Gregory Grice, a 16 year old railfan, was detained by police in White Plains, NY early in June. Apparently someone called the police and reported him "kneeling with a device". He was actually taking pictures of trains at a public crossing. Four? police agencies responded.
He was questioned at the scene and then taken to a MTA police department building, where he was detained and finally released. He accidentally recorded most of the ordeal and a segment can be heard below.
He was eventually charged with a variant of trespassing and he has a summons to appear in court.
The response seems extreme for a kid near the tracks!
I'm glad he recorded what he did! I can't believe what they put him through. I can see maybe the trespassing charge cause it can be hard to tell what is railroad property sometimes. But they way they spoke to him and hand cuffed him, that was excessive!
If I was detained for all the time I spent at the tracks at that age, I'd be serving 8 concurrent life sentences right now.
Definitely excessive, Dave. I agree that he could maybe have been trespassing.. some railfans seem to think they can wander anywhere.. but this was ridiculous.
I don't know what's going on with the double postings. I removed a couple of duplicate comments.
Sorry about the double post. When I first wrote I had to enter my Google account info and it looked like it lost my comment so I wrote another. I'll have to remember that it worked.
I have only had one issue, it was in Regina at CN Warrell Yard. I was photographing the new power that was heading to Last Mountain Railroad and the CNR Police came up and gave me a $2000 fine. After some talk, I learned he is railfan too, and he ripped up the ticket. I usually ask for permission. That one time I didn't.
Good thing you had the ticket ripped up, Paul. I know you want to get "the shot" but trespassing isn't worth it!


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We are a research lab, working on funded research, and discovering things that were not previous known.

Here are the lab rules.

### Tolerance

 * The lab is informal; everyone is different.
 * I have a zero-tolerance policy on discrimination.
 * If you feel uncomfortable in the lab for any reason, tell me.
 * If you can not talk to me, then talk to the center director, Perry Alexander.

### Crunch Times and Lab Cycles

 * Much of our work is done during the summer, when we work full time, and breaks.
 * Things are intended to balance out to your assigned percentage.
 * Right before paper and proposal deadlines are busy times.
 * We tend to get less done during exam week, and big classwork deliverables.

### Deadlines

 * Any paper or proposal needs to be in draft form 7 days before the deadline,
   and a submittable form 2 days before the deadline.
 * We use a lab-public list of TODOs on the final days of a submission, called our landing plan.

### Lab Hours

 * The majority of your work should be done in the lab.
 * Right before a deadline, you can work where ever you need to get things done,
   as long as you are accessible and productive.
 * Generally, you should try be in the lab when possible, and it
   be the center of your campus operations, in the same way a professor
   has an office as their center of operations.

### Adults

 * I treat students as adults. You are responsible for your results,
   deliverables, and managing your time.

### Assessments

 * I value *results*, not effort. I am also assess by my peers, and my
   University, on results.
 * If you ask me how you are doing, then I will tell you.
 * A professor's job is giving positive *and* negative assessments
   about your results.

### Equipment

 * I will provide you a desk and a computer in the lab in ITTC,
   if you ask for it.
 * All funded students will get a desk and a computer.
 * If there are issues, ITTC help (help@ittc.ku.edu)
   are fantastic at fixing things. Please ask them for help.
 * If you want to use your own equipment, for example a personal
   laptop, then I'm fine with this.
 * If your personal laptop, home computer,car, etc, breaks,
   then it is your responsibility, in your own time, to fix it,
   if you choose to do so.
 * KU, NSF and DARPA do not provide/fund laptops to students.
   This is the reality in the ground.
   This rule came into play, much like the rules on this page, because
   someone misused the original policy.

### Github

 * We do most of our work in the open on github, (<http://github.com/ku-fpg>).
 * We check in early and often. Draft of code, or text is just fine.
 * Work is not done until it is checked in.
 * We work in private repos for proposals and papers, which are lab-confidential.

### Reporting

 * *All* students must send me a weekly status report, via email,
   before start of business on Monday.
 * If you do not send me one, I will assume that nothing was done that week.
   (Which might be okay, it might not)
 * We are transitioning to Basecamp; status can be recorded there instead.

### The 20% Rule

 * If you are managing your time well, I support spending a small but
   significant part of your time on a side project or pet project. If
   you have a half-time student, this would be approximate one morning
   a week.
 * Working on a side project is not a reason for not meeting deadlines,
   or not making deliverables.
 * This project falls under the same IP rules as other assigned projects.
 * One such side project that I did when I was a graduate student was
   [Happy](https://www.haskell.org/happy/), jointly with Simon Marlow.
 * Another side project, by Andrew Farmer, is
   [Scotty](https://github.com/scotty-web/scotty/wiki).

### Funded Students

Funded students are under additional rules.

 * If you are are a GRA, the you typically work 1/2 time. I expect 20 hours of work, on average, every week.


