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Facebook Has Acquired Gowalla
Jason Kincaid	@jasonkincaid / 8 years
Facebook has acquired location-based startup Gowalla, according to a report this evening by Laurie Segall on CNN Money. The terms of the deal haven't been reported, and Gowalla declined to comment. Facebook says it doesn't comment on rumor and speculation. Update: We've heard from an independent source that Facebook is indeed acquiring Gowalla .
According to CNN's report, the Gowalla team will be working on Facebook Timeline, with most of the team moving to Facebook's Palo Alto headquarters and some remaining in Gowalla's hometown of Austin, where Facebook has an office as well.
Gowalla, which has raised $10.4 million to date, first launched at SXSW 2009 — going head-to-head against Foursquare, with a stronger emphasis on virtual goods (and nicer icons) than their competitor. But Foursquare overtook Gowalla in popularity by a large margin, prompting the startup to reinvent itself earlier this year.
The new product moves away from displaying a time-based feed of your friends' recent check-ins, and focuses instead on creating Stories around the places you and your friends have visited, clustering together photos that show off your adventures (there is also a Guides section that lays out where you should visit in a given city).
In other words, it's not too dissimilar to Facebook's Timeline feature, which is also designed to group clusters of activity into more cohesive stories, as opposed to just a reverse-chronological feed. And it would make perfect sense for Facebook to start featuring location checkins and photos tagged with GPS coordinates into Timeline stories.
According to CNN, the fate of Gowalla's existing app is as of yet undecided. It's also unclear whether this is an 'acqui-hire', or if Facebook is also interested in any of Gowalla's technology. My hunch is that it's the former.


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Q: $(document).ready() fires immediately for window.open() context I'm trying to perform operations on the DOM of a popup window, but for some reason the ready event fires immediately for the popup, before there's anything in the DOM.
I know that jQuery can access the DOM of the popup window by using context, and that I can manage to do it by using setTimeout to delay any action until a reasonable amount of time has passed.
http://jsfiddle.net/GVcjn/
(function ($) {
    $(function () {
        var popup = window.open('/test');
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        $(popup.document).ready(function () {
            // Should fire when the DOM of the 404 page has loaded...

            $('h2', popup.document).css('color', '#FF0000');
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            console.log($('h2', popup.document).length);
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        });

        setTimeout($.proxy(function () {
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            var popup = this;
            $('h2', popup.document).css('text-decoration', 'underline');
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        }, popup), 5000);
            // After 5 seconds...
    });
})(jQuery);

Also, I know it's not jQuery's fault. If I add console.log(popup.document.readyState); immediately after var popup = window.open('/test');, it prints complete. Why, though?
Any advice?
Thanks!

A: Have you tried this?
popup.onload = function () {
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};

With jQuery load, according to the documentation http://api.jquery.com/load-event/ is:
$(popup).load(function() {
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});

This question answer something similar too: How can I access the dom tree of child window?
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Llanilar is a village and parish in Cardiganshire, about two miles south-east of Aberystwyth. Its name means "Church of Hilary" which refers to Saint Hilary of Poitiers.
1 History & Amenities
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History & Amenities
Church of St Ilar
The village was built along the southern side of the scenic River Ystwyth and contains a parish church, Nonconformist chapel, primary school, GP Surgery and garage. Unfortunately the village post office is now closed but a mobile van visits several times during the week.
The parish church is dedicated to St Hilary and has a large square tower, chancel, nave and porch. In the porch is a hollowed stone for holding holy water, and above the door an ancient beam with carved heads and animals, inscribed with the words: J.S. W.W.A. Church Wardens, 1683. [1] It is a grade II* listed building. [2]
Llanilar railway station on the line from Carmarthen to Abserystwyth opened in 1867 and closed in 1964 following severe flooding in the Llanilar area.
There is also a Roman site just on the east border of the village.
Dai Jones - broadcaster, lives and farms in Llanilar
↑ Meyrick, Samuel Rush. (1907) The History of Cardiganshire. Stephen Collard. pg. 284.
↑ "Church of Saint Ilar, Llanilar". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-9840-church-of-saint-ilar-llanilar. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Llanilar and surrounding area
: Llanilar Health Centre
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ATHENS, OH--August 7, 2008-- LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, announced today that the Southeast Kansas Library System in Kansas has selected a Koha ZOOM hosted solution for their next integrated library system.
SEKLS is the 8th consortium in 2008 to select LibLime's Koha ZOOM solution.
SEKLS's consortial collection of 364,000 items will be hosted offsite at one of LibLime's secure data centers. The Library has also contracted with LibLime for data migration, training and support on their Koha system.
ATHENS,OH--July 31, 2008-- LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, announced today that the Grand County Public Library in Utah has selected a Koha Classic appliance solution for their next integrated library system.
Winner of the 2007 Best Small Library in America award (sponsored by Library Journal and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), the Grand County Public Library services a county which sees around 1 million visitors a year.
ATHENS, OH--July 23, 2008-- LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries announced today that The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan has selected a Koha Classic hosted system.
One of the greatest challenges non-profit agencies face is finding grants to support important community services. Help is at hand in the form of the five-day Grantsmanship Training Program to be held September 8 - 12 at the James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Road, Norge, Va. 23188.
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Butte Silver Bow Public Library's collection of 65,000 items will be hosted on a server on site at the library. The Library has also contracted with LibLime for data migration and support on their Koha system.
ATHENS, OH and BIRMINGHAM, AL--July 15, 2008-- LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, and the Birmingham Museum of Art announced today that the Museum's Clarence B. Hanson, Jr. Library has selected a Koha Classic hosted solution for their integrated library system.
The Koha installation will be hosted off-site at one of LibLime's secure data centers. The Library has also contracted with LibLime for support on their Koha system.
ATHENS, OH--July 9, 2008-- LibLime, the leader in open-source solutions for libraries, announced today that the Highland Park Public Library in New Jersey has selected a Koha ZOOM hosted solution for their next integrated library system.
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Studio 7 Headlines, Monday, May 9, 2016
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Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank says it did not authorize directors of the consumer giant Innscor Africa to open offshore accounts uncovered in the ongoing Panama Papers investigation. But Innscor says there is no wrongdoing as its contacts with those offshore firms were conducted in accordance with all applicable laws.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists will today release to the public a searchable database of documents that reveal the details of more than 200,000 offshore entities and their owners in more than 200 countries and territories.
Police arrest Patson Dzamara, the brother of abducted political activist Itai Dzamara, who was seized 14 months ago by suspected state security agents for urging President Robert Mugabe to step down for allegedly failing to properly run Zimbabwe.
Central bank governor John Mangudya appears before a parliamentary committee which summoned him to explain the current cash crisis gripping Zimbabwe.
And it's celebration time for Masvingo-born Charles Manyuchi who defeated Russian Dmitry Mikhaylenko to land the World Boxing Council's silver belt.
Stay tuned for these stories and more coming up on Studio 7 at 7:30 pm on 9-0-9 Medium Wave and on the 4-9-3-0, 5-9-4-0 and 1-5-4-6-0 shortwave frequencies. We also broadcast on www.channelzim.net. Please check us out on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter.
This evening on Livetalk our hosts Blessing Zulu and Gibbs Dube we will be talking with listeners and experts about the arrest of Patson Dzamara, the brother of Itai Dzamara, who was abducted 14 months ago and several other people protesting against the current social, economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe.
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Workers' compensation in Canada is a legislated system of social insurance that is funded by assessments levied on employers. Thirteen established Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) systems have regional jurisdiction and responsibility for administering and adjudicating compensation for the injured worker. Disability awards for certain injuries are determined by statute; others are determined using an acceptable reference or impairment schedule such as the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment ( AMA Guides ). On August 22, 1960, Dr D. E. Bell presented to the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada an impairment rating schedule to represent the loss of earning capacity and fulfill the spirit of workers' compensation. Dr Bell's schedule has served as the basis for many Canadian WCB Primary Rating Schedules. Most jurisdictions refer to the AMA Guides in instances when the primary schedule is inadequate. A table in this article lists the current primary and secondary schedules for assessment of impairment in Canada; another table shows the differences in the ratings between Dr Bell's schedule and the AMA Guides . The AMA Guides is used principally only in Yukon and Prince Edward Island and is used for impairment estimations of more complicated injuries in all regions but Quebec.


