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Morpeth receive club of the month award
East Division news
Morpeth Town news
EVO-STIK League East Division leaders Morpeth Town were presented with their Club of the Month award at the weekend.
The North east club are seven points clear at the top of the table and have won six from six at home in the league so far this season.
They're in their first season in the EVO-STIK League having earned promotion as runners up of the Northern League.
Fellow newly promoted club Runcorn Linnets scooped the Club of the Month award for August/September in the West Division, while Warrington Town won the Premier Division award.
They received their awards at the EVO-STIK League meeting at Witton Albion last week.
Listen to Yellows' bid to reach FA Cup first round Warrington Town's FA Cup replay at Halifax Town is the headline broadcast of tonight's live audio commentaries.
Grantham confirm new boss Grantham Town have appointed Richard Thomas as their new manager.
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Richa Sharma
13-July-2018 12:34:32
The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular method of displaying the chemical elements, first devised in 1869 by the Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev.
Mendeleev intended the table to illustrate recurring ("periodic") trends in the properties of the elements.
The layout of the table has been refined and extended over time, as many new elements have been discovered since Mendeleev's time, and new theoretical models have been developed to explain chemical behavior.
Various layouts are possible to emphasize different aspects of behavior; the most common forms, however, are still quite similar to Mendeleev's original design.
The main value of the periodic table is the ability to predict the chemical properties of an element based on its location on the table.
It should be noted that the properties vary differently when moving vertically along the columns of the table, than when moving horizontally along the rows.
The periodic table is now ubiquitous within the academic discipline of chemistry, providing an extremely useful framework to classify, systematize and compare all the many different forms of chemical behaviour.
The table has also found wide application in physics, biology, engineering, and industry. You may remember the Periodic Table of the Elements as a dreary chart on your classroom wall. If so, you never guessed its real purpose: Itâs a giant cheat sheet.
With a publisherâs deadline looming, Mendeleyev didnât have time to describe all 63 then-known elements. So he turned to a data set of atomic eight meticulously gathered by others. To determine those weights, scientists had passed currents through various solutions to break them up into their constituent atoms. Responding to a batteryâs polarity, the atoms of one element would go this way, the atoms of another thataway. The atoms were collected in separate containers and then weighed.
From this process, chemists determined relative weights which were all Mendeleyev needed to establish a useful ranking. Fond of card games, he wrote the weight for each element on a separate index card and sorted them as in solitaire. Elements with similar properties formed a âsuitâ that he placed in columns ordered by ascending atomic weight.
Now he had a new Periodic Law (âElements arranged according to the value of their atomic weights present a clear periodicity of propertiesâ) that described one pattern for all 63 elements. Where Mendeleyevâs table had blank spaces, he correctly predicted the weights and chemical behaviors of some missing elements gallium, scandium, and germanium.
But when argon was discovered in 1894, it didnât fit into any of Mendeleyevâs columns, so he denied its existence as he did for helium, neon, krypton, xenon, and radon. In 1902 he acknowledged he had not anticipated the existence of these overlooked, incredibly unreactive elements the noble gases which now constitute the entire eighth group of the table.
Now we sort elements by their number of protons, or âatomic number,â which determines an atomâs configuration of oppositely charged electrons and hence its chemical properties. Noble gases (far right on the periodic table) have closed shells of electrons, which is why they are nearly inert.
Atomic love: Take a modern periodic table, cut out the complicated middle columns, and fold it once along the middle of the Group 4 elements. The groups that kiss have complementary electron structures and will combine with each other. Sodium touches chlorine table salt! You can predict other common compounds like potassium chloride, used in very large doses as part of a lethal injection. The Group 4 elements (shown as IVA above) in the middle bond readily with each other and with themselves. Silicon + silicon + silicon ad infinitum links up into crystalline lattices, used to make semiconductors for computers.
Carbon atoms also Group 4 bond in long chains, and voilà : sugars. The chemical flexibility of carbon is what makes it the key molecule of life. Mendeleyev wrongly assumed that all elements are unchanging. But radioactive atoms have unstable nuclei, meaning they can move around the chart. For example, uranium (element 92) gradually decays into a whole series of lighter elements, ending with lead (element 82).
Beyond the edge: Atoms with atomic numbers higher than 92 do not exist naturally, but they can be created by bombarding elements with other elements or pieces of them. The two newest members of the periodic table, still-unnamed elements 114 and 116, were officially recognized last June. Number 116 decays and disappears in milliseconds. (Three elements, 110 to 112, were also officially named earlier this month.)
Physicist Richard Feynman once predicted that number 137 defines the tableâs outer limit; adding any more protons would produce an energy that could be quantified only by an imaginary number, rendering element 138 and higher impossible. Maybe.
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Ibrahimovic says MLS play-offs are 's***'
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not a fan of the MLS play-offs as the LA Galaxy captain labelled the system "s***".
Unlike Europe, where Ibrahimovic has played for the likes of Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, Inter, AC Milan and Juventus, MLS uses a play-off system to crown a champion.
The top seven teams from the Western and Eastern Conferences – which consist of 12 teams in each division – progress to the MLS Cup play-offs.
Ibrahimovic, however, does not like the post-season system after voicing his disapproval following Thursday's training session.
"I think the system is s***," Ibrahimovic told reporters in Los Angeles. "How can you learn mentality if you only have to reach the play-offs?"
"You just need to win the play-offs, and that's it. The results in each game are important, but here, if you come in seventh place, you make the play-offs and win, you are champion," the 37-year-old added.
"For me, the mentality is every day, training the way you train is the way you play a game, and with the MLS system, how do you create that mentality to be in your toes 24 hours?"
The Galaxy, who missed the play-offs last season, are fifth in the Western Conference and 15 points adrift of leaders Los Angeles FC.
Ibrahimovic – an All-Star this term – has scored 16 goals in 18 appearances for the Galaxy.
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Sprint Like You Mean It
World Cup star Willow Rockwell shows you how to gun it for the finish line
By brian fiske
Rockwell charges on her way to bronze at the 2010 World Championships. (Colin Meagher)
The Expert: Thirty-four-year-old Willow Koerber Rockwell (Trek World Racing) may have just returned to World Cup racing after taking last season off to focus on her pregnancy (Raven Starr Rockwell was born on Dec. 31), but that doesn’t mean she isn’t ready to rock this season. In fact, she’s especially motivated, with a potential spot on the U.S. Olympic Team within her grasp.
If that seems unlikely, you don’t know Rockwell. At the 2010 World Championships at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Rockwell was holding a solid second place with less than a lap to go when an unfortunate crash left her tangled in the barrier on the side of the course. While she was extricating herself, two racers passed her. But then Rockwell turned on the sprint of her life (“I just saw red and had to pass,” she says), and in a matter of minutes worked her way back into contention to finish with the bronze. It was impressive, to say the least. Looking to add a bit of sprint mastery to your own riding life? Here’s Rockwell’s advice on how to do it.
Practice It Naturally: “You can’t expect to win a sprint if you’ve never practiced sprinting in your training,” says Rockwell. At the same time, many mountain bike sprints aren’t for the finish, but happen at other points in the race, often to battle for position. How to train? Work sprints into your ride. “For me, if there’s a small hill, I just stand up and hammer to the top,” Rockwell says. “That’s my favorite way to train.”
Trust Your Instincts: If you’ve practiced your sprints on your rides, Rockwell says you need to trust that it’s downloaded into yourself and that your body will know what to do. All that’s left is for you to get ready mentally: “Going into the race I know that everything I’ve practiced is there to access,” she says. “It’s about being intuitive in the moment, not second guessing if you’re ready.”
Don’t Go Too Soon: Rockwell admits that her long-form sprint at Mont-Sainte-Anne was an anomaly—most finish-line sprints don’t last nearly that long. And that means the challenge is in the timing, and in your position. “The rider in the back has the better chance,” Rockwell says. “You don’t want to lead out, you just want to be close.” Beyond that, the finish is up to how you’re feeling. “You want to give yourself enough room to just get around the person in front of you,” Rockwell says. “You just don’t want to get so lactic in those last 10 or 15 seconds that you get swept back up by the riders behind you before you finish.”
Gear Up: Once you’re in position, you need to quickly do your prep work. That means finding the right gear—not so tough that your leg speed drops dramatically, but not so easy that you end up flailing before the finish. Generally speaking, that means quickly shifting up two or three cogs, hitting the lockout on your fork, then standing up and going for it. “Then it’s time to dig in,” Rockwell says. “Commit to go as fast as you can go.”
Once You Go…Go! There’s no good way to say it: A good finish sprint hurts. “When you do sprint, you need to commit 110-percent,” Rockwell says. “Don’t think, ‘Oh, I went too soon,’ just go. Yes, you’ll feel like you’re going to die but that’s part of the experience. Who cares, the end is right there. It will be over before you know it.”
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Industry Argues Its Worth to Congress (and Itself) In Second Round of Testimony
6/25/2014 by Glenn Peoples
A Congressional hearing on music licensing Wednesday turned up mostly the same themes, frustrations and proposed solutions as the hearing two weeks earlier. Representatives of artists, record labels, songwriters, music publishers and broadcasters disagree on many points but were unanimous in their calls for solutions.
Describing the system of music licensing, Cary Sherman, chairman and chief executive officer of the RIAA, called it an "antiquated, complex, time-consuming licensing regime" that "must be fixed."
Although the witnesses implored Congress to update copyright law, the hard work will be done within the industry. Representatives called for the many stakeholders to work among themselves to find solutions. "If we do it, we'll start from scratch and nobody will like the results," said Rep. Cedric Richmond.
'We Want to Compete,' Says Secretly's Van Arman, Ahead of His Congressional Testimony Tomorrow (Guest Post)
Like the first music licensing hearing on June 10th, Wednesday's hearing was filled with talk of free markets. Darius Van Arman, co-founder of Secretly Group, said independent labels want a "free market with a level playing field." Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash said royalties "are not set on fair-market basis." Paul Williams, president and chairman of the board at ASCAP, used the term "true value" multiple times. Broadcasters couldn't stay away from the term, either. SiriusXM CFO David Frear complained there is no "functioning free market" because of the market power of ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.
Throughout the two hearings, parties representing both sides of copyright told Congress they are worth more than what current royalty rates reflect. Music publishers and songwriters believe a more free-market approach would result in higher royalties and reduce the disparity between what sound recordings and musical works receive for digital performances. Record labels also believe that adhering to free-market principles would increase the revenue they receive from digital services.
Broadcasters argued that the free-market math doesn't add up. Chris Harrison, vice president, business affairs at Pandora, notes that royalties already account for 60-70% of Pandora's revenue. He suggested that giving both record labels and publishers the free-market parity they desire would create an untenable situation. "I don't think at 120% of revenue we can make it up on volume."
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Terrestrial radio also faces higher royalties. Charles Warfield, senior advisor at YMF Media who represented the National Association of Broadcasters, said the financial impact of a new performance royalty for sound recordings at broadcast radio would add "severe financial difficulties" to broadcasters. "Everybody wants to see the pie grow... but not at the expense of our companies."
Support for a new performance right was widespread among both Congressmen and witnesses. In addition to representatives for artists and rights owners, Pandora's Harrison and SiriusXM's Frear also voiced support for a performance right that would compel AM and FM stations to pay record labels and artists.
Other frequently mentioned topics in the hearing included federalization of pre-1972 recordings, which had widespread support, and greater transparency in the licensing process. The latter is especially important in a world where publishers can withdraw digital rights from performing rights organizations -- a position Williams supported. "We need transparency in terms of identification of catalog," said Ed Christian, Chairman of Radio Music Licensing Committee, Inc.
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Market concentration was lightly mentioned. "Big companies are using their power and resources" to take market share from independent labels, says Van Arman. A board member of independent group A2IM, Van Arman called for greater transparency and efficiency in the music licensing system. He also proposed a stronger Section 114 compulsory license for non-interactive services. He went into greater detail in his written testimony, explaining that semi-interactive services like iTunes Radio should be granted the compulsory license rather than depend on direct licensing.
The promotional value of broadcasting was another frequent topic. In opposing a new performance royalty, terrestrial broadcasters pointed to a new Nielsen study -- commissioned by the NAB and released Tuesday -- that shows radio play is highly correlated with music purchases.
Pandora's Harrison noted that 80,000 of the 100,000 artists Pandora streams each month don't get played on terrestrial radio. Many artists value Pandora because it helps them find an audience, he said.
But some artists feel promotion should not exclude payment. Cash dismissed what she called broadcasters' "exposure argument," saying "it's somewhat manipulative, and I feel we end up subsidizing these multi-million-dollar companies.
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Reputation isn't as powerful as you imagine
Jason Cohen,
A Smart Bear
The most common reaction to my recent announcement of starting a new WordPress hosting company was that this blog provides me with a ridiculous unfair advantage.
But was it?
Here's what people said:
"[You're starting from nothing] except approximately 18,000 prospects. How convenient. ;) I wish I had that kind of mailing list starting out."
"You're doing this the easy way, publishing this post so that thousands of users see it."
"It is, of course, simple to talk about how easy it is to be popular, when you’re the already established prom queen."
Fair point, but what actually happened after that post announcement? How unfair was this advantage?
Interestingly, Eric Sink got the same reception years ago when he launched a little company of his own. It's worth hearing Eric defend himself because it's just like my scenario, but because this happened six years ago I can reveal his results at the end of this post:
"Reactions to my Winnable Solitaire experiment were mostly positive, but several people claimed my experiment was “unfair” or “invalid”. In a nutshell, they argued that because I am already "famous" for my writings about the business of software, I have an advantage that is not available to my readers. My experiment is therefore meaningless because I did not duplicate the conditions a regular person would be facing when trying to launch their own micro-ISV."
Let's start with the results of my post:
WPEngine got two new signups. Only two. That with 17,000 wonderful, loyal, friendly, supportive RSS subscribers and as many page-hits from Twitter and HackerHews.
Not exactly the massive boost you or I was expecting. I figured on 10-20 new customers at minimum and dreamed of 50. I was wrong by an order of magnitude.
Eric had a similar result: One month into his Winnable Solitaire experiment he had sold a total of six copies. Hooray for fame.
And let's put this into broader context: At WPEngine we had 50 paying customers (not prospects) before my post went live. Most pay $49/mo, a few pay north of $1000/mo (large blogs with serious traffic). So whatever we did without the advantage of this blog was far more important, at least in the one case of getting initial customers. (I'll explain exactly how we did that in future posts.)
Still, the blog was instrumental in getting those first 50 customers, but not because I'm able to push WordPress hosting onto 17,000 unsuspecting victims. One of the biggest reasons was in building the team.
It's no secret that the team is a critical factor in a startup's success; have you ever heard otherwise? But there's precious little advice about finding and gathering that stellar team. Interviews on the subject invariably turn up explanations like "we went to school together" or "we worked together" or "we met at StartupWeekend." In short, you put yourself in an environment where you're likely to interact with other intelligent, capable people, and hope that you find someone socially compatible who is also crazy enough to want to do a startup. It's a good strategy, and anyway what else can you do?
I knew I needed a killer team for WPEngine — not just "capable," but a group that would itself be an unfair advantage. See, WordPress hosting is already a commodity, with every hosting company on Earth offering something at every price point from $0/mo, $5/mo, $15/mo, $40/mo, and even $500/mo + $200/hr consulting fees. In a mature market you need severe points of differentiation, and one of those (I felt) had to be the team itself.
We needed someone like Aaron Brazell. Aaron is a WordPress core contributor and the author of WordPress Bible (Wiley). He's famous enough that strangers at WordPress conventions ask for autographs of their dog-eared copy of his infamous tome. He has seventeen zillion Twitter and blog followers, most of whom are themselves active in the WordPress community. He knows all the major players in the industry including the key folks at WordPress.com, BZ Media (the CopyBlogger media group), ProBlogger, and members of the press at Mashable, TechCrunch, and others.
Maybe with an Aaron we'd have a chance. His network should provide an ocean of free leads. His reputation transferred to the company would bless us with instant credibility. His press connections should give us pops of traffic and external legitimacy. His intimate knowledge of WordPress internals and roadmap should mean our service is technically superior. That's a lot of advantages! Maybe enough to make or break the company.
Well we got Aaron, and it's because of this blog. When I called Aaron he was charging an obscene (and well-deserved) hourly rate for WordPress consulting in Washington DC, but he was yearning for the startup life. He was ready for the trade-off of less money now in exchange for more money later, and for building something of lasting value instead of the impermanent drudgery of un-screwing hacked WordPress installations.
And the blog sealed the deal. Aaron could have joined (or startup) any number of startups, but he liked WPEngine because he wanted to do a startup with me. And he wanted to do a startup with me because the blog revealed my attitude, perspective, and credentials.
Aaron picked up, moved to Austin, and has already been instrumental to our success thus far.
So fame does help in important ways — enough even to deserve the title of "unfair advantage" — but startups are still hard and unlikely to succeed no matter who's at the helm. Case in point? Eric Sink.
Eric's experiment eventually failed. Well, "fail" is a too harsh a word, it's just the one in-vogue nowadays, especially when describing an wonderful experience in which you had fun, learned a lot, grew as a person, and wouldn't trade it for anything, particularly not a dull, predictable day job. You know, the kind of "fail" that characterizes a lot of software startups.
On sales of $216, Eric sold Winnable Solitaire for a small sum. Of course neither the exit nor the to-date revenue amounts to anything that anyone would declare a solid success.
WPEngine's revenue to date is several orders of magnitude more, so hopefully we'll avoid that fate. Still, our expenses are also orders of magnitude more than Eric's, and as I hope I've shown, although we have decided advantages it's never an easy road.
But then, if it were easy it wouldn't be worthwhile, right?
Have your thoughts about reputation changed, or is this blog still an unfair advantage? Continue the debate in the comments.
Read the original article on A Smart Bear. Copyright 2010.
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Gender Pay Gap Lawsuit Brought by Andrus Anderson LLP Against The Walt Disney Company Will Move Forward, Judge Determines
The plaintiffs present for today’s hearing (pictured left to right with Lori Andrus in white): Karen Moore, Virginia Eady-Marshall, Dawn Wisner-Johnson, LaRonda Rasmussen, Nancy Dolan, Rebecca Train, and Enny Joo. (Photo: Business Wire)
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veteran equal pay lawyer, Lori Andrus, of Andrus Anderson appeared in court today in a gender pay gap lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company. During the hearing, the Judge ruled the proposed class action may move forward, and he will allow the women workers to seek key information regarding Disney’s Global Human Resource policies. With the lawsuit moving forward, Disney has been denied its request to have the case thrown out, adding validity to the women’s claims.
Together, the ten plaintiffs in Rasmussen v. The Walt Disney Company, et al., Case No. 19STCV10974 (Los Angeles County Superior Court) seek to hold Disney accountable for routinely paying its women employees less than men. The complaint encompasses Disney’s entire range of companies and divisions, and the plaintiffs seek to represent all of the women working under the Disney umbrella throughout the state of California.
“Disney hoped to silence my clients right from the beginning,” said pay gap lawyer Lori E. Andrus. “Disney attempted to block their collective efforts to allow women to succeed at ‘The Place Where Dreams Come True.’ Now, justice for Disney’s women workers is on the horizon.”
Following the Judge’s ruling today, the case will be able to move into the discovery stage, in which the parties exchange information relevant to the legal claims. The merits of the case will be determined after discovery has concluded.
LaRonda Rasmussen, an exemplary long-time Disney employee who has been paid tens of thousands of dollars less than her male co-workers, and the lead plaintiff in the case, commented on today’s hearing: “All of us are eager to keep this lawsuit moving. With each passing day, Disney’s women workers earn less than their male counterparts. The sooner we are able to prove our claims in court, the better.”
If you worked at Disney and believe that you experienced pay discrimination due to gender, you may be able to take part in this class action lawsuit. Contact Andrus Anderson at contact@andrusanderson.com to learn about your potential options.
Lori Andrus
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Logical Buildings Awards UDR Smart Buildings Innovator of the Year
S&P 500 company presented with “Smart Buildings Innovator of the Year” award in Samsung suite at CES 2020
LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smart building developer, integrator and services provider Logical Buildings announces that UDR, Inc. (NYSE:UDR), an S&P 500 company and leading multifamily real estate investment, has been named the Smart Buildings Innovator of the Year at CES 2020 in Las Vegas.
UDR is being recognized as the Multifamily Industry Innovator in Smart Building transformation. Through utilizing Logical Buildings’ smart building mobile solution platform, SmartKit AI, UDR can use predictive analytics, mobile applications, utility smart meters, HVAC controls, and interrelated computing sensors that monitor equipment operations, energy and water data on a single centralized real-time dashboard. Logical Buildings provides continuous training and support to management and individual properties to define energy reducing daily protocols and empower property managers with real-time guidance to lower operating costs and extract new streams of revenue.
"We are recognizing UDR for their innovative leadership and providing our software team smart feedback to enable us to create next generation smart building mobile tools that simplify user experience and control of real time energy management and operations fault detection across portfolio properties,” said Logical Buildings CEO Jeff Hendler.
”Using SmartKit AI’s capabilities, UDR is driving national energy savings within the framework of a holistic demand management strategy that employs one-stop, real-time dashboard control of amenity area smart thermostats across our portfolio,” said Matt Cozad, Senior Vice President - Corporate Services and Innovation at UDR. Cozad added, “The key to Smart Building implementation is communicating a clear strategy to our operating team which stresses the utilization of valuable real-time insights and action items to continuously improve building operations, resiliency, and sustainability.”
About UDR, Inc.
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Bikers, A Parrot, And Mike Pence Make A Final Push To Win In Georgia
The universe of undecided voters in Georgia's 6th district is down to a sliver, and both sides are doing everything they can to boost base turnout while not alienating the elusive swing voter.
By Alexis Levinson
Reporting From
Marietta, Georgia
Alexis Levinson BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on June 13, 2017, at 11:27 a.m. ET
Christopher Aluka Berry / Reuters
Republican candidate Karen Handel and Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff
Voters in Georgia’s 6th District have seen a lot of new things in the short few months since, Tom Price, the previous representative, resigned to become Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Record-breaking amounts of money have poured into the district, a longtime Republican stronghold whose residents narrowly voted for Trump in November, in the special election to replace Price as Democrats have tried to capitalize on the opening.
But they have never seen anything quite like this.
A man, standing on the front step of a house in this quiet residential area of Marietta Georgia, turned to stare agape as six motorcycles (one with three large American flags waving from the back), a truck towing a motorcycle on a trailer, a car of volunteers for Republican Karen Handel, and two reporters in white sedans whose regrettable outfit choices of skirts had prevented them from hitching a ride on a motorcycle, roared into this quiet residential neighborhood on a Saturday afternoon.
“I guess I don’t have to ask who you’re voting for,” said the young man, who turned out to be a canvasser for Handel, when he walked over to speak with unlikely assembly of high school students in Handel t-shirts and leather and denim clad bikers with “Bikers for Trump” crests emblazoned on their backs.
The district in which this neighborhood resides is home to one of the most closely watched congressional races in history, pitting Handel against Jon Ossoff, the Democrat, in a referendum on a changing and contentious political moment. With just over a week until election day, the bikers – some local, some from out of town – wanted to do their part.
“This race is too important for us to be off hobnobbing with other bikers,” said Chris Cox, the founder and president of Bikers for Trump, said.
“This race is too important for us to be off hobnobbing with other bikers.”
The special election has attracted outsized attention from all over the country. Handel has raised $4.5 million, an impressive haul in any other setting, but not compared to the $23 million Ossoff has pulled in since the start of the race. Outside groups on both sides have also doubled down on the race. And that sheer lunatic amount of money has meant voters in the 6th District have been inundated with information about this election — mailers, phone calls, polls, radio ads, television ads, door-knockers. In a poll conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a stunning 54 percent of voters said they’d been directly contacted by the Ossoff campaign. 25 percent said they’d been contacted directly by the Handel campaign. With six days to go, the universe of undecided voters is down to a sliver.
"I've never seen bikers knocking on doors before,” observes the man who opens the first door they knock on, after telling them that he plans to vote for Handel.
And in this suburban district that was once represented by Newt Gingrich, and went 48.3 percent for Trump to 46.8 percent for Hillary Clinton in November, these barrel-chested, leather-clad men with “Trump” plastered everywhere are perhaps an odd choice for the task. Their very presence is a contradiction to the image Handel has largely tried to present throughout the campaign: a traditional Republican more aligned with Vice President Mike Pence, who fundraised for her the day before her stump speech at a rally at Williamson Bros BBQ, a speech in which the man in the White House went unmentioned.
But with so few days remaining and so much on the line, there is room for both of these at times perhaps competing visions of what the Republican Party should be. Because in a race that both sides believe to be extraordinarily tight –“belly to belly,” as Georgia GOP chairman John Watson puts it — it all “depends who shows up,” said former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis, who chaired the House Republican campaign arm. With such tight margins, it will come down to which side can dredge up every single last possible voter and get them to the polls.
On both sides, that’s resulted in an odd sort of tap dance as each candidate try to make sure their base turns out, without alienating that elusive swing voter: the longtime Republican who doesn’t much care for President Donald Trump.
Political operatives on both sides are careful to avoid projecting larger meaning onto this race, despite the fact that it has evidently taken on mythical properties. Despite everyone’s best efforts, the race has proven something of a political test tube. Saturday’s unorthodox door-knocking effort, said Cox, was “Really kind of a political experiment, if you will, to see if bikers will show up for congressional races” in the same way they did for the presidential race.
And it’s not that Handel eschews all mention of the president – he endorsed her and held a fundraiser for her after the primary. But speaking to a crowd clad in Americana garb, he’s evidently not her focus A woman in the front row was sporting a sparkly “MAGA” pin, but Handel’s pin was more demure: it was a button that read, “Republicans that stay home elect Democrats.”
“I’m not worried about the polls. A special election is about one thing: it’s about voter turnout. And it wouldn’t matter if a poll had one of us up by 20 today. It’s irrelevant. It’s about who is coming to the polls,” she told reporters after the event.
And while Handel has been careful not to hug Trump too tightly — after all, he’s the reason the seat is in play — her campaign did not reject the help of these visibly pro-Trump bikers.
“Some people say only 46 percent of this district voted for Trump. Well, if the Democrats stay home and we get our 46 percent out to vote, boom,” said Ellen Diehl, the second vice chair of the DeKalb County GOP, who had connected Bikers for Trump with the Handel campaign. “Bikers really are not scary, they’re just people that – most of them just bike on the weekends,” she adds.
Walking down the street with the bikers is like corralling a group of large, leather-clad children.
Brian Sleeth, who seems to have a permanent grin plastered on his face under his wrap around sunglasses and backwards camo hat, periodically takes off in a mad sprint, waving a large flag that says “Bikers for Trump,” which he carries with him to each door.
“I killed a donkey once,” said a chatty Hugh Norris, clad in a red Vets for Trump shirt, cautioning that motorcycle riding, while wonderful, can also be dangerous. He wasn’t making a political metaphor; the donkey stepped out in front of him while he was posted in Africa during his military service.
“Car!” shouts Diehl, and the crew slides off to the sides of the street. The driver of the passing minivan waves.
Moments later a shadow passed behind a glass a door of a House as the group passes. The sound of the lock clicking into place is audible on the quiet street.
Door-knocking efforts often concentrate on houses whose residents are likely to vote for the candidate you’re pitching. In this impromptu door-knocking adventure, that seemed like an important thing. Some of the people in this suburban district had likely never seen bikers, Strzalkowski observed as the caravan prepared to leave the parking lot of Williamson Brothers BBQ. And with their giant “Bikers for Trump” flag and correspondingly branded gear, this likely wasn’t the group to sway undecided voters.
The Handel canvassers, evidently, had a list for that. At one house, a man answered the door wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat. At another, Scott McDaniel greeted the motley crew on his doorstep barefoot, in palm tree covered pajama bottoms, an African Grey Parrot staring placidly from her perch on his fingers.
“This is Reagan,” he said, introducing the bird. “Named after Ronald Reagan.”
Kevin D. Liles / Reuters
Republican candidate Karen Handel
Both candidates are minding a fine line when it comes to the national parties whose hopes rest on them.
Handel spends much of her stump speech talking about Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at one point likening her to the devil with a bastardization of some lyrics from “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”: “Well Nancy Pelosi, my name’s Karen. And it might be a sin, but I’ll take your bet, you’re gonna regret, cause Handel’s gonna win.”
Ossoff, likewise, never mentions either party or its standard bearers over the course of four Friday events. “I think against this backdrop of chaos and disarray and dysfunction in Washington, the prospect of some leadership that is focused on delivering for home and not getting mired in the same nonsense is appealing to folks across the political spectrum,” he says in a Saturday interview with BuzzFeed News, asked about Trump’s role in the race.
“I had no plans to get back into politics anytime soon. Until November,” he told an audience of teachers at an event with educators Friday, to laughter, his allusion leaving little doubt as to what he is referring.
Ossoff’s bid is an experiment in harnessing the wave of emotion and angst that welled up after Donald Trump’s election. It follows him from get out the vote rallies to a more staid sit down with educators on Friday, where Joanne Marks, a teacher, explaining her planned attendance at two Ossoff events in a single day, after first protesting Pence’s visit earlier, says, “We’ve all just been swept up into this.”
Jill Vogin was wearing a knitted sleeveless sweater that said “Flip the Sixth” on each side as she stood with a crowd waving signs around the corner from an early voting location. The president of the local knitting guild, she says a second Georgia special election-themed sweater is almost complete. She needs to be prepared she tells Ossoff, who stops by briefly to pump up volunteers, because “We're gonna do this again in 2018!”
Jun. 13, 2017, at 16:24 PM
Donald Trump narrowly won Georgia's 6th district in November. A previous version of this post said Hillary Clinton had narrowly won.
Alexis Levinson is a reporter with BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC.
Contact Alexis Levinson at alexis.levinson@buzzfeed.com.
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Lorna’s Story – Northern Waterways Canoe Trips
Legends of the Shield – August 2010
Dave and Lorna and the Canadian Shield rock of northern Saskatchewan’s Churchill River (Photo: Kerry Mitchell)
A CanoeSki Learn to Canoe “graduate”, Lorna Sim decided her time had come for a canoeing adventure in northern Saskatchewan. After trimming her paddling skills and whetting her appetite on the South Saskatchewan River, she and husband Dave signed up for the Legends of the Shield canoe trip on the Churchill River. Ignoring advice from nay saying friends about bugs and arduous conditions up north, she discovered northern Saskatchewan canoe country to be inviting, peaceful and beautiful. The only friendly piece of advice that proved true was feeling as if she was immersed in a Group of Seven painting during the 5-day trip!
Paddling & Camping in a Group of Seven Painting
By Lorna Sim
Prepping for Northern Adventure
In 2009 at the age of 57, after reading Late Nights on Air, I decided that I needed to go on a wilderness canoe trip. After all, is there anything more Canadian than that?
Having taken a Learn to Nordic ski course that winter from Cliff Speer, I knew that he also ran canoe adventures, so I checked out his CanoeSki company website. Legends of the Shield — that was the trip he had told me to take a look at. I called him and he advised me to take his learn to paddle course, as I had very little canoeing experience. I talked to my husband and after some convincing, he agreed to come along and take the beginner canoe lessons. We learned a lot from that course; how to waterproof your daypack, portage a canoe, how to launch and get out of the canoe and, oh yes, how to paddle! I had no idea there were so many different strokes, and I’m not going to lie, I had forgotten most of them by the time we made our practice run down the South Saskatchewan River. The river was flowing very high early in the summer, so Cliff decided to postpone the river portion of our course for about a month until it settled down a bit.
We had a great day paddling back from Beaver Creek to Saskatoon and I thought: “I can do this; this is going to be great!”
Not too tough with the lead guide in the stern of your canoe! Lorna and Cliff on the Stewart River, a Churchill River tributary (Photo: Kerry Mitchell)
Talking with my friends, I excitedly told them I was going up north on a canoe trip. One friend had been in the north as a geology student and he could think of nothing worse – the bugs were so bad they were in his nose and ears; it was a horrible experience! Another friend laughed when I told her I had canoed in from Beaver Creek, saying that was easy with the current. “Just wait until you get up north,” she warned. “Then you will find out how tough it will be!”
Undeterred, Dave and I travelled to Mountain Equipment Co-op to purchase needed items from the canoe trip packing list. I told the sales lady where and when we were going. She said she was from Saskatchewan, and had canoed Otter Lake on the Churchill River, so knew exactly what we needed. She told us it was beautiful and we would feel as if we were in a Group of Seven painting, but it would be really cold. She had me convinced that I would need winter camping gear!
Okay, so now I’m getting a little nervous, especially when two friends called the day before our trip departure to say good luck – although really they seemed to be offering their sympathies!
Well, I thought, it’s only five days; I can do anything for five days!
Heading Out There
The six of us set off, Cliff, his assistant Laurie, Kerry, Jen, Dave and I. The first night we camped at Wadin Bay on Lac La Ronge. We ate a quick supper and had a practice paddle session on the lake. I didn’t remember anything from our spring canoe course, but Cliff was patient, as he was stuck with me in one of the canoes. Cliff brought out the maps of the area we were going to paddle and gave us a lesson on using maps and compasses. So far, very few bugs and it hadn’t snowed yet!!
Heading out on a cloudy afternoon on the Churchill River (Photo: Kerry Mitchell)
The next morning after a delicious breakfast of fresh fruit, yogurt and granola, oh, I almost forgot the bagels and home-made preserves, we set off.
I should say something about the food; there was lots of it and it was really good. Cliff dehydrates vegetables and meat, so is able to make chili and stews that taste as if they were made from fresh ingredients. We had a salad every night and even dessert; he makes a mean carrot cake with cream cheese icing!
There was no turning back now. The lake was calm as we set off and with me in the stern, but even with Cliffs’ gentle coaching, we were still behind the others as I zigzagged along. We stopped for lunch and this was when I realized there were no bugs. Throughout the trip there were no bugs – we could have slept under the stars, had it not been for the rain. It had been a dry spring in the north with lots of forest fires, so maybe the dry conditions and smoke had wiped out the mosquito population for the rest of the summer. Who knows – but we loved the unusual luxury of sitting around the campfire at night without being pestered by winged critters!
Overall our weather was not the best – in fact we usually had a little bit of everything every day, a little sun, clouds, rain and wind. It seemed as if we were always heading away from the sun and into the rain. But I had come well prepared with rain gear and warm clothes, following Cliff’s advice, so I was fine.
Group of Seven Comes Through
Jennifer takes a stroll in a Group of Seven forest (Photo: Kerry Mitchell)
In the late afternoon, we arrived at our island camp site. It was beautiful. If you have never been in the boreal forest, you have no idea what you’re missing! The whole island is covered in brilliant green moss and spruce trees. The site was quite large, so we were able to spread out. Dave and I chose a flat spot up the rocky forested slope. Jen wanted to be able to hear the waves, so pitched her tent near the shore. It was on quite an incline, but she said the view was worth it. She admitted on the last day that she had woken up that morning in a ball against the side of her tent!
We spent the next three days making day trips to rapids and waterfalls, paddling under the wings of soaring eagles. One afternoon, as we took a break in our canoes, a flock of Pelicans flew overhead and there in front of us was a complete rainbow. Each night, after having listened to Cliff explain the life of the voyageurs and tell us stories of early fur traders and their families, we fell asleep to the sound of the loons.
The lady at MEC was right about one thing. I did feel as if I was in the middle of a painting. It was beautiful and peaceful. I loved it, in spite of the wind and the rain and my aching muscles. And given half the chance, I would do it again!
Jen is smiling at the distant rainbow behind her (Photo: Kerry Mitchell)
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Written by Barry
Tetris is probably one of the most popular and well-known video games ever (baring Skyrim). It's a simple logic puzzle against the clock which has hooked many of us with it’s simple addiction. Luckily this formula has transferred into the board game medium very easily. Blokus is one game that uses this entrapment mechanism. Ubongo is another very popular one. But I grew up with Skirrid, a game that I didn’t learn to play until I read the rules, once every year, for ten or so years (until I understood them). Placing these tetromino pieces down so they connect and give out maximum scores. And like Skirrid, this game has been out of print for a while as well. But it is coming back to store shelves very soon from french publishers Super Meeple & Tiki Editions.
La Boca (no, I’m not going to talk about the buildings that inspired the title) goes one better than these 2 to 4 player titles, by offering 6 players the pleasure of moving cubes around to create patterns. Ok, that doesn't sound as much like Tetris. But for me, it's the same visual logical puzzle using cubic shapes and going against a timer. Another thing that this game offers which is different to many others is the fact that it is semi Co-operative but mainly competitive.
The object of the game is one each round, 2 random players to arrange these cubic cubes into a pattern. And in the quickest time possible. The quicker the time, the more points both these players will win. That sounds simple yes? The only problem comes from the fact that these two players will be constructing two patterns with the same cubes. As both players will be sat at opposite sides of the game board. Which just by chance happens to be the box insert. A very nice touch. There are two levels of difficulty in the game and these come in the form of cards. These cards depict the patterns that the players are trying to make. Once a card is chosen at random, it is quickly slotted into the box insert, cleverly stood on one end. So one player can see the front of the card and the other player sees the back. These patterns coincide with the structure that both players will need to build. Here communication is essential.
Both players are trying to build the same structure but from two different perspectives. And these perspectives both must match. By chance, each block is a different colour, so you have a good visual clue to what goes where. It’s just arranging it so it coincides with the other players plan. Due to the fact that neither player can see the backside of this piece of architecture, they will be communicating which colours they see and don't see. As well as pointing out structural points of interest. Against the clock, this banter will be hot and rapid. Tempers may rise and frustration make kick in when things do not go to your plan. But in the end, once you and your temporary partner are satisfied, the clock stops and the relief drains from your body. The other players who are not currently participating will then inspect your plan and construction to verify whether you have arrived at your goal. If doing so correctly, you gain and number of points depending on which time band you have completed your quest.
Once all players have partnered up at least once with every other player in the game, the conclusion unfolds. This is where you total up your score from the tokens you received to see who is the La Boca champion. And that's the game.
It's simple in concept and elegant in its execution. The system for choosing who plays against who is a very simple one involving tokens. And this guarantees that nobody misses a turn. As in a clockwise order, you will take a token that you have randomly in front of you to reveal which player you're playing. The graphic design on these tokens is a bit lackluster and I presume they are abstract images of window and shutters. And they kind of do their job because players are going to be moving around. Switching chairs as the main board will rest in one place. Therefore the tokens will be left lying around and sometimes players will confuse their tokens with another players as they sit in their space while the other is playing. An upgrade of individual sacks for each player with tokens placed inside may prove better but we shall see what the reprint will do.
I like Tetris and some of the other board game variants around, another thing that makes this stand out not only in complexity is the challenge of thinking in three dimensions. These cubic shapes can be rotated and rolled in more than one way. Some can lay behind others, hiding them from view for one of the two players. Shapes that you normally would stand up in one fashion may be played in a way that you would not recognise the form. Partially covering one shape with another. Giving you different ways to interpret the structure you need to create. Is the pink cube on top of the grey cube or is it stood up behind the great cube?
And it's this semi co-operative aspect which is really interesting. As you want to get the quickest time which will generate more points for yourself. But every time you play you will have an opponent play with you. And if they play badly or slowly, this will affect not only their score, but your own. So motivating less capable players is a fun challenge. And creating a language that you and all the other players understand when it comes to your turn, or maybe a unique language for each individual player is a nice way to show off your management skills. And at the same time, this pairing of every other player balances the game to a point. Everyone will get to play with the novice and everyone will get to play with the expert. Then the winner becomes the one who is the calmest cucumber in every situation. Although the novice player will be a novice player in each game and accumulate a not so great score.
I love playing this game and I would love to say that it is going down every time I have played it, but that is not the case. Sometimes you may be sitting on the sidelines waiting for your token to be drawn or your turn, and this can be tedious for some players. Unless you are involved at all times by spectating and verifying the active players to make sure they are not cheating, you may find this game boring. And a few games I have played have gone this direction. Waiting players have gone off and had their own conversations, forgetting they are involved in a game, not only slowing the game down by having to call them back to the table but also breaking up their conversation. This is a real drag for a game that feels like a TV game show and should be a TV game show, or at least an aspect of it. With the right capacity of people, this game is a stellar idea.
Technical score 9.5/10
Great production values that use the box not only to store the component but also to play the game upon. A super specialised insert that holds everything in place. Good quality tokens and cards as well as nice chunky wooden blocks that seemed indestructible. Simple to read and digest page of rules. Unfortunately a little heartless graphic design in places.
My BGG score 8/10
This is a game that I want to play and love more, but cannot due to not finding other like-minded players. Playing three players is quick and leaves me wanting more whereas playing 6 players is exciting but long-winded when you are not involved.
Combined Score 8.75/10
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Home » News » Bollywood News » How did Bahubali: The Conclusion climax video leak online?
How did Bahubali: The Conclusion climax video leak online?
ByBollywood Hungama News Network
Created: Nov 24, 2016 - 4:36 pm IST
Two days ago, we had reported that a video clip from the upcoming film Bahubali: The Conclusion was leaked on social media. It was a war sequence which featured Prabhas and Anushka Shetty and looked like the climax of the film.
As soon as the video had gone viral on social media platforms, the producers Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni immediately lodged a complaint at Jubilee Hills police station in Hyderabad and a video editor was arrested. A 24-year-old trainee graphic designer Krishna Dayanand Choudhury was arrested on the charges of breach of trust.
Well, two days later, police has arrested 6 more people in connection with the leaked video case. All 6 of them are students and residents of Vijayawada. According to a tabloid, Krishna Dayanand Choudhury had shared the video clip with a friend Akki Krishna Chaitanya. The latter then forwarded it to 5 of his friends and the group of friends posted it online.
The sequel has been shot in Ramoji Film city in Hyderabad where the entire cast and crew were surrounded by high security. The movie has been kept under wraps as the makers will be finally answering the question, “Why Kattappa killed Bahubali?”
Directed by SS Rajamouli, Bahubali: The Conclusion will release on April 28, 2017.
More Pages: Baahubali 2 - The Conclusion Box Office Collection , Baahubali 2 - The Conclusion Movie Review
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This Shop Makes Me Want to Move to Westchester and Subsist on Mushroom Coffee Alone
Everything at At Land, from the delicious drinks to the jumpsuits, is just perfect.
By Chris Morocco
Photo Courtesy At Land
This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to our very opinionated editors’ favorite things to eat, drink, and buy.
Have you ever walked into a store and wanted to leave your old life behind and become the person you would be if your life was full of the things in that store? I hadn’t until I walked into At Land in Dobbs Ferry, New York. After a Jersey Ice Cream Co. Instagram post tipped us off, my family stopped by, but secretly I expected the letdown that normally follows breathless coverage by design blogs. This was different. Even the hardware on the front door was different, a sleek-yet-robust handle that managed to feel substantial yet only required a fingertip to turn. Once inside, soaring ceilings, thick wood beams, and a tranquil glow settled around impeccably curated clothes and home and kitchen goods.
Surrounded by objects that seemed to float a few inches above the shelves, my family became a slightly better version of ourselves. My kids seemed adorable, completely unlike the hellions who made me pull the car over on the Henry Hudson Parkway just hours earlier and threaten them with military school. They sat in the light-filled cafe area, watching a show about LEGO ninjas, while my wife perused the racks of dresses and jumpsuits from designers like Rachel Comey and Ilana Kohn.