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The air conditioning receiver drier, sometimes referred to as the filter drier, functions just as its name would indicate: as the filter for the refrigerant system. These "filters" are cylindrical in shape and always have an inlet and an outlet. Receiver driers are always used on A/C systems which also have an expansion valve. When locating your receiver drier, you'll find that they look similar to a metal tube or can, and will always be found on the high side of the refrigerant system, usually between the expansion valve inlet and the condenser outlet. Many later-model vehicles have the receiver drier built into or on the condenser assembly. Most of the time, when directly attached, the desiccant bag is replaceable by itself.
Many vehicles have what is also referred to as an air conditioning accumulator. Although the function of an A/C accumulator is very similar to that of a receiver drier, it is typically much larger and is on the low-pressure side of the refrigerant system.
Accumulators and driers always have a desiccant bag inside. The desiccant bag, normally activated by moisture (oil and refrigerant), absorbs H2O (water) and traps debris. Once activated, it will trap any water in the system. When an A/C system is opened, the natural humidity in the air enters the A/C system, and the desiccant bag can immediately become completely saturated and be rendered ineffective. If the desiccant bag cannot absorb any additional moisture that remains in the system, a chemical reaction between water and refrigerant can create an acid that will eventually eat though seals and o-rings throughout the air conditioning system. For this reason, it is important that the accumulator or receiver drier be replaced any time the A/C system is opened to the atmosphere.
One of our favorite analogies we use to help consumers understand why it is important to change out the receiver drier and/or accumulator is the engine oil example. When visiting your local repair shop to get an oil change, you always replace the oil filter to complement the new oil added to your engine. The same holds true for the automotive refrigerant system. When performing any job where the Freon is evacuated and the system is opened up, it is imperative to replace the drier/accumulator along with any faulty parts. Doing so also ensures you preserve your warranty.
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Risk & Performance Management Department
Our team is responsible for the independent assessment, measurement, monitoring, and reporting of GIC's market, credit, and operational risk profiles.
We work collaboratively across teams to help guard against blind spots and ensure that all relevant risks are considered and duly addressed.
We partner and work closely with the risk-taking teams. Playing the role of a second line of defence to the primary risk-taking units, we provide "checks and balances" through day-to-day risk oversight, giving an independent challenge, and a well-rounded perspective of risk at the enterprise level.
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ATC completes two grid projects in eastern Upper Peninsula
Posted on October 8th, 2014 10/8/14
High-voltage direct-current device, rebuilt lines improve reliability, operations
DE PERE, Wis. – American Transmission Co. has improved the reliability of the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula with the completion of two projects in the St. Ignace, Michigan, area.
A new high voltage, direct-current flow control device and associated substation also were placed into commercial operation in late summer. The innovative device allows operators to better manage the flow of power into and out of the Upper Peninsula, strengthening local-area electric reliability. The project was built by ABB, an international power and technology group. The facilities are located in Moran Township, just north of U.S. Highway 2 west of St. Ignace. The project also was completed slightly under budget at a cost of $125 million.
"The HVDC device helped us avoid two near-certain outages since it began operation," said Paul Roehr, director of operations for ATC. Previously, the transmission facilities in the eastern U.P. were tied to Lower Michigan, and the western U.P. facilities to northern Wisconsin. The U.P. facilities were separated at a substation near Engadine because the system could not support the flow of power across the width of the peninsula. The HVDC device now provides the support to connect the two regions.
"An unplanned outage on transmission facilities in northern Wisconsin almost surely would have caused customers in the U.P. to lose service, but the HVDC device provided system support, maintaining reliability by allowing a continuous flow of power," Roehr said. "In one of those instances, some customers in northern Wisconsin also would have been affected."
Two 69,000-volt transmission lines that were built in the 1930s between St. Ignace and Rudyard also have been upgraded in a construction project that began in late 2012. The new lines are built to 138,000-volt standards, but continue to be operated at 69-kV. They operate more efficiently, reducing energy losses on the system and lowering operating and maintenance costs. They also provide more flexibility in routing power in the area. The project was completed slightly under budget at a cost of $43 million.
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When it comes to drones, DJI is one brand that immediately comes to mind. And DJI has now launched its first mini drone, Spark.
Weighing in at just 300 gms, DJI Spark is really small and comes equipped with a 12-megapixel camera, which is capable of shooting videos at 1080p and even has a 2-aixs mechanical gimble and UltraSmooth technology to ensure you get smooth videos and blur free photos!
Priced at US$ 499 for the retail package consisting of DJI Spark, a battery, a USB charger and three pairs of propellers or US$ 699 Spark Combo package containing Spark, two batteries, four pairs of propellers, a remote controller, propeller guards, a charging hub, a shoulder bag and all necessary cables, DJI Spark is not only compact, it is relatively cheap as well.
However, what makes DJI Spark special is the fact that it is positioned more as a flying camera than a drone with a camera! With plenty of automation, it will let you concentrate on getting your photo and video taken through it, rather than flying and positioning it. Sort of like a flying selfie stick, only a bit expensive and with dramatic reach :D.
DJI Spark has a 1,480 mAh battery, which has a rated flight time of 16 minutes (no wind at a consistent 20 kph) and max speed of 50 kph in sports mode (without the wind).
DJI Spark is available for preorder at Amazon US and will start shipping in mid-June.
Sadly Indian buyers will have to privately import it and with government policies making it hard to legally buy and fly drones in India, it will likely remain a dream for many, except the really enthusiastic.


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Priscilla Schwartz is a Sierra Leonean lawyer, the first woman to serve as Attorney General and Minister of Justice (2018–2020) in Sierra Leone.

Early life and education
Schwartz was born Priscilla Fofana. She graduated from Fourah Bay College with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws. She obtained a Master of Laws from Kings College, University of London and her juris doctor at Queen Mary, University of London.

Career

Politics

On 11 June 2018 Schwartz became the first woman in the history of Sierra Leone to be appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice. She was handpicked by President Julius Maada Bio to replace Charles Margai.

From 1996 to 2006, she was State Counsel and Special Assistant to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice in Sierra  Leone. She advised on energy, telecommunications as well as petroleum and mineral mining. Schwartz played a key role in organizing the UN Special Court for Sierra  Leone and Security Council visit.

Academia

Schwartz was a law professor at the University of Leicester from 2007–2012. From 2008 until 2011, she was a senior lecturer at her alma mater Queen Mary, University of London. She also lectured at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London from 2011 until 2013. Before her appointment as Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, she was a senior lecturer and the Director of the Energy and Natural Resources  Law  Programme, at the College of Professional Services,  Royal  Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London, United  Kingdom from 2012 to 2018.

Schwartz's research is widely published in international business law and economic development journals.

Law

Schwartz is called to the bar in Sierra Leone.  She is a barrister and solicitor at the Sierra Leone Supreme Court. Her specialities are energy law, natural resource law, international investment law, international finance law, international trade law, corporate governance, social responsibility and environmental law. She has advised governments and international companies operating in developing countries.

