A long-standing regional newspaper which began life as a daily title in 1895 is set to be closed by publisher Trinity Mirror later this month.
The Nuneaton Tribune will publish its final edition on 24 September, just over a year after it slashed its distribution and launched a new pick-up model.
The free weekly previously had a circulation of nearly 35,000 but last September cut this to 15,000 with the title available for pick-up at 99 retail outlets across North Warwickshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands.
Trinity Mirror said there would be "no impact" on staff as a result of the closure but has not given any further details about this.
An edition of the Tribune from last year.
The Nuneaton Tribune is the town's oldest surviving newspaper and competes with Local World's Nuneaton News.
The Warwickshire town is one of the few areas of the country where both Local World and Trinity Mirror, who earlier this year were rumoured to be in merger talks, publish titles whose circulation areas overlap.
The Tribune started life as a daily called the People's Tribune in 1895 and went from its paid-for evening status to a free weekly in 1992 following a newspaper "war" in the town which at one point saw three dailies competing for readers.
When its distribution was changed last year, the title said the move would allow it to reach new readers and ensure everyone who wanted to receive the paper could do so.
Confirming the closure of the title, a Trinity Mirror spokesman said: "The last edition will be published on Thursday 24 September.
Whilst its never good to hear of a long standing paper closing ,with the current state of newspaper sales and the massive decline in readership figures as evidenced by the onging and most recent ABC figures ,its a bold but sadly necccesary move and one which other regional press groups need to consider.
The good thing to hear is that no jobs are at risk,i just wonder for how long and whether its more of a brief stay of execution.
41 years ago, my career as a journalist began on the Nuneaton Trib. This is a sad day.
@johnnie – It sounds like you've swallowed the executives' handbook. Too much talk of 'products, viability, profitability, plug-pulling and market places' for my taste.
these are basic terms used in everyday life nowadays and in media in particular , living in the past and old thinking is part of the reason regionals are in the state they're in.
The message @johnnie is making is valid no matter what terms are used.
Sadly, I think we'll see a steady trickle of stories like this one in the coming months/years.
It sounds like the Nuneaton Trib's time was up after a period of general decline.
To my knowledge the only person working on this took voluntary redundancy some months ago. What a wise decision this has turned out to be. Very sad to hear this news, especially after its sister paper the Coventry Times was scrapped recently.
Sad to hear, but I fear more from all companies.
My old JP paper, started in the 1800s, has been turned in a few years from a thriving well-connected decently written weekly to a struggling user-generated shell cobbled together in a (non) news hub about 20 miles away, and now selling a pathetic quarter of what it once sold. And believe me, it wasn't the internet wot did it!
This story and the comments made on it sum the whole industry now. Project five years into the future and what will we have? Whatever it is we'll all be moaning on Hold The Front Listicle about it from the workhouse internet café.
When Trinity cuts titles like this – or any newspaper group – instead of axing it, they should invite communities to take it on themselves, along the lines of the community pub model.
It's morally wrong that a century old title should be sent to the dogs like this.
No effect on staff? Possibly because the staff numbers are so small that they will just be moved to fill other vacancies? Or they have been run down to such small numbers as the circulation has dropped.
It's a credible suggestion @oor wulli but in today's world what chance has a publication such as this in an era that's seen how people access news change beyond all recognition away from the printed paper and move to Instant on line mediums instead,so the real issue is with people's changed buying habits probably not the paper itself.
There are not many groups or individuals without a charitable benefactor who could afford the set up and running costs to finance such a venture so sometimes we have to accept the inevitable.
In many ways you have to give credit to them for pulling the plug on an unprofitable publication rather than risk financial problems by propping it up like so many regional press companies such as Archant are doing with their four ailing Norfolk and Suffolk dailies dailies.
Perfect opportunity for an independent publication, rooted in the community, to set up!
What world do some of the commenters on this site live in?
Let 'the community' take it over? Why would anyone want to when they can set up a hyperlocal blog that doesn't cost anything to print, can carry advertising and have multiple contributors running different sections without the need for premises, ad reps, designers, receptionists, newsprint costs, distribution costs… Need I go on?
