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Cold Cash, Cool Climate
Posted on May 21, 2012 by Rick Piltz
Jonathan Koomey's new book, Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs, offers a concise, compelling analysis of why innovative entrepreneurial approaches are needed in order to limit global climate change, and to improve the quality of life while doing so. Koomey's analysis has more integrity than those who promote energy alternatives while evading the daunting constraints that follow from climate science, and opens into a creative and integrative way of thinking about paths forward. Highly recommended.
Jonathan Koomey, Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs (Burlingame, CA: Analytics Press, 2012)
See Koomey's blog for a forthcoming series of posts on key ideas from the book.
Cold Cash, Cool Climate is intended primarily for entrepreneurial innovators looking for opportunities to start companies, not primarily for the science community, policy advocates, and policymakers. Its scope and intended audience is a bit different from our usual beat at Climate Science Watch. But I see in this book much that is on target in terms of our concern for connecting climate research with policymaking, advocacy, and action.
Chapter 1 lays out the basic argument and approach of the book. "Why focus on entrepreneurs?" Koomey asks. Government bureaucracies, big business, and academia are institutionally conservative. But "if we are to stabilize the earth's climate, it is rapid change that we need, and not just rapid technological change. We also need people and institutions to alter their behavior, and to do so in short order." The people most comfortable with this are "those who carry the entrepreneurial spirit."
Koomey provides a strong, science-based rationale for the need for rapid change to limit global climatic disruption. The power elite in Washington is failing to act with anything like the needed sense of urgency. Throughout, Koomey ties the needed changes, including a fundamental transformation of the energy system, to the problem of climate change – the science of climate change, the reality of climate change, the implications of climate change. The need to reduce carbon emissions, to limit atmospheric concentrations, to limit global warming, is the fundamental driver of the need for rapid technological, institutional, and behavioral change. I'm happy to see an analysis with this framing that does not cop out by trying to disconnect the push for clean energy from an explicit focus on climate disruption as a driver. And, as Koomey shows, the findings of climate science do much to frame and constrain the problem of developing solutions to limit climatic disruption.
Koomey argues that there is not going to be – and that we should not be aiming in the direction of – some single technological fix, e.g., a big new clean energy technology or geoengineering solution. Koomey says we should be seeking, not another Manhattan Project type of solution, but rather a "broad social mobilization," moving on many fronts, from science and engineering education, R&D of many kinds of potential advances, immediate steps to make innovative changes using existing technologies and available practices, and policy reforms to support innovation and drive reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases.
Koomey argues that, using existing technologies, we should take immediate actions that enable learning quickly what works and what doesn't. Breakthrough technologies that have not been developed yet will be needed in a few decades, but they won't make a significant contribution for a long time. In the meantime, what we learn from a serious consideration of climate science is that we can't delay starting on an immediate course of dramatic emissions reductions.
We need near-term reductions – both because climate science informs us that reductions are urgent, and because experimentation will tell us which paths are likely to be the most promising. In other words, Koomey argues, the needed solutions are path-dependent. They are iterative; we learn and innovate as we go along.
Koomey argues that, if we can create an experimental, problem-solving policy and societal context, opportunities for business ventures will abound. Not just large-scale, big energy corporation solutions,, but also many smaller ventures, with many successes – no one of which 'solves' the problem. This path may also have many failures, but no one of these will imperil the whole enterprise, because each endeavor is of modest size. This approach is appropriate for an evolutionary society seeking path-dependent solutions. The choices we make now affect the options we will have later. The paths we choose create opportunities that probably could not have been foreseen.
These choices are not only technological; really, they are about something more fundamental than energy technology per se. They are not only about business profit and loss. Rather, they require visioning, imagining, questioning: "How do we want our lives to be?" and "What kind of world do we want?" There's a normative framework for the paths we choose. There are many options for whether and how we deal proactively with global climatic disruption. Which choices we make will reflect, and reveal, our core values as a society.
In a concise, lucid, nontechnical primer on the core findings of the science of the physical climate system, Koomey identifies the scope and depth of the problem we face and thereby lays a predicate for his subsequent "what is to be done" discussion. His chapter, "Where We're Headed," covers the ground from greenhouse gases and radiative forcing, to historical global emissions of CO2 from fossil fuels and changes in land use, CO2 concentrations over the last 400,000 years, global temperatures over the last 1,500 years from paleoclimate proxy reconstructions, declining sea ice extent, rising sea level, increasing area subject to precipitation extremes, sensitivity of the climate to changes in GHG concentrations, drivers of emissions, historical and projected carbon emissions, projected emissions relative to the estimated fossil fuel resource base, projected increases in atmospheric concentrations, the long persistence of GHGs in the atmosphere, current trends implying at least two doublings of GHG concentration above the preindustrial level by the end of the 21st century with no end in sight, projections of dramatic temperature increases globally, potentially enhanced by even greater forcing from various feedbacks in the Earth system, and how 'loading the dice' makes extreme temperatures more likely and the extremes more extreme.
In short: "The current trajectory for greenhouse gas emissions would increase substantially the risk of dangerous, irreversible, and, probably catastrophic changes in the global life support systems on which we all depend."
"So What Do We Do Now?" he asks.
Rejecting various conventional ways to think about the future, Koomey argues that the best alternative is to "set a long-term goal and estimate what it would take to get there," without undermining innovative thinking by being "obsessed with what is possible politically or practically" in the current context. "Working toward our goals allows us to create the future," and there are many ways to do so. (He gives as one example the steadily expanding estimates of how much variable power supply, e.g., wind and solar PV, can be effectively integrated into the grid.)
In the context of climate change, Koomey says working toward a goal calls for setting a global warming target, say 2o Celsius. 2o C is the highest the global temperature has been during the past 2 million years. We could argue for a lower goal, Koomey says, but there is no strong argument for setting a higher temperature goal, if it can be avoided.
Warming will be a function of atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and other GHGs, which in turn will be a function of cumulative emissions. This implies the need to establish a cumulative greenhouse gas budget, and to get global emissions on a trajectory to stay within this budget over the long run. Koomey lays out an analysis that concludes that we have already overshot the allowable concentration of 444 ppm CO2-equivalent (all GHGs expresssed in terms of CO2 radiative forcing). The CO2-equivalent concentration as of 2010 was about 471 ppm. Thus, to meet a goal of keeping global warming under 2o C, we must get the atmospheric concentration down from where it is now – notwithstanding that our current trajectory has the concentration on a steadily upward course. We can start down the right path by rapidly reducing black carbon and the shorter-lived gases, even if CO2 reductions take longer to kick in.
To have a two-thirds chance of staying under the 2-degree warming limit we'd need to reduce cumulative carbon emissions about 7% per year (compounded) during the next 30 years – starting at a lower rate of reduction and ramping up over time. And with every year of delay, with every year on the world's current trajectory, the goal becomes ever more difficult to reach.
Now that is a tall order indeed.
"But the science is very clear and the logic of emissions budgets is inexorable. … Our GHG budget is almost overspent. If the climate sensitivity is really 3 Celsius degrees (as multiple lines of evidence strongly indicate), we will need to start aggressive emissions reductions immediately if we want a strong chance of limiting warming to 2 Celsius degrees, focusing on both the short-lived GHGs like methane, black carbon, and tropospheric ozone as well as the longer-lived ones like CO2 and N2O."
This is an essential insight that follows from Koomey's analysis of climate change and drives his diagnosis of "what do we do now":
"Delaying emissions reductions makes our situation worse, not better, because we lock in carbon-intensive capital stocks and use up the budget. [The carbon] "budget strongly constrains what is possible, and once you acknowledge that the climate system depends on cumulative emissions, the argument for delaying action simply collapses. … [T]he International Energy Agency stated clearly in 2009 that each year of delay adds another $500B to the cost of achieving climate stabilization. Delay is simply foolish and irresponsible, and those arguing for it should be ashamed of their faulty logic."
"If energy technologies improved as fast as computer technologies there might be an argument for waiting in some cases, but they don't. … That's why those who minimize the need for immediate action in preference for research and development (R&D) on new breakthrough technologies are making a grave error in logic." We have a responsibility to take immediate action, and "there are huge opportunities for emissions reductions using technologies now 'on the shelf'. Cost reductions in new technologies generally result from learning effects that occur during deployment, not because of R&D breakthroughs, and these can drastically reduce the estimated costs of reducing emissions."
In order to reach the 2-degree warming goal and remain within the cumulative carbon emissions budget, we need a "rapid phaseout of fossil fuels (as well as other sources of GHGs)." So rapid that "we can't even burn the currently existing stock of proved fossil fuel reserves. … We'll need to keep a significant fraction of our proved reserves from being burned, or we'll need to figure out a way to sequester their carbon in a safe way…"
Koomey includes insightful discussions of several topics, including"Why We Can't Accurately Forecast the Future," "The Scope of the Problem," and "Talking to Skeptics." And I would call your attention especially to his longest chapter, "Looking for Opportunities."
"Looking for Opportunities" contains a rich discussion, aimed at entrepreneurial innovators, that combines the analysis of working toward a warming-limit goal with the concept of whole systems integrated design. Where to look for emission reductions. The use of information and communication technology to improve business practices. The use of scenario analysis. Issues that surround the scale-up of renewable energy technologies. Thinking beyond conventional modes about how to make something happen. Whole systems integrated design, an approach championed by Amory Lovins at the Rocky Mountain Institute, as a key to game-changing innovation. "Focusing on the tasks we want to accomplish and associating those tasks with flows of energy, emissions, and costs." And onward from there. This is a discussion, central to Koomey's analysis and worldview, that I can hardly begin to do justice to here.
"Each entrepreneur's process for finding an evaluating opportunities is a personal one," Koomey concludes, "but creative applications of working forward toward a goal, whole systems integrated design, and creative use of information and communication technology can lead to a radical transformation of how we accomplish tasks while emitting vastly less pollution and saving money at the same time."
Our reading of the book leaves us with a number of questions for the author, and we look forward to some follow-up discussion.
Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D., understands the climate issue as only an entrepreneurial scientist can. He's been part of the climate debate for more than two decades, as a scientist at one of the nation's foremost research labs, as a Consulting Professor at Stanford University, and as a visiting professor at Stanford University (2004-5 and 2008), Yale University (2009), and most recently at the University of California at Berkeley (2011). He is the author or coauthor of more than 150 articles and reports, as well as nine books, including the first comprehensive analysis of the implications of a 2-degree warming limit in 1989 (twenty years before the G8 nations accepted this normative target). He has been a technical advisor to half a dozen startup companies, and was a judge and advisor for the 2005 California Clean Tech Open.
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Made this little beat with the Cave Story ORG Maker about two years ago, found it on my computer, and thought it was worth uploading. I'd always liked how it sounded and I never did anything with it.
I picture this song playing moments after you wake up in a large, dank, pixelated prison cell surrounded by a group of lovable characters.
What u said was Right..
Cool atmosphere ! Very nice smooth melody which sounds attenuated contrary to the usual agressivity of 8-bit square and pulse leads. That makes a quiet and peaceful track, which would suit perfectly a game moment as you described. Cool and simple beat that doesn't need to evolve, just as you made it.
What striked me in your work, is the melodic shape of your main instruments. The sonorities evoke a baroque piece of work to me. It's so flagrant that I sometimes got the feeling to hear an oboe instead of your 8bit lead :) But as it's really talkative to me in this way, I'm a bit disturbed by some frictions I'm hearing along the track. Another thing which could be better in my opinion is the bass. The track is really well cut out because there are very distincted musical sentences in the lead. But the bass doesn't follow (still in my opinion) and is a bit uncertain, and doesn't have clear end points.
I pretty like the song, particularly the original mix between 8bit and classical music vibe. Though I guess you could make some minor changes to make both aspects coinciding even better !