Selected publications
 Energy  Resources   Financing (2018)
 Powe ring the Right to Development: Sustainable Energy in a Changing Climate (2016)
 Capitalism,   International   Investment   Law   and   the Development Conundrum (2014)
 Public-Private Partnerships and Government Services in the least Developed  Countries  (2013)
 Trade  and  Development  Partnerships (2010)
 Sustainable Energy Infrastructure: Law and Policy (2009)
 Sustainable Development and Mining in Sierra Leone (2006)

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Alumni of the University of London
Attorneys-general of Sierra Leone
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Living people
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Sierra Leone People's Party politicians
21st-century Sierra Leonean women politicians
21st-century Sierra Leonean politicians
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Posted on September 27, 2006 by Bob Strauss
A recent study by Kagan Research makes the case for "The Da Vinci Code" as a more profitable summer blockbuster than "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
Even though "Pirates," with nearly $420 million in domestic grosses, currently rests in sixth place on that all-time boxoffice chart, while "Da Vinci," at $217.5 million, isn't even in the top 50.
Has to do with "Pirates'" higher production and prmotional costs, don't you know (even though a lot of that $75 million budget differential may have gone toward making the next POTC movie, which was mostly filmed simultaneously with "Dead Man's Chest"). Regardless, "POTC: DMC" is going to make oceans of a lot more money than "Da Vinci," but that's not the impression many unquestioning reports on this particular survey leave.
But funny ways of calculating are a Hollywood tradition, so so what? In fact, I'd like to do some whacky number crunching on these films myself.
"Pirates'" international gross, so far, is nearly 60% of its impressive, $1.045 billion worldwide total. "Da Vinci's" foreign gross is more than a whopping 71% of its really-good-for-a-botched-movie $753 million planetary gross. That means that, percentage-wise, a lot more people who don't understand English liked the tedious bestseller adaptation than did those who could understand its original dialogue.
While I've spoken to some people who've complained about "Dead Man's Chest" being too long or convoluted or frivolous, most will eventually admit that there's a lot of fun stuff in there. The best I've heard about "Da Vinci" has been along the lines of "it wasn't as good as the book, but it wasn't that bad." And I've heard from many, many more viewers who agree with me that it totally missed the entertainment mark.
But "Da Vinci's" studio has been trumpeting how well it's been doing since May, especially overseas. And it has, in a sheer, pre-sold commodity way. But think how much better it might have done in English-speaking territories if they had bothered to make a better movie. It might actually be challenging "Pirates'" numbers, not depending on goofy calculus to appear like it is.
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Beautiful sprawling farm located east of route one with R-2 Zoning in the City of Milford. Great location for a major development. Very close to the new "Bayhealth Complex" and the historical downtown Milford. Lots of opportunities for a builder or developer.
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My Team and I want to push motorcycle thrill shows to new limits all over the world! With our all new Harley Jump program my team and I set out to break world records and thrill crowds of all sizes! With well over 30 stops last season, we performed 8 ramp-to-ramp jumps from coast to coast! This season we have set out to break records and hit 20 stops with our jump program.
The first priority at all of our shows is safety. Our extensive preparation allows us to put on the most thrilling motorcycle stunt shows without cause for concern. We have a perfect streak of success as of today and don't intend on breaking that streak any time soon!
Cole Freeman of Saint Louis Missouri travels the world thrilling spectators like a legend from the past. His adrenaline fueled, fast paced riding style is taking the sport to a new level. Many of the stunts that Cole dares to attempt have never been tried and most of them, for good reason. In the most recent feat Cole jumped a Harley-Davidson Road Glide Ninety Nine Feet Ten Inches shattering his ramps, bike and the record. Cole is on a mission to keep the industry thriving through extreme entertainment while paying homage to his childhood hero Evel Knievel.


