns says, but he was discovered and recruited by the owner of Crest Productions in Belmont, where he worked for three years. “They specialized in providing entertainment for conventions so, through them, I had experience working with name entertainers and got a lot of behind-the-scenes production experience.”
Eventually, Herns decided to open his own company, Rick Herns Productions, in Redwood City, and to expend beyond providing entertainment to providing food, graphics and stage sets as well. “It's still theater, really,” he says, “theater with no rehearsal.”
How does a Herns-planned party actually take shape? “First,” says Herns, “we set a date and find a site.” Although many Herns parties take place in the host's own home, if the crowd is large, possible sites are limited to convention centers and large hotels. For smaller crowds, however, Herns has planned parties in the lions' den at the San Francisco Zoo, in privately rentable mansions, at the Portola Valley Town Center gym (good, Herns says, for a nostalgic sock hop or prom). A personal favorite is the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, which Herns chose as the setting for his own wedding.
A Herns party really begins when the guests receive their invitations in the mail. For a sports-themed party, the invitation might be in the shape of a basketball or a stadium ticket. An invitation to a party Herns called Beach Blanket Barbara was a full sized beach towel decorated with a bikini-clad caricature of the hostess.
When the guests arrive, they could be greeted by almost anyone. At a Herns barn dance party, guests were greeted by the world's tallest cowgirl and a group of rodeo clowns (there were also pony rides for children and the world's smallest horse in attendance). At Beach Blanket Barbra, guests were greeted and entertained by The Funicellos, a doo-wop girl group of Herns' invention who wore bouffant hair-dos and sang songs specifically written about the hostess and her guests. 1,500 guests at a party for a high tech company at the Santa Clara Convention Center were greeted by robots and alien creatures before they had cocktails at the Cosmos Bar (a close relative, Herns says, to the Star Wars bar) and then ate dinner served from four giant buffet stations situated in an alien landscape with a 16-foot volcano and lighted Martian towers. Talk about (and Herns frequently does) the WOW factor!
Herns says that it is “fun and a challenge to take an idea and have the resources to pull it together with all the senses involved. A lot of people don't have the budget to do it all, but it's my job to give them the option.” Herns adds that he is happy to do a party for a six-year old for “a few hundred dollars” – a party that might include the appearance of a clown bearing half of a mysterious treasure map (the matching half is found under the birthday child's bed; when put together, the map leads to a buried treasure in the backyard).
Herns clearly believes that a party should be like a plan with a plot that has a beginning, a middle and an end. “You don't want to give it all away at the beginning, to have all the food displayed, the band playing and everything going at once when the guests first arrive.” Herns is also a great believer in interactive activities that act as icebreakers for guests. At a corporate Christmas party, a group of elves gave each of the arriving guests a number, and many people spent much of the party trying to find the guest with the matching number so the two of them could claim their prize.
“People go to a party to be transformed out of their everyday live,” says Herns. “They are often delighted to know that within a reasonable budget, we can change their backyard into Club Med or a Grecian palace of a cave or a winter wonderland.”
A City of Ziti
Pasta, not Rice-A-Roni, may be the newest San Francisco treat – but in this case, only for the eyes. All roads in this pasta city led to San Francisco, but a rigatoni road only leads to heartburn.
The creator of these spaghetti skyscrapers was Rick Herns of Rick Herns Productions. For Fiesta Italiano, an event produced for the Fisherman's Wharf, Herns was hired by The Anchorage, a shopping center in Fisherman's Wharf, to build Rome from sand.
Instead, Herns chose to use a more Italian material to build what he calls a “caricatured sculpture of San Francisco.”
He and his team experimented with different shapes, colors and sizes of dried pasta. Golden Grain, a local pasta company, donated the pasta and Anchorage provided an empty store-front at the wharf where the group could begin building an al dente San Francisco.
For three days, shoppers and visitors watched the best-known city landmarks rise up from 54 pounds of fettucine and lasagne.
Of course, the 8-by-8-foot sculpture could not be complete without the wharf, Victorian houses, Coit Tower, cable cars, boats and the Golden Gate Bridge, but its crowning glory to past architecture was the 6-foot-high replica of the TransAmerica Pyramid.
When Partying Is Serious Business
San Carlos man is top Bay Area event planner who specializes in the usual and theatrical
By Bill Workman Chronicle Staff Writer
Party producer Rick Herns of San Carlos has a reputation for being able to stock a client’s bash with unusual performers, like fire-eaters, belly dancers and acrobats on horseback.
But he admits that he was taken aback when he set out to hire Tim the Torture King, a Seattle entertainer who Herns had heard did bizarre things to his body.
Herns recalls that after tracking down the Torture Kind through “a series of stranger sources, like San Francisco piercing parlors,” he finally got on the phone with him to Seattle.
When Herns was about to give the off-beat performer his phone number, the other man could be heard casually asking someone to hand him a hypodermic needle – so he could scratch Herns’ number on his arm.
“I’m used to people doing illusions and magic, but this guy was the real thing,” said Herns, shaking his head. “He goes into a meditative state and does things like stick a skewer through his cheeks or lies down on shattered martini glasses and has guests walk on his bare back.
”Considered one of the top corporate event planners in the Bay Area, Herns, 45, says what makes a good party is good theater: “You have to have a plot with a beginning, a middle and an end,” building suspense throughout.
That formula was never more in dramatic evidence than at his media event two years ago for an Alameda video game company announcing it has bought CD-ROM rights for “Magic: The Gathering.” The popular fantasy role-playing card game.
Herns and a half-dozen Rick Herns Productions staff built a Renaissance village on a Fort Mason pier and populated it with actors playing costumed beggars, court jesters, knights and peasants who accompanied guests through a drawbridge into a castle-like interior.
There, in a gladiator pit, the fantasy gave was re-created as theatre by Herns, with the help of jugglers who snatched hurled swords out of the air, an illusionist “wizard” who disappeared behind a cloud of smoke, a whip-snapping stunt man from the “Nash Bridges” TV series, a pyrotechnic and a stunt horse trained to ride through the roar of explosives.
Herns said he had to “dig deep into my Rolodex” of uncommon performers and special effects technicians to pull off that one. He was also called on to write a script for the event. “Magic: The Gathering” is a complex game, Herns said. “It can take three to four days to play, but I had to present it in 20 minutes in an exciting way that would appeal to both people who were experts in it and people who knew nothing about it.”Herns got $40,000 for the event. “But I really didn’t charge enough,” he said, smiling.
Herns, whose party-decorated offices are located in an historic downtown Redwood City building that once housed the 19th century Alhambra Theatre, keeps a warehouse out back crammed with props, staging and costumes for theme parties.
Some motifs he offers: Oktoberfests with 10-foot-tall beer steins and giant pretzels; a pirate setting that can include a 4-foot-long pirate ship, Jamaican steel band, mermaid and parrots; or a Western scenario in which cowboy stuntmen hold a shootout (with blanks) at the party.
A San Francisco native, Herns was raised in a theatrical family that included a grandfather who played piano for silent movies, a jeweler father who acted in community theaters and a choreographer mother.
From an early age, he was prompted by his parents to perform with them, along with his brother and sister, in productions up and down the Peninsula. “There was no Little League in our house, only theatre,” Herns said.
As a teenager, he became a serious student of percussion instruments and studied classical music at San Jose State University, although he did not complete his degree work.Herns was already earning a living as a drummer in Bay Area rock bands when he left college after his junior year. “Like Mark Twain said, ‘I never let school get in the way of my education.’”
A professional musician for a decade, Herns eventually realized his prospects for recording industry fame were dim, and he turned to another passion of his, cooking. Starting as a vegetable cutter, he worked his way up to chef at the Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park.
With his background in theatre, music and catering, Herns was recruited into the event-planning industry in 1986 by a Belmont firm that booked entertainment for the Moscone Center and other large venues. The experience encouraged him three years later to start his own company.
It wasn’t long before Herns had made Ripley’s “Believe It of Not” for an event at which he and a couple of sculptors crafted an 8 foot square model of San Francisco- including a 6-foot-tall Transamerica Pyramid, Coit Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf and Victorian houses – made entirely out of pasta, 54 pounds of the stuff.
Herns had been hired by the marketing director of the Anchorage shopping center at the wharf to build Rome out of sand for Fiesta Italiano, a promotional event sponsored by wharf merchants.
Confessing he had little expertise in sand sculpture, Herns said he came up with the pasta idea in desperation after he remembered seeing the remarkable Ferris wheel and carnival created from toothpicks that are on display at San Francisco’s Musee Mechanique.
Herns is already signed up to do a “millennium” party for the city of Los Altos, a big-band extravaganza that will put 2,000 people into a tent the size of a soccer field at the civic center on New Year’s Eve.
But he warns that anyone who is thinking of hosting a large party should get cracking. Entertainers, caterers and other who work the party circuits are getting four and five times their regular rates for the night.
“The truth is, you better reserve your Porta Potties right now,” he advises.
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'Space is hard'
By Sue Major Holmes
Photography By Randy Montoya
Looking from space for nuclear detonations
GLOBAL BURST DETECTOR — Researcher Rachel Trojahn prepares one of the boxes that makes up Sandia’s Global Burst Detector for a test in the Labs’ Flight Test Chamber. The chamber exposes individual boxes and the fully assembled flight system to the vacuum and thermal environment they’ll experience in orbit. The box or full system will be worked as if on orbit while it’s under vacuum conditions. (Photo by Randy Montoya)
Sandia’s Jaime Gomez was too busy to celebrate the successful launch of the latest nuclear detonation detection system — he was already deep into the next generation.
The Global Burst Detection (GBD) system launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the 70th Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite. The GBD looks for nuclear detonations around the world, offering real-time information about potential activity to US policymakers.
As project lead, Jaime (5796) oversaw teams responsible for everything from development to post-launch testing. The launch Feb. 5 was the 12th and final of the Block IIF (GPSIIF) series of GPS satellites in medium Earth orbit.
Project manager Bridget McKenney (5796) says that even before the final GPSIIF launch, Sandia was producing and delivering another generation of GBDs for a new round of eight satellites, GPSIII, being built by Lockheed Martin.
Sandia is already looking ahead to detectors for the launch series after that, dubbed Prime.
“We work 10 years ahead, from the time we get a concept for what the next generation of improved technologies and sensing will be,” Bridget says. Each GBD program starts with the initial concept, followed by approvals, engineering development, an extensive and complex design cycle, and production. The work is funded by the NNSA.
Sandia has been in the business of nuclear detonation detection for more than 50 years, starting with the 1963 launch of the first of 12 US Vela satellites to detect ground or atmospheric nuclear testing and verify compliance with the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 and subsequently the Threshold Test Ban Treaty of 1974. That marked the start of the US Nuclear Detonation Detection System that supports treaty monitoring.
GPSIII set to launch next year
Defense Support Program satellites followed, succeeded by GPS satellites in 1978. The first of the IIF series was launched in 2010. The first GPSIII is expected to launch in 2017.
From the start, GPS satellites were seen as an ideal platform to look for nuclear detonations. Jaime says the sheer numbers planned meant there would always be many GBD systems in space, a detection redundancy highly prized during the Cold War. Today, GPS satellites are important for treaty verification and countless civilian uses, including timing signals for communications networks, financial markets, and power grids, ship navigation, and even pinpointing where crops might need more water or fertilizer.
Sandia’s GBD mission is appealing to Jaime and the rest of the Sandia team because it deals with space. “I think we’re all fascinated by space,” says Jaime, deputy project manager for the generation to fly on GPSIII. “And the treaty verification work is meaningful to a lot of folks.”
Detection was a natural extension for the labs that designed the early stockpile. They understood the physics and engineering of the weapons and the detectable optical, electromagnetic pulse, and X-ray signals they produce. “Those are the three that make it to space and what the GBD tries to detect,” Jaime says. Sandia develops the optical sensors; Los Alamos National Laboratory is responsible for electromagnetic pulse and X-ray sensors.
It takes about two years to build, test, and integrate GBD hardware into a satellite system, Jaime says. Five subsystems — what the teams call “boxes” — of sensors and instruments make up a GBD: three from Sandia and two from Los Alamos.
SATELLITE — A GPSIIF satellite is shown in production at Boeing’s Satellite Development Center in El Segundo, California. Such satellites carried the most recent generation of Sandia National Laboratories’ Global Burst Detectors into space. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)
Sandia integrates system
Sandia integrates it all into an overall system and performs seemingly endless tests. When a satellite launches, everything aboard faces extreme temperatures, vibration, and shock. Sandia’s testing and computer models help determine how the rigors of launch and deployment will affect the GBD.
Teams assemble printed circuit boards, wiring harnesses, and other mechanical hardware, conducting electrical and thermal testing on individual modules and pieces before assembly into the box. They follow with integration, electrical, functional, thermal, and vibration tests for each box. The five boxes together become a GBD system or payload. The entire system is then subjected to integration, functional, electrical, thermal-vacuum, and other tests before it’s shipped to the space vehicle contractor. Further electrical testing is done at the contractor site.
“Teams that build the hardware here develop a test plan suited for their subsystem and do that testing. Then we integrate the payload as the five boxes and do additional testing,” Jaime says. “At every level of integration, whether it’s the box level or a whole system at the vehicle level, you add to the testing to make sure that at every integration point the payload is operating.”
That’s especially important because the hardware can’t be repaired in space.
‘A very good track record’
“Some things you can fix through software but you depend on building something that has high reliability,” Jaime says. Bridget adds, “We have a very good track record for that. I think we can say that our payloads have substantially exceeded their design life.”
About 30 satellites and their detectors, representing several generations, remain in operation, some well past their design life, Jaime and Bridget say. The satellite generation before IIF was designed for 7.5 years, IIF was designed for 12 years, and GPSIII and Prime will be designed for 15 years.
“GPS drives us because we want our payload to last as long as the bird does,” Bridget says.
Sandia teams work where the payloads go as they move toward launch. Jaime described the process for IIF: Once testing showed the GBD met requirements, Sandia shipped its payload to the satellite contractor, Boeing in El Segundo, California, for more tests. Sandia employees at the Boeing site provided GBD components for Boeing to install. Then the satellite went through months of additional tests, aided by the on-site Sandia team. Some 60 to 90 days before launch, Boeing shipped the satellite to Cape Canaveral, where ground crews aided by Sandia also did tests. Days after launch, a Sandia team arrived at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, for about a month of early orbit testing before the system was handed over to the Air Force to operate.
Sandia also develops ground stations
Even that isn’t the end. “We have a group that examines telemetry coming down from our payloads so we can monitor the state of health,” Bridget says. Developers use that information to improve next-generation technology. Under an agreement with the Air Force, Sandia also develops ground station components that support the Nuclear Detonation Detection System and integrate data from all the satellites.
As project lead, Jaime worked with the program office headed by Bridget, subsystem managers, team leaders, and colleagues at Los Alamos to ensure GBD development and delivery stayed on schedule. “It’s very much about schedule because our payload is integrated on a satellite that the Air Force is paying a subcontractor to build,” he says. “We have equipment that bolts onto that satellite so we need to be there and we need to be there with a product that works.”
He smiled and quoted a 2015 tweet from astronaut Scott Kelly that’s been informally adopted by members of Sandia’s satellite group: “Space is hard.”
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Clairemont becoming key battleground in San Diego’s push for more affordable housing
By David Garrick
Clairemont is fast becoming a key battleground community in San Diego’s efforts to shrink its homelessness problem and solve its affordable housing crisis.
A proposed 52-unit complex for formerly homeless people caused an uproar last spring, prompting community leaders to mobilize and eventually convince the developer to allow only senior citizens into the project on Mt. Alifan Drive.
Those same community leaders are now lobbying against a 450-apartment, low-income complex proposed for a nearby site on Mt. Etna Drive. Success has so far been more elusive the second time around.
Despite objections from hundreds of residents, the San Diego Planning Commission this month took the first step toward rezoning the land, which is necessary for the 450-unit project to move forward. Planning Commissioners said the project, which is near the intersection of Genesee and Balboa avenues, is in an ideal location near retail jobs and transit.
They also said that San Diego’s shortage of new housing, which has reached 150,000 units by some estimates, is driving local rents too high for ordinary people.
The commissioners criticized the Clairemont leaders for raising the same kind of objections that many other communities raise when they would prefer a much-needed project get built elsewhere.
“It’s always the same – ‘good project, good goal, just not here,’” Commissioner James Whalen told the residents opposing the project.
Whalen warned residents to soften their stance or potentially end up with high-rise, low-income housing with zero parking spots that would be encouraged under proposed state laws aimed at solving California’s housing crisis.
Commissioner Vicki Granowitz noted that many other communities in San Diego have significantly more low-income housing units than Clairemont.
“You need to start swallowing some of this and figuring out how you can make it work,” Granowitz said.
Commissioner Bill Hofman suggested the problem was partly based on a misperception about subsidized housing with income restrictions, which city officials call “affordable” housing.
“Affordable housing is for police officers, school teachers, young professionals and senior retired people,” Hofman said. “I’d like to dispel that fear of what affordable housing really means. This isn’t going to be a slum – it isn’t going to be a ghetto.”
The residents still contend the project would damage community character, worsen traffic congestion and crowd local schools.
“Please don’t make our community a slum just so investors can make more money,” resident George Hagood said. “We love Clairemont and we hate to see it messed up.”
Residents also say the city’s severe shortage of affordable housing is the fault of city officials who have allowed developers to pay fees instead of obeying laws that require 10 percent of units in new housing projects be reserved for low-income residents.
They say such “in-lieu” fees, which Council President Georgette Gomez has vowed to revise, have cost the city many thousands of income-restricted units, and that it’s unfair to make Clairemont bear the brunt of those mistakes.
The residents are part of a group called Clairemont Cares, which was formed last spring during the uproar over the 52-unit project proposed for Mt. Alifan Drive.
A separate group of Clairemont residents has also formed since then. That group, the Clairemont Coalition on Homelessness, has been more supportive of proposed housing projects.
“We have to start somewhere,” group member Judy Leshefka told the Planning Commission. “Clairemont desperately needs affordable housing.”
The 450-unit project is proposed for the former site of the County Sheriff’s Department crime lab, which took over the site in 1994. The county acquired the 4-acre site in 1989 when the Clairemont General Hospital ceased operations.
No specific project has been proposed for the site, but county officials last spring selected a developer and began the process to re-zone the site for dense housing. The zoning change would allow a maximum of 448 units with a low-income housing density bonus.
While city Planning Commissioners endorsed that approach, they suggested ground-floor commercial space could help with traffic congestion because people living there could run errands at a dry cleaners, shop or other outlet on site.
The possible zoning change will be considered as part of a wider update to the growth blueprint for the entire community of Clairemont. Such efforts are called community plan updates.
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Visiting detention facilities in McAllen, Texas, a day after Vice President Mike Pence, Rep. Scott Peters described poor conditions and stressed the need for government action.
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World Cup dream fuelling Hunt's fire for City
11 Oct 2018 NRC
Karmichael Hunt has re-discovered his love for rugby playing for Brisbane. Photo: Getty Images
The lure of finals football and a maiden World Cup berth is stoking the fire burning within Karmichael Hunt.
The banished Reds star has been in superb form for Brisbane City this NRC season and is hopeful of lining up in their win or go home clash against the Canberra Vikings on Sunday despite copping a head knock in City's win over NSW Country.
Whether he lines up or not won't change his desire to play at the game's highest level in 2019.
"This season with City... it's all adding to my appreciation and love for the game again," Hunt said.
"The group of guys we have got and the coaches.
"They're just a bunch of down to earth, hard working lads.
"The fire was still there but it's definitely been sparked a bit more.
"Just being able to enjoy my footy that I've been playing, having an impact has definitely adding more fire to the belly.
"It makes me really want to play Super Rugby this year and get back to the top and that's playing for the Wallabies."
The path back to the Wallabies relies on a return to Super Rugby.
With James Slipper putting pen to paper on a transfer to the Brumbies and Quade Cooper all but assured of a spot on the Rebels roster Hunt doesn't have to look far to see his only way back to the Australian squad may be with another franchise.
It's believed the Reds won't stand in his way if he was to opt down that path but Hunt hasn't budged on his stance to repay the faith at Ballymore.
"My mindset hasn't changed," he said.
"This is home for me up here and I am doing everything I can to try and earn the trust back from the playing group around Ballymore.
"I just want to be here next year and play the football I know I can play.
"Whether or not I get the opportunity we will have to wait and see."
What this NRC season has done is prove to Hunt, more than anyone else, that he is capable of still playing at the highest level.
Off field indiscretions aside his work on the field is as sharp as ever and showed during his time with the Wallabies last year that he was thriving at Test level.
"For me to now go to a level above club footy and experience that again and ask questions about where my body is at, where my mind is at, where my footy is at...
"It's definitely... I have no questions about my ability to play football.
"I really have to make sure I look after myself and play some good football and continue to get better every year.
"I'll be attacking next year wherever it may be.
"Hopefully it's up here but the goal is - as it always for me when you are playing a national sport - is to play for your country.
"With a World Cup there next year I would love to be there."
But before all of that comes the business end of the season with City.
A win this weekend would put the two time champions in the final four and that's a thought which excites Hunt.
"(Do-or-die) was the situation for us last weekend and that's the mindset for us heading into this weekend," he said.
"It's do or die and this week is the start of the finals campaign for us and the boys are embracing and relishing the opportunity to be in such a contest.
"What better way for us to go about it then do it up at home in Brissy."
Brisbane City face the Canberra Vikings at Bottomley Park on Sunday, kicking off at 2pm local, 3pm AEDT, broadcast LIVE on FOX SPORTS.
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Rural Minnesota Radio • 02/12/2016
Aligning strategies for better planning, part 1
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Minnesota is made up of many different regions, all with their own identities, strengths and issues. What if they could all work together to strengthen themselves and each other? That’s the plan behind a new initiative called DevelopMN, says Jacki Anderson, senior planner for the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission. The members of the Minnesota Association of Development Organizations are aligning their strategic economic development plans, focusing on four key areas: human capital, economic competitiveness, community resources, and foundational assets like broadband, housing stock and utilities.
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RuralMN Radio: Signing off, pt 2
We wrap up our conversation with Brad Finstad, state director for USDA Rural Development, about rural policy and its impact on rural communities and how the Center helps with the understanding of complicated issues.
RMR 03-20-2019 USDA Rural Economic Development Pt 2
After more than 15 years, we’re closing down RuralMN Radio. Former president Brad Finstad joins Marnie and Jim to talk in his capacity as state director for USDA Rural Development about what’s going on around rural Minnesota, what the Center is doing, and the synergies between federal and state funding for rural areas. While RuralMN Radio is going away, be sure to check out our blog, and coming towards the end of this year, our new podcast!
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A look back at rural Minnesota, pt 2
As we close in our final RuralMN Radio in two weeks, we take a look back at how things have changed in rural Minnesota over the last fifteen years, including the engagement of the rural voice.
https://www.ruralmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/RMR-03-13-2019-Rural-MN-Changes-Pt-2.mp3
As we close in our final RuralMN Radio in two weeks, we take a look back at how things have changed in rural Minnesota over the last fifteen years, including the advent of broadband and the ups and downs of the economy.
RuralMN Radio: Letters to the new Governor
Our newest publication is “Letters to the New Governor,” a collection of essays by experts around the state writing on an overview of the issues in Greater Minnesota. Some of the authors include Tim Penny and Charlie Weaver on why the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota need each other, Gary Wertish and Kevin Paap on agriculture, Megan Dayton from the Minnesota Demographic Center on population projections, Fred Nolan from the Minnesota Rural Education Association on K-12 education, Gary Johnson and Brian Bissonette of Paul Bunyan Communications in Bemidji on their philosophy on broadband and more. While it’s called “Letters …
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Will the GOP ever offer another Ike?
Given how far to the right the Republican Party has shifted, I wonder if Dwight D. Eisenhower, the thirty-fourth President of the United States, could win the Republican nomination these days?
Whatever happened to the Republican Party of the centre-right? The party of conservatism and moderation that welcomed those who believed in small government, low taxes, saving, hard work, family values and individual freedoms?
Could Ike have found a place in a party led by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney? A party of warmongers in which arrogance and ignorance flourish. A party in which conservative economics has been replaced by greed and corruption. A party that has been hijacked by a bunch of rich fat-cats with deep and enduring connections to the military industrial and petroleum complex. Some of the very characters Ike warned the American people about in his 1961 Farewell Address to the Nation, in which he cautioned:
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
“We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”
Americans have, by and large, ignored President Eisenhower’s sage advice and are now suffering the devastating consequences at home and abroad.
Modern-day Republicans have embraced religious fundamentalism to the point that today over 40 per cent call themselves born-again Christian fundamentalists, whose core foreign policy goal is to recreate Biblical Israel, a precondition for the return of their Messiah.
The Republican Administration’s excesses have brought disgrace on America by their lies about Iraq, endorsement and use of torture, political assassinations, Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, Abu Ghraib, secret prisons, kangaroo military courts, spying on US citizens and undermining the US Constitution. Such appalling policies and behavior have made the United States an object of hated around the globe.
Adding to this plethora of sins, Senator McCain and Gov. Palin have shamefully stoked lingering embers of anti-black and anti-Muslim hatred and fear among the Republican base, to the point that the mere presence of a Muslim middle name, in the view of many, makes a man unsuitable to become president.
America needs the return of a moderate Republican Party, freed from narrow-minded religious ideology, that will return the nation to its former democratic values and decency. A party that will embrace Ben Franklin’s maxim that there is no such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.
Place in the leadership of such a party a man like Ike. One who possesses intelligence, courage, honesty, honour, human decency, modesty and plain speaking. A leader with a world view, who will denounce racism and Islamophobia and who will speak for educated, worldly city-dwelling Americans as well as for Americans who live in the rural heartland.
What a winning combination that would be. And what an America such a party would govern—one respected and admired around the world.
I respected and admired Senator John McCain during his 2000 candidacy, and believed he could have made a fine president back then. But, in the current campaign, he has shown dreadful judgment in picking Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate, and by surrounding himself with advisors like Senator Joseph Lieberman, lobbyists like Randy Scheunemann, neo-conservatives like Elliot Abrams and other extremists who played key roles in getting America entangled in the destructive foreign affairs mess in which that country now finds itself.
Fortunately, in 2008 we have Barack Obama. He’s a decent, intelligent man who is both eloquent and plain speaking. He’s no Eisenhower, of course, and he’s no conservative, but he’ll have to do until another Dwight D. Eisenhower comes along.
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High school kids embody spirit of giving
Laura Dolce
KENNEBUNK — While people often complain that teenagers are self-centered, the kids at KHS are anything but and they proved that this holiday season. Many advisories at the high school, we're told, organized food, toy and gift drives to help those less fortunate.
One such group was librarian Joy Russo's advisory.
"Our group in the library with adopted
a local family in need," said library ed tech Mary Cavagnaro. "The students donated many gifts and spent advisory time wrapping and tagging them all. I delivered them to Wanda Cannell at town hall, who will give them to the family."
So kudos to all those students who made somebody's holidays a little bit brighter this year.
Assistant superintendent to speak
The Dynamic Learners Group, a group of parents of gifted and talented students, will be hosting another guest speaker next month. Here's the scoop from Cathy Kremer:
"On Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Hank's Room at the Kennebunk Free Library, the Dynamic Learners parent group will be hosting Patrick Manuel, Assistant Superintendent and Curriculum Director of MSAD 71. He will speak about the future of Gifted and Talented Educational Services and answer questions from parents. We are so privileged to provide you with this opportunity to speak directly with Patrick. Patrick is outstanding both as a person of integrity and as an administrator who brings both competence and dedication to whatever task is set before him."
Kennebunk kindergarten registration set
Have a child entering kindergarten? Here's the word from the district on how to register for next year:
If your child is a resident of Kennebunk and will be 5 years old by Oct. 15, 2008 please register him or her on Friday, Jan. 25, 2008,
from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for kindergarten beginning in September.