You can't go wrong with the mushroom matcha, mushroom coffee, or golden milk
Photo Courtesy of At Land
I hung out by the coffee bar, surreptitiously trying to decode their homemade formulation for mushroom coffee. It was so good I didn’t even miss the extra dose of caffeine that my normal afternoon pour-over provides. Equally good were the golden milk, rose cocoa, and frankly every other drink on the menu. The fact that all the drinks are vegan is almost an afterthought—and quickly forgotten after tasting how thoughtfully crafted they are.
The most remarkable thing isn’t that this store exists. It is that it manages to be so cool, while falling outside the gravitational pull of New York City and “upstate,” in the vast stretches of flyover country (a.k.a. Westchester) that most New Yorkers dismiss. The owner, Melissa Lauprete, gave us untold numbers of recommendations for restaurants and hikes in the area, acting as a de facto ambassador for life just outside the city. Her impeccable taste (and the dream of a house with a yard) now keeps us coming back every few weeks for mini escapes from our city lives that always include a walk around the farm at Stone Barns and occasionally an open house. Somehow, committing to leave the city for good always manages to feel a couple years away, and we inevitably slink back to our lives in the city. In the meantime, At Land keeps us believing that a better us is at least possible.
Go there: At Land
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2018 KTM Release Challenge -- Post here
Forum » Release Challenges » Parent Thread | Refresh | Search
GoryDetails 1 yr ago
2018 KTM Releases #67-68:
67. The Naked Man Festival ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14574703/ ), wild release, photo.
68. Crime and Poetry ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14821034/ ), wild release, photo.
booklady331 2 yrs ago
The rules are the same as they were for last five years [2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017] challenge.
I have made it my goal to read as many books given to me by other BCers as possible and then move them on. I wasn't hoarding by any means (I have way too many thought), I gave out as many as I got surely. I would still like to thank the kind BCers who passed books along to me via trade, book-relays, wild releasing, and RABCKs and so I will continue the journeys of those books. In other words I want to "Keep Them Moving."
The rules-
1. The book must be released in 2018. (it could have been read at any time or you have had them for a while and decided you need to move the book along). This includes ANY ABC (Already Book Crossed) book you have. The goal is to KTM.
2. You may NOT count books that come in a box to you and you are going to keep them in the box without reading or keeping them.
3. The release can be in any manner you see fit- wild release, relay, ring, ray, box, trade, RABCK, etc.
4. The book must NOT be originally registered by you, but another BCer. It doesn't matter how you got it (ring, ray, box, relay, wild release, trade, RABCK, etc) as long as you were not the first to register it. There is no prize for the most releases.
5. Please post links to each book after you read and release it. You can do that in this thread. Also, number the release so we know if it is the first, second, third, (you get the point) book for the challenge.
6. I will start a new thread for this challenge when this one gets too long.
7. No need to let me know you are joining, just chime right in. And you can join anytime throughout 2018.
8. Enjoy!!!
If you have any questions, let me know.
iwillrejoice 2 yrs ago
Release #1
1. Caleb's Crossing
https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14662035/
from FeistyPom2Love to a reader in Michigan
Annimanni 2 yrs ago
Annimanni 2018 KTM #1–#3
1. Giorgio Bassani: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5894286/
2. Sirpa Karjalainen: On jouluaatto
3. Antti Leikas: Melominen
Annimanni 2018 KTM #4
4. Anna Gavalda: 35 kiloa toivoa
tomato68 2 yrs ago
tomato68 Release 1 & 2
1. Home to Crossroads Ranch http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14002386
2. A Royal Threesome http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11092615
Lamilla 2 yrs ago
Lamilla KTM 1-3
1. The evil seed http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13964613 - birthday group
2. The Night circus http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13618817/ - RABCK
3. Doctor Who: Feast Of The Drowned http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14528415 - birthday group
5. Nadja Sumanen: Rambo
6. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Goethe
7. Ilene Beckerman: Love, Loss, and What I Wore
mcsar 2 yrs ago
mcsar KTM 1-2
1. Jo Nesbo: Cockroaches
2. Carlos Ruiz Zafon : The Prince of Mist
NancyNova 2 yrs ago
release 1 - 2
1. The View From Mary's Farm http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13670243/
from hyphen8 to ReallyBookish
2. What Dreams May Come http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12488008/ from LovesOu to Aramena
GoryDetails 2 yrs ago
2018 KTM Release #1:
1. Hungry Hill ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14786849 ), wild release, photo.
BOOKWORMINUSALL 2 yrs ago
Release #1...Themed, Multiple Challenges
1. Hot Property (Hot Zone) by Carly Phillips from Aramena to LFL
https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14555358
2. Christmas with You
from Dove-i-libri to wild
Tarna 2 yrs ago
Tarna's 2018 KTM (Updated Oct. 20, 2018)
1. Kimeä metsä http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12973581/
2 Sukupolveni unta http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12937676
3 Roughing It in the Bush http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5491151
4 Apricots on the Nile http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7697713
5 Ma armastasin venelast http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6031038/
6 Lempi http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5082106/
7 The Blessing Way http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/3456311
8 Kolme : Runoantologia http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13452388/
9 Aavikon tyttäret http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13744075/
10 Meter ja Demeter http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7838928/
11 Matka huoneeni ympäri. Öinen matka huoeessani http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14130951/
12 Baby http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4360293/
13 Minerva : Jääkarhun sydän http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14100634/
14 Yllä meren, alla kiven http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13034036/
15 Stories by Canadian Women http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4252656/
16 Moniääninen Intia : Kirjoituksia historiasta, kulttuurista ja identiteetistä http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11678517
17 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13011287
18 Muotitalo http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14667436/
19 Children of the Jacaranda Tree http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12716038
20 Home and Exile http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5785935
21 The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10478464
22 Kissani Jugoslavia http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14014951/
23 Arabian Sands http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13239285/
Booklady331's January KTM
1. Grace Under Fire from JennyC1230 to wild
2. Harvesting the Heart from Dove-i-libri to wild
3. The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston from Bkind2Books to wild
2018 KTM Releases #2-3:
2. The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14683955/ ), wild release, photo.
3. Best Gay Love Stories 2005 ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14636239/ ), wild release, photo.
3. Summer Breeze http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8386443/ from thegoaliegirl to wild
ReallyBookish 2 yrs ago
#1 for 2018
1. "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson
Registered by NancyNova and wild released by me.
keeta1 2 yrs ago
keeta1 KTMC 2018 #1
1. Jane Harper, The Dry
8. Tania Kindersley: Elvis Has Left the Building
Lamilla KTM 4
4. A game of thrones by George Martin - birthday group
3. Cross Lines by Maeve Binchy http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10258871/
4. The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14634306/
5. The Innocent by Ian McEwan http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12607930/
9. Will Schwalbe: Elämän mittainen lukupiiri (in Finnish)
5. If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino - wishlist tag
2. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
Registered by dvg and headed out to Readertoo for a VBB.
Dove-i-Libri 1 yr ago
Dove-i-Libri's releases for 2018 KTM Release Challenge will be in this thread:
OMG!!! OMG!!! I don't know how to fix this ...
I tried to consolidate all my posts into one post and the computer timed out and I lost EVERYTHING!!! I can't even imagine how to find these books again …
Dove-i-libri's 2018 KTM Releases #20 to #26 ...
#20. Jacob 6/11/2018
#21. Cleo
#22. Cocktails for Three
#23. Chocolate for a Woman's Soul
#24. Everywhere That Mary Went
#25. Lord Edgware Dies
26. The Violets of March http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13363816
Dove-i-Libri's 2018 KTM Release Challenge #27 to #
27. Lovers Touch http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15075167
28. Midnight Lover http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15052774
29. Temporary Marriage http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15030865
30. Savage Interlude http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15030754
31. Key of Valor http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14807055
32. Fire from Heaven: Deceiving the Enemy (Left Behind: The Kids #16) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13169654
33. Inner Harbor (The Chesapeake Bay Saga: Book # 3) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15021600
34. A Knight in Shining Armor http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11300291
35. The Pursuit http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14643767
36. Fool for Love (Duchess Quartet Series: Book #2) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15244416
37. QB VII http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14962404
38. Cross Bones (Temperance Brennan Novels) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11230758
39. Holy Orders http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15147916/
40. The Edge of Never http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15121789/
41. Emma http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15044021/
42. You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14963342/
43. East of Denver http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14961508/
44. Gone With the Nerd http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14049551/
45. The End of Your Life Book Club http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12170092/
46. The Doctor's Daughter http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12832007/
47. Entering Normal http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11981009/
48. The Shoemaker's Wife http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11484932/
49. The Front https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8545390
50. Finders Keepers https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15182779
mcsar 1 yr ago
mcsar KTM 6
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14271299?...
4. Awesome Future ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14844036/ ), wild release, photo.
keeta1 1 yr ago
2. Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
nimrodiel 1 yr ago
nimrodiel's January KTM
1.) Black: The Birth of Evil (The Circle Trilogy Graphic Novels, Book 1) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14355463/ on 1/3/2018 from HI77 in 2016
2.) Aya of Yop City - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13316376/ on 1/26/2018 from azuki in 2017
3.) Cold Flat Junction (Emma Graham #2) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12169931/ on 1/26/2018 from tribefan in 2013
4.) Flowers for Algernon - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11061983/ on 1/26/2018 from erishkgal in 2015
nimrodiel's February KTM
5.) The Advance Team - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/from HI77 in 2017 released on 2/7/2018
6.) Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14287951/ from anathema-device in 2016 released on 2/7/2018
7.) The Music Box - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14658332/ from bookstogive in 2017 released on 2/8/2018
8.) The Counterfeits - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13013755/ from booklady331 in 2014 released on 2/12/2012
9.) I shudder at your touch - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11075841/ from Greyflank in 2015 released on 2/12/2018
10.) Darkfever: The Fever Series #1 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8026375/ from booksnbeer in 2016 released on 2/12/2018
11.)http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11075841/ - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13658840/ from erishkigal in 2015 released om 2/19/2018
12.) On Dublin Street - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13747978/ from princess-peapod in 2017, released on 2/19/2018
13.) Airhead: Book 1 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14656013/ from princess-peapod in 2017 released on 2/19/2018
14.) Wanton Angel - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14657078/ from bookstogive in 2017. Released on 2/26/2018
15.) The Sea-Wolf (Classics Illustrated Deluxe #11) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14810121/ from HI77 in 2017. Released on 2/26/2018
nimrodiel's March KTM
16.) Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14457245/ from spacedog in 2017. Released on 3/8/2018
17.) Lost Lake: A Novel - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14676169/ from Valpete in 2018. Released on 3/10/2018
18.) Killer Dreams - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7615961/ from nikel27 in 2017 Released on 3/19/2018
19.) Along for the Ride - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14656004/ from tempestans in 2017 Released on 3/19/2018
20.) Once Was Lost - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14656021/ from tempestans in 2017 Released on 3/19/2018
21.) Lock and Key - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14656007/ from tempestans in 2017 Released on 3/20/2018
22.) The Help - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14394152/ from heartthumper 2017 released on 3/26/2018
nimrodiel's April KTM
23.) Monkey Vs. Robot & The Crystal Of Power - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13566786/ on 4/2/2018 from Azuki in 2018
24.) Bound By A Promise -http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14658443/ on 4/2/2018 from bookstogive in 2018
28.) The Chance - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14032028/ on 4/11/2018 from love2cook in 2017
29.) The Promise - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13615202/ on 4/13/2018 from love2cook in 2017
30.) The Hero - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13495351/ on 4/18/2018 from love2cook in 2017
31.) The Newcomer - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14040984/ on 4/18/2018 from love2cook in 2017
32.) The Wanderer - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13967839/ on 4/18/2018 from love2cook in 2017
33.) Fantasy - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14658318/ on 4/30/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
nimrodiel's May KTM
34.) Love Quest - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14363827/ on 5/18/2018
35.) Hot Steamy Glasses (Yaoi) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11226107/ on 5/18/2018
36.) Ursa Minors: Wait For The Trade, Volume 1 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14810098/ on 5/18/2018
37.) The Weirdly World Of Strange Eggs - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14810100/ on 5/18/2018
38.) Traveler Of The Moon Volume 1 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14810097/ on 5/18/2018
39.) Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei 1: The Power of Negative Thinking - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14731356/ on 5/19/2018
40.) Miracle - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14647293/ on 5/22/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
41.) Tender Is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14647270/ on 5/22/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
42.) Velvet, Leather & Lace: A Man's Gotta Do\Calling The Shots\Baring It All - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14657105/ on 5/22/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
nimrodiel's June KTM
42.) The Little Paris Bookshop - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14868594/ from azuki in 2018 on 6/2/2017
43.) 3 2 1 ... Married - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14646269/ from bookstogive in 2017 on 6/2/2018
44.) As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14515076/ from T_richardson in 2018 on 6/30/2018
RE: nimrodiel's July KTM
45.) Married On Demand - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14650325/ from bookstogive in 2017 on 7/5/2018
46.) Cowboy Brigade (Daddy Corps #3) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14882747/ from tribefan in 2018 on 7/5/2018
47.) The Wallflower Volume 6 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13910722/ from HI77 in 2017 on 7/5/2018
48.) Death Note Vol 2 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12162844/ from HI77 on 7/14/2018
49.) A Lady Can Never Be Too Curious - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/from tribefan in 2018 on 7/14/2018
50.) Mistletoe Kittens - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14882724/ from tribefan in 2018 on 7/25/2018
51.) The Space Barbarians - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13013874/ from booklady331 in 2014 on 7/25/2018
52.) Lucky - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14646230/ from bookstogive in 2017 on 7/25/2018
nimrodiel's August KTM
53.) Happy Trails - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14616603/ from HI77 in 2017 on 8/3/2018
54.) Dazzle Volume 6 - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13783130/ from GoryDetails in 2017 on 8/3/2018
55.) Which Witch? - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15048398/ from Bookworm-lady in 2018
56.) Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14656025/ from tempestans in 2017
57.) Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10122705/ from princess-peapod in 2017
58.) Greek Street, Vol. 3: Medea's Luck - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14914656/ from Gorydetails in 2018
59.) Simply Divine - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6861921/ on 8/25/2018 from bookwormess in 2018
60.) McKinnon's Bride - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14658409/ on 8/25/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
nimrodiel's September KTM
61.) When the Gods Are Silent - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11594203/ from amberC in 2016, on 9/10/2018
nimrodiel's October KTM
62.) The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14898742/ on 10/13/2018 from ReallyBookish in 2018
63.) Christmas Cookie Killer, The: A Fresh-Baked Mystery - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10153989/ on 10/14/2018 from tribefan in 2018
64.) Rainbow Hammock - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14658326/ on 10/27/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
nimrodiel's November KTM
65.) Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12731686/ on 11/3/2018 from scoutfinch in 2016
66.) Night's Edge - http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14652274/ on 11/3/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
67.) Thin Air (Weather Warden, Book 6) - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12617069/ on 11/21/2018 from DragonGoddess in 2015
68.) Gates of the Universe - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13013739/ on 11/21/2018 from booklady331 in 2014
69.) Enchanted Christmas - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14657071/ on 11/24/2018 from bookstogive in 2017
nimrodiel's December KTM
70.) Someone's Been Sleeping in My Bed - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14657082/ on 12/3/2018 from bookstogive in 2018
71.) Sushi Girl, Volume 1 - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14811033 on 12/23/2018
72.) Schutzengelchen für dich - https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/15320192/ on 12/28/2018
Lubiette 1 yr ago
KTM - # 4
1. The Jewish Bride, by Nikos Davvetas (Η Εβραία νύφη)
from mariakall to wild
2. Running Man, by Stephen King
from TIFFANY1972 to wild
3. Lunes de fiel, by Pascal Bruckner
from Blue-Fairy to wild
4. M/T et l'histoire des merveilles de la forêt, by Kenzaburô Ôé
from souram to wild
5. Politik by Aristoteles
from Penthesilia to wild
KTM - # 6 - 8
6. Cadres noirs, by Pierre Lemaitre
from C-Maupin to friend (controlled release)
7. Arrêtez-moi, by Lisa Gardner
from florence71 to friend (controlled release)
8. Opération Napoléon
from Passeur-X to friend (controlled release)
KTM - # 9 - 10
9. The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shangai, Ruiyan Xu
from Delphi_Reader to wild
10. Le vin de la colère divine, Kenneth Cook
from Wilena to Aigliz
KTM - # 11 - 12
11. Neige by Maxence Fermine
from Indy2012 to TIFFANY1972
12. The patience stone by Atiq Rahimi
from Blue_berry to feltre
13. Hikikomori, by Jeff Backhaus
from VIV-VIVENEF to friend (controlled released)
14. Harraga, by Boualem Sansal
from Qalaat to friend (controlled released)
KTM - # 15
15. La femme au carnet rouge, by Antoine Laurain
from Sonia-66 to GLAROS
Φήμη by Daniel Kehlmann
from feltre to wild
17. Dans la mer il y a des crocodiles, by Fabio Geda
from C-Maupin to Potame
18. True Grit by Charles Portis
from T02S03B11D20 to wild
L'expédition, by Monica Kristensen
from Indy2012 to mevamwi
KTM - # 20-22
20. La ballade de l'impossible by Haruki Murakami
from Croquignolle to friend (controlled release)
21. Mon nom est Rouge by Orhan Pamuk
23. Léon et Louise by Alex Capus
from Qalaat to Aigliz
24. Zulu by Caryl Ferey
from florence71 to Aigliz
25. Chronicles volume I, by Bob Dylan
from Bookworm-lady to wild
26. Wa-do : les mouvements instantanés du bien-être, by Vu Tran
27. Derrière la grille, by Maude Julien
From rainetterieuse to friend (controlled release)
28. À toute berzingue, by Kenneth Cook
from meloulagune to friend (controlled release)
29. La serpe by Philippe Jaenada
30. The Book of Dragons and Other Mythological Beasts
from Abi-Gibby to sweepstakes winner
Lamilla 1 yr ago
6. Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden - sweeps
eponine38 1 yr ago
eponine38 2018 KTM #1-4
1. https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14321608/ Death by Coffee (controlled)
2. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13434875/ Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder (controlled; multiple)
3. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14191422/ Opening Pandora’s Box (controlled; multiple challenges)
4. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12283890/ Schottenfreude (controlled)
31. Δόξα & χρήμα
eponine38 2018 KTM #5 -7
. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14781063/ Full Dark House (multiple challenges)
6. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11494764/ The Vanished Child (multiple challenges)
7. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10224907/ The Angel Whispered Danger (multiple)
32. Blind to the Bones, by Stephen Booth
From from to Poodlesister
ReallyBookish 1 yr ago
KTM #3
3. "Sleeping Lady" by Sue Henry
Registered by weeder and headed to iwillrejoice as part of the wishlist tag game.
5. My Secret Boyfriend ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14809414/ ), wild release, multiple challenges, photo.
7. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
8. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
9. Cell by Stephen King
booklady331 1 yr ago
February KTM
4. Nectar in a Sieve from Iwillrejoice to BOOKWORMINUSALL
5. Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks from from firegirl to elizardbreath
NancyNova 1 yr ago
4. We Were the Mulvaneys http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7274906/ from bookstogive to "O" author bookring
jumpingin 1 yr ago
jumpingin 2018 KTM #1
1. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10110425 Red Sky at Morning
Annimanni 1 yr ago
Annimanni 2018 KTM #10–#18
10. Irene Frei: Your Name Written on Water
11. Rabindranath Tagore: Rakkauden laulu
12. Sören Olsson – Anders Jacobsson: Lasse menee kouluun
13. Anna-Mari Kaskinen: Varomaton varas
14. Kari Levola: Kissan koti
15. Tapani Bagge: Urho ja kammottava lumimies
16. Ulla Vaarnamo: Tähtien välinen pimeys
17. Anna Jansson: Merirosvosaari
18. Sue Townsend: Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
6. Alien Tongue ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14024598/ ), wild release, multiple challenges, photo.
7. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14880220/ ), controlled release, multiple challenges.
iwillrejoice 1 yr ago
3. 90 Minutes in Heaven
from NancyNova to wild
8. Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14771681/ ), wild release, multiple challenges, photo.
mcsar KTM 10-12
10. MalalaYousafzai: I am Malala
11. Nora Roberts: Private Scandals
12. Sue Grafton: S is for Silence
https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/5079458/
9. Here on Earth ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14855615/ ), wild release, multiple challenges, photo.
4. "Mr. Donaghue Investigates"
Registered by dancing-dog and wild released by me.
eponine38 2018 KTM #8 - 11
8. https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10538258/ Ambulance Girl (controlled)
9. https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/7671572/ Tinsel: A Search for America’s Christmas Present (controlled)
10. https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14051554/ The Chocolate Jewel Case (multiple challenges)
11. https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10093279/ Plague Ship (multiple challenges)
Lamilla, KTM 7
7. Train Go Sorry: Inside A Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen - one book a month
millycat 1 yr ago
Millycat, KTM #1 - 13
#1 The Post mistress
#2 Book of the Dead
#3 Disco for the Departed
#4 Never Mind
#5 The Giants House
#6 The Girl of His Dreams
#7 In The Country of Men
#8 Just as well I'm leaving
#9 L'Auberge
#10 Dark Undertakings - Tope
#11 The Tudor secret
#12 Pirate king
#13 Mary, Mary
5. "Smoke and Mirrors" by Neil Gaiman
Registered by waternixie and on its way to book_drunkard to fulfill a wish.
6. "Why Cats Do That" by Karen Anderson
Registered by rubyrebel and headed out as a surprise RABCK to another BookCrosser.
keeta1 KTMC 2018 #3 - 5
3. Jane Harper, Force of Nature
4. Saskia Sarginson, The Twins
5. S.K. Tremayne, The Ice Twins
Annimanni 2018 KTM #19
19. René Lefebvre: Naukuva kissa
New Ways to Kill Your Mother: Writers and Their Families by Colm Toibin - sweeps
20. Cecilia Samartin: Nora & Alicia
21. Keith Richards & Theodora Richards: Ukki ja minä
13. Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go
14. Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate
BOOKWORMINUSALL 1 yr ago
Release #2 to LFL...Release #3 RABCK to Jackie700
2. Touched by Angels by Debbie Macomber from Aramena to LFL
3. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya from booklady331 to Jackie700
4. Lost & Found
10. Skippy Jon Jones: Cirque De Olé ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14881752 ), wild release, multiple challenges, photo.
11. Harold and the Purple Crayon ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14854163 ), wild release, photo.
33. In cold blood by Truman Capote
from vaga-bonde to wild
Firegirl 1 yr ago
KTM releases 1-24
1. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14420525 - Tricks
2. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12524723 - Cloud Atlas
3. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11227039 - Hold in the World
4. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4355745 - The Day Lincoln Was Shot
5. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14823895 - Nobody Knows
6. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14807020 - Skeleton Canyon
7. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14744479 - Last One Home
8. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14807024 - Red Babbit
9. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14762018 - An Absence of Light
10. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14792917 - The Tommyknockers
11. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14804740 - The Footprints of God
12. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14713022 - Unraveled
13. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14803098 - The Great Santini
14. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14746161 - Her Hesitant Heart
15. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14777867 - Seven Sisters
16. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14581666 - Sleeping Murder
17. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14746053 - Blood on the Verde River
18. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14777872 - The Magnificent Rogue
19. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14657149 - Relic
20. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14870003 - A Conspiracy of Paper
21. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14497394 - Fool’s Crow
22. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14605636 - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
23. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/6080766 - The Ministry of Special Cases
24. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12845235 - Sin in the Second City
25. http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14095143 - The Track of Sand
2018 KTM Release #12:
12. Harold y el Lápiz Color Morado ( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14834658/ ), wild release, photo.
Σχετ: 2018 KTM Release #12:
I want this LFL in my street !
5. Burning Bright
from ILuvToRead2 to a BookRing
34. Ανεμοι πολεμού, by Steven Pressfield
Booklady331's March KTM
6. If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name from Bkind2books to a bookbox
7. The Pearl of the Antilles - from supertalya to j4shaw
8. Intent to Kill by James Grilppando from jmsmom to babypooh
9. She Who Laughs, Lasts! from Meekachu07 to my sister
10. Sound of Butterflies from ravalovestoread to Ann1244
11. The Murder of King Tut from JennyC1230 to Ann1244
12. The Alchemy of Murder from perryfran to Operation Paperback
"I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read."
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Cog (Hardcover)
By Greg van Eekhout, Beatrice Blue (Illustrator)
“Since its creation date some months before, android Cog, designed for realistic human cognition, has lived happily with Gina in a house in the suburbs. When a misunderstanding sends Cog to a new ‘home’ at the headquarters of the tech firm that funded its creation, Cog makes friends with a talking car, a trash-bot, a robo-dog, and a sibling. Cog quickly gets to the heart of artificial intelligence, morality, and a road-trip adventure. This will engage young readers at once and inspire them to question assumptions about appearances, the law, and family.”
— Myles Mickle, Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls, VT
Five robots. One unforgettable journey. Their programming will never be the same.
Wall-E meets The Wild Robot in this middle grade instant classic about five robots on a mission to rescue their inventor from the corporation that controls them all.
Cog looks like a normal twelve-year-old boy. But his name is short for “cognitive development,” and he was built to learn.
But after an accident leaves him damaged, Cog wakes up in an unknown lab—and Gina, the scientist who created and cared for him, is nowhere to be found. Surrounded by scientists who want to study him and remove his brain, Cog recruits four robot accomplices for a mission to find her.
Cog, ADA, Proto, Trashbot, and Car’s journey will likely involve much cognitive development in the form of mistakes, but Cog is willing to risk everything to find his way back to Gina.
In this charming stand-alone adventure, Greg van Eekhout breathes life and wisdom into an unforgettable character and crafts a story sure to earn its place among beloved classics like Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.
Greg van Eekhout lives in San Diego, California, with his astronomy/physics professor wife and two dogs. He’s worked as an educational software developer, ice-cream scooper, part-time college instructor, and telemarketer. Being a writer is the only job he’s ever actually liked. You can find more about Greg at his website: www.writingandsnacks.com.
“A page-turning novel of friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right.”
“Cog is a gem of a robot, and his robotic observations are comedic gold. Readers will be charmed by this sci-fi tale of free choice, hot dogs, and fun word problems.”
— Booklist
“Van Eekhout brings considerable heart and wisdom to this coming-of-age tale. A thought-provoking tale for younger readers about hubris and what it means to be human.”
Praise for Voyage of the Dogs: “Fast-moving, funny, and suspenseful. A deep-space furry adventure with heart and humor.”
“Who’s a good boy? Lopside and the canine crew of the starship Laika! This dogs in space romp will make you sit up and beg for more.”
— Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee
“A crackling page-turner about courage and wonder, full of warmth and heart and characters who jump off the page. It’s my favorite book of the year.”
— Rae Carson, New York Times bestselling author of the Girl of Fire & Thorns series
“Dogs in space? Who knew we needed that? But Greg van Eekhout proves we did! Voyage of the Dogs is a delight, and kids are going to love it.”
— Spencer Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of Woof
“Dog-lovers and space enthusiasts will gravitate to Van Eekhout’s riveting book.”
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs
Juvenile Fiction / Robots
Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
Compact Disc (October 1st, 2019): $25.99
MP3 CD (October 1st, 2019): $39.99
Pre-Recorded Audio Player (October 1st, 2019): $54.99
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The Recruit (MM)
by Addison Albright
JMS Books LLC
Heat Rating: Sensual
0 Ratings (0.0)
Paranormal Vampires/Werewolves Alternative (M/M, Gay)
Albert Manlii has walked this earth for more than two thousand years, but survival on his own was never easy. Now he leads a faction of highly organized vampires who carefully guard the secret of their existence. Unlike the old days, potential recruits are carefully selected and presented with an offer.
Phillip Brewer has weeks to live -- if he lets his disease run its course. He doesn’t want to die, but given a choice, will his desire to live outweigh his concerns about the vampires’ ethics?
When the new recruit’s missteps are cause for concern, can Albert control the fallout, or will Phillip’s life once again be torn apart?
Cover Art by Written Ink Designs
The faction’s security team had chosen this nondescript building, located on a busy street, because it blended. Nobody noticed it. If one were to quiz a random person who passed it every day for details about the structure, they would be at a loss to describe it.
Albert was just a random average-looking person pushing through an ordinary door of an uninteresting building. People on the street moved along without a second glance. There was nothing to see here.
Not calling attention to themselves was front and center on their manifesto. Not just Albert’s faction, but the entire world-wide organization. It was critical to their ongoing survival.
So, this unremarkable building was the perfect place to house the conference room where his faction’s department heads got together for twice-weekly status meetings, as well as special gatherings like today. Their tech people made sure nobody could listen in, either purposely or accidentally. They did the same for their businesses and for each and every member’s home. They would know if anyone was attempting to listen in, but no one was ... because they didn’t draw attention to themselves.
Albert had spent the last two days trying, and failing, to push aside the feelings that had swamped him ever since he’d caught that first whiff of the potential recruit’s tantalizing scent. He straightened his back and tightened his jaw as he marched up the stairway.
The faction had to come first. He’d survived more than two thousand years without a blood-mate, and he could continue to do so. He had to consider the results of the investigation dispassionately and put the needs and safety of the organization ahead of his own personal wants.
Interesting that it would be a man who would affect him so. True, he’d shed his early prejudices against such relationships eons ago, and he’d even had a share of male lovers over the years. But he hadn’t considered that his eventual blood-mate might be a man.
He used basic keys to get through the first door’s knob and two deadbolt locks that wouldn’t look out of place to the casual observer. The second door, down a short hallway, used an electric keycard, and a third, just beyond, required a handprint scan to make it through.
Everyone was assembled when he stepped into the conference room. Eunice slid a folder to him as he sat at the head of the table. The name Phillip Brewer was written in Eunice’s neat handwriting on the tab.
“How did our hospital team miss this guy?” Albert opened the folder and glanced at Juan, whose team members held various jobs in hospitals. Administrative people who could access medical records, and custodial staff, who could observe patients firsthand to identify potentials while remaining unnoticed in the background. The hospital team was their usual source for prospective recruits.
“He hasn’t been in the hospital,” Juan replied. “He has gall-bladder cancer. Rare, and deadly. Spreads fast. Just over a month ago he was fine, then he started feeling sick and went in for what he thought would be a routine examination, maybe pick up a prescription. But it wasn’t. It led to tests, which led in short order to the diagnosis. It was already too advanced for any kind of treatment to do any good. He’s got only a couple weeks, and he’ll be moving into hospice soon. Unless ...”
Albert nodded and flipped through the file. He scanned the unimpressive high school transcript and drummed his fingers on the table. No sign of a college transcript in the folder. Neither was necessarily a deal-breaker, but his lips compressed as his hopes of turning Phillip dropped a couple notches.
Hotshot (MM)
Lolita Lopez
The Wolf in Your Cabin (MM)
Alexia Ward
A Real Family (MM)
H.D. Nels
A Very MC Picnic (MF)
Buried Treasure (MMM)
Jools Louise
The Dragon's Prize (MM)
Victoria Vallo
Carnal Hunger (MM)
Fel Fern
The Bear in Your Neighborhood (MM)
Bronze Dragon's Wolf (MM)
The Dragon's Hesitant Mate (MM)
The Breath of Life (MM)
Pelaam
Commanding Officer Thomas (MM)
J.M. Snyder
Heart of Sapphire (MM)
Love and Mystery Box Set (MM)
W.S. Long
Remember Him (MM)
A Sinful Little Gift (MM)
Kassandra Lea
The Choice (MM)
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news, local-news, keith, council, tatiara, safety, parking, cars
Tatiara District Council has received plans for potential parking changes near the Keith War Memorial Community Kindergarten and Childcare Centre. Fresh from the centre's expression of concern over the safety of its children due to speeding cars, the proposed changes are expected to provide a wide range of safety benefits. Council's director of infrastructure and operations Aaron Hillier recently consulted with the child care centre to listen to concerns and potential solutions. The centre's governing council voiced concerns regarding the limited number of short term car parks within close proximity of the centre. Mr Hillier said the staff have been investigating and monitoring the use of the car park at peak periods to ascertain the need to increase parking spaces. "Early data indicates that the existing short term parking is too narrow and is not utilised fully," Mr Hillier said. Based on the data, the current parking area has been redesigned to accommodate a disabled car park, widen the short term parking bays and add an additional three parking bays. Mr Hillier said the centre is facing a problem when it comes to people using the narrow parking lanes, stating users are worried to park next to each other. "Initially it was said that there wasn't enough parking, however, we did go and take some observations and part of the issue was that people are not comfortable parking between cars," Mr Hillier said. "There were three car parks there that weren't used at all, whereas the other car parks were." Mr Hillier mentioned widening the current car parks will benefit users and provide an added safety aspect to nearby cars. "The theory behind this is that we'll widen the car parks in front of the kindergarten and that will allow for people to park more easily and get children out without damaging any cars," Mr Hillier said. Although the parking changes will provide users with some relief, there is still some concern over drivers not going the signed 25km/h when children are present. Mr Hillier suggested extra signage could be installed well before the child care centre to remind drivers of the speed limit. He stated the average speed by drivers on Anzac Terrace was around 42km/h, well above the signed limit. Keith War Memorial Community Kindergarten and Childcare Centre governing council chair Kellie Jordan said some drivers may be unaware of the child care centre having children "coming and going" right throughout the day, unlike the set times imposed at Keith Area School. During the most recent council meeting, Ms Jordan said the proposed parking changes will provide some benefit, but she doesn't believe it will cover all of the child care centre's safety concerns. "We're happy with Aaron's recommendations, but we don't feel as though this is going to resolve all of the safety issues - I don't feel like it is enough," Ms Jordan said. Council will proceed with the proposed parking changes, but will monitor the situation to see whether a safety audit needs to be done to assess further safety changes.
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Parking space changes proposed near Keith child care
Tatiara District Council has received plans for potential parking changes near the Keith War Memorial Community Kindergarten and Childcare Centre.
Fresh from the centre's expression of concern over the safety of its children due to speeding cars, the proposed changes are expected to provide a wide range of safety benefits.
Council's director of infrastructure and operations Aaron Hillier recently consulted with the child care centre to listen to concerns and potential solutions.
The centre's governing council voiced concerns regarding the limited number of short term car parks within close proximity of the centre.
Mr Hillier said the staff have been investigating and monitoring the use of the car park at peak periods to ascertain the need to increase parking spaces.
"Early data indicates that the existing short term parking is too narrow and is not utilised fully," Mr Hillier said.
Based on the data, the current parking area has been redesigned to accommodate a disabled car park, widen the short term parking bays and add an additional three parking bays.
Mr Hillier said the centre is facing a problem when it comes to people using the narrow parking lanes, stating users are worried to park next to each other.
"Initially it was said that there wasn't enough parking, however, we did go and take some observations and part of the issue was that people are not comfortable parking between cars," Mr Hillier said.
"There were three car parks there that weren't used at all, whereas the other car parks were."
Mr Hillier mentioned widening the current car parks will benefit users and provide an added safety aspect to nearby cars.
"The theory behind this is that we'll widen the car parks in front of the kindergarten and that will allow for people to park more easily and get children out without damaging any cars," Mr Hillier said.
Although the parking changes will provide users with some relief, there is still some concern over drivers not going the signed 25km/h when children are present.
Mr Hillier suggested extra signage could be installed well before the child care centre to remind drivers of the speed limit.
He stated the average speed by drivers on Anzac Terrace was around 42km/h, well above the signed limit.
Keith War Memorial Community Kindergarten and Childcare Centre governing council chair Kellie Jordan said some drivers may be unaware of the child care centre having children "coming and going" right throughout the day, unlike the set times imposed at Keith Area School.
During the most recent council meeting, Ms Jordan said the proposed parking changes will provide some benefit, but she doesn't believe it will cover all of the child care centre's safety concerns.
"We're happy with Aaron's recommendations, but we don't feel as though this is going to resolve all of the safety issues - I don't feel like it is enough," Ms Jordan said.
Council will proceed with the proposed parking changes, but will monitor the situation to see whether a safety audit needs to be done to assess further safety changes.
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Small Town Brewery
Everyone loves root beer. So it shouldn’t come as a shock that an alcoholic version, recently introduced into Massachusetts, is selling like mad.
Not Your Father’s Root Beer is a product of Small Town Brewery, of Wauconda, Ill. Since April 8, Craft Beer Cellar in Braintree has ordered 69 cases, according to owner Kay Lorenz, who can’t keep it in stock.
This was the first I’d heard of Small Town, which has a beautiful website, with buzzwords like “tradition” and “passion” overlaid onto a close-up of a hand reaching into a bin of grain.
“We have had thousands of requests from all over the country,” the site reads, but getting in touch is another thing. An e-mail to the contact form goes unanswered; calls over several days to the phone number listed for the brewery go to voice mail for a full inbox.
Later, a tweet to Small Town’s official Twitter account gets an immediate response, and I’m quickly connected to someone from a PR company, who sends canned answers to my questions.
Finally, I get an interview with the head brewer. On the phone, Tim Kovac relays a story about how a canceled European trip gave him time to brew with his college-age son. The pair decided on a root beer, perfecting the recipe over the course of two years. “The first batches tasted like root beer, but something was a little off,” says Kovac. Eventually, the beer that won out was an ale. Kovac lists wintergreen, sarsaparilla bark, anacin, cinnamon, nutmeg, Madagascar vanilla beans, and honey as ingredients.
Poured into a glass, Not Your Father’s Root Beer buzzes with the unmistakable fizz of a soda. It tastes like the root beer you grew up on, sweet and syrupy and begging to be poured over vanilla ice cream. It’s tasty, even if it drinks like dessert.
But this is beer, right? There must be hops in it.
“It has floral hops in it,” says Kovac. “A very small amount.” Tasting it, it’s nearly impossible to imagine a scenario in which there are hops.
“What kind of hops?” I ask.
“You want to know the names of the hops?” Kovac says, pausing. “Crystal,” pause again, “Willamette.”
Kovac tells me he brews more than 30 different kinds of beer, but other than the root beer at three ABV levels — 5.9 percent, 10.7 percent, and 19.5 percent — they’re not listed on the website. Small Town brews the two higher-alcohol beers on site and sells them locally, while the 5.9 percent beer is brewed in La Crosse, Wis. Kovac is vague about that arrangement.
Beer people are nothing if not skeptical, and there are Reddit and Beer Advocate forums dedicated to figuring out what Small Town is all about. I ask Kovac if Small Town is an independent company.
“It’s just me and a couple others here, but they work part time,” says Kovac.
I imagine someone brewing in a garage.
A couple days later, I discover an LLC filing with the state of Illinois that lists Small Town as part of Innovative Brewing, a subsidiary of Phusion Projects, makers of Four Loko. When I show it to the PR company, they go silent for days, then finally back off their claims of independence, explaining that Small Town was recently acquired by Eugene Kashper, the owner of Pabst.
No garage location going on here, just a lot of modern marketing for a new, old-fashioned root beer.
• 99 Bottles: Gary Dzen writes about beers, ale, lagers, and microbrews
• Beer dinners at Foundry on Elm offer light touch
• There’s a beer for every mood, season, and event
• As lines grow, tree house brewing is ready to expand
Gary Dzen can be reached at gary.dzen@globe.com.
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Donald Trump Vows to Keep Fighting Radical Islamic Terrorism in Africa
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Charlie Spiering
President Donald Trump commented on the ongoing fight against Boko Haram and radical Islamic terrorists in Africa, despite his successful efforts to fight the Islamic State in the Middle East.
“We have very much decimated ISIS … but Boko Haram has been terrible,” he said.
Trump made his remarks to reporters during a meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House on Monday.
In 2016, Boko Haram split. One group renamed themselves as the Islamic State in West Africa, seizing territory in countries like Nigeria.
“It’s a hotbed, and we’re going to to be stopping that,” Trump said, referring to the ongoing terrorist activity in the region.
Trump said he was also concerned about Christians getting killed in Nigeria and would continue to work on the problem.
Some groups have estimated that at least 16,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since June 2015, mostly due to violence from radical Islamic terrorists.
National SecurityPoliticsBoko HaramChristiansDonald TrumpIslamic state in west africaNigeria
Photos Reveal Chaos as Rock-Throwing Caravan Migrants Push into Mexico
Clinton Claims She Had No Idea Harvey Weinstein Was Alleged Rapist
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Archives & Research
Ed-Venture Programs Overview
Ed-Venture Traveling Programs
The Carbon County Museum houses three separate gallery spaces that cover different aspects of our local history. We also have a separate Children’s Zone for them to explore. Visitors enjoy a variety of exhibits that reflect the history, people, and events of our region.
Main Gallery Space
The Main Gallery features a variety of exhibits, including the original Wyoming State Flag, the history of Carbon County, and early settler life.
Other exhibits in the main gallery include our new Women’s Exhibit, “Grace, Grit and Guts: Women of Carbon County” as well as a Native American exhibit, a Union Pacific exhibit, and our “Outlaws” exhibit featuring Big Nose George Parrot. The colorful history of Carbon County’s earlier days is reflected in this gallery.
Military Room
We have a smaller gallery where we focus on military history. Original objects include a variety of items from the funeral procession of President Abraham Lincoln, soldiers’ supplies from World War II, medical devices as well as a variety of guns.
The attached garage of our museum holds incredible treasures! Our larger objects are housed here, including a vintage racing car, a sheep wagon, a sleigh, and other treasures from our county, such as snowshoes for horses and original mail pouches. Spend some time in the garage -- it’s quite fascinating.
Off of the foyer we have a place for exploratory zone for children focused on Carbon County’s mining history.
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Welcome to the Algarve.
Gorgeous beaches, warm water and glorious sunshine year-round: the dream holiday destination.
Situated on the extreme South of Portugal, this part of the territory was the last to be conquered from the Moors by the Portuguese king Dom Afonso III, in 1292.
However, the distance that was difficult to cover back in the 13th Century is no longer an obstacle thanks to Faro International Airport and the A22 motorway that runs the entire length of the Algarve from the Spanish border to Lagos in the west.
The last stretch of Lisbon-Algarve motorway makes the 290 km journey possible under three hours.
The Algarve is a favourite destination for Europeans seeking to exchange the stress and fast pace of modern urban living in their own countries for a more relaxed and healthy lifestyle abroad.
So why not visit this charming region, which offers over 300 days a year of sunshine and idyllic temperatures (average temperature in winter of 14ºC and 24ºC in Summer, rarely going below 12ºC during Winter and reaching as high as 28ºC or 30ºC in July and August), which are ideal for playing golf and other sports.
The standard of living is high, and costs are relatively low compared to northern Europe.
The Algarve boasts some of the best-unspoiled beaches in Portugal, a perfect setting for water sports, sailing, big game fishing and other maritime activities. Blue Flag awards are in abundance across the Algarve.
The majority of the finest championship golf courses are concentrated in this region, which attracts a steady influx of golfers all year round. Algarve was elected for the second consecutive year, "Best Golf Destination in Continental Europe" by the Annual Travel Awards 2018 (organisation of the British magazine Today's Golfer). The region also won the "Best Value Golf Destination in Continental Europe" award, which has already been awarded to the Algarve four times (2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017).
There is no shortage of sporting and leisure activities for the non-golfer such as tennis, horse-riding, bird watching, walking, swimming, fishing, sailing, jet skiing and microlight flying. There are also a growing number of well-equipped gyms and health and beauty salons.
In today’s world safety is perhaps one of the most important considerations: the crime rate is comparatively low in the Algarve, as in most regions of Portugal.
Portuguese is the seventh most widely spoken language in the world, but it is not easy to learn. Much to the relief of European visitors, most of the younger Portuguese and those in business or the tourist industry, have an excellent command of English, which is now the second language in schools.
