text:
BC Guest Blogs
Why Rural America Is Still Not Connected
Digital Inclusion Week: Highlighting the broadband data gap
Tom Ferree
"This is a huge problem for rural America, tribal lands, and even urban areas, where there are discrepancies from neighborhood to neighborhood, because the data does not drill down to a deeper level." -Tom Ferree, Chairman & CEO, Connected Nation
The internet is no longer a luxury. Its expansion into rural America is as important today as the expansion of electricity was in the 1930s. To be left out of a digital world is to be left out of the opportunity for better jobs, education, and healthcare.
It's something lawmakers have realized and embraced. Over the last six months, more than a dozen bills have been introduced at the state and federal levels to expand broadband to those who find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide.
But there is a question that needs to be answered before any infrastructure investment is made—who truly has access to broadband (high-speed internet) in America?
Right now, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) relies on data from a federal filing, known as Form 477, to identify where the greatest need is and who does or does not have coverage. This data is submitted by Internet Services Providers (ISPs) themselves and, although it does give us a snapshot of some coverage, it's not as accurate as you may think.
Here's why: U.S. census blocks are used for collecting Form 477 data. If a few people have coverage in a census block, it's reported as entirely covered. But imagine if the census block is an area that's both rural and urban? Or, if the census block is unusually large, such as in Alaska where they can be as big as the state of Connecticut? It's easy to see how some people may have coverage in this area but a large portion is left out. Despite that issue, the census block is being reported as covered.
This is a huge problem for rural America, tribal lands, and even urban areas, where there are discrepancies from neighborhood to neighborhood, because the data does not drill down to a deeper level. We see a snapshot from 10,000 foot level rather than up-close-and-personal where we can truly find the families, businesses, farmers, veterans, seniors, and others who are on the wrong side of this Digital Divide in our country.
Congress tried to fix it once before… here's why it didn't work
There was an effort in 2008 to collect better data, enabled by the Broadband Data Improvement Act, but it was done piecemeal—several different companies were awarded the work. Each state, through the State Broadband Initiative (SBI), was able to decide how to use the grant money to map where broadband service was available, where it could be expanded, and how to empower local "grassroots technology teams" to plan for better access.
Acting independently, each state hired nonprofits, for-profits, or used state agencies—some that had little to no experience mapping broadband services. That led to inconsistent results or compromised data that did not accurately map the broadband landscape. As a result, some unfortunate decisions were made regarding how billions in public and private dollars were spent and where broadband infrastructure was built.
We understand what happened because Connected Nation was among the companies who committed to doing the mapping and analysis work.
We were awarded just over 20% of the contracts and, because we handled the work needed in Alaska and Texas, we mapped 42% of the U.S. landmass. We used provider data coupled with field validation and consumer feedback mechanisms, allowing us the opportunity to consistently map specific technologies and refine those areas to a more accurate and granular level than was required by the submission requirements.
Others chose a different approach. At least one mapping agent decided to crowdsource the information using IP address transactions instead of mapping broadband coverage through infrastructure information. This led to depicting subscribed broadband rather than understanding where all broadband services were available. Multiple states did not produce models to determine fixed wireless access and instead showed the coverage as census blocks, buffered circles, or other large areas that drastically overstated where services were actually available.
How to include all Americans
As we work to close digital equity gaps and include all Americans, we must take a smarter approach to ensure accurate broadband data maps are used to find appropriate solutions—by forming a national clearinghouse for the collection and analysis of broadband data.
This would provide a viable path for a neutral, nongovernment party to collect data in real time and to do validation and auditing of that data. This was how we were so effective in producing accurate broadband maps years ago, because we played that very role in 13 states and territories and were able truly validate coverage.
We believe there should be more granular data collected nationally—at the street address or land parcel level of detail instead of by Census block. The data collection should include finding out each provider's coverage abilities, auditing the information, and collecting discrepancies and demand for services from local citizens.
Only then can we have a true understanding of who has access and who doesn't, which providers overlap each other or could easily extend services to more people, and where we should actually invest in building broadband infrastructure.
This is more important now than ever before because even as we mark Digital Inclusion Week, we're seeing the digital divide widening in America as new technology is deployed. Connected Nation's concern is what's happening to individuals and families in urban and rural areas where they are not keeping up. It's hard to do anything in the twenty-first century without adequate access.
Kids learning how to use the Internet
We have a chance to get it right this time by authorizing the creation of a single, qualified, independent entity to oversee how data is collected and analyzed—in a way that protects sensitive provider information, while providing a mechanism for the government to get the information it needs to make more responsible funding decisions for broadband buildout. This simple solution to the challenge of ensuring no one living in this country is left out of what is an ever-evolving digital world.
Everyone belongs in a Connected Nation.
About the Author: Tom Ferree is the Chairman & CEO of Connected Nation (photo attached). He provides vision and leadership, guiding Connected Nation's industry-leading efforts to bridge the digital divide and bringing economic vitality to communities through technology. During his tenure, CN's portfolio has expanded and received acclaim as the leader in broadband mapping, planning, and program implementation. For more on Tom's background, click here
Digital Inclusion WeekConnected NationRural America
Big Data's Dirty Little Secret: Why Cleaning Up Set-Top Box Data Is Not Optional
The race is on to understand identity across both TV and digital
Senate Explores IoT In Rural America
Keys are reliable high-speed broadband connectivity, adoption, and good data
Cash, Innovation, Airwaves: The Recipe for Rural Broadband
Until now, the biggest hurdle to expanding rural broadband access has been the cost
Why TV Is Moving to Impressions-Based Measurement and Audience Trading
Viewers, advertisers have come to expect more personalization, focus
Why is Mobile Still an Afterthought For Streaming Services?
TV-only stance could prove costly in the future
Enabling Audience-Based Buying: Why the Data Behind the Delivery Matters
Representative data key to accurate targeting and measurement
The Versatility of Connected TV and How to Best Integrate Into Marketing Strategies
Connected TV covers a broad range of executions and it can be a very powerful tool in a media mix if properly deployed
Why I'm Betting on OTT Video
Unique value proposition takes subscriber-centric approach


vineyard in the Haut-Rhin, nine kilometres from Colmar. Winemaker Nicolas Garde started at the winery in 2004 and his influence continues to be seen in the way the wines improve with each vintage.
Grapes for the Gewürztraminer Réserve are grown in vineyards running along the south and south-east facing hillside slopes around the village of Hunawihr at an altitude of 250-320 metres above sea level. The vineyards cover an area of 36 hectares, over a calcareous clay soil. Yields are 80 hectolitres per hectare, and the average age of the vines is 25 years.
2015 was an excellent vintage, much easier than recent years. Warm and dry weather throughout June and July resulted in lower acid levels than usual, and yields were small for the third year in a row.
This Gewürztraminer was made from a blend of micro-parcels from the Hunawihr vineyards, picked at optimum ripeness. The temperature controlled fermentation took place between 16-18°C for three weeks, followed by four months in stainless steel tanks to settle before careful filtration. No malolactic fermentation was allowed to take place.


McLaren Vale Shiraz. Okay, there is plenty of it about, no denying that. Pretty much all of what I've had the pleasure of trying is very smart indeed.
What separates this one from the others? Well, to be honest, not a lot really. I say that in a positive way. This is also a very smart indeed, very smart.
The one thing I struggled with when it came to this wine is the price. Yep, the price. If this was on the stock market and you bought some of it, you would be more than happy with the return on your investment. It pays some damn good dividends already.
The colour is quite dense looking but has a youthful purple rim (I have to mention my wife thought it was going to be a BIG wine) but on the palate is very smooth and elegant thanks to the black fruits and plums that are mouth-filling. My wife picked up a very nice subtle licorice flavour too. If you're looking for oak and tannin in this wine, you may as well go looking for the share price of Wine Investment Services. In other words don't waste your time or money! Use both to find this wine and buy this wine.


text:
This exhibition showcases the work of the UT School of Art MFA class of 2020. In March, COVID-19 interrupted their thesis exhibitions in the gallery. Post Script brings together the work of these 9 artists.
Exhibiting Artists are: Kristina Key, April Marten, William Rerick, Angelina Parrino, Emmett Merrill, Marla Sweitzer, Jillian Hirsch, Ashlee Mays, and Dana Potter.
January 11 - February 9, 2017
Since 2005, Lee Benson, professor of sculpture and ceramics at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee has worked with his wife Betty, and later their four children, Zac, Aaron, Mary, and Sarah to make sculpture and public works. They work mainly in mixed media, the earth, stone, timber, wood, clay and 24k gold producing large-scale architectural forms as well as figurative, narrative monoliths. Residing across the country, they maintain five studios.
The Bensons have produced works from New York City to Australia and have had wide public recognition. They have also recently developed a relationship with Habitat for Humanity and Habitat for Humanity International to use materials used in their sculptures to be repurposed into homes throughout the community.
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Caitlin Keogh, Dominic Terlizzi, and Aliza Nisenbaum
The presence of acclaimed artists—who have lived and worked in major cultural centers across the country—enhances the educational opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the University of Tennessee School of Art. With daily contact over the course of a full semester, resident artists develop a unique relationship with the student body which complements the creative stimulation offered by guest lecturers and the School of Art's faculty. Representing diverse ethnic, cultural, educational, and professional backgrounds, these resident artists introduce another layer of candor and a fresh artistic standard for the students who, though early in their formal art studies, are beginning to develop their own perceptions, skills, and theories in connection with the making of art.
Aliza Nisenbaum
Dominic Terlizzi
Caitlin Keogh
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
ArchiveExpand
ByCharles Fry November 1, 2016 September 15, 2021
Chicken Little noun A confirmed pessimist, particularly one who warns of impending disaster. One who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification [After a character in a story who is hit on the head by an acorn and believes the sky is falling.] (Webster's Dictionary) Pessimism, expecting bad things, anticipating the worst, is a…
Read More Chicken LittleContinue
Ideally, Where Does it Start?
ByJay Graham November 1, 2016 September 15, 2021
I was recently talking with a brother whose teenage son was immersed into the Lord two months ago. He told me his son said his first public prayer in a church assembly just a week ago or so after having submitted to the Lord only recently. I was not surprised, though I do not know…
Read More Ideally, Where Does it Start?Continue
Take Up My Cross
ByJeremy Morris November 1, 2016 September 15, 2021
In Jesus' rebuke of the scribes and Pharisees as recorded by Matthew, it reads not all aspects of service to the Lord are equal. "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. …
Read More Take Up My CrossContinue
Since 1960, The Gospel Message has endeavored to preach the truth of Jesus Christ.
TGM is edited by Wade Stanley and published by Doug Twaddell, Evangelists of the Church of Christ.
The Gospel Message - 2023


All - I am glad to let you all know that Computer Kindness Foundation has been registered on Sep 21, 2011 as a legal Not-For-Profit (NFP) entity under The Indian Trusts Act, 1882. We have been planning this for a long time and are very delighted about this new development. This legal status provides CKF with many benefits (we will communicate them as we progress) and will enable us to do more of what we have been doing already.
As part this process, we have a board of trustees formed comprising of me, Sowmiya D, Antony S, Balaji V, Ramalingam K C and Arulanandan P. Please feel free to reach out to any of us, if you have any questions.
Thanks for all your continuous support. Please mail to computer.kindness@gmail.com for more details.


