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Every year around the second weekend in February, three things have been happening for some time now—Valentine's Day, my wife's birthday, and the International Motorcycle Show in Chicago. One of these things is not like the other, but sometimes it's difficult for me to tell which one. This year's trio of festivities was one of those times.
Of these three traditions, Valentine's Day would be the oldest. Some people call it a corporate holiday, but that's not at all accurate. The earliest known written Valentine dates back to the year 1415, and the origins of this holiday concern a Christian martyr who lived, and consequently died, in the third century. We don't know that Saint Valentine was born or killed in February. The placement of his feast day may have more to do with the pagan celebration of Lupercalia, which fell on February 15. All of this is the stuff of mystery and legend, so who knows, really, but Google it if you want to learn more.
Next in the chronological order of things would be the birth of my wife. I can't get into those particulars without getting into trouble. To put things into perspective, let me just say that we were married over 30 years ago and leave it at that. I do need to tell you some things about Karen, though, things that are highly relevant to this story.
For openers, Karen is not a motorcycle fanatic. Due at least in part to certain physical ailments and constraints, her total saddle time with me over the years amounts to less than four hours. If not for my own obsession with the hobby, I'm reasonably certain Karen wouldn't have any interest in it at all. Yet nobody has ever been more supportive and encouraging of my own participation than she. On those rare occasions where pleasant weather and my free time converge, Karen is usually the first one to suggest that I go for a ride. Shortly after I had my first and, so far, only motorcycle accident, I briefly entertained the idea of taking the insurance money for my totalled bike and not buying another one. Karen let that idea take voice for all of 20 seconds before choking the life out of it with the words, "I guess you could, but you'd be doing it for all the wrong reasons." This is the woman who more than once now, when it would have made more financial sense to keep the money, advised me to buy the bike. This is also the woman who, knowing that she would not enjoy riding pillion with me for very long, actually encourages me to let other beautiful women go riding with me. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the other Saint Karen.
Relatively young in the grand scheme of things, the origins of the International Motorcycle Shows only go back as far as the 1982 model year. I began going in 2003, the winter before I got my first bike. I was a late bloomer, learned to ride and got my license when I was in my early 40's. At that point, I just wanted to get the "M" added to my license classification and never intended to actually get a bike. Or so I thought. But once bitten, once I had that M, well you know. So even though motorcycle ownership seemed to be out of the question financially, I wanted to go see bikes. So I dragged my wife and then-young kids to the big cycle show. A few months later, I had a bike of my own, a story unto itself, which we will get to. And I haven't missed the IMS once since having gone that first time.
This year was destined to be different from the get-go. Both of my kids, now adults, have M's on their drivers licenses and both have enjoyed going to the IMS with Karen and me over the years. But while my daughter has a healthy appreciation for motorcycles, my son was always more of a fanatic, like me. The two of us would spend more time looking at the bikes, sitting on bikes, engaging vendor representatives in conversation, etc., and then talking about the whole affair for weeks afterward. But this year, for the first time since 2003, my son wasn't here to go with us. He's attending an actors conservatory in Oregon for two years, so it's understandable, but that didn't make it any easier on me.
Perhaps that's why Karen requested that we make a special weekend of it, as part of her birthday/Valentine's Day celebration. She had never done so over the course of the previous twelve years, but in hindsight, it seems to make sense. Sure, it was still bittersweet, but to a much lesser extent because my wife, having had the foresight to know how I would likely fixate on my son's absence, chose to displace all that with a night and day filled with love and motorcycles.
We arrived at our hotel in separate cars, after work on Friday. Like all the hotels surrounding the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, the Hilton Rosemont is quite nice, if a bit pricey. Parking in the hotel parking lot was $25 per car. The breakfast buffet was nice, but was almost as expensive as parking the cars. They have a small sundry shop, where everything costs about triple what you would pay for the same thing at a gas station convenience store. Fortunately, I always carry my own wine and nibblies for occasions like this. To be honest, I'm amazed there wasn't a meter of some sort on the toilet's flush handle. But it was nice. Our room was spacious and clean, the king bed quite comfortable. As romantic getaways go, you could do worse.
For her birthday supper, Karen had requested the Hofbräuhaus Chicago, which is very close to the hotel. Had it not been the coldest night of this winter season, we might have tried walking there. But it was bitter cold out, so we took my Chevy, which was still warm. What should have taken a minute or two ended up taking a quarter hour filled with wrong turns, dead ends and a stop in the wrong parking lot, where we were given directions to our destination. Bear in mind, this was only a half mile from our hotel, a mere ten minutes away on foot. But we valet parked, laughed it off and walked inside.
I wouldn't call the Hofbräuhaus romantic, but it is a fun place. The food is great, the beer is quite good, and they have live entertainment. It can be a bit loud, especially if your table is close to the stage, but it's a good time. I would definitely go back. Try the warm pretzel for openers. Imported from Germany the thing is about as big as a dinner plate and comes with a cheese spread and two different types of mustard. Goes very well with a stein of beer.
Friday night was all about celebration and romance, but Saturday was fun, too—just in a different way. We got up uncharacteristically early for a Saturday, enjoyed a very nice breakfast buffet at the hotel's restaurant, checked out of our room, and then took the heated sky bridge from the hotel directly into the convention center. The show had just opened and since I had already bought our tickets, we were able to walk right in without having to stand in line.
The best time to attend the International Motorcycle Show in Chicago is on Friday. The show opens in the afternoon, while many people are at work, and runs until 8:00 PM. There are fewer people, and the manufacturer and vendor reps are fresh. Since 2003, I've been able to do that once, and only because I was unemployed at the time. But for those who can go on Friday, I recommend it. The second best day to go is on Sunday. It's way more crowded than on Friday, but still isn't too bad during the early hours. The key to doing the IMS on Saturday, probably the busiest day of the three, is to get there when it opens, move as best you can, and try to be done by early afternoon. That's exactly what we did and by the time we left, around 1:00 PM,<|fim_middle|> from the major manufacturers, I often arrive looking for specific models. But my perspective has changed entirely since I began attending this show. In 2003 I had never owned a motorcycle and wasn't entirely sure I ever would. I went to the show wide-eyed and salivating, but left knowing that a purchase wasn't imminent. Or so I thought.
I wanted to get a bike. I didn't see how that was possible, for a variety of reasons, but I could imagine the possibility. And so I never stopped thinking about it. Inside of three months, I had a Honda 750 Shadow A.C.E. in my garage. The bike was barely a year old and had something like 3,600 miles on it.
The next year I went to the show as a bike owner, a bona fide motorcyclist. I still salivated, because there were many bikes I thought I might enjoy more than the one I owned. But again I left feeling fairly certain that a purchase wasn't imminent. One year later, same thing. But two months after that, I bought my first new bike, a 2005 Honda ST1300 sport touring rig.
From that point forward, the number of "bikes I'd rather have" dwindled. In 2007, I suffered my first and (so far) only crash and my insurance company bought me another bike. I chose the same model.
Six more years passed before I bought another bike, not because I didn't want one, but because the only bikes I wanted more than the one I had were out of my reach. But I continued to follow industry trends and developments, attended demo ride events, religiously continued to attend the IMS, and never closed my mind to the possibilities of getting that next bike. In 2013 I took possession of a gently used 2012 Victory Vision Tour an American made, full-on touring bike powered by a 106 cubic inch v-twin engine. This changed everything.
From a North American touring standpoint, my current ride is near the top of the food chain. There are other "full dresser" touring bikes, each with its own set of pluses and minuses, and I look at every one of them each year. But for the last two years now, I leave the show without wishing I could afford a different bike than the one I own. I may dream of a new accessory or two, but that's the extent of it. I'm in a good place.
By early afternoon, Karen and I had seen everything we wanted to see and were ready to head for home. The show had become quite crowded by then and we couldn't help but notice the depth and breadth of humanity that was outside buying tickets and waiting to get into the show. We had picked a good time to leave.
I am grateful to Karen for having thought up this getaway weekend, which provided some much-needed "us" time and helped me not to dwell on the first-time absence of my son. Such is the power of love and motorcycles. As far as I know, our son will miss the show next year, too. Will we do the same thing again? You're asking the wrong person. | the line to get in was intimidating.
Karen and I have always viewed the IMS as having two essential two parts, the bike manufacturers and the merchandise vendors. There are other categories, namely the brand-oriented owners clubs, organizations and charities, motorcycle events and tourism, custom bike displays and contests, seminars and demonstrations, some sort of stunt show, and the motorcycle dealership exhibitors. All are nice, but we have always been about the bikes themselves and the product vendors.
We spent hours walking the show. We always spend some time with our favorite tee shirt vendors, an older couple out of New York who have watched our kids grow up, know our faces if not our names, and always greet us with sincere hugs. They sell an awesome selection of tee shirts, too.
As for the bikes, I always like to see what's new, and because I try to keep up with developments | 177 |
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O'Shaugh<|fim_middle|>, programs, photographs and clippings. Over the years Lortel also worked closely with several non-profit theaters as a donor and mentor. Her affiliations with Circle in the Square, Circle Repertory Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Yale Repertory Theatre, and other companies are documented in the organization files. less
Series IX: Photographs » Sub-series 2 - White Barn Theatre » Red roses for me / Sean O'Casey | nessy, John, 1907-1985
John O'Shaughnessy papers, 1927-1976 [bulk 1960s-1970s]
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John O'Shaughnessy (1907-1985) was an actor and director. The collection, dated 1927 to 1976, mostly focuses on his career as a director through correspondence, clippings, photographs, playbills and scripts.
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Lucille Lortel papers, 1902-2000
The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization... more
The papers of Lucille Lortel relate the details of her life and career from teen years to her death in 1999, and include correspondence, production files, scripts, programs, production photographs, personal and family photographs, organization files, clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. Lucille Lortel's life spanned the twentieth century, so in addition to providing details of her family and personal life her papers encompass many aspects of the theatrical history of her era. Lortel is credited with fostering the Off-Broadway movement and providing a forum for avant-garde and experimental work at her Theatre de Lys. Lortel's productions at the White Barn and the ANTA Matinee Series at the Theatre de Lys brought works by Jean Genet, Sean O'Casey, Athol Fugard, and others to a wider audience. Many of these productions are represented in the collection by correspondence | 412 |
With the stroke of a pen a new chapter in educational leadership studies in the Region One area was initiated today at the Region One Education Service Center. The Region One Education Service Center Project RISE and UTRGV solidified a partnership in a Memorandum of<|fim_middle|> the role of the Master and Mentor Teacher to lead campuses and school districts.
• possess a teaching certificate with a minimum of 3 years of teaching experience.
Teachers accepted into the program must commit to remain at their school campus for three years after completing the master's program. | Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony held on December 12, 2018, at the Region One Education Service Center in Edinburg, Texas.
The MOU ceremony cemented a partnership between Region One Project RISE and UTRGV as the two entities moved forward with a newly developed Master of Education in Teacher Leadership degree designed to prepare teachers as instructional leaders, instructional coaches, and mentors based upon national standards. The program was designed specifically by UTRGV for the Project RISE program with extensive participation of the Project RISE staff in the development of the degree plan, delivery of the course work, and opportunities for job-embedded internships has already been approved, explains Dr. Socorro Espinoza, Director of the Region One Project RISE program.
The first cohort group of 30 identified teachers in mostly small and rural school districts served by Project RISE will begin classes in the Spring of 2019. Over the life of the master's degree program, 90 teachers will receive their advanced degree. As members of the Region One Project RISE initiative, these teachers will have all tuition and fees paid by the program. UTRGV has agreed to waive all application and graduation fees for the cohort group of students. This is a total investment by both Project RISE and UTRGV of $550-thousand. Teachers in this first cohort group are currently teaching in the following school districts: Brownsville ISD, Donna ISD, Gateway Academy, Jim Hogg County ISD, La Joya ISD, La Feria ISD, Lasara ISD, McAllen ISD, Mercedes ISD, Midvalley Academy, Progreso ISD, San Benito CISD, San Isidro ISD, San Perlita ISD, Santa Maria ISD, and South Texas Educational Technologies.
Project RISE is a Region One grant funded initiative that works with 31 campuses in 16 urban/rural Priority school districts and charter schools to help recruit, support, and retain highly-effective teachers, leaders and educators. The Project RISE goal is to create a K-12 grade pipeline of highly-effective teachers to increase all students' academic achievement, graduation rates and college enrollment. To meet the ever-changing needs of the educational system, Project RISE administrators contend that based on research a paradigm shift of school leadership was necessary to meet the new demands. In this case, says Espinoza, the idea was to utilize an un-tapped resource, the campus teacher, to assume a more active role in the decision-making process and effectively improve student learning. Project RISE developed | 535 |
Look who's contributing to the Conversation
By Shaun Carney
IN NEWSROOMS around the country, there's one big story obsessing journalists and editors that rarely gets a run in the daily media: does traditional, mainstream journalism have a future? After he was dumped as editor-in-chief of The Age in August 2008, Andrew Jaspan found himself with time and the opportunity to contemplate the question. Jaspan's ouster followed an announcement by the paper's owner, Fairfax Media, that 550 jobs would be cut from its Australian and New Zealand operations.
''The global financial crisis hit, and newspapers were shutting down in America and shedding staff in the UK - it seemed as though there was a closure every week - and I just thought, 'Well, what is the future of journalism?''' he says.
Andrew Jaspan (left) and Jack Rejtman hope to nudge journalism in a new, more positive direction. Credit:Angela Wylie
A Manchester native who had been in Melbourne for four years, Jaspan busied himself with short-term projects such as the relaunches of the French paper Liberation and Auckland's Weekend Herald. He also sought out the vice-chancellor of Melbourne University, Glyn Davis, with whom he had forged a strong professional relationship during his time at The Age. They talked at length about the need for big public institutions such as universities to deepen their engagement with the public through the media.
The fruit of those discussions emerged in cyberspace on Thursday: a new website, The Conversation, which attempts to transform the research and analysis of leading universities and research bodies into journalistic product. Jaspan and the co-founder of the site, Jack Rejtman, hope that The Conversation will be able to nudge journalism in a new, more positive direction.
''Journalists are good - very good - at locating and highlighting problems. They are hardwired to be able to tell you what has happened, but not to canvass or produce solutions. Within universities and the research bodies, there is more inclination to look forward and produce proposals, suggest solutions. Jack and I just thought, 'If we can join up the communications skills of journalists with the ideas inside universities, we could have something really interesting,' '' Jaspan says.
Jaspan and Rejtman, an American with an MBA who married an Australian and moved to Melbourne, were introduced by a mutual acquaintance<|fim_middle|> or nuclear energy, you can come to us and you'll know that our writers really know their subject.''
Former Age media writer, now professor of journalism at the University of Canberra, Matthew Ricketson, says The Conversation could find a profitable space in the modern media landscape.
''There's a lot of valuable research and information in our universities, and if this is going to bring that to the public in a digestible form, that's a good thing,'' he says. ''And the intention to focus on solutions, as well as problems, in the journalism is welcome too. All too often nowadays, you can see the capacities of the mainstream media being stretched by public debate and failing to meet readers' desire for solutions to be aired as well as problems.''
Jaspan says he does not expect the site to display its full potential for several weeks. ''As time goes on, it will deepen and the richness of the material will be clear a month from now.''
The Conversation: theconversation.edu.au
Most Viewed in National | in early 2009; Rejtman had recently overseen the 2008 presidential election coverage for Yahoo! News. Encouraged by Glyn Davis and his stated commitment to public engagement, they started work on the site. Because they had no office, they roamed inner-city Melbourne in search of cafes with free Wi-Fi, where they could use their laptops.
Two years on, they occupy a floor of a Melbourne University-owned building in Carlton, with a staff of 19, including 12 editors, and are backed by the major sandstone universities - the Group of Eight - and the CSIRO. The site's first iteration had links and entry points to 26 articles, from an essay on the role of science by Nobel laureate Peter Doherty to an assessment by a post-doctoral fellow of the recent murky, ethically ambiguous scandal involving a teenage girl and St Kilda Football Club.
Rejtman says the project can count on staged funding of $6 million - a mixture of money from the Victorian and federal governments, universities and corporations, including the Commonwealth Bank and Corrs Chambers Westgarth - during the next three years. By then, he says, the site should be self-funding. He hedges a little on how it would get to a break-even point or better without advertising or subscriptions, but hints at a sponsorship or partnership model. ''There are a number of ways we can get there. You shouldn't underestimate the value for businesses to be associated with a high-quality media entity that is big on disclosure and is pitched at a high-end audience,'' Rejtman says.
He describes the target audience as ''business, leading thinkers, specialist journalists, people in governments and universities. If you are a soccer mum - I hate that term, but I'm using it - and you want to know about climate change | 381 |
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Structural approach to organization of knowledge based on the theory of denominate multitudes is proposed. The process of interaction between right-hemisphere and<|fim_middle|>Key words: socionics, socionic type, typing, the expert.
In the literary form the image of a woman - representative of the type sensory-logical introvert (SLI) is described.
A methodology of ranging of manifestations of each of the 16 informational metabolism types and intertype relationships in person is proposed.
Key words: socionics, informational metabolism type, intertype relationships. | left-hemisphere forms of information processing is considered. Memory is represented as a hierarchic system of knowledge organization where interaction of continuous and discrete patterns is realized through associative links.
Key words: informational structures, memory, fundamental triads, denominate multitudes, right-hemisphere and left-hemisphere thinking, cognitive patterns, associative links.
Internal relations within the group, as an reflection of its integral type. Complimentary character of type and relations notions is established: if the types are well-defined, the relations between them are uncertain, and vice versa. Method if socionic problems consideration with attention shift from types to relations is suggested. Correlation between types and relations is established. Psychological climate for all 16 integral types of collective is described.
Key words: socionics, types, intertype relations, collective, psychological climate, integral type.
The article presents a new geometric model of informational metabolism called Info-Cube. It is demonstrated to help explain such phenomena as the signs of aspects and the natural masks. The Info-Cube served as a basis to a hypothesis of building the Model A for each of the quadras. A possibility of existence of masks having no analogs among the classical informational metabolism types is demonstrated.
Key words: model A, mental loop, vital loop, verbal functions, labor functions, program blocks, basis blocks, contact blocks, inert blocks, quadra, biquadra, progress loop, programmers, fulfillers, accumulators, coordinators, accentuation, mask, dimensionality of functions.
The article considers structures of the Psycho-fractal, which puts together the individual and the transpersonal parts of psyche. Modes of functioning of the Psycho-fractal are described.
The research is devoted to actual questions in giving the psychological help to women (which fell a prey to victims) having suffered from the sexual violence. Facts of showing "the syndrome of choosing the safe partner", which was distinguished by the author during sessions in individual psychotherapy and the process of observation, are represented. The given results can be used in the one hand while making the psychocorrection of consequences of stressful confusions after shock, especially in the cases of work with victims of force and on the other by specialists in judicial sexology and psychiatry.
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The Senior Child and the Newborn: How Them to Combine?
Recommendations to parents are given, how to prepare the senior child for appearance of one more child and to involve him in joint games and care about younger.
Key words: psychology, family, parents, children, a birth of the child, the senior child.
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Technology and problems of typing are considered. The factors complicating definition of socionic type are analysed. Phases of formation of the expert are described.
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Samsung Galaxy S 4 Review - Part 1
by Brian Klug on April 24, 2013 12:01 AM EST
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It's no secret that Samsung enjoyed huge success with Galaxy S 3 (henceforth SGS3 and SGS4 for Galaxy S 4). In many markets, SGS3 was easily the Android handset to beat, even as faster and arguably better hardware became available during the life of its product cycle. Samsung nailed the branding, marketing, and consistency battles with its third generation of Galaxy smartphone, and now we're a year later and facing down SGS4.
There's always that question about how you follow up something that was wildly successful with another product, and carry over what was good about the previous generation that made it successful. There's no denying that Samsung is in an interesting position here, facing opposition from players desperate to get<|fim_middle|> works. Smart pause works, but I sometimes had issues with it pausing while I was still looking at video, either in YouTube or the gallery. Of course both of these rely on the front facing camera and need your face to be well exposed.
I think credit is due to Samsung for at least trying to convey a useful software and feature side of the story for the hardware – after all, if it's there, you need to demonstrate it.
I also like that the multi window functionality carries over to SGS4. My use case frequently involves looking at twitter and the web side by side, which is perfect with the official Twitter client and Chrome, or Falcon Pro and Chrome. I wish my IM client of choice (imo.im) worked with this feature so I could have chat side by side with another application, that would really sell me on TouchWiz delivering something which functionally changes my use patterns above other variants.
I should say that despite our limited time with the device, Samsung took a step in the right direction by giving us a week with the Galaxy S 4. I still believe that flagship devices need about a month of real use for a complete evaluation, but at least we had more than a couple of days with the Galaxy S 4. There's still a lot more we want to do on SGS4 and even though this is our review there's still more that needs to be fleshed out. For now, think of it as a part one of sorts. There's also the Exynos 5 variant of the SGS4, which is the device both Anand and myself are really interested in.
Now for the bad news. According to Samsung PR, in an effort to get us a device as soon as possible an unusual sacrifice had to be made: our Galaxy S 4 review sample operates exclusively on the Sprint network. AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon review units would soon follow (apparently there were a handful of T-Mobile review units set aside for specific sites at the behest of T-Mobile), but for now all we've got to review is the Sprint Galaxy S 4. Like the 3rd generation model that preceeds it, the Galaxy S 4 ships with identical specifications across all US mobile operators - so the hardware here should be identical to what you'd get on AT&T or any of the other operators. The downside is that it's near impossible to use the Galaxy S 4 as a stand-in for any other device in our normal day to day usage thanks to just how bad Sprint's cellular performance is on 3G/EVDO, especially in my market:
Obviously in areas where Sprint has LTE deployed the situation should be better, but as we found in our early testing of Sprint's LTE network that is not necessarily the case - not to mention the bigger issue being that Sprint LTE just isn't widely available at this point. None of this really matters to the Galaxy S 4 as a device, but it does prevent us from investigating a lot of the things we normally would in the process of reviewing a flagship smartphone, to say nothing of impacting the ability to offer our thoughts about using it as a real daily driver.
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blue_urban_sky - Friday, April 26, 2013 - link
Not saying that. the ability of plastic to flex enables the little catches around the case to lock/unlock easily. to do that with alu you need a mechanical release which increases complexity. As a material plastic has advantages over glass/Alu and personally I don't mind it, not saying that I don't appreciate other materials just that as a functional cover it does its job well.
CoryS - Friday, April 26, 2013 - link
The Droid X had a metal back plate, without a mechanical release. It also always came off in your pocket..
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I'd rather have a plastic shell with a removable battery and a microSD slot than a metal frame with neither.
But hey, whatever's most important to you...
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How often have you removed/changed your smartphone battery in the past? Just curious how often people who find the feature important use it (since I don't know anyone who does so in real life).
I did it daily with my Gnex. But, never have had the need with any other phone. The peace of mind is nice though. I think I have found I no longer need to swap batteries as much because I have changed my usage model to the battery life of the device...meaning I don't use my phone as much so it doesn't die.
RiotSloth - Saturday, April 27, 2013 - link
I have an S3 with 2 batteries - I don't think I have ever swapped the battery out because I have a charger in my car and at work. Love dragging those batteries around and keeping them charged though.... and of course people buy phones because of how they look or what they are - saying that isn't so is just denial. Just because tech geeks don't doesn't mean others don't. How many people do you know who have phones they barely know how to use, but bought because they had heard its 'the one to get'?
Androidtech - Sunday, April 28, 2013 - link
For all of you talking about removable batteries. I have both the Galaxy S3 and the HTC EVO 4g LTE. Out of these two phones the Galaxy S3 is my primary phone while the HTC Evo tags along and gets used randomly when I think about it. This is because I use my phone constantly and I stream podcast all day long at work to a bluetooth speaker. When I run one battery down I just pop in the other one and start charging the backup with the handy dandy Sammy battery/charger combo pack. Since my job is one that I am always on the move this is a great feature for me. I build oilfield pump packages and rebuild Industrial gearboxes like those used in ships and sugar mills.The ones in the ship turn the giant propellers and the ones in the sugar mills turn giant grinders. I also do welding and fabrication. So in a job like this I am always getting tools and moving from one part of a project to the next part or the next project. I am almost always standing up. This is much different than an office job where I could just plug my phone in at my desk. Even then why would I want a wire attached to my phone. Personally I would prefer a metal phone with a mechanically removable back maybe like the HTC Amaze 4g. Also as far as the case discussion goes There is no way I would use either of my phones with out a case and screen protector especially in my work environment. I like to keep my devices in top shape so when I am ready to get a new one next year I can sell it for top dollar or hand it over to my wife so I can use her upgrade again. That way I can say hey baby here is a nice phone and it still looks brand new ! She does not care about the latest and greatest or the fact that she is a year or two behind current technology and I always have the newest thing out since I am rotating 4 upgrades if you include my stepsons phone. You see there really is no reason to argue or try to decide which phone is better just get one HTC phone and one Samsung phone and enjoy the different qualities that each brings forth. Just be the one that pays for the famliy mobile Bill and you too can use everyones upgrade and stay on top of the cutting edge handset race. Works for me !
Dug - Monday, April 29, 2013 - link
I don't know anyone or have seen anyone that changes their battery. In a company of 200 tech geeks I would think that this would be the majority and probably why HTC went away from it.
TedKord - Thursday, May 2, 2013 - link
I'm a very heavy user. Hours of streaming Netflix, surfing endlessly. I can carry a second battery, and just swap out when the first runs down. I don't have to worry about carrying a plug,
So to answer your question, I have at times swapped out my battery every day for months on end. Now, I'm rocking a 4500mah extended battery, and I always make it through the day.
I have a buddy at work who had an iPhone 4s, and it's battery had nearly died. He was getting a couple of hours max, but was out of warranty. He'd have killed for a swappable battery. Instead, after using my SGS3 and being impressed, he went out and got a Note 2, and left Apple all together. He hasn't regretted it a bit.
RiotSloth - Saturday, May 11, 2013 - link
Although you can change the battery in an iPhone fairly easily... or he could buy a mophie. I think everything has been said now about batteries - to some people it matters, to others it doesn't. | more market share against the now well-established player that is Samsung. At the same time Galaxy S 4 is by very name an iterative product.
Putting together an Android flagship is superficially a pretty easy thing to do, and the story of the Galaxy S 4 starts out much the same as any other Android flagship from this generation. There's a 1080p 5-inch display on top, the latest and greatest CMOS sensors for front and rear facing cameras (2MP and 13 MP respectively), a powerful Snapdragon 600 SoC (which is really APQ8064AB, but more on that later) with four Krait 300 CPUs running at up to 1.9 GHz and an Adreno 320 GPU at up to 450 MHz, 2GB of LPDDR3 RAM, microSD in addition to built in storage, and removable 9.88 watt-hour battery. On the connectivity side of things we get LTE connectivity in the appropriate markets courtesy of the ubiquitous MDM9x15 LTE/WCDMA/CDMA2000/GSM multimode baseband, WLAN and Bluetooth from the latest and greatest BCM4335 802.11ac/BT 4.0 LE combo chip, and NFC from Broadcom's BCM2079x chip. There's also a new generation of touch controller inside from Synaptics, and Audience's latest eS325 noise rejection and suppression voice processor for calls. Long story short, SGS4 is packed full of absolutely the latest and greatest everything on basically every axis possible.
Samsung has done a good job of answering most of the questions we've had about the Galaxy S 4 prior to ever getting our hands on final hardware. From our earlier preview and experience with the device we got a good feel for the software customizations, as well as what hardware we should expect to see under the hood. Today, armed with final hardware and final software (Android 4.2.2 and TouchWiz atop it), we can try to fill in some of the remaining blanks.
I like to start with aesthetics and hardware. There's no doubt that superficially the SGS4 shares almost all of its industrial design language with SGS3 and the Galaxy Note 2, which themselves are iterations of the design path that Samsung started down arguably with the T-Mobile SGS2 (SGH-T989) and AT&T SGS2 what feels like an eternity ago. At first the "inspired by nature" motif made sense with the rounded appearance on SGS3, with SGS4 it's obvious this is a refresh which capitalizes on everything that made the SGS3 popular. This is the iPhone school of thinking — you have an industrial design now that is borderline a trademark, it's selling well, and if you have something that's popular, why change it?
That's not to say there aren't changes, the SGS4 feels shockingly different in the hand than the SGS3. The SGS3 previously had a very tapered backside with a large radius of curvature. The SGS4's profile is now more squared off basically everywhere. The result is a handset that feels thicker because it is — at the points which previously were thinnest on the SGS3.
Samsung continues its liberal use of its favorite thermoplastic with SGS4, but what's always intriguing to me is how much it tries to make its thermoplastic exteriors look like something else. The SGS3 undoubtedly tried to mimic a faux aluminum appearance, with SGS4 there's now a faux carbon fiber motif going throughout, with a diamond checkerboard pattern that prevails on the front and back. The edge lip is still a faux brushed chrome metal material which I thought we had moved past with SGS3.
Much debate has been made around Samsung's continued use of plastic vs. metal in the industrial design of its smartphones and tablets. Unfortunately, the Galaxy S 4 isn't exempt from this debate. Samsung's public stance has always been that it optimizes its material choice to keep weight as low as possible. That's a noble way to take things, although the unmentioned benefit is that it obviously keeps costs low as well. The weight argument is an interesting one. If you compare the all-plastic Galaxy S 4 to the all-metal HTC One, there's a difference of 13 grams. Whether or not the weight difference is noticeable really depends on the user, but it's clear that cost reduction is just as big of a factor (if not more) in Samsung's affinity for plastic than simply saving weight. There's no getting around the fact that other OEMs are bringing increasingly sophisticated materials choices to bear with their designs, and this is an obvious weak point for SGS4.
What has improved dramatically with SGS4 are the buttons, which now are surprisingly awesome. There's a beveled edge around the outside, which makes them sharp and locatable with a finger instantly. I have to admit I always loathed the rounded glossy buttons on the SGS3 which blended into the equally glossy shiny plastic around it. Even the physical home button gets this treatment, and feels much more communicative and clicky. Also worry not, they're all still in the same places, with the power button about three fourths up the right side, volume rocker three fourths up the left side. Samsung's capacitive menu and back buttons are unchanged, Samsung still hasn't gotten around to reading Google's "Say goodbye to the menu button" post, which still is a hilarious read in the context of the release and review of what will probably be 2013's most popular smartphone, which still carries a menu button. Or maybe Google just can't enforce this particular decree? Either way, for SGS3 users upgrading to SGS4 all of the buttons and human input outputs will be familiar territory.
Up top there's the earphone jack, secondary microphone port for noise cancelation and stereo audio in video recording, and an IR port. I can't emphasize enough how happy I am that we finally are getting IR back in devices.
At bottom in the middle is microUSB, we're long past this being at the top or some other weird place. Next to that is the primary microphone.
On the back the SGS4 starts to look a lot different from the SGS3. The flash is now below the camera module, and the camera port and black region is now correspondingly much larger, with a bit of a pronounced bump. There's no Sprint branding on this particular variant, just Samsung at the top and Galaxy S 4 (no IV, no Roman numerals, it's 4 this time) at the bottom. At bottom left is a cutout and small raised bump for the speakerphone.
Samsung continues to differentiate its phones by including a removable back cover, and underneath it, removable battery, microSD expansion, and microSIM card tray. I'll admit that I instantly popped in my SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-1 64 GB card when I got the SGS4 just because I can.
Gallery: Samsung Galaxy S 4 - Hardware Gallery
The reality is that inclusion of even these basic features overrides any industrial design tradeoffs for many shoppers, so it's probably something which will continue to be a dominant feature on Samsung flagship handsets. Along with that obviously comes the ability to run an extended battery with a different, accordingly larger battery cover.
That brings me to the S View Cover, which is perhaps one of the cooler new additions on SGS4. This is an improvement on the flip cover which debuted with SGS3. What's different is that now the cover both unlocks the phone when opened and no lock screen password or code is set, and also there's a small window up top which includes information like notifications, the clock, status bar, and call screening information. It's an awesome feature and one of those things that only Samsung can do with SAMOLED.
When it comes to software, I'm grateful that Samsung is running Android 4.2.2 on the SGS4, even if the next version of Android is just around the corner.
The TouchWiz story is really a short one — it's still there, and it's fundamentally unchanged, there's just more of it. The launcher, widget panels and home screens are all the same as they were in previous iterations. Messaging looks superficially different, and SwiftKey now seems to power some parts of the stock keyboard's correction engine, even if the stock Samsung keyboard for me still is difficult to use with its very conservative autocorrection settings.
What gets a big change on SGS4 is the notification panel, which builds on the stock 4.2.x feature with a ton more toggles (19 of them). It's almost overwhelming at first, of course you can still get to these by scrolling the top settings pane left and right just like in the previous version. These are also customizable.
Also present are Air View which works with the new generation of Synaptics touchpad to detect a finger hovering over some part of the display. Basically all of the first party Samsung applications have some sort of Air View functionality, exposing either additional information, a preview, or zooming (in the browser) content when you hover your finger over a region for an extended period of time. I find it difficult to hover my finger over the screen without touching it, but in the gallery and sock browser it is admittedly sometimes useful. Smart pause and Smart scroll also are new features which build on the eye and head tracking features built into the hardware and exposed previously as Smart stay. I found that Smart scroll does work in the browser surprisingly well for scrolling content, you have to look pretty fiercely at the bottom or top regions, but it | 2,024 |
LUNÄ<|fim_middle|> on topics such as immortality, robotics and extraterrestrial life. Among the guests include Dorien Zandbergen, anthropologist with a special interest in digital culture. George van Hal, science journalist who wrote the book 'Robots, Aliens and Popcorn' amongst others. Jaap van de Herik is an expert in the field of artificial intelligence. Furthermore, around LUNÄ in Museum Boerhaave sit artist and initiator Marjolijn Dijkman, anthropologist Peter Pels, curator Anke Bangma from the National Museum of World Cultures and Dirk van Delft, Director of the Boerhaave Museum.
Afterwards these guests will have a joint meal with the public served in the foyer of the museum.
Uncertainty Scenarios
Uncertainty Scenarios explores the ways people throughout history have tried to speculate, predict and anticipate the future and different attitudes that go along and come about. | Talk: Immortal, Artificial and Extraterrestrial Life
Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, NL
Initiated by: Marjolijn Dijkman
Hosted by: Marjolijn Dijkman (Artist), Peter Pels (Prof. Anthropology, researcher for The Future is Elsewhere, Leiden University) and Dirk van Delft (Director of Museum Boerhaave), Anke Bangma (Curator at the National Museum of World Cultures, Leiden)
Guests: Dorien Zandbergen (Anthropologist of Digital Culture), George van Hal (Science Journalist), Jaap van de Herik (Prof. Professor in Law and Computer Science, Leiden University), Maarten Lamers (creative researcher, Media Technology MSc, Leiden University)
Location: part of the exhibition 'Global Imaginations' at Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, NL
Admission: 10 Euro's (dinner included)
Super Blood Moon Eclipse: There is a total eclipse of the moon on the night of September 27/28, 2015. It happens to be the closest super moon of 2015. It's the Northern Hemisphere's Harvest Moon, or full moon nearest the September equinox. It's the Southern Hemisphere's first full moon of spring. This September full moon is also called a Blood Moon, because it presents the fourth and final eclipse of a lunar tetrad: four straight total eclipses of the moon, spaced at six lunar months (full moons) apart.
Artists impression of a moon colony, ESA / I want! I want!, W. Blake, 1793
This LUNÄ Talk will take place during full moon, similar to the ritual of the original 18th century Lunar Society. Throughout time the moon has often been used as a surface for speculative projections by scientists as well as artists. This LUNÄ Talk discusses extraterrestrial life, robotics, artificial intelligence and the imagination of these themes in the arts. All guests will be seated at a replica of the oval table which was used by the Lunar Society in Birmingham which existed from 1765 till 1813 .
The Lunar Society of Birmingham was founded in 1765 and was a society of scholars, amateur scientists, poets, industrialists and artists. Among the founding members were Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles), James Watt (steam engine), Joseph Priestley (oxygen) and Josiah Wedgwood (porcelain). They gathered at full moon (in connection with the return journey in the dark) and discussed and dined at an oval table on science, art, philosophy, politics and commerce. They were inspiring meetings on how science, technology and art could serve society, social change included. All this on the eve of the Industrial Revolution. In 1813, the Lunar Society ceased to exist.
The LUNÄ Talk at the Museum Boerhaave is keeping up with this tradition and invites diverse table companions into an inspiring conversation. On the table lies the question of how science and fiction relate to each other, focusing | 650 |
As per Marshall, 'Interest is the price for the use of capital in a market'. In other words, interest is that part of national income which is paid to capitalists as a reward of the services of capital. However, in Keynes opinion, interest is a reward for parting with liquidity for a specified period.
c) Pure interest, i.e., price of the capital.
GROSS INTEREST = Net interest + reward for risk + reward for inconvenience + reward for pains + reward for management.
NET INTEREST = (Gross Interest)— (Reward for Risk + Reward for inconvenience + Reward for Pains + reward for management).
a) Difference is risk perception.
b) Difference on account of credit rating of borrower.
c) Difference in maturity period of loan.
d) Purpose and end use of the loan.
f) Nature of the primary and collateral security.
g) Quality of third party guarantee.
A) Prof. Senior: Abstinence. heory of Interest: "Interest is the reward for waiting and abstinence".
theory, rate of interest is determined by liquidity preference, i.e., demand of money on one side and the supply of money on the other.
b) How much to save in liquid form and how much to save in non-liquid form.
b) According to Keynes, rate of interest and bond prices are inversely rlated. When bond prices go up, rate of interest rises and vice versa.
bonds. This decision about portfolio bal?nre ran he influenced by two factors.
First, the higher the level of nominal income in a two-asset economy, more the money people would want to hold in their portfolio balance.
This is because of transactions motive according to which at the higher level of nominal income, the purchases by the people of goods and services in their daily life will be relatively larger, which require more money to be kept for transactions purposes.
incomes by holding bonds instead of money. Secondly, if the current rate of interest is higher than what is expected in the future, the, people would like to hold more bonds and less money in their portfolio. On the other hand, if the current rate of interest is low (in other words, if the bond prices are currently high), the people will be reluctant to hold larger quantity of bonds (and instead they could hold more money in their portfolio) because of the inherent fear that bond prices would ne fall in the future causing capital losses to them.
for transactional motives will depend upon the size of income, time of receipt and number of<|fim_middle|> size of family, living conditions and habit of individuals etc.
3.Speculative Motives: Some persons like to keep their money in liquid form for speculative purposes also so that they can get the advantage of changes in the rate of interest.Thus, Demand of money = Transactional motive + Precautionary motive + Speculative motive.
Liquidity preference depends upon the income and rate of interest. There is an inverse relationship between rate of interest and demand for money (liquidity preference). If the rate of interest is high, liquidity preference will be less because the people would like to invest more and more amount. If the rate of interest is low, liquidity preference will be more because the people would like to keep the money with themselves. | transactions.
2.Precautionary Motives: People keep some part of income to provide for contingencies, such as illness, accident, unemployment etc.
Liquidity preference for such motives depends upon the level of income, | 45 |
Rongotea Community Centre is located on Wye Street, in Rongotea Township.
This Centre is situated in Rongotea which is 16km from Palmerston North, Feilding and Bulls.
The Te Kawau Memorial Recreation Centre was opened in 1999 and built with an agreement between the Ministry of Education, the Manawatu District Council and the Community at a cost of $1.4 million.
The Centre is adjacent to Rugby Fields, Netball Courts, Tennis Courts, Swimming Pool, BMX Track and Bowling Greens.
The administration of the Centre is undertaken by a local committee made up of the regular users who are responsible for the general maintenance and running of the whole Complex.
This Complex is available for the sporting, cultural and business needs of the Manawatu. The facility has a Gymnasium, Conference Room and Meeting Room.
The Gymnasium has a sprung parquet floor marked out for Netball, Basketball, Badminton (3 courts), and Volleyball.
The Gymnasium seats approximately 400 people and has a mezzanine viewing area.
There are men's and women's changing rooms, showers and toilets, with facilities for the disabled.
The room is carpeted, has a heat-pump and seats approximately 80 people and has its own kitchen<|fim_middle|> these can be used at the same time.
Te Kawau Memorial Recreational Centre is the ideal place to hold your next function. Whether you are having a wedding, reunion, club meeting or just a gathering, we can cater for all occasions. The three areas can be hired separately or collectively.
The Sports Room and the Thomas Rowe Room can be opened up to half the width to make a larger space.
To hire the Centre contact needs to be made with the Secretary/Manager. | and toilet facilities with facilities for the disabled. The kitchen is equipped with a dishwasher, microwave, stove and fridge/freezer.
The room is carpeted and has a dance floor and Bar facilities, and has a heat-pump.
The fully equipped kitchen includes two Stoves, two Commercial Dishwasher/Sterilizers, Bench high Refrigerator, Microwave and a Fridge/Freezer. There is a small side food preparation room with sink.
The room seats approximately 180 people and has its own toilet facilities with facilities for the disabled.
The Room will seat comfortably 100 people for a sit down meal, leaving the dance floor area clear of dining tables.
Sound System Available: A sound system is available at an extra cost.
The Sports Room has two speakers mounted on the wall.
The Thomas Rowe Memorial Room has one speaker mounted on the wall which can be turned off if required. The Gymnasium is wired to take the one speaker we have which can be mounted on its stand.
The sound mixer is able to play iPods, Mobile Phones, and CD players through all speakers.
There is a wireless handheld microphone plus a stand, a hands free headset microphone and a corded microphone. All | 244 |
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12th edition of ORNELLAIA VENDEMMIA D'ARTISTA
Posted on July 13, 2020 by brusselsdiplomatic Leave a comment
Sotheby's to auction artistic bottles designed by Tomás Saraceno
From 1st to 9th September, 12 prized lots of
Ornellaia Vendemmia d'Artista 2017 "Solare" will be auctioned online
In support of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's
access program "Mind's Eye".
Sotheby's online auction will commence on the 1st of September for the prized bottles of Ornellaia Vendemmia d'Artista 2017 "Solare" (translated in English as "Radiant") designed by the Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno, renowned internationally for his interactive installations that allude to new sustainable ways of living on our planet in this age of ecological turmoil.
"We are delighted to collaborate on our tenth auction with Ornellaia's exceptional Vendemmia d'Artista programme, having enjoyed spectacular events over the past decade in New York, Hong Kong, London, Toronto, Basel, Los Angeles and Venice. For the second consecutive year, the special auction celebrating the 2017 "Solare" will be offered online. The sublime marriage of art and wine in these unique large format bottles is a winning combination that will prove enticing to collectors around the world," comments Jamie Ritchie, Worldwide Head of Sotheby's Wine.
"We are grateful to Ornellaia for their continued involvement in the visual arts and their support of the Mind's Eye's program offered both on-site and online," Richard Armstrong, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation stated. "Thanks to the generosity of Ornellaia, we are able to expand the programs that allow us to promote the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art to a wider public."
The issue of environment sustainability is particularly dear to Ornellaia, which has focused on self-sustaining ecosystems for some time now through precision agriculture. Due to this attention to the soil management, gentle handling of the grapes and a slightly earlier harvest, Ornellaia 2017 is a wine of surprising harmony. Axel Heinz, director of the Bolgheri estate, explains, "In this year of<|fim_middle|>ara
Sicily D.O.C.
Grapes: Nero d'Avola 70%, Syrah 30%
Nero d'Avola in a complex, refined guise marries Syrah. Elegance and drinkability from the vineyards of Tenuta Presti e Pegni.
Like all Cusumano wines, Benuara uses the SOStain / VIVA "Sustainable Wine" certification. In fact, the common denominator of the diversity and uniqueness of Cusumano wines is the commitment to sustainable viticulture that stems from the sentiment and ethical obligation to protect resources, limiting their waste. A research that translates into actions compliant with the SOStain protocol, the sustainability program for Sicilian viticulture, sponsored by the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies and recognized by the Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea, through the V.I.V.A.
Harvest 2018: quality / price award, Berebene 2020, Gambero Rosso.
Harvest 2017: 93 points, Yearbook of the Best Italian Wines 2019, Luca Maroni; 90 points, Wine Enthisiast, Feb. 2020; 89 points, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate. | extremes, in which frost, sun and drought all played a decisive role, we succeeded in bringing blackberry and liquorice to the wine, alongside the velvety tannins typical of hot vintages; at the same time, superb envelopment and acidity instil Mediterranean sumptuousness in the wine."
Simultaneously, in creating the artwork dedicated to the radiance of Ornellaia 2017, Tomás Saraceno sought inspiration in the alliance between the Sun and populated systems of life. The estate's site-specific installation, which will be installed on the estate, will consist in glass spheres that, resembling clouds, form a magical floating city ideally powered by the heat of the sun. A take on this concept is the sculpture, titled "PNEUMA 4.21×105", which tops the impressive 9-litre Salmanazar, the most prestigious lot at the auction. The artist has personalized in total 111 large-format bottles, depicting the various phases of a solar eclipse, in addition to crafting a special label, which will uniquely feature in every box containing six 750ml bottles of Ornellaia. All the labels are thermo-chromic and change colour with the heat of one's hand, inviting to reflection about the impact of humanity on the planet.
These works of wine and art will be auctioned online on Sotheby's website from 1st to 9th of September. All those who register on www.sothebys.com/ornellaia will be able to view the lots, leave a bid and take part in the auction. Collectors from around the world can bid for a piece of this incredible collection, while also extending a gesture of generosity. Like last year, profits from the auction will go to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to support the "Mind's Eye" program.