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James M. Dickson is the Chair of Empire Company Limited. He is counsel to the law firm of Stewart McKelvey, with over 25 years of experience practicing primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and securities prior to his retirement from the partnership in 2016. Mr. Dickson serves as a director of Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated, is Chair of the Board of Regents of Mount Allison University, and past Chair of the IWK Health Centre Foundation. Mr. Dickson holds a Certificate in Engineering from Mount Allison University, a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calgary. He is a professional engineer and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2010.
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The formation of a constitutional committee for Syria has been billed as a sign of hope for the country's long-suffering people, the people whose hopes for peace have been dashed too many times throughout this eight-year conflict. Is there a reason to believe that this time around, things will be different? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy, former deputy special envoy of the UN secretary-general for Syria. He took part as an expert in the 16th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club this year.
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The Blink-182 drummer and the 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' alum wear the costumes when stepping out in Malibu for the NoCap x Travis Barker House of Horrors concert.
AceShowbiz –Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian pulled out all the stops for Halloween. The Blink-182 drummer and the Poosh founder, who got engaged nearly one week ago, made an impression as they dressed up as late Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his gilfriend, Nancy Spungen.
The 45-year-old musician and the former "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star wore the costumes when they stepped out in Malibu for the NoCap x Travis Barker House of Horrors concert on Tuesday, October 19. The twosome finally shared pictures of their look on Friday on their respective Instagram accounts.
"till death do us part," the mother of three wrote in the accompaniment of the post. Meanwhile, Travis offered a different caption as he noted, "Throw away the key."
When channeling Sid, the father of two wore a spiky black wig, a leather jacket and pants that he paired with a studded belt. His reality TV star fiancee, on the other hand, sported a curly blond wig with a see-through mesh shirt, black bra as well as leather pants.
This arrived after Kourtney and Travis got engaged on Sunday, October 17. The ex-husband of Shanna Moakler popped the big question at Rosewood Miramar Hotel in Montecito, California. When confirming the engagement, the daughter of Kris Jenner shared two snaps from the special day on Instagram and captioned the post, "forever @travisbarker."
Later on Wednesday, Kourtney treated her online devotees to more pictures from the proposal. In one of the snaps, which were posted on Instagram, the lovebirds could be seen smiling ear-to-ear as they embraced each other after she said "yes."
In another photo, the older sister of Kim Kardashian was seen kissing her new fiance as he got down on his knee. "I woke up all night thinking it was a dream," so she captioned the sweet post.
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The House Republican leadership had to pull a seemingly innocuous spending bill from the House floor on Thursday after it became mired in controversy over whether the National Park Service could allow the Confederate flag to be displayed in federal cemeteries.
The controversy began Wednesday night after Rep. Ken Calvert, R-California, offered an amendment to the Interior Department spending bill, which would have ensured the Confederate flag could be displayed on the gravesites of Confederate soldiers buried in federal cemeteries. Just a day earlier, the House of Representatives agreed to ban the practice by adopting a Democratic amendment to do so, seemingly without objection.
"This was an attempt to codify the Obama Administration's own directive to our national cemeteries and it is unfortunate that it has devolved into a political battle. It is our hope that we can have a thoughtful discussion on this matter that is free of politics," a GOP leadership aide said after the bill was pulled.
During his weekly press conference on Thursday morning, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, "I want members on both sides of the aisle to sit down and have a conversation about how to deal with what has frankly become a very thorny issue."
Asked whether he believed the Confederate flag should be displayed in federal cemeteries, Boehner said, "No."
In a statement, Calvert said the amendment was brought to him by the House GOP leadership at the request of "some southern Members of the Republican caucus" in order to codify existing National Park Service policy set by the Obama administration that bans the sale and display of the Confederate flag on National Park Service properties -- except when it is in a historical or educational context.
"To be clear, I wholeheartedly support the Park Service's prohibitions regarding the Confederate flag and the amendment did nothing to change these prohibitions," he said. "Looking back, I regret not conferring with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, especially my Ranking Member Betty McCollum, prior to offering the Leadership's amendment and fully explaining its intent given the strong feelings Members of the House feel regarding this important and sensitive issue."
McCollum, a Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, was quick to criticize the amendment Wednesday night after Calvert introduced it.
"After the murder of nine black parishioners, I never thought that the U.S. House of Representatives would join those who would want to see this flag flown," she said, in reference to the shooting at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina last month. "I strongly urge every member to stand with the citizens of all races and to remove this symbol of hatred from our National Park Service."
She also called the amendment "shameful" in a tweet.
GOP amendment just offered to lift ban on selling Confederate flags in National Parks. GOP support for symbol of racism&hate is shameful.
Calvert's amendment, which he offered with little commentary, would ban funds from being used to prohibit the display of the U.S. flag, POW/MIA flag or "the decoration of graves with flags." The decoration refers to a an order the National Park Service (NPS) director adopted in 2010 that permits a sponsoring group to decorate the graves of Confederate veterans with small Confederate flags in states that celebrate a Confederate Memorial Day. The flags are supposed to be placed and removed as soon as possible after the day is over at no cost to the NPS.
The amendment, Calvert says, would also codify a June 24 NPS memorandum that requests its third-party concessionaires to voluntarily stop selling items that show the Confederate flag as a standalone feature, especially on items like t-shirts that can be worn. The memo also said Confederate flags should not be flown inside National Park System sites, except where it would would provide historical context.
Calvert's amendment would have reversed an amendment from Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, that would ban NPS from allowing groups to place Confederate flags in federal cemeteries, no matter the circumstance. It had been adopted about a day earlier with seemingly no objection.
The issue with that amendment, Calvert said in his statement, was that it did not maintain exceptions for displays in a historical and educational context.
"The intent of the Leadership's amendment was to clear up any confusion and maintain the Obama administration's policies with respect to those historical and educational exceptions," he said.
Calvert said that was not a problem with another amendment from Huffman that would have banned NPS from contracting with concessionaires who sell items depicting the Confederate flag, nor was it a problem with an amendment from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, that bans NPS from using federal funds to purchase or display the confederate flag, "with exception of specific circumstances where flags provide historical context."
In the early hours of Thursday, the South Carolina House of Representatives approved a bill removing the Confederate flag from state Capitol Grounds after more than 13 hours of contentious debate.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest compared the House Republicans to the South Carolina lawmakers in his briefing Thursday, saying the values of Republicans in Congress "lie elsewhere."
"These are the same House Republicans who voted for a party leader who once described himself as once described himself as, 'David Duke without the baggage.' These are the same Congressional Republicans who have declined to criticize the race-baiting rhetoric of a leading Republican presidential candidate. That's to say nothing of the Senate Republican who saluted that candidate," Earnest said. "So when you hear me say that Congressional Republicans have an agenda that is out of step with the vast majority of Americans, this record, at least in part, is what I'm referring to."


Just hooked up a DisplayTech 64128G (same display as used on the DB101, except this one has no RGB backlight, just white).
It has annoying vertical stripes of reduced 'brightness' when viewed from the side; it's ok when looked at straight on. Seems some kind of capacitive crosstalk/regulation/too weak drivers problem areas that are bigger than a single pixel.
Definitely not a defective glass, the annoying columns simply shift along when the picture is moved horizontally.
I have seen the same phenomenon on a 64*128 pixels GLCD. The more expensive (and different brand) 128*128 doesn't suffer from this.
Could either one of you provide me a link where I can purchase the screens? I have a big intrest in the RGB backlight.
Displaytech is distributed by RS Components.
Jim, my displays come from the guy who runs ledsee.com. But no RGB backlight on any of them. Sorry mate.
I have some 128X64 GLCD's with a backlight (Not the DisplayTech). I'd be happy to send you one if that would suffice. If interested, PM me with your shipping info.
On the black stripes that is usually due to insufficient power decoupling, add more!
I already tried that ;) And the display only consumes 12uA or so :?
I used ceramic 1uF capacitors for both the voltage booster and the resistor divider network pins and they are soldered practically right onto the pins.
I've used the Displaytech 64128E (not G) and had a similar effect; on my displays (RS supplied) the LCD is supplied soldered to a carrier with the bias voltages on-board and it just needs the processor to talk to the controller chip. It displays a similar effect and I think you're right; it looks as if the power supply for the bias generator can't quite hack it. The contrast of the image can improve it a little, I find, and the addition of a large cap on the power supply to the board may be helpful.
We no longer offer the S64128G used on the AVR board due to the Samsung S6B1713 driver IC going obsolete in October. The new part number is S64128K and the parts can be found at www.displaytech-us.com under the RGB section. This new K part is a mechanical fdrop in replacement. Also, all Displaytech RGB parts (9 in total) are available through Mouser.
Thanks Mike; the G a lovely display - is the K software compatible? It looks to be using a family member controller chip.
As a request from an often-frustrated user - it would be *very* much appreciated if displays had available demonstration code, particularly to initialise them. It's not often clear - particularly for devices with software contrast control - where useful settings are to start. The driver chip docs can tell you *how* to do, but rarely tell you *what* to do.