Why would the community shackle itself to a dying medium that costs a packet to operate, and is clearly unwanted?
Because people still like having pieces of paper in their hands.


As my networking background is traditionally based upon Cisco routing and switching, I thought it would be sensible to get some half-decent CLI time on JUNOS, as opposed to just reading books and PDFs etc. One such way of getting CLI time is to build an "Olive" box which effectively runs JUNOS software on a FreeBSD Unix-like free operating system.
For details of what an Olive box is, please visit here.
If you did not know, Olive requires managing through the serial port (e.g. COM1) of a PC, similar to a console port of a router. Only the earlier versions such as JUNOS 5 allow you to access the CLI through the PC keyboard and VGA output directly (although this view was still not identical to a serial connection). The recent versions of code after JUNOS 7.4 which stand any chance of detecting your NIC card, can only be accessed through the serial port. I customised a cable to allow me to do this below, but later use some clever free software to create multiple virtual serial ports which I can telnet in to, making physical cables unnecessary.
This long page, only concentrates on running Olive in a VMWare virtual environment - I have no interest in building a real Olive by dedicating a whole PC to the task - not even using dual-boot. The primary reason for this is a single Olive is of little use to me - I aim to use a minimum of three so I can get to grips with the routing protocols and filtering techniques where a single Olive would be next to useless.
Please do not contact me for any JUNOS images - I will not provide them.
"Olive" is not supported by J-TAC and they should never be contacted about it.
Throughout this document, I never pretend to be a Juniper, JUNOS, VMWare or FreeBSD expert. I know a little, and its good to share knowledge.
I decided I wanted to run my Olive box in a VMWare virtual session/environment, as I use the box extensively for other functions and did not want to make the device dual boot. I appreciate this creates a performance trade-off but from an education, flexibility and learning point of view, VMWare is fantastic.
My "cupboard server" (which I use for many things including a home web server running Apache, hosting tools to assist with my CCIE revision and running Dynamips/Dynagen) is a second-hand HP-Compaq Evo Small Form Factor (SFF) d530 P4 2.8Ghz, 1.5GB RAM and several hundred GB of disk space over two HDDs, running XP Pro SP2.
The box has 9 NICs - 1 on board which is a Broadcom NetXtreme GigE and 2 x PCI 4 port D-Link DFE-570TX NICs (see the card below - bought second-hand from Ebay which uses the DEC tulip (now Intel) 21143 chipset) - these NIC ports can either be "teamed" for load balancing/fault tolerance features, or as I do, use each NIC port as a seperate interface with its own MAC and IP address. I primarily need the 9 NICs to support a Dynamips configuration nearly identical to this for my CCIE revision.
VMWare Server is running v1.03 (which I find much faster than MS Virtual PC), and as discussed above, towards the end of my installing Olive, I had to move to VMWare Workstation v6 as VMWare Server would not properly activate the JUNOS NICs (I still do not know why as FreeBSD which sits under JUNOS used the NICs perfectly under VMWare Server).
For nearly all of my efforts getting JUNOS to work in VMWare, I did so using VMWare Server 1.03 (which is Free). I created the virtual machines, installed FreeBSD, installed JUNOS, added a second hard disk image to a <7.4 JUNOS setup so I could get a >7.4 JUNOS jinstall image on the box to allow the detection of my NIC cards, etc. In VMWare Server, JUNOS will run, and it will detect the NIC cards, BUT it will not USE the NIC cards - it absolutely refuses to do anything with them.
As soon as you load the image created in VMWare Server into VMWare Workstation, without making any config changes, the NICs suddenly spring into life. I also tried running the self-same identical images on the free VMWare Player but they do not work. I guess what i'm trying to say is if you only have VMWare Server (even though you can get Workstation on a 30 day trial for free), then you will not be hindered until the very end of setting up one of these boxes - FreeBSD will still use the NICs perfectly, it's only JUNOS which appears to have a problem, but you can get all the way up to the final stage of having a working Olive box using VMWare Server (as this is how I did it). If in doubt, and you have Workstation, use it from the start. From a Google, it appears that v5.5 of Workstation will support the latest JUNOS, you do not necessarily need v6.
