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Q: Are the physical laws scale-dependent? If you read the article "More Is Different", by P.W. Anderson (Science, 4 August 1972), you will find a deep question: are the physical laws dependent of the size of the system under study?
As an example, we can ask ourselves, are the description of a hundred of atoms more than simply one hundred times the description of one atom alone? Of course we have interactions, but, are these interactions dependent of the number of particles implied?

A: The question depends on what one's definition of "physical law" is.
Part of the point of Anderson's article is to argue that strict reductionism is not what scientists do in practice.
More explicitly, one caricature of pure reductionism is that only an explanation starting from the very bottom, i.e. involving strings and quarks, etc. counts as physical law, whereas Anderson would argue more that any reasonably quantitative workable theory of phenomena based at any scale is a physical law.  I really doubt that any working physicists really hold the former position anymore, in part due to one of the great advances of post 1950's theoretical physics, the effective field theory and renormalization group philosophy that Daniel so nicely explained in his answer.  We don't have to go that deep to see some illustrations of this though.
examples
Let me give some easy examples and raise some discussion questions to help you decide what qualifies as a physical law.
Probably the first emergent insight that one learns in physics is the notion of "center of mass", that is, the idea that in many cases you can treat an object made out of $10^{27}$ atoms as a single point particle!  Though it's not pointed out when you're a freshman, what's going on here is exactly the same as happens in all other applications of emergence - you ignore all the internal degrees of freedom of your sliding block, for instance, because they are much higher energy than the stuff that you want to talk about.  Does the fact that we ignore all that information make the explanation of the acceleration of a block any less of a "physical law"?
Already we see a generic fact about emergence -- at some point the explanation breaks down.  For instance, there's no way from treating a block as a point particle to be able to understand the sound it makes when it hits the ground, though we can get a very good description of its motion (in a vacuum, say)!
Two discoveries at the start of the 20th century showed that the entire edifice of Newton's laws and Galilean relativity is an emergent phenomenon.  Note that this understanding doesn't invalidate most applications of Newton's laws -- that the limit $c\rightarrow\infty$ and $\hbar\rightarrow0$ simplifies to something that high school students can calculate with is really amazing, isn't it?  But, does the fact that they are "just" some limiting case mean that Newton's laws and Galilean relativity are not "physical laws"?
We can also turn these questions around and imagine ourselves in a universe where QM and SR were discovered first.  In that case, if people then discovered the classical limits, would people think of them as less "physical"?
conclusion
One could and should spend some time thinking about what our physical principles are and what "emergent" assumptions and approximations go into them; breaking down the assumption that mechanics ended with Newton was the work of the 1st half of the 20th century.  On the other hand, Anderson points out that it's also useful to go in the opposite direction, in some ways, this is where the big problems in physics that I'm interested in are; to start with many-body descriptions which are impossible to calculate with and not very illuminating, and pick out the simplifications and insights that emerge!  Whether you call it a physical law or not is sort of besides the point, right?
These are some of the things that come up when I think a bit about your question.

A: It's a very interesting question.
Certainly, QM is scale dependent, as the planck-level world described is completely separated from the human scale world and can only be accessed through a disruptive measurement.
In other words, there must be a crossover point at which the quantum description, as described by the wave function $\psi$ collapses in a measured value.
General Relativity is not scale dependent. However, gravity is very weak and it's very hard to perform experiments about GR at a microscopic level, for example.
Other theories also tend to describe the very small, most of them, like string theory, do tend to reduce to QM in some appropriate limit and hence inherit its scale dependency.

A: It is important to digest appropriately Anderson's comments about scaling. In Physics, when one talks of "scaling phenomena", what's really being talked about are these two things:

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*Renormalization Group; &

*Effective Field Theory.

And, as i mentioned above, conformal symmetry plays a leading role in all of this discussion.
Roughly, the bottom line is something like this: every physical theory has its domain of validity, ie, its "laws" are only valid within certain "conditions", which we usually express in terms of an Energy Scale.
So, e.g., GR is valid in certain regimes that we call "relativistic": if you're too slow compared to the speed-of-light, Newtonian gravity is a very good approximation. In this sense, Newtonian gravity is an "effective description" of GR (in the appropriate energy scale).
The same is true for Quantum Field Theories: you can start with a given description at a given energy (or length) scale and, as you change your scale, either increasing or decreasing the energy of the phenomena involved, you'll be lead to different theories, in order to describe the new, effective, phenomena that you'll see. For instance, you can describe the world in terms of protons and neutrons or in terms of quarks and gluons — the only change is in the energy scale used and, as such, in the "effective theory" you'll be using to describe the ingredients your experiments measure.
These are the concepts really behind Anderson's argument. In fact, when he says "more is different", he's alluding to a concept called emergent phenomena, which is basically described by the notion of Effective Field Theory i mentioned above. Here's a picture: you can describe a proton in terms of quarks and gluons, but it's very hard to describe a whole nucleus in terms of quarks and gluons — essentially because there are so many of them, that calculations become virtually impossible. So, what people do is to compute the Effective Field Theory of quarks and gluons, and use it instead to describe the whole nucleus.
A similar thing can be seen in Statistical Mechanics, when one observes that the behavior of  a collection of particles is very different from that of a single particle — this is the prototypical "more is different": the physical properties of the collection of particles are not mirrored by the individual properties of each particle — this is "emergence", and that's why we use Effective Field Theories to describe the collection of particles.
What's really astounding is that, using Renormalization Group techniques, we can actually compute Effective Field Theories for several different energy scales! 8-)

A: As Sklivivvz already said, most Quantum Mechanical effects only show effectively on a "quantum scale", which is dependent on the variables involved. Although this scale is again dependent on the system itself, and so makes the reasoning moot.
If you mean scale dependent as in "the speed of light may well be different on a very small scale", or "the planck constant may be different on very large scale", I cannot answer as I do not know.
What I know is this: most physical laws as shown in textbooks are approximations in well-defined areas (e.g. the law of Newton for (not too) small r, the particle physics DGLAP evolution equations for their domain of relevance in kinetic space, etc...) To this effect, these laws in physics are scale dependent. The much more general derivations are (as far as I understand) not scale dependent.
As an example to "prove" the above statements:
Quantum effects in macroscopic systems: Fe as a conductor can be described as a Fermi sea of electrons, which is a very quantized state and obeys quantum mechanical laws on a macroscopic level. Properties like specific heat and conduction are direct consequences of the quantum mechanical description of this system, and to that effect, the macroscopic result is somewhat "the sum of quantum states". This is also exactly what statistical physics is based on: sums of states, and this is exactly what connects the "quantum world" with what we can observe.
If I misunderstood your question or make claims you think are false, please say so.

A: There are specific field theories that are scale-invariant: these are conformal field theories or CFTs - for example they describe the world sheet of a string in String Theory.
A more radical suggestion which is aligned with Anderson is an ongoing collaboration of Barbours and Muchodcha Shape Dynamics; this takes its originary point another aspect of the opposition between the absolute and the relative, and parts to the wholes; ie can size be relative?


