Trump wades into California water wars, calls for diverting water to farmers in central valley

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President Donald Trump is wading into California's water wars, demanding speedy action by the federal government to divert much-needed water resources to Republican-leaning farmers in California's central valley — a move sure to infuriate left-leaning environmentalists on the west coast.

Signing a presidential memorandum in Arizona this afternoon, the president set into motion a plan that's expected to benefit farmers who have complained about water restrictions intended to protect endangered fish and other species.

“This is a vital action ... to improve access to water in the American West,” President Trump said, signing the memorandum. “They've taken it away, they have so much water and they don't know what to do with it and they send it out to sea.”

Republicans quickly responded, calling the decision a clear win for communities in the West.

Environmentalists argue that diverting water to farmers will decimate endangered Delta smelt and Chinook Salmon. The president’s action today will speed up the environmental review and approval process needed to create the infrastructure needed to divert the water.

Earlier this year, as 17 fires ravaged California, Trump falsely claimed that the state government was mismanaging water supplies that should be available to fight the infernos, even though firefighters there said access to water was not a problem.

Environmentalists feared at the time that the president was using the wildfires as a smokescreen for wading into a deeply controversial fight between farmers and conservationists.

The memo Trump signed Friday calls on the Interior Department and Commerce Department to speed up infrastructure projects, including water desalination and recycling, and clarify how to manage water while continuing to follow environmental laws and the Endangered Species Act.

“The big problem was the federal approvals that were un-gettable and now they are very gettable and we're going to have them in a very short period of time,” Trump said.

“This will move things along at a record clip, and you have a lot of water, I hope you enjoy the water that you're going to have ... great for the farmers, great for the people, great for recreation,” Trump said.

The president’s action today is sure to anger the local authorities in California, who will see this as federal overreach, but it's also sure to please his political allies in the state with midterms just two-and-a-half weeks away.


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Culture not only helps draw the best talent to your company, but as a new study from the Fortune Knowledge Group and ad agency Gyro found, it also helps other companies—say, potential clients being pitched by agencies—decide whether or not they want to work with you.

Sixty percent of the 500 executives surveyed said knowing a company's mission statement, and what it stands for, is one of the most important factors in a business decision. Additionally, 68 percent said they would make short-term financial sacrifices to foster these long-term relationships with a business partner.

"We all know that the strongest companies in the world, they nurture their mission statement and have a strong belief in why they started the business," Christoph Becker, gyro CEO and CCO, told Adweek.

Becker added that any agency, or company for that matter, that doesn't have a firm idea of its own mission statement and why the company exists, will have trouble forging relationships with other companies.

"You need to know, what's your point of difference, and why you do what you do," Becker said.


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Pretty Colorful: Webdesign for High-Context Cultures

Occasionally, Asian and Western webdesign are poles apart. If you want a proof, check out the German and Chinese websites of a famous fast-food chain, or the Chinese news portal With its animated sequence of images, it may put some Western viewers on edge.

Asia – always visually powerful

Websites are also part of the culture in which most viewers move. If you want to design a website for a Chinese, Korean, Japanese or other Asian audience, you will need to deal with the culture and its differences to Western conventions. Doing so, you will come across the terms low-context and high-context cultures. In this article we want to explain the difference between both and how they influence webdesign.

The Ambiguity of Messages

“I like you.” Is this a declaration of love, an expression of friendship, or just an ironic way of telling somebody that you can’t stand him or her? The right answer is: It depends. The actual message is the result of:

  • the situation in which the sentence is said,
  • the relationship between the interlocutors,
  • the mimic that accompanies the spoken word,
  • and unspoken conventions on how to interpret nonverbal communication.

The same applies to written and/or visual communication: Its meaning depends more or less on the context.

