Short Work Session Description The Summit has been a great opportunity for establishing contacts and relationships with representatives of the corporate world. This session aims to review the current OWASP funding model and start discussing ways of creating synergies with companies and originate new opportunities of funding for OWASP.
This session will also serve as a lead in to additional discussions around the organizational model and set a baseline for the topic of what professional roles should ixist inside the OWASP organization, including the proposal for the role of a CEO.
For information related to the CEO discussion please see the Discussion page.
A process for gathering and addressing suggestions for new OWASP funding opportunities.
A recommendation on whether or not the investment in a CEO would be cost-effective.
Concern about balancing growth of OWASP with evolutionary requirements. Most organizations fail to manage their growth, would like to see OWASP not go the same way.
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Job Interview Question And Answer: What Accomplishments Are You Most Proud Of?
This question is your chance to let the employer know about some of your greatest achievements, and you don't even have to worry about whether you sound like you're bragging! What you choose will reveal a lot about your values, what you're passionate about and what gives you satisfaction, so give your answer some thought.
For some, their proudest accomplishments might be an award won for exceptional performance, or getting recognition from the team for a job well done. Or maybe it could be a particularly challenging project at work which you managed to complete, or having increased your company's revenue or improved its systems, making you feel that you had made a valuable contribution.
Others may take pride in more interpersonal achievements, such as having mentored a new team member, or helping someone with a challenging task. It really doesn't matter what you choose, as long as you can explain why it gives you a sense of satisfaction and pride in what you have done.
The accomplishments you're most proud of will tell your interviewer about what's important to you and therefore what kind of environment you will thrive in. Some people need public recognition for their achievements, while for others it's more about setting and fulfilling personal goals and standards. Whatever it is, it's important that you demonstrate the high standards you set for yourself. Companies generally like high achievers who are driven by a personal drive to excel, rather than those that are motivated by outward glory.


PORTLAND, Ore., Jun. 07 /CSRwire/ - GreenPrint Technologies today announced a contract to license its print management software to Marks & Spencer. Marks & Spencer plans to roll out GreenPrint Enterprise throughout its UK corporate headquarters.
"We couldn't be more excited about this deal," said GreenPrint CEO Hayden Hamilton. "Marks & Spencer is a leader in business sustainability and therefore provided us with our first large scale opportunity to demonstrate GreenPrint's savings with a large European company. The results have opened the door to a huge new market for us, and we look forward to working with other European organizations who share Marks & Spencer's commitment to sustainability and cost savings."
Europe represents an enormous opportunity for print management software. Lexmark International estimates that 696 billion wasted pages are printed across the continent every year, costing European organizations billions of Euros annually. The wasted pages are responsible for hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gasses, and the loss of tens of millions of trees.
The average UK office worker prints 38 pages per day, 29% of which is waste according to a Lexmark study. GreenPrint estimates that in the first year of using the software, Mark & Spencer will save over 750 trees and prevent more than 2,200 tons of greenhouse gases.
GreenPrint Enterprise software saves the average user around $75 and 1,250 wasted pages per year by making it easy to eliminate unwanted pages and content before they are printed. GreenPrint highlights typical waste pages (e.g. pages with just a URL, banner ad, or legal jargon) and allows the user to easily eliminate anything unnecessary before printing, saving paper, ink, and trees. GreenPrint also incorporates extensive print management and reporting software, allowing organizations to discover, analyze, and quantify ecological and cost-saving benefits.
Marks & Spencer Group PLC is a leading clothing, home and food retailer serving over 21 million customers each week. Based in the UK, the company has 895 stores across more than 40 countries worldwide.
GreenPrint Technologies, LLC is the maker of GreenPrint World, Home Premium, Mac, and GreenPrint Enterprise software designed to reduce waste in home and office printing. The software eliminates wasteful pages before they are printed, incorporates a PDF writer to provide an alternative to printing, and provides easy options to save ink and toner. For more information please visit www.printgreener.com.


Imagine being in the southern tip of South America, among some of nature's greatest gifts. You would be located a few kilometres from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, which is the third largest ice cap in the world. You can also admire the true essence of nature whilst being at the foot of Upsala, Spegazzini, and Viedma glaciers, as well as spectacular mountains such as Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. The region is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its incredible beauty.
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On 19th January 2022, the two universities and the five grandes écoles of Rennes announced the creation of the University of Rennes, an experimental public institution that will come into being on January 1st of 2023.
A unique model from Rennes, respectful of identities
What is an experimental public establishment?
A common ambition to serve a territory
A project at the service of the whole community
Committed to a structuring project of the Rennes site since 2017, the seven member institutions of the UniR project formalised their rapprochement last September in a territorial coordination agreement. This process is continuing today with the creation of an experimental public institution (EPE) which will be called the University of Rennes. Following a vote in the seven boards of directors, and subject to the final vote on the statutes by the institutions' bodies, the institutions are looking ahead to the future institution as follows :
The University of Rennes 1 turns into an EPE, its training and research components and its services become those of the University of Rennes
The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes, the ENS Rennes and Sciences Po Rennes are positioned as component institutions within the EPE and will therefore retain their legal personality;
The University of Rennes 2, a driving force for interdisciplinarity on the site, wishes to become an associated university;
INSA Rennes opts to become an associated institution;
EHESP is considering becoming a component or associated institution of the EPE and will take a position by the end of the first quarter.