When it came to using the Olive box however, VMWare Server was no longer useful and only VMWare Workstation was able to work with the virtual NICs.
For info I used VMWare Workstation 6.0.0 build 45731.
VMWare profile I used: 256MB RAM (I may lower this later once Olive is built); 1 x CDROM (linked to an ISO, not a physical drive); 3 x Ethernet NICs configured as 'bridged' (you would be fine with one NIC); 1 x serial port (output to a text file at first, as opposed to COM1 unless you have an appropriate serial cable); 8 GB hard disk (untick 'allocate all disk space now'); for Operating System profile choose 'Other' then 'FreeBSD'.
Once you run the machine, the .vmx file will allocate MAC addresses to the virtual interfaces - if you are running multiple machines, and want them to work together at some stage, you need to ensure all virtual NICs have unique MAC addresses (they only need to vary by one hexadecimal character).
Once complete, to guarentee these changes are picked up, it may be best to right click on the machine, click "remove from inventory", then re-add it by file, open, browse and navigating to the directory containing the .vmx file you edited.
I downlaoded FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso (~220MB) and when bound to a VMWare CDROM, this will boot.
Start VMWare machine, and at the "Kernel Configuration Menu" choose the top option of "Skip kernel config<snip>"
At the "SysInstall Main Menu" choose "Express - Begin a quick installation (for the impatient)"
For the "Boot Manager" choose "Standard - Install a standard MBR (no boot manager)"
For "Choose installation media" choose "CD/DVD"
At the window where it gives you an opportunity to "Visit the general config menu for a chance to set any last options", choose "Yes"
A final confirmation will ask if you want to reboot, choose "Yes"
At this point, before I document the procedure, I guess I should explain some of my findings!
When I installed an earlier version of JUNOS (version 5.7R2.4), I found that once rebooted, I could gain access to the JUNOS CLI without the need to use the serial port. The normal keyboard and VGA output allowed me to access the CLI. This version could not see my "e1000" network cards, but still it was nice to get my hands on the CLI for the first time, even though I had no interfaces. Suffice to say, I got bored quickly.
To install JUNOS, you need to "host" the jinstall FTP binary image on an FTP server (possibly the VMWare host machine), and pull the file to the FreeBSD virtual machine.
I initally wanted to install JUNOS 5.7 "jinstall-5.7R2.4-domestic-signed.tgz", and then later get a more recent JUNOS 8 image on to the virtual machine, so it would detect and use the network cards. You cannot initially install a version greater than 7.4 as it will return an 'ELF binary type "0" not known' error.
At this point, you should have a running FreeBSD virtual machine, which can receive files by FTP from an FTP server that you are hosting a "jinstall" JUNOS image on (which is lower than version 7.4).
When the virtual machine reboots, you may lose access to the CLI dependant on which version you loaded. With a version 5 image, you will still have access, with a higher version, you lose access. The following two sections discuss accessing the virtual machine through the serial port, and then the section following those discusses upgrading the JUNOS version to one higher than 7.4 so the "e1000" virtual NICs can be detected and utilised.
My VMWare machine was aching to be configured by the serial port but I had no appropriate cable to do so - currently it was outputting everything to a text file coutersy of VMWare but I had no way of issuing any commands. I had plenty of Cisco rollover console cables so I decided to chop one up, to fit my purpose (see below). I already have a Cisco 2511 console server with 16 asynchronous ports, and I wanted to use this to access my Olive. So my 2 asynch octal cables had RJ45 male connectors, and I did not have an RJ45 male to DB9 serial converter.
This worked perfectly, first time, and allowed me access to the JUNOS/FreeBSD CLI.
This worked well with Putty and Windows telnet, however SecureCRT had some issues - I had to configure "Force character at a time mode" in the session options, else the intuitive features built in to JUNOS did not work such as the use of "space" to auto-complete configuration commands.