A Few Words on High- and Low-Context Cultures

The terms high-context and low-context cultures were introduced in the 1976 book “Beyond Culture” by the anthropologist Edward T. Hall. Communication in a high-context culture, to put it roughly, assumes much more unspoken similarities than in a low-context culture. For example, people in low-context cultures are more explicit with visual or spoken messages, whereas in high-context cultures the meaning of a message derives from the interaction of the message itself and unspoken conventions of interpretation. People who are not familiar with these conventions will have a harder time here than in low-context cultures.

High-context cultures include China, Japan, Korea, Latin American and Arabian states, as well as Italy and France. Low-context cultures are, for example, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia and some parts of the USA. There is also a difference in the importance of the individual and individuality in general. The relationship between people is generally more important in high-context cultures, because this is the only way to define the necessary unspoken conventions. Conversely, the more society values individuality, the better people understand messages with less common conventions of interpretation.

McDonald’s China

McDonald’s Germany

What It Means for Webdesigners

Now the first difference in webdesign for low- and high-context cultures becomes clear. Webdesigners from low-context cultures attach importance to clarity in the design. They prefer a minimalist design with less colors and website elements. This is typical for a low-context culture: The message is clear and precise, because otherwise it would be confusing.

This clarity is less distinctive in high-context cultures.  What is even worse, in verbal communication people may find clear statements like “We don’t agree” impolite. A “No” is rather communicated indirectly. There is also no strict clarity in webdesign. Websites are usually more colorful with lots of animated images, sections and menus, which may look chaotic to low-context webdesigners. But they actually represent an unfamiliar structure in a different cultural context. It’s all about the point of view.

More Than Just Aesthetics

When designing websites for high-context cultures, you should keep in mind that colors may have a different meaning in e.g. China. You should also know that color symbolism in general has a higher significance in high-context cultures. For a low-context audience you would mostly choose a color for aesthetic reasons, whereas the Chinese audience expects a certain message connected with the coloring.

The Importance of Relationship

Webdesign for high-context cultures often requires to bring other elements to the fore than for low-context cultures. If you compare commercial websites, for example, you will notice that it is more important for the Chinese audience to build a relationship to the brand than it is for the low-context audience. Chinese want to know with whom they deal with. Information about the company and its people become more important, whereas the low-context audience usually focuses on the product.

Focusing on the Big Picture

Focusing on the relationship aspect can influence the perception of many website elements. The website “” cited a good example with two different heat maps of the same picture, taken by the Flickr user “A bloke called jerm”, showing a big fish in the sea surrounded by many small fish. One heat map shows how the majority of western people would see the picture. They concentrate on the big fish, so a typical caption would be: “The picture shows a big fish”.

Asians, however, are far less focused on the big fish in the middle of the picture. They have a different perception, and so a typical caption here would be: “The picture looks like a big sea”. A webdesigner should consider this and be careful not to show a big sea instead of a big fish in a high-context culture.

A Warning at the End

I don’t want to end this article without a little warning. As a webdesigner you never stop learning. You shouldn’t fooly yourself by thinking you’d know how perfect webdesign for the Chinese audience has to look like. All cultures develop. This won’t turn fundamental principles topsy-turvy within a short time, but they will change slowly because they are not set in stone.

Constant engagement in culture X is required to create a good webdesign. It is not enough to have read an article about this topic. And a book… is not enough either.

Christian Arno

Christian Arno is the founder of Lingo24, a top translation agency in the USA. Launched in 2001, Lingo24 now has more than 160 employees spanning four continents and clients in over sixty countries. In the past twelve months, they have translated over forty million words for businesses in every industry sector, including MTV, World Bank and American Express. Follow Lingo24 on Twitter: @Lingo24.

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The Human Resource Generalist is responsible for performing HR-related duties on a professional level and works closely as a partner with local management as well as our regional management teams. This position will support the operational goals of the organization by focusing on the following functional areas: employee relations, training, performance management, on-boarding, policy implementation, recruitment, benefits administration and compliance.