Registration will be held at Kennebunk Elementary School, 177 Alewive
Road, Kennebunk. Please bring your child's birth certificate and record of immunizations. The entire registration process should take
around 30 minutes.
What do you mean we don't have a snow day?
Word around SAD 71 was that not everyone was thrilled to have to report to school last Thursday when it seems almost every other district in the state had a snow day. In fact, many students at the high school simply didn't show, leaving most classes more than half empty. And poor Pat Foley, everyone's favorite front desk person, was reported to have taken more than her share of abuse from disgruntled parents and students alike. With so many parents picking up their kids early, it was no wonder there was no room left on the sign-out sheets at many schools.
While the district finally did release the kids an hour early — and word has it that those who didn't make it will be given an excused absence — it appeared to be a case of too little too late for many.
Apparently Superintendent Tom Farrell didn't read the teen gift guide in last week's Coast Star. The most desired gift on the list? A snow day.
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Born in April of 1998, Pepper -- known as Miss Wild Reward in the AQHA -- won a number of team penning competitions before switching careers. In 2002, she even enjoyed a brief brush with fame as the only horse to successfully pen “Sweetness, the unpennable cow” (an epic tale in itself). As the valiant Valkyrie, she now bears Richildis down the lists. True, she’s an impatient lady of strong opinions. But Pepper is also remarkably level-headed, with a cheerful “can-do” attitude, lightning speed and the agility of a goat (a comparison that would probably make her pin her ears back). She prefers to be formally introduced before accepting scritches from new people, but never tires of attention from her owner or a close friend. Her remarkable beauty has not entirely gone to her head, but she does love having her tail brushed. She is owned by Ann Shilling, who takes great pleasure in shamelessly feeding her vanity.
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Cressbrook House
Beale House
December 1, 2017 / Prep Headmasters Blog
HEADMASTER’S BLOG – FRIDAY 1ST DECEMBER
Although I have been away for some of the week, it was wonderful to return to a school that is feeling distinctly Christmassy and I am excited about my first Sedbergh Prep Christmas Fayre tomorrow. I trust that many of you will come and visit the Headmaster’s Stall… I know that lots of you have been working hard, making wreaths through the day, setting up Santa’s Grotto and the rest of the hall, and my thanks to you all again for being so generous with your time.
There will be all sorts of stalls tomorrow, from external teams, to games and cake sales. It is the mix of different types that ensures that everyone will have fun. In a week where I have been in Spain and where Lord Inglewood came to speak to us about Brexit, it seems fitting to offer a couple of thoughts on diversity.
Richard delivered a thought-provoking and insightful lecture on the context and political machinations behind Brexit. Beginning with the frank admission that he had absolutely no idea what would happen next (!), he spoke with experience and at just the right level to challenge the children. It was reassuring to see so many youngsters, both from the UK and overseas, interested and engaged with the politics that will affect their generation.
I have said in previous articles how schools are built from relationships and in a tightly-knit community such as ours, the children quickly understand that we are all different and learn how to get on with everyone regardless. As the signs in the boarding Houses say so clearly, this School is based on respect, tolerance and kindness.
Our pupils are growing up into a world that gets smaller every day and will earn their living in a global workforce. We are aware of the need to skillfully balance the mix of overseas and domestic pupils for the benefit of both. Their classes, ensembles and sports teams are made up of individuals with different strengths that collectively come together to produce something greater than the sum of their parts. Life lessons, indeed.
This School is a proud ‘all-rounder’ that focuses on education in its widest sense. We would never want to be either an academic hothouse, sport or music academy. Our strength lies in our diverse interests and pupil body, from our successful Grassroots Equestrian Team to the winners of the House Spelling Bee.
See you tomorrow at the Headmaster’s stall, where I hope to offer two different games in the interests of diversity!
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April 21, 2015 / Senior News
SEDBERGH SUCCESS IN NATIONAL EQUESTRIAN COMPETITION
The newly formed Sedbergh Equestrian Team saw success at the National Schools Equestrian Championships in Buckinghamshire on 18th April, beating many other major schools with established teams including Marlborough College. The event put Sedbergh School and Casterton, Sedbergh Preparatory School on the map in the equestrian world.
Storm Straker (L6, L) came second in the individual 90cm Show Jumping competition, riding Salisbury, and only missed out on first place by 0.03 seconds. The team, including Storm Straker, George Rigal (Yr 9, W), Elizabeth Gale (Yr 8, Sedbergh Prep) and Phoebe Thorpe (L6, R), achieved seventh place and in the Warm Up Class, Storm Straker came third.
Sedbergh represented Cumbria, competing against 23 other counties and more than 100 riders. Storm Straker, Sophie Webber and Phoebe Thorpe were part of the initial qualifying team last term but Sophie was unable to compete due to Gold Duke of Edinburgh assessment commitments, meaning that George Rigal and Elizabeth Gale stepped in as the two wild card riders.
Faye Barker, Sedbergh School’s Equestrian Team Manager and the School’s qualified Pony Club instructor, said: “One highlight of the event was in Round 2, when Storm did an amazing clear. She jumped fences at virtually impossible angles and lines, which few riders attempted, and she achieved a fast time.
The fact that the whole team came 7th out of 23 counties was a fantastic achievement, and it was great to come back with so many medals. Thank you to all of the parents for their support and for transporting the horses to Buckinghamshire. Our Equestrian Team is growing in popularity at Sedbergh School and Casterton Sedbergh Preparatory School and we are we are developing an excellent reputation.”
Sedbergh Summer Courses offers trail riding and pony trekking with Alison Roper and Stonetrail for children aged 10 to 15 in July and August this year. Call 015396 22616 to enquire or visit https://summercourses.sedberghschool.org/
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Permabanned
I suppose the intent here is to just say goodbye.
The night before last was the culmination of a scenario which had led to tremendous IC and OOC confusion. Without being specific, I vented on OOC about my frustration. Staff got involved and I was voided. I have been considered bothersome on occasions prior, so this time, it was decided that I would be considered for a permanent ban. The votes came out in favor of that, so I can never return.
Words cannot adequately express the terrible grief I am going through right now due to this. I will miss the game and all of you so very much. Unable to leave bed, SD has become a fixture in my daily life and a reason to wake up in the morning. Now, that's gone over a misunderstanding and some upset for which I apologized profusely. I remember what life was like for me before Sindome, and the thought of returning to that is absolutely terrible. Unfortunately, I have begged staff to reconsider and received only silence in return. It appears they are set on upholding this decision, no matter the cost to me as a person.
If any of you would like to keep in contact, you can reach me at akoto470 on Steam. That is the most convenient route right now. Again, I will miss you all more than I can possibly express. Over the years, I have made some beloved and true friends thanks to SD, and we're now cut off from each other. My life trapped in bed is about to get much darker once more, at a time which is already crushing my spirit for other reasons. This was the straw on my back.
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By Kuroyama at Nov 14, 2015 12:45 PM
Oh, dayum.
Gonna miss ya around, Syb. I don't know what went down, of course, but... damn. Gonna miss ya for sure. Don't feel sad. Try not to at least. Chin up and expect me bothering you to play games on Steam :) .
See ya on the matrix, chum.
By Kuzco at Nov 14, 2015 6:33 PM
I once remember Johnny making mention of being wary of watching the stats, lest they begin to watch you back. I think this must be what he warned off.
One sided breakups are hard, and it's understandable that from here on out your life will be forever changed, and thinking about that loss is very sad. But, like any relationship ending, this provides an opportunity for reflection on what it is you want to do differently in your next relationship so that it doesn't meet the same unfortunate end.
And... perhaps we'll meet there, either as friends, or as glorious warriors on the battlefield. Either way, take care of yourself, and see you in the matrix!
By ShinMojo at Nov 14, 2015 10:25 PM
What'd she do?
By Jago at Nov 14, 2015 10:30 PM
There's no way for me to answer "what I did" without getting into IC information, setting aside the fact that I believe fault was a two-way street in this instance.
However, in this particular incident, a big misunderstanding led to my venting frustration on non-specific and relatively minor terms. Nevertheless, I did vent, and this led to staff getting involved and that led to a voiding and a vote to permaban me.
I put the last straw on the camel's back down to my getting very confused and frustrated over a logically confusing and frustrating situation, the staff had no patience for it, so that was it. It's a shame that years of involvement, of creative and financial investment, and of genuine love for the game had the end that way.
By Kuroyama at Nov 15, 2015 12:07 AM
I'm sorry you now look for another game but it does take a lot to get to the point of being banned.
That said, maybe at sometime in the future after much time passes, you can reach out to see if you can do something to help repair the relationship and go from there.
In the meantime, I hope you find another good group of people to help take up your time. Maybe you can create your own stories as well as play games?
And Steam is a good site.
By thecraftydragon at Nov 15, 2015 12:24 AM
Then let this be a cautionary tale to all those who would make Sindome their fickle mistress: She does not favor those who make a time or monetary commitment over those who treat her the way she deserves to be treated.
By ShinMojo at Nov 15, 2015 7:27 AM
With respect, I was on Sindome for many years and contributed to it in a great many positive ways, my mistakes aside. It was my reason for getting up in the morning and investing so much time because I am physically unable to get out of bed to do anything else. I did not treat Sindome as a "fickle mistress" in any way.
There are a lot of people chiming in here, who I do not recognize, to pelt me while I'm down. The people who've chimed in positively in some way are people I actually do recognize, who have come to know me to some degree over the years, and I appreciate your parting gestures and words. If I believed there were any hope of ever returning, I would say that I wish for a future chance to play with you again.
And to the quip over putting time or monetary investment over treating the game as it deserves to be treated:
Time and Money Invested: Roughly $350 paid in the form of a perma pad, a favor, and a big favor. That it's for money, period. The perma pad purchase was made at a time when Johnny needed funds to close out Sindome's needs for that particular year, he was keen on having me purchase, and I loved the game enough to commit in that way. I say purchase because we worked these things out as purchases, due to being unable to charitably contribute for anything on SSI.
As for time invested, that was unavoidable. Not only did I love the game, my disability prevents me from getting out of bed much at all. That led naturally down the path of much time being invested into SD. I was just fortunate that what I gained in that time in terms of friendship, distraction, and relief from my ills was so great. To go back to the dark times before that is mortifying.
Now, as for the ways I treated the game right: Over the years, it went beyond time spent and financial contributions. When testing was needed, I tested. I was even a moderator on the fixit email list. When building help was needed, I described my ass off, and I would say this is probably the largest of my contributions. Whenever staff asked me for assistance in any way, I was there for them. I welcomed newbies, helped them out, and always tried to be a polite and friendly person on the OOC channels. I never broke policy (outside of, as staff would argue, abusing them), I was always careful to keep IC and OOC separate so that the knowledge of one would not be abused by the other. I brought 15+ years of MUSH/MUX experience to Sindome and I'd say in many ways, I positively transferred that knowledge in good ways to SD.
I don't say that I grieve over this loss for nothing. To hell with the assumptions about me or my motives.
I can't really comment on the circumstances behind your ban, as I know almost nothing of the situation behind it, and it's not really my business in any case. However, I'd like to wish you luck in the future, both in real life and in finding another game or creative outlet to occupy your time. Take care. <3
By Bunniez at Nov 15, 2015 5:22 PM
Lest anyone take the wrong idea from the message above, it should be stated: There are no purchases of in-game perks on Sindome.
Donations are just that - donations.
Rewards are thankyou gifts we are privileged to grant and donators are privileged to enjoy. They are in-character.
Please, don't anyone regard them as "investments", "purchases" or anything else out-of-character, or anything else other than sponsorship and support of game-hosting expenses.
By Linekin at Nov 15, 2015 7:19 PM
I happened back to look at the thread and wished to thank those who have since offered their parting words, or who have made contact with me via Steam. It has meant a lot. I still miss the game deeply. As anyone on Sindome who knew me for a long time could recount, I arrived with a dismal life, and I've ended up leaving SD to return to that. Laying in bed without much to do sucks, to say nothing of the lack of distraction from pain only the engrossing experience Sindome could provide.
With regard to my comments on my perma pad and the favors I bought, I can only say that the funds were needed at the time, and the only way for me to legally provide them was to purchase them as purchases/transactions. They were listed as such every time in the PayPal receipts, accepted as such, and I still retain those documents. I am not out to ruin anyone, and I suspect it was a kindness which allowed me to be the very rare exception to the rule in this case. That doesn't mean I'd like to stand as an implied liar.
I still have hopes that one day, I will return. The character I had when I was leaving the game, I realize now how much I valued him. I was even satisfying things staff had long wanted me to do with a character, and I was a step away from a big goal. It's too bad, but I have hopes that the "perma" will not necessarily linger with the "ban" forever. I've wasted a lot of time, but I'm certainly not evil. I also certainly don't want to continue repeating days of laying here in pain, taking meds and staring at a screen, without the rare relief Sindome offered.
I've begged before, when things were being decided. I'd beg again, though it might be quite a while before I'm allowed back onto my character and granted another chance. One can only hope.
By Kuroyama at Nov 20, 2015 8:15 PM
I only knew you as Sybele and I am uncertain if I ever played with any of your IC characters. All I can say though is good luck. There are a lot of other games and places with different themes, people, moderators. You need to to seek these. Deciding that you are going to mope or be depressed over the loss of text on the internet is quite silly. Maybe you can find a fantasy style game and be a warrior among warriors. My point is, you can spend your time better in the search or new entertainment and communities.
Your posts now are just an entirely uncomfortable guilt trip towards staff and a feel sorry for me I'm broken series of posts. Pity is the worst thing you can feel for another but you make me pity you with what you've posted.
As far as donations being donations, I doubt completely that your donation was "needed" enough to warrant you getting to bring it up over and over like you descended as the saviour of sindome. Johnny has mentioned in the past that he pays for what the MOO needs when donations don't cover it. My perma pad donation or someone else's doesn't entitle us to anything but the fact we donated to support a game we enjoy and an enjoyable perk should we choose it. Donating to an animal shelter and getting a tshirt doesn't make the donator an investor because investors get paid dividends.
I do wish you luck in moving on. I've dealt with crippling depression and it's not a bitch but, making yourself depressed and then spreading that depression to others is no cure. Rising up and finding a new hobby is a good start.
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Frye will start against Pittsburgh, despite Quinn's successes
Aug 31, 2007 at 12:01 AM Aug 31, 2007 at 12:46 AM
Quinn came out gunning, but all wasn't perfect.
Brady Quinn keeps cranking out touchdowns, but Charlie Frye is the guy for Cleveland.
In a 19-9 win Thursday night over the Bears, Frye started and played two innocuous series. Afterward, Head Coach Romeo Crennel told the team that Frye will start the Sept. 9 opener against the Steelers.
“Charlie is our quarterback,” veteran wideout Joe Jurevicius said.
For the third time in as many weeks — in his longest playing stint since getting drafted — Quinn led a touchdown drive early in his shift.
Quinn showed touch, precision and zip on a nine-play, 50-yard drive in the second quarter. Using short throws to move the ball, he hit wideout Travis Wilson three times and running back Jerome Harrison once.
The rookie quarterback played five series in front of a large Notre Dame constituency. He completed 9-of-14 passes for 64 yards, but it wasn’t all good.
After the touchdown, he played the entire third quarter without producing a first down.
Quinn threw his first interception of the preseason, missing Wilson and getting picked by linebacker Brendon Ayenbadejo, a fifth-year pro.
In his only other series, he helped build Wilson’s breakout game with a 15-yard strike, but on the next play, tackle Nat Dorsey false-started. A third-and-5 play designed for wideout Steve Sanders fell apart.
Crennel had some fodder for the argument against starting Quinn.
Both the Bears and Browns finished the preseason at 3-1. Joshua Cribbs had a big night, setting up a field goal with a 21-yard catch and giving the Browns a 12-0 lead on a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown.
Quinn’s touchdown drive, capped by a Jerome Harrison 1-yard run, made it 19-0.
Bears starter Rex Grossman took a seat after one three-and-out series.
Frye didn’t get much more — running seven plays. He went 2-of-5 for 19 yards.
His first series started with a 16-yard catch-and-run by Braylon Edwards but quickly fizzled.
His second opened a quick thrill when Edwards had a beautiful pass deep down the right hash in his hands inside the 10. Edwards couldn’t hang on. The thrill was gone when the Browns soon punted.
Frye’s night was over six minutes into the game.
Derek Anderson was the second Browns quarterback in, producing a single field goal a second straight week. In three series, he went 6-of-9 for 93 yards.
Anderson came on and threw a dink completion to Kellen Winslow Jr. Anderson made up for an awful short incompletion with a short first-down throw to Edwards.
A blown formation prompted Anderson to call a timeout. After a run, Anderson waited too long for a sideline throw to Edwards. Punt.
The Cleveland defense kept handing the offense good field position — the Browns had the ball all but 118 seconds of the first quarter. In fact, Cleveland’s defense was sensational throughout the first half, forcing three-and-outs on Chicago’s first four possessions — the fourth resulted in Cribbs’ touchdown.
On Anderson’s second series, he rolled right and fired a 21-yard strike to Joshua Cribbs at the 11. A third-down pass toward the end zone, though, was tipped by two and almost three Bears.
Phil Dawson made a chip-shot field goal for a 3-0 lead.
Ken Dorsey played a nondescript fourth quarter.
Some Browns basically were rested. Running back Jamal Lewis ran 13 yards on four carries and took a seat.
Like Frye, he figures to get plenty of work against Pittsburgh.
Reach Canton Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or e-mail: steve.doerschuk@cantonrep.com
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MCAL is a chemical analysis facility capable of determining analytes in various matrices from biological, environmental and industrial samples. A variety of instruments are available for the separation, identification and quantification of these analytes. The equipment in the MCAL facility includes GC, GC-MS, LC, LC-MS, ICP-OES, spectrophotometers and electrophoresis equipment.
The laboratory also has access to NMR, FT-IR, and other routine analytical equipment.
The laboratory has two mass spectrometers (MS) – a GC-MS and LC-MS. The LC-MS can separate water/methanol soluble compounds and utilizes an ion-trap and electrospray injection.
MCAL has a wide range of chromatography separation instruments for both polar and non-polar compounds. The instruments include: GC, HPLC, HPLC-MS (identification and quantification with MS-MS capability), GC-MS (with dynamic headspace analysis and MS-MS capability).
For spectrophotometric analyses, the laboratory has two stand alone Cary 50 spectrophotometers and a fluorimeter.
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iPhone HD/4G d-day: June 7
By ccsoya 1:48 am, 29 April 2010 Leave a Comment
Sorry folks, we’ve made a major booboo on the date in our earlier post. It’s June 7, NOT July.
We thought that it’d be earlier but later is always better than never.
Looks like the new iPhone may make an appearance earlier than expected.
Apple fans out there make sure you mark your calendar, June 7 will now be the most likely date for the new iPhone to make its debut; because that is when Apple will be organising its WWDC10 event.
Part of the rumours that was unravelled in the Apple forums is true. The event will be held at Moscone West in San Francisco this year but the date is not 22 June, it will be earlier.
Unlike the WWDC before it, “this year’s WWDC offers developers in-depth sessions and hands-on working labs to learn more about iPhone OS 4, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system,” says Scott Forstall, Apple’s senior vice president of iPhone Software. As the focus shifts toward the iPhone OS 4.0, WWDC10 will provide “a unique opportunity for developers to work side-by-side with Apple engineers and interface designers to make their iPhone and iPad apps even better.”
Many are speculating that the WWDC10 will be the event in which Apple will unveil its latest iPhone. Of which it now has two possible names, the iPhone HD or iPhone 4G. We’re almost certain that it’s not going to be called the iPhone 4G as that will be very confusing due to the very high likelyhood that the device will not support 4G mobile networks like WiMAX.
SEE ALSO: Apple rolls out update to iWork apps—face detection, customisable Apple Pencil, and more
It’s going to be a bit of an anti-climax though, considering Gizmodo have already exposed much of the new iPhone’s details like a front-facing video camera, camera flash and micro-SIM card. We also know that the iPhone 4.0 OS that the new device is likely to run will be bringing with it many of the much awaited features iPhone users have been asking for. What’s left to be discovered is if indeed the iPhone HD/4G will use a 960×640 display.
Whatever it is, we’ll be wide awake during the WWDC10 keynote come June 7.
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How to Browse the Internet Anonymously Using Tor Browser
Posted by - Raja CRN October 03, 2017
Tracking the users activities in Internet has grabbed the headlines recent years. Online tracking is the one of the major concern for our privacy. When you browser the website like Google, Bing, your search habits and other useful information are tracked to provide better advertising, search results. Even the Government agency like NSA has tracked the users information from major companies like Google, Microsoft and Apple.
How to Protect your Privacy ?
To protect your data and privacy, you have some viable options like by browsing web Anonymously using Tor browser, Read this Post Prevent losing Your Privacy and avoid Tracking. Also, You can use the search engines like DuckDuckGo which doesn’t track your queries
Here, We’ll discuss about the Tor Browser bundle which helps you to browse the Internet anonymously. Many users looking for the best tool to browse the web anonymously to shield their privacy, TOR (The Onion Router) is the best option for them. You can install the TOR browser bundle in many platforms that includes Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.
What is Tor and Its Bundled Package?
The Onion Router – TOR is basically a network which distributes your incoming and outgoing traffic to the number of virtual tunnels to hide your IP address, location and your information which will make you an anonymous web user. The Tor bundled package is nothing but the collective tools to implement the TOR network easily in your computer. Without this Package, even the experienced Web user will struggle to install the TOR network in their computer.
The Tor Network runs through several computers of volunteers that is more than 5ooo relays at a time throughout a world. When you installed TOR client, it will conceal your Identity and network Activity. Your data is encrypted when it enters into Tor Network, also, the packet header information will be stripped which is used to identify the Operating system and browser information.
This modified data will be routed through the Relays which is the volunteers servers. The each step consists of many wrappers like onion that is why this network is called The Onion Router.
How to Use the Tor to surf the Web Anonymously?
To use the Tor network, you need Tor client that communicates with Tor network. “Tor browser bundle” is the Browser package from Tor project that can be used to browse the websites anonymously. If you want, you can install the Tor Browser plugins to achieve the same Tor Configuration. However, The ‘Tor Browser bundle’ has the Rigorous Peer reviewing capability.
Tor Browser Bundle is the combination of graphical controller Vidalia and a modified version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser.
Download the Tor Browser Bundle for Windows
Tor Browser Bundle can be downloaded from multiple sites. However, You can download the original package from the torproject.org which is an official site of Tor.
You can download the Tor browser bundle from page which offers the 32 bit and 64 bit packages with numerous language options. Once You have downloaded the package, extract it and launch the Tor browser from the folder.
You don’t need to install the package, just launch the Application and you can browse the website anonymously even without leaving the Tor browser traces in your computer by launching it from Pen Drive or any removable disks.
Connecting Tor Network and Browsing Anonymously in Windows
After you have launched the Tor Browser, The Vidalia User Interface will be displayed to Connect the Tor Network. You have to wait for few seconds to few minutes to make the connection with Tor Network. The Connection established the message will be displayed when the connection to Network succeeded. In Vidalia control panel, you can see the many options like message log, Settings and Setup Relaying, those are helpful to configure the Tor Client.
Once your computer connected to the Tor Network, the Tor Browser (Firefox) windows will be opened and will show the “This browser is configured to use Tor”.
The Tor browser also provides various options via Tor button in the Top of the browser. Using that You can change the IP address and Protect your cookies in the browser.
Download Tor browser For Mac OS X
Like the Windows, You can download the Tor Browser Bundle for Mac OS X in the same download page.
Connecting the Tor network is the pretty much same like Windows.
Download Tor Browser Bundle For Linux (Ubuntu, Mint and all)
For Linux, Download the Tor Browser Bundle in the Download Page and save it to Home folder or any other folder. Follow the instructions below to launch the Tor Browser in your Linux machine,
Open the Linux Terminal. If you have downloaded Tor Browser Bundle in your Home User folder, just execute the following command or Go to the folder where you have downloaded the Tor Browser Bundle.
tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux32-3.5.4_LANG.tar.xz
if you have downloaded the English version, then the code should be like this,
tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux32-3.5.4_en-US.tar.xz
then Enter into the extracted folder,
cd tor-browser_LANG or cd tor-browser_en_US
Then Executer the Start Tor Browser Bundle script,
./start-tor-browser
Use the Tor network and browse the internet anonymously without losing your privacy and stay secure in the browsing and real world.
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Fuel cell cars gather momentum
22.11.2017 by Silke Thole
If the EU commission has its way, automobile manufacturers will have to reduce the CO2 emissions of new vehicles by 30 per cent by the year 2030. By the same date, 30 per cent of all new cars brought onto the market should ideally be powered by alternative drive concepts. In the light of these targets it is therefore no surprise that the focus of attention has started to shift back to fuel cell vehicles in recent weeks.
Hydrogen Council: The future belongs to fuel cell vehicles
Additional impetus has now come from the Hydrogen Council, an association of major companies in the energy, technology and transport sectors. Founded at the beginning of the year on the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the "Hydrogen Council" took the opportunity to present a study at the World Climate Change Conference in Bonn explaining how the large-scale introduction of hydrogen can make a contribution towards energy transition.
The vision of the committee, representing vehicle manufacturers such as Toyota, Audi, BMW, Daimler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai and Kawasaki, as well as energy and technology companies including Air Liquide, Alstom, AngloAmerican, Engie, Shell, Statoil, Linde and Total, envisages more than 400 million cars, 15 to 20 million trucks and around five million buses running on hydrogen by the year 2050.
1 in 12 cars with fuel cell by 2030
The study produced by the Hydrogen Council together with the consulting firm McKinsey also shows what needs to be done to put the idea into practice. There are already fuel cell buses, medium-sized cars and fork-lift trucks with fuel cell drive on the market today. Over the next five years the range of models is to be extended with the addition of large cars, buses, trucks and trains. For the vision to become reality by 2050, one in twelve cars sold in Germany, California, Japan and South Korea would have to be a fuel cell vehicle and these would have to start coming onto the market in the rest of the world as well, according to the study. Further intermediate targets for 2030: 350,000 fuel cell trucks, 50,000 buses and thousands of trains and passenger ships.
Production capacities will have to be increased
The study also states that, to be able to meet these goals, production capacities would of course have to be greatly expanded to keep costs to a competitive level and to obtain acceptance of the technology on the mass market. It is however unlikely that the necessary cost reduction can be achieved solely by increasing the production volume. New materials are also called for. One of the ways in which Daimler has just managed to significantly cut the costs of this innovative technology was by reducing the amount of platinum in the stack by 90 per cent, for example. The new fuel cell generation was fitted for the first time in the recently presented SUV Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL.
CVM systems are an important element in fuel cell testing
Like nearly all other major automobile manufacturers, Daimler makes use of SMART testing, monitoring and cell contacting systems for its fuel cell drive development work. The characteristic quantities for fuel cell stack monitoring are the cell voltages. These provide detailed information on the condition of the stack at all times and so enable users to react promptly to critical operating states. Our MCM-IntelliProbe product family measures and monitors the individual cell voltages.
We are now working together with the manufacturers to incorporate the technology into series vehicles to be able to quickly detect critical operating states and initiate an appropriate response here as well. Our Cell Voltage Monitoring (CVM) systems already satisfy one of the requirements: they are compact and take up little space.
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MCM IntelliProbe Interlink Module with fan.
Thermal management is yet another challenge to be dealt with. Heat must not accumulate when using measurement components close to the stack. We have developed various items of equipment to help our customers with thermal management. For example a fan specially designed to dissipate the heat between two module stacks.
Recent additions include heat sinks to optimise the dissipation of heat from the measurement modules. These can be retrofitted, are made of metal and are designed with a particularly large surface for emitting the heat. And they have a height of just four millimetres.