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Hawker Reload: The social obligation of architecture
The winner of the INDE.Awards 2019 Influencer category (partnered by Careers Indesign) exemplifies the massive impact that a socially-minded vision can have.
BY Narelle Yabuka
Tags: Hawker Reload, hong kong, hong kong design, INDE, INDE 2019, INDE.Awards 2019, social design, social sustainability
Spend some time chatting with Manfred Yuen, the co-founder of Hong Kong- and Shenzhen-based Groundwork Architects + Associates, and you'll soon have a sense of the breadth of perspective he brings to his practice of architecture.
"I feel that Groundwork is a social mission," he says when we speak in his Hong Kong studio. "We're not a traditional company." He describes the commercial, education, cultural and research work carried out by Groundwork, and talks about the economic inequality that shapes the lives of Hong Kongers. "As architects, we have social obligations," he says.
It's little surprise, therefore, that the threat of eradication of the city's street markets drove him and a team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (where he was teaching at the time, alongside his practice) to action, resulting in an impressive government turnaround.
'Hawker Reload: Hong Kong Street Market Urban Design and Hawker Stall Implementation' was a multi-year research and implementation project that saved over 4,036 hawker stalls and 63 street markets in Hong Kong.
The back story is a sad one. One evening in November 2011, a fire broke out at Fa Yuen Street – one of Hong Kong's most prominent street markets – and claimed nine lives. Instead of moving to improve the fire integrity of the hawker stalls, the Hong Kong Government contemplated eradicating all street markets.
Hong Kong street markets (each coloured green and sized 120 x 90 x 210cm) are a 'must-see' for tourists and the basis of livelihood for many. The thought of eradicating them for sanitary and/or fire integrity was beyond Yuen's comprehension. The university assessed the situation and pulled together a cross-departmental research team – including Yuen – to investigate.
"During 120 years of colonial rule, none of the governmental/policy-writing projects ever consulted the public in Hong Kong for public opinion," says Yuen. "We were the first to introduce public engagement as part of our design brief formulation. We interviewed 223 hawkers over 8 months, just to understand their needs. We were stationed at the street market for weeks so the hawkers could express their views."
Manfred Yuen interviewing hawkers
The insights gathered led to the development of a flexible stall design that would be easily managed by an older person. As it turns out, 70 per sent of the hawker stall owners are over 65 years of age. The simple design – cheap to implement – was developed with 1.5mm-thick galvanised steel, which, says Yuen, was the best material candidate for providing one hour of fire integrity. Fire tests were carried out as part of the research, and the assumption was that an hour would be an adequate window for the arrival of a fire truck.
Not only did the team manage to salvage all street markets in Hong Kong; it also persuaded the Government to create a 3-million USD fund to be distributed among the 4,036 hawkers, so that they may improve their stalls according to the standards prescribed – such that the fire integrity, electrical safety performance and user friendliness may all improve.
"An unprecedented intervention that saved Hong Kong's street markets"
– INDE.Awards 2019 Jury
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Photography: Groundwork Architects + Associates and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Ucuma é uma cidade e município da província do Huambo, em Angola.

Tem 1 600 km² e cerca de 72 mil habitantes. É limitado a norte pelo município do Londuimbale, a leste pelos municípios de Ecunha e Longonjo, a sul e a oeste pelo município da Ganda e a oeste pelo município de Chinjenje.

O município é constituído pela comuna-sede, correspondente à cidade de Ucuma, e pelas comunas de Cacoma e Mundundo.

A Fundação Troufa Real—UKUMA tem em Ucama a sua sede, em homenagem a todas as mães angolanas. José Deodoro Troufa Real, presidente da fundação escolheu Ucuma como sede por ser onde nasceu a sua mãe, Elvira Gracinda Carmelinda Vaz Faria Troufa Real. A fundação tem delegações em Luanda e em outras cidades de países tropicais.

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Odontoperla schneiderae is een steenvlieg uit de familie Gripopterygidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1982 door Theischinger als Dinotoperla schneiderae.

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The aim of this policy is to ensure that all packed lunches brought from home and consumed in school (or on school trips) provide pupils with a healthy, balanced and nutritious lunch. We also want to ensure consistency between school meals and packed lunches.
The policy has been written after consultation of national and local guidance (including The Health & Wellbeing Service, Leeds Catering Agency, School Food Standards and School Food Trust). We have also liaised with our Parent Forum, catering staff and the School Food Ambassadors through the School Council to improve school dinners in conjunction with packed lunches.
We acknowledged that some special diets may not allow lunchboxes to strictly adhere to this policy. The school will work with families to ensure that lunchboxes are as healthy and nutritious as possible and will agree alternatives where this is a possibility.
Our catering service is committed to meeting the dietary needs of all children so we would encourage pupils to eat a school meal if the packed lunch policy does not support their needs. Please inform the school of any dietary requirements in writing supported by a letter from the GP where possible.
As some children in school have nut allergies, we would ask that parents refrain from including nuts or peanut butter in lunches. Children will also be discouraged from swapping items from their lunchboxes.
Encourage children to eat healthily and try different foods as part of a whole school approach in the curriculum.
Provide facilities to store packed lunch boxes.
Facilitate appropriate dining hall arrangements where children can sit in their social groups regardless of the catering they choose.
Provide free, fresh drinking water.
Celebrate good food swaps, children trying new foods and lunchboxes that are healthy and nutritious.
Review the policy on a yearly basis through School Council, Parent Forum and Governors.
Provide a named packed lunch container (with ice packs if they are needed during the warmer months).
Follow the guidelines of this policy and ensure their child is encouraged to try new foods at home.
Discuss any specific needs here at school where we can offer guidance and support.
Ensure that 'treats' (crisps, biscuits etc) are only sent into school on a Friday.


Bridgeport, CT - The Providence Bruins fell to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers Tuesday morning 3-2, missing out on a chance to clinch a spot in the 2018 Calder Cup Playoffs. The P-Bruins got goals from Adam Payerl and Colton Hargrove while Dan Vladar made his 4th start of the season in net. Their magic number remains a four.
The opening 20 minutes were scoreless, but weren't without excitement. Each side missed a power play in the opening six minutes but picked up their offense after that. Vladar made 15 first period saves with his best one absolutely robbing Casey Bailey alone in front. Off a centering pass to create room for Bailey, Vladar made a great glove stop to steal a goal away from him and keep things scoreless. Anton Blidh had Providence's best look of the first on a breakaway, but he slid the puck just wide through the five hole of Eamon McAdam and the teams headed to the locker room with no score.
The P-Bruins took advantage of a poor play by McAdam midway through the second period to take a 1-0 lead. Hargrove and Payerl started a 2-on-2 up ice that did not look like it was going to be a great scoring chance, but Hargrove put a shot on McAdam that should have been covered up. Instead, the Bridgeport goalie mishandled the puck in the crease and Payerl made him pay by scoring his eighth goal of the season to give Providence the lead. However, a power play goal by Bailey at 14:11 tied things up into the second intermission 1-1.
The Sound Tigers took their first lead of the game two minutes into the final period as Connor Jones got a fortunate bounce of a P-Bruin skate. His centering pass went in off a defender's skate for his third goal of the season as Bridgeport grabbed a 2-1 lead. At 6:12, Providence tied the game again 2-2 with Hargrove and Payerl setting up another goal. After Trent Frederic won the face off to Hargrove at the half boards, Hargrove fired a wrister on McAdam. Payerl set a screen in front and the puck found the back of the net for a career-high 15th goal of the season for Hargrove. However, Travis St. Denis netted a power play goal at 10:15 off a nice pass from Josh Ho-Sang for his 23rd goal of the season as Bridgeport came away with a 3-2 win.
Vladar stopped 31 of 34 shots while McAdam stopped 23 of 25. Providence was 0-1 on the power play and 3-5 on the penalty kill. The P-Bruins are back in action Friday at the Dunk when they welcome the Hartford Wolf Pack to town for a 7:05pm face-off. They could clinch a postseason berth with a win and a regulation loss by Bridgeport that night.