Despite repeated warnings from dermatologists on the health dangers of tanning, results of a new survey by the American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) confirmed that a large percentage of Caucasian teen girls and young women admitted using tanning beds or intentionally tanning outdoors in the past year.
Thirty-two percent of respondents had used a tanning bed in the past year, and of those respondents, one-fourth (25%) used a tanning bed at least weekly, on average. An overwhelming majority (81%) of all respondents reported that they had tanned outdoors either frequently or occasionally in the past year.
Despite claims by the tanning industry to the contrary, indoor tanning is so dangerous that the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization's International Agency of Research on Cancer panel have declared ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and artificial light sources – such as tanning beds and sun lamps – as a known carcinogen. Studies show indoor tanning increases a person's risk of melanoma by 75%.
When survey results were analyzed by age, significant differences were noted by respondents who reported using indoor tanning. Specifically, 18-22 year olds were almost twice as likely to have indoor tanned (40%) when compared to 14-17 year olds (22%).
Although spray tans are considered a safe alternative to UV exposure from the sun and indoor tanning beds, the majority of respondents (86%) indicated that they never received a spray tan in the past year.
At current rates, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. Approximately 75% of skin cancer deaths are from melanoma, and the incidence of melanoma has been rising for at least 30 years – particularly among young, white women in most recent years.
Monday, May 2, is Melanoma Monday and the official launch of Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month as designated by the Academy. Visit www.melanomamonday.org to find out how to perform a skin self-exam, download a body mole map or find free skin cancer screenings in your area.


When the company HARTMANN FLEET-Professionals was founded more than two decades ago, many areas around the vehicle in the b to b - process chains were still relatively unstructured.
So we could grow from the beginning and year after year until today, with the emerging new structures and tasks continuously.
Meanwhile we are a recognized medium-sized specialist company in these areas, responsible for hundreds of thousands of vehicle movements and the control of the processes from the incorporating to the remarketing.
A self-created and constantly developed control platform, the FLEET-CONTROL-MONITOR, today represents state of the art in the industry's.


Hanoi Lucky Guesthouse 2 in Hanoi's Old Quarter offers a very warm welcome, with good value, clean rooms plus comfortable dorm beds, making it a great option for budget travellers.
Ad Book now! Rates from US$12.6++.
Average rating 7.3 from 70 reviews.
The bedrooms lack frills — no pictures, fridge nor safe, and certainly no robes or slippers — but they do come with a modern wall-mounted TV and a good-sized wardrobe and bedding is clean and adequate. Don't expect a balcony either — unless you consider a space the size of a small wardrobe counts. Still, it's useful if you smoke or want to let in some fresh air.
No frills — except the personalised bed runner.
Bathrooms are only wet rooms, but they've been fitted with good quality white goods and are well tiled. Toiletries do not extend beyond a small pink soap.
One bonus is that windows are double-glazed; although located at the quiet end of frenetic Hang Ma Street, street noise is still notable and the double-glazing definitely cuts out a lot of it. We'd still recommend going for a room on a higher floor if available though, to further reduce disturbance — another bonus, for a lower priced hotel, is that there is an elevator.
Not much from the outside.
Double rooms go for US$18, with a small triple going for US$21. Price includes a basic breakfast of eggs, bread and jam, served up in a small reception area where you can also grab a drink and set up your laptop to update your travel blog.
If you're a single traveller, you will get a US$2 discount on the price of a double room, or you can check into their decent dorm room for just US$7. The dorm boasts four beds (two sets of bunk beds) which are good sized singles and the room, although small, is bright.
The disadvantage is the bathroom, which is down one flight of stairs and very small. It's clean though with a shower and is only shared with your three dorm mates. When we visited the rest of the hotel was full but only two dorm beds were occupied, so you may strike lucky and get the room — and bathroom — to yourself.
If Hanoi Lucky Guesthouse 2 is fully booked staff may be able to fit you in round the corner in Hanoi Lucky 1, which is slightly cheaper.


In this short video David Van Vynck talks about the issues nuisance pigeons pose to humans in built-up areas.
Warwick Estates Property Management contacted Van Vynck to help them clear nuisance pigeons from a housing estate in Essex.
Van Vynck are pleased to have been chosen to become involved with a bird control programme for Feltham Dene.


Mahesh Bhatt has launched the poster of his new film "Jalebi" but the responses are hillarious. Bhatt always come up with something interesting everytime. This time also his movie poster come up with lot and lot of spice and twist. Poster is amazing but many twitter users claimed that the poster was copied from several movies poster and even some shared the poster with caption "ye bollywood wale ek poster bhi apni khud ki nikal sakte" This poster is trolling all over the twitter and many funny memes has been made regarding this poster. Jalebi poster is quite different in which the actress is out of the train window and smooching the actor who is on the platform. People are claiming that many such posters has been introduced previously by english movie and Tollywood film. Varun Mitra, Riya Charaborty and Degangna Sooryavanshi are the cast of this movie.


On June 28th of this year Michelle Hudnall was reported by her family as a missing person.
On the evening of July 3rd it was reported to Pasco Police Officers that Michelle Hudnall had been killed by Florentino "Jai" Castillo and that her body had been left along a river. Our Detectives immediately began to investigate the details in this case.
A witness to the alleged disposal of the corpse was located and provided pertinent information that gave us a clearer picture of the events that surrounded Michelle's disappearance.On the evening of July 5th two individuals not involved in this case came upon human remains along the Columbia River, near the intersection of Columbia River Road and Sagemoor Road. They reported it to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
Our Detectives assisted The Franklin County Sheriff's Office in processing the scene where the body was located along with the help of the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab Response Team.
Once the crime scene was processed The Franklin County Coroner's Office took custody of the remains.
Based on our investigation at this time We believe those remains to be that of Michelle Hudnall; however, we are still waiting for the Franklin County Coroner's Office to confirm the identity.
Three individuals have been arrested for their involvement in this case.
Both have been booked into the Franklin County jail for Murder in the second degree.
3. Guadelupe Sanchez , 27 of Pasco was also booked for Rendering Criminal assistance in the second degree.
This is an active investigation and Detectives continue to work all leads in this case. If anyone has any information that may assist us in this case please call (509) 545-3421.


Award winning Coreopsis Sunfire is a bushy and compact plant that will look ideal in the front of a sunny border and also flowers well in patio pots. The masses of daisy-like flowers are like miniature sunflowers with their brightest golden yellow petals and burgundy centres.
Award winning Coreopsis 'Sunfire' is a bushy and compact plant that will look ideal in the front of a sunny border and also flowers well in patio pots. The masses of daisy-like flowers are like miniature sunflowers with their brightest golden yellow petals and burgundy centres. Coreopsis 'Sunfire' will flower for weeks if dead headed regularly.*If you happen to have a problem with deer roaming in your garden, and who doesn't, then Coreopsis 'Sunfire' is the plant for you as deer don't like to eat them! Height & Spread 45cm x 45cm. You will receive a pack of 5 Premium Quality Professionally Produced Plug Plants. All orders are carefully packed and shipped in our specially designed packaging. Plant your plug plants into 15cm (5") pots and grow on for a few weeks before planting in their final position.
Bright golden-yellow flowers are produced over a long period on dwarf, compact plants. Perfect for containers or small gardens. Easy to grow and very rewarding.
A long season of flowering makes Agastache 'Black Adder' a great investment plant. This aromatic hardy perennial can be in flower from early June-October or until the first frosts appear.


text:
Michael McClure has long been noted for the popularity of his dynamic poetry performances. At the age of 22, he gave his first poetry reading at the legendary Six Gallery event in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg first read Howl. Today, McClure is more active than ever, writing and performing his poetry at festivals, and colleges and clubs across the country.
He has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Obie Award for Best Play, an NEA grant, the Alfred Jarry Award, and a Rockefeller grant for playwriting. McClure has written twenty plays and musicals, which are performed in the U.S. and abroad. His play The Beard provoked numerous censorship battles, in Los Angeles, the cast was arrested after each performance for fourteen nights in a row. Later, The Beard received two Obies in NYC and was warmly embraced in both London and Paris. The play has played a role in U.S. censorship and free speech battles since 1966 when it won the first lawsuit that tried to ban its performance.
The poet is featured in several films, among them Scorcese's The Last Waltz, in which his reading of a poem by Chaucer "lilted, rolled, and seduced the audience into the lyric tonality of Middle English" (Atlanta Poetry Review). McClure played a Hells Angel in Norman Mailer's film Beyond the Law. He does a cameo in Peter Fonda's Hired Hand.
McClure has made two television documentaries–The Maze and September Blackberries. His fourteen books of poetry include Jaguar Skies, Dark Brown, Huge Dreams, Rebel Lions, Rain Mirror and Plum Stones. He has published eight books of plays and four collections of essays, including essays on Bob Dylan and on environmental issues. His novels are The Mad Cub and The Adept.
McClure's songs include "Mercedes Benz," popularized by Janis Joplin and new songs which are being performed by The Twenty-first Century Doors.
His journalism has been featured in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and the L.A. Times and San Francisco Chronicle.
Michael McClure's travels include Africa, Mexico, South America, India, Thailand and Japan. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area hills with his wife, the sculptor Amy Evans McClure.
Link: http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com
from Ghost Tantras from Light and Dust
Baby's In Black from The Experioddi(cyber)cist
Elephant Head: Opener of Doorways from The Experioddi(cyber)cist
Reach In from Experioddi(cyber)cist
For Larry Eigner
Self-Experience of the Other