"In the last 11 years," explains CEO of Ornellaia, Giovanni Geddes da Filicaia, "Ornellaia has donated over two million dollars to various institutions in the art world, from the Whitney Museum in New York to the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Fondation Beyeler near Basel, the Royal Opera House in London and the H2 Foundation in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Starting in 2019, we wished to make a contribution to the development of artistic perception by the blind and visually impaired, which is why we decided to support the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation's 'Mind's Eye' program."
Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia 2018
Posted on June 22, 2020 by brusselsdiplomatic Leave a comment
Mediterranean elegance and the colour of light
One of the estate's established wines, Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia 2018 has just finished a year of bottle refinement and is ready to dazzle even the most discerning palates. Consisting mainly of Sauvignon Blanc with a touch of Vermentino and Viognier, this white wine by Ornellaia elegantly embraces the estate style in a more approachable manner.
"Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia 2018 boasts a sumptuous structure and luminous straw yellow colour," comments the estate's winemaker Olga Fusari. "This vintage, which started with rain but finished with sunshine, distinguished itself with an extended and slightly later harvest. We sense the result in the overtones of exotic fruit, accompanied by white peach and delicate vanilla nuances. The wine is generous and smooth on the palate, in addition to having standout opulence and richness, which makes for a refreshing and enduring finish".
After a hot vintage like 2017, 2018 reinvigorates and soothes with its cold winter months and considerable spring rainfall. The Mediterranean microclimate worked its magic in July, providing dry, sunny days. In turn, the cooler September nights enabled the vines to regain and preserve their aromas and acidity. These perfect conditions permitted the Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier harvest to begin on 16 August and continue until mid-September. Vermentino bunches were delivered to the cellar between 17 and 25 September.
To achieve such elegant and complex wines in the Ornellaia style, the quality of the grapes is essential. Equally important are the care taken and the techniques employed in the cellar during vinification and refinement. First selected in the vineyard and again in the cellar, the grapes are gently pressed, and the ensuing must is moved partly into new and used barriques, and partly into steel and concrete vats. The wine alternates between ageing on the fine lees with regular batonnage for six months, which is an important step in crafting the character of Ornellaia whites. Finally, every single parcel is tasted and calibrated for the final blend, which rests in the bottle for a year. "Our Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia is an expressive wine with an enjoyable complexity as soon as it is released to market," explains estate director Axel Heinz. "That doesn't make it predictable: the wine's opulence and richness, hallmarks of the Tuscan coast, bestow depth and an ability to stand the test of time".
Regardless of whether it is enjoyed soon or set aside for a while, Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia encapsulates the sunlight of the land, to which this wine owes its unmistakable Mediterranean character. The unique microclimate of the estate, an authentic gift of nature, becomes a rich and juicy white with a lively vein of acidity, a product of the sea breeze along the Tuscan coast which caresses and nourishes the vines.
The name ORNELLAIA is synonymous of fine winemaking and an authentic expression of the beauty of Tuscany. The estate is situated along the Tuscan coastline, a short distance from the medieval town of Bolgheri and the iconic cypress-lined approach. Ornellaia Bolgheri DOC Superiore and Ornellaia Bianco are the estate's top wines, ensued by the second vin Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia, Le Volte dell'Ornellaia and the white Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia. In little over thirty years (the first vintage of Ornellaia was in 1985), the team's dedication accompanied by optimal soil and microclimate has resulted in critical acclaim and public success within Italy and internationally.
Cantina Tollo: organic and vegan certified wines made with native grapes of Abruzzo
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Cantina Tollo, the well-known proactive brand from Abruzzo, has released on the market its latest project. The new line, which is made from indigenous grapes and with a sustainable packaging, features five wines certified both organic and vegan. The wines pay homage to the surrounding natural environment which stretches from the Adriatic Sea to the towering Maiella mountain reaching above 2.790 metres asl and boosts an incredible flora and fauna biodiversity. The five wines include Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Dop, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Dop, Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Dop, Terre di Chieti Pecorino Igp and Terre di Chieti Passerina Igp.
Each wine is identified by a handmade pencil drawing featuring five bioindicators. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo dop, made from the eponymous juicy and tannic red grape, Montepulciano, is identified with the ladybug, which is an indicator of unpolluted environments. The dragonfly, which inhabits clean water spaces, stands on the label of Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Dop from refreshing white Trebbiano variety. Butterflies which reveals huge information about climate change have been chosed to represent a traditional product such as Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo, the local dry rosé with a deep salmon hue, cherries aromas and a mineral palate. The stag beetle, living in the fierce old woods of Maiella mountain, stands out on the label of white Terre di Chieti Pecorino Igp whereas the bee is the symbol of the light Terre di Chieti Passerina Igp exuding aromas of citrus and wild flowers.
The whole packaging aims at respecting nature. The capsule is PVC-free, the label is made from recycled paper and cotton fibers, and the box too is made of recycled cardoboard.
The line is aimed at consumers looking for wines with a sense of place, speaking of the land they come from and playing an active role in preserving the environment, from a social and a natural point of view. "Cantina Tollo has always been safeguarding and preserving nature" states Tonino Verna, chairman at Cantina Tollo. "With this new line we want to cast a light on insects which are the daily companions of our grape growers and are the minuscule keepers of our vineyards, helping preserving the natural balance. Today, more than ever before, we have to carefully observe the signals of the environment, understand it, respect the Earth and produce in a sustainable and conscious way".
A new Contrada emerges on Mount Etna: Passochianche
Passopisciaro again a pioneer, with a new Chardonnay
Passochianche, the name of the latest Contrada, or distinctive growing district, recognised by Passopisciaro and dedicated to Chardonnay, is an ancient terraced piece of land on the slopes of Mount Etna, lying between 870 and 950 metres' elevation.
Andrea Franchetti had already intuited, back in 2000, that this tiny plot of ultra-fine black sand would be an intriguing habitat for Chardonnay, so he planted a high-density vineyard to that grape. From vintage 2018 the winery has decided to bottle it as Contrada PC, shorthand for Passochianche.
"This wine embodies the experience and knowledge that we have gained over the years with our parcels of Chardonnay," explained Andrea Franchetti, who was a winegrowing pioneer on Etna and creator of the whole concept of Etna wine contrade. "Over the years, during the growing season and, in particular, with the ageing of the vines, many individual terroirs began to impose their own distinctive personality and quality on the fruit. So, year after year, as we applied precision viticultural practices to the various soils, experimenting with different ripeness regimes, we started separating out the various lots of grapes during harvest and vinification. The result is Contrada PC, which is a superb demonstration of how Etna, with the same grape variety, can yield expressions and wine personalities that are so distinct and different from spot to spot."
The first vintage of Contrada PC, produced in an extremely limited edition, will be shortly released to the market.
Ornellaia Wine & Talks
Posted on April 27, 2020 by brusselsdiplomatic Leave a comment
Tuesday, April 28 at 6 pm CET on Instagram Axel Heinz will present "Three Ornellaia's Dreamy vintages", 1998, 2001, and 2006.
From Volcanic hills, Reassi wines
Few kilometers from Padua in the Euganean hills, a family wine estate totally devoted to organic vineyards, transform grapes into wine for more than one hundred years. This is Azienda Agricola "Reassi" extended over an area of about 6 hectares, where the favorable position of the land, together with volcanic soils, guarantees the grow of vines with optimal results.
The ancient volcanic cone of the Euganenan hills has a rich and diverse geological composition. Sedimentary limestone of marine origin lies below the unique Euganean marls, which cover the volcanic subsoils formed during the last period of volcanic activity, rich in basalt, tracheae, rhyolite and lalite.
In this ideal environment there is a continual search of the ultimate expression of the terroir using techniques reinforced by modern technology while maintaining respect for ancient traditions.
The company philosophy reflects the characteristics of the land, concentrating predominately on autochthonous vines.
Reassi's wine production:
Antichi Reassi – Colli Euganei Pinello. Bubbles mean fun. This festive wine is perfect as an aperitif or for a dinner with friends. Easy to drink, it is ideal for welcoming guests and it can accompany snacks between meals or a casual lunch.
Sparviere – Colli Euganei Cabernet. A versatile wine that flatters a wide range of foods. The ideal pairing for bigoli (a typical Veneto pasta) with duck ragu, braised game with polenta and grilled steak.
Tre frazioni – Colli Euganei Rosso. The most serious wine; the grapes come from a vineyard that borders the three villages of our municipality. Perfect with game and roasted or grilled beef.
Terre d'argilla – Colli Euganei Manzoni Bianco. Its fresh and fruity aromas make this wine seem "happy-go-lucky" but with its structure and complexity it has a more serious side as well. Smart and fun! Excellent with risotto or homemade egg pasta, oven-baked fish and soft cheeses.
Vin Bastardo – Marzemina Nera Bastarda, Turchetta, Corbina. Perfect for casual get-togethers with friends and with snacks typical of the Veneto region: fried polenta with salami, cotechino, Prosciutto or homemade sopressa.
Arche' – Colli euganei Merlot. Many people consider Merlot an international grape, but to us it is a traditional variety. Archè prefers starters with delicate sauces, lamb and mushroom or vegetable dishes.
OP! – Opera Prima Spumante Metodo Classico. For those who love the Classical Method. Opera Prima is an ideal alternative to Franciacorta or Champagne. Perfect for celebrating special occasions or for making any occasion special. Ideal with risotto, white meats or tartare.
Fior d'Arancio – Colli Euganei Spumante Dolce Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita. Life always needs a little sweetness! This is a sparkling wine to be enjoyed at the end of a meal with pastries, cakes, fruit plates or as an enchanting addition to aperitif cocktails.
Ca 'Lustra, an exciting journey in a unique land
Posted on April 7, 2020 by brusselsdiplomatic Leave a comment
Ca' Lustra is a path, now more than 40 years long, in a land rich in history and character.
The cellar is located on the southern slopes of Monte Venda, the highest Euganean hill.
The Euganean Hills are a true school of geology in the open air, highlighting very particular volcanic phenomena, whose legacy is made of clear siliceous rocks often interspersed with limestones of different ages and origins.
The wine-growing vocation of the Euganean Hills derives from their extraordinary geology, evident in the alternation of generous volcanic soils to much more arid marine sediments. A variability that we support with patience and experience, field by field, with the dual purpose of safeguarding the natural environment and enhancing the "cru" details. For consistency and tangible influence on the quality of the products we have chosen since 2008 to grow organically in a territory that is today, in addition to the Natural Park founded in 1989, also Biodistretto and UNESCO candidate.
The Muscat and Bordeaux vines are the most important in terms of expressiveness and diffusion. Evidence of the presence of Muscat in these areas dates back to the 1st century AD. The moscato bianco, with excellent freshness and delicate hints of flowers and aromatic herbs, enriches the moscato giallo which releases sweet and intense notes, nectarines.
The Fior d'arancio represents the appreciated DOCG, especially in the passito version, awarded periodically in many guides. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc, widespread in Roman times, integrated perfectly into the environment of the Euganean Hills to give us Bordeaux wines of great pleasure, structure and longevity.
The deep knowledge of the territory, the constant experimentation, the belief in healthy products through organic cultivation, are the basis of the company's personality.
The production commitment is divided into 2 lines:
• Wines Ca' Lustra Bontà, simplicity and recognizability where product and territory are intended as sincere identity in the bottle. They are wines that carry the volcanic and Mediterranean character of this small acrocore of over 100 hills that emerged from the waters of the Adriatic just 30/50 million years ago.
• Select Zanovello Studio, experience, need for comparison and progress. From the historical research on the first Venetian and Euganean civilizations follows a cultural path in which we insert ourselves with the fruit of our work today. For this reason, in the "Zanovello" label, the current sign fits into the old one, shown in the characters of ancient Venetian writing.
Encounter with #storiedivino 15 Italian wine producers live on Facebook and Instagram.
Wine-lovers across the globe can now enjoy a virtual encounter with 15 top-ranked wine producers throughout Italy in a "virtual wine fair." In place of the usual stands will be direct social-media encounters right from the wineries, vineyards, or desks of these wine producers in most of Italy's regions. Anyone using social media can meet with them via the wineries' Facebook and Instagram pages.
During these weeks, while almost all of us in the world are "sheltering in place" in our homes, spring has awakened the vines. In synch with the season, wine producers are looking resolutely towards the future. Each of them is ready to personally describe the wines that, following long months of maturation and bottle-ageing, are ready for their journey to the tables of consumers in all corners of the globe. Each bottle has a story of a growing year, and, behind that, the passion, beauty, and values classic to Eternal Italy.
After they introduce their new vintages, the producers will be happy to engage in conversation with wine-lovers and wine sector professionals and to respond "live" to any questions they may have. (Note: All times are CET-Central European Time)
Monday, 6 April: Ricasoli 1141 (IG 3pm), Tenuta di Ghizzano (FB 4pm), Pio Cesare 1881 (IG 6pm)
Tuesday, 7 April: Azienda Vitivinicola Passopisciaro (FB 4pm), Conte Vistarino (IG 4.30pm), San Leonardo (IG 5pm)
Wednesday, 8 April: Tenuta di Trinoro (4pm on Instagram under "passopisciaro_trinoro"), Tenute Silvio Nardi (FB 4.30pm), Castello di Querceto (FB 5pm), Fattoria Le Pupille (IG 5.30pm)
Thursday, 9 April: Ornellaia (FB 3pm), Antico Podere Gagliole (IG 3.30pm), Alliance Vinum (FB 4pm), Giodo (IG 4.30pm), Luce della Vite (IG 5pm)
GIOVANNI GEDDES (ORNELLAIA): 'THE CHINESE WINE MARKET IS RE-STARTING'
Posted on March 31, 2020 by brusselsdiplomatic Leave a comment
"A slender ray of sunshine seems to be arriving from China regarding wine sales," is the cautiously welcome message from Ornellaia Ceo Giovanni Geddes da Filicaja. "With orders slowly increasing, in particular for the currently-available 2017 vintage of Ornellaia, it actually seems that one of the most important markets for Italian exports, and not just wine, is re-opening. This positive change is a great relief and reason for optimism, not only for us but for all of Italy's wine industry."
CUSUMANO PRESENTS BENUARA 2018 A SMALL RED FLOWER
It is to a small red flower that grows in the spring around the Mediterranean that Benuara owes its name. And, just like that flower, this wine presents itself in the new vintage, 2018, at the end of the cold season, at the end of those five thousand hours of work that the brothers Alberto and Diego Cusumano dedicate to each of the twelve labels that produce in five, very different, kept scattered throughout Sicily.
Benuara was born in Presti and Pegni, from the union of the all Sicilian power of Nero d'Avola to the complexity of Syrah which has found a home suitable for developing its spicy character in the vineyards of this estate. We are in Monreale, on hills where the vineyards are exposed to the sun from sunrise to sunset. To cool the air comes the sea breeze, about 10 km away, which dissipates the heat. Here the soils are clayey and compact, a factor that gives wines greater complexity, starting from the color. The harvest is manual: it starts with Syrah in late August, continues with Nero d'Avola in the first ten days of September. Vinification, with frequent pumping over and punching down, allows to enhance the full color of this wine. The aging takes place at 80% in steel, the rest in large barrels, of 20 hl, to enhance the spicy notes of Syrah and the tannins of Nero d'Avola. The result is a complex wine, but very pleasant and refined.
An elegance, that of Benuara, which is also reflected in its new guise, recently chosen by Cusumano for each of its twelve labels: material colors and interweaving of dark and light backgrounds translate the shades, shades and harmony into color the vines offer the palate. To complete the sensorial experience, the Touching Experience: a plot of free lines placed in relief on the label depicts the rows of Tenuta Presti and Pegni and allows the consumer to enter, with a simple touch, in this corner of Sicily which, like the mosaic tile, it composes the multiple and courageous identity of Cusumano.
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And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members | 152 |
Drones Applying Pesticides are Cheaper Than Conventional Spray Techniques
Winter Losses of British Honey Bees Were the Lowest Rate Since the BBA Started Counting
The Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Does Not Meet the Criteria Required by the European Union
By: Margy Eckelkamp – Farm Journal
AgTech startup Rantizo is working to lead the arrival of in-field application via drone. In Iowa, it's the first company to receive approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct spraying applications via drone in agricultural fields.
"Our drone technology had been ready for a few months; we just needed the regulatory landscape to get sorted out," says Rantizo CEO, Michael Ott. "Building the technology is the easy part," he continued.
The company's octocopter drones weigh 55 lb., with a 14' spray boom, and can apply 100 acres in a day. With terrain compensation, the drones apply 3' to 5' above the crop. And an advantage of the drone-based application is its precise application that is within 1 to 3 meters of the spray target using standard GPS, or with RTK it's within 3 cm.
"We are working with a crop chemical company in fungicide treatments making applications in specific rows," Ott says.
The Rantizo platform provides a fully automated flight.
"Legally, you have to hold the controller, but with the right training, you don't have to do anything else during the flight," Ott says.
He says across all crops and geographies, there are issues of labor, and there aren't enough people to accomplish what you need. The Rantizo team is first focusing on sales in the Midwest and then expanding from there. Ott says their target end-customers are ag retailers and co-ops.
According to the company their platform can be cost competitive with aerial rates at $10 to $12/acre to apply. And next year, they are working to advance a technology upgrade to make their applications in-line with ground rig rates.
Ott says a complete Rantizo system ranges in price from $20,000 to $25,000. The company sold its first drone application system in April of 2019. This spring the company has applied corn fungicide and spread cover crop seeds. It has also made applications in hemp crops.
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Based on the above results, it is considered that the approval criteria which are applicable to human health as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are not met.
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CATCH THE BUZZ- Coalition Buzz | Losses of British Honey Bees Were 8.5% – the Lowest Rate Since the BBA Started Counting.
By: Alan Harman
Winter losses of British honey bees were 8.5% – the lowest rate since the British Beekeepers Association started the current survey program in 2007/08.
The survey covers the period from Oct. 1, 2018 to April 1, 2019 and was carried out online for the first time. Some 5,581 members completed the survey.
The association has members from the whole of the British Isles and the Channel Isles, including England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Isles.
The overall winter survival rate was 91.5%. In England the rate was 91% survival, in Scotland 79% survival, Wales 94.3% survival and in the Channel Isles, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland survival rates were all above 98%
As with the previous year, weather was the main factor mentioned by those who lost colonies but there was no one overall event that caused problems.
The winter months were very variable and many places experienced wide variations in temperature and wind exposure which will, not only, have affected the way in which the colonies consumed their winter stores, but also in their ability to leave the hive and forage for any early sources of pollen and nectar which were available.
Association communications director Martin Smith says the brilliant overall survival rate of 91.5% this year exemplifies how good beekeeping is necessary for colonies of honey bees to survive and thrive.
"We are thrilled that the rate is so low and that it reflects all the effort associations put into training new beekeepers as well as the continuing education of their existing members," he says.
"The associations have been asked to increase their training focus this year on how to avoid starvation, how to understand the nutritional state of the colony in terms of available stores and the ability of the bees to access them."
The association estimates the number of colonies being managed by its members at 119,275.
The Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Does Not Meet the Criteria Required by Legislation for the Renewal of its Approval in The European Union.
The pesticide chlorpyrifos does not meet the criteria required by legislation for the renewal of its approval in the European Union, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says.
The approval period for chlorpyrifos expires next January, and the manufacturers' application for renewal is being evaluated under the EU's peer review system for approval of pesticides.
Although the peer review is not yet fully completed, the European Commission asked EFSA to provide a statement on the available results of the human health assessment. EFSA has identified concerns about possible genotoxic effects as well as neurological effects during development, supported by epidemiological data indicating effects in children.
This means that no safe exposure level – or toxicological reference value – can be set for the substance.
The EFSA report says:
Chlorpyrifos is an active substance covered by the third batch of the renewal program for pesticides ('AIR3') in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012.
Applications (June 2013) and supplementary dossiers (July 2015) for the renewal of approval of the active substance chlorpyrifos were submitted by a Task Force (comprising of Dow AgroSciences and Adama Agriculture B.V.) and by Sapec Agro SA.
An initial evaluation of the dossiers was provided by the rapporteur Member State (RMS) Spain in the Renewal Assessment Report (RAR) which was submitted to EFSA in July 2017.
Subsequently, EFSA initiated a peer review of the pesticides risk assessment on the RMS evaluation in line with the provisions of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2012.
The commenting period was completed and included a public consultation on the RAR.
Following evaluation of the comments received as well as the additional information provided by the applicants in response to a request in accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EU)
No 844/2012, a meeting of experts from EFSA and Member States, including relevant experts from the EFSA Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR Panel), took place to discuss certain elements related to mammalian toxicology.
In July 2019, prior to completion of the full peer review process, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission to provide a statement on the available outcomes of the human health assessment in the context of the peer review of chlorpyrifos.
The present statement contains a summary of the main findings of the assessment related to mammalian toxicology and human health following the Pesticides Peer Review Expert discussions in mammalian toxicology held between 1 and 5 April 2019. It also comprises EFSA's additional considerations, including whether the active substance can be expected to meet the approval criteria which are applicable to human health as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Due to the fact that the genotoxic potential of chlorpyrifos remains unclear, toxicological reference values could not be established. Moreover, significant uncertainties were linked to the neurodevelopmental toxicity study, where effects were observed at the lowest dose tested in rats (decrease in cerebellum height corrected by brain weight). These concerns were supported by the available epidemiological evidence related to developmental neurological outcomes in children. In the absence of toxicological reference values, a risk assessment for consumers, operators, workers, bystanders and residents cannot be conducted. This issue represents a critical area of concern for chlorpyrifos.
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What Does OSHA's New Beryllium Standard Mean?
OSHA recently published NRPM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) in the Federal Register for finalizing, for now, the new Beryllium Standard.
Even though OSHA has been working on a new beryllium standard for almost two decades, it still made a splash when it was initially published in January 2017.
The big change was the rule's permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.2 micrograms of beryllium per cubic meter of air (µg/m3), measured as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) concentration. The previous limit had been 2.0 micrograms. The new rule also established an Action Level (AL) of 0.1 µg/m3, and a short-term exposure limit (STEL) of 2.0 µg/m3, as measured over a 15-minute sampling period. The rule mandated that employers use "engineering and work practice controls" to reduce airborne concentrations of beryllium to levels below the PEL and STEL.
Whenever there is a major rule change — about anything —there is usually some pushback from the industries that are impacted by the new rule. Some of this pushback is a knee-jerk anti-regulatory ideological exercise, but another pushback from employers (and others) is extremely helpful in clarifying requirements and defining how a standard will ultimately be enforced.
Just a few months after the rule's announcement, a notice was published in the Federal Register that said there would be a delay in implementation due to "substantive concerns" raised by the "shipyard and construction sectors."
In response to these concerns, in December 2018, OSHA issued a proposed rule to amend several selected paragraphs of the standard, asked stakeholders for feedback by February 2019, and said that they would be evaluating compliance based on the requirements as modified. OSHA followed its phased-in compliance timeline and began limited enforcement last spring.
Most recently, at the September meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), OSHA announced that the final rule — which was sent to the OMB on August 27, 2019 —addresses industry concerns about compliance dates, includes provisions that are responsive to the unique challenges of airborne exposure in the construction industry and shipyards, but maintains enforcement of the stated permissible exposure limits (PELs).
A comprehensive overview of these provisions for the construction industry can be found in OSHA's September presentation to the ACCSH.
If you haven't already done<|fim_middle|>3.224.2381 f 603.224.2318 | so, employers in regulated industries are encouraged to review the final rule and most recent provisions for the Construction and Shipyard Sectors, and make sure your operations are compliant.
Should you have questions or concerns about compliance — or if you have received an OSHA citation for any reason — feel free to contact me.
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<|fim_middle|> of line integrals. How would one derive surface integrals notions and results by general reasoning, assuming no knowledge of line integrals?
A: I'm not sure if you're asking for mathematical reasoning or a physical motivation for surface integrals. If it's the latter, you'll find plenty motivation for surface integrals when dealing with flux. Let's start with a simpler example.
Assume you have some metal plate that has a temperature gradient on it. You know the temperature $T(x,y)$ at each point, but you are interested in the average temperature of the metal plate. Of course, the average temperature is just the total temperature, i.e. the surface integral of the temperature over the plate $\int_AT(x,y)\mathrm{d}x\mathrm{d}y$, divided by the area of the plate.
Now for flux: Consider a horizontal pipe with water flowing through it. If we assume that we know the horizontal velocity of the water at each point at a certain perpendicular slice of the pipe, we can take the surface integral over the slice to calculate the total amount of water flowing through that section each second. If we know now not the horizontal velocity but the total velocity at each point, and we are still interested in the water flowing through a certain area, we have to integrate over a vector field.
In physics you're quite often interested in how much of a certain quantity flows through a specific area per unit time, which we call the flux. Surface integrals arise naturally then. If you are interested in another (harder) example, look up Gauss's law.
| Q: Intuition behind surface integrals While line integrals derive their intuition from , and are analogous to, the concept of Work in physics, what intuition is there to back up the notion of surface integrals? In the texts I've been using, the authors just extend the notions abstractly from the mathematics of line integrals (basically, generalisations) and do not give a foundational intuition or some logic independent | 84 |
June 18, 2018 • The court on Monday, in twin partisan gerrymandering cases from Wisconsin and Maryland, said either that challengers didn't have standing or didn't weigh in on the merits of the case.
June 8, 2018 • The comedian is one of many high-profile endorsements Ben Jealous will roll out ahead of Maryland's June 26 primary. Incumbent Republican Gov. Larry Hogan remains very popular in the blue state.
June 6, 2018 • The party's chances of taking back the House were helped, especially with apparent results in California. That, plus four other takeaways from Tuesday night's elections in eight states.
February 9, 2017 • The president invited a bipartisan group of senators to the White House on Thursday to build support for his Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
November 9, 2016 • New Hampshire GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte conceded to Gov. Maggie Hassan on Wednesday evening. The Democratic nominee won by just 1,023 votes.
November 7, 2016 • The GOP is still favored to control the House. Donald Trump hasn't been the boon Democrats need. But some longtime GOP incumbents could go down, as Democrats stand to pick up a dozen or more seats.
November 3, 2016 • More women are likely<|fim_middle|> has prompted fears for the integrity of the electoral process.
July 28, 2016 • The final night of the Democratic National Convention belongs to Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever nominated for president by a major political party. Her daughter, Chelsea, will introduce her.
May 16, 2016 • Democrats believe a perfect storm of the first female presidential nominee coupled with Donald Trump as a foil will help them take back the Senate with female challengers.
April 26, 2016 • Among them: Two incumbent Pennsylvania congressmen are on the defense amid questions about their ethics and personal relationships; and Maryland candidates for Senate are divided by race and gender.
April 25, 2016 • Donna Edwards is vying to be just the second black woman ever elected to the Senate. But not all of the state's black female leaders or African-American members of Congress are lining up behind her.
March 1, 2016 • Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are expected to roll to victories in the South, leaving their rivals trying to scrape for wins elsewhere on the biggest voting day of the year so far. | to hold seats in Congress than ever before after this election. But despite being a majority of the electorate, they'll still make up only about 20 percent of the next Congress.
Can Pro-Trump Poll Watchers Disrupt Voting In Pennsylvania?
October 9, 2016 • Donald Trump is calling on Pennsylvania voters to also monitor polling places for fraud. The effort | 76 |
In pursuit of its commitment to the environment, General Motors has announced its 109th landfill-free facility, a 75-year old manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York. The facility not only reuses, recycles, or converts all of its waste into energy, but it also saves<|fim_middle|>. After several failed attempts at solving the problem, the oil now gets to be reused and the metal particles and filter paper gets converted into energy.
In addition to having the most landfill-free facilities of any automotive manufacturer, GM is exploring different ways that they can make their facilities be even more energy-efficient. Starting next spring GM's Hamtramck assembly plant will be getting most of its power from municipal solid waste that is converted into steam energy. GM sets a good example for other companies by proving that they can not only reduce waste but they can also save money at the same time. We can expect to hear more good news in the near future as the Detroit-based automaker continues to pursue its commitment to the environment. | the company money in the process. It is estimated that GM gets 2 cents for every pound of cardboard that it recycles – as opposed to paying 3 cents for having it sent to a landfill. According to GM, in the past year alone, the Rochester plant has recycled 115 tons of cardboard, and saved 950 cubic yards of landfill space.
GM has previously stated it wants to increase its amount of landfill-free facilities globally to 125 by the year 2020.
GM enlisted the aid of Mobile Fluid Recovery to assist in the recycling of oil, metal shavings, and filter paper from a machine at the plant that is used to cut metal for fuel injector and manifold components | 146 |
<|fim_middle|> company. | At the initiative of the Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, 2017 year has been declared The Year of Ecology, and many of ecological promotions and different events are held. One of such ecological events was held in Obninsk.
The competition was held at initiative of "Russian Radio Obninsk" company and under support of the city administration. "Elinar-Broiler" company was the sponsor of this event.
The pupils of all Obninsk schools took part in "The Year of Ecology 2017" competition. Since September 11 to October 16 they were painting, making handicrafts and feedboxes. More than 120 works were presented for the jury judgement. The results of the competition were announced on October 20 in the Museum of the city history. But there were no the winners and losers among the participants of the ecological event. All the pupils got the prizes from the promotion organizers and the souvenirs from "Elinar-Broiler" | 207 |
I was able to attend the Cal 4 Wheel convention this year for the first in at least 15 years. It's a long drive to Rancho Cordova from Hemet but good thing for me Josh E. drove while I tried to<|fim_middle|> new people to pick up the cause. Even the folks got involved at the same time as me are gray haired and we talked about all our old folks ailments. We got to mingle with everybody on Friday night in the Hospitality rooms.
The next day we went to the meeting for some reports and bylaws changes the only one that didn't pass was the one that gave the individual members more delegates than one in each district. After the meeting we got dressed up for the banquet and awards. Steve Morris received the first sixty year pin and we had two members receive their 40 year pin Mike Hardy collected both his and Brain Fusilier's pin – that is quite a commitment.
We decided to leave early and that was a good thing we got through the Grapevine as it was starting to snow and was closed before we got home.
Jesse May and Keith Graham say they didn't wear the same shirt on purpose – but we all have suspicions.. | stay awake.
We got there in time to check in and walk around to see what was going on. Because Carol and I had been involved and attended convention for many years we know a lot of people from all over the state and I got to see some old friends. We are all a little bit older (except Nellie Malloy she never seems to age) and some are no longer with us.
I had a chance to see past President Pete Horvath and his wife Pat who hadn't attended in years he is pretty frail these days but helped modernize the association. I have a feeling this was my last chance to see him.
Kate Olsen who hasn't attended since her husband Ole had passed – she is still a force of nature you wouldn't to cross. Steve Morris who was the first Association President in 1959 using a cane and talking about no longer swearing in the president each year. I bring this up because these people were instrumental in promoting 4 Wheeling and keeping trails open but we need | 207 |
The<|fim_middle|> anaerobic thresholds. These tests greatly help us to create a personalised training regime.
The aerobic threshold (S2) corresponds to a relatively mild intensity of exercise, which can be maintained for a prolonged period of time. It is this type of exercise that allows us to dispose of excess body fat and improve our resistance to fatigue.
The anaerobic threshold (S4) refers to a higher intensity of exercise, above which we start to produce significantly more lactic acid than we can dispose of.
Periodic testing gives us the ability to measure changes in these parameters induced by exercise and adopt new training programs based upon the patient's personal improvements. | threshold test is an incremental test performed either on a treadmill or an exercise bike.
By measuring the patient's heart rate and lactic acid levels during stress (measured by taking a small amount of blood from the ear lobe by pricking it with a small needle) it is possible to identify their metabolic characteristics as well as determining their aerobic and | 69 |
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Wenlong "Waylon" Wu won top prize in the Technical Challenge on Energy Prediction with Smart Data sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computational Intelligence Society. He was the only student to be in the finals of the<|fim_middle|>ou Engineer took home the People's Choice award at this year's 3MT® competition sponsored by the University of Missouri Graduate School. Anup Mishra, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering and computer science, presented a three-minute thesis on creating personalized alerts to reduce alarm fatigue using machine learning techniques in health care settings.
Senior Health Data Sensors Now Available to Private Homes
When a Mizzou Engineer began using sensors to track senior health data in assisted living facilities more than a decade ago, the goal was to someday take that technology into private homes. COVID-19 is forcing that someday to be today. | competition, held during the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society's 2020 Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence earlier this week.
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A security manager receives a request for data that is subject to data security management. The security manager operates independently of a host partition and is not directly accessible or detectable by the host partition. The security manager determines whether to grant or deny access to the requested data based at least in part on a requesting user's authentication credentials. If the data request is approved, a security policy associated with the data is determined. In addition, instructions are sent to a system hypervisor to create a secure partition. The hypervisor loads the requested data and a verified version of an application necessary to access the data into the secure partition creating a secure environment for accessing the data.
Embodiments of the invention relate to security of computing devices, and more particularly to enterprise digital rights management.
Malware is a type of software designed to take over and/or damage a computer user's operating system, without his or her knowledge or approval. Once installed on a user's computer, it is often very difficult to remove, and depending on the severity of the program installed, its effects can range in degree from minimal and annoying (e.g. unwanted pop up ads), to irreparable damage requiring the reformatting of the computer's hard drive, since much of malware is poorly written.
Malware attacks often compromise the ability to determine with certainty the identity of a software program and may be classified as different types for purposes of discussion herein. Other classifications are possible. For purposes of description, the true software program to which the identity belongs may be referred to as the program of interest. One type of attack is one in which an attacker attempts to stop the program of interest from executing. Stopping execution of the program of interest can be accomplished by crashing the program or an operating system on which the program is running by modifying the machine code to result in an invalid machine instruction or other fatal fault. Alternately, data associated with the program of interest could be modified, for example, to cause a segmentation fault by changing an array bound. As another alternative, the program could be unloaded from the process table of a task manager to prevent the program from being scheduled for execution.
Another type of attack involves the attacker modifying the program of interest to cause it to perform an operation other than what was originally intended for the program. For example, an attacker may use the compromised host system to execute code to propagate a worm, or code to perform a denial of service attack against a remote target. One way to cause the program of interest to perform an unintended operation is exploitation of an input buffer or stack overflow vulnerability.
Another type of attack involves tampering with the program of interest. Program tampering is demonstrated when an attack successfully modifies the program of interest and attempts to hide its modifications. Hiding its modifications can be considered a form of covering the attacker's tracks. An example of program tampering is an attack that modifies the program of interest, executes the modifications, and then removes the modifications to restore the program of interest to its original state.
Two specific types of malware are trojan horses and spyware. Trojan horses can erase or overwrite data on<|fim_middle|>. In a case where security manager 300 includes software, the software data, instructions, and/or configuration may be provided via an article of manufacture by a machine/electronic device/hardware. An article of manufacture may include a machine accessible medium having content to provide instructions, data, etc. The content may result in an electronic device, for example, a filer, a disk, or a disk controller as described herein, performing various operations or executions described. A machine accessible storage medium includes any mechanism that provides (i.e., stores and/or transmits) information/content in a form accessible by a machine (e.g., computing device, electronic device, electronic system/subsystem, etc.). For example, a machine accessible storage medium includes recordable/non-recordable media (e.g., read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), magnetic disk storage media, optical storage media, flash memory devices, etc.). A machine propagation medium includes electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.), etc. The machine accessible storage medium may further include an electronic device having code loaded on a storage that may be executed when the electronic device is in operation. Thus, delivering an electronic device with such code may be understood as providing the article of manufacture with such content described above. Furthermore, storing code on a database or other memory location and offering the code for download over a communication medium via a propagated signal may be understood as providing the article of manufacture with such content described above.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating an embodiment of the invention. In one embodiment, a request is received for DRM-controlled data, 410. The request can be for reading, creating, copying, or modifying data that is, or will be, controlled by DRM. A security manager or other secure device that is isolated from the primary operating system receives the request. In one embodiment, the request is sent to a DRM server to verify the requesting user's authentication credentials. In this embodiment, the DRM server determines whether to approve or deny the request 430 based, at least in part, on the user's authentication credentials. If the DRM server does not approve the request, then access to the data is denied 440. However, if the request is approved, the DRM server determines the level of access to the data for the requesting user 450. In another embodiment, the request is processed locally in the security manager, including determining the level of access to the data for the requesting user. In one embodiment, the user is granted full access to the data, allowing the user to view, modify, copy, or move the requested data. In another embodiment, the user is granted some other level of access to the data. Instructions are sent to a hypervisor to create a new virtual partition 470 within which the user may access the requested data. Once the new partition has been created, a verified version of the application needed to access the data is loaded into the partition 480 along with the requested data. Besides what is described herein, various modifications may be made to the disclosed embodiments and implementations of the invention without departing from their scope. Therefore, the illustrations and examples herein should be construed in an illustrative, and not a restrictive sense. The scope of the invention should be measured solely by reference to the claims that follow.
providing access to the requested data via the application according to the determined access level of the requester.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the request for data is received by a security manager.
processing a response to the forwarded request to determine the data security policy.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein determining the data security policy comprises retrieving the data security policy from a local memory in the security manager.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data security policy comprises access and use controls for data.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the credential is based, at least in part, on one or more of a requester's identity, a requester's location, and a digital certificate.
a secure memory to locally store the verified version of the application.
8. The processor of claim 7, wherein the security manager forwards at least a portion of the data request to a data rights management (DRM) server on a network and processes a response to the forwarded request to determine whether to allow access to the requested data and to determine the data security policy.
9. The processor of claim 7, wherein the data security policy is based at least in part on authentication credentials of the requester.
10. The processor of claim 7, wherein the verified version of an application is stored on a network.
process a response to the forwarded request to determine the data security policy.
13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the data security policy comprises access and use controls for data.
14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the credential is based, at least in part, on one or more of a requester's identity, a requester's location, and a digital certificate. | a computer, corrupt files, set up networks of zombie computers to launch denial of service attacks or send spam, log keystrokes to steal passwords and credit card numbers, and install a backdoor on computers. Spyware allows an attacker to spy on the user of a computer and secretly report information such as browsing habits to other people.
Certain types of malware, such as trojan horses and spyware, mentioned above, do not directly spread in the manner of a computer virus or worm. In other words, an infected system generally does not attempt to transmit the infection to other computers. Rather, this type of malware gets onto a host system by deceiving a user or through exploitation of software vulnerabilities. The most direct route by which this malware can get on a computer involves the user installing it. However, users are unlikely to install software if they know that it may disrupt their working environment and compromise their privacy. Thus, many malware programs deceive the user, either by piggybacking on a piece of desirable software, or by tricking the user into doing something that installs the software without the user realizing it. An example might be a user opening and/or saving an attachment sent in an email which appears to be a harmless file but actually contains malicious code. Once infected data is accessed by the host system, the infection can propogate to the entire system.
Methods and apparatuses for securely accessing data are disclosed. A host computer receives a request for data subject to digital rights management (DRM). In response to receiving the request a data security policy is determined for the requested data including determining an access level to the requested data for the requester. The host computer system determining whether to grant access to the requested data based at least in part on a credential of the requester.
In response to granting access to the requested data, the host computer system creates a secure virtual partition in which to execute a software application to enable the requester to access the data. The secure virtual partition is independent of any other operating system running on the host computer and isolated from any other partition on the host computer.
The host computer system performs an integrity check on a version of the software application and loads the integrity-verified version of the application into the secure virtual partition. The host computer system then provides access to the requested data via the application according to the determined access level of the requester.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a system with a security manager.
FIG. 2A is a block diagram of an embodiment of a system showing a security manager.
FIG. 2B is a block diagram of an embodiment of a system showing a security manager.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment illustrating a security manager.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of the invention.
As used herein, references to one or more "embodiments" are to be understood as describing a particular feature, structure, or characteristic included in at least one implementation of the invention. Thus, phrases such as "in one embodiment" or "in an alternate embodiment" appearing herein describe various embodiments and implementations of the invention, and do not necessarily all refer to the same embodiment. However, they are also not necessarily mutually exclusive. Descriptions of certain details and implementations follow, including a description of the figures, which may depict some or all of the embodiments described below, as well as discussing other potential embodiments or implementations of the inventive concepts presented herein. An overview of embodiments of the invention is provided below, followed by a more detailed description with reference to the drawings.
Digital rights management (DRM), or data security management, is a broad term referring to any of several technical methods used to control or restrict the use of digital content on electronic devices with such technologies installed. In more specifics, DRM refers to a policy service in an enterprise that controls one or more of data classification, authentication (of a user), authorization to use data, and non-repudiation (attestation of a user's identity, e.g., via a digital certificate). The content most often restricted by DRM techniques include music, visual artwork, computer and video games, and movies. However, DRM may be employed to control any digital content, including documents, text files, data lists, application programs, and any other data.
In one embodiment of the invention, a user requests data that is controlled by data security management/digital rights management (DRM). As used herein, a request is to be understood as an exchange in either direction of data between a memory and a storage. A memory refers generally to volatile system memory, and a storage refers to a non-volatile storage. A request also refers to access or calling of data by a processor or central processing unit (CPU) from a memory (e.g., cache, random access memory (RAM)). Data refers to a grouping of one or more bits of information.
The user's request is received by a security manager. The security manager may include a service processor, either as separate hardware or as a secure partition, thread, virtual machine, etc., in the host system, and one or more software/firmware modules executing on the service processor to provide management/monitoring functions. A security module with a measurement engine could provide certain services to provide safeguards against the types of malware attack mentioned above. These services may include at least: detecting a state of the measured program's execution (e.g., agent presence), detecting if the measured program's executable code or configuration data has been modified in memory, and detecting if the measured program's configuration data has been modified by another entity. In one embodiment, the security manager includes ACTIVE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (AMT), available from INTEL CORPORATION of Santa Clara, Calif.
The security module on the platform is independent of one or more operating systems on the platform. As used herein, operating system independent refers to the concept that the operating system generally will not detect or have the ability to directly access the security module. A security module that is independent of the operating system is not subject to the same vulnerability of attack as the operating system. Thus, if the operating system is compromised or attacked, the integrity of the security module should remain unaffected. Besides being referred to as operating system independent, such a system may be referred to as "out of band," logically "below" the operating system, or by other terms that imply the concept that the security module does not generally require hardware or software controlled/managed by the operating system to exist. However, the functions of the security module may implicate hardware/software controlled by the operating system.
As discussed above, the security manager receives the request for DRM-controlled data. The requested data can be a document, file, list, image, video, audio clip or other data. The user may access the data for viewing, editing, modifying, copying, and/or transferring the data, but is not limited to these uses.
In one embodiment, the security manager sends the data request to a DRM server on a network. The security manager may access the DRM server via a wireless local area network (WLAN) or other wireless network connection. The DRM server may also be accessed via a Gigabit Ethernet connection as defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Std. 802.3, 1998, or some variant thereof. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other types of network connections can also be utilized without deviating from the spirit and scope of the invention.
In one embodiment, the DRM server proxies the authentication and authorization request to an identity management (IDM) Role Based Access Control (RBAC) system after receiving the data request. The IDM RBAC system approves or denies the request based on the requesting user's authentication/authorization credential. If the request is approved, notification is sent from the IDM RBAC system back to the DRM server approving the user to access the requested data. The approval is granular in the sense that a level of access can accompany the approval. In other words, an approved request can provide for a range of access to the requesting user, from read-only access to full and complete access depending on the user's credentials and/or other authentication information. The DRM server returns the approval to the security manager with instructions for the creation of a new partition and subsequent document transfer.
In one embodiment, instructions for creating a new partition are sent to a system hypervisor. A hypervisor is a computing device and/or scheme allowing multiple operating systems to run, unmodified, on a host computer at the same time. In order to have multiple operating systems running simultaneously, the hypervisor virtually partitions the host computer. In other words, a separate virtual partition is created for each operating system such that each operating system is independent of any other operating systems running on the host computer. Everything that takes place within the bounds of the virtual partition is isolated from other partitions and from the computer hardware itself.
In one embodiment, a hypervisor creates a new partition with security controls based on the instructions received from the security manager. In addition, the hypervisor adds the requested data and a "known good version" of an application for accessing the data to the new partition, and assigns the approved level of access. As used herein, "known good version" refers to a version of software that verifies or has been verified to have integrity. Software integrity can refer to a verification that the software program is what it claims to be, that the software has not been modified since being installed, that the software is loaded from an expected location, and/or that the software passes some other identity/integrity check. Techniques for performing integrity check may include the use of integrity check values, which are values that represent an unmodified or known correct state of software. The software can be compared from the system memory to the integrity check value to verify integrity of the software. These and other techniques are described in more detail in application Ser. No. 11/173,851, entitled "Signed Manifest For Run-Time Verification of Software Program Identity and Integrity," of Schluessler et al., filed Jun. 30, 2005. Other forms of verification may also be used.
Thus, the invention allows a system to isolate applications required to create/access/modify data by placing them into separate and secure partitions. This isolation provides protection against malicious code such as trojan horses and spyware.
Needed applications may be delivered to a secure partition each time the user needs to access data. To insure that the applications being used are not compromised or otherwise affected, the hypervisor loads a "known good version" of an application to the partition when required. As used herein, a "known good version" of an application is one that has been verified to be free from defects, infections, etc.