When you install JUNOS, it strips the file system to the bare bones, including any other images you may have downloaded (which is a pain!). I found if you built a second FreeBSD virtual machine (which has no intention of running JUNOS), and get it to the point of having IP connectivity, you can FTP an up to date image to the hard disk of that virtual machine, then steal that whole hard disk partition image by copying the hard disk .vmdk file to the JUNOS virtual machine directory, and add it as a second hard disk. Then when JUNOS boots, you can mount the second hard disk, and pull over the new file.
Now copy the .vmdk file to your JUNOS machine directory, and add it as second hard disk in VMWare. If you have to rename the file so it is different, then that is fine. We will delete it as soon as we have the file from it that we need.
To add the second hard disk: Click "edit virtual machine settings"; Click Add; Click Next; Click "use existing virtual disk" radio button; Browse to the .vmdk file; Click Finish. You should now have a second IDE hard disk called "IDE 0:1"
Now boot the JUNOS machine - you should see that both hard disks are found in the boot output of the serial port.
Edit the virtual machine settings again and remove the second hard disk, and delete the second hard disk partition file if you so choose.
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Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0759000.
em0: Memory Access and/or Bus Master bits were not set!
em1: Memory Access and/or Bus Master bits were not set!
em2: Memory Access and/or Bus Master bits were not set!
psm0: failed to get data.
if_pfe_ls_alloc_bdl_cb_list: Initializing bundle control block list.
ata1-master: <VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive/00000001> CDROM device - NO DRIVER!
Setting initial options: debugger_on_panic=NO debugger_on_break=NO.
Initial rc.i386 initialization: microcode kld.
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The following is the second in a series on social media.
The goal of social media is to build relationships, not just to collect contacts. If you've been on any business networking sites, you've likely seen people with 500+ connections on LinkedIn or 4,000 friends on Facebook. At first you may think, "Wow, that person sure knows a lot of people." But does he or she really know those connections? Or is this person just collecting contacts?
Rather than accepting and sending invitations to anyone, be mindful of whom you connect with. When you do make a connection with someone, look over his or her profile and then add a personal note to the person where you indicate a shared interest, club, affiliation, etc. For example, you could respond to someone by writing, "I see you attended Northwestern University (or are a member of the Miami Business Association, or have a pet beagle…). I have a similar interest in that I (also attended Northwestern…am a member of the Tulsa Business Association….have a dog named Summer…etc.)." You get the idea. Find a shared interest to build upon that will make you stand out and open the lines for real communication later.
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It's your friends. The people around you affect you far more than you believe.
In The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career, Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha talk about how the best way to improve particular qualities in yourself is to spend more time with people who are already like that.
In fact, for most, friend selection may be the only method of sustainable change.
I've posted about how manipulating context is the most powerful method of change and who we spend time with — who influences us on a daily basis — may be the most powerful form of manipulating context.
The second core error about health, which we've described in our research above, is the idea that we can make a major difference in health and longevity by giving people lists of health recommendations. We often hear physicians say, "Of course eat right, stop smoking, lose weight, sleep more, exercise, etc., etc., etc., should be the first choice in staying healthy but most of my patients can't do this, so it is a great thing that we have these effective medications." Such sentiments are perfectly natural, because if you hand most patients a list of life-altering changes, they will not make them.