In addition, the national research organisations present on the Rennes site - CNRS, INRAE, Inria, Inserm - and the CHU of Rennes wish to be partners of the newly created establishment in order to fully contribute to its scientific strategy.
An experimental public establishment (EPE) is a form of higher education and research establishments pool permitted by Order No. 2018-1131 of 12 December 2018 on the experimentation of new forms of bringing together, gathering or merging higher education and research establishments.
An EPE makes it possible to experiment with new modes of organisation and operation, in order to carry out a shared project defined by the establishments it brings together, in compliance with the objectives and missions of the public service of higher education and research
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The creation of the University of Rennes is the result of a collective effort undertaken since 2017 in the service of our communities and the region. It is a success for the Rennes site, its recognition and its attractiveness at the European and international level. This ambitious new model gives us all the keys for a transformation that will allow the better support of the major transitions in our region - health, environment, digital - by making the University of Rennes a "University of Transitions".
The new organisation will be designed on the scale of the site and will aim to further strengthen interdisciplinarity, synergies and opportunities around these three transitions in terms of training and research and collectively achieve the objectives of sustainable development.
We will thus strengthen our capacity to respond to major national and European calls for proposals. In particular, we will promote new integrated master's degree-engineering courses, as we have successfully begun to do together. The objective is also to intensify the training-research-innovation link, thus amplifying our impact in the service of science, the territory and society.
David Alis, head of the Université de Rennes 1
The constitution of this fully-fledged institution has a dual ambition:
in terms of training, to encourage synergies and complementarities between the various players on the site for the success of all students
in terms of research and innovation, to assert a high-level scientific signature around three major societal transitions: health, the environment and digital technology.
The future University of Rennes will make it possible to achieve the objectives pursued by the seven institutions together :
to define a unified strategy on the major issues of education, research and innovation
to strengthen the attractiveness, legibility and recognition of the Rennes site on a national, European and international scale
to capitalise on joint successes, facilitate them and perpetuate the results, in particular with regard to major national and European calls for projects;
to provide itself with increased resources for the benefit of staff and students.
Announced by the seven heads of institutions during a press conference, the creation of the University of Rennes was welcomed by Emmanuel Ethis, Rector of the Academic Region of Brittany and Chancellor of the Universities, Isabelle Pellerin, Vice-President of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Rennes Métropole and Olivier David, Vice-President of Student Life, Higher Education and Research.
The creation of an experimental public institution aims to create an attractive university on the Rennes area that is internationally recognised for the quality of its research and training, and to encourage synergies between the components, component institutions and associated institutions and organisations.
Thus, students will be able to benefit from innovative courses, new training, bridges between institutions and more opportunities through partnerships with companies, foreign universities, etc.
Sustainable development and social responsibility will be at the heart of the shared strategy. Common policies will be defined in terms of recruitment, professional training, well-being at work, gender equality and the fight against discrimination.
In terms of real estate, renovation programmes will be developed in order to improve the quality of life at work and study and to aim for carbon neutrality for sustainable and eco-responsible campuses.
Finally, the EPE will be based on the principle of university democracy and will involve staff and students in the governance and operation of the institution by guaranteeing their representation.
The university is committed to supporting the careers of all students and promoting equality and diversity through several adapted measures…
A historic university
The University of Rennes is rooted in a prestigious history of more than five centuries: it's the direct heir of the very first…
A Fondation to bring companies and universities together
Created in 2010, the Fondation aims to bring the university closer to companies in order to promote innovation and socio-economic…
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The Boston Consulting Group doesn't discount the role that stock buybacks can play in boosting near-term returns for some companies. But the firm's research indicates that stock buybacks do not change investors' estimates for long-term earnings-per-share growth, or induce them to accord a company a higher valuation multiple. By contrast, it says, dividend growth has a far more positive long-term impact.
We all know what surprising The Street will do to a stock's price. The street focuses on quarterly revenue, EPS, EBIT, EBITDA and margins. The income statement is where you find all the metrics that The Street loves. It therefore must be the most important financial statement. Not! That title goes to the lowly cash flow statement. Ultimately cash flow is what drives the value of any financial asset, including dividend stocks.
There are winners and there are champions in every walk of life. The difference is subtle, but very real. A champions are driven for success and will not let anything stand in their way. Some dividend stocks can be classified as champions. A bad economy, tight credit markets and a dark cloud of uncertainty are enough send some dividend companies running for the exit. However, these are the times that champions stand firm.
A pessimist might say life is a series of bad things happening... then we die. I certainty wouldn't go that far, but life often deals us unfortunate circumstances to work through at what seems to be the most inopportune times. During this most recent economic downturn, many people lost their jobs at a time when companies weren't hiring. When things like this happen, those with an alternative income, including dividend growth stocks, are in a better position to deal with the circumstances thrust on them.