For many, the Algarve is Europe’s answer to paradise.
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Keyword(s): Unauthorized Transaction; Diligence
Standard(s) Violated: Article 701; 607; 606(b); 202; 201
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he effectuated a series of withdrawals totaling approximately $22,000 from Client’s 401(k) account based solely on the oral instructions of her husband, despite Respondent’s previous assurances to Client that her husband had no access to the account, resulting in surrender penalties of almost $500, as well as income taxes on the withdrawals and a 10% early withdrawal penalty.
Keyword(s): Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Professional Discipline; Employer Policy Violation; Diligence; Court Order Violation; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; 606(b); 607; 606(a); 701; 201
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he did not respond to a complaint issued to him by CFP Board.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Churning; Misrepresentation; Professional Discipline; Bankruptcy; Suitability; Forgery; Employer Policy Violation; Customer Complaints; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Unauthorized Transaction; Fitness; Disclosure to Clie
Standard(s) Violated: Article 2.1; 606(a); Article 3(a); 606(b); 201; 607; 406; 102
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) was the subject of at least five customer arbitrations alleging unsuitability, unauthorized trading, misrepresentation, churning, fraud and violations of both state and federal securities laws; 2) was alleged to have falsified customer account documents; 3) was permitted to resign from his firm due to unacceptable business practices; and 4) filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.
Keyword(s): Record-Keeping; Failure to Notify CFP Board; Outside Business Activity; Previous Discipline; Conflict of Interest
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; Article 3(a); 606(a); Article 3(e); 607; 606(b); 407(a)
Matter Type(s): FINRA Arbitration; Civil Court
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he conducted outside business activities without disclosing them to his employer and without obtaining his employer’s approval.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Professionalism; Advertising; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Settlement; Failure to Register
Standard(s) Violated: Article 607; 201; 102; Article 3(f); 401(b); 606(a); 101(a); 401(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he did not respond to a Settlement Offer issued to him by CFP Board.
Keyword(s): Advertising; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Professionalism; Failure to Cooperate with Staff
Standard(s) Violated: Article 607; 201; Article 3(f); Article 3(a); 602
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he solicited financial professionals through an e-mail that contained unprofessional language.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Employer Policy Violation; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Securities Laws Violation; Diligence; Serious Crime; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 406; Article 3(e); 201; 606(a); Article 3(c); Article 3(a); 607; 102
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when when he did not respond to a Complaint issued to him by CFP Board.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Customer Complaints; Arbitration; Unauthorized Transaction; Professional Discipline; Securities Laws Violation; Fitness
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 701; 606(a); 607; 201; 606(b)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when she executed trades in a trust account without the trustee’s authorization.
Keyword(s): Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Failure to Cooperate with Staff; Settlement; Misrepresentation; Professional Discipline
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; 606(a); 102; Article 3(d); 202; 501(a); 607; 201
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when she impersonated a client in order to effect a transfer of accounts from one Broker-Dealer to another.
Keyword(s): Disclosure to Clients; Suitability; Commission/Compensation; Conflict of Interest; Client's Best Interest
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 607; 202; 201; 401(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when she: 1) invested the majority of a client’s investment funds in a long-term contract when one of the client’s goals was liquidity; 2) did not inform the client of a federal tax benefit that would allow for liquidity; 3) did not disclose information about fees, charges or commissions regarding a variable annuity in which she invested the client’s funds; and 4) did not disclose to the client that Respondent was only authorized to sell long-term care insurance policies for one company.
Keyword(s): Diligence; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Employer Policy Violation; Unauthorized Transaction; Professionalism; Professional Discipline
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 607; 606(a); 201; 701; 406; 606(b)
Keyword(s): Failure to Register; Professionalism; Client's Best Interest; Borrowing from Client; Interim Suspension; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Suitability
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(f); Article 3(a); 606(b); 607; 201; 202; 703
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) did not prepare a financial plan for a client (“Client”) after agreeing to do so; 2) borrowed money from the Client; 3) recommended and sold a viatical to the Client, who was 85 years old at the time, when Respondent was not licensed to do so; and 4) did not provide an Answer to CFP Board’s Complaint.
Keyword(s): Professionalism; Client's Best Interest; Forgery; Misrepresentation; Professional Discipline; Unauthorized Transaction; Employer Policy Violation; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Settlement
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(d); 201; 406; 102; 103(c); 607; 202; 606(b)
Matter Type(s): FINRA Discipline; Client Dissatisfaction
Summary: Whether a candidate for CFP® certification violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he signed clients’ signatures on documents without their authorization.
Keyword(s): Employer Policy Violation; Record-Keeping; Conflict of Interest; Securities Laws Violation; Professional Discipline; Disclosure to Clients
Standard(s) Violated: Article 607; 606(b); 606(a); 406
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he caused his firm to violate record-keeping provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
Keyword(s): Fitness; Outside Business Activity; Employer Policy Violation; Unauthorized Transaction; Arbitration
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 406; 606(a); 606(b); 607
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when his employer (“Broker Dealer”) found that he had violated its policies by signing documents for a client without written authorization from the Broker Dealer and by not reporting outside activities to the Broker Dealer.
Keyword(s): Diligence; Employer Policy Violation; Conflict of Interest; Borrowing from Client
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 406; 201; 606(b); 409; 607
Matter Type(s): Professionalism; Civil Court
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) accepted a $100,000 loan from a client, which violated his firm's policy against borrowing from clients; 2) failed to repay the client's loan according to the original terms of the promssory note; 3) failed to disclose any potential conflicts of interest and the risks associated with the promissory note; 4) failed to determine whether the promissory note he executed with his client was appropriate for his client; 5) allowed the client to purchase a piece of real estate for Respondent's benefit; and 6) failed to disclose any potential conflicts of interest and the risks associated with the client's purchase of a piece of real estate.
Keyword(s): Competency; Employer Policy Violation; Professional Discipline; Commission/Compensation; Suitability; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Failure to Notify CFP Board; Disclosure to CFP Board; Conflict of Interest; Disclosure to Clients
Standard(s) Violated: Article 302; 401(a); 606(a); 408; 406; Article 3(d); 201; Article 3(e); Article 3(f)
Matter Type(s): Client Dissatisfaction; FINRA Arbitration
Summary: Whether a CFP® certificant violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) sold promissory notes to individuals who were not customers of his broker-dealer (“Broker-Dealer”) without notice to the Broker-Dealer; and 2) received compensation for the sale of the promissory notes without permission from the Broker-Dealer.
Keyword(s): Diligence; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Fitness; Bankruptcy; Client's Best Interest; Disclosure to CFP Board; Commingling; Borrowing from Client; Fraud Related to Professional Activity
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 102; 409; Article 3(a); 607; 201; 704; 103(d)
Keyword(s): Unauthorized Transaction; Disclosure to Clients; Professionalism; Diligence; Breach of Contract; Arbitration
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 606(b); 201; 701; 607
Matter Type(s): FINRA Arbitration; Client Dissatisfaction
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he repeatedly purchased securities in a non-discretionary account without authorization from the client (“Client”).
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Procurement/Contracts Management Department
The Procurement Department may purchase goods, services, and supplies through the use of IFBs (Invitation for Bids), RFQs (Request for Quotes), RFPs (Request for Proposals), Intergovernmental “Piggyback” contracts, and other methods as permitted by law. The Department handles terms, contracts, price negotiating, and delivery of goods and services for the CHA.
Mission and Goals:
The Procurement/Contracts Management Department of the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston (CHA) is committed to the development of procurement policies and procedures and administration of the Housing Authority City of Charleston’s Procurement Policy that provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all persons or firms involved in purchasing by the CHA; assure that goods, supplies, services and construction are procured efficiently, effectively, and at prices most favorable to the CHA; promote full and open competition in contracting; provide safeguards in maintaining a procurement system of quality and integrity; and assure that CHA purchases are in full compliance with applicable Federal standards, HUD regulations, and State and local laws.
We are committed to delivering and promoting excellence in customer service and vendor relations.
Priscilla Waring Lee, Procurement/Contracts Manager
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Hours of Operation: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
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How to Do Business with the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston:
New vendors please complete and return a Vendor Information Form. For additional information, you may also download our brochure Doing Business With CHA. Please visit our Solicitations page for current opportunities along with guidelines, forms and general documentation related to doing business with CHA.
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Are Today’s Partners Deploying the Crypto-Agility Needed for Quantum Computing?
Ready or not, quantum computing is coming. Are your security systems ready? By Tim Hollebeek
Quantum computing is poised to deliver a giant leap forward in processing power, quickly solving complex problems that today’s computers take ages to complete. A quantum computer’s power is its ability to generate and manipulate quantum bits, or qubits, rather than the ones and zeroes of today’s computers.
When security systems are not built to address new crypto algorithms, however, they are vulnerable to new cyber threats. According to organizations such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), current public key cryptography will be broken by a large-scale quantum computer within 10 years, placing your customers at risk.
While quantum computers may be years away, technology vendors need to address formattable algorithms such as quantum cryptography today to be prepared to withstand future post-quantum computer attacks. Giving information security systems the flexibility to support current and future cryptographic algorithms without requiring significant system changes, which I call “crypto-agility,” is a business imperative if an organization is to be prepared for the quantum computing threat.
Readying yourself for post-quantum crypto should begin with asking your technology partners if they support crypto-agility. If they don’t, working with a trusted certificate authority (CA) could be the answer you need.
CAs issue TSL/SSL certificates and certify the ownership of digital keys. They provide foundational technology in the form of encryption and authentication, called public key infrastructure, or PKI. Web servers and IoT devices using PKI have validated domain names and identities, and use encrypted communication. Digital infrastructure affects virtually everything and everyone these days, so PKI is mission-critical when it comes to protecting governments, businesses, and users.
Ben Franklin once said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This holds true today when it comes to protecting enterprise assets with the right security solutions. Here are three steps you can take now to prepare yourself for the post-quantum future:
1. Participate in the post-quantum crypto (PQC) technology ecosystem
Today, many companies are collaboratively developing and integrating products and services to create next-generation PQC solutions. By aligning with others in the industry, you will be ahead of the curve as we move into the PQC era.
2. Deploy future-proofing crypto technology
Look for companies you can work with that have crypto-agility technologies, tools, and solutions. You need this now to create proofs of concept and test and verify products. This will help you better understand what the problems are and how you can work with your technology partners to solve them. It will also help you understand how these technologies will integrate into existing systems.
3. Consider thought leadership
Are you, or your customers, actively involved in the CA/Browser Forum or other standards groups, such as NIST? These groups advance industry best practices to improve how certificates are used to secure communications and protect identities. When a company gets involved in helping to develop standards and prepare for future transitions, they put themselves in a leadership position within the competitive landscape.
Having crypto-agility in place has become a necessity. Preparing now will enable you to migrate to cryptographic algorithms such as PQC in an easier, automated way. Choosing to delay will increase the vulnerability of your customers, who will lack the inherent safety measures and incident response mechanisms needed to protect them.
TIM HOLLEBEEK, who is industry and standards technical strategist at DigiCert, has more than 15 years of computer security experience, including eight years working on innovative security research funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He remains heavily involved as the primary representative for DigiCert in multiple industry standards bodies, including the CA/Browser Forum, striving for improved information security practices that work with real-world implementations. A mathematician by trade, Tim spends a lot of time considering security approaches to quantum computing.
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The content and works on these pages compiled by their operators are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution as well as any kind of exploitation, which lies beyond the limits of copyright law, requires the written consent of the respective author or originator. Downloads and copies from this page are only permitted for private, not commercial use. Insofar as the content of this page was not compiled by the operator, third party copyrights shall be observed. In particular, third party content shall be marked as such. In the event that you still become aware of a copyright violation, we kindly ask you to inform us accordingly. We shall immediately remove such content upon discovery of infringements.
CheckMyBus GmbH operates a search engine for national and international intercity bus connections. The comparison portal enables visitors to check the bus providers’ offers for availability, ticket prices, departure times, routes, amenities and further travel information. In addition, car sharing agencies, train companies and airline offers can also be compared. Users who select a trip will be redirected to external websites of the mobility providers to book the tickets. No personal data is generated.
We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of the CheckMyBus GmbH. The use of the Internet pages as well as the mobile applications (apps) of the CheckMyBus GmbH is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special enterprise services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the CheckMyBus GmbH. By means of this data protection declaration, our enterprise would like to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.
As the controller, the CheckMyBus GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone.
The data protection declaration of the CheckMyBus GmbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the terminology used.
CheckMyBus GmbH
Phone: +49 (0) 911 310440-0
Email: info@checkmybus.com
Website: www.checkmybus.com
The Internet pages of the CheckMyBus GmbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.
Through the use of cookies, the CheckMyBus GmbH can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.
By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies, e.g. does not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The website of the CheckMyBus GmbH collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, the CheckMyBus GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, the CheckMyBus GmbH analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
The website of the CheckMyBus GmbH contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our enterprise, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.
6. Ratings and Comments function on the website
CheckMyBus GmbH offers users the possibility to leave ratings and individual comments about bus providers on the website.
If a data subject leaves a rating and/or a comment on this website, the comments made by the data subject are also stored and published, as well as information on the date of the commentary and on the user's (pseudonym) chosen by the data subject. In addition, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject is also logged. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, and in case the data subject violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content through a given comment. The storage of this personal data is, therefore, in the own interest of the data controller, so that he or she can exculpate in the event of an infringement. This collected personal data will not be passed to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of the defense of the data controller.
The CheckMyBus GmbH offers users the possibility to leave individual comments on individual blog contributions on a blog, which is on the website of the controller. A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal, through which one or more people called bloggers or web-bloggers may post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blogposts. Blogposts may usually be commented by third parties.
If a data subject leaves a comment on the blog published on this website, the comments made by the data subject are also stored and published, as well as information on the date of the commentary and on the user's (pseudonym) chosen by the data subject. In addition, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to the data subject is also logged. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons, and in case the data subject violates the rights of third parties, or posts illegal content through a given comment. The storage of these personal data is, therefore, in the own interest of the data controller, so that he can exculpate in the event of an infringement. This collected personal data will not be passed to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of the defense of the data controller.
9. Rights of the data subject
• the purposes of the processing;
• the categories of personal data concerned;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
• where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
• the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;
• the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
• where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
• The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
• The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
• The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
• The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
• The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by the CheckMyBus GmbH, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. An employee of CheckMyBus GmbH shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.
Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. An employees of the CheckMyBus GmbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.
• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by the CheckMyBus GmbH, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The employee of the CheckMyBus GmbH will arrange the restriction of the processing.
In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee of the CheckMyBus GmbH.
The CheckMyBus GmbH shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If the CheckMyBus GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the CheckMyBus GmbH to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the CheckMyBus GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by the CheckMyBus GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of the CheckMyBus GmbH. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject's explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, the CheckMyBus GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the CheckMyBus GmbH.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the CheckMyBus GmbH.
10. Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
For security reasons and for the protection of the transfer of confidential content (e. g. requests you send to us as service provider), this website makes use of SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection when your browser's address bar changes from "https://" to "https://". In addition, you can see a small locket symbol in the address bar.
When SSL encryption is activated, the data transmitted to us cannot be read by third parties.
11. CheckMyBus-App
The CheckMyBus app represents another way to access our comparison website. In general, collection, processing and usage of data do not deviate from respective processes on our website. For this reason, the information included in this data protection statement is likewise valid with regards to the app.
To offer you various features, this service demands so-called access authorization. You can refer to your app settings to see which authorizations are needed.
When you send a request, we collect data regarding your current location via GPS. Information on your current location is used for the sole purpose of processing your request. The transmission of your location data is effected via an encrypted connection. When using the operating software iOS, this is only possible after you've given your consent.
The operating company of Google's AdSense component is Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States.
The purpose of Google's AdSense component is the integration of advertisements on our website. Google AdSense places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Alphabet Inc. is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google AdSense component is integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google AdSense component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Alphabet Inc. During the course of this technical procedure, the enterprise Alphabet Inc. gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Alphabet Inc., inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently create commission settlements.
Furthermore, Google AdSense also uses so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in web pages to enable a log file recording and a log file analysis through which a statistical analysis may be performed. Based on the embedded tracking pixels, Alphabet Inc. is able to determine if and when a website was opened by a data subject, and which links were clicked on by the data subject. Tracking pixels serve, inter alia, to analyze the flow of visitors on a website.
On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
For the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller uses the application "_gat. _anonymizeIp". By means of this application the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is abridged by Google and anonymised when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and under https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html . Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.
On this website, the controller has integrated Google Remarketing services. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords, which allows an enterprise to display advertising to Internet users who have previously resided on the enterprise's Internet site. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows an enterprise to create user-based advertising and thus shows relevant advertisements to interested Internet users.
Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google enables a recognition of the visitor of our website if he calls up consecutive web pages, which are also a member of the Google advertising network. With each call-up to an Internet site on which the service has been integrated by Google Remarketing, the web browser of the data subject identifies automatically with Google. During the course of this technical procedure, Google receives personal information, such as the IP address or the surfing behaviour of the user, which Google uses, inter alia, for the insertion of interest relevant advertising.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to the interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must call up the link to https://www.google.de/settings/ads/ and make the desired settings on each Internet browser used by the data subject.
Further information and the actual data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
On this website, the controller has integrated Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows the advertiser to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords with the help of which an ad on Google's search results only then displayed, when the user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google Advertising Network, the ads are distributed on relevant web pages using an automatic algorithm, taking into account the previously defined keywords.
The data subject has a possibility of objecting to the interest based advertisement of Google. Therefore, the data subject must access from each of the browsers in use the link https://www.google.de/settings/ads/ and set the desired settings.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-site of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the "Like" button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then Facebook matches this information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
On this website, the controller has integrated components of Twitter. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly-accessible microblogging service on which users may publish and spread so-called ‘tweets,’ e.g. short messages, which are limited to 280 characters. These short messages are available for everyone, including those who are not logged on to Twitter. The tweets are also displayed to so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Furthermore, Twitter allows you to address a wide audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding Twitter component of Twitter. Further information about the Twitter buttons is available under https://dev.twitter.com/web/tweet-button. During the course of this technical procedure, Twitter gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject. The purpose of the integration of the Twitter component is a retransmission of the contents of this website to allow our users to introduce this web page to the digital world and increase our visitor numbers.
On this website, the controller has integrated components of the service Instagram. Instagram is a service that may be qualified as an audiovisual platform, which allows users to share photos and videos, as well as disseminate such data in other social networks.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to the download of a display of the corresponding Instagram component of Instagram. During the course of this technical procedure, Instagram becomes aware of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
Instagram receives information via the Instagram component that the data subject has visited our website provided that the data subject is logged in at Instagram at the time of the call to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the Instagram button or not. If such a transmission of information to Instagram is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she can prevent this by logging off from their Instagram account before a call-up to our website is made.
On this website, the controller has integrated components of YouTube. YouTube is an Internet video portal that enables video publishers to set video clips and other users free of charge, which also provides free viewing, review and commenting on them. YouTube allows you to publish all kinds of videos, so you can access both full movies and TV broadcasts, as well as music videos, trailers, and videos made by users via the Internet portal.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component. Further information about YouTube may be obtained under https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/. During the course of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
YouTube's data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
21. Forwarding to External Websites
The price comparison portal CheckMyBus forwards customers to external websites to book tickets. The forwarding takes place via buttons or as marked advertisment. The applicable privacy policy can be viewed on the respective website and only this privacy policy is valid. We are in no way responsible for the content of the pages to which we provide links.
Customers are either forwarded directly to a mobility company or through an affiliate network to a mobility company. On this website, the controller has integrated components by affiliate networks, that offer affiliate marketing.
Affiliate marketing is a web-based form of distribution, which allows commercial operators of Internet sites, the so-called merchants or advertisers, to show advertising, which will be paid mostly through click or sale commissions, on third-party Internet sites that are also called affiliates or publishers. The Merchant provides through the affiliate network an advertising medium, such as an advertising banner or other suitable means of Internet advertising, which is subsequently integrated by an affiliate on its own Internet pages or via other channels such as keyword advertising or e-mail marketing.
The affiliate network sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. The tracking cookie of the affiliate network stores no personal data. Only the identification number of the affiliate, that is, the partner mediating the potential customer, as well as the ordinal number of the visitor of a website and the clicked advertising medium are stored. The purpose of this data storage is the processing of commission payments between a merchant and affiliate, which are processed through the affiliate network.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the Internet browser used and, thus, permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent the affiliate network from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by the affiliate network may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.
On this website, components from the following affiliate networks have been integrated:
The applicable data protection provisions of Awin may be accessed under https://www.awin.com/gb/legal.
The operating company of Tradedoubler is Tradedoubler GmbH, Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße 26, 80331 München, Germany.
The applicable data protection provisions of Tradedoubler may be accessed under https://www.tradedoubler.com/en/privacy-policy/.
The operating company of Affilinet is affilinet GmbH, Sapporobogen 6-8, 80637 München, Germany.
The applicable data protection provisions of Affilinet may be accessed under https://www.affili.net/uk/footeritem/privacy-policy.
NetAffiliation
The operating company of NetAffiliation is Kwanko S.A., 60 boulevard du Maréchale Joffre, 92340 Bourg-la-Reine, France.
The applicable data protection provisions of NetAffiliation may be accessed under https://en.netaffiliation.com/privacy/netaffiliation-privacy-policy.
TimeOne – Performance
The operating company of TimeOne – Performance is PUBLIC-IDEES SA, 20-24 rue Jacques Ibert, 92300 Levallois Perret, France.
The applicable data protection provisions of TimeOne – Performance may be accessed under https://performance.timeonegroup.com/en/our-company/privacy-policies/.
The operating company of Commission Junction is Conversant Europe Limited, 1st Floor, 40 Dukes Place, London, EC3A 7NH, United Kingdom.
The applicable data protection provisions of Commission Junction may be accessed under https://www.conversantmedia.eu/legal/privacy-policy.
This Privacy Policy has been generated by the Privacy Policy Generator of the German Association for Data Protection that was developed in cooperation with RC GmbH, which sells used IT and the filesharing Lawyers from WBS-LAW (https://www.wbs-law.de/eng/copyright-infringement-warning-letter/).
27. Apple® Brands
Apple®, iPod® and iPhone® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. CheckMyBus is not affiliated with Apple Computer Incorporated.
28. Intent Media Offers
We offer personalized shopping experiences and advertising through Intent Media, which uses online identifiers to identify visitors. To view Intent Media’s privacy policy, click here. To optout, click here.
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CliffsNotes: Melville's Moby Dick.
By: BALDWIN, Stanley P.
Publisher: Chicago: IDG Books, 2001. 0764586645:
"...background information about the author, an introduction to the novel, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index." Pp.135. Pbk. VG. View more info
Melville. A Collection of Critical Essays.
By: CHASE, Richard.
Publisher: Englewood: Prentice-Hall, 1962.:
Rep. "In this collection, the author has gathered the leading critical essays which stimulated and established the Melville revival". Pp 168. Pbk, creasing to cover. G+. View more info
Herman Melville: Research Opportunities and Dissertation Abstracts.
By: HAYASHI, Tetsumaro.(ed).:
Publisher: Jefferson:McFarland & Co.,1987.:
1st ed. "The purpose of this reference book is to anthologize the available English-language dissertation abstracts on Herman Melville, to index them properly for the benefit of future doctoral candidates planning to write a dissertation,book, or essay on Melville, and to enlighten such scholars with an essay on 'Research Opportunities in Herman Melville'." Pp.12/482. Green cloth. VG+. View more info
Profiles in Literature. Herman Melville.
By: MAXWELL, D. E. S.:
Publisher: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968.:
2nd copy. Pp 101, pages slightly toned, loss to top corner of fep. P/b, minor toning to covers. G+. View more info
Profiles in Literature: Herman Melville.
By: MAXWELL. D E S.:
Publisher: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1968.:
1st copy. " Professor Maxwell describes in this volume the development of Melville's art as a novelist, with particular reference to his depiction of character and his use of symbolism." Pp.101. P/b, slightly marked covers. G+. View more info
Hawthorne, Melville, and the American Character. A Looking-glass Business.
By: McWILLIAMS, John P., Jr.:
Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984.:
1st ed. "The writings of Hawthorne and Melville are studied in the context of their generation's assumptions about the character and direction of America." Pp. 11/261. Dark blue cloth, d/w has clear film protective wrap. VG/G+. View more info
White Jacket. Or The World in a Man of War.
By: MELVILLE, Herman.
Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1923.:
White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, originally published in London in 1850. The book is based on the author's fourteen months service in the United States Navy, aboard the frigate USS United States....The novel contains vivid descriptions of flogging, a brutal staple of 19th century naval discipline. Pp.374, the inside front board has an interesting wood-cut bookplate "Ex.Libris R.T.Gibbon" which shows a gibbon hanging from a tree and reaching up to pick an apple, another owner's name to inside front board, pages browning. ... View more info
Mardi. And A Voyage Thither.
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Melville.
By: ROSENBERRY, Edward H. [ Herman Melville ].:
Publisher: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979.:
1st ed. "The life and writings of one of America's greatest men of letters are examined in their historical context in this new study". Pp. 12/170, 4 illustrations. Blue cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/G+. View more info
Melville: The Ironic Diagram.
By: SEELYE, John.:
Publisher: Evanston:Northwestern University Press,1970.:
1st ed. Essays about Herman Melville's works. Pp.14/177. Black cloth, blue motif to front board. VG. View more info
Herman Melville's World of Whaling.
By: UJHAZY, Maria.:
Publisher: Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1982.:
1st ed. A penetrating analysis of the book 'Moby-Dick'. Pp. 195. Laminated boards. VG. View more info
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Podcasts to Listen To: The Casagrandes Familia Sounds and the best kids podcasts to listen to
As the number of podcasts for adults has grown, so have podcasts for kids. From helping kids learn about the world around them to magical fantasy stories, there are many options for kids to get in on the fun of listening to podcasts. Here are a few podcasts for kids to listen to.
The Casagrandes Familia Sounds
From Nickelodeon’s "The Casagrandes," Ronnie Anne gives listeners a taste of what it’s like to live in the big city with her multi-generational Mexican-American family. Ronnie Anne tours the city’s hotspots, Hector shares the musical history of the family and Carl guides kids on how to start your own dog-washing business. Recent episodes include "Zoo Visit with Ronnie Anne & Sid" and "Meet the Casagrandes."
Find it: https://bit.ly/2ZJ4WxE
Smash, Boom, Best
If you have a future lawyer in the family, Smash, Boom, Best can help teach them how to defend their opinions. Featuring kid judges, debaters taken on the important issues, like cats vs. dogs, pizza vs. tacos and super speed vs. super strength. The judges listen and score the arguments and declare a winner. Recent episodes include "Aliens vs Robots," "Chocolate vs Cheese" and "Sharks vs Skunks."
Find it: https://www.brainson.org/pages/listen
Ear Snacks
Children’s music duo Andrew & Polly not only play their catchy music but also covers a range of topics for kids. The duo talk to kids and experts about music, science, art and culture, and it is for the whole family to enjoy. Recent episodes include "Clocks Part One," "Pajamas with Mindy Thomas! Dreams, Rest Sleepovers and the Incredible Edible Bread Bed" and "Happy Halloween! Disguises."
Find it: http://andrewandpolly.com/earsnacks
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The news can be a tricky thing to understand for a kid, so two-time Emmy Award-winning news producer and mom Stephanie Kelmar created a podcast to help kids learn about age-appropriate news of the world in five minutes on a daily basis. Each episode includes stories from politics, entertainment, science, health and sports. Kids can also participate in a short quiz at the end.
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Home > About CIA > CIA Students, Faculty, and Alumni Bios > CIA Alumni
Alumni Bio: Genevieve Meli '07
Chef, Author, Educator
“If your passion is cooking go for it and follow your dreams. The absolute best place to do that is the CIA.”
It could easily be said that Genevieve Meli was born knowing that her future professional life would be in a kitchen. Her father, Gerard Meli, was a 1977 graduate of the CIA and Genevieve grew up in her family’s restaurant. “I wanted to be pastry chef,” Genevieve says. “When it came time to go to college, the CIA was the only school I considered attending. I wanted the best education possible and you get that there.”
Genevieve enrolled right out of high school and couldn’t wait to get her feet wet. “I was antsy and wanted to start experiencing a professional kitchen,” recalls Genevieve. “Every weekend I would go to New York City and work for free at Gilt at the Palace Hotel with Chef Chris Lee.”
After graduation, Genevieve began to build her career working in increasingly prestigious kitchens in some of the top restaurants in Manhattan. At Craft, she learned all about seasonality; at Café Boulud and Daniel she learned precision and timing; at Le Bernardin, she had the great fortune of meeting mentor Michael Laiskonis, who taught Genevieve new techniques; and at Jacques Torres, she learned all about chocolate. Genevieve then served as the executive pastry chef at Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse and Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria. She attributes her continued success to another mentor, Noah Carroll ’06, executive pastry chef at Meyers by Claus Meyer. “We have a wonderful relationship and Noah has helped shape my career since my days at the CIA,” says Genevieve.
On March 1, 2016, Genevieve released her first cookbook, Sweet Nature. It is filled with gorgeous photography of her delectable creations all set in nature. In October 2016, Genevieve began a new adventure as a Chef-Instructor at her alma mater teaching Baking & Pastry Skill Development to a new generation of budding pastry chefs.
“If your passion is cooking go for it and follow your dreams. The absolute best place to do that is the CIA,” Genevieve explains. “The chef-instructors are incredibly knowledgeable, the campus is amazing and convenient to New York City, and the library has every cookbook and resource you need. Everywhere you go on campus is a learning opportunity.”
The Zagat Survey recently named Genevieve to their 2016 30 Under 30 Rock Stars Redefining the Industry list.
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BPD: Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney still missing; $25K reward offered
Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney
by: Ariel Cochran, Emma Simmons, Michael Clark, Jessalyn Adams, Erica Pettway
Posted: Oct 16, 2019 / 09:53 AM CDT / Updated: Oct 23, 2019 / 04:18 PM CDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Latest on the kidnapping of 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney (all times local):
10/23- Birmingham Mayor and the City of Birmingham hold a vigil for Cupcake and her family
Day 4 in the search for Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney:
CRIME STOPPERS OFFERING REWARD
In a press conference held at their headquarters downtown, Birmingham Police say Crime Stoppers is offering $20,000 reward in addition to the Governor’s $5,000 reward.
A live stream of our special report is available below:
“I wanted to reach out to just one individual. If you know where Kamille is…if you have her and you’re not sure what to do…I want to give you safe passage,” Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith says.
Chief Smith says it’s a possibility Kamille is being moved around to different locations. He asks anyone with information, including video, to come forward, promising anonymity.
“We’re doing everything we can, and we’re following every lead. We encourage you to keep them coming,” Chief Smith urges.
Please see the bottom of this story for tip and reward donation line information.
SHERIFF ADDRESSES CONFLICTING REPORTS
At 1:06 p.m. Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway told CBS 42’s Art Franklin in a phone call that he had received misinformation from one of his deputies in the field.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office released the following statement:
“The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is working closely with Birmingham Police and local officials to bring Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney home. Unfortunately, misinformation was passed on to a CBS 42 employee from JCSO. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office continues to offer our deputies and resources to assist in this case; we are not the lead on this investigation. We will continue to work with the participating law enforcement agencies with the hopes of bringing Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney back home safely to her family. It is vital to remain focused on bringing Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney home. Our prayers are with her family and the lead agency.“
BPD: “CUPCAKE STILL MISSING”
Birmingham Police says that Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney has not been found, despite direct confirmation from the Jefferson County Sheriff that she has.
“CUPCAKE” FOUND?
Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway says Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney has been found alive and is currently being checked by medical personnel.
“CUPCAKE” POSSIBLY FOUND ALIVE
Family members tell CBS 42 Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney has been found alive. This information remains unconfirmed by law enforcement officials.
HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE AT JEFFERSON AVENUE
Birmingham Police have formed a large perimeter, cordoning off apartments in the 2700 block of Jefferson. Police sources tell CBS 42 they are following a tip from a bounty hunter on the abduction of 3-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, who was last seen at a birthday party in Birmingham Saturday night.
CBS 42’s Michael Clark and Jessalyn Adams are on the scene, where Jefferson County’s Star 1 helicopter is aiding in the search. Members of Kamille’s family, including her parents and grandparents, are on the scene. A crowd has gathered outside of the police perimeter.
Tuesday, two persons of interest in the investigation were arrested on unrelated charges, one of whom is tied to a kidnapping case from 2018. Monday, an Amber Alert for Kamille was expanded from Alabama into surrounding states as the search intensified.
Anyone with information related to Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney’s kidnapping is urged to contact Birmingham Police at (205) 297-8413. Tips may also be directed to Crime Stoppers at (205) 254-7777. Those wishing to contribute to Crime Stoppers’ reward may donate by calling (205) 224-5003.
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More departures at Twitter as Android lead leaves for Secret
Published Fri, Mar 21 20142:14 PM EDT Updated Fri, Mar 21 20144:37 PM EDT
A sign on the exterior of Twitter headquarters on Feb. 5, 2014, in San Francisco.
Looks like plenty more birds are flying Twitter's coop.
Sara Haider, a mobile engineer and technical lead at Twitter for the past four and a half years, announced on Friday that she plans to leave the microblogging company to join Secret, the buzzy anonymous social startup that launched just two months ago.
Haider will assume the role of Android lead for Secret, where she'll be responsible for launching an Android version of the app as soon as possible. (Currently, Secret is only available on iOS devices.) At Twitter, Haider worked to launch the Android version of the company's Vine video app, and for years also worked on the Android app for Twitter proper.
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This map shows states where home price inequality is the highest
Published Wed, Jul 25 201810:37 AM EDT
Megan Leonhardt@Megan_Leonhardt
There’s a lot of housing price inequality in markets across the U.S. And that may be a good thing.
New York, Michigan and Connecticut are the top three states where home price inequality is highest, according to a recent LendingTree report. But a larger range between the highest priced homes and the lowest priced homes on the market may be a good thing, as it gives buyers a range of options.
“Cities with more home value inequality have a wider distribution of home values, which means that families earning lower incomes may still have the opportunity to access home ownership in these cities,” the report states.
In fact, because home values have finally recovered from the 2008 housing crisis, affordability is now a concern, says report author and chief economist Tendayi Kapfidze. “In many large cities, the median-priced home is now out of reach of median income households,” he adds.
To find the housing cost inequality in each state, LendingTree calculated each state’s GINI coefficient, condensing the distribution of a state's housing prices into a number between 0 and 1. The closer the number is to 1, the more inequality has been detected.
High home prices by themselves don’t always indicate inequality. For example, LendingTree also finds that, of major U.S. cities, Detroit, Birmingham and Indianapolis have the highest rates of inequality. But study after study shows us that the highest home prices in America are concentrated in the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
Wyoming, Montana and Alaska are the states, and Salt Lake City, Portland and Denver are the major cities, with the lowest home price inequality. These housing markets, while more equal, tend to have fewer affordable homes on the market for borrowers with lower incomes, according to the report.
Savvy buyers can use inequality to find markets with a wider range of accessible options. For example, LendingTree finds that Michigan is one of the states with the highest home price inequality. But it’s also one of the states where CNBC Make It reported you only need to make about $40,000 a year to afford the average home, which costs about $160,000.
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Economy Roundtable
Date Wednesday - May 7, 2014
Guests Catherine Austin Fitts, Gerald Celente, George Ure, Robert Zimmerman
This special panel discussion on the economy and related topics featured investment advisor Catherine Austin Fitts, trends analyst Gerald Celente, and consultant George Ure. Currently, the financial system is still being pumped with cheap money, such as $45 billion a month in mortgage-backed securities, and interest rates remain at record lows-- but once those interest rates go back up, the economy will tumble, said Celente. Fitts cited the continued inequality and centralization in the economy as hampering growth, while Ure noted that we're in the bottoming process with the Fed, which is trying to print money fast enough so we don't drop into something like the Great Depression.
While the US continues its behind-closed-doors propping up of the economy, "I still believe we're going to see something like a panic level by the end of the second quarter," Celente remarked. America used to be the land of opportunity, but now the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, he added. Globalization is lowering the wealth of the middle class, and the reality is "we're automating or outsourcing jobs, and putting people on government checks," Fitts commented. Ure, who studies cyclical patterns of the economy or "long waves," said right now we're seeing a "war on cash," with a huge effort to get people into an electronic system, where all their transactions and investments can be tracked.
The revelations by Edward Snowden about America's surveillance state has had a depressing effect on US economic growth, as well as inspiring other countries around the world to pull out of the system, Fitts suggested. "We live in a country where the system of creating money has basically been sublet from Congress to the Federal Reserve...and government is wholesale now, in the business of granting different franchises such as in communications and money operations," Ure detailed. "I think the future is with a self-sustained economy," Celente stated, though if the economy slides further down, we may see militaristic attempts to control an unruly populace.
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First hour guest, space historian Robert Zimmerman commented on how the US' sanctions against Russia might affect activity on the International Space Station. While in theory, the Russians could refuse to transport US astronauts (as well as launch commercial satellites), their part of the Space Station is way behind schedule, and they are dependent on the American side of the Station for power to run the facility. We could reach a situation where the station becomes inoperable and abandoned, and this might lead to the risk of a giant piece of space junk crashing to down to Earth, he cautioned.
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Feds investigating officer who used Taser on 11-year-old girl
Cincinnati Police Office Kevin Brown violated department policy when he used his Taser on an 11-year-old girl caught shoplifting. Now federal investigators are investigating if his civil rights were violated.
Feds investigating officer who used Taser on 11-year-old girl Cincinnati Police Office Kevin Brown violated department policy when he used his Taser on an 11-year-old girl caught shoplifting. Now federal investigators are investigating if his civil rights were violated. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/01/feds-investigating-officer-who-used-taser-11-year-old/2745747002/
Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 3:22 p.m. ET Feb. 1, 2019 | Updated 3:56 p.m. ET Feb. 1, 2019
Donna Gowdy wants answers after a Cincinnati police officer used a Taser on her 11-year-old daughter Monday. (Photo: The Enquirer/Cameron Knight)
Federal authorities are investigating whether Cincinnati Police Officer Kevin Brown violated the civil rights of an 11-year-old girl whom he shot with a Taser after he suspected she was shoplifting.
Fraternal Order of Police President Dan Hils made the investigation public Friday after he learned of it.
"I have been informed that the FBI is asking for voluntary interviews of officers on the scene of Kevin Brown's arrest of the young theft suspect at Kroger," he told The Enquirer.
Cincinnati police confirmed the investigation and said the department "is cooperating."
Such investigations are unusual because proving civil rights violations can be difficult. Federal authorities will look at whether Brown purposely used excessive force, or whether he acted based on the girl's race or gender.
If they find he did, Brown could be criminally charged and possibly face prison time.
Civil rights attorney Al Gerhardstein represents the family and said if approached, they would cooperate.
"But any investigation should also review the broader systemic issue of excessive force against juveniles generally and the extreme racial disparity regarding juvenile arrests," Garhardstein said.
The incident, which happened last Aug. 6 at the Spring Grove Village Kroger, captured national attention because Brown told Donesha Gowdy, who is now 12, "You know, sweetheart, this is why there’s no grocery stores in the black community.”
Donesha had stolen $53 worth of snacks, police said. She was not charged.
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Brown, who was being paid by Kroger to monitor shoplifting, caught three girls shoplifting, telling them to stop, police said. Donesha ran. Brown pulled out his Axon Taser and fired, hitting Donesha in the back. The jolt knocked the 90-pound girl to the concrete parking lot.
His statement to her was recorded on his body camera, though it was not on when he used his Taser.
Both Donesha and Brown are black.
Cincinnati civil rights attorney Al Gerhardstein helped the family reach a settlement in which the city will pay Donesha $220,000 and Kroger will pay her $20,000, money that will be monitored by probate court to make sure it's used for Donesha's emotional care. The city has also agreed to participate in a juvenile policing problem-solving team.
Last week, the city announced officers are to avoid using a Taser on anyone who is known to be or appears to be a young child, is elderly, pregnant or has apparent medical problems. The change doesn't bar officers from using a Taser on those people, but it must be limited to "exceptional circumstances" such as injury reduction.
An internal affairs investigation found Brown violated four police policies. Specifically, the comment about grocery stores in black neighborhoods constituted prejudice; Brown did not turn on his body camera until after he deployed his Taser; he did not warn Donesha he was going to use his Taser, and he used a Taser when the incident wasn't serious enough to warrant it.
Police investigators said officers should use the least amount of force necessary when dealing with juveniles.
Locally, federal officials have also said they're looking at whether they should bring civil rights charges against former University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing, who shot and killed motorist Sam DuBose.
U.S. Attorney Ben Glassman announced that investigation in 2017 after Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters declined to bring Tensing to a third trial on murder charges after two previous juries could not come to a decision.
"My office will now undertake to acquire and review the evidence from the state court trials in order to assess whether there are possible federal civil rights offenses warranting investigation and potential prosecution," Glassman's statement at the time said.
He gave no timeline for a possible decision. And he'd said nothing about it since.
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Taika Waititi Confirms When Thor: Love And Thunder Will Begin Filming
Corey Chichizola
Jan. 15. 2020 3:46 PM
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently in stasis, as we're in the month between Phases Three and Four. The next slate of movies will begin with Black Widow, but there are plenty of highly anticipated projects coming to both the big and small screen. Chief among them is Thor: Love and Thunder, with Taika Waititi returning to direct the sequel to Ragnarok. Waititi's movie Jojo Rabbit has gotten a whopping six Oscar nominations, and now he's confirmed when the fourth Thor movie will finally begin filming.
Taika Waititi has had a busy year, between releasing Jojo Rabbit and directing/writing his upcoming sports movie Next Goal Wins. As such, he hasn't really done a ton of work on Thor: Love and Thunder, despite being asked in just about every interview he does. But now the filmmaker has revealed when he'll jump back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, saying:
I've just finished shooting this film, a sports film with Michael Fassbender. In August, I start shooting another Thor film.
Well, that's seems crystal clear. It looks like production for Thor: Love and Thunder will definitely begin this coming August. In the meantime, Taika Waititi can develop and write the upcoming superhero movie, which will feature the return of Natalie Portman's Jane Foster.
Taika Waititi's comments to The Wrap are sure to excite Marvel fans, who are eager for the quirky and visionary director to return to the Thor franchise. He'll break new ground in the process, as it's the first time a Marvel hero has been given a fourth solo flick. Considering Thor's arc throughout Ragnarok, Infinity War, and Endgame, it seems like the God of Thunder's story could go seemingly anywhere.
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Thor: Love and Thunder will catch up with the title character after he left New Asgard to Valkyrie, and departed for space with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Since Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was delayed due to James Gunn's temporary firing, Taika Waititi will have to decide if/how to make Thor part ways with the motley team.
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What's more, the fourth Thor movie will see the return of Natalie Portman. Portman starred in the first two movies, playing Thor's love interest Jane Foster, an astrophysicist who unknowingly gets involved in Asgard's conflicts. But she's been noticeably absent since Thor: The Dark World, as the couple broke up off screen. She'll somehow wield Mjolnir and become Mighty Thor in the movie, although it's unclear how. It should also be interesting to see how Taika Waititi handles Thor's weight gain, and whether or not Bro Thor remains in Love and Thunder.
Thor: Love and Thunder is currently set to arrive in theaters on November 5th, 2021. In the meantime, check out our 2020 release list to plan your next trip to the movies.