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Derrick Johnson: Year in Review: What the NAACP did in 2021
January 3, 2022	Category: Stateside	Posted by: SUN Staff
What We Did This Year
New York Times:The White House will freeze federal student loan repayments until May 1.
Even so, the kind of sweeping forgiveness that many progressives and activists sought has remained elusive, and some of them quickly pointed out that the Biden administration could do more: "If you can afford to pause student loan payments over and over again, you can afford to cancel it," Derrick Johnson, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., said in a terse statement.
CNN:USPS reaches settlement with NAACP over 2020 mail-in voting
The United States Postal Service announced an agreement Friday with the NAACP on a lawsuit the civil rights organization filed prior to the 2020 election that had challenged USPS delivery delays.
Under the settlement, the USPS said it anticipates enacting policies and practices during the 2022 midterms that are similar to the "extraordinary measures" used during the November 2020 general election. Those measures came amid criticism that the USPS, under the leadership of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, implemented changes that impacted the delivery of mail-in ballots during a highly consequential election year and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Black Enterprise:NAACP releases Civil Rights Scorecard
A coalition of civil rights groups released a report grading lawmakers on their voting record and saying U.S. politicians are failing them. The report comes after Republicans blocked voting rights legislation from advancing for a second time last week as Democrats continue to negotiate over President Joe Biden's social spending bill. The report was released by the National Urban League, NAACP, National Action Network, and several other civil rights groups. The scores were based on senators' votes on the American Rescue Plan Act, the John R. Lewis Voting the Rights Advancement Act, and the For the People Act.
The New York Times:Key Biden allies express outrage over Border Patrol's treatment of Haitian migrants
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, said that the administration could not "continue these hateful and xenophobic Trump policies that disregard our refugee laws."
Washington Post:Opinion: The Biden administration must go into overdrive to reclaim our courts
We need to resurrect the path of the civil rights lawyer to the federal bench. Such civil rights legal giants as Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, Robert Carter, Nathaniel Jones and U.W. Clemon were appointed to judgeships between the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. But recent Democratic administrations have eschewed that practice, leaving our courts with very few judges who practiced civil rights law. We need such lawyers and other progressives back on the bench to bring some balance to courts around the country.
The Source:Vistaprint, Boston Celtics & NAACP Launch $1M Grant to Support Black Small Business Owners
Vistaprint, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation & NAACP have announced the formation of the Power Forward Grant. The grant will provide $25,000 grants to Black-owned small businesses across New England.
Variety:NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List
The NAACP Image Awards officially began on Monday, giving out a set of awards each night. In addition to Anderson, "Black-ish" dominated with wins by Deon Cole and Marsai Martin in their respective comedy series categories. However, it was "Insecure" that walked away with the prize for outstanding comedy series.
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The lawsuit is backed by the NAACP, and its president, Derrick Johnson, accused the former President of inciting "a meticulously organized coup … that placed members of Congress and the integrity of our democracy in peril."
Black Enterprise:'We're Doing It Bigger and Better': Daymond John Announces 2nd Annual Black Entrepreneurs Day and $250k NAACP Powershift Grant
In addition to fostering dialogue about a variety of entrepreneurial topics, Black Entrepreneur Day welcomed the next class of NAACP Powershift Grant recipients.
Hudson Valley Press:NAACP Convention Focuses on Diverse Future Agenda
"As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and a political, social, and economic system in need of fixing, this year's convention sets the tone on how we move forward," said Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP. "While we've yet to see the long-term consequences of the past four years, we know that the issues plaguing our nation and communities have compounded exponentially. The significance of how we rebuild our country cannot be understated. The 112th Annual Convention provides a foundation for all to come to the table to discuss and implement long-overdue solutions."
Business Insider:Pelosi's softness on canceling student debt has 80 progressive organizations 'disappointed'
The racial impact of student-debt cancellation would also be significant, the letter said. Insider reported in April that 36 civil rights organizations released civil-rights principles detailing the benefits that student-debt cancellation would have on Black borrowers. The organizations, including the NAACP, wrote that Black borrowers typically owe 50% more student debt than white borrowers, and four years later, Black borrowers owe 100% more.
Essence:NAACP Partners With Lancôme for New 'Write Her Future' Scholarship Fund
The legendary beauty brand recently announced its partnership with the NAACP to provide a scholarship fund and mentoring programs for young women on their collegiate educational journey to foster self-confidence, empowerment, and opportunities for learning and career development in the United States. The Write Her Future Scholarship Fund at NAACP in partnership with ACT-SO builds on the brand's global commitment to empower women by giving them access to literacy, mentoring and entrepreneurship courses.
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Q: selenium Android driver - can i run 2 tests simultaneously Is it possible run 2 test simultaneously in actual device? using android driver.i want to run 2 browser (test) at same time.

A: Little corrections:
Forwarding string should be following:
adb forward tcp:8090 tcp:8080

It is important: 1st value should be 8090 (or other selected port), 2nd value should be 8080
Code should be following:
WebDriver driver = new AndroidDriver( new URL("http://localhost:8090/wd/hub") );

A: I would think yes. Try running 2 of the emulators but make sure you change the line:
adb forward tcp:8080 tcp:8080

To use another port for the second emulator. eg.
adb forward tcp:8090 tcp:8090

For the second one you will have to change the constructor of AndroidDriver since it uses 8080 by default. So something like this:
WebDriver driver = new AndroidDriver( new URL("http://localhost:8080/hub") );

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As far as traumatic experiences go, it doesn't get much worse than divorce. In fact, according to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, divorce is the second-most stressful life event behind only the death of a spouse.
A divorce signals the death of your marriage and often involves a grieving process similar to the one many people go through following the loss of a loved one.
Societal norms and expectations are partially to blame for why divorce is often so harrowing. The family court system is set up in a way that establishes winners and losers in the process and thus conflict erupts. Instead of supporting and celebrating couples attempting to split amicably, we treat divorce like a tragedy.
While the decision to divorce should never be taken lightly and all the ramifications should be considered before the decision is finalized, we'd also likely be a lot better off if we looked at the bright side of divorce more often.
You should only move forward with a divorce after all efforts to save your marriage have been exhausted, but once you realize there is no other option then divorce should really be considered a positive. There is no feeling more hopeless than being stuck in a dead-end marriage. After divorce, you're finally free to move forward and establish a life that makes you much happier.
Here are some tips that can help you find happiness again after your divorce.
Divorce is the ideal time for you to reinvent yourself. You have a new level freedom that you haven't experienced since your bachelor days.
Rather than moping in feelings of loneliness, use this time to try new things that you weren't able to do while you were married. This is the perfect time to discover new hobbies and passions that can reinvigorate you and pump some fresh new energy into your life.
Although the family court system far too often marginalizes fathers, you should keep in mind that a divorced dad is still very much a dad. After divorce, your children need your support more than ever and the onus is on you to step up your dad game and become the best father you can possibly be.
Stay as involved in your children's lives as you can. Talk to their teachers and make sure you know what's going on at school. Volunteer to help out when you can – that could mean coaching your daughter's soccer team or serving on the local school board.
More than anything, make however much time you have with your kids count by being an active listener and staying emotionally engaged. They're going to notice whether you're a dad who truly cares or someone who is walking through the motions of fatherhood.
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As a father, you want to put your children's interests first throughout this process. However, that doesn't mean you should ever neglect your personal well-being.
Numerous factors contribute to a huge increase in the health risks men face after divorce. With so much chaos surrounding you, it's really easy to ignore taking care of your physical and mental health and that can have harmful consequences.
Carve out some time every day to exercise as it is proven to be one of the most effective mood-lifting activities.
Also make sure you monitor your diet as stress eating can quickly develop into a dangerous eating disorder. Plan out some healthy meals at the start of each week so you ensure you're not living on a diet of pizza and beer.
Finally, make sure you're getting enough sleep each night so that your batteries are sufficiently charged. The stress of divorce can easily lead to sleep disturbances that have serious side effects such as high blood pressure.
Hit the sack at the same time every evening, limit snacks and drinks before bed, and turn off all your digital screens an hour or so before going to sleep.
If you experience persistent sleep problems, you should seek the help of a sleep specialist to avoid long-term problems.
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Yep and the D process sure stinks, weather you filed for one or find yourself being drawen into one. The best thing that I did was to stay plunged into a good bible teaching church and praying to God. Next was making myself workout, eat healthy, and keep working you need money. Do hire top notch attorneys they can take care of things that you don't know about or could overlook. Always be a Dad !
Wherever did this misguided contributor find that there is a "bright side" to divorce? Idiotic, unsubstantiated, and just plain WRONG!
The jist is to make the best of it….which we should.