More particular description of certain implementations and embodiments follows in reference to the Figures.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a system with a security manager. Host system 100 represents an electronic system or computing system. For example, host system 100 can be a mobile computing device or mobile computing platform. Mobile computing devices may include laptop computers, handheld computing systems, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones, etc. Host system 100 may also be a desktop computer, a server-type computer, or a workstation. Host system 100 includes bus or bus system 102. Bus 102 is understood to be any number of lines, components, bridges, etc., to provide interconnectivity among multiple platform components. Bus 102 may include one or more multi-drop and/or single drop communication paths. Bus 102 represents one mechanism for coupling components with one another. Other forms of interconnection or coupling could be used. As used herein, coupled does not necessarily mean physically connected, although it may. Coupled or interconnected could mean physical connectivity, communicative coupling, and/or electrical coupling.
Processor 110 represents one or more computing elements of host system 100. Processor 110 can be any type of computing element, and may include one or more central processing units (CPUs), processing cores, digital signal processors (DSPs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), microcontrollers, etc., or some combination of these. Processor 110 generally provides computing resources to host system 100, and executes the main operations of host system 100. Processor 100 provides a hardware environment on which to execute a host operating system. Host system 100 also includes memory 120, which may include one or more components of random access memory (RAM), including dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), dual data rate RAM (DDR RAM), etc., or some combination of these. Memory 120 may also be understood as including one or more elements of cache. In general memory 120 provides temporary storage to provide instructions and data for processor 110 to compute/execute. Memory 120 can provide a resource into which to load programs to be executed on host system 100. Among other data or instructions stored in memory 120, memory 120 can include one or more applications 122 and an operating system (OS) 124. OS 124 is a main component of a software computing environment of host system 100.
In one embodiment, memory 120 also includes digital rights management (DRM) application 126, which represents one or more software components that interfaces OS 124 with security manager 130. DRM application 126 may be a native component of OS 124, or may exist as a separate application, function, dynamic linked library (DLL), etc. DRM application 126 provides communication between OS 124 and security manager 130. for example, DRM application 126 may provide information to security manager 130 regarding data and/or receive information from security manager 130 regarding security to apply to data.
Host system 100 also include one or more input/output (I/O) interfaces 140, which represent one or more components to provide interactivity with a user and/or interconnection with peripheral components and devices of host system 100. Host system 100 may include one or more network interfaces 150, which may be wired and/or wireless. Network interface 150 represents both hardware components (e.g., interface circuits, interface ports, controllers) as well as software components to run the hardware components (e.g., drivers), for either or both of wired or wireless interfaces.
Host system 100 includes mass storage 160, which represents one or more components to store data and/or programs in a non-volatile manner. Non-volatile storage is storage that maintains its information even if power is removed to the storage device. Thus, mass storage 160 may include one or more removable storage devices 162 (e.g., optical/magnetic disk drives), non-volatile storage 164 (e.g., flash or other semiconductor-based storage system, including universal serial bus (USB) storage compatibility), or magnetic hard disk drives (HDD) 166, or some combination of these.
In one embodiment, host system 100 includes security manager 130 to monitor and/or manage security for data in host system 100. Security manager 130 represents a security module according to any embodiment discussed herein. Security manager 130 includes policy 132, which represents either one or more security policies stored locally to security manager 130 or one or more security policies obtained remotely from host system 100 (e.g., over network interface 150), or some combination. Policy 132 provides rules related to the access, use, and/or dissemination of data with which policy 132 is associated. Security manager 130 is independent of OS 124, and provides management of security policy that is abstracted away from the context of the host operating system of host system 100.
FIG. 2A is a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention showing a platform 200 with a hypervisor 250 and a security manager 232. In one embodiment, a user makes a request to access data from the host operating system's primary partition 210. The data request can be processed by CPU 220 and then sent to memory hub 230. Within memory hub 230, the data request is received at the security manager 232. The security manager may consist of or include one or more hardware and/or software component(s) that operate outside the context of the primary partition 210. By running independently of, or in a manner/mode inaccessible by, the host operating system, the security manager 232 may have monitoring/management capabilities and/or security attributes not present in the context of the host operating system.
In one embodiment, security manager 232 determines a data security policy associated with the requested data. In one embodiment, security manager 232 determines the data security policy by processing the request locally. In another embodiment, security manager 232 determines the data security policy by forwarding the data request over a network 260 to DRM management server 270. The security manager 232 can access the network via wired local area network (LAN) 242 or via wireless LAN (WLAN) 244. DRM management server 270 proxies the data request to an ID manager 280. Specifically, ID manager 280 approves or denies the data request based on the requesting user's authentication and/or authorization credential.
A requesting user may receive authorization to access certain data but not other data. In other words, access to data is restricted on different levels to different users. In an illustrative example, the chief financial officer (CFO) of a company is granted access to sensitive company financial documents based on his/her authentication credential while a summer intern is denied access to those same documents based on his/her authentication credential.
Continuing with FIG. 2B, once the ID manager 280 approves or denies the data request, notification may be sent back to DRM management server 270. Where the notification includes an approval for the data request, DRM management server 270 may further develop the data security policy associated with the requested data by determining a level of access to the data for the requesting user. In one embodiment, the user is granted fall and complete access to the data. For example, the user may be given the ability to read, modify, copy/save, and/or print the requested data. In another embodiment, a user is given partial access to the data, for example the user may only be given read access to the data.
In one embodiment, the level of access to the data also depends on the type of data being requested. For security or other reasons, data of one type may be associated with a higher level of access than data of another type. The data type may be determined/distinguished based on a file type, data size, frequency of use of the data, or other characteristics.
In addition to determining a level of access to the data, the DRM management server 270 may also create instructions for a new partition to be created in connection with accessing the data. A new partition may be required given the nature of the data, the source of the request, or other factors that might cause DRM management server 270 to instruct that access to the requested data be isolated by the use of a partition. In one embodiment, not all data needs to be accessed in a separate partition. Only when DRM management server 270 determines that data needs to be accessed in a separate partition does the system create a new partition. In one example, DRM server 270 determines that all accesses to network data 262 be approved only where the requested data is accessed within a new and secure partition. Thus, if the network data contains malicious code or is otherwise infected, the extent of the damage that the infected data can cause is limited to the partition within which the data is being accessed. In another example, DRM server may determine that all data requests stemming from an email attachment be approved only where the requested data is accessed within a new and secure partition.
Referring again to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2B, DRM management server 270, having determined the associated security policy, sends the approval and the security policy back to the security manager 232 via wired LAN 242 or WLAN 244. Having received the approval, security manager 232 retrieves the data from the network 262.
Security manager 232 then sends the retrieved data, the data security policy, a known good version of the application needed to access the data, and the instructions to create a new partition to the hypervisor 250. Hypervisor 250 creates a secure partition 290 and add the known good version of the application 294 along with the data 292 and the associated security policy 296. In this way, a secure environment may be created in which to access the data 292.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a security manager. In one embodiment of the invention, the security manager handles data requests internally rather than sending them to a DRM server on a network. Security manager 300 includes control logic 310, which implements logical functional control to direct operation of security manager 300, and/or hardware associated with directing operation of security manager 300. Logic may be hardware logic circuits and/or software routines. In one embodiment, security manager 300 includes one or more applications 320, which represent code sequence and/or programs that provide instructions to control logic 310. Security manager 300 includes memory 330 and/or access to memory resource 330 for storing data and/or instructions. Memory 330 may include memory local to security manager 300, as well as, or alternatively, including memory of the host system on which security manager 300 resides. Security manager 300 also includes one or more interfaces 340, which represent access interfaces to/from security manager 300 with regard to entities (electronic or human) external to security manager 300. Interfaces 340 may include interfaces from security manager 300 to other components of a host system on which security manager 300 resides, as well as interfaces to entities external to the host system.
Security manager 300 also includes management engine 350, which represents one or more functions that enable security manager 300 to provide management of system resources. The functions include, or are provided by, one or more of determine data type feature 352, determine level of access feature 354, and determine security policy feature 356. Other features may be included, making other versions of management engine 350 that are more or less complex than what is shown. As used herein, feature may refer to a function, a module, a routine, a subsystem, etc., whether hardware, software, or some combination. Thus, "feature" should be interpreted in an illustrative, and not a restrictive sense. Each feature could be a module within security manager 300.
Determine Data Type feature 352 enables management engine 350 to determine the type of data that is subject to a data request. In one embodiment, Determine Data Type feature 352 separates a data type field from the data request. In another embodiment, Determine Data Type feature 352 includes the ability to access a memory manager of the primary host partition to look up or otherwise determine a data type based on a file extension.
Determine Level of Access feature 354 enables management engine 350 to determine a level of access to the data for a requesting user. Determine Level of Access feature 354 may determine the level of access based on the requesting user's authentication credentials, the determined data type, or a combination of these.
Determine Security Policy feature 356 enables management engine 350 to determine the security policy for the requested data. Determine Security Policy feature 356 may determine the security policy based on the type of data being requested and the level of access to the data granted for the requesting user. The security policy may also include instructions for creating a secure partition within which the data may be accessed.
Security manager 300 may include hardware, software, and/or a combination of these | 5,121 |
Underkoffler designed the interfaces for Minority Report and then made them real. While g-speak has been around for a few years, the real debut was at TED 2010 earlier this month.
Steven Spielberg asked John Underk<|fim_middle|> to a personal augmented reality system like Pranav Mistry's Sixth Sense. In any case, g-speak and the spatial operating environment look so frakkin' cool that I can't imagine it not succeeding on at least some level. Who wouldn't want to have access to the technology of 2054, today? | offler to help design a futuristic human computer interface for a movie that takes place in the year 2054. Little did Spielberg know that Underkoffler would adapt that concept from Minority Report and develop it into a real system 35 years ahead of schedule. Called g-speak, the system is a 'spatial operating environment' that allows you to point and gesture to control and move files across multiple displays. It's absolutely incredible looking. Underkoffler and his fellows at Oblong have already placed several of these systems in branches of the US government and Fortune 500 companies. The real unveiling, however, came at the 2010 TED Conference earlier in February, where g-speak and the spatial operating environment blew people's minds. Underkoffler said that he thought this system could be included with new computers in just five years. We have multiple video demonstrations of g-speak below so you can see for yourself. Be warned: you're going to want one.
Carlton Sparrell, Oblong's VP of Product Development, spoke at MIT's Media Lab back in October 2009. He highlighted how g-speak will allow users at multiple interfaces, in multiple locations, to share files in an intuitive manner as everyone jointly edits them. Sparrell's talk included the following demo video of g-speak that was created in 2008.
As cool as this system looks, it's specifications are even more incredible. G-speak tracks hands with 0.1mm spatial resolution at 100 Hz! Unless you're a virtuoso musician or a brain surgeon I doubt your motor control is anywhere near so precise. In the spatial operating environment, that resolution is put to good use: every pixel has a physical space associated with it. Every single pixel! In this way, a user can interact with anything she sees, manipulating virtual objects in the same area as they appear. Oblong even says that the system can work with 3D displays without any updates to its software. This goes a long way towards directly translating the digital world into the physical one.
Strangely, I can't find much information on how g-speak does this. Users must wear special gloves, which you can see in the videos, and these gloves provide some assistance in tracking gesture recognition. Beyond that, Oblong isn't very forthcoming as to what cameras, accelerometers, or wireless communications are used. Hopefully these hardware details will become more accessible after Underkoffler's TED video is released.
While demonstration videos are great, you have to wonder how the average user will feel trying to learn to work in a spatial operating environment. Luckily, at the same time that Sparrell was discussing Oblong's ambitious plans at MIT, other members of the company were experimenting with real world uses. Here we can see a virtual pottery application where the artist shapes the digital clay and then has a 3D frame of his work. Notice how the user is still adapting to some aspects of the gesture language but feels confident in others.
Let's take a look at Underkoffler's original concept for spatial operating environments in these clips from Minority Report. Feel free to skip around.
Watching the video above, it's clear that g-speak is an adaptation of the Minority Report idea, or vice versa. Gloves, gestures, huge shared display spaces – it's all there. We also get a good idea of how Oblong may envision future extensions of the spatial operating environment. Anyone familiar with Apple's iPad could see how tablet computing could easily attach to the g-speak concept as a means of taking one's work on the go. In the clips, a data pad is even used as a means of exchanging files between systems. You also get the sense that the environment works best when coupled with a massively powerful graphics engine so that every movement of the user can correspond to instantaneous changes in displayed digital information.
Curiously, what you don't see is any inclusion of haptics. Those special gloves could easily be fitted with vibrating rings to give users the sensation of touching what they are seeing. Also, none of these demos truly give me an idea of who the ultimate user of this product will be. Does Oblong envision g-speak as a universal replacement for mouse and keyboard? Underkoffler mentioned at TED that he thought these systems may be included with new computers in less than five years. If so, how are we going to use g-speak? Most of us aren't video editors, or responsible for coordinating military missions, or cops sifting through the visual memories of psychics – we just edit word processor files, browse the web, and watch media. Those tasks don't require advanced human-computer interfaces.
But maybe they will. Maybe developments in these gesture technologies will change the way in which we use our computers, making our browsing more multi-space, multi-level, and multi-tasking. It's hard to say. With SDKs available for Linux and Mac OSX developers, it could be that third parties take this platform and discover its ultimate end-use. Maybe we'll see something closer | 1,041 |
Located 25 miles north of Columbia Falls, MT along the western border<|fim_middle|>. | of Glacier National Park, Polebridge and The Polebridge Mercantile, called The Merc, give you a glimpse of life of years gone by. The population of Polebridge is no more than 100 and that's during the summer high season. Don't expect the usual amenities during your visit to Polebridge as any place you find with electricity is making their own, either with a propane or diesel generator, or solar panels, or possible even a water wheel.
And phone service? Don't expect to use your smart phone. Cell phone service is non-existent but if you're lucky enough, you might find a place close enough to the Polebridge Ranger Station located inside Glacier Park with land line service. Yes, land line service comes from a phone line laying on the bottom of the North Fork of the Flathead River connecting Polebridge to the rest of the world. And, you will actually find a pay phone just outside The Merc – yup a real live working pay phone.
How about plumbing? Get used to the facilities or lack there of. Yes, the only public bathroom in Polebridge is a 2 unit outhouse – one for men and one for women. But they do provide hand sanitizer.
And heat? Be prepared to spend time gathering firewood. We always say gathering your own firewood heats you three times – once when you cut and gather it, once when you split it, and finally when you burn it. On the bright side, there's nothing like wood heat – it's cozy.
So how did Polebridge, a town located in one of the most remote places in the lower 48 states, come to be. Settlement in the area started in the late 1800's. Rumors of gold created a minor gold rush when a gold nugget was found in a quartz outcrop in the Quartz Lake area, although no quantity of gold was discovered beyond that. And then there was the discovery of coal in the Coal Creek area. But the quality of the coal was poor, thus short lived. Some of the coal miners cleared a few of the mining cabins and tried to ranch but due to poor range and severe winters the ranches were soon abandoned. An oil seepage was reported near the head of Kintla Lake which created a minor oil rush, but do to drilling difficulties, this prospect was abandoned also.
Some of the folks that arrived during these rushes stayed on and set up settlements in the meadows both on the east and west side of the North Fork River – now the western boundary of Glacier National Park. They lived off the land – hunting, trapping, farming, and picking up the occasional quick income job when it came along.
One noted settler was William "Bill" Adair. He originally settled on the east side of the North Fork River in 1895 and established a general store and hotel on land he leased. It was a 2½ story log structure with living quarters for the Adairs. Four bedrooms, and a large dining room to accommodate travelers venturing up the North Fork.
In 1901, a road was constructed on the east side of the North Fork River starting at Belton. They called this road the North Fork Truck Trail which made access to the North Fork area easier. It was a narrow path, one track, cut through the forest over rocks, stumps, tree roots, and chuck holes with corduroy bridges – logs laid down across wet meadows so wagons could cross without sinking in the mud. River crossings to the west side were at the Hinshaw ford across from Akokola Creek and the ford at the Quartz Creek outlet.
The Forest Homestead Act of 1906 provided the opportunity for settlers in this area to acquire 160 acre plots to establish permanent settlements on both sides of the North Fork River. Many settlers took advantage of the Homestead Act and by 1910, when Glacier National Park was established, there were 14 homestead claims on the west side of the North Fork River and 44 homestead claims on the east side of the North Fork River.
After Glacier National Park was established, homesteading inside the Park was very limited and some of the homestead claims were relinquished simultaneously. These claims became known as inholders and an early Park policy was not to bother these homesteaders but that would change over the years. These homesteaders petitioned the Park Administration to exclude the North Fork area of the Park from being part of the Park but the government was unreceptive to this idea so many of these inholders relinquished their homestead claims and moved to the west side of the North Fork River.
Most of the homesteaders were hunters and trappers and worked seasonal jobs with the Park Service and National Forest Service. These jobs consisted of cooks, fire lookouts, forest fire fighters, and packers. One homesteader, Kid Fredericks, a former prize fighter, built a log gymnasium and ran a boxing camp for local youth hopefuls. Another homesteader, George Grubb (originally from Texas), added log cabin building and bootlegging to supplement his trapping income.
In 1913, a 400′ pole bridge was constructed by the homesteaders over the North Fork River; however, it only lasted one season. The pole bridge was rebuilt in 1916 by Flathead County. Construction of a road on the west side of the North Fork River began in 1913 and was completed in 1915. The completion of this road led to more homesteading claims on the west side of the North Fork River.
Bill Adair's land lease inside Glacier Park came up for bid in the early 1900's but he was outbid and filed a homestead claim on the west side of the North Fork River and built his homestead cabin on his claim where he lived with his family. In 1914 with help from community members, he built a mercantile known as Adair's. His wives (his first wife died and he married again) ran the store while he fished, drank, and grew giant cabbage.
A half mile north of Adair's Mercantile towards the Glacier Park entrance, Ben Hensen Sr built another store in 1920 thinking Adair's prices were outrageous. He won the post office contract and his wife submitted to name their store and post office Polebridge, and was accepted. During the Depression, he closed his store and the Polebridge post office moved to Adair's.
Adair's Mercantile was more than a supply store, grocer, and post office, it was the community meeting place. It was where homesteaders in the area would stop to eat on their all-day trip to Belton (now West Glacier). Adair owned the store until just after WWII. Ben Rover purchased it in 1943 and operated it for several years.
Adair's original homestead cabin served as the residence for owners of the store until the early 1950's when living quarters were built above the Polebridge Mercantile. It was a rental cabin until 1976 and then converted into a restaurant now called the Northern Lights Saloon & Cafe.
Adair's original homestead had 3 other buildings on it – an ice-house, a shop, and a barn. The barn burned to the ground during the Red Bench Fire of 1988. The buildings on Adair's homestead make up the W. L. Adair General Mercantile Historic District and was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1986. Inside, The Merc still bears the hand-hewed logs by Bill Adair.
The Polebridge Mercantile, known as The Merc, was purchased by Dan Kaufman in 1991, a third generation baker from Idaho. He established a bakery in The Merc which is now the feature of the Polebridge Mercantile. After 15 years, Dan sold The Merc but the legacy of his recipes has lived on through subsequent owners. It is currently owned by a Kalispell, MT native, Will Hammerquist, and this unique bakery still exists.
It produces many different kind of pastries – both breakfast sweet rolls and lunch savory rolls. They also have a wide variety of cookies, bars, and desserts. A very unique experience indeed.
The town of Polebridge now consists of a few year-round residents and mostly summer-only residents. The Polebridge Mercantile and the Northern Lights Saloon & Cafe still remain the social center of the community. Besides the many hikers, campers, and visitors to Glacier National Park that visit Polebridge each summer, the town has a couple of noted annual events.
One of these events is the 4th of July Parade through town passing in front of the Polebridge Mercantile. It is a parade like you've never experienced before. They also host the Root Beer Classic Dog Sled Race in March, snow permitting. It's referred to as our local Montana Iditarod. You can enter 12 dog teams, up to 6 dog teams, and up to 4 dog teams. It's a fun event with a grand prize of a bottle of Root Beer.
During your visit to Glacier National Park, plan a trip to Polebridge, it will be an experience you'll not soon forget | 1,934 |
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After my first time at Deafrave, (Deaf Rave 2019<|fim_middle|> there, my love to the disabled people.
The other one is the music technology Subpacs. https://subpac.com/ We'll be using them tonight as performance in DJs and maybe one or two of the performers wish to use it so we want to change the perspective that Deaf people can use the technology and actually perform and use these Subpacs so it had made wonders and you know it doesn't mean that if you're completely Deaf and can't perform. It's changing, it's changing."
Ceri was also delighted with Subpacs:
"We need Subpacs, I was born Deaf. I started using them a few years ago and it made a massive difference. It pushed my professionalism way up, I can feel the beat more. I can mix it better, now I've done a new level, I set up a SoundCloud, I send mixes all round the world, and lots of people text me "Wow, you smash up again!" I'm trying to build up a fanbase of 10,000 people, that's my dream. They know I'm Deaf, they see SoundCloud DJ Karma, just click it and enjoy the music. Four sets I done before Christmas. The reason why I want to show the hearing DJs some of whom don't believe you can be a Deaf DJ. Some DJs are catching on to what I'm doing."
Long Van Minh (MC Geezer) was also pleased at the adaptations the bar staff made:
"They know a bit of Sign Language so when the Deaf people ask for a drink, they will be able to communicate very easily and also, we spoke to the bouncers so they learn how to communicate with the Deaf people so there should be no problems at all. The bouncers are hearing but they're working with two guys who are Deaf that know about bouncers so they can watch and if there are any problems they'll work together to deal with the problems, I presume there won't be any problems at all, but if there is then it's very effective for dealing with miscommunication.
Tonight is going to be crazy, we've got people coming from international, we've got Portuguese, Polish, they're all coming over to party with us for New Year's Eve, it's going to be really awesome, we've got people coming left, right and centre."
Finally I asked Troi (who was rushed off his feet but still managed to find time for an interview) what Deafrave means to him:
"It's a unity thing we do for our community, that's why I do it."
After hearing how nervous I was as the only non-signer, Troi said:
"Wait till 12, you'll be floating on a sea of hands."
To help out with Deafrave email deafrave@gmail.com To book the Colours Hoxton Bar email manager@colourshoxton.com
Edmund West is an autistic freelance journalist who has been writing articles since 2007. He also works with Autistic adults and has an MA in history. He has written for several magazines: Press Gazette, Wired, Military History Monthly, History Today, etc.
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How Deaf friendly are our gadgets? | ) I could not wait to go again. After years of reading and writing about the Deaf community, that was the first time I had seen it face to face.
Deafrave's New Year's Eve party was at the Colours Bar in Hoxton. Little did I know that Deafrave can literally save lives.
DJ Ceri Karma explained how Deafrave saved him:
"I have mental health problems, the Deafrave saved me because I tried to end my life three times. I didn't know about Deafrave. My sister gave me a Deafrave ticket, I said 'What's that?' I went to it in the summer of 2005, I saw Troi Lee, I met Deaf DJ, and I realised I can do it. Then I started straight away in 2006 new year Deafrave."
He went through his plan for the evening:
"We'll count to ten tonight, Happy New Year, I'll play one minute past 12 till 1am. First we'll have uplifting pop and dance music then it'll be Hip-Hop, Reggae, R&B all nice and mixed. I have a break and then it's 2-3am in the club lounge and it's really fast uplifting drum and bass, house. I've been doing it for 14 years, I know the right music for the Deaf people, I'm just working on my DJ set. Hearing people like to have less bass and for Deaf people they can't feel it if the bass is too low and our bass is up really high pitched."
Despite my nervousness of being the only non signer, I was able to communicate with a few and to my astonishment I bumped into a Deaf person I had met years before on the other side of London. I also met a professor of Deaf Studies.
One man in a robin jumper taught me the sign for robin while I also learned the sign for cocktail (miming shaking a cocktail mixer) and got corrected on how to sign 'nice'. I was rubbing my lips with a thumb when you should rub the chin.
As time went by I found myself trying to overcome my aversion to eye contact and started unconsciously exaggerating my facial expressions. Possibly this was me trying to compensate for my lack of Sign.
The organiser of Deafrave, Troi Lee (DJ Chinaman) was delighted with the venue:
"I must say, this is the first time in my life that I've actually been offered a New Year's Eve party, that's absolutely fabulous, so a big thank you to Colours at Hoxton for giving me this wonderful opportunity.
I didn't have a barrier this time. But, nevertheless, saying that, I did have to struggle over the years, so maybe my campaign and my elevation of Deaf culture and Deaf music slowly broke down those barriers."
I asked him what changes they had made to the venue:
"There are two things that have been very important to update.
First is the disabled lift at Colours Hoxton. Colours have made an effort to try and make this a disabled access venue and I just couldn't believe that the disabled wheelchair user has arrived and the lift is working and now she's ready to rock and roll and party hard for New Year's Eve London. Enough love to them people | 694 |
Agrigento was another destination<|fim_middle|>).
The entrance to the "garden" of different sites is from the top of the hill. That is really handy as going downhill is preferable on a sunny day with high temperatures. It is best to have a guide with you or do some homework, to get familiar with the things you see in Agrigento valley of the temples.
This archaeological park hosts 8 temples (built between 510 BC & 430 BC). These are: the Temple of Hera, the Temple of Concordia, the Temple of Hephaestos, the Temple of Demeter, the Temple of Heracles, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Temple of Castor and Pollux, and the Temple of Asclepius.
One of the first things you will visit is this Temple, or temple of Juno Lacinia. It is nicely preserved and dominates the area.
As you walk down the main pathway to more temples and archaeological sites, you will notice the walls that were part of the fortification scheme. These walls had different usage during the ages. They were protection walls, but they shifted to tombs. That is the reason you can see those rounded small caves insides the walls.
Different tomb settings will be also found during your walk.
The best preserved temple of this area, is this one. The temple has gone through different changes during the ages. Most recent one is its transformation to a Christian church at some point, where the temple was divided into 3 rooms (according to a church structure). You will see them if you just walk by its side.
Just before you reach the temple you will pass from this villa. The villa belonged to a passionate with archaeology person.
He bought the villa and did many excavations. He actually restored the temple up to some point, since the columns you see were not like that, but scattered around in pieces.
Few elements from the temple still remain, with the statue of a Telamon guard being the most impressive one.
The Telamon statues were huge and were used in the temple structure (front side). See the size analogy below. However, this statue of Telamon is not the original one but a copy. The original is kept under controlled environment conditions in the museum.
Now that is a unique set of horns, right? This species is a unique one and only exists here in Agrigento and is called Girgentana. It's origins are unknown, yet scattered information claims they may come from Afghanistan. It is a protected species and its main characteristic is these twisting horns you see.
Pretty cool things to do and see in the Unesco World Heritage site of Agrigento, right? You will learn a lot for this place, which by the way was part of the historical "Magna Crecia" (means Greater Greece). Check our post for Cefalu too. | in Sicily, Italy we loved. The reason? It's name comes from the Greek word "Akragantas" and all the temples in its archaeological site relate to Greek heroes and deities. It is a Unesco World Heritage site.
We didn't have the time to visit the city, as the main focus was in the archaeology part, and the reason people flock here. The city of Agrigento is beautifully situated at the top of a hill, overlooking all the ancient sites (Valley of the Temples | 106 |
The first time I studied at the Institute was in July 2011 and I remember in anticipation of that trip I was pretty nervous. I didn't know if I had the stamina or depth of practice to keep par. I remember though that once I was in the swing of things, I was actually quite pleased. I felt I had been well prepared for the month of study and I was absolutely where I should be with respect to my practice. I could modify as I needed to and I didn't need to do everything perfectly. It was reaffirming. On that trip, I learned a lot – interesting tidbits of how to do poses differently, new ways of understanding familiar presentations of the poses, and glimpses of<|fim_middle|> offer." Not something that will someday be attained, but something always in our grasp. | how to move the practice to a deeper place.
This trip is similar in that I also learned interesting tidbits of how to do poses differently, new ways of understanding familiar presentations of the poses, and glimpses of how to move the practice to a deeper place, but the underlying feel or mood of the trip is very different. This time around I am completely and utterly aware of how little I know. It's not to say that I feel ill prepared to be here, I don't. I think that it's just that the extent and depth of the subject matter has been revealed in an illuminating way. Being in the presence of BKS Iyengar, Geetaji, & Prashanti is humbling beyond words, and even sharing the practice hall with the distinguished teachers who come from across the globe to study with the Iyengars has left its mark.
The stillness of mind, the 'effortless effort' is to be sought at every stage of practice. Being reminded of this, for me, was huge.
I like that, "at every stage, asana has something to | 226 |
This article will be published in Church of the Redeemer's newsletter next week.
Gosh—my last<|fim_middle|>am of the Hebrew Scriptures, the deepness of the now. This is who we are, here and now: broken and beautiful human beings, breathing in the breath of God.
And so my last Redeemer News article ever. If I could leave you with anything it would be the courage to rely on God and to step out of what you know. Deep peace be with you all. | Redeemer News article ever. That's big. I remember the last few weeks of college, going around campus with my friends saying things like, "This is the last time we'll ever go to Chemistry for Dummies," and "This is the last time we'll ever go to a play here," and "This is the last time I'll ever skip across campus." It got a bit ridiculous, really—-when we were manufacturing things that could be the last time we did them when in fact it was the first time…well, you get the point. We were a bit hysterical at that point. I'm not there yet, but just wait. One Sunday, I'll be in the middle of the Eucharistic Prayer and suddenly say, "This is the last time I'll ever dance a jig in Redeemer's Sanctuary," or something.
These endings are important, though, aren't they? We can't just laugh them off or say that it'll all be okay in time. There's a little bit of death when someone leaves a church, clergy or no. It will be okay in time but that's not a lot of comfort in the moment. I've learned from watching Charlie celebrate at funerals that the grief of someone's death is just as necessary to feel as the hope we have in Christ's resurrection. And I do feel grief. In the last five years, I've fallen in love with you. From my first summer when I had no idea what I was doing—-either in youth ministry or in using the copy machine—-to three years ago when I let my sense of justice and youthful excitement run away with me, to the past few months when you've welcomed my daughter with joy. You have made me a priest.
It is not easy to discern a new call. I suppose it smacks of being tired of the old one. Or at least uninterested in it. But that can't be further from the truth. Redeemer is a vibrant place, full of challenge and hope. I can see a fantastic road ahead of you. And I see a smaller path branching off towards UC. I have done what I came here to do—-whether I knew what that was at the beginning or not—-and now it's time to follow the Spirit somewhere else.
Bishop Thompson once said that we're all interims. Certainly the clergy have a habit of leaving, but so, too, do you. It is the community which continues—the Redeemer community and the Christian community. This life we live is beautiful and exciting and heartbreaking. And temporary. "Weeping endures the night, but joy comes in the morning" the Psalmist wrote. We live in the present moment, the ol | 556 |
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Shows, Encounters, Demonstrations: Creature Features, Kiddie Corral and others. | you can touch, hold, and learn about different types of rabbits. Lots of baby bunnies! Eggstravaganza! Enjoy egg hunting in a whole new fashion. Choose your style of egg hunting and don't worry about fighting the crowds! Find that one special egg or collect as many as you can and redeem them for prizes and treats! Learn all the Eggs and maybe even see one hatch!
Other activities include: Groom, Pet, and even ride a donkey, hear the Easter Story, Hold chicks and ducks with assistance from zoo staff, bottle feed baby goats and sheep. Add ons can be purchased day of at the ticket booth, prices range. Don't forget you can still enjoy a camel encounter hay wagon and wildlife walk to see animals from alligators, kangaroos, lemurs, wolves, and more!!!
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Our future-focused approach to new product development makes our services enduringly adaptable.
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Our flexible and dynamic business model keeps us at the forefront of telecoms innovation. And by listening to customers, we ensure that our solutions are constantly evolving to meet their needs. In June 2017, Liquid Telecom raised $700m in a bond and term-loan issue that will help Liquid Telecom refinance debt and provide a war chest for further acquisitions.
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Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Telecommunications or similar
Post graduate Degree or Masters Degree e.g. MBA
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Network Operations, Assurance and Delivery, direction and management
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Risk management, disaster recovery, business continuity
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Regional Operations and other OPCO€™s
Financial Management, budgeting and control
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Service Delivery and Operations Strategy & Business Planning: Weight:
In conjunction with the LTSA Executive Management Team, participates in and contributes to the Strategic Business Plan for SD and Operations as well as ASD, Off Net / On-Net:
Carrying out market and spatial analysis and demand forecasting in conjunction with €˜Enterprise and Consumer€™ Business Units
Directing the high-level architecture and design to, and for the SD & Customer, including expertise evaluation and selection, research, identification and development of Customer network requirements
Managing the network products and services for entire lifecycle to ensure sustainability and operational efficiency;
Developing the 3 to 5-year Strategic Plan for LTSA, devolving this into the SD & Customer Annual Operating Plan with agreed objectives and targets
Ensuring SD & Customer satisfaction into Africa.
Service Delivery, Offnet & Wireless partnerships, Advanced Solution delivery in market leadership
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Represents LTSA as official spokesperson on SD, ASD, Offnet & Wireless matters and providing technical support and inputs on regulatory matters.
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Provides guidance to the Executives and other CEO€™s (OPCO€™s) in the consolidation of the Departmental budgets;
Consolidates the budget proposals from the Executives annually, and submits the Offnet, ASD, SD & Operations Financial Budget to the CFO and CEO, and prepare Budget for Board and Group
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Ensures that the investment is executed through the relevant Executives and Senior Managers, of Service Management, Offnet, ASD, SD, Implementation & Operations
Manages the ROI and Total Cost of Ownership for all projects in collaboration with the CFO and CEO.
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Plans and monitors the operational expense with respect to existing and future Offnet, ASD, SD & Operations expenses;
Provides a total cost of ownership and ROI in terms of operational costs related to SD & Customer expansions.
Monitors the Offnet, ASD, SD & Operations monthly through the Executive, and identifies and addresses variances.
Network Direction and Management:
Planning and Quality management for Offnet, ASD, SD & Operations
Manages the capacity / dimensions planning and the quality for and of the SD & Customer through the Executives;
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Radim Vrbata Has Been Vancouver Canucks' MVP So Far This Season
By Douglas Smith
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Not many had the Vancouver Canucks as an NHL Western Conference contender, but the moves made by rookie GM Jim Benning are paying off.
Ryan Miller was the splash signing while Radim Vrbata was considered a low-risk depth signing.<|fim_middle|>39, "Like" him on Facebook, or add him to your network on Google.
Tyler Toffoli Has Been the Kings MVP So Far | However, when the team got off to a slow start offensively, Vrbata was the one constant and he continues to make important contributions that have propelled the Canucks to an 18-10-2 record. Vrbata has been the team's MVP through 30 games.
Many critics suggested that Vrbata would struggle moving away from his comfort zone in Arizona. That thought was quickly dismissed with him finding ways to score. He leads the team with 12 goals, which is four more than those tied for second, Nick Bonino and Jannik Hansen. Daniel and Henrik Sedin have 26 points, which is three more than Vrbata. Vrbata has 11 of his 23 points on the power play.
Looking into the stats a bit closer shows that Vrbata has been clutch. He has contributed eight goals, 15 total points and a +6 rating on the road. He has two game-winning goals on the year. He has also scored four times when the game was tied. Also, 10 of his goals have come in the last two periods. Vrbata has also averaged a minute more on the ice in the team's wins.
Coach Willie Desjardins has been keeping the former Arizona Coyotes winger active with plenty of ice time starring on the first line for much of the season. He was dropped down momentarily, but he continued to score. Of the team's forwards, Vrbata has the third-most ice time behind the Sedin twins. He is averaging over 21 shifts per game.
Vrbata has cooled off a bit in December and the team is currently on a two-game losing streak. However, they are still in the playoff race in the highly contested Western Conference. They may not be there if Vrbata would have struggled.
Douglas Smith is a soccer writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @DFresh | 396 |
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Cranston, II, 2018
A tad unexpected, but more than welcome is this second effort by Cranston, simply titled II. And again the songs were written by the guy that can do no wrong, singer Phil Vincent, and axe slinger (and AOR God according to<|fim_middle|> all coming together producing a sonic utopia. Named after the town Vincent was born and still resides, CRANSTON will keep you coming back for more.
CRANSTON:
Phil Vincent – Lead and Background Vocals
Paul Sabu – Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
B.F. D'Ercole – Drums
Album out July 22 – 2016. First taste: | the press blurb) Paul Sabu. Helping out on drums is again B.F. D'Ercole.
And where I felt their first was a really solid affair with many cracking songs, on this one they have upped their game a notch or two (II 🙂 ). When you hit play you are welcomed by the fierce riff of Always On The Run. Okay, on the surface the guitar melody bears a slight resemblance to an AC/DC track, but the thing is catchy as hell. And from there on they only seem to go upwards. What's It Gonna Take is spiced with some sitar alike sounds, and again the chorus is killer. Cool video too. Wrong Side Of Town, adds a bit of country it seems, but still rocks and grooves. Soul Crusher on the other hand, is a slow burner. After a soothing mysterious intro, the mid tempo drums kick in, and the guitars gain momentum. Fine organ and keyboards as well, really adding depth.
Lots of variation in between the 11 tracks. But all prove that Phil and Paul have a great thing going. Fingers crossed we are treated to more of this.
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Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Phil Vincent, AOR God Paul Sabu, D'Ercole drummer B.F. D'Ercole, together form CRANSTON. Their new album "II" defies any easy pigeonhole. By turns, they perform melodic rock to accompany a throbbing backline as in "What's it Gonna Take" and "Always on the Run", singing about life, love, and everything surrounding it. Then suddenly dropping a pop song worthy of massive attention in the form of "Wish I Had More Time". Then changing course to insight the metal fury of "Throwin' Down", "Dead & Gone" and "Tables Turning". CRANSTON "II" checks all the boxes. They top it all off with a massive production on par with the most successful albums of our time– This, all skilfully blended into a seamless flow. Watch What's It Gonna Take:
Legendary Dutch punkrock / psychedelic / classic rock band Cellar Dwellers are back, and they are stronger than ever! Since their establishment in 1990 things might have been turbulent at times, but now they are more determined than ever to amaze their audience with their energy and enthusiasm.
The current line up consists of:
Sven – guitar and vocals (founder of the band)
Andy – vocals
Sander – guitar
Ritchie – drums
Marcel – bass
Besides playing live on a regular base, they set out to record and release 4 EP's. Parts 1 and 2 were released independently earlier. Rock Company is proud to help the band with the distribution of these EP's and also arranged a digital release.
Part 3 was released early 2018 and after the current release of Part 4, these 2 will storm the digital platforms as well. And with part 4 the picture and the Chronicles are complete! 6 tracks this time.
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Sky Empire are a UK based progressive metal band with a distinctive sound, redefining the entire genre.
Let yourself be guided by the music as Sky Empire take their listeners on a journey, interweaving emotive storytelling through the fabric of powerful and evocative music.
Effortlessly and effectively blending the likes of Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Dream Theater and Symphony X, Sky Empire are preparing to take 2018 by storm in the launch their new album, The Dark Tower.
There are no new acts coming through in the progressive metal scene doing what Sky Empire do, marrying artfully and thoughtfully the band's propensity for daring musicianship with grandiose compositions set within the soundscape of modern metal music.
Listen to samples of the album:
Cranston, Self Titled, 2016
So, what can we expect from an album with rock icon Paul Sabu together with the hardest working man in the business, Phil Vincent? Both multi-instrumentalists, but here Sabu is taking care of instruments and some backing vocals, Vincent is delivering most of the lead and backing vocals and B.F. D'Ercole is on board for the drumming.
Well, opening track Long Long Way to Go makes clear what we are dealing with here. This is the melodic rock so very popular in the eighties, but transported into this day and age. So it has a modern, and at times maybe even somewhat metallic edge to it. But the hooks and the melodies are there. Second song You Oughta Know is one of the most instant tracks on offer. Killer chorus and riff, and will be roaming through your brain for days. See You On The Other Side continues the siege with confidence and swagger and rules like there's no tomorrow.
But in fact every single one of the 10 songs on the album is killer. No ballads, just rockers, all with truck loads of melody and the right amount of guitar and keyboards on the solid foundation provided by drums and bass.
Plain and simply these 2 giants have been inspiring each other to great heights and delivered a must have rock album.
Rock Company introduce CranstoN
Hailing from Rhode Island comes the next chapter in the never ending Phil Vincent story. Teaming up with rock icon Paul Sabu, the pieces are now in place for a truly special listening experience. Produced and mixed by Sabu, 10 slices of modern melodic rock will shake you to the core. Massive hooks laid over throbbing bass lines, with screaming guitar licks and pounding drums, | 1,168 |
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The Loneliest Runner
I recently did the "Tour de Lake Arrowhead" ride in, of all places, Lake Arrowhead.
There were 2 options for me: the metric century (100km, 66 miles) and the metric half (33 miles). My first instinct was to do the full 100k. 66 miles was a good distance for me to be doing at that point in training, so no problem.
The full century had 6,000 feet of climbing. That's a lot of hills, but I don't mind the climbs. Well, to be more accurate, I recognize that climbing is a great way to<|fim_middle|>, I had been more worried about the the huge hill in the middle of the course, so I couldn't figure out what was the big deal about the itty-bitty hill at the beginning.
Well, race profiles can be deceiving. That short hill was VERY steep. And because it was so early in the ride, we weren't warmed up at all. It was a little rough, but I have relatively good climbing legs still. I probably passed 20 people going up.
Going down the other side was a different story. I'm sure 40 people passed me. These were steep, narrow, winding mountain roads with hairpin turns and I was riding my brakes the entire way. Scary stuff.
Because it was a small ride, it was fairly lonely at times. We spread out a lot so I would have long stretches without seeing any other riders. It was a complicated route with a lot of turns on tiny residential streets, but was fairly well-marked.
The support area at the turn-around had a cool Hawaiian theme which was nice, and they also had bagels with real peanut butter. Wow. I LOVE peanut butter and bagels and I really had to control myself and not completely pig out. They also had a kind of a cheesy Hawaiian Luau theme going, so that was an added bonus.
You would think that a bike ride around Lake Arrowhead would have beautiful scenery. And I guess it did. But after about 20 miles or so, I really couldn't care less about the scenery. My head was down and I was just staring at the road 20 feet ahead the entire time. It was a LONG climb on the way back, and again- lots of sharp turns on tiny switchback roads. I had little interest in looking up at any "scenery".
All-in-all, a nice ride. I would have liked to have done a longer ride, IF the additional mileage was flat. Thirty three miles of hills and 20 miles of flat roads would have been great, but you just can't get that kind of terrain in Arrowhead.
* "Wheezing like a 10 pound hummingbird": Used without permission from Brad.
posted by Wedgie @ 9:48 PM | train so I'm willing to go up mountains. No problem.
The rides start at an altitude of 5,200 feet. Problem.
I was in Lake Arrowhead a few weeks before and did a one-hour ride. I was wheezing like a 10 pound hummingbird*. There is not a lot of oxygen up there, and I was really feeling the effects so I decided to do the half-century ride instead. It still had over 3,000 feet of climbing which is not too shabby.
I had a feeling this was going to be a low-key ride, and I was proven correct at packet pick-up the night before. One of the race organizers was casually chatting with people: he asked the guy next to me what his name was and the guy replied "Bob Smith". The organizer said "ah yes, you're doing the ride with your wife Mary, right?" He asked me where I was from, and then said "so you're the by from Glendale...we have 2 people from Burbank coming up as well." When the race organizer has the attendee list memorized, you know you're dealing with a small event.
On ride morning, I'd guess there were about 100 bikers total across the different distances so it had a nice small-town feel. Before the start, the race director kept warning us over and over about the first hill | 287 |
Rubidium is a chemical element with symbol Rb and atomic number 37. Rubidium is a incredibly soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group. Rubidium metal shares similarities to Potassium metal and Cesium metal in physical apperance, such as softness and conductivity. Rubidium cannot be stored under atmospheric Oxygen as a highly exothermic reaction will ensue, sometimes even resulting in the metal catching fire.
Rubidium is the first alkali metal in the group to have a density higher than that of Oxidane(water), so it sinks unlike the metals above it in the group. Rubidium has a standard atomic weight of 85.4678. On Earth, natural rubidium comprises two isotopes: 72% is the stable isotope, 85Rb; 28% is the slightly radioactive 87Rb, with a half-life of 49 billion years—more than three times longer than the estimated age of the universe.
German chemists Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff discovered rubidium in 1861 by the newly developed technique, flame spectroscopy. The name comes from the Latin word rubidus, meaning deep red, the color of its emission spectrum. Rubidium's compounds have various chemical and electronic applications. Rubidium metal is easily vaporized and has a convenient spectral absorption range, making it a frequent target for laser manipulation of atoms. Rubidium is not a known nutrient for any living organisms. However, rubidium ions have the same charge as potassium ions, and are actively taken up and treated by animal cells in similar ways.
Rubidium is a very soft, ductile, silvery-white metal. It is the second most electropositive of the stable alkali metals and melts at a temperature of 39.3 °C (102.7 °F). Like other alkali metals, rubidium metal reacts violently with water. As with potassium (which is slightly less reactive) and caesium (which is slightly more reactive), this reaction is usually vigorous enough to ignite the hydrogen gas it produces. Rubidium has also been reported to ignite spontaneously in air. It forms amalgams with mercury and alloys with gold, iron, caesium, sodium, and potassium, but not lithium (even though rubidium and lithium are in the same group).
Rubidium has a very low ionization energy of only 406 kJ/mol. Rubidium and potassium show a very similar purple color in the flame test, and distinguishing the two elements requires more sophisticated analysis, such as spectroscopy.