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You are here: Home / Education / Historic Expansion of School Choice Options for Florida Families Signed Into Law
Historic Expansion of School Choice Options for Florida Families Signed Into Law
Priority legislation expands eligibility, maximizes
parental choice in K-12 scholarship programs
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis today signed into law House Bill 7045, School Choice, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Manny Diaz, Jr. (R-Hialeah). The legislation, a top priority of Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Trilby), maximizes parental choice by expanding eligibility and streamlining key school choice scholarship programs for students with unique abilities and students from lower income families.
"School choice is here to stay. We have been talking about a massive expansion of this kind since I first ran for office, and the day has finally come where we can tell our constituents it has been signed into law," said President Simpson. "I firmly believe the only way you can truly eliminate generational poverty is through educational choice in the K-12 system, and I am grateful for the leadership of Senator Diaz, and so many other Senators who share my passion for this issue and worked to make this great bill a priority this session."
"We want school choice to be an option for every family in Florida. Education is not one-size-fits-all, and by signing this historic legislation into law today, our Governor is empowering more Florida families to design the academic experience that best fits their needs," said Senator Diaz.
The legislation expands school choice to allow a family of four earning less than $100,000 to receive full funding of K-12 education costs at a school of their choice under an expansion of the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. Eligibility is expanded to students who are not enrolled in a public school, students of parents serving in the military, and students who are in foster care or adopted.
Family Empowerment Scholarship
The bill specifies that the FES will serve both low-income students and students with unique abilities. The two categories each have their own eligibility standards, enrollment caps, priority funding lists, scholarship amounts, and authorized spending uses.
The FES will be funded through the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) to ensure scholarship stability. The scholarship award is increased from 95% in current law to 100% of the funding a student is assigned through the FEFP based on the grade level and school district.
FES for Students with Unique Abilities
HB 7045 transfers the McKay Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities and the Gardiner Scholarship Program into the Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES). The FES funds for students with unique abilities will operate as an Education Savings Account (ESA), with the allowable expenses under current law.
The bill increases funding for students with unique abilities in Levels IV and V, and students in Levels I, II, and III will receive a scholarship equal to the average amount for these service levels. Existing Gardiner and McKay Scholarship students will receive the calculated amount under current law or the new law, whichever is greater, for the remainder of their time in the program.
Current scholarship eligibility requirements for students with unique abilities are retained under HB 7045, and include students turning three or four years old before September 1 and K-12 students with a diagnosis of a defined disability, or an Individual Education Plan. The scholarship remains in effect until the student graduates or turns 22.
The legislation modifies the participation cap to 20,000 students, with several exemptions to the cap, and maintains the annual growth rate of 1% of the total public school exceptional student population, not including gifted students. Under these provisions approximately 4,000 more scholarships will be available for students with unique abilities in the coming school year.
The cap excludes students who are in foster care, adopted, or are dependents of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, received specialized services in VPK and are eligible for Kindergarten, attended public school the year prior, or received a McKay Scholarship in the 2021-2022 school year.
The legislation requires school districts to notify a student's parent or guardian of available options under FES within 10 days after an Individual Education Plan (IEP) meeting and also requires the physician or psychologist who issued the diagnosis or IEP to determine if standardized testing is appropriate.
FES for Students from Lower-Income Families
The FES funds for students from lower-income families will continue to be used for tuition and fees at eligible private schools as under current law. Students on the direct certification list or below 185% of the federal poverty level also have the option for up to $750 in transportation costs to a public school other than the one assigned to the student and lab schools that do not provide transportation.
The bill removes the eligibility requirement that students be enrolled in public school the year prior and expands eligibility to include dependents of members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Additionally, HB 7045 increases the initial eligible household income from 300% to 375% of the federal poverty level and maintains the current participation cap with an annual growth rate of 1% of the total public school enrollment.
There are exceptions to the cap, including students who received an FTC scholarship the previous year and did not receive a renewal due to lack of funds available under FTC or Hope Scholarships (this option is subject to a sub-cap of 15,000 students per year). Students who are in foster care, adopted, or a dependent of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces are also outside of the cap, as are those who attended public school the year prior and are on the direct certification list, or have a household income below 185% of the federal poverty level. The bill also modifies the date that school districts must notify Floridians about the FES scholarship from April to January.
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Q: Geocoding without Google API? I cant find a way to convert an adress to a long/lat coordinate without using google geocoding API.
Im working with Open Layers and Open Street Map and have to avoid google api because of the 2.500 views/day limitation.