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Clement Russo (born 20 January 1995) is a French road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He competed in the men's under-23 event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships  in Heusden-Zolder. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.

Major results

Road

2017
 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce
 4th Overall Tour de Gironde
2018
 9th Polynormande
2019
 1st  Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
 9th Overall Tour de Bretagne
 9th Tour de l'Eurométropole
 9th La Roue Tourangelle
2021
 4th Scheldeprijs
2022
 9th Dwars door het Hageland

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Cyclo-cross

2012–2013
 1st  National Junior Championships
 Junior Coupe de France
1st Saverne
1st Besançon
 2nd  UEC European Junior Championships
2014–2015
 2nd National Under-23 Championships
 Under-23 Coupe de France
2nd Besançon
2nd Sisteron
3rd Lanarvily
2015–2016
 1st  National Under-23 Championships
 Under-23 Coupe de France
1st Albi
1st Quelneuc
 UCI Under-23 World Cup
3rd Caubergcross
3rd Hoogerheide
2016–2017
 1st Overall Under-23 Coupe de France
1st Erôme Gervans
1st Bagnoles de l'Orne
1st Nommay
 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup
2nd Heusden-Zolder
2nd Hoogerheide
 2nd National Under-23 Championships
 3rd La Mézière
2019–2020
 3rd Valencia

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Cyclo-cross cyclists
French male cyclists
Cyclists from Lyon

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Q: How do I iterate multiple List in selenium /Java I have the following WebElement List in a page
@FindBy(xpath="a")

private List<WebElement> generalList ;

@FindBy(xpath="b")

private List<WebElement> eventList ;

@FindBy(xpath="c")

private List<WebElement> additionalList ;

I want to iterate each of the above list items and apply clear through a loop instead of writing the following way which currently works
for(WebElement type:generalList)
type.clear();
for(WebElement type:eventList)
type.clear();
for(WebElement type:additionalList)
type.clear();

A: In Java 8 you can try using Stream as below :-
generalList.stream().forEach(elem -> elem.clear());

eventList.stream().forEach(elem -> elem.clear());

additionalList.stream().forEach(elem -> elem.clear());

Or concatenate all of these list and try as :
Stream.of(generalList, eventList, additionalList).flatMap(Collection::stream).forEach(elem -> elem.clear());

A: With Guava:
for (WebElement type : Iterables.concat(generalList, eventList, additionalList)) {
    type.clear();
}

With Java 8:
Stream.of(generalList, eventList, additionalList)
        .flatMap(List::stream)
        .forEach(WebElement::clear);

A: you can create a helper function
void clearAll(List<WebElement>... f) {
        Arrays.stream(f).forEach((li)->{li.forEach(WebElement::clear);});
}

and call it like clearAll(generalList, eventList, additionalList);


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Radar Love: The Three Best Players in the World
By Ted Knutson | January 20, 2014	| Boxes
Since I started writing about players last summer, I have wanted to get better at doing data visualization. I've loved working with data for two decades now, but while comfortable with a database or a spreadsheet, I am D-U-M-B when it comes to anything art-y.
Thankfully, there are these things called books, and people like Nathan Yau and Edward Tufte who write about the art and science of visualization. I'm still a complete and utter novice, but time spent learning has made me just good enough to steal some pretty things and start adapting them to football.
Radar Charts
A couple of months ago, Orbinho (Arsenal fan and Opta's Content Director) linked a big list of data visualization award nominees. In that set of vis was this project, from last year's NBA. I saw it and immediately thought "Sweet! That should work for football as well."
Ah, but how? Most football stats are per game or per season, which makes it tougher to compare guys with different playing time…
*Does a couple of months work*
Aha! What if we normalize most of the stats by percent or per 90?
So that's what I did.
Ballon D'or 2013
Regardless of my feelings about subjective awards (I generally loathe them, especially in football), the Ballon D'or made for an interesting set of players to talk about. For once in my pieces though, instead of just talking about player production… we can look at them.
The charts below are based off stats for the completed 2012-13 seasons. Obviously that doesn't line up perfectly with the silly award voting, but comparing full seasons makes waaaay more sense than comparing performance over a calendar year.
Ronaldo's shot stats from this season are the boundary for the shots axis, meaning he has the most shots per 90 of any player in the database. In fact, of the 4.5 or so seasons of data I have access to, Ronaldo has all five of the top 5 sports in shots per 90. I'm surprised he hasn't kicked his leg off. Luis Suarez is capable of shooting a lot, but no one even approaches Cristiano Ronaldo.
One of the things that surprised me is how low Ronaldo's dribbling rate is, especially compared to his fellow nominees. My brain is burned with an image of Ronaldo that involves ridiculous stepovers and fast feet, but his dribbling at Madrid has never been nearly as high as what Messi and Ribery produced last season. Additionally, that 1.88 number from last year is the lowest in the data I have, and down almost 1.5 dribbles per 90 from his 2009-10 campaign.
As you can see in this one, Messi's season last year is the Non-Penalty Goals per 90 boundary. It's the best in recent times, and possibly the highest in a European big league in the modern era. Messi creates a ton of shots, is good at putting them on target, his goal conversion is great, and he's an outstanding dribbler.
The area covered in the scoring areas on his radar chart is massive. From a statistical standpoint, this season was Messi's finest ever. Add the goal and assist rates together, and you see his scoring production was 1.85 per 90 minutes across an entire season, a number we may never see again.
Not good enough to win the Ballon D'or though...
Subjective awards are still stupid.
Ribery presents a fascinating contrast to the top two players.
Messi and Ronaldo profile quite a bit alike, in that they are high-scoring shot monsters.
Ribery is clearly something else.
While his goal scoring rate is quite good for normal wide players, and his accuracy and conversion rate are also good, it's in the passing and dribbling stats where Ribery shines. That assist rate is among the best in Europe, and both Successful Dribbles and Key Passes are as well.
Ribery's different role causes there to be completely different areas covered in the chart versus the other two.
Meaningful? Maybe.
Cool? Certainly.
To compare and contrast, this is what the stats look like in basic table format.
Now that I have the template done (and huge thanks to Nat James for helping me create that), we can churn these out fairly regularly with updated data. Expect to see a snapshot or two of interesting players from each week on the basic template, either on the site or on our Twitter feed.
Another thing that I will start to explore soon are position-specific templates that help compare key stats for spots on the pitch. This basic one works reasonably well as is, especially for attackers, but there are plenty of other stats you will want to look at for defensive midfielders, fullbacks, defenders, etc, and I think we can find new templates to emphasize those.
Feel free to leave feedback on them in the comments or on Twitter.
It's taken a plenty of studying and hard work to get here, but I feel like maybe we've created (or more appropriately, "adapted") a new way of looking at football stats that will be both approachable and useful for casual fans and analysts alike. If nothing else, you'll see more pretty pictures on the site.
--TK
Article by Ted Knutson