Once again it is time for a goals/progress update. I am pleased to report that annualized dividend income increased in December, extending the streak to 42 consecutive months of increases after June 2010's decline. Since I began publicly tracking annualized dividend income in November 2007, it has increased in 71 of the last 73 months.


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Our app addresses the issue of pollution. Part of the worlds pollution is caused by landfill over flowing. How does my app address the issue defined? It shows users how to recycle and use a compost bin properly. The things that they will recycle will not go to land fill. This will decrease the amount of pollution in our environment. Our app will also remind others when their next council cleanup is .
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It seems like everywhere you look in a big city, there's someone zipping along on an electric scooter. Many of these will be temporary hires rather than rider owned, and most – if not all – will be stand-up models. OjO and Austin Commuter Scooter have teamed up to offer Austin commuters a sit down alternative.
The fleets of ridesharing e-scooters from the likes of Lime and Bird are made up of powered kickscooters that users unlock from docking hubs throughout a city using an app, ride to a destination and drop off at another hub. Such services can help reduce inner city automotive traffic, reducing pollution while allowing riders to get from A to B quickly and easily.
The OjO Electric commuter scooter is a little different, sitting somewhere between those ubiquitous kickscooters and a Vespa-like electric two-wheeler.
As well as offering a seated or standing ride and a built-in cargo basket, a swappable 48-volt Li-ion battery unit housed under the non-slip deck is promised to give a per charge range of 50 miles (80 km), and its HyperGear hub motor rolls up to a top speed of 20 mph (32 km/h), meaning that it should be OK for use in bike lanes around town. Elsewhere there's all weather tires, disc braking, front and rear LED lighting and heavy duty shocks.
It can be remotely geofenced using a telematics system so that it won't work outside of its designated zone, and speeds can also be controlled with the same CalAmp app technology. And it features integrated speakers to provide riders with audible navigation, traffic alerts and other trip information (including the location of nearby docking stations and notifications of approaching geofence limits). Users will also be able to stream music from a Bluetooth-paired smartphone through the audio system.
"We are excited to help bring OjO's innovative scooter to market and provide a scooter that current riders and the rest of us can ride comfortably," said Elliott McFadden of Bike Share of Austin, which is owned by Austin Commuter Scooter. "We think it says a lot about Austin that OjO would decide to make this its first launch market, and we are happy to provide our operational expertise and first rate customer service to make it a success."


Three men were stabbed at an apartment in the Midway District early Thursday, authorities said.
The suspects broke into the apartment in the 3800 block of Midway Drive near West Point Loma Boulevard and attacked the three residents, San Diego police Officer Frank Cali said.
A 29-year-old man suffered multiple serious stab wounds to his back and head, a 22-year-old sustained a minor stab wound to his back, and a 20-year-old man was stabbed in his right arm, according to the officer.


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The Surprising Finds At King Arthur's Legendary Castle
Recent research at Tintagel Castle (in Cornwall, England) has uncovered some fascinating finds. In addition to ceramics from what's now Turkey (and maybe Cyprus) and glassware from the Iberian peninsula, archeologists from English Heritage working at the site have just uncovered a stone from the 7th century CE that seems to contain writing in 3 different languages – a Celtic name,
Fog Doesn't Actually 'Burn Off' – So What Does It Do?
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Revamped collider to shine brighter light on physics mysteries at CERN
GENEVA (Reuters) – Europe's physics research center CERN launched an upgrade of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on Friday, six years after the huge particle accelerator solved an enduring riddle by confirming the existence of the elusive Higgs boson. Staff said the overhaul will boost the "luminosity" of proton-smashing experiments at the LHC, a 27-km
UN's Director Faremo & Ex-Microsoft Lawyer Eyes 'AI Potential' At IPsoft Digital Summit
White woman cyborg on blurred background scanning human DNA 3D rendering. (Image: Shutterstock). Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been much talked about in recent times and especially as regards the technology disrupting the jobs market. Some have even suggested it might not be too long before one won't be able to tell the difference at work between
Israeli High Tech Drawing Investors From Beyond The US
By Yining Su Israel's technology sector is attracting all sorts to its shores, including investors from regions that previously conducted little business in the country, panelists said during Mergermarket's Israel M&A Forum. "It used to be the Microsofts and the Ciscos of this world" that came looking for acquisitions in Israel, "now it's potentially everyone,"
Mars Opportunity And Spirit Rovers Could Have Lived Practically Forever With One Tiny Change
The two Mars exploration rovers, awaiting final work before launch in 2003 at NASA's JPL. The identical robotic explorers, Spirit and Opportunity, were able to trek up to 109 yards each Martian day. They found evidence for liquid water among many other things, with Opportunity traveling farther than any autonomous vehicle on any world: over
Toilet Paper Gel Cleans Up No. 2 In More Ways Than One
Shutterstock When toilet paper isn't enough, some people reach for flushable wipes. These may leave you feeling clean, but they're a dirty habit. Flushable wipes are only flushable as in "out of sight, out of mind." They don't dissolve like toilet paper, end up clogging sewer systems and contribute to huge disgusting blobs known as