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End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 4-Port T1/E1 RJ-48 and Serial Interface Network Modules
Updated:March 13, 2015
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Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Ciso 4-Port T1/E1 RJ-48 and Serial Interface Network Modules. The last day to order the affected product(s) is April 1, 2010. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table 1 of the EoL bulletin. Table 1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available until the termination date of the contract, even if this date exceeds the Last Date of Support shown in Table 1.
Table 1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Ciso 4-Port T1/E1 RJ-48 and Serial Interface Network Modules
The date the document that announces the end of sale and end of life of a product is distributed to the general public.
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Mortgage business settlement sets back First Horizon profits
First Horizon, whose only asset is First Tennessee Bank, reported loan volume rose 7 percent during the year but the settlement in the long-running mortgage business dispute cost 42-cents-per-share in earnings.
Mortgage business settlement sets back First Horizon profits First Horizon, whose only asset is First Tennessee Bank, reported loan volume rose 7 percent during the year but the settlement in the long-running mortgage business dispute cost 42-cents-per-share in earnings. Check out this story on commercialappeal.com: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/companies/2016/01/19/mortgage-business-settlement-sets-back-first-horizon-profits/90381482/
Ted Evanoff, The Commercial Appeal Published 7:21 a.m. CT Jan. 19, 2016
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Memphis banker First Horizon National Corp. reported income last year of $79.6 million, a sharp decline from 2014’s $216.3 million in profits after settling a long-running federal case involving the mortgage business spun off in 2008.
First Horizon, a holding company whose only asset is First Tennessee Bank, reported the earnings Tuesday morning.
The banker said loan volume across its branches in the Southeast and Texas rose 7 percent during the year.
For the year, profits totaled 34 cents per share, compared to 91 cents a year ago. In April, the bank reached a settlement over the mortgage business with the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department that resulted in a setback to earnings of 42 cents per share.
Federal authorities had argued flawed appraisals were among problems that troubled mortgage loans sold by the bank when it was a major national mortgage lender. The business has been sold to MetLife Bank.
For the fourth quarter, First Horizon profits totaled $47 million, or 20 cents per share, compared to earnings in the same period last year of $58.8 million, or 25 cents per share. The fourth-quarter results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 21 cents per share in the quarter.
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Security Think Tank: Risk-based response critical to protect data
The belief that effective perimeter security is the best way to protect data is a fallacy that is being repeatedly exposed. We must recognise the need for a data-centric security model to protect data from both internal and external threats, but what does this mean for security professionals?
Simon Persin, Turnkey Consulting
Until a few years ago, effective perimeter security was widely considered enough to protect the enterprise. Data existed in its own datacentres, third parties worked on-site, and the general belief was that the organisation would never be hacked. But things change – quickly.
Today, most organisations operate on the basis of “when” they will be hacked, rather than “if”. Processes operate in cloud and mobile applications, while the enterprise network is accessed 24/7 by multiple third parties, as well as employees and partners on mobile devices and their own computers.
Clearly, this calls for a change in approach. But although it is tempting to double down and ensure the confidentiality, availability and integrity of all data no matter what it is or where it is stored, processed or transmitted, this is neither practical nor desirable.
Instead, when determining how best to protect valuable enterprise data in an era when perimeters have become so porous that there is no way to adequately protect them, a risk-based response is critical.
This should focus on classifying the data itself based on its sensitivity. Significant investment in security countermeasures may not be necessary for relatively low-value data, such as standalone names, but component lists or personal employee details clearly require a more robust level of security.
The first step, therefore, for any organisation is to identify and document what data it has and where it exists to create an in-depth master “data dictionary”.
Data identification and ownership
All data types need to be identified, from master data for processes (such as HR, finance and supplier relationships) to the templates and policies used to run the organisation. Ownership of this data should also be established to determine the accountability required to ensure that appropriate protective controls can be defined, for example when approval is needed to replicate it to another system, transfer it to a third party or incorporate it into written contracts.
One of the biggest challenges when identifying and protecting data is the tendency for employees to save files in arbitrary locations, such as file servers or SharePoint sites, for ease of use. This facilitates non-standard version controls and multiple copies of data, often with no clear ownership because the creators have moved to different roles.
Identifying key information in these satellite stores and appointing owners takes time. Files then need to be purged, potentially by deploying tools that identify duplicate files and remove those already logged in the master data dictionary, with a focus on only retaining data that furthers critical business processes or is legally required.
As data is discovered and documented, the organisation needs to work with interested parties, such as data owners and legal teams, to define how information is classified and handled, along with data retention policies.
Four levels of data sensitivity are generally considered sufficient: public, restricted (internal use only), confidential (limited internal use internal) and classified (need to know only). Any more and the overly-complex tiers of security created are impractical to work with from a business perspective.
Clear guidelines about what data is the most sensitive, how information should be shared internally and externally, and at what point it can be deleted, should be disseminated to employees and partners. This minimises the chances of information being shared or stored inappropriately (resulting in a data breach) or deleted when it is required for legal or regulatory purposes.
At the same time, data-handling guidelines and controls need to align with how the organisation operates. Tools and applications that store and transmit information need to be protected adequately, but straightforward to access. Making it more difficult for employees to do their job increases the likelihood that they will bypass controls altogether, resorting to a return to unstructured data that ultimately raises the risk of a breach.
Technology that supports the processes outlined above is continually being developed. Encryption protects sensitive or highly confidential data while it is stored. Data loss prevention technology should be used to track where data is being sent and stored, while strong access controls ensure that only approved individuals can access systems and information, while audited data logs can capture their activity.
Security vs operational efficiency
Having cleaned and classified its data, the organisation’s path to securing it will be more straightforward. But there is no binary solution – the right response will depend on many factors and will be individual to each enterprise.
While limiting access may provide an answer, overly-restrictive policies can be seen as road-blocks – and lead to workarounds by employees who need to fulfil the objectives of their role. In finding a balance between security and operational efficiency, it is important to be as flexible and open as possible, reinforced with clear communication about why security is everyone’s concern.
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Seven high points of Windows 7
What a long ride it's been for Microsoft's popular OS. Support for Windows 7 ends today, making this a good time to look at some of its highs and lows over the years.
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Today Microsoft issues its final free security update for Windows 7, putting an end to that operating system's decade.
To remember that service — a retirement party but without the cloyingly sweet cake and cheap gold watch — Computerworld selected seven highlights of Windows 7. While the seven do not pretend to trace Windows 7's history, they illustrate the influence and impact of the OS.
Here's to Windows 7. Raise a glass, for cryin' out loud.
It salvaged Microsoft's reputation after the Vista debacle
The numbers say it all.
Windows Vista, the 2006 replacement for Windows XP, topped out at 20% of all Windows versions in October 2009. Even though the OS it followed was long in the tooth — XP was nearly twice the age of a typical version when it was supplanted — Vista struggled to put a dent in its forerunner's share.
Windows XP still accounted for 75% of all Windows activity when Vista peaked.
Windows 7 drove down Vista's share toot sweet: In 18 months, Vista's share of all Windows had fallen to 11.5%. Users couldn't wait to rid themselves of Vista.
[ Related: How to protect Windows 10 PCs from ransomware ]
But then, what would you expect of an OS that fostered a class-action lawsuit?
The three-quarters-of-a-billion-dollar snafu
An oversight — so said Microsoft — with Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) cost the company €561 million ($732 million at the time) when the European Union's anti-trust regulators fined the firm for omitting a browser choice feature.
The March 2013 decision by EU officials — the first time regulators there punished a company for shirking an antitrust agreement — ultimately stemmed from a 2007 complaint by rival Opera Software, which alleged that Microsoft manipulated the battle for browser share by tying Internet Explorer (IE) to Windows. Two years later, Microsoft agreed to show European users of Windows a "browser ballot," a screen that displayed download links to other browsers, including Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox and Opera's namesake.
But Microsoft failed to show that ballot to users of Windows 7 SP1 for some 14 months, from May 2011 until July 2012. More than 15 million users did not see the ballot as they should have, the EU charged.
In mid-2012, Microsoft admitted the goof and apologized, even as it downplayed the problem, saying it had been purely a "technical error" and blaming an engineering team.
Microsoft failed to disclose the snafu in the self-certified compliance reports it was required to submit to EU authorities.
In fact, Microsoft had ignored a user who reported the omission of the browser ballot in Windows 7 SP1. That user had queried support representatives in March 2011, a month after the launch of SP1 and two months before the start of the span during which regulators claimed Microsoft had scratched the ballot, saying, "I do not see the options for the browser choice." Although a support engineer replied to the user in the online forum, he paid no notice to the question of the ballot's whereabouts.
SKU insanity
Microsoft tried to hang onto the netbook market for a while longer with Windows 7 Starter, one of a ballooning number of SKUs (stock-keeping units) segregating the OS.
Starter, which had been preceded by same-named versions on both Windows XP and Vista, was meant to service the netbook market, the name for the smaller, less capable, and most importantly, cheaper notebook computers that juiced PC sales after their 2007 debut. Windows XP Starter and Windows Vista Starter had been sold only in a small number of markets outside the U.S.; Windows 7 Starter was sold domestically, however.
(Microsoft kept calling these systems "small notebooks," eschewing the "netbook" nomenclature for some reason.)
By the time of Windows 7's late-2009 launch, netbooks were plainly converging with standard small and light notebooks and/or sub-notebooks (another name for another category, or sub-category). Microsoft acknowledged that, at least to some extent, by dropping the three-applications-at-a-time restriction from Windows 7 Starter that had been imposed on XP's and Vista's versions.
Other omissions and limitations remained, however. Windows 7 Starter left out the "Aero" graphic user interface (GUI) that was Windows 7's most visible feature, omitted support for DVD playback and did not provide the ability to change the desktop background. (What?)
Starter was also a signal that Microsoft still held a more-is-better belief when it came to fragmenting an OS into multiple versions, or SKUs. Windows 7, like its Vista forerunner, came in six: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. (Vista had used Business rather than Professional.)
Because Windows XP also featured half a dozen SKUs — although the versions were different in several cases — Microsoft pushed six SKUs from 2001, XP's launch, through 2017, Vista's retirement. From 2012 on, however, Microsoft pared Windows to three with Windows 8 (four if you counted Windows RT, which no one should) and maintained that number, at least at the beginning, with Windows 10 (we're counting Home, Pro and Enterprise). Since 10's launch, though, Microsoft has loosened its belt, expanding the SKUs with options like Windows 10 Pro Workstation and Windows 10 S, even as it tightened said strip of leather by dropping something-for-everyone SKUs like Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise.
Belly up to the bar
Windows 7 boosted the size of the taskbar and added several elements that remain to this day in its successor, 10.
Microsoft beefed up the taskbar's vertical dimension by 33% — when using the by-default large icon and labels option — from Windows Vista, and also expanded the width of the active application tiles as well as the icons for pinned apps.
Features like jump lists — click on the taskbar icon for Word, say, and a list of recently-opened documents appears — pinning and thumbnails (admittedly introduced in Vista but made larger and interactive in Windows 7) have proven durable enough to last through multiple OS generations.
For a blast from the past, check out this blog about the Windows 7 taskbar that was posted almost a year before the operating system's release. It was authored by Steven Sinofsky, at the time one of the development heads for the OS. (Later, Sinofsky became president of the Windows Division, where he became the public face of Windows 8, the heir to 7 that bombed.)
Windows 7 was Microsoft's last stable OS.
For a bit more than a decade, Windows 7 remained fixed, steadfast, unvarying, enduring. According to Microsoft's model, we'll never see Windows like that again, not on personal computers. (Windows 10 LTSC may be meant to stay static for 10 years, but it's not suited for general PC purposes.)
Windows 7 sported just a single service pack (SP), the cumulative roll-ups released at irregular intervals, that was issued in February 2011, about 16 months after the OS's debut. But although Windows 7 SP1 contained some changes, they were all under the hood; nothing visible to users was altered.
Much the same could be said for a subsequent platform update, a February 2013 release focused on graphics and imaging components and including Internet Explorer 10 (IE10). Meanwhile, Windows 10 morphs every 12 months if enterprise customers are lucky (and the 2019 major-minor pattern continues), every six months if they're not.
Post-retirement patches step into daylight
Microsoft believed commercial customers were so enamored of Windows 7 — and would hold onto the OS in such numbers — that for the first time the company publicly unveiled a program to provide post-retirement security updates. That was a significantly different approach than the company has used before as an OS nears it end times.
Called Extended Support Updates (ESU) and revealed in September 2018 — a year and a half prior to Windows 7's expiration — the program focused on volume-licensing customers, its largest and most important patrons. Those businesses would be able to purchase support in one-year increments for up to three years, with prices doubling in the second year, doubling again in the third. Customers with subscriptions to Windows 10 would receive a discount.
(Near the last minute — in October 2019 — Microsoft caved to small businesses and said it would also sell ESU to customers who did not have existing volume licensing plans in place.)
What was remarkable about ESU wasn't its existence, but that Microsoft was so public about it.
The firm has sold post-retirement programs before, notably when Windows XP neared its retirement. But those deals were clouded in secrecy, with mysterious — and negotiable — price points. Prior to Windows XP's 2014 exit from support, Microsoft sold "custom support agreements," or CSAs, to its larger customers. But buying CSA was a completely-behind-the-scenes process done on a company-by-company basis, with virtually no public information about the program nor price lists.
That allowed Microsoft to dramatically raise CSA prices in late 2012 and 2013, then turn around and slash them just days before XP's retirement.
Don't it always seem to go..., you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
The world-turned-upside-down shock of Windows 10 — its continual updating most notably — did more than anything else to elevate Windows 7's long-term reputation. Faced with the jolt of Windows 10, its predecessor came off looking that much more composed.
At the risk of being rejoined with an "OK, boomer," and knowing that nostalgia can backlight even incompetence with an artificial glow, Computerworld proposes that Windows 7 was what an OS should be, serviced as an OS ought to be, useful like an OS better be.
Much of that stems from the habits that Microsoft force-fed customers. Updates should be discrete so that individual patches can be postponed or rejected outright; feature additions should arrive only after years-long intervals to maximize learning "expense;" the OS should not transmit vast quantities of telemetric and diagnostic data to Redmond's servers. And so on. But Microsoft upturned all of that in a single swoop, unlike the gradualism of Windows' past.
No wonder there was resistance from enterprise customers, who on the whole valued continuity and tradition. But what they were objecting to was not Windows 10 per se — from the start the OS was widely praised on its merits — but instead Microsoft's changing policies of servicing. Where features were extensively criticized — such as 10's data hoovering — they were integral to those policies' execution (at least in Microsoft's mind), not integral to the OS as an OS.
That that has been the case can be confirmed by looking at the most substantial changes Microsoft has made to Windows 10 since its mid-2015 launch. Those changes have largely been made to the servicing policies, not to the OS itself.
For these reasons, Computerworld wagers that Windows 7 will be long viewed as peak enterprise OS and remembered, fairly or not, more fondly than if it had been succeeded by, say, Windows 9 in 2015.
(Where's Windows 8 in all this? Invisible, frankly. That OS was an even bigger dud than Vista for corporate customers.)
Things have gone this way before, of course. Windows is famous, in fact, for its good-bad cadence of editions. Windows XP was good, Vista was not; Windows 7 good, Windows 8 not. Here, however, Microsoft has boosted Windows 7's standing not by creating a substandard edition as follow-up but by changing practices and policies of that successor.
Microsoft recognizes what it has done. That's clear from the modifications it's made to Windows 10, such as lengthening the support lifespan and reducing the number of true feature upgrades; it's shifted that operating system closer to the model of ... Windows 7.
Senior Reporter Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers and web apps for Computerworld.
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Israel maintains robust arms trade with rogue regimes
Cook, Jonathan
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Israel's collusion with Myanmar's military is part of a pattern of military aid to rogue regimes that goes back decades, and reflects the importance of the arms trade to Israel's economy.
Excerpt: Israel has not divulged details of its ties to Myanmar's military government, but public records show that it has sold the military there armed patrol boats, guns and surveillance equipment. Myanmar's special forces have also been trained by Israelis.
Human rights groups are set to stage a protest outside Israel's parliament on October 30, calling for an immediate halt to the weapons sales to Myanmar.
Israeli firms have also broken with the United States and Europe by supplying weapons and surveillance equipment to militias in South Sudan, where a civil war has raged since late 2013. Some 300,000 Sudanese are believed to have been killed in the fighting.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 – Keith Urban released a new version of his hit single "We Were" featuring Eric Church on Wednesday.
Church penned the song with Ryan Tyndell and Jeff Hyde and added vocals to the mid-tempo, nostalgic track.
"I heard that my buddy Eric was a writer on 'We Were,' so I thought 'hey, what a cool opportunity for people to get to hear a writer singing,'" said Urban. "I think this guy could be really big."
"We Were" is Keith Urban's 40th Top 10 single on Billboard's Country Airplay Chart.
Urban's recently announced European tour, his first in more than a decade, kicks off in Amsterdam on May 2.
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Graffiti U
It's telling how two songs on Keith Urban's "Graffiti U" album chug along to a reggae beat because pop rhythms and non-country elements are the obvious inspirations for this collection. Opener "Coming Home" may borrow (steal?) a guitar riff from Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried," but this is where that country road begins and ends. Urban follows "Coming Home" with "Never Comin' Down," which is introduced with a funky bass line »»»
Even though Keith Urban's single, "Wasted Time," borrows more than a little sonic sensibility from electronic music, there's still an upfront banjo solo. And this is how it's always been with Urban. He may play the part of the guitar hero at times, and even revealed his eclectic musical knowledge as a judge on American Idol, but Urban will always be a country boy at heart. And boyish good looks and talent have taken this country boy far, too. The wonderfully titled »»»
Keith Urban will keep his superstar status intact with the lengthy "Fuse." The upbeat, commercial- and fan-friendly music and singing from Urban will ensure that. This is pretty much vintage Urban. That means Urban's not very high on the country quotient. What sounds like a guitar on the rocking Good Thing and the somewhat swampy Red Camaro, for example, is Mike Elizondo's programming. Yes, there's gango (six-stringed banjo with guitar neck) sprinkled in many songs, but »»»
Editorial: Walking the talk – When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: With or without band, Isbell satisfies – Usually, when an artist performs without his regular backing band, it becomes about mathematics of subtraction. That artist is armed with far fewer artistic weapons at his/her disposal, after all. In Jason Isbell's case, though, when he performed with just his wife and fiddler Amanda Shires, it was more about substitution than subtraction.... »»»
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KING KRULE'S IRREVERENT AESTHETICS
There is only white man I can trust other than Bernie Sanders and that is Archy Marshall. This 6-foot gingersnap of a man goes by many names including (and probably not limited to) Zoo Kid, Pimp Shrimp and most commonly, King Krule. All bad redhead jokes aside, Archy has a place in my heart for reasons beyond his melancholically motivating grooves. I have actively kept my Tumblr account for the sole reason of charting Archy’s aesthetic journey, which, when combined with raw sonic talent, gives him a pretty salient x-factor within the broad canon of male musicians in alternative music.
King Krule as a musical phenomenon is two things: 1) very, very sad, and 2) separate to Archy Marshall as a person. In an interview on FaceCulture’s YouTube channel, Archy details this separation of King Krule and himself with the ease and sincerity of a seasoned actor - the operating point being that the idea of King Krule is a stage persona with a band, versus Archy himself. Undeniable darkness emanates from King Krule, and I see them as more of an aspect of Archy that he performs through his art, rather than a mask put on to hide the self. We can see this in Archy’s incredibly specific look: something vaguely reminiscent of the Rude Boy and oddly nostalgic to the crunchy 90’s skater boy of your more shameful dreams. From eclectic vintage suit pieces pared down with grimy creps, to re-wearing the same checked shirt in almost every YouTube interview of 2014, Archy’s style is undeniably, well, him. King Krule is not a mask nor are they a fictional character who wears a costume for a performance. “All the world’s a stage,” and Archy performs his inner self in the same way he would meet an anxious fan outside The Line Hotel during FYF (it was me…I’m the anxious fan). There is a level of unparalleled self-awareness that Archy possesses as King Krule – the self-awareness of someone familiar with sadness who has the gall to make themselves raw in front of umpteen dedicated spectators.
"...something vaguely reminiscent of the Rude Boy and oddly nostalgic to the crunchy 90’s skater boy of your more shameful dreams."
This awareness is a type of emotional vulnerability that explains how King Krule is seen as a style icon by many a fan. Style is a phenomenon that is interpreted as an innate, stemming from an amalgam of your personality and life experience, that expresses oneself uniquely. So much of what we consider to be aesthetically “King Krule” is just Archy’s style accenting his emotional stage persona. While it’s a reach to call this style a type of confidence, a word thrown around much too casually when describing the aesthetic preference of an artist, there is something to be said at least about authenticity. Whether or not the ideas of “genuine” or “authentic” are solid and definable terms, Archy lives up to both in his undying Archy-ness. In a music world so oversaturated with the emergence of “lewks,” Archy’s -ness stands in gorgeous opposition to a menagerie of male artists whose images are constructed through a hegemonic ideas about what fashion is to a man making music. Not to shade the SadBoi™ faction of the audience, but I can’t help but feel that the sadness they perform is more representative of putting on an emotional mask for the stage than it is taking one off to reveal the true self – something that exempts Archy Marshall.
"I can’t help but feel that the sadness they perform is more representative of putting on an emotional mask for the stage than it is taking one off to reveal the true self."
There are inherent gender roles at play in this instance. Recently, a conversation has opened up about whether women and femmes actually emotionally mature faster than men and mascs, or if we are just pressured to carry more emotional weight so that men and mascs don’t have to. In music, there’s a boys-DO-cry movement that is so lewk-specific that it begs the question: are men actually learning about this emotional inequity, or are they mimicking a style, such as Archy’s, that they see as a means to commercial success? I can’t answer this question because there is no way to speak on behalf of an entire gender identity, but it is definitely something to consider with King Krule’s style and the artist’s contemporaries.
Ultimately, Archy is just a normal, loving man, making loving music for his loving fans. That emotional rawness? Hot. Whether informed or not by these grand theories, King Krule puts his chonies on one leg at a time like the rest of us, and holds the same power of stylistic expression as we all do.
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SAT World History Full-length Practice Test 3: Part B
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1. Which of the following was true of both the Kush and the Bantu-speaking people of ancient Africa?
A. Both modeled their forms of leadership after the ancient Egyptians.
B. Both developed ironworking to make iron-tipped weapons and tools.
C. Both began as migratory cultures that eventually settled in a single region.
D. Both spread their languages throughout Africa through cultural intermarriage.
E. Both were chiefly agrarian and relied on farming and raising animals.
2. The Battle of Trafalgar was a key naval victory for the British in their war against
A. Austria-Hungary
B. France
C. Germany
D. Portugal
E. Spain
3. All of the following are true about the Inca civilization EXCEPT
A. they used a system of parallel descent in which daughters inherited from their mothers and sons from their fathers
B. they demanded that neighboring communities pay them tributes as a means of funding their imperial expansion
C. they believed that their ruler was a god that descended from the sun and that his main wife represented the moon
D. they allowed conquered communities to retain their individual culture and local leaders in return for allegiance to the empire
E. they performed most of their sacrifices using animals like llamas or guinea pigs instead of humans
4. The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, was originally built to serve as a
A. fortress
B. monastery
C. mosque
D. palace
E. tomb
5. During the Punic Wars, Rome fought in three separate campaigns against the
A. Carthaginians
B. Gauls
C. Illyrians
D. Macedonians
E. Samnites
Which of the following statements is best supported by the information in the table above?
A. Both men and women in technologically advanced countries have greater access to secondary education than do their counterparts in developing nations.
B. Politically stable nations are more likely than unstable ones to have equal access to education for both men and women.
C. Women in developing nations have less access to education at any level than men do.
D. Women have relatively equal access to education as their male counterparts in most developing nations.
E. Access to quality education at any level depends on the overall poverty level of the nation.
7. Which country did Britain establish in Asia before India earned its independence in 1947?
A. Afghanistan
B. Bangladesh
C. Pakistan
D. Nepal
E. Turkmenistan
8. All of the following were factors in the decline of both the Roman Empire and the Han dynasty EXCEPT
A. difficulty with governmental administration due to their large size
B. violence from political resistance groups within their borders
C. poor agricultural yield, famine, and rapidly spreading epidemics
D. barbarian invasions along their borders that negatively affected trading
E. division by generals who attempted to seize power and proclaim themselves emperor
9. In the nineteenth century, which region of colonial Southeast Asia was an independent nation that served as a "buffer zone" between other imperially governed states?
A. Burma
B. Singapore
C. Borneo
D. Sumatra
E. Siam
10. The city of Great Zimbabwe rose to prominence during the thirteenth century primarily as a result of its
A. possession of working gold mines
B. strong agricultural economy
C. widespread military conquests
D. control of a key trading route
E. political ties to the Roman Empire
11. is mere human talk to preach that the soul flies out [ofpurgatory] immediately [when] the money clinks in thecollection box.
36. Which of the following religious leaders most likely made the statementabove?
A. John Calvin
B. Ignatius of Loyola
C. Martin Luther
D. John Knox
E. Ulrich Zwingli
12. The Neolithic Revolution was a fundamental shift in the human way of life during the prehistoric era that was primarily marked by the
A. emergence of early governments
B. development of agricultural techniques
C. formation of organized religions
D. beginning of systematic trade
E. construction of early tools and machines
13. Which Mesoamerican culture used chinampas to increase the amount of agricultural land available for use in its capital city?
A. Inca
B. Olmec
C. Maya
D. Aztec
E. Toltec
14. An interest in natural resources and commodities such as oil, tin, and rubber led the Dutch to colonize which region of Southeast Asia starting in the seventeenth century?
A. Indonesia
C. Burma
D. Siam
E. Philippines
15. Which of the following modern countries is NOT matched with the imperial power that once controlled it?
A. Bosnia → Austrian-Hungarian Empire
B. Cambodia → Mongol Empire
C. Yemen → Umayyad Empire
D. Turkey → Ottoman Empire
E. Guyana → British Empire
16. In his 1776 book The Wealth of Nations, economist Adam Smith advocated the laissez-faire economic philosophy and specifically condemned
A. communism
B. feudalism
C. imperialism
D. mercantilism
E. capitalism
17. Which of the following Chinese dynasties instituted the first civil service examination?
A. Tang
B. Zhou
C. Sui
D. Qin
E. Han
18. The Four Noble Truths form the basis of which major Eastern religion?
A. Hinduism
B. Sikhism
C. Daoism
D. Buddhism
E. Shintoism
19. Which of these answers best describes how Germany and Japan were similar in the lead-up to World War II?
A. Both nations wanted to isolate themselves from foreign influence.
B. Both nations were convinced of their ethnic superiority.
C. Both nations were interested in territorial expansion for economic gain.
D. Both nations were suffering because of heavy losses incurred in World War I.
E. Both nations supported the ethnic and racial cleansing of minority groups.
20. The Spanish settlers who governed colonies in Mesoamerica imported Africans as a source of labor instead of enslaving Native Americans primarily because
A. Africans were more obedient to Europeans than Native Americans
B. Africans were more resistant to disease than Native Americans
C. Africans were a cheaper source of labor than Native Americans
D. Africans were more skilled at manual labor than Native Americans
E. Africans were easier to communicate with than Native Americans
21. "At this point one may note that men must be either pamperedor annihilated. They avenge light offenses; they cannot avengesevere ones; hence, the harm one does to a man must be suchas to obviate any fear of revenge."
The quotation above is taken from which of the following?
A. The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
B. In Praise of Folly, Desiderius Erasmus
C. Utopia, Sir Thomas More
D. The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli
E. Two Treatises of Government, John Locke
22. Aside from gold, the most valuable and highly traded commodity inthe West African kingdom of Ghana was
A. salt
B. ivory
C. slaves
D. grain
E. rice
23. All of the following are examples of trading agreements EXCEPT
A. NAFTA
B. OPEC
C. LAFTA
D. GATT
E. ASEAN
24. The Chinese ruled over Vietnam between roughly the first andtenth centuries CE. During this period, the Chinese encounteredthe most resistance from the Vietnamese when they attempted to
A. implement their civil service and bureaucratic systems
B. introduce the Vietnamese to the Confucian ideology
C. de-emphasize the role of women in Vietnamese society
D. employ traditional Chinese agricultural methods
E. convert the Vietnamese to the Buddhist religion
25. The rise of feudalism in Western Europe was primarily the result of
A. political unrest caused by severe famine
B. fear of attack from foreign invaders
C. the collapse of the Carolingian dynasty
D. disputes about church authority over state matters
E. an increase in trading with overseas countries
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CUNY faculty union rejects contract offer
Daniel Massey
The union that represents 22,000 professors and professional staff members at the City University of New York rejected a contract offer from the university, saying it fell “dramatically short” of bringing salaries in line with competitive institutions in the area.
CUNY made its first offer for a 37-month contract last week that called for annual increases of 3.15%, 3% and 3%, plus an additional 2% to address other economic needs, and slight increases to Welfare Fund contributions.
In a letter to her members Monday, Professional Staff Congress President Barbara Bowen called the initial offer a “serious” one. But she wrote that “it falls dramatically short of the amount needed to lift salaries to an acceptable level and address other critical issues.”
PSC members have been working without a contract since September.
The union contends that CUNY salaries—which range from $63,000 for an assistant professor to $99,000 for a full professor—are 20% lower than those at comparable colleges in the metropolitan area.
“Increases near the level of inflation will not begin to close the 20% salary gap separating CUNY and other comparable public universities,” wrote Ms. Bowen. “Unless the economic offer is expanded, CUNY will put a whole generation of faculty, staff—and students—at risk.”
Union officials say untenured faculty are leaving for better jobs, senior scholars are being recruited elsewhere and top candidates for jobs are turning CUNY down. Members have stated their case at protests on a dozen campuses and the union has aired television commercials calling for CUNY to bring salaries in line with other universities. Any deal would require both city and state approval.
While negotiations with the PSC will resume May 29, CUNY announced today that it had reached a tentative agreement with District Council 37, which represents an additional 10,000 workers at the university.
The deal, which is subject to ratification by union members, covers the three-year period beginning Oct. 1, 2006 and calls for raises of 3.15% the first year and 4% in each of the next two years.
“We’ve had good progress with our negotiations with DC 37 and we’re hoping we can have the same positive results with our union that represents the remaining faculty and staff,” says a CUNY spokesman.
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Toyota takes emotional 24 Hours podium
Craig Llewellyn
Victory at Le Mans once again proved out of reach for Toyota, but second place was still an achievement worth noting.
Toyota Racing achieved an emotional runners-up finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours after a rollercoaster race which saw drivers and team overcome immense challenges.
The #8 TS030 HYBRID of Anthony Davidson, S?bastien Buemi and St?phane Sarrazin finished second to the winning Audi, but there was frustration for the #7 sister car of Alex Wurz, Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima, which took fourth place after running in a podium position for much of the event.
The second place equalled Toyota's best finish at Le Mans, as the TS030 HYBRID matched the results achieved by predecessors the TS010 (1992), 94C-V (1994) and TS020 (1999).
"I am very proud of our team today; we truly performed like a team and we earned this result," team president Yoshiaki Kinoshita noted, "We never gave up or lost focus, even in difficult circumstances. To get both cars to the finish and to stand on the podium was a very satisfying result.
"I will always remember the determination and team work showed by everyone after the #7 was damaged. It was very emotional for me to see this because it showed our team spirit, so I would like to say thank you to the team and also the drivers, who gave everything for us.
"Congratulations to Audi for their victory - it was great to compete with them in such an exciting race I am happy with this result, but my dream is to win Le Mans so I am determined we will come back even stronger next year."
A chaotic race featured regularly-changing weather, causing treacherous track conditions which contributed to eleven safety car periods and made driving extremely difficult for the drivers.
A day of perfect reliability for the #8 car saw it push for victory before eventually completing the 24 hours just a lap behind the winning Audi. The Toyota enjoyed a much smoother run than its sister despite the difficult circumstances, losing time only when its fuel stop window twice came during safety car periods which caused St?phane Sarrazin to be held at the end of pit lane until he could rejoin.
"It is an amazing result for the team and it's very encouraging for the future," the French veteran, who shared driving duties with Anthony Davidson and Sebastien Buemi, commented, "We pushed really hard since last year and the team put in a huge amount of effort; they gave their maximum all the time.
"The car was just amazing this weekend. We had no problems, no reliability issue. We did our best, but Audi were just a bit quicker than us. S?bastien and Anthony did a great job in tricky conditions in which it was easy to make a mistake. We saw many crashes and unfortunately a very bad accident yesterday. Now we are just very happy about our race, our team, our mechanics and engineers. I am so happy to be part of this team; I am a lucky boy."
The #7 car, meanwhile, overcame a more turbulent 24 hours which saw it face up to several challenges, including a loss of fuel pressure early in the race, a slow in-lap to conserve fuel and two precautionary tyre changes when sensors indicated slow punctures. With just over an hour to go, it remained in a thrilling battle for third until a very heavy rain shower made track conditions virtually impossible and saw Nicolas Lapierre powerless to prevent the car sliding off the track and into the barriers.
The French driver managed to get the Toyota back to the pits, where superb work from his crew repaired the heavy front end and suspension damage within 30 minutes, allowing the crew - which also included Alex Wurz and Kazuki Nakajima to take the chequered flag in fourth place.
"I think it is a great day for Toyota Racing to get on the podium," Lapierre reflected, despite his team missing the celebrations, "We came quite close to the victory and we can be proud about this considering our team is only 18 months old. The fact that the two cars finished the race without any major technical trouble is a big achievement.
"Unfortunately, on our car, I made a mistake which took us out of the fight for a podium. We had to push to get a third place finish and it didn't work out. We finished fourth which is a disappointment but, when I brought the car back to the garage, I was so proud of the mechanics. They did really a great job and I was emotional to go back on the track after this."
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Illustration by Ralph Hermens
What Prompted Two-Stroke Engine Design’s New Orthodoxy?
A narrative of two-stroke scavenging, part 5
By Kevin Cameron
Through 1971, Yamaha built its 250cc and 350cc two-stroke twins on completely different bottom ends—the 250 vertically split, the 350 horizontally. In 1972, it did the sensible thing, building both twins on a common modular crankcase with a 54mm stroke. Both inherited the two pairs of crankcase-fed transfer ports pioneered in the 1969 250cc TD2 and abandoned the use of "afterthought" slot ports fed through holes in the pistons. Transfer ports continued to look a lot like those of TD2, with the "A" pair flanking the single oval exhaust port having flat roofs and considerable backsweep toward the non-exhaust cylinder wall. The "B" pair continued to be much smaller than the "As" and were aimed at each other rather than at the non-exhaust cylinder wall.
When Honda began to make two-stroke dirt bikes (whose engines would in 1982 become the basis of its first two-stroke Grand Prix bike, Freddie Spencer's NS500 triple) their "A" and "B" transfers looked quite Yamaha-like. Instead of Yamaha's signature single oval exhaust port, however, Honda adopted a T-shaped exhaust port with a center divider (despite the need for fussy piston modifications to keep it lubricated). The cross of the T overhung the "A" transfers, and such a wide exhaust port could therefore be effective even when opening a bit later than the single Yamaha exhaust port. The later the exhaust port opens, the more expanded and cooled the combustion gas becomes. When it does rush out as the port opens, the gas heats the piston crown less. This potential for a lower piston temperature can allow knock-free use of a slightly higher compression ratio, which increases torque.
Such a port divider, being exposed on all sides to the outrush of exhaust gas, runs hot. As the piston clatters up and down its bore, its rocking can cause the divider to hammer softened piston material into the piston ring groove, trapping the ring and destroying its seal. To lubricate the divider, small holes were drilled in the exhaust skirt of the piston along the track of the divider. This allowed crankcase compression to push oily air onto it. To reduce pressure on the divider, it was also common for builders to relieve the surface of its hard plating (or liner, if present) a bit. And finally, to keep the ring sealing, the top and bottom edges of the piston ring groove were chamfered at 45 degrees in the region near the divider, so that any hammering that did take place could not trap the ring.
Three-cylinder Kawasaki H2R engine castings await assembly in 1972 at the factory race shop in Akashi, Japan.Cycle World Archives
Meanwhile Kawasaki, latecomers to the intense GP racing of the 1960s, went in two directions. In the production twins with a rotary intake valve, engineers continued the three-transfer-port orthodoxy of the 1960s, including the porting of the 1967 250cc A1R parallel-twin production racer and, beginning in 1975, the factory-only KR250 disc-valve tandem twin. But in 1970 with its new three-cylinder 500cc H1 and H1R production racer, Kawasaki provided four transfers per cylinder but with the smaller “B” pair fed from the same smallish crankcase ducts as fed the “As.” Both transfer pairs had close-to-flat roofs with little upflow and were aimed back at the non-exhaust cylinder wall.
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With the exception of Kawasaki’s three-transfer engines, then, a new orthodoxy had emerged: two pairs of transfers, the “A” pair aimed back some 35 degrees, the “B” pair much less so, and with flat-to-moderate-upflow roofs.
My probe was just a small brass tube with 2mm bore, having a right-angle bend at one end. The other end was connected by flexible plastic tube to the pressure gauge.
Packaging was a big issue because almost all of these engines were production-based. With a clutch sticking out on one side and an ignition and alternator on the other, width was a problem. Kawasaki’s rotary-valve production bikes also had carburetors sticking out to the right and left.
The common packaging solution was to cram the cylinders as close together as possible, even if that meant leaving less room for the ducts connecting the crankcases with the transfer ports. The result was often “elevator” transfers, ducts that went straight up the outside of the cylinder liner, then made an abrupt almost 90-degree turn to enter the cylinder. I used an impact probe and a sensitive pressure gauge to map the flow emerging into cylinders from this kind of transfer. My probe was just a small brass tube with 2mm bore, having a right-angle bend at one end. The other end was connected by flexible plastic tube to the pressure gauge. With a piston held at bottom center by a lump of modeling clay and the headless cylinder sitting on an upper crankcase into which a blower delivered air, I could find out where, over the face of the transfer windows, air was coming out—the regions of positive ram pressure. To my considerable interest, I found that roughly the lower one-third of the window of such an elevator-style transfer duct was not flowing any air at all.
This is analogous to the short-side problem in four-stroke intake-port flow. As the port approaches the valve seat at an angle (which it must do because of the valve springs above), the momentum of the flow carries most of it to the far side of the valve, where it emerges at high speed. Much less of the flow is able to make the sharper turn to flow out of the nearer, or short side, of the valve seat. Coaxing more flow to the short side has been an enduring task of four-stroke cylinder-head porting.
So it was with those straight-up-then-turn-90-degrees transfer ports of the 1970s: Most of the flow, unable to make the tight turn, came out at the top two-thirds of the port, leaving the lower one-third to flow nothing. In return for the narrower engines that resulted from locating cylinders close to each other, designers paid a price—a built-in two-thirds throttle—in the form of those sharp-turn transfer ducts.
Most of the flow, unable to make the tight turn, came out at the top two-thirds of the port, leaving the lower one-third to flow nothing.
Another chronic problem was the need to fasten the cylinders to the crankcase. For years, the usual method was by long studs threaded into the crankcase that came up through the cylinder and head. Where there were studs, there could not be transfer ports.
Because they had just one cylinder, motocross engines were the special case that allowed an easy solution to hold the cylinder in place by a thick, wide base flange, big enough that the short studs retaining it were not in the way of wider and more gently curved transfer ducts. This was especially valuable on reed-valve engines, which needed a lot of width and volume for their intake arrangements.
Suzuki showed a better way to package two-stroke cylinders in its 1972 GT750, also known as the “Water Buffalo.” As each cylinder had just two gently curving transfer ducts, the cylinders were rotated such that those ducts were staggered rather than elbow to elbow. Because that engine was water-cooled, it was simplest to implement all three cylinders in a single casting. Kawasaki would later employ this system on its race-only 1975 KR750.
In 750cc roadracing, Suzuki, by not having to adopt the elevator style of flow-restrictive transfer ducts, was able to make at least as much power at 7,600 rpm from its two-transfer 750 as Kawasaki could produce at 9,000 to 9,500 rpm from the four transfers per cylinder of its 1972–’74 H2R.
In 1972, Kawasaki showed something new in the form of its 750cc H2 triple. Clearly someone had asked the question, “Why should the ‘B’ transfers be only one-third as wide as the ‘As’?” and then had gone on to study the question experimentally. It found improved scavenging with four transfers that were all the same width. In 1972 and ’73, I would learn a lot by trying to understand why.
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Why, among so many issues, Bronwyn Bishop's helicopter trip gets our attention
Why me? Bronwyn Bishop's 'Choppergate' scandal has taken off for two reasons: it created an image in the public mind and it feeds into an underlying perception.AAP/Mick Tsikas
Why has the issue of expense claims by House of Representatives Speaker Bronwyn Bishop dominated the news since mid-July? To understand how this one issue, of all the many political issues, has seized public attention, we need to understand how agendas are set.
At any time, many issues are competing to get onto the public agenda. This has been defined as “that set of items explicitly up for the active and serious consideration of authoritative decision makers”.
The media certainly have a role in saying that X or Y is an issue worthy of public concern. Often such issues rise and fall within a day or two. Some issues emerge again and again.
Let’s look at some examples. As Ken Robinson argues, what’s worth knowing is very arguable. Yet the call for schools to “get back to basics” is a perennial one.
In the late 1970s, some fundamentalist Christians centred on Baulkham Hills certainly used it to demand that the NSW Department of Education’s schools do more reading and writing, and drop the “frills”, or unnecessary things, like a course called “Man: A Course of Study”. They argued it was somehow anti-Christian because a comparison of human and animal life implied that evolution had occurred.
It seemed as if the Hills were alive with angry parents, but the various groups – Concerned Parents, Parents in Education – could all be traced back to one post office box. The arguments were powerful and long-lasting, though, because of the underlying concern among all parents that their children were being well prepared for life.
Our next example is the so-called Cronulla riots. Based on the account of a student who witnessed it, we argued that the event happened largely because the media – in particular, one radio commentator – had framed the issue in a certain way. This could be summed up as “Who rules our beaches?”.
We reported that the day progressed uneventfully. Late in the day, affected by too much sun and alcohol, sections of the crowd showed uncontrolled hostility to dark-skinned people. Recorded for TV, these events have been referred to many times since.
Western media and voters have long subscribed to the idea that politicians have their snouts in the trough.Daily Mirror
Violent events occur in various Australian cities: why did this one gain such lasting prominence? Once again, there was an underlying issue: is Australia a free and fair society, or liable to become racist? Once again, a substratum of perennial importance gives events a longer life than would otherwise occur.
And so we turn to the Bronwyn Bishop saga. Australians learnt on July 15 that she had chartered a helicopter flight instead of making the one-hour drive from Melbourne to Geelong. Treasurer Joe Hockey conceded it failed to pass the “sniff test”. It was “not a good look” for the government on whose behalf he had declared the “age of entitlement” was over.
The issue was dubbed “Choppergate” after the 1972 Watergate scandal in the US. The suffix “-gate” is media shorthand for “here’s another public scandal”.
And that is precisely why this issue has lasted so long. People in democracies say they do not like politics and politicians. It’s common for ordinary folk to say that “they’re all as bad as each other”. Cartoons have depicted politicians as pigs with their snouts in the public trough. Here is the substratum of belief, or prejudice, that gives an issue a long life on the public agenda.