More ideas are in the pipeline. We are currently working on a new version of the IntelliProbe measurement modules with an operating range of up to 105 degrees, as opposed to 85 degrees at present. Further details will be available in the coming year.
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Awards ceremony held for Monchy Community After School Programme (+video)
By Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment
(PRESS RELEASE) — As part of the closing celebratory event of the Monchy Community After School Programme, the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment hosted an awards ceremony to honor students, parents and facilitators who helped make the programme a success.
The Monchy Programme was implemented in 2010 and runs from September to March.
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, Local Government and Empowerment, Mrs. Velda Joseph, expressed gratitude to the facilitators and parents who came forward to complement government’s efforts in that regard: “I want to thank all the facilitators who were there before and those who are still involved in the programme. I know that this job is not a high-paying one and so I would like to thank you for your contribution which has impacted the lives of vulnerable people in the community.”
The permanent secretary further emphasized the need for the parents of enrolled students to become actively involved in the Community After School Programme: “To the parents, I want to tell you that you should get involved and continue to support the programme in whatever way you can.”
Deputy Director in the Social Transformation Unit, Mr. Jim Xavier, echoed similar sentiments.
According to Mr. Xavier, the successful programmes are the ones in which the parents become involved. He encouraged all parents to be more involved in what is happening at the centre, and to support their children in the programme.
Mr. Xavier also complemented the dedicated facilitators of the Monchy Community After School Programme who go above and beyond to make the programme interesting and unique.
Studies consistently show that students who participate in a service-learning program have improved academic performance and develop positive behaviors in school.
One participant testified that: “If it wasn’t for the programme I would be another lost child in the ghetto. I had already began doing bad things until I joined the Monchy Community After School Programme (CASP).”
The Community After School Programme was implemented in 2009 in the communities of La Maze, Faux-A-Chaux and Mon Repos.
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Community After School Programmes are essential microcosm of the best society has to offer its youngsters. It is a place for safe play, which allows creativity to become unleashed. It is a place to for children to find a voice, develop friendship and resolve differences amicably. It gives parents peace of mind to work knowing that their children are looked after and engaged. It enables professionalism to be developed in child development and creative play. For some children it is the safest place; a counter balance to neglect and deprivation. Community After School Programmes are too few and need other sectors such as churches, businesses to come aboard. The benefits to society are immeasurable.
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Chancellor to disclose second Budget 2015 in July
18th May 2015 | News
Chancellor, George Osborne will unveil his second Budget of the year following the Conservatives’ majority victory in the General Election on Wednesday 8th July.
According to Osborne, the Tories’ financial manifesto will focus on “working people”. The Chancellor stated he “didn’t want to wait” to turn his party’s election promises into a reality.
In Mr Osborne’s first all-Conservative Budget, he is seeking to balance the party’s manifesto pledges with the national deficit and incoming welfare cuts.
As pledged on the doorsteps of Downing Street, the Chancellor will continue “the balanced plan to deal with our debts”.
A new survey also suggests the business community is largely behind his plans to raise more than £5bn from targeting tax evasion and “aggressive” avoidance.
Almost nine-in-ten Institute of Directors’ members say they support the government’s plan to clamp down hard on tax avoidance.
However, the IoD members remain sceptical as to how much the measures will raise, with less than 15 per cent of members “confident” that the £5bn target is achievable.
The firms will also be less keen on plans to put a surcharge on company dividends for higher and additional rate taxpayers, which one expert reportedly views a prospect, particularly if Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is left alone.
This plan has been floated to the Financial Times by Andrew Collins of Charles Russell Speechlys, suggesting the surcharge on company dividends would hit those on effective tax rates of 32.5 and 37.5 per cent respectively, who take advantage of PSCs.
The IoD survey coincides with a report from Enterprise Nation which outlines 23 issues small business owners and self-employed professionals want addressing by the new government, including late payment, funding, hiring young talent and business support schemes.
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I Am A Cop
Jan 1, 1974 — By ronlangenkamp
A San Antonio patrolman tells what it is like on the job.
Temple of Cloth
Jan 1, 1974 — By Suzanne O'Malley
The Apparel Mart in Dallas clothes Middle America. Their merchandise may not win many fashion awards, but it sells, and sells, and sells.
God Goes to the Astrodome
Jan 1, 1974 — By Thorne Dreyer
A fat 15-year-old inaugurated 1000 years of peace in Houston this fall. Don't look now, but the people you went to college with may be following him.
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When we write a constitution for the first time in almost 100 years, everyone wants a piece of the pie. In spite of it all, the new draft turned out to be an improvement. Now it's the legislature's turn.
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Jan 1, 1974 — By Ann Crawford
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Modern Art In Houston Since its establishment in Dallas 6 years ago, the Janie C. Lee Gallery has been known for showing the most celebrated of contemporary American artists. In mid-December, they opened a Houston branch that promises more of the same. The initial show is a group exhibition…
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THE DECLINE AND FALL OF LUNAR ROYALTY IT WASN’T EXACTLY ONE GIANT step for womankind, but from all reports this was one exploration NASA’s Director Christopher Columbus Kraft found not worth smiling about. Odds are that 1973’s Lunar Landing Festival Beauty Contest was not only the first such endeavor by…
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Tex-Mex food is as indigenous to Texas as beefsteak. Here are some recipes which will water your eyes and wow your guests.
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Jan 1, 1974 — By Prudence Mackintosh
Mothers and fathers in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston can explore an exciting concept with their children: the city as playground.
Jan 1, 1974 — By Paul Burka
INMATES OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT of Corrections have made 181 new desks for about $34 a desk. Rockford Furniture Associates of Austin has fashioned matching chairs for $180 a chair. A new electronic voting board has been installed for $33,500 ($200 more than the total cost for the chairs). These…
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Perry’s Titanic Blunder
The governor rejects Medicaid expansion and then embarrasses himself on Fox News
By Eileen Smith
To expand Medicaid is “not unlike adding 1,000 people to the Titanic.”—Rick Perry on Fox News, July 9
In a strongly worded and entirely predictable letter Monday to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Gov. Rick Perry announced his intention to reject any expansion of the Medicaid program in Texas or the creation of a state health insurance exchange, two key provisions of the Affordable Care Act that Perry refers to as “brazen intrusions into the sovereignty of our state.” Looks like it’s time to dust off the muskets and prepare to defend Texas’s sovereignty! Again!
“We in Texas have no intention to implement so-called state exchanges or to expand Medicaid under Obamacare,” Perry said in a statement. “I will not be party to socializing healthcare and bankrupting my state in direct contradiction to our Constitution and our founding principles of limited government. I stand proudly with the growing chorus of governors who reject the Obamacare power grab. Neither a ‘state’ exchange nor the expansion of Medicaid under this program would result in better ‘patient protection’ or in more ‘affordable care.’ They would only make Texas a mere appendage of the federal government when it comes to health care.”
As for the health care act being “in direct contradiction to our Constitution,” Perry clearly missed the part where the Supreme Court ruled that the law is…constitutional. Although the court did rule that the federal government couldn’t penalize states that choose to opt out of the Medicaid expansion, the implementation of health insurance exchanges is mandatory. States refusing to create the exchanges will see the federal government stepping in and doing it for them. How embarrassing. Not that Perry is easily embarrassed.
In an interview Monday on Fox News, Perry was caught off-guard by a hard-hitting question posed by one of the many interchangeable female blond newscasters there: “If part of your goal is to keep the federal government out of the lives of Texans, then why give them that power?” Perry responded by not responding, saying only that Medicaid is a failed program and increasing enrollment is “like adding 1,000 people to the Titanic.” When asked what his solution would be to the health care crisis, he suggested that if the federal government “was serious about working with the states” they would provide the funding in no-strings-attached block grants, the default conservative proposal on how to best fix (or, more accurately, cut) Medicaid. Block grant funding would provide Texas greater leeway in how it allocates its resources while stripping poor and disabled Texans of their benefits. Well someone’s got to be the loser.
But where Perry really got it wrong in the Fox interview was his assertion that “every Texan has health care in this state from the standpoint of being able to have access to healthcare.” That’s like saying that every Texan has food in this state from the standpoint of being able to have access to the grocery store. It doesn’t mean the more than six million Texans who are uninsured can actually afford it. And who but our governor has access to experimental adult stem cell spinal infusions? According to a new study released by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Texas ranks dead last in health care services and delivery. Texas Medicaid is also one of the most limited and strictest programs in the country. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission projects that the state would actually see a net gain of $70 billion over five years if it expanded its Medicaid program. That sounds like some sort of trick.
In the end it looks like Perry would rather go down with the ship than work with the federal government on health care. And he’s taking millions of uninsured Texans down with him.
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Robert Zaretsky: Putting Houston’s Anti-Discrimination Ordinance in Perspective
By Robert Zaretsky
Most mornings I join tens of thousands of fellow commuters who live south of Houston for our daily slog along I-45. There are few sources of frustration greater than this dense traffic corridor, but thanks to the absence of zoning laws, there are also few resources better for slow reading. Rather than seeing this slice of highway as a valley of death, why not consider it as a valley of texts? Flourishing along the banks of this great, concrete Nile are elegant copses of signs for the (upscale) malls and weedy patches of decaying signs for the (downscale) strip malls. Among the billboards touting Texas-tough trucks and Texas-sized tacos, you can savor sly logos: “God listens,” boasts our local Christian radio station, while the convenience chain Buc-ee’s reminds us of their clean restrooms with “Don’t worry, P happy.” At other signs we simply shudder. Gentlemen’s clubs? Anything but, we tell our kids.
Welcome to my world of signifiers, where franchises sacred and profane, megachurches and malls, invite exegesis. Several years ago, the evangelical Grace Community Church, with locations in San Diego and north Houston, opened a new storefront not too far from my own neighborhood. With its vast hexagonal buiilding already dwarfing its neighbors—including a Lexus dealership and a former strip club known as Vixxen—the 18,000-member congregation planned to further advertise its presence with a 200-foot cross. That plan was thwarted when the FAA noticed that the proposed cross conflicted with nearby Ellington Field’s flight path.
In lieu of a giant cross, Grace has had to make do with bright billboards emblazoned with blond families plugging their churchly community, cable station and conception of the world. Yet the setback has not stopped Steve and Becky Riggle, the church’s founders and senior pastors, from remaining fixtures on the local news.
Tune in to any of our talk and news stations during your daily commute and chances are you’ll have heard about the city’s proposed anti-discrimination ordinance. In particular, the ordinance is aimed at any business that refuses service on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Paint stores, pawnshops and pulperias—just a few of the plethora of businesses along I-45—could not deny you their services. Should they try, they would be subject to fines as high as $5,000.
As the vote approached, the ordinance mobilized not just the LBGT community and its supporters, but also a number of local megachurches. Second Baptist Church, whose membership of 64,000 beggars the adequacy of the “mega” prefix, and whose several locations lie close along Houston’s major traffic arteries, came out against the measure, with senior pastor Ed Young declaring that the rights of the LGBT community end where the prerogatives of Christian morality begin.
While the Riggles made the same argument, their efforts were both more colorful and more candid. The color came mostly from Steve Riggle during a public session at City Hall a few weeks ago. In an exchange with Councilmember Ellen Cohen, Riggle alluded to the now-legendary predicament of the Oregon baker whose Christian principles led him to refuse to take a cake order from a gay couple. Would it be any different, Riggle asked, if a Jewish baker refused an order for a cake decorated with a swastika? Cohen suggested that it would be different: Nazi pastry connoisseurs are not, like gays under the proposed ordinance, a protected class. When Cohen then asked if a Christian baker could deny service to a Jewish client because Judaism is an affront to his faith, Pastor Riggle realized he was about to slide down a slippery slope and declined to answer.
Becky Riggle barreled down that same slope, however, when she made a separate appearance before City Council. Councilwoman Cohen asked the same question she had posed to Steve: Should a Christian store owner, troubled by a customer’s Jewish faith, be able to deny her service? To general astonishment, Becky Riggle replied: “Yes, I am saying that. But that is not the issue that we’re talking about today.” With a poker face, Annise Parker, Houston’s unflappable gay mayor, then turned to the next speaker.
Of course, many Houstonians—Jewish, gay and otherwise—disagree with the pastor. And her claim that religious faith trumps civil rights and justifies discriminatory practices is precisely the issue. But as I drive by these vast fortresses of faith on my daily commute, I think I can begin to see the Riggles’ view.
Megachurches like Grace and Second Baptist rise along our traffic corridors for the same reason that fast-food restaurants do: where better to advertise one’s merchandise than in front of a massive audience streaming past day and night? And where better to trumpet a transcendent faith than these polluted arteries lined with strip clubs, loan sharks, tattoo parlors, 24-hour video stores and Thai massage spas? Given the apparent corruption of this particular landscape, it’s hardly surprising that these churches become worlds unto themselves. The comfort of these faith-bound cocoons makes their members all the more vulnerable to culture shock. From pre-K to high school, fitness centers to financial advisers, concerts to cafés, members of these churches need confront the world outside the bubble only when they step into their places of work. Like a bakery. Or when they need to find a public restroom. Like at Buc-ee’s.
In fact, for Grace and Second Baptist, public restrooms are very much the issue. In a video released by Grace Church, the Riggles insisted that Houston’s ordinance, which covers transgender individuals, will transform women’s restrooms into hunting grounds for cross-dressing male predators. Rather than P happy, the Riggles warn, P afraid.
I am not so anxious. As I drive along I-45, the countless texts tumbling past the window reflect a world that is, to be sure, often disconcerting. But it’s also a world whose dissonance represents exuberance and tolerance.
Now that the ordinance has passed, I tell myself: P hopeful. And P certain that while the odds are long of finding a clean toilet along I-45, they are even longer of finding a bearded stalker waiting in the ladies’ room.
Categories: Back of the Book, Blogs, Culture, LGBT Rights
Tags: Annise Parker, becky riggle, Houston equal rights ordinance, Steve Riggle
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Documentary explores social media’s downside
By The Acorn Staff | on April 25, 2019
By Stephanie Bertholdo
sbertholdo@theacorn.com
While Snapchat, Facebook and other such apps have done plenty to keep friends and family connected, social media’s darker side is coming under increasing scrutiny.
Oak Park Unified School District screened the IndieFlix documentary “Like” for a full house on April 11 at its performing arts center on the Oak Park High School campus. The film explores the pitfalls of social media and the effect it may have on developing brains.
The title, “Like,” refers to the social media practice of “l...
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Wettest winter on record for the US! 2nd wettest Feb ever: Cold and snow records tumble: Montana 28 deg F below normal 10 deg colder than old record
Credit NOAA Atmospheric river dumps a record amount of snow and wet into California during the middle of February
Just 66 days into 2019 and it is already the year of record-breaking weather, NOAA released its monthly national weather update and once again, 2019 has continued the record-breaking trend.
The U.S. has recorded its wettest winter ever, capped by a cooler, wetter February 2019.
A fixed jet stream above the Atlantic is causing record cold, snow and rain in the US (but has caused record warm in most of Europe).
After a steady march of snow and rain storms across the country between December 2018 and the end of February 2019, it’s no surprise that the contiguous U.S. has marked its wettest winter on record.
The wet weather last month also made February 2019 the second wettest February on record.
Here are more highlights from NOAA’s latest monthly U.S. climate report:
Climate by the numbers
The average temperature during February across the contiguous U.S. was 32.0 degrees F (1.8 degrees below average), which put it among the coolest third of the 125-year record for February. However, the U.S. Southeast experienced much-above-average temperatures, with Florida having its second-hottest February on record.
The average precipitation for February was 3.22 inches (1.09 inches above average), making it the second wettest February on record. Across the U.S., 19 states had a top-10 wettest February, with Tennessee having its wettest February on record.
Winter | December 2018–February 2019
The total U.S. winter precipitation was 9.01 inches (2.22 inches above average), which made it the wettest winter on record, beating the winter of 1997-98 by 0.02 of an inch. Much of the western U.S. received above-average precipitation, while regions in the Great Lakes, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys, and High Plains experienced much-above average and record precipitation.
The winter temperature was 33.4 degrees F (1.2 degrees above average), ranking it among the hottest third of winters on record, with warmer-than-average temperatures across the Deep South, the Southeast and parts of New England.
Other notable highlights
Shivering temperatures: In February, below-average to much-below-average temperatures were tallied from the West Coast to the Great Lakes. For example, the average February temperature for Great Falls, Montana, was nearly 28 degrees F below normal — more than 10 degrees colder than the previous record.
Record snowfalls: Several cities had record snowfall in February, including Seattle (20.2 inches); Pendleton, Oregon (32.5 inches); Minneapolis (39.0 inches); Rochester, Minnesota (40.0 inches); and Eau Claire, Wisconsin (53.7 inches).
Drought improvement: At February’s end, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed 11.9 per cent of the contiguous U.S. to be in a drought, down from 16.5 per cent at the end of January.
More > Access NOAA’s report and download images from the NCEI website.
Posted by Gary Walton at 12:39 pm
Hawkeye 8 March 2019 at 11:06
This is all hogwash because the coldest temps are from geoengineering. If that wasn't in play then all places on earth would have hottest temps in all seasons.
Why are they geoengineering? To cool down surface temps masking the warming and fooling populations as to the actual dire state of the global warming. There are several agendas behind it, but masking the heat is the main one. This is not so hard to do. On robinwesternra's site yesterday he had an excellent video showing us just how easy it is to make cold, snow and ice. Ice nucleating chemicals, aka, endothermic reactions by two chemicals. Its chemistry/science, math! Barium (something) and ammonia (something). Two solids that when they come in contact with each other turn endothermic and freeze moisture in minutes. Endothermic pulls the heat out of the molecule and freezes.
Why so surprised or doubtful? We have medical treatments that are chemicals that freeze cancer cells until they fall away, it is also used to remove warts. Freezing chemicals have existed for decades. Colorado has been making snow by use of this same chemical freezing since 1971. Legally! Other ski resorts do it as well, a known fact. So, yes, they can make snow and freeze the weather now globally. Just put those chems in gigantic tanks, load on to planes equipped with spray nozzles and bingo, spray the atmosohere- freezing cloud moisture and its a Pilar vortex, because chemical freezing is severe freezing to the point of creating a freeze burn. And it can happen at temps above the natural freezing temp of 0c/32f. This is why some weather events see snow above freezing. Then there is ionosphere heaters coupled with microwave transmission frequencies that create high pressure ridges of dry heat. Those are used to bend jet streams and make walls to block/steer systems. On NASA worldview it is quite visible how bent and split up the global jet streams are from this science. There is no sea ice in north pole area waters, it did all go away a couple years ago. Geoengineering also uses chemical ice nucleating on the surface of the arctic ocean to make a slushy ice replacing what used to be. That too can be seen in NASA WV satellite images. Looks like a chemical spill because it is! One of the weather satellites is NOAA! Can't trust them. They report the temps they created and don't tell you why it is as it is happening. They are screwing with the magnetic energy in the magnetosphere. Yes Gary, Satan is behind it to poison all life! Making those involved rich and powerful as that is his way to trick mankind. What else you want to know my friend!?
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To fishermen, storm seemed to last forever
Lisa Coon
Two Creve Coeur men were fishing Thursday at Snake Den Hollow in Victoria when a friend called to say a storm was headed their way. When it was over, they were thankful to be alive.
Kevin Jackson has fished at Snake Den Hollow in the Knox County town of Victoria every weekend this summer.
"They have good muskie, nice crappie," the 43-year-old Creve Coeur man said.
He and his brother, Kenny, 45, also of Creve Coeur, decided to do a little fishing Thursday on the big lake — McMaster Lake. They were on the lake for about a half hour when a friend in Pekin called to let them know a "storm was heading our way."
The brothers looked to the sky and "all we saw was like a big cotton ball with an anvil on it — it really didn’t look ominous," Jackson said. The two went back to fishing in their 15-foot plastic canoe.
Just seven minutes later, the storm that brought with it winds of up to 80 mph in areas, was on top of the men. The storm started developing cells near the Mississippi River and gained intensity as it traveled through Warren County into Knox County and on to the Chicago area, all within about two hours.
"We turned around ... it was black underneath with a white band around it — it covered the whole sky," said Jackson, a self-employed upholsterer specializing in street and hot rods.
The men didn’t have time to get off the lake but made it behind an island in the middle. There they tied up to a beaver dam and prepared for the worst.
"We positioned ourselves so the island was between us and the storm," Jackson said.
They then covered themselves with a thin sheet of plastic and held on.
"The wind was just whipping around us — we couldn’t even hear each other talk. We just held onto the canoe," Jackson said. "Waves were probably 3-feet to 5-feet high on the lake ... the noise was so loud we thought it had to be a tornado. Limbs and branches were flying over us. If we’d been anywhere else on that lake we probably would have drowned.
"I tell you, it was one of the most scariest times of my life. I’ve never been that scared before," he said.
While it seemed like the storm lasted forever, Jackson said it was probably about 15 minutes.
"We were just lucky to get to a place to sit it out. We didn’t even get wet since we had the plastic," he said. "I can’t imagine what (residents) are going through right now.
"After the storm passed, we were just so thankful to be alive," he said.
As they headed home, the men were forced to find an alternative road as Snake Den Road was inpassable due to downed trees.
"I pray to God I never experience anything like that again," Jackson said.
Reach Journal Star reporter Lisa Coon at (309) 686-3041 or lcoon@pjstar.com.
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WekaIO and Univa Partner to Simplify the On-Ramp of HPC Workloads to the Cloud
[November 13, 2018]
(Supercomputing '18, Booth # 3054) - Univa (News - Alert)®, a leading innovator in enterprise-grade workload management and optimization solutions for on-premise and hybrid cloud high-performance computing (HPC), today announced a partnership with WekaIO, a high-performance scale-out file system storage company, to help enterprise customers accelerate the migration of their HPC workloads to the cloud. Univa is working with WekaIO to integrate one of the industry's fastest parallel file systems into its Navops Launch, to offer customers a comprehensive, high-performance, hybrid cloud solution for HPC and machine learning workloads.
There continues to be an increasing trend within IT and research organizations to migrate workloads to the cloud in order to accommodate the demands of today's high-performance applications. With this in mind, Univa's innovative workload management and optimization solutions, Navops Launch and Grid Engine, are uniquely suited for industries such as life sciences, manufacturing, and AI/analytics that require the highest level of performance to support data-intensive and performance-hungry applications. Accelerating machine learning projects through the elimination of storage bottlenecks is of high interest to enterprises, and this collaboration will allow WekaIO's high-speed scale-out file storage technology to support computational needs that help users advance machine learning projects into production.
"Our flash-native, parallel file system scales to deliver all of the required bandwidth to the most demanding applications," said Liran Zvibel, co-founder and CEO at WekaIO. "Univa has deep expertise as an HPC cloud leader that interacts with hundreds of companies, and we look forward to helping them migrate their customers' HPC workloads to the cloud. In tandem with Univa, we will offer life sciences research organizations and enterprise users highly-accelerated storage capabilities that can help eliminate the concern for performance bottlenecks as they look to radically increase their computing power and bandwidth within their HPC and ML environments."
Accelerating Enterprise HPC Cloud Migration with Navops Launch 1.0
Univa also announced today the release of Navops Launch 1.0, which offers enterprise customers more significant advancements in the migration of HPC workoads to the cloud. This latest and most powerful hybrid HPC cloud management product will help users simplify the extension of on-premise clusters into hybrid cloud services to efficiently mesh public and private cloud resources to address increasing workload demands, while delivering increased operational efficiencies. A unique and key component of this new version is that it uses automation applets that monitor and control cloud scaling and workload placement in hybrid clouds. Navops Launch automation tightly integrates with Univa Grid Engine and its workload status and metrics collection to respond to changes in workload demand and cluster utilization by expanding or contracting the cloud footprint in a dynamic fashion. Once configured, administrators have full control over tying cloud resource usage to a corresponding budget without requiring manual intervention.
In addition, Navops Launch's unique automation applets can integrate third-party data sources, including storage fabric like WekaIO's flash-native, parallel file system, as well as management systems, cluster and cloud environment attributes. The use of these attributes can be tied together with application metrics via a series of automation applets to drive insight into the scaling, reaping, data movement, cost decisions and workload placement policies. Crucial aspects of data locality and data movement can be automated with an applet as well and tied to the requirements of workloads and storage architectures.
"It has been a banner year for Univa in helping our enterprise users migrate their HPC workloads to the cloud," said Gary Tyreman (News - Alert), president and CEO of Univa. "The Univa team has been working closely with our customers from 11 of the top 12 life science organizations, 22 major airlines, the top two oil and gas companies and dozens of educational institutions, to help optimize performance and manage their mission-critical applications. As we recognize the need for a high-performance scale-out file system, we are delighted to partner with WekaIO to integrate one of the world's fastest parallel file systems into our Navops Launch to give end customers the ability to maximize the throughput of their HPC environment and make it easier to move high-performance applications to the cloud."
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About Univa Corporation
Univa is the leading innovator of workload management products that optimize the performance of applications, services, and containers. Univa enables enterprises to fully utilize and scale compute resources across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. Advanced reporting and monitoring capabilities provide insights to make scheduling decisions and achieve even faster time-to-results. Univa's solutions help hundreds of companies to manage thousands of applications and run billions of tasks every day. Univa is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Canada and Germany. For more information, please visit www.univa.com.
About WekaIO
WekaIO helps companies manage, scale and futureproof their data center so they can solve real problems that impact the world. WekaIO Matrix™, the world's fastest shared parallel file system and WekaIO's flagship product, leapfrogs legacy storage infrastructures by delivering simplicity, scale, and faster performance for a fraction of the cost. In the cloud or on-premises, WekaIO's NVMe-native high-performance software-defined storage solution removes the barriers between the data and the compute layer, thus accelerating artificial intelligence, machine learning, genomics, research, and analytics workloads.
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The Last of Us Out Now, Steelbook Editions Available at Netopia
June 20, 2013 / Miguel Mendoza
X-Play launches The Last of Us, Naughty Dog’s latest game available in select Netopia Branches. One of the highest reviewed games of this year is out and is ready to be spent by your hard-earned cash. In case you missed out on pre-ordering The Last of Us, X-Play Online Games, Inc. released Steelbook Editions of the game priced at P2595 at the folloing Netopia branches:
Robinson’s Manila
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SM North EDSA
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Lucky China Town Mall
SM Batangas
Shoppesville, Greenhills
SM Iloilo
Robinson’s Bacolod
So wow, Netopia sells video games now, I honestly had no idea. That's actually pretty cool. i myself have yet to pick up a copy of The Last of Us because damn you, ToyCon 2013. But I've heard nothing but good things about it. The Steelbook looks pretty sweet too and I am a huge sucker for Steelbooks. If you've been craving for the Steelbook Edition of The Last of Us, this is the perfect chance to get one.
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[Updated - MP trailer]The Last of Us multiplayer details and gameplay footage
June 05, 2013 / Carlos Hernandez
With nearly a week until The Last of Us finally hits stores, Naughty Dog is finally releasing information about the multiplayer aspect of their new IP.
One preview by TheSixthAxis gives in detail about how multiplayer works. Multiplayer for The Last of Us will be called 'Factions'
In Factions, there will be two clans to choose from. Now, Clan's are important because it's all about trying to keep your clan stocked up in supplies and making sure they survive for 12 weeks. For each match in multiplayer, that represents a day in the game, and as you progress, your survival count grows.
Quick facts about Factions
Choose one of two clans
Each match represents a day, try to survive 12 weeks
There are two game types
There are seven maps
Plenty of customization options and load-out tweaks to keep things interesting
UPDATED - Now the previews have now gone live, but how does the gameplay look? Well, have a look at the trailer then.
At this point, the Multiplayer doesn't look appealing at all. I still don't have a full grasp on what makes Factions different, aside from the lack of bullets you will have to spray on your enemies. With this game, everybody is really going to focus on the Single Player campaign. How successful the MP will be for Naughty Dog will really depend on how much we will like the gameplay found on the Single Player experience.