Global Temperature Streaks
In April, NOAA announced that the Earth experienced its 400th consecutive month with temperatures above the 20th Century average. Not surprisingly, the streak moved to 401 in May (data to be released June 18th) and there is no indication the streak will end without a climate catastrophe induced by an asteroid impact, supervolcano, or nuclear war. Ironically,
Climate Change May Be Creating A Seafood Trade War, Too
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This Is Why The Bible Was Important In Medieval Politics
In contemporary politics, biblical verses are sometimes used to mobilize supporters or to support policy decisions. Most recently, Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited Romans 13 to justify this administration's policy of separating the children of asylum seekers from their parents. Later that same day, Pres. Trump's Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders echoed Attorney General Sessions by pointing
Move Over Pixels, Scientists Are 3D Printing With 'Voxels' And The Results Are Breathtaking
C Bader et al (2018) Science Advances 4 (5) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aas8652 3D printed image of bundles of nerve fibers (axons) in the brain In many areas of research, scientists need to analyze three dimensional data in a variety of forms, such as medical brain scans, the structures of cells and molecules, geological features on our
Why We Should Save Earth Before Colonizing Mars
Upon hearing NASA's confirmation that Mars has complex organics, a reader took heart that someday soon we would be colonizing the world next door. But my first thought was why don't we simply start by cleaning up this one? That is, ridding our oceans of the islands of plastic and our planet's atmosphere of its
3 Misconceptions About B2B Sales That Are Crippling Your Business
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NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life
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South African fossils rewrite early history of life on land
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fossils of two amphibians that lived within the Antarctic circle 360 million years ago are forcing scientists to rethink the origins of land vertebrates, including where these pioneers first appeared and the climatic conditions that spawned them. Two newly discovered early amphibians Tutusius and Umzantsia that lived about 360 million years ago
Plastic waste in Antarctica reveals scale of global pollution: Greenpeace
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Scientists map genetic codes of 3,000 dangerous bacteria
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Roger Waters Prepares 'Lockdown Sessions' Album
December 8, 2022 December 8, 2022 James Isaacs
Roger Waters is preparing a full album of material gathered during his lockdown sessions, performed during the height of the pandemic.
"There's an album coming. A new album called The Lockdown Sessions", Waters confirmed during an appearance on Grayzone podcast. "I've given all these things away. They're all out there, anyone can find them on the Internet."
Beginning in May 2020 and through 2022, Waters recorded home versions of various Pink Floyd classics as well as his own solo material. "Mother", "Vera" and "Bring the Boys Back Home" from the 1979s The wallas well as "Two Suns in the Sunset" and "The Gunners Dream" from Final Cut is among the songs Waters recorded for the project. Each track was shared with fans via YouTube or social media, but now they're being compiled into a cohesive piece.
The songs have reportedly all been mastered for the album, while recently released "Comfortably Numb 2022" – a remake of Pink Floyd's famous 1980 single – will also be part of the LP.
While a release date has yet to be officially confirmed, Waters did issue a mysterious one tweet shows footage of a deserted street. The clip's title said "streaming everywhere on December 9th", leading many fans to assume that this will be it The Lockdown Sessions' release.
In the Grayzone interview, Waters also confirmed that he is working on a new studio album built around his song "The bar," a piano ballad that also arose during the pandemic lockdown. The tune has become a recent focal point of Waters' concerts, performed in all but one of his shows in 2022.
The former Pink Floyd rocker is set to return to the road in March when his This Is Not a Drill tour resumes in Europe.
Pink Floyd solo albums Classified
A ranking of solo albums by members of Pink Floyd, listed from worst to best.
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Q: Heading angle for waypoint navigation (fails at bounds) In a Cartesian coordinate system / Euclidian plane, a vehicle travels clockwise around the origin with radius 1 and currently at angle θ = PI/4 (45°), so its heading is 7/4*PI (315°).
To reach its new destination (the origin) it should change course (instantly) to -5/4*PI (-135°).
This angle can be obtained with e.g. atan2 on the components of the vector from position to target (with the target at origin, it's the the inverted position vector)b:

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*Finding Signed Angle Between Vectors

*Using atan2 to find angle between two vectors

*Algorithm Improvement: Calculate signed change in heading
However, due to inertia, the vehicle cannot change its course instantly and crosses the X-axis (x=1, y=0, θ=0), where a new calculation results in a course of PI (180°).
The vehicle tries to achieve this new (positive angle) course by a positive turn (counterclockwise, CCW), which takes it back across the X-axis, and so on (it "wiggles" away from the target along the x-axis).
It breaks also if negative angles are "wrapped" into the absolute positive range 0...2PI - example data of the southbound vehicle passing west of the target:
course -0.00477
adjust  6.27840

course  0.00034
adjust  0.00034

The proportional control then basically causes a negative (clockwise) turn, which is the wrong direction.
Do I eliminate this "overflow" somehow (not limit to 0...2PI but map absolute angles to the vehicle's) or should I use a different strategy altogether (which)?