This week's link topics include: the decline in leisure reading, beach libraries, George R. R. Martin's summer reading suggestions, and more!
Soooo, the reading declines are higher in men. Let's step it up, guys!!!
These beachfront libraries are a wonder to behold. Since they're popping up around the world, I just want to know if they stock books in a variety of languages. If you come across one on your beach trips this summer, I'd love to hear about your findings.
Books Don't Always Need Words. Here's Why Some Stories Are Better without Them.
This article should be a long-form PSA for parents who are too lazy to read wordless books with their kids. Wordless books are SO good for them for so many different reasons. One of personal favorites is Journey, by Aaron Becker.
These suggestions came from Martin's participation in NY Public Library's #ReadingIsLit campaign. He pulled together two five-title lists: Fantasy Suggestions for Game of Thrones Fans and Martin's Favorite Books Regardless of Genre. So, why are there only 9 suggestions? Because he loves The Lord of the Rings so much he listed it twice — love it!
Mice Were Wildly Popular in Children's Books in the '90s – But Why?
Mice in books are always super cute and kids love cute animals, but this article explains rodent popularity on a more sophisticated level.
I was watching the Great American Read on PBS and George R R Martin mentioned how much he loved LOTR and how it influenced his books. No surprise it's on his lists!
Apparently he's said that he'll end Game of Thrones in the style of Lord of the Rings… I wonder how long we'll have to wait to find out exactly what that means!
Journey looks wonderful–I'll have to get that one for my four-year-old. She's obsessed with the one wordless book we have (Good Dog, Carl), because she can read it herself.
I hope your daughter in enjoys it! If she does, there are two more (Quest and Return) and they're lovely as well.


text:
Nightwing, Dick Grayson – The Definitive Collecting Guide and Reading Order
You cannot see this page because it is currently exclusive to Patreon supporters.
Thank you for being a reader and supporter of Crushing Krisis!
This site would have never grown past the original guides to X-Men without readers like you, and I will never forget that!
It not only takes (a lot of) time to produce hundreds of pages of comics content, but also money for hosting, registration, and software. The financial support from Patreon pledges has kept this site running when I would otherwise have had to suspend it or refocus my spare time on freelance work.
I completely understand if you cannot afford to support CK or are not interested in doing so. The core of my coverage of the X-Men and the Marvel Universe is available to all readers for free – absolutely nothing has changed about that. I still appreciate your support and you are always welcome to ask me questions in comments here or on Twitter or YouTube!
As a thank you to readers who support Crushing Krisis on Patreon, I provide early access to new guides like this one. Patrons generally chip in $1-2 a month to help cover the costs of hosting CK and to make awesome new content like this possible.
I literally could not have launched the DC section of Crushing Comics without the support of Patrons, nor would I have worked on Star Wars or Conan, nor would I have the time to launch a YouTube channel or revise the X-Men Reading Order.
That said, all readers benefit from the support of Patrons – because all of those exclusive guides eventually become regular free content for every reader.
Guides launched with the support of Patrons and now available to all readers: 22 Guides!
DC Comics: DC New 52, DC Rebirth, DC Elseworlds & Infinite Earths, DC Universe Events, Detective Comics, Batman, Batman by Grant Morrison, Batwoman, Gotham, Green Arrow, John Constantine – The Hellblazer, Robin(s), Watchmen, & Wonder Woman
Marvel Comics: Marvel Era: Fresh Start, Marvel Ultimate Comics, Jessica Jones AKA Alias, Magneto, New Warriors, Star Wars, & X-23
Other Publishers: Conan (Marvel & Dark Horse)
Plus, top-to-bottom revisions to guides including: Iron Fist; X-Men Reading Order Eras 0, 1, and 2; Uncanny X-Men #281-393; Uncanny X-Men #394-544
Current Exclusives For Crushing Cadets ($1/month): 8 Guides!
DC Guides: Batman – Index Ongoing Titles, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
Marvel Guides: Alpha Flight, Domino, Legion, Marvel Era: Marvel Legacy, Scarlet Witch, Vision
Current Exclusives For Pledgeonauts ($1.99+/month): 31 Guides!
DC Guides: Animal Man, Aquaman, Catwoman, Batman – Index Ongoing Titles, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Flash, Justice League, Nightwing, Outsiders, Suicide Squad, Teen Titans & Young Justice
Marvel Guides: Alpha Flight, Ant-Man & Giant-Man, Champions, Darkhawk, Dazzler, Domino, Falcon, Gwenpool, Legion, Marvel Era: Marvel Legacy, Moon Boy / Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Ms. Marvel: Kamala Khan, Power Pack, Scarlet Witch, Sentry, Silk, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Venom, Vision
New For Patrons: The Definitive Guide to Teen Titans, Titans, and Young Justice
May 26, 2018 by krisis
I'm back after a few busy months both online and off with the first of a few new comic guides to thank Patrons of Crushing Krisis for their continued support…
Teen Titans, Titans, & Young Justice – The Definitive Reading Order and Collecting Guide
This guide covers every in-continuity Teen Titans series, from their first appearance in The Brave and The Bold (1955) #54 and 60 in 1964 to the two titles currently running in Rebirth.
This guide was nowhere near next on my list, but two things changed that. First, I reached Teen Titans and Titans in my DC Rebirth reading. I felt like I didn't understand who any of the characters were or where they came from. As is my wont, as I read the comics and researched the characters, I sketched in some guide details. Within a few hours I realized I had a solid skeleton for a a complex guide.
Second, earlier this week I polled my friends at The Omnibus Collector's™ Comic Swap and Community and they overwhelmingly voted that this should be the next guide I tackle!
Want access to this guide today? It's available, along over a dozen other exclusive guides, in exchange for covering $1.99 a month of CK's hosting expenses.
Filed Under: comic books Tagged With: DC Comics, New Comic Guide, Teen Titans, Titans, Young Justice
Teen Titans, Titans, & Young Justice – The Definitive Collecting Guide and Reading Order
The definitive issue-by-issue collecting guide and trade reading order for Teen Titans, Titans, & Young Justice comic books in omnibus, hardcover, and trade paperback collections. Part of Crushing Krisis's Crushing Comics. Last updated February 2019 with titles scheduled for release through June 2019.
In 1965 the Silver Age of comics was in full swing, with all of DC's iconic heroes starring in their own titles as well as in the the Justice League.
One element that DC generally lacked at the time was the youthful energy of Marvel's Silver Age titles, which included hip young heroes like Spider-Man and The X-Men alongside more iconic DC analogs like The Avengers or Thor. It wasn't that they lacked for young characters. It seemed the every DC hero had a teen version of sidekick. They hadn't been assembled all in one place.
That changed with The Brave and The Bold (1955) #54 in 1964, which combined Golden Age creation Robin (Dick Grayson) with the more recently-made sidekicks of Kid Flash (Wally West), and Aqualad. Their next appearance in issue #60 added a formalized version of Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) and gave the group a name – "The Teen Titans."
After just one more anthology series appearance (in Showcase (1956) #59), the Teen Titans graduated into their own title in 1966. While many other teen heroes appeared, only one became a more permanent member – Speedy, Green Arrow's sidekick. The team-up was revived in 1973 and then shuttered in 1978 as the heroes felt they were growing too old to be "teens."
Marv Wolfman and George Pérez reawakened the franchise in 1980. In an astounding act of creation, they introduced team mainstays Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven in a preview story in DC Comics Presents (1978) #26, where they also reintroduced Beast Boy as "Changeling."
Wolfman and Pérez would become synonymous with the Teen Titans for the next decade in the same way Chris Claremont was with the X-Men, who the Titans rivaled in popularity. Along the way the co-writers introduced Slade Wilson as Deathstroke and changed Dick Grayson to Nightwing. Their characters made it through Crisis on Infinite Earths relatively unscathed as DC chose not to rock the boat of their most-popular team franchise. [Read more…] about Teen Titans, Titans, & Young Justice – The Definitive Collecting Guide and Reading Order
The Pull List: Action Comics, Avengers, Eternity Girl, Infidel, Judas, Marvel Two-in-One, Vampironica, & more!
March 18, 2018 by krisis
The Pull List was slightly lighter this week than the past three, partially due to me not managing to pick up any additional ongoings from Marvel or DC. I made a heroic effort to catch all the way up with Doctor Strange, but fell an arc short.
This week's comics felt a little ho-hum for me, with even typical standouts like Flash and Paradiso falling flat. However, it also brought not one but two near-perfect comics, plus one unexpectedly great debut.
Here's The Pull List for the 14th of March, 2018. New adds to the pull list are marked with *; dropped titles are marked with #.
Artwork from Infidel #1 cover by Aaron Campbell & José Villarrubia
Action Comics (2016) #999
*Eternity Girl (2018) #1
Mister Miracle (2017) #7
Suicide Squad (2016) #37
Trinity (2016) #19
Bonehead (2018) #3
*#Dry County (2018) #1
*Infidel (2018) #1
#Sleepless (2017) #4
VS (2018) #2
All-New Wolverine (2016) #32
Astonishing X-Men (2017) #9
New Mutants – Dead Souls (2018) #1
Smaller Publishers: Aftershock Comics, Archie Comics, Black Mask Studios, & Boom! Studios
*Come Into Me (2018) #1, Black Mask Studios
*Vampironica (2018) #1, Archie Comics
*Betrothed (2018) #1, Aftershock Comics
Before we begin, a reminder that 2.5 stars on my rating scale is an average comic book and my bell curve distribution peaks at 3/5 stars! Don't freak out and assume a comic book is terrible because it has 2 stars. That means it's just a hair below average (and there are a lot of those this week)
Picks of the Pull
Big Two (Marvel/DC) Pick of the Week:
Action Comics (2016) #999, DC Comics
Dan Jurgens leaves us with a truly perfect, contemplative issue of Superman that puts a wrap on his stellar Rebirth run but also addresses his writing from over 25 years ago, as beautifully rendered by artist Will Conrad and colorist Ivan Nunes.
In Metropolis, Lois is newly reunited with her estranged Army General father after saving him from execution in the last arc. It's his first time meeting Jon (sort of), but General Lane isn't in on the Superman secret, so he thinks Jon is a regular kid. That makes it even more tense as Lois and her father square off across the dinner table about the philosophy of Superman. Jon has never been exposed to this kind of hatred and xenophobia about his father before – which is also, by extension, aimed at him.
Meanwhile, Superman is in space dealing with a routine chore of breaking up an asteroid that will stray a bit too close to Earth for STAR Labs liking. Superman is thinking about fathers – General Lane, his own father Jor-El, as well as Zod – all of whom were tangled in the cross-time plot he just wrapped with Booster Gold.
Superman can see the errors in the ways of each of those parents and they in turn reflect his errors back upon him. Clark Kent is good-natured to a fault, but he's not always right. General Lane isn't entirely wrong about him – sometimes his absolute power corrupts him, both in how he metes out justice and in how he isn't accustomed to apologizing for his actions.
As a result, Superman decides to put right two wrongs. One is with Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman, who he currently has imprisoned in the Phantom Zone. The other, eventually is General Lane. [Read more…] about The Pull List: Action Comics, Avengers, Eternity Girl, Infidel, Judas, Marvel Two-in-One, Vampironica, & more!
Filed Under: comic books, reviews Tagged With: Action Comics, Aftershock Comics, All-New Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men, Avengers, Batgirl, Batgirl and The Birds of Prey, Batman, Batwoman, Betrothed, Birds of Prey, Black Canary, Black Mask Studios, Bonehead, Charles Soule, Chip Zdarsky, Come Into Me, Cullen Bunn, Dan Jurgen, Dan Jurgens, Dan Panosian, DC Comics, Detective Comics, Dry Country, Ed Brisson, Eternity Gitl, Fantastic Four, Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, Greg Smallwood, Huntress, Image Comics, Infidel, Jack Herbet, James Robinson, James Tynion, Jeff Loveness, Jorge Molina, Joshua Williamson, Judas, Kenneth Rocafort, Lois Lane, Magdalene Visaggio, Marvel Two-in-One, Matthew Rosenberg, Mister Miracle, Mitch Gerads, New Mutants, Old Man Logan, Paradiso, Red Robin, Rob Williams, Sabretooth, Sideways, Sleepless, Slots, Suicide Squad, Superman, The Flash, The Pull List, Titans, Tom King, Trinity, Valerio Schiti, Vampironica, VS, Weapon X, Will Conrad, Wonder Woman, X-Men Blue
Back Issue Review: Lumberjanes, DC Comics Titans, & Unstoppable Wasp
I haven't been doing much back-issue reading this week, which means this Back Issue Review isn't as sprawling as its been in past weeks.
I did manage to knock out four volumes worth of youthful titles. None of the were major standouts, but they all presented nuanced looks at the meaning of friendship and identity.
Lumberjanes (2014) #25-28(AKA Vol. 7 – A Bird's-Eye View), Boom! Entertainment, Inc
Titans (2016) Rebirth & #1-6 (AKA Vol. 1 – The Return of Wally West), DC Comics
Titans (2016) #7-10 & Annual 1 (AKA Vol. 2 – Made In Manhattan), DC Comics
Titans (2016) #12-18 (AKA Vol. 3 – A Judas Among Us), DC Comics
The Unstoppable Wasp #1-4 (AKA Vol. 1 – Unstoppable), Marvel Comics
[Read more…] about Back Issue Review: Lumberjanes, DC Comics Titans, & Unstoppable Wasp
Filed Under: comic books, reviews Tagged With: Andrew Dalhouse, Back Issue Review, Boom Studios, Brett Booth, Dan Abnett, DC Comics, Jeremy Whitley, Lumberjanes, Marvel Comics, Norm Rapmund, Titans, Unstoppable Wasp, Wasp