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    1. Partners with management and employees to provide guidance, coaching, and/or counseling regarding various human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards and other government regulations.
    2. Proactively collaborates with management to help identify and implement employee relations strategies that minimize risk. Provide guidance and consultation on how to avoid potential employee problems and issues by managing and resolving complex employee relations issues.
    3. Conducts effective, thorough, and objective investigations.
    4. Maintains a thorough understanding of current employment law and HR Best Practices, interprets applicability of state and federal law, and company policy.
    5. Develops and nurtures strong relationships with internal customers, effectively representing HR on-site and in remote locations; proactively leads and supports the delivery of HR programs and processes.
    6. Responsible for daily administrative tasks associated with proper employee documentation.
    7. Effectively interprets and manages FMLA, ADA, and workers’ compensation implications as they relate to leave of absences/disabilities.
    8. Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale,increase productivity, and elevate retention.
    9. Provides guidance and input on workforce planning and succession planning. Participates in evaluation and monitoring of the success of training programs. Follows up to ensure training objectives are met.
    10. Shares responsibility for maintaining human resource information system records and compiles reports from the database, as well as filing and personnel file maintenance.
    11. Collaborate with management in selecting talent for the organizationfor all exempt and nonexempt/hourly personnel, as well as temporary employees.Initiate and ensure successful onboarding.
    12. Assists in evaluation of reports, decisions and results vs established goals. Recommends new approaches, policies and procedures to ensure continual improvements in efficiency of the department and services performed.
    13. Assist with development and maintenance of the company’s compensation systems, by performing compensation and job analysis and making recommendations.
    14. Performs other related duties as required.
    15. Attendance is an essential function of this position.

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  1. Minimum of 5 years of experience as an HR Generalist.
  2. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  3. HR Certification preferred.
  4. Advanced knowledge of MS Office applications.
  5. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a diverse group of people.
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Americans with Disabilities Act – 1845 Oil Field Services will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act. We are always willing to consider reasonable accommodations, which may allow a disabled person to perform this or any other job. The requirements are a list of what we believe at this point to be necessary in order to perform the essential functions of the job.

The above information is only an illustration of the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