A: Not limiting the vehicle angle to 0...2PI, i.e. allowing negative and large angles seems to be a promising approach.
E.g. going from 10° to 350°=-10° means a -20° turn.
This determines the heading with the smallest turn angle:
delta = course - heading%fullcircle
if (delta >  halfcircle)
  delta = delta - fullcircle
if (delta < -halfcircle)
  delta = delta + fullcircle
newheading = heading + delta

halfcircle and fullcircle correspond to 180°/PI and 360°/2*PI respectively.
The vehicles heading will "wind up" if it's going circles, but if need be, this could be restored by an occasional modulo operation.

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How can I use jQuery to create a csv of all checked checkboxes associated text?
I got most of the way to what I need with an answer to my question here: How can I get the value of labels associated with checkboxes (and did I break jsfiddle)?
...but I have another related question, namely, "How can I use jQuery to create a csv of all checked checkboxes associated text?"
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US Route 89 Roadside Attraction: Navajo Bridge
by James Cowlin | Mar 9, 2013 | 5 comments
The most unusual, not to mention scary, assignment I had as an industrial photographer was working with an engineering firm inspecting Navajo Bridge. The bridge had been completed in 1929 and by the 1989 was showing its age. The inspection consisted of crawling around on the superstructure looking at every weld and bolt. My job was to photograph the engineers doing their work.
I have a healthy fear of heights and it is 467 feet from the bridge to the Colorado River below. Despite being attached to the bridge with a harness and safety lines, my stomach was in my throat the whole time. I just kept focusing, literally and figuratively, on taking photographs and not looking down. (Look for the guy in the orange safety vest on the arch in the middle of the bridge in the photo below to get an idea of the scale of the project.)
Navajo Bridge, originally called Grand Canyon Bridge, was the largest steel arch bridge in the world when it was completed. It provided a vital link between Utah and Arizona, replacing the ferry across the Colorado River five miles upstream.
The dedication of the bridge took place in June of 1929. It was a momentous occasion. The two-day event in this isolated corner of Arizona was attended by over 7,000 people. Some 1200 cars made the journey over rough dirt roads. Speeches were delivered by the governors of four states-Arizona, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico. Bands played, choirs sang and native Americans presented their dances. The bridge was christened with a bottle of ginger ale since it was the era of Prohibition.
Heber Jesse Meeks, a Kanab rancher and the stake president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had just returned from a mission to Alaska. He saw the dedication as an opportunity to link "the beautiful and alluring Southwest and the noble and sturdy Northwest." To symbolize this union, he recruited two young people-Kenneth Judd of Kanab, Utah, and Betty Kastner of Prescott, Arizona-and performed a "marriage" ceremony in the middle of Navajo Bridge.
Recognizing the importance of the connection between Utah and Arizona, Meeks had them hold hands and spoke these words:
"And each of you pledge yourselves…to work on a broader scale to utilize the riches, the strength, and the brain, the brawn and the vision of both the Southwest and the Northwest towards making the union of the two productive and to the mutual advantage of each."
With that, Kenneth was rewarded with a kiss from Betty to end the ceremony. It is not known if they ever saw each other again, but Mr. Northwest and Miss Southwest are forever joined by Navajo Bridge.
After 66 years of service, it became apparent that Navajo Bridge needed to be modernized. After much debate, it was decided to build a duplicate bridge downstream. The new bridge would have new, safer approaches and be over twice as wide to accommodate modern truck traffic. The old bridge remains so that visitors can walk out on it and marvel at Marble Canyon below.
Old Navajo Bridge on the left completed in 1929 and the new bridge on the right completed in 1995
On the Navajo Nation (east) side of the bridge is an area where Native Americans display and sell their handcrafted jewelry, pottery and other crafts. On the west side there is an interpretive center in which historical, scientific and tourist information is provided by the Glen Canyon Natural History Association.
The two Navajo Bridges as seen from the east side of Marble Canyon with the Vermilion Cliffs in the background
To find your way to Navajo Bridge, go to the US 89A-Bitter Springs to Kanab Road Trip Guide.
Elizabeth on April 25, 2020 at 7:26 pm
Nice article. My grandmother was Betty Kastner and was told she was part of the dedication of the Navajo bridge. I wish there was a picture of her with the young man who acted as the "bride and groom".
James Cowlin on April 27, 2020 at 4:44 pm
I have only seen one picture of the dedication. It was an overview that showed the large crowd gathered for the ceremony. If you are in Prescott, you might check with the Sharlot Hall Museum to see if they have any pictures. I have a copy of Heber Jesse Meeks' speech which was given to me by his grandson, Norman Jackson, but he didn't know what became of Leroy Judd or your grandmother. I would be interested in finding out more about Betty Kastner and how she became the "bride" at Navajo Bridge.
My great-grandfather was a prominent business man, owner of the "Dry Goods store" which later became the first Piggly Wiggley, a member of the Elks club and involved in many activities in the Prescott area.
My grandmother in a nut shell, moved to Southern California, was married for 61 yrs before passing. She had three daughters, 14 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.