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Stories of Mary 2: When Jesus Turns Away From Us
Hail O sure Refuge of Sinners,
whose mercy fails no one …
The blessed John Erolto, who, through humility, called himself The Disciple, relates that there was once a married man who lived in disgrace in the sight of God.
His wife, a virtuous woman, not being able to induce him to abandon his vicious courses, entreated him that at least, while he was in so miserable a condition, he would offer this devotion to the mother of God, namely, to say a Hail Mary every time he passed before her altar. He accordingly began to practice this devotion.
One night, when he was about to commit a sin, he saw a light, and, on closer observation, perceived that it was a lamp burning before a holy image of the blessed Virgin, who held the Infant Jesus in her arms. He said a Hail Mary, as usual but what did he see?
He saw the infant covered with wounds, and fresh blood flowing from them. Both terrified and moved in his feelings, he remembered that he himself too had wounded his Redeemer by his sins, and began to weep, but he observed that the Child turned away from him.
In deep confusion, he had recourse to the most holy Virgin, saying:
"Mother of mercy, thy Son rejects me; I can find no advocate more kind and more powerful than thou, who art His mother; my queen, aid me, and pray to Him in my behalf."
The divine mother answered him from that image:
"You sinners call me mother of mercy, but yet you do not cease to make me the mother of misery, renewing the passion of my Son, and my sorrows."
But because Mary never sends away discontent those who cast themselves at her feet, she began to entreat her Son that He would pardon that miserable sinner.
Jesus continued to show Himself unwilling to grant such a pardon, but the holy Virgin, placing the Infant in the niche, prostrated herself before Him, saying:
"My Son, I will not leave Thy feet until Thou hast pardoned this sinner.
"My Mother," answered Jesus, "I can deny thee nothing; dost thou wish for his pardon? For love of thee I will pardon him. Let him come and kiss My wounds."
The sinner approached, weeping bitterly, and as he kissed the wounds of the Infant, they were healed. Then Jesus embraced him as a sign of pardon.
He [the sinner] changed his conduct, led a holy life, and was ever full of love to the Blessed Virgin, who had obtained for him so great a favor.
"Stories of Mary" are taken from the Glories of Mary, translated from the Italian of St. Alphonsus Liguori; New Revised Edition, P.J. Kennedy & Sons. Copyright 1888 by P.J. Kennedy