text:
U.S. Coast Guard announces homeport of newest National Security Cutter
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/26/2019 03:31 PM EDT
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
Contact: Headquarters Public Affairs
mediarelations@uscg.mil
Headquarters online newsroom
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard today announced that Charleston, South Carolina will be the home of the Service's newest National Security Cutter.
"I am pleased to announce that Charleston, South Carolina will be the home of the Coast Guard's 11th National Security Cutter," said Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Commandant of the Coast Guard. Construction on the 11th National Security Cutter is scheduled to begin by Spring of 2020. Charleston is already home to two of the Coast Guard's National Security Cutters, the JAMES and HAMILTON. In 2017, the Coast Guard announced that the ninth and tenth National Security Cutters, currently under construction at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, will join the Charleston-based National Security Cutter fleet in the coming years. Admiral Schultz further noted: "I am confident that the Charleston community is the right place for our Coast Guardsmen and their families to base these highly capable National Security Cutters with the global reach to respond to complex maritime threats and challenges."
National Security Cutters are the most technologically-advanced vessels in the Coast Guard. They are capable of supporting maritime homeland security and defense missions. They safeguard the American people and promote our security in a complex and persistently-evolving maritime environment.
Grouping cutters of the same class is one critical variable in selecting homeports. Grouping cutters in the same location improves maintenance proficiency, streamlines logistics, and provides increased personnel flexibility.
The cutter is scheduled to arrive in 2024; its name has not yet been selected. This will be the fifth National Security Cutter assigned to Charleston.
-USCG-
Questions for the Coast Guard?
For more Coast Guard news, visit our online newsroom here.
Privacy Policy | GovDelivery is providing this information on behalf of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and may not use the information for any other purposes.
This email was sent to Email Address