Rubidium chloride (RbCl) is probably the most used rubidium compound: among several other chlorides, it is used to induce living cells to take up DNA; it is also used as a biomarker, because in nature, it is found only in small quantities in living organisms and when present, replaces potassium. Other common rubidium compounds are the corrosive rubidium hydroxide (RbOH), the starting material for most rubidium-based chemical processes; rubidium carbonate (Rb2CO3), used in some optical glasses, and rubidium copper sulfate, Rb2SO4·CuSO4·6H2O. Rubidium silver iodide (RbAg4I5) has the highest room temperature conductivity of any known ionic crystal, a property exploited in thin film batteries and other applications.
Rubidium forms a number of oxides when exposed to air, including rubidium monoxide (Rb2O), Rb6O, and Rb9O2; rubidium in excess oxygen gives the superoxide RbO2. Rubidium forms salts with halides, producing rubidium fluoride, rubidium chloride, rubidium bromide, and rubidium iodide.
Although rubidium is monoisotopic, rubidium in the Earth's crust is composed of two isotopes: the stable 85Rb (72.2%) and the radioactive 87Rb (27.8%). Natural rubidium is radioactive, with specific activity of about 670 Bq/g, enough to significantly expose a photographic film in 110 days.
Twenty four additional rubidium isotopes have been synthesized with half-lives of less than 3 months; most are highly radioactive and have few uses.
Rubidium-87 has a half-life of 48.8×109 years, which is more than three times the age of the universe of (13.799±0.021)×109 years, making it a primordial nuclide. It readily substitutes for potassium in minerals, and is therefore fairly widespread. Rb has been used extensively in dating rocks; 87Rb beta decays to stable 87Sr. During fractional crystallization, Sr tends to concentrate in plagioclase, leaving Rb in the liquid phase. Hence, the Rb/Sr ratio in residual magma may increase over time, and the progressing differentiation results in rocks with elevated Rb/Sr ratios. The highest ratios (10 or more) occur in pegmatites. If the initial amount of Sr is known or can be extrapolated, then the age can be determined by measurement of the Rb and Sr concentrations and of the 87Sr/86Sr ratio. The dates indicate the true age of the minerals only if the rocks have not been subsequently altered (see rubidium–strontium dating).
Rubidium-82, one of the element's non-natural isotopes, is produced by electron-capture decay of strontium-82 with a half-life of 25.36 days. With a half-life of 76 seconds, rubidium-82 decays by positron emission to stable krypton-82.
Rubidium is the twenty-third most abundant element in the Earth's crust, roughly as abundant as zinc and rather more common than copper. It occurs naturally in the minerals leucite, pollucite, carnallite, and zinnwaldite, which contain as much as 1% rubidium oxide. Lepidolite contains between 0.3% and 3.5% rubidium, and is the commercial source of the element. Some potassium minerals and potassium chlorides also contain the element in commercially significant quantities.
Seawater contains an average of 125 µg/L of rubidium compared to the much higher value for potassium of 408 mg/L and the much lower value of 0.3 µg/L for caesium.
Because of its large ionic radius, rubidium is one of the "incompatible elements." During magma crystallization, rubidium is concentrated together with its heavier analogue caesium in the liquid phase and crystallizes last. Therefore, the largest deposits of rubidium and caesium are zone pegmatite ore bodies formed by this enrichment process. Because rubidium substitutes for potassium in the crystallization of magma, the enrichment is far less effective than that of caesium. Zone pegmatite ore bodies containing mineable quantities of caesium as pollucite or the lithium minerals lepidolite are also a source for rubidium as a by-product.
Two notable sources of rubidium are the rich deposits of pollucite at Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada, and the rubicline ((Rb,K)AlSi3O8) found as impurities in pollucite on the Italian island of Elba, with a rubidium content of 17.5%. Both of those deposits are also sources of caesium.
Although rubidium is more abundant in Earth's crust than caesium, the limited applications and the lack of a mineral rich in rubidium limits the production of rubidium compounds to 2 to 4 tonnes per year. Several methods are available for separating potassium, rubidium, and caesium. The fractional crystallization of a rubidium and caesium alum (Cs,Rb)Al(SO4)2·12H2O yields after 30 subsequent steps pure rubidium alum. Two other methods are reported, the chlorostannate process and the ferrocyanide process.
For several years in the 1950s and 1960s, a by-product of potassium production called Alkarb was a main source for rubidium. Alkarb contained 21% rubidium, with the rest being potassium and a small amount of caesium. Today the largest producers of caesium, such as the Tanco Mine, Manitoba, Canada, produce rubidium as a by-product from pollucite.
Rubidium was discovered in 1861 by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff, in Heidelberg, Germany, in the mineral lepidolite through flame spectroscopy. Because of the bright red lines in its emission spectrum, they chose a name derived from the Latin word rubidus, meaning "deep red".
Rubidium is a minor component in lepidolite. Kirchhoff and Bunsen processed 150 kg of a lepidolite containing only 0.24% rubidium oxide (Rb2O). Both potassium and rubidium form insoluble salts with chloroplatinic acid, but those salts show a slight difference in solubility in hot water. Therefore, the less-soluble rubidium hexachloroplatinate (Rb2PtCl6) could be obtained by fractional crystallization. After reduction of the hexachloroplatinate with hydrogen, the process yielded 0.51 grams of rubidium chloride for further studies. Bunsen and Kirchhoff began their first large-scale isolation of caesium and rubidium compounds with 44,000 litres (12,000 US gal) of mineral water, which yielded 7.3 grams of caesium chloride and 9.2 grams of rubidium chloride. Rubidium was the second element, shortly after caesium, to be discovered by spectroscopy, just one year after the invention of the spectroscope by Bunsen and Kirchhoff.
2Cl); however, the product was probably a colloidal mixture of the metal and rubidium chloride. In a second attempt to produce metallic rubidium, Bunsen was able to reduce rubidium by heating charred rubidium tartrate. Although the distilled rubidium was pyrophoric, they were able to determine the density and the melting point. The quality of this research in the 1860s can be appraised by the fact that their determined density differs less than 0.1 g/cm3 and the melting point by less than 1 °C from the presently accepted values.
The slight radioactivity of rubidium was discovered in 1908, but that was before the theory of isotopes was established in 1910, and the low level of activity (half-life greater than 1010 years) made interpretation complicated. The now proven decay of 87Rb to stable 87Sr through beta decay was still under discussion in the late 1940s.
Rubidium had minimal industrial value before the 1920s. Since then, the most important use of rubidium is research and development, primarily in chemical and electronic applications. In 1995, rubidium-87 was used to produce a Bose–Einstein condensate, for which the discoverers, Eric Allin Cornell, Carl Edwin Wieman and Wolfgang Ketterle, won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Rubidium compounds are sometimes used in fireworks to give them a purple color. Rubidium has also been considered for use in a thermoelectric generator using the magnetohydrodynamic principle, where hot rubidium ions are passed through a magnetic field. These conduct electricity and act like an armature of a generator thereby generating an electric current. Rubidium, particularly vaporized 87Rb, is one of the most commonly used atomic species employed for laser cooling and Bose–Einstein condensation. Its desirable features for this application include the ready availability of inexpensive diode laser light at the relevant wavelength, and the moderate temperatures required to obtain substantial vapor pressures. For cold atom applications requiring tunable interactions, 85Rb is preferable due to its rich Feshbach spectrum.
Rubidium has been used for polarizing 3He, producing volumes of magnetized 3He gas, with the nuclear spins aligned rather than random. Rubidium vapor is optically pumped by a laser and the polarized Rb polarizes 3He through the hyperfine interaction. Such spin-polarized 3He cells are useful for neutron polarization measurements and for producing polarized neutron beams for other purposes.
The resonant element in atomic clocks utilizes the hyperfine structure of rubidium's energy levels, and rubidium is useful for high-precision timing. It is used as the main component of secondary frequency references (rubidium oscillators) in cell site transmitters and other electronic transmitting, networking, and test equipment. These rubidium standards are often used with GPS to produce a "primary frequency standard" that has greater accuracy and is less expensive than caesium standards. Such rubidium standards are often mass-produced for the telecommunication industry.
Other potential or current uses of rubidium include a working fluid in vapor turbines, as a getter in vacuum tubes, and as a photocell component. Rubidium is also used as an ingredient in special types of glass, in the production of superoxide by burning in oxygen, in the study of potassium ion channels in biology, and as the vapor in atomic magnetometers. In particular, 87Rb is used with other alkali metals in the development of spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometers.
Rubidium-82 is used for positron emission tomography. Rubidium is very similar to potassium and tissue with high potassium content will also accumulate the radioactive rubidium. One of the main uses is myocardial perfusion imaging. As a result of changes in the blood–brain barrier in brain tumors, rubidium collects more in brain tumors than normal brain tissue, allowing the use of radioisotope rubidium-82 in nuclear medicine to locate and image brain tumors. Rubidium-82 has a very short half-life of 76 seconds, and the production from decay of strontium-82 must be done close to the patient.
Rubidium was tested for the influence on manic depression and depression. Dialysis patients suffering from depression show a depletion in rubidium and therefore a supplementation may help during depression. In some tests the rubidium was administered as rubidium chloride with up to 720 mg per day for 60 days.
Rubidium reacts violently with water and can cause fires. To ensure safety and purity, this metal is usually kept under a dry mineral oil or sealed in glass ampoules in an inert atmosphere. Rubidium forms peroxides on exposure even to small amount of air diffused into the oil, and storage is subject to similar precautions as the storage of metallic potassium.
Rubidium, like sodium and potassium, almost always has +1 oxidation state when dissolved in water, even in biological contexts. The human body tends to treat Rb+ ions as if they were potassium ions, and therefore concentrates rubidium in the body's intracellular fluid (i.e., inside cells). The ions are not particularly toxic; a 70 kg person contains on average 0.36 g of rubidium, and an increase in this value by 50 to 100 times did not show negative effects in test persons. The biological half-life of rubidium in humans measures 31–46 days. Although a partial substitution of potassium by rubidium is possible, when more than 50% of the potassium in the muscle tissue of rats was replaced with rubidium, the rats died.
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The alkali metals are all shiny, soft, highly reactive metals at standard temperature and pressure and readily lose their outermost electron to form cations with charge +1. They can all be cut easily with a knife due to their softness, exposing a shiny surface that tarnishes rapidly in air due to oxidation by atmospheric moisture and oxygen (and in the case of lithium, nitrogen). Because of their high reactivity, they must be stored under oil to prevent reaction with air, and are found naturally only in salts and never as the free elements. Caesium, the fifth alkali metal, is the most reactive of all the metals. In the modern IUPAC nomenclature, the alkali metals comprise the group 1 elements, excluding hydrogen (H), which is nominally a group 1 element but not normally considered to be an alkali metal as it rarely exhibits behaviour comparable to that of the alkali metals. All the alkali metals react with water, with the heavier alkali metals reacting more vigorously than the lighter ones.
Germane is the chemical compound with the formula GeH4, and the germanium analogue of methane. It is the simplest germanium hydride and one of the most useful compounds of germanium. Like the related compounds silane and methane, germane is tetrahedral. It burns in air to produce GeO2 and water. Germane is a group 14 hydride.
Igneous petrology is the study of igneous rocks—those that are formed from magma. As a branch of geology, igneous petrology is closely related to volcanology, tectonophysics, and petrology in general. The modern study of igneous rocks utilizes a number of techniques, some of them developed in the fields of chemistry, physics, or other earth sciences. Petrography, crystallography, and isotopic studies are common methods used in igneous petrology.
Rubidium (37Rb) has 32 isotopes, with naturally occurring rubidium being composed of just two isotopes; 85Rb (72.2%) and the radioactive 87Rb (27.8%). Normal mixes of rubidium are radioactive enough to fog photographic film in approximately 30 to 60 days.
87Rb has a half-life of 4.92×1010 years. It readily substitutes for potassium in minerals, and is therefore fairly widespread. 87Rb has been used extensively in dating rocks; 87Rb decays to stable strontium-87 by emission of a negative beta particle, i.e. an electron ejected from the nucleus. During fractional crystallization, Sr tends to become concentrated in plagioclase, leaving Rb in the liquid phase. Hence, the Rb/Sr ratio in residual magma may increase over time, resulting in rocks with increasing Rb/Sr ratios with increasing differentiation. Highest ratios (10 or higher) occur in pegmatites. If the initial amount of Sr is known or can be extrapolated, the age can be determined by measurement of the Rb and Sr concentrations and the 87Sr/86Sr ratio. The dates indicate the true age of the minerals only if the rocks have not been subsequently altered. See rubidium–strontium dating for a more detailed discussion.
Other than 87Rb, the longest-lived radioisotopes are 83Rb with a half-life of 86.2 days, 84Rb with a half-life of 33.1 days and 86Rb with a half-life of 18.642 days. All other radioisotopes have half-lives less than a day.
82Rb is used in some cardiac positron emission tomography scans to assess myocardial perfusion. It has a half-life of 1.273 minutes. It does not exist naturally, but can be made from the decay of 82Sr.
Lepidolite is a lilac-gray or rose-colored member of the mica group of minerals with formula K(Li,Al,Rb)2(Al,Si)4O10(F,OH)2. It is the most abundant lithium-bearing mineral and is a secondary source of this metal. It is a phyllosilicate mineral and a member of the polylithionite-trilithionite series.It is associated with other lithium-bearing minerals like spodumene in pegmatite bodies. It is one of the major sources of the rare alkali metals rubidium and caesium. In 1861, Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff extracted 150 kg (330 lb)<|fim_middle|> analysis, and therefore discovered the new element rubidium.It occurs in granite pegmatites, in some high-temperature quartz veins, greisens and granites. Associated minerals include quartz, feldspar, spodumene, amblygonite, tourmaline, columbite, cassiterite, topaz and beryl.Notable occurrences include Brazil; Ural Mountains, Russia; California, United States; Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada; and Madagascar.
Rubidium-82 (82Rb) is a radioactive isotope of rubidium. 82Rb is widely used in myocardial perfusion imaging. This isotope undergoes rapid uptake by myocardiocytes, which makes it a valuable tool for identifying myocardial ischemia in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. 82Rb is used in the pharmaceutical industry and is marketed under the trade names RUBY-FILL Rubidium Rb82 Generator and CardioGen-82.
Rubidium-82 chloride is a form of rubidium chloride containing a radioactive isotope of rubidium. It is marketed under the brand name Cardiogen-82 by Bracco Diagnostics for use in Myocardial perfusion imaging. It is rapidly taken up by heart muscle cells, and therefore can be used to identify regions of heart muscle that are receiving poor blood flow in a technique called PET perfusion imaging. The half-life of the rubidium-82 is only 1.27 minutes; it is normally produced at the place of use by rubidium generators.
Rb2CO3 + 2HBr → 2RbBr + H2O + CO2Rubidium metal would react directly with bromine to form RbBr, but this is not a sensible production method, since rubidium metal is substantially more expensive than the carbonate or hydroxide; moreover, the reaction would be explosive.
Rubidium chloride is the chemical compound with the formula RbCl. This alkali metal halide is composed of rubidium and chlorine, and finds diverse uses ranging from electrochemistry to molecular biology.
Rubidium fluoride (RbF) is the fluoride salt of rubidium. It is a cubic crystal with rock-salt structure.
Rubidium hydride is the hydride of rubidium. It has the formula RbH and is an alkali metal hydride. It is synthesized using rubidium metal to react with hydrogen gas. As a hydride of an alkali metal, it is reactive towards even weak oxidizing agents. A redox reaction will occur with chlorine or fluorine and a lot of heat will evolve. Rubidium hydride will react violently with water or air and careful storage is necessary.
Rubidium hydrogen sulfate is the rubidium salt of sulfuric acid. It has the formula RbHSO4.
Rubidium hydroxide (+1) (RbOH) is a strong basic chemical and alkali that is formed by one rubidium ion and one hydroxide ion.
Rubidium hydroxide does not appear in nature. However it can be obtained by synthesis from rubidium oxide. In addition, rubidium hydroxide is commercially available in form of an aqueous solution from a few suppliers.
Rubidium hydroxide is highly corrosive, therefore suitable protective clothing, gloves and eye-face protection are required when handling this material.
Rubidium iodide is a salt with a melting point of 642 °C. Its chemical formula is RbI.
Rubidium nitrate is an inorganic compound with the formula RbNO3. This alkali metal nitrate salt is white and highly soluble in water.
Rubidium oxide is the chemical compound with the formula Rb2O. Rubidium oxide is highly reactive towards water, and therefore it would not be expected to occur naturally. The rubidium content in minerals is often calculated and quoted in terms of Rb2O. In reality, the rubidium is typically present as a component of (actually, an impurity in) silicate or aluminosilicate. A major source of rubidium is lepidolite, KLi2Al(Al,Si)3O10(F,OH)2, wherein Rb sometimes replaces K.
Rb2O is a yellow colored solid. The related species Na2O, K2O, and Cs2O are colorless, pale-yellow, and orange, respectively.
The alkali metal oxides M2O (M = Li, Na, K, Rb) crystallise in the antifluorite structure. In the antifluorite motif the positions of the anions and cations are reversed relative to their positions in CaF2, with rubidium ions 8 coordinate (cubic) and oxide ions 4 coordinate (tetrahedral).
Rubidium sulfate is a sulfate of rubidium. The molecular formula of the compound is Rb2SO4. The molecular weight of this compound is 266.999 g/mol. An acid sulfate exists, rubidium hydrogen sulfate.
Rubidium telluride is the inorganic compound with the formula Rb2Te. It is a yellow-green powder that melts at either 775 °C or 880 °C (two different values have been reported). It is an obscure material of minor academic interest.Like other alkali metal chalcogenides, Rb2Te is prepared from the elements in liquid ammonia.Rubidium telluride is used in some space-based UV detectors. | of lepidolite and yielded a few grams of rubidium salts for | 16 |
Morris to have surgery and Magic to testify on Green's assault case
Markieff Morris with John Wall |<|fim_middle|> the Golden State Warriors and to his NBA fans. Green was arrested but avoided jail time and only paid a fine as part of the plea deal.
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Sports hernia could be an issue for Markieff Morris and Draymond Green case continues.
The NBA offseason is about to end as training camps are set to begin in a few weeks. Next season the NBA will feature a variety of changes as many top-tier players changed teams. The new season will also feature a player-friendly schedule to minimize resting players this October. The NBA Board has also approved numerous rule changes in relation to timeouts for next season in order to improve the flow of NBA games. Below are a few more updates on NBA news from the offseason.
Morris will have sports hernia surgery again
Next season, the Washington Wizards will have a big opportunity to advance in the ranks, with the Eastern Conference becoming substantially weaker after the departure of numerous NBA stars to the West.
In order to make an even bigger splash in the East, every player on the Wizards must contribute for them to dethrone the Cleveland Cavaliers or the newly formed Boston Celtics. Candace Buckner of the Washington Post has reported that Markieff Morris is expected to have Sports Hernia surgery again. Morris complained about a deep discomfort and it was later found out that he had a sports hernia. He is expected to miss at least the entire NBA preseason. This will be his second time to have the surgery, as he also had a sports hernia in 2010 before entering the NBA.
Markieff Morris entered the NBA in the offseason of 2011 when he was drafted with the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns. A few moments later his twin brother was drafted by the Houston Rockets.
Markieff Morris played in Phoenix for a total of three-and-a-half seasons. He had his best season in 2014-15 where he averaged a career high in points with 15.3 and 2.4 assists. He was then traded to the Washington Wizards in 2015 for DeJuan Blair, Kris Humphries, and a top nine protected first-round draft pick. He has career averages of 11.9 points, 0.6 blocks, one steal, 1.7 assists, and 5.6 rebounds while shooting 45.7 percent from the field, 36.2 percent from beyond the arc, and 83.7 percent from the charity stripe.
Magic Johnson subpoenaed in Green's civil suit
Detroit Free Press has reported that magic johnson has been subpoenaed to testify on the Draymond Green civil suit in 2016. He was mainly called to explain or expound on his tweets after the said incident happened. Johnson said that he was very sorry to | 551 |
Yup, it's been a while and that's because I have been very busy traveling. First I spent an overnight in the Golan Heights, hiking and exploring the sights with my internship program. It was nice to spend a short time with everyone on the program and<|fim_middle|> I can recommend one thing while planning your next trip, you should check out eatwith.com and see if you can sign up for one of these unique dining experiences in the city you are planning to visit. We paid for a dinner in the home of one of the most interesting men I have ever met and it was an experience I will never forget. On top of his amazing location on the Danube River, Mark, our host, cooked a delicious meal, shared stories of his time in Hollywood as a production and set buyer, and charmed us with anecdotes about the eclectic art pieces that adorned every inch of his walls. It was such a special evening and I invite all of you to check it out even for a dining escape in your own back yard.
So now we are home, back in Tel Aviv, enjoying the last part of our vacation before all of the Jewish festival holidays are over and the real routine of life sets in. Of course every day here in Israel is still an adventure to me, so I will be back soon with more stories. | it was even nicer to be hiking. It made me miss Bay Area hiking up Mount Tam or around the Marin Headlands, but it was great to be in nature near the beautiful Sea of Galilee.
Right after I dropped off my dirty backpacking backpack full of smelly clothes, I repacked my rollaway with pants and sweaters to head off to Budapest, Hungary. In the morning I was eating breakfast on a Kibbutz and by 11:00pm I was turning the key in the lock to our Hungarian AirBnB apartment.
The city was incredible! Dave and I literally walked everywhere and saw all of the amazing palaces, castles, hills and baths, plus the inside of many fine hotel bathrooms along the way. 5 days seemed like a long time by the end of the trip because we had more than worn out our walking feet, and a few bouts of food poisoning plagued our last 32 hours. But as you can see below we truly soaked up the sights and enjoyed our time in Europe.
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The spring collection is making its appearance in the Zara, which resulted in a quick browse and a large shopping bag filled with new items. This outfit features two of my new purchases and current loves, stripes and basket bags.
I have an obsession with stripes, so after spotting this colorful sweater on the Zara app I quickly picked it up in store. I'm just one of those people that isn't really<|fim_middle|> season and weather situation. I love the short handle, but it does come with an attachable long strap, if you want to wear it cross-body.
Did you already shop some items from the spring collection? | into online shopping for clothes. It's not just the colors that made me want to have it; I especially like the way the stripes differ on the sleeves. It's just a cute little detail. I paired the sweater with some black ankle jeans, white sneakers and a grey Zara coat for a nice Sunday coffee run. For accessories I went for my new round Ray-Ban sunnies and this adorable black basket bag. I still love my brown basket bag that I picked up in Bali, but with the darker color and more structured look, this one is a bit more suited for the current | 120 |
Celebrating Sigrid Undset: Norwegian Writer
Posted on June 11, 2017 August 17, 2018 by ingebretsens
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 for which she was nominated by Helga Eng, member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. She was born on May 20, 1882 in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. She grew up in the Norwegian capital, Oslo (or Kristiania, as it was known until 1925). She fled Norway for the United States in 1940 because of her opposition to Nazi Germany and the German invasion and occupation of Norway, but returned after World War II ended in 1945. She died on June 10, 1949.
Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter, a trilogy about life in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, portrayed through the experiences of a woman from birth until death. Its three volumes were published between 1920 and 1922. The title was Fru Marta Oulie, and the opening sentence (the words of the book's main character) scandalized readers: "I have been unfaithful to my husband."
After Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, Undset was forced to flee to neutral Sweden. Having strongly criticized Hitler since the early 1930s her books were banned in Nazi Germany and she feared becoming a target of the Gestapo. Her home Bjerkebæk in Lillehammer was requisitioned by the Wehrmacht and occupied by the Germans as an officers' quarters.
Undset's daughter, Maren Charlotte, suffered from some mental and emotional disorders and died shortly before the outbreak of the war. Her eldest son, Anders Svarstad was a member of the Norwegian Army and was killed in action April, 20 1940.
Undset went to the United States with her youngest son, Hans Benedict. While there she voiced her opposition to Hitler and raised funds for the Norwegian resistance. She also wrote and edited three books for children: Happy Times in Norway, Sigurd and His Brave Companions, and True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales, all published in translation by the University of Minnesota Press and carried by Ingebretsen's.
Undset returned to Norway after the liberation in 1945 at the age of 67 in Lillehammer, Norway, where she had lived from 1919 through 1940. Although she lived another four years she never published another word. Undset is buried in the village of Mesnali, 15 kilometers east of Lillehammer, with her daughter and son who died in battle. The grave is recognizable by three black crosses.
Besides the Noble Prize, a crater on the planet Venus was named after Undset (latitude 51.7, longitude 60.8, diameter 20 km). She was depicted on a Norwegian 500 kroner note and a two-kroner postage stamp from 1982. Neighboring Sweden put her on a stamp in 1998.
Bjerkebæk, Undset's home in Lillehammer, is now part of the Maihaugen museum. The farmhouse was listed in 1983. Efforts to restore and furnish the houses as they were during the time of her occupancy were begun in 1997. You can read about it and see photos here.
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A Bit of Nordic Ice Tea
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It was our last group ride of the year, a coastal cruise to Oceanside with an option for Sleeping Indian. We hammered it up PCH, split some as we rode fast into Carlsbad before one of the Cal Coast guys got a flat.
I ran into Keith Sherwood while we waited for the mechanical fix. Keith rides for Intuit but has joined the Descenders on a few rides in the past. He was also on his way to Oceanside. I snuck away before the pier and passed John M, who was out in his parallel universe, well before the turnaround, another V in the books. We regrouped at the bathroom and then the<|fim_middle|> to the year. I only took a couple of photos, they are in the link below. | group split. Some guys went back down the coast, while the Cal Coast boys, along with Hodges, Len, Keith S and me, decided to tackle Sleeping Indian. Keith had never done the route before, he was in for a real treat.
The Cal Coast boys kept a brisk pace along the San Luis Rey bike path. We made our way up the Sleeping Indian climb before descending back down Morro Hills and Olive Hills. Remnants from the Cedar Fire could be seen; lots of charred woods on Olive Hill. We took a quick break at the gas station before Highway 76, then cruised along Old Gopher Canyon, up Twin Oaks Valley and finally climbed Deer Springs Road to get back to I-15.
We regrouped often enough to keep most of the guys together. Hodges was complaining of a sciatica issue, so he and Len pootled a bit behind. The final push down N. Centre City Parkway to the mall was fast. A stop at the gas station was needed. The Cal Coast boys sped off just as Len and Hodges showed. The final four of us–including Keith and me, spun over the Lake Hodges bridge and then cruised around 4S to get back to our homes. It was a meaty 87 miles with 4,700 feet of climbing. Great finish | 277 |
Participants in the Leadership for<|fim_middle|> Tedd Munchak) for those with financial need.
The Program also received a grant from the P&G Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation that provided support to several students on the program, and some of students benefitted from the generosity of various funding available on campus, like the Orraca Dum scholarship and support from the Bellamkonda Lab.
Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship's Leadership for Social Good Program
Undergraduate Quantitative Analysis Specialty
Scheller College of Business Hosts Digitial Disruption Series V on Frictionless Healthcare | Social Good Program worked with nonprofit organizations in Hungary.
Leadership for Social Good Study-Abroad Program Engages Students with Social Enterprises
Every summer, the faculty of Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business' Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship leads a group of undergraduates on an educational experience in Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
Through classroom lectures, site visits, and close work with a nonprofit organization, students learn about how social enterprises and nonprofit institutions work and what type of leadership is effective in this sector.
Each May, participating students begin the Leadership for Social Good program on the Georgia Tech campus, where they get "basic training" on social entrepreneurship and an overview of the Eastern European situation. This includes site visits to Atlanta-area organizations such as the United Way and Habitat for Humanity – the same sort of organizations they will be studying and working with later in the program.
Once in Europe, the lectures and site visits continue as participants work eight to 10 hours a week on a project with a partner nonprofit in Hungary. This summer students visited the United Way and Habitat for Humanity branches in Hungary, plus NESsT, an incubator for social enterprises; the children's camp Bátor Tábor; Junuv Statek, a job-creator for people with disabilities; children's education foundation Stowarzyszenie Siemacha; the philanthropy promoter Via Foundation, and others.
"We've gotten a good idea," one student wrote on the class blog in June, "of what a social enterprise is, business models and funding, investments, what makes up a strong board, and a few of the differences between the laws surrounding nonprofits here versus abroad."
Jumping In
For the four weeks students spent in Budapest working with their nonprofit organization, they had the opportunity to see how the theory they learned in the classroom worked in practice, witnessed the challenges small organizations face on a daily basis, and contributed to solving those problems.
The number one challenge mentioned by nearly every team was dealing with differences in European versus American work cultures, but students also had to adapt to the unstructured nature of the work, which they said demanded a high level of self-determination and time management.
Rather than being presented with a list of tasks, they were offered opportunities to contribute to the high-level problems and goals of the organizations, and given wide latitude to decide how to go about their work. For several students, this was in sharp contrast to previous work experiences in corporate settings.
Another common observation concerned the lack of funding available to these organizations, and the need to stretch their resources as far as possible. That's why many of these students made their way to the free resources of the World Wide Web, particularly for research and marketing tasks.
According to business administration major Sarah Wissing, "Working with a nonprofit in Budapest taught me a great deal about working within international teams. I will take this knowledge and apply it to my future career when I am working in a team setting. This program also exposed me to several different leadership styles. I will take this analysis and work to become the best leader I can as I progress through my career."
She adds, "This trip helped me gain critical experience working and living in an international city, where I was not familiar with the culture or language. The experience pushed me to grow as an individual and expanded both my professional and personal goals."
Marisa Olson, an international affairs and economics major, and industrial engineering major Lydia Wilmer interned with Matyo Designs, a fashion designer that combines contemporary style with traditional Hungarian "matyo" style embroidery. The company helps employ women in rural villages where unemployment numbers are the highest in the country.
The two Tech students assisted the company in its efforts to sell products globally by researching trade laws and regulations of the countries that Matyo Designs hopes to sell to, and by creating a page for them on Pinterest.
Business administration major Niki Arjmand worked with Ökoszolgálat, or EcoService, during her time in Budapest (teaming with Catherine Freeman, a student from another university). EcoService was one of the first organizations of its kind in Hungary to offer eco-consulting, promoting green initiatives for both corporate and residential clients. The students helped them develop the firm's social media presence, expanded their visibility on the Web, and researched domestic and international partners for the organization.
Environmental engineering major Katie McCoy and public policy major Samantha Holloway interned with CEEweb for Biodiversity, a Budapest-based network of NGOs that works to preserve biodiversity by promoting sustainable development in Central and Eastern Europe. They assisted CEEweb with a project that is creating partnerships with businesses to promote green development, and to integrate CSR into their operational strategies.
Business administration major Sarah Wissing assisted the Center for Independent Journalism, an organization that promotes ethical journalism in Hungary. There, she learned about the situation of the Roma population in Southeast Europe and the role of a free and balanced media in protecting minorities.
Business administration majors Katarina Jenkins and Hannah Keith worked with KAPTÁR ("Beehive" in Hungarian), a community workspace in Budapest. Jenkins says that "the courses I took as part of the program were incredibly refreshing in that we studied ways to create social value as well as the challenges faced by nonprofit and social enterprise organizations."
Diverse Backgrounds
Program Co-director Dori Pap says "all of our participants came to the program with widely varied skillsets and training, but all were able to apply the work ethic, problem-solving abilities, and persistence typical of Georgia Tech undergraduates. This has been another incredibly successful and productive summer for us, and we're already mapping out plans for summer 2015."
Study abroad is a life changing experience for any student, but many times those who would benefit from it the most are the least likely to afford it, Pap notes. The Leadership for Social Good Program is bridging that gap by offering the Munchak scholarship (which honors the legacy of | 1,202 |
Charter school financial management is complex and can seem daunting, especially to new schools. Charter schools throughout the state have mastered it, however. So don't let the complexity defeat you.
As you move forward with planning and operating your school, you will need expert help. The best place to start is with Charles Speiker at the Minnesota Department of Education. He can be reached at charles.speiker@state.mn.us or 651-582-8737. The Department offers extensive technical assistance, including one-on-one tutoring, and many finance related workshops.
Despite their small size, starting and operating a successful charter school is a challenging endeavor. In practice, each Minnesota charter school is an independent school district, responsible for delivering a quality education program while performing all the business and reporting functions of larger, traditional districts. This can be a challenging task for small schools.
It is critical that your governing board and administration include people who are knowledgeable in school accounting and<|fim_middle|> the availability of cash to meet financial obligations.
Cash flow issues for charter schools are complicated by the education aids formula that pays a school only 80% of its revenues during the current year of operation. The remaining 20% is paid out three to four months into the subsequent fiscal year. In practice, this means that a first year charter must survive the entire school year on only 80% of its revenue.
This "hold-back" remains difficult for charters until they are able to accumulate a fund balance. Many charters must obtain bridge financing from a bank to carry them through times when the revenue flow does not cover expenses. Banks will, of course, charge interest for bridge loans. A format for cash flow projection is available from the Department of Education.
The final step in the budget process is to obtain board approval. This generally involves demonstrating to the Board that the expenditures are necessary to further the educational goals of the charter school, that the revenues are reasonable and that the fund balance is responsible given the school's circumstances. Balanced budgets are a key measure of financial viability.
Once approved by the Board, the budget becomes an authorized tool of the administration to manage the charter school. Using the budget, administrators manage the charter school in a variety of ways throughout the fiscal year, including: (1) monitoring program implementation, (2) controlling expenditures, (3) tracking revenues, (4) adjusting expenditure plans, and (5) reporting on fiscal operations. Used properly, an accurate budget is an important management and communication tool for the school's administration, board, and sponsor.
Balance sheet – Provides a snapshot of the school's financial status at a given point in time. It shows what is owned (assets), what is owed (liabilities), and the balance of assets minus liabilities. The resulting fund balance is often viewed as an indicator of the school's financial health.
Income Statement (Revenues and Expenditures) – The income statement measures financial activity over a given period of time. It shows how much is earned, spent, and what is left over.
Budget vs. Actual Revenues and Expenses – This report shows the school's budget and its actual revenues and expenditures and highlights where actual finances differ from what was anticipated. This information can be an effective planning tool for subsequent years of operation.
Examples of these reports can be found in the Financial Management for Charter Schools: Policies and Procedures for Effective Financial Accountability manual on the Center for School Change website.
Per Minnesota Statute 124.10, subd. 7(i), charter schools are required to obtain an audit and audit opinion from a certified public accountant for each fiscal year (the fiscal year ends on June 30 of each year). The financial statements generated as part of the audit process are similar to those viewed regularly by the board, but are considered final once reviewed by the auditor and approved by the board. Charter schools must budget for annual audit expenses.
Charles Speiker, Minnesota Department of Education Charles.speiker@state.mn.us; 651-582-8737.
Charter Starters: Governance and Management, LeadershipWorkbook 4 (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 1999). Includes sample budgets and worksheets.
Minnesota Department of Education, Memo re Lease Aid (March 2004).
Minnesota Department of Education, Memo re Federal Charter Schools Program (January 2004).
Financial Management for Charter Schools: Policies and Procedures for Effective Financial Accountability (Center for School Change, 2004) (under construction). | financial management. Even when a school chooses to contract with a consultant or management company for business functions, the board and director must have a thorough understanding of the school's financial operations and be prepared to evaluate the consultant's work. Ultimately, the governing board is responsible for successful financial management of the school. This responsibility cannot be delegated.
The information provided here is intended to be a basic introduction to charter school financial management. This chapter includes introductory information about the charter budget process, including revenues, expenditures, contingency allocation, cash flow projections, and budget balancing and approval. The chapter also includes information about financial reporting.
Effective financial management starts with a good budget. A realistic budget is a critical management and accountability tool for charter schools at every stage in their development – for schools that are still in their planning phase and those that have been open for several years. The process of establishing a budget forces schools to review and prioritize programs and activities, helping them allocate resources to areas that are key to academic success. Schools are encouraged to prepare several budgets based on different revenue scenarios. This is especially important during your first few years of operation, until your enrollment is stable. It is important to have a good idea of where spending can be adjusted if your revenue is lower than expected.
The operating budget at each phase of a charter school's development is a reflection of the school's unique mission, vision, priorities and strategies. Consequently, budgets will vary from school to school. There are, however, basic tools and techniques that can help schools with the budget process. In general, the process consists of five fundamental activities: revenue estimation, expenditure distribution, contingency allocation, budget balancing, and budget approval.
When developing budgets, new charter schools are strongly encouraged to contact Charles Speiker at MDE charles.speiker@state.mn.us or 651-582-8737.
The budget process includes 5 steps: Estimate revenue, estimate expenditures, establish a contingency allowance, balance the budget, and obtain board approval. While much of your funding can be spent as you see fit on general operating expenses, many funds are designated for specific purposes. When preparing your budget, you should be mindful of any restrictions on the expenditure of revenue. It is not enough simply to compare your total proposed expenditures against your total anticipated revenue. Some funds can only be spent on certain activities and it is important to know how much money is available for which activities.
Charter schools obtain revenue from a variety of sources, including, for example, the state and federal governments, private foundations and individual contributions.
Minnesota Statutes 124D.11 stipulates that a charter school is eligible to receive state aids, grants, and revenue according to Minnesota Statutes as though it were a school district. However, charter schools are not eligible for funds obtained by levy because they are not geographically determined. (They do not have distinct geographical boundaries like traditional districts do.) To simplify matters, charter schools receive a statewide average general education payment that is determined by "weighted average daily membership" (WADMs). WADM is based on actual student attendance, multiplied by a weighting factor that provides more money for students who are deemed to be more expensive to educate. Currently, secondary students (grades 7-12) count as 1.3 WADMs; grades 4-6 count as 1.06 WADMs; grades 1-3 count as 1.115; and kindergartners as .557.
To estimate how much general education money a charter school will receive, WADMs are multiplied by the state's basic aid allocation, which is currently approximately $4,601 (the figure may vary slightly because of regional differences). Under this formula, a charter high school with 300 students will receive $1,794,390 in General Education Revenue. (300 X $4601 X 1.3). A K-3 charter school with 20 students in kindergarten and 60 students in grades 1-3 will receive $359,062. (20 X $4601 X .557 plus 60 X $4601 X 1.115).
Basic Skills revenue is composed of compensatory revenue, Limited English Proficiency (LEP) revenue and LEP concentration revenue. Compensatory funds are intended to help schools with the additional costs of serving children from lower-income families. A school's eligibility for this revenue is determined by the students' eligibility for free and reduced-price school meals. The number of students with limited proficiency in English determines the amount of LEP revenue. Schools are advised to get help in calculating Basic Skills revenue from the MDE charter school finance officer.
Minnesota Statutes, Section 124D.10, subd. 16 gives charter schools the authority to either provide their own transportation services or to use the transportation services of the school district in which they are located. If a charter school chooses to provide its own transportation, it will receive the transportation aid, which in fiscal year 2004 was $223 per eligible student. If the charter school chooses to use district-provided transportation, the school district providing the transportation will receive the transportation aid. For budgeting purposes, it is important to note that the $223 is part of the general education basic revenue of $4,601, not an addition to it. Charter schools that elect to have the district provide transportation will only receive $4,378 in general education basic revenue.
Charter schools must notify the districts in which they are located of their transportation choice by July 1. If possible, the charter school should notify the district by March 1 – earlier than the date required by law. Approximately March 1, many districts begin to develop bid specifications for their routes for the upcoming school year. If the districts know that they must provide transportation for charter schools, the additional routes can be included in their route bid specification. For more information about transportation, see the Transportation section of this handbook.
Minnesota Statutes, Section 124D.11, subd. 4 allows charter schools to rent or lease a building for the school and apply to the Department of Education for lease aid funds for this purpose. Each school is eligible to receive the lesser of(a) 90% of the approved cost of the lease, or (b) the product of the pupil units served for the current year times $1,200. Each fiscal year, the Department of Education issues detailed instructions for charter schools to make application for lease aid funding. For more information about Lease Aid, see the attached memo from MDE.
Charter schools are reimbursed for actual special education expenditures in the same way as school districts. In addition, charter schools are permitted to bill the student's resident district for any special education costs that are not reimbursed by the state minus any aid received on behalf of each child. Special Education Revenue is generated on a base year revenue formula of charter school expenditures incurred in the second prior year. If there is no prior year special education data (i.e. if the school is in its first four years of operation), the revenue is computed using current year data. Beginning in their first year of operation, charter schools are also eligible for Federal special education funding.
By law, special education costs outside of the state formula are borne by the student's resident district. If a charter school is providing special education services to a student through the appropriate use of the individual educational program (IEP), and the costs of these services exceeds the monies available from the state special education cost reimbursement and any other aid received on behalf of each child, the charter school can bill the home district for these excess costs. Detailed information about Special Education billing is available through the Department of Education.
Another source of revenues for schools is the funds gathered from student activities. These funds can be generated by vending machine sales at the school, by sales of t-shirts and memorabilia or even ticket sales for school events. Funds that are gathered from such activities belong to the school and must be accounted for properly. MDE can provide guidance on the management of student activity funds.
b. Federal Funding. Charter schools may also be eligible for a variety of federal funding, including federal entitlement funds and funds through various discretionary grant programs. A major source of a charter school's start-up funding is provided through the Federal Charter Schools Program, described below.
Upon receiving charter authorization, schools can apply for as much as $450,000 in Federal start-up assistance. Schools apply to MDE for these funds, as the state administers this grant. Currently, these funds are available over a 36-month period, beginning with a planning year grant of up to $150,000. Subsequent grants for operational years 1 and 2 are also available in amounts up to $150,000 per grant. There is no guarantee on the amount of money available from year to year. These are "up-to" amounts that are based on the overall Federal award to the state and the number of existing and new charter schools approved during the grant period. Charters should anticipate that it might take at least 3 months from the time their grant is approved until funds are actually received. See the attached memo from MDE for an overview of the Federal Charter Schools Program.
The heart of the budget preparation process is the estimation of operating expenditures for the coming year. The estimation process can never be an exact science, but historical experience will inform the process and help to improve the accuracy and usefulness of the budget. The experience of other charter schools with similar programs can also provide helpful information. The goal should be to estimate expenditures as accurately as possible and to learn from prior estimation discrepancies. A budget that reasonably reflects the financial activities of the charter school is an effective tool for program managers and the school's board.
Per student cost for instructional supplies, equipment, field trips, etc.
Once the revenue and expenditure estimates of the budget are completed, expenditure contingencies should be added to the budget. Allocating a portion of fiscal year revenues for contingencies is an important part of the budget development process. There is significant uncertainty in financial planning and budgeting for charter schools, especially schools in the first three years of operation. Enrollment may fall short of projections. Costs can change with little warning. Operating budgets need to allow for uncertainty.
Schools that have been open for a longer period of time will have less need for contingency funds if they have accumulated a fund balance. A fund balance acts like a savings account, providing the school with a financial cushion for unanticipated costs or revenue shortfalls. However, in the first years of operation and in schools with a negligible fund balance, allocations to contingency costs are critical.
Once the separate revenue and expenditure portions of the budget have been completed and the contingent expenditures have been added, the total revenues and expenditures must be combined to provide a balanced budget to the school board. Balancing the budget also includes establishing a contribution to the Fund Balance (savings account) according to the Fund Balance Policy determined by the school board. Most schools strive to maintain a fund balance equivalent to 6-12 weeks of operating expense or 8-12% of operating budget. This will be difficult for schools in their first year of operation. First year schools should, however, budget for at least a small fund balance.
If expenditures exceed revenues, there are two ways to balance the budget: either reduce operating expenditures, or increase revenues. One way to increase revenues is to work with the Department of Education to ensure that you are receiving the maximum amount of revenues to which you are entitled.
Another way to increase revenues is to seek government or private/foundation grant money. Usually, grant funds are tied to special projects or one-time expenses in schools. The grants may not help with the school's operating costs, but can permit the school to develop new programs and initiatives that it may be unable to fund without outside assistance.
Cash Flow Projections — Also critical to the budget process is the creation of a cash flow projection. A school could prepare highly accurate revenue and expenditure estimates and still experience financial difficulties because the timing of funds does not match necessary expenditures. Ultimately, the financial condition of the school depends on | 2,524 |
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Delta Dore, as a specialist in controlling comfort, security and energy, has been investing in the automation of its France-based plants for several years now. The french medium-sized company has known strong growth (+46% in turnover over the last 5 years), and has made the most of new robotic and cobotic technologies to develop its production lines. Established goals: stronger competitiveness and revaluing the company's human resources.
Over the last 30 years in France, skilled jobs have gradually been replacing repetitive tasks. Repetitive manual tasks are led to evolve and be replaced by functions for which human activity shows real added value.
Conscious of how important this strategic orientation is, Delta Dore equipped itself with an automation unit in 2015, tasked with<|fim_middle|>ore products. With more substantial production capacities, the company will be able to aim for high-volume markets, that are perhaps slightly more "low cost" - up until now monopolised by the competition.
By delegating repetitive, routine and non-ergonomic tasks, automation improves working conditions for employees and makes it possible to redirect the company's workforce to higher added value functions. Indeed, production line automation leads to an increase in support, control and maintenance functions that require increased skills for the operators concerned. | centralising all automation and robotisation activities on its production sites: provider management, standardisation, maintenance, integration and upscaling of new automated cells, etc.
In the space of 3 years, close to 1 million euros has thus been spent on purchasing 7 robots, including 1 cobot (collaborative robot). By the end of 2017, the company should have acquired 4 additional robots and 4 cobots, split between the Bonnemain and Etrelles sites (Ille et Vilaine region, France). The company, boasting a 100% made in France approach, thus plans to invest over 2 million euros by the end of next year!