It’s also about the image
Roger Cobb and Charles Elder’s work predates the internet and social media. We might update it with a further suggestion. To last a long time, issues need to provide a vivid image.
The image of a woman dressed up to the nines with a bouffant hairdo riding in a helicopter is a very vivid one. It inspired scores of memes on social media.
Bishop’s expensive European trip fuelled the public debate. It was further revealed that she claimed for the flight to a colleague’s wedding and chartered expensive cars to take her from Mosman to the Sydney Opera House, a journey easily made by bus or ferry.
For comedians it was a gift: a figure who dresses in a distinctive way, fast becoming unpopular, using expensive transport unnecessarily in a dramatic way. ABC television showed Bishop in a helicopter to the soundtrack of Ride of the Valkyries. For film buffs, this was a reference to the helicopter attack in Apocalypse Now.
The ABC managed to reference this scene from Apocalypse Now when reporting on Bronwyn Bishop.
So much for an issue appearing on the public agenda. But on the government’s agenda, which Cobb and Elder termed the institutional agenda? That’s a different matter altogether.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has declared that Bishop is “on probation”. Commentators have questioned what this means and suggested that the Speaker is now firmly under the prime ministerial thumb.
Issues tend to come in bundles, as Cobb and Elder argue. So when the “Choppergate” issue arose, up came another, far more serious. What about Bishop’s performance as Speaker? Why has she ejected some 393 Labor MPs from the House of Representatives, but only a handful from the Coalition? The media have often mentioned this before but now it resonates.
The “Bishop issue” will be fodder for more debate when parliament resumes. Pure gold, as the comedians say.
Peter West does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond the academic appointment above.
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Apple TV’s ‘The Elephant Queen’ is a gorgeous but myopic nature documentary
The brilliantly shot film refuses to point the finger at humanity.
Brenden Gallagher— 2019-10-31 07:00 am
“It reminds us of how it once was when the whole of Africa was theirs.”
This line, spoken at the end of The Elephant Queen by narrator Chiwetel Ejiofor, deserves more consideration throughout the documentary film, which debuts on Apple TV+ this Friday. Instead of engaging with the larger problems facing all species on Earth, the film opts for a limited, even myopic look at nature. While this choice leads to compelling moments, it also cripples The Elephant Queen overall, resulting in a series of lovely images and thoughts without a message to back them up.
The Elephant Queen
DIRECTORS: Mark Deeble, Victoria Stone
STREAMING: Apple TV+
This gorgeous documentary about the lives of elephants misses the larger ecological picture.
There is much to admire about The Elephant Queen. The film follows the matriarch of an elephant family, Athena, as she searches for water and tries to keep her family together. Beautiful photography captures the elephants’ beauty and grandeur. The dedication of the crew is evident, as the documentary presents a slew of moving moments that must have required months to capture. The filmmaking also asserts a point of view, helping us to identify with the struggle of a small herd facing big problems.
Ecosystems are incredibly important in The Elephant Queen. The film walks viewers through the various fish, turtles, birds, and bugs that coexist with and rely upon the elephants for survival. We get impressive footage of dung beetles fighting over pachyderm excrement. We see killifish lay eggs meant to be carried in mud baked onto an elephant’s skin. We see breathtaking footage of bird migration. We even get a front-row seat to a frog orgy.
Every animal shown here, great or small, fits into a larger whole. Each animal struggles for survival, and we empathize with them.
The immediacy and detail with which The Elephant Queen presents these struggles makes one of its narrative choices particularly strange. Though the film amply discusses how animals impact one another, it has almost no discussion of human impact on animals. This decision holds the film back from being more than a brilliantly photographed nature documentary. The omission is especially glaring because much of Athena’s struggle involves finding enough water for her family amid a drought. The heat, we’re told, is unexpectedly harsh, but the film spends little time explaining why.
It is difficult to discern who exactly The Elephant Queen is for. This is definitely a family film, but the line for what is age-appropriate is puzzling at times. When animals are clearly engaging in orgiastic sex, Ejiofor says they are “hugging,” yet the film also includes a long, melancholy scene in which elephants reflect on the skull of a lost member of their herd. The filmmakers seem unsure whether they are presenting an unflinching look at the realities of animal life or a glossy, kid-friendly introduction to the world of these beautiful beasts.
Again, this limited point of view is most disappointing in how the film handles human interaction with animals. It rarely mentions the danger that humanity presents until a credit sequence announces a poacher killed Satao, the largest and proudest elephant.
Not every film needs to derail its central purpose to discuss humans’ ecological footprint, but here it seems especially relevant. The powerful images are somewhat undermined by the narrative decision to protect the audience, creating a false image of a pocket of the world that humanity hasn’t touched. At moments, the film gets so myopic, it feels like an intentional betrayal.
“It would seem the worst time to be born,” Ejiofor remarks at one point. What a powerful thing to say. It would have been more powerful to note that the reason it is difficult for these creatures to be brought into the world right now is because of us.
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Rutgers football lands Don Bosco running back Kyle Monangai
Kyle Monangai, a key player during Don Bosco football's rise to No. 1, committed to Rutgers and coach Greg Schiano.
Rutgers football lands Don Bosco running back Kyle Monangai Kyle Monangai, a key player during Don Bosco football's rise to No. 1, committed to Rutgers and coach Greg Schiano. Check out this story on dailyrecord.com: https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2019/12/17/rutgers-football-recruiting-don-bosco-rb-kyle-monangai-commits/2676849001/
Greg Mattura, NorthJersey.com Published 7:13 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2019 | Updated 3:23 p.m. ET Dec. 18, 2019
Early Football Signing Day 2019 in North Jersey
Jack Mottola of NV/Demarest signs with Albany. Submitted
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From left, Jordan Morant (Michigan), Jeremiah Grant (Richmond) and Bryan Felter (Rutgers) were among the Bergen Catholic football players to sign college letters of intent in Oradell on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Greg Mattura
Don Bosco running back Kyle Monangai signs his letter of intent to Rutgers in Ramsey on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. Greg Mattura
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RAMSEY — Kyle Monangai enjoyed a whirlwind week that culminated with the Don Bosco senior signing with Rutgers.
“It’s a moment I’ll never forget,” Monangai said Wednesday morning, moments after signing his official letter with the Scarlet Knights and newly rehired football coach Greg Schiano.
Monangai made an official visit to Rutgers over the weekend and the extremely elusive running back received an offer Sunday from Schiano. The 5-foot-10, 205-pounder was not considered a major Division I recruit, yet Schiano felt willing to take a chance.
“He watched my film and he said he was very impressed,” Monangai said during a ceremony in the school’s media center on this first day of the three-day football early signing period. “He said I’m very hard to tackle and he said those whose opinions he valued said it would be stupid for him not to offer me.”
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Monangai might have been the best running back in North Jersey before injuring his left ankle in a first-round playoff victory over arch rival Bergen Catholic. The Roseland resident still earned All-New Jersey honorable mentionby the USA TODAY Network New Jersey.
“I’m blessed,” said Monangai, a stellar student who also was being recruited by California, Princeton and Harvard, among others. “A week before, I didn’t know where I was going. The official visit sprung up almost out of nowhere. I think everything happens for a reason, and everything worked out in the end.”
Don Bosco running back Kyle Monangai signs his letter of intent to Rutgers in Ramsey on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (Photo: Greg Mattura)
“We’re thrilled – it really worked out well for him,” Don Bosco coach Dan Sabella said. “The recruiting process, a lot of times there’s a lot of uncertainty and you don’t know how things are going to work out.”
Monangai helped Don Bosco (7-5) reach the Non-Public Group 4 final for the first time since 2015, losing to St. Peter’s Prep at MetLife Stadium, 21-14. He carried 124 times for 845 yards and seven touchdowns. He also caught 25 passes for 413 yards and five scores.
“I think he’s going to have a great career down there,” Sabella said. “And I can’t wait to be able to follow it and be able to have that connection and rooting for them. With all the excitement and energy that’s going on down there, he’s going to fit right into that.”
“I feel that going to Bosco, I was able to be a part of something special,” Monangai said, “and I get to do it again in front of my home state, so it’s a special opportunity.”
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Injured parties, defiant execs and a tainted title: Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal checks all the boxes
Houston's 2017 World Series title will forever have an asterisk and the stigma brought on by the cheating scandal isn't going anywhere.
Injured parties, defiant execs and a tainted title: Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal checks all the boxes Houston's 2017 World Series title will forever have an asterisk and the stigma brought on by the cheating scandal isn't going anywhere. Check out this story on dailyrecord.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/gabe-lacques/2020/01/15/houston-astros-cheating-scandal-mlb/4465982002/
Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Published 7:38 a.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020 | Updated 11:12 a.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020
Consider, for a moment, what has been asked of the sports fan over time.
He or she is expected to pledge loyalty to a franchise and its players, even though the former unilaterally controls your ability to access and enjoy the game, and the latter can be shipped off or eventually skip town despite your love.
They are expected to underwrite, with their tax dollars, the palaces in which these stars perform and where the billions of dollars in revenue reaped by their overlords is generated. To exalt their heroes’ accomplishments, even if there stands a fair chance they were achieved through chemical enhancement.
And increasingly, they are told to put their faith not in player or owner or even executives themselves, but rather processes that often involve roster immolation and intentional losing with no guarantee of future glory.
Little wonder, then, that the modern fan is just a wee bit jaded, immune to even the most craven means to a competitive end.
Yet along come the Houston Astros, who have dominated a sport meant to be indomitable, winning 315 games and a World Series title the past three seasons along with another, far uglier distinction.
In employing an electronic sign-stealing scheme, one that ran specifically afoul of Major League Baseball’s commissioner, they have plumbed the depths sufficiently to disgust the sporting public.
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After MLB commissioner Rob Manfred levied one-year bans on Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch – who were promptly fired by owner Jim Crane – the reaction from fans, media and industry types was notable.
There was no collective shrug, like when New England Patriots luminary Julian Edelman began last season with a performance-enhancing drug suspension and ended this season with a misdemeanor arrest for jumping on the hood of a car in Beverly Hills. There were no giggles, a reaction NFL star Odell Beckham inspired Monday after he handed out what appeared to be wads of cash to LSU players in clear view of a Superdome crowd and the NCAA’s Keystone Cops after the Tigers won college football’s national championship.
And there certainly wasn’t a sense of impending forgiveness, which our society seems willing to bestow on so many sullied public figures, be they Hugh Grant or Alex Rodriguez, Sean Spicer or Tiger Woods.
No, instead there was anger: That the penalties weren’t harsh enough. That Luhnow or Hinch weren’t banned for life and might yet work in baseball again (our guess: Hinch, at least, will stay in the game. Less certain: The fate of ousted Red Sox manager Alex Cora, heavily implicated for his actions as Astros bench coach, and still under MLB investigation for allegedly running afoul of sign-stealing dictums in Boston).
And above all, that the Cheatin’ Astros of 2017 will remain World Series champions.
Let’s unpack that a bit.
A view of Minute Maid Park before Game 3 of the 2017 World Series. (Photo: Troy Taormina,USA TODAY Sports)
It’s interesting that a sign-stealing scheme would be the baseball scandal that garners international attention. After all, sign-stealing is legal in baseball, a point Manfred specifically raised in his nine-page decision slamming the Astros. That a governing body could lean on a concept as oxymoronic as “ethical sign-stealing” captures the very nebulous line between right and wrong in baseball.
And the Astros’ gambit was, in some ways, nothing new under the enclosed roof. Bob Feller’s Indians of 1948, the Shot Heard ‘Round the World Giants of 1951, buzzers, telescopic lenses, hand signals, whistles – sure, they raised the hackles of fans on the losing end of such matters.
So why, then, does this Astros dirtiness resonate so deeply?
Well, there is the concept of blatantly flouting a directive from the game’s commissioner, literally days after it was issued. And the concept of fair play.
And, perhaps more than almost any sports scandal, there is a direct line from the Astros’ cheating to an injured party.
Oh, if a football or baseball player dopes, they may very well be taking a job from a clean, deserving player, or gaining an edge on an opponent. Those advantages, however, are virtually immeasurable.
But tell an elite bunch of hitters what pitch is coming, and the impact on opponents is sickeningly palpable.
Revisiting Astros' 2017 run
The lasting image of Los Angeles Dodgers great Clayton Kershaw’s postseason career may yet be him crouched on the Minute Maid Park mound after another rocket from the Astros sailed over the fence. Just try to watch Jose Altuve peer down to third base before launching a Kenta Maeda 94-mph fastball deep into the left field seats and not wonder, “How did the base coach get that sign?”
What was once viewed as a drunken, glorious mess of a game – Astros 13, Dodgers 12 – that ultimately determined the outcome of a seven-game series now feels like a 5-hour, 17-minute sham.
And while the Boston Red Sox are now next on MLB’s chopping block for their reported cheating in 2018, they were on the other end of the equation in ’17. Their lefty ace, Chris Sale, struck out 317 batters that year, most in the American League.
Three batters into their 2017 AL Division Series against the Astros, Sale was down 2-0 after Altuve ambushed one of his pitches for a two-run homer. Altuve hit three homers that day, beginning a postseason run that saw the Astros win eight of nine playoff games at Minute Maid Park.
That included four home wins against the New York Yankees in the AL Championship Series, though the final scores – 2-1, 2-1, 7-0, 4-0 – look a bit more pedestrian than the other playoff rounds. That’s probably not a coincidence.
“You know, word gets around,” then-Yankees manager Joe Girardi said last month at baseball’s winter meetings. “I thought we did a pretty good job of combating it.”
Monday, MLB detailed exactly what “it” entailed: A crime of hyper-surveillance by a team quietly reviled for maintaining an edge regardless of who is hurt.
And perhaps that’s what resonates the most. Technology is not going away, in baseball or any other competitive arena, even if it optimizes us beyond the point of maintaining our humanity. Maybe that’s how this scandal unsettles the most jaded among us.
MLB will now, for the third consecutive offseason, redouble its efforts to curtail the use of in-game electronics. It could start by getting rid of the replay room, a lab the Red Sox in multiple years violated – and surely they’re not the only ones.
As for the Astros? Perhaps they’ve learned their lesson – though it seems they still can’t read a room.
Their owner, Crane, maintained Monday that their 2017 title was “absolutely not” tainted.
He may want to reconsider that stance. Perhaps he will after a 2020 season where his sport and its fans are primed to let him know just how far is too far.
Biggest sports scandals in history
1919 Chicago "Black Sox" World Series scandal. George Brace, Chicago Tribune via AP
Southern Methodist football program receives "death penalty" for multiple NCAA violations, 1987. Bill Janscha, AP
Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal, 2017-19. Erik Williams, USA TODAY Sports
Ben Johnson stripped of 1988 Olympic 100-meter gold medal after failing drug test. Gary Kemper, AP
Pittsburgh drug trials involving several MLB players, 1985. Focus On Sport, Focus on Sport/Getty Images
Pete Rose betting scandal leads to lifetime ban from baseball, 1989. Rob Burns, AP
O.J. Simpson murder trial, 1995. Vince Bucci, AP
Danny Almonte (and his Bronx team) disqualified from the Little League World Series for being too old, 2001. Chris Gardner, AP
Barry Bonds Balco PED scandal, 2003-04. ERIC RISBERG, AP
Vikings party boat scandal, 2005. Jim Mone, AP
Michael Vick dog fighting case, 2007. H. Darr Beiser, USAT
Tim Donaghy NBA betting scandal, 2007. Haraz N. Ghanbari, AP
Boston College basketball point shaving scandal, 1978–79. David Bookstaver, AP
Mitchell Report in 2007 details use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances in Major League Baseball. Mary Altaffer, AP Mary Altaffer, AP
New England Patriots Spygate scandal, 2007. Marvin Gentry, USA TODAY Sports
Tiger Woods sex scandal, 2009-2010. Sam Greenwood, Getty Images
University of Miami athletics scandal involving booster Nevin Shapiro, 2011. WFOR / CBS4, AP
Jerry Sandusky convicted in child sex abuse case at Penn State, 2012. Gene J. Puskar, AP
New Orleans Saints "Bountygate" scandal, 2012. Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports
Biogenesis doping scandal leads to suspension of Alex Rodriguez and 12 other major and minor leaguers, 2013. Mike Stobe, Getty Images
Ray Rice assault case, 2014. Brad Penner, USA TODAY Sports
New England Patriots and Tom Brady, Deflategate, 2015. Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports
Lance Armstrong doping case, 1999-2018. George Burns, AFP/Getty Images
Donald Sterling's racially insensitive comments lead to him being forced out as Los Angeles Clippers owner, 2014-16. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
Russian Olympic doping scandal, 2014-16. Matthias Schrader, AP
FBI college basketball corruption case, 2017-19. Bebeto Matthews, AP
Baylor University sexual assault scandal, 2012-18. Tim Heitman, USA TODAY Sports
Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics/Michigan State sex abuse scandal, 2014-18. Matthew Dae Smith, Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State-
Louisville basketball sex scandal case, 2018. Seth Wenig, AP
2018 Kentucky Derby winner Justify's doping scandal. Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports
Olympians Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, 1994 attack on Kerrigan by Harding associates. Doug Mills, AP
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and soccer organization's 2015 bribery scandal. FABRICE COFFRINI, AFP/Getty Images
Morris Hills boys basketball coach reaches milestone
Red Bulls sign Academy product John Tolkin of Chatham
Red Bulls fill out roster in second day of SuperDraft
NJ MMA fighter Dillon Danis does what he wants
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Boston Marathon Bomber: I Want My Death Sentence Overturned
By Hank Berrien
One of the two men who bombed the Boston Marathon in 2013, a terrorist attack in which three people were murdered and 264 other people were injured, including 16 who lost a limb, filed a motion asking his death sentence be overturned.
On Thursday, attorneys for the bomber, who along with his brother executed the bombing on April 15, 2013 that killed Krystle Marie Campbell, 29, Lingzi Lu, 23, and Martin Richard, 8, told the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals that the judge in the case made a mistake denying their motions to move the trial out of Boston. The trial ended in April 2015.
As PJ Media reports, the bomber was convicted on all 30 counts including conspiracy, use of a weapon of mass destruction and the murder of the three victims from the bombing and the subsequent murder of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier three days after the bombing.
The bomber’s defense team admitted during the trial that the two brothers had executed the bombing; the bomber had admitted his involvement just after he was arrested, telling federal agents that he and his brother were motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs, according to The New York Times.
As AP reported, the attorneys for the bomber argued in their brief asking for his sentence to be overturned that his trial should not have been held in Boston because the city had been “traumatized by the bombings, ordered to shelter in place during the manhunt, saturated by prejudicial publicity and united in the Boston Strong movement.”
The first time the bomber spoke publicly about the bombing came just before the judge pronounced his death sentence; he admitted, “Immediately after the bombing, which I am guilty of — if there’s any lingering doubt about that, let there be no more. I did do it along with my brother …”
As Irish Central reported:
One of the victims, 8-year-old Martin Richard, was standing at the marathon finish line cheering on the runners with his family when the second bomb detonated on April 15, 2013. Martin was killed; his sister Jane, an Irish dancer, lost her leg; their mother, Denise, suffered brain injuries and blindness in one eye from shrapnel; their father, Bill, lost some of his hearing.
The Boston Globe said of Krystle Campbell, whose left foot was fractured, left thigh bone was broken, and whose legs were devastated by the bomb, reputedly leaving her suffering for roughly one minute before she died, “Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old woman so loved by her friends that she was a bridesmaid 17 times, lying on the sidewalk of Boylston Street outside Marathon Sports, her body ripped apart.”
Boston Magazine, writing of Lingzi Lu, reported what her best friend Danling Zhou, a fellow Chinese transfer student who met Lu in math class, testified about what happened when they attended the marathon that day. The Globe wrote:
Zhou’s organs were spilling out of a gash on her stomach. She pushed her insides back in while she tried to calm Lu down. Afraid that screaming might waste what was left of her energy, Zhou waited for an ambulance in silence. By the time Boston Police Officer Lauren Woods found Lu, she was alone. “Her whole body was shaking quivering. She had vomit in her hair, eyes were rolling in and out,” Woods called. She stuck her fingers down Lu’s throat, trying to clear the vomit. Others came to try to help with chest compressions.
Woods found Lu’s university ID and started calling her name. “Lingzi, stay with us,” she screamed.
Radical Islamic Terror
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Board members criticize hefty lease increase for Head Start Center
The district had originally been paying $60 annually.
Board members criticize hefty lease increase for Head Start Center The district had originally been paying $60 annually. Check out this story on dailyworld.com: https://www.dailyworld.com/story/news/local/2019/03/08/board-members-criticize-hefty-lease-increase-head-start-center/3103905002/
Bobby Ardoin, Special to the Daily World Published 11:20 a.m. CT March 8, 2019 | Updated 7:17 p.m. CT March 8, 2019
St. Landry Parish School Board members sworn in during Thursday's monthly meeting. (Photo: Freddie Herpin)
Several St. Landry Parish School Board members delivered harsh criticism on Thursday night on a previous parish council decision to drastically increase monthly lease payments for the district’s use of property where the Opelousas Head Start Center is located.
Some board members, who spoke publicly for only the second time on the issue, discussed possibly eventually vacating the Head Start building, which is located on several acres of parish government-owned property on Martin Luther King Drive.
The education center is owned by the Head Start program, but the operation there is the responsibility of the school district.
MORE: Council to reconsider Head Start lease-increase proposal
Increasing the $60 the district now pays annually for use of the propertyhas been an ongoing issue since November between school district officials and parish council members.
The council has approved an intergovernmental agreement proposal created between parish government and the district that increases what the school system now pays to $500 per month. That hefty increase, parish council members have said, is needed to offset an annual general fund budget that has struggled to remain balanced.
The increased rental amounts paid by the school district would not become effective until July 1, the start of the district’s new fiscal year.
MORE: School board contends with budget concerns, test scores
The school district assumed control of the parish-wide Head Start program in August. The annual Head Start federally funded budget for St. Landry for 2018-19 is $6.84 million.
At a school board meeting held prior to the regular meeting, several board members expressed dissatisfaction with the intergovernmental agreement that is being written by attorneys for the school district and the council.
Interim board member Milton Ambres said children and relatives of some parish council members are attending the Head Start program in Opelousas and the decision to increase the lease “is like stealing.”
Board member Albert Hayes said the increased amount is too much to pay at one time.
“Going from $50 a month to $500, that’s a lot. What (is parish government) doing differently now for that $500? What are we getting now that merits a $450 per month increase?” he asked.
Board member Hazel Sias reminded the board about recent decisions to increase the amount the district leases monthly for campsites on school system property.
“We went up on the campsite leases, but we did so incrementally,” said board member Randy Wagley. "The principle of (the new Head Start lease) is wrong. I think we should move out as quickly as we can."
Board members, including current President Mary Ellen Donatto, Denise Oliney Rose, Donnie Perron, Hayes and Raymond Cassimere, appeared before the council in January asking for reconsideration for the $500 per month lease.
School Superintendent Patrick Jenkins said on Thursday that the $500 per month the school district will now have to pay is less than the $1,125 monthly lease initially proposed by the council.
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Damian Lewis: “I’m still trying to make it”, Epigram, May 20, 2013
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Interview: Damian Lewis
by Edward Carden
I was fortunate enough to secure an interview with actor Damian Lewis for my student newspaper. This is the result:
A household name both sides of the Atlantic, Damian Lewis came to international prominence starring in Band of Brothers, furthering his reputation in The Forsyte Saga, Life and numerous stage plays. A consummate actor of theatre, film and television, his recent triumph in Homeland won him a Golden Globe and an Emmy. I tried to uncover a few pearls of wisdom from the most exciting British actor of the moment.
For many people staring nervously into the precipice of recession unemployment, Damian Lewis’ characters seem unrealistically cool and successful. Decisive and worldly, these soldiers, cops, business executives and assassins don’t rely on others. I asked him what advice he would offer graduates making their way in the world. But his own life wisdom is refreshingly clear. ‘Work hard, play hard,’ he summarises deftly. ‘Understand what makes you happy and do it.’ Such an approach has clearly served him well: he has dined with the U.S. President and been directed by Steven Spielberg. But his drive is evident. ‘I still think I’m trying to make it. A bit like chasing one’s tail. Not healthy, but part of the condition.’ Modest, certainly, but that attitude betrays the aspirations of a winner. I suspect that he does not consider sitting on his laurels to be a viable option. If he retired from acting today, he said that his dream job would be teaching. Luckily, he would retain an audience.
Rest assured, even someone as successful as Damian Lewis can encounter bumps on the road. ‘The cold sweat you get on stage the moment you know you have absolutely no idea what to say next haunts me in my dreams,’ he observes. Famously, his eyebrow was slashed open by Ralph Fiennes during a performance of Hamlet. Pretty awkward, but dramatic at least. ‘Worst moment though was when I was at The R.S.C. and heard my cue over the tannoy system. I was still in my dressing room 4 floors up and quite literally skidded to a halt at the end of my hysterical dash on to the stage. The other actors were pacing up and down. If looks could kill…’ As a notorious master of accents, perhaps mimicry is effortless. I wondered if there was any accent he had struggled to perfect. ‘I played football with Paul Gascoigne for a week and spent every moment I wasn’t with him trying to be him. I sounded mad. But then so does he. That was Geordie.’ I guess he won’t be adding The Pitmen Painters to his C.V. any time soon.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that to reach the top of your game you must be an arrogant prima donna. In order to prepare for a role, Damian Lewis declares that he has ‘no rituals. Just quiet time on my own when I need it.’ Neither does fame seem to have gone to his head. I am confident that he keeps Balotelli-style antics to a minimum, but surely, I joked, there are some inescapable consequences? ‘I haven’t burnt anyone’s house down if that’s what you mean…’ That fame has not created a pyromaniac is certainly reassuring for his neighbours. Indeed, the single role from cinematic history which he would most like to have played is reassuringly respectful to an historic masterpiece of acting: ‘Ben Braddock in The Graduate.’
Homeland might be Damian Lewis’ biggest success to date, and certainly is in terms of awards. The tense storylines leave many viewers desperate to uncover what happens next. Does he tell anyone what happens before it airs? ‘My wife. Leave her alone.’ You heard him.
Despite a significant number of interviews, there is never a great deal of personal information about the avid Liverpool F.C. fan in the press. I wondered if he draws on this ability to play his cards close to his chest when portraying the mercurial Sergeant Brody. ‘Brody doesn’t know who he is anymore. He’s become a kind of sociopath, extremely adept at compartmentalising. Every actor needs a bit of this.’ Homeland flags some contemporary political issues, such as nationalism, power relations and the nature of war. Does its leading man think that mass entertainment can convey serious political messages? ‘Yes I do. Especially in long form drama.’
Acting aside, his performances in charity football match Soccer Aid proved solid. When I asked him which celebrity he considers to have been the worst player, he named Alastair Campbell. It just goes to show: follow Damian Lewis’ example, and you too could outplay the most powerful opponent.
I rounded off with some quickfire questions:
Beethoven or The Beatles? Depends on my mood.
Pint or champagne? Pint.
Shankly or Paisley? Paisley.
L.A. or London? London.
Silver-screen or modern blockbuster? Silver screen.
The full publication can be found here: http://epigram.org.uk/film-tv/2013/05/damian-lewis-im-still-trying-to-make-it
Here is the full Epigram.org.uk version:
A consummate actor of theatre, film and television, his recent triumph in Homeland won him a Golden Globe and an Emmy. In a great scoop for Epigram, he granted me an exclusive interview. I tried to uncover a few pearls of wisdom from the most exciting British actor of the moment.
For many students staring nervously into the precipice of recession unemployment, Damian Lewis’ characters seem unrealistically cool and successful. Decisive and worldly, these soldiers, cops, business executives and assassins don’t rely on others. I asked him what advice he would offer graduates making their way in the world. But his own life wisdom is refreshingly clear. ‘Work hard, play hard,’ he summarises deftly. ‘Understand what makes you happy and do it.’
Such an approach has clearly served him well: he has dined with the U.S. President and been directed by Steven Spielberg. But his drive is evident. ‘I still think I’m trying to make it. A bit like chasing one’s tail. Not healthy, but part of the condition.’ Modest, certainly, but that attitude betrays the aspirations of a winner. I suspect that he does not consider sitting on his laurels to be a viable option. If he retired from acting today, he said that his dream job would be teaching. Well, an audience is an audience.
Rest assured, even someone as successful as Damian Lewis can encounter bumps on the road. ‘The cold sweat you get on stage the moment you know you have absolutely no idea what to say next haunts me in my dreams,’ he observes. Famously, his eyebrow was slashed open by Ralph Fiennes during a performance of Hamlet. Pretty awkward, but dramatic at least. ‘Worst moment though was when I was at The RSC. and heard my cue over the tannoy system. I was still in my dressing room four floors up and quite literally skidded to a halt at the end of my hysterical dash on to the stage. The other actors were pacing up and down. If looks could kill…’
As a notorious master of accents, perhaps mimicry is effortless. I wondered if there was any accent he had struggled to perfect. ‘I played football with Paul Gascoigne for a week and spent every moment I wasn’t with him trying to be him. I sounded mad. But then so does he. That was Geordie.’ I guess he won’t be adding The Pitmen Painters to his CV any time soon.
Despite a significant number of interviews, there is never a great deal of personal information about the avid Liverpool FC. fan in the press. I wondered if he draws on this ability to play his cards close to his chest when portraying the mercurial Sergeant Brody. ‘Brody doesn’t know who he is anymore. He’s become a kind of sociopath, extremely adept at compartmentalising. Every actor needs a bit of this.’
Homeland flags some contemporary political issues, such as nationalism, power relations and the nature of war. Does its leading man think that mass entertainment can convey serious political messages? ‘Yes I do. Especially in long form drama.’
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‘Stupid’ Locky Network Breached
For the second time in recent months, a white hat hacker appears to have broken into a C&C server for a major malware threat.
In the few brief months of its existence, the Locky ransomware sample already has established itself as the most prolific malware of its kind. But a recent development suggests there are holes in its operation.
Researchers from German security firm Avira this week reported seeing at least one instance where one of the malware's command-and-control servers was broken into by what appears to have been a white-hat hacker.
According to Avira, someone was able to access and infiltrate a Locky C&C server and replace the ransomware payload with what it described as a dummy file which when downloaded on a victim's computer displays the message "Stupid Locky" rather than encrypting its contents.
“I don’t believe that cybercriminals themselves would have initiated this operation because of the potential damage to their reputation and income stream,” Sven Carlson, team leader of the virus lab disinfection service at Avira, said in a blog post. “I also wouldn’t say that “Locky is dead” after this operation.”
But the infiltration of a Locky C&C server does suggest that the operation is perhaps not as airtight as its operators might want to think, he said.
Carlson pointed to another incident recently where an apparent white hat hacker broke into servers that were being used to distribute and control the Dridex banking Trojan. In that case, several of the malicious links being served up from the servers were replaced with up-to-date Web installers for Avira’s antivirus software.
“[The] examples of Dridex and now Locky … shows that even cybercriminals, masters of camouflage, are also vulnerable,” Carlson wrote.
Carlson told Dark Reading that such white-hat interventions serve as a warning to criminals. “A serious white hat wants to show you in a legal [manner that] ‘you are vulnerable,’” he says. “It’s just a signal to the world that nothing is secure--even [for] cybercriminals that act very professionally.”
Carlson says it is not clear how many servers are being used to distribute and manage Locky. It is possible that only one of its servers was compromised. “But we can’t exclude that [probably] other servers have been affected as well from the network.”
News of the break-in comes even as another security vendor report this week showed that Locky continues to proliferate around the world at an alarming rate.
Cloudmark’s Threat Report for the last quarter--based on data gathered from the company’s threat intelligence database--shows Locky has emerged as one of the biggest security threats. Locky was first spotted in February of this year.
“Encrypting a long list of extensions including .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .jpeg, etc. to hold as ransom, Locky attempted to spread via malicious email attachments,” Cloudmark said in its report. “During March, Cloudmark detected actors shifting tactics from malicious macros within Microsoft Word documents to heavily obfuscated script files inside of .zip and .rar archives.”
Cloudmark principal threat researcher Greg Leah says the company’s research shows that the US has been hardest hit by Locky in terms of raw volume, accounting for nearly 36% of Locky-related messages. The presence of more IP and email address space, economic factors contributing to better return on investment, and the fact that most technology vendors have a strong customer presence in the country, are all reasons the US gets hit the most in such situations, he says.
Leah says one reason Locky has been able to proliferate so dramatically is its use of Windows Script Files, which are not normally seen in malware distribution. The operators of the Locky campaign appear to have boosted their distribution rates by using innocuous-looking .wsf file attachments containing Jscript code. “This has also been a very aggressive distribution with daily massive email spam campaigns at a very high volume,” he says.
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Apartment residents assaulted during armed robbery: Princess Anne Police
The incident happened early Wednesday.
Apartment residents assaulted during armed robbery: Princess Anne Police The incident happened early Wednesday. Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2018/09/27/umes-armed-robbery-princess-anne-ardens-run/1442388002/
Hayley Harding, Salisbury Daily Times Published 12:02 p.m. ET Sept. 27, 2018 | Updated 12:30 p.m. ET Sept. 27, 2018
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Four men armed with handguns broke into an apartment and assaulted residents at the Arden's Run apartment complex early Wednesday, Princess Anne police say.
Four suspects entered the apartment, occupied by four victims, before assaulting the victims and stealing various items from the apartment, police report.
Police say the suspects were armed with handguns. A time for the incident was not given, but a tweet from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore stated it happened at about 1:30 a.m.
The first suspect was described as a 5 feet 9 inch tall black male with a goatee, about 26 years old and wearing a black hoodie. The second suspect was described as a 27-year-old heavy-set black male with unshaven, light facial hair, pants and a black hooded sweatshirt with the hood up.
The third suspect was described as a thin-built, 20-year-old black male with short hair. He was described as 5'6" and wearing a navy-blue fleece sweatshirt. The final suspect was described only as a male wearing a mask and a dark hooded sweatshirt.
The victims suffered minor injuries, and two of them were taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for their injuries.
Electronic alerts were sent to students at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and a 2:26 a.m. tweet from the university's official account recommended people stay away from the area of the robbery. A tweet just after 4 a.m. gave an all-clear.
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Dereham Times
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Dereham Town manager Matty Henman looks to the future
PUBLISHED: 16:57 11 April 2012
Dereham Manager Matt Henman.
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Dereham Tn 0, Wroxham 3
DEREHAM boss Matty Henman believes the addition of “strength and experience” will help his side challenge at the top of the Ridgeons League Premier Division next season.
The Magpies were beaten at home by Wroxham on Easter Monday as the Yachtsmen took a significant step towards winning the title.
Earlier in the season it was Dereham who were setting the Premier Division pace, but Henman was keen to avoid comparisons between his side and Wroxham: “They are a different club and they’ve gone about building a team in a completely different way to us, so it’s difficult to compare the two sides,” he said.
“I suppose the main difference is the strength and experience they have in key areas, but that’s no surprise to us, we know where we need to improve.
“We’ve got some very talented players and with the addition of a bit more strength and experience we will be very close to being a top side.”
Dereham struggled to get going in the early exchanges, and Wroxham striker Paul Cook was unlucky to see his eighth minute header come back off the post from Ross Durrant’s corner.
But just three minutes later good hold up play by Cook presented Andy Eastaugh with his first goal of the game.
The woodwork then came to the Magpies’ rescue as Wroxham threatened to run riot.
Striker Ben Thompson’s excellent lob over goalkeeper Chris Horton landed against a post and the same player hit the other post with a header, but the Yachtsmen were not to be denied.
Eastaugh claimed his second after 33 minutes with a free header from Shaun Howes’ pin-point corner.
With 21 minutes remaining winger Gary Gilmore drilled low past Horton to finally kill off Dereham.
Dereham: Horton, Willis, Starling, Eastoe-Smith, Sommerfield, Gusterson (Howell 45), Hannant (Howard 77), A Smith, Rocastle, Borrer, W Smith (Francis 67).
DEREHAM Town travel to Woodbridge on Saturday with the aim of finishing the season on a winning run.
The Magpies suffered a double defeat over the Easter weekend, losing 4-1 at Hadleigh on Saturday before their 3-0 defeat at home to Wroxham on Monday.
They are now eighth in the Ridgeons League Premier Division – two points above Woodbridge – and manager Matty Henman is keen to avoid slipping any further.
He said: “We’ve got three games left and we want to try and win them all. If we can do that we’ll probably be looking at finishing sixth or seventh.”
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While you're pregnant
By law, all pregnant women must wear a seat belt, whether travelling in the front or rear of a car. In rare circumstances a doctor may deem you medically exempt. If this happens they�ll give you a 'Certificate of Exemption from Compulsory Seat Belt Wearing,' which must be kept in your vehicle, shown to the police if asked and you must inform your car insurer of it. The Department for Transport have created a leaflet on this subject, just click here.
Here are some instructions on the correct way for a pregnant woman to wear a seat belt...
Place the diagonal strap between the breasts, resting the strap over the shoulder
The lap strap should go across the hips, fitting comfortably beneath the bump
It's safer for pregnant women and the unborn child to wear a lap and diagonal seat belt, rather that a lap only belt
In cars fitted with air bags, the front seat should be pushed back as far as possible
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Men's Ashes
Langer's empathy born from bitter experience
Australian coach reflects on the 1997 and 2001 Ashes tours as he prepares to have six difficult conversations when deciding on Australia’s first Test XI
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Aussies tight-lipped on XI, England confirm switch
When Justin Langer told a pre-Test media conference at Edgbaston that he felt deep empathy for the six players in his touring party who will miss selection for this week's Ashes opener, he spoke from heartfelt experience.
A cursory reading of Langer's exalted playing career – 105 Test appearances, more first-class runs than any Australia batter to have played before or since - might suggest he was a walk-up start whenever selectors inked in their preferred XI.
Langer pinpoints where the Ashes will be won
But over the course of that 14-year Test career, there were numerous occasions when Langer felt the sting of rejection as he was overlooked for teams and touring parties.
And nowhere was the pain of missing out more acute than in the UK, where Australia cricketers have traditionally forged their reputations in the white-heat of battle against the nation's historic sporting foe.
Aussies under more pressure than me: Roy
Despite entering Test cricket against the full might of the West Indies in early 1993, a subsequent string of low scores batting at number three against New Zealand saw him miss the 1993 Ashes squad led by Mark Taylor.
Having won back his place during the 1996-97 Australia summer, Langer was included in the 17-man squad for the 1997 Ashes campaign, but did not play a Test and was restricted to batting in half a dozen tour games.
Langer didn't play a Test in the 1997 Ashes // Getty
Then, in 2001, he was again considered surplus to requirements for most of the series under Steve Waugh even though he'd played 33 consecutive Tests leading into that British tour.
As a result, he experienced a low point from which he feared he might not rise until he won inclusion at the expense of Michael Slater in the final Test of that northern summer.
From the time he scored a century (retired hurt) as an opener alongside Matthew Hayden in that game at The Oval, it was only injury that kept Langer out of Australia's Test XI until his retirement from international cricket in 2007.
It's therefore understandable that Langer, about to embark on his first Ashes assignment as men's team coach, cares deeply for the pastoral care of those who won't make muster when the team sheet is formalised on Thursday.
Given the competition for places in the Australia line-up for the opening Test at Edgbaston, which was effectively underwater following persistent rain Tuesday afternoon, that unlucky group might extend to incumbents the calibre of left-arm quick Mitchell Starc and opener Marcus Harris.
"There’s going to be six guys, and whoever misses out deserves to play this Test match," Langer said today.
"It’s a good position to be in, but you’ve got to make sure you keep encouraging them.
"From experience it’s a tough one.
"In 2001 I was in, then I was out, and the next six weeks were hard yakka.
Langer discusses his Test axing with Steve Waugh in 2001 // Getty
"So you’ve got to make sure you look after all of them."
The message that Langer sends to those who are included in the starting XI come Thursday, and those who hold their places throughout the tightly compacted program of five Tests in less than seven weeks, is similarly drawn for his own lived experience.
As the opener discovered after completing that fighting century at The Oval in 2001, an innings that was ended by a blow to the head rather than him surrendering his wicket, Ashes battles are the pages upon which legends are penned.
Langer locks in Khawaja, Pattinson for Ashes opener
That truism was echoed this week by Waugh, the skipper who made the tough call to omit Slater and end his Test career in 2001, who noted that a feature of Ashes cricket was its capacity to bring the best out of those players that thrive on challenge.
Waugh is acting as mentor to Langer's team, and as the men's player with the most Ashes wins among all combatants across 142 years of competition, his recollections and motivation has already been cited as a potentially crucial advantage in Australia's preparation.
"Steve Waugh said it yesterday – this is where you find out about people," Langer said.
"Every Ashes series, heroes come through and that’s because they adapt to the conditions, they’re up for the fight.
"There are going to be plenty of times they have to show a bit of steel, with the bat, the ball or in the field.
"We’ve got some young guys, some great players, some players finding their way, some young kids.
"We’ll have to adapt pretty quickly."
Justin Langer and Trevor Hohns at training this week // Getty
Langer also shares the view of England and Wales Cricket Board Managing Director of Men's Cricket, Ashley Giles, who became one of those heroes when he piloted England to the crucial fourth Test win that sealed their historic 2005 Ashes triumph.
Giles said yesterday that while England's players had committed to building and sustaining a more respectful team culture, he expected there would inevitably be moments during the heat of competition when on-field flashpoints were reached.
"We know in this series that something's going to come out," Giles said.
"There's going to be an incident at some point on the field, and I'm sure it's not going to be particularly pretty.
"But that's the Ashes."
Langer forecasts what to expect from Edgbaston pitch
Langer said his players were prepared for the hostility and heckling expected from partisan English crowds during the Ashes, and was confident that even under the intense pressure and scrutiny the new approach similarly adopted by the Australia men's team would not change.
Although he reiterated Giles's view that there will be moments when the innate combativeness of players in both camps brings temperatures to boiling point.
"The players know what the expected behaviours are, and I'm confident we'll continue to do that," he said today.
"We have to.
Langer keeps XI under wraps for first Test
"There's still going to be some fight in the Ashes, we'd all be disappointed if there wasn't.
"We know what the expectation is, we know what the standard is, we have to make sure that we're on top of the game with that all the time.
"But boys are still boys - they're playing a tough game, and every now and then emotions take over."
2019 Qantas Ashes Tour of England
Australia squad: Tim Paine (c), Cameron Bancroft, Pat Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner.
England squad: Joe Root (c), Moeen Ali, Jimmy Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes (vc), Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.
First Test: August 1-5, Edgbaston
Tour match: Australians v Worcestershire, August 7-9
Second Test: August 14-18,Lord's
Third Test: August 22-26, Headingley
Tour match: Australians v Derbyshire, August 29-31
Fourth Test: September 4-8, Old Trafford
Fifth Test: September 12-16, The Oval
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CS255/455 Spring 2009 Discussion Board
Our code gets rid of d=b+a, so then the if-statement is empty. We could get rid of it. This example is very simple, but with else-statements and nested statements, things get a little more messy. Additionally we are only dealing with gotos and labels which means that we cant necessarily assume simple if-else control flow. Because we only count operations, I'm not sure this would help us in our "score", but might make the program a little nicer.
> A Of course it would be a nice feature of anyone's compiler to remove branch code and empty blocks. It helps the overall score since the conditional goto statement is no longer executed. The gain adds up if the branch is in a loop. Currently, unconditional gotos are not counted, but in the future they should be, so the benefit of your transformation is appropriately reflected in the instruction count.