Thank you for the information on the museum. I will definitely check it out on my next visit to Prescott.
Alber on February 24, 2018 at 8:38 am
Grant Davis on May 24, 2013 at 8:00 am
Very interesting. I am looking forward to a trip that will include much of US Route 89 in Utah and Arizona. I will be going over the part of the trail my ancestors took to go from Utah to Arizona. This trip included Lee's Backbone.
Regards, Grant Davis


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Jon E. Silks - February 11, 2014
Few technologies have impacted our sport more than trail cameras. Take a minute to think of all the ways these tiny scouts work their way into your life as a bowhunter. I challenge you to turn on the Sportsman Channel and count the minutes it takes until you see or hear someone reference a trail camera; if you get past 30 minutes, it would be shocking.
Have you hunted with an outfitter in the past 10 years? They generally have photo albums full of trail-camera pictures and will often use the same in brochures, websites, Facebook pages, etc. Plus, there is no doubt your chances of success are greater if you are hunting with an outfitter who employs an army of trail cameras, because there is no better way to pattern game. Outfitters are also excellent sources to talk to about their choice in cameras and advice for using them effectively.
Of course, some people still argue that you should just put in the time and figure things out the old-fashioned way; and to an extent, I agree. Connecting with nature, understanding the lay of the land and being able to read deer sign helps greatly with camera placement. And the cameras will enhance your understanding as you start to see how the pieces of the puzzle fall into place. I encourage collaboration of old-school and new-school technologies; a little of Uncle Ted's "Mystical Flight of the Arrow" mixed with advanced circuitry, like the high-definition camera that filmed him in the hunt you watched on TV.
Game cameras also fit the lifestyle many of us lead today. We tend to be extremely busy with all the things that fill up a life — family, work, health, taking care of the house, shuttling kids all over creation and the list goes on. Game cameras are like little clones that allow you to be in the woods 24/7, keeping an eye on your hotspots regardless of other demands on your time. When you finally catch a break and head to the field, your time is maximized because you at least have some idea of what's going on thanks to your cameras. These benefits are amplified for individuals who hunt property far from home.
All of that brings us right back to the actual cameras. What is it that makes one camera better than another? It could be technology, quality or even application. If you have land in another state you only get to once or twice a year, then you would most likely put a premium on battery life as a starting point for camera selection.
If you were watching a lone trail in the middle of the woods where the animal is not likely to stop for anything, you may want a camera with fast trigger speed and recovery time, which would result in as many pictures as possible. Watching a food plot? Fast trigger speed may not be your focus; instead a slow trigger and an extended sensor range could be of prime interest. Or maybe you are on a budget and need significant adjustability so you can use the one camera in several applications/scenarios.
Whatever the case, the test results (see the gallery below) are meant to help you get further down the road in choosing the type and model camera that best suits your needs. We tested 13 of the year's top models, evaluating their performance in key areas using a head-to-head format. We performed the following six tests:
The Daylight Walkthough Test was performed by passing a subject in front of the cameras at seven specific distances (15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65 and 75 feet) and at two known speeds. A consistent, measurable speed was achieved using our Bucky Pace Car System, which consists of a rigged-up Renzo decoy, a rope that was stretched across a small field and a drill motor regulated by a DC power supply and volt meter. The drill motor is attached to a line that pulls Bucky along the rope on a set of pulleys. By controlling the volts, we were able to control the speed, which we set up for two scenarios — a subject walking casually (1.94 fps) and one on a mission (5.94 fps).
Since trail cameras require both heat and motion to trigger their sensors, we had Chad Smith walk alongside Bucky. During the test, each camera had 14 opportunities to capture images (7 distances and two runs — one fast and one slow).
Field of view (FOV) was calculated through two known values — the 25-foot distance to the camera and the 10-foot markers in the picture (our scale). A Staedtler Mars 12-inch triangular engineer's scale was used to measure the width of the actual picture and the on-screen width of the 10-foot markers. The picture width was adjusted to scale for the FOV.
Detection angle was also measured at 25 feet and was calculated by using the engineer's scale to measure the distance from the subject to the edge of the picture. This was subtracted from the distance between the picture's mid-point to the edge. The distance the subject traveled after the trigger until the picture was taken was calculated using our known speed and the unit's tested trigger speed.
The relationship between a camera's lens FOV and infrared detection angle significantly impacts its performance. Cameras with a detection angle significantly narrower than the lens' FOV tend to capture images with the subject relatively close to the center of the frame.
However, such units also may not detect animals that move in and out of the periphery of the camera's FOV. Conversely, cameras with detection angles that are wider than the lens' FOV don't center subjects as well and may result in multiple "blank" pictures with no animals. But the upside is that the wide detection angle makes it less likely that an animal will pass within range without triggering the camera.
The first picture each camera captured was at the slow speed and at a distance of 25 feet. In the case of the Covert, we used the 35-foot slow picture because the subject was out of frame at 25 feet. That gives an overall feel for the quality of the pictures and the field of view.