"Delta Dore's growth has been strong and we are convinced that automation is an investment that will benefit the company's health and industrial performance." Marcel Torrents, President of Delta Dore's Executive Board.
The main goal - that of increasing the company's competitiveness - would be combined with attracting new markets and reinforcing product quality. Robots are flexible and able to repeat a movement several thousand times a day or night, whilst preserving practically infallible precision - thus ensuring reliability and quality in all Delta D | 244 |
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Coffee and Song and Coetzee, Not One Bloody Word to Write
January 27, 2018 in Musing
Starbucks Koramangala, Bangalore
You have time, much guilt, and pen and paper and a plan for writing that's fresh-written for the thirtieth, fiftieth time. You've had coffee, lots of coffee, and there's more Americano steaming on the table before you. There's urgency, and there's a daze, and there's a restlessness for writing. But you are dry. All that coffee and there's no juice yet in you. You've planned to buy tea-cake in a moment, but you know that the sweetener won't move the hand one bit on the page.
There's a sense of peace, though. (Or is it emptiness? Are the two one?) It's the feeling that comes from having retired. Once more you're retired, and once more<|fim_middle|> SoundHound looks up for me. The singer is Oumou Sangare. The song and the singer and their names and the rhythm are all in sync. But the number doesn't appeal to me.
Consuming more Coetzee might do the trick, I tell myself, staying with the Kindle, staying with hope.
Tags: musing | you've resolved that this time around the retirement is real, this time you've retired for good, and you'll write, write full time, write all the time.
There's Sur o No Sur in the air here at Starbucks, which SoundHound checked out for me: it is sung by a Kevin Johansen, whose name is not a match with the tune, song, and the language of the lyric. The beat is conducive to what I must do, though, which I would do, but for this leaden head.
I finish the coffee, eat two small tea-cakes. I wipe the newly arrived guilt in vain, guilt which comes from being vegan, from knowing there's butter in the Starbucks Pineapple-Cinnamon Tea Cake. I linger at my table, sipping water. Then I leave, slapping the cover on the pure white page on my tablet.
It's Monday today. It's one-thirty. I enter the PVR Gold Cineplex with no guilt. There's Liam Neeson in the film, so it must be good, I've told myself. Watching Liam Neeson would do only good to such creative muscles as I might possess. There's just me in the cinema hall, and a youngish couple on my row at the back, and a very young couple in the middle on the second row.
Watching Neeson soothes my mind in spite of all the hyper action in the film, such a good and valiant man his character is, but nothing creative stirs in me. After the movie, I go back to Starbucks and open my kindle to Coetzee: Summertime: A kind of autobiography, third in a series, telling in its early pages of a time when he finishes writing his first book and gets it published. Dusklands: That's the name of his first book. I tell myself I'll read that book next, and I hurry through the page of Summertime that's open in my hand. I know as I read that I'll never write like this man who must've pulled a pen right when he was in the womb, which was where he perhaps first learned how to take notes of a dark world. No, no, his fascinating book doesn't deter me. Every sentence that I put behind makes me want to write, even in this infertile moment.
I reflect on the writing I've been doing. It's so desultory to just blog. And you fish in such shallow waters when you travel for writing; moreover, all the wonders of the world are written about many times over. I'd have to write the small things, the inconsequential events, and my modest insights. Would anybody want to read such stuff? People celebrate such things as the red wheelbarrow, glazed with rain water, beside the white chickens — which the doctor saw and wrote down in verse. Whereas I, I studied to be and failed to become, an engineer. Unlike the doctor, there's not even a small something that I can extract from my world for the page.
There's perhaps this thing that I can do if it can help me break through to writing. I can write only for me to read. Or I can write — like that writer in The Moveable Feast who tells Hemingway, and with whom Hemingway agrees — stuff that no one will ever read. (It's some years since I read Moveable Feast. Please pardon me my recollection. How Coetzee remembers everything!)
Tomorrow, I'll watch McMafia. I'll watch it for Nawazuddin Siddiqui. There are only three other Indian actors whom I've loved as much as Siddiqui: Anant Nag. Naseeruddin Shah. Om Puri. Watching Siddiqui should get me somewhere in getting started in writing, I think, looking up when Koroko comes up in the speakers which, again, | 795 |
United States v. Spann
CARLOS A. SPANN (01)
HORNSBY, Magistrate Judge.
MEMORANDUM RULING
S MAURICE HICKS, JR., CHIEF JUDGE.
Before the Court are multiple post-trial motions filed by Defendant Carlos A. Spann ("Defendant"): (1) a Motion for Judgment of Acquittal pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29(c)(1) (Record Document 104); (2) a pro se Motion for New Trial pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33(a) (Record Document 160); and (3) a pro se Motion to Dismiss Indictment pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6 (Record Document 172). The Government opposes the motions. See Record Documents 106, 162, and 179. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant's motions are hereby DENIED.
The Court first addresses Defendant's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal (Record Document 104). A motion for judgment of acquittal under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 is a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. See U.S. v. Uvalle-Patricio, 478 F.3d 699, 701 (5th Cir. 2007). The standard for evaluating a defendant's motion for acquittal is whether, "after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2789 (1979). Thus, the Court's task at this stage is to view not only the evidence, but also all reasonable inferences, in the light most favorable to the Government. See United States v. Mendoza, 522 F.3d 482, 488 (5th Cir. 2008). The Court reviews the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence in the same manner that it reviews the sufficiency of direct evidence. See United States v. DeJean, 613 F.2d 1356, 1358 (5th Cir. 1980).
Here, the Court finds that the evidence and testimony presented during the four-day trial in this matter clearly supported the jury's verdict, which found Defendant guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, as well as two counts of wire fraud. For example, the jury heard testimony from Trivia Tyler, who testified that she conspired with Defendant, co-defendant Phelix Williams, and others in passing counterfeit checks as part of the wire fraud scheme. This testimony was further corroborated by numerous other witnesses and physical evidence, including photographs and text messages showing Defendant's involvement in the conspiracy. Furthermore, a video recorded interview of Defendant, which occurred subsequent to a 2015 search warrant executed at his residence and the rendering of his Miranda rights, was admitted into evidence and played for the jury at trial. In the video, Defendant explained to law enforcement officers various details regarding the wire fraud scheme, including how he created the counterfeit checks and recruited individuals in distributing them. Thus, given the substantial direct and circumstantial evidence presented at trial, it can hardly be said that the jury's guilty verdict was not a "rational decision." Accordingly, Defendant's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal (Record Document 104) is DENIED.
Regarding Defendant's Motion for New Trial pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure <|fim_middle|> the testimony was false or that any alleged omission or discrepancy regarding said testimony had any effect on the grand jury's decision to indict. Moreover, the portion of the referenced interview on which SA Craft's testimony was based was presented at trial for the jury's consideration, which went on to find Defendant guilty of all counts alleged in the indictment.[1]
In addition, Defendant asserts in his motion an obscure argument in which he claims that the indictment is unconstitutional as "fruit of the poisonous tree." Record Document 172-1 at 8. Defendant further requests that the Court find that Defendant Williams' testimony at trial, which contradicted his previous statements to SA Craft referenced above, was truthful and that the indictment was instead based on false testimony. See id. However, as with his previous arguments, Defendant's claims are equally without merit. As discussed above, Defendant fails to offer any basis supporting his claim that the Government presented or sponsored false testimony to the grand jury through SA Craft, or that such testimony was the only evidence they considered in returning a true bill against Defendant. Furthermore, the Court declines to overrule the petit jury's credibility determination as to Defendant Williams' testimony at trial. Accordingly, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Indictment (Record Document 172) is DENIED.
Therefore, based on the foregoing reasons, Defendant's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal (Record Document 104) and pro se Motion for New Trial (Record Document 160) are DENIED. Additionally, Defendant's pro se Motion to Dismiss Indictment (Record Document 172) is DENIED.
An order consistent with the terms of the instant Memorandum Ruling shall issue herewith.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED. | 33(a) (Record Document 160), the Court finds, as previously stated in its prior order in this matter, that such motion is untimely under Rule 33(b)(2). See Record Document 148 at 1. Further, Defendant has not demonstrated the sort of "excusable neglect" that would justify an extension of the deadline to file this motion. See id.; see also Pioneer Inv. Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership, 507 U.S. 380, 395, 113 S.Ct. 1489, 1498 (1993). Therefore, Defendant's Motion for New Trial (Record Document 160) is DENIED.
Lastly, the Court addresses Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Indictment pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6 (Record Document 172). Defendant alleges numerous convoluted grounds in support of his motion, the majority of which concern the grand jury proceedings in this matter. See Record Document 172-1 at 1. In this context, a district court may not dismiss an indictment for errors in grand jury proceedings unless such errors prejudiced the defendant. See, e.g., United States v. Cessa, 861 F.3d 121, 141 (5th Cir. 2017). Additionally, dismissal of an indictment is appropriate only if it is established that the violation "substantially influenced" the grand jury's decision to indict, or if there is grave doubt that the decision to indict was free from the substantial influence of such violations. Id. Furthermore, courts have repeatedly held that a petit jury's determination of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt renders harmless any alleged errors that occurred before the grand jury. See, e.g., U.S. v. Mechanik, 475 U.S. 66, 73, 106 S.Ct. 938, 943 (1986).
First, the Court addresses Defendant's asserted grounds for dismissal of the indictment due to alleged "false testimony" and inflammatory remarks presented to the grand jury. Record Document 172-1 at 3. Defendant objects to, inter alia, testimony by United States Secret Service Senior Special Agent Darron Craft ("SA Craft") during grand jury regarding a post-Miranda interview with co-defendant Phelix Williams ("Defendant Williams"). SA Craft testified that during the interview, Defendant Williams identified the instant Defendant from a photograph and that Defendant was the individual known as "Unc" who gave him the counterfeit checks at issue. Here, Defendant wholly fails to make any showing that | 566 |
MOSTLY WE'RE ABOUT THE MACHINES – warrantied manual and electric typewriters. W.P.M. also showcases vintage desks, chairs, lamps and writing ephemera.
a capella choir which her husband Allan directs. GFS is one of a number of area schools that uses typewriters in their curricula and for free-range typing in the halls and libraries.
W.P.M. hosts book launches, theater, concerts and parties in its space.
We offer a one year warranty – after all, these typewriters have already survived for 40-100 years. We do a good job. We stand behind it. Don't drop it, and we'll all be happy.
Manufactured the same year that Milton Glaser produced his iconic poster of Bob Dylan (with that serpentine, multi-colored hair), the Mustang rolled out of Detroit, and the movie Blow Up hit the silver screen. This typewriter had design in mind--popular, slim, chic and reliable. Made with cast aluminum and dimpled keys. The color is emblematic of the period, of course--a smokey sea foam.
This machine harks to 1977 when Americans themselves were learning to go portable. We went to Europe for $5 A Day (the travel book was a top seller). Ambitious college students knew not to tout their typing skills when job seeking, lest they be pigeon-holed. The Apple II debuted, gas sold for 65¢/gallon, President Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam War "draft dodgers"<|fim_middle|>This is the typewriter nonpareil--the last great mechanical invention of America's industrial age. Remarkably precise, these machines rely on a "golf ball" with 88 character-fonts, easily switched to another golf ball, to change font styles. The ball rotates and pivots very fast to precisely strike a page. No need for a carriage to be shifting. One function here allows for 10 OR 12 pitch (characters per inch). This and similar models here were manufactured 1973-83. Selectrics and their descendants eventually captured 75% of the electric typewriter business market in the U.S. By its 25th anniversary, in 1986, more than 13 million of these machines had been made. Other IBM Selectric models available. | and the World Trade Center was completed. We saw Star Wars at the movies, and Roots on TV, Indiana became the 35th and (so far) final State to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Marjorie Wyngaarden and other NOW activists won a three-year battle with AT&T about dual phone book listings for husbands and wives without an extra charge.
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Rodney Leer, Brenham Independent School<|fim_middle|> prepare for the future by deploying a solution that supports IPv6 and DNSSEC. Having appraised a product from one of the market's largest DDI vendors, MSA found that it featured a high level of complexity and a price which they found excessive for their requirement.
"DNSBOX is designed to make it easy to control and protect core DDI services. It also addresses issues that really concern Network Managers including DNSSEC and IPv6. These standards are being adopted at a quickening pace so anyone planning to upgrade DNS infrastructure should ensure that their new solution can handle these upcoming challenges," added Magdalena.
DNSBOX features simple, secure DNSSEC key management which is automated to reduce administrative workload and avoid user-error. DNSBOX's IPAM functionality is also automated and will help Maryland State Archives to deal with the complexity of IPv6 as it becomes more widely used.
Maryland State Archives (http://msa.maryland.gov/) is the central depository for government records for the US state of Maryland. In manuscript, print and electronic formats, they store and provide access to state executive, legislative & judicial records; land & business records; government publications and special collections of maps, newspapers, photographs and private papers dating back to 1634. | District, USA "CACHEBOX is incredibly easy to use. It takes very little maintenance, which is extremely important ..."
Dustin Rowe, Ronan School District 30, USA ""DNSBOX is a great product. I highly recommend it for ISPs and organizations that carry out bulk DNS changes.""
ApplianSys is pleased to announce that the US state of Maryland has purchased a DNSBOX400/200 solution for the State Archives (MSA), to replace an in-house system which was difficult and time-consuming to maintain.
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How Ookla Ensures Accurate, Reliable Data: A Guide to Our Metrics and Methodology (Updated for 2021)
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At Ookla® we care deeply about providing data and analyses that are meaningful, accurate and statistically sound so that consumers and businesses can trust the information they're receiving. We've been doing this for over 15 years. Every day, millions of people use Speedtest®, our flagship product, to better understand the performance and quality of their internet connections because it is the most reliable tool for measuring internet performance and providing network diagnostics.
Each test taken with Speedtest uses the Speedtest Server Network™, a global network of high-performance servers, ready to test the maximum sustained throughput of the<|fim_middle|> their device at the times and places that matter most to them. Whether a user takes a Speedtest once per month or once per hour, our sampling methodology makes sure that each user's voice is heard and is not drowned out by high-volume testers.
When we aggregate data, each unique Speedtest user's results are averaged to create a single sample that summarizes their internet experience for that time period and geographic area. We then evaluate each service provider based equally on the samples provided by each of its users. This removes the potential for results to be skewed by individual outliers or short-term fluctuations in service or user behaviors.
To ensure that our results represent the true commercially available user experience on a network, measurements from some tests are excluded from aggregation and published results, including tests performed in controlled environments by network engineers, tests taken from our CLI tool and results from the following platforms: mobile web tests taken on Speedtest.net, tests on Windows phones and tests using the Chrome app and our embedded solutions. Our data scientists and analysts employ a host of tools that allow us to identify and remove any tests that could intentionally or unintentionally bias our results.
We hope this reference guide will give you deeper insight into the metrics we present on Insights. We also have further information on 5G and a glossary that contains some general terms used when discussing internet performance across the industry. For specific information about what our data has to say about your market, learn more about Speedtest Intelligence.
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Follow Ookla® | user's connection (download and upload speeds) and to report back on key network health metrics. There are Speedtest servers in virtually every country and major population center worldwide. Read more about the Speedtest Server Network and how Speedtest is uniquely able to measure high-speed connections including 5G.
Ookla's mission is to help make the internet better, faster and more accessible for everyone. This article details the operational definitions and metrics we use to report on that data so you can better understand the aspects of network performance that are important to you. Read more about the language we use to describe our analyses.
Our vast dataset, rigorous quality control and thoughtful analysis makes Ookla the preferred data provider for telecommunications operators, regulatory bodies, trade bodies, analysts, journalists and nonprofits worldwide. Read more about why consumer-initiated testing is more accurate than other methods and how our aggregation methodology sets Speedtest apart.
Multi-server testing
Ookla's test methodology aims to be the most accurate measure of a user's real-world network performance. To that end, we have fully enabled multi-server testing on our web, desktop and mobile Speedtest platforms. Testing simultaneously to multiple servers removes the dependency on a single server to fully saturate a connection and measure a user's maximum download throughput capacity.
Multi-server testing is important because ultra-high-speed connectivity services (such as fiber or 5G) require higher-capacity servers in order to generate enough traffic to saturate an end-user's connection. Peering relationships or cross-connectivity between providers can also be a bottleneck for internet speeds, so a single server's performance and the proximity of the selected server are both factors that can impact the accuracy of a network test. To mitigate these issues, our applications can now test to multiple servers in parallel to generate sufficient traffic to saturate the end-user's connection.
When a user initiates a test with Speedtest, it opens connections to the four servers with the lowest latency at the start of the download stage. Speedtest dynamically scales the number of connections to each server to saturate the client-side network. For multi-server testing, this connection scaling was modified to ensure that each server in a multi-server test receives just as many connections as it would in a test to a single server. The algorithm for calculating download speed is the same as in our single-server test methodology, except that it incorporates all information transferred across all connections and all servers. All other aspects of the download stage (such as test duration and stable stop) are identical between single and multi-server tests.
The other test stages (upload, latency, packet loss and traceroute) use a single server. For these test stages, the Speedtest client automatically selects the server with the lowest latency or, alternatively, the user can manually select a specific server.
We plan to expand multi-server testing to our Speedtest Embedded, Speedtest CLI and Speedtest Custom testing clients in the near future.
Video testing
Streaming video is one of the main drivers of traffic on the internet, so we launched video testing on Speedtest in February of 2021. This test, currently available for iOS, enables users to directly measure the quality of their video streaming experience. The Speedtest video test plays an actual video to specifically measure the performance of video streaming on your network at any time.
Streamed video content is typically delivered via adaptive bitrate technology, which adjusts the quality of the video stream based on network conditions. Our video test measures this adaptive bitrate to tell you the maximum resolution, load time and buffer you should be able to expect. Given this information, you have a better idea of which devices work best at that performance level.
We plan to expand video testing to the Speedtest Android app soon.
Internet performance metrics for mobile and fixed broadband
Our metrics describe real-world internet performance and coverage. This helps consumers understand their network performance and service providers understand their customer experience, gain competitive insights and identify how to improve their networks.
For definitions of basic internet measures like download, upload, latency and jitter, visit our glossary.
Mean vs. median
There are many different ways to summarize a collection of data. The mean — often called "average" — or median of the data are most often used to describe what a typical value might be. In terms of internet performance, the mean represents the download speed a user might expect to see. The mean is calculated by adding up all values seen and dividing by the number of observations. Because of this, it's possible that no users actually experienced download speeds like the mean. The median, on the other hand, represents the download speed seen by the typical user. Here, the "typical user" is the one whose speed is right in the middle of all users' speeds on a given network.
The subtle distinction between mean and median can have a large impact in instances where a small subset of users have access to ultra-high-speed service like 10 Gbps fiber or mmWave 5G. In these cases, users on rare but fast technology can lift the mean value higher than what a typical user might see. Since the median represents the typical user, it is much less impacted by outliers of very high or low performance. This is why we have begun reporting median download speeds in markets where next-generation service has brought dramatic speed increases to some users. As these new technologies spread, we will be using median more frequently to describe speeds across the globe.
Ookla uses the millions of tests we receive each day to infer the network performance that all users can expect. This process introduces some degree of uncertainty, which is similar to the margin of error that you might see with political polls. We commonly report this uncertainty with bars in our figures. These confidence intervals represent the range in which the true value is likely to be. We commonly use a confidence level of 95%, which is common throughout science and engineering.
An operator or ISP must account for 3% or more of total test samples in the market for the entire period to be designated as a top provider. We use this designation to ensure that most consumers in the area actually have access to the provider to qualify it as the fastest, most consistent or having the best coverage.
Modern chipsets
Ookla closely monitors the launch and widespread release of new device models built on chipsets capable of utilizing the latest mobile network technologies. When calculating Speed Score™ and determining the winners of Speedtest Awards for mobile broadband, we focus solely on results from devices built on modern chipsets that are able to measure the network's full capabilities. This ensures that an operator's score is not negatively impacted if a portion of its subscriber base continues to use older technology.
Speed Score™
We created Speed Score to fully account for the range of speeds a provider offers in a single metric. This makes it easier to compare mobile operators and ISPs on several aspects of performance using one metric.
Speed Score incorporates a measure of each provider's download and upload speed to rank network performance (90% of the final Speed Score is attributed to download speed and the remaining 10% to upload speed, because online experiences are typically more affected by download speed). Speed Score uses a modified trimean to combine speeds from the 10th percentile, 50th percentile (also known as the median) and 90th percentile in a weighted average using a 1:8:1 ratio, respectively. We place the most emphasis on the median speeds as those represent what most network providers' customers will experience on a day-to-day basis.
While fast speeds are paramount, a consistent experience is also a worthy measure of a network's quality. Consistency is the metric we use to identify fixed broadband or mobile networks that provide a consistent quality of service. It reflects the percentage of a provider's data samples that meet minimum thresholds for download and upload speeds, depending on the type of network. The higher a provider's Consistency, the more likely a consumer will enjoy acceptable internet performance and quality.
Consistency for fixed broadband and 5G mobile connections uses thresholds of 25 Mbps minimum download speed (the recommended speed for streaming in 4K) and 3 Mbps minimum upload speed. 5G consistency is measured at this higher level because we believe that consumers expect 5G to provide a level of service that is on par with their home internet speeds.
Consistency for mobile overall uses thresholds of 5 Mbps minimum download speed (the recommended speed for streaming in HD) and 1 Mbps minimum upload speed.
Coverage metrics for mobile broadband
An operator's coverage indicates whether service is available at the times and places where users need it. Ookla's Availability and Coverage metrics are based on data from Android devices that submit hundreds of millions of data points each day about the types of cellular services seen and the places where they are available.
Availability gives users and mobile operators insight into the cellular technology (e.g., 5G) that users spend the majority of their time connected to — both on and off of their subscriber (SIM) network. Availability uses coverage scans to construct daily timelines for each device in a given area of interest. Then, daily per-device durations on subscriber network, active network and cellular technology are calculated. Next, the percentage of time that a device spends on each cellular technology category and network is calculated for a given area and time period of interest, and the device is assigned to the cellular technology on which it spent the most time. Finally, the percent of devices on a given technology for a subscriber network is the final metric seen in Speedtest Intelligence®. In the rare case that a user spends equal amounts of time on more than one category, they are assigned to the category with the most advanced technology. For example, a user that spends half their time on 4G and half on 5G would be assigned to 5G.
5G Availability
5G Availability describes the percent of users on 5G-capable devices that spend the majority of their time on 5G, both roaming and on-network.
4G Availability describes the percent of users on all devices that spend the majority of their time on 4G and above, both roaming and on-network.
Network Availability
Network Availability describes the percent of users on all devices who spend the majority of their time connected to any cellular technology (i.e., 2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G), both roaming and on-network. This can be an indicator of how likely users are to encounter either service outages or areas without coverage.
Note that in content published prior to April 16, 2021, Service was referred to as "Availability" and "Availability" was referred to as "Time Spent."
Coverage Score™
Coverage Score accounts for both the quality and coverage of service for mobile operators. Coverage Score multiplies the proportion of locations in which an operator was seen with service (its footprint) against the average tile quality score (based on Service) among all locations in which that operator is present. Coverage Score has a range of 0 to 1000 to avoid any potential for confusion that the Coverage Score represents a percentage of an area or population with coverage. Because Coverage is a spatially-focused metric, only scans with precise and legitimate location information are included, as we build samples that normalize data by user, operator, location and time period.
Coverage Score is not comparable across different countries because it is strongly tailored to the unique geography of each market.
To calculate Coverage Score, we use Footprint, which is the fraction of locations within a given market, across all operators in that market, where a device has access to service. Operators with a relatively small footprint will have a lower Coverage Score than competitors with equal Service (described below) and a larger footprint. We require a footprint of at least 30% in an operator's market before we will calculate a Coverage Score to ensure that an operator is generally available to the public.
Service metrics indicate how likely a user, on average, is to have access to the specified technology in the places they go. We divide our data on service into three separate views: General Service, 4G Service, and On-Network Service. They are individually defined as:
The percentage of an operator's known locations where a device has access to any kind of service (including roaming).
4G Service
The percentage of an operator's known locations where a device has access to 4G LTE service (including roaming).
On-Network Service
The percentage of an operator's known locations where a device has access to service from that operator.
Speedtest is the most accurate measure of real-world network performance and coverage
Why consumer-initiated testing is the best measure of internet speed
Each time a user takes a Speedtest, a snapshot of the internet is captured for that specific time, place, device and network. Because these tests are initiated by consumers when and where they need performance data, Speedtest gives users accurate information about internet speeds at the times and locations that are important to them. When aggregated, these measurements describe the network's real-world performance.
Speedtest measures the full capacity of an internet connection
Each Speedtest runs as a dedicated foreground service. This allows the device to use enough data to flood the internet connection and measure the full capability of both the network connection and the device. Only a dedicated foreground service can accurately assess network performance and quality metrics such as: download speed, upload speed, latency, packet loss, jitter and other indicators of network conditions.
Companies that attempt to measure speed using background tests hidden inside of other apps only send small amounts of data back and forth and cannot accurately measure performance, particularly at high speeds.
Because Speedtest operates in the foreground and measures the full throughput capacity of a connection, we can properly assess the performance capability of even the fastest connection. This is why speeds measured with Speedtest are often higher than those measured with other methods. This difference can be substantial, especially when testing the performance of newer technologies like 5G and multi-gigabit fiber.
Consumer-initiated = speed
Background = coverage
Mobile Speedtest users on Android devices can also opt in to submit data from background coverage scans. Our users contribute billions of measurements each day on the quality and conditions of mobile networks in their area from over 300 million scans. These coverage scans provide real-time insights into signal conditions, spectrum usage and network equipment at a fine level of geographic detail.
The hidden downsides of background testing from other providers
Other internet testing providers run their solutions in the background of third-party applications, such as messengers, call recorders, dating apps and media converters. Users of these apps are often unaware that these tests are accessing their location data and network conditions.
Due to protections Apple has in place for user privacy, iOS doesn't surface information like connection type to apps that run in the background. It is vital that a testing solution run in the foreground on iOS to accurately test the network and collect information about the active SIM and access technology. Aggregate speeds you might see from other network testing providers do not adequately represent the results of iOS users, which make up a large and important segment of the market.
As Google continues to update their data privacy policies for Android, having a dedicated app like Speedtest with a transparent consumer experience and clear user permissions around location data collection is also increasingly important.
Ookla provides a reliable, consistent test experience across devices
Speedtest provides an accurate, consistent test experience that consumers trust across the many device types available on today's market. Our rigorous methodology applies to all of our applications.
How the Speedtest Server Network ensures accuracy
Testing to the right server eliminates latency and bottlenecks that can skew performance metrics.
Each link and node through which data is transferred can affect the final measurements as the link with the most constraining characteristics (highest latency, lowest bandwidth or highest packet loss) will typically limit the final measurements. Therefore, the fewer links between a device and a server, the more relevant the measurement is to quantifying and understanding the networking capability of a particular device.
Each test connects the Speedtest client to a nearby server in Ookla's global network of over 14,000 servers in more than 190 countries. This local connection allows us to ensure an accurate view of network performance that isn't tarnished by external factors. Ookla takes comprehensive steps to ensure our traffic is indistinguishable from other applications or browser traffic to the server.
Testing to a CDN alone does not provide an accurate picture of network performance
Although content delivery networks (CDNs) serve a large portion of internet content, platforms that test to a CDN only test to a single provider, often in a distant location, which only measures the connection to that specific CDN.
Speedtest measures the last-mile service provided to the end user by their ISPs and mobile operators. The last mile is the part of a user's internet experience that a provider has the most control over — and responsibility for. Consumers can more accurately measure and troubleshoot the network connection they're actually paying for, based on the location from which they are testing, because Speedtest connects to dedicated local servers. This allows us to provide the most accurate quality of service (QoS) measurement possible and uniquely positions us to evaluate the service provided by every ISP and mobile operator in the world — including removing the variability that comes with measuring CDN performance.
We also recognize the value in measuring a user's performance beyond the last mile, so Speedtest allows testing to various network providers in diverse locations. In this way, users can assess various connection scenarios to understand the full potential of a connection instead of being limited to a single provider. Only Ookla allows you to detect points of network congestion, and gain a better understanding of internet performance as a whole.
Speedtest is uniquely capable of measuring the full throughput capacity of 5G and super-fast fiber connections
Modern network speeds are increasing rapidly with technologies like 4G, 5G and fiber broadband being deployed across the globe. This makes the ability to measure a network's full capacity more essential than ever. Speedtest uses a client-and-server testing engine that dynamically scales the number of connections to multiple servers in order to fully saturate and accurately measure client-side connections up to 10 Gbps. This enables Ookla to overcome the effects of network bottlenecks and measure the full capacity of a network's performance.
Accurate 5G connection detection and identification
Not all 5G-capable devices natively identify the 5G connection type when reporting to applications. That's why Ookla has directly partnered with device manufacturers worldwide to implement accurate in-app 5G detection in Speedtest. Consumers can reliably see when they're testing a 5G connection in the Speedtest app, and providers can reliably measure their customers' 5G network performance and quality.
Testing coverage, availability and quality of service
Fast mobile network speeds only matter when you actually have coverage. Consumer-initiated testing is the gold standard for speed and other performance metrics, but to measure signal and coverage Speedtest also collects over 300 million daily scans of coverage data in the background, submitted by Speedtest Android app users. These coverage scans capture where service is offered, what the quality of service is at each location, and information about a mobile user's "radio environment," including: the technology used (e.g., 5G, 4G LTE, etc.), the cellular infrastructure to which they are connected, the accompanying strength and quality of signal, and other device radio measurements.
Combined, consumer-initiated testing and coverage scans provide an unparalleled amount of data on the performance, coverage and quality of a user's network connection. Here is an example of that complementary relationship in India:
How Ookla aggregates and analyzes data
The largest volume of consumer-initiated tests
Numbers matter in data collection, and it's important to look deeply at what the numbers represent. If a testing provider were to run 100 background tests per day on 100 phones for 100 days that record 100 values each, they'd have 1 million measurements. That overall number might sound impressive — until you realize that 100 phones do not give you a very wide (or interesting) distribution of phone types, locations or even experiences. The numbers are even less impressive when you realize that the 100 data points they're collecting include less significant details like the device's screen width and battery type that are only interesting to tiny cross sections of our industry.
Each and every day, over 10 million tests are actively initiated by pressing the "Go" button on Speedtest, and we receive additional data from over 300 million coverage scans. We see daily results on almost every mobile and fixed broadband network in the world, which provides us with a real-time view of how the internet is performing at a global scale. This constant flow of immense amounts of data allows us to precisely track how networks respond to events like large crowds, the capabilities of new devices, the impact of network upgrades and the rollout of new technologies like 5G.
Unbiased data and a statistical sampling methodology
We use a rigorous statistical sampling methodology to combat sampling bias and ensure data accuracy. Through consumer-initiated testing, Speedtest gives every user a voice to describe what the internet connection is like on | 4,323 |
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They attend my friend's youth group at church. Mike had been wanting to bring them for a while, and this time everything finally<|fim_middle|> He loves them very much. | worked out.
I was pleased to have the opportunity to share my story. John-John is nineteen, and Ronnie, sixteen. Both come from a home where there are serious conflicts going on, none of which I am at liberty to discuss. But Mike and his pastor had hoped that I could somehow encourage them to stay on the right path, and not succumb to peer pressure or various temptations which, if given in to, can ruin a man's life.
My two main themes were, "Let God do something wonderful with your life," and "You have a good future. Don't waste it." They appeared to listen intently, and they asked questions. By no means was this a lecture. It was more like a gathering amongst friends. I used my own failings as an example of just how quickly a person could take a wrong turn and end up in prison. Of course I also shared about my salvation experience and my faith in Christ, too.
I know that John-John and Ronnie are carrying around a lot of emotional baggage - for want of a better term. Although living in the suburbs, their lives are anything but ideal. For me it was a privilege to meet them. Hopefully I was able to give John-John and Ronnie some good advice to help them navigate the world. I know, too, that I may never see their faces again. So at the end of the visit we all joined hands and prayed. Then we said our goodbyes. I plan to stay in touch with them via my friend, Mike.
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Democrats sign off on USMCA deal
House action sets up vote ahead of scheduled Dec. 20 recess.
Jacqui Fatka | Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday morning House Democrats announced that they had signed off on a new version of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer was headed to Mexico to sign off on the new revised deal with Mexico and Canada.
The agreement comes over a year from when the original deal was signed between the nations. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said the original deal was a non-starter for House Democrats, yet the new version produced to account for concerns on the environment and enforceability is "infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the Administration," Pelosi said in a press conference Tuesday morning.
Related: Secretary Perdue optimistic on China, USMCA deals
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D<|fim_middle|> than 3 million Americans who rely on dairy for jobs and income. Our IDFA members participated in dozens of meetings and events to show their support for passage of USCMA. On many occasions, we spoke directly to members of Congress and officials in the Trump Administration about how crucial this agreement is to the future of American dairy. We also worked as part of a persistent coalition of more than 1,000 food and agricultural businesses and organizations that united to raise our voices in support of USMCA," Dykes noted.
Angela Hofmann, co-executive director of Farmers for Free Trade, the national, bipartisan coalition of America's leading ag commodity and business groups, said the deal is welcome news and a relief for American farmers. "Now it's time to get the bill passed before politics can get in the way. Farmers and ranchers will be watching closely to ensure that their members of Congress are standing up for American agriculture," Hoffman said in a statement.
TAGS: Policy | ., Mass.) said the negotiations between the Gang of 8 House Democrats and Lighthizer was "Intense, argumentative, angry negotiations" and "got really hot on a number of occasions." Neal joked he holds the world record for hanging up on each other in phone conversations with Lighthizer.
But at the end, Neal said the deal offered an "opportunity we couldn't let get away from us."
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Pelosi said she still hopes to end the current session by Dec. 20, and a vote would come by that date. Neal said members would soon receive implementing legislation soon to review the agreement and get the agreement to the floor and added there is "no reason for unnecessary delays" but also added there would be time for people in the caucus to vet what was put together.
Senate Finance Committee leaders, who will shepherd the bill in the Senate, had not yet been briefed on the new agreement but welcomed the deal. Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) said he looks forward to reviewing the specific language soon and expects committee members will be briefed in person by USTR this week.
"Passage of USMCA will be a significant win for farmers, workers and all Americans. Renegotiating NAFTA was a central campaign promise made by President Trump. He kept his word and Americans will enjoy the many benefits of this upgraded trade deal as a result. The nation's economy under President Trump has achieved historic levels of employment and wages are finally growing after years of stagnation. This trade deal will help create even more jobs and make us stronger as a country," Grassley said.
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) said he does not have the details on how closely the agreement adheres to a trade enforcement regime proposed by himself and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio.) "I will be scrutinizing it closely to determine whether the final proposal contains the trade enforcement tools we have proposed."
President Trump also touted the USMCA deal is good news for American workers.
America's great USMCA Trade Bill is looking good. It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA. Good for everybody - Farmers, Manufacturers, Energy, Unions - tremendous support. Importantly, we will finally end our Country's worst Trade Deal, NAFTA!
Agricultural groups also quickly praised the deal announcement.
National Grain and Feed Assn. (NGFA) president Randy Gordon appreciated the dedication and persistence of Lighthizer and House leaders. "We also commend the governments of two of our most important trading partners – Mexico and Canada – in working with the United States to accommodate these concerns," Gordon added.
The USMCA trade agreement will preserve or expand upon critical market access for U.S. agricultural products in the North American market. In addition to maintaining a tariff-free environment for most agricultural goods, USMCA also will help address non-tariff barriers, which are paramount among the current global challenges that distort and slow cross-border trade flows. Among other benefits, USMCA will: facilitate cross-border trade flows through higher levels of regulatory coherence and cooperation; implement timelines and notifications for adverse import checks; include steps to reduce the likelihood of trade disruptions in products of agricultural biotechnology; use technical consultations for sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) disputes; and require that SPS standards be grounded in science and based on proper risk assessments and implemented using accepted risk management techniques.
Dairy producers also welcomed the deal which offers an opportunity to increase dairy exports to Canada. For dairy, USMCA preserves the Mexican market, eliminates Canada's Class 7 pricing program, increases market access to the Canadian market and strengthens provisions to protect common cheese names.
Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and chief executive officer of the International Dairy Foods Assn. (IDFA), said, "Once ratified, the new USMCA deal also delivers peace of mind for our businesses, removing the handcuffs of uncertainty that have constrained business decisions over the past two years as the deal was negotiated. Make no mistake about it, for the U.S. dairy industry—farmers, processors, and suppliers—the USMCA deal is a major win that levels the playing field with our largest trading partners."
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When a handsome, unscrupulous fortune hunter approaches Harriet, a young woman of means whom most people would call half-witted, no good can result. Elizabeth Jenkins's artistry, however, transforms the bare facts of this case from the annals of Victorian England's Old Bailey into an absolutely spine-chilling exploration of the depths of human depravity. When a handsome, unscrupulous fortune hunter approaches Harriet, a young woman of means whom most people would call half-witted, no good can result. Elizabeth Jenkins's artistry, however, transforms the bare facts of this case from the annals of Victorian England's Old Bailey into an absolutely spine-chilling exploration of the depths of human depravity. ...more
Published June 26th 1980 by Penguin Books (first published 1934)
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Aug 31, 2010 mark monday rated it really liked it
Shelves: mnemonic-devices, buried-treasure, murdertime, world-of-insects
it is a sad thing that Jenkins' 1934 novel is not better known! perhaps the darkness, realism, and tragedy that form the basis of this novel's insights on humanity's often predatory nature has precluded it from being embraced.
the premise is simple enough. take a "natural" from any given Austen novel - those simple-minded, childish, often greedy, but also often innately sweet women who the central heroines usually have to protect or at least work around - and set her in a starkly realistic settin it is a sad thing that Jenkins' 1934 novel is not better known! perhaps the darkness, realism, and tragedy that form the basis of this novel's insights on humanity's often predatory nature has precluded it from being embraced.
the premise is simple enough. take a "natural" from any given Austen novel - those simple-minded, childish, often greedy, but also often innately sweet women who the central heroines usually have to protect or at least work around - and set her in a starkly realistic setting approximately 50 years later, filled with characters who truly will do what they feel they have to do to obtain money and comfort. although the language is similar - charmingly nuanced and understated dialogue; descriptive passages that are wry and subtle; characters who are pleasingly well-spoken and well-mannered - the result is very far from a comedy of manners. Harriet's narrative is instead a grueling series of escalating predations and degradations, politely told... because most people with no sense but some money do not have a Jane Austen heroine around to guide and protect them.
the discomfort this novel creates comes not just from the horrors that are visited upon the heroine but also from the inclusion of classic characters and situations that are instantly recognizable from the range of light comedies of manner that have been read and re-read over time. greed is a killer and predators will do anything to rationalize their predatory behavior (even to themselves) - particularly in a milieu where polite conversation and manners are as important as currency.
a dark and forgotten classic, one that is pitiless and passionless in its depictions of human cruelty. the novel is both subtle and furious in its underlying assessment of the avariciousness that can drive that cruelty. ...more
Aug 11, 2015 Vanessa rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Harriet by Elizabeth Jenkins was my first Persephone, and I feel this isn't the typical story that Persephone publishes - it's dark, gritty, upsetting, and more interestingly a fictionalised version of real tragic events.
It follows a woman called Harriet who is termed as a 'natural' - she has learning disabilities, and lives with her mother in a protective environment. She is careful with her appearance, and has a great deal of money (and more to come into upon the death of her aunt). On one of Harriet by Elizabeth Jenkins was my first Persephone, and I feel this isn't the typical story that Persephone publishes - it's dark, gritty, upsetting, and more interestingly a fictionalised version of real tragic events.
It follows a woman called Harriet who is termed as a 'natural' - she has learning disabilities, and lives with her mother in a protective environment. She is careful with her appearance, and has a great deal of money (and more to come into upon the death of her aunt). On one of her customary visits to relatives, she comes into contact with Lewis Oman, and promptly falls for his romantic advances - unaware that his real motive is to get his hands on her money.
While I was reading this story, I was completely enraptured - I didn't want to put it down at some points, because I was dying to know what would happen to the poor heroine. Of course I knew how the story in real life ended, but there is nothing like a fictionalisation of a real story to bring so many more elements to it - motives of characters, their own inner thoughts, and much much more. It's like being a fly on the wall of an important event/trial in history.
One thing that struck me was the unbelievable cruelty of almost every character in this book. At times it didn't seem real, that anyone could be this cold, malicious, and plotting - I had to remind myself that these people were real and these events for the most part happened. The disgust I felt towards Lewis and his relatives was so strong it surprised me - when a book spurs such strong feelings in me, I know it's a good one.
I felt at times towards the end that the pace became a bit choppy, and the ending felt wrapped up a little too quicky - I would have liked a little extra detail. But for the most part, the pacing was perfect and I was never bored, only intrigued. I will definitely be checking out more of Jenkins' work, particularly The Tortoise and the Hare - obviously that book will be very different from this one, but I really enjoyed her writing style.
If the typical Persephone subjects aren't really your thing, I would definitely recommend picking this one up - a true crime book that is shocking and intriguing, and well worth the read. ...more
Mar 10, 2015 Nancy Oakes rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: uk-fiction, valancourt-books
As always, I'm chatty Cathy about this book, so if you want the longie, you can go here; otherwise, carry on with the short version.
Originally written in 1934, Harriet is based on an actual British murder case from the 1870s known as "The Penge Murder Mystery." It is one of the more disturbing books I've read, although I must say it is also one of the best crime novels I've had in my hands in a very, very long time. While information is widely available online about the Penge Murders or The Sta As always, I'm chatty Cathy about this book, so if you want the longie, you can go here; otherwise, carry on with the short version.
Originally written in 1934, Harriet is based on an actual British murder case from the 1870s known as "The Penge Murder Mystery." It is one of the more disturbing books I've read, although I must say it is also one of the best crime novels I've had in my hands in a very, very long time. While information is widely available online about the Penge Murders or The Staunton Case (the real name of the fictional title character), I held off reading the facts of the actual case until I finished the novel, because I didn't want to have any expectations at all going into this book.
I give major credit to the author here -- she has brought true evil to life in these characters. Her writing is just outstanding. She employs the use of contrast and irony to great effect, she spends a great deal of time in her characters' heads so that the reader can see exactly how such evil is justified, and through it all, she never has to resort to graphic detail to get Harriet's horrific situation across to the reader. But it's not just about the crime or the sordid details here -- you also develop an appreciation for how she layers in commentary on socioeconomic class distinctions, about social mores, and especially on how women have very little in the way of legal rights at this time.
To say I walked away from this novel completely floored is an understatement. One the one hand, it was extremely disturbing in the sense that it's amazing how anyone could do what these people did for the sake of money without ever batting an eye. On the other, this book was so well done that even without knowing anything about the case, I could see it all happening right in front of me.
I highly, highly recommend this novel to anyone who is appreciative of good writing, writers of the Interwar period, and to anyone who wants something far above ordinary crime. It's also a great choice for people who enjoy crime fiction based on real cases. I love these old books and I am in awe that Valancourt continues to find such great works to bring back into print. It really is one of the best historically-based novels I've ever read. ...more
Dec 06, 2018 Hilary added it
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Review of the Persephone edition.
You can see where this is going and you can see it's going to be a very depressing read. I happened to read the information inside the dust jacket at the back that tells you about the author, I don't look at the information inside dust jacket at the front,that tells you about the book, as I have found Persephone books are prone to spoilers. But for some reason the author information gives a massive spoiler about the book. This detail (view spoiler)[ not only is H Review of the Persephone edition.
You can see where this is going and you can see it's going to be a very depressing read. I happened to read the information inside the dust jacket at the back that tells you about the author, I don't look at the information inside dust jacket at the front,that tells you about the book, as I have found Persephone books are prone to spoilers. But for some reason the author information gives a massive spoiler about the book. This detail (view spoiler)[ not only is Harriet, who has learning difficulties, married for her money she is also killed (hide spoiler)]made me decide I didn't want to read this right now. ...more
Jan 13, 2018 Karen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: persephone
One of Persephone's darkest novels based on the true story of the 1877 Penge Murder case.
A story of cruelty,greed and passion, this book may not be everyone's cup of tea but it is so well written by Elizabeth Jenkins .
I was hooked from the start and wanted to know what happened.
Recommended for true crime fans One of Persephone's darkest novels based on the true story of the 1877 Penge Murder case.
Recommended for true crime fans ...more
May 21, 2020 Janie C. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Immense greed, trickery, narcissism, neglect and cruelty breed contempt and indignation towards the family that grossly mistreats an innocent and mentally deficient woman. What makes this novel a horror story is the fact that it is based on truth. A Victorian novel that wraps the reader around the finger that points towards ultimate justice.
Apr 23, 2012 Jane rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
"It was a crime involving almost unbelievable callousness and cruelty. A half-witted young woman named Harriet who had inherited a small fortune was living happily, and securely in the care of her mother. Lewis Staunton, a good-looking young man and a relentless criminal, saw his opportunity, and making love to the innocent, ignorant creature, got her away from her mother's protection and married her. He then arranged for her to be boarded with his brother Patrick Staunton and the latter's wife "It was a crime involving almost unbelievable callousness and cruelty. A half-witted young woman named Harriet who had inherited a small fortune was living happily, and securely in the care of her mother. Lewis Staunton, a good-looking young man and a relentless criminal, saw his opportunity, and making love to the innocent, ignorant creature, got her away from her mother's protection and married her. He then arranged for her to be boarded with his brother Patrick Staunton and the latter's wife Elizabeth, while he set up home with his mistress, Elizabeth's sister, Alice. The most horrible feature of this case was the slow starvation by neglect of Harriet and her baby. She was kept in a fireless room with half the window boarded up, despite the frantic efforts of her mother to reach her. The baby died, and she herself was nearly dead when she was taken by the three Stauntons to Penge. Here a nurse was engaged but the victim, emaciated and filthy, died within a few hours. The Stauntons tried to have her buried immediately, but the doctor who was asked to sign the death certificate demanded a coroner's inquest. This brought on an inquiry and finally the trial."