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Camping: $20, May 15-Sept. 15; $15, Sept. 16-May 14. Reserve a site at www.reserveamerica.com or (800) 444-7275. No backpacking.
Driving directions: South gate – From I-680 in Danville, take the Diablo Road exit and go three miles east to Mount Diablo Scenic Boulevard.
North gate – From I-680 at Walnut Creek, take Ygnacio Valley Road east and turn on Walnut Avenue, stay on it to North Gate Road and drive into the park.
Mitchell Canyon – From I-680 at Walnut Creek, take Ygnacio Valley Road to Clayton Road. Turn right on Clayton Road and right on Mitchell Canyon Road.
Regency gate – From I-680 at Walnut Creek, take Ygnacio Valley Road east to Clayton Road, turn right on Clayton Road, and right on Marsh Creek Road. Turn right at Regency Drive and park at the end of the road.
It's a month when occasional rains wash smog from the sky and open amazing vistas (you'll see snowcapped Sierra peaks on the best days). A hint of green returns to the state park's hillsides, but the thirsty ground absorbs most of the moisture, so the trails lack the ankle-deep muck of the later rainy season.
The Diablo summit area has great views, easy trails and a nice museum. It's a natural starting point, but there's a lot more park beyond the peak. Trails twist through rich oak woodlands and rocky canyons. The Rock City area has some of the most curious sandstone formations in the Bay Area (copiously decorated by industrious delinquents, alas).
Being a mountain, Diablo practically begs you to climb it, floor to ceiling, from near sea level to its 3,849-foot peak. Do it if you must, just be mindful of the mountain you're missing on the way to that tiny bit at the top.
Standard precautions: Watch for poison oak, and watch your step in Rock City. High winds at the summit can make it icy cold in winter. Be prepared for steep and rugged trails. Buy a map at the park entrance.
Easy: The Fire Interpretive Trail encircling the peak near the summit is among the prettiest paths under a mile in the region. Mostly flat, with excellent vistas.
Moderate: The Trail Through Time at Rock City has tricky footing on the way to Sentinel Rock on one end and a walk through a quiet wooded canyon on the other. A nice six-mile out-and-back takes Trail Through Time from Lower Rock City to Devils Slide Trail to Knobcone Point Road and out to Balancing Rock, a large stone precariously perched on a hillside. Retrace your steps on the way back.
Hard: Summiteers have loads of options. An obvious choice is a 13-mile, three-peaks route to Mount Olympia, North Peak and Diablo Summit. Get a map, and chart your route from the Regency Gate in Clayton. It's a beast, but worth doing once.


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Emirates may refer to:

 United Arab Emirates, a Middle Eastern country
 Emirate, any territory ruled by an emir
 Gulf emirates, emirates located on the Persian Gulf
 Emirates of the United Arab Emirates, the individual emirates
 The Emirates Group, a holding company in the United Arab Emirates
 Emirates (airline), an airline subsidiary of The Emirates Group
 Emirates Foundation, an Abu Dhabi-based foundation (charity) established by Amiri decree
 Emirates Club, an association football club in the city of Ras al-Khaimah
 Emirates Club Stadium, a stadium in Ras al-Khaimah
 Emirates Scout Association, the national Scouting organization of the United Arab Emirates
 Emirates Hills, a gated community in Dubai
 E 311 road (United Arab Emirates), formerly known as "Emirates Road", a road extending between Dubai and Ras al-Khaimah
 Emirates Palace, a luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi
 Emirates (Dubai Metro), a railway station near Dubai International Airport

Towers
 Emirates Crown, a 63-floor residential tower in the Dubai Marina in Dubai
 Emirates Park Towers Hotel & Spa, a twin-tower complex under construction in Dubai
 Emirates Towers, a complex containing the Emirates Office Tower and Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel skyscrapers
 Emirates Office Tower, a 54-floor office building along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai
 Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, a 56-floor hotel tower along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai

Sports
 Emirates Airline Park, a rugby union/football stadium in Johannesburg
 Emirates Stadium, an association football stadium in London
 Emirates Cup, a football tournament held at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium
 Emirates Stakes, a horserace held as part of the Melbourne Cup Carnival

Others
 Emirates Air Line, former name of the London Cable Car over the River Thames in London, UK
 Emirates Floors
 Emirates Pets
 Emirates Grass
 Emirates Glass


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N.C. has 23 meat processing plants with COVID-19 outbreaks, more than 1,300 cases
By WBTV Web Staff
Updated: May. 12, 2020 at 1:11 PM EDT
MORGANTON, N.C. (WBTV) - There are now COVID-19 outbreaks at 23 North Carolina meat processing plants, with 1,340 total positive cases at those plants, according to NCDHHS.
Officials would not specify the names of the companies or detail numbers for every plant or county. However, some of the reported outbreaks are in the WBTV area.
An "outbreak" is when a facility has at least two confirmed cases.
NCDHHS reports outbreaks at meat processing plants in the following counties:
Bladen
Duplin
Burke County has only one meat processing facility - the Case Farms chicken plant.
Several employees at the Tyson Foods meat processing plant in Wilkesboro tested positive for coronavirus in late April, the town announced on its website.
The town didn't say how many employees tested positive, but did say that employees whom the infected individuals have come into contact with were instructed to self-isolate.
"Several" employees test positive for COVID-19 at N.C. Tyson meat processing plant
On the same day, President Donald Trump took executive action to order meat processing plants to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus cases and the impact on the nation's food supply.
The order uses the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to try to prevent a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on supermarket shelves.
Unions fired back, saying the White House was jeopardizing lives and prioritizing cold cuts over workers' health.
N.C. farmers experiencing months-long waits at food processing plants
Across the country, food processing plants were closing because of COVID-19 outbreaks. Tyson Foods chairman John H. Tyson put out an ad in papers like the New York Times saying that "millions of pounds of meat will disappear from the supply chain" and "there will be a limited supply of products available in grocery stores."
The United Food and Commercial Workers say about a quarter of the country's pork production and 10 percent of its beef output has now been shuttered.


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Cat Running For President
Watch out Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton because there is a new cat in town, and when we say cat we literally mean CAT! Because Dolly the cat has announced that she is running for president!
This presidential candidate isn't racist or sexist , and she doesn't have any email scandals . And while we hate to be superficial, she's definitely the cutest candidate in the running.
Dolly, Pittsburgh cat and official mascot for WearWoof, a nonprofit dedicated to pets in western Pennsylvania, has announced her campaign for president of the United States, running on the platform #FixAmerica. And don't worry if that sounds a little too similar to the slogan of a certain orange man ― by "fix," Dolly is talking about spaying and neutering your pets. Donations to the campaign go toward providing low-cost spaying and neutering services, as well as procedures for feral and stray cats through trap-neuter-return programs.
"Health and behavior benefits aside, spay-neuter is essential to reducing the number of unwanted animals entering shelters every year," Nancy Lee, WearWoof founder and Dolly's campaign manager, told The Huffington Post. About 2.7 million animals in shelters are euthanized annually, according to statistics from the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
How did Dolly the cat get where she is?
Dolly has a life story Americans can get behind. A former street cat, she went through the shelter system and ultimately established herself as a successful business-cat: she is the resident feline at the clothing resale store that funds many of WearWoof's projects.
What are Dolly's plans if elected?
"The economy that I'm the most interested in is the Charitable Economy," said Dolly in a statement we have to assume was typed up by Lee. "Although we cats rule the internet and Americans spend over $60 billion a year on pet products and services, only a couple percent of the $300+ billion dollars donated to all charitable causes every year in the US go to animal causes."
OK, so maybe Dolly is a bit of a single-issue candidate. But while some other candidates have made impossible promises about what they'd do on their first day in office, Dolly is nothing but realistic about what her first move would be.
"After having my morning kibble topped off, I plan to stare at my food bowl with a scowl of contempt until ultimately turning away in pure disgust," she said.
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Éric Gélinas, född 8 maj 1991, är en kanadensisk professionell ishockeyspelare som spelar för Djurgårdens IF. Han har tidigare spelat för Colorado Avalanche och New Jersey Devils i NHL.