text:
(1989) | Returning Series | # of Seasons : 30 | # of Eps : 662
Play Next Episode
Suggest TV Show
Seasons: 30
Total Episodes: 662
Creators: Matt Groening
Networks: FOX
First Air Date: Dec 17, 1989
Recent Air Date: May 12, 2019
Run Time: m
In Production: Yes
Age Rating: TV-PG
Production Companies: The Curiosity Company , Gracie Films , 20th Century Fox Television
social satire
Stream Sources
Seasons 2 on Hulu
Seasons 2 on FXNow
Purchase (Rent or Buy episodes, seasons or full series)
Seasons 28 on Amazon Instant Video
Seasons 28 on Google Play Movies
Seasons 15 on Apple iTunes
Seasons 29 on FandangoNOW
Seasons 29 on Vudu
Seasons 25 on PlayStation
Seasons 22 on Microsoft Store
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Marge Simpson
Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%
Harry Shearer
Age : 75 | Popularity : 7%
1989 | 13 episodes
The Simpsons' first season originally aired between December 17, 1989 and May 13, 1990, beginning with the Christmas special "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". The executive producers for the first production season were Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon. The series was originally set to debut in late 1989 with the episode "Some Enchanted Evening", which was meant to introduce the main characters; during the first screening of the episode, the producers discovered that the animation was so appalling that 70% of the episode needed to be redone. The producers considered aborting the series if the next episode turned out as bad, but it only suffered from easily fixable problems. The producers convinced Fox to move the debut to December 17, and aired "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" as the first episode of the series. The first season won one Emmy Award, and received four additional nominations. The DVD boxset was released on September 25, 2001 in Region 1 and September 24, 2001 in both Region 2 and Region 4. Season one was also released for the iTunes Store on December 22, 2010, dubbed a "digital edition."
The Simpsons' second season originally aired between October 11, 1990 and May 9, 1991, and contained 22 episodes, beginning with "Bart Gets an F". Another episode, "Blood Feud" aired during the summer after the official season finale. The executive producers for the second production season were Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon, who had also been EPs for the previous season. The DVD box set was released on August 6, 2002 in Region 1, July 8, 2002 in Region 2 and in September, 2002 in Region 4. The episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, and was also nominated in the "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special" category.
The Simpsons' third season originally aired on the Fox network between September 19, 1991 and May 7, 1992. The showrunners for the third production season were Al Jean and Mike Reiss who executive produced 22 episodes for the season, while two other episodes were produced by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, and Sam Simon. An additional episode, "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?", aired on August 27, 1992 after the official end of the third season and is included on the Season 3 DVD set. Season three won six Primetime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" and also received a nomination for "Outstanding Animated Program" for the episode "Radio Bart". The complete season was released on DVD in Region 1 on August 26, 2003, Region 2 on October 6, 2003, and in Region 4 on October 22, 2003.
The Simpsons' fourth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 24, 1992 and May 13, 1993, beginning with "Kamp Krusty." The showrunners for the fourth production season were Al Jean and Mike Reiss. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season three, which Jean and Reiss also ran. Following the end of the production of the season, Jean, Reiss and most of the original writing staff left the show. The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and Dan Castellaneta would win one for his performance as Homer in "Mr. Plow". The fourth season was released on DVD in Region 1 on June 15, 2004, Region 2 on August 2, 2004 and in Region 4 on August 25, 2004.
The Simpsons' fifth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 30, 1993 and May 19, 1994. The showrunner for the fifth production season was David Mirkin who executive produced 20 episodes. Al Jean and Mike Reiss executive produced the remaining two, which were both hold overs that were produced for the previous season. The season contains some of the series' most acclaimed episodes, including "Cape Feare" and "Rosebud". It also includes the 100th episode, "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song". The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Program as well as an Environmental Media Award and a Genesis Award. The DVD box set was released in Region 1 on December 21, 2004, Region 2 on March 21, 2005, and Region 4 on March 23, 2005.
The Simpsons' sixth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 4, 1994, and May 21, 1995, and consists of 25 episodes. The Simpsons is an animated series about a working class family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition. The showrunner for the sixth production season was David Mirkin who executive-produced 23 episodes. Former showrunners Al Jean and Mike Reiss produced the remaining two; they produced the two episodes with the staff of The Critic, the show they left The Simpsons to create. This was done in order to relieve some of the stress The Simpsons' writing staff endured, as they felt that producing 25 in one season was too much. The episode "A Star Is Burns" caused some controversy among the staff with Matt Groening removing his name from the episode's credits as he saw it as blatant advertising for The Critic, which was airing at the time. Fox moved The Simpsons back to its original Sunday night time, having aired on Thursdays for the previous four seasons. It has remained in this slot ever since. The sixth season won one Primetime Emmy Award, and received three additional nominations. It also won the Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production.
The Simpsons' seventh season originally aired on the Fox network between September 17, 1995 and May 19, 1996. The show runners for the seventh production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein who would executive produce 21 episodes this season. David Mirkin executive produced the remaining four, including two hold overs that were produced for the previous season. The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program and won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Program. The DVD box set was released in Region 1 December 13, 2005, Region 2 January 30, 2006 and Region 4 on March 22, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Marge-shaped box and also a standard rectangular-shaped box in which the theme is a movie premiere.
The Simpsons' eighth season originally aired between October 27, 1996 and May 18, 1997, beginning with "Treehouse of Horror VII". The showrunners for the eighth production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the show runners. Season eight won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: "Homer's Phobia" won for Outstanding Animated Program in 1997, and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" from the episode "Bart After Dark". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpialacious". "Brother from Another Series" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode".
The Simpsons' ninth season originally aired between September 1997 and May 1998, beginning on Sunday, September 21, 1997 with "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson". The showrunner for the ninth production season was Mike Scully. The aired season contained three episodes which were hold-over episodes from season eight, which Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein ran. It also contained two episodes which were run by David Mirkin, and another two hold-over episodes from season seven which were run by Al Jean and Mike Reiss. Season nine won three Emmy Awards: "Trash of the Titans" for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 1998, Hank Azaria picked up "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance" for the voice of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler picking up the "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" award. Clausen was also nominated for "Outstanding Music Direction" and "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series" for "Treehouse of Horror VIII". Season nine was also nominated for a "Best Network Television Series" award by the Saturn Awards and "Best Sound Editing" for a Golden Reel Award.
The tenth season of the animated television series The Simpsons was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States between August 23, 1998 and May 16, 1999. It contains twenty-three episodes, starting with "Lard of the Dance". The Simpsons is a satire of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Set in the fictional city of Springfield, the show lampoons American culture, society, television, and many aspects of the human condition. The showrunner for the tenth season was Mike Scully. Before production began, a salary dispute between the main cast members of The Simpsons and Fox arose. However, it was soon settled and the actors' salaries were raised to $125,000 per episode. In addition to the large Simpsons cast, many guest stars appeared in season ten, including Phil Hartman in his last appearance before his death. The season, which won the Annie Award for "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Program", has been cited by several critics as the beginning of the series' decline in quality. It ranked twenty-fifth in the season ratings with an average of 13.5 million viewers per episode. The tenth season DVD boxset was released in the United States and Canada on August 7, 2007. It is available in two different packagings, both featuring Bart.
The Simpsons' 11th season originally aired between September 1999 and May 2000, beginning on Sunday, September 26, 1999, with "Beyond Blunderdome". The showrunner for the 11th production season was Mike Scully. The season contained four hold-over episodes from the season 10 production line.
The Simpsons' 12th season began on Wednesday, November 1, 2000 with "Treehouse of Horror XI". The season contains three hold over episodes from the season 11 production line. The show runner for the twelfth production was Mike Scully. The season features three episodes that were produced for the eleventh season which was also run by Scully. The season won and was nominated for numerous awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards wins and an Annie Award.
The Simpsons' thirteenth season originally aired on the Fox network between November 6, 2001 and May 22, 2002 and consists of 22 episodes. The show runner for the thirteenth production season was Al Jean who executive-produced 17 episodes. Mike Scully executive-produced the remaining five, which were all hold-overs that were produced for the previous season. The Simpsons is an animated series about a working-class family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition. The season won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production, and was nominated for several other awards, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Writers Guild of America Awards, and an Environmental Media Award. The Simpsons ranked 30th in the season ratings with an average viewership of 12.4 million viewers. It was the second highest rated show on Fox after Malcolm in the Middle. The DVD boxset was released in the United States and Canada on August 24, 2010, eight years after it had completed broadcast on television.
The fourteenth season of the animated television series The Simpsons was originally broadcast on the Fox network in the United States between November 3, 2002 and May 18, 2003. The show runner for the fourteenth production season was Al Jean, who executive produced 21 of 22 episodes. The other episode, "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", was run by Mike Scully. The season contains five hold-overs from the previous season's production run. The fourteenth season won two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program, four Annie Awards and a Writers Guild of America Award. On December 6, 2011, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America.
The Simpsons' 15th season began on Sunday, November 2, 2003, with "Treehouse of Horror XIV". The season contains five hold-over episodes from the season 14 production line. The most watched episode had 16.2 million viewers and the least watched had 6.2 million viewers.
The Simpsons' 16th season began on Sunday, November 7, 2004 and contained 21 episodes, beginning with Treehouse of Horror XV. The season contains six hold-over episodes from the season 15 production line.
The Simpsons' seventeenth season originally aired between September 2005 and May 2006, beginning on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It broke Fox's tradition of pushing its shows' season premieres back to November to accommodate the Major League Baseball games airing on the network during September and October of each year.
The Simpsons' 18th season aired from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007. The season contained seven hold-over episodes from the season 17 production line. Al Jean served as the Showrunner, a position he has held since the thirteenth season. The season finale, "You Kent Always Say What You Want", was the series' 400th episode. Additionally, the Simpsons franchise celebrated its 20th anniversary, as it has been on the air since April 1987, beginning with shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. Season 18 included guest appearances by Metallica, Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Franzen, Fran Drescher, The White Stripes, Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Richard Lewis, Phil McGraw, Elvis Stojko, Natalie Portman, Jon Lovitz, Betty White, Eric Idle, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Stephen Sondheim, Cristiano Ronaldo, Meg Ryan, Andy Dick, Peter Bogdanovich, James Patterson and others.
The Simpsons' nineteenth season originally aired on the Fox network between September 23, 2007 and May 18, 2008.
The Simpsons' twentieth season aired on Fox from September 28, 2008 to May 17, 2009. With this season, the show tied Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime television series in terms of total number of seasons. The season was released on BD January 12, 2010, making this the first season released on BD. It was released on DVD in Region 1 on January 12, 2010, and in Region 4 on January 20, 2010. The season was only released on DVD in Region 2 in a few areas.
The Simpsons' twenty-first season aired on Fox from September 27, 2009 to May 23, 2010. It was the first of two seasons that the show was renewed for by Fox, and also the first season of the show to air entirely in high definition. With this season, The Simpsons established itself as the longest-running American primetime television series surpassing Gunsmoke. The season received mainly positive reviews from critics, with many praising "The Squirt and the Whale", "To Surveil with Love" and "The Bob Next Door". The show moved up 16 positions in the Nielsen ratings from the previous season and received numerous award nominations, winning two - an Emmy Award for Anne Hathaway for her voicing in "Once Upon a Time in Springfield", and an Annie Award for "Treehouse of Horror XX".
The Simpsons' twenty-second season began airing on Fox on September 26, 2010 and ended on May 22, 2011. The Simpsons was renewed for at least two additional seasons during the twentieth season leading up to this season. The cast is currently signed through the 25th season. On November 11, 2010, the series was renewed for a 23rd season by Fox with 22 episodes.
The Simpsons' twenty-third season began airing on Fox on September 25, 2011 and ended on May 20, 2012. The show's 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave", aired on February 19, 2012.
The Simpsons' twenty-fourth season began airing on Fox on September 30, 2012 and concluded on May 19, 2013.
The Simpsons' twenty-fifth season began airing on Fox on September 29, 2013. In this season, Homer sells his Mapple stock to buy a bowling ball, Marge blames herself and KISS for Bart's rebellious streak, Lisa becomes a cheerleader for Springfield's football team, and Homer delivers a baby. Guest stars for this season will include Christiane Amanpour, Will Arnett, Stan Lee, Rachel Maddow, Elisabeth Moss, Joe Namath, Gordon Ramsay, Aaron Sorkin, Eva Longoria, Daniel Radcliffe, Kristen Wiig, Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Zach Galifianakis, Harlan Ellison, Anderson Cooper, Maurice LaMarche, and Judd Apatow. This is Al Jean's 13th consecutive season as showrunner and 15th overall. Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, Matt Selman, and John Frink serve as executive producers.
In this season, Homer and Bart attempt to solve some father/son conflicts, Marge opens a sandwich franchise, the Simpsons meet their former selves, Bart schemes to bring down his new fourth grade teacher, Homer has a mid-life crisis, and the cast of Futurama make an appearance in Springfield.
No Synopsis For This Season Yet.
No Crew Added For This TV Show Yet.


text:
Roseto degli Abruzzi es un municipio situado en el territorio de la Provincia de Teramo, en Abruzos, (Italia).