Multiplayer I think isn't necessary for a game like this, but I've said that to Mass Effect 3 and Uncharted 2, and both proved me wrong. So I'll keep an open mind until I get to play it myself.
June 05, 2013 / Carlos Hernandez/ Comment
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A bit of new The Last of Us gameplay
May 19, 2013 / Carlos Hernandez
We are halfway through May and when this month is up there's only one game that comes into mind in June. The Last of Us is Naughty Dog's(Uncharted series) new IP that focuses on survival. A harsh post-apocalyptic world were a man and a kid will do whatever they can to stay alive. VG247 released new gameplay footage showing the game's combat and new locales not seen yet. Have a look.
I'm definitely picking this up when the game hits next month. I'm now a fan of Naughty Dog's work thanks to what they did in the Uncharted series. Uncharted was one of the best franchises born out of the PlayStation 3 and I'm quite curious if they can provide the same success with this new IP with the PS4 now on the horizon.
From the gameplay shown above, its definitely nothing like Uncharted, but you do see some similarities with how their cutscenes were organized. The gameplay seems to require you to think quick without using too much resources to move forward. There's also the infected, which brings a whole new twist in the gameplay but sadly nothing was shown during this footage.
One more feature to note is that Naughty Dog is trying to provide Ellie(The kid) with an advance AI to not make the player feel as if she's a burden. That's the biggest challenge Naughty Dog says so I'm curious to see if they did pull it off for this game.
The Last of Us will be out on June 14, 2013 exclusively for the PS3.
Pre-orders are now out in Datablitz stores so if you want to throw down some cash right now to secure a copy, check out this link for more info on what they offer.
May 19, 2013 / Carlos Hernandez/ Comment
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The Last of Us 'Red Band' trailer
Sony just released a new trailer and is considering it as the Red Band trailer for The Last of Us. It's an extended version of the last trailer with added footage of how gruesome The Last of Us can be. Have a look below.
Was that a decapitation of a human being? Well, at least it being called a 'Red band' trailer now fits the bill. The Last of Us was originally planned for a May release, but Naughty Dog needed more time to polish the game up.
The new release date is June 14, exclusively on the PlayStation 3.
April 01, 2013 / Carlos Hernandez/ Comment
Uncharted 3's multiplayer goes Free To Play
February 27, 2013 / Carlos Hernandez
What? Free To Play? Seems a bit unusual for a console title, but yes, you will be able to download the multiplayer component of Uncharted 3 free on the PSN store, with some restrictions of course.
First off, you will only earn experience points and cash up to level 15. You can still play the game as much as you want, but if you want to get more unlocks and other perks, you will have to buy them separately. Naughty Dog has provided detailed infomation about how their Free To Play works. An F.A.Q was also created for people with questions.
This is actually a great idea to introduce players unfamiliar with the Uncharted series and it's gameplay. They broke down the title into parts. Whether you are interested in just the multiplayer or the single player, you get to buy what you want. VG247 reports that there are half a million who are actively playing each month and I don't blame them, the multiplayer is a lot of the fun.
[source: PS Blog US]
February 27, 2013 / Carlos Hernandez/ Comment
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BB King was not poisoned, autopsy finds
Blues legend died of natural causes, despite the claims of two of his children
Wed 15 Jul 2015 02.22 EDT Last modified on Tue 14 Feb 2017 13.27 EST
BB King … allegations dismissed. Photograph: Owen Sweeney/Rex Shutterstock
Medical examiners found no evidence to prove the allegation that blues legend BB King was poisoned before he died of natural causes in May, according to autopsy findings made public on Monday in Las Vegas.
Tests, conducted after two of the musical icon’s 11 adult children said their father had been murdered, showed the cause of death was Alzheimer’s disease, plus physical conditions including coronary disease, heart failure and the effects of type-2 diabetes, Clark county coroner John Fudenberg said.
Daughters Karen Williams and Patty King had said through their attorney, Larissa Drohobyczer, that King’s business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, hastened their father’s death.
Brent Bryson, a lawyer for King’s estate, has called the claims defamatory and libelous.
“Ms Toney and Mr Johnson are very happy that these false and fictional allegations that were made against them by certain of Mr King’s children have been dispelled,” Bryson said. “Hopefully we can now focus on the body of musical work that BB King left the world, and he can finally rest in peace.”
'Always a rotten apple': BB King, poison and the daughters of an infertile legend
The findings close official investigations of King’s death, Fudenberg said.
The allegations drew intense interest while the daughters led a group of several of King’s surviving adult children and grandchildren in an unsuccessful bid to wrest guardianship and oversight of the King estate from Toney.
Williams, Patty King and daughters Rita Washington and Barbara Winfree had Drohobyczer contest their father’s will. They enlisted prominent national attorneys Benjamin Crump and Jose Baez to investigate whether BB King was properly cared for before he died in hospice care at home in Las Vegas at age 89.
King’s physician, Dr Darin Brimhall, and the coroner had attributed his death to natural causes, including a series of small strokes caused by atherosclerotic vascular disease as a consequence of his long battle with blood sugar fluctuations and diabetes. The medical term was multi-infarct dementia.
Fudenberg said on 13 July that the autopsy found additional evidence of cerebrovascular disease and mini-strokes similar to those described earlier. “Considering the information available to any clinical physician at the time, multi-infarct dementia was a reasonable conclusion to reach,” he said
Tests didn’t detect any substances that might have hastened King’s death, Fudenberg said.
The autopsy was conducted on 24 May, 10 days after King died, two days after a public viewing in Las Vegas drew more than 1,000 fans and mourners, and one day after a family-and-friends memorial drew 350 people to a downtown Las Vegas funeral chapel.
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Apple Watch brings wearable tech to the mainstream – in time for Christmas
Sales boom forecast as smartphones in your pocket link to stylish multifunctional devices worn on wrist
Isabel Finch and Jamie Doward
Sat 13 Sep 2014 11.41 EDT First published on Sat 13 Sep 2014 11.41 EDT
Dree Hemingway wears Intel's Mica smart bracelet at Opening Ceremony's spring summer 2015 after party in New York. Photograph: Taylor Hill/Getty Images
It is still months away but already there are predictions that, for the tech-savvy, the only gift this Christmas will be a wearable band.
Sales of the bands – which allow users to perform functions from paying for a coffee to monitoring their health or sleep patterns – are predicted to increase by 129% next year as more than 43m devices are sold around the world, according to tech analysts Canalys. Of these, 28m will be "smartbands" with the ability to connect to third-party devices such as tablets or iPhones.
Experts say the Apple Watch, unveiled by the company's CEO, Tim Cook, last week, will be a key driver in the market. The watch boasts a range of health and fitness functions and also has a mapping device. "The arrival of Apple is so significant," said Jason Jenkins, director of content at tech news site CNet. "The company essentially defined what the modern MP3 player, smartphone and tablet computer looks like and what their functions are. Everyone is looking to Apple to repeat the same trick with smartwatches."
In the past, some wearable bands were seen as clunky or unattractive. But Daniel Matte of Canalys believes Apple has learned from the mistakes of earlier versions: "Apple has produced a smartwatch that mass-market consumers will actually want to wear."
In a sign of how bands are entering the mainstream, the fashion world is also becoming interested. Chipmaker Intel revealed the Mica (My intelligent Communication Accessory) smart bracelet at New York Fashion Week last weekend in partnership with fashion house Opening Ceremony.
"The fact that Apple are making [a smartwatch] will generate sales which will in turn lead to smartwatches and wearables in general looking normal and desirable," said Matt Egan, editor in chief at UK tech magazine TechAdvisor. "Expect to see a lot of people wearing both a traditional watch and a smartwatch, when this craze kicks in."
He predicted that the emergence of competitors to Apple, which will not launch its watch until next year, will push down prices of smartwatches and basic bands. "It is aimed at people with a disposable income who are style- and fashion-conscious," Egan said. "They will snap up the Apple Watch, which will in turn create a market for cheaper alternative smartwatches."
"The basic band vendors, such as Fitbit and Jawbone [activity trackers worn on the wrist], will enjoy the advantages of their lower pricing for the immediate future," said Chris Jones, principal analyst at Canalys.
"Eventually, however, stronger smartband competitors to the Apple Watch will likely emerge and push smartband pricing down, threatening the basic bands. This market will undergo disruption similar to that suffered by feature phones when smartphone prices fell."
Egan said computer and phone manufacturers were "desperate" to add a new category of device to generate new revenues. "Smartwatches are perfect because they also tie into particular brands of phone, which means you will upgrade them as you upgrade your phone, but also you will stay loyal to a particular brand of phone," he said.
"Which is not to say that there is no merit in wearables in general or smartwatches in particular. Smartphones are brilliant, portable computing and communications devices. But they have taken us back to the era of the pocket watch. You have to take a device out of your pocket to get at all that great information.
"The reason the dumb watch has remained a constant for decades is that it is almost a perfect form factor. Convenient and only as obtrusive as you wish it to be. Getting the information from your smartphone on to your wrist is highly useful."
Jenkins said consumers need to be cautious about the hype around the devices. "Wearable tech is niche right now – a growing one, but a niche nonetheless. There are some good fitness products out there that measure the number of steps you take each day and measure it against the goals you set yourself, for example. But this sort of portable health nanny is a long way from the mainstream.
"It's still very early days for the whole sector: existing products can be fiddly to use, and in the case of smartwatches, no one has really figured out what they are truly meant to do."
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CAO offers: the main points
STEM is the new acronym of the day, standing for the popular-again subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Aug 20th 2012, 10:16 AM 15,083 10
ALMOST 10,000 APPLICANTS had accepted college places through the CAO website as of 9am today.
About three quarters of Leaving Certificate students who had applied for Level 8 courses through the CAO system received offers for one of their top three preferences.
That number increased to 95 per cent for Level 6/7 courses. Altogether, a record number of students have been offered entry into third-level education.
CAO Level 8 points
CAO Level 6/7 points
As teenagers and parents awaited points and offers anxiously this morning, Joseph O’Grady, operations manager at CAO, advised them not to panic.
“Read the CAO handbook and forms that come by post carefully. Due to the large numbers of people involved, it can be difficult to reach the CAO by telephone or fax during the offer stage and so we invite people to get in touch with us by email through the website,” he said.
Students have until 27 August to accept first round offers.
Those who did not receive an offer in round one will get an email and postal notification confirming their status. Round two offers will be available from 30 August. From tomorrow, the ‘available places’ facility will open on the CAO website.
The CAO website has been “very busy” this morning, particularly between 6.10 and 6.30am but traffic has “eased significantly” since then.
In numbers:
49,862 applicants will receive an offer in round one
11,587 applicants were offered a course in the arts or social science
6,512 applicants were offered a course in the sciences
1,310 people were offered nursing courses
At 590 points, dentistry was one of the courses with the highest requirements. 64 places were offered
Over 500 applicants were offered places on Medicine courses, while 85 students will take up Veterinary Medicine studies
Points fell for 281 Level 8 (honours degree) courses but rose for 416
101 courses saw their points levels unchanged
With the 25 bonus points awarded for Higher Level maths this year, it was expected that points for STEM courses would increase and that has been seen today.
Across the board, points for science, technology, engineering and maths courses increased with science courses breaking the 500 mark for the first time in Trinity College Dublin, NUI Galway and University College Dublin. Points for engineering and technology jumped as much as 70 points, while maths courses saw massive increases also.
The impact of the bonus points, however, does not seem to have spread to the arts or other studies not focused on maths.
Áine Hyland, a former Professor of Education, told Morning Ireland, that the system had, therefore, had the desired effect.
She also said that the higher cut-off points for STEM courses should see a fall in the number of people failing or dropping out. The biggest leap was seen in the University of Limerick’s Mathematics and Physics course which jumped from 390 to 535 points in the year.
Points for primary school teaching remained the same for NUI Maynooth (Froebel) and Mary Immaculate but fell by five points at St Pat’s in Drumcondra.
There was increased demand for nursing courses, with points rising by as much as 30 in Trinity College. Children’s and General Nursing in UCC increased to 525 (from 500 in 2011), while it was 515 in UCD (up from 500 last year).
Continuing the recessionary trend, points for building-related courses declined further while architecture studies remained relatively static.
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Enda Kenny refuses to rule out coalition with Sinn Féin or Fianna Fáil
The Taoiseach said Sinn Féin has emerged from the local and European elections as “a significant political entity”. He made the comments in Castlebar this afternoon, where he narrowly avoided a group of protestors.
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TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY refused to rule out a coalition with Sinn Féin or Fianna Fáil after the 2016 General Election.
Kenny said Fine Gael has had “alliances” with both opposition parties at council level in the past, adding that it has also “relied on other parties in the Dáil” on numerous occasions.
Who knows what the future holds in politics? People here are masters in the democratic situation – they make the decisions. We’ll wait and see what result there comes [in the General Election].
“For our part, we will continue the programme for government we have agreed and set out … to rectify the economy and get jobs for our people.”
Kenny said he would speak to Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore about the government’s performance in the European and local election later today.
He made the comments while attending the election count centre in Castlebar, Co Mayo this afternoon.
“Clearly, across the country, people have given a very resounding decision here,” he said, adding that it’s “not unusual” for the public to express their annoyance with a government during a mid-term election.
‘A Humdinger’
He described yesterday as a “a good day” for independent candidates and Sinn Féin, but warned: “with success comes responsibility”, particularly in terms of budgets.
Kenny said that the 2016 election would be “a humdinger” and slightly different to previous elections due to the recent surge in support for independents and “the emergence of Sinn Féin as a significant political entity”.
“The General Election situation is conducted at a frenetic pace and focus, specifically and exclusively on the economic programmes being put forward by the parties in terms of running the country. Local elections are different: based on personalities and local issues.”
[In the General Election] the people will be asked a simple question: ‘Have the government sorted out our public finances and have they put our people back to work?’. I expect the answer to that to be affirmative in both cases, but we’ll be judged of course by the people.
Kenny avoided a group of protestors in Castlebar, which included independent Midlands Northwest candidate Mark Fitzsimons, by using a different entrance.
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He said Fine Gael hopes to retain four European Parliament seats, but admitted sitting MEP Jim Higgins in “in trouble” in the Midlands North West constituency.
Kenny praised Higgins as “an outstanding and committed member of Fine Gael for very many years”, saying he “first came across Jim in 1979 at council level”. He said he was “one of the most tenacious public representatives for following through on issues that are of concern to him” and noted his role in setting up the Morris Tribunal.
Kenny described Fine Gael losing two seats in his home constituency of Castlebar as “a blip”. His brother Henry, retained his seat, but a recount is due to take place this afternoon at the request of party colleague Brendan Heneghan.
“You win some and you lose some,” he added.
Related: Fine Gael loses two seats in Castlebar as elected independent says people there ‘go to bed hungry’
Read: What does Enda Kenny make of Fine Gael’s election performance so far?
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Pygmalion – Oxford Playhouse
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Reviewer: G. D. Mills
Sam Pritchard’s bold, experimental production of Pygmalion at the Oxford Playhouse finds innovative new ways to probe the themes of diction and class.
Professor Higgins, a phonetics expert, plucks a common flower girl from the streets of London and resolves, through close manipulation of speech, to make a lady of her. This experiment, for such it is, will be regarded a success if she can pass herself off as a duchess at a garden party.
The cobwebs are blown clean away from Shaw’s classic when we find ourselves, not in nineteenth-century drawing rooms, but in a state of the art recording studio, a hipster-Shoreditch flat and the streets of 21st century London.
The characters are also given a radical overhaul, too. In place of the stuffy professor Alex Beckett offers us a trendy, East London creative, replete with dyed blonde hair, baggy suit and Shavian beard, who flops across the stage with the casual, languid movements of someone who has all the time in the world. Natalie Gavin, meanwhile, gives us a street-wise, Bradford-born Eliza Doolittle – a scrawny, pasty-faced, slip of a girl with the swagger of an insolent and irascible teenager. Colonel Pickering (Raphael Sowole), in his camouflage and beany, looks better prepared for a battle rap than actual military operation.
Eliza Doolittle’s diction training takes place in a chic, hi-tech studio where, trapped in a vocal booth, her voice is sampled and manipulated and eventually, in one memorably comic scene, mixed into a techno-beat. In preparation for the final experiment she is decked out in middle-class attire and introduced into polite society, a scene which takes place in a vitrine, or a glass observation box, a directorial decision which further emphasises the experimental nature of Higgins’ enterprise. Eliza’s new found cut-glass diction is undermined by her working class colloquialisms. In Pritchard’s updated version, however, the famous line “Not bloody likely” becomes something altogether stronger – strong enough, at least, for it to be bleeped out.
In the preface to the play, Shaw noted that “a complete representation of the play is technically possible only on the cinema screen or on stages furnished with exceptionally elaborate machinery”. Headlong, a theatre company which prides itself on its experimental approach, takes him at his word and presents snatches of action as film projected across the front of the stage.
Doolittle’s transmogrification from impetuous little brat to graceful, silver-tongued socialite is genuinely remarkable, and so great credit must go to Natalie Gavin for affecting that chrysalis-like change. The question is, now that she is transformed, how can her life proceed? The alteration has gone beyond the merely superficial, so that a return to life as a mere flower girl would be an unbearable regression, while assimilation into the classes she has been taught to ape would be a deception. Offered at a time when social mobility is as fluid as it has ever been, this ultra-contemporary incarnation of Pygmalion shows that Shaw’s classic still holds the ability to engage.
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Writer: George Bernard Shaw Director: Sam Pritchard Reviewer: G. D. Mills Sam Pritchard’s bold, experimental production of Pygmalion at the Oxford Playhouse finds innovative new ways to probe the themes of diction and class. Professor Higgins, a phonetics expert, plucks a common flower girl from the streets of London and resolves, through close manipulation of speech, to make a lady of her. This experiment, for such it is, will be regarded a success if she can pass herself off as a duchess at a garden party. The cobwebs are blown clean away from Shaw’s classic when we find ourselves, not…
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Wild Bird Species Info
By Melissa Mayntz
Dan Pancamo/Flickr/Used With Permission
The ruby-throated hummingbird is the most widely distributed and commonly recognized hummingbird in North America. It is the only hummingbird species to regularly breed in the eastern United States and its colorful green and red plumage is instantly familiar to many birders. Despite its familiarity, however, there are a lot more facts about this member of the Trochilidae bird family that surprise even experienced birders and hummingbird lovers.
Scientific Name: Archilochus colubris
Common Name: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Ruby-Throat
Lifespan: 4-6 years
Size: 3-3.75 inches
Weight: .10-.13 ounces
Wingspan: 4-4.5 inches
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Identification
The ruby-throated hummingbird is easy to identify by range, but in areas where this bird does overlap with other hummingbird species or where vagrant sightings are possible, birders should be familiar with the key field marks and characteristics that make this hummer distinct. A hummingbird's bill is its most instantly recognizable feature, and the long, needle-like black bill of the ruby-throat has a very slight downward curve, and females have slightly longer bills than males.
Males have a black face and a bright red or red-orange iridescent throat, though the throat may appear dark or dull in poor light. The chin and throat are white, and the chest is gray-white with a vest-like look. Upperparts and head are bright green, and the wings and forked tail are darker green-black.
Females have plain white underparts with a slight buff wash on the flanks and very faint throat streaking. The upperparts are green, but may not be as brilliant as males' plumage. Female birds have white tips on their rounded tail feathers and lack the deeply forked tail of males.
Juveniles are similar to adult females but young males develop red iridescent spots on the center of their throats late in the summer. By the following spring, young males will have reached their full adult plumage.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are not commonly vocal but do have a high pitched, sharp chatter and sharp, high “pips” they will use when threatened or during courtship displays. Chase calls have a buzzy quality. A moderate hum sound is also generated by the wings in flight but may not be heard unless the birds are very close.
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird vs. Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
While the well-established ranges of these two hummingbirds do not overlap, vagrant sightings are always possible with a ruby-throated hummingbird venturing further west or a broad-tailed hummingbird appearing further east. Birders should recognize the clues that distinguish these two very similar hummers, including the much louder buzzy wing trill of the broad-tailed hummingbird or the forked tails of male ruby-throats, compared to the rounded tails of broad-tailed hummingbirds. Other subtle differences include the black chin of the ruby-throated hummingbird (broad-tailed hummingbirds have white chins), and the ruby-throated hummingbird's smaller size.
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and Broad-Tailed Hummingbird ID Tips
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Habitat and Distribution
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are common summer visitors in the eastern half of the United States as well as southeastern and south-central Canada. The birds can be found in deciduous forests, parks, gardens, and yards, particularly areas with colorful flowerbeds and flowering hedges.
Migration Pattern
Ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate to Central America as far south as Panama in the early fall, crossing 500 miles over the Gulf of Mexico without stopping. A few records are made annually of these birds migrating along the Texas coast instead of over the Gulf of Mexico. Some ruby-throats stay in the southeastern United States and Florida year-round in mild winters or if abundant supplemental feeding and flower sources are available.
Vagrant sightings have been recorded on rare occasions far outside the typical range, including records in California.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are strongly attracted to red and orange colors, as are most hummingbirds, and will hold their tails still while hovering to feed. Both male and female birds will use acrobatic aerial displays to defend their roughly quarter-acre territory. These birds become more aggressive near food sources as they prepare for migration in late summer. When agitated, they may initiate dive displays to ward off intruders.
Diet and Feeding
Like all hummingbirds, ruby-throats drink nectar and eat insects for protein. They may also sip at sap wells that woodpeckers have drilled and will pluck spiders from their webs. These hummers happily visit nectar feeders as well as hummingbird gardens that are planted with nectar-rich flowers from spring through fall.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are solitary birds that only come together in pairs to mate after males perform courtship displays that include large arcs with buzzing at the lowest point. These hummingbirds are polygamous, and males may mate with several females. Each female parent will build her thick cup-shaped nest lined with fine plant fibers or down and trimmed with moss and lichens for camouflage, placed 5-20 feet above the ground.
Eggs and Young
A female ruby-throated hummingbird will produce 1-3 broods of 2 oval-shaped, plain white eggs each per year. She incubates the eggs for 10-16 days, and after the eggs have hatched, the female parent cares for the nestlings for 15-22 days until they are mature enough to leave the nest. Male ruby-throated hummingbird parents play no role in caring for the eggs or chicks.
Ruby-throats will occasionally hybridize with black-chinned hummingbirds where the ranges of the two species overlap.
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Conservation
These hummingbirds are not endangered or threatened in any significant way, though they are at risk from a variety of threats. Outdoor and feral cats, window collisions, and insecticides are the biggest problems facing ruby-throats. In their wintering grounds, habitat loss can be a concern.
Tips for Backyard Birders
Hummingbirds are highly desirable backyard visitors. Ruby-throated hummingbirds can be attracted to nectar-producing flowers, particularly red blooms such as red columbine, bee balm, phlox, trumpet creeper, and lilies. Birders can also hang nectar feeders to offer additional food sources and limit the use of insecticides to give hummingbirds a healthy insect food supply. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are also attracted to active water sources, such as misters, drippers, and shallow fountains.
How to Find This Bird
Ruby-throated hummingbirds are not difficult to find within their range, and any yard with a clean, filled hummingbird feeder is likely to attract these thirsty birds. Visiting nature centers, butterfly gardens, and botanical gardens are other ways to easily see ruby-throated hummingbirds. Some research facilities and preserves may even offer opportunities for guests to participate in hummingbird banding activities for up close encounters with ruby-throats.
Explore More Species in This Family
The Trochilidae family is filled with more than 325 species of hummingbirds, and every one can be a charming bird to see. Birders who are especially fond of hummers will want to learn about these other amazing species:
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Aside from all the fabulous hummingbirds, don't forget to check out our other wild bird profiles for fun facts and information on all your favorite bird species!
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Top 15 Most Popular Bird Species in North America
Gallery of Common Woodpecker Species
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One last trim: 5% GST kicks in
By Rob FergusonQueen's Park Bureau
Tues., Jan. 1, 2008timer4 min. read
Canadians woke up today to their last GST cut for some time as the federal government shuns new tax relief and spending plans until economic storm clouds lift, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says.
"We will be extremely cautious in the year to come," Harper pledged yesterday at a Mississauga electronics store where he reminded consumers that the GST would drop one percentage point at midnight to 5 per cent, fulfilling a campaign promise made two years ago.
"We are not going to undertake any long-run spending or tax reduction initiatives unless we believe they are affordable on a long-term basis," added Harper, whose minority government could soon be facing an election.
His approach appears increasingly at odds with the opposition Liberals and New Democrats as the House of Commons prepares to return Jan. 28, with a federal budget due in February or March.
The Liberals want more money earmarked for the "poverty challenge" that is holding back many Canadians and for crumbling infrastructure, such as municipal transit systems, said Markham MP and finance critic John McCallum.
"We'll look at the budget," added McCallum, a former Royal Bank chief economist whose party prefers income tax cuts to trimming the GST. "We may vote against it if it's a bad budget."
The GST cut means Canadians will save "a few dollars off a stereo" but the money could be better put to use helping the poor, or improving funding for municipalities, child care and the environment, said NDP Leader Jack Layton.
New taxes being imposed by the City of Toronto this year on vehicle registrations and real estate transactions are proof "the federal government is not being responsible on the needs of cities," he added.
The Conservatives hold 125 of the Commons' 308 seats. The Liberals have 96, the Bloc Québécois 49 and the NDP 30. There are four independent MPs and four vacancies.
Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty brushed aside criticisms of the cut to the GST that will cost the federal treasury about $6 billion in revenue this year, on top of the $6 billion in relief to consumers when Harper previously trimmed the tax from 7 per cent to 6 per cent in July 2006.
The Prime Minister boasted the lower GST will save consumers "hundreds of dollars per year on day-to-day purchases and hundreds more for a new car or thousands more on a new home."
Critics say the GST cut benefits the wealthy more than the poor, but retailers, hit hard by a surge in the Canadian dollar that has rekindled cross-border shopping, have welcomed the change.
Still, Canadians should not expect the GST, which was brought in by former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney in 1990, to keep falling, Harper cautioned, standing in front of a wall of television sets displaying the 5 per cent GST message.
"We are not anticipating further reductions to the GST. In the future, if we reduce taxes they may be in a different direction."
McCallum accused Harper of sending a confusing message to consumers by combining talk of a tax cut with a warning the economy could be headed for trouble.
"This is clearly a triumph of gimmickry over good public policy to announce the GST cut in a store and tell us the cupboard is bare," said McCallum.
"I think they're trying to downplay expectations and then people will be positively surprised."
With the U.S. economy weakening because of a sub-prime mortgage crisis that is hurting the housing sector – and risks that slower demand south of the border could hurt exports of Canadian-made goods – Harper and Flaherty have been telegraphing that they'll have less room to manoeuvre in the federal budget.
Harper said his plan is to "shelter, as best we can, Canadians from any fallout of global economic problems."
McCallum said the government is overstating the risks because many experts expect the Canadian economy to grow by up to 2.5 per cent this year, which would leave room for spending and tax initiatives.
The warnings from Ottawa suggest it was "reckless" for Harper and Flaherty to announce $60 billion in corporate tax cuts over the next five years in their October mini-budget, Layton charged.
Effective today, the general federal corporate income tax rate falls to 19.5 per cent from the previous rate of 22.12 per cent as part of a plan to lower the rate to 15 per cent by 2012. The small business tax rate today falls to 11 per cent from 12 per cent, one year earlier than originally scheduled.
In other tax changes taking effect today, the Ontario government is eliminating the capital tax for businesses whose major focus is in manufacturing or the resource sector, and increasing the film, television and production tax credit rate to attract more TV and movie production.
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How to Protect Your Retirement Investments in These Volatile Markets
The key to surviving and thriving in this market madness is sticking to your investment strategy and understanding asset allocation.