From 'The View from Downshire Hill' by Elizabeth Jenkins.
Elizabeth Jenkins learned of the terrible events that became known as the 'Penge Case' when her brother became an articled clerk with a firm of solicitors whose founder had led the prosecution. She was intrigued, she read about it in 'Great British Trials,'and then she wrote the story as a novel.
It was a commercial success, it won a major literary prize ahead of some very strong opposition, and now it has been reissued by Persephone Books.
It is a very dark story than many of those who love Persephone Books may shy away from, but I suspect it will also draw in others who didn't realise quite how strong, and how diverse, the Persphone list is.
I hope they will learn, and I hope that those who are wary will place their trust in a fine novelist and a lovely publisher. Because this really is an extraordinary piece of writing.
I read 'The View from Downshire Hill,' Elizabeth Jenkins' sadly out-of-print autobiography a few year ago and so I was familiar with the story of 'Harriet' before I was able to read the book. I knew exactly what would happen, but still I was captivated. Because Elizabeth Jenkins wrote so beautifully, and with such understanding of the characters she recreated, and of their psychology.
I was particularly moved by Mrs Ogilvy, Harriet's mother. She loved her daughter, but she was clear-sighted and practical, and she did her very, very best for her. She encouraged Harriet to take an interest in her clothes and nice things, she involved her in the running of their household, and she encouraged her to pay visits to family and friends. It sounds simple, and yes it is, but I think it is the finest portrayal of mother love that I have ever read.
Mrs Ogilvy was horrified when Lewis Staunton began to court her daughter after meeting her at a cousin's house. She saw him for what he was: a charming, clever, unscrupulous, amoral young man.
Harriet would be described today as having learning difficulties. Her expressions were a little odd, she was childish, and she was insensitive to the feelings of others.
Her mother realised that Harriet's suitor had been drawn to her wealth and the expectation of a significant inheritance from an aunt of her late husband. And she learned that Lewis Staunton was clever, that he could play on her daughter's love of romance, that he could twist her mother's concerns into something dark and sinister in her daughter's mind.
She tried, but she couldn't save her daughter. My heart broke for her.
I grew up with a brother like Harriet – but with more serious problems – and I see so many echoes of my mother in Mrs Ogilvy. My brother's death shattered my mother, and she has become, steadily more mentally frail since then. That's why I find it difficult to move away from that side of the story. And why I am so very, very moved by Mrs Ogilvy, by the way she kept her daughter by her side and devoted her life to her in an age where it would have been quite acceptable to have her daughter put away.
I so wish I could reach out to her, but I can't and I must move on.
Mrs Ogilvy's story is set against the story of her daughter and her relationship with the Stauntons. There is never a plan to neglect, or to rid themselves of Harriet. But envy of her wealth and possessions slowly turns into a belief that they should be theirs; irritation with Harriet slowly turns into a belief that she should be kept out of their sight.
It's horrible, and it rings so horribly true. Because Elizabeth Jenkins illuminates the inner lives of all her characters so wonderfully well.
The story is full of well-chosen details, and it is told with wonderful subtlety. Harriet's decline is not viewed directly, but understood from the behaviour and attitudes of those around her.
I wish I could say more, but I am emotionally drained, and I am very nearly lost for words.
This is a true story made into a wonderfully literary, beautifully written, acutely understood psychological novel.
And it is true story that needed to be retold, so I must applaud Elizabeth Jenkins for telling it and Persephone Books for bringing it back into the light.
Oct 17, 2019 Zynab rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Have you ever come across, while taking a walk, the dead form of an animal that has been repeatedly driven over and trod on, so much so that flesh, fur and blood make a glue that brings together all sorts of bits of the environment (gravel, leaves, food wrappers)—an awful amalgam that you can't truly feel sick at and sorry for because it doesn't look like anything that was ever alive? That's Harriet. Elizabeth Jenkins holds nothing back in telling this woman's story, a woman who died because she Have you ever come across, while taking a walk, the dead form of an animal that has been repeatedly driven over and trod on, so much so that flesh, fur and blood make a glue that brings together all sorts of bits of the environment (gravel, leaves, food wrappers)—an awful amalgam that you can't truly feel sick at and sorry for because it doesn't look like anything that was ever alive? That's Harriet. Elizabeth Jenkins holds nothing back in telling this woman's story, a woman who died because she was not human in the eyes of those who knew her, used her and discarded her. This is an incredibly sensual novel—descriptions of environment, material goods and passionate bodies in motion saturate it and are in service to themes of physical vs. cerebral/spiritual pleasure and contentment; creation of beauty vs. creation of abjection that feel organic: present in the actual murder case and simply brought to light and scrupulously examined by Jenkins. Harriet deserves to be counted among the best in the "literature of abjection". The spectre of the real dead woman, lovingly conjured by Jenkins, will be present in my mind for a while. ...more
Apr 09, 2020 Marie-Therese rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: british-literature, suspense, historical-fiction, crime-fiction
This "faction" (the biographer and sometime novelist Jenkins name for her stories based on real-life circumstances and documentation but extrapolated and filled out beyond biography) is perhaps one of the most distressing things I've read in ages. I kept wanting to skip ahead as I read in the hope that everything would be OK but I hung back because my more sensible, historically informed self knew that couldn't be true.
Based on a genuine Victorian case of a developmentally disabled woman seduce This "faction" (the biographer and sometime novelist Jenkins name for her stories based on real-life circumstances and documentation but extrapolated and filled out beyond biography) is perhaps one of the most distressing things I've read in ages. I kept wanting to skip ahead as I read in the hope that everything would be OK but I hung back because my more sensible, historically informed self knew that couldn't be true.
Based on a genuine Victorian case of a developmentally disabled woman seduced away from her family for the purposes of procuring her inheritance, this is just a soul-crushing read. Jenkins is merciless in the depiction of a heinous crime against a completely innocent woman. She slowly, methodically, carefully builds up the initial meetings, the first glimmerings of avarice, the tightening of the noose. We watch horror-struck as seemingly upright individuals begin to convince themselves to engage in behaviour that an outside observer can only see as grossly selfish and depraved. We long to reach out and shake the few people that seem to have the slightest idea what's going on and we groan in frustration as those few are put off or turned away.
While we, as readers, know where we stand and what side we take, Jenkins as author is remarkably cool and even-handed throughout. It's not that she thinks any of these terrible miscreants she's writing about are blameless or even likeable, but she's determined to fairly render their thought processes as she understands them, their goals and desires, their prevarications and justifications. She digs deep into the aspiring lower-middle class Victorian minds of her characters and what she dredges up is appalling. It's to her credit that she can look at it without flinching or pretending it's something other than what it is.
The final chapter is a like a punch to the gut-it is mundane and pitiless and so terribly true.
A very impressive book. I need to read more by this writer soon. ...more
Jul 14, 2017 Kirsty rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: favourites, july-2017, borrowed
Chilling, horrifying, and incredibly compelling. A fantastic and sickening read.
Jul 04, 2020 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: read-in-2020, 5-stars, women-writers, recommended-novels
I read The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins earlier this year and loved it. Good story, good writing, interesting nuances, characters and perspectives, all while being absolutely entertaining. I worried 'Harriet' might not be as engaging but it was at least as good.
Although I didn't know until well into the book, the plot is based on a true story. A mentally handicapped woman, Harriet, who has a small fortune to her name, is seduced by a younger man named Louis, whom she soon marries a I read The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins earlier this year and loved it. Good story, good writing, interesting nuances, characters and perspectives, all while being absolutely entertaining. I worried 'Harriet' might not be as engaging but it was at least as good.
Although I didn't know until well into the book, the plot is based on a true story. A mentally handicapped woman, Harriet, who has a small fortune to her name, is seduced by a younger man named Louis, whom she soon marries against her mother's wishes. Initially kind and attentive to her, of course he is only hoping to pocket her money. He eventually houses Harriet with his brother and sister-in-law, who are in need of the bed and board fee. With every page I wished something would happen to alleviate the descent into cruelty, neglect and crime. Alas.
At night reading in bed it was very hard to put this down. ...more
Sep 08, 2020 Lady Delacour rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: changed-foul-words-in-pronunciation, listened-with-text-to-speech-app, good-story
A Hauntingly Emotional
Macabre Horror Story.
3.5 Distressing Stars.
Listened with TTS.
Clean.
6 Mild Words
May 20, 2019 Emer (A Little Haze) rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: persephone, adult-fiction, read2019, reviewed, historical-fiction, 3stars
I once again just picked up this book based on its distinctive grey Persephone cover in my library and opened the pages to discover a crime thriller. It was incredibly atmospheric and quite disturbing in its sinister quietness. But when I reached the end and read the afterword, that's when I was shaken up. Because it so happens this book is based on a real crime and the unfortunate titular character was a real life person subject to the most cruel and deceptive of crimes. A good book for people I once again just picked up this book based on its distinctive grey Persephone cover in my library and opened the pages to discover a crime thriller. It was incredibly atmospheric and quite disturbing in its sinister quietness. But when I reached the end and read the afterword, that's when I was shaken up. Because it so happens this book is based on a real crime and the unfortunate titular character was a real life person subject to the most cruel and deceptive of crimes. A good book for people who enjoy the crime thriller genre that's made all the more macabre because of its grounding in truth. ...more
Mar 29, 2015 Seonad rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This has totally shocked me. I am disturbed. This novel, written by Elizabeth Jenkins is the true life account of the murder of a girl with learning difficulties in the late 1800s. It is shocking how horrific humans can treat one another. It has deeply upset me! However strange that may seem, I did really enjoy it (I have morbid fascination. I love true crime.) It is a very powerful, very well written book. Harriet's mother must have suffered greatly. Elizabeth Jenkins has truly succeeded with t This has totally shocked me. I am disturbed. This novel, written by Elizabeth Jenkins is the true life account of the murder of a girl with learning difficulties in the late 1800s. It is shocking how horrific humans can treat one another. It has deeply upset me! However strange that may seem, I did really enjoy it (I have morbid fascination. I love true crime.) It is a very powerful, very well written book. Harriet's mother must have suffered greatly. Elizabeth Jenkins has truly succeeded with telling Harriet's story. Thank you to Persephone for keeping this story alive! ...more
Jul 12, 2018 Kim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: ontd-2018-challenge
Oh my word what a wild ride this book was.
Written in 1934 and based on an actual murder case Elizabeth Jenkins' Harriet is one of the most enthralling and disturbing crime novels I have ever read. I was completely absorbed throughout the whole book and found myself completely emotionally invested.
This book is very upsetting and definitely not a calm beach read. Money makes people do insane things sure but is the real trigger money or madness? Oh my word what a wild ride this book was.
This book is very upsetting and definitely not a calm beach read. Money makes people do insane things sure but is the real trigger money or madness? ...more
Apr 15, 2015 Karla rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: ebook
I went into this expecting a historical thriller and ended up getting an early true crime tale from 1934. Sometimes I don't mind being surprised, but this one fell a little flat.
Since Jenkins took the real story of Harriet Staunton's murder and seems to have only changed last names of all the characters, I don't know why she didn't write straight-up non-fiction about the case. Because the writing, while sometimes laboriously crafted like vintage Victorian fiction, reads more like a report of the I went into this expecting a historical thriller and ended up getting an early true crime tale from 1934. Sometimes I don't mind being surprised, but this one fell a little flat.
Since Jenkins took the real story of Harriet Staunton's murder and seems to have only changed last names of all the characters, I don't know why she didn't write straight-up non-fiction about the case. Because the writing, while sometimes laboriously crafted like vintage Victorian fiction, reads more like a report of the facts.
Dialogue is sparse; paragraphs are endless recitations of actions by this, that, and the other; and there isn't any close bond between the reader and any one of the characters. I would have expected Harriet to at least loom slightly larger than the husband and in-laws who plotted her slow demise, but when it comes to the amount of time spent on her person, she ends up being rather a cipher.
The afterword to the 2012 edition says Jenkins wrote "faction" (fact-fiction). Could have used some more emphasis on the fiction. Or at least making the non-fiction read like it. The ending was abrupt and disappointing as well. Jenkins went on a tangent about the presiding judge and his quirky little dog, so why does she give the closing chapter the shaft and fail to reveal what happened to Harriet's jailed husband after telling us about the other conspirators? The ending was a fail.
The story of Harriet Staunton is a hugely sad one. The one ploy that was used so often to oppress unruly women - that of being declared a lunatic/incompetent - was the one thing that could have saved her from a horrific death. In this instance, the state didn't oblige, and she trotted gaily into the arms of her murderer.
Rather than read the whole book, all the facts are included here. (Warning: creepy photo of very close-set Victorian murderer eyeballs. :P)
Though maybe you'll want to check out the book and feast on block sentences of doom such as:
With an interval of half an hour at midday he continued, while the light thickened and the yellow gas softly flared up, and candles were placed before him, while the jury grew whiter and more exhausted, racked in their comfortable seat and poisoned by foul and fouler air, yet all unconscious of these things, while through the whole court was an atmosphere of almost visible tension as the packed faces grew dimmer and more blurred and flecked with deeper and deeper shadows, and the prisoners sat, still now as the warders behind them, with dilated eyes, feeling a clutch that tightened and tightened with every gasping breath they drew, and the windows became a polished black, while here and there a stray light or hoarse call penetrated to the court from the world outside, and always the deep, thrilling voice went on and on and on: until at twenty minutes to ten at night there came a change in its tone, at which there was a rustle and a long-drawn sigh all through the room.
An interesting story, but I don't get all the high ratings. It's a good recounting of factual events, but nothing starkly memorable.
(The mugshot of Harriet's sister-in-law, Elizabeth, can be seen here.) ...more
Mar 28, 2019 Laura King rated it really liked it
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Another beautiful looking book from Persephone Books, but like many of their titles something very different lurks beneath the cover. If you don't want the book spoiled on you now, I advise looking away 🙈 Harriet is described in the book as childlike or 'a natural', what we would recognise now as intellectual disability. She lives quite a charming life in Victorian London with a mother who loves her, beautiful dresses that she enjoys looking at and wearing, and money that ensures she is protecte Another beautiful looking book from Persephone Books, but like many of their titles something very different lurks beneath the cover. If you don't want the book spoiled on you now, I advise looking away 🙈 Harriet is described in the book as childlike or 'a natural', what we would recognise now as intellectual disability. She lives quite a charming life in Victorian London with a mother who loves her, beautiful dresses that she enjoys looking at and wearing, and money that ensures she is protected in a way that a lot of people like her would not have been in the 1880s. Nothing in the Persephone descriptions of the book point towards the horror that awaits her when she goes to stay with a family, and attracts the attention of a man who decides to woo her for her fortune. We only find out at the end, in the afterword to the book, that this is a true story of the criminal neglect and murder of a vulnerable woman called Harriet, and the sensational trial of those who had been trusted to care for her. I actually skipped to the afterword a chapter or so in, because while the writing was very good I was getting a little bored. I'm so glad I kept reading as this was one of the most surprising books I've read lately. ...more
May 22, 2020 Robert rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: true-crime
Harriet is a well-written tale of greed and depravity and was likely groundbreaking for the true crime genre. But despite its strengths, it was just so grim I'm not sure I would recommend it to anyone. Harriet is a well-written tale of greed and depravity and was likely groundbreaking for the true crime genre.<|fim_middle|> a richly realized work of fiction closely based on a real life crime.
Set in 1877 England, it's about a quartet of conscienceless schemers who arrange for one of their number, Lewis, to court and marry a rich young woman. Harriet is "a natural" which is then-contemporary parlance for a person of very limited intellectual capability. Raised and protected by a loving mother, Harriet is naive and vulnerable, and falls prey to Lewis's smarmy romancing.
His true motivations are twofold: to make Harriet's fortune (5000 pounds a year, equivalent to a half million today) his own, and to imprison her deep in the country in the destitute home of his artist brother and sister-in-law so that he, Lewis, can live openly with his mistress, Alice, pretending she's his wife, both of them enjoying luxuries undreamed of in their lower middle class upbringing.
The plan succeeds for a year and everyone is happy -- except for poor Harriet, brutally mistreated as is the child she has borne Lewis, and her desperate mother who was early on forbidden by Lewis to see Harriet and now doesn't know her daughter's whereabouts.
As Harriet's health spirals downward, a net of suspicion begins to close around the evildoers, eventually trapping them. The facts of the story are actual; Jenkins' achievement is in weaving them into such a dramatic story and in vividly imagining the inner lives and motivations of all the characters. It makes for a riveting read. ...more
Apr 21, 2012 Rosemary rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A novel based on the true story of Harriet Staunton, a young woman with learning difficulties who in 1875 married a young man who was only after her money. Her mother tried and failed to get the courts to protect her. Her husband turned Harriet against her mother and then left her with his brother's family where she and her new baby were neglected and starved while the husband lived with another woman. Written years later in the 1930s, this is a heartrending story brought vividly to life by Eliz A novel based on the true story of Harriet Staunton, a young woman with learning difficulties who in 1875 married a young man who was only after her money. Her mother tried and failed to get the courts to protect her. Her husband turned Harriet against her mother and then left her with his brother's family where she and her new baby were neglected and starved while the husband lived with another woman. Written years later in the 1930s, this is a heartrending story brought vividly to life by Elizabeth Jenkins who read about the trial of the husband and his brother, sister-in-law and mistress, and was haunted by it. ...more
Mar 10, 2014 Romily rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: crime, fiction-1900-1960, persephone
This is a compelling and disturbing novel, based on the notorious murder trial of those responsible for the death of Harriet Richardson, a wealthy woman, whom we would now describe as having learning difficulties. The novelist's skill is in conveying the sheer ordinariness of the alleged perpetrators : their self-deception and greed, their misplaced loyalties and lack of human decency. Sometimes the reader is jolted into a sudden realisation of what is being described through the veneer of munda This is a compelling and disturbing novel, based on the notorious murder trial of those responsible for the death of Harriet Richardson, a wealthy woman, whom we would now describe as having learning difficulties. The novelist's skill is in conveying the sheer ordinariness of the alleged perpetrators : their self-deception and greed, their misplaced loyalties and lack of human decency. Sometimes the reader is jolted into a sudden realisation of what is being described through the veneer of mundanity. The style is restrained but unsparingly analytical, avoiding sensationalism. The novel leaves the reader having to consider the differences between legal and moral judgements. ...more
Dec 28, 2015 Jeslyn rated it really liked it
Tricky - the words "really liked it!" (associated with the 4-star rating) didn't ring through my head upon finishing, since my dominant thoughts were "I sure hope that was fiction, but I'm not so sure"...and my dread was confirmed in the Afterword - this novel was indeed rooted in true events. Jenkins did an excellent job of weaving fictional detail into the public evidence of the case - definitely a page turner. But be prepared - it is dark reading and upsetting, and not one I'd ever pick up ag Tricky - the words "really liked it!" (associated with the 4-star rating) didn't ring through my head upon finishing, since my dominant thoughts were "I sure hope that was fiction, but I'm not so sure"...and my dread was confirmed in the Afterword - this novel was indeed rooted in true events. Jenkins did an excellent job of weaving fictional detail into the public evidence of the case - definitely a page turner. But be prepared - it is dark reading and upsetting, and not one I'd ever pick up again. So, the four stars is for excellence in writing, but in my head I agree with the sentiments of the one-star rating ("I did not like it") - I blame Lewis, Patrick, Elizabeth and Alice for that. ...more
Apr 19, 2012 Clare rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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Sep 26, 2018 Bill FromPA rated it it was amazing
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The pressure of public opinion can do in the town what the law cannot accomplish. There is no lane so vile that the scream of a tortured child, or the thud of a drunkard's blow, does not beget sympathy and indignation among the neighbours, and then the whole machinery of justice is ever so close that a word of complaint can set it going, and there is but a step between the crime and the dock. But look at these lonely houses, each in its own fields, filled for the most part with poor ignorant fo
The pressure of public opinion can do in the town what the law cannot accomplish. There is no lane so vile that the scream of a tortured child, or the thud of a drunkard's blow, does not beget sympathy and indignation among the neighbours, and then the whole machinery of justice is ever so close that a word of complaint can set it going, and there is but a step between the crime and the dock. But look at these lonely houses, each in its own fields, filled for the most part with poor ignorant folk who know little of the law. Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser.- Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"
The back cover says the novel is based on a "case from the annals of Victorian England's Old Bailey". My edition has no foreword or afterword to elaborate on this, so I cannot say how closely Jenkins follows facts in her novel. As portrayed it might well have been the case to lead Holmes to the observation quoted above.
This is a forerunner of the "domestic suspense" genre and perhaps a glance back at the Victorian "sensation novel". Set in 1875, it tells of a cognitively impaired woman, possessed of a minor fortune (£5000, £2000 of which is an anticipated legacy, which this website tells me is about a half million dollars today), who is courted by a fortune hunter, who seeks to lure her into marriage and away from her mother's protection. Jenkins tells the story in a straightforward manner, mostly from various viewpoints in subjective third person, but with occasional objective observations. The telling seems detached, the story progressing mostly in lengthy paragraphs of exposition occasionally broken with brief passages of dialogue. The style partakes neither of Victorian elaboration nor contemporary fashions, though Jenkins is willing to employ techniques from both old and new toolboxes. At one point she interjects brief passages of italicized stream of consciousness, at another, the beginning of Chapter 15, a hint of authorial intrusion:
London is so vast that when chance meetings occur they always feel a hundredfold surprising, though actually they may be hardly more unlikely than if they took place in a small country town.
Though written in unshowy prose that doesn't avoid grammatical complexity, the effect on me was entirely modern, likely because of the straightforward manner of the storytelling and the chilly affect of uncluttered narrative. Jenkins avoids Dickensian foreshadowing or generating mystery by the withholding of information like Wilkie Collins; one observes the story unfold as if it were the logical progression in a scientific demonstration. The story also avoids the usual components of suspense: the tense hesitation before the commission of a crime, the daring of the criminal act, the cat-and-mouse game between investigator and criminal. What happens and the motivations of the participants are as unambiguous as a medieval painting of the seven deadly sins, and the portrayals of the criminals, individualized but unremarkable characters, might serve as an illustration of Hannah Arendt's phrase "the banality of evil" avant la lettre. ...more
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About Elizabeth Jenkins
From Elizabeth Jenkins' obituary in The New York Times:
As a novelist, Ms. Jenkins was best known for "The Tortoise and the Hare" (1954), the story of a disintegrating marriage between a barrister and his desperate wife that Hilary Mantel, writing in The Sunday Times of London in 1993, called "as smooth and seductive as a bowl of cream." Its author, Ms. Mantel wrote, "seems to know a good deal abou From Elizabeth Jenkins' obituary in The New York Times:
As a novelist, Ms. Jenkins was best known for "The Tortoise and the Hare" (1954), the story of a disintegrating marriage between a barrister and his desperate wife that Hilary Mantel, writing in The Sunday Times of London in 1993, called "as smooth and seductive as a bowl of cream." Its author, Ms. Mantel wrote, "seems to know a good deal about how women think and how their lives are arranged; what women collude in, what they fear."
To a wider public Ms. Jenkins was known as the author of psychologically acute, stylishly written, accessible biographies. Most dealt with important literary or historical figures, but in "Joseph Lister" (1960) she told the life of the English surgeon who pioneered the concept of sterilization in medicine, and in "Dr. Gully's Story" (1972) she reconstructed a Victorian murder and love triangle.
Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins was born on Oct. 31, 1905, in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where a year earlier her father had founded Caldicott, a prep school.
She studied English and history at Newnham College, Cambridge, where at the time women could take exams but not receive degrees. The principal of the college was Pernel Strachey, sister of the biographer and Bloomsbury figure Lytton Strachey, and through her Ms. Jenkins met Edith Sitwell and Leonard and Virginia Woolf.
She found the company intellectually distinguished but rude and unpleasant. Woolf's description of Ms. Jenkins's first novel, "Virginia Water" (1929), as "a sweet white grape of a book" did not erase the impression.
Despite good reviews for her first novel and a three-book deal with the publisher Victor Gollancz, Ms. Jenkins began teaching English at King Alfred's School in Hampstead, where she remained until the outbreak of World War II.
In this period she wrote two of her most admired biographies, "Lady Caroline Lamb" (1932) and "Jane Austen" (1938), as well as the chilling "Harriet" (1934), a novel about the sufferings of a mentally disabled woman whose husband, a scheming clerk, marries for her money.
During the war Ms. Jenkins worked for the Assistance Board, helping Jewish refugees and victims of the German air raids on London. She later worked for the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Information.
"Elizabeth the Great" (1958) showed her biographical talents at their most effective. Although she relied on the standard historical sources, Ms. Jenkins added a psychological dimension to her portrait that other historians had scanted.
The historian Garrett Mattingly, in a review, wrote that Ms. Jenkins "is really not much interested in war and diplomacy, politics and finance." Her specialty, he argued, was the human heart. "We believe Elizabeth Jenkins," he added, "because, by imaginative insight and instinctive sympathy, she can make the figures of a remote historical pageant as real, as living, as three-dimensional as characters in a novel."
Ms. Jenkins returned to the Elizabethan period in "Elizabeth and Leicester" (1961) and roamed further afield in "The Mystery of King Arthur" (1975) and "The Princes in the Tower" (1978). In "Six Criminal Women" (1949), she presented short studies of two murderers, a pickpocket, a blackmailer and a con artist living between the 14th and 19th centuries. A more wholesome gallery of characters was put on view in "Ten Fascinating Women" (1955).
In 1940 she helped found the Jane Austen Society and took part in its campaign to buy Austen's house at Chawton, where Austen spent the last eight years of her life. It is now a museum.
Her novels included "Doubtful Joy" (1935), "The Phoenix' Nest" (1936), "Robert and Helen" (1944), "Brightness" (1963) and "Honey" (1968).
In 2004 Ms. Jenkins published a memoir, "The View From Downshire Hill." Its title refers to the Hampstead neighborhood whe ...more
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"Harriet, her only child, was what the villagers in Mrs. Ogilvy's old home would have called a natural. Her intellect was not so clouded that intercourse with ordinary people was out of the question; the deficiency showed itself rather in a horrid uncouthness, the more noticeable in that she had a vigorous and powerful zest for such aspects of existence as were intelligible to her; she was not easy to put out of the way." — 0 likes
"some of their less well-to-do connections were glad to put up with the slight awkwardness of having her in the house for a short space, in consideration of the handsome boarding fee which was paid them for it." — 0 likes | But despite its strengths, it was just so grim I'm not sure I would recommend it to anyone. ...more
Mar 15, 2015 Robert burke rated it really liked it
Kudos to Valancourt books for the new publication of this 1934 novel,based on a Victorian trial in 1877. The book also has an afterword written especially for this edition.
Feb 17, 2020 Pascale rated it really liked it · review of another edition
A gooseflesh-inducing study in the banality of evil. What Jenkins gives in this book is a barely fictionalized version of her take on a famous case involving a mentally handicapped heiress who died of starvation at the hands of her husband, his mistress, his brother and his sister-in-law. Although the 4 were initially condemned to the death penalty, eventually Alice, the mistress, was released. The other 3, Lewis, Patrick and Elizabeth, did time in prison, where Patrick died of pneumonia. Lewis A gooseflesh-inducing study in the banality of evil. What Jenkins gives in this book is a barely fictionalized version of her take on a famous case involving a mentally handicapped heiress who died of starvation at the hands of her husband, his mistress, his brother and his sister-in-law. Although the 4 were initially condemned to the death penalty, eventually Alice, the mistress, was released. The other 3, Lewis, Patrick and Elizabeth, did time in prison, where Patrick died of pneumonia. Lewis got out, still protesting his innocence, and married Alice (all this is laid out in the postface by Rachel Cooke). Elizabeth also got out and remarried. Jenkins obviously believes that the accused were monsters who quickly stopped seeing Harriet as a human being like themselves. There is no doubt in her mind that Lewis plotted from the first to appropriate her fortune to spend it on Alice, sharing the crumbs with his adoring but violent-tempered brother. I must say that she writes so persuasively that I can't even comprehend why the original sentence was overturned. Under the leadership of the rapacious Lewis, the 2 couples managed to reduce Harriet to the state of a delirious, lice-ridden concentration-camp inmate. Why they weren't also charged why the murder of Harriet's baby (by Lewis!) is a mystery to me. Whether Louis Staunton was guilty or not, Jenkins delivers a masterful analysis of how greed and plain selfishness can turn people into cold-blooded murderers. This book is not only unputdownable but thought-provoking. ...more
Jun 04, 2018 Karen Mace rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Seems strange to say you 'enjoyed' a book that was so disturbing and based on the real life case in 1877 of Harriet Staunton (the Penge Murder Mystery), but I found myself captivated and horrified in equal measures over this story.
Harriet is at the centre of the story. She had learning difficulties and was cared for by her mother, Mrs Ogilvy, until her head was turned by a chancer who promised her the world, but was really only interested in the money that Harriet had for her care after a relati Seems strange to say you 'enjoyed' a book that was so disturbing and based on the real life case in 1877 of Harriet Staunton (the Penge Murder Mystery), but I found myself captivated and horrified in equal measures over this story.
Harriet is at the centre of the story. She had learning difficulties and was cared for by her mother, Mrs Ogilvy, until her head was turned by a chancer who promised her the world, but was really only interested in the money that Harriet had for her care after a relative left her a large amount in their will.
You can feel the agony of the mother as she watches her daughter be taken in by this man and his family who make Harriet feel that her mother has been ruining her life. But once Harriet has left and married her life is changed as she loses that care and attention from her mum, and is cruelly treated by Lewis, his brother, his sister in law and her sister, who see her as an inconvenience to be locked away out of sight. She is made to cut all ties to her mother - another heartbreaking element to the whole story.
Even when Harriet falls pregnant there seems little care or concern by those people and it was heartbreaking to see them living life to the full with no thought to Harriet and her son. After reading this book I looked up details of the real case and it made it even more tragic to read of the treatment she received.
A story that will stay with me for a long time to come. ...more
Feb 25, 2019 Amy rated it really liked it
Shelves: peresephone
Wow. This was so well done but very hard to read due to the malevolent nature of the story. Then when I read the afterward and realized it was based on a true story, I was doubly horrified. I can definitely recommend it for its well crafted prose and the characters are expertly drawn. There are few books (maybe 2 or 3) that I have gotten from the Persephone reading list that haven't been outstanding.
The following is perhaps a spoiler alert so only proceed if you don't care finding out how the st Wow. This was so well done but very hard to read due to the malevolent nature of the story. Then when I read the afterward and realized it was based on a true story, I was doubly horrified. I can definitely recommend it for its well crafted prose and the characters are expertly drawn. There are few books (maybe 2 or 3) that I have gotten from the Persephone reading list that haven't been outstanding.
The following is perhaps a spoiler alert so only proceed if you don't care finding out how the story ends-----------
I realized when I finished the novel that while I was reading it (not knowing it was based on a true story) I was glee filled waiting for the mother to find these bastards and rescue Harriet. I almost had the scene concocted in my head and knew the author would do a great job of it. After finishing it and realizing there was no Calvary on the way, it struck me that if I knew it was a real-life story, I would've bet on a sad ending. I don't know if that makes me a pessimist or a realist or a fool but it was a depressing realization.
Nov 29, 2017 Frank rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: 20th-century
Interesting as a description of the Staunton murder case that created such a scandal in the 1870s and that may have been a tangential inspiration for Henry James' The Wings of the Dove. But it's not a terribly good novel and in that respect nowhere as fascinating as the same author's later The Tortoise and the Hare. The problem is partly that the author on the one hand takes sides rather clearly, while on the other hand not quite always explaining why people do what they do and to what extent th Interesting as a description of the Staunton murder case that created such a scandal in the 1870s and that may have been a tangential inspiration for Henry James' The Wings of the Dove. But it's not a terribly good novel and in that respect nowhere as fascinating as the same author's later The Tortoise and the Hare. The problem is partly that the author on the one hand takes sides rather clearly, while on the other hand not quite always explaining why people do what they do and to what extent they're consciously making decisions about what they do. And her perspective seems to be wavering: neutral and objective one moment, intruding with some indirect comment that seems to condemn a character's actions the next.
An interesting book, in all, but not a brilliant novel, and not a book that would be remembered at all if it wasn't faction rather than fiction. ...more
Nov 14, 2012 Ali rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I have had this Persephone book on my shelf for a little while now- bought with some lovely Persephone gift vouchers on my Birthday in May. I was so looking forward to it, although I already knew that the story would be a dark one. It almost seems wrong to say I loved it – but I did. The story is a desperately sad one, all the more so for being based upon real events.
"Harriet came with little bouncing steps towards the tea table and looked into the teapot. "This is do Mama," she said; she someti I have had this Persephone book on my shelf for a little while now- bought with some lovely Persephone gift vouchers on my Birthday in May. I was so looking forward to it, although I already knew that the story would be a dark one. It almost seems wrong to say I loved it – but I did. The story is a desperately sad one, all the more so for being based upon real events.
"Harriet came with little bouncing steps towards the tea table and looked into the teapot. "This is do Mama," she said; she sometimes confused small words, though she could always make her meaning clear. At the age of thirty-two she had a sallow countenance, with strongly marked lines running from the nostrils to the corners of the lips; her chin receded, and her eyes were the glutinous black of treacle. Apart from her expression, and the slightly slurred enunciation of her words, however, her appearance was one of rather particular neatness and cost."
In real life Harriet Staunton nee Richardson lived and died very much in line with the events in Elizabeth Jenkins's 1934 novel. Like the Harriet in the novel, Harriet Staunton had what today we would call learning difficulties, she had been well brought up by her mother, who had taught her how to care for herself, but she had difficulty expressing herself and was prone to making sudden unexplained noises and flying into rages. She also had a legacy of about £5,000 – something like half a million in today's money. Only one photograph exists of Harriet Staunton, taken upon the occasion of her engagement.
Despite being based upon real life events, I must stress that Harriet, is a novel, though there are I believe non-fiction works written about the famous case too. Elizabeth Jenkins was fascinated by what was known as the Penge mystery of 1877. Publishing this novel in the same year as F. Tennyson Jesse published 'A pin to see the Peepshow' which was also based upon a famous murder trial, Jenkins decided to take the unusual step of calling her characters by their real Christian names. Harriet Staunton became Harriet Woodhouse, Louis Staunton, Lewis Oman, Patrick Staunton, becomes Patrick Oman, sisters Elizabeth Staunton (nee Rhodes) and Alice Rhodes are in Jenkins novel Elizabeth Oman and Alice Hoppner respectively.
The story of Harriet is a desperate one, and Jenkins telling of it is a masterly piece of subtle storytelling, Jenkins had no need of gratuitous descriptions – the slow downward spiral of this unfortunate young woman's life is enough in itself. The selfish greed which leads to Harriet falling victim to Lewis Oman's handsome charms is brilliantly portrayed. A vulnerable young woman, who had previously only been in the company of her mother and step father with occasional visits made to relatives, easily has her head turned by the attentions of a handsome young man. Lewis the elder of two exceptionally close brothers is already becoming close to Harriet's cousin, Alice when the two meet. Much to Alice's horror, Lewis's attentions switch to Harriet when he learns of her fortune. Lewis's brother Patrick a surly bad tempered artist, is married to Alice's elder sister Elizabeth. Lewis and Harriet become quickly engaged, Harriet's mother is immediately on the alert and does all she can to stop her daughter marrying Lewis; however Harriet is over thirty and with Lewis's contrivance sets herself against her mother, removing herself from the family home when her mother tries to make her a ward of chancery to prevent her marrying. Harriet and Lewis are married, and from there on there is a terrible inevitability to the events that follow, with Harriet isolated from her mother, again thanks to Lewis's contrivance, and removed to the country to board with Patrick and Elizabeth, she becomes the unwitting victim to terrible cruelty and neglect.
This is a wonderfully readable novel, though it is a terrible story, made so much more poignant by the fact that the reader knows that it is a pretty accurate recreation of actual events. In his fascinating afterward to this edition Richard Cooke discusses the trial verdicts and Elizabeth Jenkins's career and her obvious fascination with this case.
May 30, 2020 Mimi Jones rated it it was amazing
Before Capote's In Cold Blood popularized the idea of the nonfiction novel, Elizabeth Jenkins had done the same in this brilliant, chilling 1934 book, a richly realized work of fiction closely based on a real life crime.
Set in 1877 England, it's about a quartet of conscienceless schemers who arrange for one of their number, Lewis, to court and marry a rich young woman. Harriet is "a natural" which is then-contemporary parlance for a person of very limited intellectual capability. Raised and pro Before Capote's In Cold Blood popularized the idea of the nonfiction novel, Elizabeth Jenkins had done the same in this brilliant, chilling 1934 book, | 2,891 |
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Have you ever heard of "River Ripples" in connection with Bassett High School? This is the newspaper for BHS, the date being December 1, 1924<|fim_middle|> pencils will be on sale at the school and we hope that all of the pupils are patriotic enough to buy them. | for Volume 1, Number 2. Several issues of this newspaper were found and I was interested, not only in the articles, but in the advertisements in the paper: Stanley Mercantile Company, Wood Mercantile Company, Woody's Department Store, H.T. Williams and Company, First National Bank, Bassett Cleaning and Pressing Shop, Mountain Drug Company, Sanatary (yes, that is the spelling) Barber Shop, Adams Insurance Company…all of which were in Bassett.
Also in Bassett was Craig and Bassett General Merchandise, Furniture and Undertakers. In North Bassett was L. P. Grogan and Son, dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats, Fancy and Staple Groceries, Cold Drinks and Sundries, Gas and Oils. Wow!
Advertisements also in the BHS newspaper were for The Henry Hotel, C.P. Kearfott and Son, H.A. Ford and Company Real Estate and Insurance, Richardson Electric Company, Piedmont Trust Bank, Milliner's Department Stores, Byrd and Company Jewelers, Peoples National Bank, Coleman-Bryan Music Company for everything in music…all of which were in Martinsville. An advertisement for the Rex Theater had E.J. Mercier, proprietor; European Plan, café in connection, hot and cold running water all outside rooms. This theater was located on Fayette Street.
At least Mountain Drug Company lasted many years, as that one we all probably do remember! A marble table and chairs from Mountain Drug are on display at the Bassett Historical Center. The table and two metal chairs with cushions were donated by Pauline Wells; another chair, wooden, was donated by Posie Collins, Jr. The last chair was donated by The Clay family, as it was found in mother's basement painted pink! A good thing that I recognized it, as it now matches the Collins' chair and is the fourth chair in the display. Below are several excerpts taken from "River Ripples."
For the first time in the history of Bassett High School, we have a study hall, where the pupils can study without being subjected to the noise made during the recitation of classes. Each period during the day the hall is supervised by one of the teachers who does not have a class at that time.
The annual Red Cross Roll Call began on the eleventh, Armistice Day, and continued through Thanksgiving week. We hope the people have responded promptly throughout the entire county to at least have paid the one dollar membership fee. In our own county the Red Cross furnishes us with a school nurse, whose work not only in the schools but in the county cannot be estimated. Never fail to heed the call of the Red Cross.
Colors for Bassett High School were suggested and voted on in Chapel. Blue and White were chosen and pencils were ordered in these colors with "Bassett High School" printed on them. The | 591 |
Gelasius II., rodným jménem Jan z Gaety (kolem 1060, Gaeta – 29. ledna 1119, Cluny) byl papežem od 24. ledna 1118 až do své smrti.
Životopis
Jan (pozdější Gelasius II.) pocházel z urozeného rodu Gaetaniů, z něhož později vzešel i jiný papež Bonifác VIII. (1235, Anagni – 1303, Řím). Jan se stal mnichem v benediktinském opatství v Monte Cassinu, odkud ho poté povolal Urban II. do Říma jako kancléře církve. Později byl jmenován kardinálem a stal se věrným spolupracovníkem a důvěrníkem papeže Paschalise II. . Ve<|fim_middle|>ina z Bragy vzdoropapežem se jménem Řehoř VIII. Arcibiskup z Bragy byl již za Paschalise II. exkomunikován a uchýlil se k císařskému dvoru. Gelasius II. na zvolení vzdoropapeže ihned reagoval exkomunikací císaře Jindřicha i Řehoře VIII. Po odjezdu císaře se Gelasius vrátil zpět do Říma, ale jen na chvíli. Fragipaniové na něho začali opět útočit, a tak uprchl do Francie.. Ve Vienne zanedlouho svolal synodu, která měla jasně stanovit vnitřní poměry v Římě a zaručit důstojnost a bezpečnost papežského úřadu. Tento úkol už ale nezvládl, neboť zemřel 28. ledna 1119 v proslulém opatství Cluny, kde byl také pohřben.
Úkol znovusjednotit papežství v pokračujícím sporu o investituru po Gelasiovi zdědil jeho nástupce Kalixt II., který začal s Jindřichem vyjednávat a 23. září 1122 dosáhl smíru v tzv. konkordátu wormském.
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Reference
Literatura
Externí odkazy
Italští papežové
Narození v 11. století
Osoby s nejistým datem narození
Úmrtí v roce 1119
Úmrtí 29. ledna
Pohřbení v klášteře Cluny
Muži | své funkci mimo jiné prosadil precedent, ve kterém ustanovil, že papežský kancléř musí být vždy kardinálem a zůstává ve svém úřadě až do smrti nebo do jmenování papežem. Po papežově smrti se 24. ledna 1118 uskutečnila první tajná papežská volba, která už se blížila formě "konkláve" (z lat. cum clavi, pod zámkem), ze které Jan vyšel jako nově zvolený papež..
Hned po zvolení ho ale přepadl procísařsky laděný Lucius Fragipani a dal jej uvěznit ve svém sídle, ale Římanům se ho podařilo osvobodit.
V březnu 1118 císař Jindřich V. dobyl Řím. Papež před ním uprchl do Gaety, kde byl 10. března vysvěcen. Jindřich mezitím využil Gelasiovy nepřítomnosti a prohlásil, že papež svým útěkem ztratil na svou funkci nárok a jmenoval už o dva dny předtím, 8. března, arcibiskupa Mauritia Bourd | 362 |
Keanu Reeves most excellent surprise for one fan is 'breathtaking' and once again gifts the internet
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(CNN)Most excellent, Keanu Reeves fans: the affable actor heard your prayers, and he answered with a "breathtaking" act of kindness. His latest good deed to go viral occurred in Slidell, Louisiana, on Wednesday, when he stopped in on a fan on his way to a film set.Stacey Hunt had heard that Reeves was filming the third installment in the "Bill and Ted" franchise just up the street from her home. Her 16-year-old son, Ethan, suggested the family welcome him to the neighborhood with a poster, she told CNN. So at her son's request Hunt created up a sign that read, "You're breathtaking!" -- a reference to Reeves' appearance at the E3 gaming conference in June, where he told everyone in attendance they,<|fim_middle|> were afoot in the Hunt's yard as the group admired the poster.That's when Hunt, watching from her driveway, said she spotted Reeves.She said approached him in disbelief, and he asked if he could sign her poster. Unsurprisingly, she said yes. "Bill and Ted" screenwriter Ed Solomon captured the scene: Reeves, crouched in the sweltering Louisiana sun, signed "Stacey, you're breathtaking!" in exquisite penmanship.Reeves even posed for a photo with Hunt and her sons, who came out of the house after she hollered that the celebrity was in their yard. Not even a filming schedule stopped the internet's boyfriend, the term given to Reeves by the media because of his mysterious, thoughtful demeanor and proclivity for random acts of kindness, such giving up his seat on the subway or taking the time to stop and sign a ''breathtaking'' poster. After a few minutes of conversation about his new film and "The Matrix," she said Reeves nobly planted the sign back in the ground, shook the family's hands and drove away. Hunt said her family considers themselves forever fans now. "What you read about him being such a great person with a great heart is true," she told CNN. "At least that's what I think from my few minutes with him." It's the year of Keanu The Summer of 2019 is the season of Reeves and his resurgence. And boy has he been busy. He starred in the third installment of his hyper-violent saga "John Wick," made a self-parodic cameo in the Netflix rom-com "Always Be My Maybe" and voiced Canadian stuntman Duke Caboom in "Toy Story 4," all released to critical acclaim within two months. And despite his absence on social media, the internet has quickly adopted the lovable Canadian as an avatar for average folks and, of course, meme fodder. Ever the gentleman, Reeves has been hailed as a "respectful king" for keeping his distance from women while posing for pictures. Paparazzi photos of the actor even inspired a popular Twitter account devoted to Reeves relatably going about his day, from eating a sandwich alone on a park bench to riding the subway. The message for Reeves fans: Be most excellent to each other.
Taal volcano eruption poses deadly dilemma for people living in its shadow
Laurel, Philippines (CNN)Maria Evangeline Tenorio Sarmiento struggles to wade through ankle-deep mud and debris to reach her house that's been inundated with thick sludge.Inside, the 52-year-old mother of two finds the roof over her... | too, were breathtaking. The moment became a popular meme.A few hours after she planted the poster in her front yard, a car pulled up and a few people got out. You could say strange things | 40 |
Google Offers $20,000 To Hack Chrome
By Chris Paoli
Google is looking to reward those who can find a vulnerability in its Chrome browser.