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Municipal Board cleans up Bandar
By Azaraimy HH & Hj Minor Absah
More than 200 officers and staff from the Municipal Board took part in a city cleaning campaign on Sunday.
The campaign was organised to preserve and maintain the beauty and cleanliness of Bandar Seri Begawan. It was also to answer a call by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam to maintain cleanliness.
The cleaning campaign was also held as early preparations for the upcoming celebration of His Majesty's 60th birthday. The activity will be held on a continuous basis as a way for the Municipal Board to preserve and maintain the beauty of the capital.
Also taking part in the campaign was Acting Chairman of the Bandar Seri Begawan Municipal Board, Haji Nairol Anawar. - Borneo Bulletin (27th June 2006)


For week ending Jan. 18. Nonferrous metal prices all rose last week, with support lines holding, and overhead resistance either being tested, or already broken.
And that pretty much sums up the markets for us at right now.
Last week it was observed that metals were looking a bit better, but our confidence was tampered with caution.
The thing that has us increasingly confused is the deteriorating state of political and economic affairs, that for whatever reason, markets seem to be ignoring.
We take that view to a higher level now, as nonferrous metal prices all rose last week, with support lines holding, and overhead resistance either being tested, or already broken.
And at the risk of repetition, again, and again, already low inventories continue declining, thereby providing fundamental support to the improving technical picture.
But the thing that has us increasingly confused is the deteriorating state of political and economic affairs, that for whatever reason, markets seem to be ignoring.
As a point of reference, just a few of the obvious factors: The US government has been shut down for about a month now, and last week, John Williams, president of the New York Federal Reserve warned "that it is hitting our economic growth".
In Europe, the Brexit situation has moved into the 'Twilight Zone', and the clock is ticking on a very uncertain outcome. The news from China points toward further weakness, despite a record $83 billion being injected to boost their economy, and no substantive progress has been made on trade talks.
Nevertheless, global equity markets are rising, and not in a small way. Since the year began, the S&P 500 is up 6.5%; the Shanghai Composite has climbed 4.1%; Germany +6.1%; Japan +3.3%, and Brazil is up 9.3%.
Further, The Copper Journal's BRIC Index has risen to a record high, and it is a pretty good indicator on the direction of copper prices. If you would like a copy, just send us a note.
So, as we said last week, and the week before, we remain cautiously optimistic.
One last thing – the January / March back in copper on Comex widened to 2.20¢ on Friday from 75 points last week, and along with rising prices, open interest has risen by about 30,000 contracts since the month began.


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Q: Is there a way to get browser information, including version number, from a background script? I want current platform information about the browser from a background script.
Firefox has a runtime.getBrowserInfo function that specifies a key version.
Short of having to import a package or to regex the user agent string, are there similarly elegant ways that leverage the chrome extension API?