Robert Powell
We've seen this scary movie before. In 2000 and then again in 2008: The market starts to crater and retirees and those on retirement's doorstep start to panic as they watch their nest egg decline in value and along with it their standard of living.
On the one hand, they want/need to stay investing in stocks. But on the other hand, they want to protect their principal. What to do? What asset allocation do advisers suggest? What sectors/stocks offer downside protection with upside potential? Here's what advisers had to say.
Of course, it should go without saying but it also bears repeating that the key to any investment strategy, at any point of the investment life cycle, is in developing a specific plan and following it, period, says Christian Hyldahl, president and chief investment officer of Varium Investment Partners.
Once you've done that, preferably from Hyldahl's perspective, with the help of an investment adviser, you can assess the current situation.
"When was the last time the stock market hit all-time highs as interest rates were rising?" asked Hyldahl. "What did the stock market do as rates rose from a near-zero level? There are no -- or at best, few -- examples to look to in the past for our current situation."
Thus, he says, the best advice then is to stick to the plan you developed working with your adviser and his/her investment specialist/expert. That plan should include an asset allocation for your portfolio that can meet your minimum return requirement based on assumptions that are extremely conservative.
So, what then are Hyldahl's current recommendations/strategies for retirees?
Throw Out Traditional Investment Dogma
"Growth-oriented portfolios may best be allocated 80/20 for the next three years, 80% fixed-income and 20% equity," he said. "Balanced, traditionally 50/50 portfolios, may be 80% fixed-income and 20% equity as well."
Asset allocation, from Hyldahl's point of view, is not a static practice. "Keeping in mind tax consequences, allocations should be changed to reflect current realities," he said. "Unfortunately, in my experience, advisers do a pretty horrible job of making these adjustments, either because they do not have the skill, or they do not have the infrastructure. It is the basic building block of any investment strategy and one that needs to be dynamic in order to both protect and grow clients' assets."
Mean Reversion Is a Real Thing
For your allocation to equities, Hyldahl recommends focusing on contrarian areas that have not done well or as well as others. "Mean reversion is a real thing," he says.
What else can be done?
First and foremost, find great portfolio managers with expertise and focus to invest in specific growth/value strategies that then make educated and informed investments in sectors and industries within of the market. "Make sure these managers have no more than 45 companies in their portfolio, less than 25% turnover, good risk-adjusted returns," he said. "You pay your adviser to do this for you. If they don't or can't, get a new adviser."
Second, focus on value-oriented equities that pay a dividend, said Hyldahl. "Start selling U.S. equities in favor of international developed markets that have not performed well," he said. "Selectively, and on a country-by-country basis, look to emerging markets equities."
Hyldahl would also look to sectors and industries that will do well in a rising rate environment. "Some growth stocks should continue to do well, though I do not think it will be in tech," he said. "Likely, underleveraged industrials and banks would be good areas to do a deeper dive. Look for companies that have not fared as well but have a catalyst for change. That was a formula that worked well for me."
As for the fixed-income portion of your portfolio, Hyldahl recommends using individual issues, not mutual funds or ETFs. "Find a good manager that knows how to find value on the yield curve and can effectively source those issues without commission drag," he said. "Take a fresh look at segments of the market you normally would not, perhaps taxable offers a better after-tax return than munis, some selective high yield issues, for high grade, try moving up or down in quality as defined by ratings."
Look too, he said, for mispricing in the border areas between ratings, focusing on the lower end of investment grade -- three to five years out given the flatness of the yield curve. "Avoid junk as it tends to be correlated to oil, which is in a bear market," he said.
Look also at after-tax returns and invest in areas that might have been neglected. "Don't default to munis just because that's what you have done for taxable accounts," said Hyldahl.
And look for cheaper areas of the curve. "Right now, munis, 10- to 13-year paper has been attractive, he said. "Even govies are more attractive.
(What's a govie? According to Investopedia, it's a government bond -- is a debt security issued by a government to support government spending. Federal government bonds in the United States include savings bonds, Treasury bonds and Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS).)
Also, plan to go long in the event of a slow-down in the economy, he said. "Zero coupon bonds are a great place to be if we go into recession," Hyldahl said. "(It) goes with the dynamic asset allocation theme. Sometimes your growth assets in a tough market are your 'safe' investments, like bonds."
Consider Insurance
Consider too making your equities work harder by using a covered call strategy.
Read, from CBOE, Equity Option Strategies -- Covered Calls.
Also use low-cost portfolio protection strategies. At his firm, Hyldahl prefers to use longer dated options on the VIX itself when volatility is low and go the opposite way when volatility spikes for an extended period. "This has been a one way bet for quite some time but is a very cheap insurance policy for rapid downward movements in the market that spike volatility," he said. "This insurance might cost 1% or slightly more of your portfolio, but if the market corrects sharply, you will benefit immensely. If they market contuse to rise, then you benefit as well. Timing the market is impossible, being ready for what it throws at you is not."
For his part, Case Eichenberger, a senior client portfolio manager with CLS Investments acknowledged that retirees and near-retirees might be fearful and anxious at the moment. "October was the worst month for U.S. stocks since September 2011," he said. So far in 2018, we have experienced two separate 10% drawdowns in equity markets. This volatility is likely causing current and prospective retirees to rethink their investment strategies."
But there are ways, he said, for them to protect their nest eggs, while continuing to participate in the stock market and its eventual gains. His advice:
Hold a Diversified Portfolio of Global Stocks and Bonds
Even with interest rates rising in the U.S., bonds help hedge equity risk and should make up a portion of a balanced account, said Eichenberger. "The old truism holds today: 'Have enough bonds not to get scared out of stocks and enough stocks not to get scared out of retiring,'" he said.
If, however, investors will need money from their investments in the next five years, they should withdraw those funds out of stocks and put them in a safe place, such as cash, said Eichenberger. "Investing for the short-term is not much different from gambling," he said.
Maintain a Long-Term Outlook
Even in retirement, most investors need to have a portion of their portfolios in equities to continue to fund retirement and try to outpace inflation, said Eichenberger. "Equity investors should maintain a long-term outlook of at least five years to help avoid bad decisions, such as getting scared out of the stock market and missing the inevitable recovery in stocks," he said.
Preserve Principal
After a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds is achieved, Eichenberger said, investors should ask their money managers to dig deeper for assets that may help preserve their accounts.
Eichenberger said CLS Investments manages a strategy that seeks to help investors limit their exposure to large equity declines of 20% or more. "We invest in global equities when markets are rising -- like they were in 2017 -- to allow investors to participate in positive gains," he said. "In times of abnormal volatility, we seek to limit large losses by investing portions of the portfolio in low-beta/minimum-volatility stocks and cash, while avoiding high-beta/high-volatility stocks that may experience large drawdowns."
The result, said Eichenberger, is a portfolio that will employ a rules-based strategy that slowly reduces risk in times of stress but still allows participation in the eventual market recovery.
What's Your Risk Tolerance?
The end allocation to these types of strategies, as well as broad stocks and bonds, should be determined by an investor's ability, willingness, and need to take on risk, said Eichenberger.
The ability to take on risk is typically defined by an investor's time horizon, he said. "The longer they have to invest, the more ability they have to endure stock market gyrations," said Eichenberger. "The shorter their ability, the less they should have invested in stocks."
Their willingness is simply their risk tolerance, said Eichenberger. "An investor could be retired but like the idea of long-term capital growth and participating in the stock market," he said.
The need to take risk, he said, is defined by whether they have met their retirement goals laid in place with the help of a qualified planner. "With these strategies in mind, investors can work with their money managers to determine an appropriate amount of risk to budget within their portfolios," he said. "This will enable them to protect their nest eggs, while continuing to participate in the stock market, even during times of market stress."
Remember: It's never too late -- or too early -- to plan and invest for the retirement you deserve. Get more information and a free trial subscription to Retirement Daily to learn more about saving for and living in retirement. Got questions about money, retirement and/or investments? Email Robert.Powell@TheStreet.com.
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APD investigation ends with 4 arrests
Published 12:00 am CST, Thursday, January 30, 2014
ALTON — Four St. Louis County residents are in custody facing felony charges related to the brutal attack on an Alton man during a Jan. 16 home invasion and robbery.
“The river will not stop us, the men and women of Alton Police Department are tenacious, eager and devoted to arresting all criminals that enter our city,” said Chief Jason “Jake” Simmons of the Alton Police Department during a Thursday afternoon press conference.
“Let it be known, I think we have one of the finest investigation bureaus in the Metro East area and it was their dedication and hard work that brought this case to a successful conclusion,” he said. “We will not tolerate this. The message is, ‘violent crime in this city will not be tolerated.’ We have had numerous criminals coming over our bridge.”
Simmons said he was targeting his message at anyone who might come across the Mississippi River to commit crimes in Alton. He also praised St. Louis city and county police departments for their cooperation in the investigation, and for making three of the arrests.
“We value our relationship with both departments and I truly appreciate the partnership we have had over the years,” he said. The fourth arrest was in Alton.
Authorities took the final suspect into custody Wednesday; Alton police only were able to obtain three of the mug shots for release to the media by late Thursday.
The suspects face varying Class X felony charges that left victim Kenneth E. Carter, 55, of the 1300 block of Pearl Street, bloodied and badly injured. Police said some of the injuries were life-threatening.
“The investigation revealed that four suspects, Rachel M. Barnes, Christopher ‘SP’ Hill, DeMarco M. Smith and Curtis J. ‘Ghost’ Wallace, went to the victim’s house to commit an armed robbery,” Simmons said. “While there, Hill and Wallace took the plan further, beating the victim with a gun, pipe wrench and their fists and feet, and by stabbing the victim with a knife.”
He said Carter only was released from a hospital on Sunday.
“We thought our investigation would potentially be a homicide,” Simmons said of when officers arrived at the home.
The chief said a family member came home and discovered Carter beaten and stabbed and called 911. An Alton police report says the call about a “possible battery” came in at 3:32 p.m. Police said he was alone when three of the suspects barged into his house, the fourth acted as a lookout outside.
The report says a police officer responding to the call found an incoherent Carter lying on his back on the living room floor, his face and chest covered in a large amount of dried blood and his “left ear was cut down the middle,” with lacerations to his face. There was a kitchen knife with a bent and bloody blade lying next to him.
The report also says there was a 4-foot-long fluorescent light bulb lying by Carter, broken and covered with blood. It says there was blood on the front porch, on carpeting under Carter and throughout the home. The front door appeared to have been forced open.
Simmons said Carter knew Barnes, 24, of University City, allegedly having sold her cannabis before the attack. He said Barnes has family connections to Alton. The Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Barnes with armed robbery and home invasion on Jan. 24.
The warrant says she had a handgun and stole cannabis, drug paraphernalia and struck Carter in his head and about his body with the gun.
A judge set her bond at $150,000.
Hill, 27, of University City, was charged Jan. 22 with attempted first degree murder, armed robbery and home invasion. The warrant says Hill entered the home without authority; kicked Carter, struck him with a firearm and pipe wrench and stabbed him with a knife; and stole cannabis and drug paraphernalia.
His bond is $250,000.
Smith, 20, of Florissant, was charged Jan. 24 with armed robbery and home invasion, accusing him of also striking Carter with a firearm. A judge set bond of $150,000.
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The responding officer summoned APD detectives to the scene, and an Illinois State Police crime scene investigator assisted with the forensic investigation.
Linda N. Weller may be reached at 618-463-2559 or on Twitter @Linda_Weller.
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Eric Kaufmann: don’t lynch me for spelling out what immigration means
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Is it controversial? “I think that’s a fair assessment, yeah,” says the 48-year-old Canadian professor of politics at Birkbeck, University of London. “Some people are very quick to jump to, ‘Oh, “white” is in the sentence, so this must be horrible.’”
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FOSSCAD 3D-printed Rifle Fires Larger “Deadlier” Round (7.62mm)
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The era of the 3D printed gun is here. Cody Wilson’s Defense Distributed kicked it off by creating the world’s first 3D-printed handgun: the Liberator. “The following year, they unveiled an AR-15 receiver capable of firing hundreds of 5.56mm rounds without fail,” engadget.com reports. “This year, designers from FOSSCAD has (sic) raised the bar yet again. They’ve successfully crafted and test fired the receiver for a Colt CM109 modular battle rifle — the AR-15’s badass big brother.” Badass? I don’t think they’re using that word in a complimentary fashion . . .
The article is headlined Great, now 3D-printed rifles can fire larger, deadlier rounds. Call me a cynic but I reckon the editors mean “great” in the sense that SOMETHING MUST BE DONE! You know: to stop the signal. Good luck with that. Meanwhile, here’s their take . . .
The CM109 is larger and heavier than the AR-15 as it is built to accommodate a larger caliber round: the 7.62 x 51mm NATO. The 7.62mm rounds fly farther and strike with much more force than the 5.56mm, making them far more deadly. It also means that the lower receiver (the bit that holds the firearm’s moving parts) has to be both heavier and sturdier in order to handle the increased mechanical stresses and harder recoil associated with using a bigger bullet.
Sturdiness, however, isn’t typically the first thing that comes to mind when talking about 3D-printed items. The first few iterations of both the AR-15 receiver and the Liberator failed after squeezing off just a few rounds. [Note: the Liberator was designed as a single shot pistol.] Getting them to stand up to the rigors of repeated use has required a lot of trial and error. From the image above, the group has obviously cleared that hurdle with the CM109 components (at least for the first few seconds of rapid firing). “It has been fired with little to no issues,” the group said in a statement. Reportedly, the CM109 team crafted the component using a commercially available $500 DaVinci 3D printer.
This weekend our man Leghorn fired the world’s first 3D-printed suppressors. [Report to follow.] How ’bout them apples?
[h/t Pascal]
Excedrine says:
First guns. Then magazines. Now suppressors. Will wonders never cease? 😉
You can’t stop the signal, folks. The gun-grabbers either haven’t yet realized this or are simply just going to continue sticking their fingers in their ears and keep their heads buried squarely up their asses.
Either way, we will get our vote. From the rooftops!
ThomasR says:
“You can’t stop the signal, Mal”.
Bluesman007 says:
Said Mr. Universe
Usriflecaliber.30m1 says:
We will likely see regulations on 3-D printing or 3-D printing relatin to firearms. Too bad. It seems to have a promising future.
Those regulations will only be just as totally toothless and utterly unenforceable as current gun control laws are. Mass civil disobedience will be the order of the day, and there is little to nothing the State can do about it.
Cuteandfuzzybunnies says:
They want to regulate 3d printing to make it possible to put controls in to protect IP. They don’t want us making our own stuff. It won’t work.
int19h says:
>> Mass civil disobedience will be the order of the day, and there is little to nothing the State can do about it.
They can start running SWAT raids and jailing people for 10+ years. Even if it only ends up affecting 1% of those doing this, the other 99% will be too scared to continue, especially when the immediate gains are dubious (i.e. not like drugs and the instant gratification they provide).
Yeah how has that worked out for drugs and pirating music and software?
Only way to regulate is to order confenscation and destruction of every 3d printer and all products that can be turned into 3d printers.
ADC USN/Ret says:
Both Democrats and Republicans can take a philosophy that’s insane on the face of it, and make it work—for a while, anyway.
Put the fear of losing their elections to them. Vote for somebody else!
Let either party get only 1/3 of the popular election numbers and they’ll eventually change or be out of work!
So the 5.56 is deadly and the 7.62 is deadlier. It’s only a matter of time before somebody makes the deadliest — the DEADLIEST! — a 3D printed phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.
Hoplophobes all over America are already soiling their panties. Not because of fear, but because it’s Saturday night. Again.
ThePrinter says:
Well, since it will make them go bonkers, I’m printing my own bullets.
Geoff PR says:
Let us know when you can print primers and powder…
(Yes, I’m fully aware powder can be extruded…)
Friendly Neighborhood Gunsmith says:
I’m actively involved with FOSSCAD and the group of designers and printers that make these kinds of things happen. It’s pretty fascinating work, though I don’t have a printer or really know that much about printing myself. We all had a good laugh about the Engadget article, its continual copy-paste misuse of “CM109” and their half-baked attempts to credit the correct person for the design. They originally credited PrintedFirearm, a blog unaffiliated with the group, then Defense Distributed for a brief time and finally edited it to FOSSCAD. The actual guy who designed and printed the LE901 lower simply goes by “JT”.
For the record, FOSSCAD has no official spokesperson and members that contribute typically post to the IRC channel and twitter with news about new designs or revisions. Any claimed “statement” is kind of laughable. Their claim of “hundreds of rounds without fail” is grossly understated, as a couple of lowers are still being knocked around after 2000+ rounds live fire and counting.
I’d encourage anyone interested in the subject to stop by the IRC chat and talk shop with some of the print wizards, they’re usually pretty cool guys, even to the obvious journalists trying to get a rise out of them for an article.
Frank Masotti says:
While I agree that the atfe can go to he** especially seeing as I do not believe there job is constitutional. However, these 3D printed firearms are going to do damage to the case of closeing down the atf. In my personal opinion.
Cliff H says:
When, not if, the BATFE over(goose)steps their constitutional authority in regards to these printed firearms components, violating both the First Amendment (Freedom of the press) and the Second Amendment (the right to keep and bear arms), the advantage will be to the side of freedom and liberty, not the sort of tyranny we are currently tolerating.
“The tree of liberty must be occasionally watered with the blood of patriots, and tyrants.”
If this is the trigger that causes them to show their true colors it can only be to the best.
Capybara says:
When do we get the 3D Printed .50 BMG rifles?
Sivartius says:
Well, they have designs for 3D printed lowers for the .50 bolt action/single shot uppers designed to go on an AR lower. It hasn’t been tested yet, (as far as I know,) probably mostly because of a lack of one of those afore mentioned uppers. Are you volunteering?
gsnyder says:
Best to keep a low profile with the 3-D printing.
Southern Cross says:
If this is a 3D printed lower receiver for an AR10/15 type design, then Ho-Hum. Okay, credit points for the larger round.
But the lower receiver is not a stress bearing component, with the exception of the buffer tube ring. AR-15 type lowers have been made from polymers before, as well as DIY jobs made from materials such as wood and leggo bricks. 3D printed AR-15 receivers have been around for a while. You still need a metal barrel, BCG, upper receivers, springs, and pins.
Yes, but those parts are really available and not tracked. Print out the lower receiver and get the rest of the parts from your local shop and you have a complete firearm. That’s what the ATF is soiling themselves over, if they even keep up with firearm news that is. The ATF went all bonkers over 80% lowers, these are 100% lowers with no storefront to even track the lowers.
Hannibal says:
Ah but if you’re printing them yourself they’re not anywhere near 100% lowers. Comes from a block, right?
No, these are 100%, not a block. You wouldn’t waste plastic printing the holes too.
“Yes, but those parts are really available and not tracked. ”
Sad thing is, I can envision barrels being serialized and treated like firearms in the future.
Sixpack70 says:
There is a Da Vinci printer with a built in scanner. Looks like I might need to start saving, I have some ideas!
S.CROCK says:
I smell it, do you smell it? Ah yes freedom is in the air.
Except it’s not freedom for my future money which will be tied up in one of these.
If a gun is used in self-defense, how is law enforcement going to know if it was printed in a 3D printer or not? 3D printers can work with lots of different materials, from plastics to metals. An AR-15 lower for example could be made from an 80% lower, raw metal and CNC machine tools (essentially a 0% lower), raw metal and manual machine tools (no electrical power), or even just raw metal and files (which is what were used to make firearms, mechanisms, clocks, locks, etc…prior to the invention of the first precision machine tool by Henry Maudsley). Files are still used to this day for manufacturing firearms in areas of the Third World. That’s how for example they make AK-47s in Afghanistan and so forth. They get an AK-47 and give it to a skilled machinist who can use nothing but files and scrap metal to make all the individual parts.
In 10 years 3d printing will be the most practical and useful method of fabrication for the hobbyist. Until then I will be saving my pennies for that 5k machine that will print a material as strong as mild steel in a 2’x2’x4′ configuration.
James69 says:
Ah RUN!!! Ghost guns!!!!!!
MattInTN says:
Foghorn shot the first 3d printed can? Must have been sitting on that story for a while. What with the TE Titan can from Tronrud Engineering in Norway having made those suckers for over a year now.
Indiana Tom says:
The Liberal Media has their panties in a twist on this one. Of course, a table top CNC can make lowers as well.
Data Venia says:
I guess I don’t see the fuss. People have been using mills or even just drill presses to make lower receivers out of HDPE for a good while. I see nothing inventive or new here. What I do see is a bunch of flashy headlines that will get national attention and get stupid shit like serialized barrels as real proposals. This doesn’t help us.
UpChuck.Liberals says:
This article really doesn’t even begin to address what is about to explode in the world of 3d printing as soon as the patents run out in the next few years. To address your comment. what’s better, press a button, have a few beers and come back to a finished lower or spend 2 – 3 hours plus equipment and tooling plus the 80%? Think composite.
ease of use? 3d printer probably wins.
Investment cost matters too though and there the printer loses. Utility of the tool also matters and I see much more use in store for a mill or drill on hand than a 3d printer.
I get that 3d printers are cool. The metal ones even more so, very useful applications for those. The plastic ones? I don’t see much utility in them. Very cool. Not very useful.
Davis Thompson says:
This report has to be false because we all know that the AR-15 is the deadliest weapon ever devised. After all, haven’t we been told that over and over ever since Sandy Hook?
“the lower receiver (the bit that holds the firearm’s moving parts)” ummmm…. while there are moving parts in the lower and it needs to be more robust than an AR15 lower, the upper is the one that really has the moving parts and I believe that one has not been successfully 3d printed, yet. My hat is off to all the developers, keep up the good work. I want a 3d printer, would love one of the 3d metal printers (oh the fun I could have with that).
tb says:
I’m surprised the editors skipped the opportunity to mention yet another inaccuracy in firearms reporting. It’s the CM901, not the CM109.
http://www.colt.com/Catalog/Military/Products/ColtModularCarbineCM901.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_CM901
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It has been rumored that a hacking group which calls itself as Anonymous will attempt to shut down the internet globally, to raise awareness against the laws that prevent normal citizens to enjoy their right of freedom, speech and privacy.
The group had posted a message on PasteBin explaining why and how they will be shutting down the internet on Saturday. “To protest SOPA, Wallstreet, our irresponsible leaders and the beloved bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of sheer sadistic fun, On March 31, anonymous will shut the Internet down,” said the group in their message on the website.
If such an attempt is successful, internet around the world will not be accessible causing losses in millions or billions of dollars to a rare possible extent of bankruptcy of some of the small businesses. This would be the time when most of the Business insurance companies would be most active or busy providing insurance covers, processing claims or simply luring more internet based enterprises to become their customers.
However, it is a confirmed rumor which has been spread through social networking, forum posts and emails. Any discussion on this news on mainstream media is unavailable and there is no solid proof of such claims which can verify this.
So far the article on this news can be seen on forums and websites which have user generated content like examiner.com. Russia’s international English news channel’s website ‘Russia Today’ had published an article on this a day ago, but is now unavailable on their website.
The website mashable.com has confirmed that such an attack on the internet is not in the mind of Anonymous hackers as it would be self defeating. Shutting down the internet will also block the forums, blogs, online petitions and other such public spaces where people raise their voice, which is not the intent of the group.
The Anonymous have also confirmed on their twitter account that this will not be happening at all.
What is this #OperationGlobalBlackout nonsense? I thought we settled this back in February? It won’t happen. Stop asking us about it! >.<
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 29, 2012
For the billionth time: #Anonymous will not shut down the Internet on 31 March.#OpGlobalBlackout is just another #OpFacebook failop. #yawn
Although it has been confirmed by the group itself, some really big Indian websites like The Times of India and CNN IBN have not got the update yet, as they have recently come up with their articles on this rumored news.
Even though this account is backing off “Operation Blackout,” Anonymous prides itself on its leaderless structure — so an operation may be carried out by a small handful of members in the group’s name. However, even if Anonymous (or part of Anonymous) attempted such an attack, many cybersecurity experts doubt it would be successful says Alex Fitzpatrick on mashable.com.
Below is the message found posted on the website Pastebin.com:
“The greatest enemy of freedom is a happy slave.”
To protest SOPA, Wallstreet, our irresponsible leaders and the beloved
bankers who are starving the world for their own selfish needs out of
sheer sadistic fun, On March 31, anonymous will shut the Internet down.
In order to shut the Internet down, one thing is to be done. Down the
13 root DNS servers of the Internet. Those servers are as follow:
A 198.41.0.4
B 192.228.79.201
C 192.33.4.12
D 128.8.10.90
E 192.203.230.10
F 192.5.5.241
G 192.112.36.4
H 128.63.2.53
I 192.36.148.17
J 192.58.128.30
K 193.0.14.129
L 199.7.83.42
M 202.12.27.33
By cutting these off the Internet, nobody will be able to perform a
domain name look-up, thus, disabling the HTTP Internet, which is,
after all, the most widely used function of the Web. Anybody entering
“http://www.google.com” or ANY other url, will get an error page,
thus, they will think the Internet is down, which is, close enough.
Remember, this is a protest, we are not trying to ‘kill’ the Internet,
we are only temporarily shutting it down where it hurts the most.
While some ISPs uses DNS caching, most are configured to use a low
expire time for the cache, thus not being a valid failover solution
in the case the root servers are down. It is mostly used for speed,
not redundancy.
We have compiled a Reflective DNS Amplification DDoS tool to be used for
this attack. It is based on AntiSec’s DHN, contains a few bugfix, a
different dns list/target support and is a bit stripped down for speed.
The principle is simple; a flaw that uses forged UDP packets is to be
used to trigger a rush of DNS queries all redirected and reflected to
those 13 IPs. The flaw is as follow; since the UDP protocol allows it,
we can change the source IP of the sender to our target, thus spoofing
the source of the DNS query.
The DNS server will then respond to that query by sending the answer to
the spoofed IP. Since the answer is always bigger than the query, the
DNS answers will then flood the target ip. It is called an amplified
because we can use small packets to generate large traffic. It is called
reflective because we will not send the queries to the root name servers,
instead, we will use a list of known vulnerable DNS servers which will
attack the root servers for us.
DDoS request —> [Vulnerable DNS Server ] Normal client requests
| ( Spoofed UDP requests
| will redirect the answers
| to the root name server )
[ 13 root servers ] * BAM
Since the attack will be using static IP addresses, it will not rely
on name server resolution, thus enabling us to keep the attack up even
while the Internet is down. The very fact that nobody will be able to
make new requests to use the Internet will slow down those who will try
to stop the attack. It may only lasts one hour, maybe more, maybe even
a few days. No matter what, it will be global. It will be known.
download link in #opGlobalBlackout
The tool is named “ramp” and stands for Reflective Amplification. It is
located in the \ramp\ folder.
———-> Windows users
In order to run “ramp”, you will need to download and install these two
applications;
WINPCAP DRIVER – www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm
TOR – www.torproject.org/dist/vidalia-bundles/
The Winpcap driver is a standard library and the TOR client is used as
a proxy client for using the TOR network.
It is also recommended to use a VPN, feel free to choose your own flavor of this.
To launch the tool, just execute “\ramp\launch.bat” and wait. The attack
will start by itself.
———-> Linux users
The “ramp” linux client is located under the \ramp\linux\ folder and
needs a working installation of python and scapy.
Read more: www.disclose.tv/forum/on-march-31-anonymous-will-shut-the-internet-down-t67878.html#ixzz1modrC1Jn
“He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.”
We know you won’t listen. We know you won’t change. We know it’s because
you don’t want to. We know it’s because you like it how it is. You bullied
us into your delusion. We have seen you brutalize harmless old womans who were
protesting for peace. We do not forget because we know you will only use that
to start again. We know your true face. We know you will never stop. Neither
are we. We know.
We are Anonymous.
We do not Forgive.
We do not Forget.
You know who you are, Expect us.