Han draftades i andra rundan i 2009 års draft av New Jersey Devils som 54:e spelare totalt.

Referenser

Externa länkar
Éric Gelinas hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com

Födda 1991
Kanadensiska ishockeyspelare
Levande personer
Män
Idrottare från Ontario
Spelare i Colorado Avalanche
Spelare i New Jersey Devils
Spelare i Saint John Sea Dogs
Kanadensiska idrottare under 2000-talet
Spelare i Lewiston Maineiacs
Spelare i Saguenéens de Chicoutimi
Spelare i Albany Devils
Spelare i San Antonio Rampage
Spelare i Rocket de Laval
Spelare valda i NHL Entry Draft 2009
Spelare valda av New Jersey Devils i NHL Entry Draft


Bavarian Kartoffel Salat, from My "Mutti" she was from Bavaria. I'm being sincere, when I say that my Mutti's potato salad is the best I've ever tasted. Her customers, from her delicatessen, would buy it freshly made, and it always sold out by lunch time.
Slice the bacon and cook until crispy. Drain the bacon on a paper towel and save about 2 Tablespoons of the fat. Finely chop the cooked bacon and set aside. Finely dice the onion, parsley and fresh dill (dried dill is fine, too) NOTE: You want all of your ingredients to be prepped, because once you peel and slice the potatoes, you want to add the "dressing" so that it better absorbs into the potatoes.


Passionate and prolific musicians with over two decades performing in the Northwest, Neftalí Rivera & Grupo Borikuas will take the stage at the Walters Cultural Arts Center (527 E. Main St., Hillsboro) on Friday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. Borikuas members Ramón Cancel, Victor Pizarro, Martín Velez, and Neftalí Rivera capture the essence of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Bright and charismatic performers, they bring their passion for their heritage, music, and culture to the stage. Tickets for this performance are $12 advance or $16 the day of show.
Many of Rivera's songs are dedicated to the island of Puerto Rico, and tell of the island's beauty, culture, and people. Rivera's own family have also provided inspiration, as he draws upon daily life experiences shared with his wife and children. Grupo Borikuas' music conveys a rich poetic lineage, moving fluidly between love, loss, and joy, and covering an impressive repertoire that includes genres from a variety of Latin American cultures.
The concert at the Walters "will include a compilation of the most popular songs from Puerto Rico and Cuba that people have requested thought the years," said Rivera. A Northwest treasure, they are sure to fill your heart and move your feet.
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Logging, mining, and agricultural concessions data transparency: A survey of 14 forested countries
Posted in: Brazil Cambodia Colombia Congo-Brazzaville Indonesia Liberia Madagascar Malaysia Mexico Myanmar Papua New Guinea Peru Russia
WRI | March 2017
by Jessica Webb, Rachael Petersen, Elizabeth Moses, Carole Excell, Mikaela Weisse, Elizabeth Cole and Sam Szoke-Burke
Global demand for timber, agricultural commodities, and extractives is a significant driver of deforestation worldwide. Transparent land-concessions data for these large-scale commercial activities are essential to understand drivers of forest loss, monitor environmental impacts of ongoing activities, and ensure efficient and sustainable allocation of land. However, most countries lack comprehensive datasets on the precise location, extent, and ownership of land concessions, making it difficult to accurately understand how forest resources are being exploited, identify overlapping land uses, and monitor company activity. This working paper gives an overview of the availability of information for land concessions in 14 forested countries (Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Congo, and Russia), with a special focus on open spatial information. This paper examines the existence of laws governing the disclosure of concessions data and assesses the completeness and quality of concessions data across countries and sectors, as reported by a network of in-country researchers.
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Global demand for timber, agricultural commodities, and extractives is a significant driver of deforestation worldwide. The majority of the world's forests are owned by governments, which often enter into contractual agreements with private companies or individuals for resource exploitation or conversion in a specific area for a predetermined amount of time. Transparent concessions data for these large-scale commercial activities are essential to understand drivers of forest loss, monitor environmental impacts of ongoing activities, and ensure efficient and sustainable allocation of land. However, most countries lack comprehensive datasets on the precise location, extent, and ownership of land concessions, and this makes it difficult to accurately understand how forest resources are being exploited, identify overlapping land uses, and monitor company activity.
This working paper gives an overview of the availability of information for land concessions in 14 forested countries (Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Congo, and Russia), with a special focus on open spatial information. This paper examines the existence of laws governing the disclosure of concessions data and assesses the completeness and quality of concessions data across countries and sectors, as reported by a network of in-country researchers.
Overall, we found that comprehensive, logging, mining, and, where relevant, agricultural spatial concessions data were not readily publicly available, and the level of data disclosure varied widely from one country to another. This paper includes the following key findings:
The level of concessions data disclosure varies significantly by country and sector. For example, while comprehensive spatial data are available in the Republic of Congo and Canada, Myanmar, Madagascar, and Russia provide only limited access. In addition, concessions data were generally more accessible for mining than for logging or industrial agriculture.
Civil society can be a significant source of concessions information where official data are unavailable. Despite the fact that concessions data are essential for participatory and equitable land-use planning, very few governments in this study proactively provide concessions data in a way that meets open data standards (e.g., available for download, use, reuse, and redistribution). Civil society, such as activist or research organizations, plays a role in complementing or compensating for a lack of official government data often through ad hoc means, such as digitizing paper documents, compiling leaked information, and publishing the resulting datasets to the public via independent Web portals.
Governments with Freedom of Information (FOI) laws tend to provide information more proactively than countries without these laws; however, challenges with data access and quality remain. Many in-country researchers participating in this study successfully obtained at least partial concessions data (e.g., not geographically comprehensive) through information requests; however, the existence of FOI laws did not necessarily guarantee access to data. When formal FOI requests failed, researchers pointed to lack of cooperation among government ministries or a lack of awareness about information request procedures as barriers to accessing information through these means.
There is no consistent relationship between participation in voluntary partnerships or guidelines related to agriculture, logging and mining concessions transparency, and proactive concessions data release. Although participation in partnerships did seem to correlate moderately with increased proactive data disclosure, these partnerships were not drivers of disclosure in all cases. This is in spite of the fact that some partnerships, such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), specifically encourage the release of contractual agreements, licenses, and accompanying spatial data, which calls into question the effectiveness of such partnerships in achieving transparency goals.
No internationally agreed upon standard exists for the release of logging, mining, or agriculture concessions data. Even where governments proactively release information on concessions, data quality issues remain. Some governments in this study released concessions data to the public. However, researchers often reported that data were out of date, incomplete, or inaccurate. Attribute and metadata vary widely and could benefit from international guidelines or standards that outline best practice.
The availability of digital spatial data and the laws pertaining to access to that information change rapidly. Many of the links to laws and data that researchers provided were broken or offline only a few months after the study concluded; in other cases, government and civil society published new information portals during the same time period. The acquisition of concessions data is a time- and labor-intensive process.
This paper concludes with specific recommendations for policymakers, donors, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders for improving the transparency and disclosure of concessions information. The paper also suggests areas for further research, including the enabling conditions and barriers to land concessions transparency.
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Diiron tris(sulphate)
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other: Handbook of reliable peer-reviewed data
No details are available on the guideline used to determine this result.
Water solubility:
4 400 g/L
Temp.:
other: Reported as 440 g/100 g solution
The pH of the solution not stated, but concentrated solutions of ferric salts are known to be strongly acidic as the hexa-aquo kation is formed, which is strongly acidic with a pKa of 3.05 (Cotton & Wilkinson 1972, see discussion on dissociation constant)
Cotton FA, Wilkinson G eds (1992). Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. John Wiley and Sons, New York, U.S.A
Interpretation of results (migrated information): very soluble (> 10000 mg/L) Initial solubility, rapid transformation/speciation to be considered
A water solubility of 440 g/100 g solution is reported in a handbook of reliable data which has been subject to peer-review and in which the original data sources are traceable. The result is considered to be reliable.
other: Reported as 440 g/100 g water
Initially very soluble (>>10 g/L), rapid transformation/speciation in environmental waters and body fluids
Initial solubilities are
Fe2(SO4)3: Anhydrous and Nonahydrate 4400 g/L
Testing for this endpoint has been waived in accordance with column 2 restrictions. All soluble iron salts dissociate in aqueous media to the respective anions and kations, and are then subject to further change of oxidation and speciated state according to the conditions. Thus the salts are not stable and undergo fast hydrolysis (DT50 < 12 h) in water, particularly if oxygen is present and the pH is in the common environmental ranges. Nonetheless a number of generally high initial water solubilities are published, which are reported in the following paragraphs. Comparably aqueous solutions are initially (i.e. before transformation/speciation) unlimitedly miscible with water and water solubility is not a relevant endpoint for them, as they are unlimitedly miscible with water.
Ferric sulphate (Fe2(SO4)3)
The value 4400 g/L at 20 ºC has been reported for the anhydrous salt and also for the nonahydrate in a reliable source (Lide 2002). Other references state 448 g/L (Seidell 1940) for an unspecified form or qualitative data such as "slightly" (Lewis 2002) or "slowly soluble in cold water" (Budaravi et al 1996, The Merck Index). The anhydrous salt and hydrated forms are thus eventually highly soluble in water and the significantly different values may be due to the slow solubility.
Table: Initial water solubilities [g/L] of the registered category member salt forms
Anhydrous form
Solid hydrate form
Ferric sulphate, Fe2(SO4)3
4'400 at 25 °C
Nonahydrate (CAS 13520-56-4): 4400 at 20 °C
Unlimited miscibility
Ferric and Ferrous kations
In presence of oxygen ferrous kations are readily oxidized to ferric kations, which are thus more important for the environmental assessment of aerobic waters.
The following Table below shows the maximum dissolved concentration of the iron kations in pure water as it depends upon pH (see section on Hydrolysis).
Table: Calculated maximum solubility of iron in solution at 20 °C depending on pH (OECD 2007, table 13, p 33)
Ferrous kation, iron (II)
Ferric kation, iron (III)
[mg Fe/L]
[mmol Fe/L]
>1E+06
>1.8E+04
1.1E-03
In conclusion the limit of the ferric iron kation solubility is even at significantly acidified conditions in the order of ng Fe(III)/L.
Budaravi S, O'Neil MJ, Smith A, Heckelman PE, Kinneary JF eds (1996). The Merck Index. An encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 12th edn. ISBN 0911910-12-3. Whitehouse Station, NJ, U.S.A. Merck and Co. 1741 p.
Lewis R J, Sr. (2002). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary (14th Edition). John Wiley & Sons.
Lide DR ed (2002). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 83rd edn. ISBN 0-8493-0483-0. Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A. CRC Press. 2664 p.
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2007). SIDS Initial Assessment Report for SIAM 24. Chemical Category: Iron Salts. Self-published, Paris, France, 17-20 April. 138 p.
Seidell A, Link W F eds (1940). Solubilities of Inorganic and Metal Organic Compounds. 3rd edn. New York, NY, U.S.A. D Van Nostrand.