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Type News
A round of applause for well-rounded type talent – Part 3
Ferdinand Ulrich
After typefaces with round letterforms had been around for over 100 years, it was Volkswagen's VAG Rounded that paved the way for its descendant to be established as key elements in new corporate designs. The last part of our 'Sausage Type Trilogy' introduces some of these custom-made all-round talents that lend smaller companies and large corporations a friendly look.
Read Part 1 here
Michael Abbink
Paul van der Laan
Trend: Custom types
Overall rounded letters look casual and friendly without losing too much seriousness. Cleverly, large corporations make use of this mix to appear more approachable than their product palette might let you think. An American company that operates in an impressive range of segments globally – aviation, energy management, gas, healthcare, oil, power, transportation and more – is General Electric. Founded in 1892, GE currently ranks on 7th place among the world's biggest public companies1. The lettering in its logo has basically remained the same since 1900 (apart from some tweaking of the stroke contrast); script letters 'G' and 'E' with round terminals. "Inspired by the lettering inside the GE logo" and "not [by] the geometry of the outside of the symbol" Mike Abbink and Patrick Giasson began to work on a "modern sibling", that was to become GE's new corporate typeface.2 Approached by Wolff Olins, who were then redesigning the brand's corporate design, Abbink and Gaisson were convinced the type would become a center element within the entire visual system. Their goal was to create an all-purpose display type with round stroke ending, so that it stood in harmony with GE's initial lettering.
Abbink's and Giasson's goal was to create a display type with round stroke endings that stood in harmony with GE's initial lettering within the logo and that could be used for a variety of purposes. In collaboration with Monotype's Jim Wasco and Carl Crossgrove they created all additional weights.
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Jim Wasco
Carl Crossgrove
Pieter van Rosmalen
After finishing the regular and italic weights Abbink collaborated with Jim Wasco and Carl Crossgrove at Monotype to create additional weights, a condensed version as well as Greek and Cyrillic. Finished in 2005, the result was GE Inspira, a somewhat contemporary interpretation of VAG Rundschrift, but with much character of its own and improved for use in headlines. It is a custom typeface that would shift the perception of GE from a giant corporation to a "human brand" that was more about people, design and innovation, always speaking to the consumer.3
Although GE Inspira can be seen as a contemporary interpretation of VAG Rounded, it has much character of its own and appears less geometric. It has been improved for headlines and may come to use in short captions as well. (Excerpts from the GE 2013 Annual Report, with kind permission from Mike Abbink.)
Another nine years later an initial idea to add a sans and serif text family was revived. Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen of Bold Monday joined Abbink on this expansion. With the slight increasing of the letter widths, decreasing of the x-height and slightly rounded corners GE Sans became the ideal text-mate for GE Inspira, while GE Serif slips into the role of the Clarendon-inspired slab serif companion, quoting its ball terminals from the swirls in the GE logo. Both received an award at the 61st Annual TDC Type Competition. Altogether the three styles cover all of GE's print and digital communications, from packaging to cockpit instruments.
Inspired by the lettering within the GE-logo, but not the geometry surrounding it, Mike Abbink and Patrick Giasson designed the typeface GE Inspira in 2005.
In 2014 Abbink teamed up with Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen of Bold Monday and created GE Inspira's sisters GE Sans and GE Serif. While GE Sans has become the convincing text-mate, GE Serif demonstrates the Clarendon-inspired slab serif companion. Altogether the three styles cover the entire GE product palette, from packaging to cockpit instruments.
URW
Another company that is equipped with a round custom typeface is Aral, a German gas corporation and part of BP plc. For those associated with oil and natural gas it is perhaps even more worth striving for a clean and friendly look. Since the 1950s, Aral has been represented in white capital letters 'A-R-A-L' on a blue diamond shape that underwent facelifts in the following years. In 1976, a design team of Wolff Olins led by Dieter Heil (who later co-founded MetaDesign and Sedley Place) began developing a new corporate identity for Aral. The briefing included a new typeface, a mix of the Autobahn type DIN 1451 – the blue-and-white color pattern for a German gas company was intentionally reminiscent of the Autobahn-signs – and Univers, equipped with round corners to be used foremost for the backlit price displays at gas stations, which was drawn by Gerry Barney at Wolff Olins.4 Digitized and reworked at URW years later,5 it was named Aral V2, comes in light, regular and medium weights and was added to the company's recent visual communication (however, the abbreviation "V2" seems rather unfortunate for any company in Germany). In their online branding overview Aral say: "The rounded shape of the letters is the logical complement to the brand's fundamental design language."6 Compared to their competitors, Aral's custom typeface has perhaps increased their visual recognition.
In Aral's visual identity their typefaces Aral V2 comes into appearance in three weights (light, regular, medium) on a variety of applications: on gas pumps, signage, operating instructions and on all Aral products that are sold at the gas stations. In combination with its blue-and-white color scheme the brand has become quite distinctive.
In retrospective, long before VAG Rounded and the Aral type, Swiss graphic designer Karl Gerstner reported that his design studio GGK (which he ran with Paul Gredinger and Markus Kutter) was commissioned by the Shell gas corporation in 1964 "to show how an avant-garde-infamous agency imagines Shell's identity."7 Between 1964 and 1967 Gerstner had developed his version of Akzidenz Grotesk, known as Gerstner Programm, for Berthold's Diatype,8 which he then included in his design proposal for Shell, equipped with round letter endings and corners. Gerstner later reported "our proposal received applause and was rejected with regret" (apparently Raymond Loewy received the commission).9 If Gerstner's design had found the company's approval in the mid-1960s, then his typeface might receive the recognition that is now granted VAG Rounded.
Karl Gerstner's design proposal for a new Shell identity in a pitch in 1964 included a custom typeface: his version of Akzidenz Grotesk, known as Gerstner Programm (for Berthold's Diatype), equipped with round corners – long before VAG Rounded and the Aral type. His proposal did not receive Shell's approval and the type never went public. (Reproduced from Karl Gerstner: Rückblick auf 5×10 Jahre Grafik Design, Ostfildern 2011.)
Susanna Dulkinys
In 2006 the Berlin-based design office Edenspiekermann (at that time called United Designers Network) created a new visual identity for Gravis, Germany's largest retailer of Apple products. Edenspiekermann's main idea was to expand the brand without competing with Apple by creating an unmistakable ambience of a "digital lifestyle", keeping it flexible and simple. Erik Spiekermann explained "they needed something friendly but precise, to be used on-screen, on signs, in print and on T-shirts."10 The identity's centerpiece is a logo, developed by Susanna Dulkinys that symbolizes the connection between analogue and digital; it starts as a (analogue) curve (with a round stroke) and turns into a pixel-like (digital) letter ('g') towards the top.
The centerpiece within the visual identity of Gravis is a logo that symbolizes the connection between analogue and digital. The letter 'g' starts with a smooth "analogue" curve in the bottom and transforms into a "digital" pixel-like, but organic structure.
This fusing was the impetus for the two custom typefaces Gravis Hybrid and Gravis Round. The Hybrid sister was designed by Dulkinys and Julia Sysmäläinen, consisting of an alphabet and a set of pictograms in the style of the upper part of the logo, while Spiekermann and Christian Schwartz developed Gravis Round, based on FF Unit, but with rounded corners. All together the typefaces and pictograms create a fresh and varied look in Gravis' editorial design.
The creation of the Gravis logo structure became an impetus for the two custom typefaces Gravis Hybrid (designed by Susanna Dulkinys and Julia Sysmäläinen) and Gravis Round (by Erik Spiekermann and Christian Schwartz). While Gravis Round is based on FF Unit (top), Spiekermann and Schwartz were in turn encouraged to built and expand FF Unit Rounded (bottom).
Gravis Round and Gravis Hybrid take turns all print material, lending the brand a friendly and yet precise look. Laser-cut plexi letters are used for signage throughout the flagship store in Berlin. (With kind permission from Erik Spiekermann's archive.)
FF Unit Rounded
Erik Van Blokland
Gravis Round in turn encouraged Spiekermann and Schwartz to produce and to expand FF Unit Rounded. Gravis Round came in only two weights, therefore Spiekermann turned to Erik van Blokland regarding the determination of the exact relationship between rounding and stroke thickness; whether light or bold, each weight needed their respective curvature. For each master van Blokland created several versions with different degrees of "roundedness" using his Superpolator. A code to help build rounded corners was developed by TypeMedia alumnus Frederik Berlaen.11 In the end, there was still much manual tweaking to be carried out (removing superfluous points on 450 glyphs per font) by the production experts at FontShop, who – as Spiekermann put it – "end up with all the detailed stuff that us type designers are too lazy for."12 In early 2008, FontFont released the friendly and yet precise rounded type without the usual sausage look.
The legacy of VAG Rundschrift and the prominent use of rounded typeface have led to reoccurrences of the rounded trend and many new releases in recent years. For example Jan Maack's FF Speak (2007), Daniel Utz's FF Netto (2008) or Mark Simonson's Proxima Nova Soft (2010), all following the round path or types with much more subtle rounded corners such as Lucas de Groot's Calibri (2007) or Hannes von Döhren's incredibly popular Brandon Grotesque (2009), not to forget Alex Rütten's take on a round slab serif face with FF Suhmo (2010). Rounded typefaces are true all-rounders and while trend may be more of an issue than technology today, despite impeccable screen resolutions (e.g. Retina display), there is still much room for typographic improvement.
FF Speak
FF Netto
Proxima Nova Soft
Calibri
Brandon Grotesque
FF Suhmo – The legacy of VAG Rounded and the use of rounded typefaces in prominent brands has increased the release of many new all-round talents in recent years.
Bibliography and further reading
Gerstner, Karl: Rückblick auf 5×10 Jahre Grafik Design, Ostfildern 2011
Spiekermann, Erik: Unit Rounded ist da, published on: spiekermann.com, 2008 [last opened 5.2015]
1. According to the 2014 list of Forbes Global 2000 published on: forbes.com [last opened 2.2015]
2. From correspondence between Alexander Roth (FontFont) and Mike Abbink for this article, Nov. 23 2014.
4. From a conversation with Erik Spiekermann (Feb. 20 2015), who was involved in finalizing the font data at Wolff Olins at the time.
5. The Aral regular weight, which was digitized by URW is displayed at MyFonts.com for reference (it was added in 2000), not for sale.
6. Quoted from the entry Aral Typeface on aral.de [last opened 5.2015]
7. Gerstner, Karl: Rückblick auf 5×10 Jahre Grafik Design, Ostfildern 2011, p. 102
8. Gerstner developed the Akzidenz Grotesk redesign with Günter Gerhard Lange, the alphabets were drawn by Christian Mengelt. For further reference see Gerstner, Karl: Die alte Akzidenz-Grotesk auf neuer Basis, in: Programme entwerfen, Zürich 1963 and Berthold's 1964 type specimen Diatype-Schriftproben der 8 Grundschnitte.
10. Spiekermann, Erik: Unit Rounded is da, published on: spiekermann.com, 2008 [last opened 5.2015]
11. This code is available as 'Rounding UFO' software on: roundingufo.typemytype.com [last opened 2.2015]
Ferdinand Ulrich is a Berlin-based typographer and type historian. With Erik Spiekermann he explores the possibilities of post-digital letterpress printing at p98a.berlin. Since 2015 he pursues a PhD on the history of digital type design technologies at the University of Reading.