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9 disruptive technologies that will bloom before 2019 ends
Since the beginning of time, each new technological invention has meant a change of paradigm for the way people work. However, in recent years the frequency of changes has accelerated to such an extent that companies have to renew themselves and their daily procedures almost every season. Usually they are small changes or mere adaptations, but sometimes an innovation appears that makes the previous mechanisms obsolete. This is what is known as disruptive technology.
2019 is a disruptive year as far as technology is concerned: the trend of innovation continues at an accelerated pace, deepening the technological revolution. Innovative industries keep evolving and they are overcoming barriers only imaginable in Isaac Asimov’s sci-fi novels or in TV series and films such as Black Mirror or Gattaca. Check the technological trends that are making a disruptive change in the digital transformation.
1. 5G mobile networks
Some companies have started to launch pilot experiments of this kind of technology. 5G prepares the ground for navigating at speeds of up to 10 gigabytes per second from mobile devices.
2. Artificial intelligence (AI)
This will be the year of its definitive take-off. Included in the political agendas, the European Commission has made it one of the mandates for member states to develop a strategy on this matter by the middle of the year.
3. Autonomous devices
Robots, drones and autonomous mobility systems are some of the innovations related to AI. They all aim to automate functions that were previously performed by people. This trend goes beyond mere automation through rigid programming models, as it explores AI to develop advanced behaviors that interact more naturally with the environment and users.
4. ‘Blockchain’.
Finally, this technology it is no longer associated only to the crypto coins world, and experts are starting to notice its likely application in other fields. In congresses such as the annual IoT World Congress by Digitalizing Industries, -coming in october 2019-, we will witness the actual implementation of many projects based on ‘blockchain’, which will try to solve the challenges still faced by technology in different fields such as banking and insurance. It will also be a decisive year for the deployment of ‘decentralised organisations’ operating around smart contracts.
5. Advanced analytics
‘Big data’, is taking a step further with this trend, which combines this technology with artificial intelligence. Automatic learning techniques will transform the way data analysis is developed, shared and consumed. It is estimated that the capabilities of advances analytics will soon be widely adopted not only to work with information, but also to implement them in business applications of the departments of Human Resources, Finance, Sales, Marketing or Customer Service, in order to optimize decisions through a deep analysis of data.
6. Digital twins
Digital Twins are one of the disruptive technologies that will have more impact on the simulation and analysis of industrial processes. A digital twin is the virtual representation of a real-world entity or system capable to maximize the benefits of the digital transformation of companies. Many companies and organizations are already implementing these representations and will develop them over time, improving their ability to collect and visualize the right data, apply improvements to it, and respond effectively to business objectives.
7. Enhanced Edge Computing
Edge computing is a trend mostly applied to the Internet of Things. It consists of the location of intermediate points between connected objects in order to process information and perform other tasks in places closer to the reception of content by the user, in order to reduce traffic and latency in responses. This is a way to keep processing near the endpoint rather than on a centralized cloud server. However, instead of creating a new architecture, cloud computing and perimeter computing will evolve as models complementary to cloud services, managed as a centralized service that runs not only on centralized servers, but on local distributed servers and on the perimeter devices themselves.
8. Immersive experiences in intelligent spaces
Chatbots integrated into different conversation platforms and voice assistants are transforming the way people interact with the digital world, as are virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR). The combination of these technologies will lead to a profound change in the perception of everything that surrounds us through the creation of intelligent spaces where more immersive, interactive and automated experiences can be lived for a specific group of people or for specific scenarios in an industry.
9. Digital ethics and privacy
Digital ethics and privacy are issues of increasing interest to individuals, organizations and governments. It is no coincidence that people are increasingly concerned about how their personal information is being used by public and private sector entities, so in the coming months companies will be proactively addressing these concerns and to gain the trust of users.
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You haven’t virtualized yet – why you should do so as soon as possible
Andra Tudor
Virtualization is not a new thing, it has been around for some time now, and is one of the key ways a business can protect their IT infrastructure and reduce costs.
Opting for cloud vdi (virtual desktop infrastructure), is absolutely the way forward for businesses, but there could be many reasons why you haven’t been able to make the change yet.
Maybe you have not had a good enough network to support externally hosted desktops and applications, or you are a smaller business that is only just beginning to think of moving to a virtual enterprise structure. It could also be that you are suffering from the hangover of an older infrastructure with your own onsite servers and just coming to the end of the asset life time. Either way your next move should be to look at virtualization and here is why.
The savings can be substantial
Without a doubt the biggest reason is the cost savings you will make. Any company or business needs to be fully aware of the bottomline, and while the project to virtualize will need a little investment, long term it will save your business a lot more.
For example, you will no longer need onsite servers. Hardware is expensive to replace, and in order to keep up with technological investment they need to be replaced every few years. They also need to be upgrades, require server engineers to manage them, a specialised location to store them with adequate cooling and they use a lot of electricity. And this is before you even begin to think about the licences for the operating systems and applications.
Increased reliability and security
With security becoming so much more important, especially if you are holding any personal data, you need to be sure that you have adequate security measures in place to protect your IT services. Through application virtualization a data centre via the cloud, you can make sure that those provisions meet exactly what you need.
You can also increase the uptime and availability for your users, through better mirroring and failover provisions. Data centres are geared towards maximum uptime, and even should something go wrong with a server, users will like never even know as the services move over to alternative servers. To create and host this type of infrastructure yourself will require a whole IT department!
Increased productivity for your workforce
By moving to desktop virtualization your employees will be able to access their documentation and applications from almost any device. From mobile devices, tablets, laptops they will be able to do whatever they need, whenever and wherever they need it. For companies operating internationally or with a lot of travel involved this is absolutely vital.
It can also set the scene for flexible working – already proved to make the workforce much more productive. It also means that should a device breakdown, it is simple enough to switch to another.
Management of company devices is also a lot simpler, with setup and deployment happening remotely. All your installations, updates and patches, back ups and virus scans can be controlled centrally. It also means much better management of software assets.
In addition your service provider should be able to provide a whole range of support for your IT teams, with access to many disciplines and expertise to keep you running at your maximum 24 hours a day if needed.
Desktop virtualisation is definitely the way forward for any business. It makes end user environments much more secure. Reliability and uptime is better, which also keeps those end users happy and productive in their own work. No more lost working hours due to broken servers. Approached strategically, this can revolutionise your business and its operations well into the future.
Concerns and Limitation of Cyber Warfare
Alexandra Goman
The discovery of Stuxnet, a malware that targeted a nuclear facility, was somewhat revolutionary and groundbreaking. It targeted ICS which monitor and run industrial facilities. Before that, most of malicious programs were developed to steal information or break-in into financial sector to extort money. Stuxnet went beyond went and targeted high-level facilities. It is not hard to imagine what damage it could have inflicted if the worm were not detected. What is more worrisome, the technology is out. It might not be perfect, but it is definitely a start. Regardless of the intentions behind Stuxnet, a cyber bomb has exploded and everyone knows that cyber capabilities indeed can be developed and mastered.
Therefore, if they can be developed, they will probably be. The final goal of Stuxnet was to affect the physical equipment which was run by specific ICS. It was done in order to manipulate computer programs and make it act as an attacker intended it to act. Such a cyberattack had a particular motivation; sabotage of industrial equipment and destruction could have been one of the goals. So, if they were indeed the goals, it might have been an offensive act, conducted by an interested party, presumably, a state for its political objective. Yet, there are certain limitations when it comes to so-called “cyber weapons” (malware that might be employed for military use or intelligence gathering).
One of the main concerns of cyber offence is that code may spread uncontrollably to other systems. In terms of another physical weapon, it is like a ballistic missile that anytime can go off-course and inflict damage on unintended targets and/or kill civilians. Cyber offensive technology lacks precision, which is so valued in military. For example, in ICS and SCADA systems one may never know what can backfire because of the complexity of the system. The lack of precision consequently affects military decisions. When launching a weapon, officers should know its precise capabilities; otherwise, it is too risky and is not worth it.
In case of Stuxnet, the program started replicating itself and infected computers of many countries. For this moment we do not know if it were planned in that way. However, provided that that target was Natanz facility, it is unlikely. Symantec Corporation started analyzing the case only with external help; it did not come from Natanz. This exacerbates the case if a country decides to launch an offensive cyberattack.
If the military planning cannot prevent cyber technology to go awry or to go out in the public, it brings more disadvantages than advantages. Moreover, given a possibility of the code being discovered and broke down to pieces to understand what it does, it may potentially benefit an opposing party (and any other interested party along the way). This is unacceptable in military affairs.
Similarly, when the code is launched and it reaches the target, it can be discovered by an opponent. In comparison to nuclear, when a bomb explodes, it brings damage and destruction, but its technology remains in secret. In case of cyber, it may not be the case, as when a malware/virus is discovered, it can be reverse engineered to patch vulnerability. By studying the code, an enemy would find out the technology/tactics used that could be unfavourable in the long-run for the attacker.
Additionally, it should be said that not every malware is meant to spread by itself. In order to control the spread, vulnerability can be patched, meaning updating the software which had that vulnerability. An anti-malware can also be introduced; this will make the computer system immune to that particular vulnerability. Nonetheless, if the malware spreads uncontrollably, there is nothing much that an attacker can do. It is not possible to seize the attack. In this scenario, an attack may only release information about this certain vulnerability so that someone else can fix it. However, a state is highly unlikely to do so, especially if the damage is extensive. It would not only cost the state diplomatic consequences, but also it might severely impact its reputation.
An AI-enabled cyberattack could perhaps fulfill its potential. That means involvement of artificial intelligence. AI systems could make digital programs more precise, controlling the spread. In contrast, it could also lead to a greater collateral damage, if a system decides to target other facilities that may result in human death. Similar concerns are raised in the area of autonomous weapon systems in regard to the need of leaving decision-making to humans and not to technology. AI technology has a potential to make existing cyberattacks more effective and more efficient (Schaerf, 2018).
Aforementioned concern leads to another and affects the end result. When a certain weapon is employed, it is believed to achieve a certain goal, e.g. to destroy a building. With cyber capabilities, there is no such certainty. In the case of Stuxnet, the malware clearly failed to achieve its end goal, which is to disrupt the activities of the industrial facility.
Alternatively, the true costs of cyberattacks may be uncertain and hard to calculate. If that is so, an attacker faces high level of uncertainty, which may also prevent them from a malicious act (particularly, if nation states are involved). However, the costs and the benefits may always be miscalculated, and an attacker hoping for a better gain may lose much more in the end (e.g. consider Pearl Harbour).
Another concern refers to the code becoming available to the public. If it happens, it can be copied, re-used and/or improved. Similar concerns in regards to proliferation and further collateral damage emerged when Stuxnet code became available online. An attacker may launch a cyberattack, and if it is discovered, another hacker can reverse engineer the code and use it against another object. Moreover, the code can be copied, improved and specialized to meet the needs of another party. Technology is becoming more complex, and by discovering a malware developed by others, it also takes less time to produce a similar program and/or develop something stronger. (For instance, after Stuxnet, more advanced malwares were discovered – Duqu and Flame).
Furthermore, there are other difficulties with the employment of cyber offensive technology. In order to maximize its result, it should be supported by intelligence. In case of Stuxnet, an offender needed to pinpoint the location of the facility and the potential equipment involved. It has to find zero-days vulnerabilities that are extremely rare and hard to find[1]. Cyber vulnerability is all about data integrity. It should be reliable and accurate. Its security is essential in order to run an industrial infrastructure.
After pinpointing vulnerability, security specialists need to write a specific code, which is capable of bridging through an air-gapped system. In case of Stuxnet, all of abovementioned operations required a certain level of intelligence support and financial capability. These complex tasks involved into development were exactly the reason why Stuxnet was thought to be sponsored and/or initiated by a nation state. If intelligence is lacking, it may not bring a desirable effect. Moreover, if cyber offense is thought to be used in retaliation, malicious programs should be ready to use (as on “high-alert”) in the event of necessity.
Regardless of some advantages of cyber offence (like low costs, anonymity etc), this technology appears to be unlikely for a separate use by military. There is a high level of uncertainty and this stops the army of using technology in offence. Truth is when you have other highly precise weapons, it does not make sense to settle for some unreliable technology that may or may not bring you a wanted result. Yet, other types of cyberattacks like DDoS attacks can give some clear advantages during military operations and give an attacker some good cards in case of a conflict. When such attacks used together with military ground operations, they are much more likely to bring a desired result.
[1] For better understanding, out of twelve million pieces of malware that computer security companies find each year, less than a dozen uses a zero-day exploit.
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Police, far-right protesters clash in Kyiv, Cherkasy March 9 – media
The far-right activists gathered in Kyiv on March 9 to call for arrests of figures linked to an alleged military corruption scandal.
Police and far-right demonstrators clashed outside the presidential administration building in the Ukrainian capital and in at least one other city.
The far-right activists gathered in Kyiv on March 9 to call for arrests of figures linked to an alleged military corruption scandal, RFE/RL reported.
A media investigation last week detailed purported embezzlement schemes in Ukraine's military industry, including the involvement of a factory controlled by President Petro Poroshenko.
Read alsoProsecutor General: 480 criminal proceedings launched into violations at Ukroboronprom enterprises since 2014
Video showed demonstrators trying to break through police lines, shoving officers and setting off fireworks. Police used tear gas to turn them back.
In a statement, police said one officer was hospitalized with chemical burns to his eyes.
Police said 15 officers were injured in clashes in the city of Cherkasy, about 150 kilometers southeast of Kyiv and the site of a campaign speech by Poroshenko for the March 31 presidential election.
The investigation on media outlet Bihus.Info's program Nashi Hroshi alleged that Ihor Hladkovskyy, the son of close Poroshenko ally Oleh Hladkovskyy, who is deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, organized a ring to smuggle spare military-equipment parts from Russia in 2015, a year after Moscow seized Ukraine's Crimea region and threw its support behind militant separatists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
The report alleged that state defense facilities purchased the smuggled spare parts from private companies linked to Ihor Hladkovskyy and his friends at highly inflated prices.
It claimed that Ukroboronprom, the state concern that supervises defense industry production facilities, knew the origin of the smuggled parts but agreed to buy them.
The report also alleged that Ihor Hladkovskyy and his two associates illegally earned at least 250 million hryvnyas ($9.2 million) by smuggling the items from Russia through three major private firms, one of which belonged to Poroshenko at the time.
A day after the investigative report was broadcast on YouTube on February 25, Poroshenko suspended Oleh Hladkovskyy from his post and two days later announced that a probe had been launched into the allegations. On March 4, Poroshenko fired Hladkovskyy.
The election comes amid persistent economic challenges in the country and an ongoing war in eastern Ukraine against Russia-backed separatists.
The latest survey conducted by the nongovernmental Rating Groups showed that 41-year-old comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads the election race with the support of 25.1 percent of voters. Poroshenko had 16.6 percent support, followed by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with 16.2 percent.
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10 Things the 85th Texas Legislature Got Right, Plus All the Rest from A to Z
On: August 8, 2017
In: Adoption, Education, Foster In Texas, Policy
Tagged: 85th texas legislature , advocacy , policy
The 85th Texas Legislature was one for the history books when it comes to child welfare. From the unprecedented investment of an additional $508 million in the child protection system to the authorization of expanded community-based care and numerous other key decisions in between, Texas took major strides toward achieving the rallying cry of “Let’s Get It Right” that was adopted by legislative members and advocates alike.
In 2015, Governor Abbott declared at his inauguration, “Our children transcend politics.” This year, the governor made the child protection system the first of his emergency items for consideration, and the Legislature – already having committed to giving this subject high-priority treatment – responded in many meaningful ways. Upbring was pleased to support 64 different bills from 40 different legislative authors, including several of the session’s highest priority bills.
Upbring is truly grateful to the many members who worked tirelessly to deliver significant investments and reforms across the state. We also thank our amazing advocacy partners, with whom we work to make the long-term prospects for every Texas child as bright as possible. May the welfare of Texas children be the highest priority of our elected leaders every session!
Ten Things The 85th Texas Legislature Got Right
10 –Extending Permanency Care Assistance
9 – Enhancing Tools to Combat Human Trafficking
8 – Upholding “Best Interests of the Child” Standard
7 – Streamlining Court Proceedings and Protocols
6 – Keeping Abuse and Neglect Investigations at DFPS
5 – Improving Preparation for Adult Living Programs
4 – Continuing Emergency Pay Package for CPS Workforce
3 – Supporting Kinship Caregivers
2 – Investing in Foster Care and Prevention
1 – Authorizing “Community-Based Care”
All the Rest from A to Z
A full dive into each topic, can be found below this infographic:
A Full Recap of The 85th Texas Legislature from A to Z
A – Abuse and Neglect Investigations
As a result of the 2015 sunset legislation, child care licensing and most other administrative functions of Led by Texas CASA, advocates recognized that consolidation created a problem because investigations of abuse and neglect are fundamentally different than investigations of facilities and homes. As a result, these advocates successfully sought to have abuse and neglect investigations remain at DFPS, while the regulatory function of inspecting facilities and homes moves to HHSC.
B – Budget Increases
State investment in the child protection system increased by $508 million. The increase in budget is directed primarily toward continuing the emergency pay package for CPS caseworkers and investigators that had been approved in late 2016, funding additional workforce positions, foster care rate increases, and new benefits for kinship caregivers within the state system. This was achieved in a very difficult budget environment under which the overall budget declined by more than 7 percent when adjusted for population and inflation. Only child protection and mental health received significant additional discretionary state investment.
C – Community-Based Care (CBC)
The signature child protection policy issue of the session was the Legislature’s authorized building on foster care redesign to create community-based care. Under the redesign, a single contractor assumes responsibility for a region of the state to provide for not only foster care but kinship care, and not only care management but case management, the latter element being the subject of some controversy. CBC represents a potential opportunity for Upbring as one of the state’s leading nonprofit organizations with a mission focused on child welfare. While there were many voices taking part in this conversation, we are especially grateful to the Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services and Texans Care for Children for their leadership roles in making the case and improving the bill.
D – DFPS
The 2015 sunset process left DFPS as a separate agency under HHSC and called for that determination to be reviewed and further considered. The 2017 Legislature moved to take DFPS out from under HHSC to be a stand-alone agency, although many important administrative support functions, such as procurement and contracting, will remain consolidated at HHSC and be performed pursuant to mandatory inter-agency agreements.
E – Education
Upbring recognizes education as one of the five key protective factors essential to provide every child the opportunity to lead a successful and fulfilling adult life. Yet we know from the data that the educational outcomes for youth in the system are considerably poorer than for other Texas children. We appreciate some small steps the Legislature took to promote greater coordination and continuity of educational experiences for youth in the system, to empower foster parents to make educational decisions, and to increase utilization of the present tuition benefits for higher education. We also encourage the exploration of alternative “school choice” approaches for under-represented population groups. While many acknowledge the unique challenges that under-represented youth face, progress has been limited due to the politics of the larger issues of education finance and school choice.
F – Foster Care
Many of the other enactments on which we are reporting relate to foster care, so we’ll take a moment to highlight a proposal we actively opposed. This proposed bill aimed to tier payments to foster families based on the number of children in care – reducing the payment amount for each additional child taken into care by 20 percent. We are grateful that this misguided proposal was wisely rejected because we know that great families come in all sizes, large and small, and these payments do not cover the full cost of caring for each child in any event.
G – Growing Capacity
Perhaps second only to reducing workforce turnover, growing system capacity to provide a comprehensive array of quality placement options remains a major challenge for DFPS and the system. Private child placing agencies like Upbring are the primary source of meaningful capacity building and quality supports for foster families, and while reimbursement rate increases were granted and appreciated, they are not enough to drive the level of capacity building that is truly needed. One barrier to capacity building that was left unaddressed is the badly outdated cost methodology used by the state to set rates –in the interim, Upbring is working to address this clear need. We also will continue to address the misguided assumption that the number of providers correlates to capacity – in fact, we believe capacity growth would be most likely to occur with a smaller number of high-quality providers operating at scale.
H – Health
Along with education and safety, health represents a critical protective factor for all age groups within the birth to age 21 continuum. The Legislature took several important steps to better assure the continuity of physical and mental health care services for children and youth in care, and to better assure prompt health examinations take place when a child enters the system. We acknowledge the leadership and thoughtful recommendations of the Texas Pediatric Society on these issues, and we expect to see more positive work accomplished thanks to their ongoing contributions.
I – Independent Living
When youth age out of the system at age 18 and are not prepared for adult life far too many are left in vulnerable positions. Many of these young adults end up unemployed, homeless, susceptible to trafficking, and/or in trouble in the criminal justice system. The issue of “ageing out” is one of the clearest areas for improvement. Supervised independent living – including Upbring’s award-winning BeREAL program – provides youth ages 18-21 the extended care experience of learning how to live as an independent adult and continues to benefit from state support, although we would like to see these endeavors expanded more broadly. We are grateful for the leadership of One Voice Texas in so many of the policy issues impacting older youth preparing and transitioning to adulthood.
J – Judicial Process
The power to remove a child from a parent temporarily or permanently is a state responsibility that requires careful judicial participation and oversight – a huge challenge in a state as vast and diverse as Texas. The Legislature made significant changes to streamline judicial proceedings and better assure thoughtful decision-making concerning removal, placement and permanency. Importantly, these changes were made without modifying the prevailing “best interests of the child” standard or altering the burden of proof for either removal or termination of parental rights. The efforts of the Texas Supreme Court Children’s Commission were instrumental in shaping this major bill.
K – Kinship Care
Kinship care is far and away the most prevalent form of support provided to children and youth who are unable to live with their biological parents for any period of time. Historically, most kinship arrangements are informal within families. Even within the formal child protection system, kinship arrangements have become more common, and many experts believe that better results occur. With advocacy led by TexProtects, the Legislature created a new payment benefit for kinship caregivers in the system. Other bills will require more robust placement reviews in court proceedings that may surface kinship care opportunities, and add kinship care into the overall scope of responsibility for community-based care contractors to better integrate all care within the system.
L – Life Skills
For older youth in the system, the opportunity to learn critical life skills that will be needed in adulthood is a vital protective factor to achieving favorable long-term outcomes. Yet our efforts to prepare older youth have fallen well short of what is needed. The Legislature took steps to remedy these shortcomings by requiring that preparation for adult living endeavors commence at age 14, and by better assuring that youth receive the key documents they need to start their adult lives, such as a driver’s license and birth certificate.
M – Mental Health Intensive Services
Mental health is a cornerstone of public health. At Upbring, we understand that helping those in our care to receive high-quality, trauma-informed services that contribute to healthy minds is a vital part of building the protective factor of overall health. The Legislature made an important change to an existing program to allow certain behavioral health providers to provide targeted case management and psychiatric rehabilitation services to children and youth through Medicaid. These services were provided by streamlining the participation requirements in a manner that makes it possible for organizations like Upbring to participate. This is a service opportunity Upbring will consider in the months ahead, and we appreciate the leadership of Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute in advancing this proposal.
N – Normalcy
The 2015 Legislature enacted laws to make normalcy a priority for children and youth in care. Normalcy is essential to providing the types of normal socialization and life experiences provided to nearly all other children as they grow up, especially for older youth. Normalcy also allows foster parents to truly be parents, and make age and developmentally appropriate decisions about activities without being micromanaged. Implementing normalcy is as much about culture change as it is about laws, and it is encouraging to see that the Legislature built normalcy into various aspects of its 2017 enactments as a fundamental operating principle for the benefit of children and youth in the system.
O – Other Issues of Interest
One high-profile bill that became the subject of considerable controversy added new protections for providers of child welfare services to act in accordance with their sincerely held religious beliefs when providing those services. Upbring and many other faith-based providers were not among those who sought these additional protections, believing that the more broadly applicable Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1999 afforded sufficient protection for our service work. However, a small number of other faith-based providers insisted additional protection was needed. It is likely that this legislation will be the subject of one or more legal challenges.
P – Prevention and Early Intervention
In a system where 94 percent of state resources are expended on addressing abuse and neglect after it is alleged and just 6 percent expended on prevention and early intervention, it is critical that prevention resources be focused on the areas of greatest need. Driven by advocacy leadership led by TexProtects, the Legislature took several steps to build out and implement strategies that use data to create public health strategies to better ensure effective prevention and early intervention services are targeted to those most in need.
Q – Quality Care
Upbring fully supports efforts to raise the bar on quality standards for providers, and we’ve been participating in the state’s efforts to pilot performance-based contracting in this field. Much of the action to enhance quality is taking place within the administrative process, but the Legislature did include a number of provisions to assure quality of care under the community-based care model. The Legislature also debated a bill that would have required all training to be trauma-informed, but that legislation was not enacted. Efforts to promote trauma-informed approaches to care will continue to advance, even in the absence of a legislative mandate, because the evidence demonstrates their value.
R – Readiness Reviews
During the six years that foster care redesign has been in place, important lessons were learned and considered when developing an innovative approach to community-based care. One of those lessons was the critical importance of assuring readiness, both on the part of the organization that would serve as the single contractor for a region, and for the communities to be served within those regions. As a result, robust readiness reviews will be required before community-based care is launched in any region and before the contractor undertakes case management in the region.
S – Safety
Safety is one of the five primary protective factors recognized by Upbring and the core responsibility of the state child protection system. Providing the maximum possible level of safety is obviously multi-faceted and quite complex. Texas continues to make progress in implementing effective prevention strategies to stop abuse and neglect before it occurs and to better protect those most at risk – such as potential victims of the scourge of human trafficking.
T – Texting While Driving
Two of the longest-serving (and most distinguished) members of the Legislature successfully completed a 10-year quest to enact a statewide ban on texting while driving. While the bill is of general interest, it is a special concern for older youth who have started driving and grown up with mobile devices as a constant part of their lives – a dangerous combination when the two are combined.
U – Under Age 18
Texas continues to evolve for the better in the way we protect the interests of children and youth. In 2015, Upbring applauded the decriminalization of truancy. This session saw the passage of legislation to end most school suspensions for grades K-3 and to protect young women under the age of 18 from marrying under most circumstances. We also supported the movement to “raise the age” for the juvenile justice system from 17 to 18, but that remains to be addressed in a future session.
V – Vocation
Another of our five protective factors, vocation may be the least understood. Often thought of as “getting a job,” vocation means finding one’s calling in life. While public policy is not a primary driver as it is with education, health and safety, the Legislature enhanced efforts to empower older youth to prepare for adulthood earlier and more fully, including by promoting normalcy that allows for the types of opportunities that expose youth to a wider range of life’s possibilities.
W – Workforce Compensation and Retention
Long recognized as a major impediment to system improvement, the Legislature took bold steps to stabilize the DFPS workforce even before the 2017 session began by approving an emergency pay package that took effect in December 2016. This package provided most caseworkers and investigators with $12,000 per year salary increases. Early indications are that this move, accompanied by authorization of additional positions and enhancement of support services for caseworkers, are helping DFPS make critical progress on workforce retention.
X – Exceptional Efforts by Members
We are truly grateful that a strong bipartisan coalition of senators and representatives joined in making sure child protection and welfare maintained high-priority status throughout the session, and that they were not sidetracked in the wake of other difficult challenges. We thank the following members for their leadership, vision and exceptional service:
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and the following members of the Texas Senate:
Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa
Senator Lois Kolkhorst
Senator Jane Nelson
Senator Charles Perry
Senator Charles Schwertner
Senator Carlos Uresti
Senator Kirk Watson
Senator Royce West
Senator Judith Zaffirini
Speaker Joe Straus and the following members of the Texas House of Representatives:
Representative Cindy Burkett
Representative Sarah Davis
Representative James Frank
Representative Helen Giddings
Representative Donna Howard
Representative Stephanie Klick
Representative Ina Minjarez
Representative Four Price
Representative Richard Pena Raymond
Representative Senfronia Thompson
Representative James White
Representative Gene Wu
Representative John Zerwas
Y – Youth Voice
Youth Voice is among the most powerful advocacy offered to young adults who have been in the system. Their powerful stories bear witness to the shortcomings of the system and how it can be improved. In the 85th Legislative Session, the authorization of a pilot program to recruit more young adult caregivers (to provide support to older youth in care) was adopted. It is widely recognized that the system chronically underperforms for older youth, and this innovative approach will hopefully bring about transformative change for the benefit of this segment of the population in care.