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DEPT OF COMPUTING, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY MODULE CODE: EAT227 MODULE TITLE: Manufacturing Processes MODULE ASSESSOR: Alan Wheatley ASSESSMENT: One of One TITLE OF ASSESSMENT: CES: Manufacturing Process Selection MODERATED: KR PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION CAREFULLY. This assignment contributes 30% to your final module mark. Please ensure that you retain a duplicate of your assignment. We are required to send samples of student work to the external examiners for moderation purposes. It will also safeguard in the unlikely event of your work going astray. All research paper based assessments are now required to be submitted into the JISC system to check for plagiarism. Please submit the report supplied by the JISC system along with your work. THE FOLLOWING LEARNING OUTCOMES WILL BE ASSESSED: Knowledge an understanding of: 1. the diversity of processes involved in successful and economic materials and component manufacture. 2. the inter-relations between material, process, design/shape, performance and economics. 3. the range of techniques available for the joining of engineering materials and be able to select processes to optimise both bulk and surface properties. Skills and the ability to: 4. establish and interpret the natures and effects of important process variables. 5. deal with aspects of manufacturing processes in a quantitative manner. 6. analyse and discuss the specific features of processes associated with the manufacture of metals, ceramics, glasses, polymers and polymer composite components. 7. employ process selection software and understand its underlying methodology. 8. select appropriate manufacturing/processing strategies on the basis of given requirements.IMPORTANT INFORMATION You are required to submit your work within the bounds of the University Infringement of Assessment Regulations (see your Programme Guide). Plagiarism, paraphrasing and downloading large amounts of information from external sources, will not be tolerated and will be dealt with severely. Although you should make full use of any source material, which would normally be an occasional sentence and/or paragraph (referenced) followed by your own critical analysis/evaluation. You will receive no marks for work that is not your own. Your work may be subject to checks for originality which can include use of an electronic plagiarism detection service. Where you are asked to submit an individual piece of work, the work must be entirely your own. The safety of your assessments is your responsibility. You must not permit another student access to your work. Where referencing is required, unless otherwise stated, the Harvard referencing system must be used (see your Programme Guide). Submission Date and Time 11th March 2015 Submission Location Library, St Peter’s CampusCambridge Engineering Selector (CES Edupack 2014) Software 1. Introduction CES software is a tool designed to aid in the process of materials and manufacturing process selection. To this end it can be used as: (i) a database of information on materials and processes Covered in Year 1 (EAT104) (ii) a selection tool for materials and/or processes CES is a powerful tool in helping to choose the most appropriate materials and manufacturing processes for engineering components. In this module (EAT 227), we are going to concentrate on process selection. Next year, in the module MEX 312, we will turn our attention to materials selection. In terms of materials selection, how do you go about choosing the best material for a given engineering application? What material(s) would be best suited for the manufacture of (say) bicycle forks, flywheels or pressure vessels? Knowing the right questions to ask makes the process easier. So, what sort of questions do we need to ask to make sure we get the correct choice? 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You must provide detailed documentary evidence (of your own design) proving that you can navigate the software for all eventualities where its use as a process selection tool is required. You may use both screen capture and copy/paste functions to show your navigation process, but make sure to include your own words when requested.2.1 Task Definition Part 1: Navigation through Processes 1. Open CES software. Choose Aerospace database. 2. In “Browse” mode, select Table: “Process Universe” and Subset: “All Processes”. 3. Choose one process from each of the 3 categories available (Joining, Shaping and Surface Treatment). 4. In your own words, give a summary of each of the 3 processes chosen. For each process, make sure you include information on (i) the nature of the process, (ii) the types of materials which can be processed in this way and (iii) the characteristics of the components which are produced by the process (size, shape, dimensional tolerance etc) and (iv) economics of the process. Part 2: In-Depth Case Study of Process Selection 1. Open “CES In Depth” (Follow “Help”, “CES Help” and find “CES In-Depth” under the “Contents” tab) 2. Choose “Process Universe” 3. Select “Case Studies” 4. Choose one of the process selection case studies presented. 5. Copy/Paste the case study directly into your report. 6. Go back to the main CES programme window. You are now going to work through the chosen process selection exercise manually. 7. Click “Select” tab. 8. Choose the appropriate “Process Universe” category for your chosen process selection case study. 9. Reproduce every selection step (i.e. plot selection charts etc) exactly as described in the case study. 10. 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14 45 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:20:00 [I] Aircraft Type Cessna 172 Skyhawk TOP: More Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.
15 63 [I] bali 2016-11-11 14:55:38 [I] Airport KDVT TOP: Phoenix Deer Valley Airport is the busiest General Aviation airport in the world with 368,747 aircraft movements in 2015.
16 58 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:33:00 [I] Airport ZUBD TOP: Qamdo Bamda Airport has the longest publicly used runway in the world, at 5500m. It is the second highest airport in the world.
17 51 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:26:00 [I] Aircraft Type Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird TOP: The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official Air Speed Record for a manned airbreathing jet aircraft with a speed of 3530 km/h, set on 28 July 1976.
18 49 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:24:00 [I] Aircraft Type Tupolev Tu-160 TOP: Tupolev Tu-160 is the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep aircraft built.
19 52 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:27:00 [I] Aircraft Type Tupolev Tu-114 TOP: Tupolev Tu.114 is the fastest-ever record speed for a propeller-driven aircraft of any type, achieved 871 km/h on 24 March 1960.
20 54 [I] bali 2016-01-03 10:29:00 [I] Aircraft Type AgustaWestland AW159 Lynx Wildcat TOP: Westland Lynx is the fastest helicopter, achieved 400 km/h on 11 August 1986.