All 13 cameras in the Daylight Walkthrough Test were capable of detecting motion out to at least 45 feet. When we moved back to 55 feet, the cameras from Primos, Simmons, Stealth Cam and Wildview dropped out. When we moved back to 65 feet, Browning, Moultrie and Wildgame dropped out. And when we moved back to 75 feet, Reconyx dropped out. That left five of the 13 cameras — Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Max, Covert Extreme Black 60, Eyecon Storm, Minox DTC 600 and SpyPoint BF-6 — that successfully detected motion at our maximum test range of 75 feet.
This test also gave us the total number of pictures each camera captured during the 14 passes (seven distances, two speeds). The four with the most pictures were: Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Max (50), Reconyx HC600 (50), Moultrie M-880 (18) and Minox DTC 600 (17). Although the ability to capture more pictures does not necessarily make a camera better, such models may be ideal for use along game trails where subjects are quickly entering and exiting the camera's FOV.
Flash Effectiveness Test
Our Flash Effectiveness Test measured the distance each camera's flash is able to effectively illuminate a subject for nighttime photos. We set up the cameras one at a time on a moonless night with a series of 3-D targets laid out in front of them and activated each camera two times. We had a stegosaurus at 15 feet, gobbler at 25, bedded ram at 35, fallow deer at 45, antelope at 55, wolf at 65 and mule deer at 75.
Trigger Speed Test
Once again this year, our trigger speed testing was conducted by the experts at TrailCamPro.com, who generously volunteered their time, knowledge and use of their Triggernator machine. TrailCamPro's technical wizard, Charles, invented the Triggernator and describes it this way:
"The Triggernator," nicknamed by the staff at TrailCamPro, is a device to accurately measure the trigger time of scouting cameras. Trigger time is the time differential between a target being detected and a picture taken. To accurately measure this time, the Triggernator passes a heated target by the center of the PIR detector of the test camera and at the same time starts a stopwatch displayed on a computer monitor. The test camera will take a picture of the running stopwatch and give us the trigger time. We run the test many times looking for consistency and then average the test results to obtain the average trigger time of that particular game camera."
Recovery Time Test
Like the Trigger Speed Test, the Recovery Time Test was conducted by the experts at TrailCamPro.com. Recovery time measures how quickly a camera can store the first picture and be ready to capture a second picture.
Nighttime Blur Test
Our Nighttime Blur Test was set up in the same way as our Daylight Walkthrough Test, except it was done at night and each camera was tested individually rather than in a group. This was done to prevent infrared flash interference from camera to camera. Once a camera was set, the motorized retrieval system was used to bring the subject past the lens on the slow speed setting (1.94 fps) at a distance of 25 feet. This was a one-pass test, with only one picture from each camera used for data.
Why do this test? Well, if you have been using trail cameras for a while then you know how frustrating it is to get a picture of what may be a huge animal but the blur keeps you from deciphering any detail.
Nighttime Trigger Range Test
The Nighttime Trigger Range Test measured the maximum distance at which a camera will trigger on a rapidly moving subject — at night. This was accomplished by someone walking briskly in front of the camera in 10-foot increments until the camera was no longer triggered. Once the distance was outside a camera's range, we moved back toward the camera in one-foot increments until motion was detected.
You may ask why we conducted this test at night. The answer is simple; the red infrared flash LEDs on the cameras would light up, letting us know the camera had detected movement. Models with black LEDs were very hard or impossible to detect. For those cameras, we had to remove the data cards and inspect the pictures, if there were any, to determine if there was detection at that range.
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With continued action, a just, sustainable future is within reach!
As with COVID-19 and systemic racism, 2020 has been a wakeup call on the climate crisis. Record-breaking hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and temperatures made the challenge we face crystal clear.
In the midst of these impacts, it can be easy to lose hope for our planet. And this, in turn, can lead to something much worse: inaction.
So today, we're sharing eight of our favorite climate developments from 2020. These are reasons for hope that remind us that we do have solutions to the climate crisis, that our actions did make a difference in 2020, and most important, that our actions can make a difference in 2021 and beyond.
1. THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION
Trying to solve the climate crisis without the US — the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world — is, at best, discouraging. But for the past four years, that's effectively the reality the world has faced.
Throughout its term, the Trump Administration has constantly undermined and denied climate science, and has executed over a hundred environmental rollbacks — many critical to reducing carbon emissions nationwide.
But today, with an incoming administration that promises to listen and act on the science, we're hopeful.
Hopeful because President-elect Biden has promised the US will re-enter the Paris Agreement and uphold the commitment to a sustainable future that we made five years ago.
Hopeful that common-sense environmental protections will be reinstated.
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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the incredible momentum of the climate movement could have sputtered out. But instead, the opposite happened.
Marches with hundreds of thousands of attendees evolved into online events with millions of viewers worldwide, effectively keeping the movement, well, moving.
Take Earth Day Live: a 50th anniversary celebration of Earth Day.
This three-day livestream from April 22–24, which Climate Reality and Climate Reality's founder and chairman, former US Vice President Al Gore proudly participated in, is now recognized as the largest online mass mobilization in history.
Similarly, TED Countdown (which Climate Reality and Vice President Gore also participated in!) inspired and informed millions of viewers worldwide.