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Elon Musk Lays Out His Reasons Against Voting For Trump
As the U.S. presidential election nears its merciful conclusion on Tuesday, Elon Musk came out against Republican candidate Donald Trump last Friday during an interview with CNBC. "I feel a bit stronger that [Trump] is not the right guy," said Musk in an interview with CNBC on Friday. " He doesn't seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States." (Source: "Donald Trump's character reflects poorly on United States, Elon Musk says," CNBC, November 4, 2016.) Musk does not feel that the election, however, will have a strong impact on Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock either way, although Musk did support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's economic and environmental policies, calling them "the right ones." Tesla just had its second-most-profitable quarter ever this past Q3, and Tesla stock has been shooting up as a result, supporting what has already been a solid year for TSLA stock. While not a passionate endorsement by any means, Musk still appears to favor Clinton in the upcoming election. Musk is one among many tech luminaries who have come out in support of their favored candidate in this election cycle. Peter Thiel, Musk's co-founder of PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) and an early investor in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), is one of the more prominent tech figures to come out in support of Trump. This particular election campaign has drawn a lot of notable figures into the political sphere, some simply endorsing candidates while others making public shows of backing their candidates. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, for instance, promised $20.00 million in donations back in September in order to stop a Trump presidency. (Source: "Facebook co-founder promises $20 million to stop Trump," L.A. Times, September 9, 2016.) There has been speculation regarding just how much the results of the election will affect the stock market and a number of holdings. With the election fast approaching, Tuesday will lend credence as to whether there will, in fact, be any sizable shifts in shares following the American presidential nominee. I'm just glad that this election cycle is finally coming to an end. The nagging question remains, however: what will television news cover once the polls are in?
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Elon Musk Delivers Blunt Assessment of Donald Trump
By Stephen Karmazyn, BA Published : November 7, 2016
As the U.S. presidential election nears its merciful conclusion on Tuesday, Elon Musk came out against Republican candidate Donald Trump last Friday during an interview with CNBC.
"I feel a bit stronger that [Trump] is not the right guy," said Musk in an interview with CNBC on Friday. " He doesn't seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States." (Source: "Donald Trump's character reflects poorly on United States, Elon Musk says," CNBC, November 4, 2016.)
Musk does not feel that the election, however, will have a strong impact on Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock either way, although Musk did support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's economic and environmental policies, calling them "the right ones."
Tesla just had its second-most-profitable quarter ever this past Q3, and Tesla stock has been shooting up as a result, supporting what has already been a solid year for TSLA stock.
While not a passionate endorsement by any means, Musk still appears to favor Clinton in the upcoming election.
Musk is one among many tech luminaries who have come out in support of their favored candidate in this election cycle. Peter Thiel, Musk's co-founder of PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) and an early investor in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), is one of the more prominent tech figures to come out in support of Trump.
This particular election campaign has drawn a lot of notable figures into the political sphere, some simply endorsing candidates while others making public shows of backing their candidates.
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, for instance, promised $20.00 million in donations back in September in order to stop a Trump presidency. (Source: "Facebook co-founder promises $20 million to stop Trump," L.A. Times, September 9, 2016.)
There has been speculation regarding just how much the results of the election will affect the stock market and a number of holdings. With the election fast approaching, Tuesday will lend credence as to whether there will, in fact, be any sizable shifts in shares following the American presidential nominee.
I'm just glad that this election cycle is finally coming to an end. The nagging question remains, however: what will television news cover once the polls are in?

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Editorial - No knights in the wolves' den
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The saying goes that in the olden days a woman could walk from Dondra to Point Pedro with a gemstone in her hand with the assurance that no harm would come to her. The saying has become trite with the years and in the contemporary context, such a level of security is the very stuff the dreams are made of.
Hence, the woman with the gemstone, with or without her treasure, should avoid one more place at any cost—that is Parliament.
Last week, the lawyers of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, in a letter to the Speaker revealed the repulsive conduct of the members of the Parliamentary Select Committee during the proceedings; one of the reasons that compelled Dr. Bandaranayake to walk out. According to the letter, the language and the manner in which she was addressed were not fit for a chief justice, or any other woman for that matter.
If the so-called public representatives who were elected with an overwhelming mandate could refer to the Chief Justice as a 'mad woman', it says a lot about their sanity as well as that of the voters.
This however, is not the only shocking incident reported from House.
A few weeks ago, dodging a question asked by UNP MP Rosy Senanayake, Transport Minister Kumara Welgama told that he had no words to express his feelings towards Ms.Senanayake, where he suggestively said she would meet him outside Parliament.
By behaving thus, the respected MPs have shown solidarity to the name-calling, Adam-teasing perverts on the road.