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Home Lifestyle Memory of shock moment: Samuel Koch still remembers this from his fall...
Memory of shock moment: Samuel Koch still remembers this from his fall at "Wetten, dass …?"
Updated November 30, 2020, 7:24 a.m.
Samuel Koch thinks back to his fall ten years ago when he appeared on "Wetten, dass …?"
His memory ends seconds before impact.
Today the actor doesn't want to be seen as a fall victim, but for his achievements.
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As Samuel Koch on December 4th, 2010 at "Wetten, dass …" occurred, he fell in a somersault. He fell on a car driven by his father with terrible consequences: Samuel's neck was broken four times, since then he has been paraplegic.
Nevertheless, Koch managed to overcome the bad times and build a new, happy life for himself. The 33-year-old is now married to his great love and acting colleague Sarah to the permanent ensemble at the Nationaltheater Mannheim and continues to train as a director. In an interview with "Bild", Samuel only vaguely remembers his accident.
Samuel Koch: "Hundreds of thousands of other people are not granted a birthday like this"
"But what I do know is that I forgot my favorite training jacket in the ZDF cloakroom and failed to pick it up after my performance," the actor initially looks back with gallows humor. "Otherwise my memory of the evening ends a few seconds before the impact."
This may be due to the strong medication he was taking at the time, Koch continues, who adds: "Maybe the brain protects you by forgetting. Let me put it this way: It wasn't exactly the best day of my life. "
However, you could also look at the whole thing from a different perspective: "Since I could have been dead after this four-fold neck break, you can my survival also as a kind of second birthday see. Hundreds of thousands of other people are not granted such a birthday. "
"Reluctantly the man who was involved in, Wetten, dass ..? ' fell on the face "
When asked whether Samuel Koch is still looking at pictures or videos of the fall today, he replies: "I haven't done it for a long time. Most recently nine years or so ago. To analyze why I did not succeed in this very easy jump. "Samuel adds dryly:" But now, for the anniversary, to celebrate the day, so to speak, I could maybe watch it again. "
For the future, Koch on his own behalf "would prefer if people see my face and it at some point combine with good acting and not with the caustic wheelchair". For him it is clear:" I am reluctant to be the man who was at the 'Wetten, dass ..?' fell on the face. "
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Thomas Gottschalk celebrated his 70th birthday in front of an audience of millions. Despite all the joy about surprising guests and the occasion, Gottschalk also had sad news to announce.
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The blackout was not organized as a part of Lake Howell's Black Achievement Cultural Club (BACC). It was, however, arranged by a few students who are in the club.
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One student, Nyla Davis (Junior), has been told to leave her first period class a total of three times in the week prior to the blackout for sitting during the pledge.
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Damian Lillard aims to become first rookie guard since Michael Jordan to make NBA All-Star team
Marc J. Spears
Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose didn't make the NBA All-Star Game as rookies. Kyrie Irving made a valiant effort last season, but also didn't get picked.
No guard, in fact, has been selected to play in the annual All-Star Game since Michael Jordan 28 years ago.
Damian Lillard, the Portland Trail Blazers' rookie point guard, would like to end that streak. He's made a growing case for himself this season, most recently with a 37-point performance against the Golden State Warriors.
"That says everything when Michael Jordan was the last guard to do it," said Lillard, who was born in 1990.
Lillard has already established himself as the likely choice for Rookie of the Year based on his work in the first half of the season. He's averaging 18.5 points, 6.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds. He has been named the Western Conference's Rookie of the Month for November and December and has eight games of at least 20 points and seven assists. He's also helped the Blazers, who finished 28-38 last season, to a winning record.
"Any time a rookie is playing at the level he is playing at with the poise that he is playing with, it's going to grab everyone's attention," Sacramento Kings coach Keith Smart said. "Are all the Western guards playing at a great level? Chris Paul is at a super level. [Russell] Westbrook is in there. All those guys keep moving up. Can [Lillard] possibly be there based on where he is right now? Maybe, maybe not.
"But his team is winning, he's playing at a great level, and everybody sees the poise as a young point guard and how he runs a basketball team. So it heightens people's attention and the possibility depending on how the votes go."
[Also: Michael Jordan's nephew fist pumps just like his uncle]
Barring a late push by voters for Jeremy Lin to start in the All-Star Game in Houston, Paul and Bryant are expected to be the starting West guards after fan balloting ends Monday. The West coaches will later pick seven reserves. Westbrook, Houston's James Harden and San Antonio's Tony Parker appear to have a strong shot to land possible guard spots. Other guard candidates include Golden State's Stephen Curry, the Clippers' Jamal Crawford and Lillard.
"Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul – I think they are all definite All-Stars," Lillard said. "It will be tough for me being a rookie and those guys putting in so much more time than I have."
Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas was voted in as a starting guard in the 1982 NBA All-Star Game as a rookie with the Detroit Pistons. Jordan and Thomas were voted in by the fans after entering the NBA following successful, popular college careers.
"It was huge. I can't even describe the proper words that I felt when I made it that first year," Thomas said. "It was beyond belief because as a kid growing up, I never saw myself being one of them, in terms of an All-Star. To get voted on, you need a great appeal in terms of the fans. It's not only about your game, but it's about your fan appeal and likeability."
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Lillard entered the NBA from Weber State and was largely unknown to casual fans. Thomas believes Lillard deserves All-Star consideration from West coaches who pick the reserves. Blazers forwards LaMarcus Aldridge and Nicolas Batum are also candidates, and there is certainly debate on whether the franchise deserves more than one All-Star.
"They're winning and [Lillard] has that Portland franchise in a position to make the playoffs this year," Thomas said.
Since 1985, the only rookies, regardless of position, to make the All-Star Game are New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing (1986), San Antonio Spurs center David Robinson (1990), Denver Nuggets center Dikembe Mutombo (1992), Orlando Magic center Shaquille O'Neal (1993), Detroit Pistons forward Grant Hill (1995), San Antonio forward Tim Duncan (1998), Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (2003) and the Clippers' Blake Griffin (2011).
Even as heralded as LeBron James was when he entered the NBA as the No. 1 pick 10 years ago, he wasn't a rookie All-Star. James hasn't forgotten either.
"There are big-time players in both conferences," James said. "It's tough. It's tough for coaches to vote in a rookie no matter what they're doing because you have veterans doing just as much or even more. I was hoping I would be a part of it. I was playing well. We were winning enough games, but once again they went with a veteran. I think Jamaal Magloire was the last one to get in.
"I was upset because I wanted to be there. But you got to earn your stripes."
Lillard isn't holding his breath.
"The league is about seniority sometimes," Lillard said, "and they've all done what I am doing now."
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Nobody expected this humble cowboy to do this when he got on stage.
Not many people make it on to America's Got Talent because their wives tricked them into coming. For Marty Brown, however, that was just the case. His wife tricked him into performing on the show, but by the end of his performance, everyone was thankful for his crafty wife. Brown performed "Make You Feel My Love," a Bob Dylan classic. Our SF Globe team definitely appreciates seeing talented individuals, especially those that are underestimated. Brown totally impressed the judges who called his wife out on stage to join him in the incredible moment.
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YADKINVILLE, N.C. (December 13, 2012) – North Carolina-based base layer manufacturer, ColdPruf, announced today the latest expansion to the company's growing product line with the addition of the Premium PerformanceTM base layer.
Backed by 99-year-old parent company, Indera Mills, ColdPruf adds the new active layer as a mid-use option between the existing Performance and Extreme Performance product lines. While the entire trio of products offers superior warmth for high-intensity activities, Premium Performance provides consumers a trimmer style with a higher percentage of spandex for activities where comfort and fit are priority.
The Premium Performance layer delivers active consumers a single-layer garment with maximum dryness and antimicrobial odor-control properties, all while offering a more trim and contoured fit.
Offered in both men and women's styles, the Premium Performance layer will initially be revealed at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, January 23-26 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lightweight first layer intended for athletes and sportsmen whose medium to high level activities necessitate performance polyester's superior moisture wicking capabilities combined with the subtle support and movement of spandex. Best used in fall and winter, cold to very cold, temperatures.
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10/07/2017 · Introducing Bonnie, the ruthless gangster girl of Miami City who has to steal cars, kill rival gang members and do whatever to ensure that she survives in this dangerous city. This top action game involves killing of your rival gang members and stealing cars for money. Explore the streets, become a car thief and earn cash for the kills.... Since the release of her 2004 debut novel A Gangster's Girl, Essence Magazine best selling author Chunichi Knott has gone on to pen three additional best selling novels, Married To The Game, The Naked Truth and Return of A Gangster's Girl.
Now to become a blood you must be initiated that means jumped in fight many men if your a male and then after you may have to rob a store or even do a drive by. If your a girl its not pretty but you may have to be ganged raped no one said gang life was all roses, but a lot of these youths lack mothers or especially fathers. So that's how to become a assistant store manager A gangster Halloween costume is the perfect addition to a Great Gatsby party or a girl in a flapper dress. We have gangster costumes for plus-sizes, adults, kids, and even toddlers. You can pair it with other 20s costumes to complete the look.