Software companies tend to dissuade users from finding and broadcasting exploits, but Google will pay $20,000 for a skilled hack at the Pwn2Own 2011 event, being held March 9-11. Organized by security software company TippingPoint, Pwn2Own is an annual computer hacking contest held during the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, BC.
Cash prizes for hacks have been offered in the past by TippingPoint, but this year marks a first for third-party sponsorship -- namely by Google.
"Kudos to the Google security team for taking the initiative to approach us on this; we're always in favor of rewarding security researchers for the work they too-often do for free," wrote Aaron Portnoy, manager of the security research team at TippingPoint, in a released statement.
Google may be feeling somewhat confident in putting up the money. Last year, its Chrome browser was the only browser to withstand hackers' attempts to find vulnerabilities. Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari were not so lucky.
To be considered a successful vulnerability discovery, hackers must compromise the browser using a sandbox escape (only exploiting Google-generated code in its browser) on a Windows 7 machine. Along with the $20,000 prize, the company will also award the winner its first version of the Google Chrome OS laptop, the CR-48.
All told, including Google's prize money, Pwn2Own organizers<|fim_middle|> calling long-distance numbers, eavesdropping on conversations, and so forth) is within scope."
For more information on Pwn2Own and the CanSecWest 2011 convention, click here.
Chris Paoli is the site producer for Redmondmag.com and MCPmag.com. | will be offering a total of $125,000 in prize money to those who can find flaws in the aforementioned Web browsers, as well as holes in the following mobile phone OSes: Windows Phone 7, Apple iOS, BlackBerry 6 OS and Google Android OS.
Hackers will have strict requirements in discovering a vulnerability in the mobile phone OSes.
"A successful attack against these devices must require little to no user interaction and must compromise useful data from the phone," Portnoy wrote. "Any attack that can incur cost upon the owner of the device (such as silently | 119 |
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Ways To Start An Expository Essay We explain the expository writing process, which includes what an expository essay is and how to write and format one. Forming an introduction. 31 Aug 2018. Think about what your readers will need to know to understand the rest of your essay. The most common length for an expository essay is five-paragraphs, but an expository essay can be longer than that, If you are writing about a specific day in history, summarize the days events. Highlight and underline significant passages so that you can come back to them. Begin with an engaging sentence that gets right into your topic. Check for citations to see if this author has researched the topic well enough. Make sure that you understand what the author is saying.
The first sentence of your concluding paragraph should restate your thesis. Once you have gotten some of your ideas on paper, you may want to organize those ideas into an outline before you begin drafting your essay. Each body paragraph should discuss a piece of supporting evidence that supports your thesis. Some expository essays may include an argument, while others are purely informative. With a sentence that catches the readers attention, also known as a hook.
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Respond to each question in as much detail as you can. If you are writing about a book, provide the name of the work, the author, and a brief summary of the plot. Expand those lists by adding more ideas or by using another prewriting activity. A thesis is often one sentence in length but may be longer depending on your topic and the detail of your essay. Study guides in print format in non-commercial educational settings that benefit learners. If you are writing your essay for a class assignment, consider what your instructor will expect you to include in your essay. The topic sentence introduces the main idea of the paragraph. For example, if your original thesis was, dogs used by the united states marine corps during wwii played a significant role in the pacific theater, then your restated thesis might be something like, dogs of all breeds and sizes had an important and honored role to play in wwii, especially in the pacific theater. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our it gave ideas on writing a better essay and tips on how you can improve and attractargue about a particular topic. I liked it, overall it was a pretty good article.
So, the introduction to your expository essay is incredibly important. ... toolbox of introduction ideas can go a long way in helping you compose a stellar opening.
Offer a new piece of evidence for every body paragraph in your essay. Explain how the evidence you have provided in that paragraph connects to your thesis. This can be a question, fact, joke or an outrageous claim. On a piece of paper, write out who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Space the questions about two or<|fim_middle|> most common breed used in wwii, they were not the only breed, and were not the only dogs recognized for their help.
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In an expository essay, you need to consider an idea, investigate the idea, then explain the idea. The topic sentence introduces the main idea of the paragraph. It should introduce one piece of supporting evidence that supports your thesis. Show when you have quoted a source word for word by putting it into quotation marks. Try to provide at least two to three pieces of evidence to support each of your claims.
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Industry Mourns Loss of CCA Founder Donald Thiel
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Originally Published by: SunSentinel — May 3, <|fim_middle|>May 6, 2021 | 2021
Donald L. Thiel, 86, of Hillsboro Beach, FL, passed away peacefully in the loving arms of his wife, Judith (Kuzmenko) Thiel, on April 29, 2021. Don battled and beat prostate cancer and lymphoma but ultimately succumbed to lung cancer.
Don was born in 1934 to parents Jacob Thiel and Melania Miller Thiel in the small town of Johnsburg, Illinois. Jacob taught the carpentry trade to his six sons. In 1955 Don and his brother Robert began what would become one of the largest shell construction companies in America, providing tens of thousands of job opportunities in several different states. Carpenter Contractors of America (CCA) was his passion for 69 years. He retired at age 85 in 2020.
He is survived by his wife Judith (Kuzmenko) Thiel, his children Elizabeth (Thiel) Gasparovic, Susan (Thiel) Prince, Kenneth Thiel, Jude (Thiel) Kuipers, Kimberly (Thiel) Dix, thirteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and siblings, Robert Thiel, Gerald Thiel, Allan Thiel, and Sharon (Thiel) Dust. He was preceded in death by his son Donald Leo Thiel and daughter Marlene Helen Thiel.
EP 38: Hikel-Valis Talk Tight Timelines and Tackling Them TogetherMay 10, 2021 Is Western SPF at $2000 Just Around the Corner? | 325 |
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Crime in the United States
Definitions of terms
Note: The following information has been excerpted from the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, 1996 (<|fim_middle|> Florida State total for 1996 was provided by the State-level UCR Program.
It also should be noted that due to reporting problems at the State level, no usable data were received from law enforcement agencies in Florida and Kentucky for 1988; these State totals also were estimated by the Source. | Washington, DC: USGPO, 1997), pp. 389, 390, 395-397. Non-substantive editorial adaptations have been made. See U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook (Washington, DC: USGPO, 1984) for further definitions and information on classification and counting rules.
Population definitions
For purposes of statistical presentation, the cities and counties in the United States are divided into groups based on population size. The population group classifications used by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program are shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Population group, political label, and population coverage
group Political
label Population
I City 250,000 and over
II City 100,000 to 249,999
III City 50,000 to 99,999
IV City 25,000 to 49,999
V City 10,000 to 24,999
VI Citya Less than 10,000
(Rural
county) Countyb -
(Suburban
aIncludes universities and colleges to which no population is attributed.
bIncludes State police to which no population is attributed.
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)--This includes a central city of at least 50,000 people or an urbanized area of at least 50,000. The county containing the central city and other contiguous counties having strong economic and social ties to the central city and county also are included. Counties in an MSA are designated "suburban" for UCR purposes. An MSA may cross State lines. Due to changes in the geographic composition of MSAs, no year-to-year comparisons of data for those areas should be attempted. New England MSAs are comprised of cities and towns instead of counties. In this publication, New England cities and towns are assigned to the proper MSAs. Some counties, however, have both suburban and rural portions. Data for State police and sheriffs in those jurisdictions are included in statistics for the rural areas. MSAs made up approximately 80% of the total U.S. population in 1996.
Rural counties--Rural counties are those outside MSAs and are comprised of mostly unincorporated areas. Law enforcement agencies in rural counties cover areas that are not under the jurisdiction of city police departments. Rural county law enforcement agencies served 12% of the national population in 1996.
Suburban areas--These areas consist of cities with populations of less than 50,000 in addition to counties (unincorporated areas) that are within an MSA. Suburban areas can, therefore, be divided into suburban cities and suburban counties.
Other cities--Other cities are urban places outside MSAs; most of these areas are incorporated. These cities comprised 8% of the 1996 national population.
Community types:
MSA Non-MSA
Counties (including
unincorpo-
areas) Suburban
counties Rural
As a general rule, sheriffs, county police, and many State police report on crimes committed within the limits of counties, but outside cities; local police report on crimes committed within city limits.
The major source of Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data is the individual law enforcement agency. The number of agencies included in each population group will vary slightly from year to year due to population growth, geopolitical consolidation, municipal incorporation, etc. For 1996, the national and State population counts are U.S. Bureau of the Census July 1, 1996 provisional estimates. For jurisdictions within each State, the populations were adjusted based on the 1996 State growth rate as supplied by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Table 2 shows the number of agencies within each population group in 1996.
Table 2. Population group and number of agencies
Population group Number of
II 152
III 384
IV 731
V 1,793
VI 8,008a
VIII (Rural county) 3,627b
IX (Suburban county) 2,038b
Total 16,798
Table 3. Total U.S. population, 1960-96a
1960 179,323,175
aPopulation figures are U.S. Bureau of the Census provisional estimates as of July 1 for each year except 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990, which are the decennial census counts.
Regions and divisions
The United States is divided into four regions; these regions are further divided into nine divisions. The following is a list of States within divisions and regions.
Northeast:
New England--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.
Middle Atlantic--New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania.
Midwest:
East North Central--Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin.
West North Central--Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota.
South:
South Atlantic--Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia.
East South Central--Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee.
West South Central--Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas.
Mountain--Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming.
Pacific--Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington.
The Crime Index, Part I, and Part II offenses
The Crime Index
The following offenses and attempts to commit these offenses are used in compiling the Crime Index: (1) murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, (2) forcible rape, (3) robbery, (4) aggravated assault, (5) burglary, (6) larceny-theft, (7) motor vehicle theft, and (8) arson. Arson was added as the eighth index offense in October 1978. (Manslaughter by negligence and simple or minor assaults are not included in the Crime Index.)
Offenses in the UCR program are divided into two groupings, Part I and Part II. Information on the volume of Part I offenses known to law enforcement, those cleared by arrest or exceptional means, and the number of persons arrested is reported monthly. Only arrest data are reported for Part II offenses.
Part I offenses
Criminal homicide--a. Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, accidental deaths, and justifiable homicides are excluded. Justifiable homicides are limited to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty and (2) the killing of a felon by a private citizen. b. Manslaughter by negligence: the killing of another person through gross negligence. Traffic fatalities are excluded. While manslaughter by negligence is a Part I crime, it is not included in the Crime Index.
Forcible rape--The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Included are rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape. Statutory offenses (no force used-victim under age of consent) are excluded.
Robbery--The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
Aggravated assault--An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults are excluded.
Burglary--breaking or entering--The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included.
Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft)--The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Examples are thefts of bicycles or automobile accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any property or article which is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, "con" games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.
Motor vehicle theft--The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and runs on the surface and not on rails. Specifically excluded from this category are motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming equipment.
Arson--Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Part II offenses
Other assaults (simple)--Assaults and attempted assaults where no weapon is used and which do not result in serious or aggravated injury to the victim.
Forgery and counterfeiting--Making, altering, uttering, or possessing, with intent to defraud, anything false in the semblance of that which is true. Attempts are included.
Fraud--Fraudulent conversion and obtaining money or property by false pretenses. Included are confidence games and bad checks, except forgeries and counterfeiting.
Embezzlement--Misappropriation or misapplication of money or property entrusted to one's care, custody, or control.
Stolen property; buying, receiving, possessing--Buying, receiving, and possessing stolen property, including attempts.
Vandalism--Willful or malicious destruction, injury, disfigurement, or defacement of any public or private property, real or personal, without consent of the owner or persons having custody or control.
Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.--All violations of regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers. Attempts are included.
Prostitution and commercialized vice--Sex offenses of a commercialized nature, such as prostitution, keeping a bawdy house, and procuring or transporting women for immoral purposes. Attempts are included.
Sex offenses (except forcible rape, prostitution, and commercialized vice)--Statutory rape and offenses against chastity, common decency, morals, and the like. Attempts are included.
Drug abuse violations--State and local offenses relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs. The following drug categories are specified: opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics--manufactured narcotics that can cause true addiction (demerol, methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine).
Gambling--Promoting, permitting, or engaging in illegal gambling.
Offenses against the family and children--Nonsupport, neglect, desertion, or abuse of family and children.
Driving under the influence--Driving or operating any vehicle or common carrier while drunk or under the influence of liquor or narcotics.
Liquor laws--State or local liquor law violations, except "drunkenness" and "driving under the influence." Federal violations are excluded.
Drunkenness--Offenses relating to drunkenness or intoxication. Excluded is "driving under the influence."
Disorderly conduct--Breach of the peace.
Vagrancy--Vagabondage, begging, loitering, etc.
All other offenses--All violations of State or local laws, except those listed above and traffic offenses.
Suspicion--No specific offense; suspect released without formal charges being placed.
Curfew and loitering laws (persons under age 18)--Offenses relating to violations of local curfew or loitering ordinances where such laws exist.
Runaways (persons under age 18)--Limited to juveniles taken into protective custody under provisions of local statutes.
Offense estimation
The inability of some State UCR Programs to provide forcible rape figures in accordance with UCR guidelines and other problems at the State-level have required unique estimation procedures. In addition, because of efforts to convert to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), it has become necessary for the Source to estimate totals for some States.
The Illinois (1985 to 1996), and Michigan and Minnesota (1993 only for both States) State UCR Programs were unable to provide forcible rape figures in accordance with UCR guidelines. The rape totals were estimated using national rates per 100,000 inhabitants within the eight population groups and assigning the forcible rape volumes proportionally to each State.
In recent years, a number of States have been involved in the NIBRS conversion process. During the conversion process, little or no data were available from law enforcement agencies in these States. The following is a list of States that provided either incomplete data or no data for certain years: Iowa in 1991; Illinois and Kansas in 1993; Illinois, Kansas, and Montana in 1994 and 1995; Delaware and Pennsylvania in 1995; and Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Montana in 1996. State totals were estimated using procedures based on data availability specific to each State, and the population group and geographic division to which the State belongs. The Iowa conversion was successful and post-1991 State figures are available. Illinois, Kansas, and Montana are continuing conversion efforts.
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Day 2 was spent in Animal Kingdom. We didn't have to be at a reservation or anything until 11<|fim_middle|> to stick their hands in the holes in the tree to see if they could identify the object that they were feeling without seeing it.
After they identified all of the items....they were able to go over to this little table to actually see what they were touching.
Up next...meeting Pocahontas! We waited probably 20 minutes to meet her and it was worth the wait!
I'm not sure how long we were there, but it seemed like she talked to the girls for a good minute or two.
I couldn't hear all that she said to them...but here she was telling him how Miko sometimes braids her hair.
At this point...Grace wasn't sure what to think of Goofy. She couldn't decide if she should laugh or cry....because Goofy was starting to be a little silly to her.
Hard to believe all of this is right in the middle of Disney World?!
And before we headed out of the park for the day (we stayed til 5:00 which was closing)....the girls ran their daddy ragged at this play site. So fun and neat!
Me and the boy just hanging out. Not sure how much longer I'm going to be able to see my feet!
Parker wanted Geoff to take her picture here. Pretty girl.
Next up...Day 3: Hollywood Studios!
Looks like SO much fun! You got such great pictures!! The ones of Grace crying or maybe laughing at Goofy is priceless! And Parker such a big girl! Can't wait to see the rest of pictures!
Cannot wait to see the rest of the pics either! Living my 'Disney World' fantasy through y'all since I've always wanted to go! | :45 this day, so we had a slow start to our morning (which was what we needed after our long first day) and didn't get to the park until around 10:00.
Parker wanted to take a picture of us. We had to remind her to take a picture of our faces....and she did pretty well.
They have these little discovery areas (I don't remember what exactly they are called) around the park (I think they said there are 4 of them). At this one...the girls were able | 112 |
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As Founder & Chief Leadership Development Officer of The Ready Zone, she moves leaders through change with proven systems to create big pivots, big impact and big returns. Esther's strategies assist companies through such impactful conditions as planning and executing reorganizations; moving employees from burnout and Zoom exhaustion to empowered, innovative and driven; and implementing clear priorities and strategies for growing a virtual and global workforce.
Esther provides proven, transformative, yet practical tools and systems that help benchmark and measure results. Despite uncertain times, Esther is not afraid to tell eye-opening truths that dives deeply into the impact of change and consolidation. She does so to create the access and opportunity for meaningful dialogue and action to develop workplace cultures of trust, respect and safety. In fact, she rolls-up-her-sleeves, authentically and methodically helping organizations build sustainable company cultures that thrive vs. survive. From the fundamentals behind developing a collective philosophy of readiness to take on any industry challenge, to coaching leaders on how to reframe, refocus, and realign, Esther is a true powerhouse.
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A respected thought-leader with first-hand experience, Esther has held executive positions at Disney and Fox, as well as stood in the shoes of C-Suite executives as an interim CEO and leader at numerous organizations. Esther's drive for developing global leaders stems from her work abroad, including Botswana, Israel and Uganda. She is a graduate of New York University, and a member of Promax, and Harvard's Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital. Esther is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and a contributor to Forbes.
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How to Preserve Fresh Flowers in Glass
By: Charlotte Hills Updated July 21, 2017
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How to Press Dried Flowers & Keep the Color
Globe or jar
Florist's foam
Sewing or crochet needle
Heavy book
Pick flowers with vibrant colors. Pressing will fade the color, so don't use light pastel shades.
The oldest examples of preserved flowers date back to ancient Egypt where people were buried with floral wreaths and garlands, which dried over time. The deliberate preservation of flowers for art originated in Japan, and became popular in Victorian England. Preserved flowers are used for cataloging plants, are given as gifts, and viewed as works of art. Fresh flowers are preserved by either drying or pressing, and are most often displayed in glass cases or picture frames.
Preserving Flowers in a Glass Globe or Jar
Select the flowers that you want to preserve. Choose well developed flowers, and pick them on a dry day. When preserving Helichrysums (Everlasting), pick them after the third ring of petals has developed. There are over 600 species of Helichrysum, which are bushy shrubs with yellow, cream or gold flowers. When preserving Hydrange<|fim_middle|>
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Choose an empty snow globe or an old jelly jar. Empty globes can be found at craft stores or online. Cut the flowers' stems so that they fit comfortably inside the glass.
Separate the flowers into bunches of three, and tie them together with a rubber band. Hang them upside down to dry in an airy, warm and dark room for two weeks. Papery flowers like Hydrangeas should be stood in a vase with 1 inch of water, and left to dry for two weeks.
Purchase a piece of florist's foam. Cut it to a size slightly smaller than the base of your globe or jar. Make holes in the foam with a thin crochet or sewing needle. Place a small amount of wood glue at the end of a flower's stem and push it through one of the holes. Repeat with the rest of the flowers, each in its own hole.
Secure the foam to the base of the glass dome or jar. with a strong adhesive such as wood glue. Place the glass top over the base and secure it into place. Your dried flowers will now be inside the glass.
Preserving Flowers in a Glass Picture Frame
Cut the flower stems to the length of the picture frame. Remove any thorns or excess leaves.
Place the flowers between two sheets of blotting paper, and then sandwich the sheets in the middle of a heavy book. Alternatively, use a specially designed flower press, which works in a similar way. Leave to dry for two weeks.
Choose a piece of paper the same size as the picture frame. Dot wood glue on the stems of the flowers and attach them to the paper using tweezers. Remove the glass from the frame, and place four large drops of glue at the corners of the frame's base. Lay the paper over the base and press it into place.
Leave the glue to dry for the time indicated on the bottle, and then replace the glass.
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Satisfied customers are the life<|fim_middle|> Customer Service Barometer, which showed that customers are happier than in recent years with the quality of customer service exhibited by retailers.
According to the report, eight in 10 Americans (81%) report that businesses are meeting or exceeding their expectations for service, compared to 67% in 2014. In fact, 40% of consumers say businesses have increased their focus and attention on service, a significant increase in just three years (up from 29% in 2014).
A key to providing good customer service for modern-day consumers is providing ample choice for contacting customer service. For example, more than six in 10 U.S. consumers in the American Express survey said that their go-to channel for simple inquiries is a digital self-serve tool such as a website (24%), mobile app (1%), voice response system (13%) or online chat (12%).
It's important to remember that technology isn't a complete substitute for human interactions. People are willing to use self-serve options when it's quicker, but, as the complexity of the issue increases, such as with payment disputes or complaints, customers are more likely to seek out a face-to-face interaction (23%) or a real person on the phone (40%).
The value of good customer service will become more important over the next few weeks. Following all the Christmas shopping and gift giving, it's time for returns. This can be a busy and frustrating time for retailers, but ensuring that employees give good customer service in these situations can build lifelong relationships with customers.
The study shows the value of good customer service in terms of the benefit to the bottom line. US consumers say they're willing to spend 17% more to do business with companies that deliver excellent service, up from 14% in 2014. As a group, Millennials are willing to spend the most for great care (21% additional), followed by men (19%).
At Courtland we pride ourselves on the exceptional customer support we provide to our valued clients. It's one of the many services that sets us apart. Please feel free to reach out to us at support@courtlandconsulting.com or call (517) 908-3950. We're open from 8AM – 5PM Monday through Friday. | blood of any business. It takes a lot of money to acquire a new customer, so business owners need to do what is necessary to ensure these customers come back. Many retailers try to encourage repeat business through sales and promotions, but one shouldn't underestimate the importance of good customer service. A recent survey showed that good customer service played a significant role in getting customers to come back to a business.
Modern technology has increased consumer expectations for things like selection, cost, shipping times and more. While the constant barrage of social media posts can make it seem that no one is happy with the customer service they receive, that couldn't be further from the truth. American Express recently released its 2017 | 140 |
Oprah Winfrey and Arianna Huffington have launched the OWN channel on the Huffington Post to give Winfrey a new way to connect with her audience and try to parlay that into increased viewership for her television network.<|fim_middle|> your best life.
"And since engagement is deeply embedded in the DNA of HuffPost as well, I'm delighted that, starting today, we're partnering with the Oprah Winfrey Network to bring some of Oprah's best content to the HuffPost platform — a platform that just received its 200,000,000th comment. On the new HuffPost OWN section, we'll be working to enlarge and deepen the conversation on, as Oprah puts it, living our best lives," Huffington wrote.
Not only will readers get to use social media to connect with each other and share the channel's offerings, but they'll also be treated to empowerment tips, self-help advice, lifestyle stories and the always-popular Oprah's Favorite Things just in time for the holidays. | The two decided to partner up this past May and offer HuffPost readers and Winfrey's fans a place to get a mix of blog posts, articles and interactive content that's in tune with Oprah's mantra of living | 42 |
'Miracleman: The Silver Age' #3 Debuts First New Gaiman And Buckingham Pages
by Tony Thornley
It's been thirty years since Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham's Miracleman released a new issue. On December 28th, Marvel Comics at last continues a story that was last published in 1989 in Miracleman: The Silver Age #3.
Gaiman and Buckingham's Miracleman was one of the great unfinished stories in comics history. Now, we at least get to see what happens next as Young Miracleman tries to find his place in the Age of Miracles.
From Marvel's press release: Forty years ago, Miracleman reinvented the super hero genre and changed the world of comics as we know it. Now, these two industry legends return to do it all over again with this timely and riveting new beginning for the Age<|fim_middle|>August 29, 2017 Hannah Means Shannon 0 | of Miracles! Fans new and old can first witness the epically remastered Miracleman: The Silver Age #1-2, and then jump into the first thrilling all-new chapter of this groundbreaking saga in Miracleman: The Silver Age #3! Back and more impactful than ever, this new story chronicles the bright Golden Age hero tackling the complexities of today's modern world!
"This script was written 30 years ago and has never been seen until now. It feels so liberating to be able to bring people new Miracleman for the first time in three decades," Gaiman said.
"We're back! And after thirty years away it is both thrilling and terrifying," Buckingham said. "Neil and I have had these stories in our heads since 1989, so it is amazing to finally be on the verge of sharing them with our readers."
Get a first look at this new chapter set high atop the Himalayas where Dickie Dauntless, aka Young Miracleman, is on a desperate search to find his place in the Age of Miracles. Before finding new allies, he'll first have to confront his frightening past with Johnny Bates! It's Young Miracleman and Kid Miracleman face-to-face at last! This perfect jumping on point will add new depth to the character of Young Miracleman as he takes a brave first step to living life as his true self.
"I have pushed myself to my limit to craft something special for these issues," Buckingham continued. "Cinematic in approach, clean and elegant, drawing on the best of my own style, but also paying homage to the exceptional talents of all who came before us, whose unique visions have shaped this ground-breaking series over forty years, and the 1950's Marvelman foundations on which it was built."
Check out the cover and preview pages for the issue, and pick it up on December 28th.
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=== Scientific Genius <small>(21:36)</small>=== [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2013/02/03/is-the-age-of-scientific-genius-over/ Scientific American: Is the age of scientific genius over?] S: So, there's an interesting article in ''Nature'' and which was then further discussed in ''Scientific American,'' which I came across. And it asks a question that has come up a little bit on this show before, and that is: Are there scientific geniuses today or will there be again, like there was in the past? So will we have another Newton, Darwin or Einstein? Or is the age of the scientific genius simply over? What are you guys' thoughts about that. B: Yeah, Steve, this absolutely reminds me of Stephen Jay Gould's book, ''Full House.'' He discusses this idea in relation to the disappearance of .400 hitters in baseball and he goes over lots of the theories. The bottom line was that everyone is just so close to the wall of maximal performance that it's very hard for somebody to stand. 'Cause everybody is just so damned good at it that E: That's where steroids come in. B: Well, yeah, the steroids actually move that wall a bit , so you're right, you can stand out. But I would think it would be similar, Steve, that our technology and our theories are so cutting-edge and refined over the decades that it's so hard for somebody to really extend themselves that much farther. But I think, it's not a perfect analogy of course, because all you really need is a new theory, a new way to look at things, and you could really transcend all the other theories. But that's my thoughts, immediately, when you said that. S: So a few things that are brought up in this discussion as to why aren't there Darwins and Newtons today. One is the notion of just the fact that we've picked the low-hanging fruit. You can only relativity once; you can only discover that DNA is the molecule of inheritance once or the notion of natural selection as a major mechanism of evolution. So once you establish these basic area disciplines, basic areas of science and all the big revolution occurs that further foundational discoveries or truly revolutionary discoveries become more and more rare. R: I would just like to pause so I can briefly quote Steve for the record: low-hanging fruit: Steve referring to Einstein's theory of relativity. ''(laughter)'' S: Well, that's the name of this theory that the notion that, the sort of the big questions that were hanging there, we've already sort of plucked those. Now, scientists are chasing more and more finer revisions of those theories. But they're not going to make discoveries that big again. You know, 'cause they're just not there to be had. Some scientists say that there are no crises in different fields that were similar to the crises in physics that were resolved by relativity and quantum mechanics, for example. Although they say that physics really is the one area where there is still a major crisis, trying to B: Oh, yeah, many of them. S: resolve the, for example E: Dark matter. S: Well, yeah, so, there's still major mysteries out there like what is dark matter, but also just trying to resolve gravity and the other forces B: Quantum gravity S: Yeah, quantum mechanics and relativity. You know the theory of everything, string<|fim_middle|> existing knowledge. This also relates, Bob, to a discussion that you and I have had a number times, and that is the nature of scientific progress. Whether or not it follows the singularity type of model or paradigm, where scientific advance accelerates geometrically. B: Or exponentially. S: Or even exponentially. ''Or'' you get to the point with certain disciplines of diminishing returns where it takes more and more work to make smaller and smaller advances. That's the low-hanging fruit hypothesis. So I think that both are kind of true at the same time. I don't think those are exclusive ways of looking at things. R: And not even just small advances, but I think you could say that if somebody works their entire life to, for instance, figure out dark matter, that's different than what we currently think of as the great scientists of the past who tackled many different subjects and produced many different kinds of results. As opposed to like, I do feel like, we're gonna have plenty of scientists that we look back on and we say "Oh, that guy was brilliant because he led the team that figured out dark matter." It's just not quite the same as "Oh, he's the guy that figured out 18 different things we didn't know about mathematics before." S: Yeah. Exactly. That's another thing, you look back at some of the scientific figures in centuries past, like astronomers and whatnot, who contributed in many many different areas, and not just in one narrow area. So that's another thing, scientific experts are getting more and more narrow in their focus, 'cause you have to be. You have to be incredibly narrow in order to stay at the cutting edge of whatever it is you're researching. You can't be a master of multiple different disciplines. It's just not possible. All right, well, it's very interesting discussion, but let's move on. | theory versus quantum loop gravity, so those are sort of big fish still hanging out there. But most other disciplines are chasing finer and finer revisions of basic concepts that have already been well established. Another factor is the fact that science is, and this probably relates most closely to what you were saying, Bob, about Gould's point, although I don't think it's, I agree, it's not an exact analogy. But the notion of the lone scientist, self-funded, working in their garage or their basement, making major scientific discoveries, it's just, the world just doesn't exist, work that way anymore; that science is B: Interdisciplinary. S: Yeah, it's interdisciplinary, it's often high tech, it's collaborative. You know, it's communities of scientists working together, each adding a little piece to a bigger puzzle. Think about it, like, Darwin, working for decades, by himself and finding B: It won't happen. It literally won't happen. S: Literally couldn't happen. You cannot work for decades and not get scooped by twenty other people, who are working on the same problem. B: And Darwin almost did. Darwin almost . . . Wallace . . . hello. E: Yeah, he was hesitant until he, yeah. S: He really took his time. The situation is not the same as it was back then. R: Those are all reasons why we might not get other great scientists the likes of Einstein and Darwin. But there's really no evidence that that's going to happen. I mean, it hasn't been that long since Einstein. And I don't think that we can take a span of fifty, sixty years and say "Well, we haven't seen another Einstein. . . " S: We're pushing a hundred years, if you're talking about relativity, though, Rebecca. R: Yeah. S: But you're right. It's still B: Special was 1905. S: Yeah, it's not enough time. Yeah, it was 1914 for general, or 1915? B: Yeah. E: 15. S: 1915. Two years, it'll be a hundred years from general relativity. E: We should celebrate ''(garbled)'' ''(laughter)'' R: Cake! E: Relativistic cake, yay! S: So, but you're right. I totally agree with you. We need a longer period of time to see if this trend continues. I do think that the fact that the way science works, this notion of you start with very broad brushstrokes. And when we first started investigating the universe with scientific methodology, all of the classical about how things work were all systematically overturned. So there was all these revolutionary new scientific ideas establishing basic disciplines and basic notions about stuff. Again, once you largely are through that phase of science, now we're into the institutionalized, almost industrialized, science. We have communities of people working often in institutions like universities or in collaborations, making incremental advances themselves, but combining together to produce these greater and greater detailed refinements on | 648 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — For the first time in NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament history one conference has produced three No. 1 seeds. ACC powerhouses Duke, Virginia and North Carolina join West Coast Conference standing Gonzaga as the top seeds in the tournament. Duke heads the East Regional, Virginia tops the South, North Carolina is No. 1 in the Midwest and Gonzaga is the leader in the West.
CHICAGO (AP) — Sixth-ranked Michigan State trailed by 13 in the second half and closed on a 10-0 run to<|fim_middle|> with a 110-107 victory in Detroit. Andre Drummond had 15 points and 17 rebounds, while Reggie Jackson added 20 points to help the Pistons win for the 14th time in their last 18 games. The Raptors remain three games behind the East-leading Bucks following their fourth loss in seven games. | rally past 10th-ranked Michigan, 65-60 in the Big Ten title game. Matt McQuaid nailed a career-high seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 27 points as Michigan State won the tournament for the first time since 2016. Cassius Winston converted the go-ahead layup in the closing minute and finished with 14 points and 11 assists.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bryce Brown scored 19 points and 22nd-ranked Auburn won their its SEC Tournament title in 34 years by routing eighth-ranked Tennessee 84-64. Chuma Okeke scored 18 points and had 13 rebounds for Auburn, which trailed 17-13 before holding the Volunteers to two baskets over the final 11 minutes of the first half. Lamonte' Turner led Tennessee with 24 points, but two-time SEC Player of the Year Grant Williams was held to 13.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers overcame Giannis Antetokounmpo's (YAH'-nihs an-the-toh-KOON'-pohz) career-high 52 points and knocked off the Bucks, 130-125 for their fourth straight win. Joel Embiid (joh-EHL' ehm-BEED') had 40 points and 15 rebounds for Philadelphia, which moved one game ahead of Indiana for third in the NBA's Eastern Conference, and two ahead of the Celtics. Jimmy Butler added 27 points, JJ Redick 19 and Tobias Harris 12 for the Sixers.
DETROIT (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 25 points and the Pistons completed a season sweep of the Toronto Raptors | 382 |
The team behind Google's social networking site, Google+, has released a new tool designed to let you search for posts that are trending. Carter Gibson, Community Management Program Lead for Google+, announced via<|fim_middle|> while helping existing account owners discover some personalities that they may want to follow. | a post that the new Discover feature works to serve up trending posts pulled together from a variety of sources and organized into a carousel of suggestions for Recommended Communities and Featured Collections. Gibson said that the new Discover feature will be rolling out to all users over the next few days on the web and iOS platforms.
The Discover stream also contains recommendations for a vast array of topics based on your interests. So if you are in the habit of taking stunning photos or creating any form of art, you may see suggestions like landscape photography or painting under the Topics section inside the Discover stream. Topics feature was launched in April of this year to allow you to search for various types of content on Google+ that are curated according to your interest and activity on the social network. If you have not created a Google+ account yet or have logged out from your profile, visiting the Google+ website now leads you to the Discover stream as the landing page that shows some of the trending content on the network. Featured Collections stream used to be placed where the Discover landing page is now, and now you can find Featured Collections inside the Discover page. Gibson also revealed that Google+ decided to get rid of the Events tab as well in favor of Discover. Nonetheless, this tab has not been completely removed from Google+, as the social network only assigned it to a new location inside the overflow menu represented by three dots.
Discover is located at the left-hand navigation bar on the Google+ home page, and it is placed right below the Home section to make it more visible to new and existing users. According to Gibson, the broader goal is to improve the way new users experience the social networking site | 329 |
This is the miniature model of Taj Mahal that i made recently.<|fim_middle|> thermocol you will get confidence. Then you can go ahead with making this one. Making a taj Mahal even a small one is not easy. It took me nearly 15 days to come up with this. | You too can make one. The Taj Mahal enclosed in the case is 7"x7"x5" in size. I made this with thermocol and carved the various pillars and domes using sand paper.By referring the photographs of Taj Mahal, I first drew the basic outline, then the outline of the forms of the pillars and domes on paper. Then deciding on the proportions, i proceeded to make the various parts. Each part in the pillar has been made separately and then glued together using fevicol. For the smaller pillars i rolled paper strips and glued them in place. Once all the parts were glued and ready, i placed them in a flat square piece of thermocol of 7"x7" size. I also carved the finer details like doors and windows using a pencil. Then using OHP sheets i made a case for the Taj Mahal. For this i cut 5 pieces and then joined them using cellotape. I have given below some close up pictures.
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In 1986, Spectrasonics President Eric<|fim_middle|> in Keyscape! We've closely modeled its Analog Chorus/Tremolo FX and even added expressive release noises and lush reverb effects to bring it up to date! | Persing was Chief Sound Designer for a very well-known Japanese manufacturer of digital instruments. Eric was closely involved with their development of an innovative rack mounted digital piano module called the MKS-20, that was not based on samples, but rather on a type of early additive re-synthesis called "Structured Adaptive®" or "SA" synthesis. This ground-breaking technology provided an extremely expressive response, compared to the limited sampling technology of that era.
The MKS-20 design cleverly combined the digital side of the instrument with high-quality analog components and effects, resulting in a far warmer sound than most keyboards of the day. Velocity-triggered algorithms activated harmonic combinations which mimicked the naturally-occurring color changes of mechanical keyboards. Each of the 128 velocities had its own discrete color for each key, resulting in a highly expressive and organic sound.
While the MKS-20's Acoustic Piano simulations were soon eclipsed by rapidly improving sampling technology, there was always something very special about its unique sounding Electric Pianos, Electric Grand, and signature Vibes sounds. These sounds became an essential tool in the rack of every pro keyboardist, and were featured on literally hundreds of hit records throughout the 80s and 90s. Because it was absolutely ideal for "MIDI'ing" with FM synths, and other keyboards, everyone who could afford an MKS-20 had to have one!
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3001 Turtle Creek
Introducing a first-class office tower in the last great Turtle Creek location
Welcome to 3001 Turtle Creek, a Class A office tower that takes advantage of the last, highly prized acreage along Dallas' landmark Turtle Creek Boulevard. The thoughtfully designed building, sensitively integrated into a wooded site, promises to become one of Dallas' premier business addresses.
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This striking 17-floor office tower features an offset core and floor-to-ceiling windows that provide natural light throughout and views of the terraced lawns, stunning Turtle Creek greebelt and nearby Katy Trail. Sophisticated common areas include a lobby with stone walls and wood ceilings, anchored by a welcoming fireplace. Outdoors, distinctive columns showcase a shaded restaurant terrace nestled among large oak trees. Other amenities include a fitness center and extensive reserved underground parking. A bonus: unencumbered panoramic views of Uptown to the iconic downtown Dallas skyline.
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Our 3-acre, hillside site has an exclusive distinction: it's the last great property along Turtle Creek Boulevard. This location offers not only a unique creekside setting, but a desirable address for any company. Tenants will enjoy walkable access to the area's popular restaurants, shops and entertainment venues. An integrated 1-acre park along Turtle Creek features a cascading walkway that connects to the popular Katy Trail for walking, running and biking. Nestled between Highland Park and Uptown, the high-end Turtle Creek neighborhood is known for its popular restaurants and walkability. It's close to services and amenities, but is also defined by its natural beauty. Both attract urban professionals who are looking for an active neighborhood in the center of it all.
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The Brandeis Industry Meetup helps students experience the University's ecosystem of community members with expertise in the fields of Business, Consulting & Finance, including alumni, employer partners, faculty and staff.
Register online through Handshake for the industry event that closely matches your job function and/or employer. Industry options include advertising, business, consulting and finance. Non-profit and social justice industries are welcome at both.
As an Industry Representative, you and 30+ other Industry Representatives will be assigned to a networking section based on your primary field/function within a larger industry (e.g. Research). Students will receive a list of the Industry Representatives in each section and will rotate through to meet you. The room will be set up like a cocktail networking reception and you will have a designated hightop table in your section. Students will ask questions about your career path, organization, field, job function, and more. Students will represent diverse majors, class years and stages of career development. Some may be sophomores just beginning to explore internships and careers, while others may be graduating seniors specifically interested in working at an<|fim_middle|>:00 am. Please plan to arrive and set up within this time frame to ensure your table is ready for students. Each employer will be provided with (1) table, (2) chairs, plastic tablecloth and table sign with your organization's name. Employers are encouraged to bring their own nametag, handouts and tablecloths. | organization like yours.
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The Brandeis Computer Science Fair is the University's largest tech industry event of the year. This is an opportunity for students to meet leading employers that want to hire Brandeis students for full-time jobs and internships.
Table set up for employers will be from 9 – 9:30 a.m. Please plan to arrive and set up within this time frame to ensure your table is ready for students. Each employer will be provided with (1) table, (2) chairs, plastic tablecloth and table sign with your organization's name. Employers are encouraged to bring their own nametag, handouts and tablecloths.
The Brandeis Law School Reception provides a unique opportunity for representatives to inform, interact and recruit prospective applicants for their schools and programs. Not only will you meet with candidates for this application cycle, you will have the opportunity to engage with students from all class years who are preparing for a future in law.
Registration deadline is September 7, 2018 at 5:00 pm. Please contact Lauren Dropkin to register after this date: ldropkin@brandeis.edu.
Table set-up for representatives will be from 7:15 – 7:30 pm. Please plan to arrive and set up within this time frame to ensure your table is ready for students. Each school/organization will be provided with (1) cocktail table and tablecloth. Representatives are encouraged to bring their own nametag, handouts and table banner. Materials may be sent in advance - details provided with registration confirmation.
Table set up for employers will be from 9 – 9:30 am. Please plan to arrive and set up within this time frame to ensure your table is ready for students. Each employer will be provided with (1) table, (2) chairs, plastic tablecloth and table sign with your organization's name. Employers are encouraged to bring their own nametag, handouts and tablecloths.
The Brandeis Industry Meetup helps students experience the University's ecosystem of community members with expertise in the fields of Biotech, Health & Science, including alumni, employer partners, faculty and staff.
The Brandeis Just In Time Job & Internship Fair is the largest recruiting event of the year. Meet with undergraduate and graduate students who are seeking full-time and summer internship positions.
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We awoke<|fim_middle|> Buitenhaven moorings are comfortable with unlimited electricity and a communal water point, but there is really nothing to recommend the place for tourism. Even the Tourist Information place specialised to selling tickets to leave the place by ferry, opened on and off through the day and had no stickers of Savoren.. I decided that we would just stay the night and leave along the canal inland tomorrow and see if we could get along to Workum. The moorings were nice and low and so we could get at Lady Martina's port side; where the deposits from that incident were at their worst, and we successfully cleaned them off and polished the side accordingly. | this morning to another dull and damp day, but a much warmer one and thunderstorms were threatened for later but failed to arrive. We merrily started washing the boat when the harbourmaster came and pointed out that the supply was for drinking water only but I got over that by connecting the hose to our deck wash facility and then topping up our tank again afterwards!
We soon started our trip on a day so misty that I felt it necessary to start the radar for the journey. It was only six miles and took just an hour as we cruised past the Oude Haven and then pulled into the Buitenhaven entrance further south. The sluis keeper responded on Channel VHF18 and invited us into the southern of the two locks but we could hardly see the entrance until we got there.
We rafted against another large motor boat and saw three more vessels cram in behind us before the gates closed the 0.3 meter drop commenced. This was all very uneventful until it was time to leave when the stupid skipper of a German all-male boat tried to push through a gap which was not wide enough and scraped all along our vessel. I was furious and let him know by my signals that I thought so. There was no damage but the contact between us on the motor boat inside deposited a thick layer of antifoul on our hull transferred by the pressure, which took a while for us to remove later.
We moored on a pleasant grassed island in the Stavoren Buitenhaven with access to the shore by a small bridge and other boats with friendly dogs on board for Max to play with. We unloaded the bikes and went for a long ride around the town. Now, it was a Sunday out of season in June but, having said that, the best conclusion you could come to about this place is that it is a mere over-night stop-over location when en-route to somewhere more interesting!
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Mysore is the mecca of modern Yoga in South India. The town has many great teachers like S. K. Patthabi Jois, B.N.S. Iyengar, Desikachar and B.K.S. Iyengar spawned that are with their different emphases, the first generation of teachers who all rely on Sri T. Krishnamachacharya. Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga developed as a living tradition and there are now many experienced teachers of second and third generation, pass on their in-depth knowledge.
During my stay in Mysore I was five weeks intensively Chidananda and his father Sri SV Venkateshaiah asanas and pranayama practice. Both are students of B.N.S. Iyengar and teach both Indians and Westerners in their small Shala in Gokulam district.
Interview_JanoschJanosch: How long have you been practicing yoga ?
Venkateshaiah: I have practiced the last 30 years of yoga. I have for 18 years with my teacher B.N.S. Iyengar learned the age of 18 before I got his blessing to be allowed to teach.
Chidananda: I started with 8 years to practice Ashtanga Yoga. It has always fascinated me, practice my father to see and I wanted to learn that too. It was a great time when I with my father and his friends under the watchful eyes of our teacher BNS Could learn Iyengar. Meanwhile, I'm over 25 years here.
Venkateshaiah, you practice still? What does your yoga practice ?
Venkateshaiah: Of course, I still practice every day. While I'm not as many asanas as before, but I practice more pranayama and meditate. Practicing asanas is like washing vegetables. Eventually there must also snip and make something delicious to eat. Hence, we must not get stuck only to the asanas you, because they will not bring one to the final stage of Yoga. The higher limbs of yoga must be practiced. The postures are just one small part of it.
Chidananda: I, too, have been practicing every day. I used to often practiced more than three hours - but now I am a father and teacher. This also needs some attention (laughs).
How important is your own independent practice for a teacher ?
Venkateshaiah: If you do not practice self-employed, you have little references to teach sound. Practicing makes the people better. Whoever does not practice, it soon becomes lethargic and has his body is no longer under control. When the mind is not in good condition, the body will not vote and vice versa. There is an interdependent relationship here. When the mind is depressed, the body will follow. No matter what happens your mind: It will show in your body.
You're father and son - as supplemented ye in Shala?
Chidananda: I'm just his student. B.N.S. Iyengar was my first teacher. My father is my second teacher. There are still so many things I can learn from him. If I am unsure, I can always<|fim_middle|> you can not be disturbed. The most important thing is that one lives according to moral principles.
How do you find it that yoga is so popular?
Chidananda: That makes me very happy. People pay more attention to their physical and mental health. There are the right values, which can be understood here. So you can achieve a lot in life. But unfortunately is also placed too much emphasis on the physical. The moral principles make a big difference.
What can the West learn from India? What India can learn from the West ?
Chidananda: One can learn from each culture a good thing. People can try to be guided by a tradition that is a long time tested system. What I really like about the Western students, is the enthusiasm with which they absorb new knowledge. The people who come here have such a good awareness of health issues.
What students that you practice with your father and here in Mysore expected ?