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Tag Archive: monitors
Author: Crystal Buttram September 22, 2020
Computers are wonderful machines. In more sophisticated computers there may be one or more RAM cache memories , which are slower than registers but faster than main memory. For example, EDVAC, the first modern stored program computer to be designed, used a central control unit that only interpreted four instructions.
The Control Data Corporation (CDC) 6600 performs up to 3 million instructions per second —three times faster than that of its closest competitor, the IBM 7030 supercomputer. Oversee the operation of computer hardware systems, including coordinating and scheduling the use of computer terminals and networks to ensure efficient use.
In most computers, individual instructions are stored as machine code with each instruction being given a unique number (its operation code or opcode for short). In the 1970s, computer engineers at research institutions throughout the US began to link their computers together using telecommunications technology.
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Police are searching for the man who shot five people outside a house party in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood.
It happened at a building near the intersection of North Lorel Avenue and West Madison Street around 3:00 a.m.
Police say the group was standing outside the courtyard of the building when a man walked up and started shooting.
Three women and two men were shot. The women were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. One woman, a 33-year-old, was shot in the neck and was in serious condition. The other two, a 38-year-old and a 37-year-old were taken in stable condition.
The two men, a 23-year-old and 26-year-old, were taken to Stroger Hospital. They were both shot in the leg and in stable condition.
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Savings of over $3 billion could be made by having private operators run Brisbane City Council's buses and Queensland Rail's passenger trains by 2040, according to a research from independent project study group Infrastructure Australia.
Australia-wide, savings of $15.5 billion by 2040 (in 2016 dollars) are identified into Australia's public transport industry by consultants Price Waterhouse Coopers for Infrastructure Australia.
Infrastructure Australia's Improving Public Transport report says: "In Queensland, the savings could help pay for Cross River Rail," but it contains little other data from Queensland.
The report was immediately described as a "political document" by Queensland's Rail, Tram and Bus Union state secretary Owen Doogan.
"There have been two elections where the people of Queensland stand when the issue of the privatisation of public transport system is concerned," Mr Doogan said.
"And both governments got the message that the people don't want it."
The report will however re-open the debate in Queensland about leasing government assets.
The full report will be released on Friday and is the result of 12 months of research by consultants PwC into the impact of letting extra competition into providing public transport services around Australia.
Allowing extra competition into public transport bodies like Queensland Rail – which is wholly-owned by the Queensland Government - and Brisbane Transport run by Brisbane City Council - was a recommendation of the Australian Infrastructure Plan, released in February 2016.
"So in Queensland the savings are just over $3 billion and the bulk of that is from Queensland Rail," Adrian Dwyer, Infrastructure Australia's executive director of policy and research said.
There are already many versions of the model, described as "franchising", operating in south-east Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne, as well as in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe.
In Brisbane, CityCats are franchised to the company TransDev, which is the same company that runs Sydney's Harbour City Ferries.
"So it is really not a new idea."
Brisbane City Council runs about 70 of the city's bus routes and allowing private sector contestability was a policy of the previous LNP state government in 2014.
On the Gold Coast, the successful light rail service is run by the GoldLinQ franchise, which won the tender in May 2011 from the Bligh Labor government.
GoldLinQ is a consortium that includes McConnell Dowell Constructors, Bombardier Transportation and international tram operator Keolis.
Melbourne's trains are run by the Metro franchise, which is a joint venture between the John Holland Group, the MTR Corporation and UGL Rail.
"So it is really not a new idea," Mr Dwyer said.
"There is a breadth of experience across the country."
"And all the rail in the UK is operated in this way."
Contracts can vary between 8 and 12 years.
The report says averaged public transport wages were "similar" in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, regardless of public or private operator.
Where do the claimed savings come from?
Improved network design which optimises routes and fleet utilisation.
The report contained only limited discussion about subsidies paid by government to operators. Fares paid by passengers cover between "20 to 30 per cent" of operating costs.
What do the case studies in the Improving Public Transport study show?
The study predicts an extra 460,000 public transport trips by 2040 in Southeast Queensland, similar to predictions in the latest Cross River Rail project study showing rail commuters will double in 10 years.
Franchising began in the late 1990s and the on-line running "improved by 2.6 per cent."
Staff numbers dropped from 18,000 to 8400 between 1992 and 1997, saving $245 million.
On-time running worsened between 2003-04 as patronage grew, however it has improved, the study finds.
"Metro Trains Melbourne, have significantly improved punctuality since 2009–10," the report says.
Reliability of train services under Melbourne's franchised system is between 98 and 99 per cent.
Sydney's City Ferries are run by TransDev since 2012, which also runs Brisbane's CityCats.
- "Improved on-time running, consistently achieving 99 per cent of services on-time since taking over the contract."
- "Customer complaints have also declined."
- "In 2014–15 the complaint rate was about 2.2 per 100,000 boardings, which was about 30 per cent lower than the final year of public sector operation in 2011–12."
- "These improvements were made while also reducing the contract price to government by 12% per annum."
What the Rail, Tram and Bus union says.
"It is based on the philosophy of the federal government from 2014 from a government that wanted to privatise," Owen Doogan said.
The report includes sections on the previous federal government's asset recycling scheme.
"We understand there has been no communication with any of the key stakeholders."