13-1115. Cities over 60,000; bonds to carry out master plan. Whenever the planning commission in cities of the first class having a population of more than sixty thousand (60,000) have filed with the governing body a master plan for the physical development of the city and land outside the city, which plan will require a number of years to execute, and such master plan is approved by the governing body of such city, such city is hereby authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount sufficient to carry out such master plan: Provided, No such bonds shall be issued until authorized in the manner provided in K.S.A. 13-1116 by a vote of the electors of such city.
History: L. 1951, ch. 172, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 113, § 2; April 4.


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The following is recent police activity of the Hart Police Department:
Friday, Oct. 15, 2021:
12:20 p.m., wellbeing check, 10 block of West Main Street, City of Hart.
1 p.m., larceny, 10 block of West Main Street, City of Hart.
2 p.m., larceny theft from a vehicle, Mechanic and Courtland streets, City of Hart.
10:20 p.m., motorist assist, 72nd Avenue and Melody Lane, City of Hart.
Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021:
11:45 a.m., alarm, 3000 block of Polk Road, City of Hart.
6:54 p.m., animal complaint, 500 block of Griswold Street, City of Hart.
Monday, Oct. 18, 2021:
10:06 a.m., animal complaint, Oceana Drive and Tyler Road, City of Hart.
10:19 a.m., medical assist, 400 block of Griswold Street, City of Hart.
11:20 a.m., suspicious situation, 10 block of North Water Street, City of Hart.
5:45 p.m., wellbeing check, 600 block of State Street, City of Hart.
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021:
12:15 p.m., suspicious situation, 300 block of Johnson Street, City of Hart .
3 p.m., vehicle crash, no injuries, 72nd Avenue and Polk Road, City of Hart.
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021:
8:46 a.m., medical assist, 300 block of East Main Street, City of Hart.
11:27 a.m., disturbance, 400 block of Wood Street, City of Hart.
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NATCHEZ — Harbor Freight's company officials are excited to be opening a new store in Natchez this spring, said corporate communications director, Craig Hoffman. The ... Read more | Add your comment
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Published 8:49 am Sunday, May 26, 2019
NATCHEZ — The City of Natchez on May 15 signed and submitted an agreement to lease property on the Mississippi River to Viking USA LLC for a new docking facility.
The Natchez Mayor and Board of Aldermen unanimously agreed to apply for approximately $9 million from a U.S. Department of Transportation Build Grant with a local match of approximately $1.9 million to fund constructing the ramp facility on the Natchez riverfront.
Natchez Mayor, Darryl Grennell said Viking's desire to dock in Natchez could mean growth for the businesses Under the Hill and ultimately economic growth for the city.
"They are planning to dock here in Natchez, and that is important for this community," Grennell said. "What this is going to do is open up the doors for the development in the Natchez Under the Hill area. … We could actually have a true riverfront. We could have additional business down there and recreational activities for visitors, and it also opens up the door for local people to utilize Natchez Under the Hill more so than they are now."
Natchez City Attorney Bob Latham said the agreement that the Board of Aldermen unanimously agreed to sign is not the same as a hard lease as of yet, adding that the exact area where docks could be built has not yet been specified.
Within the six months of the agreement being approved by both Viking and the City of Natchez, Viking will conduct surveys of the property to determine where they will build the docks, Latham said.
The ramp could be located just south of Magnolia Bluffs Casino and accommodate up to three of American Cruise Line's vessels, city officials have said.
The first of Viking's three boats is expected to be completed in 2021 and the second boat in 2023 and each boat is expected to accommodate approximately 390 passengers.
The agreement states a docking lease — which would be signed subsequently to the agreement the Board of Aldermen approved — would last for 20 years from the day the first Viking vessel docks in Natchez.
Both Viking and the City of Natchez will work together to obtain any approval needed from federal, state or local parties, including obtaining building permits from the US Corps of Engineers, according to the agreement.
In the event any privately owned properties are required to complete the project, the agreement states the city, in conjunction with Viking, would "work in good faith to have the owners agree" to the terms of the signed agreement and the docking lease that would later follow.
The agreement also states Viking would add improvements to the property at their own expense, including the dock, ramps, utilities and any improvement necessary to make the property accessible from public roadways; and Viking would cover any maintenance and utility costs for running the new facility.
In exchange, the agreement states Viking "shall have exclusive right to dock at the property" and may enter into sublease agreements with other vessels.
For rent, each vessel using the facility would pay annual docking fees due on or before March 1 of each year to the City of Natchez. Those fees amount to $1 per passenger aboard Viking cruises as well as any other vessel authorized by Viking to use the dock.
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Councilmember David Ryu and LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer introduced concurrent legislation instructing City departments and LAUSD staff to report back on the creation of a Children's Savings Account (CSA) program for Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles, CA -- Councilmember David Ryu, Council District Four, along with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board President Steve Zimmer, introduced concurrent legislation instructing City departments and LAUSD staff to report back on the creation of a Children's Savings Account (CSA) program for Los Angeles County.
A number of cities throughout the United States have already developed and successfully executed similar programs, including San Francisco, CA and St. Louis, MO. Opening CSAs for kindergarteners can dramatically boost high school graduation, college attendance, and college completion rates. If passed, Los Angeles will become the largest city in the country to introduce such a program -- potentially impacting the lives of millions of children.
"I am pleased to partner with Councilmember Ryu and the City of Los Angeles to explore how we can work together to begin college savings accounts for our youngest students and ensure college is a reality for all LAUSD students. Existing programs like those lead by the Fulfillment Fund offer us the blueprint for successful long term relationship building with our students and families. I am grateful for the leadership of Councilmember Ryu and his staff in crafting this proposal and helping LAUSD see it to fruition," stated Board President Steve Zimmer, LAUSD.
"Every graduate should have access to the financial resources they need to thrive and complete their college education," stated L.A. Unified School District Superintendent Michelle King. "We thank Councilmember Ryu and his staff for their leadership on this dynamic plan." stated Michelle King, Superintendent, LAUSD.
For almost 40 years the Fulfillment Fund has worked with low-income students to help them overcome financial challenges so they may matriculate to college. The Fulfillment Fund is supportive of this type of legislation which helps low income families plan a pathway to college for their children." stated Dr. Gary Gitnick, Founder and Chairman, Fulfillment Fund.