Chidananda: Students enjoy a traditional and holistic approach to all the limbs of yoga. We begin with sound basics and walk slowly step by step - as we have learned it yourself. | ask him because he has a wide knowledge.
If you practice every day? And if so, why? And what?
Venkateshaiah: It's better if you practice every day to keep the body and the mental in good condition. If you stop practicing, you will be lazy and sluggish. It's the magic of repetition that makes the system so effective.
How important is tradition ?
Venkateshaiah: What tradition? There are many traditions. Ashtanga Yoga comes from the old Rshis. Patanjali Yoga has reformed and given it in the form of the Yoga Sutras in the world. That is why even some the "father of yoga" call him.
Chidananda: Tradition is very important to me. Yoga is not just for health. First, there are the Yamas and Niyamas - the basic principles that must internalize and should try to live by them. Then you will understand what yoga is. Yoga is the science of life itself. There is so much to learn.
The importance of modifications ?
Venkateshaiah: The teacher should adapt the poses individually at the state of the student. That is why a great knowledge of the individual dynamics in the body is so important. Without this you can actually teach any conversations.
Chidananda: The process should be very slow. First you have to build a foundation and learn these clean: the understanding of respiration and the correct movement that emerges from it. Everything plays a role. It is often better to exercise less. If you do too much, it is rather a series of stretching exercises, as a yoga practice. If the process is slow, then you will also not hurt.
When should you start with pranayama ?
Venkateshaiah: A certain perfection in the postures is provided because one has to sit quietly for a long time. It is also good to keep the headstand and shoulder stand longer. However, it is so that it does not implementing Yama and Niyama no sense to practice any asana, pranayama and meditation. That is pointless.
What is the difference between Primary and Advanced Pranayama Pranayama?
Venkateshaiah: Beginners start with Primary Pranayama. It is therapeutically very good because it has a high health benefits. Advanced Pranayama involves counting and holding the breath. It is not suitable for beginners. Practicing pranayama brings you the ultimate goal of yoga closer. Pranayama is the preparation. It leads to meditation. While you practice, to meditate, although in some respects, but it is not really meditation.
How can we integrate his yoga practice is best in life?
Chidananda: It is best to exercise early in the morning, when | 570 |
This 12 Sep 2015 is when World War II and the Japanese Occupation came to an end 70 years ago in Singapore. To mark this historic occasion, our sister company, The Changi Museum, is holding a remembrance ceremony at Kranji War Cemetery<|fim_middle|> 12 Sep 2015 at 4.30pm. | on the day. Please join us there as we honour those who had given their lives in the defence of Malaya and Singapore during the war, and also those who later became prisoners of the occupation forces. We will also reflect on the contributions of those still safeguarding our security, namely the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
There will be Ambassadors and High Commissioners representing the countries involved in the war at the ceremony. Most significantly, there will be veterans, ex-POWs and former civilian internees — in their late 80s and 90s — from around the world in attendance. This will be an opportunity to meet and listen to their experiences about the war.
The programme will feature the reading of selected poems, the laying of wreaths, observing two minutes of silence in honour of the fallen soldiers, singing the National Anthem, among other things.
The event is open to the public. We look forward to you joining us at Kranji War Cemetery on | 197 |
Coltrane Plays the Blues is an album credited to jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 19<|fim_middle|>.
On September 19, 2000, Rhino Records reissued Coltrane Plays the Blues as part of its Atlantic 50th Anniversary Jazz Gallery series. Included were five bonus tracks, all of which had appeared in 1995 on The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings.
Side Two track 2 recorded during the evening of October 24, 1960; the remainder during the night of the same day.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
This page was last edited on 7 June 2018, at 22:03 (UTC). | 62 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1382. It was recorded at Atlantic Studios during the sessions for My Favorite Things, assembled after Coltrane had stopped recording for the label and was under contract to Impulse Records. Like Prestige Records before them, as Coltrane's fame grew during the 1960s, Atlantic used unissued recordings and released them without either Coltrane's input or approval | 88 |
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Kristin's responsibilities include preparing construction specifications project manuals, which include project contracts, construction administration requirements, product descriptions, and installation standards
Excels at researching, collecting, articulating, and organizing building assemblies, as well as ensuring accuracy throughout all documents
Serves as the firm's resource for construction and materials specification questions, and also mentors junior colleagues interested in learning more about specifications writing
Harnesses her approachable, articulate demeanor and community experience to build strong professional relationships with clients, colleagues, and external consultants
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"At SMMA, construction specifications are made to order," says Kristin. "We delve deeply into the details of every project to ensure that nothing is omitted. The goal is to have the design drawings and the specifications work together cohesively."
"Everything is hand-tailored," she explains. "We customize for each specific project. Nothing is off the rack."
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When she joined SMMA, Kristin noticed the work of the firm's previous specifications writer, and wanted to learn more about her role in the development of architectural design. "When I started, the spec writer on staff had been with the firm for a long time," Kristin says. "I admired her and quickly recognized how important her skillset was to the design process. I also remember thinking that her job might be a good fit for me at some point in the future."
"This career path wasn't necessarily what I set out to do when I | 308 |
Dorothy "Miss Dot" Domilise, who assembled and served thousands of succulent shrimp, roast beef, hot sausage and oyster po-boys to priests, politicians and neighborhood regulars at Domilise's Restaurant<|fim_middle|> lots of love," Waldron said.
She kept up her routine, working six days a week until a few years ago, when the restaurant started closing on Thursdays. She lived in a small apartment just off the dining area.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Domilise; four sisters, Antoinette "Tee" LeBlanc, Jackie Dantin, Prissy Alex and Maggie Gibson; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements, which will be handled by Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, are incomplete.
Please share your favorite Domilise's memories in the comments section below. Please include your name and contact information if you'd like to talk to me about your memories for a longer obituary I plan to write Monday. Thanks. -- John Pope. | for more than 70 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure at East Jefferson General Hospital. She was 90.
A native of Franklin who moved to New Orleans shortly before World War II, she married Sam Domilise and started working in the family business in the yellow frame building with the hand-lettered sign at Annunciation and Bellecastle streets in Uptown New Orleans. Domilise's is a fixture, a proud reminder of what neighborhood restaurants were meant to be.
Mrs. Domilise and her husband took over the business when his parents died. Sam Domilise died in 1981, "and she just kept going," said retired Criminal District Judge Dennis Waldron, a longtime customer and family friend. "She served every sandwich with | 158 |
Baird, Texas. West Texas Caked in Frozen Mud. On a recent weekend trip to a friends Deer Lease we were met with an unwelcome surprise; everything was wet and frozen. I was charged with cooking some fabulous RibEyes from "Kuby's" in Highland Park, TX, and oh, we forgot the charcoal. I never use the stuff and I hate its taste, so; no problem I thought, Ive got this. No problem? Think again. As a Yankee from the northeast I hadn't realized that the foreign landscape damp and frozen in late December was somewhat of an uncommon sight. The soaking rains had permeated everything. Not only was every last twig in sight completely soaked through and frozen, even wood on the bottom of the pile had succumbed to what must have been a deluge of water, evident through the massive puddles we had to forge through. Another problem, night was falling and the Mrs. was hungry. Think fast. Mesquite litters the landscape, large, small, half buried, half wet. Having gathered everything and formed the beginnings of my blaze, I would be taught the lesson, everything really is more pronounced in Texas. When the wood is wet, boy is it wet. Being that we were on a Deer Lease there were a few tools at our disposal. Some of you may know it as a propane weed burner, those of us who have hunted hogs know how handy it is for ridding a hide of hair before cooking. This simple flamethrower would be my hero of the evening.
Pile on the wet Mesquite wood, hit it with the torch. I don't mean a light touch, I mean leave the torch under the woodpile for an hour and get your fire going. In my being instructed to cook dinner I was directed to a Weber Kettle. Taking a shovel and attempting to move some coals from the fire pit to the kettle it became apparent with the shovel caked and sizzling with a wet clay, you're not moving any coals if you plan on eating anytime before tomorrow afternoon. Improvise, instead of taking coals to grill, take grill to coals. Well, Grill to Fire, the coal game wasn't really on that night. Laying two limbs parallel to one another in the fire-ring, a bit of leveling from below and we had it, a rest for the grate I removed from the Weber Kettle. Being that we were essentially in Mexico, of course our fare would have some south of the border influence.
Well this was probably one of the most terrific introductions to my spice cabinet. Having used the venerable<|fim_middle|>ats it. Placing this 'tray' directly on the hottest part of the grill creates a flash fry and a crust on these vegetables that everyone will love. Turn them over as soon as a brown crust starts creeping up the sides. Couple more minutes and you're done. One of our party likes theirs even more crispy, no problem, just drop them on the grate to burn off some of the oil, just not too long or you end up with a sort of asparagus pop-corn.
I cook quite a few steaks a year, for myself, and for large groups. I cook them over a variety of media, inside and out. These steaks were hands down the best steaks I have ever had, and thus the best steaks I have ever prepared. In trying to replicate that evenings meal I have always fallen short. Sometimes you just can't replicate the natural elements that contribute to the amazing human experience. Sometimes your wood is beyond wet and you think you're going to be eating Steak Tartare. Sometimes you take what you have and make the best of it and hope for the best. Sometimes the stars truly align and give you the most heavenly meal you didn't think stood a chance! | spice to rim my Micheladas, I never thought to use it to marinate my steaks, but thank you Emma because it proved to be awesome. This combined with the wet smokey mesquite provided unimaginable flavour to a terrific cut of meat. These steaks were about 2- 2-1/2" thick, perfect for a flash sear to medium-rare. It is most often a rule that you do not want to cook with flame, but rather with indirect heat, or very near but not on that flame. This night all the rules were to be broken. Wet Wood Would Burn, Creating a heavenly amount of Mesquite smoke while it did. As many of you who smoke using wood chips know, you soak your wood before you put it to flame. Meat Would Be Cooked On Flame, this fire was hot, the majority of our flames were blue to white to orange, no yellow stuff here. Low flames with incredible heat. No 4-5 minutes then a flip, here we're talking 3 Minutes Flat, Flip for another 3. Unfortunately the only images we have are those in our minds of this resting perfection. Well, that and the half devoured shot below.
We didn't just cook our steaks on the fire that night. We fashioned a pan out of foil as I usually do before placing asparagus on the grill. Coating liberally with Olive Oil from the farm, as well as a generous amount of sea salt. Th | 302 |
Henry Burns: I want to see a strong IFA represent farmers well
Jan 7, 2016, 1:30pm
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Henry Burns has said it is a "great honour" to receive the level of support from IFA Chairmen and ordinary members over the past number of weeks as he launched his campaign to become the next President<|fim_middle|>.
One of the main challenges, he said, in the beef sector has been to ensure that the IFA was challenging all forces, such as the Minister for Agriculture and the meat factories, but also challenging the IFA as an organisation to go "places where maybe we did not want to go".
"I have never run away from any difficult situation and I have been consistently worked hard to improve famers' incomes."
Henry Burns IFA Elections 2016 | of the IFA.
However, Burns said the real work was only beginning now and his kitchen in Mountmellick, Laois, is being turned into his campaign HQ.
"Over the last 10 years I have been involved at the lower levels of IFA at county level and was appointed the Sheep Chairman almost 10 years ago.
"A strong point of the sheep sector is that there are high and lowland sheep farmers and a key thing working as Sheep Chairman has alway been that there was a unified approach."
Burns says that less of the 'I' needs to apparent – "I did this or that" – but on the sheep side it was the work of a very good committee that was there, which ensured we achieved good results.
"We drove a unified approach and got results."
Burns said he is appreciative that no one can keep everyone happy, but he says he'll willing to listen to everyone and wants to see a unified and strong IFA represent farmers well | 201 |
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WCU students' service learning project helps rally community support for COVID-19 vaccination efforts
There were nursing students giving shots, church members helping people find their place in line, fraternity brothers directing traffic and other volunteers filling in where needed.
Sometimes it takes a village to protect a village, and that certainly was the case when a group of Western Carolina University nursing school students decided to make their senior service learning project a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Buncombe County's African American community.
The students, under the direction of WCU nursing assistant professor Elizabeth Sexton, partnered with Buncombe County Health and Human Services, Asheville's Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church — a predominantly African American church — and other organizations to host the clinic, Friday, Feb. 26, at the church's fellowship hall. The clinic was held primarily for people of color age 65 years of age or older, and health care workers. The second shot will be administered March 26, also at Tried Stone.
The idea came to Sexton during conversations last fall with a colleague at the Buncombe County health department with whom she had partnered on previous student service learning projects. COVID-19 dominated their conversation. "We knew the vaccine was coming," Sexton said. "We started talking about how we could reach out to higher risk groups. We had seen how much the Black community was impacted, especially in the spring in New York, just super high rates of both hospitalization and death, a much higher disparity there. We really wanted to make sure the African American churches and community and Latino communities, too, had an opportunity to receive the vaccine, because it really impacts both in a more severe way."
Alfred Blount, pastor of Tried Stone Missionary Baptist Church for 22 years, said his church was eager to host the project because it made it easier for members of his congregation and community to get vaccinated. Many residents weren't able to travel to other sites offering the shot or were on what seemed like endless waiting lists with thousands of other people, he said. "Once we found out how many doses of the vaccine they got, we started getting people signed up," he said.
"We really wanted to make sure the African American churches and community and Latino communities, too, had an opportunity to receive the vaccine, because it really impacts both in a more severe way."
And that wasn't all that kicked in gear. Church volunteers secured appointments for all 300 Moderna doses and turned their fellowship hall into a vaccination clinic. Goody bags with personal protection equipment and informational and health brochures were provided by WCU's nursing school, Nurses Christian Fellowship and Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning; Asheville YMCA and Full Circle Recovery Center. WCU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity provided parking assistance.
Haley Schronce, a senior nursing student from Lincolnton, was one of three students who helped organize the event. She marveled at the positive response to the clinic as the fellowship hall filled with people eager to get the vaccine. "Everybody needs a chance to get the vaccine. I'm really grateful we can do it at a local church, so everybody feels comfortable and safe to come here," she said.
"I've heard a lot of talk from people about not wanting to get a vaccination because they don't know what's in it, and we've been used as<|fim_middle|> said all the hard work it took to assemble a vaccine clinic for 300 people finally paid off. "We definitely hit a lot of obstacles, but seeing it today, it all worked out perfectly. We're seeing the people we wanted to see," she said. "I really feel like we're making a difference for them. It was great seeing how different communities and different systems can come together for the greater good, for one purpose. The biggest surprise was how willing every person here was to help. It's amazing."
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Western Carolina University's Regional Vaccine Clinic is staffed by student, faculty, and staff volunteers from across campus. The clinic is now open, with appointments available every week, for anyone in the region who is included in the eligible groups as set by the North Carolina Department Health and Human Services. To find your group, make an appointment and learn more about the clinic, visit vaccine.wcu.edu
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Educational Outreach unit donates WCU-branded hand sanitizer to Irene Wortham Center | guinea pigs before," said Blount, who graduated from WCU in 1988 with a marketing degree. "We tried to educate them and give them the information we're getting from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We wanted to help them make a well-informed decision."
It worked. Lajuana Montgomery of Asheville said she had been hesitant to get a shot until her sister-in-law, Pam Johnson, a registered nurse and chair of the church's health ministry, talked to her about the importance of getting vaccinated. "I liked how everything was so organized and well put together," Montgomery said, after receiving her shot.
That the clinic ran so smoothly was no accident, said JeWana Grier-McEachin, executive director of the Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement, a non-profit agency that works on health equity issues, and helped with the clinic. "About five years ago we started the praise initiative in partnership with Mission Health to designate churches as healthy churches," Grier-McEachin said. "Tried Stone is one of the gold churches … because of its efforts to ensure its congregation is healthy. Because of that, this was the perfect way to take that to the next level. They were ready because they have hosted other screening events before."
"Everybody needs a chance to get the vaccine. I'm really grateful we can do it at a local church, so everybody feels comfortable and safe to come here…"
Johnson said the mission of the church's health ministry is to promote health and nourish the mind, body and spirit. "The ministry allows us to work with community health professionals to empower the congregation to advocate for their health through the educational workshops, screenings, and seminars," the church hosts, she said, including mental health issues.
Andie Ervay, a fourth semester nursing student from Gastonia who will graduate in May, said working on such an important project has been an invaluable lesson. "The biggest part was getting the vaccines approved by the state because there is such a shortage," she said. "It's just crazy how much goes in to responding to a pandemic. Everyone so far has been extremely thankful to get the vaccine. Everyone's just excited to get it and return to somewhat of a normal life and not have to live in fear of contracting COVID-19."
"It was great seeing how different communities and different systems can come together for the greater good, for one purpose."
For Sexton, service learning projects like this one are important because they help lay the groundwork for future collaborations. "We partner already with many agencies in Asheville, because we're building bridges, we're building connections," she said.
Kimberlyn Metcalf, a nursing student from Madison County, | 555 |
Nestled in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley with convenient access to I-64 and I-81, the Country Inn & Suites® by Radisson, Lexington, VA boasts a location that is perfect for exploring the area. Make the 14-mile trek to the Natural Bridge of Virginia to sit in awe of the 34-story limestone bridge, or drive five minutes north to Hull's Drive-In Theatre to see an outdoor movie. Both Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University are less than two miles away,<|fim_middle|> from the hotel. Family-owned, Lexington Valley produces handcrafted wines from French-American hybrid grapes.
Natural Bridge of Virginia – A National Historic Landmark, this natural limestone bridge towers more than 1,000 feet over the peaceful Cedar Creek. Thrill seekers can even descend 34 stories underground into the accompanying caverns. This local treasure is less than 15 miles from our hotel.
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Our hotel is unable to accommodate pets. Service animals are permitted. | making it easy to attend graduations or take tours.
When you return to the hotel, let stress dissipate with a soothing soak in the hot tub while the kids play Marco Polo in the pool. Our on-site fitness center is also a great spot to burn energy, and a complimentary cookie from the lobby is the perfect post-workout treat. Want to share how proud you are of your college graduate? You can easily upload photos online using our free Wi-Fi. When night falls, slip between the fresh linens on your comfortable bed knowing a free, hot breakfast awaits you in the morning.
If you need more space, our One-bedroom Suites feature a separate living area with a sleeper sofa and a TV as well as a private bedroom with a second TV.
Gear up for the day at our free, hot breakfast, served fresh each morning and featuring items like Belgian waffles, biscuits with gravy, bagels, eggs and more.
For lunch or dinner, opt for local favorites like Bistro on Main or The Palms Restaurant. Both dining establishments are less than two miles away.
Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden – Take a stroll, attend a concert or participate in a workshop at this nearby attraction that's dedicated to preserving local flora. Less than three miles away, these gardens are home to thousands of specimens of trees and seasonal blooms.
Lexington Valley Vineyard – It's all about the tours and tastings at this beautiful vineyard, located about eight miles | 296 |
Sauber addresses Monaco clash in open letter to fans
By Luke SmithJun 3, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
Sauber has written an open letter to its fans following the clash between drivers Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr during last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.
Ericsson attempted a risky overtake at La Rascasse after Nasr ignored calls from the team to let his teammate past.
The two drivers collided, ultimately forcing both to retire from the race and leaving Sauber red-faced.
Team principal Monisha Kaltenborn blasted both her drivers, saying they shared blame, but the stewards deemed Ericsson to be responsible and handed him a three-place grid drop for the next race in Canada.
Sauber issued an open letter on its website on Thursday addressing the matter, in which both Ericsson and Nasr agreed such an incident must never happen again.
"So, there has been a lot of talk and speculation about what happened in Monaco this past weekend and we, as a team, understand your frustration… we really do!" the letter read.
"Seeing our two cars in pieces in Rascasse was disappointing, to say the least. And there has also been a lot of blame thrown around between the Felipe and Marcus camps of fans with just as many questions regarding whether the team order should have been given in the first place. We would like to address these concerns.
"What happened is unacceptable. The commentators of German broadcaster RTL put it like this: The crash was Marcus' fault as he caused it with a risky manoeuvre. And it was Felipe's responsibility as he should have listened to the team and shouldn't have closed the door on his teammate.
"We all know football (or soccer, for our American friends). Right, F1 is not football but here's an analogy which we hope will help to understand our point of view. Can we all agree that in football, what counts is the best possible result for the club… for the team? It doesn't really matter who scores: as long as the team wins, everyone wins.
"Where does that leave us? Simple. We win together, we lose together.
"Many of you argue that team orders aren't good for the sport and that we should just let our drivers race freely. We agree, but while this is true most of the time and it is what we do as much as possible, it is imperative to always look at the bigger picture and ask: 'What is better for the team?'
"Some of you have said that you don't understand why we even bothered to give a team order running in positions 15 and 16. Well, with every position gained, we are that much closer to points. And even without scoring any points, any higher position in a race can potentially mean keeping the position in the constructors' championship (or, vice versa, a drop in positions).
"We are all racers. But the team's overall interest will always be more important than that of any individual<|fim_middle|> with respect. We are all Formula 1 supporters after all.
"We have analyzed what happened; we have discussed it with Marcus and Felipe, and we all agree that this must never happen again. Everyone at the factory in Hinwil, as well as the drivers, now focus on the next race in Montreal. We're all looking forward to racing soon again, as a team.
"We'd like to thank all of you who support our team and our drivers. We share your passion and we appreciate your commitment and engagement! And we thank each and every member of this team who is still giving it their very best on a daily basis during these trying times. Sacrificing for a shared dream is what keeps us going.
"Let us close off in team radio lingo: 'Copy?'" | .
"Remember the days when team orders were given in secret codes and the fans didn't have a clue about what was going on? We very much prefer today's open communication.
"As emotions run high after this incident, it is important to remember that without the team, the drivers couldn't prove their racing skills and without the drivers, the team wouldn't be able to compete. Support 'your' driver by actually giving him support. Cheer for Felipe, Brazil. Cheer for Marcus, Sweden. But please do so | 103 |
Having itchy feet is a terrible thing. Despite copious amounts of wandering around Austria, sometimes wanderlust can become all consuming. In truth I need a vacation. After moving from the UK to Vienna nearly two years ago, neither of us (I include my better half Lynda in this) have had a holiday together since May 2016, when we spent her 40th birthday with friends in Sweden. So we are in desperate need of a change of scenery. Just a little getaway for the weekend. So shall it be done. May in Austria is a confusing time as all sorts of bank holidays and days off can crop up. This year has brought with it a bumper crop, thanks to an early Easter. The weekend of the 12th of May has the Thursday and Friday off, just in time for Lynda's birthday. So armed with time off and the OEBB app, let's see where we can go. As it happens, there was a special on over the Christmas break and we've bagged two return tickets to the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana. Total price for us both, €36! Thats just €9 there and €9 back each. Bargain. Sure it takes just over 6 hours by train, but it a trip through some of the most beautiful countryside in the world. So let's get going.
Getting there is half the fun, but most of the day.
Our journey starts at Hauptbahnhof, and train number IC151. It's an express service to Ljubljana that s operated by Slovenske železnice, Slovenia's national railway. For the Austrian part of the journey, the train is staffed by OEBB, switching back to the Slovenian's at the border. Today however, there's been a problem and the train that arrives is a full OEBB service. Not a problem, and since we reserved seats, we find our place has been upgraded and we're in a first class cabin. It's roomy and features leather seats and a large window. Smiling at our good fortune, we leave bang in time and settle in for a long day on the rails. It's just before 8 in the morning and we should arrive on time in Ljubljana at just after 2. Not bad.
The train takes a route south, passing through Wiener Neustadt, Semmering, onto Graz and stopping at Spielfeld Bahnhof to change engines<|fim_middle|>. There was a change in our train schedule, and our first train to Villach was now a bus. This presented a real problem as the rail replacement bus wouldn't get us to Villach in time to make our connection. A little checking and we were advised to take the direct train home. It's only a problem as the cheap tickets restriction to a single route you choose at the time of booking. Both guards were understanding through and we arrived back home just 20 minutes late.
Summing up.
How do you sum up a whole city? It's difficult at the best of times, but with Ljubljana, it's a city that flies in the face of what you'd expect. It's a hip place to be, but not in a way that attracts the hipsters and the wannabes. It has a fascinating past and yet it doesn't revel in it, and its vibrant and yet relaxed. It's a city at ease with itself. It doesn't try too hard and it doesn't need to. Ljubljana a fantastic destination and I can't wait to go back.
This entry was posted in The Long Weekend | , then out into Slovenia. All is not well though. We arrive at Graz only to be told we need to change trains at the border. Not a huge problem, but not as direct service as we'd like, and worst of all, we have to give up our cosy cabin. We arrive at border to meet the train from Ljubljana. There people are swapping from that onto our old train. We re-board, take some seats and off we go across the border.
After the beauty of the Alps, the terrain changes from vast snow covered peaks of Austria to become vast tree covered peaks in Slovenia. There really is huge unspoiled wilderness to see. There are towns and small cities littered along the way, but at each stop, they look so ' out of place' as to be conspicuous. The Exception was our first stop Slovenia, the City of Maribor. Maribor is Slovenia's second biggest city, and as we pull away from the station, I spot a mall with some very familiar Austrian stores. That slight Austrian flavour follows us throughout the weekend. Much of Slovenia is unspoilt and it has a diverse ecosystem. Here and there along the journey, there are surprises. At one point we come across what looks like the ruins of a castle atop a hill in a valley. It's breathtaking, If a little difficult to photograph. A few of the stops are surprisingly familiar, reminding me of our old home in the Welsh Valley's.
Despite the long journey, it isn't long until we arrive in Ljubljana, ready for a cup of tea before we hit the town.
Public Transport.
Public transport is the key to any cities first impression. Arriving at the main train station, it's fascinating to see the kind of trains that operate around the local area. Along the way at various towns, I've seen some interesting trains. They're interesting because of Slovenia's communist past, when the country was part of Yugoslavia. Slovenia was among the first Eastern block countries to demand independence and democracy, but there are still relics to be found here and there. The trains are just an example. There are modern looking trains in service, closely mirroring the S-Bahn trains of OEBB in Steiermark. But there are a few older looking trains that look kinda fugly and more than a few that look down right strange. Those are the service trains that are definitely from another time. Walking along the platform at Ljubljana, these old diesel powered trains give off fumes that are the worst I've ever experienced. It's chokingly dirty and the air is thick, and that's out in the open.
Leaving the old smoker to it's devices, and in need of fresh air that you don't need to chew, we go in search of a bus into the centre and our hotel. The trains may be old, But the buses are pretty new and all feature ticketless riding. To use the public transport here, you need a contactless card that you can top up to travel. We get one and load it up with enough cash for four trips. Two of us to the centre and two of us back to the station. The total, €6. Not bad. The buses are frequent and the main bus station sits in front of the train station. The journey to our stop is just 9 minutes and everything runs smoothly.
The city is fairly small compared to Vienna. There are large hotel chains as well as smaller independent hotels, but we've opted for something more low key. We've booked a room in a little guest house called House Trta.. It contains one Room and one small apartment, and that's it. We booked the room. Downstairs is a pizzeria and the whole thing sits on a quiet riverbank, just a stones throw away from the French ambassador's residence, and within a two minute walk of the centre. The room is of a high standard and decorated nicely. The TV has more tv channels than you can shake a stick at and the inclusion of a mini fridge for keeping milk cold a godsend. Best of all, there's air conditioning. This is a very good spot to hang your hat. Two nights is just over €168, but you'll not find a better location.
Getting out and about.
Once we got settled, it was time to hit the road and explore. Camera in hand, we headed out to see the city. First impressions are good. The river leads you into the centre, where there's a plethora of bars, cafe's and restaurants to choose from. The atmosphere in the early evening is relaxed, yet bubbling. Along the river, we first come across an art installation. Several billboards are showcasing, various pieces of art. At one board, and elderly gentleman is deep in conversations with a young woman. The conversation is obviously to do with the art. Leaving the discussion, we stop to take a peak into the river. There are a few tourist boat trips floating by, and we wave at the people enjoying themselves. As one boat drifts by, out of the corner of Lynda's eye, she catches sight of what we thought was a beaver. It turns out to be a semi aquatic rodent known as a water rat, and they're common on the river. It makes us smile as it meanders its way up river.
Next to catch my eye is the impressive Hercules fountain. It sits on the opposite side of the river, but given there are many bridges crossing the water, it's certainly not out of reach. In front of the fountain are a set of large steps that slowly fill with people on and off. It's a good spot to stop and watch the world go by. Further up is a rather unusual art installation. Made entirely out of recycled PC motherboards and assorted bits and pieces, the whole thing gives a hint to Ljubljana's Green credentials. The city is incredibly green , both in terms of recycling and other measures, to the sheer amount of green spaces available for people to enjoy.
Moving on, we come across one of the best views in the city. The cities skyline is dominated by one single thing. The castle on the hill. the castle sits proudly above the city, and it's an impressive sight. A giant Ljubljana flag flies from the tower and I notice is has more than a passing resemblance to my own countries flag, the Welsh Dragon. Interestingly, the Ljubljana flag features a dragon as well, but ours is bigger. With the view spotted, I plan on photographing the whole thing in blue hour, after the sun has set. Conveniently, there's a great bar 20 meters away that offers good food. We book a table for nine and carry on exploring.
Next up we find the cities central market. Today being Friday, there's a late evening craft market alongside the local food market. The sights and smells are intoxicating. There's a smell of fresh fish and seafood, of a garlic and herbs, of slow cooked beef and pork and of sugartastic desserts. Mixed in is the hubble bubble of the craft market, as negotiations go back and forth for the best deal.
The other side of the river, and the main square sits, with a large Catholic Church sitting central to it all. Officially, Slovenia is a secular nation, but the Catholic Church still holds plenty of pull for its followers and there's no shortage of pomp about the church.
The final stop for the night before we head back to our bar and food, is Dragons bridge. Four dragons sit on the corners, looking for all the world to be Ljubljana's protectors. The dragon though isn't as unfriendly as he seems. Legend says that the dragon lived out in the swamps, but feeling lonely, he swam upriver to the city, climbing atop the bridge. As mentioned, being Welsh, I love dragons, and as the evening draws on, Slovenia and Wales seem to have more in common than you'd think.
Culinary delights.
Food is always an important part of a holiday. Be it a local delicacy or an old favourite, food is a good thing. In Ljubljana, food is something to be celebrated. For the first evening, as I'm photographing the Castle, we stop at a bar called Dvorni Bar. Its a trendy spot with a killer view. We both settle on the burgers. I have the classic while the birthday girl goes for the gourmet option. What drew me to the burgers was the all Slovenia beef and local produce used to make it. It is not a disappointment. The chips that come with it a sublime while the beef itself is firm and tasty. This isn't you're average McLunch. Joining the burgers are two glasses of the local beer, Union unfiltered. For an unfiltered beer, it's remarkable clear and tastes rather good.
Slovenia is more than just burgers though, and there's a bewildering choice of options. I say bewildering because the local cuisine is somewhere between the meaty heartiness of Austrian cooking, with Slovenian Goulash and Roasted pork dishes, to the more Mediterranean diet, with fresh seafood, like calamari and sea bass. Add to that copious amounts of pizza available from many Italian pizzeria's and you can say that Italy and Austria meet in Ljubljana, and it tastes great. With Trieste and the Adriatic sea just 70 km away, it's not surprising that the Mediterranean diet has made it this far north.
On the Saturday, we ate at a small restaurant away from the main river area called Druga Violina, our Second Violin in English. The food was great, a dish of Roasted pork and potatoes, plus a dessert or salad, priced at just €5.50 for the two courses. The price drew us in, but it wasn't long until we noticed something special about the Drugs Violina restaurant. At least half it's staff fall under the category of special needs. This is the first time I've come across such a place and it's was great. The food was very good and the staff were super friendly. Nowhere was this more evident than when the heavens opened, forcing all of us eating outside to seek shelter indoors. As we sat cowering from the torrential downpour and extreme lighting (Ljubljana has almost daily thunderstorms in late spring and early summer) the mood is the restaurant was good humoured. There was even a little sing along with the radio.
For our last meal on Saturday evening, we ventured into a restaurant on the river front that specialised in Japanese food called Tokyo PikNik. I love Japanese food and we were both excited to try a little here in Ljubljana. For starters, we ordered some Vegetable Gyoza (small steamed dumplings that are then shallow fried on one side and served with a dipping sauce) and some Yakitori sticks ( chicken and leek pieces on skewers , cooked in Teriyaki sauce over an open flame. Both were delicious and fairly authentic. For a main, we both had Chicken Katsu Donburi, (Crispy chicken fillet served over a dashi flavoured bowl of steamed rice and vegetables, with a little egg in there too). It was nice, and the rice was superb, but the chicken was a bit dry and really should be served with a curry sauce for best effect. A shot of sake though was very much enjoyed as getting good Japanese sake can be difficult.
Cafe culture.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the restaurants and bars, there are an array of different cafe's to relax in and watch the world go by. From the charming to the intriguing, there'll be something for everyone. For us, we happened across a great little cafe away from the main tourist trail. The Flo Bistro is a little quirky. Some of the tables are old Singer Sewing marching tables, others covered in newsprint. The inside is filled with books and tiny little bolt holes where you can order and coffee and fall into a good book without fear of being disturbed. There also a fully stocked bar and a surprisingly diverse menu of local foods. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast there on the Sunday and it was delicious.
Homeward bound.
All good things must come to an end, and come the Sunday, it was time to leave this beautiful city behind. Fortunately, and despite having to check out at 10, our accommodation let us leave our suitcase there, allowing us the chance to spend the morning in the city. Straight out of the gate, we stumble on a flea market taking place along the banks of the river. It's full of old jewellery, communist era pins and ephemera, and even the odd Iron Cross and Nazi officer cap badges. It's cool and creepy at the same time. Breakfast was good and a pick around the craft market for souvenirs was a treat. To finish off this weekend though, we had to take a trip on the river. There's no shortage of boats plying for trade on the river, but for our money, the best boat to take is the Ljubineska. Hand built from wood 7 years ago, the little boat is beautiful and a great way to see the river. The 45 Minute tour costs just €10, and features a very knowledgeable master, who can speak multiple languages. There's even a small bar on board where you can buy a glass of Slovenian champagne. It's the perfect way to end the trip. From the boat we retrieved our case and headed out to the train station.
Here we hit the only wrinkle in the whole trip | 2,814 |
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Ethics and Epidemiology
Steven S. Coughlin, Tom L. Beauchamp, and Douglas L. Weed
In the ten years since the first edition of this book was published, there have been many important ethical developments in epidemiology and related fields in public health and medicine. These developments include implementation of the HIPAA privacy rules, the completion of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE) ethics guidelines and ACE policy statements on sharing data from epidemiologic studies, and the drafting of a public health code of ethics. This revised edition of the text includes selected chapters from the first edition, which have been updated and revised, along with several ne ... More
In the ten years since the first edition of this book was published, there have been many important ethical developments in epidemiology and related fields in public health and medicine. These developments include implementation of the HIPAA privacy rules, the completion of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE) ethics guidelines and ACE policy statements on sharing data from epidemiologic studies, and the drafting of a public health code of ethics. This revised edition of the text includes selected chapters from the first edition, which have been updated and revised, along with several new chapters on issues concerning the ethics of public health practice, international health research, and genetic epidemiology. The chapters are organized topically and divided into four parts. The first part is titled "Foundations" because the chapters introduce basic and recurring concepts and principles. The subsequent parts deal with "Informed Consent, Privacy, and Confidentiality," "Balancing Risks and Benefits," and the "Regulatory Context and Professional Education." The latter subject includes discussion of the institutional review board (IRB) system and issues surrounding scientific misconduct in epidemiologic research. The objective of this work foster greater awareness of situations that require moral reflection, judgment, or decision, while pointing to ways in which justified moral conclusions can be reached.
Keywords: confidentiality, ethics, epidemiology, genetics, HIV/AIDS, informed consent, institutional review boards, moral reasoning, public health practice
Print publication date: 2009 Print ISBN-13: 9780195322934
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 DOI:10<|fim_middle|>13 Good Conduct and Integrity in Epidemiologic Research
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14 Ethics Curricula in Epidemiology
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I FOUNDATIONS
1 Historical Foundations
Steven S. Coughlin
2 Moral Foundations
Tom L. Beauchamp
3 Toward a Philosophy of Epidemiology
Douglas L. Weed
II INFORMED CONSENT, PRIVACY, AND CONFIDENTIALITY
4 Epidemiology and Informed Consent
Jeffrey P. Kahn, and Anna C. Mastroianni
5 Privacy and Confidentiality in Epidemiology: Special Challenges of Using Information Obtained without Informed Consent
Ellen Wright Clayton
III BALANCING RISKS AND BENEFITS
6 Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Community-Based Intervention Studies
Karen Glanz, Michelle C. Kegler, and Barbara K. Rimer
7 Ethical Issues in the Interaction with Research Subjects and the Disclosure of Results
Andrea Smith, and Paul A. Schulte
8 Ethics in Public Health Practice
Robert E. McKeown, and R. Max Learner
9 Ethical Issues in Genetic Epidemiology
Laura M. Beskow, and Wylie Burke
10 Ethics and Epidemiology in the Age of AIDS
Carol Levine
11 Ethical Issues in International Health Research and Epidemiology
John D. H. Porter, Carolyn Stephens, and Anthony Kessel
IV THE REGULATORY CONTEXT AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
12 The Institutional Review Board
Robert J. Levine
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One of my favorite ways to help students develop language skills is by using wordless video shorts by Pixar and others.
They're short! (Duh). These videos are the perfect length for 30-minute sessions- 5-10 minutes of video with ample time leftover for discussion.
They're free! Although I'm sure they are not supposed<|fim_middle|> | to be available for free on YouTube, many great short films are! This means that there is nothing to buy or haul around with you (except a viewing device), which is always appreciated by traveling SLPs and those of us working out of closet sized spaces.
Naturally approachable & engaging. Anything on a screen is inherently more engaging, but I think the wordlessness makes them even more approachable for kids with language disorders. They have a rare opportunity to engage with material without struggling to understand language and vocabulary - This is a luxury for kids with language impairments! Because the films are wordless, they usually feature interesting music/sounds, bright colors, and animated expressions - all of which adds more excitement than traditional picture stimuli.
Opportunities for inference and prediction making: I pause the video frequently as we watch to pose questions to the students and model my thinking. This allows plenty of opportunities for students to make and explain predictions and inferences - probably more so than any other activity I have to target these higher level language skills.
Extension activities galore: Sequencing and summarizing activities are natural extension activities, as well as vocabulary development and expressive language targets (e.g., expanding sentence length and complexity, using target grammatical constructions). Social language targets including problem solving, perspective-taking, and facial expression analysis/feelings fit in very nicely.
Data collection is always tricky, especially when trying to record a student's ability to make and explain inferences. I'm in the process of making data collection sheets that should help with that... I'm thinking of making a big set of them, but I'm offering the first one for free as I work out the kinks. | 338 |
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She trained<|fim_middle|> the rank of a Lieutenant and commanded one of Chimera's Viper Squadrons. After eight years of service, she was eventually promoted to the rank of a Captain and recommended for the position of the Commander Air Group aboard the newly built Battlestar Rhea.
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She made friends that had suffered too, people with comparably strong volition, found that she had talent for flying and was a good soldier. And to be closer to the stars, leaving the gravity of Gemenon, that had rested on her shoulders, behind, turned out to be the fulfilment of her own small dream.
For the first three years of her career, Elena was assigned to the Defender Patricia, serving in many actions against smugglers at the borders of the Colonial space and earning promotions up to the rank of a Chief Petty Officer.
Her next post was the Scorpian Shipyard where she was part of the station's guarding Air Wing for almost two years.
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Because of emerging practices in the TV media, and our access to the relevant data, we're making a pretty fundamental change in the way we present DVR data. Up until the 2009-2010 season, we used the show's Live program rating or viewership as the base upon which the Live+7 day DVR viewing was added. Now, the press seems to be standardizing around using Live+Same Day DVR viewing as the base for the calculations, plus our access to Live ratings is somewhat erratic and restricted. While there are both positive and negative aspects to basing increases on Live+SD, after discussion, Robert and I decided to make the change.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data:©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. | For the third week of the season (October 5-11), both Smallville and Dollhouse, received more than a 40% boost from DVR viewing. Of course, because of their low Live+SD ratings, those absolute increases were quite small, not even in the top 25 absolute increases for the week.
Thursday, Friday and 10pm shows continue to keep the DVRs spinning. Heroes is the only top 10 % increase show not in those groups.
Among absolute ratings increases for broadcast shows, there was little to surprise us. The two Live+SD top rated scripted shows for the week, Grey's Anatomy and House were also the biggest absolute ratings gainers after DVR viewing, and in exactly the same amount!
Disclaimer: all the numbers we have seen point to a scenario where the additional days of DVR viewing beyond the Live+SD numbers play almost no role in a shows' fate. In a recent conversation with the head of research for a broadcast network he agreed that perhaps 10% of the viewing beyond the Live+SD period serves to increase the C+3 commercial ratings that are used to price advertising.
Note that the tables below contain adults 18-49 demo program ratings, not millions of viewers.
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The 18-49 Demo Increase From DVR Viewing ranks which of the top broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] had the largest absolute adults 18-49 ratings increase in viewing by DVR in their adults 18-49 Live+7 audience numbers from viewers watching shows after the airdate on their digital video recorders (DVRs).
The 18-49 Demo % Increase From DVR Viewing ranks which of the top broadcast shows [by Live+7 viewers] had the largest percentage adults 18-49 ratings increase in viewing by DVR in their adults 18-49 Live+7 audience numbers from viewers watching shows after the airdate on their digital video recorders (DVRs).
DVR (Time-shifted) Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data –Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day(Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
% of All Viewing By DVR Past Airdate – Of the total viewing of that particular episode, | 574 |
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Week 7: Bucs and Bears 10/24
On October 24, the Buccaneers hosted the Chicago Bears at Raymond James Stadium. The Bears had one of the best defenses in the league heading into week 7, leading multiple experts to believe it would be a much better game than what actually happened.
Unlike their defense, the Bears offense had been horrendous and it was apparent during the whole game. The Bucs were playing rookie quarterback Justin Fields and decided to take advantage of it. They blitzed many times in the first half and found much success with it, sacking Fields 4 times, forcing a fumble on 3 of them. The defense also made Fields throw 3 interceptions. One of those was from veteran new-comer, Pierre Desir, who got his first INT on the 6th team of his career.
Tom Brady and the Bucs offense proved the Bears defense to be frauds. Brady was able to find success with almost all of his throws, finishing 20/36 for 211 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. Brady tried spreading the ball around to every target and the Bears weren't able to stop it. The run game was great again with Leonard Fournette getting 81 yards and a touchdown, along with Ronald Jones getting 63 yards. Promising rookie receiver Jaelon Darden even had a 43 yard punt return.
Now let's talk about records. Heading into the game, Brady was 2 touchdowns short of reaching 600 career touchdowns. To get his 600th, Brady threw a 9-yard post to Mike Evans, who on that same pass, doubled the Buccaneers career receiving touchdowns record with 68. After Evans caught the touchdown, he gave the ball to a fan wearing his jersey. Since it was Brady's 600th, he wanted it back. In order for Brady to get it back, the fan (Byron Kennedy) wanted – and received – a signed Tom Brady jersey, a signed Mike Evans jersey, Mike Evans' game cleats, a Brady-signed football, season tickets for the remaining games of this season and the entire 2022 season, $1K in team store credit, and 1 Bitcoin ($62,000).
On the negative side of things, The Bucs were still riddled with injuries. Cornerbacks Carlton Davis, Sean Murphy-Bunting, and Richard Sherman were all injured. Dean went down but then came back in for the next drive. Tight end Rob Gronkowski and superstar linebacker Lavonte David were injured from another game but their absences weren't noticed. Receiver Antonio Brown was out for the game but will be back next week. Expect to see Gronk and David back with him as well. Expect Carlton Davis, Sean Murphy-Bunting, and Richard Sherman to return after the week 9 bye week.
In week 8, The Bucs travel to New Orleans to take on the Saints for the first time this season on Halloween at 4:25 P.M. ET on FOX in America's game of the week.
Week 8: Bucs @ Saints 10/31
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers struggle to beat the New Orleans Saints in the regular season. In a rivalry that keeps getting more intense after last year's divisional round where the Bucs pulled out a 30-20 win to go on to be Super Bowl LV champs. The Bucs still can't seem to beat the Saints as they are 1-3 since Tom Brady has taken over against New Orleans. The Bucs took a strong fight while going up against Jameis Winston, the former Buc. They took an early touchdown lead and then soon lost it when the Saints took a big lead to bring it to 23-7 at one point. Gronk soon was ruled out again after playing just five snaps with a rib injury. He sat with Antoino Brown on the bench who was also ruled out before the game with his injured ankle. Sherman did not play any snaps, but was active with a hamstring problem. They struggle defieviely even with Jamies Winston going down with a ACL injury for the Saints.
Trevor Siemian, who has not played since 2019, came in and had his struggles. At the beginning, he was not able to play at his previous level years before, but eventually he was able to outplay the Bucs' defensive secondary for a hand in the Saint's win. The Bucs are hoping for Sean Murphy-Bunting and Carlton Davis III back soon, adding on to the injury list. The Bucs had their struggles offensively for the first time since week three against the Rams. Tom Brady and Chris Godwin did have a good game, Mike Evans had a good couple plays and a great touchdown as well as Cyril Grayson who had an explosive first NFL touchdown. The Bucs still could not make a stop, penalties killed them, a lot of bad and missed calls as usual against | 1,101 |
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