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Market Fears Begin to Fade
Northwestern Mutual Market Commentary for November 8, 2021
Over the past several months we've been highlighting some of the primary fears that were hanging over the market. There was a steady drumbeat about rising COVID-19 cases, hot inflation, fiscal policy confusion, overvalued markets and fears the Federal Reserve would err. Markets remained range bound for some time, as the view ahead was cloudy. But without fail, we encouraged long-term investors to remain — to refrain from trading around these narratives and risk derailing a well-constructed long-term financial plan. Repeatedly, we reminded investors that these fears would eventually wane in Q4, and the economy's stellar fundamentals would shine, bolstering confidence and lifting the fog.
Well, here we are. Despite supply chain logjams and higher input costs, corporate earnings have blown past expectations. Perhaps markets underestimated the resilience of businesses and consumers. The Fed, for its part, is attempting to land the plane smoothly and will begin tapering its asset purchases this month — given the lack of fanfare, you may have missed Chair Jerome Powell's news conference this week. COVID cases are on the decline, children are eligible for vaccines, and Pfizer last week announced its experimental antiviral pill can cut the risk of hospitalization or death by 89 percent. It led former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb (a Pfizer board member) to hypothesize an effective end to the pandemic in January. Hiring momentum is picking up (as we anticipated) as kids are in school and offices reopen.
Across the board, as we expected, the shadows that were hanging over markets are fast receding, and the focus is now on those fundamentals. And with that, let's take a closer look.
Wall Street Wrap
Fed Will Start Tapering This Month: The tapering has arrived, but markets don't seem to mind. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell last week announced the Fed would begin paring its $120 billion in monthly asset purchases by $15 billion ($10 billion in Treasurys and $5 billion mortgage securities) each month. That puts the central bank on pace to fully withdraw its pandemic-era economic support program by the middle of next year. Of course, Powell said the Fed would continue to monitor the economy and adjust if necessary.
It's a move the Fed has forecast for months now, so there were no surprises when the Fed's tapering plans became "official," and markets love being underwhelmed by the Fed. So Powell has successfully started turning the ship without causing any seasickness. Keep in mind, even when the Fed ends its asset purchases, it will continue to hold those assets on its balance sheet and maintain very accommodative conditions.
On Inflation: Powell also made comments that are much in line with what we've said about the pandemic-driven recession and the current bout of inflation we're experiencing. The recession of 2020 wasn't traditional in the sense that there were excesses in the economy that needed to be recessed. Rather, it was a health-driven event driven by intentional actions to limit the spread of the virus.
Our current bout with inflation isn't traditional, either. Powell said inflation isn't driven purely by economic fundamentals (we've noted as much here several times); rather, it's driven by echoes of the pandemic, or supply and demand imbalances as economies rapidly reopen around the world. Traditionally, extended bouts with inflation are sustained when the economy lacks productive capacity to meet demand. All the data indicate that's not the case right now. And although elevated inflation is forecast to stick around well into next year, Powell remains confident it will subside as the economy fully recovers from the echoes of COVID-19.
The ISMs: The ISM Manufacturing read for October was strong again. Although it fell a tad, down to 60.8 from 61.1 in September, it remains in elevated territory; and this was the 17th consecutive month of expansion in the sector (anything above 50 indicates expansion). All segments of the sector continue to feel the pinch from record-long lead times for critical materials, shortages and rising commodities prices. Despite these challenges, survey respondents remain quite optimistic. For one, inventories are building at the factory level, as that gauge hit its highest level since 1984. On the other side, customer inventories remain low. However, you'd rather see inventories building at the factory level rather than at the customer level (which would be an indication they can't sell their wares).
The services side of the index knocked it out of the park, supporting our thesis that as the economy reopened, consumers would shift from a "stuff"-oriented recovery to a services recovery. Services accelerated notably in October, rising 7.5 percentage points to 69.8 in October, up from 62.3 in September. That's an all-time high for the series and the 17th consecutive month of expansion. Seeing a sharp transition to services is encouraging for two reasons: First, the U.S. is primarily a services economy (roughly 70 percent of GDP); secondly, as consumers spend more on services, that should help release some pressure on constrained supply chains and buy producers time to work through backlogs.
Hiring Is Accelerating: We've told investors to remain patient with the labor situation, as we expected a boost to hiring as enhanced unemployment benefits expired and people felt more comfortable returning to work and school. We're seeing that in data now. The U.S. added 531,000 jobs in October, with 163,000 additions in leisure and 119,000 in bars and restaurants. What's more, prior months were revised upward by a total of 235,000 jobs. Unemployment ticked down to 4.6 percent in October from 4.8 percent the month prior. Women were disproportionately affected during the pandemic (many work in fields that involved human interaction or put careers on hold to care for children stuck at home), but 200,000 women joined the workforce in October, a small but positive sign that things are getting back to normal.
Here's a look at what's on tap this week:
Tuesday: The NFIB small-business index for October is due. This monthly report is always a nice gauge on how the largest cohort of business owners feels about the economy. Labor and supply chains have been the running theme, but with a nice uptick in hiring in October we'll be curious to see if that's carrying through to smaller enterprises.
Wednesday: Tired of hearing about inflation? Well, strap in for more. CPI and Core CPI for October will be released in the morning, and that could have an impact on trading if expectations are exceeded or inflation surprises to the downside, which would be applauded in markets.
Friday: The week closes with the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index. We're heading into retail's prime time, so the consumer will be a big focus as we head into the final stretch of 2021.
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Worthy Cause?: NARAL Fighting Pro-Abortion "Apathy" in Maryland
Dave Andrusko
By Cortney O'Brien
NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland's executive director, Jodi Finkelstein
Maryland is an overwhelmingly pro-choice state. With a pro-choice governor and a mostly pro-choice legislature, citizens have managed to keep abortion-regulating legislation outside its borders. Yet, one organization is worried that's not enough.
NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland's executive director, Jodi Finkelstein, and education and outreach coordinator Amber Banks, called into the Washington DC-based radio station WPFW today [Thursday], during a segment called "In Our Voices" with host Nkenge Toure, to discuss their efforts in not only ensuring women's "right to choose," but combating complacency as well in the securely pro-abortion Old Line State.
"Our biggest challenge is we are battling apathy in the state of Maryland."
Their first priority? Inform citizens about crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), which the NARAL representatives describe as giving young women "false medical advice in order to convince them to stay pregnant" and offering their services for free "to lure people in." Banks is also the coordinator of "Its Lies" – a campaign established to expose the dodgy pro-life practices of CPCs. She and Finkelstein listed more of these pregnancy centers' offenses.
"All of them offer what they call counseling […] free pregnancy tests […] some of them offer ultrasounds […] free diapers, STI services."
Free diapers? Why aren't they calling the police!
At least 50 crisis pregnancy centers are present in Maryland alone, NARAL explains. Nationwide, there are thousands – outnumbering abortion clinics 4 to 1.
Despite what Finkelstein and Banks think, crisis pregnancy centers are life-saving organizations that provide young and scared mothers with the encouragement and support they need to not only give birth, but to excel as parents. Yet, Toure didn't hide her suspicion, asking her guests, "Who's paying for them? How are they funded?"
NARAL explained CPCs are funded by a lot of private donations, religious organizations and some taxpayer money, some of which is thanks to the state's "Choose Life" license plates. Toure's response? "Wow."
Don't even get me started.
If I had to start, it would be with these two words: Planned Parenthood. Not only is Planned Parenthood the largest abortion provider in the country, but it is taxpayer-funded – by many who disagree with their services.
As for NARAL, the representative insisted they are a "very transparent, hardworking non-profit."
One way NARAL is working to "expose" crisis pregnancy centers is through a bus education campaign in Baltimore, which has the highest number of CPCs in the state. Banks proudly stated, "no one has ever done a bus ad on their side in the pro-choice education sphere."
Finkelstein explained her decision to launch the bus ads after seeing pro-life advertisements posted on public transportation: "I couldn't stand seeing that CPC ad day after day, I wanted to do something similar. So, it was the result of my angst sitting in traffic and seeing that ad but doing outreach that will make an impact."
So, what exactly do their pro-choice ads say?
"It says Crisis pregnancy centers, with the 'Its Lies' website listed," according to NARAL.
"We've had ads on buses for a month and almost 1,000 people visit the website […] We want as many people as possible to be educated."
The NARAL representatives told listeners about other groups supporting their effort. Some of their partners include local chapters of Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and NOW. They also receive help through funders, granters, and other donations. "We don't do this alone," she said.
So, there you have it. While crisis pregnancy centers are working to promote a culture of life and offer gracious support to young mothers, NARAL is taking people's money to fight abortion apathy.
Toure spoke for Marylanders in response to this noble cause:
"Thank you, on behalf of the childbearing population, thank you."
Editor's note. This appeared Thursday at townhall.com.
Tags icon abortion, abortion clinics, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Maryland
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Bought this bike last week. My tail light works, which I refer to as a running light, but I cannot get any sort of brake light to actuate. I pulled the seat and noticed that there are three wires that come from the rear light to the area of the fuse box. I'll post a photo of them. I'm not certain if I'm missing something or if I have a problem with a switch or an actuator somewhere. I've done as much searching on the forums as my brain can possibly take and now I'm looking for some guidance.
For reference, my bike is a US model and has the switch for the horn, but no horn. It also has functioning headlights, high beam and low beam as well as the functioning tail light.
Is there a microswitch or actuator switch behind the foot brake? Behind the handbrake? Or am I just missing something altogether. Have a look at the photos and you'll also see a couple of wires that look like plug and play into something. I'm guessing it's the enduro kit.
I checked the fuse, which I believe is fuse number 3 or 4 for the brake lights. Both of them work.
Same goes for the front brake lever.
I had a similar problem on my 2010 570. The wires coming from the rear brake were se severed. They run behind the black mud guard. At least mine did. One of those wires in your pgots is for a liscence plate light.
The FE450 does not come with brake switches. If you want the brake light to work, you have to install hydraulic banjo bolts and wire them up - one side to 12V and the other to unused of the 3 wires in the connector.
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The FSC Principles and Criteria (P&C) set out the global requirements for achieving FSC forest management certification.
The FSC Principles and Criteria (P&C) set out the global requirements for achieving FSC forest management certification. However, any international standard for forest management needs to be adapted at the regional or national level in order to reflect the diverse legal, social and geographical conditions of forests in different parts of the world.
FSC International registered the proposal submitted by the Namibian Standard Development Group (SDG) in August 2017. The SDG is a chamber balanced working group consisting of 6 Individuals which represent the economic, social and environmental interests within Namibia.
The process for developing the FSC National Forest Stewardship Standards (NFSS) follows the requirements set out in the FSC procedure document FSC-STD-60-006 V1-2 also called "Process requirements for developing and maintenance of National Forest Stewardship Standards" and shall utilise the FSC International Generic Indicators - FSC-STD-60-004 V1-0 EN (IGIs) as a base document.
The SDG had its first working group meeting on 19 -20 September 2017 in which they were trained on the process ahead. The SDG anticipates releasing the first draft for public consultation in early 2018.