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How Has Amazon Changed Whole Foods? New Research Offers Some Eye-Opening Conclusions
You might think Jeff Bezos's company drove more new shoppers to Whole Foods. Apparently not.
By Chris MatyszczykOwner, Howard Raucous LLC@ChrisMatyszczyk
The times, they are a-changin'.
Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.
When Amazon walks into a new market, it rarely does so quietly.
You know there will be changes and, often, big ones.
So when Jeff Bezos's company bought Whole Foods two years ago, shoulders tensed and teeth were gritted.
And that was just the Whole Foods employees.
Yes, it was jarring to see Whole Foods suddenly peddling Amazon's cheap and cheerful gadgets.
There were also mumblings about changes in employee instructions and the stocking of products.
How, though, has Amazon's incursion influenced customers?
Location data company inMarket just offered me a first look at the conclusions from its analysis of customer life at Whole Foods.
They make for stimulating reading.
Here's the good news. If you're an Amazon executive, that is.
Foot traffic at Whole Foods has risen, year-on year, by 16.5 percent.
InMarket concludes this is due to Amazon focusing on its existing Prime user base and offering it enticing inducements.
I confess I find these inducements both presumptive and irritating, as they constantly invade my inbox like inebriated college students to a wholesome frat party.
They've made me feel less positive about Whole Foods -- and Amazon -- rather than more.
inMarket also theorizes these inducements might be driving customers to visit Whole Foods more often.
You might think, however, that there are Prime members who haven't visited Whole Foods.
Prime, after all, has over 100 million subscribers. There are around 467 Whole Foods in the U.S.
Yet inMarket's research insists that the number of new shoppers at Whole Foods has declined by 2.5 percent.
The company suggests this may be because Amazon is focusing on shoring up its existing shopper base and binding it more tightly to Whole Foods.
The best customer is, after all, a regular customer.
Another new trend spotted by inMarket was the increase in what it calls micro-visits.
These, lasting 5 minutes or less, are up 10 percent and may reflect Amazon's push toward in-store pickup.
If there's one thing that's certain about Amazon's strategic thinking, it's that it constantly changes.
In an area as brutal and dynamic as retail, it has to be that way.
Why, Amazon is said to be hurrying the creation of a new chain of much smaller, more local grocery stores.
Walmart outnumbers Amazon greatly when it comes to physical locations.
As time rolls on, it'll be fascinating to see whether there really is a vast, newly-committed group of customers which goes out of its way to shop at Whole Foods.
Or whether Amazon discovers that the competition in physical retail can get very physical indeed.


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Q: Why there is much more support for closed xls format in rails (and ruby) than to an open ods format? It is little depressive, but it seems to me that there is much more support for manipulating ugly proprietary closed format like xls in rails (and ruby) in general that to documented open Open Document format. Why it is so? (I know it is kind of philosiophical, but I just do not get the fact, that the opensource is not more inclined to write SW for open formats).
For example for ruby there is a spreadsheet gem.

A: Your question is tied to "Why do corporations/people use commercial suites/applications when equally good open source versions are available?"
Answer that and you'll have a good idea why there is less ODS support than XLS. For now, here's a hint: People do what their management asks.

A: Supply and demand.
Manipulating Excel spreadsheets is a task which is extremely useful to many people, hence there is considerable demand for code that does this, hence that code exists.
Manipulating ODS spreadsheets is useful only to a very tiny niche, hence there is minimal demand for code that does this, hence nobody has bothered to expend much effort writing that code.
If ODS ever becomes more than, say, 0.1% as widely used as XLS spreadsheets, this situation may change.