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Optical Fiber Fabric Snaps Pictures
Semiconductors nestled in a polymer fiber can create a photographic image
from: IEEE Spectrum
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a polymer fiber that can detect the angle, intensity, phase, and wavelength of light hitting it, information that can be used to re-create a picture of an object without a lens.
"Once you have the phase and amplitude of a wave, you can then figure out what the object was that the wave emanated from," says Yoel Fink, director of MIT's Photonic Bandgap Fibers and Devices Group.
Fink and his team reported in the July issue of Nano Letters that they'd managed to build semiconductor detectors with metal contacts inside a polymer fiber. They then used a grid of those fibers to image an object, specifically a picture of a smiley face. The devices were two concentric tubes of a semiconducting glass, each with four tin contacts serving as electrodes. Each tube was embedded in insulating polyethersulfone. As is usual when creating optical fibers, the researchers started with a thick boule of the materials, which they heated and drew out into a fiber that was just micrometers in diameter.
A mesh of such fibers captures an image in a less straightforward way than a conventional digital camera does. Light striking the fiber causes a change in the conductivity of the semiconductor, measuring the light's intensity. Because each of the eight electrodes measures a different change, the researchers can extract information about the angle of illumination. Because there are two layers of semiconductor, the device can deduce a wavelength as well. That's because the first layer will absorb a certain percentage of the light, and the second layer will absorb another fraction, with the proportion that each absorbs depending on the wavelength. Further, by using two wavelengths, the fibers can calculate the phase of the light. Given all of that information, a computer algorithm can reconstruct the image.
Fink compares this process to using a conventional digital camera but removing the lens and using only the imaging chip to collect the light. Such a setup would produce a diffraction pattern rather than an image. In standard photography, the lens provides the phase information needed to turn the diffraction pattern into an image, whereas with the fibers, it's the algorithm that essentially does the focusing.
What's more, if they add a third layer of semiconductor, the fiber would likely get enough wavelength information to reproduce color. He says the team has not verified that experimentally yet.
In fact, he says the camera's main significance is that it contains eight separate functional devices inside a fiber. The challenge was finding the right combination of different materials with different characteristics, such as viscosity and tensile strength, and assembling them in such a way that they would maintain
their geometry during the drawing process. "This is all part of a grander scheme," Fink says. "Our goal is to achieve a very high level of sophisticated functionality in a fiber, similar to semiconductor devices but using fiber-draw techniques."
Juan Hinestroza, director of the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell University, calls Fink's work "pretty cool."
"The ability to impart a fiber with more functions than structural or cosmetic [ones] is very interesting," Hinestroza says.
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Examining the HTML 5 Video Codec Debate
from: Slashdot
Ars Technica has a great breakdown of the codec debate for the HTML 5 video element. Support for the new video element seems to be split into two main camps, Ogg Theora and H.264, and the inability to find a solution has HTML 5 spec editor Ian Hickson throwing in the towel.
"Hickson outlined the positions of each major browser vendor and explained how the present impasse will influence the HTML 5 standard. Apple and Google favor H.264 while Mozilla and Opera favor Ogg Theora. Google intends to ship its browser with support for both codecs, which means that Apple is the only vendor that will not be supporting Ogg. 'After an inordinate amount of discussions, both in public and privately, on the situation regarding codecs for and in HTML5, I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that there is no suitable codec that all vendors are willing to implement and ship,' Hickson wrote. 'I have therefore removed the two subsections in the HTML5 spec in which codecs would have been required, and have instead left the matter undefined.'"
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Niro JPEG Patent rejected Again
FROM TechDirt
Lawyer Raymond Niro, for whom the term "patent troll" was apparently first coined, has been known to use the fact that he represents a company called Global Patent Holdings (GPH) to his advantage. GPH owns patent 5,253,341, but looking at it there won't do much good. You see, Niro and others claimed that the patent covered pretty much anyone running a web server, leading to quite a few legal battles, including one against a guy, Greg Aharonian, who called it a "bad patent." For claiming that, he got sued for patent infringement. In fighting the patent, it was re-examined, and all 16 of its claims were rejected... but a 17th claim was added and allowed to stand.
Since then the patent has been asserted against a wide range of organizations, including some resort in Florida and the Green Bay Packers. Niro appears to claim that any site using a JPEG image violates the patent. Not only that, but in cases where the patent has been asserted, Niro has been known to go for something of a sympathy play, by noting that the inventors (or the widow of one inventor) named on the patent are "old and feeble" (yes, they called them feeble) and made almost no money in 2006 (even though the filing was in 2008 -- some noted that their 2007 income was conveniently left out).
With so many cases involving this patent underway, the USPTO agreed to re-examine the one claim (claim 17). And, with that re-exam going on, a judge on one of the cases put the case on hold until the re-exam is done. While GPH protested, claiming that the patent had already been re-examined (and that the re-exam process took too long), the judge pointed out that there's only one claim left (so it should be faster) and that this particular claim had never been re-examined, since it was added during the last re-exam.
Story continues at TechDirt
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July 1: A Television Trifecta
Wire has an excellent story
July 1: It's a triple anniversary, a signal day in television history. The Federal Communications Commission was established this day in 1934. The NTSC television standard went into effect exactly seven years later in 1941. And that same day, a New York City station telecast the first legal TV commercial.
There are records of television commercials dating back to 1928 aired by W1XAY in Lexington, Massachusetts. Boston's W1XAV ran a commercial for I.J. Fox Furriers on Dec. 7, 1930. That one drew a fine, because the station's license did not authorize the selling of commercial television time.
NBC's New York City station, WNBT-TV (now WNBC-TV), had the first such license, and it ran the first official TV commercial on its first day of commercial operation, July 1, 1941.
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Mary Lucille Hamilton (October 13, 1935 – November 11, 2002) was an African-American civil rights activist whose case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Hamilton v. Alabama, decided that an African-American woman was entitled to the same courteous forms of address customarily reserved solely to whites in the Southern United States, and that calling a black person by his or her first name in a legal proceeding was "a form of racial discrimination".