Q: Not having access to a nodes children array can be annoying. If nothing else, and method that returns an iterator or children's length should be added in the next version.
Revision 82009-03-11 - IanChristopher
Last year's discussion page was a success for people to discuss and share the project experience, especially their experience with GCC. So this year, we are going to continue with the discussion tradition. This page is intended for anyone to post questions and everyone to answer them. Please insert questions at the beginning and separate each question with a horizontal rule separator. For other formatting instructions read the answer to this question.
> Q: For project 4, we are suppose to get rid of unnecessary statements/operations using def-use chains. What about unnecessary control flow statements?
a=b+c;
if( a > 0 ){
d=b+a;
printf(a);
A: The children array is readable through the clone. One can get the size by using node.children_copy.length and the index of a child by node.children_copy.index(child).
A: Based on the form of gimplified statements, yes, you can make that assumption to simplify your implementation.
< Q: How do you convert an int back into an INTEGER_CST? I couldn't find any reference in the documentation.
> Q: How do you convert an int back into an INTEGER_CST? I couldn't find any reference in the documentation.
< A: Try build_int_cst, which is in tree.c
> A: Try build_int_cst, which is in tree.c
Q: I had several questions that Bin answered via e-mail. He asked me to summarize them here. It was never really detailed in class exactly what you do when you find a redundant statement. My initial thought was to simply replace the right hand side of a redundant statement with the left hand side of the statement which it was repeating. I then noticed that the success benchmark in this class how many statements we could remove from a program, and this method didn't remove any, it optimized the program by decreasing the number of operations executed, but didn't change the statement count. My next thought was that you needed to delete the statement and replace subsequent instances of the left hand side with what you would have replaced the right hand side with, but that has issues since we're only doing local value numbering, and deleting a statement could have wide spread effects in other basic blocks. So the question is what action should we take when we find a redundant statement?
< Q: In the intermediate language, can we assume that in an OpExpr, the operands are always either VarAcc or Const, i.e. expressions are not arbitrarily nested?
> Q: Not having access to a nodes children array can be annoying. If nothing else, and method that returns an iterator or children's length should be added in the next version.
Q: In Project Part2, Tasks 2 and 3 would have been much easier if I could have directly modified the id field.
A: The id and children fields are read-only so to protect the integrity of the Ast node. By design the way to change a node is to create a new node and replace the old node.
Q: In the intermediate language, can we assume that in an OpExpr, the operands are always either VarAcc or Const, i.e. expressions are not arbitrarily nested?
> Q: In the intermediate language, can we assume that in an OpExpr, the operands are always either VarAcc or Const, i.e. expressions are not arbitrarily nested?
Q: How do you convert an int back into an INTEGER_CST? I couldn't find any reference in the documentation.
A: Try build_int_cst, which is in tree.c
Revision 52009-02-23 - JohnPershing
< Q: I had several questions that Bin answered via e-mail. He asked me to summarize them here. It was never really detailed in class exactly what you do when you find a redundant statement. My initial thought was to simply replace the right hand side of a redundant statement with the left hand side of the statement which it was repeating. I then noticed that the success benchmark in this class how many statements we could remove from a program, and this method didn't remove any, it optimized the program by decreasing the number of operations executed, but didn't change the statement count. My next thought was that you needed to delete the statement and replace subsequent instances of the left hand side with what you would have replaced the right hand side with, but that has issues since we're only doing local value numbering, and deleting a statement could have wide spread effects in other basic blocks. So the question is what action should we take when we find a redundant statement?
A: This question reveals a very important issue in compiler design, interaction among various compiler optimizations. It is true that we can not simply remove a redundant assignment during value numbering. But the later dead code elimination phase should be able to handle this properly. Here is an example to illustrate this.
d = b + c; e = b + d; f = b + a;
< should be transformed (by LVN) into
> should be transformed (by LVN) into
a = b + c; d = a; e = b + a; // here d get replaced with a. f = e;
< We also replaced d in e = b + d here, because that can eliminate a use to d. Then if there is no use to d after d = a, dead code elimination can remove d = a. However, in a real compiler, such a replacement is not always beneficial, because it will increase the lifetime of variable a, which might cause trouble to later register allocation phase. Again, here you can see the interaction among optimization phases. For our project, the metric of your compiler performance is the number of executed statements, so you don't need to worry about register allocation here.
> We also replaced d in e = b + d here, because that can eliminate a use to d. Then if there is no use to d after d = a, dead code elimination can remove d = a. However, in a real compiler, such a replacement is not always beneficial, because it will increase the lifetime of variable a, which might cause trouble to later register allocation phase. Again, here you can see the interaction among optimization phases. For our project, the metric of your compiler performance is the number of executed statements, so you don't need to worry about register allocation here.
URCC problems
> A: This question reveals a very important issue in compiler design, interaction among various compiler optimizations. It is true that we can not simply remove a redundant assignment during value numbering. But the later dead code elimination phase should be able to handle this properly. Here is an example to illustrate this.
a = b + c;
d = b + c;
e = b + d;
f = b + a;
should be transformed (by LVN) into
d = a;
e = b + a; // here d get replaced with a.
f = e;
We also replaced d in e = b + d here, because that can eliminate a use to d. Then if there is no use to d after d = a, dead code elimination can remove d = a. However, in a real compiler, such a replacement is not always beneficial, because it will increase the lifetime of variable a, which might cause trouble to later register allocation phase. Again, here you can see the interaction among optimization phases. For our project, the metric of your compiler performance is the number of executed statements, so you don't need to worry about register allocation here.
> Q: I had several questions that Bin answered via e-mail. He asked me to summarize them here. It was never really detailed in class exactly what you do when you find a redundant statement. My initial thought was to simply replace the right hand side of a redundant statement with the left hand side of the statement which it was repeating. I then noticed that the success benchmark in this class how many statements we could remove from a program, and this method didn't remove any, it optimized the program by decreasing the number of operations executed, but didn't change the statement count. My next thought was that you needed to delete the statement and replace subsequent instances of the left hand side with what you would have replaced the right hand side with, but that has issues since we're only doing local value numbering, and deleting a statement could have wide spread effects in other basic blocks. So the question is what action should we take when we find a redundant statement?
Insert Ast::Const nodes with the same numeric value will cause problem. Thus we have slightly changed the loop.c for Project Part 2. We will provide a solution soon.
< Q: How do we format a question and an answer?
> URCC problems
If the end of the string is "\n", sometimes we will lose it during the transformation. This might cause problem for scanf. E.g. run ab we generated from ab.c will require any extra input after providing two numbers. Under fixing.
Array supporting will come soon.
A: Each Ast node can have at most one parent. If a program has the same constants used in multiple places, each use will be represented by a different Ast::Const object. This differs from GCC implementation, in which the same constant is represented by the same Ast node.
< A: A question and an answer start with the bold letter Q and A respectively followed by a colon. Use italic text for the question and normal text for the answer. Use a separator (a horizontal rule) after each question. Add new questions to the beginning of the list.
> Q: How do we format a question and an answer?
A: A question and an answer start with the bold letter Q and A respectively followed by a colon. Use italic text for the question and normal text for the answer. Use a separator (a horizontal rule) after each question. Add new questions to the beginning of the list.
-- BinBao - 05 Feb 2009
Q: How do we format a question and an answer?
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Artesia residents told to boil water amid E. coli scare
The warning remains in effect and is expected to last at least one week, read a news release from the City of Artesia.
Artesia residents told to boil water amid E. coli scare The warning remains in effect and is expected to last at least one week, read a news release from the City of Artesia. Check out this story on CurrentArgus.com: http://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2017/07/17/artesia-boil-water-e-coli-scare/484935001/
Adrian C Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus Published 1:46 p.m. MT July 17, 2017 | Updated 3:28 p.m. MT July 17, 2017
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Artesia and Morningside residents must boil their tap water or use bottled water to avoid being infected with E. coli after the bacteria was found in the city's water supply during routine sampling on Saturday.
Officials from the city are still investigating the origin of the contamination, and no source was identified as of Monday.
Also known as fecal coliform, the bacteria originates from human or animal waste.
Contamination can occur when runoff enters the drinking water during heavy rainfall.
Contamination is also possible via broken pipes or a failure in the water treatment process, the release read.
Residents of Artesia were told not to drink or bathe in the water without boiling it first.
To boil off the contaminant, water must be brought to a boil for one minute then cooled before using, the release read.
Residents can use the water without boiling to do laundry and shower, unless they have a large break in their skin, said Artesia Water Manager Jennifer Estrada.
Estrada also recommends the use of sanitizer after washing hands in the water.
Symptoms of the bacteria include diarrhea, cramps, nausea and headaches.
Infants, young children and elderly people with compromised immune systems are especially at risk.
Anyone experiencing the listed symptoms of E. coli should seek medical attention immediately.
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Estrada said E. coli contamination was initially found in one of the city's seven groundwater wells.
The other six are still in operation she said Monday, while samples are gathered and sent to a lab for testing.
Processing a sample takes 24 hours, Estrada said. No subsequent E. coli samples were found, she said.
The city is collecting at least five samples per day from the wells, and must have two days of clean samples before the warning can be lifted.
"It's big," Estrada said. "We're doing everything we can to clear this up."
She said there is no way of knowing which specific parts of the city, and Morningside are affected by the contamination until well samples are returned later this week.
There are no known previous incidents of E. coli contamination in Artesia water, Estrada said.
Estrada said her department has fielded phone calls from residents since the boil notice went out on Saturday.
"Everyone has been generally nice," Estrada said of Artesia residents. "Some people have been arguing about it. They're more or less concerned with what they can and cannot do."
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What can they do?
The New Mexico Department of Health recommends only using non-boiled water for activities where the water will not be ingested by people or pets.
Bathing, showering, shaving or washing dishes or laundry are still safe without boiling water.
If bathing in the contaminated water, it is recommended any large abrasions or open wounds be covered to avoid infection. Bathers should also avoid swallowing any of it.
Boiling is not needed for watering houseplants.
Water must be boiled for drinking, cooking, brushing teeth or making ice. Pets also should not consume the water unless it is disinfected or bottled.
Babies should not be given any non-boiled water, nor should it be used in formula, read a release from the Department of Health.
Bottles and nipples should be sterilized before feeding a baby.
If boiling is not an option, the DOH recommends disinfecting the water with a small amount of liquid chlorine bleach.
If water is clear, add 1/8 teaspoon to one gallon, and 1/4 teaspoon if the water looks cloudy.
Mix well and wait 30 minutes or more before drinking. Another 1/4 teaspoon can be added if water is still cloudy after being mixed.
How to boil
Inspect water out of the tap. Is it clear or cloudy?
If cloudy, filter the water through a clean cloth, paper towel or coffee filter before boiling.
Once water is clear, it should be boiled for at least one minute.
In elevations above 6,500 feet, water should be boiled for three minutes.
Water should be allowed to cool before being stored in a clean container with a tight cover.
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Nuclear waste bill advances to House, could push forward storage site in New Mexico
The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act was advanced by a unanimous voice vote to the House by the Energy and Commerce Committee on Nov. 20.
Nuclear waste bill advances to House, could push forward storage site in New Mexico The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act was advanced by a unanimous voice vote to the House by the Energy and Commerce Committee on Nov. 20. Check out this story on CurrentArgus.com: https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2019/11/27/nuclear-waste-bill-advances-house-may-support-new-mexico-holtec-site/4297822002/
Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus Published 10:57 a.m. MT Nov. 27, 2019
A federal bill to alter policy for nuclear waste advanced to the full U.S. House of Representatives and could support the case for temporary storage of high-level waste at a facility like the one Holtec International proposed to build in southeast New Mexico.
The bill, if passed, would move forward with safety licensing for a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, while providing the U.S. Department of Energy the authority to proceed with a program for consolidated interim storage (CIS) while the Yucca Mountain project progresses.
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It also prioritized the transportation of spent nuclear fuel from generator sites in seismically active areas, and ensured the DOE has the funds to build and operate a repository.
Ben Ray Lujan (Photo: Courtesy)
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), the only representative from New Mexico who sits on the committee, introduced an amendment that was approved to create a grant program to study the impacts radiation exposure including family members and non-workers resulting from uranium mining.
“Though we have a responsibility to address the waste issues that result from our country entering the atomic age, I am deeply concerned that this bill makes it more likely that a future interim storage site — potentially one in New Mexico — becomes a permanent home for nuclear waste," he said.
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Another amendment from U.S. Reps Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Fred Upton (R-MI) demanded that neither the U.S. or Canada could store high-level nuclear waste near the Great Lakes temporarily or permanently.
Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) said the bill would allow the federal government to pursue the removal of nuclear waste from communities that host nuclear generators – often in densely-populated areas and large bodies of water.
“The Energy and Commerce Committee took an important step today towards ensuring our nation’s nuclear waste can begin to move out of communities that are home to a nuclear power plant,” he said.
READ: Opponents, supporters of proposed Holtec nuclear facility testify in committee
“Communities across the country are expressing growing concern as more and more nuclear plants close, and this bill gets us closer to a real national solution for moving spent fuel to an interim facility and, ultimately, to a permanent repository.”
One such interim facility, proposed by Holtec to be built in a remote, desert area near the Eddy-Lea county line, drew concerns from New Mexico environmentalist groups as it could put local communities at risk as well.
Don Hancock asks representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to consider the repercussion of allowing the construction of a spent nuclear fuel rod interim storage facility near Carlsbad, N.M. during a scoping meeting May 3. (Photo: Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus)
Don Hancock, nuclear waste program director at the Southwest Research and Information Center in Albuquerque cited a clause in the bill that required the governor of a state that would host a CIS facility to consent before moving forward.
READ: Native American Pueblo leaders oppose nuclear facility near Carlsbad, Hobbs
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham voiced her opposition to the Holtec project earlier this year, calling it “economic malpractice” as it could negatively impact two of the state’s biggest industries: oil and gas and agriculture.
“The bill says you must have approval from the state’s governor,” Hancock said. “New Mexico would be a non-starter. She (Lujan Grisham) has said she’s opposed to it.”
Hancock said he also opposed the project and the bill over the suggestion of transporting the waste hundreds or thousands of miles away from generator sites where it is currently stored.
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He said the federal government should work to fortify storage facilities at or near the generator sites, while developing laws to create a permanent repository other than Yucca Mountain, which faced staunch opposition from Nevada lawmakers.
“If it is too dangerous to sit in these communities, why should it go to other places?” he said. “If it’s too dangerous to have waste in these communities, Congress should shut down those plants. They’re making more waste.
“That’s a disconnect that many members of Congress don’t want to deal with.”
And if more spent nuclear fuel is being generated by the active nuclear power plants, Hancock argued that attempting to transport and consolidate the waste would actually increase the number of locations where high-level nuclear waste would sit.
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A cut away of a cask used by Holtec international to transport spent nuclear fuel (Photo: Holtec International)
Even if the waste approved to be shipped to a remote location like southeast New Mexico, Hancock argued it would take years for the infrastructure to be built and the waste to be moved.
“This approach doesn’t make any sense,” he said. “Why not do it in places that already have storage sites? It’s going to sit there for years. Let’s make that less dangerous. It can be done without massive transportation around the country.”
But Republican committee leaders said the bill was an important step in getting nuclear waste to permanent disposal at Yucca Mountain, and safely removing it from locations in 39 states where the waste sits idle.
READ: Workforce secured for nuclear waste facility near Carlsbad and Hobbs
“The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act ensures that we are following science and the law, both of which say that Yucca Mountain is the solution to the country’s nuclear waste problem,” said U.S. Reps. Greg Wald (R-OR), and John Shimkus (R-IL) in a joint statement.
“By advancing this bipartisan bill today, we are one step closer to delivering on a long overdue promise to address this national issue. Now, it’s time to swiftly pass this legislation through the House and Senate and get it to President Trump for his signature.”
NRC scoping meeting in Carlsbad
Former N.M. Representative and Chair of the Carlsbad Mayor's Nuclear Task Force John Heaton listens to public comment May 3 during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission public scoping meeting held in Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
An anti-nuclear "activist" turns his back to representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 3 during a scoping meeting on a proposed nuclear storage facility in Eddy and Lea counties. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Rose Gardener of Eunice who represents Alliance for Environmental Strategies holds a flag May 3 during a scoping meeting hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Public comments during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission scoping meeting May 3 in Carlsbad, N.M. on a proposed nuclear storage facility by Holtec extended for five hours. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Several people spoke in opposition to a proposed Holtec facility which would store 500 canisters of spent nuclear fuel rods in a location between Carlsbad and Hobbs. The scoping meeting was held May 3 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Carlsbad councilwoman Lisa Anaya-Flores speaks May 3 before representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to express support of a proposed Consolidated Interim Storage Facility which would hold spent nuclear fuel rods. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Former N.M. Representative John Heaton speaks in favor of a proposed Holtec Facility which would temporarily store spent nuclear fuel rods May 3 during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission scoping meeting in Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
A representative of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission speaks May 3 to dozens who gathered to participate in a public scoping meeting in Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Carlsbad residents Danny Cross and Jay Jenkins listen to public comments during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission scoping meeting May 3 in Carlsbad, N.M. The NRC is reviewing an application for a proposed Consolidated Interim Storage facility to hold spent nuclear fuel rods in Lea and Eddy County. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Carlsbad councilman Eddie Rodriguez on May 3 prior to making comments in support of a proposed Holtec Consolidated Interim Storage Facility near Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Signs stating "We don't want it" were displayed by those in opposition to a proposed spent nuclear fuel rod storage facility near Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Don Hancock asks representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to consider the repercussion of allowing the construction of a spent nuclear fuel rod interim storage facility near Carlsbad, N.M. during a scoping meeting May 3. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Eddy County Commissioner James Walterscheid speaks in favor of a proposed spent nuclear fuel rod interim storage facility May 3 which is proposed to be constructed near Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Eddy County Commissioner Susan Crockett said she backed Holtec's proposed Consolidated Interim Storage project May 3 before representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Eddy County Commissioner Stella Davis listens to public comment during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission scoping meeting in Carlsbad May 3. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Karen Hadden, executive director of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition speaks in opposition during a scoping meeting hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 3 in Carlsbad, N.M. The NRC is considering an application by Holtect to construct a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility to hold spent nuclear fuel rods. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway May 3 during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission scoping meeting in Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Chip Cameron facilitates public comments May 3 in Carlsbad, N.M. during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission scoping meeting. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Norbet Rempe listens to public comment May 3 in Carlsbad, N.M. during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission scoping meeting. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
Joy Russell, Vice President of Corporate Business Development for Holtec International speaks to the public about Holtec's commitment to being a steward of the environment May 3, during a scoping meeting held by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Carlsbad, N.M. Jessica Onsurez Current-Argus
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Foundation Friday: Tour De Yorkshire Star Makes Special Delivery
Adam Yates visits Club Doncaster Foundation Yorkshire Bank Bike Library.
Ahead of the Tour De Yorkshire, Club Doncaster Foundation were delighted to welcome Great Britain and ORICA-GreenEDGE cyclist Adam Yates to the Keepmoat Stadium to visit our Yorkshire Bank Bike Library.
The bike library at the Keepmoat Stadium is one of 22 Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries in the region, a joint initiative between Yorkshire Bank and Welcome to Yorkshire that has the clear goal of providing every child in Yorkshire with free access to a bike.
Yates was on hand to help deliver bikes donated by the public to our Yorkshire Bank Bike Library and to see first-hand how the initiative is benefiting the local community of Doncaster.
It’s great that the people of Yorkshire can donate their old bikes so that they can be re-distributed to the public. Hopefully watching the pro’s cycle through Yorkshire will encourage more people to come down to Bike Libraries like the one I’m at today and get involved in cycling. Speaking about his visit to the Club Doncaster Foundation, Yates said: “I think the Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries is a fantastic idea.
“It was great to meet Adam ahead of the Tour De Yorkshire and tell him about how our Bike Library is helping to get more people cycling in Doncaster. The Foundation’s cycling co-ordinator Andrew Sheldrake added:
Our Bike Library is becoming increasingly popular and it is a great way to keep all of the family, no matter what age, active. “We have a great variety of different bikes available, which people throughout Doncaster can come and hire, absolutely free!
“Here at the Foundation we have the lake a stone throw away from the Keepmoat Stadium and there is no better way to explore around it than on hiring a free bike.”
The cycle hire scheme is open at the Keepmoat Stadium 10am-8pm Monday to Friday, 10am-3pm on Saturday’s and 10am-2pm on Sunday’s.
To donate a bike or for more information please email andrew.sheldrake@clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk or call 07919 142160
You can watch the video featuring the appearance of pro cyclist Adam Yates to the Keepmoat by following linkhttps://youtu.be/QbhBOTraMco
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Labourers become quarry managers
Women quarry-workers in Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai district have formed cooperatives and are managing the same granite quarries where they once worked as bonded labour.
By S Gopikrishna Warrier
THAT LITERACY is liberation may be rhetoric in many parts of the country, but not in Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai district. Total literacy was reported in this granite quarry region in August 1992, and it brought with it, for the scores of women workers, freedom from bondage and penury.
Today, a large number of the women are managing the granite quarries where they had worked earlier for wages as meagre as Rs 7 a day and often as bonded labourers. And if a proposal pending with the state government is cleared, women's cooperatives all over the state will get preference in running the quarries.
In a bid to resolve two major problems in the area -- lack of response to the literacy campaign and illicit quarrying of granite -- former district collector Sheela Rani Chunkath, decided to involve women workers in running the quarries. The present district collector, Anuradha Khatti Rajeevan, says, "The contractors would get together and refuse to make any bids when we auctioned the quarries. Later, they would exploit the same quarries illegally, which led to huge revenue losses."
Under Chunkath's project, called Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) and formulated as a part of the Integrated Rural Development Programme, 152 quarries were handed over to women's groups in 1991. Chintamani, president of one of the three DWCRA societies at Kuduminamalai, says, "Once we started handling our own accounts, our daily wages went up to Rs 20. Now society members can even take leave once in a while without losing their wages."
Their success enthused the women to attend literacy programmes, which were tailored to impart basic managerial skills. Relatively secure in terms of wages, many families started sending their children to school. The success of the literacy drive is reflected in the fact that today, the women get raw material and permits from the mining department and even maintain inventory and account registers themselves. Says S Perumal, assistant geologist in the department of mines, "Every DWCRA group has to show its accounts register before it is issued a monthly permit to quarry at the site."
However, success did not come easily to either the district administration or the women. The affected contractors allegedly prevailed on political leaders to get Chunkath transferred. But Rajeevan, who replaced her as collector, is undeterred. "The contractors have tried political pressure and, when it failed, the legal option. But so far the courts have supported our action."
The affected contractors organised a boycott of granite mined by the women's cooperatives. For instance, in the earlier stages of the project in Lamblakudi village, where 16 DWCRA quarries operate, the contractors and brokers got together to ensure that there were no takers for the stone quarried by the women. Finally, the district administration intervened and broke the boycott by selling the stone to outside buyers.
The future is uncertain as well. Once their leases on the quarries expire, will the women's cooperatives be allowed an extension, as a policy decision, by the state government, or will the balance tip back in favour of the contractors?
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Home > industry-verticals > healthcare-services > > E-prescribing Market
E-prescribing Market Share, Size and Fore cast 219-2026
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E-prescribing Market By System Type (Integrated System, Standalone System), By Delivery Mode (Web/Cloud-based, On-premise), By Component (Software, Hardware, Services), By End-user (Hospitals, Office-based Physicians, Pharmaceuticals), and Region - Global Forecast to 2026
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E-prescribing, short for electronic prescribing, is a computer-based electronic medical prescription that allows the healthcare provider to write and send prescriptions to the pharmacy electronically instead of using handwritten prescriptions. It gives the ability to communicate error-free and understandable prescriptions while tracking the prescriptions. It is also one of the major causes of the increasing adoption of electronic medical records.
The Global E-prescribing market was valued at USD XX million in 2018 and expected to grow at a CAGR of XX% to reach a market value of USD XX million by 2026.
Rising Focus on Reducing Fraud and Controlled Substances Abuse to Fuel Market Growth
The global market for the E-prescribing Market is primarily driven by the need to decrease prescription errors, rising focus on reducing fraud, controlled substances/drug abuse, and the increasing adoption of e-prescriptions by healthcare providers. According to the FDA, since 2000, more than 95,000 prescription drug errors have occurred, mainly due to mistakes when reading a bad handwriting prescription and dispensing a similar-sounding, but completely different drugs. Moreover, several medical and surgical specialty organizations have made the use of these prescriptions mandatory. E-prescribing allows physicians to track controlled substance prescriptions across multiple pharmacies, reducing the likelihood of doctor shopping or over-prescribing. For instance, in New York, writing prescriptions for Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substances require e-prescribing as the prescriber is required to consult the state’s prescription monitoring program (PMP) registry. Government initiatives are also driving the market. For instance, the US government’s Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program gives a medical practice up to a 2% reimbursement of its Medicare Part B charges with the use of a qualified e-prescribing system.
However, the lack of the privacy and security of patient data, reluctance to adopt new technologies and the high cost of E-prescribing systems may hinder market progress.
Integrated Systems ability to link to an EMR is the prime factor for its increasing uptake and market dominance
By System Type, the Global E-prescribing Market is bifurcated into the Integrated System and Standalone System. Integrated systems are the fastest growing market share and are expected to be the dominant market by 2026 as they are more efficient and effective than Standalone Systems. Integrated Systems ability to link to an EMR is causing it the increasing be adopted, replacing the Standalone Systems. Standalone Systems, while cheaper and easier to install, do not hold historical data of the patient, require additional work and increase the risks of additional errors, thus slow down the entire process.
By Delivery Mode, the global e-prescribing market is segmented into Web/Cloud-based and On-premise. Web/cloud-based systems share the fastest growing share in this market. It can be attributed to the increasing number of benefits it offers, including easy maintenance, low start-up and licensing cost, and simple infrastructure requirements, as well as broader accessibility. Moreover, web/cloud-based systems provide enhanced productivity with faster and smoother implementation.
By Component, the Global E-prescribing Market is segmented into Software, Hardware, and Services. The software is a significant contributor to the market, and it is also projected to witness substantial growth. It is attributed to the growing number of software companies and the increasing demand for software-based solutions. Moreover, recent product launches are driving the software market share. For instance, in February 2018, DrFirst, a key competitor in e-prescribing and medication management solutions, launched iPrescribeSM, a mobile app used by physicians to prescribe medication and controlled substances while complying with the state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) requirements. However, services are the fastest-growing share of the E-prescribing market, owing to the number of applications, which includes complete information of formulary, preparation of full medication list, data security checks, and patient chronological data.
Europe accounts for the largest share in the global E-prescribing market. This can be mainly attributed to factors such as the rise in adoption of the European Patient Smart Open Services (epSOS) along with the Schleswig-Holstein Health Initiative.
North America anticipated to be the fastest growing regional market share owing to the increasing adoption of electronic prescribing systems and initiatives encouraging the use of e-prescribing such as National Council for Prescription Drugs Program and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. Moreover, the advanced regional healthcare infrastructure, rise in healthcare expenditure, the presence of established market players, and product launches by them are likely to boost the regional market growth. For instance, in December 2018, Imprivata, the healthcare IT security company, launched EPCS Ready, a comprehensive online resource center to prepare healthcare organizations to meet the Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances (EPCS) requirements outlined in H.R.6- SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, a comprehensive bill designed to address America’s opioid abuse epidemic, which takes effect on January 1, 2021.
Several key companies have adopted merger and acquisitions policies, geographic expansion, innovative product launches, and collaborations to help them to stand out as strong competitors in the market and also expand its sales in the global E-prescribing market.
Major Players in the global E-prescribing market include Surescripts-Rxhub LLC, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc., Cerner Corporation, Epic Systems Corporation, and Quality Systems Inc.
In June 2019, Humana Inc, and Epic, a most widely used comprehensive health record system, entered an agreement which will integrate their technologies in efforts to enhance patient and provider access to health information. Epic is the first to collaborate with the national healthcare insurer Humana to bring together patients, providers, and payers to power value-based care. The partnership is intended to advance access to health information and price transparency for patients, providers, and payers. Epic users will have access to Humana's Real-Time Benefits Check (RTBC) tool through Epic's e-prescribing workflow to help patients, and providers select the most cost-efficient medications during treatment decisions.
In May 2019, Cerner, a global health platform and innovation company, and DrFirst, collaborated on a new and innovative offering to help providers tackle the opioid epidemic. By streamlining the connection from a person's EHR to each state's prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) database, giving physicians nationwide access to patient prescription drug information.
In October 2018, Stratice Healthcare formed a strategic relationship with Brightree. Stratice Healthcare is the creator of eOrdersPlus, an e-prescribing solution streamlining and digitalizing the antiquated ordering process for patients' reimbursable medical equipment, supplies & service needs. The integration of eOrdersPlus within Brightree's ePrescribe solution for home medical equipment will enable HME providers to both to receive and initiate fully electronic orders for completion and fulfillment with Brightree's ecosystem of order intake, patient care management, reimbursement claim filing and revenue cycle management systems.
In February 2018, DrFirst launched iPrescribeSM, a mobile app used by physicians to prescribe medication and controlled substances while complying with the state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) requirements and can also be used with most ambulatory and acute EHRs.
Market Taxonomy:
On the bases of system type, the global e-prescribing market is segmented into:
Standalone System
On the bases of delivery mode, the global e-prescribing market is segmented into:
Web/Cloud-based
On the bases of component, the global e-prescribing market is segmented into:
On the bases of end-user, the global e-prescribing market is segmented into:
Office-based Physicians
On the bases of region, the global e-prescribing market is segmented into:
The global market for the E-prescribing Market is primarily driven by the need to decrease prescription errors, rising focus on reducing fraud & controlled substances abuse, and the increasing adoption of e-prescriptions by healthcare providers.
Web/cloud-based systems share the fastest growing segment in this market. It can be attributed to its multiple benefits, including low start-up and licensing cost, easy maintenance, and simple infrastructure requirements, as well as broader accessibility. The software is a significant contributor to the market, and it is also projected to witness substantial growth. It is attributed to the significant increase in software companies and the increasing demand for software-based solutions. Moreover, recent product launches are driving the software market share.
To increase user base and improve their E-prescribing market presence, companies are increasingly launching innovative products, and are improving R&D investments.
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Market Size Analysis, And Y-O-Y Growth Analysis (%), By System Type
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Market Size Analysis, And Y-O-Y Growth Analysis (%), By Component
Market Size Analysis, And Y-O-Y Growth Analysis (%), By Countries
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Competitor strategy analysis
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Type Portfolio And Description
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.
Cerner Corporation
Epic Systems Corporation
Quality Systems Inc.
Surescripts-Rxhub LLC.
Henry Schein Inc.
Athenahealth Inc.
Drfirst Inc.
Global E-prescribing Market – Premium Insights
Global E-prescribing Market – DataM
Table 1 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By System Type, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 2 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Component, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 3 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 4 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 5 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Region, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 7 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By System Type, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 9 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Component, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 10 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 11 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 12 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 13 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 14 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Region, 2018,2022 & 2026 ($ Million)
Table 15 Global E-prescribing Market Value, By Region, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 16 North America E-prescribing Market Value, By System Type, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 17 North America E-prescribing Market Value, By Component, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 18 North America E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 19 North America E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 20 North America E-prescribing Market Value, By Country, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 21 South America E-prescribing Market Value, By System Type, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 22 South America E-prescribing Market Value, By Component, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 23 South America E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 24 South America E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 25 South America E-prescribing Market Value, By Country, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 26 Europe E-prescribing Market Value, By System Type, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 27 Europe E-prescribing Market Value, By Component, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 28 Europe E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 29 Europe E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 30 Europe E-prescribing Market Value, By Country, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 31 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Value, By System Type, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 32 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Value, By Component, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 33 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 34 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 35 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Value, By Country, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 36 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Value, By System Type, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 37 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Value, By Component, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 38 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Value, By Delivery Mode, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 39 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Value, By End User, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Table 40 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.: Overview
Table 41 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.: Product Portfolio
Table 42 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.: Key Developments
Table 43 Cerner Corporation: Overview
Table 44 Cerner Corporation: Product Portfolio
Table 45 Cerner Corporation: Key Developments
Table 49 Epic Systems Corporation: Overview
Table 50 Epic Systems Corporation: Product Portfolio
Table 51 Epic Systems Corporation: Key Developments
Table 52 Quality Systems Inc.: Overview
Table 53 Quality Systems Inc.: Product Portfolio
Table 54 Quality Systems Inc.: Key Developments
Table 55 Surescripts-Rxhub LLC.: Overview
Table 56 Surescripts-Rxhub LLC.: Product Portfolio
Table 57 Surescripts-Rxhub LLC.: Key Developments
Table 58 Henry Schein Inc.: Overview
Table 59 Henry Schein Inc.: Product Portfolio
Table 60 Henry Schein Inc.: Key Developments
Table 61 Athenahealth Inc.: Overview
Table 62 Athenahealth Inc.: Product Portfolio
Table 63 Athenahealth Inc.: Key Developments
Table 64 eClinicalWorks: Overview
Table 65 eClinicalWorks: Product Portfolio
Table 66 eClinicalWorks: Key Developments
Table 67 Drfirst Inc.: Overview
Table 68 Drfirst Inc.: Product Portfolio
Table 69 Drfirst Inc.: Key Developments
Figure 1 Global E-prescribing Market Share, By System Type, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 2 Global E-prescribing Market Share, By Component, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 3 Global E-prescribing Market Share, By Delivery Mode, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 4 Global E-prescribing Market Share, By End User, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 5 Global E-prescribing Market Share, By Region, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 6 Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 7 Global E-prescribing Market Y-o-Y Growth, By System Type, 2018-2026 (%)
Figure 8 Integrated System: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 9 Standalone System: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 10 Global E-prescribing Market Y-o-Y Growth, By Component, 2018-2026 (%)
Figure 11 Software: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 12 Hardware: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 13 Services: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 14 Global E-prescribing Market Y-o-Y Growth, By Delivery Mode, 2018-2026 (%)
Figure 15 Web-based: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 16 Cloud-based: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 17 On-premise: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 18 Global E-prescribing Market Y-o-Y Growth, By End User, 2018-2026 (%)
Figure 19 Hospitals: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 20 Office-based Physicians: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 21 Pharmaceuticals: Global E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 22 Global E-prescribing Market Y-o-Y Growth, By Region, 2018-2026 (%)
Figure 23 North America E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 24 North America E-prescribing Market Share, By System Type, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 25 North America E-prescribing Market Share, By Component, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 26 North America E-prescribing Market Share, By Delivery Mode, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 27 North America E-prescribing Market Share, By End User, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 28 North America E-prescribing Market Share, By Country, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 29 South America E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 30 South America E-prescribing Market Share, By System Type, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 31 South America E-prescribing Market Share, By Component, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 32 South America E-prescribing Market Share, By Delivery Mode, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 33 South America E-prescribing Market Share, By End User, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 34 South America E-prescribing Market Share, By Country, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 35 Europe E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 36 Europe E-prescribing Market Share, By System Type, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 37 Europe E-prescribing Market Share, By Component, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 38 Europe E-prescribing Market Share, By Delivery Mode, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 39 Europe E-prescribing Market Share, By End User, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 40 Europe E-prescribing Market Share, By Country, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 41 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 42 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Share, By System Type, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 43 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Share, By Component, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 44 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Share, By Delivery Mode, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 45 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Share, By End User, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 46 Asia-Pacific E-prescribing Market Share, By Country, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 47 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Value, 2017-2026 ($ Million)
Figure 48 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Share, By System Type, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 49 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Share, By Component, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 50 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Share, By Delivery Mode, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 51 Middle East & Africa E-prescribing Market Share, By End User, 2018 & 2026 (%)
Figure 52 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.: Financials
Figure 53 Cerner Corporation: Financials
Figure 55 Epic Systems Corporation: Financials
Figure 56 Quality Systems Inc.: Financials
Figure 57 Surescripts-Rxhub LLC.: Financials
Figure 58 Henry Schein Inc.: Financials
Figure 59 Athenahealth Inc.: Financials
Figure 60 eClinicalWorks: Financials
Figure 61 Drfirst Inc.: Financials
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End the War on Drugs and Find a Better Solution
Brandon Sun, February 27, 2017 – David McConkey
The current fentanyl crisis is a reminder of the fiasco that is the War on Drugs. And reminding us of the need to rethink our whole approach to alcohol and drugs are two new Canadian books. One, by Ontario neuroscientist Marc Lewis, is The Biology of Desire. The other, by Saskatchewan lawyer Harold Johnson, is Firewater.
First, can we stop pretending that the War on Drugs is somehow working? No matter how we understand addiction, branding addicts as lawbreakers does not help them. And making drugs illegal only empowers criminals who then flood our society with more drugs.
Can we acknowledge that there is no ideal solution, but that legalization and regulation is the best possible option? That legalization and regulation offer us the best chance to reduce the power of criminals and to keep dangerous drugs out of the hands of children?
Addiction can be treated as a medical issue, not a legal one. Provide those addicted to drugs like fentanyl with a prescription for the least harmful form of the drug while helping them overcome their addiction. (Such programs are in place in Europe.)
Furthermore, can we acknowledge that we have much to learn about drugs, alcohol and the nature of addiction? We can start by ending all taboo subjects and by talking honestly. (For example, I noted here during the last provincial election that politicians from all parties want to be “politically correct.” So, they are all afraid to say: fetal alcohol syndrome.)
Marc Lewis is not afraid to tackle taboos in The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease. Lewis, a neuroscientist, has been a professor of developmental psychology at institutions like the University of Toronto.
His book is based not only on the science, but also on his own and others’ stories of addiction. His research included “reading thousands of comments and e-mails from former and recovering addicts and interviewing dozens of them for hours at a time.”
Lewis provides much neurological explanation to his assertion that addiction is not a disease. When a person has an addiction, Lewis states, their brain changes. But these changes are not the result of having a disease, he says, but because of an ingrained habit. He notes that “most addicts eventually recover permanently.”
Furthermore, Lewis says that “calling addiction a disease is not only inaccurate, it’s also often harmful.” Instead of seeing “themselves as helpless victims of a disease,” he says, addicts benefit from feeling empowered. They then can learn better habits by incorporating new narratives of their lives progressing to a better future.
The stories we tell about ourselves and others is the theme of Harold Johnson’s book Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People (and Yours). Johnson is of mixed immigrant and indigenous background. He has seen the disastrous effects of alcohol both personally and professionally as a defense lawyer and Crown prosecutor in Saskatchewan.
Johnson describes a stark – but often ignored – Canadian reality: one-half of the deaths of indigenous people are related to alcohol.
Like Lewis, Johnson also rejects the label of addiction as a “disease.” Johnson says, “The problem with calling alcoholism a disease is that it takes control away from the alcoholic.” And he identifies another disempowering idea: indigenous people as the victims of historical trauma. That perspective, Johnson says, “takes away our ability to do anything about it for ourselves. We can’t fix colonization.”
For centuries, the narrative about indigenous people in Canada has revolved around alcohol abuse, Johnson says. Alcohol “became the dominant story about us.”
Johnson concludes, “We have to change the story that we tell ourselves about ourselves and about alcohol.”
The Biology of Desire and Firewater are well written and should command our attention. Both books present professional insights, gripping personal stories, and Canadian perspectives. These books are also a reminder that – while the fentanyl crisis makes the news right now – we face great underlying problems concerning drugs and alcohol.
To address these problems, we need a multi-faceted approach. Let’s dismiss taboos and discuss all subjects. Let’s recognize that we have much to learn about drugs, alcohol, addiction and treatment. Let’s look at best practices from around the world, including programs here that successfully reduced the use of tobacco.
And let’s end the War on Drugs.
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Humankind has left his mark on Jordan’s Wadi Rum since prehistoric times. The unique desert last year was granted UNESCO heritage status as a natural and cultural site - and is now paying the price.
Wadi Rum desert in Jordan
The 1962 film "Lawrence of Arabia" made this vast, 74,000-hectare desert in Jordan famous: Wadi Rum's red and gold sands is where the real T.E. Lawrence stationed his troops during the Arab Revolts of 1917 and 1918.
Almost a century later, the landscape is essentially the same: in the blistering sun, sweeping sands cut a valley into towering mountains of sandstone and granite rock.
Now, there is a new intruder - four-wheel-drive tour groups. Traveling up to five cars at a time, the oversize vehicles churn through the sand and mud, making deep tracks and plenty of noise.
Wadi Rum director Nasser Al Zawideh is a local Bedouin who was born and raised there. "Our major problem with the travel agencies is that they don't understand Wadi Rum, because we have a huge number who use the cars," he said. "Just between the village and the nearest site there are more than 100 roads."
According to recent figures, more than 250,000 tourists come to Wadi Rum every year. Numbers have dropped since the Arab Spring in the region, but they are expected to rise again in light of the site's UNESCO world heritage status, granted in 2011.
Due to the remoteness of the desert's location, most tourists have just a two-hour window to experience the unique rock formations and desert landscapes of Wadi Rum, so they choose a four-wheel-drive rather than a camel to see as much as they can. Some 1,000 such motorized vehicles are available for hire in the area, Al Zawideh told Deutsche Welle.
There is no plan on limiting the number of visitors, or better distributing them in the area. The question, says Al Zawideh is: "How can we convince the visitors to use the camels rather than the cars?"
Jeep tours are popular, but not as environmentally friendly …
The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, which is responsible for Wadi Rum, has earmarked 250,000 Jordanian dinars ($350,000 or 273,000 euros) for a new desert conservation plan. The plan's main focus is to make the current split of Wadi Rum into an intensive-use area of 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) and a wilderness zone of more than 500 square kilometres (193 square miles), more official.
Protecting rare species
The intensive use area will be exclusively for the Bedouin tourist camps and four-wheel drive activity, while the wilderness zone is reserved for those hiking on foot, or riding a camel or horse. A single road will be gravelled for four-wheel drive use, in order to prevent the vehicles from damaging more than 360 rare species of flora and fauna on makeshift tracks.
Development within the intensive-use zone would be regulated to protect the interests of local Bedouin who depend on tourism, and waste would be managed in a more sustainable manner to cope with increasing tourism numbers.
Giving Wadi Rum a more environmentally friendly image is quite a challenge to, Al Zawideh said. "We have a lot of meetings with UNESCO in Amman. This is a huge job for me and my team, but we're working on it."
… as a leisurely camel trek through the desert landscape
Animal life would also benefit from a new environmental focus. The Arabian oryx was hunted to extinction in Wadi Rum 80 years ago. Three years ago, the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency sponsored a $ 1.1 million project to reintroduce the animal to the unique desert. Eight male and 12 female oryx were brought to a protected enclosure in Wadi Rum.
Return of the oryx
The project has been a huge success. Today there are more than 60 oryx, it is hoped that the first animals will be released back into the wild this year.
Local Bedouin ranger Aesh Ali Alzalabiah says reintroducing the oryx to Wadi Rum and protecting the desert environment is essential in order to preserve it for future generations. "Wadi Rum is one of the most beautiful places around the world, where you can feel the silence and the nature," he says. "It's a simple place, not like other places like Petra or Jerash, the other places that are human-made. Wadi Rum is natural."
Officials and desert caretakers need to remain vigilant, Friends of the Earth Middle East director Munqeth Mehyar said. "Our sites are delicate, from Wadi Rum to Petra to the Dead Sea," he said, adding that it is important to study the carrying capacity of these sites well in advance of opening the door to tourism. Mehyar urged a study on the carrying capacity for the desert ecosystem.