"Your alliance will be a disgrace . . . Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?"
After the excitement of recent adventures (as related in Pride and Prescience and Suspense and Sensibility), Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy retire to the peace and quiet of Pemberley as they await the birth of their first child.
First, a mysterious letter from the late Lady Anne Darcy is discovered—propelling Elizabeth on a quest to learn more about Darcy's deceased mother and an unsettled matter she left behind. Then a summons to Northanger Abbey involves the young couple in an intrigue that threatens not just the Darcy family name, but Darcy's freedom as well. And just when it seems their situation could not grow worse, Darcy's overbearing aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, takes up residence at Pemberley.
"Bebris provides another feast for Janeites in . . . this well-told tale."
"Bebris captures Austen's style and the Regency period perfectly, drawing her characters with a sure hand. Her plot is poignant and gentle and will appeal to readers who prefer their mysteries without murder or violence."
"A new Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mystery is always cause for celebration in this household—and the latest adventure featuring the amatuer sleuths is well up to Carrie Bebris' usual high standard. . . . A terrific read: I devoured it in a single sitting."
"An utter delight . . . every aspect is pitch-perfect."
"The writing is crisp, dryly humorous, and consistent with Austen's style. This book is the best of the three mysteries so far. It is tightly and credibly constructed down to the last detail, heavy on danger and intrigue, historically accurate, and engaging."
People often ask me where I get ideas for my stories. North by Northanger (Or, The Shades of Pemberley) has a double plot, and for the first I confess that I'm beholden to none other than Darcy's aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. (Not someone to whom one wants to owe a favor, but there it is!) Those familiar with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will recall her expression of outrage at the possibility of Mr. Darcy's marrying Elizabeth: "Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?" Lady Catherine was, of course, referring to the venerable shade trees of the estate's extensive woods. But "shade" can also mean "ghost," and as I thought of Elizabeth assuming her new role as mistress of Pemberley, I imagined that an ancestral house as great and old as Darcy's would have a few ghosts lurking about—metaphorical ones, at least—secrets from the past still influencing the present. Elizabeth finds herself called upon to resolve some unfinished business left behind by Darcy's late mother, and in the process learns more than she ever expected about the family into which she has married.
There is, of course, another ancient great house in Austen's novels where a young heroine searches for clues to its past. Northanger Abbey, the setting of Austen's gothic parody of the same name, has a history even longer than that of Pemberley. A mysterious summons to the former convent, now the home of the Tilney family, catapults Darcy on an adventure that eventually sees him teaming up with Henry Tilney as the pair discover that the histories of their two houses intertwine in unexpected ways. Alfred Hitchcock fans will appreciate a few parallels between Darcy's plight and that of the protagonist of the film North by Northwest. Rest assured, however, that my book incorporates neither crop dusters nor a scene with Darcy scaling Mt. Rushmore!


SRC has been selected to work on the initial deployment of the Aklus Shield J-Model biological defense system in South Korea, the company announced Thursday.
The system is part of the Joint United States Forces Korea Patrol and Integrated Threat Recognition (JUPITR) program, SRC said.
JUPITR, a U.S. Army program, will provide unique biological detection capabilities that will decrease soldier workload, lower operational costs, increase performance and fortify South Korea's biodefense capabilities.
SRC was one of the contractors selected following recent government live agent testing of off-the-shelf aerosol biological sensors, the company said.
The Aklus system underwent first-phase testing at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and the Key West Naval Air Station in Florida.
The Aklus line features, automated, lightweight, battery-operated, networked warning systems that can be configured for full chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection via vapor and aerosol sensing.
SRC has also been working on a lighter, smaller and more affordable biological threat detection system.
Known as the "C-Model," the system will be commercially available to customers needing such capabilities in places like industrial facilities, airports, malls, stadiums and other highly populated areas.
The FDA has issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiary Janssen's real-time diagnostic device indicated for the Ebola Zaire virus, which was responsible for the 2014 outbreak in West Africa. Using only a few drops of blood, the device can deliver results in less than two hours, and its cartridges are designed for easy transit and safe disposal.
The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has claimed the lives of over 11,000 people since beginning in March of 2014, but has slowed considerably in recent months. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that the Republic of Guinea — one of three countries most affected by the outbreak — had been free from Ebola transmission for over 42 days. Infectious disease experts have emphasized the need for heightened surveillance to detect new cases before they have a chance to spread.
On Aug. 4, 2014, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a determination that justified the emergency use of in vitro diagnostic devices capable of detecting the Ebola virus. Until that decision is revoked, devices meeting criteria outlined by the HHS may be made clinically available in U.S. laboratories without the rigorous application process required for traditional FDA approval.
Since 2014, ten medtech companies have received EUAs from the FDA for devices that could quickly and accurately diagnose Ebola, and many of these use a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) system. Roche received an EUA last year for LightMix, and Cepheid introduced a point-of-care system with an available Xpert Ebola Assay.
The most recent addition is Janssen's rRT-PCR system, the Idylla Ebola Virus Triage Test, which was co-developed with Biocartis NV and the Belgium Institute of Tropical Medicine. Janssen Medical Director Theresa Pattery told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the device requires only a few drops of blood from patients, and takes approximately 100 minutes to distinguish between Ebola and other diseases that present with similar symptoms.
Janssen noted in a press release that the sample cartridges do not require cold-chain reagent storage and can be easily decontaminated before disposal. The test is available for use in U.S. laboratories and similarly qualified non-US laboratories where personnel have received training on the use of the Idylla system. According to Janssen, training required for the Idylla is minimal.
Because of difficulty in obtaining samples from patients with the Ebola virus, the Idylla test and many of its competitors have only been tested with lab-engineered specimens and not humans. In 2015, Harvard researchers studied the use of both traditional rRT-PCR tests and Corgenix's ReEBOV antigen rapid test in West Africa.
In a study published in the Lancet, researchers noted that the rRT-PCR tests are an imperfect benchmark in the field, and more testing is required to determine the efficacy of these tests in patients still in the early stages of the disease. Janssen noted similar limitations for Idylla in its press release.


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2022 Tesla Model S Plaid Review: A New 1,020-HP Chapter in American Luxury
Tesla's Model S Plaid has controversial quirks, including that steering wheel yoke. But it's something far more potent than anyone could've imagined.
byPeter Holderith| UPDATED Aug 24, 2021 3:46 PM
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There were no "revs building." There was no struggle for traction. There was foot meets pedal meets floor, and the instinctive realization that what I was driving had placed more mechanical power at my fingertips than any other vehicle in my life. This was the 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid, and its performance made for an awe-inspiring experience.
It doesn't matter if you're not a fan of electric cars. Heck, it doesn't even matter if you're not a fan of Elon Musk, or a yoke-style steering wheel, or a shifter that's strictly digital. The Model S Plaid is spacious, serenely comfortable, and requires very little effort to drive. In this sense, it achieves the three main pillars of what defines traditional American luxury.
Peter Holderith
It's not perfect, obviously. Unnecessary quirks mean the Model S Plaid could be easier to drive and considering it has 1,020 horsepower on tap, it could definitely look more aggressive. But its strengths far outweigh its weaknesses, and unless answered by another stateside automaker, it is the ultimate American luxury car for sale right now.
Thanks to the kindness of a new Model S Plaid owner named Jason, I got a chance behind the yoke. Here's what I learned over the course of a few hours.
2022 Tesla Model S Plaid: By the Numbers
Base price (as tested): $131,190 ($147,190)
Powertrain: 100-kWh battery tri-motor | 1-speed transmission | all-wheel drive
Horsepower: 1,020
Torque: 1,050 lb-ft
Curb weight: 4,766 pounds
Cargo volume: 28 cubic feet
EPA-estimated range: 396 miles
0-60: 1.99 seconds (est.)
Drag coefficient: 0.208 Cd
Quick take: An imperfect but impressive super sedan.
What Is Plaid?
The Model S has, amazingly, been for sale since 2012 now, although it's received multiple significant updates and one design facelift since its introduction. Though the more mainstream-focused Model 3 gets much of the attention these days—besides the occasional wild Tesla experiment like the Cybertruck or new Roadster—the Model S remains the sedan flagship. And it's even more on the top of the heap with the introduction of a new trim level: Plaid.
The Model S Plaid is the quickest production sedan currently for sale. It has a big 100-kWh battery pack, three motors to power all four wheels, and 1,020 horsepower. Sixty miles per hour is met in a Tesla-claimed 1.99 seconds, and a quarter-mile is dispatched in an incredible (also Tesla-claimed) 9.23 seconds from a standing start.
You might think it would look a bit wilder, then, but the Plaid doesn't have any crazy accouterments—there's no agressive, BMW M-style bodykit to be had here. It looks like a regular Model S with a bulged-out body and a new bumper. I wish it went a bit further, honestly. If Porsche can stick a "turbo" badge on an EV, Tesla can take more cues from conventionally powered performance cars to give the most powerful Model S more flair. Add a hood bulge! Put some more aerodynamic frills on the car, even if they're subtle! For god's sake, this car does a quarter-mile in damn-near nine seconds flat. It should make a more serious attempt to look like that.
The interior is also a little plain; however, Tesla is known for its minimalist cabins, and at least the 17-inch touchscreen is better integrated into the dash here than cars like the Model 3. I prefer the competitors from Europe, though, with the Porsche Taycan being the obvious example. While the Tesla has a few flat, square displays, the Porsche has a floating, curved instrument cluster, a separate display just for the passenger, and they all work together nicely within finely upholstered borders.
Sure, the Tesla has endless gimmicks and chunks of real wood mounted nicely around the interior, but I believe it's minimalism at the expense of functionality. You can argue many of Tesla's interior quirks are cost-cutting methods masquerading as innovation. It's cheaper not to have visible HVAC vents and install a screen instead of manufacturing and installing physical buttons, for instance.
One thing that does stand out in the interior is the steering yoke, but it's probably the most thoughtless—in the truest sense of the word—part of this car. It will be mandatory on all Model S Plaids, so if you don't want it, tough. How is it in practice? Read on.
Driving New American Luxury
Stalwart icons of American luxury—the Cadillac Eldorado, the Lincoln Continental, the upper-end Chryslers and so on—all had certain traits in common. They all boasted ease of driving, spacious interiors, and overwhelming comfort. They were large and very in charge, plush and powerful. Based on these criteria, I'd now count the Tesla Model S Plaid among them.
With a wheelbase slightly longer than a Mercedes E-Class, the Tesla is a large car, but only noticeably so on the inside. The lack of a conventional drivetrain means plenty of space for passengers—especially in the back seats. The fact that it's electric also means a serenely quiet cabin and a care-free driving experience superior to that of any vehicle equipped with a normal combustion-powered drivetrain. There were, of course, no gear changes to punctuate acceleration, and thanks to adjustable levels of regenerative braking, I drove without nearly ever touching the brake pedal. Forget automatic transmissions and two-pedal driving. One pedal is even easier, and ease is luxury.
This Model S cornered and rode exceptionally well, the power was abundant whenever you asked for it. Even the steering was nicely done—a little heavy but it sprang back agreeably—and communicated the road surface and the tires' grip well. With most of the Model S's weight concentrated in its floor, its center of gravity is low and that made it relatively agile on corner exit and able to hold a tight line through a fast sweeping bend. Changes in direction were handled well also, with the car's size never becoming too apparent thanks in part to good visibility. It handles as a larger sports sedan should: flat in corners and confident throughout every phase of a spirited drive, especially under acceleration.
The go pedal is also the one I liked to use the most—to a point. The Model S Plaid has four-digit horsepower and, thanks to four-wheel drive and very grippy Michelin Pilot Sport+ tires, it was like a rocket car at your every whim. After experiencing this both as a passenger and a driver several times, I left the experience physically fatigued. That may sound like a knock on the car, but it's not. The Model S Plaid didn't beg to be driven like it had as much power as it did. Rather, the power was elective: there if you wanted it, always on the table, but not constantly in your face.
Tesla's assisted-driving suite, Autopilot, worked on the highway when Jason drove, but strangely not when I did. Repeated taps on the ball-shaped selector on the steering wheel yielded nothing but objections, despite us stopping and attempting to reset it. When he was driving, it prompted him to keep his hands on the wheel and made it clear when it perceived it was being abused with a warning on the dash and a loud chime. That being said, how effective Autopilot truly is at keeping its drivers acting responsibly is still very up for debate.
Functional Autopilot or not, the car surprised me. It was extreme, sure, but easy and convenient more than anything. The phrase "1,000-hp electric living room on wheels" came to mind, and if someone asked you if such a thing existed, there would really only be one answer as to its country of origin.
But then there's the yoke.
Let's Talk About That Steering Yoke
It's good on the highway when not much steering input is necessary, but it gets awkward in a few key places. Tasks like multi-point turns or navigating through tight parking lots are simply more cumbersome than they need to be. One of the other shortcomings happened on long exit or entrance ramps when the wheel had to be cocked over 90 degrees for a long period of time. There was no way to hold the vehicle around the corner without crossing my arms over each other.
Both those situations could imply actual thought was put into the yoke's installation. But if there was indeed any, it was likely very little. Somebody—likely Musk—wanted it because it looks cool, and so it ended up getting bolted in. Through the course of driving, my brain gradually did reprogram itself to use it effectively. But I must ask: Why I would ever want to wire up my brain to use something that's objectively worse than a regular steering wheel?
Mounting capacitive buttons to the yoke in the place of a blinker stalk also pointlessly complicated things. It was never really clear if I was using them properly, and it was easy to activate them by accident when adjusting the volume on the nearby ball-shaped scroll wheel. Jason said he does this frequently and agreed a stalk would've just been better.
Another feature that debuted in the Model S Plaid was turning the column-shifter an all-digital one on the touchscreen. In practice, it isn't as strange as it sounds.
Shifting between reverse and drive over and over again in a parking lot is awkward in pretty much any car, especially one equipped with a pesky manual transmission. The Plaid's digital shifter doesn't constantly remain on the screen, it only appears when the vehicle is stopped. Once stopped, you can swipe forward or backward to go in that respective direction; however, the car also relies on its extensive suite of sensors as a guide in tight places.
For example, if the sensors "saw" that I was parked nose-in in front of a wall, a "tap the brake for reverse" prompt would appear on the screen, thus removing my need to swipe anything to change the car's direction. Similarly, if I needed to pull forward out of a spot, I'd see a "tap the brake for drive" prompt. It sounds unintuitive but I got used to it real fast. I grew to like it, even.
Against the Competition
The Model S Plaid's starting price of $131,190 is eyebrow-raising. But what you're getting in exchange is something that has almost no direct competition.
One of the few EVs with comparable performance, the 750-hp Porsche Taycan Turbo S, starts at $186,350. That's a difference of more than $50,000 before any of Porsche's notoriously numerous and expensive options come into play. In contrast, the most expensive Plaid will run you $150,190, with one option—Tesla's controversial, so-called Full Self-Driving suite—taking up the bulk of the added cost by $10,000.
But on the topic of competitors, this car has few others, if any. Gasoline-powered supercars, sure, but those are apples to oranges against this Tesla for numerous and obvious reasons.
It's technically a sports sedan; however, its straight-line speed is not in the same realm as any of its gasoline-powered counterparts like the BMW M5, Mercedes-AMG E63 S, or Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. The Taycan Turbo S comes close, but it's no equal. The Model S Plaid currently sits in a class of its own, yoke and all.
At this point, it almost wouldn't be a Tesla without some controversy. Questions quickly arose upon the Model S Plaid's reveal, with people wondering if a 1,000-hp car that will do a quarter-mile in 9.2-seconds was really best brought to market with half a steering wheel, or if such a steering apparatus actually made sense in any situation. Only time will truly answer those questions, but in the few hours I spent with the car, the dots began to connect.
The Tesla was flawed and there were certainly improvements I'd make to it, but that's almost beside the point. There was something about driving this thing that was just easy and simple that amounted to being luxurious as a result, minimalist interior notwithstanding. This, I realized, was closer to the ideal premium American car than any other I'd ever driven.
Before Jason owned the Model S Plaid, he had a Cadillac CTS-V. He's a car-lover and a fan of powerful American sedans. He told me he's critical of Tesla when it makes mistakes but he's also ready to embrace what many are seeing as the future of performance and luxury.
The sale of new internal combustion vehicles may be in turmoil around the world, but the ones we have won't suddenly disappear in our lifetimes. This means cars like the Model S Plaid can exist alongside what's always been there, just as a new chapter.
The quintessential American luxury cars were big, soft, powerful, and effortless to drive. Their guiding philosophy was to make transportation as easy and comfortable as possible. Air conditioning first appeared in American luxury cars, as did V8 engines that required fewer manual gear changes, and then automatic transmissions which required none at all. Rolls-Royce was forced to license production of the original Hydramatic from GM when it debuted in 1952—a sign of how low-effort driving was and still is a well-recognized sign of luxury.
This Model S fundamentally understands that and embodies the next iteration of those aspects. Two-pedal driving is now one-pedal driving. Flat floors offer more space and more comfort, as do electric motors. The soft, distant rumble of a V8 in cars like Cadillac's venerable Escalade is replaced by a gentle electric whirr when power is demanded. And when that power is demanded, it's delivered in tremendous excess. And what is more American than sheer excess?
Without a doubt, there will be other EVs in the future that are more carefully designed, more finely tuned, and better in several ways. That's just how progress and technology march on. But we won't so easily forget how impressive, ridiculous, and hard-to-ignore the Tesla Model S Plaid is. We shouldn't. New American luxury is here, and it's electric.
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Hardline is a shooter with light adventure elements.
The action takes place in the near future, most likely in 1998, in Detroit. There is a strange cult called "The Sect" whose power is constantly growing. Its members are called "sectoids", believing in a steel being named Deck. Sectoids are portrayed as a terrorist organization with the goal of destroying the current status quo of society. It attacks mainly schools, hospitals and civilians. The number of followers is constantly growing. At the beginning of the game, you will notice that the authorities cannot stop them, neither the police, nor the government, nor the military.
The player character is a helicopter pilot: Ted Irvin. The beginning of the game features Ted flying to the rescue of sectoid victims in a warehouse. Unfortunately, help arrives too late and the helicopter is destroyed by an explosion. The main character fights the sectoids, during which he loses consciousness and is kidnapped by the Rebels.
Irvin is taken to their base where he speaks with Rebel leader Morgan. Seeing that Ted is not a cult follower, he asks him to join the Rebels in exchange for shelter. Upon awakening, Irvin notices that the base is overrun by sectoids. While on the run, he meets the Rebel, Catherine. They are both captured by the cult's followers.
During this time, Ted notices that Morgan has joined the sect and prepares to sacrifice Irvin. The main character discovers that he has telekinetic abilities that help him escape from the Sect base. He discovers that Catherine also managed to escape. They steal a truck and drive to the Rebel hideout. There they meet Lars, one of the Rebels. Once again, the building is overrun by sectoids. While on the run, Irvin witnesses the destruction of the building. Raining exhausted in the rain, he sees Yssel, the leader of the Sect, asking him to join the cult.
Ted recovers, returns to base and finds a strange child with white pupils who makes him look for answers in the past. Soon after, he is joined by Lars and Catherine, who managed to escape the crash. They go to Chicago together. There, Irvin is to find answers regarding his power and the meaning of the strange visions he had, seen as cutscenes throughout the game.
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David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
British noble
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The Marquess of Milford Haven
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David Michael Mountbatten
(1919-05-12)12 May 1919
14 April 1970(1970-04-14) (aged 50)
Romaine Dahlgren Pierce
(m. 1950; div. 1954)
Janet Mercedes Bryce
(m. 1960)
George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
Lord Ivar Mountbatten
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna of Torby
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Lieutenant David Michael Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, OBE, DSC (12 May 1919 – 14 April 1970), styled Viscount Alderney before 1921 and Earl of Medina between 1921 and 1938, was the son of the George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven and Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna of Torby.
1.1 Early years and education
1.2 Navy and postwar social life
1.3 Marriages
3 Arms
Early years and education[edit]
Lord Milford Haven was born in 1919.[1] He was the only son of George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (who had been born as Prince George of Battenberg), and Russian Countess Nadejda (Nada) Torby, who wed in 1916.[1] His paternal grandparents were Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.[1] Therefore, he was a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria.[2] His maternal grandparents were Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and Countess Sophie von Merenberg. He is also a descendant of the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin as well as Peter the Great's African protégé, General Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
He grew up at the family home in Holyport, Berkshire and enjoyed a close friendship with his first cousin Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later the Duke of Edinburgh.[2] They both attended Dartmouth Naval College.[2] He served as best man to the prince at Prince Philip's marriage in November 1947 to the Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II.[2]
With the death of his father on 8 April 1938, he became the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and head of the House of Mountbatten.
Navy and postwar social life[edit]
During the Second World War Milford Haven served in the Royal Navy. In 1942 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for taking the destroyer Kandahar through a minefield in an attempt to rescue the cruiser Neptune. In 1943 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his work on Malta convoy operations. He retired from the Navy in 1948. He subsequently joined The Castaways' Club, which enabled him to keep in close contact with many of his naval contemporaries.
He then played a prominent part in the London demi-monde of the 1950s, which brought together a colourful mix of aristocrats and shadowy social climbers like osteopath Stephen Ward. This hard-partying set formed the nucleus for the Profumo affair.[3]
Marriages[edit]
Milford Haven was married twice:
1) Romaine Dahlgren Pierce (17 July 1923 – 15 February 1975), daughter of Vinton Ulric Dahlgren Pierce of the United States and his wife, Margaret Knickerbocker Clark, on 4 February 1950 in Washington, D.C.; formerly married on 23 May 1946 to William Simpson, son of a millionaire Chicago department store owner (by whom she had a daughter).[4] They were divorced in 1954 in Mexico. She married, thirdly, to James B. Orthwein. Romaine was the great-granddaughter of the Admiral John A. Dahlgren and the writer Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren. They had no issue.
2) Janet Mercedes Bryce[5] (born Bermuda, 29 September 1937), daughter of Major Francis (Frank) Bryce and Gladys Jean Mosley (whose aunt, Mary Mercedes Bryce, married Colonel Joseph Harold John Phillips, the grandparents of Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn and Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster) on 17 November 1960 at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Frognal, London. They had two children:
George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (born 6 June 1961)
Lord Ivar Mountbatten (born 9 March 1963)
Milford Haven died of a heart attack, aged 50, on 14 April 1970 in London. His ashes were buried in the Battenberg Chapel at St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham, on the Isle of Wight (photo).
Arms[edit]
Coat of arms of David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
A Coronet of a Marquess
1st: Out of a Coronet Or two Horns barry of ten Argent and Gules issuing from each three Linden Leaves Vert and from the outer side of each horn four Branches barwise having three like Leaves pendent therefrom of the last (Hesse); 2nd: Out of a Coronet Or a Plume of four Ostrich Feathers alternately Argent and Sable (Battenberg)
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a Lion rampant double-queued barry of ten Argent and Gules armed and langued of the last crowned Or within a Bordure company of the second and third (Hesse); 2nd and 3rd, Argent two Pallets Sable (Battenberg); charged on the honour point with an Escutcheon of the arms of the late Princess Alice, namely: the Royal Arms differenced by a Label of three points Argent the centre point charged with a Rose Gules barbed Vert and each of the other points with an Ermine Spot Sable
On either side a Lion double-queued and crowned all Or
In Honour Bound
^ a b c "David Mountbatten, Third Marquess of Milforhaven (1919– )". Historical Boys' Royal Costume. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ a b c d "Best man may take spotlight". The Telegraph Herald. London. AP. 12 November 1947. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ 'Honeytrap' (1987) by Anthony Summers & Stephen Dorril. Chap.2.
^ Lowry, Cynthia (21 October 1949). "Marquess Talks For Family, Says Mother, Dowager Marchioness". The Evening Independent. AP. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
^ Charles J. Burns (12 January 2021). "The Life and Times of Josephine Hartford, Part II". New York Social Diary. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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One lucky contestant on April 20, 2013 at the So Cal Trout Opener at Irvine Lake will win the $10,000 grand raffle prize of a Klamath boat and Mercury motor just by entering!!!!
Great odds! Someone who signs up and is present at the awards ceremony will win a Klamath boat and trailer with a Mercury outboard motor, which retails for around $10,000.00.
CLICK HERE to enter the tournament, itinerary and rules.
Last year's Western Outdoor News annual Irvine Lake - Southern California Trout Opener (SCTO), was again a huge success with more than 700 anglers competing for trophies and prizes, and getting in on the huge raffle for the grande raffle boat and motor package. Irvine Lake and Western Outdoor News are doing it again, so hurry up and get signed up. Only the first 600 anglers will receive the complete goody bag, so be sure to get signed up now!
The price is $50 for adults and $35 for junior anglers. The price includes your regular gate pass into Irvine Lake, and entry into the all new "Blind Bogey" payouts, which may total up to $3,000 with our usual attendance of over 600 anglers.
The SCTO will feature hundreds of tagged fish planted in Irvine Lake and thousands in prizes. Participants who catch a tagged fish will be eligible for various sponsor-generated prizes ranging from rods, reels, tackle boxes and much more. This is the perfect opportunity to get your family and friends out of the house and back into the outdoors. The So Cal Trout Opener is the perfect time to tune up your angling skills and tackle, prior to heading up to the trout opener in the Sierras this season.
Additionally, the Southern California Trout Opener will feature five big fish prizes to be awarded in each of three categories including Adult Male, Adult Female, Juniors division (11 years or younger). Add the special big fish prizes and other great gift packages being generated by our sponsors and you have the makings of what is sure to become the biggest trout event in Southern California.
If you have any questions regarding this event, call WON event coordinator Lori at (949) 366-0030, ext. 26.
Space is limited and this event could sell out quickly. We strongly suggest you act quickly to reserve your spot in the WON SoCal Trout Opener at Irvine Lake. For Camping or launching information, please contact the Irvine Lake staff for reservations at (714) 649-9111.
Sign up a.s.a.p. you're not going to want to miss this one!
There will be tons of tagged fish prizes, and of course, overall big fish awards and trophies presented to the top five big fish caught in each of three categories: Adult Male, Adult Female, and Juniors.
The Irvine Lake SCTO is open to anglers of all ages and is formatted as an event that is geared towards fun for the entire family. While catching is key, it is not necessary to win, as the grand prize giveaway package is available to anyone that enters. Irvine Lake has scheduled stockings prior to this event, so your chances of catching a tournament winner are dramatically increased.
In terms of the cost of entering the event, we're keeping the entry fees affordable for all. Adult entry will run $50, while entry fees for junior anglers 11 years and younger will run $35. Best of all, this includes your Irvine Lake gate fee for the day — a $24 value! Your entry also includes your shot at hundreds of tagged fish prizes, raffle prizes, and the grand prize drawing at the conclusion of the event.
Spots are filling up fast, so get your entry in as soon as possible and be part of So Cal's biggest and best trout fishing tournament.
For more information, or to enter the April 9 SCTO, contact Tournament Director Bill Egan at (949) 366-0030, ext. 40, billy@wonews.com; or Tournament Coordinator Lori at (949) 366-0030, ext, 26, lori@wonews.com.
First 600 SCTO anglers to receive sweet goodie bags!
Free goodie bags are arguably one of the most appealing aspects of any WON freshwater event, and this year's SCTO bags are some of the best we've ever had.
The first 600 registered anglers will receive goodie bags.
WON AND SEA EAGLE TO RAFFLE OFF A 285FPB FRAMELESS PONTOON BOAT VALUED AT NEARLY $750!!!
represents a chance to win this boat. One Panther Martin will be included in the goodie bags of the first 600 anglers to sign up, but you can purchase additional lures at local retailers like Sport Chalet and enter AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE. The more lure cards you drop in the on-site bin, the better your chances of winning!
The Western Outdoor News Irvine Lake Southern California Trout Opener (SCTO) will be here before you know it — Saturday, April 14th — and all participating anglers are encouraged to make their boat reservations a.s.a.p., as spots are filling up fast.
The SCTO marks one of the few occasions Irvine Lake allows pre-reservations for boat rentals, and anglers are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity. This tournament will be packed and all boats will be rented, so don't be left out the day of the event — reserve your motorboat or pontoon now.
And for those opting to launch their own rig, Irvine Lake will also be offering boat slips so SCTO anglers can drop their rig in the water the night before and avoid the crowds and long lines on Saturday morning. And for only 10 bucks for the slip rental, it's a no-brainer.
For more information, or to reserve your rental boat for the upcoming SCTO, call Irvine Lake at (714) 649-9111.
Irvine Lake Trout Opener this Saturday!


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Felony investigations into Guild focus on tampering with public records and misconduct in public office Submitted: 11/22/2019
Stephen Goin
Reporter/Anchor
sgoin@wjfw.com
RHINELANDER - According to search warrants obtained by Newswatch 12, City Administrator Daniel Guild was named as a "person of interest" in two search warrants executed Thursday at Rhinelander City Hall. The warrants detail two felony investigations into Guild involving tampering with public records and misconduct in public office.
Nov. 21, Rhinelander City Hall was placed on lock down to permit law enforcement officers to access the server where it's believed digital records pertinent to the investigations were kept. In total, 13 files were retrieved as part of both investigations.
The tampering investigation centers on the personnel file of former Rhinelander Public Works Director Tim Kingman.
Kingman had been accused of creating a hostile work environment for employees in his department for several months. In June 2019, Kingman was placed on administrative leave and fired later that month. Documents detailing investigations into complaints against Kingman were kept in Kingman's personnel file.
Those files were kept in a file cabinet in the city administrator's office. According to former city administrator's assistant Stephanie Rajnicek, when Guild was hired in Sept. 2018 he asked for the keys to that file cabinet and held the keys in his possession.
July 28, 2018, a Northwoods River News reporter filed an open records request with the city asking for "all written disciplinary records and documentation involving any investigation conducted into any adverse complaints therein, made against public works director Tim Kingman between Jan. 1, 2017 to present."
River News publisher Gregg Walker reported the city of Rhinelander responded Aug. 3, 2018 stating "the City has identified at least one document that may be responsive to your request. Aug. 1, 2019, a River News reporter received an email stating "The City has not located any records responsive to your July 23, 2018 request." The response went on to further explain that the personnel file of Tim Kingman was inappropriately removed from the city's files.
Afterward, Walker and the River News reporter told police "they were concerned that a crime may have been committed" and that the "personnel file may have been potentially stolen and or tampered with." Sept. 4, 2019, Walker filed a complaint with the Oneida Co. Sheriff's Office (OCSO).
According to Rhinelander Police Chief Lloyd Gauthier, when Guild became city administrator in Sept. 2018 he reported that he found items missing from Kingman's personnel file. Gauthier claims the police department did not receive a report of burglary or criminal damage to the cabinet the file was supposed to be kept in.
The misconduct investigation centers on emails sent by Guild, that may have been altered and later released to the River News.
Jan. 30, four city council members and the mayor signed a letter asking council president George Kirby if "given recent events, perhaps it would be more comfortable for you to not continue in this capacity?"
Two days earlier, Kirby, refused to join his fellow aldermen for the meeting, choosing to sit in the gallery. Kirby was upset City Administrator Daniel Guild did not include approximately $13,000 in purchases for Guild's office. Guild had used the money in his budget to buy new office furniture including a desk, table, chairs, file cabinets, and other supplies.
Guild did not sign the letter present to Kirby, but did help draft it according to at least two of the letters signatories. After Kirby received the letter, Guild emailed a representative of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities (LWM) Jan. 31 asking how the city council could go about removing a council president.
Feb. 6, the River News made an open records request for written communication regarding the Kirby letter.
When responding to the request, the City of Rhinelander released a copy of an email chain containing an altered version of the email Guild sent to LWM and an altered version of his response to the LWM representative. Feb. 8, the River News made an open records request for a copy of any and all emails between Guild, LWM and other parties. When responding to that request, the City of Rhinelander released a copy of the original email and the original response.
Mar. 4, Investigator Robert Hawn of the Price Co. Sheriff's Office was assigned to assist OCSO with an investigation into the reported open records violation and possible crime of tampering with public records.
In June, Hawn recommended criminal charges of tampering with public records be filed against Guild. This file was then forwarded to Forest Co. District Attorney Charles Simino as he was requested by Oneida Co. District Attorney Michael Schiek to be special prosecutor on the case.
Nov. 18, Simino sent Guild a letter stating "I have determined that no criminal charges will be filed against you in reference to this matter. Please note that the changing of such emails, especially give your public position, is always suspect and opens the door to greater concerns regarding your conduct."
Before he was hired in Rhinelander, Guild served as village administrator in Weston. He resigned in 2019 after being put on a 30-day unpaid suspension for violating the terms of his employment. According to Guild's LinkedIn page, he served as village administrator for over six years. Before that, he served as village administrator for Poynette, Wisconsin from 2009 to 2012. Before that, he served as village administrator for Wrightstown, Wisconsin from 2007 to 2009.
In Mar. 2019, Guild narrowly avoided an indefinite suspension after the common council voted 4-4 in favor. Mayor Chris Frederickson broke the tie with a no vote.
In response to the investigation into Guild, District 5 Alderwoman Dawn Rog penned an open letter to Mayor Chris Fredrickson:
"In light of recent events at City Hall, I would like the agenda to be amended to include a closed session with the agenda item "Discuss City Administrator performance and evaluation" to discuss the search warrants and Daniel Guild as being reported in the local press.
This doesn't necessarily need to be in closed session - I would be happy to have it in open session as well, because most of this is already public information.
The League of Wisconsin Municipalities has long opined that ANY member of council can ask for an agenda item to be added to the agenda as we are all considered members of the legislative body. I have attached the relevant opinion from the LWM to this email.
I look forward to seeing an amended agenda this afternoon."
Newswatch 12 also obtained the following statement from River News publisher Gregg Walker.
"The Northwoods River News and The Lakeland Times commends the Oneida County Sheriff's Office for continuing to do its due diligence in investigating our open records complaint, and for appreciating the value of our open government laws, not to mention understanding the need for accountability when those laws are broken.
Tampering with public records is always a a serious offense against the citizens of our state, and is by its very definition an intent to defraud. Any allegation of such tampering must be investigated throughly, and any proven infraction must be prosecuted if good government is to prevail. We will continue to do our due diligence in fulfilling our role as a watchdog for open and good government."


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CSU News Society University funding debates should be broadened to reflect their democratic purpose
University funding debates should be broadened to reflect their democratic purpose
Author: Dominic O'Sullivan
Publication Date: Monday, 28 May 2018
In 2017, Murdoch University successfully applied to the Fair Work Commission to terminate its Enterprise Agreement. From the National Tertiary Education Union's (NTEU) perspective this was an attack on staff salaries and conditions and showed industrial relations law was deeply one-sided.
For university management having the agreement terminated was a legitimate industrial strategy, justified by a need for flexibility and cost containment. The wider trade union movement supported the NTEU perspective. The Murdoch case contributed to the development of a much wider campaign: "Change the Rules". Changing the rules of industrial relations for better pay, fairer conditions and job security. Reversing the trend towards high rates of casualisation and low wage growth.
But the rules of the game, as far as universities are concerned, are set in a wider context. The context of what universities are for and what they are intended to achieve. While their economic purpose is reasonably clear, contemporary Australian policy debates focus primarily on how and by whom their teaching is funded. This diminishes understanding of universities' democratic purpose and wider social mission.
What is the university for?
The principal polarising point in the university funding debate is whether demand or central planning should determine the number of people taught. The second is the proportion of the cost that should be met by the state vis-à-vis the student.
Read more: Why our university funding debate wouldn't make sense to Germans
While a proportion of universities' per student public funding must support research, the funding model's general assumption is that universities are labour market production lines. Research policy debate is confined to the related ideal of "industry" purchasing university research to reduce the contributions government must make to the cost of university research. Universities have an incentive to see research as simply a fund-raising activity.
These rules need to change in the interests of stronger democracy. Higher education's current policy focus understates the idea of universities as public institutions serving a public good. Universities have important and essential contributions to make to democracy's better functioning. The idea that democracy requires an educated population is as old as democracy itself.
Research to support economic prosperity is important, but so is research to support public understanding and capacity to contribute to policy debates. Australia's research Engagement and Impact evaluation policy understates this by measuring engagement principally in terms of the economic value of relationships with research "end users".
The university's most important strength is its intellectual independence, and the academic freedom that assures that independence. Research for government or for industry is not independent. This kind of consultancy work may be legitimate and important, but it ought not compromise the presumption that knowledge cannot fully advance, and the democratic system work as it should, unless research is ideologically independent. It must also be contestable and brought into the public domain for evaluation and debate, and to inform public opinion and decision-making.
There is a public good argument to fund knowledge creation for this democratic purpose, which means academic freedom must be defended at all costs. Yet the University of Melbourne, for example, took steps to weaken that essential characteristic of university research when it proposed removing from its Enterprise Agreement the commitment that its academics would "engage in critical enquiry, intellectual discourse and public controversy without fear or favour". This suggests an institution willing to compromise its democratic mission.
Read more: As Melbourne University staff strike over academic freedom, it's time to take the issue seriously
Academic freedom is important because evidence and reason matter to the formation of public opinion. They matter to the analysis of "fake news", to counter-balancing an increasingly partisan Australian private news media at the same time as financial support for the national public broadcaster is being reduced.
Research that is not independent, that is conducted with fear and favour, is unscholarly. It compromises intellectual integrity and ensures knowledge cannot be a public and democratic good. Research for public good and research sold for private benefit can co-exist, but the latter cannot override the public mission of a public institution.
Universities play an essential role in the development of vocational and professional skills for both the individual and the common good. But if this is all they do, if they are not independently and objectively discovering and disseminating new knowledge for the public good, a society is presuming ignorance as a substitute for robust democracy.
Understanding power
There is a public good argument for people to graduate from university with a well-developed understanding of power. Where it comes from and why, who has it and why, and how one influences it for society's betterment. Highly developed critical thinking skills, the ability to write clearly and present well-informed and reasoned arguments are essential to influencing power. They ought not be the skills of an elite who have the money to buy the time to read, think and deliberate.
This is partly an argument for raising the status and availability of a liberal arts education, either on its own or in conjunction with a professional or vocational degree so that the social imperative to 'be' something when you grow up is still satisfied: an idea inculcated in children even before they start school.
One may reasonably wish to be a nurse, a teacher or an accountant but one should also expect to be a citizen. A nurse should be able to contribute to health policy debate. A teacher ought to know more than what must be taught this week. An accountant should know the democratic and social context in which business operates.
Media contact: Dominic O'Sullivan,
Society CSU News