It's not just views that count, though. This year has also seen continued action.
In July, for example, Climate Reality supporters sent nearly 40,000 comments to Congress demanding that the EPA stop giving fossil fuels a free pass to pollute during the pandemic. Today, we're proud to say EPA backed down.
This year, the climate movement remained a force to be reckoned with — even with the need for social distancing.
3. FINANCE IS WAKING UP TO CLIMATE
Increasingly, investors are recognizing the risks that fossil fuels pose to people, economies, and our entire planet. And in 2020, their actions clearly reflected it:
Over the past year, six of the largest banks in the US — Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America —pledged to end funding for new oil drilling and exploration projects in the Arctic.
Just this December, the Federal Reserve — the central bank of the United States — officially joined the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System: a group of central banks and regulators figuring out how to account for environmental and climate risk in the financial sector.
Also this December, the $226 billion New York State pension fund announced it will be divesting from fossil fuel companies unwilling and unprepared to align with the Paris Agreement!
The pattern is clear: investors of all sizes are finally starting to put their money to work for good.
4. THE WORK OF CLIMATE REALITY LEADERS
One of our biggest sources of hope this year? The dedicated advocacy of Climate Reality Leader activists worldwide.
Really though, their results a speak for themselves:
This year the Los Angeles Community College District – the largest community college network in the country – committed to eliminate carbon-based electricity consumption by 2030 and replace all other carbon-based energy use with clean, renewable energy sources by 2040. This was thanks, in large part, to the dedication of a team of Climate Reality Leaders in the Los Angeles area.
The aforementioned New York State pension fund divesting billions of dollars from fossil fuels? We're proud to share that Climate Reality Leaders worked with the DivestNY campaign to make that accomplishment a reality.
Beyond that, we're given hope by the fact that this year, by taking our signature in-person activist trainings and making them virtual, we could help equip and empower a record-breaking 9,710 new Climate Reality Leaders from 174 countries to take the climate fight forward! These passionate individuals are already advocating for the future of our planet all around the world.
5. A TURNING POINT FOR RACIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Tragedy after tragedy this year brought unprecedented attention to systemic racism in the US.
Simultaneously, the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on low-income and minority communities laid bare the country's legacy of environmental injustice like never before.
Together, these crises have shown what racial and environmental injustice look like and the country no longer has the option of continuing to turn a blind eye.
Today, we find hope in believing that 2020 won't just be a wakeup call on racial and environmental injustice, but also be a turning point — one toward a truly just and sustainable future.
6. CITIES ARE RISING TO THE CHALLENGE
Cities consume over two-thirds of the world's energy and account for more than 70 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. As such, their support for bold climate solutions is pivotal.
Fortunately, we're seeing that support translate into real action around the world.
In the US, take Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, for example. These and 167 other US cities have made public commitments to transition to 100 percent renewable energy. That's 170 of the largest sources of the country's carbon emissions working proactively toward a sustainable future.
And as the cities working together as the C40 coalition demonstrates, the same is true worldwide.
In 2020, this group of global megacities — think London, Beijing, and Lagos, to name a few — released the C40 Mayors' Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery: a response to the COVID pandemic that focused on investment in green jobs in cities and calling on national governments and institutions to prioritize clean energy investment and public transit as part of recovery plans.
7. RENEWABLE ENERGY MAKING LEAPS AND BOUNDS
A global transition to a decarbonized, clean energy economy is essential to solving the climate crisis. And beyond that, fossil fuel pollution takes a significant toll on human health — too often, disproportionately that of frontline and minority communities.
That's why the following developments in the price of renewables give us hope for a healthier, more sustainable future:
Over the past decade, the cost of solar panels has fallen by 89 percent. So much that this year the International Energy Agency called solar power "the cheapest source of electricity in history."
Similarly, the cost of onshore wind turbines fell 59 percent over the past decade.
The impact of these decreasing prices is already clear:
Since 2010, global wind power capacity has grown more than threefold. And since 2009, global solar electricity production has grown more than tenfold.
This year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that almost 90 percent of all new electricity capacity worldwide will be from clean, emissions-free energy.
The future of renewables like wind and solar is looking brighter than ever.
8. AN ELECTRIC FUTURE
According to data from Climate Watch and the World Resources Institute, in 2016, transportation accounted for 16.2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
What's more, transportation emits the most greenhouse gases of any sector in the US, accounting for almost 28.5 percent of emissions.
Fortunately, electric vehicles (EVs) can reduce that carbon footprint, all while tackling harmful air pollution. And fortunately, things are looking up for this thriving mode of transportation:
The cost of batteries for EVs has dropped by 89% over the past decade, allowing them to closely rival the cost of comparable internal combustion vehicles.
Passenger EV sales jumped from 450,000 in 2015 to 2.1 million in 2019. This trend is only expected to continue as the biggest auto manufacturers in the world (think Ford, Nissan, and Volkswagen, to name a few) continue investing billions to develop their own EV models.
In fact, projections show that over half of all passenger vehicles sold will be electric by 2040.
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