Demografía

Personajes ilustres
Un personaje ilustre de esta comarca es el artista Gianluca Ginoble, miembro del grupo Il Volo

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio oficial

Localidades de la provincia de Téramo
Localidades portuarias del mar Adriático de Italia

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Larvae are found in swamps with abundant aquatic growth and heavy shade. Females readily bite man both inside and outside (King in Boyd 1949).
Lee and Woodhill 1944:111 (M*, F*, L*, E*).
Bonne-Wepster and Swellengrebel 1953:214 (M*, F*, L*).
Lee et al. 1988a:33 (distr.).


text:
© 2017 Jillian Armenante - Stoic Entertainment
Jillian Armenante was recently named Best New Director by the prestigious NewFilmmakers LA. She is a member of the AWD, PGA, SAG-AFTRA, AEA. Her company Stoic Entertainment is developing KITTENS IN A CAGE into an animated series with the Emmy Award winning Bento Box Entertainment. Stoic is also currently in development deals with WeTV and Film Afrika.
She most recently produced DARK HARBOR with Jessica Sipos, Xander Berkely and Connor Trinneer.
Current Festivals include...Catalina Film Fest (Premiere), Louisville International Festival of Film, Black Bear Film Festival, Red Rock Film Festival, Terror in the Bay Film Festival and the Peoria Film Festival.
Ms Armenante produced and directed the comedy STUCK by Heather Turman and David Mickel starring Heather Matarazzo, Joel McHale, Felicia Day and many more. Stuck just won Best feature at the Scottish Indie Film Fest and was chosen for the Hollywood Reel Indie FF (nominated Best Picture, Best Actress), First Glance FF (nominated Best Director, winner Best Comedy) the Pasadena International Film Fest, the Artemis Film Fest (Best Picture- Pro Action, Best Director), the Atlanta Indie Film Fest, and the New York City Indie Film Fest.
She produced and directed THE LIST by Kelleen Conway Blanchard, starring Saffron Burrows winner of the Hollywood Reel Indie FF for Best Short Film.
She executive produced, wrote, directed and acted in the original series KITTENS IN A CAGE based on the play by Kelleen Conway Blanchard, with Michelle Monaghan, Amy Brenneman, Misha Collins and many more. KITTENS IN A CAGE was selected for the New York Television Festival and just received a Best Feature Award as well from NewFilmmakers LA. KITTENS has won a multitude of awards including…
Temecula Independent Film Fest: Best Comedy Feature & Top 5 of Festival, IndieFest Film Awards: Award of Excellence, LA Spotlight Film Festival: Best FeatureFilm, LA Comedy Festival: Best Feature and Best Ensemble, Grand Prize, Best Comedy Feature
Official Selections of NewFilmmakersNY, Downtown Film Fest LA, Independent Filmmakers Showcase. and many more…
Jillian Armenante was named Top 100 New Media Content Creators by the New Media Film Festival.
As an actress, her film credits include VICE (Karen Hughes), HAIL,CEASAR!, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, BAD TEACHER, A MIGHTY HEART, NORTH COUNTRY and GIRL, INTERRUPTED.
Ms. Armenante is a founding member of Wiggly World Studios (now Northwest Film Forum).
Her screenplay TURNING THIRTY was selected for the Seattle International Film
Festival's Screenwriter's Salon.
She is represented by DOMAIN TALENT & FRAMEWORK ENTERTAINMENT in Los Angeles.


text:
Kyrsten Sinema Leaves Democratic Party, Becomes Independent – Rolling Stone
The centrist from Arizona who has stood in the way of party's agenda since President Biden took office is becoming an independent
Kyrsten Sinema is leaving the Democratic Party.
The senator from Arizona who has helped thwart the party's agenda since President Joe Biden took office in 2021 told Politico that she is no longer a Democrat, and that she is changing her party affiliation to independent. "Nothing will change about my values or my behavior," she claimed.
The defection means Democrats will no longer have the 51-49 Senate majority they appeared to secure when Raphael Warnock defeated Herschel Walker in a runoff in Georgia on Tuesday. Democrats will still have the 50 members needed to control the chamber, but they won't have as much room to maneuver as they were expecting earlier this week — especially considering West Virginia's Joe Manchin — who is still a Democrat despite pleas from Republicans — isn't exactly a party loyalist.
Sinema has long been a thorn in the party's side. She's done just about all she can to foil Biden's legislative agenda, with some Democrats telling Rolling Stone they believed her opposition to the party's infrastructure package and budget resolution was "inauthentic," and meant as a ploy for media attention. She opposed filibuster reform, wasn't averse to voting with Trump, and gladly took cash from a variety of special interest groups before voting along with their interests. Mitch McConnell called her the "most effective first-term senator" he's ever seen during a conservative event in September, with Sinema gushing over the "friendship" she'd forged with the Republican leader.
Sinema told Politico she informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of her plans to leave the party on Thursday. "I intend to show up to work, do the same work that I always do," she said. "I just intend to show up to work as an independent."
Tems Tops Emerging Artists Chart, Chase McDaniel & Dehd Debut Top 10 – Billboard
BTS' J-Hope Reveals Solo Album, First Single Release Dates – Billboard
Lenny Kravitz and Anitta named 'most beautiful' vegans of 2022 – Music News
Victor Manuelle Wins Special Award – Billboard


text:
Share price: 1970p 16p
Our international presence
Return to Hikma.com
We put better health within reach, every day. We're helping to shape a healthier world that enriches all of our communities.
Visit this section
Hikma Ventures
Our policies and positions
We develop, manufacture and market a broad range of branded and non-branded generic medicines.
MENA products
Europe products
Information and tools including share price information, dividends, and the latest reports, results and news.
Understanding Hikma
We're committed to operating sustainably and feel a real duty of care towards our customers, shareholders and other stakeholders.
Operating responsibly and ethically
Sustainability governance
Aligning with the UN SDGs
Other sustainability reports
We're a global company, putting better health within reach, every day. Take your next career step with us.
Hikma culture
Find contact details for our offices and locations worldwide.
US locations
Europe locations
MENA locations
Rest of World locations
Hikma
Corporate, Sustainability
Amman, March 2014 – Hikma Pharmaceuticals sponsored the global campaign "Earth Hour 2014", which took place on Saturday March 29, and was organized by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in Jordan. The sponsorship comes in light of Hikma's commitment in raising awareness about environmental issues such as reducing energy consumption to save the earth and reduce the effects of climate change.
Official and civil organizations, hundreds of citizens, in addition to Hikma employees, gathered to celebrate the 2014 Earth Hour through joining a candlelit march for one hour in the streets of Jabal Amman.
The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., as a symbol for their commitment to the planet.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals supports and takes part in 'Earth Hour 2014'
© Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC 2019
Our website uses cookies to improve your experience. Some of the cookies we use are essential for parts of our website to operate. By using our website without changing your cookie settings, you consent to this. For more information on our use of cookies, please review our cookie policy.


You're going to discover hundreds of skills and tools that will put you on the fast track to transforming your teaching and promoting student learning!
Develop fun and engaging strategies to promote students' phonics and phonemic awareness foundational skills.
Build higher-order thinking skills and greater comprehension through effective questioning.
Move your EL's to improvement in language proficiency and increased academic achievement.
Establish a balanced and comprehensive literacy program that addresses the needs of your diverse learners.
Take advantage of practical and differentiated ways to monitor and assess your students' progress.


Editor: To this day wherever I travel I remember the advice Jerri Fosdick gave us in our first introductory session in Philadelphia " Do not underestimate how much emotional energy and space it takes to move to a different country – even small things you have taken for granted all your life, like the way light switches work, are different and until you get accustomed to it, each time you switch the light on your focus will be momentarily diverted." So reassuring as I battled to get settled in this supposedly familiar but actually very different country. Of course this applied in spades to bigger issues such as the work culture, travelling on public transport and setting up home.
Jerri, how did you become involved in the Harkness Fellowships programme?
Jerri Fosdick: William Plowden found me. I had been working with the Minnesota Attorney General's office and William met one of the directors from there. They talked about what William was thinking about with regard to updating the fellowship scheme. He invited me to come to New York for a meeting and soon we were deep in conversation about how to design the new Harkness Fellowship scheme to achieve the goals the Commonwealth Fund was hoping for.
Ed: What role did you play?
JF: I was involved in two ways. First, in the early design of the programme in 1988/89, and in the early 90's I came to the group sessions.
JF: The Commonwealth Fund wanted to give Harkness Fellows the tools to go back home and inspire changes in their professions. So we looked at a number of ways to build and sustain that capacity. For example, it had already been decided that mid-career professionals would be invited to apply. These people would have a good understanding of the spheres they were working in, and a realistic sense of the challenges to achieve change in their fields. However, mid-career professionals often have families. William and I discussed whether families should be included in the new scheme. The decision was made to cover the cost of families coming too, knowing that it would probably lead to a reduction in the numbers of fellows. The Fellowship is a life changing opportunity and if a mid-career professional was to experience it alone, it would be too disruptive to their family. Whole family involvement sustains the memories and impact of the fellowship year and supports the returning fellow to make use of his/her US experience. Having families experience the US was a way to reinforce Edward Harkness' original goal of wanting fellows to love the US and improve international understanding.
Ed: I was a Fellow during this era and I notice when talking to other Fellows that there was less group activity in previous years.
JF: Yes, again that was an explicit design feature. We wanted Harkness Fellows to get a lot of support from each other, to develop a working community – both to enhance their learning in the US and to provide support when they got back home. N=1 has always been a difficult and lonely way to introduce change.
Ed: Well we know that worked – one group from that era still gathers every year, and many lifelong friendships were made.
And your contributions to the group sessions?
JF: There were two key themes for my contributions. One was to build the working community, so there were always structured interactions to create sustainable working relationships. Spouses were often involved, adding different perspectives to the discussions and enhancing the joint family experience. The other key theme was to prepare the fellows and their families for the changes they would be going through and to help them handle the cultural transitions and upheavals- professional, personal and family. We knew that fellows would arrive buoyed up with excitement about the year ahead, and would often not expect that there would be significant difficult times. Mid-career professionals are usually working within their comfort zones, and feeling incompetent – as they no doubt would during the early months – can be very unnerving. And, if the family is struggling, there is an added burden on the HF for having brought them to the US.
There was also input about going home; how to sustain the memories and learning, and also how to handle the reactions of those who might be resentful or act as if they'd never been away.
Ed: I found everything you said about going home so pertinent – how come you understood this so well.
JF: My contributions were underpinned by organisation development theory and studying intercultural transitions but my own experience of living in London for almost two years with my young daughter and returning to the US gave me real insight into these issues.
Ed: I recall we were given an Uncle Sam memento to take home, and put somewhere visible to trigger memories – I still have mine in a prominent place in the living room.
JF: We wanted you to continue to think about your Harkness Fellowship experience in the US, what you learned and what ideas you could introduce back home. A memento acts as a trigger. We also encouraged families to bring special things from home when they came to the US in order to stay connected to their home country and life and to keep family and colleagues back home included in their US experiences to the degree possible. It helps in bridging the discussion gaps when returning home.
Ed: I have always wondered, what did the Americans get from our time as fellows. I know the scheme was set up to build international understanding but do the home countries get far more from this than the host country.
JF: All I can say is that I never heard of any difficulty in finding institutions that were willing to host Harkness Fellows. I think they really enjoyed having that different experience in staff meetings and research discussions, and of course Harkness Fellows always seemed willing to contribute. The Fellows are people who self-selected into this experience, partly because of their sense of adventure and desire to learn, and that's appreciated everywhere.
Ed: Thank you very much for sharing all this with us.
JF: You're very welcome – it was one of my favourite projects and I still enjoy hearing about Harkness Fellows.
Jerri is the founder of Bridges to Learning, Inc. and you can reach her at Jerilyn@bridges2learning.org.


text:
class HospitalsController < ApplicationController

	before_filter :may_create_hospitals_required,
		:only => [:new,:create]
	before_filter :may_read_hospitals_required,
		:only => [:show,:index]
	before_filter :may_update_hospitals_required,
		:only => [:edit,:update]
	before_filter :may_destroy_hospitals_required,
		:only => :destroy

	before_filter :valid_id_required,
		:only => [:show,:edit,:update,:destroy]

	def index
		@hospitals = Hospital.includes(:organization)
	end

	def new
		@hospital = Hospital.new(params[:hospital])	#	don't "REQUIRE" here
	end

	def create
		@hospital = Hospital.new(hospital_params)
		@hospital.save!
		flash[:notice] = 'Success!'
		redirect_to @hospital
	rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved, ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
		flash.now[:error] = "There was a problem creating the hospital"
		render :action => "new"
	end

	def update
		@hospital.update_attributes!(hospital_params)
		flash[:notice] = 'Success!'
		redirect_to hospitals_path
	rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved, ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
		flash.now[:error] = "There was a problem updating the hospital"
		render :action => "edit"
	end

	def destroy
		@hospital.destroy
		redirect_to hospitals_path
	end

protected

	def valid_id_required
		if( !params[:id].blank? && Hospital.exists?(params[:id]) )
			@hospital = Hospital.find(params[:id])
		else
			access_denied("Valid id required!", hospitals_path)
		end
	end

	def hospital_params
		params.require(:hospital).permit(:is_active,:has_irb_waiver,:organization_id)
	end

end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus is compatible with CTExcel GSM and CTExcel HSDPA.
For Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus, when you type CTExcel APN settings, make sure you enter APN settings in correct case. For example, if you are entering CTExcel Internet APN settings make sure you enter APN as tslpaygnet and not as TSLPAYGNET or Tslpaygnet. If entering CTExcel MMS APN settings above to your Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus, APN should be entered as tslmms and not as TSLMMS or Tslmms.
Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus is compatible with below network frequencies of CTExcel.
*These frequencies of CTExcel may not have countrywide coverage for Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus.
Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus supports CTExcel 2G on GSM 1900 MHz.
Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus supports CTExcel 3G on HSDPA 1700 MHz.
Overall compatibililty of Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus with CTExcel is 100%. The compatibility of Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus with CTExcel, or the CTExcel network support on Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus we have explained here is only a technical specification match between Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus and CTExcel network. Even Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus is listed as compatible here, CTExcel network can still disallow (sometimes) Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus in their network using IMEI ranges. Therefore, this only explains if CTExcel allows Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus in their network, whether Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus will work properly or not, in which bands Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus will work on CTExcel and the network performance between CTExcel and Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus. To check if Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus is really allowed in CTExcel network please contact CTExcel support. Do not use this website to decide to buy Icemobile Prime 4.0 Plus to use on CTExcel.


The RCMP Musical Ride represents a colourful Canadian tradition. The troop of 32 horses and riders will perform a variety of cavalry drills choreographed to music. Working through a unique medium, they support the RCMP community policing efforts throughout Canada.
The Musical Ride was developed in 1876 by early members of the North-West Mounted Police to display their riding ability and entertain the local community. It has evolved over the decades into a uniquely Canadian performance enjoyed by tens of thousands of spectators every year.
Members of the Musical Ride are first and foremost police officers. They all have at least two years experience in active police work before volunteering for duty with the Musical Ride. Surprisingly, most have no prior riding experience.


In this review, we've been testing the OUTXE 10 Litre Dry Bag Backpack, and we have to say we love this product! OUTXE provided a complimentary backpack for our review, but did not provide compensation or exercise control over the content of this post, so we're reporting on our findings from various tests as we put the bag through it's paces!
This OUTXE dry bag is made from a tough and abrasion-resistant TPU, an eco friendly material that's lighter than PVC and less stiff, so it's more comfortable to use and carry. Although reasonably lightweight, it's durable enough to withstand extreme environments , so there are no worries with this bag standing up to some serious use. In our tests, the material seems very durable and tough.
If you've used dry bags before, you may be familiar with the traditional fastening methods at the top of roll-top bags, however OUTXE have gone one step further and introduced a ziplock seal and velcro strip that adds further security and excellent levels of waterproofing. The manufacturers claim this bag can be submersed as long as it is properly closed and we found this to be the case in out tests.
An added benefit, is that air can be trapped in the bag, making it a useful buoyancy aid in water.
There are removable shoulder straps included with the bag which can be un-clipped, or used in various configurations to fasten the bag kayaks, etc, and we found these to be pretty decent when used in a backpack format, and seemed very strong and robust. The straps have no padding, so if you're carrying anything heavy this could be a minor issue, but we had no problems in our test use. The clips are secure and well attached to the straps, and the length can be adjusted to suit the use.
A nice feature that we found very useful was the front mesh pocket, which was a handy size and gave quick access to items.
Although the bag is claimed to be 10L, you can extend this slightly if you roll the top a few less times, and we found the capacity more than adequate for a day of activities, where you may want to carry some food, extra clothing and some electronic devices.
This bag is not intended to replace a traditional backpack for hiking etc, although it can certainly be used that way. For watersports or activities where wet conditions are likely and you need to protect what you're carrying from moisture, it's a fantastic option and worth having in your kit list.
Overall, we highly recommend this bag. It's a simple design and versatile enough to use for a wide range of activities from kayaking, beach trips to mountain biking in wet and muddy conditions. For the price it's great value and should last for many years of adventures.


Compelling employee experience initiatives are relatively new for many HR departments. Our team caught up with Sander De Bruijn, Global Head of Employee Experience at ING and Bruno Santos, Head of HR from Cognizant to understand their company's Employee Experience strategy and the critical elements in creating a strong company culture and better working environment.
This article will provide guidance on the crucial aspects to consider, for example, how you should involve associates, and make them an active part of your organisation, ensuring that you gain a good insight into the problems affecting Employee Experience.
We spoke with Ken Hubbell, Senior Vice President, Instructional Design Strategy & Innovation, where he discusses a number of digital tools and integrated platforms which can be used to evolve HR systems including automation, artificial Intelligence and blockchain technology.
How Blockchain technology has a huge potential in the evolving HR space, especially with talent recruitment and career pathing.
View this promotional video ahead of the Employee Experience for Global Enterprise Forum to find out more about the key topics to be discussed, featured speakers at the event and what you will gain from attending.
Get involved using the hashtag #ExpGlobal ahead of the event.
Hear insights from Virgin Media on 'making it a journey to remember. Speaking in 2018 at Employee Experience UK representatives spoke about the importance of the employee journey as much as the customer journey, using the core seven steps to achieve this; attraction, hire, on boarding, in life, development, change and stay, leave, comeback.
Interested to find out more about this year's Employee Experience for Global Enterprise summit? Click here to view the speakers that will be joining us and their sessions across the two event days.


text:
Home » Ulysse Nardin » Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture 170th Anniversary Limited Edition
Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture 170th Anniversary Limited Edition
Written by Bojan Pavlovic on June 16, 2016 in Ulysse Nardin, Ulysse Nardin Classico Collection - No comments
To commemorate its 170th year of fine mechanical watchmaking, Ulysse Nardin unveils a limited edition of its Classico Collection timepiece with a gorgeous Grand Feu Enamel dial.
The 170th Anniversary Limited Edition Classico Manufacture (ref. 3203-136LE-2/E0) is powered with the in-house manufactured caliber UN-320 which has been entirely conceived and developed by the Swiss manufacture. The impeccable movement features a silicium hairspring and anchor escapement that deliver outstanding precision. The self-winding mechanism is built on 39 jewels, oscillates at the semi-rapid frequency of 21,600 alternation per hour (3 Hz) and is capable to provide no less than 2 days (48 hours) of power reserve. The sapphire crystal case back reveals the inner beauty of the watch.
The movement is housed in a classically-designed stainless steel case measuring 40mm in diameter and just 9.60mm in thickness. The anniversary watch is proven to be water resistant up to 30 meters (about 100 feet).
Underneath the front sapphire glass lies a shimmering Grand Feu enamel dial which has been handcrafted in-house at Donzé Cadrans, a member of the Ulysse Nardin group of companies, and a renowned specialist in the traditional decorative technique which began to be used in the 17th century.
Dial Plate Preparation
Enamel Sprinkler
Enamel Dials Grand Feu Baking
The process of Grand Feu enamel took its name from the extreme heat (between 760 and 900° C) required to fuse the enamel powder in the kiln.
Enamel Dials After Gand Feu Baking
The white Grand Feu enamel dial of the Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture 170th Anniversary Edition comprises the Roman numerals colored in intense blue, the blued hour and minute hands, a small seconds counter and a black-on-white date window which are located at the 6 o'clock position.
The Classico Manufacture 170th Anniversary timepiece enables its future owners to easily set the date backwards and forwards by using the stop seconds feature with a mere pulling of the crown.
This novelty is issued in the limited series of only 170 pieces – one for every year of manufacturer's existence.
The new Ulysse Nardin's watch will be kept secured to its future wearer's wrist with a comfortable blue alligator leather strap. The retail price is Euro 8,500 (approximately $9,600).