Though hard to come to grips with reality, this is the status quo of a political party that had bred the first woman prime minister of the world and followed by her daughter, the country's first woman president; ironically two 'Bandaranaikes.' Their namesake, the first woman CJ of the country, was insulted in the most blatant manner by the frontline members of the same party who have by doing thus, insulted the pioneers of it.
Hereafter, the public cannot be too blind not to see the emperor's clothes of these MPs when they talk about women's rights and protection to woo the public. The voters who need to see their children, wives, sisters and mothers safe, should make sure that this perversity is not granted a sequel.
What was more disturbing, however was the silence of the other women MPs in the House who did not think it was a situation where their voices needed to be heard. Irrespective of the party they represent, those who reached the helm with the banner to encourage women's participation in the decision-making process have a moral obligation to live up to their promise. After all, by letting their numbers be beaten by the perversity of the others, their hands would have to be satisfied with the cradle-rocking.
Clearly, the power they wield has made them much more than damsels in distress. After all, one cannot expect to see knights in shining armour in a wolves' den.
D.G.Dayaratne Monday, 17 December 2012 04:38 PM
Statement made by hon Ministers clearly indicate their level of thinking and culture
Calistus Jayatilleke Monday, 17 December 2012 09:18 AM
Well, one cannot expect any better behaviour from known "cads" who somehow got elected to the Parliament due to brain-washed voters. It is a good point that none of the other women members had anything to say about the insults to their own kind but then it is easy to understand when one thinks of other women MPs.
Puswedilla Monday, 17 December 2012 05:55 PM
Don't kid yourself with rhetoric. Our buses for example have one of the highest levels of sexual harassment in the world, parliament is a reflection of this society that elects it.
siri heenpella ny Monday, 17 December 2012 08:57 PM
many journalists in usa highly appriciated about your excellent editorial
Kumar Monday, 17 December 2012 11:06 PM
Well only in Sri Lanka an MP can kill another politico and get out of the country with government patronage and stay out of police custody and to say that he cannot remmeber that he killed anyone! What more can one expect from a bunch of criminals who govern this country? It saying goes 'a country gets the leaders it deserves'. What more can we expect by them voting them into power!
sbd Monday, 17 December 2012 11:51 AM
This is the parliamentary ethics in this kingdom.Degrade , intimidate & insult fair sex!


Air leakage through an unsealed building envelope accounts for 15−25 per cent of winter heat loss in Australian buildings according to the federal government's Your Home Guide, yet there is no Building Codes of Australia (BCA) Standard for thermal breaches or airtightness of a house.
This troubles Bernward Bücheler of Passivhaus Australia who now lays claim to having built Australia's first certified PassivHaus, a single storey partly underground residence in South Australia designed by Max Pritchard Architects.
PassivHaus is a German-born building performance standard that strives to achieve a very comfortable ultra-low energy building that requires little or no energy for space heating or cooling. This is achieved through a tightly sealed and insulated building envelope, and use of a whole house mechanical ventilation system.
"The three most important areas in Passivhaus construction are insulation, airtightness and a thermal breach free envelope," explained Bücheler.
This rate of air exchanges is nowhere near the acceptable rate for any project wishing to achieve Passivhaus certification, and the Passivhaus project at Pages Flat, South Australia achieved a miniscule 0.46 per hour at 50 Pa air exchange which is under the maximum 0.6 needed for PassivHaus certification.
"Our brief was to change the design to Passivhaus standard without changing any of the visible features; no sacrifice of the style was allowed at all," he emphasised.
The house is a simple looking single storey home that sits on a 195sqm slab, slightly countersunk into the hill behind. The property is not connected to mains water and has 300,000 Litres of rainwater storage as well as 10 Kw electro voltaic power generation.
Material choice, application and convincing local engineers to accept his thermal breach-free and insulation proposals was not so simple however, and Bücheler said that he had to source products from overseas because Australian suppliers either didn't stock them, or were more expensive than overseas competition.
"We always prefer to use Australian materials and products for our projects," he said.