2020 deadline on climate change

The UN Secretary General Antonio Gutterres has issued a stark warning  about the failure of humanity to act in the face of the rapidity of climate change arising from human activity. This article from the BBC website describes the Secretary General’s warning,

He wants heads of government to come to New York for a special climate conference next September. The call comes amid growing concerns over the slow pace of UN negotiations. Mr Guterres painted a grim picture of the impacts of climate change that he says have been felt all over the world this year, with heatwaves, wildfires, storms and floods leaving a trail of destruction. Corals are dying, he said, the oceans are becoming more acidic, and there are growing conflicts over dwindling resources. Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are at their highest level in three million years.

Despite the fact that the world agreed on a plan to tackle climate change in Paris in 2015, Mr Guterres said the world is way off track to achieve the modest goals of the pact.

Ecological repair

This article is from an Argentinian-based website. It offers a concise summary of the way that the private economy that serves wealth seekers has come to dominate the regulation of the public economy by which governments serve the general good of all citizens. Private business ignores what is termed mega-externalities such as toxic effects on society and the environment. The search for profit takes precedence and government regulation is stymied by corporate influence over political systems.

third category of economica activity is described as the core economy that is essentially local and small scale. It offers employment in a way that corporate systems fail to so and also offers hope of ecological repair of the damage to ecosystems that has resulted from large-scale impact on the planet of the financial capitalist private economy that hass accelerated enormously since the 1950s.

Arctic ocean warming

New research from Yale oceanographers has revealed a build-up of heat in the deeper levels of the Arctic Ocean that may trigger a massive melting of the sea ice above.

This 30-year doubling (growth rate of between 2-3% per annum) coincides with the Great Acceleration of the impact of so many human activities at a planetary scale. In this case it is the hydrosphere and the cryosphere that are being impacted, but the connection to what is happening to the global atmosphere is obvious. The parallel increases in greenhouse gas emissions arising from fossil fuel use has many effects, just as has the massive addition of plastics to the natural environment and many other synthetic chemicals . As humans strive for wealth and accelerated consumption of technologically created goods and services, many UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES  tend to follow. A small number of scientists reveal these but the rush for ‘development’ understood as ever-increasing GDP growth, continues to accelerate as human population adds an extra 1 billion humans to an overloaded planet in the next 14 or so years.

Coastal erosion in the Arctic a new concern – report on new research.

Rapping from Me to We

This  video is targeted on secondary school learners to encourage debate about the concept of homo economicus at the core of the model of classical economics. Ego-driven competition and a price for everything is the implied assumption of human nature behind homo economicus  which overlooks other aspects of humanity such as altruism, cooperation and things that cannot be priced.  Presented in the form of puppets as rap lyrics, the creative video tries to move thinking about human nature from selfish ME to a collective concern about WE. It is 6 minutes long.

Bangkok prep for Katowice COP24

Here is the full UNFCCC news release.

I find it hard to share the optimism in this press release about the progress made towards the Paris Climate Agreement goals. December in nearby Katowice the centre of Polish coal production, will see yet another attempt to get agreement on limiting CO2 emissions that nee to be negative by 2015 if the targets are to be met for curbing global warming and all associated effects.

Against the backdrop of severe and record heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and floods across the world, governments are convening a supplementary meeting in Bangkok to prepare the implementation guidelines of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The guidelines are needed to make the Paris Agreement work fairly and transparently for all.

Following a two-year negotiation process, the implementation guidelines are set to be adopted at the annual climate conference, COP24, to be held in Katowice, Poland in December.

While the talks have made modest progress, the Bangkok meeting is the last opportunity before COP24 to accelerate negotiations.

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This article from BioScience updates a warning given  in 1992 by 1700 scientist about the trajectories leading to environmental destruction. This updated warning was endorsed by 15000 scientists when published in December 2017. Here are the opening paragraphs: