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US economic growth seen slowing in second quarter
Published: July 26, 2019 12:14:24 | Updated: August 11, 2019 19:54:06
The US economy likely grew at its slowest pace in more than two years in the second quarter as an acceleration in consumer spending was probably offset by weak exports and business investment.
The anticipated moderation in growth will come against the backdrop of rising risks to the economy's outlook, especially from a trade war between the United States and China as well as slowing growth overseas, which are seen encouraging the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next Wednesday for the first time in a decade.
With a strong labor market supporting consumer spending, a recession is, however, not on the horizon. The Commerce Department will publish the second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) report on Friday at 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 GMT).
"The slowing in the economy spooked the Fed and markets, but the sky is not falling," said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania. "If we do get a recession next year it would be because we shot ourselves in the foot with the trade tensions."
Gross domestic product probably increased at a 1.8 per cent annualised rate in the second quarter, also because of a smaller inventory build, according to a Reuters survey of economists, after surging at a 3.1 per cent pace in the January-March period.
But with the volatile exports and inventory categories accounting for much of the expected step-down in GDP, the slowest growth pace since the first quarter of 2017 will likely mask some underlying strength in the 10-year economic expansion, the longest in history.
The survey was completed before the release of June wholesale and retail inventories as well as durable goods and goods trade deficit data, which led the Atlanta Fed to cut its forecast by three-tenths of a percentage point to a 1.3 per cent rate.
The economy is slowing largely as the stimulus from the White House's $1.5 trillion tax cut package fades. The tax cuts together with more government spending and deregulation were part of measures adopted by the Trump administration to boost annual economic growth to 3.0 per cent on a sustained basis.
The economy grew 2.9 per cent in 2018 and growth this year is expected to be around 2.5%. Economists estimate the speed at which the economy can grow over a long period without igniting inflation at between 1.7 per cent and 2.0 per cent.
"As the benefits of fiscal stimulus fade and trade policy uncertainty and slowing global demand remain headwinds to business investment, U.S. GDP growth should moderate," said Sam Bullard, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The GDP report is also expected to show a pickup in inflation last quarter, but the overall trend likely remained benign. The government will also publish revisions to GDP data from 2014 through the first quarter of 2019.
Strong consumer spending
Growth in consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of US economic activity, is expected to have surged after slowing to a 0.9 per cent rate in the first quarter, the weakest in a year. Some of the slowdown in consumer spending early in the year was blamed on a 35-day partial shutdown of the government. Spending is being supported by the lowest unemployment rate in nearly 50 years, which is lifting wages.
The jump in consumer spending was, however, likely blunted by a sharp drop in exports, in a reversal of the strong growth experienced in the first quarter. Weak exports are expected to have resulted in the deterioration of the trade deficit in the second quarter. Trade is believed to have subtracted from GDP growth last quarter after contributing 0.94 percentage point in the January-March period.
The acceleration in consumer spending likely helped businesses to whittle down an inventory overhang, resulting in a smaller inventory build. While that probably weighed on GDP growth in the second quarter, it is a potential boost to manufacturing. Businesses have been placing fewer orders with factories while working through stockpiles of unsold goods, which contributed to undercutting manufacturing production, according to Reuters news agency.
Business investment was probably weak in the second quarter, with spending on equipment expected to have contracted again after declining at its steepest pace in three years in the January-March period.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell early this month flagged business investment as one area of weakness in the economy, noting it had "slowed notably," and that this might "reflect concerns about trade tensions and slower growth in the global economy."
Design problems at aerospace giant Boeing (BA.N) have hurt business investment, with some spillover to exports.
Boeing reported its biggest-ever quarterly loss on Wednesday due to the spiraling cost of resolving issues with its 737 MAX airplane and warned it might have to shut production of the grounded jet completely if it runs into new hurdles with global regulators to getting its best-selling aircraft back in the air.
The plane was grounded worldwide in March after two fatal crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Production of the aircraft has been reduced and deliveries suspended. Economists estimate the 737 MAX troubles cut at least two-tenths of a percentage point from GDP growth in the second quarter.
"There could be more noticeable effects on various growth components, with weakness in related equipment spending and exports and a partially offsetting increase in inventories," said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.
Business spending on structures, which include oil and gas well drilling, is expected to have declined last quarter. Spending on intellectual products, including research and development, likely increased.
Strong growth in government investment is expected, but spending on homebuilding likely contracted for a sixth straight quarter.
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import argparse
import sys
import csv
import requests
from stagecraft.tools import get_credentials_or_die

from stagecraft.tools.spreadsheets import SpreadsheetMunger

columns = ['Source', 'Destination']
tx_url = '/performance/transactions-explorer/service-details/'
spotlight_url = '/performance/'

def generate(transactions, new_slugs=True):
    list_of_rows = []
    for transaction in transactions:
        transaction_url = tx_url + transaction['tx_id']
        try:
            if new_slugs:
                new_spotlight_transaction_url = "{}{}/{}".format(
                    spotlight_url,
                    transaction['service']['slug'],
                    transaction['slug'])
            else:
                new_spotlight_transaction_url = "{}{}".format(
                    spotlight_url,
                    transaction['tx_id'])
            if redirect_page(transaction_url, new_spotlight_transaction_url):
                list_of_rows.append(
                    [transaction_url, new_spotlight_transaction_url])
        except KeyError:
            print("Not enough information to generate redirect for {}".format(
                transaction['tx_id']))
    return [columns] + sorted(list_of_rows, key=lambda row: row[0])

def redirect_page(source_url, destination_url):
    """returns False is current page is not 200"""

    def _check_redirect(full_url):
        print('Getting ' + full_url)
        response = requests.get(full_url, allow_redirects=False)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            print("Was 200")
            return True
        elif response.status_code == 404:
            print("Was 404")
            return False
        elif response.status_code == 301:
            print("Was 301")
            return False
        else:
            raise Exception("UNEXPECTED STATUS CODE {} FOR {}".format(
                response.status_code, full_url))
        return True
    full_source_url = 'https://www.gov.uk' + source_url
    full_destination_url = 'https://www.gov.uk' + destination_url
    return _check_redirect(full_source_url) and _check_redirect(
        full_destination_url)

def write(list_of_lists):

    def _write_csv(csvfile):
        writer = csv.writer(csvfile)
        for row in list_of_lists:
            writer.writerow(row)

    if sys.version_info >= (3, 0, 0):
        # python 3 produces different output with the newline argument
        with open('redirects.csv', 'w', newline='\r\n') as csvfile:
            _write_csv(csvfile)
    else:
        # python 2 does not support a newline argument
        with open('redirects.csv', 'w') as csvfile:
            _write_csv(csvfile)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    client_email, private_key = get_credentials_or_die()

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("--new_slugs",
                        help="Generate redirects to new style slugs. "
                             "Will fail if these are not yet supported",
                        action="store_true")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    new_slugs = False
    if args.new_slugs:
        new_slugs = True

    munger = SpreadsheetMunger({
        'names_transaction_name': 11,
        'names_transaction_slug': 12,
        'names_service_name': 9,
        'names_service_slug': 10,
        'names_tx_id': 19,
        'names_other_notes': 17,
        'names_description': 8
    })
    results = munger.load(client_email, private_key)
    list_of_rows = generate(results, new_slugs)
    write(list_of_rows)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In a conversation last week, ZDnet's senior editor, David Berlind, asked me what would constitute an exciting development for x86 - and I didn't have a thought to offer.
But that was then, and now? consider that nobody makes and sells an x86 CPU optimised for Unix -i.e. an x86/SSE instruction set processor with no backward compatibility other than what's needed to provide BIOS boot support and work in a standard PC motherboard?
The last time Intel tried to re-invent x86, with the Pentium Pro for Windows NT, the performance results were spectacular but Microsoft's late delivery on NT coupled with AMD's inclusion of 16bit compatibility in its competing line forced Intel back to backwards compatibility for the Pentium II - just as Microsoft's failure to deliver on Itanium has combined with AMD's x64 extensions to all but kill that processor now.
But is there an opportunity today?
Two thoughts come to mind. First, there's Transmeta. I have no experience with the Crusoe design but know it's actually a VLIW core with software instead of hardware handling x86 translation - and therefore wonder whether code couldn't be compiled directly for the processor? thus enabling a system in which legacy x86 and native applications could be mixed with the native stuff running much faster and at lower input power than on a "real" x86 processor.
The other thought is that Intel may have a unique opportunity to reduce its reliance on Microsoft by going after the Unix market with a dedicated x86/SEE instruction set processor with no legacy components at all.
That would require some kernel code to boot and run from the traditional 16bit BIOS, but Intel could provide that under GPL and thereby catch Microsoft between a rock and a hard place - just as Microsoft's commitment to Xenon as a possible x86 replacement is a threat to Intel.
Since Intel should be able to get such a chip, with the required code and possible extensions like on-board cryptology and networking, out the door long before Microsoft can get its PPC based home office products in the field, this could help Intel balance its dependency relationship with Microsoft.
And since both ideas would focus on the Linux/BSD/Solaris market for early adoption, they'd both be exciting x86 developments, right?


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Understanding why doors leak
by Catherine Howlett | May 1, 2013 10:29 am
All images courtesy Building Diagnostics Inc.
by Adrian Gerard Saldanha and David H. Nicastro, PE
Leaking exterior doors are a common problem affecting building owners and tenants, causing property damage, and requiring expensive repairs. Designers and builders are aware of the issue. Nevertheless, they continually struggle to prevent water infiltration through this fundamental building element.
Figure 1 catalogs the various routes taken by rain infiltrating a doorway. Most of the sources of leaks can be eliminated by better design and construction practices, but there remains an intractable problem that must be addressed by the industry.
This article focuses on accessible exterior swing doors used on office buildings, retail, multi-family residential, and institutional buildings for entrances, emergency exits, terraces, balconies, and patios. (Many of the leak sources outlined in this article would also apply to sliding glass doors. However, these doors' sill tracks and higher allowed thresholds can provide enough of a step to prevent water entry, so they are not covered in detail in this article.) (The authors gratefully acknowledge the continuing support and leadership of David W. Fowler, PhD, PE—the faculty advisor for the research being performed at the Durability Lab, a testing center at the University of Texas at Austin.)
Common leak paths for doors.
Causes of door leaks
There are many potential pathways for water to leak in through a door, but the biggest opening is, of course, the doorway itself. It may seem obvious, but a door left open, or one that cannot be closed tightly because of wear and tear, is a significant problem during a storm. Other leak risks are discussed in the following paragraphs.
The frame's perimeter must be integrated into the wall's water-resistive barrier (WRB) through flexible flashings, or water will migrate around the outside of the door.
Perimeter joints
Proper sealant joint design and installation around the perimeter of a door frame is also essential to the building's waterproofing. Designers should not solely rely on sealant joints to keep water out, but most buildings have critical sealant joints that must be maintained.
Hinges, locks, and handles all present openings through the door and frame. The effectiveness of the hardware resisting water penetration varies with the design quality and fabrication of the door and frame. For example, lock strikes form large holes that must be internally sealed on hollow door frames.
Due to the low threshold and the fact there was no step down to the terrace (an accessible design), water leaked through this door repeatedly during storms, causing interior finish damage inside and on the ceiling below.
Where the operable leaf of a door closes against a frame, the gap must have durable weatherstripping. Again, door manufacturers have varying quality of weatherstripping design and fabrication. Out-swing doors generally resist water penetration better than in-swing doors because their weatherstripping is inside. More importantly, they can be designed to close against a 'bump' in the threshold, compressing and baffling the weatherstripping.
In-set glazing
Glazing set into a door often relies on a simplistic perimeter bead of sealant. It should, however, employ robust waterproofing and drainage details similar to those provided on a window.
Improperly bedded thresholds also provide a common entry point for water to seep below the door frame. Thresholds should be set in multiple continuous beads of sealant, and the fastener holes should be filled with sealant.
An accessible door threshold exposed to direct impinging rainfall can be a source of water penetration almost as large as an open door. This problem is already common, but quickly growing because codes and standards require nearly all exterior doors to be accessible—that is, a low threshold with no step and a low-slope walking surface. The authors frequently remind their clients that if people do not have to step up to come inside, neither does water. In other words, 'accessible' should be considered equally applicable to people and water.
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A flowchart showing decisions related to exterior door thresholds.
Accessible doors
Since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) first passed in 1990, codes and standards have evolved to improve accessibility for the disabled. Compliance with the new 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design has been required since March 15, 2012.
For doors along accessible routes, the following requirements pose a challenge for waterproofing:
thresholds at doorways cannot exceed 19 mm (3/4 in.) in height for exterior sliding doors or 13 mm (1/2 in.) for other types of doors (e.g. the swing doors discussed in this article); and
landings with a slope not to exceed 0.25 units vertical in 12 units horizontal (i.e. approximately a two-percent slope).
In addition to the 2010 ADA Standards, accessibility is governed by the International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), the Fair Housing Act, and other national codes and standards, not to mention local amendments and ordinances. (See Building Codes Illustrated by Francis D.K. Ching and Steven R. Winkel, FAIA, PE [John Wiley & Sons, 2012].) These documents generally agree on the dimensional requirements for accessible doors, but they impose different criteria for where exceptions apply. Figure 2 maps the exceptions permitting the installation of a higher threshold or even a step, the latter of which completely solves the water penetration issue.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has played a leading role in recognizing the issue of water penetration over accessible door thresholds. The group stated:
The current issue concerning the threshold requirement is that the Department of Justice [DOJ] has issued a Fair Housing Act interpretation that requires doors to a deck or balcony from an apartment to meet the accessibility criteria for a Type B unit …This means thresholds higher than 1/2 or 3/4 inch [12 or 20 mm] above the interior floor level are not permitted, even though a step-down of up to 4 inches [102 mm] is permitted between the interior floor and the walking surface of the exterior deck or balcony … A threshold height of 3/4 inch is only sufficient to resist water infiltration in areas of low wind and exceptionally low rainfall. (For more information, read "AAMA Seeks Code Modification for ADA Threshold Height[5]. AAMA Official Website.")
AAMA proposed the following code change as a second exception to IBC 1008.1.7, which was approved by the International Code Council (ICC) during a code development hearing in 2012:
In Type B units, where Exception 5 to Section 1008.1.5 permits a 4 inch [102 mm] elevation change at the door, the threshold height on the exterior side of the door shall not exceed 4 3/4 inches [120 mm] in height above the exterior deck, patio or balcony for sliding doors or 4 1/2 inches [114 mm] above the exterior deck, patio or balcony for other doors. (Read "ICC Approves Revisions to IBC Egress Codes[6]" on the Door & Window Manufacturer Magazine.)
This code change would allow another exception for the installation of a higher threshold, but only for a limited number of doors in multi-family construction. For that matter, all the exceptions apply to a small number of exterior doors, and they are often ignored. The authors have observed designers default to requiring accessible exterior doors (with their attendant waterproofing challenges) even where they may not be strictly required. This is rational given the complexity of code requirements, the risk of liability, and changing code interpretations (e.g. the Department of Justice [DOJ] requirement in the aforementioned AAMA citation). In other words, low thresholds are here to stay.
Rainwater accumulation
The authors' research indicates there has yet to be an accurate measurement of how much water accumulates outside a door threshold during rainfall. Neither the average, typical rain nor the thousand-year flood should be the basis of design. However, as the climate warms and intense storms become more frequent, exterior doors should be better designed to resist water and require parameters that are more severe than the current leading standard methods.
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Three standards specify a horizontal spray of five gallons of water per square foot per hour, which equates to a vertical rainfall rate of 203 mm (8 in.) hourly:
ASTM E331, Standard Test Method for Water Penetration of Exterior Windows, Skylights, Doors, and Curtain Walls by Uniform Static Air Pressure Difference;
ASTM E547, Standard Test Method for Water Penetration of Exterior Windows, Skylights, Doors, and Curtain Walls by Cyclic Static Air Pressure Difference; and
AAMA 501.1, Standard Test Method for Exterior Windows, Curtain Walls, and Doors for Water Penetration Using Dynamic Pressure.
This amount would be an unprecedented flood if the rain continued for an entire hour, surpassing the roof drainage capacity of even the most stringent codes. However, the peak rainfall intensity over shorter durations is much higher and, of course, leakage at a marginal door threshold is most likely during these peak events. Spraying the water horizontally at a test door may appear to compensate for a lower volume of water, but the testing discussed later in this article shows that is not the most severe spray angle.
The threshold was set at 13 mm (1/2 in.) above the platform to match the maximum permitted by code. The platform was hinged to adjust the slope up to five percent—more slope did not improve drainage.
Accessible doors are required to have a low-slope walking surface outside, which compounds the leakage problem by creating a slow-draining surface. Two-percent slope is so small it can easily be erased by normal construction tolerances and slab distortion from post-tensioning, resulting in flat spots—or even negative slope toward the threshold.
Further, exterior doors typically are at the bottom of tall walls that increase the collection field for water that eventually cascades over the threshold. Water flows turbulently down walls, resulting in eddies and vortices. (See Turbulent Liquid Flow Down Vertical Walls by H.H. Belkin et al [Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1959].) Wind compounds this problem, pushing water against the door, but even on still days, water can stagnate in front of a door threshold due to the fluid dynamics required to turn the direction of the water flowing down the wall onto the low-slope walking surface.
This test setup has a square-pattern nozzle spraying vertically, simulating a steady rain. The amount of water looks low, but it is equivalent to rainfall of 203 mm (8 in.) per hour. The problem is peak intensity rainfall is briefly higher during storms. The lower, angled nozzle is not currently spraying on the threshold.
The authors designed an experiment to simulate rainfall on an accessible door and the resulting 'pile-up' of water at the threshold. A 12-mm (½-in.) tall aluminum threshold was installed on a platform to recreate the geometry of a 2010 ADA Standards-compliant door and adjacent walkway. Rather than installing an actual door, clear Plexiglas was sealed to the top of the threshold to facilitate observations. The testing platform was hinged to allow varying the slope. Square-pattern nozzles uniformly sprayed water downward over the platform, simulating idealized vertical rainfall of varying intensity. An additional hinged nozzle simulated the water cascading down the building envelope, as well as angled rainfall.
At a downward spray rate of 203 mm (8 in.) per hour, nothing remarkable happened—the water easily drained off the threshold. In fact, the spray was so light it was difficult to fathom this would surpass the highest sustained rainfall in the United States. Even doubling the downward spray rate (to mimic short duration peak intensity storms) did not cause any accumulation.
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Similarly, a horizontal spray equivalent to 203 mm per hour (similar to the standard water test methods) directed at the Plexiglas above the threshold did not cause much accumulation. As the water flowed down the 'door' and hit the bottom, the resulting rebound caused minor disturbances to the water flow. The rebound effects compounded the turbulence resulting from the sudden change in direction of the water flow from vertical to horizontal. This led to a momentary stagnation of water at the threshold, and caused the water to begin to accumulate.
However, turning the nozzle to spray the threshold at an angle caused water to accumulate up to 25 mm (1 in.) high, which causes more pressure than standard weatherstripping can withstand. As anyone caught in a downpour has noticed, storms blow rain at an angle, rather than vertically or horizontally. Unfortunately, this natural condition turns out to be the worst case for a marginal threshold. Due to the low slope, the vector of water directed toward the threshold overcame the water trying to flow away from the threshold by gravity. The tests were done with static conditions—introducing wind and wave action on the already submerged threshold would obviously exacerbate the leakage.
Increasing the slope of the platform made no measurable difference (even if this were allowed by code). Eddies were observed very close to the door threshold, caused mainly by the geometry at the interface of the threshold and platform. As the water falling in front of the threshold was already turbulent, this geometry further aggravated conditions. At about 0.3 m (1 ft) from the threshold, laminar flow returned, with very few flow instabilities observed for all experimentation conditions. Of course, this is too far from the threshold to be helpful—the turbulence at the threshold is all that matters to leakage.
Rain that impinges on the curtain wall above the exterior door has to flow down over the threshold, then turn and drain across the low-slope walking surface.
Attention to detail in construction of exterior doorways can limit water infiltration through most of the paths previously outlined. Where accessible doors are required by code, high-quality door manufacturing design and fabrication can help with improved pressure resistance, hardware, and weatherstripping, as can selecting out-swing doors with a 'bump' threshold. However, accessible doors have an inherent weakness—low threshold and low slope. With only a 12-mm (½-in.) threshold height allowed, it is not reasonable to expect an accessible door to be watertight. Therefore, the authors believe the building design should protect exterior doors from direct impinging rainfall by alcoves, roofs, canopies, awnings, or overhangs.
To remedy leaking doors on buildings where adding protection was deemed aesthetically unacceptable, we have had success installing trench drains across doorways. However, these drains have to be surprisingly large— to be effective, they must instantly drain the water that would otherwise accumulate against the threshold. Just as accessibility requirements govern the threshold's height and the adjacent walking surface's slope, they also dictate 'heel-proof' grates have small holes instead of the large industrial trench grates that would drain faster.
It may seem obvious to recommend collaboration of all stakeholders to achieve project success, but for exterior doors it is essential. Issues related to waterproofing, accessibility, and aesthetics compete with each other, requiring a comprehensive, balanced approach to achieve
a leak-free, attractive, and code-compliant envelope. Ultimately, it is failure to collaborate that leads to finger-pointing when the doors leak.
Adrian Gerard Saldanha is completing his master's degree in construction engineering and project management at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). He is a graduate research assistant in The Durability Lab—a testing center at UT established by Building Diagnostics Inc., to study the durability of building components, identifying factors causing premature failure. He can be contacted at asaldanha@buildingdx.com[10].
David H. Nicastro, PE, is the founder of Engineering Diagnostics Inc. and Building Diagnostics Inc.—firms specializing in the investigation of problems with existing buildings, designing remedies for those problems, and resolving disputes which arise from them. He is a licensed professional engineer, and leads the research being performed at The Durability Lab. Nicastro has published more than 50 articles on durability of building components. He can be reached by e-mail at dnicastro@buildingdx.com[11].
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AAMA Seeks Code Modification for ADA Threshold Height: http://www.aamanet.org/news/1/10/0/all/756/aama-seeks-code-modification-for-ada-threshold-height
ICC Approves Revisions to IBC Egress Codes: http://www.dwmmag.com/index.php/icc-approves-revisions-to-ibc-egress-codes
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text:
The Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 29 July 1862, to build a line between the towns of Stafford and Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. It opened for traffic in 1867. It opened on 23 December 1867. Construction cost had much exceeded estimates, and income was poor, so that the Company was always in financial difficulty. It was placed in receivership in 1875. The Great Northern Railway (GNR) had running powers to Uttoxeter and was persuaded to acquire the Company, which it did in 1881. The GNR spent a considerable sum on improving the line, but it never made money and it was closed to passengers on 4 December 1939. Goods traffic ceased in 1951, except for a short stub to RAF Stafford; this too closed in 1975.

Before the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway
Prior to the establishment of railways, Stafford was an important manufacturing town; especially dominant was the footwear industry, supported by ancillary manufactures; in addition salt was extracted, and to a lesser extent gypsum. Later a number of heavy engineering works were established in the town The intervening land between Stafford and Uttoxeter was high quality grazing land, devoted to cattle farming. Uttoxeter itself had numerous smaller-scale manufacturing activities, but later became the home of J C Bamford, a large-scale maker of, at first, agricultural machinery, and later construction and excavating machines.
On 4 July 1837 the Grand Junction Railway opened, forming a north-south trunk link through Stafford. The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed on 16 July 1846, consolidating the GJR with other trunk lines, connecting London and Manchester and Liverpool.
The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was incorporated in 1845, its scope being amplified in 1846. It was a compact and dense system centred on Stoke-on-Trent. In 1848 the line between Stoke-on-Trent and Uttoxeter and on to Burton upon Trent was opened, and in the following year the line from Macclesfield was opened. The two lines converged at Uttoxeter Junction station.
Thus Stafford and Uttoxeter were well served by railway connections. Proposals began to be put forward for an east-west line across the intervening agricultural terrain, and after a number of unfulfilled projects, ideas for a Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway began to take shape. In support of the line were the interests of the growing shoe-making industry in Stafford and the Leighton Ironworks in Uttoxeter, of the Bamford family.

Authorisation and construction
A public meeting took place in Stafford on 31 March 1862 to confirm interest in a railway connecting Stafford and Uttoxeter; general approval was expressed, and it was resolved to progress the proposal.
A Parliamentary Bill went forward to the 1862 session. Support had come initially from the Shropshire Union Railway, for transport of cattle from Wales, but when the SUR was taken over by the LNWR this was withdrawn. The line was fiercely opposed by the LNWR and the NSR, and the Parliamentary process was difficult. However the Royal Assent was given to the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway Act for the formation of the Company on 29 July 1862.
The line was to be single track,  miles long, from Bromshall Junction, on the North Staffordshire Railway near Uttoxeter, to Stafford. At Bromshall Junction there were to be running powers over the NSR into Uttoxeter. The Engineer was Thomas Charles Townsend. The authorisation included a spur connection to the NSR near Weston-on-Trent, but this was never built.
William Field was appointed as contractor for the construction, which was put in hand almost immediately. However construction of the considerable earthworks and a tunnel pushed the cost of the works above the engineering estimate, in addition to high land acquisition costs. In 1865 the Company had to return to Parliament for authorisation of additional share capital to the extent of a further £50,000.
Colonel Yolland of the Board of Trade inspected the line on 23 May 1867, but found a number of deficiencies. Chief among these were the quality of the rail chairs, which he considered were too light; in addition holding-down bolts for longitudinal timbers on underbridges were to be improved. The method of working the line was not yet settled, and Yolland seems to have been irritated by this, making the unusual stipulation that tank locomotives must not be run bunker first on the line. A second platform was to be provided at Salt station.
A reinspection took place on 25 September 1867 under Lt Col Hutchinson, and although not every detail had been rectified, he approved the opening of the line.
The earthworks and bridges were constructed for double track, but single track was laid, and the tunnel was single. There were some stiff climbs, including one of over two miles at 1 in 70.
Evidently arrangements to work the line had not been concluded, and both the LNWR and the NSR had declined to work the line and the S&YR had no locomotives of its own. Accordingly there was a delay while working arrangements were negotiated.

Operation
The line opened for general traffic on 23 December 1867.
The Company owned seven coaches, sixteen wagons and one goods van but, initially, no locomotive. Motive power line was probably provided by the contractor for the construction, who had become major shareholders in the company. Instead of employing booking office staff, the Company issued tickets on the train, and there was little in the way of telegraphic or signalling equipment.
The first locomotive owned by the Company was a 2-4-0 tank engine supplied in 1868 by Beyer, Peacock and Company and was named Shrewsbury and Talbot. A second locomotive, named Ingestre, was acquired second-hand in May 1873; It was a Beyer Peacock 0-4-2T. The purchase was probably prompted by the accident at Hopton Tunnel, in which Shrewsbury and Talbot was damaged.
By 1874, Stafford had expanded northwards and a new station was built at Stafford Common, where there were horseracing, fairs and agricultural shows.
The line was never productive of much traffic and was not kept in very good order. In the summer of 1875 the Board of Trade sent Colonel Rich to report on its condition, and he required certain improvements to ensure safety. Losses, and debts, mounted, and a receiver was appointed in 1875.
Operationally, there was continuing opposition from the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) and the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR). There were disputes over the maintenance of train connections at the junction stations, and over the handling of goods traffic. By 1878 it was clear that operating costs were exceeding traffic receipts and a receiver was appointed. The suggestion was made that, since it seemed likely that the LNWR and the NSR would continue to be uncooperative, approaches should be made to the Great Northern Railway or the Midland. The aim of connecting to Derby had still not been achieved. While the LNWR and NSR were on good terms with the Midland Railway and exercised running powers over its lines into Derby and Burton, the GNR had built a new line in competition with all three – its Derbyshire extension – and was anxious to penetrate further westward -- to Wales if possible.

Hopton Bank derailment, 1873
In 1873 there was a derailment at Hopton Bank. (The location was spelt Hoopton in contemporary reports.) On 1 February 1873 the 12:10 train from Uttoxeter to Stafford derailed "at high speed" about two miles before reaching Stafford. The driver and fireman were killed, and eight other persons were injured. The derailment took place on a right hand curve of 40 to 60 chains radius, and on a falling gradient of 1 in 70. There were some defects in the leaf springs of the locomotive, but these were not considered to be contributory. The main cause was stated to be excessive speed, associated with reaching Stafford to make a connection with a main line train there. The driver had previously been warned several times about excessive speed. Frost heave may have affected the stability of the track.

Great Northern Railway
For three years the S&UR company had been in receivership; its income was only £12 per mile per week. In 1878 a representative of the major creditor approached the Great Northern Railway, proposing that they should take over the working of the line. In that year the GNR opened its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension Line from Nottingham and Derby to Egginton Junction, on the North Staffordshire Railway Churnet Valley Extension line. The GNR had expressed an interest in reaching Holyhead, and the S&UR might be a stepping stone in that direction.
The GNR declined the approach, but in fact negotiations continued regarding an outright purchase. The GNR were given running powers over the Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway by Act of 11 August 1879, and into Stafford station. Further negotiations took place, and notwithstanding the poor state of the S&UR infrastructure, a price of £100,000 was agreed: the purchase was authorised by Act of 18 July 1881, effective from 1 August. Plant was transferred at a valuation of £1,450, which included two locomotives. If the GNR's interest in reaching Holyhead was definite, it was never realised, and in fact Stafford remained the westernmost outpost of the GNR.
Wrottesley is frank about the dubious value the GNR got for its outlays:
Not very willingly, the GN came into possession of the Stafford & Uttoxeter. Other than as a possible western outlet for Derbyshire coal, the line offered little prospect of much revenue.
The advantage to the GNR was mitigated by a clause interested the Act authorising the purchase, which prevented the GNR using the running powers over the NSR to divert traffic by any circuitous routes from the lines of the LNWR or North Staffordshire Companies.
At the time of the transfer to the GNR takeover, the line was completely run down, and the GNR invested £40,000 in improving the facilities at Stafford Common, providing passing loops at Ingestre and Chartley, and later on at Grindley. Block signalling was installed. The GNR operated a through passenger service from Grantham via Nottingham and Derby to Stafford, and about the end of the nineteenth century Boston enginemen worked a lodging turn to Stoke.
The S&UR passenger train service had consisted of four trains daily, five on Saturdays, none on Sundays, between Stafford and Uttoxeter Junction. From November 1881 the GNR integrated these trains with its Derby services, and six trains ran daily, one on Sundays, throughout from Stafford to Derby. From 1900 to 1916 these were extended eastward to Grantham.
There was a stationmaster and a staff of eleven at Stafford LNWR until 1915, and Stafford Common had its own stationmaster.
The Great Northern Railway set about considering what needed to be done to put its newly acquired line to rights. The goods station facilities available to the GNR at Stafford were poor, and a new, more central goods depot was planned, to the north of the River Sow on a short branch line. It was authorised in the 1883 Parliamentary session, and was called Doxey Road goods station. The gas works was later (in 1891) connected to the same branch line; the LNWR was allowed to access the gas works over the branch.
The line from Stafford Common into Stafford itself was doubled in 1882.
In 1892 large salt deposits were discovered at Stafford Common, and this brought considerable mineral traffic to the line.

Uttoxeter developments
The original layout at Uttoxeter had consisted of a southward junction where the Churnet Valley line and the Stoke to Derby line converged; there was a junction station there, but it was an exchange passenger station only with no public access. There were two ordinary stations, Dove Bank (to the north, on the Churnet Valley line) and Bridge Street to the east, towards Bromshall. Now in 1881 the North Staffordshire Railway provided a new west-to-north double track curve, completing a triangle. A new Uttoxeter station was provided at the western apex of the triangle, and the other stations were closed.

The twentieth century
During the First World War cutbacks were made to passenger services and facilities. However, there was considerable freight movement westwards from the armament factories at Branston Depot and Chilwell Ordnance Depot. Royal Engineers personnel who had been trained at Longmoor Military Railway were drafted in to work parts of the line.
In 1919 plans to extend the railway (particularly at Stafford Common) were announced but they were not proceeded with after the announcement of the Railways Act 1921.
In 1923, the Grouping of the Railways of Great Britain took place pursuant to the Railways Act 1921, and the Great Northern Railway, owner of the S&UR line, was a constituent of the new London and North Eastern Railway. Through the 1920s and early 1930, some enhancement to passenger receipts took place because of the popularity of inward excursions to places such as the picturesque village of Salt, and through traffic to the racecourses at Uttoxeter and Doncaster, and to East Coast seaside destinations.

Decline and closure
In 1938, a public bus service was introduced (by the Green Bus Company) between Stafford and Uttoxeter, leading to a fall in railway passenger numbers.  With the outbreak of World War II, passenger services were reduced to one return train a day from 2 October 1939, and on 4 December 1939, all civilian passenger services were suspended, as a means of dealing with staff shortages resulting from enlistment.  Special trains ran to RAF Stafford, near Stafford Common station, and to a Royal Ordnance Factory at Bromshall.
After the war, civilian passenger and freight services briefly resumed. In 1949 the line became part of British Railways| on the nationalisation of the British railway network.
On 5 March 1951 the line was closed to all through services except military traffic using the extensive sidings at RAF Stafford, and to Stafford Common goods yard.
Stafford Common goods yard closed in August 1968. On 28 November 1975 the final movement from RAF Stafford took place, and the line was now closed completely.
A special train organised by the Stephenson Locomotive Society became the last train to travel the entire route, on 23 March 1957, except that Bramshall Junction had been removed. The train returned from just short of the junction to Stafford. Track from Hopton and Uttoxeter was lifted between 1957 and 1962. The railway bridge over the Trent and Mersey Canal at Weston was eventually removed in the 1990s; it had been used by a local farm to let dairy cattle cross the canal.
There is now no railway use of the former line.

Stations

Locations
 Uttoxeter; North Staffordshire Railway station;
 Bromshall Junction; NSR Uttoxeter to Stoke line;<ref group = note>The local community is named Bramshall, but the railway used the name Bromshall for the junction and the tunnel.<ref>
 Bromshall Tunnel; 321 yards; also known as Loxley Tunnel;
 Grindley; opened 23 December 1867; closed 4 December 1939;
 Stowe; opened 23 December 1867; renamed Chartley 3 October 1874; trains ceased to be shown from start of LNER emergency timetable 2 October 1939;
 Weston; opened 23 December 1867; renamed Ingestre 1870; closed 4 December 1939;
 Salt (& Sandon); opened 23 December 1867; closed 4 December 1939; the appended "& Sandon" was used only by Railway Clearing House documentation;
 Stafford Common; opened 1 July 1874; relocated from west to east of overbridge 1882; closed 4 December 1939; later used for RAF station until December 1952;
 Stafford; LNWR station.

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Regulatory hurdles make HIV research less effective, experts say
by Avery Ruxer Franklin, Rice University
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A regulatory conundrum faces researchers trying to slow the spread of HIV among minors. Sometimes those researchers need consent from parents, a requirement that can leave some of the most endangered minors out of the picture.
Establishing a common set of rules for legally and ethically conducting HIV prevention research on minors is crucial to reducing the infection's spread among young people, according to health experts at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Quianta Moore, a fellow in child health policy at the Baker Institute, and Zeinab Bakhiet, a research associate for the Baker Institute's Center for Health and Biosciences, outline their insights in a new paper, "Navigating the Regulatory Framework for HIV Prevention Research in Adolescents." They say regulations that require parental consent perpetuate health disparities because "those who may be most at-risk for HIV acquisition are not included in the research needed to show efficacy."
"High-risk adolescents may avoid seeking services if parental permission is required or (they) experience negative consequences from parents," they wrote. "Not requiring parental permission may be an important component of ensuring equitable access to research for at-risk populations and optimizing research results."
Different regulations apply depending on the type of research.
For example, "research studies regulated by the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (also known as the "Common Rule") typically require parental permission for studies of minors, but allow waiver of parental permission if certain conditions are met." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), however, regulates all clinical investigations for drugs and medical devices and is more restrictive than the Common Rule—it does not permit waivers of parental consent.
The authors point out that when both FDA regulations and the Common Rule apply, the FDA takes priority. Due to this, "adolescents can only participate in FDA-regulated research if parental permission would not otherwise be required under state law," the authors wrote. Only 16 states authorize youths to participate in HIV prevention research without parental consent.
More information: Quianta Moore et al. Navigating the Regulatory Framework for HIV Prevention Research in Adolescents, The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2020). DOI: 10.1177/1073110520917011
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Should Tony Pulis get more credit for the job he did at Middlesbrough?
Middlesbrough will reunite with Tony Pulis on Tuesday evening when they travel to take on Sheffield Wednesday
Craig JohnsMiddlesbrough FC writer
Former Boro boss Tony Pulis
"Hopefully, people will recognise that I played a little bit of a part in that, but you don't always get the credit for it."
That was Tony Pulis earlier this month as he considered Middlesbrough's renaissance under Neil Warnock this season and his own part in helping that.
Assessing Pulis' time at Middlesbrough is one that splits opinions on Teesside. We asked the question on our social media pages on the day he made the above comments and the replies were split almost exactly 50/50 of those appreciating the now-Sheffield Wednesday boss and those less so.
So, just a day over three years since his Boro appointment, and as Boro prepare for their first reunion at Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday, we ask, does Tony Pulis deserve more credit?
While his methods are not ever the most attractive, you can't take away from the fact he got results.
Boro were ninth at the time he replaced Garry Monk who had overseen a summer spend of almost £55million that left the club with an inflated squad and wage bill. While Neil Warnock this term is dealing with the exact opposite with a now-wafer-thin Boro squad, the current gaffer has spoken numerous times about the disadvantages of having such an inflated squad - particularly when it comes to squad harmony.
Pulis was brought in to do a job. As he worded it, to 'readdress and reset the football club'.
Many players, important players like Adama Traore, Patrick Bamford and Ben Gibson departed during Pulis' reign as he accepted the need to cut the budget and reset.
Despite that, on the pitch, he continued to get results.
In his first half-season, Pulis guided Boro to a play-off finish after taking over while ninth. He initially had to deal with the same inconsistencies that had plagued Monk's Boro, but by mid-February there were signs that he was beginning to implement his style as Boro lost just two of their last 14 to make the play-offs. They'd lose out to Aston Villa.
It was that summer that they sold the aforementioned talented trio among others, as Pulis had to oversee the exodus and squad overhaul. Despite that, another respectable season, in hindsight at least, saw Boro only narrowly miss out on the play-offs, thus bringing and end to his 18-month stay at the Riverside.
It's perhaps what came after that earns him his most credit. With Jonathan Woodgate entrusted to lead Boro into a post-Pulis era, they came ever so close to starting that era with relegation to League One - now battling at the wrong end of the table.
So, with such results, why does Pulis continue to divide opinion?
There are numerous very valid reasons.
The most obvious is his style of football which, to be frank, is not pretty and certainly not enjoyable. Effective, yes, entertaining. most definitely not.
Those less customed to watching Middlesbrough under Warnock this season would likely counter that the current Boro boss is idolised on Teesside while playing a similar style. Warnock has often been tainted with a similar reputation for playing 'negative, long-ball football.'
But anybody who watches Boro closely will know the difference in style.
Warnock's Boro are direct in the sense that they move the ball quickly from defence to attack. That transition is deliberately fast, but it's not aimless, as it can sometimes look under Pulis. Boro don't have the big targetman striker that a Pulis team needs, so suggestions Boro and Warnock and 'lump-ball' merchants are not true in the slightest.
There's at times emphasis on defending and stifling the opposition, but Warnock's Boro have far more attacking intent than Pulis'.
Another factor in his divisive status on Teesside is his decision-making. As respectable as results were, there's a feeling that mistakes were made and things could have been even better.
Tony Pulis at Rotherham
Of course, we all think we're managers and it's easy to criticise in hindsight, but some of his decisions could, at times, baffle.
Under Warnock Paddy McNair is one of the best players in the division. Under Pulis, the man who brought him to Boro, he struggled for game-time initially and spent what little time he got on the pitch as a relatively ineffective right-back. He wasn't signed while playing the position.
His international team-mate George Saville is another example. As Warnock himself often notes, Boro signed him from Millwall as an advanced midfielder - almost a number ten - yet Pulis played him deeper where he influenced games far less and struggled to make much of an impression until Warnock finally let him off his leash this term. Like McNair, he's been one of the stand-outs of this season to date.
The final, and perhaps most important factor, however, is his personality. Comparing Warnock and Pulis is like comparing night and day.
Warnock is so personable, so positive and so humourous. He often notes how he's seen as like Marmite in football. He's the type when he's not your manager that you only see from afar and the titbits you see are usually of the 72-year-old bemoaning decisions against his side. They're what make the national headlines - his moans about referees or Stoke dressing rooms catch the attention of a wider audience.
When he's your side's manager, however, and you pay closer attention to his day-to-day running of a club and personality. You see the real, warm Warnock. Hear the positivity and charm that the nationals don't cover when he's not your manager. He's actually so easy to like when he's your manager.
Pulis, however, not so much. Far more stony-faced, Pulis is never likely to be the type to bring humour to his press conferences.
Red Adair is an unusual direction to take the comparison, but the American oil-well firefighter has become the metaphor for saving perilous situations. Pulis has often been labelled Red Adair and has expressed his frustration over it. Warnock calls himself Red Adair and embraces such a reputation.
Tony Pulis on Middlesbrough's renaissance and how he 'played a little bit of a part in it'
Jonathan Woodgate on his Middlesbrough sacking hurt, agenda against him and needing more time
All that said, as Boro prepare to reunite with Pulis at Hillsborough on Tuesday evening, it's certainly worth the re-evaluation of Pulis' 18 months on Teesside.
He came at a time the club did need a reset. He got on with the job and helped move the club to a more stable footing off the pitch, while still producing results on it. You only have to glance a little north up the A19 to see how difficult a task that can be and how wrong that can go. Sunderland had their own reset to do when they fell from the Premier League that same summer and they fell again to League One where, three seasons later they remain.
It might not have been pretty at Middlesbrough, but at that time, with the job at hand, Boro probably needed Pulis more than some realise.
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Save from a Warnock - who was at that time guiding Cardiff City to the Premier League and therefore unavailable - it's hard to think of a manager who would have been better suited to what Boro needed at that time - stability.
He helped set Boro on that path - a route which Warnock continues to take Boro down. He does deserve credit for that, and hopefully the stabilising will bear fruit for Boro with that reset almost complete and a new direction just beginning at the club.
Pulis is not the man you'd want to lead you into this new direction, but as he said himself, he deserves some credit for helping Boro reach a point to be able to start their reroute to a more desired destination.
One thing's for certain, as Warnock will know all too well, Tuesday night against Sheffield Wednesday will not be easy thanks to the man in the Owl's dugout.


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Biografia
Completati gli studi classici si trasferisce a Roma per frequentare l'Accademia nazionale d'arte drammatica "Silvio D'Amico". Nel 1970 viene notato da Vittorio De Sica ed entra nel cast del film Il giardino dei Finzi Contini nella parte di Ernesto, il fratello di Giorgio. Prosegue la carriera di attore e partecipa tra gli altri al film Il gatto di Luigi Comencini del 1977, Il... Belpaese (1977) di Luciano Salce e Impiegati di Pupi Avati.

Si laurea in lettere e filosofia sostenendo molti esami in storia dell'arte, e successivamente diventa assistente del pittore, fotografo e regista statunitense Man Ray. Per quasi un ventennio diviene assistente del direttore del Festival dei Due Mondi, Gian Carlo Menotti. Conosce le sorelle Fendi, con le quali inizia una collaborazione di lavoro; quando, negli anni '90, la maison si fonde con LVMH e Prada inizia la direzione artistica della neonata "Fondazione Alda Fendi", producendo installazioni e spettacoli d'avanguardia, a partire dal 2001 scritti e diretti da lui stesso.

Filmografia parziale
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini, regia di Vittorio De Sica (1970)
Il sergente Klems, regia di Sergio Grieco (1971)
A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi..., regia di Demofilo Fidani (1972)
Prostituzione, regia di Rino Di Silvestro (1974)
Lucrezia giovane, regia di Luciano Ercoli (1974)
Un uomo, una città, regia di Romolo Guerrieri (1974)
La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere!, regia di Giuseppe Rosati (1975)
Il gatto, regia di Luigi Comencini (1977)
Il... Belpaese, regia di Luciano Salce (1977)
Impiegati, regia di Pupi Avati (1985)
Regalo di Natale, regia di Pupi Avati (1986)

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Race Against The Odds with Nicholas Taylor-Mullings – PP165
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Nicholas Taylor-Mullings
Nicholas is assistant head at a large, East London secondary school. After a career of work in areas such as underachievement, he is currently working on a PhD in race and education.
Do schools take the understanding of why certain groups underachieve seriously enough?
Nicholas believe we generally take it as a 'given' that certain types of children underachieve and out job is to do something about this rather than considering why these children are underachieving in the first place.
Is the underachievement of ethnic minority children due to a racist school system?
Nicholas believes this is true but it's only part of the answer. When we speak about underachievement, people are happier to engage when it's bases on a 'deficit model' – there's something wrong with the child, the family, the background, the culture or the community. However, when you try and talk about the education system being institutionally racist, it gets closed down pretty quickly. This is the part of the problem that the education system hasn't been brave enough to tackle yet in any meaningful way.
How do we facilitate and encourage these conversations?
However odd it sounds, Nicholas believes we need to create an environment in which it is safe to have these conversations. Governments starting the process to legislate against institutional racism in schools would be a very difficult thing to do (but it does need to happen). However, we can start by asking 'what can schools do?' They can start to consider what they should be doing in their training sessions, in their environments, in their policies.
We can start to point to the instances of institutional racism in our own institutions and begin to invite staff to question their role in it. For example, does the way we set children in our own school reflect a notion of the potential of different groups?
Is the act of defining any minority group – fuelling the problem at he same time as trying to solve it?
There is a danger of this, according to Nicholas but what it does do is bring to light phenomena which are already taking place. A large part of the responsibility of underachievement amongst minorities is down to the system itself. Pointing this out might be criticised as labelling other students who are going through the system. However, this kind of inequality needs to be brought to the attention of government and it's already being done by researchers and academics. It's better, according to Nicholas to accept that there is a risk to highlighting what's going on in order to try and redress the situation.
Should we be targetting underachieving groups who aren't ethnic minorities in the same way?
Nicholas believes we should. It's most important to find out why they are underachieving in the first place but he does warn against just using raw information like progress data on its own. It is possible to hide underachievement by just focussing on the achievement data and not taking other factors into consideration. However important data is, we must not lose the element of humanity.
What can we do about recruiting more ethnic minority teachers?
Nicholas agrees that targetting ethnic minority children might be part of the solution and he points out that getting a more ethnically diverse teaching population is helpful but it's more important to have a staff who are prepared to communicate and collaborate with the local community. Also, there aren't enough black and minority leaders in the system – and Nicholas sees this as a real problem.
Nicholas' Top Tips for making progress:
Have an open and honest debate in your school about why certain groups are underachieving and define the systems and processes which work to the disadvantage of these groups
Challenge practice
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The Celestial Speckled dinnerware collection is perfect for a casual brunch, Sunday night dinner or everyday use. The reactive glaze produces unique speckles in blue on cream and makes each piece different. The shape of this stoneware collection is slightly uneven giving it a hand-made quality.


This show is my jam!
I love everything about this show even the ads (If Tsh advertises it, I will probably buy it if I'm in the market for that product)! I look forward to my Friday commute every week now, this show is perfect for sipping my coffee to and getting into a great headspace for the last day of the week!


The Netherlands has close links with the world around us. This brings us benefits, including economic prosperity, but also involves risks. Because what happens far away – like terrorism, refugee flows and climate change – often affects us at home too. Through international cooperation we can tackle such problems and strengthen our economy.
Prosperity: As a trading nation, we maintain close ties with many countries. The Ministry encourages exports and investments, opens up markets and guarantees access to knowledge and raw materials. We use our experience and network to help Dutch businesses, both big and small. In this way, we can expand their opportunities to sell products and services globally. We work hard to achieve a level playing field and, as a result, sustainable and fair trade.
Security: Unstable countries are a breeding ground for terrorism, people smuggling and other forms of crime. We work with others to combat these threats, by ensuring aid for areas ravaged by war where people are fleeing violence. We try to mediate, block terrorist financing and stop the spread of weapons. And we're working to achieve greater stability by improving living conditions in poor, vulnerable countries and encouraging self-reliance.
Justice (working for a fair world – making the world a little bit better): A world where 'might is right' is not in the Netherlands' interests. That's why we work to promote the international legal order, so that people can live in freedom and dignity and minorities are protected. We work to make agreements to tackle global challenges, such as poverty and food scarcity, climate change and epidemics. In developing countries, we work on issues such as economic resilience, better healthcare, food security and clean drinking water.
Dutch nationals abroad: The Dutch love to travel, and there are Dutch nationals living and working in many other countries. They want to know which parts of the world are safe, what they need to do if they encounter problems and who they can contact in an emergency. We offer a modern service and our embassies, consulates and the 24/7 BZ Contact Centre are standing by, day and night, ready to help. From assisting in the aftermath of a natural disaster or during political unrest to helping customers apply for a new passport and providing travel advice.
Today, the whole world seems just one click away.
One click that removes borders and connects us.
Making the world smaller and our world bigger.
But that can make us feel vulnerable, as we face the unknown.
Events happening far away, feel closer to home.
If I have time in the evenings I watch the 8 o'clock news.
And I can be pretty sure it will open with a story about migration.
It's a serious subject that puts big demands on our staff.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Security and Justice are a team.
And that togetherness is the key to our success right now.
We know that what we have learned here, can be of great value elsewhere.
So there's flooding in a large camp for displaced persons.
The Netherlands can help because we have the know-how to develop the area.
That that are places in the world, where human rights are at stake.
If human rights defenders are under pressure in their own country we step in to help.
As part of our Shelter City initiative we offer them temporary shelter in the Netherlands.
Justice and Peace works closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry's large network makes it easier to figure out who needs our help the most.
We know there are people fighting for freedom, and that we need to protect them.
We want to cross borders to share what we are good at with the rest of the world.
The Dutch are at the forefront for setting the world on a new pathway for a sustainable future.
One example for this has been the joining of the Ministries of Aid and Trade, which I believe has been a smart decision.
As we need both to reach the world's poorest 2.5 billion people.
If we work together, we can achieve more.
Without the result being at the expense of others.
We want our company to grow. We want to make an impact.
The Orange Trade Mission Fund is helping us gain a commercial foothold in the US.
With support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A partnership that energises me.
If you go abroad, where it's safe and where it is not.
We regularly discuss travel advice with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It helps us provide our customers with good, up-to-date advice.
I will never forget Saturday 25 April.
The day started off so well.
We were celebrating King's Day with the local Dutch community.
People were panicking and screaming.
We kept getting wet as water sloshed out of the swimming pool.
I just managed to grab my son Daniel and hurl him to the ground.
We were lucky. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs got us out of the country to safety.
Right now, as the world becomes both smaller and bigger it's important that we are there for the Netherlands, world wide.
Read the e-zine 'For the Netherlands, worldwide' by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Home to a renowned game designer, this unit at Gita Bayu transcends culture for its owner whose taste is heavily inspired by the Japanese style during his years of experience working in Japan.
Our client's recent marriage to his Japanese wife cemented a strong Japanese style to the interior design, from the clean and uncluttered living aesthetic to plants and the popular use of wood throughout the home.
It even inspired his next pride and possession; the sushi bar-like kitchen counter for practical day-to-day cooking to be served, and dined in. The herringbone wooden kitchen flooring adds to the style and culture of the Japanese, while reflecting a vast amount of sunlight into the unit.


Use the interactive Google map below to explore the services available in downtown Fremont, Nebraska.
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As a part of the annual event "Week of Science" celebrated in Catalonia (Setmana de la Ciència a Catalunya), Vladimir Baulin (researcher at URV) and Pere Luque (entomologist in the Museu de les Terres de l'Ebre) presented an open lecture for general public about research on dragonflies in Catolonia. The event took place in the Museu de les Terres de l'Ebre in Amposta and attracted a lot of visitors.
Pere Luque presented a book about dragonflies in Catalonia and Vladimir Baulin presented the work on anti-microbial activity of dragonfly wings which is a result of a collaborative work with Elena Ivanova in Australia. Both communications attracted a lot of attention and interest of general public and representatives of theNatural Parc of Delta of Ebro, which will lead to further collaborations with the Natural Parc in new projects.


Despite Ramona's dismissal as the "new girl," Kristen sounds off on Aviva, Heather's authenticity and her first year as a Housewife.
Aviva is always literally putting her foot in her mouth or maybe should I say on the table!
"At least I am not 50?"
"Well I thought she was older?"
Hmmmmm. . .I am not sure saying you are older is ever a compliment unless it was targeted at a six-year-old kid.
Ramona nailed it, Aviva has no sense of humor. Don't you all just want to see Aviva let her guard down, let loose, have fun and not take everything so darn literally? Because I know I do. "This isn't the hood it's the Hamptons!" What? Heather acts like a gang member?!? Aviva knows nothing about the hood. . .please!
Hello, Heather, is the most authentic person I know. She has her own style and way about her that makes her Heather -- and we all love her for that!
Ramona saying that I am the new girl, dismissing me, and saying that my voice doesn't matter and that no one will listen to me. Wow. . .OK. . . I know where I stand #staytuned.
Well there you go, I survived my first Season of RHONY. It's over. No more blogging and live tweeting. It will be a bittersweet void in my life not doing it, and I will miss you all and really appreciated the opportunity to have this experience in my life. We will all stay tuned in for the future.
Check in with me on my Instagram and Twitter I will be posting daily @kristentaekman. Also check out OKmagazine.com for my first season scoop on RHONY. Enjoy the rest of your summer!!!


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Cleveland police sergeant indicted on theft in office involving time spent at home
Updated: Feb. 24, 2014, 7:14 p.m. |
Published: Feb. 24, 2014, 6:14 p.m.
John Caniglia, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland police sergeant has been indicted on charges of fleecing the public by claiming to be working when he wasn't, Cuyahoga County prosecutors said Monday.
Sgt. Dean Graziolli, a 22-year veteran, was charged with eight counts of tampering with records, one count of theft in office and a misdemeanor count of dereliction of duty.
"It is sad and disappointing that a police officer would violate the public trust and compromise the safety of the community because of his own intentional incompetence,'' said James Gutierrez, an assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor, in a statement.
Prosecutors said the case focuses on eight days between Oct. 14 and Nov. 1, 2012, when Graziolli, 47, claimed on his pay records to have been working in the Fourth District. Prosecutors said that cell phone records showed that he wasn't in the Fourth District for much of the day.
Video from WOIO-Channel 19 and pictures taken by a neighbor of Graziolli's showed that he was not at his assigned post when he said he was. Joseph Frolik, a spokesman for Prosecutor Timothy McGinty, said Graziolli spent his time at home.
WOIO's web site reported that Graziolli would start at 6 a.m. for his shift on the city's East Side, where he spent a few hours. The station's hidden cameras caught him driving across town in his police car back to his home on the city's West Side, according to the report. The web site said Graziolli stayed there for hours before he would drive back to work and return his vehicle.
The indictment accuses Graziolli of tampering with his daily duty reports. It also charges him with theft in office in which he is accused of taking more than $1,000 but less than $7,500.
Officials at the Cleveland Fraternal Order of Police, which represents sergeants and other supervisors, were out of the office Monday.
In a statement, Cleveland police said the charges stemmed from an internal affairs investigation "into allegations of misconduct by Sergeant Graziolli while he was working as a supervisor in the city's Fourth District.'' City prosecutors reviewed the results of the investigation before they were presented to McGinty's office.
The police department's statement said Graziolli was afforded a pre-disciplinary hearing before Director of Public Safety Michael McGrath. Graziolli waived the hearing, and he was immediately suspended without pay pending adjudication of the criminal proceedings.


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Information for all District Committee on Ordained Ministry Chairs, District Superintendents, and persons who are in the candidacy process as inquiring, exploring, declared candidates for ministry not yet certified or licensed as a Local Pastor.
The "Orientation to Ministry" is a conference event and is required by the 2012 Book of Discipline for persons being certified as a candidate for ministry. In response to the Board on Ordained Ministry of the New York Annual Conference is holding two events in 2015.
The second will be held on Saturday, March 21 at First UMC, 227 East Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon. NY. Please mark your calendars and watch for the complete details.


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Suzuki Warsaw Masters  - выставочный теннисный турнир в Варшаве, Польша. Проведен единожды в 2008 году как замена отменённому теннисному турниру WTA. Турнир также проводился на открытой грунтовой площадке.

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Одиночный турнир

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This modern beachfront home redefines "beach house." It's an oceanfront oasis, with spectacular expanses of glass, wide-open views of the ocean, and dramatic, open living spaces, all on a relatively modest footprint. The focus of the house is the view, with sophisticated, contrasting touches of luxury on the interior. We used natural materials throughout the exterior and interior, and 2 colors of stained wood siding on the exterior exaggerate the planes of the structure. The angular roofline echoes traditional beach cottages, but with asymmetry that is crisp and modern.
We designed custom cabinetry for the kitchen, in tiger wood with stainless steel detailing, and custom Marvin windows throughout. A huge master suite takes up the entire second floor, with two more sun-filled guest rooms on the third floor.


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(Clearwisdom.net) At 4:30 p.m. on February 14, 2002, though there was heavy snow, Colorado Falun Gong practitioners held a press conference in front of the Denver City Hall regarding the arrest of over 40 Western Falun Gong practitioners for appealing on Tiananmen square.
Los Angeles News Agency interviewed the local practitioners. The press release was sent to nearly 200 local media.


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Junky star è il terzo album del cantante country rock statunitense Ryan Bingham, realizzato insieme al suo gruppo "The Dead Horses". Il disco è stato pubblicato il 31 agosto 2010 dalla Lost Highway Records e prodotto da T-Bone Burnett.

Il disco
In questo album c'è una sferzata rock, oltre alla sua solita vena root, anche se la rivista Rolling Stone lo definisce più cinematografico che credibile, con la sua voce aspra ed i suoi titoli melodrammatici.
La versione venduta in Europa contiene come bonus track "The Weary kind", brano vincitore nel 2010 del Premio Oscar come Miglior canzone.

Tracce
The Poet – 4:57
The Wandering – 3:08
Strange Feelin' In the Air – 4:45
Junky Star – 4:49
Depression – 4:53
Hallelujah – 5:00
Yesterday's Blues – 4:14
Direction of the Wind – 4:29
Lay My Head On the Rail – 3:01
Hard Worn Trail – 3:55
Self-Righteous Wall – 5:18
All Choked Up Again - 6:13
Bonus Track :The Weary kind -4:18

Musicisti
 Ryan Bingham - Voce, Chitarra
 Matthew Smith - Batteria, Percussioni
 Elijah Ford - Basso
 Corby Schaub - Chitarra, Mandolino

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Album di Ryan Bingham
Album del 2010
Album country rock


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Lo Spirito del Natale passato è uno dei personaggi più noti del racconto di Charles Dickens Canto di Natale.
Lo Spirito del Natale passato è il primo dei tre fantasmi (dopo l'apparizione di Jacob Marley) che dovranno apparire ad Ebenezer Scrooge per attuare la sua redenzione. Questi tre fantasmi hanno lo scopo di mostrare a Scrooge il valore del Natale in quanto periodo di pace in Terra per tutti gli uomini.