The slab caused the first hiccup for Bücheler when preparing his DA because Australian Standards classify insulation under foundations as a void, meaning the slab had to be strengthened and additional reinforcements added if he was to follow PassivHaus convention and insulate its underside. Passivhaus Australia chose to use hard foam Styrodur insulation anyway, and admits it did affect costs but not the design or insulation outcome; it achieved a U-value of 0.223.
"In Australia we have to look more at possible overheating through unshaded windows whereas in central Europe the emphasis is towards getting as much as possible out of the rare sunshine," said Bücheler.
The internal wall is a render coated concrete block which abuts a concrete filled cavity. Another concrete block layer starts the external skin on the other side of the cavity which is then then protected by a waterproofing membrane. Finally a 160 mm Rockwool render baseboard exterior skin is added before it can be rendered and painted.
Corrugated iron; 60 mm screened air gap; 2 layers of waterproofing membrane; fibrocement sheeting to add a fire barrier between the next layer of plywood and the outside environment to meets the site's fire zone requirements; This is followed by plywood on top of the rafters.
280mm Gutex Thermoflex, a flexible wood fibre insulating board from Germany is laid in-between the 300mm rafters on top of an 19mm OSB (Oriented Strand Board) fixed to the underside of the rafters as airtight layer. All joints of the board sealed with airtight tape and the ceiling is then plaster boarded. An overall U-value of 0.158 was achieved.
The final component of a PassivHaus is its whole house mechanical ventilation system with highly efficient heat recovery which supplies fresh, thermally treated air to the interiors. Bücheler chose the Zehnder, ComfoAir 550 with balanced PH ventilation which is manufactured in the Netherlands.
Besides striving to achieve a high-performing, energy efficient project, Bücheler also noted that his choice of materials for the building was guided by Building Biology principles which saw formaldehyde free OSB, only solid timber and natural zero or low VOC materials used throughout.
Because PassivHaus is a building standard not a guide, the project's certification means it has already proven its performance on some measures. Others such as heating demand and annual energy requirements are calculated according to the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP).


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Riding High in April
Jackie Townsend
Featured in POPSUGAR "Best Books of 2021" * SheReads "Best Book Club Picks of Fall" * Women.com * Brit & Co. "Fifteen New Books to Read on your Summer Vacation"
Inside the rising tech microcosms of Seoul, Singapore, Japan, and India, far from the mendacity of Silicon Valley, a serial tech entrepreneur pursues a last-ditch attempt to build something great: COMPASS, an open-source network platform that Microsoft has labeled "reckless." At stake are his reputation, his dwindling bank account, and his fifteen-year relationship with the only woman he's ever loved—a woman in the midst of reckoning with who she is and what really matters to her in the face of the narcissism and destructiveness of the technology world. She shows up in Seoul in a big, bold move to be with him—only to find that living in Asia reshapes her in intangible, unexpected ways.
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Photo Courtesy /The bodyguard (left) flanked the King as he greeted well-wishers queuing to see the Queen lying in state© Getty Images
King Charles III's bodyguard has become an unexpected internet sensation in recent days after many suspects he has a gun 'disguised' as an umbrella. People have taken to TikTok seemingly convinced that the bodyguard protecting the new monarch is a man from the secret service.
As one might expect, people's imaginations have run wild and many have compared him to Colin Firth's character in the popular film Kingsman. Firth's character uses an umbrella as a gun in the films, which also contains a ballistic shield within the fabric of the brolly, although it's unconfirmed if King Charles' bodyguard's accessory also has all of these gadgets.
One commenter on the video said: "That thing he's holding is a GUNbrella, not an umbrella", as the bodyguard shadowed Charles. The umbrella, black with a brown handle, was hooked over the bodyguard's arm as he watched over the King who shook hands with members of the public outside the gates of Buckingham Palace.
One TikTok user called him "The silent assassin", while another said: "I love him he needs to be the next James Bond ... such an amazing guy." Others have praised his slick appearance, with one person asking, "Does he give beard maintenance tips?" Another added: "He's so handsome! Complete gent".