text:
Expelling diplomats, Kremlin escalates a crisis [International Edition]
Russia has escalated a confrontation with Europe and the United States over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. The Kremlin announced the expulsion of US diplomats and the closure of the US Consulate in St. Petersburg in late March, as a mirror response to the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats initiated by the UK and US.
Meanwhile, Brazil's supreme court has ruled that former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year jail sentence for corruption, a move that may end his political career.
These are some of the stories we have in store in the International Edition, a programme that highlights stories packaged by the Editorial team of Euronews presented by Elayne Wangalwa.
AU official calls out Germany over leopard jibe that left some offended
Russian foreign minister visits Eritrea, an ally in its war on Ukraine
Samba schools rehearse in the streets of Rio de Janeiro
Russia's Lavrov welcomed in South Africa
Mali gets more warplanes, helicopters from Russia
South Africa to stage joint naval drills with Russia, China in February


This page is based on the document 'Description of the Apple Quicktime Animation (RLE) Format' by Mike Melanson found here: http://multimedia.cx/qtrle.txt.
The Apple Quicktime Animation compression algorithm is a simple run-length encoding compression scheme that can be used in Apple Quicktime files. Source data to be compressed in this format can be either 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, or 32 bpp. The specific bit depth for a particular file is stored in the video sample table sample description (stsd) atom of the Quicktime moov atom as is any palette data for lower bit depths.
All multi-byte values are stored as big-endian numbers.
The first 4 bytes comprise the chunk length. This field also carries some other unknown flags, since at least one of the high bits is sometimes set.
If the overall length of the chunk is less than 8, treat the frame as a NOP, which means that the frame is the same as the one before it.
If the header is 0x0000, then the decode begins from the first line and continues through the entire height of the image.
Each line begins with a byte that defines the number of pixels to skip in a particular line in the output line before outputting new pixel data. Actually, the skip count is set to one more than the number of pixels to skip. For example, a skip byte of 15 means "skip 14 pixels", while a skip byte of 1 means "don't skip any pixels". If the skip byte is 0, then the frame decode is finished. Therefore, the maximum skip byte value of 255 allows for a maximum of 254 pixels to be skipped.
equal to 0: There is another single-byte skip code in the stream. Again, the actual number of pixels to skip is 1 less than the skip code.
greater than 0: Run of pixel data is copied directly from the encoded stream to the output frame.
less than -1: Repeat pixel data -(RLE code) times.
Exactly what happens during a run operation (code > 0) or a repeat operation (code < -1) depends on the color depth of the data. The specific operation of each of the 7 color depths is described next.
The details for this variant are known and implemented in FFmpeg, but not yet documented.
Thus, if code = 5, extract 20 bytes from the encoded stream and render 40 pixels to the output frame.
Pixels are shuffled in groups of 4. Each pixel is a palette index (the palette is determined by the Quicktime file transporting the data). If (code > 0), copy (4 * code) pixels from the encoded stream to the output.
If (code < -1), extract the next 4 pixels from the encoded stream and render the entire group -(code) times to the output frame.
Pixel data is rendered to the output frame one pixel at a time. If (code > 0), copy the run of (code) pixels from the encoded stream to the output.
If (code < -1), unpack the next 16-bit RGB value from the encoded stream and render it to the output frame -(code) times.
If (code < -1), unpack the next 24-bit RGB value from the encoded stream and render it to the output frame -(code) times.
If (code < -1), unpack the next 32-bit ARGB value from the encoded stream and render it to the output frame -(code) times.
This page was last edited on 24 May 2011, at 12:29.


text:
Meet Some of Our Team
Aerospace Program Support
Part Procurement Services
Aircraft Procurement and Leasing
Wildfire Management
Facility Support
Export & Government Compliance
Indian Incentive Program
Aerial Firefighting Aircraft
Special Mission Aircraft
Surveillance Aircraft
Law Enforcement Aircraft
In recent years as many as 10 million acres of land along with thousands of buildings and homes have been affected by wildfires. Aerial firefighting is an integral part of not only combating the fires but helping improve the overall safety of all firefighters.
What Is Aerial Firefighting?
Aerial firefighting aircraft are a major resource for combating wildfires. Not only are fixed-wing aircraft used but helicopters are employed as well. Some aircraft are used to deliver firefighters called smoke-jumpers who parachute or repel into raging wildfires and these are also considered part of the aerial firefighting arsenal.
These aircraft will drop a variety of solutions for combating the fire. These will, of course, include water but also often have water enhancers such as gels and foams. The planes also use retardants that are specially formulated for fighting certain types of fires.
Types of Firefighting Aircraft
1. Helicopters
'Helitankers' will be fitted with water or chemical buckets or with tanks. Some will even have a foam cannon that is mounted in the front of the helicopter. The aircraft that carry tanks fill their tanks by dipping them in large lakes and rivers and even sometimes a reservoir. The Bambi Bucket is the most popular used.
Helitankers are often equipped with a feature called a snorkel which is used to extract water from a variety of sources. The largest of these types of helicopters is currently the Mil Mi-26. This helicopter will typically use a Bambi Bucket.
2. Air Tankers
These are fixed-wing aircraft and they are often called water bombers. Some of these aircraft are filled at ground-based air tanker facilities while others are considered flying boats and are able to skim water from large rivers and lakes. Although this type of firefighting has become most common in the last couple of decades, these methods were first experimented with by the Air Force in 1947. In the earliest days of aerial firefighting, bomber planes were used but in recent years the fleet has been replaced with tankers that are specifically built for the purpose of firefighting.
The largest aerial firefighter that has ever been used was a Boeing 747. It could carry just under 20,000 gallons of water or other liquid substance. It utilized a pressurized drop system. This supertanker was first used in 2009. There is now a modified version of this type of aerial firefighter that is currently being used and it carries 12,000 gallons of water or retardant.
Aerial Firefighting Is Now Leading Wild-Land Firefighting Operations
As would be expected, wild-land fires are difficult to fight and very dangerous. These fires pose a great deal of danger to anyone in the area, including the firefighters. Aerial firefighting is now one of the most important aspects of fighting these types of fires both for its effectiveness and for its ability to significantly increase the safety of the firefighters on the ground.
Both the helicopters and the fixed-wing aircraft are able to drop large amounts of water or fire retardant on very specific targets as well as providing additional support and the ability to communicate with the firefighters who are on the ground. The special missions aircraft provider will not only provide the firefighting aircraft but also additional maintenance services that can be provided on-site to make sure that the aircraft is ready and able to carry out its mission.
Mandatory Mission Requirements
Based on a study done by the government, the aircraft must be multi-engine and agile. The engines of the aircraft must have enough power so that they can complete their specified mission. Because they are mission-critical, it is necessary to have an increased level and number of inspections to make sure that they are ready, safe, and reliable.
In recent years the US has seen some of the biggest and most difficult wildfires and these have caused tremendous damage. The aerial firefighting arsenal is becoming one of the major factors in successfully fighting these types of fires. They increase the overall success rate of controlling the fires as well as providing added safety for the firefighters on the ground.
2117 North Waverly Ponca City, OK 74601
Office: (580) 762-2580 Fax: (580) 762-8070 | Terms & Conditions
©2021 Greenwood Aerospace. Website designed & developed by Back40 Design.


text:
"""
This module, excel_file_generator.py, will be used to generate Excel files.
"""

# This is for creating a new file, I just want to modify an existing template excel file though.
'''
import xlsxwriter

workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook('hello_world.xlsx')

hours_worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet('Hours')
hours_worksheet.write('A1', 'HELLO HELLO?!')

workbook.close()
'''

import openpyxl

# Check if Ubuntu is running this script.
from sys import platform as _platform
# Needed to get today's date and do other time logic.
import time
import datetime

if _platform == "linux" or _platform == "linux2":
	import sys
	# sys.path.remove('/home/dev_usr/urbtek/nexus_django')
	sys.path.append('/home/dev_usr/urbtek')
	file_path = '/dev/urbtek/universal_code/excel/base_excel_hours_logging.xlsx'
else:
	file_path = '/Users/utarsuno/git_repos/urbtek/urbtek/universal_code/excel/base_excel_hours_logging.xlsx'

# The date format.
FORMAT = '%m/%d/%Y'

today = datetime.datetime.today()
day_of_week = today.weekday()
to_end_of_week = datetime.timedelta(days = 6 - day_of_week)
end_of_week = today + to_end_of_week
to_beginning_of_week = datetime.timedelta(days = day_of_week)
beginning_of_week = today - to_beginning_of_week

monday     = beginning_of_week
tuesday    = beginning_of_week + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
wednesday  = beginning_of_week + datetime.timedelta(days=2)
thursday   = beginning_of_week + datetime.timedelta(days=3)
friday     = beginning_of_week + datetime.timedelta(days=4)
saturday   = beginning_of_week + datetime.timedelta(days=5)
sunday     = beginning_of_week + datetime.timedelta(days=6)
submit_day = beginning_of_week + datetime.timedelta(days=7)

# The cells to work with.
date_submitted  = 'K1'
monday_cells    = ['E4', 'E199', 'E207', monday.strftime(FORMAT)]
tuesday_cells   = ['F4', 'F199', 'F207', tuesday.strftime(FORMAT)]
wednesday_cells = ['G4', 'G199', 'G207', wednesday.strftime(FORMAT)]
thursday_cells  = ['H4', 'H199', 'H207', thursday.strftime(FORMAT)]
friday_cells    = ['I4', 'I199', 'I207', friday.strftime(FORMAT)]
saturday_cells  = ['J4', 'J199', 'J207', saturday.strftime(FORMAT)]
sunday_cells    = ['K4', 'K199', 'K207', sunday.strftime(FORMAT)]
hour_cells      = [monday_cells, tuesday_cells, wednesday_cells, thursday_cells, friday_cells, saturday_cells, sunday_cells]

# Load the Excel file here.
xfile = openpyxl.load_workbook('/Users/utarsuno/git_repos/urbtek/urbtek/universal_code/excel/base_excel_hours_logging.xlsx')

sheet = xfile.get_sheet_by_name('Sheet1')

sheet[date_submitted] = submit_day.strftime(FORMAT)
for c in hour_cells:
	sheet[c[0]] = c[3]
	sheet[c[1]] = c[1]
	sheet[c[2]] = c[2]

xfile.save('HELLO_TEST_YES.xlsx')

'''
today    = datetime.datetime.today()
tomorrow = today + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
print(today.strftime('%m/%d/%Y'))
print(tomorrow.strftime('%m/%d/%Y'))
'''