Early life and education
Hamilton was born to Robert Emerson DeCarlo and Elizabeth Winston Hamilton. She was a graduate of East Denver High School in Denver, Colorado in 1953 and she received her B.S. at Briarcliff College in Briarcliff Manor and her M.A.T. (Master of Arts in Teaching) in 1971 at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York.

Activism
Hamilton, who grew up in Iowa and Colorado, wanted to be a nun and briefly taught parochial school in Los Angeles. After discovering socialism, she became active in the Civil Rights Movement in the South, and joined the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). She participated in the Freedom Rides, and was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961, enduring "sweltering jails, [and] invasive and unnecessary vaginal exams, answering police and jail officers with "polite noncompliance".

She continued to engage in non-violent protest and helped register voters, all the while being arrested frequently at protests, and rose to the position of "field secretary", the only female field secretary at the time, only the third one in CORE's history, and the first one to be allowed to work in the South. Eventually she became CORE's Southern regional director.

Hamilton v. Alabama (1964)

After being arrested in Lebanon, Tennessee, a mayor who visited her addressed her as Mary, without the honorific "Miss" or "Mrs.", which were then frequently denied to African-Americans, but she corrected him: "if you don't know how to speak to a lady...then get out of my cell." Things came to a head when she was one of many civil rights protesters arrested in 1963 in Gadsden, Alabama, and during cross examination at a habeas corpus hearing by the prosecutor in the Etowah County courthouse she refused to answer unless he stopped addressing her as "Mary", demanding she be called "Miss Hamilton". Supported by her lawyer and enduring what she later reported were lewd comments directed at her by Judge Cunningham, she was fined $50 for contempt of court and, when she refused to pay, spent five days in jail. An appeal was filed on grounds that she was denied her constitutional rights since she did not receive the same treatment as white witnesses. It was denied by the Alabama Supreme Court and ended up before the United States Supreme Court, which in April 1964 unanimously overruled the lower court without hearing oral arguments.

The case made national headlines and landed Hamilton on the cover of Jet magazine, but left her tired and in ill health.

Later life and death
In 1964 Hamilton left CORE to marry Walter Young, who was a dentist, and returned to her hometown in Denver, Colorado. That marriage ended in divorce, as did her subsequent marriage to Harold Wesley.

She subsequently worked as a union organizer for 1199, the Drug & Hospital Workers, and as an educator in New York, earning an MAT from Manhattanville College in 1971 and going on to teach English at Sleepy Hollow High School until she retired in 1990.

Mary Hamilton died on November 13, 2002 after a seven-year battle against 4th-stage ovarian cancer.

See also
Sheila Michaels

References

Further reading
Camila Dominoske, "When 'Miss' Meant So Much More: How One Woman Fought Alabama — And Won", NPR, November 30, 2017

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People from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Micmacs (pictured) and Rickie Stern and Annie Sundberg's Joan Rivers – A Piece Of Work bookend the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival on April 22.
Josh Radnor's Sundance hit happythankyoumoreplease is the centerpiece screening on May 1 and the line-up of competition contenders from the New Directors, world cinema and documentary strands includes Lebanon, Winter'sBone, Lourdes, I Am Love, Alamar, CairoTime, Restrepo, and Mugabe And The White African.
As previously announced, Robert Duvall, Focus Features CEO James Schamus, and Walter Salles will receive career awards, while renowned editor Walter Murch will give the State Of Cinema address.
The festival runs from April 22-May 6. For programme details visit the official website.


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Green living reaches for the sky
EVERYONE loves gardens - they're colourful, contribute to a healthy lifestyle, and they're good for the environment. But they can be hard to find in the concrete jungles of our nation's cities. Well, here's one you won't be able to miss ...
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The $105 million Bohem apartment development at Whitmore Square. Artist impression supplied to the Adelaide Advertiser Real Estate Magazine.
EVERYONE loves gardens - they're colourful, contribute to a healthy lifestyle, and they're good for the environment.
But they can be hard to find in the concrete jungles of our nation's cities.
Well, here's one you won't be able to miss.
Today, the first plant was installed at Adelaide's largest vertical garden, or green wall at the $110 million, 22-floor apartment complex Bohem at the corner of Wright and Morphett St.
The 'green wall' on the 234-apartment complex will feature more than 2000 plants, all supplied by fifth-generation SA business Heyne's Wholesale Nursery.
Bohem apartment development, corner of Wright St and Whitmore Square, Adelaide concept artwork. Supplied for The Advertiser Real Estate Magazine.
The first tree installed was a crepe myrtle biloxi, and was hoisted up to level six this morning - the last task the site's crane will perform before being dismantled.
The tree is one of more than 35 different plant species to be installed at the site and will be located on the complex's entertainment deck overlooking the pool.
Heyne's Wholesale Nursery's Carl Heyne, who is overseeing the green wall, said to see it come to fruition after a long period of planning was awesome.
"This project was particularly exciting and fulfilling for me, especially knowing it will go on to be the emerald in the crown of Adelaide's urban jungle," Mr Heyne said.
"There's no doubt at all that greening our cities makes people healthier.
"I think there's a worldwide discussion around the importance of greening our cities.
"There's a lot of talk about making the city of Adelaide carbon neutral and obviously green life is an integral part of that."
Mr Heyne said green walls were more important than ever.
"With today's smaller block sizes and larger living areas, one of the challengers that garden designers are now facing is how to 'invade vertical space'," Mr Heyne said.
"Green walls and vertical gardens are a great way of doing this.
"Not only do they serve an ornamental purpose; often softening formal hardscaping or giving background to the outlook from living areas but they can also serve very important functional purposes."
Bohem is just one of many other green wall projects across the city, and the Adelaide City Council is all for them.
In fact, earlier this year they ran a Green City Grant Program offering residences and businesses grants towards creating pockets of greenery and adding to the street appeal.
The program, which ran between February 20 and April 18, started at $500 for residents and $1000 for business and building owners, up to a maximum grant of $10,000 in matched funding.
An Adelaide City Council spokesman said 26 projects were approved, and another 10 proposals are in the scoping stage.
"More than $75,000 in grants has now been allocated to the 26 greening projects, valued at approximately $150,000," the spokesman said.
Despite the program having closed, the spokesman said it continued to strike a chord with city residents and business owners.
"The grant program is continuing to attract interest, with city residents and businesses registering to be notified of future funding rounds," the spokesman said.
The spokesman said vertical gardens were important in built-up environments.
"Green walls reduce urban heat and build resilience to climate change as well as making Adelaide a more liveable city," the spokesman said.
"The project is also helping to improve the health and sustainability of the city's tree population and other greening.
"The City of Adelaide Strategic Plan also seeks that we work with stakeholders to increase public and private greening through green walls and roofs, and the green wall demonstrates our commitment to this goal."
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Князь Самуил Лев Огинский (ок. 1595 — 1657) — государственный и военный деятель Великого княжества Литовского, стольник трокский (1620—1633), ротмистр королевский (1625), тиун трокский (1633—1657), дворянин королевский (1635).