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2021-2022 PA President: Maria Blackshaw
The North Cross School Parents' Association (PA) serves to identify and organize parent-volunteer opportunities, to act as goodwill ambassadors, to provide additional educational opportunities and activities, to serve as an advisory group, and to bring into closer relation the home and the school for the students, faculty, administration, and the parents of North Cross School. The PA is a great way to meet other parents and to become involved in making school events successful and enriching for our students.
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The Parents' Association meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 8:30am in the Lemon Dining Hall, unless otherwise communicated. All North Cross parents are welcome to attend the meetings and we encourage you to be involved in any committee of your choosing. The NCS PA works with the Admission Office, Boosters, the Development Office, Friends of the Arts, The Affinity Group, and helps with many of the school-wide events that happen throughout the year, such as Homecoming and Field Day.
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North Cross fosters an environment of inclusion and appreciates the diverse backgrounds of our families because having a student population more representative of the world at large ultimately creates a richer learning environment. Parents of similar backgrounds have formed affinity groups which aim to create a space where like-experienced individuals can come together for support, resources and plan various volunteer opportunities at the school.
The Boosters raise funds that are used to support the school's athletic program. Run by parents, the group's mission is to enhance the athletic environment for all students so they may have a positive, rewarding, and fulfilling athletic experience as part of their overall education at North Cross School. Boosters volunteers operate admission gates and concessions stands at various athletic events and serve in scorekeeping and other volunteer capacities as needed.
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"Friends of the Arts" (FOTA) was formed in 2008 by a group of parents as a "booster club" for the fine arts department. Everyone in the North Cross School community is a member. FOTA's mission is to promote and support the school's fine arts programs and its student musicians, artists, actors and actresses.
Each year, FOTA raises money to provide resources needed by the fine arts departments that are not provided in the School's annual operating budget. In addition, it hosts events that bring parents and families together to enjoy the "arts" and creates additional fine arts programs that benefit the students.