SATB2 is a gene on chromosome 2q33.1, which was first found to be linked with cleft palate in 1999. Affected people were also noted to have learning difficulties, facial features such as a prominent nasal bridge and a small mouth and long, slender fingers. Further studies have shown that losing SATB2 is a relatively common cause of learning difficulties with or without a cleft palate. Many of the features of the children with SATB2 syndrome are similar to those in people with a chromosome 2q33.1 microdeletion which includes the SATB2 gene.


April Fools' Day is a nightmare if you're a journalist. It's even more difficult in this era of "fake news" because the line between believable and unbelievable is a bit blurry.
If you're particularly unlucky, this morning your email inbox might have filled with weird press releases. Many of us will have been spared though, as April Fools' lands on a Saturday this year.
Here are some of the most popular April Fools' stories and tricks you might have seen while reading the news this morning, as well a few classics that pop up on Twitter every year. We hope you didn't fall for any of them.
George Osborne has added a couple more jobs to his repertoire.
There's a new Amazon Echo — for your pets.
The National Trust claimed to discover another ancient chalk figure.
Paddy Power staged the world's first Seahorse Race.
The Metro, among others, fell for this one.
East Lancs Railway invented time travel.
Domino's Pizza invented a 'letterbox warmer.' Genius.
Burger King thought it would be a good idea to invent WHOPPER® flavoured toothpaste.
You know the Coronation Street theme tune? It's changed.
This one crops up every year.
2) Place in Public Toilet.
Be careful if you're planning on travelling on the Triangle Line today.
There was also a rare sighting of the Northern Tusked Porpoise on the BBC.
And last by not least: The world's first hot tub for birds.
Described by Wilko as "the ultimate pampering for your feathered friends."
It's past midday, so you should be safe now. However, it's probably a good idea to stay vigilant for a few more hours.