Биография
Представитель старшей линии княжеского рода Огинских. Сын полковника королевского и подкомория трокского, князя Богдана Матвеевича Огинского (ум. 1625) и Раины Григорьевны Волович (ум. 1637/1646). Братья — каштелян трокский Александр (ум. 1667), староста винницкий Дмитрий (ум. 1610) и каштелян мстиславский Ян (ум. 1640).

Ему принадлежали имения  и Евье в Трокском воеводстве, Лиозно и Микулино в Витебском воеводстве.

Получил образование во Франекерском университете в Голландии. В 1620 году князь Самуил Лев Огинский был назначен стольником, а в 1633 году стал тиуном трокским. В 1625 году получил чин королевского ротмистра, с 1635 года — дворянин королевский.

В 1637 году восстанавливал Полоцкий Богоявленский православный монастырь после пожара. В 1644 году построил дворец в Витебске, который до начала XIX века был самым большим гражданским зданием в городе. Вместе со своей женой финансировал строительство Марковского монастыря в Витебском воеводстве. Согласно завещанию был похоронен в фамильной усыпальнице в .

Семья
В 1619 году женился на Софии Билевич (ум. ок. 1644), от брака с которой имел двух сыновей и четыре дочери:
 Шимон Кароль Огинский (ок. 1625—1694), воевода мстиславский
 Ян Огинский (ум. 1684), воевода полоцкий и гетман польный литовский
 Криштина Огинская, жена Даждьбога Францкевича Радзиминского
 Елена Огинская (ум. ок. 1689), 1-й муж хорунжий витебский Николай Старосельский, 2-й муж с 1681 года Михаил Ян Тышкевич (ум. после 1703)
 Регина Огинская, 1-й муж тиун трокский Вальтер Корф, 2-й муж воевода витебский Леонард Габриель Поцей (1632—1695)
Оба сына Самуила Огинского, после смерти отца, отреклись от православия и перешли в католичество.

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Источники
 Великое княжество Литовское: Энциклопедия. В 3 т. / ред. Г. П. Пашков и др.. Т. 1: Оболенский — Каденция. — Минск: Белорусский Энциклопедия, 2005. — 684 с.: Ил. ISBN 985-11-0314-4 .
 Энциклопедия. В 6 т. Т. 1: А — Белица / Белорус. Энциклопедия.; Редкол.: М. В. Бич и др..; Предмету. М. Ткачева; Маст. Э. Э. Жакевич. — Мн.: БелЭн, 1993. — 494 с., [8] к.: ил. ISBN 5-85700-074-2.
 Генеалогия князей Огинских

Самуил Лев
Стольники трокские
Тиуны трокские
Старосты дорсунишские
Депутаты Сейма Речи Посполитой


Summer reflections, Lough Gill, County Sligo, Ireland.
Coumeenole beach, coast of Dingle Peninsula and Coumeenoole Bay, in summer, Ireland.
A row of flats, shops and stores in Dublin on a summer morning.
A group of tourists on bicycles is looking over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland.
Children exploring a colourful garden in Glenveagh Co Donegal Ireland.
Students, tourists and pedestrians with backpacks walk along a city street in Dublin, Ireland.
Summer fishing boats in Carnlough Harbour, Glens of Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
People sitting at an outdoor cafe in Dublin, Ireland having coffee while nearby pedestrians walk past.
Patrons are seated at an outdoor Bar & Grill in Dublin, surrounded by flowers as pedestrians pass by.
Groups of people surfing in County Donegal Ireland as summer surf schools take place in the Atlantic surf.
Dublin, Ireland -- July 9, 2018. The sidewalks and streets of the River Liffey in Dublin Ireland are crowded with travelers and tourists.
People at the seaside in Dublin city in Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland -- July 9, 2018. Colorful shops line the sidewalks on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland.
Beautiful colorful sunset in Oranmore, Ireland.
A rain shower falls beyond Lacken Strand on a summer day in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland.
near Ahakista, on the Sheep's Head peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. Eire. Garden in front of Arundels by the Pier restaurant.
Howth harbor in summer, county Dublin, Ireland.
Howth harbor in summer Ireland.
Connemara ponies in a summer meadow, County Mayo, Ireland.
Overcast view of Kylemore Abbey in summer, Ireland.
People on Marble Hill beach in County Donegal Ireland as summer surf schools take place in the Atlantic surf.
Overcast sky in summer seen from the Minaun Hill in the Faithlegg area of County Waterford, Ireland.


Published: Nov 29, 2018 at 9:23 a.m.
RESERVE MINES, N.S. — Eight Cape Breton boxers picked up victories during Fight Night in Reserve Mines on Saturday.
The event, hosted by the New Waterford Boxing Club, featured 14 fights, four of which were exhibition matches.
Cohen MacDonald of New Waterford won by unanimous decision over Hunter Naugle of Westville in the 110-pound division, while Rhys MacDonald won by unanimous decision over Jermiah Mosher in the 175-pound category.
Pedro Severiso of the New Waterford club defeated Tyler Young of the Membertou club by corner retirement in the 145-pound division, while in the 200-plus category, JD Pace of Ring 73 downed Art Jonson of Red Tribe Boxing in a unanimous decision.
Aaron Christiansen of the New Waterford club defeated Habibullah Ibrahimi of Ontario by unanimous decision in the 150-pound division, and Brayden Collins downed Brayden Paul in the 115-pound category.
In the 175-pound weight class, Ryan Bernard of New Waterford defeated Markus Kachafanas of Ring 73 by corner retirement, and Matthew Ross of New Waterford beat Tanner Grass of Ontario by unanimous decision.
Liam Dempster of Halifax defeated Kyle Woodword of Membertou by unanimous decision, while Jacob Thompson of Ontario knocked off Joshua Ross of New Waterford by way of split decision.
Fights between Brayden LeBlanc (New Waterford) and Matt Rouleau (Halifax), Tacari Howe (Halifax) and Noah Heffernan (Ring 73), Daniel Ellsworth (New Waterford) and Jeff MacAulay (New Waterford), and Sierra Eshouzacleh (Halifax) and Sadie Allen (Halifax) were exhibition matches.