Lo spirito del Natale passato è una figura indefinita, luminosa, androgina che pare essere un incrocio tra un vecchio ed un bambino. Egli conduce Scrooge attraverso gli anni passati per mostrare i Natali vissuti anni prima. Indossa una veste, stretta in vita e adornata da fiori. Tiene in una mano un rametto di agrifoglio e nell'altra uno strano cappello a forma di stoppino, che ricorda il suo spirito etereo che lo rende simile alla fiamma di una candela. In alcune versioni teatrali o cinematografiche lo Spirito del Natale Passato è, invece, un personaggio femminile. Dickens, nel romanzo, parla dello Spirito usando il pronome neutro it, proprio ad indicare il fantasma come un'apparizione misteriosa ed indefinita.

Lo spirito del Natale passato conduce Scrooge nella sua infanzia: Scrooge rivede se stesso da bambino seduto su un banco di scuola, lasciato solo dai compagni a causa della sua intelligenza. Poi gli mostra l'arrivo dell'amata sorellina minore Fan, che gli annuncia che il padre non è più in collera con lui e che può tranquillamente tornare a casa. Dopo, lo Spirito fa vedere la festa di Natale in casa di Mr. Fezziwig, il primo datore di lavoro di Scrooge. L'ultima scena che lo Spirito mostra è il momento in cui Scrooge viene lasciato dalla fidanzata Belle, essendosi accorta che l'uomo tiene più al denaro che a lei. Scrooge non aveva mai detto alla ragazza di voler troncare il fidanzamento, ma glielo aveva fatto intuire cambiando radicalmente il proprio comportamento.

Scrooge, pazzo di rabbia, copre lo Spirito con lo stoppino, spegnendone l'eterea fiamma e risvegliandosi improvvisamente nel suo letto.

I vari adattamenti del racconto di Dickens per il cinema e il teatro hanno dato origini a differenti versioni delle scene mostrate a Scrooge dallo Spirito. Per esempio, nella versione cinematografica del 1984 viene mostrato l'incontro con il padre di Scrooge e il momento in cui lui da giovane litigava furiosamente con il padre. Un altro aspetto spesso aggiunto è la morte prematura della madre ed il fatto che Scrooge sia stato cacciato di casa dal padre. In molte versioni emerge anche il profondo legame affettivo tra Scrooge da bambino e la sorellina Fan.

Voci correlate
Canto di Natale
Spirito del Natale Presente
Spirito del Natale Futuro

Collegamenti esterni

Personaggi del Canto di Natale
Fantasmi nelle opere di fantasia


This weekend was the 4th of our free CareerCamp unconferences here in the Los Angeles area. You can learn more about what happened there on the website at http://careercampscv.wordpress.com.
My first session of the day was a breakout discussion on social media and your career. (The audio from this session should be available both here on Career Opportunities and the CareerCampSCV web site.) During that discussion, I heard a common refrain, "What do I have to share, discuss, write about, blog about?" I have heard this many times before and I always work to dispel this myth.
Unfortunately, most of us often undervalue or devalue the unique knowledge that we have developed over the years. Even someone starting out in a career has learned some important lessons that could benefit others. Still, many of us hang our heads and proclaim we have nothing to offer to the world. Sometimes, in a slightly mean fashion, I will point out to people that if they have nothing to say about their work or their life, then they have much larger problems than just building their career. Most immediately understand what I mean. It is my effort to get them thinking about what they know and how important it might be to others.
My definition of an expert is someone who has one more piece of information or one more experience than someone else. In reality, this means we are all experts at something — to someone. There will always be those around us who can benefit from our experience and our unique, specific knowledge. No two lives are the same and we will always have different experiences from those around us. Sure, we might think we all move through the same world and experience the same things, but it simply isn't true.
We each have our own perception of experiences, even if we experience them at the same time as others. It is simply a part of being a unique human being. We might see the same concert, the same movie, work in a similar job at a similar company, but we experience them quite differently. Everything in our past and present effects how we perceive the future and changes it — sometimes in dramatic ways. This uniqueness is exactly what we have to share with others and exactly what they want most.
One of my first prescriptions for most people seeking to build their career using social media is to start a blog — start sharing their unique knowledge and experiences with others. As I am sure you have seen on occasion, though, many people start by simply sharing other people's information. Sharing neat items you discover is great — you are acting as an information curator for those reading your blog — but it is more important to share your opinion, your analysis, your gut feeling of why something is important enough to share. People read your blog to hear YOUR opinion, not a simple restatement of news that can be found elsewhere. Make sure you offer your take on the info to make it as useful as possible.
One amazing thing that occurs when you start a blog is that you start finding things to share there. The mere act of having a place to put stuff lets you see exactly how much you have to share. It is easy to not share something if you have no place to post it. Your blog makes it easy and you will suddenly find yourself blogging more than you ever thought possible — simply because you have "a place for your stuff" as comedian George Carlin once said.
Don't undervalue your own knowledge and experiences. I know it is very natural and very easy to do, but if you want to build the career you deserve, you must learn to recognize exactly what makes you unique — exactly what makes you special — and, more importantly, to share that with those around you. Your goal in using these tool is to build your career by showing people "what you do and how well you do it." Doing this on a daily basis, both face-to-face and online, could be the single most important thing to do for your career today.


CRT monitor acting like an LCD !?
Re: CRT monitor acting like an LCD !?
What would cause this kind of fault !?
Proposed ban on LCD and Plasma screens ?
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:59:38 +1100, "(Just) Allan"
grill. All Sony Trinitron CRT monitors have these 'lines'.
the width of the screen?
may be seen against a white background.
Weird CRT monitor acting like an LCD !
to point these out to people that have never noticed them before.
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 14:16:01 GMT, "Anthony Fremont"
They are all like this, have been for many years and they've sold plenty.
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:55:31 GMT, "Mitchell McCreath"
over time because of corrosion/contamination.
See if there is another one about a third from the bottom.
I think there wil be one.
"support for shadow mask". This is how Trinitrons ara made.
You're kidding? Mine has that. I thought I inherited a piece of junk.
it is supposed to have faint lines across the screen?
Look up Trinitron on the Internet. This will explain why you have the lines.
A heart monitor for next to nothing!
I could have killed her right there and then!
a dark line and not a gap?
it which was running at the same vertical sync rate.
If it's a used monitor it could be burn in.
lies within - hint "shadow line".
Monitor dies after HDMI to Receiver + DVI experiment, what is HDMI+ethernet cable ???
it sound like they nailed it.
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US automotive technology firm Pi Square Technologies sets up tech centre in Bengaluru
15 Oct 2022, 16:55 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): Automotive technology firm Pi Square Technologies opened its India tech centre in Bengaluru on Friday.
Founded in 2015, Pi Square Technologies is a Michigan (USA) headquartered company specialising in providing design services in Automotive Embedded technologies, IOT, Digital Transformation (IT), and Multimedia Production. Pi Square currently serves over fifty clients across the globe including several Fortune 500 companies.
The India Tech Centre, located at Karle Town Centre SEZ in North Bengaluru, was inaugurated by Karnataka IT Minister Ashwath Narayan, it said in a statement.
India Tech Centre of Pi Square Technologies will focus on innovative product development and embedded engineering services for global automotive and OEM giants including several Fortune 500 companies.
Key focus areas of the India Tech Centre Bengaluru are emerging automotive technologies such as In-Vehicle Infotainment, Connected Vehicles, Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) leading to Autonomous Driving, Battery Management Systems, Software-Over-The-Air (SOTA) Update, Cyber Security, Functional Safety, among others.
The Bengaluru facility has provisions for a cutting-edge automotive lab and an automotive RD centre. More than 120 engineers will be working at the tech centre initially and the numbers will be scaled up to 1,000 over the next two years.
Speaking on occasion, minister Ashwath Narayan said that Pi Square Technologies' new automotive tech centre in Bengaluru endorses the City's tag as the Technology and RD Capital of India.
"Bengaluru houses more than 400 RD centres in various technologies. Glad that Pi Square Technologies is opening its automotive tech centre in Bengaluru. With cars becoming increasingly software-driven, the Silicon Valley of India will play a major role in the global automotive industry in the coming years," the Minister added.
"The India Tech Centre - Bengaluru is an important part of our growth strategy. We are strengthening our strategic partnerships with global automotive majors to achieve greener, safer, innovative and more efficient mobility solutions for the world. As a global enterprise, we would like to continue to be at the forefront of futuristic automotive technologies," said Pi Square Group President Sarat Kothapalli.
"The opening of Pi Square's India Tech Centre is a major step towards realising our goal of advancement in product innovation, and value-based capacity development for delivering excellence. It paves the path for our next steps towards a stronger and highly efficient Managed Services Delivery System," said Pi Square India CEO Srinivas Raju. (ANI)