Z – Zealous Advocacy Partners
Upbring has the privilege of working alongside an amazing group of advocacy partners who all believe in driving policies and investments that will improve the long-term life prospects for every Texas child. We express our heartfelt gratitude for the exceptional efforts of the following organizations with whom we are proud to be associated and whose excellent work resulted in significant progress during this historic session:
Texans Care for Children
Texas CASA
TexProtects
One Voice Texas
National Association of Social Workers – Texas Chapter
Texas Pediatric Society
United Ways of Texas
Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services
Texas Network of Youth Services
Texas IMPACT
Texas Supreme Court Permanent Commission for Children, Youth and Families
Help Upbring break the cycle of child abuse by empowering children, families and communities.
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News for November 2013
TTC to close portion of Bloor-Danforth subway for weekend track work
The Toronto Transit Commission will be conducting track work on a portion of the Bloor-Danforth line on Sat., Nov. 30 and Sun., Dec. 1.
TTC streetcars return to Bathurst St.
November 22, 2013 - On Sun., Nov. 24, TTC streetcars will return to the 511 Bathurst route
Wheel-Trans Public Consultation Meetings
November 21, 2013 - Wheel-Trans Public Consultation Meetings
Subway service restricted this weekend for second platform construction at Union Station
November 21, 2013 - Construction for the second platform at Union Station will result in no subway service between Union and St Andrew stations
TTC Board approves 2014 budgets
November 20, 2013 - The Toronto Transit Commission board approved the TTC’s 2014 operating and Wheel-Trans budgets, and its 2014-2023 ten-year capital budget, as well as a five-cent fare increase effective Jan. 1, 2014 to the cost of a token. The Board also increased the cost of the adult Metropass by one trip. Cash fares remain unchanged.
TTC Harvey Shop open house to benefit the United Way
November 19, 2013 - We are holding an open house at our historic Harvey Shop facility on Saturday, November 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. All proceeds from the open house will go to the United Way. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children.
Board meeting resumes November 20th at TTC head office
November 19, 2013 - The Toronto Transit Commission board meeting agenda of November 18 will be completed at a public meeting on November 20 at 1:00 p.m. at the TTC’s head office.
TTC Stuff-the-Buses to collect new, unwrapped toys
November 18, 2013 - On Saturday, November 30 and Sunday, December 1, TTC employees will be holding the annual Stuff-the-Bus Toy Drive
Public meeting on TTC second exit planning process
November 15, 2013 - Public meeting on TTC second exit planning process
Take the TTC and welcome Santa back to Toronto
November 14, 2013 - The Santa Claus parade is this Sunday, November 17
TTC holds Customer Town Hall on November 21
November 14, 2013 - The TTC will hold its next Customer Town Hall on Thursday, November 21
TTC Welcomes its 29 Billionth Customer
November 13, 2013 - The Toronto Transit Commission today officially welcomed its 29 billionth customer since the TTC was established in 1921
Canadian war vets and peacekeepers ride the TTC for free on Remembrance Day
November 8, 2013 - On Monday, November 11, Remembrance Day, decorated Canadian war and peacekeeping veterans can ride the TTC for free.
TTC’s Pape Station elevators now in operation
November 7, 2013 - TTC’s Pape Station elevators now in operation
November 6, 2013 - The Toronto Transit Commission will be conducting track work once again on a section of the Bloor-Danforth line
TTC Yorkdale Commuter Parking Lot To Close Temporarily
November 5, 2013 - Yorkdale Commuter Parking To Close January 2014.
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> For School Districts >
Is Bus Route Optimization the Perfect Solution to Save Money
For years, school authorities delved for a solution to save money on their transportation expenses. Nevertheless, it was found that bus route optimization is the excellent solution to curtail expenses in relation to school transportation. And the real question is how to perform bus route optimization?
Lets' have a glimpse of it….
What is bus route optimization?
Actually, what is bus route optimization? Bus route optimization is the technique by which we find the most appropriate route on the basis of school assignments, current bus stops, timing, and bus loads. Consequently, route optimization helps to enhance the school bus fleet efficiency.
Due to its cost saving benefits, several schools are seriously considering route optimization. However, by effective arrangement of school bus routes, you will be able to lessen fuel costs, idling hours, and staffing by taking into consideration of safety concerns, school transportation policies, and road related disasters.
Incidentally, earlier route optimization was performed with the outdated wall maps, but the innovative modern technologies has made the task simple. Moreover, schools are utilizing the school bus routing software for optimizing their routes.
What is a bus routing software?
A school bus routing software consists of tools that assists you automatically generate ideal routes for your trip, on the basis of the users' criteria. Hereafter, these routes are interpreted against the current route for figuring out whether further logical alternatives exist or not.
Meanwhile, the routing software considers the school bus turns, stop locations, height and weight limitations based on the administered right sided pick-ups, and vehicle size. In addition, there are software that determines the most appropriate stop location for each student as per the boundary details, walk-to-stop distances, and enrollment details.
Why is bus route optimization essential?
The prime goal of bus route optimization is to lower the number of drivers and school buses running on a particular route. Moreover, you can save money by controlling the fuel and staffing expenses as minimal as possible.
Another significant benefit associated with a bus routing software is that it ensures student safety. How? Of course, the routing software is an advanced measure towards student security, by considering stop location, avoiding the areas resided by criminals, and danger zones.
Here's a video on how automatic route optimization works for school bus tracking:
Key areas the bus routing software address to:
Recruit a transportation coordinator
A transportation coordinator is a person, who is bestowed with the responsibility to handle school transportation related needs. Usually, office staffs in a school handle the issues related to school bus transportation.
Ironically, by appointing a transportation coordinator, issues of several office staffs will be resolved (as handling the school transportation issues involves more risk than one imagine). Moreover, this is indeed the benefit of a bus routing software as single user is able to control the whole operations of school transportation.
Review and validate student data
This is indeed a crucial element in a routing software as the student data you enter should be exact, otherwise the software may provide wrong pick up and drop point of a school bus student. Hence, it is wise to check out whether the current address and contact information of a student is correctly updated or not (be extra vigilant in case of special needs transportation).
Ensure the maps are up-to-date
As roads are changing constantly, mapping software systems have a fairly long delay for new map releases. Therefore, it is necessary to update the map every six months for enhancing the routing efficiency.
Generating a report with a synopsis of the current transportation and student expenses provide you a perfect standard for apprehending future improvements and budget savings. Based on these improvements, you will be able to manifest the Return on Investment (ROI) of your routing software and thereby, devise a new strategy for future upgrades.
No doubt, routes will change in the future. And hence, considering these changes is vital as the bus routing software will be able to avoid hazardous areas, or the areas planning for expansion. Consequently, the modern software considers these hypothetical scenarios and thus perform route planning.
Beneficial features of school bus routing software
Ordinarily, schools install software only when they possess a thorough understanding of its features. Here follows certain features that actually enhance the school transportation:
Add and modify bus stops, travel constraints, and new roads
Assign school bus stops automatically on the basis of the user specified walk-to-stop distance
Allot right-sided pickup points for students
Scheduling alternative pick-up point and drop point
Bus pass creation
Calendar storage
Obtain historical data regarding student and bus routing for reporting
Locate areas of criminals or sex offenders
As a matter of fact, utilizing the modern school bus routing software enables the school transportation authorities to ensure superior student safety. In addition, you will be able to save money and boost the efficiency of a school bus. Therefore, installing the software is the excellent solution for accomplishing the goals of school bus transportation.
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Scotland Has a New Trail With 33 Locations for Spotting Whales, Dolphins, and Fascinating Sea Creatures
By Andrea Romano
Wouldn’t you like to go sailing on the water, watching majestic creatures swim and jump amongst the waves, all while gazing at the stunning views of western Scotland? It sounds like a whale of a time.
Chris Gomersall/Nature Picture L/Getty Images
Now, it’s even easier to know where to spot whales while visiting Scotland. According to the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust, the organization has released a specially mapped-out Hebridean Whale Trail, which connects 33 of the top places to see whales while visiting the country, according to a statement.
Many places along the Scottish west coast are known for being incredible spots for finding whales and dolphins. Whale-watching is one of this region’s top tourist activities, and people can often catch glimpses of humpbacks or even pods of orcas depending on where they go.
The Hebridean Whale Trail offers land-based sightings of not only whales but also dolphins, porpoises, and other species including sharks and seals.
“Scotland’s west coast is one of Europe’s best places to catch sight of whales, dolphins, and porpoises from land – and you may see bottlenose and common dolphins, harbor porpoise, minke whales and killer whales,” said Karl Stevens, Hebridean Whale Trail manager, in a statement. “We want people from all walks of life to visit the Hebridean Whale Trail to enjoy exploring the region’s unique nature, culture, and history, and to be inspired to support marine conservation.”
The trust has spent over a year planning the trail to create the most accessible route for whale watchers to follow. But, it doesn’t just stop at popular tourist sights. The trail also takes adventurous whale watchers to more wild locations like the Oa on Islay.
In addition, whale watchers can bask on some of the best beaches in the country, visit historic lighthouses, take part in conservation efforts in the area, sample fresh, local cuisine, and learn about local history while they look for these beautiful cetaceans.
“The trail encourages accessible, low-impact whale-watching from land, which for many is a completely new way of thinking about viewing marine wildlife,” said Alison Lomax, director of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust, in a statement. “Ultimately we want people to experience the thrill of watching a fin breaking the surface in the distance, and the challenge of identifying which type of whale they’ve seen, sharing that experience with others, and learning about the threats these animals face in our seas.”
Visitors can effectively plan their trip by visiting the official Hebridean Whale Trail website, where they will find maps, suggestions for transportation, details about each site, and more helpful tools.
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Travel Blog » Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Blogs » A tale of three cities
A tale of three cities
Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast
Map of Three Cities
Ben and Asimina
Cham Tower
We’d decided long ago to travel Vietnam from south to north, overland. We’d envisaged making reasonably rapid progress on sleeper trains, similar to our experience in Thailand. Then we bought $45 bus passes, entitling us to travel the one thousand miles from Saigon to Hanoi, on buses in various states of disrepair, with numerous stops on the way.
So our journey took us to the better-known destinations, but didn’t allow for much getting off the beaten track. In central Vietnam, we surprised ourselves by enjoying the seaside resort city of Na Trang; fell in love with the simple beauty of Hoi An and marvelled at majesty and history in Hue.
It’s difficult to imagine three cities in one country that are more different. Different in a good way, not simply different like Milton Keynes, Middlesbrough or Barnsley are. (Do we have readers from any of those places? Not anymore.)
We’d heard mixed reviews about Na Trang, but it provided an opportunity to submerge ourselves in twenty metres of sea water and look at fish and coral, so we took the plunge and stayed for a few days. Plus, the bus stopped there.
There aren’t are whole lot
Hoi An loves lanterns
of thing to do above water in Na Trang, besides lounging on the beach and hitting the bars and clubs, but, with careful planning we managed to do the best bits, and get out before it all got too much.
Large parts of Vietnam were formerly the Champa kingdom, regional rivals to the Khmers around one thousand years ago. From 15th century onwards, the Cham people were defeated, persecuted, and subsequently driven out of what became Vietnam. Further killer blows were inflicted by the Khmer Rouge. As many as half a million Chams were murdered in Cambodia in the 1970s.
Traces of Cham history are not particularly easy to find in Vietnam. There is, though, a collection of ancient brick towers in Na Trang. We paid a cursory visit, admired the fairly well-preserved towers, without getting a real insight into this lost civilisation. Young dancers performed, but it wasn’t clear to our untrained eyes whether this was a Vietnamese or Cham tradition.
Without instruction from us, our taxi-driver cannily waited outside, and so was on hand to take us to the nearby mud-baths, where we wallowed in various types of water and mud, possibly for longer than
The band play on at Cham Towers
As the dancers exit at the rear.
advisable. We were relieved to read, therefore, on a sign near the jacuzzi, that we were ‘being insured’. Against what, and by whom, were never learnt. Nevertheless, it was reassuring, especially with so much water, mud and shrieking Vietnamese around.
Connected to the mainland near Na Trang by a two mile long cable car, is Hon Tre Island, home to Vinpearl Land, an expensive (by Vietnamese reckoning) but thoroughly entertaining amusement park. Where else can you partake in a seemingly suicidal toboggan ride, have a near death experience on a water slide, and gawp around an aquarium so impressive that you willingly gawp round it again? Quite a few places probably, but we did so for an enjoyable day at Vinpearl Land.
A few hundred miles north, in Hoi An, time slows down considerably. Unless you’re one of this magical little city’s innumerable tailors, for whom the days are presumably filled knocking off suits and dresses at knock-down prices for western tourists. Siem Reap has Dr Fish, Na Trang has Easy Rider motorcycle tours, but Hoi An may be the king of the copycat, with tailors, cookery schools and ‘fresh beer’ on every street. But rather than being
Performance on Hoi An street corner
an irritant, it simply adds to the charm, with the ventures housed in beautifully-maintained teak buildings, echoing the area's colonial and pre-colonial history. We crammed into narrow but uncluttered cobbled alleys, home to weaving cyclists and playing children, and strolled around the old town, perched on lazy slender river.
We visited a few of the old buildings, learnt a little about Hoi An’s history and its frequent floods, and were lucky enough to be there for a full moon festival. Hundreds of lanterns were lit and dropped from the pretty bridge to the river, moving inland and then out to sea with the changing tide. We drank glasses of beer costing thirteen pence and all was good.
If all that were not enough, Hoi An is only a short cycle from a beautiful beach, and from there, a short boat ride to the charming Cham Islands, home to more beautiful beaches, a small population and the scene of our final scuba dives of the trip.
We didn’t want it to end, but with flights from Hanoi to Athens already booked, and more to see in Vietnam, we had to press on to Hue, probably the best place
Shutters in the Forbidden City, Hue
in Vietnam to soak in what remains of the country’s pre-colonial dynastic past. By this time of the year, June, it was so hot that we organised ourselves sufficiently to be at the ancient citadel by 8am. We spent a nevertheless sweaty two hours wandering around the shade-free Forbidden City, wondering what exactly we were supposed to be looking for, and finding lots on the way, including, incongruously, a tennis court.
The extraordinarily extravagant tombs of Khai Dinh and Minh Mang provided much wonder and some shade, which is just as well as the former is up numerous steeps steps and the latter covers an area equal to several football fields. The inside of Khai Dinh’s final resting place is particularly opulent affair, with every square centimetre adorned with paintings, sculpture or jewels.
As for what lies between this old capital, and the current one, Hanoi, we’re not really sure, as we travelled overnight by bus, for thankfully the final time. Faulty air con, no curtains, seatbelts or water – next time, it’s the sleeper train.
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Cham Tower interior
View of Na Trang, from Cham Towers
The only way to travel
...to Vinpearl Land
Lone pearl
The prices, heat and it being a weekday, keep the big crowds away from Vinpearl Land.
Suicide toboggan
Ok, we're not sure if anyone has died here, but let's just say we're glad our brakes worked well.
Jellyfish soup
Vinpearl Land aquarium
Not sure which type, may be grey reef shark, Vinpearl Land aquarium.
Shark (white tip reef) and rays, which, from underneath, look remarkably similar.
Black tip reef shark
We've seen these harmless creatures a handful of times while scuba diving. We've never got a picture like this though, at Vinpearl Land aquarium.
One of Hoi An's traditional houses
Hoi An home interior
One of Hoi An's many artisans.
Hoi An temple
Temple gardens
Nigel O Mahony
Sweet, sweet shot!
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Travel Blog » Europe » France » Upper Normandy » Blogs » The Somme - Normandie, Northern France
The Somme - Normandie, Northern France
Europe » France » Upper Normandy
Published: May 6th 2018
Renae and Dwayne Knowles
Dawn breaks on the Centenary Service at Villers-Brettoneaux - 100 years in the making
Wednesday, 25 April – ANZAC Day Centenary Dawn Service, Villers-Brettoneaux
1am is a horrible time to get up, but it was a necessary evil to make the dawn service. It was the big Centenary celebration – the 2nd biggest Aussie pilgrimage behind Gallipoli – and we’d been told that security would be tight and that if we aren’t in and seated by 4.45am, we would miss out. By 1.20am we were hooting along tiny French lanes to our parking area, followed by a pleasant 1.7km walk to the memorial site. All you could see on the road was silent pilgrims making their way to the hill. The fields surrounding the monument lay cold and silent in darkness, hoarding their secrets and bodies from the past.
Security was tight but we were seated by 2.45am. Thankfully, the temperature was about 9C and not freezing like we were fearing. Although the wind was vicious at times and we were thankful for our thermals, it wasn’t raining. The walk from the entry tent to the memorial was lit with blue strip lights, with the sentinel tower illuminated a bright blue. The graves on either side of the walkway, reminding us why we
We laid flowers
were there as was Chris Reason from Channel 7.
The pre-program begins at midnight so we arrived to special items being sung by choirs and a video about the history of the Somme ANZAC battlefields being shown intermittently. There was free coffee and croissants, as well as a welcome pack that included a commemorative book, poncho and beanie. I sat with my yellow roses contemplating how different the scene was when my Great-Great Uncle Harold Foster marched across this land. It’s impossible to reconcile the pretty canola fields and green grasses with mud, barbed wire, shell holes and bodies as far as the eye can see.
The service began and before we knew it, the Last Post was being played and the sky was lighting up with the approaching day. At this point, a big rain shower swept across the fields and we had to don our ponchos for the deluge. Fortunately, it only lasted 5 minutes. At the end of the service we were invited down to lay our flowers, and they read out our names in honour of Uncle Harry. We even walked past Malcolm & Lucy Turnbull and Prince Charles but decided not to say
The walk back to our car after the service
We walked back to the car, went home to bed for a couple of hours and then ventured out again in the afternoon. First stop was Beaumont-Hamel, a Canadian memorial to the Newfoundland Regiment. This was a most impressive memorial, and my favourite of all the ones we saw, because a large chunk of the landscape and battlefield has been preserved. There are trench lines and shell holes still littering the fields that you can walk in and around. An extensive trench system was built by the Germans and you can still see the zig-zag patterns of trench lines and communication trenches running between the lines. The Allies detonated a huge 14,000kg underground bomb on Redoubt Hill, with the blast being felt as far as London, and that 100m wide x 11m deep crater is still there today. This area became the scene of horrendous loss of life, wiping out 75% of the Newfie soldiers in the first hour of 1 July 1916. That was day 1 of the Battle of the Somme. Eventually the Allies won the battle and pushed on to Poziers. The whole site is very moving.
Next stop was Poziers. Technically listed as
The view from the Australian War Memorial tower
a success, it still cost Australia 6800 men in 3 weeks. That’s our national road toll every single day, for 21 days. After Poziers we went to see the NZ Memorial. You don’t realise how many cemeteries and memorials there are until you are driving through the fields and you can see crosses, memorials and cemeteries dotted from horizon to horizon, in the middle of nowhere.
Thursday, 26 April – The Somme
On 4 July 1918, Uncle Harold was guarding a bomb dump (ammunition depot) when he was killed by a bombing raid from overhead planes. The telegram said he died at the Querrieau HQ so that’s where we first stopped. A lady greeted us at the ex-British HQ and after explaining who Uncle Harold was and that we were trying to find the area where he died, she kindly invited us in to her chateau and showed us some photos of Sir John Monash. She was so lovely to let a bunch of strangers into her home and she told us that the bomb dump was actually at the Australian HQ, not the British one. It turns out that she was also hosting Chris Latham so we
Beaumont-Hamel - before and after
met him too. We didn’t know who he was but he’s a famous Aussie in the Orchestra world and was involved in one of the programs that was part of the series of centenary commemorations. A very down-to-earth guy.
We drove 2km to Chateau Saint Gratien, which was the Aussie HQ but they didn’t have any information on where the bomb dump used to be, so that was the end of our treasure hunt. We made our way to Crucifix Corner to see Uncle Harold’s grave, which we found easily. After 100 years of laying there without any visitors, 5 figures finally stood in front of the headstone that sparked our holiday plans 3 years ago. We took a moment, took photos, paid our respects and said a prayer. We never knew him nor he us, but we are now connected in time and place until the Son rises.
After lunch, we stopped at the Australian Army Corps Memorial, which was the first Aussie memorial to exist prior to the National one being built to honour all disciplines (not just the Army). They had a great display of information along the walkway and a fitting place to collectively
A shell hole
end our family time in the Somme.
Friday, 27 April – Lille
We said our goodbyes to Mum, Dad and Dale as they headed south for Mont St Michel and the Loire Valley, and we made one last trip to VB to see the newly opened Sir John Monash Centre at the Australian War Memorial. It was quite a full-on experience as far as details go, but it was very comprehensive if you like that sort of deep dive information (and we do). They say to allow 1.5-2hrs but it took us 3hrs.
After that, we had a quick lunch at a random picnic spot and drove north to Flanders country.
Sabbath, 28 April – Lille
There is an SDA Church in the very centre of Lille so we went there to soak up the worship vibe, even though they would be speaking French. I figured that if God wanted us to understand the service, He’d either provide an interpreter or create a miracle of tongues by letting us hear it in our own language. When we arrived for Church, we were warmly greeted and sat up the back. There were lots of songs, which
German trenches
made me happy, and I even knew three of them so I sang loud and proud in English whilst everyone else praised in French. After the song service the worship leader came up and asked if we would like him to interpret for us, which we took him up on. After the sermon finished we were introduced to a kindred French family who have been to Australia and the kids have lived there as well, so we chatted to them about their experiences. Once the young people found out we were Aussie, a number of them insisted we stay for lunch so they could practise their English. We had a great time sharing what Fox Church does with lunch teams because they would like to try the same thing, and soon it was time for us to leave. We said our goodbyes and thanked them for a marvellous time of fellowship. What a great crew.
Lille was bustling with crowds upon crowds, which we’ve picked up since the ANZAC Day service. There are tonnes of English speaking tourists here on the CWGC trail (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) and we sometimes run into the same people several times in different
Honouring the Newfoundland Regiment who lost 75% of their men in the first hour of fighting
cities as we all do the rounds. Lille is not French at all. The architecture reminded us of Riga more than anywhere else. We hoofed 7km around the old streets and by the time we got home, we were beat. We’d been invited at church by the local artisan baker to a birthday party for her brother, but it was 8pm before they called with the details and since we were already tuckered out, we politely declined.
Sunday, 29 April – Lille
It was a rainy day so we headed to Ypres where we could do an inside activity like the Flanders Museum. We stopped at Prowse Point Cemetery to visit the grave of a friend’s relative, and then we drove past a museum called Plugstreet. We decided to stop and go in, and it turned out to be a great little find and we spent 2 hours there. There were two things that they did differently to the other museums: 1) They provided a fantastic overview of what was happening in Europe in the lead up to WW1, and how all the countries got involved and 2) They showed how the war affected the civilians who lived
Chateau de Saint-Gratien - the Aussie HQ during WWI where my great-great uncle died
in the Flanders area. Interestingly enough, 80% of the photos are from the Australian War Memorial, even though it’s a British museum. That’s possibly because many Australian soldiers ignored the rule about bringing cameras into the war zone and so there are more photos taken by Aussies than most other nationalities.
They had a story of one of the Indigenous soldiers, Douglas Grant, and I was surprised to find that he was stationed in the same battalion as Uncle Harry. I’m sure Uncle Harry would have known who he was, as having an Indigenous soldier in the ranks would have stuck out like a sore thumb against all the white fellas. Incidentally, both Harry and Douglas were wounded on 11 April during the Battle of Bullecourt. Harry was taken to a field hospital while Douglas was captured by the Germans.
We continued on to Ypres through Messines and decided against the Flanders Museum, as I couldn’t handle another museum. We wandered around the cute little town, ate Belgium chips and waffles and visited the Menin Gate. They’ve been playing The Last Post at 8pm every night at the Gate since 1928, and we would have liked to have
Uncle Harold's cemetary - Crucifix Corner
stayed, but it was too cold and rainy at 5.30pm so we came home. It’s an impressive monument though. Nearly 60,000 names of soldiers who are missing/have no known grave. When they discover human remains due to road works or development, they’ll bury them in a nearby cemetery and if they can be identified, the name is removed from the Menin Gate.
Monday, 30 April – Le Havre
Another rainy day for our transit day, so we drove out to the coast with the intention of following the English Channel south. Unfortunately, the road was too far inland and we didn’t spot one iota of sea water all day. We did however, come across several flooded roads and once we saw one car go through, we would take the chance and cross. You never know how deep those muddy flood waters are, although with cow pastures either side and not a river in sight, it was never going to be a raging torrent. It was a pretty drive with the architecture changing from Belgium/Dutch style to more classic Normandie style (wooden frame wattle with daub). I like it more than the Belgium brick style.
Tonight we’re staying
Harold Foster. Fought at Villers-Brettoneaux, died at the Battle of Le Hamel
I know we look too happy but this photos has a story. All morning the weather had been changing from sunny to cloudy every 15 seconds or so. When we first started taking photos we had sombre looks, but the pictures were coming out too dark during sunny periods, so eventually we decided to retake some of the darker photos whilst there was cloud cover, and by the end there were shouts of "Cloud cover in 5 seconds. Places everyone!" This was one of the last photos and by this time we were in hysterics.
in an old cotton merchant’s estate, built in 1890, overlooking Le Havre.
Tuesday, 1 May – Honfleur
I’ve never quite understood why the term “cute as a button” exists. Why are buttons cute? I’ve never personally found a button that I’ve thought was cute. I’ve seen pretty buttons and interesting buttons, but none of them have been cute. I think the saying should be “as cute as a puppy.”
Honfleur is as cute as a puppy! It’s a medieval town that was first mentioned in writing in 1027 and is now famous for its wood and tile houses. It sits where the mouth of the Seine River meets the English Channel and was a bustling port for many centuries including being one of the 5 principal ports for the slave trade in France. Driving in and seeing all the gorgeous small houses and shops on cobblestone streets around a picturesque little marina makes one smile. It’s such a darling little place. The houses around the marina are different colours, similar to Nyhaven in Copenhagen, with shops on the street level and residences above, as is the French way of living.
It was a sunny day and
The Menin Gate, Ypres (Belgium)
as expected when the sun comes out, it was packed with a capital P and then some. We didn’t realise it until later, but it was the labour day public holiday, not to mention the two cruise ships in the port of Le Havre. No wonder we were dodging people all day.
The tourist office gave us a street map with 3 self-guided walking tours. The first tour was around the town. Every street had shops to explore from chocolatiers to patisseries to wine shops with the local product. We purchased one bottle of Sparkling Rhubarb and one bottle of Pear Juice. The second tour was walking up to a view point above town and that got the heart rate pumping. We had lunch after that – panini, crepes, Normandie tart, chocolate éclair, camembert gelato and violet gelato. After getting our fill of a delightful Honfleur, we took the third walking tour around the lock, through the gardens and plonked ourselves on a seat overlooking a pond with ducks, a swan and lilly pads with vocal frogs. As the clouds started hiding the sun, we bid farewell to one of the cutest towns in France. Gotta love Honfleur!
A tiny portion of names inside the Menin Gate
Wednesday, 2 May – Le Havre - Rainy and windy weather meant we had to stay indoors all day.
Thursday, 3 May – Paris
We visited Claude Monet’s House in Giverny on the way into Paris. It’s quite a massive house in a tiny little village of no more than 25 houses, but the village is super cute, as are most villages in France. There were bus loads of people there to see the Japanese garden with its little bridge over the lily pond. The gardens themselves were in full spring bloom and you can see why Monet gained inspiration. Mind you, with 8 children in the house I’m sure it wasn’t as peaceful as we’d like to think!