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accelerating adoption of technology, DEFRA, Defra R&D Innovation Fund
Views on new innovation fund sought by Defra
Farmers interested in adopting new technologies, processes and practices and innovators seeking funding, are invited to attend an event on 15th June being held by Agri-TechE, which includes discussion of a new accelerating adoption fund.
As set out in the Agricultural Transition Plan published in November, Defra is bringing in landmark changes as we move away from the CAP system of farming subsidy payments. A key part of the future farming approach is supporting innovation to help farmers and growers increase productivity and reduce the environmental impact of agriculture. From 2022 Defra will launch an Innovation R&D programme for agriculture in England.
Officials from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will host a session at the Agri-TechE event to discuss ways to support and accelerate the adoption of innovative technology in the agricultural sector.
Accelerating adoption of technology
Leah Segal, Innovation R&D policy advisor at Defra
Leah Segal, Innovation R&D policy advisor at Defra, said: "We appreciate the risk involved in investing in innovation, and how it can be a barrier for farmers and growers looking to trial new ideas. We want to provide support and funding to 'de-risk' investment in innovation and help share knowledge on which innovations are worth adopting."
The 'Accelerating Adoption' fund of the Defra Innovation R&D programme will be specifically aimed at farmer-led innovation.
The fund will provide facilitation and funding for farmers and growers to connect with each other, as well as with researchers and businesses, to trial innovative technologies, processes and practices on-farm.
These will be small agile projects up to 2 years, to test the feasibility of new technology and demonstrate new methods to the farming community.
These projects will be focused on finding practical solutions to immediate on-farm productivity challenges.
Two further funds
As set out in the Agricultural Transition Plan, two other funds will open to applicants next year. These will build on the positive response to the recent Farming Innovation Pathways competition developed by Defra and UKRI.
The first will be to encourage industry led research on large-scale projects to develop technology and innovative solutions to shared productivity challenges that affect businesses.
The second will support collaborative R&D where farming and agri-food businesses work with scientists and researchers to address longer-term societal challenges, such as Net Zero, and will have themes set by Defra.
The funding programme will also be underpinned by support for knowledge exchange between farmers, growers, businesses, and researchers, so that the results and learnings from the projects can be shared widely. This is critical to ensuring widespread adoption of novel and trialled innovative technologies, processes and practices which will then lead to real world benefits for farmers and growers.
Co-design of research programmes
As well as on-farm trials through the 'accelerating adoption' fund, farmers and growers will also be able to get involved in other projects by participating in project teams and co-designing research, outputs and plans for sharing results.
Leah gives the example, of the 'REMEDY' project (which stands for 'REal tiME DairY' and is funded through UKRI's Transforming Food Production programme) as a project that has successfully involved farmers in the design and demonstration of a technology that tracks cow behaviour and nutrition to provide insights for decision-making.
Leah Segal said: "We are working closely with our other colleagues in Defra and UKRI to ensure there is a clear link between different schemes, so farmers and growers know where to look for support.
"For instance, if a technological solution – trialled through the Defra Innovation R&D funding programme – then becomes readily available on the market, there may be potential for farmers and growers to receive support to invest in the technology through follow-on schemes.
"The event on the 15th June is a good opportunity for users to learn more about the planned funding schemes, which are still being developed. We would also welcome further input of potential end users of the technology as we are currently co-designing the fund to ensure that it can provide the support that is needed for investment in innovation."
Focus on Funding event
The Focus on Funding event is being held virtually and will have speakers from Defra, UKRI, Transforming Food Production, Innovate UK and the Knowledge Transfer Partnership.
This will be complemented by a Agri-Tech Business Plaza where a number of business support organisations: GrantTree, LMixology, MMP Tax, Rothamsted Enterprises, RSM, Trendlines – will be offering drop in clinics and discussing their services.
More information about the event Focus on Funding with the Agri-Tech Business Plaza
Tuesday 15th June @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
BACKGROUND TO THE LATEST FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
The government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) was launched in November 2017 to stimulate innovation.
The stream directed at agriculture is called Transforming Food Production (TFP) and it is managed by Innovate UK and UKRI.
Transforming Food Production
The Transforming Food Production challenge is supporting new ways to produce food that reduce emissions and pollution and contribute to feeding a growing world population.
Future food production systems – ongoing projects include technologies for creating alternative proteins from insects and waste gases, also innovation for vertical farming
Science and technology into practice – projects include new methods of automation and robotics and also improved diagnostics for animal diseases, and monitoring of soils
International opportunities – this is directed at export opportunities to Canada and China
Investment ecosystems – aimed at supporting the investment community invest in agri-tech
Roadmap announced
Subsequently the government announced its roadmap "The Path to Sustainable Farming: An agricultural transition plan 2021 to 2024" (November 2020). This plan covers the period when Direct Payments are being withdrawn to UK farmers. (Direct payments are granted to active EU farmers in the form of a per-hectare basic income support.)
The UK government will instead invest the money to pay farmers to improve the environment, animal health and welfare and reduce carbon emissions, alongside grants to improve productivity.
As part of the roadmap two funds were announced:
Farming Investment Fund (Equipment & Technology, and Transformation) to be launched April 2021
Defra's Innovation R&D programme to be launched in 2022
Defra's Innovation R&D Programme (to open 2022)
The Innovation R&D Programme has three funding aims, based on the following principles:
Industry-led syndicates – connecting farmers and growers with researchers and agri-food businesses to work on industry specific challenges
Themed collaborative R&D – brings together food businesses and researchers on more fundamental research
Accelerating Adoption – support for smaller-scale, farmer-led R&D projects to demonstrate the viability of new and existing technologies.
Farming Innovation Pathways
Farming Innovation Pathways is a bridge between Transforming Food Production (TFP) and the Defra Innovation R&D Programme, and it will be delivered by the TFP team that have been working closely with the agri-tech sector and include agricultural specialists.
The first competition closed in April and the applicants will be informed of the outcome on 18th June 2021 and projects will start in October 2021.
More information about the funding is available through the Future Farming blog https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/
Robotics? Water Management? Farming Investment Fund offers grants of up to £.5M
New Farming Investment Fund welcomed by Agri-TechE
Oxford Real Farming Conference: NIAB, AHDB and Soil Moisture Sense take the stage
We welcome Erica and Allie to the team
Agri-TechE members at the CropTec show


Shot in three states, this Arctic Fox 865 video shows a walkthrough and review of our sponsored truck camper for the 2010 season. Check it out.
We are finally announcing our new sponsored truck camper for the 2009 / 2010 season, a 2009 Arctic Fox 865! In our first ever high definition video, we explore our new camper at locations from Long Island to Rhode Island to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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We produced a fun and entertaining video of us using the Arctic Fox 865 when we went to the Everglades in Florida.
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