While it is uncertain whether such a study will occur in the next few years, conservation efforts in Wadi Rum are slowly improving. This is something of which Lawrence of Arabia would surely have been proud.
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Fearious Black Debuts With Deep House Tune “Distant Love” On Stereo Breeze
Fearious Black makes his Stereo Breeze debut with the brand new track “Distant Love”. His creation holds that Deep House vibe while incorporating a retro 80’s feel.
Since Fearious Black aka Clay recently made the move from Hawaii to Japan, you cannot help but wonder if this has inspired the title of the release. Make sure to give “Distant Love” a listen!
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Waysons return to CYB3RPVNK for a holiday treat in the form of their new track “Royals” a uniquely groovy tune that majestically suits its name. Drawing upon melodic synths and cinematic basslines, the Swiss duo sets a moody and thoughtful tempo out of the gate, later laying in bouncy percussive melodies that add a spark of dancefloor fire to the track. From its namesake, you can almost imagine “Royals” as the soundtrack to a widescreen pan over an ancient ritual in a long-lost civilization, with Waysons as its ruling monarchs. Let your imagination run wild and press play on “Royals,” which follows the duo’s recent release “Beyond Time” from earlier this month.
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In 2018 DJ and producer R3HAB founded his label CYB3RPVNK, a place that embraces the alternative, pushes artistic boundaries and serves as a platform to build up new artists. The imprint is currently home to R3HAB himself and a strong roster of artists, including Skytech, Tommy Jayden, Dropgun, Cityzen, and more. Among them is Swiss duo Waysons, who also released on Hardwell’s Revealed, Afrojack’s Wall, NCS, and Sirup labels. Their collaborations with R3HAB put them on truly on the map in the CYB3RPVNK family last year, and the duo continues to evolve and perfect their sound with every release. Waysons have all the makings to be the label head’s proteges, so we can’t wait to see what they have up their sleeve next!
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Nowadays, there are so many DJs and music producers from the Netherlands who have emerged on the electronic scene within a short time. Without a doubt, one of these up-and-coming artists is Martin Wild. Like many young artists, he started making his first songs at the age of 15. Curiously enough, he ventured into Rap, but years later, he took a Deep and Tech House direction.
In point of fact, he has over 200 unreleased projects that someday will see the light. Furthermore, Martin has achieved a milestone of 10K listeners on Spotify. Not for nothing, the wide audience that is supporting him is hooked with his feel-good melodies and dark/chilled-out vibes. One such example is his latest single, “Communication System”. Above all, he dreams big in performing at the mainstage of Ultra Miami. If you can dream it you can do it. Everything is possible even the impossible. Check this out!
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High-qualified music producers are increasingly more frequent on this blog. One of these types of artists is without a doubt, Maximo Quinones. Progressively, he has been making a name for himself behind the decks throughout the best nightclubs/venues in Chicago and abroad. There’s no doubt he has a passion for DJing but also makes a considerable impression with his early compositions.
Since his teenage years, House had a huge influence on Maximo’s musical tastes. Nowadays, he finds his source of inspiration in those mainstream and classic hits when it comes to working at the studio. Released via Careless Records, “Letters” is his most recent proposal for this year. So, if you’re into smooth sounding tunes or emotive vocals, don’t think it twice, he’s one to look out for!
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Will Champlin takes his music to a whole new level with his side project, KillWill. Somehow, I have a feeling that Deep House fans will play “Beats and Pills” on repeat. Undoubtedly, this is a banger in every sense of the word. With distorted pitched down vocals, he gives it a dark feel to it, while, the blend of melodies and synths have all the necessary elements to make you dance. Best of all, you can tell KillWill is fully inspired by international hitmakers like Gorgon City and Rüfüs Du Sol. Actually, it’s evident Will’s music has evolved on similar lines, which reflects hammering rhythms, intricate effects, and of course, a hypnotic edge. Without further ado, stream in full right here!
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Retirement industry ready to protect 401(k) tax status
June 05, 2017, 10:08 p.m. EDT
The employer-based retirement industry is keeping a cautious eye on Congress, where lawmakers, according to The ERISA Industry Committee, are considering altering the tax-favored status of 401(k) plans as one option to pay for President Donald Trump’s proposed tax reform.
Although the Trump administration has said it wants to protect retirement accounts from tax reform, they must find money to pay for it in some way, says ERIC’s Will Hansen, senior VP of retirement and compensation policy, and the industry wants to be proactive in protecting retirement plans.
“Congress will ultimately have to figure out how to pay for [tax reform],” he says. “House Republicans are floating the concept to do” it by examining the tax-favored status of 401(k) plans.
Hansen believes House Republicans will act before the 2018 election cycle. “Tax reform is their path to ensuring their majority in the election,” he says.
However, Nevin Adams, chief of communications at the American Retirement Association, says taxing 401(k)s is the wrong idea. “Anything that restricts your limits, Americans’ ability to save for retirement, would be a bad thing,” he adds. “The short-term gain associated with tax reform would affect long-term retirement savings.”
Alex Assaley, managing principal, retirement plans at Bethesda, Md.-based AFS 401(k) Retirement Services LLC, believes advisers need to keep eye on potential upcoming proposals and work now to influence the outcome. “We do everything we can to communicate with Congress and elected officials so they fully understand how the private retirement system works, and the value of pre-tax referral,” Assaley says of his work with the ARA.
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Altering the tax-favored status, ERIC’s Hansen says, would likely cause employees to save less, as they would see a change in their after-tax income and will likely make adjustments to maintain the same amount of money in their bank accounts. “We will see drastic [changes] in retirement contributions,” he says.
Stopping the change
Assaley says advisers need to make their voices heard so the tax-favored status is not altered. One way he does so is through his membership with the ARA, a Washington-based trade group with nearly 12,000 members across the entire industry.
Advisers “don’t have to join the ARA to make their voice heard, but [it] has the strength and resources to ensure the interest of the advisers,” Assaley says. “We gain a lot of value … to ensure the adviser is heard is heard” on Capitol Hill.
Adams says the ARA is “actively engaged” in conversations on Capitol Hill to help legislators “understand and appreciate the private retirement system and what undermining it might mean.”
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Off-duty EMT helps at scene of burning car
EMT Madison Calhoun, 18, saw a car on fire in her rear-view mirror and stopped to direct two people out of the vehicle
Ben Muir
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.
CAPE VINCENT, N.Y. — Madison Calhoun began driving through an intersection Tuesday when she noticed a car on fire in her rear-view mirror — two people were still inside — so she got out and ran toward the smoke.
Calhoun, 18, of Clayton, graduated from Thousand Islands High School last year. She had been enrolled in the junior program at Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service for the last two years, and this past summer she finished her training to become a certified EMT. She plans to continue training until she’s a paramedic.
EMT Madison Calhoun, who recently graduated from the Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service junior program, stopped at the scene of a burning car to help direct two people to safety. (Photo/Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service-TIERS Juniors Facebook)
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At around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Calhoun was on her way to the rescue service to start her shift. She stopped at the blinking-red light where County Route 4 meets County Route 9. When she drove through, she noticed something wrong with the car behind her. Getting a better look, she saw the entire bottom of the car was engulfed in flames. Two people were inside.
“My instinct as an EMT kicked in,” Ms. Calhoun said. “I needed to get them out.”
She got out of her car and started running back through the intersection, waving her arms in their direction. The two people inside then realized they needed to get out.
“I ran right over and said ‘you guys need to get out,’” Calhoun said.
She stuck with her training. She remained calm when the two seemed to panic. She took them away from the inflamed vehicle, to the curb and then dialed 911. Moments later, the rest of the car went up in flames.
“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Calhoun said. “It was something else. It was hectic.”
Calhoun said she went to school with the two who were inside the car. They’re both teenagers and still in high school — one told her he was on his way to hockey practice.
“I wouldn’t have been able to live with myself if I didn’t know they were safe,” she said about what made her stop and run back. “I think it’s a natural instinct when you become an EMT.”
The Cape Vincent Fire Department arrived on scene shortly after. Chief Bill Gould said the car was fully involved by the time they got on the scene. Crews sprayed foam and water and had it knocked down in 15 minutes. He confirmed no one was injured.
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The Mikado review
Lee Gunther December 3, 2014
The Mikado is likely Gilbert and Sullivan’s most enduring play. Opening in the West End’s Savoy Theatre in 1885, the operetta ran for 672 performances and has been revived countless times since.
Here, the action is updated to the swinging ’20s (by way of 2014, but we’ll come to that) replete with art deco styling, flapper girls and even some Charleston moves thrown into the mix for good measure. The bumbling Nanki-Poo, who just happens to be the son of the Mikado, arrives in the town of Titipu in search of his long-lost love, Yum-Yum. As Nanki-Poo finally stumbles across his sweetheart he is told that Yum-Yum is now betrothed to the town’s executioner. Things are further complicated by the arrival of Nanki-Poo’s scorned lover, intent on reclaiming her husband.
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The plot is light and farcical and gets more incredulous by the minute. But it’s generally fun, despite taking a while to warm up. The performances are fine, with the ladies shining through. The amplification of the vocals was minimal and some of the male cast had trouble projecting, making the lyrics inaudible on occasion. Matthew Crowe is a delight as Nankie-Poo but he did struggle through a few numbers, especially when Leigh Coggins voice soared and cut through the auditorium effortlessly.
The sound was also a little flat due to the decision to leave the performance of the show’s intricate score down to just two pianos. The playing was top-notch but the limited instruments offered little dynamism or variety. Songs tended to merge into one.
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Festival: 2017 Written By: Lauren GundersonDirected By: Ellen McQueen
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Ellen McQueen
ADA AND THE MEMORY ENGINE press kit with photos
Regional premiere opened July 28, 2017.
One of the latest plays penned by our very first Essential Theatre Playwriting Award Winner and the Most Produced Living Playwright in America in 2016, Lauren Gunderson, this play is about Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer. Described by the Huffington Post as “a rare and special artistic achievement,” this delightful play gives you plenty to think about whether you’re a poet, a programmer, a history buff, a technophile or a hopeless romantic.
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As the governor of the Dead and the burial ground, the Baron Samedi is one of the most distinctive and potent loa of Haitian Vodou. An imposing figure in black raiment, he is most often pictured as a corpse. His other magical domains, less discussed in esoteric literature, include disruption, obscenity and -- importantly for the practicing sorcerer -- not only the arts of Magic but the very fabric of which it is made.
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A lavishly packaged, two-volume box set containing the most faithful and accurate versions of John Dee's journals ever published. This is a must-have treasure for Dee aficionados and esoteric scholars who absolutely need the most meticulously detailed version of these highly influential works. A labor of love twenty years in the making, these volumes include transcripts of four manuscripts from the British Library and one from the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Two of these manuscripts have never b...
Gnosis 19: The Trickster. A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions
"As long as we lie to ourselves, the Trickster will be with us. He'll show up just when we least want him, to embarrass us on a first date, to prove us fools in front of the learned company we're trying to impress, to make us miss a power breakfast with that all-important business contact."
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Deconstructing Gurdjieff: Biography of a Spiritual Magician
Churton, Tobias
Inner Traditions / Bear & Company
In November 1949, architect Frank Lloyd Wright announced the death of "the greatest man in the world," yet few knew who he was talking about. Enigmatic, misunderstood, declared a charlatan, and recently dubbed "the Rasputin who inspired Mary Poppins," Gurdjieff's life has become a legend. But who really was George Ivanovich Gurdjieff?
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Russell Jr. Signs For Return
Looking for a fifth successful defense of his WBC featherweight title, Gary Russell Jr. will return to action on February 8th for a SHOWTIME Championship Boxing card.
The event emanating from the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania will see Russell take on Tugstsogt “King Tug” Nyambayar on a card featuring former world champions Guillermo Rigondeaux and Liborio Solís battle for the vacant WBA Bantamweight World Title in the co-main event.
“Gary Russell Jr. has proven himself to be at the very elite level of this sport and one of the best fighters in the featherweight division,” said Tom Brown, President of TGB Promotions. “His speed, power and overall skillset has made him a must-watch every time he steps into that ring. He’s going to get all he can handle from an undefeated fighter in ‘King Tug’ Nyambayar, who has the pedigree and power to make this a memorable fight. You won’t want to blink during this high octane showdown February 8 on SHOWTIME from PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.”
“The February 8 card is co-headlined by two of the most skilled boxers in the sport today,” said Stephen Espinoza, President Sports & Event Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. “Gary Russell Jr. – arguably the fastest hands in boxing – will be facing his toughest challenge as world champion against the aggressive power-puncher ‘King Tug’. And in the co-main event, Guillermo Rigondeaux, one of the best boxers on the planet since his days as an amateur in Cuba, moves down in weight to the bantamweight division for the first time in his pro career as he faces former world champion Liborio Solis with a world title at stake. Add in a compelling super featherweight eliminator and we have the makings of an action-packed tripleheader on February 8.”
“I’m forced to defend my title against another mandatory challenger and I’m going to show on February 8 why none of the other champions want to face me,” said Russell of the undefeated Mongolian challenger. “I’m the longest current reigning WBC champion but no one has stepped up to the challenge I present. I’m going to take care of business against a strong opponent and display all my skills like I always do.”
All but two opponents have been knocked out by Nyambayar, as the Las Vegas resident looks to take the perceived upset on February 8th.
“This is going to be an exciting fight for everyone watching on February 8,” said Nyambayar. “Gary Russell Jr. is a great champion who is very talented, but he has the WBC belt and that’s what I want. I’m training hard to win this fight and I will be ready for anything that Russell brings to the ring.”
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Amazon Pursues Bid To Block Microsoft From DoD’s JEDI Pact
Recently, Amazon.com Inc announced in a piece of technology news that it would be asking a judge to block Microsoft Corp provisionally.
The prevention is due to working on a $10 billion cloud contract from the Pentagon. A court filing was proved last Monday.
According to the filing, Amazon was a favorite for the contract.
Moreover, it plans to file a proposal for a temporary restraining order on January 24, and a federal court will subject its decision on February 11.
Meanwhile, the e-commerce giant has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of exercising “improper pressure.”
In addition, a bias that preceded the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to grant the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) pact to Microsoft.
However, the Department of Defense has stood by its verdict.
The decision was along with its Secretary Mark Esper disallowing any implication of bias and stating that the decision was handled freely and fairly, without any outside influence.
On the other side, the JEDI contract is a portion of a stronger modern technology upgrade of the Pentagon. It is for the firm wanting to make it more technically responsive.
In particular, a goal of JEDI is to provide the military with better access to data and the cloud from battlegrounds and other remote settings.
Meanwhile, Microsoft did not have clarification on Amazon’s intent to file the motion.
Amazon did not act in response to an appeal for comment, and the DoD could not be immediately on reach.
Amazon and Flipkart Deals With Antitrust Probe In India
Elsewhere, India’s antitrust regulator has started an investigation into Amazon and Flipkart.
The probe was over accusations that the two retail giants are unlawfully undercutting local industries that the companies deny.
Last Monday, according to the Competition Commission of India, it was investigating the two companies’ e-commerce firms in the country.
Meanwhile, the commission is examining into allegations by a New Delhi trade group.
The alliance is where Amazon (AMZN) and Walmart-owned Flipkart provided privileged treatment to some sellers on their programs.
Moreover, the trade group claimed that the two companies give significant discounts and more leading listings to those sellers, many of which they control or have a stake in.
Amazon and Flipkart also give inclination to goods from their in-house brands. They have also engaged in exclusive deals with a number of companies, especially smartphone manufacturers.
On the other side, the commission stated it is anticipating the investigation to be final in the next 60 days.
A spokesperson for Flipkart, which Walmart (WMT) purchased 77% of in 2018 for $16 billion, indicates that the firm was “fully compliant” with Indian laws and regulations.
The spokesperson added, “We are currently reviewing the document.”
However, Amazon also denied the misconduct and stated it would collaborate with the investigation.
A company representative said, “We welcome the opportunity to address allegations made about Amazon; we are confident in our compliance and will cooperate fully with CCI.”
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Rajya Sabha Elections Results: Mayawati says BJP’s malpractices cannot break SP, BSP tie
New Delhi | Published: March 24, 2018 5:09:33 PM
After facing a defeat in the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati hit out at the Modi government in a press briefing today.
After facing a defeat in the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati hit out at the Modi government in a press briefing today. Taking a hard stance against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Mayawati claimed that the malpractices of the BJP will not succeed in breaking the ties between Samajwadi Party (SP) and BJP. She added that the results haven’t hampered the SP-BSP relation a bit. “I would like to tell BJP and company that their malpractices will not succeed in breaking the ties between SP and BSP. Yesterday’s results have not affected the SP-BSP tie up in any way, not even by an inch,” BSP Chief Mayawati said.
The former UP Chief Minister claimed that even if the entire system was deployed to loosen the SP-BSP bond, nothing could be done. “BJP did not deter from indulging in malpractices. They exerted all their force to ensure that the BSP candidate does not win at any cost. The entire system was deployed to ensure that the newly formed ties between BSP and SP loosen,” said Mayawati. The BSP chief said that when the Rajya Sabha polls were announced in UP, the Samajwadi Party high command and BSP got together so that the BJP’s ninth candidate couldn’t win the election. It was also tried to make an effort to ensure that this election does not become a blot on the face of democracy, she added.
Mayawati cried conspiracy as she blamed the BJP again and again for using unscrupulous means to win the election. She even pointed to the cross-voting of a BSP MLA that increased the trouble for BSP. “We share the same views on yesterday’s result just like anyone else. We believe Narendra Modi and Amit Shah used the system to make their candidates win. An environment of fear was created due to which there was also some cross-voting done,” said Mayawati. She also said that the immoral victory at the Rajya Sabha elections cannot make up for the BJP’s defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur.
In the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, BJP scored a big win as it grabbed 9 out of 10 seats. The SP won 1 seat with Jaya Bachchan’s victory while the BSP failed to open the account. Arun Jaitley, Anil Jain, GVL Narasimha Rao, Anil Agarwal, Vijay Pal Tomar, Kanta Kardam, Ashok Bajpai, Harnath Yadav, Sakaldeep Rajbhar were BJP’s nine victorious faces.
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Since I am always anywhere from 6 months to 3 years behind on games, I recently started playing Metal Gear Solid V. So far I find myself in agreement with 90% of popular opinion on this game. I think it is fantastic.
That would be the smart place to leave it. Just acknowledge that I like the game and move on. I can go play it, enjoy myself, and not try to overanalyze it. If you have read any of these posts, you know that isn’t how I function. Figuring out why one game is more enjoyable than another game is sort of my jam. Saying things like “my jam” is also my jam. The full extent of the jam.
So, getting back to it, this is what I think makes Metal Gear Solid V a good game. It waits. This is a trait in great games that I have written a little about before. The Souls series of games is probably the most celebrated for waiting. By waiting, I mean that the game is happy to wait for the player to initiate play. This doesn’t mean that the game is slow or that it lacks intensity. It means that the design of the game is player reliant.
When you start a game of Robotron 2084 your character appears at the center of the screen and a horde of robots converge on you until either you clear the level and move on to the next or they touch you and the game ends. If you start the game and then lift your hands from the controls the robots will quickly close on you and end the game. The game system is player centric, but not player reliant. It will play itself to an end state with or without you.
With the exception of a few timed missions, MGSV is pretty willing to let the player take everything at their own pace. Want to lay down by a rock during a mission and research dog armor? Go for it. Want to retry that mission but only use grenades / sniper rifles / inflatable decoys? Not a problem. Want to run one mission over and over until you can finish it in a minute and a half? You can, and the game even expects that you might.
This waiting is different from a game that simply has no combat in an area or requires you to move to a new arena passing through an invisible switch that starts the next wave or puzzle. Even fairly sophisticated games that fall under that category, like the Uncharted series for example, really aren’t that much different from Robotron. You move from level to level, often without any indication that you have, and the game presents you with challenges that, in the case of combat, play out with or without your input.
Waiting is when a game operates in one state until the player chooses to trigger a new state through interaction. If the game provides a lot of options for how, when, and why the player triggers a new state, manipulating the system becomes the source of fun. This sort of goes back to my theory that fun is when our brains predict patterns from apparent chaos. A game system that waits until poked by a player offers pattern resolving opportunities by the bagful.
This isn’t to say that level or wave based games aren’t fun, they can be phenomenal, but they are player centric not player reliant. The player centric system will play out the simulation to an end point regardless of what the player does or doesn’t do. The player reliant system will just run. It’s possible that it would run forever while waiting for the player to interact with it. Even after the player manipulates the system it can keep running and never actually end the simulation. You as the player are required for the system to change, but the simulation is never driving toward any particular state. It just waits. It waits for you.
There, I took the time to write this, when really what I wanted to do the whole time is go back to playing MGSV. It’s late now, but maybe just one quick mission.
I work on 3D models almost every day. Often I am creating new ones for 3D printing or game assets. Sometimes I am fixing up or prepping ones already created by someone else. I can say with some certainty that there is no right way to create a 3D model. There are techniques that suit certain situations but there is no fundamentally correct way to make a 3D model. None.
This is when scores of people authoring hours of tutorials can tell me that I am wrong. They can point out all of the industry professionals that use process Y and how much better and faster and more efficient it is that process X. Complete Rubbish. There is no right way to create a 3D model. There are a lot of wrong ways, I have seen the results of many of them, but there is no right way.
I’ve been at this for a long time. Maybe too long. The tools and techniques change, but the end result never really has. If you are creating a model with the intention of animating it there are certain requirements. If you are creating a model to be fed into a cnc system like a milling machine or 3d printer there are other requirements. If the model is for use in an interactive system with controls and physics like a game or simulation there are, again, different requirements. How you build the model, the tools you use, just doesn’t matter.
If you are reading this, I didn’t write this for you. I wrote it for me. I just need to remind myself every once in awhile that the tools don’t matter. You can use all of them or none of them and the model that you end up with is the only thing that matters.
Best Games - Centipede
I usually try to steer clear of the classics. Those games that are universally loved. Pillars of the art form. Games like Pac-Man, The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania Symphony of the Night. It’s not that they aren’t up there on the list with the best games. It’s just that those games, the classics, have been discussed so often and dissected so thoroughly that there isn’t a lot of mystery left to them. The whys and hows of their lasting quality is fairly well understood by folks who study games. If I’m going to write about the hundreds, maybe thousands, of games that can be held up as properly wonderful, I may as well choose some that deserve a little extra attention.
Centipede is an exception to the rule. Centipede is rightly credited as not only one of the best games of the 80’s but as one of the best videogames of all time. It’s fast, engaging, and beautiful. So why write about it? Why repeat what anyone who follows videogames has read many times before? There is a unique core to the design of Centipede that I don’t think gets talked or written about enough and it deserves praise.
Centipede is all about the player.
The usual factoids on the design of Centipede center around the choices of Dona Bailey, one of the first women programming arcade games during the formative years of the industry. The vibrant, shifting, pastel colour palette, and the fantastical garden setting are applauded. Centipede is noted for its universal appeal, attracting male and female players equally. Maybe the colors or the rollerball control play some part in the success of Centipede, but I think there is something much more fundamental at play here.
Centipede is, like a lot of the games of its era, an evolution of Space Invaders. You sit at the bottom of the screen and shoot directly up at enemies cascading down. That is the challenge you must overcome. Here is the difference. In Space Invaders and most of the games like it when the enemies reach the bottom of the screen the game is over. You lose. There is a limited amount of time that you are able to play unless you actively assail the enemy. The enemies in Centipede can reach the bottom and they just turn around and start heading back up. Your player character has a limited band that it must stay in near the bottom of the screen but other than that your movement is unrestricted. You can move side to side, up and down, and even on smooth diagonals. Any way you can roll the ball controller, you can move. After it hits the bottom, the centipede will also stay in this band, moving back and forth and stepping up or down with each turn. You don’t have to shoot the centipede. You can dodge forever, never shooting, or you can choose to shoot the mushrooms scattered across the playfield. The game is very difficult and it becomes faster and more difficult as time wears on, but you don’t have to fight. You get to choose when and how you fight.
As you play, there are enemies that add new mushrooms to the screen but you can decide which ones you would like to shoot and remove or leave where they are. You can mold the random playfield to your advantage. You decide.
Where most of the Space Invaders derivatives test your ability to dismantle orderly columns of enemies before time runs out, Centipede presents chaos and variability that you get to decide how to deal with. You can organize the chaos into manageable groups and lines, or you can let the chaos expand and deal with the oncoming assault on a case by case basis. You can also choose not to shoot, waiting for precisely selected moments to attack.
Centipede is one of the best games of all time, but it has less to do with the color palette and more to do with how it treat the player. Playing Centipede, you get to choose what happens next.
When I said that the story was finished before, I lied. I had always intended to have a sort of twilight zone style coda on the story. If you read the semi uplifting ending I had before, that was sort of a fake out. So here is a completed first/second/third draft. I promise next week will be something new.
We called it the forest. It was only a few hundred trees along the riverbank. If you stood in just the right spot and looked at just the right angle you could see clear through them - from the stubble field on one side to the ripening durum across the river. Surrounding the forest for as far as you could see was mile upon mile of sun blasted, wind swept prairie. For us this was the forest.
By 10 am, the baking heat would be unbearable. The trees might not have been much, but they stood thick enough to provide a little shade.
Bing was riding his Kuwahara. Chrome silver with black accents in liquid smooth powder coat. I had a rust spotted CCM bmx frame adorned with a mish mash of parts pulled from dead bikes. Bing’s bike was the envy of all the local kids but I prefered my frankenstein bike. It could hit a jump in just the right way. A smooth launch, a little give on the landings. The Kuwahara had footpegs, better hand brakes, and a brand new chain, but it felt a little too unforgiving. Antagonistic. It confronted the ground rather than rolling over it. Also, Bing was always on it.
The sun hadn’t really gotten going yet so the air was still a little cool. Wet streams drifted to the corners of my eyes as my feet spun the pedals. We didn’t talk but I could hear Bing breathing hard off to my left.
We hadn’t really discussed it but we both knew where we were headed. Since late spring we had been building a jump in the forest.
Greg Stevens had swiped a shovel from his garden shed and left it out there last summer. He had some plan for digging a WW1 trench and camping in it. His shovel caper resulted in a pit about two feet deep and four feet across. He couldn’t even lay in it without crunching up his legs. Greg decided not to bring the shovel back since his dad had blamed the neighbor and bought a new one. Now it was our primary jump construction tool, and the trench was our main excavation point.
We would all take turns scooping up some dirt from the trench and adding to the jump. Over a couple of weeks, it had gone from a small bump crowning the edge of a natural ditch, to a loose kicker a couple feet high.
We had ridden over the Jump dozens, maybe hundreds of times, but only the center had packed down properly. The rest of the jump was a pile of loose, soft dirt. Hitting it too fast or not dead center could end your run real quick. You might spin off to the side, dump the bike right there, or stop dead and go over the handlebars. Honestly it was hard to tell what might happen, except that it would probably be bad. We would bang on the jump with the shovel, or ride over it slowly, but without some rain to really tamp it down, it was just too scary to hit the jump properly, at full speed.
I made it to the edge of the forest where our jump was under construction and locked up my brakes on the loose dirt. I leaned hard, kicking out my back tire, planting my inside foot and sliding to a tripod stop. Bing, right behind me, did the same, but maybe not with quite as much style.
I gave the ramp a quick once over to see if any work had been done on it in the past couple of days. Swimming lessons had prevented me from making the ride to work on it but there were about five of us that regularly came out here who also knew where the shovel was stashed. From the landing slope all the way up to the crown the ramp was devastated. It was all deep gouges turning up the soft soil underneath.
“If they are gonna ride on it, they should at least stomp it down” Bing griped between winded huffs.
I silently agreed and made a sour face. Older kids had been coming out at night with BMXs and an 80cc dirt bike. The BMX tracks weren’t that noticeable but the dirt bike had left the ramp in an unusable state. They might as well have run a rototiller over it.
I stepped off my bike and let it fall to the ground in disgust. I had been hoping to take a couple of slow runs and maybe catch a little air before doing any construction work. Bing shoved out his kickstand and stepped off. He rhythmically slammed his hightops into the soft earth while I fumed into the forest to retrieve the shovel.
We kept the shovel up in a tree. It had been Bing’s idea. I would never tell him I thought so, but he could be pretty clever when he tried.
Shovel Tree was a little way past the Party Pit, an open area surrounded by trees. This clearing was regularly used by older kids for the kind of illicit late night parties where someone would mess up a ramp - so the shovel had to be hidden far enough from those jerks that it wasn’t likely to be seen. The tree we settled on was down nearer the river and had lost a branch about 15 feet up its trunk. The bony remnant sticking out from the tree was a perfect place to hang a shovel handle. The lower branches stuck out in such a way that you could really only see the shovel hanging there when you were right underneath it.
To hide or retrieve the thing required a daring leap from a nearby stump. You climbed up the stump, maybe a little more than waist height from the ground, jumped toward Shovel Tree, and either plucked or hung it all in one continuous motion. You then had the option of trying to hang on to the shovel, dragging it with you while avoiding the lower branches, or tossing it over your shoulder and hoping it didn’t slice the back of your neck on the way down. I had seen both methods attempted successfully and unsuccessfully, but I never saw anyone get hurt. At least not badly enough that it would require telling a parent what had happened. I usually opted for the ‘carry the shovel down with you’ method, since that always seemed the least likely to result in a head wound. It might have been a clever way of hiding the shovel but, because it was a Bing solution, that meant a higher than average risk of injury.
I snagged the shovel off of Shovel Tree and started back through the clearing. Bing was standing there nudging his toe against a discarded beer can. He looked up at me.
“Listen man, we don’t have to work on this today. We can head back into town. Find something else to do. We cou-”
“No!” I surprised myself with how loud I yelled at him. Surprised him too. We bickered, even tore into each other from time to time, but always as friends. I had crossed a line.
We just sort of stared at each other for a moment, feeling the waves of what was going on wash over us.
Finally, he curled his lip, flatly said “dick”, and stomped out of the clearing to go sit in the dirt beside the Kuwahara.
I had been in a sour mood since I picked him up at his house. I saw the boxes packed in the garage. It hadn’t really occurred to me that Bing might be feeling the same way. It was his family that was moving. His life that was getting lifted up and drifted across the country. I would still have my other friends here. Where they had always been. I was losing my best friend but he was losing everyone. I didn’t say that to him of course. I just started digging and slapping down dirt. Swinging line drives with the flat of the shovel against the ruined side of our ramp. Our ramp. Mine and Bing’s ramp. Other kids worked on it too, but it was just us two who had started it.
I rammed the shovel down hard into the center of the trench. I was angry at the dirt. I was angry at Bing. I was angry at Bing’s dad for getting a better job. I was angry at the kids who tore up our ramp. I was angry at the increasingly unbearable heat of the day. I was angry at me. I really didn't know what I was angry at. I stabbed the shovel as deeply as could.
The next thing I knew, I was laying belly down beside the hole holding my chin where it had bounced off the shovel handle.
I looked up to see Bing standing over me. My face was probably a mix of astonished and accusing, but Bing just stared right past me at the hole, eyes like pie plates.
“What in the hell, man?” Bing blurted out, less to me, and more to the shovel as he reached down to take hold of it. It took a couple of firm yanks to dislodge the shovel. Whatever it had sunk into made a strange rattling, sucking sound. Like a reverse burp.
I stood back up shoulder to shoulder with Bing, earlier animosities abandoned. Just like that, we had reset, united in our bewilderment.
“What happened?” I probed.
“Umm. Maybe like a crack or cave or something? Maybe you punched through into a cave?”
Neither of us believed that. Neither of us had ever seen a cave in the middle of a broad, flat, prairie. When Bing had hauled the shovel up bits of powdery wood had come up with it. Old dessicated fibers that had, at one time, been milled lumber. The edges were too clean and regular to be tree roots or buried deadfall.
“What about the wood?” I was already piecing together a picture in my mind of what I had “punched through” so I floated out questions to see if Bing was thinking along the same lines. I couldn’t bring myself to voice what I was thinking.
“Why would someone bury a wood box by the river?” Bing asked, walking the assumption forward to include not just wood, but a wooden box. He mirrored my tone and I could see dread ripple across his expression, before replacing it with a nervous grin.
“Is this a casket? Did you just jam a shovel into some dead guy’s casket?” Bing’s smile widened into a full toothed display. “Gross!”
“I don’t know that. We don’t know what it is!” I couldn’t help it. I was grinning now too. “It’s probably just old wood someone tossed out. And buried. On purpose. Beside the river.”
We traded conspiratorial looks but neither of us budged.
“Go check.”
“You go check.”
“You found it”
“You have the shovel.”
We both took a step forward and arched over the hole. Bing used the tip of the shovel to begin a ginger excavation, careful and tense. Neither of us wanted to uncover anything grizzly, but then again, we absolutely wanted to uncover something grizzly. Something valuable. Something amazing.
My heart was beating so hard my hands shook with each pulse. Light glinted off something metallic a few inches below the soil and my whole body lurched.
“That’s treasure!” The words exploded from my throat.
Bing stopped clearing dirt and squinted at me.
He feigned excited endorsement but sarcasm dripped from every word. “Do you think pirates put it here? Sailed it up the river?” Then he tagged his comment with our favored insult to really make sure it stuck. “Child.”
“Shut up. It’s something shiny. There’s something metal down there. It’s metal in a box”
If Bing had any intention of spending more time poking fun at me, his curiosity overcame it.
We crouched down, relatively sure that we weren’t going to be nose to nose with a mummified corpse.
Enough dirt had been cleared away that we could start to make out the shape of what we had found. The sun had been climbing in the sky and was almost directly above now, more clearly revealing the shapes below us. Squatting to take a lower angle, I could make out a rounded metal edge. Maybe a large plate, or disc almost filling a box about two feet square.
Bing reached in, taking hold of the metal, and just as quickly dropped it, recoiling his hand.
“What! What happened?” I demanded.
“Damn it! That’s cold!” he had his finger tips tucked under his armpit and rocked back and forth in wincing pain.
He pulled out his fingers and looked at them. They seemed fine. No visible wounds or bleeding. He shook his hand aggressively in front of his bared teeth like a fan made of sausages.
“Yeah, fine. Damn it, that is ice cold. It feels like burning, but cold, man.”
I wrapped my hand in the belly of my T-shirt and stretched it down to slowly touch the metal. Nothing. It felt hard and maybe a little cool, but nothing like what Bing was on about.
“It feels normal. Just like metal. Are you messing with me?”
“No. It was like frostbite, man. Still hurts a little.”
I took my hand out of my shirt and tentatively brushed a fingertip across the metal. Then all my fingers. Then the flat of my hand. A little cool, hard, metallic. Certainly not burning cold or frostbite cold.
I reached my fingers down under the edge and grabbed hold. The plate was incredibly thin, like foil, but solid and unyielding. I pressed hard with my fingertips but the metal didn’t bend or crumple. Although paper thin, the edge felt round and smooth, not sharp. I started lifting the circle of metal and found it so light that it didn’t seem to have any substance at all. It took some twisting and wrangling to pull it from the box, since the hole we had cut wasn’t quite large enough.
I set the disk on the ground between us, now fully visible under the full midday sun. We didn’t move. We didn’t breath. The only sounds were leaves twisting in a light breeze and the distant buzz of insects. It was treasure. It was beautiful and frightening and impossible.
Around the circular rim of the thing was metal, sure enough. A dull silvery metal with lines and markings along its circumference. Like a clock face, but with the minute marks set to irregular periods and angles. An interesting and unusual example of manufactured metal work. That part of the object I could wrap my mind around. What sat in the center of the ring was different. It was black. Just black. No reflections, no variation in the surface, no shadows. Light didn’t play off it. Encircled by a band of paper thin metal, there on the ground sat nothing. Nothing at all.
I felt my hand reaching before I had fully considered what I was doing. The middle finger of my left hand barely alighting on the black in the center of the disc. Just as unconsciously, I recoiled. The freezing, burning, cold was a shock.
“Cold, right?” Bing spouted gleefully.
I let out a cartoonishly long “ooowwwww!” that ended in wide smile. “What is that?”
“I don’t know. It’s like liquid or something. My fingers sunk right into it.” He mimed the wide grip he had used to try to pick the disc up. “What do you think it is?”
“No clue. Like a part off some old machine or something. How long do you think it was buried?” I rubbed at my fingertip until the feeling returned.
“It’s well up past the water line, and the ground around it is pretty dry. It had to be down there a long time for the wood to be so rotten.” Bing shrugged and slowly shook his head. “Hundred years maybe? I don’t know”
“A hundred years? That’s like, really old. Like pioneer old.” I stood up and snagged the shovel off the ground where Bing had dumped it.
“What are you going to do with that?”
I hovered the blade of the shovel over the center of that black circle. No reflection. I could see the shadow cast from the shovel run over Bing’s sneaker, across the ground, onto the metal ring, and just sort of end at the black. Cautiously I lowered the shovel until the tip just touched the black surface, or at least I thought it did. It was almost impossible to tell. All the visual feedback I had come to expect sort of didn’t exist here, and I could feel my eyes struggling to find a point to focus on. I braced myself, expecting that same cold bite to crawl it’s way up the shovel and into my bare hands. It didn’t. Instead I felt a soft resistance, like the skin of a dried pudding cup. A small amount of downward pressure and I could see the blade of the shovel slip out of existence.
Bing must have been holding his breath because he exhaled with a long whistle. “It’s so weird.”
“Yeah” I agreed. “Feels kind of thick. Like stirring gravy or something.”
I pulled the shovel back up to check that it was still intact. It seemed okay. Even the clumps of dirt stuck along the edges seemed unperturbed.
“How deep do you think it is?”
I offered the handle to Bing. “I don’t know. Check it out.”
Bing proceeded to plunge the shovel until it was halfway submerged in the center of the black circle.
“Yeah. Seems like.” He bobbed the shovel a couple of times, each time stopping at the same spot along the handle. “It hit something.”
He drove it down a little harder and I could hear a muffled, distant, thunk. The shovel was maybe a foot and a half deep. A foot and a half gone, as far as we could tell. Bing moved to lift the shovel back up.
I waved my hands at him. “Just wait. Just wait. I want to try something.”
I crouched down and carefully took hold of the metal ring. My finger still tingled a bit where I had touched the black, so I kept them well back from the inner edge. Just like before, I lifted the disc and was surprised at how little it weighed. There was almost nothing to it, like a rigid piece of tissue paper, but the breeze didn’t seem to affect it at all.
“Are you still holding the shovel down? Like all the way down?”
“Yeah, It’s just sitting there. I’m not even pushing it. It’s just resting on the ground, or whatever. The ground at the bottom of that hole thing.”
I got down low, almost resting my head in the dirt. Under the raised disc, I could see the ground, the shadow cast by the metal ring and the shovel handle. On the other side were Bing’s high tops, patches of grass, and our ramp. Nothing else. No shovel handle, no shovel blade. I reached up with my right hand and pushed down on the shovel handle where Bing still had hold of it. It didn’t budge. It was passing through the ring and resting on something I couldn’t see. I waved the ring up and down a little. The exposed parts of the shovel stayed put.
“Yeah, you’re right. It’s like a hole or something, but you can move it around. It’s so cool! Scary, but cool.” I didn’t even try to keep the grin out of my voice.
We spent the next couple hours poking at the thing and laughing. We dropped in rocks and pine cones and watched them slowly slip through the black surface to disappear from view, seemingly forever. We stabbed it with tree branches and drew them back out, chilled but unharmed. Bing tried to ring the bell off the Kuwahara with a stick while it was on the other side of the black, but we couldn’t hear it very well. Just a whisper of dull metallic clanging. The experiment required getting his hands dangerously close to that nipping cold surface so he didn’t try it for long. I moved the shovel around on the other side feeling for its limits. It seemed fairly small, I could probably have reached every part of the hollow on the other side if I sunk my arm up to the shoulder, but that would have been crazy.
“I’m parched.” Bing licked his lips and sighed, sitting down heavily on a clump of grass.
“Yeah. Me too. I have to get home for supper too.” We had completely ignored thirst and hunger while we examined our find. Now that I had stopped for a moment I felt fatigue press down on me and we finally rested. Bing sprawled on the ground while I drooped limply over the shovel. “What do we do with this thing?”
I imagined trying to carry it home on my bike and couldn’t really figure a way to do it. The disc was light and strong but it was too large to tuck under an arm. Maybe Bing would attempt it but I wouldn’t risk that black stuff touching my bare skin while I was trying to pedal.
“Somebody will see it if we try carrying it back into town. It’s not the kind of thing that anyone would ignore.” Bing offered, head cocked to the side, eyes squinting. “Maybe we can hang it on the shovel?”
I swiftly laid the blade of the shovel flat in the black until I could hook the top edges under the ring and fish it up off the ground. The disc just dangled there off the shovel like I had plucked it from a carnival pond game.
Bing reached out and gave a firm tug on the ring. “I don’t know how or why that works, but it doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere.”
We headed over to Shovel Tree and this time Bing made the leap to hang both the shovel and the disc. The glint of the metal ring might catch the eye of someone skulking around over here but even in the mildest of shadows the rest of the disc just disappeared. It would have to do until we could find some better place to keep the thing.
On the way back to pick up our bikes we kicked as much dirt as we could into the rotten box. We couldn’t fill it. We would have had to go back and get the shovel for that but we disguised the square corners of the box well enough that it would hopefully pass for just another pit dug to add to the bike ramp.
We both took one slow pass at the jump before heading back into town.
I didn’t tell anyone what we had found. That night I didn’t sleep for a second.
One week later, Bing was gone. His mom and dad had been packing all summer, gathering the contents of their single story house into the garage and loading it into a rented box truck. One morning, the truck wasn’t there. I rode my bike past the house. Like a snail shell you find along the shore, it still carried all of the evidence of life only now it was empty. Not just empty, hollow. I knew that they were leaving. I knew that they had wanted to move before school started. Bing and his sister would be going to a new school, in a new city. I suppose I just didn’t expect him to be gone.
A few days later I rode out to the forest alone and just sat there looking at the river and brushing off mosquitoes.
For that whole week we tried not to talk at all about Bing moving. It helped that we were completely enthralled with The Hole. At some point during the week we started calling it “The Hole” and the moniker stuck.
We moved it to a more remote part of the forest and tested anything we could think of. We had put sticks, rocks, bits of cloth, action figures. Anything we could find that we didn’t mind losing went into The Hole. Bing dipped an old radio halfway into the black and it stopped playing almost instantly. It looked fine but the batteries had gone completely dead. We used a towel and an oven mitt in an attempt to press our hands through the viscous surface. It always ended with one of us vibrating on the ground, fingers shoved deep into our mouth or armpit to restore circulation while the other one pointed and laughed.
We talked about telling someone about the hole. Our parents. Our friends. A science lab maybe. We didn’t know of any labs in our town and we couldn’t even agree on what sort of scientist would study this thing.
Bing said that he should take it with him.
He started in sheepishly, as if this was all coming to him now, but soon he was laying down words with a salesman's patter.
“There has to be somebody at the university that would know what to do with it. Maybe they can test it and find out how it works. Maybe we can sell it. The Hole is probably military or NASA tech. Maybe there is a reward. I should probably take it, you know, so we can get it checked out or something.” The idea hadn’t just occurred to him. Bing was a poor liar. He had been thinking about taking The Hole with him for a while.
I could feel my jaw tighten involuntarily. I was barely aware of my hands curling to fists. When the loud, shrill “NO!” burst out of me it took a moment to register that I was the one yelling.