The drive back to Paris was charming and every turn was like we were driving through a garden. France is just one big garden!
Arrived in Paris without issue, dropped off the car, argued the unfair additional driver charge and they graciously removed it (but then quietly charged us in AUD taking a $20 commission!). It's good to be back in my adopted second home.
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Obviously we love to travel - who doesn't?!!. Each traveller has their own style and I describe them in three styles - McDonalds, Cafe & Degustation. 1) McDonald's - country hopping in a drive thru fashion 2) Cafe - choosing a smaller region to linger and explore 3) Degustation - choosing a town and living like a local Our travel style is Cafe - choosing a smaller region to explore and soak up the atmosphere in. I like to journal my experiences and thoughts and share them with friends and family. And I like to revisit the memories once we're home, reading and reminiscing on what we s... full info
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Hot chips Belgium style
Belgium Waffles of course!
Ypres - reminds us of Amsterdam or Riga
Camembert gelato
Violet and Camembert gelato, Normandie tart and chocolate eclair
An old wheat mill in Vernon, on the site of a washed away bridge
Monet's house
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Call for final Lwandle submissions
September 3, 2014 • Local, News • No Comments
The inquiry investigating the Lwandle evictions from Sanral-owned land in Cape Town has called for all interested parties to make final submissions.
“Having gone through the scheduled process of the oral public hearings, the inquiry is now affording the last opportunity for different parties (individuals and or organisations) to submit in writing relevant inputs,” it said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Upon receiving written submissions, the inquiry may decide to invite parties for oral hearings at a date and venue to be announced in due course.”
The deadline for submissions is September 15, at 4pm.
The inquiry said relevant parties included non-governmental organisations, political parties, and ordinary people.
“In the interest of transparency and meaningful public participation, the inquiry will conduct all its hearings in public and everyone interested can attend.
“However, this will apply on the basis of first come first served due to space limitations.”
The inquiry was appointed by Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
Residents directly affected by the SA National Roads Agency Limited’s removals on June 2 and June 3 would give oral presentations. SAPA
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MAPA buques GALERÍA PUERTOS NOTICIAS
Containerships’ third and fourth LNG-powered vessels christened
By Svetlana Modeva, Oct 8, 2018 / Vessels
Containerships’ third and fourth LNG-powered vessels were christened last week at the Wenchong Shipyard, China. The vessels received names M/S Containerships Finn and M/S Containerships Balt, honouring Containerships’ roots and history.
Caption: Containerships Board members Kimmo Nordström, Mimmi Nordström and Harri Nordström.
The christening of the last two vessels under construction was yet another milestone in the company’s LNG story. The ceremony was attended by Containerships’ Board members as well as the CEO Kari-Pekka Laaksonen.
The building of container vessels implemented with LNG technology is a project that requires high levels of expertise in a relatively new field of fuel solutions. The global lack of previous experience makes the project challenging, and Containerships has had to adjust the vessel delivery schedule during the shipbuilding phase.
Caption: Containerships’ CEO Kari-Pekka Laaksonen and Rosalind Laaksonen.
“Even though we have been forced to reschedule the delivery of the LNG vessels by some months, I am happy to say that no major issues, that would have put the whole project at risk, have appeared. M/S Containerships Nord, our first newbuild, successfully completed the first part of her sea trials in July”, states CEO Kari-Pekka Laaksonen.
“Five years ago, we committed to the largest investment in Containerships’ history and started to build Europe’s first LNG-based supply chain basically from zero. Obviously, as the first logistics company to do this, it has not been easy, but I still believe it is the way to go. The environment needs new solutions, and both the public authorities and our customers demand more ecological transport options.”
Caption: All Containerships’ LNG-powered vessels currently under construction are christened.
According to the current delivery schedule, the first two LNG-powered vessels will be delivered to Containerships during 2018 and the last two during January – March 2019. The first vessel, M/S Containerships Nord, is scheduled to start her last sea trials during October.
Additionally, Containerships signed a preliminary agreement for the fifth and sixth LNG-powered vessels during the summer of 2018.
Source: Containerships
Tags: Containerships, LNG-powered, Wenchong Shipyard, Containerships Finn, Containerships Balt, christening, containerships
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11:16 a.m.Does Wendi Deng weigh in on these things?! In my mind, Wendi and I would get along very well. She’s so interesting. Marc Cherry should option her Wikipedia page.7:15 p.m.At Logan Aiport, and as my flight is boarding, [Fox’s] Kevin Reilly calls. It is good news. I immediately burst into tears. The people at the terminal counter think my boyfriend has just broken up with me over the phone, but I don’t care. I love Kevin so much.7:20 p.m.Call my Dad. I start crying again. The airline people at the gate now think I am going through something super awful. The plane really needs me to board now.
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Stan's Cafe
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Tickets: £13 (£11) Under 26s £10.50
Duration: 60mins Recommended Age: 14+
World premiere from local heroes, Stan’s Cafe.
Have you ever fallen in love someone in a film? It’s easily done.
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The Latest: Sea turtles break North Carolina nesting record
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Scientists and volunteers have catalogued more than 12,200 nests so far in the three states. Their record counts three years ago totaled 11,321 nests.
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Vermont survives OT scare from Binghamton 92-82
Clancy Rugg
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By - Associated Press - Sunday, March 2, 2014
BINGHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - Clancy Rugg scored 25 points as America East Conference-leading Vermont survived an overtime scare from last-place Binghamton 92-82 on Sunday.
Brian Voelkel’s three-point play, on a jump shot and free throw, gave Vermont a one-point lead with 41 seconds in regulation. Voelkel then fouled Jordan Reed, but Reed made just 1 of 2 free throws and the game went to overtime.
Binghamton went cold in the extra session, making just 2 of 7 shots, while Vermont went 12 of 13 from the foul line.
Binghamton used an 8-0 run to lead 37-32 at half and the Bearcats led by five with 1:43 left. But Rugg’s layup and free throw cut it to two before Voelkel’s play.
Sandro Carissimo added 20 points for Vermont. Voelkel finished with 15. Rugg went 19 of 21 from the line.
Reed led Binghamton with 30 points and 14 rebounds. Yosef Yacob added 22 points.
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First-of-its-kind PPP to modernize ND city distribution system
The City of Bismarck, North Dakota's water department has selected Itron to help modernize its water distribution system and will manage it using the new network deployed by Montana-Dakota Utilities Company.
LIBERTY LAKE, WA, Aug. 6, 2014 -- The City of Bismarck, North Dakota's water department has selected Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) to help modernize its water distribution system and will manage it using the new network deployed by Montana-Dakota Utilities Company (MDU), provider of electric and natural gas service to parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
This public-private partnership (PPP) marks the first instance in which two utilities are cooperating to share a communications network where a city's entire meter population is being managed. Bismarck will use Itron's advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution along with Itron Analytics as a service and Itron Services to improve operational efficiencies and streamline meter reading.
With the new solution, Bismarck can reliably collect water consumption and transform it into valuable and actionable intelligence across the utility. The solution will provide the city with detailed usage information to improve customer service, protect revenue and better manage water resources. With Itron Analytics, the utility will be able to gain more value from its advanced metering investment to improve utility operations and asset management.
The Itron solution includes 21,000 water communication modules and associated collection technologies. In addition, Bismarck entered into an agreement with MDU in which MDU will provide water meter readings to Bismarck using its existing Itron fixed network. The project will not impact MDU customer billing but rather will provide a cost-effective solution for both utilities through a shared network. Installation of the solution will begin in late summer and is expected to be completed within 18 months.
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EPA awards $23M to Tetra Tech in major water contract
Tetra Tech has announced that it has been awarded a five-year, $23-million single-award contract with the Environmental Protection Agency.
PASADENA, CA, Aug. 21, 2014 -- Today, Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK), a provider of consulting, engineering, program and construction management, and technical services, announced that it has been awarded a five-year, $23-million single-award contract with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The contract will allow Tetra Tech to assess and reduce the human health and ecological risk from contaminated fish, sediments and waterborne pathogens in fresh and marine waters.
The presence of contaminants, such as waterborne microbes, and toxins from various sources threaten drinking water supplies, recreational waters and many aquatic plants and animals.
Through a combination of field work, laboratory analysis, modeling, and data interpretation, Tetra Tech will support the Standards and Health Protection Division within EPA's Office of Water to develop strategies that will address both the prevention and impacts of specific pollutants in the nation's waters.
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BloodCenter of Wisconsin seeks 1,500 donations by end of August
The BloodCenter of Wisconsin hopes to schedule 300 blood-donation appointments by the end of today as it works toward...
BloodCenter of Wisconsin seeks 1,500 donations by end of August The BloodCenter of Wisconsin hopes to schedule 300 blood-donation appointments by the end of today as it works toward... Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/local/everest-herald/2014/06/12/bloodcenter-of-wisconsin-seeks-1500-donations-by-end-of-august/10336361/
Andy Davis Published 11:00 p.m. CT June 11, 2014 | Updated 11:07 p.m. CT June 11, 2014
Steven Hafenbredl (59) of Plover makes a generous donation with the help of Blood Operations Speicalist Jamie Elmhorst during the BloodCenter’s blood drive on Monday at Saint Bronislava Catholic Church. (Photo: Andy Davis/Stevens Point Journal Media )Buy Photo
The BloodCenter of Wisconsin hopes to schedule 300 blood-donation appointments by the end of today as it works toward an ultimate goal of collecting 1,500 pints of blood by Aug. 11.
The center’s You to the Rescue campaign that begins today is intended to drive donations over the summer, which typically brings a lull in donors. Fay Spano, director of public relations for the center that supplies blood to 50 hospitals and 29 counties across the state, said first responders will answer phones at the BloodCenter headquarters in downtown Milwaukee to help donors make appointments.
The summer lull in donations always causes critical shortages because demand for blood typically goes up during the warm months, said Vicki Bohman, an account representative for the BloodCenter of Wisconsin and coordinator of blood drives in the area.
Bohman said the drop in donations is caused in part by schools’ summer vacation.
“High school and university students usually bring in a good, steady blood supply, but when schools are out, the amount of donations goes down,” Bohman said.
The Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin, 211 Forest St. in Wausau, accepts donations from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, said Diane Carlson, the center’s administrative director. No appointment is needed.
Carlson said communities, businesses and churches also hold blood drives. Folks can call the center at 715-842-0761 to get more information.
Boham said vacations tend to drive the need for blood. People are traveling for holidays such as the Fourth of July and Labor Day, Bohman said, moving outside their normal routines. With more drivers on the road, there is an increased risk of crashes, Bohman said. Spano said that’s why first responders are helping to facilitate donations.
Carlson said the Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin, a nonprofit organization that’s been around since 1952, is lucky to normally have a good supply of blood on its shelves.
“It’s people who are regular blood donors who give blood all the time, that’s the blood that gets used,” Carlson said. “Everyone that donates after that, that backfills our shelves. So we’re very lucky we have donors that donate on a regular basis.”
Carlson said blood from the Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin serves Aspirus Wausau Hospital along with the hospitals in Antigo, Medford and Shawano.
The BloodCenter of Wisconsin is the sole supplier of blood to Ministry Saint Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point, Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, and Ministry Saint Clare’s in Weston, Bohman said. Bohman also said one donation, a pint of blood, can save up to three lives.
“I encourage people to make a reservation for a donation time. Donors need their driver’s license and need to remember to stay well hydrated and eat a nutritious meal prior to donation,” Bohman said.
Andy Davis can be reached at 715-345-2253. Find him on Twitter as @SPJAndyDavis.
Looking to donate?
To set up an appointment, call 888-310-7555
Spano said walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred
The Blood Center of Northcentral Wisconsin, 211 Forest St. in Wausau, accepts donations from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; no appointment is necessary. For information about blood drives in the area, call 715-842-0761.
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Prep Q and A: Petersen a quick learner with East soccer
Making the switch from football to soccer at East, Petersen has found success as a goalkeeper
Prep Q and A: Petersen a quick learner with East soccer Making the switch from football to soccer at East, Petersen has found success as a goalkeeper Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: http://wdhne.ws/1w4ZeCh
Tim Johnson, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 11:26 p.m. CT Oct. 13, 2014 | Updated 11:31 p.m. CT Oct. 13, 2014
Making the switch from football to soccer at East, Petersen has found success as Lumberjacks goalkeeper
Lumberjacks goalkeeper Adam Petersen goes through a practice Monday afternoon at Wausau East. (Photo: T'xer Zhon Kha/Daily Herald Media )Buy Photo
WAUSAU – Previous to this fall, Adam Petersen's last time as a keeper came in his elementary school and youth soccer days, when players got a turn at every position.
Petersen, a senior at Wausau East returned to soccer in August and eventually was given the opportunity at keeper for the Lumberjacks.
"It was interesting coming in. I kind of had to wear off a lot of rust and learn the terminology and everything," Petersen said. "Back in (youth soccer) it was basically just a mosh pit of people running toward the ball. It is a completely different game."
A football player at East until this year, Petersen began the season splitting time in net with Vince Jolliffe. However, Jolliffe was injured in a loss during Pulaski on Sept. 6, and Petersen started in a 1-0 win over Green Bay East in the same tournament, and the Lumberjacks have not lost since.
East heads into today's WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal matchup with Shawano on a four-game winning streak and is 7-0-3 in its last 10 matches.
Petersen is a reason why the Lumberjacks tied D.C. Everest with the fewest goals allowed in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this season (11) and captured the conference championship.
"He came out for our camp in July and had fun and just decided to come out (in the fall). It's great for us," East coach Jeff Sorenson said. "He's really progressed and works hard learning technique. He's a big kid and a good athlete."
This team came in with some question marks this year, including yourself, but won the conference title. What got East to this point: We always knew that we had a chance if we just worked together and played as a team. We're all friends and have good chemistry. We always felt we could win (conference), it was just a matter of getting it done through the season.
Talk about the run this team has been on, to go more than a month without a loss: Even when we get down, we always find a way to battle and get back up. Against SPASH we scored in like the 87th minute. It just has been pretty awesome.
Talk about the switch from football to soccer. What led to your decision? Last year I had my appendix taken out like three days into practice, and I was never the hugest fan of playing football. I figured I would try soccer, I always had friends on the team and thought I would give it a try.
You haven't allowed a lot of goals this season, but haven't faced a ton of shots either. Talk about the defensive mentality of the teammates in front of you: Yeah. They definitely help protect me. The shots that I get on me aren't usually the quality one-on-one opportunities that are the toughest ones to block. They are the outside ones that I have time to react to.
Playoffs start Tuesday. Marshfield won the WVC last year and made it to state in Division 2. Do you feel this team (seeded No. 3) can make a deep run in Division 2 as well? I think we can. Like the higher seed, we have already played them and it was close games. We feel that we could have won those and feel it will be a good battle when it comes around.
Tim Johnson can be reached at 715-845-0731. Find him on Twitter @timmyjo11
ADAM PETERSEN
• School: Wausau East
• Year: Senior
• Sports: Soccer, basketball and baseball
• Family: Father, Walt; mother, Patty; brother, Ryan
• Favorite subject: Science and math
• Favorite movie: The "Lord of the Rings" series
• Favorite athlete: Jordy Nelson
• Place that you want to visit: We are going to Florida in the spring for baseball and going to be in Disney. I am looking forward to that. I have always wanted to go there.
• Postgraduation plan: I want to go to college and my top choice is (University of Wisconsin) Eau Claire right now
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Nightlight 15th Anniversary
Michelle Dove & Brian Howe: Lure (out now) / February 14, 2018 by Brian Howe
Lure is out today; listen on SoundCloud or Bandcamp. Get the limited edition cassette at the live performance at the Nightlight 15th-Anniversary Party on Feb. 23.
Michelle Dove says:
Making the 11 tracks on this “record” that is not quite poetry and not quite music has taught me more than I could’ve imagined going in. Writing is solitary, so when Brian Howe approached me about collaborating I was excited but unsure of myself. We started creating sounds to start, then recording our voices and discovering where they fit in relation to each other. Now months later, Brian and I are terribly excited to give you LURE, a poetry and sound collab that nothing’s like anything I’ve made before (Brian is a deep-seed in sound poetry!). Breaking your own forms or structures is crucial perhaps for growth. We like to think of LURE as less a record of songs and more a séance that corrals sound and language. We hope you will give it a listen and see where it lands for you. We’ll also be performing a live variation of a few tracks for NL 15th Anniversary: Night 1 of 5 on Friday, Feb 23. And we’ll have LURE cassettes at the show! Link to stream LURE or to purchase the cassette / aka Valentine’s séance for your boo.
Brian Howe says:
As we release our electropoetry collaboration, Lure, today, I want to co-sign and add to what Michelle says in her release note. It’s kind of her to characterize me blurting out “we should make something!” as an “approach,” but I’m glad I did and am kind of amazed at what that haphazard door-knock opened into. It was clear right away that michelle and I had similar affinities for spooky poetry and drone music. It was also clear as we started to experiment that she “got it,” this obscure thing I’ve been doing off and on for like 12 years. As soon as she got her hands on the tools she started making sounds that made me say whoa. I have usually done this work with me doing all the music and arrangements, with others contributing only voices or jammy instrumentation. But in this case, Michelle and I were full coauthors, both contributing words and sounds and mixing. Her new energy shook me out of my old tricks, which was thrilling, and she and I are also very different writers and readers despite a certain common sensibility, which produced exciting contrasts. We spent a good four months at least letting this artifact coalesce, and now were working on a live version, a whole other dark garden to grow. I’m excited for y’all to hear this, which you can do on my SoundCloud (link in comments) or Michelle’s bandcamp, where you can also preorder the limited edition cassette that we should have in time for our live debut at the nightlight 15th bday party on feb 23. And I’m happy to have made a rad new friend through collaboration!
Poetry sound poetry, poetry, Michelle Dove, Brian Howe, Lure, Nightlight 15th Anniversary February 15, 2018
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Patriots lose first rounder Isaiah Wynn to torn Achilles, per reports
Patriots rookie Isaiah Wynn, a first-round pick this spring, will miss his rookie season with a torn Achilles, possibly leaving team vulnerable at LT.
Patriots lose first rounder Isaiah Wynn to torn Achilles, per reports Patriots rookie Isaiah Wynn, a first-round pick this spring, will miss his rookie season with a torn Achilles, possibly leaving team vulnerable at LT. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2BkZsAO
Nate Davis, USA TODAY Published 12:49 p.m. ET Aug. 17, 2018 | Updated 1:02 p.m. ET Aug. 17, 2018
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Patriots rookie OL Isaiah Wynn was injured Thursday night.(Photo: AP)
The New England Patriots could be in some trouble at what is arguably their most important position aside from quarterback.
First-round offensive lineman Isaiah Wynn tore an Achilles in Thursday night's game, according to multiple reports, and will miss his rookie season. He was a candidate to replace Nate Solder as 41-year-old Tom Brady's guardian on the blind side.
Wynn's injury likely cements Trent Brown — at 6-8 and 380 pounds, he's the largest player in NFL — as the left tackle, a position that's essentially been manned by Solder and Matt Light for nearly all of Brady's 17 seasons as a starter. Brown typically played on the right side for the 49ers, who traded him to New England during this year's draft.
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Wynn, the 23rd overall pick of the draft, was a tackle at Georgia, though his 6-2, 310-pound frame suggested he might project better at guard as a pro. Still, the Patriots were looking at him at both tackle spots prior to his injury. Now, LaAdrian Waddle is likely to back up both Brown and right tackle Marcus Cannon.
It's been a rough go for New England's rookies. Running back Sony Michel, a Bulldogs teammate of Wynn's in college, was drafted 31st overall this year but has been sidelined with a knee injury. The Patriots hope to have him back in time for Week 1 as part of a new-look backfield that lost Dion Lewis in free agency.
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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Gallup (13) is congratulated by wide receiver Allen Hurns (17) after catching a touchdown pass against the San Francisco 49ers in the first quarter at Levi's Stadium. Cary Edmondson, USA TODAY Sports
Houston Texans wide receiver Bruce Ellington (12) is unable to make the catch as Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Kendall Fuller (23) defends in the first half at Arrowhead Stadium. Jay Biggerstaff, USA TODAY Sports
Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) hands off to running back Lamar Miller (26) during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. Denny Medley, USA TODAY Sports
Washington Redskins linebacker Ryan Anderson (52) tackles New England Patriots tight end Jacob Hollister (47) during the first quarter at Gillette Stadium. Paul Rutherford, USA TODAY Sports
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver John Ross (15) catches a pass but is called out of bounds against Chicago Bears cornerback Doran Grant (35) in the first half at Paul Brown Stadium. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Miami Dolphins defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick (29) breaks up a pass to Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin (12) during the first half at Hard Rock Stadium. Jasen Vinlove, USA TODAY Sports
Miami Dolphins defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick (29) attempts to bring down Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback David Rivers (27) during the first half at Hard Rock Stadium. Jasen Vinlove, USA TODAY Sports
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (5) executes an option against Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill (54) during the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Bill Streicher, USA TODAY Sports
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nate Sudfeld passes against the rush of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Farrington Huguenin (41) during the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Bill Streicher, USA TODAY Sports
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Damoun Patterson (83) makes a touchdown reception against Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Rasul Douglas (32) during the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Bill Streicher, USA TODAY Sports
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) rushes for a first down against New York Giants defensive end Kerry Wynn (72) during the first half at MetLife Stadium. Noah K. Murray, USA TODAY Sports
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) rushes against Cleveland Browns defensive back Damarious Randall (23) during first half at MetLife Stadium. Noah K. Murray, USA TODAY Sports
Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku (85) makes catch for a touchdown against New York Giants defensive back Leonard Johnson (29) during first half at MetLife Stadium. Noah K. Murray, USA TODAY Sports
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Darius Jennings (15) dives for a touchdown as Green Bay Packers linebacker Blake Martinez (50) defends during the first quarter at Lambeau Field. Jeff Hanisch, USA TODAY Sports
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Davante Adams (17) catches a pass during the first quarter against the Tennessee Titans at Lambeau Field. Jeff Hanisch, USA TODAY Sports
Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (22) rushes with the football as Green Bay Packers cornerback Davon House (31) defends during the first quarter at Lambeau Field. Jeff Hanisch, USA TODAY Sports
Washington Redskins running back Byron Marshall (34) scores a touchdown during the first half against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. Bob DeChiara, USA TODAY Sports
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) celebrates with wide receiver Janarion Grant (84) after scoring a touchdown during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Rams at M&T Bank Stadium. Tommy Gilligan, USA TODAY Sports
Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon (28) breaks a tackle against Chicago Bears linebacker John Timu (53) in the first half at Paul Brown Stadium. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky looks to pass against the Cincinnati Bengals in the first half at Paul Brown Stadium. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill attempts a pass against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first half at Hard Rock Stadium. Jasen Vinlove, USA TODAY Sports
Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Davon Godchaux (56) closes in on Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick during the first half at Hard Rock Stadium. Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports
Cleveland Browns quarterback Tyrod Taylor (5) throws the ball as offensive guard Spencer Drango (66) blocks New York Giants defensive tackle Damon Harrison (98) during the first half at MetLife Stadium. Vincent Carchietta, USA TODAY Sports
Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (22) leaps while running with the ball against the Buffalo Bills during the first quarter at New Era Field. Rich Barnes, USA TODAY Sports
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin (13) celebrates his touchdown in the stands against the Carolina Panthers during the first quarter at New Era Field. Rich Barnes, USA TODAY Sports
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive back Tashaun Gipson (bottom) and cornerback Jalen Ramsey (20) combine to tackle New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas (13) during the first quarter at TIAA Bank Field. Reinhold Matay, USA TODAY Sports
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles runs for a touchdown as New Orleans Saints defensive back Kurt Coleman gives chase during the first quarter at TIAA Bank Field. Reinhold Matay, USA TODAY Sports
The New Orleans Saints players stand for the national anthem before a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field. Reinhold Matay, USA TODAY Sports
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Chris Long (56) puts his arm around defensive back Malcolm Jenkins (27) as he raises his fist for the national anthem before the preseason against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Lincoln Financial Field. Bill Streicher, USA TODAY Sports
Miami Dolphins defensive end Robert Quinn (94) raises his fist during the national anthem prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Hard Rock Stadium. Jasen Vinlove, USA TODAY Sports
Baltimore Ravens tight end Hayden Hurst (left) celebrates scoring a touchdown with quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) against the Chicago Bears in the second half at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Robert Griffin III looks to pass against the Chicago Bears in the first half at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Baltimore Ravens tight end Maxx Williams reacts to scoring a touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the first half at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
Chicago Bears fullback Michael Burton (46) reacts to scoring a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens in the first half at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Aaron Doster, USA TODAY Sports
General overall view of the Hall of Fame Game between the Chicago Bears and the Baltimore Ravens at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
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Last years’ disappointing end to the season left a sour taste in a lot of Cubs’ fans mouth and an unhappy management decided that it needed to wait and see on manager Joe Maddon. Maddon enters the 2019 season as a lame duck and told you need to do better. You need to do better Joe despite not additions made to the team seems to be the message from management and, even more so, ownership.
The hypocrisy of that message should not be lost on the outside world. Was the end to the season a disappointment? Yes. However, the skipper lead the Cubs to a 95-68 record, losing the division in game 163 and still having the second best record in the NL despite Yu Darvish doing nothing, Tyler Chatwood being a bust, Kris Bryant not his normal self and closer Brandon Morrow playing half a season. Closer, MVP candidate, one your best pitchers and a rotation piece all worthless, plus the bad seasons from Kyle Schwarber and Wilson Contreras having really down seasons and the team still had the second best record in the NL. The whole Addison Russell situation is an entirely different nightmare as he likely gets his last chance this season.
Now I believe a regression back to the mean is a legitimate reason for optimism for the Cubs this season, but if the message is do better or you’re gone Joe Maddon shouldn’t the team offer him some more help? Especially since Chicago announced the partnership with Sinclair broadcasting for their own channel starting in 2020. That’s another huge sack of cash coming to join the added advertisement revenue and all that’s coming from the Wrigleyville renovations. That network is a big step in ‘making the Cubs the best organization in the world’ according to owner Tom Ricketts and yet free agency for the Cubs has been…crickets.
The luxury tax has become a big boogie man in baseball as we watch teams freeze out free agents two years in a row. That is not the price of winning championships, just look at Boston who got the draft pick punishment for their spending but I don’t think anyone is complaining about that with the trophy coming back to Boston. Windows in baseball are short and the Cubs have decided that tax is more important than doing everything possible to win another chip.
Now let’s not pretend this a video game and the Cubs were going to hand out 600 million combined to Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, the former now a Padre, but the Cubs have come out and done everything they can to say they are absolutely not tied to either free agent. Tom Ricketts has said 'there is no money’ and tried to say the focus is on re-signing their top players. There is a lot of young talent that is going to need deals; Bryant, Rizzo, Contreras, Baez all the young talent Theo Epstein has acquired, but you’re in the business to win.
Cole Hamels, Ben Zobrist, Pedro Strop, Steve Chisek, Brandon Kintzler and Brian Duensing are all in their last years and Jose Quintanna has an option that accounts for over 65 million dollars. That is no small chunk of change with the TV deal coming next season, so why is there no money? Yes the kids are going to continue to get more expensive and need extensions, but you know what makes money? Winning. You think the Golden State Warriors are going to nickle and dime their team if all the players want to be back? No, because they’re going to keep winning and keep printing money.
You know what could help this team, another impact bat like Bryce Harper. What about putting Craig Kimbrel at the back of the pen with Morrow likely to start the season on the DL? Joe Maddon is being told win or you’re done, despite taking the team to three NL Championships and a World Series, but ownership isn’t holding up its part of the deal. Besides the TV deal the Cubs ownership is doing everything wrong, just check the emails, and are risking a window that are always short in baseball. Hopefully the Cheapskate Cubs can win in spite of their owners.
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