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Claire Orbell, Private Party, Leicestershire
The band created a great atmosphere - Brilliant range of songs which we and our guests loved. Debbie's voice was amazing and they all contributed to a fantastic evening.
Dance Anthems
Sandstorm (Darude)
U Sure Do (Strike)
Where Love Lives (Alison Limerick)
Free (Ultra Nate)
Toca's Miracle (Fragma)
You're Not Alone (Olive)
Not Over Yet (Grace)
Rhythm Is A Dancer (Snap!)
Rhythm Of The night (Corona)
Baby Baby (Corona)
Freed From Desire (Gala)
Sunshine After The Rain (Berri)
Moving Too Fast (Artful Dodger)
Flowers (Sweet Female Attitude)
Gotta Get Thru this (Daniel Bedingfield)
House Classics
Insomnia (Faithless)
Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Baby D)
Dreamer (Livin' Joy)
Show Me Love (Robin S)
Finally (CeCe Peniston)
Dont stop moving (Livin' Joy)
I'm Gonna Get You Baby (Bizarre Inc.)
Rave & Happy House
Born Slippy (Underworld)
Firestarter (Prodigy)
Out of space (Prodigy)
You've Got The Love (Candi Staton)
U R The Best Thing (D-Ream)
Everybody's Free (Rozalla)
Set You Free (N-Trance)
Big Beat and Nu House
Red Alert (Basement Jaxx)
Don't Call Me Baby (Madison Avenue)
Lady (Modjo)
What's The Story… (Oasis)
Parklife (Blur)
Disco 2000 (Pulp)
Girls And Boys (Blur)
All The Small Things (Blink 182)
Ready To Go (Republica)
Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz)
Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus)
Indie/Baggy
I Am The Resurrection (The Stone Roses)
Friday I'm In Love (The Cure)
Step On (Happy Mondays)
The Only One (The Charlatans)
Unbelievable (EMF)
Relight My Fire (Take That)
Reach (S Club 7)
Spinning Around (Kylie)
Ray of Light (Madonna)
Everybody (Backstreet Boys)
Killer (Adamski Feat. Seal)
Missing (Everything But The Girl)
Gonna Make You Sweat (C+C Music Factory)
Ride On Time (Black Box)
This Is How We Do It (Montell Jordan)
Two Can Play That Game (Bobby Brown)
Pump Up The Jam (Technotronic)
Groove is in the heart (Deee Lite)
Hotsetepper (Ini Kamoze)
Pump Up The 90s have been tour relentlessly regularly performing at large venues such as the NEC and NIA and festivals such as The Big Chill, Secret Garden Party, Godiva, Victorious and Glastonbury festivals).
How much stage space do you require?
We require at least 150 square feet (say; 10ft depth, 15ft width) for us to set-up. For the best visual/audio results it is best we play down the 'length' of the room (so we would be at one end of the room, facing the other) with the dancefloor immediately in front of us.
What are your power requirements?
There should be a minimum of two 13 amp plugs near the staging area. If power is located elsewhere, the venue may need to provide extension leads to run power nearer our location. If the venue uses a generator this must be well grounded (to avoid electrocution!), voltage regulated (so no power spikes can damage our equipment) and a minimum 5kw (to safely run our equipment).
Timings – What works best?
Our typical 'on-site' times are between 5.30pm and 12.30am (including set-up and pack down time, accommodating a midnight finish). If you require us any earlier or later, no problem, but this will may incur a small charge. In order to maximise the dancing we suggest placing the band as late as possible and around other events you may have (buffet, fireworks etc).
The get-in, set-up and soundcheck takes approximately 90 minutes. In order to load-in we will require an area where we can park for at least 20 minutes (without risk of getting a ticket!) – please note we often bring three cars to a local event. We will also require an unobstructed passageway to the stage with the distance being no more than 30 metres from our cars. We can accommodate a small numbers of stairs, but where we are required to perform on a higher or lower floor we would request a lift.
Can we use your equipment?
Once we are on site we are at your disposal. If you wish to use our PA equipment for any other purpose, no problem. However, use of our instruments/guitar amplifiers would not be allowed (as these are considered 'breakables'). We also no longer allow DJs or bands to use our equipment as they can potentially drive the PA too loud and damage it. Please bear in mind we no longer use radio mics (as they have too often picked up the local taxi company during a gig!).
Band and DJ repertoire – Do you take requests?
Whilst we have a large library of music for our DJ sets, it is by no means exhaustive. If there are any tracks that you definitely want played on the night we recommend that you provide these on either a memory stick or CD. Some clients in the past have provided their own playlist on a laptop or iPod, this is no problem at all – we can plug this directly into our PA. If you would like the band to play a song for you (say, for your first dance), no problem. We can often provide this service for free (providing the song suits the band and is easy to learn), or for a small charge. All we require is a little notice (two weeks minimum) to learn it.
Do you require a changing area?
When we arrive we will typically be in our 'civvies' (as lugging equipment can be a messy business!), we therefore require an area where we can get changed into our stage clothes. This should be big enough for five people, and ideally secure (so we can leave our belongings there whilst we play). Please note, venue toilets are not an option (these can be quite 'messy' by the end of the evening!).
Will you require food and drink?
As we are typically away from home between 10-12 hours when at an event the band will also require some form of hot evening meal and soft drinks whilst on site (at no extra cost to the band). The band do not have any allergies and there are no vegetarians etc.
The band hold £1,000,000 public liability insurance and all equipment is checked annually via the PAT process. Certificates are available upon request.
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120 minutes included with options to extend by a further 30 or 60 minutes.
Pump Up The 90's
Location Birmingham
Starting from £1,380.00
The Live 90s Band Bringing Back The Rave - Hands In The Air!
Here's what some true 90s greats have to say about the band...
"Great cover version guys!" Coco Star - Toca's Miracle
"You guys are solid...!" Angie Brown - Bizarre Inc.
"You guys are amazing, thank you" Rozalla - Everybody's Free
Watch Pump Up The 90's
Toca's Miracle - Fragma
Finally - Ce Ce Peniston
Set You Free - N-Trance
Disco 2000 - Pulp
Pump Up The 90s! are a fully live 90s band providing up to 3 hours of epic 90s tunes! They have shared the bill with 90s legends Judge Jules, Artful Dodger, Danny Rampling, Five, Liberty X, S Club 7, K Klass, Ultrabeat and N Trance and have performed live on stage backing 90s house diva Angie brown and the 'Queen of Rave' Rozalla. These guys are the real deal and highly qualified to bring the decade back in roaring style.
Featuring stunning vocals from 90s rave-child Debbie-Ann (yes, she was at the first ever Dreamscape!) the band regularly perform to audiences in their thousands. Supported by a sound and lighting rig Manumission would be proud of Pump Up The 90s! will take you back to the days of Boom Shake the Room, and ensure the room is fully 'shaken'.
The band offer two packages: Their live 90s Dance Show delivers the best euphoric dance tunes, house classics and rave anthems re-voiced into fresh new arrangements for the 21st century. Their Nostalgia Show delivers a unique blend of 90s dance, Britpop and chart tunes guaranteed to bring back those 'old skool' 90s vibes.
Aberdeen £1,980.00 Inverness £2,100.00 Perth £1,920.00 Sutherland £1,920.00 Ayrshire £1,980.00 Fife £1,980.00 Stirlingshire £1,980.00 West Lothian £1,980.00 Dumfries-shire £1,980.00 East Lothian £1,980.00 Lanarkshire £1,980.00 Midlothian £1,980.00 Glasgow £1,980.00 Edinburgh £1,980.00 Dundee £2,160.00
Europe £2,400.00 Rest of the world £2,400.00
Durham £1,560.00 Northumberland £1,680.00 North Yorkshire £1,560.00 South Yorkshire £1,500.00 Tyne and Wear £1,620.00 West Yorkshire £1,500.00 Yorkshire £1,500.00 East Yorkshire £1,620.00 Leeds £1,500.00
Cheshire £1,500.00 Cumbria £1,620.00 Manchester £1,500.00 Lancashire £1,500.00 Merseyside £1,500.00 Liverpool £1,500.00
Derbyshire £1,380.00 Leicestershire £1,380.00 Lincolnshire £1,500.00 Northamptonshire £1,440.00 Nottinghamshire £1,380.00 Rutland £1,440.00
Cambridgeshire £1,500.00 Norfolk £1,680.00 Suffolk £1,560.00 Norwich £1,680.00
Anglesey £1,860.00 Caernarvonshire £1,920.00 Denbigh £1,740.00 Flint £1,560.00 Cardigan £1,800.00 Brecon £17,448.00 Carmarthen £1,680.00 Glamorgan £1,680.00 Monmouth £1,500.00 Pembroke £1,800.00 Wrexham £1,500.00 Cardiff £1,560.00
Gloucestershire £1,500.00 Herefordshire £1,500.00 Shropshire £1,500.00 Staffordshire £1,440.00 Warwickshire £1,380.00 Worcestershire £1,440.00 Birmingham £1,380.00
Bedfordshire £1,380.00 Berkshire £1,440.00 Buckinghamshire £1,440.00 East Sussex £1,620.00 Essex £1,560.00 Hampshire £1,620.00 Hertfordshire £1,440.00 Isle of Wight £1,920.00 Kent £1,740.00 Oxfordshire £1,380.00 Surrey £1,440.00 Sussex £1,620.00 West Sussex £1,620.00 London £1,500.00 Middlesex £1,440.00
Cornwall £1,980.00 Devon £1,560.00 Dorset £1,560.00 Somerset £1,560.00 Wiltshire £1,500.00 Bath £1,500.00 Bristol £1,500.00
Customers who have enquired for Pump Up The 90's have also been interested in the following 90's bands who are also available in London and the South East. For more information or further options, please call 0845 643 9384.
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Songwriter Allee Willis, who did "Friends" theme, dies
Posted: Dec 25, 2019 / 11:56 AM CST / Updated: Dec 25, 2019 / 01:05 PM CST
FILE – In this Jan. 9, 2018 file photo composer Allee Willis attends a post show reception in New York. Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical "The Color Purple" as well as Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" and the "Friends" theme song, has died. She was 72. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini,File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical "The Color Purple" as well as the theme song from the TV show "Friends" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "September," has died. She was 72.
The cause of death Tuesday was a cardiac event, her publicist, Ellyn Solis, told The New York Times.
The Times did not specify where she died, though she had been living in Los Angeles. The Associated Press could not immediately reach Solis.
Willis was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2018 — more than 30 years after she won a Grammy for co-writing Patti LaBelle's "Stir It Up" for the soundtrack of "Beverly Hills Cop."
She was nominated for but did not win, Grammy and Tony awards for co-writing the music for "The Color Purple."
She was also nominated for an Emmy for the "Friends" theme song, "I'll Be There for You" performed by the Rembrandts but lost to the theme of "Star Trek: Voyager."
She wrote hundreds of other songs, including pieces for Ray Charles, Sister Sledge and Cyndi Lauper.
"I, very thankfully, have a few songs that will not go away," she told The Times in 2018, "but they're schlepping along 900 others."
Willis grew up in Detroit and was raised on the sounds of Motown, though she never learned to play music. She attributes her love for music to visiting Motown studios every weekend while growing up.
"I would sit on the lawn," she told The Times. "You could watch everyone come in. But most importantly you could hear through the walls, which is how I became a songwriter."
She is survived by her partner, Prudence Fenton.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his "Wall of Sound" method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81.
Betty White to mark 99th birthday by "feeding ducks"
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Hollywood icon Betty White turns 99 today!
This is video from a previous birthday. White says she's planning to celebrate the milestone by, "feeding the two ducks who come to visit me every day."
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (WIAT) — Multi-platinum producer and entrepreneur Dr. Dre is now back at home, after being released from a Los Angeles hospital for a brain aneurysm.
Friend and fellow rapper Ice-T confirmed the good news in a Twitter post Friday afternoon. Dre was rushed to a hospital with a brain bleed on January 4th. He spent more than a week in an ICU before being released. He's now under round-the-clock medical supervision at his home.
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