In an instant we were locked in a clumsy wrestlers clinch. I was dimly aware of the disc of black between us at our feet. I caught Bing's eyes as they flicked down to The Hole and then back up to mine. We stared for a few short seconds until a puzzled look drifted across Bing. I would have to imagine that I looked equally confused. Bing spoke first.
“This is stupid, right?”
“Yeah. You’re stupid.” I couldn’t hold back the chuckle.
We both pulled away and took a step back. Laughing was the only apology either of us would offer or accept. That was how it worked between best friends.
Of course, Bing had taken The Hole. He had ridden back out after supper with an empty briefcase before it got packed up for the move. There was no way that the disc would have fit in a regular sized case but the metal ring was so incredibly thin that he must have been able to close it well enough to bike it back home. He had stowed it somewhere in the box truck before his parents could see it and they had taken it with them. Out of town and across the country.
And I was out there, in the forest, sitting alone among the sounds of a late summer evening. Small birds singing to each other and buzzing, hissing insects gathering along the riverbank in clouds that danced in the gentle breeze. That’s when I heard something different. A distant tapping, like drums being played underwater. There was a thunk and a tip, tip, tap, followed by a scraping sound that was so faint that I could barely detect it.
I tried to follow the sounds by sweeping my head low to the ground and narrowing in on the source. I must have looked like snake tasting the air. Just outside the clearing and getting close to the ramp I got down and put my head right up against the ground. The sounds were coming from down there.
After discovering one impossible thing in the forest I wasn’t going to leave without fully investigating another.
The evening light was starting to fade by the time I finally dug through to the second box. The first one had rotted almost to powder having been buried for such a long time. This one was mostly intact. It was built from the same roughly milled lumber but the wood still had some strength to it. I had to dig around the top until I made enough room for the lid to open. There were remnants of old leather and fiber straps that must have bound the whole box together but those hadn’t held up the way the wood had. I wedged the tip of the shovel under the edge of the lid and used it as a lever to pry the lid off. The night was cooling but I was vibrating and sweating so hard there must have been steam rising off my back.
The old wood sent up a squealing creak before finally cracking apart. The lid flipped back like the cover of a book before slamming down into the newly dug soil.
There, strapped to the lid with wooden planks was an almost perfect duplicate of The Hole.
The metal disc was sandwiched between the planks and the lid along two of the sides leaving the black in the center completely exposed. The nails driven through the planks were rough and square. Whoever secured the Hole had tried to drive one of the nails through the metal disc but it was bent over and flattened into the wood.
Laying in the bottom of the box was an assortment of rocks, pinecones, sticks, bits of paper, toy cars, and action figures. I lifted a Greedo from the box and turned it over in my hand. Two-tone green plastic in an ancient wooden box. This was my Greedo, the one that I had dropped through the other Hole. The Hole that Bing had taken with him.
I dropped to my knees and scrabbled in the dirt for a sharp rock. I held my Greedo in one hand and tried desperately to steady my other hand. The tremors radiated through my entire body as I used the rock to scrape two rough but readable letters into Greedo’s chest.
If I had spoken them there would be no way I could have held back the tears.
I let the Greedo slip from my fingers. With held breath I watched as it slowly sunk into the black and out of view.
I hoisted the box lid, bulky but manageable, and sprinted to my bike. The wood made my ride home difficult but I could have carried five of them and still made it back. It was almost like carrying nothing at all.
More than twenty years later, I still keep in touch with Bing. We use phones and computers now. Sometimes we get our families together. Our wives are friends and his kids are a little younger than mine. We might only talk about The Holes once every few years but only face to face and only when we are sure that we are alone. Even then the only thing we discuss is who we should tell and when. For now the safest thing we can think to do is to leave them where they are. Mine is tied the lid of a locked metal box I got from an army surplus shop. The box is lag bolted to the cement floor in my condo storage locker. The condo board probably wouldn’t be happy about me hammer drilling into the floor but I’ll take that risk. Bing keeps his behind a false wall he built into his basement. It’s sandwiched between two heavy pieces of an old cast iron stove.
It was the two incidents that had convinced us. The first, of course, was when I had removed my disc from the wooden box lid. We had been testing The Holes for months, maybe a year, sending objects and notes back and forth before I used a pry bar to peel the wood planks away. I had studied the image behind the disc for hours. I’m still not completely certain what everything I saw burnt into the wood meant. I tried describing it in notes to Bing and when that failed I took a polaroid and pushed that through the black. It didn’t take long after than for both of us to agree that we would have to be very careful with the Holes.
The second was when Bing’s disc opened. He had flipped his disc over and he told me later that the normally solid, seamless, metal was open in the center. Open like a door or a window revealing another black surface just as flat and featureless as the one on the other side. Bing said that he poked the handle of a putter into the Hole and it had been yanked from his hands. He almost hadn’t been able to let go of it in time. Suddenly the image burnt into the wood made a lot more sense.
We have hidden and secured the Holes as thoroughly as we could. With every move we try to improve security, sharing notes on our solutions. Hopefully, one day we can figure out where to put them or who give them to. Until then, we will keep them separated and keep them safe and remain terrified of what will happen if we don’t.
We have an ending. Is it THE ending. Maybe, maybe not. I haven't 100% decided. Let me know if you think there should be more.
The metal disc was sandwiched between the planks and the lid along two of the sides leaving the black in the center completely exposed. The nails driven through the planks were rough and square. Whoever strapped the Hole on here had tried to drive one of the nails through the metal disc but that nail hadn’t gone all the way through to the lid because it was bent over and flattened into the wood.
Laying in the bottom of the box was an assortment of rocks, pinecones, sticks, toy cars, and action figures. I lifted a Greedo from the box and turned it over in my hand. Two-tone green plastic in an ancient wooden box. This was my Greedo, the one that I had dropped through the other Hole. The Hole that Bing had taken with him.
I dropped to my knees in the dirt and scrabbled for a sharp rock. I held my Greedo in one hand and tried desperately to steady my other hand. The tremors radiated through my entire body as I scraped two rough but readable letters into Greedo’s chest. HI. If I had spoken them there would be no way I could have held back the tears.
I dropped Greedo into the Hole and watched as it slowly sunk out of view.
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Swastikas & Anti-Immigration Slogans Painted in Eugene
Toys R Us and the University of Oregon are targets of racist graffiti
News by Corinne BoyerPosted on 01/11/2018
Two reports of swastikas on the Toys “R” Us building on Valley River Drive in Eugene were made to the Human Rights and Neighborhood Commission last week. On Thursday, Jan. 4, a driver on Delta Highway saw a swastika on the side of the building.
Meanwhile, Eugene resident Sarah Buck was shopping at the toy store when she noticed that no store employees were present at the checkout lines.
“The manager informed us that everyone was outside because they just found someone had come and graffitied the store with swastikas and anti-Semitic stuff on the outside walls and the truck,” Buck says.
The Toys “R” Us building was spray-painted with a red swastika, the word “Tygarclan” and a five-pointed star. A second swastika was spray painted on an empty semi-truck trailer in the parking lot of the Toys “R” Us.
Jessica Offerjost, a spokeswoman with Toys “R” Us corporate office in Wayne, New Jersey, initially spoke on the phone with Eugene Weekly, saying the company was looking into the incident and requesting copies of photographs taken of the graffiti.
In a later email, Offerjost writes, “Early morning on Thursday, January 4, the Toys “R” Us in Eugene, OR, was vandalized. We have zero tolerance for these actions and are working with authorities to identify anyone involved.”
On Jan. 8 reports of graffiti targeting immigrants and DREAMers were made on the University of Oregon Campus. Early Monday morning, the Trump administration had announced its plans to end temporary protection status for citizens of El Salvador.
Kelly McIver, public information officer with the UO Police Department, says the chalked graffiti was found early on Jan. 8, and campus planning and facilities management was still compiling a comprehensive list of what they found.
McIver sent EW a story slated to be published on UO’s Around the O news website that says, “Among the slogans found on campus sidewalks were ‘Deport them all’ and ‘End white guilt.’ The graffiti is a reminder of the recent increase in bias incidents nationally as well as in Oregon and Eugene.”
McIver says he saw a photo of graffiti including the “Make America Great Again” slogan and Trump 2020.
The Eugene Police Department received a report of the swastika on the Toys “R” Us building, according to Public Information Coordinator John Hankemeier. He says people should definitely report graffiti to the police if they see it.
These incidents took place in the weeks after an Oregonian story, which was picked up internationally, spotlighted Eugene as a hotbed of emboldened white nationalism. Many of the incidents depicted in the story took place in Springfield and Creswell in addition to Eugene, and some were originally reported by EW.
Eugene’s Human Rights Commission Hate and Bias Crimes report found that hate and bias crimes were up during the third quarter of 2017. Compared to the third quarter in 2016, with 29 reported hate and bias crimes, 2017 saw 57 reports of hate and bias crimes.
According to the report, “A man witnessed a racial slur and a threat on his locker and two nooses hanging from the ceiling at his place of work.”
Another example in the report stated, “a church employee found racial slurs in graffiti on his place of work.”
Compared to data from 2016, hate and bias crimes were on track to more than double in 2017.
Sarah Buck says the swastikas make her feel unsafe.
“It was really bizarre because it’s just something you don’t expect will happen,” Buck says. “Eugene has this whole narrative of being such an open and accommodating community and normally it is — but clearly we have the other end of the spectrum as well — and it’s also clear that they are making their presence known.”
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The James Beard Foundation announced today the five recipients of its 2016 America’s Classics Award. The America’s Classics Award is given to restaurants that have timeless appeal and are cherished for quality food that reflects the character of their community. The 2016 honorees join the ranks of nearly 100 restaurants that have received the award since the category was introduced in 1998. This year’s winners will be celebrated at the 26th annual James Beard Foundation Awards, taking place on Monday, May 2, 2016, at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“James Beard would have loved these restaurants; they represent how America eats,” says Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation. “Each has played a role in bringing their communities together, representing the heart and soul of our national culinary landscape—we’re proud to honor them as classics!”
The 2016 James Beard Foundation America’s Classics Award winners are:
Al Ameer Restaurant (12710 W. Warren Ave, Dearborn, MI; Owners: Khalil Ammar and Zaki Hashem)
This restaurant, with its rows of floral print booths, is a bedrock institution in Dearborn, Michigan, and one of the nation’s most welcoming introductions to the pleasures of Lebanese cuisine. Khalil Ammar, Zaki Hashem, and their families started this community-minded spot in 1989. Unfailingly warm servers explain the fine points of maza (a spread of dishes that might include falafel and hummus) and define the differences between fattoush and Lebanese salad. The owners also run a halal butcher nearby. Accordingly, Al Ameer is the place to savor sujuk sausage, vivid with paprika and cumin, or a feast of tender shredded lamb rich with almonds, yogurt, and rice.
Brooks’ House of BBQ (5560 State Highway 7, Oneonta, NY; Owners: Beth and Ryan Brooks)
Brooks’ began in 1912, when John McClelland and his wife founded a chicken farm in upstate New York. A catering business followed, then a drive-in, then, in 1961, Brooks’ BBQ. Their grandson is at the helm today. The rust-and-toffee interior features rooster-print wallpaper, a scalloped lunch counter, and state-themed paper placemats that detail the entirety of the “Brooks’ BBQ Campus.” The complex includes a banquet center, gift store, children’s park, picnic area, and a sauce bottling plant. Cooked on a 38-foot indoor charcoal pit, the barbecue chicken emerges with blistered skin and backyard flavor that goes bone-deep. A spiced apple ring, dyed deep garnet, tops each bird. Set on a backroad that cuts into the Catskills, Brooks’ is a memory-making place for families driving to and from the mountains.
Matt’s Place Drive-In (2339 Placer St, Butte, MT; Owners: Robin and Brad Cockhill)
This whitewashed cottage with sky-blue trim opened in 1930 as a drive-in. The staff still deliver some meals curbside to this day, and they remain cheerful curators of community, working the soda-fountain counter in a room lined with midcentury-style wood paneling. The food does the roadside genre proud. Most everyone comes for the crisp, flattop-griddled burgers. The masterpiece is the nut burger, crowned with crushed peanuts mixed into mayonnaise; the topping melds with sliced pickles, tomatoes, and onions righteously. Served with homemade onion rings and a strawberry milkshake made with house-churned ice cream, such a meal is blissful evocation of Montana’s culinary culture.
Bully’s Restaurant (3118 Livingston Rd, Jackson, MS; Owners: Tyrone Bully and Greta Brown Bully)
Tyrone Bully and his father, both trained as masons, built this mansard-roofed restaurant with their own hands. Pride of place goes to a portrait of Civil Rights Movement martyr Medgar Evers. Bully’s opened as a snack shop. Nearby factory workers flocked there for cold cut sandwiches. Regulars today include police officers, city council members, state legislators, musicians who record at a nearby studio. Folks from all walks of life arrive for oxtails, neckbones, macaroni and cheese, rice and gravy, and sweet potatoes. Tyrone Bully arrives at six each morning and stays until he locks the doors at night. Bully’s serves three different greens daily—typically collards, turnips, and mustards—which cooks strip, wash, and simmer in pork-infused broth. This is back-of-the-range cooking without peer.
Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante (300 Santa Fe County Rd 98, Chimayo, NM; Owner: Florence Jaramillo)
Florence and Arturo Jaramillo envisioned this restaurant as a living tribute to the heritage of New Mexico, a way to honor the land and the culture. Arturo Jaramillo is a direct descendant of the first settlers to the Chimayó Valley in the late 1600s, and the hacienda was the home of his grandparents. The menu has expanded over the years. At the core are peerless regional dishes like carne adovada, tamales, posole, pinto beans, sopaipillas, flan, and natillas. The village of Chimayó is celebrated for its particular cultivar of red chile. Ristras of those chiles dangle decoratively from the eaves of the hacienda, a reminder of the import of local goods and local traditions.
To qualify for the America’s Classics Award, establishments must have been in existence at least ten years and be locally owned. The honorees are selected each year by the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant & Chef Awards sub-committee, a group composed of restaurant critics, writers, editors and other experts. The selection process begins each fall with a public call for entries, allowing anyone the opportunity to suggest candidates for the awards.
This year, in recognition of past America’s Classics Award recipients, Rizzoli and the James Beard Foundation is publishing James Beard’s All-American Eats: Recipes and Stories from Our Best-Loved Local Restaurants, a photo and anecdote-filled cookbook featuring more than 75 recipes from eateries across the country that have been honored with the America’s Classics Award. The 256-page book goes on sale today; for more information, go to jamesbeard.org/cookbook.
On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, the Foundation will announce the final nominees for all award categories during a press conference at the Presidio Officers’ Club in San Francisco, California. Nominations will also be announced live via the Foundation’s Twitter feed at twitter.com/beardfoundation.
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, the James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards, an exclusive event honoring the nation’s top cookbook authors, culinary broadcast producers and hosts, and food journalists, will take place at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City.
The James Beard Awards Gala will take place at Lyric Opera of Chicago on Monday, May 2, 2016. During the event, which is open to the public, awards in the Restaurant and Chef and Restaurant Design categories will be handed out, along with special achievement awards, including Humanitarian of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America, and America’s Classics. A gala reception will immediately follow, featuring top chefs and beverage professionals from across the country.
Established in 1990, the James Beard Awards recognize culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their fields and further the Foundation’s mission to celebrate, nurture, and honor America’s diverse culinary heritage through programs that educate and inspire. Each award category has an individual committee made up of industry professionals who volunteer their time to oversee the policies, procedures, and selection of judges for their respective Awards program. All JBF Award winners receive a certificate and a medallion engraved with the James Beard Foundation Awards insignia. There are no cash prizes.
The 2016 James Beard Awards are presented in association with HMSHost, Lexus, and Mariano’s; and the following partners: Premier Sponsors: All-Clad Metalcrafters, American Airlines, Lenox Tableware and Gifts, True Refrigeration®; Supporting Sponsors: Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water, Breville, Goose Island Beer Company, Lavazza, S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water, Skuna Bay Salmon, Valrhona; Gala Reception Sponsors: Braveheart Black Angus Beef® from PERFORMANCE Foodservice, Ecolab, Groupon, Royal Caribbean International, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts; with additional support from: Chefwear, VerTerra Dinnerware, and Wisconsin Cheese. The James Beard Foundation also gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Chicago Department of Aviation, Choose Chicago, and the Illinois Restaurant Association.
About The James Beard Foundation
Founded in 1986, the James Beard Foundation celebrates, nurtures, and honors America’s diverse culinary heritage through programs that educate and inspire. A cookbook author and teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge about food, the late James Beard was a champion of American cuisine. He helped educate and mentor generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts, instilling in them the value of wholesome, healthful, and delicious food. Today JBF continues in the same spirit by administering a number of diverse programs that include educational initiatives, food industry awards, scholarships for culinary students, publications, chef advocacy training, and thought-leader convening. The Foundation also maintains the historic James Beard House in New York City’s Greenwich Village as a “performance space” for visiting chefs. For more information, please visit jamesbeard.org. Get food news, recipes, and more at the James Beard Foundation’s blog. Follow the James Beard Foundation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Guidance to Help Financial Institutions and Facilitate Recovery in Areas of Alabama Affected by Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding FIL-21-2010
Summary: The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Alabama affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding.
Severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred on April 24 and 25, 2010, have caused significant property damage in areas of Alabama.
Federal disasters were declared on May 3, 2010, for selected counties in Alabama.
The FDIC is encouraging banks to work constructively with borrowers experiencing difficulties beyond their control because of damage caused by the severe weather.
Extending repayment terms, restructuring existing loans, or easing terms for new loans, if done in a manner consistent with sound banking practices, can contribute to the health of the community and serve the long-term interests of the lending institution.
The FDIC also will consider regulatory relief from certain filing and publishing requirements.
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Mick Mulvaney In Line For Top Donald Trump Administration Post
SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN COULD LEAD WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE …
U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney will meet with president-elect Donald Trump this week to discuss taking a top position in the incoming administration.
According to our sources, Mulvaney is a leading candidate to head up the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – one of the largest and most influential offices within the administration.
The OMB is responsible for producing the president’s executive budget – and providing broad oversight of government agencies and programs.
Mulvaney was never a die-hard Trump supporter (he endorsed the failed candidacy of U.S. Senator Rand Paul) but he stood by the GOP nominee at a time when many other Republican politicians were stabbing him in the back – or abandoning him.
In fact Trump’s top South Carolina advisor, Ed McMullen, told us on several occasions during the campaign how loyal and helpful Mulvaney was to the GOP nominee – especially after Paul dropped out of the race.
“Mick is somebody they are going to fight for,” a source close to the Trump campaign told us.
This website has run hot and cold with Mulvaney in the past, but there’s no denying his qualifications for a post like this.
In fact one Washington, D.C. operative told us his consideration for the OMB directorship is the latest example of Trump “reaching out to qualified people” for key posts – regardless of whether they supported his primary candidacy or not.
“This is another indication of him going after the best person for the job,” the operative told us.
Even one of Mulvaney’s former political opponents greeted the news.
“This is actually somewhat reassuring,” the source said. “Mulvaney at least has some sense. I feared Trump would hire only people without any government experience.”
Mulvaney routed a credible, well-funded Democratic opponent in November’s general election to win a fourth term to the U.S. Congress. Assuming he takes Trump up on the offer, we predict there will be a crowded special election for the fifth congressional district seat he would vacate.
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Police should take a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to speeding
01/02/2018 in Tax and Legislation News
Calls for drivers to be prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit by as little as 1mph have been criticised by motoring groups.
Chief Constable Anthony Bangham, roads policing lead for the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), has called for an end to officers allowing a 10% buffer over the signposted limit.
He told delegates at the Police Federation’s annual roads policing conference in Hinckley, Leicestershire, that police spend too much time trying to justify speeding tickets and being “patient” with speeders.
Bangham said: “Let's change the message – we are proud to be law enforcers. I do not want the public to be surprised, I want them to be embarrassed when they get caught.
“They need to understand the law is set at the limit for a reason. They should not come whinging to us about getting caught.
“If booked at 35 or 34 or 33 that cannot be unfair because they are breaking the law.”
He said the lack of money and resources could be mitigated if “all police officers make it their business to police the roads”.
However, the RAC said it was wrong to penalise law-abiding motorists who may occasionally go very slightly above the limit.
The RAC's road safety spokesman Pete Williams said: "While speed is clearly a contributory factor in many road accidents and there is no question that drivers should obey the speed limit, it doesn't seem sensible to make motorists constantly look at their speedometers for fear of drifting a few miles an hour above the limit.
"Originally, the leeway of 10% plus 2mph over the speed limit was given to take account of inaccuracies that may occur because of camera and speedometer calibration. Surely, the police's focus should be on tackling those who exceed the speed limit consistently, and, or excessively, as they present the greatest road safety risk. It seems very wrong to penalise law-abiding motorists who may occasionally go very slightly above the limit.
"Speed awareness courses have helped many motorists understand the importance of safe speeds. These should continue to be part of the solution, and forces should not be in a hurry to load fines and penalty points onto drivers who may well be mistakenly making a small error."
The AA said it was also concerned that the move could be counterproductive. AA president Edmund King said: “The last thing we want is drivers glued to the speedometer 100 per cent of the time. We want drivers to concentrate on the road ahead.”
There was support from the road safety charity Brake however. Joshua Harris, director of campaigns, said: “Speed limits are exactly that, limits, set at the top speed that it is safe to drive on any particular road. Drivers who go beyond these limits are behaving recklessly and endangering the lives of themselves and others.
“Speeding penalties must prove an effective deterrent and Brake supports Chief Constable Bangham’s call for the increased use of fines and penalty points. Public perception over the acceptability of speeding needs to change and this can only happen with clarity in the law and penalties which truly deter offending.
Brake says that the speed of a vehicle is the key factor determining the severity of injury caused in any road crash; faster speeds mean greater stopping distances and more forceful impacts.
In 2016, there were five deaths a day on our roads on average, Harris said: “This is a truly shocking figure and any intervention which helps put an end to these needless tragedies should be welcomed."
For more from the roads policing conference, see the next edition of Fleet News.
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Ian Coleman - 01/02/2018 11:16
sorry correct me if I'm wrong but the 10% tolerance was put in place as that in how much +/- a speedo can be out by. that is one reason a panda car can stop you as their speedo is not calibrated, traffic cars have laser and radar system that are calibrated and give a true reading. so unless every car is going to be calibrated before it leave the factory and then re-tested every 2 years as HGV are. Then how can this zero tolerance towards speeding work
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Iain - 01/02/2018 17:31
Speed limits are "set at the top speed that it is safe to drive on any particular road." Hundreds, if not thousands, of drivers prove that is false every single day, simply by driving in excess of the posted (and often entirely inappropriate) limit without incident.
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Manufacturer News 18 Jul 2019
New MG ZS EV electric car offers 163-mile range
MG Motor UK’s first electric car will offer a 163-mile range and an on-the-road price from £28,495 before incentives.
Manufacturer News 10 May 2019
MG ZS EV electric vehicle to make debut at London Motor Show
MG Motors’ first fully electric car – the ZS EV – is to make its European debut at the London Motor Show, which takes place at London's ExCel next week (May 16-19).
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MG pledges further growth following aftersales success
At its annual aftersales conference, the company celebrated 12 months of country-wide success, and outlined plans to build further in 2018 and beyond
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MG ZS compact SUV priced from £12,495
MG has launched its ZS compact SUV in the UK, with prices starting from £12,945.
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MG launches all-new XS SUV at the London motor show
MG Motor UK has officially unveiled its all-new compact SUV – the MG XS – at the London motor show.
MG reveals GS SUV at the London Motor Show
MG Motor UK has unveiled its all-new SUV, the MG GS, at the London Motor Show.
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This Marijuana Stock Acquisition Would Make a Lot of Sense -- and Dollars, Too
Could a potential combination of Aurora Cannabis and MedReleaf lead to another marijuana megadeal?
Keith Speights
(TMFFishBiz)
May 13, 2018 at 7:15AM
Keith began writing for the Fool in 2012 and focuses primarily on healthcare investing topics. His background includes serving in management and consulting for the healthcare technology, health insurance, medical device, and pharmacy benefits management industries. Follow @keithspeights
Consolidation isn't coming in the Canadian cannabis industry -- it's already here.
The big story right now relates to the potential acquisition of MedReleaf (OTC:MEDFF) by Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB). There's no guarantee that a deal will be made, but the two companies announced that they were engaged in discussions.
Aurora is currently the second-largest Canadian marijuana grower by market cap, while MedReleaf fluctuates between being ranked No. 3 and No. 4. An acquisition of MedReleaf would enable Aurora to leapfrog over Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC) to become the top marijuana stock on the market.
Should Aurora actually buy MedReleaf, there could be considerable pressure on Canopy to make an acquisition of its own. One obvious target to buy would be Aphria (OTC:APHQF), which has roughly the same market cap as MedReleaf. But would this acquisition make sense for Canopy Growth? I think it could.
A lot to like about Aphria
Acquisition or not, there's a lot to like about Aphria. The company reported all-time high revenue in its fiscal third-quarter results announced last month. Aphria also posted its 10th consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA, an achievement that no other major Canadian marijuana grower can claim.
My colleague Sean Williams has referred to Aphria as "chronically undervalued" compared to its peers. I don't think that Sean is too far off. While my back-of-the-envelope calculations show that Canopy Growth is the best bang for the buck in terms of projected production capacity, Aphria comes in a strong second place.
One reason why Aphria's production capacity is substantial is that the company has engaged in its own fair share of deal-making. Aphria completed an acquisition of Broken Coast Cannabis in February. It followed that deal up by completing the purchase of Nuuvera in March.
The Nuuvera acquisition positioned Aphria especially well in international markets. The company now has a presence in 10 countries other than Canada. Germany ranks as the most important of these markets right now. Aphria's buyout of Nuuvera gave it a supply agreement with the second-largest pharmaceutical distributor serving the rapidly expanding German medical marijuana market.
Why strike a deal?
Canopy Growth certainly doesn't have to make any further acquisitions. The company should have plenty of capacity to enjoy strong sales growth in the domestic and international medical marijuana markets as well as the anticipated Canadian recreational marijuana market. However, there are some reasons for Canopy to consider a buyout of Aphria.
One is that acquiring Aphria could enable Canopy Growth to open up a lead over Aurora Cannabis in the German market. In addition, bringing Aphria (and especially its Nuuvera operations) into the fold would strengthen Canopy in other international markets.
And while Canopy's executives have been clear about their strategy of staying away from the U.S. as long as federal laws prohibit the sale of marijuana, Aphria has a foothold in the U.S. through its Liberty Health Sciences investment that could be attractive. That's especially the case in light of a recent agreement between U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and President Trump, where the president committed to supporting legislation that would permanently keep the federal government from interfering with state marijuana laws.
Most important, though, is that Aphria would give Canopy Growth higher capacity and greater economies of scale. There are legitimate concerns that supply will outstrip demand in the Canadian market even after the country legalizes recreational marijuana. However, the international opportunities appear to be large enough that additional capacity will be needed in the coming years. As long as demand is greater than supply, capacity will be king.
Marijuana is an agricultural commodity. Over the long run, achieving low costs of production and distribution will be critical for success. The larger a business is, the more likely it will be able to reduce these costs. If Aurora buys MedReleaf, the combined entity could eventually enjoy lower production and distribution costs than Canopy does, putting Canopy at a competitive disadvantage. Buying Aphria should prevent that from happening.
So what are the odds that a deal between Canopy and Aphria actually happens? My guess is maybe 50-50 at best. If Aurora buys MedReleaf, though, I suspect the probability of Canopy buying Aphria will increase.
MedReleaf seems motivated to sell. Aphria, on the other hand, has given no indication that it is interested in being acquired. Of course, the right price could change the dynamics quickly.
But while the odds right now are probably against a Canopy-Aphria combination, I wouldn't rule out such a deal. My view is that there will be considerably more consolidation among marijuana growers. This consolidation makes sense -- and, in the end, it will make more dollars, too.
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Waiter returns $424G cashier's check left behind by diner who had left without tipping: report
FOX NEWS - A New York City waiter returned a $424,000 cashier's check left behind by a customer and retired social worker who left without tipping him for his table service, according to reports.
Armando Markaj, 27, found a blank envelope while cleaning off a table at Patsy's Pizzeria in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood on Saturday. Markaj, a medical student working his way through school, ran outside after the customer, but she was nowhere in sight.
"Saturdays are pretty busy and I was very close to taking everything left on the table and throwing it out when I saw an envelope," Markaj told the New York Daily News. "I just pulled up the flap and I saw 'Citibank' and thought it was important, so I ran out to the street to look for her, but she was gone."
At that point, the waiter opened the envelope to find a check for almost a half-million dollars. Markaj gave the check to Patsy's owner, Frank Brija, 63, who then contacted the Daily News, which helped them track down the mystery woman.
"We thought for sure it was a billionaire or something who came in here, because who walks around with a check like that?" Brija said. But the check's owner, Karen Vinacour, is actually a 79-year-old retired social worker from Manhattan who finally came into some money after couch-surfing with family and friends.
The check represented proceeds from her apartment sale, earmarked for a down payment on a new home. Vinacour said she had taken out a student loan for her daughter decades ago that she was still paying back. Because of this, she claimed she was unable to gather up enough finances for a condo sooner despite having a pension and good credit.
"I can't believe it, I'm so relieved. You have no idea," she said Wednesday morning when the newspaper called her from Patsy's to ask if she had recently lost something of great value.
"I'm jumping in a cab, I'll be there right away," she said.
Vinacour said her "world just collapsed" when the bank told her Monday that they couldn't immediately cancel a cashier's check. The bank explained she would have to wait three months before they could begin the process and only if someone didn't cash the check in the meantime, she said.
The woman apologized for stiffing the waiter after a "stressful day" of condo shopping with her daughter and tried to offer Markaj a belated tip. The man accepted the apology but declined the money, adding that he was just "happy for her."
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How to gracefully decline an accepted job offer
Ghosting employers is an unwelcome trend, say recruiters. Here are better ways to handle changing your mind. By Tim Cooper
A surprising proportion of professionals are backing out of job offers after accepting them, according to research by global staffing firm Robert Half. Some are even “ghosting” employers — suddenly withdrawing communication with no explanation.
But while ghosting may have become common practice in dating, it is not acceptable for finance professionals who have received a job offer, recruiters warn.
The survey also showed that 28% of US professionals have reneged on roles they have already agreed to move into.
The main reasons: receiving a better offer (44%); receiving a counteroffer from their current employer (27%); and hearing bad things about the company after accepting (19%).
Los Angeles-based Paul McDonald, senior executive director for Robert Half, said that the way management accounting candidates handle such situations can affect their career prospects.
“Having cold feet is understandable; ghosting an employer is unacceptable,” he said in a news release. “Even though it may seem easier to avoid an awkward situation, transparency is always the best policy during a job search. If you have a change of heart after accepting a position, be honest with the hiring manager.
“Explaining that you have changed your mind about a job offer won’t be good news, but the employer will appreciate your communication and candour.” Here are three pieces of advice from Robert Half for people considering backing out of a job offer:
Read the fine print. Robert Half recommends candidates who think they may have cold feet read the fine print. If you have signed a formal contract, make sure there are no stipulations about reneging on your offer.
Do not procrastinate. Be direct and tell the hiring manager, recruiter, or HR professional as soon as possible once you have decided to decline the offer.
Make a graceful exit. Apologetic and professional communication by phone or in person is often the best way to handle the situation. Do not inform an employer by text or email that you’re not taking a previously accepted offer.
Marcus Williams, a London-based associate director for finance and marketing at recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley, said that typically people back out of a position if they get a counteroffer from their current employer.
Candidates may also back out of an offer because they are confident about receiving another, better offer or a counteroffer. Or, the candidate may feel less certain about making a change — perhaps because of issues such as Brexit — and prefers the cautious choice of staying with the existing employer.
“People are still interested in looking for jobs, but at a time of uncertainty, it has to be very attractive for people to move,” Williams said. “Top candidates typically aren’t looking for a job actively. We usually find them through search and selection, and they may have several offers at a time.”
Juniors harder to handle
Some generalisations about generations — and some data from Gallup — have led to the notion that more people backing out of job offers is due to the number of Millennials in the workforce.
But Singapore-based Akansha Agarwal, principal consultant, commerce finance, at Robert Walters, said: “I wouldn’t generalise and say Millennials back out more. But it is more difficult to manage candidates with five or less years’ experience.
“In mid- to senior-level roles, it becomes easier because there are fewer jobs in the market. But for roles below manager level, it’s about moving fast and closing as soon as possible.”
Other factors behind backing out include the candidate receiving offers with more money, counteroffers from existing employers, spouses not being happy with the move, and getting cold feet, said Agarwal.
Beware poor advice
UK-based Lee Owen, a senior business director at Hays Accountancy and Finance, said the main reason he has seen for finance professionals backing out of job offers is that candidates are poorly advised to do so by their recruiters.
“They might receive an offer for a role they like but are not 100% sold on it,” he said. “Instead of putting the offer at risk by appearing indecisive, they may think they can accept it but continue to interview for potentially better opportunities.”
Once candidates accept an offer, he said, it is recommended that they keep their word.
“Retracting your acceptance can often damage your reputation with the company and everyone involved,” Owen said. “If you do have to back out with valid reason, do it as soon as possible. Remember that, when you withdraw after accepting, you are costing the company as they have potentially lost other candidates.”
Professionals who are torn between offers should consider what factors about a job they are not willing to compromise on, said Owen. This could include location, progression opportunities, salary, size of the team, or other factors.
But whatever they decide, honesty is always the best policy, he said.
— Tim Cooper is a freelance writer based in the UK. To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact Neil Amato, an FM magazine senior editor, at Neil.Amato@aicpa-cima.com.
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Spice Bazaar - Newton Abbot
Indian 13.8 miles 38 Fore Street Bovey Tracey TQ13 9AD
After travelling around India I had returned well and truly seduced by the country, its culture and its cuisine. Back in Blighty, I was keen to rekindle the experience, and so a friend recommended Spice Bazaar. A far cry from some of the curry houses I've been to in this country, Spice Bazaar was stylish, unique and contemporary in ...
Traditional 13.8 miles Station Road TQ13 9AW
Brookside restaurant in Bovey Tracey has been run by experienced, hands-on hospitality pros Robin Bean and Mark Riddick for nearly 14 years. Along with head chef Phil Brough and an expert team, they ensure visitors to Brookside enjoy only the best – a warm welcome, seamless service and delicious food made with local ingredients....
The Terrace at Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Cafe, Cafés 13.8 miles Riverside Mill Fore Street TQ13 9AF
Recently appointed chef, Richard Quested, has re-vitalised this popular café in this contemporary crafts centre (free admission), introducing a new menu that includes artisan breads baked on site, and creating quite a buzz with his exceptional cakes. The 'homemade' mantra extends to the full menu, with a seasonally adjusted l...
The Terrace Café
Café 13.9 miles Devon Guild of Craftsmen Riverside Mill TQ13 9AF
The Terrace Café, situated in the Devon Guild of Craftsmen, is a friendly, cosy riverside café serving excellent snacks, drinks and lunches. The menus are reasonably priced, and the team prides itself on sourcing top-notch local ingredients from the very best local suppliers. All of the food served is prepared in-house, cakes an...
The Black Dog Inn
Traditional, Pubs and Bars with Restaurants 13.9 miles Black Dog EX17 4QS
Situated in idyllic rural surroundings, The Black Dog Inn is an 18th-Century inn with commanding views across Dartmoor to the south and Exmoor to the north. The interior is brimming with crooked character and rustic charm, with low ceilings and exposed beams giving it a homely feel. Dave, Alli and their family have been offering a w...
The Malt Scoop Inn
Traditional, Pubs and Bars with Restaurants 13.9 miles Merton EX20 3EA
Halfway between Okehampton and Bideford, on the edge of the River Mere, is the little parish of Merton, and in the heart of this quaint village lies The Malt Scoop Inn. Converted from a farmhouse during the 19th century, the inn still retains its thatched roof and stone walls, giving it plenty of rural, rustic charm...
The Old Pottery Restaurant
Modern British 14.2 miles Pottery Road TQ13 9DS
The Old Pottery Restaurant resides on the gateway to Dartmoor. Its location makes it an ideal pit-stop at which to enjoy a bite to eat before or after a walk on the moors. There are three picturesque pottery kilns in the garden and four on-site museums for history-lovers. The restaurant is spacious yet welcoming, and once you step...
Lakeside Café
Café 14.2 miles Roadford Lake Broadwoodwidger PL16 0RL
Lakeside Café offers a uniquely serene setting for a day out – the building sits on the edge of Roadford Lake, where plenty of activities such as sailing, kayaking and paddleboarding take place. The good-humoured staff offer guests a warm welcome, so who could resist staying for a light bite, delicious lunch or homemade Devon c...
Thelbridge Cross Inn
Traditional, Pubs and Bars with Restaurants 14.3 miles Thelbridge Nr. Witheridge EX17 4SQ
The Thelbridge Cross Inn is a popular country inn which provides an excellent range of cuisine, from traditional pub lunches to superb à la carte evening meals. Relaxed, cosy and friendly, this family-run establishment has a longstanding reputation for great food, and customers travel many miles to dine there. Sunday roasts a...
The Cridford Inn
British 14.4 miles Trusham TQ13 0NR
Set in a stunning 1000-year-old building in the Teign Valley is The Cridford Inn. Owners Paul and Ness took over the pub in 2018 and have transformed it into a Devonshire foodie hotspot. Inside, the low ceilings, oak beams and open fires create a warm, welcoming atmosphere. The Cridford Inn has four deluxe en-suite bedrooms, and g...
Belluno - Bideford
Italian 14.5 miles 37 Silver Street EX39 2DY
Named after a quaint Italian village known for its emphasis on food, family and hospitality, Belluno is an Italian oasis located In Bideford and Newton St. Cyres. Since opening Belluno, with its homely, welcoming decor, has made a distinct impression on both locals and visitors. The menu is bursting with traditional Italian favour...
Belluno - Exeter
Italian 14.5 miles Newton St. Cyres EX5 5DA
The Crown & Sceptre
Traditional, Pubs and Bars with Restaurants 14.5 miles Newton St. Cyres EX5 5DA
You can tear up the rule book when it comes to The Crown & Sceptre. This charming and conveniently located establishment takes pub dining beyond your expectations. New proprietors Simon and Madeleine have created an eatery that is both contemporary and all-embracing. In addition to a delightfully warm welcome, this venue fuses a...
The Trout ‘n’ Tipple
Traditional 14.8 miles PL19 0JS
Nestled on the outskirts of the ancient stannary town of Tavistock lies The Trout ‘n’ Tipple, widely regarded as Tavistock’s best-kept secret. This charming traditional inn, with slate flooring and three fireplaces, offers something for everyone.
The extensive menu, which showcases locally caught fish dishes, meat ...
Courtyard Restaurant
Modern British 14.8 miles Best Western Lord Haldon Hotel Dunchideock EX6 7YF
Just four miles from Exeter sits the Lord Haldon Hotel - an imposing Georgian country house with beautiful views and grounds designed by Capability Brown. And at the heart of the hotel is the candle-lit Courtyard Restaurant, one of only eight restaurants in Devon to be awarded the prestigious two red rosettes by the AA. Head chef Fr...
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Sony WF-1000XM3 wireless noise cancelling headphones
Thomas Bartlett July 21, 2019
Name: Sony WF-1000XM3 true wireless noise cancelling headphones
Manufacturer: Sony
The Sony WF-1000XM3 earbuds are unusual, and I mean that in a good way. The reason is in the name. They are true wireless, noise cancelling buds. Usually noise cancelling means earbuds which are tethered together by wire. But by dint of using the QN1e chip, Sony has managed to get all this, plus a long life, into the new buds.
Sony WF-1000XM3 Features
As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Sony likes to call all its eargear “headphones”. What most of us call “headphones” it calls “headband” models. Anyway, the Sony WF-1000XM3 buds are in the same family as the highly regarded Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones. “F” for wire Free, “H” for Headband.
The noise cancelling capability of the WH headphones is provided by the QN1 chip. The QN1e chip further miniaturises it and reduces energy consumption.
The Sony WF-1000XM3 buds conform to most of the norms for the breed. The buds are small and light. I’m on the road as I’m writing so I don’t have my own scales to hand, but I have no reason to dispute Sony’s 8.5 grams each specification. They most definitely aren’t aimed at the sports/active market, so they don’t come with wings or fins to lock them in place. Instead they rely on their overall shape and the friction of the tip to hold them in place.
Another point emphasising that they are not sports models: they have no IP rating, so use during majorly sweaty activities should be avoided.
The buds come with seven sets of tips. Three are “comfort” foam tips, while the other four are different sizes of silicone tips. I typically need the largest size of tips for a good fit for my ears and that was the case with the Sony WF-1000XM3 buds. The largest of the “comfort” tips was about the same size as the second largest silicone ones, so I couldn’t achieve satisfactory results with them. But the silicone ones worked fine.
Thanks to the low energy consumption, the Sony WF-1000XM3 earbuds are rated at up to six hours operation on a charge. And that’s with the noise cancellation switched on. With it off the rating goes up to eight hours.
They snap into a rather stylish, and also relatively large, carry case/charge case. It holds sufficient charge to refill them twice. That means a total power-point-free period of up to 18 hours with noise cancellation and 24 hours without. Dropping the buds into the case for ten minutes gives them about 90 minutes of playback. A full charge of the buds take about an hour and a half.
The case weighs 77 grams. There are no dimensions stated on the Sony spec sheet and, again, travel means no ruler to hand. I’d estimate it’s about 80mm wide, 30mm deep and 60mm tall. The review unit was the black one with the bronze trim. The other version is off-white with platinum trim.
Now, there’s nothing unusual about buds coming with a case, nor even with them being held in place by magnets. But I must say that this worked more positively than most. The snap is audible, LED’s glow red to show that the electrical connections have been made. And that was with the largest tips installed. Not once did the proper charging connection fail to take place.
Control and noise reduction
Each of the buds has a touch-sensitive – it’s electrostatic, apparently – patch on its exposed portion. That’s how you control them. The default setting has the right one control play/pause (a single touch), answer or hang up calls (double tap), skip forwards (double tap) or skip backwards (triple tap). And the left one cycles through the listener’s interaction with the outside world.
The buds have three modes in that regard. One is noise cancellation. That works by capturing environmental sound, processing it, inverting the waveform and feeding it back into the audio signal at the correct level. That cancels much of the outside world. The Sony WF-1000XM3 buds seem to advance the art by employing two microphones. One on the outside works in the usual way. The cancellation signal can’t be based only on the noise hitting the headphones on the outside, but on what noise will make it through to the ears. With most systems the physical transmission of sound through the body of the earphones is based on a model.
But these earbuds have a second microphone on the inside, near the sound transducer. Precisely how that contributes to the function is unclear, but I can think of several ways. For example, it might improve the model by comparing it to reality. Nonetheless, Sony claims a marked improvement in noise reducing capability.
Tap the sensitive area of the left bud and noise cancellation switches off, while “ambient noise” mode switches on. This uses the microphones to pipe in sound from the outside world so that you can hear what’s going on around you, perhaps engage in conversation. The third mode switches that off and also leaves noise cancellation off.
The Sony WF-1000XM3 control app
The app connects to the buds and allows you to adjust EQ and bass level and reassign the control button functions. For example, you can reverse the functions of the left and right control, or you can assign to either one of the buttons the Google Assistant function. Tap it and Google will listen to your commands and questions.
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