Not only are people suspecting the umbrella is fake, some TikTok users are convinced that other members of Charles' security team are using fake arms and hands. Users have zoomed in on moments over the last few days where the bodyguards surrounding the King appear to have hands that look slightly inanimate.
Their still, unmoving arms suggest that perhaps there could be a weapon hidden underneath their coat. Many rumours like this have sprung up over the years.
The Queen's state funeral is due to take place today, September 19 at 11am, with thousands of military personnel marching in a procession to walk the Queen's coffin from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey. A two-minute silence will also be held at 12pm, after which Her Majesty will be taken to Windsor Castle to be laid to rest. By Hannah Cottrell, My London
Turkish Ambassador to Uganda Fikret Kerem Alp on Sunday inaugurated an orphanage center for 200 children, built with technical assistance from Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and financial assistance from Türkiye's Care Foundation.
The orphanage will provide Ugandan orphans a secure learning environment and cozy shelter.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Alp said: "Türkiye displays true brotherhood in good times and bad times.
"The Turkish government has identified child welfare as one of the areas where we can help.
"(Türkiye's) Maarif Foundation visited Uganda and held talks with the government on provision of education services to Uganda. We hope this will be achieved," said the ambassador.
The orphanage center includes classroom blocks, an administrative center, an assembly and exhibition building, play fields, parks, a large green space, and a mosque.
"This Orphanage is proof that Türkiye cares for and treats the suffering and disadvantaged people in Uganda, particularly the children, who are often left to go on the streets when their parents die," Sheikh Abdallah Ssemambo, Uganda's deputy grand mufti (Muslim cleric) said.
Ssemambo conveyed his gratitude to TIKA for carrying out projects in the country.
According to UNICEF reports, it is estimated that there are about 400 million orphans across the world. - Hamza Kyeyune, Anadolu Agency
China expects to promote strategic cooperation and deepen its partnerships with Mozambique and Burundi, Wang Yang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, said on Tuesday.
Wang made the remarks while speaking with Mozambican Assembly President Esperanca Bias and Burundian Senate President Emmanuel Sinzohagera, via video link.
China is willing to join hands with Mozambique to strengthen political trust and strategic communication, aiming to promote deeper partnership through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and international and regional affairs coordination, Wang said during his meeting with Bias.
Wang said the National Committee of the CPPCC desires to enhance friendly exchanges with the Assembly of Mozambique and expand communication and cooperation in the fields of culture, education, health, youth and women, laying a solid foundation of political, social and public opinion development.
Noting the unbreakable friendship, Bias thanked China's consistent support and help to Mozambique, adding that the Assembly hopes further cooperation with the National Committee of the CPPCC.
During his meeting with Sinzohagera, Wang stated that, under the guidance of both leaders, China and Burundi should promote more practical cooperation to achieve political consensus.
China, alongside other African countries, expects to implement the Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative and safeguard the common interests of China, Africa and other developing countries.
China also wishes to strengthen exchanges with the Senate of Burundi, Wang said.
Sinzohagera attached great importance to the development of China-Burundi relations and adherence to the one-China principle, adding that the Senate would like to deepen exchanges to achieve wider cooperation. - CGTN


At 9-years-old, this little boy spends a great deal of time in hospital because of pneumonia caused by his recurrent aspiration syndrome. Even so, he finds joy in every day occurrences. Gifted in the arts, he expresses himself through music and drawing, and through the colourful clothing choices he makes each day! Above all else, he loves spending time with his mom and little brothers. A favourite family activity is camping, and this will be all the more enjoyable when he receives his wish of a pull-behind camper!


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Q: AJAX with Rails - Missing Template I'm trying to get AJAX working on my app and am getting a strange ActionView::MissingTemplate error.  I have this as my tasks#create method:
def create
    @task = Task.new(task_params)
    @task.user_id = current_user.id
    if @task.save
      respond_to do |format|
        format.js
        format.html
      end
    #   redirect_to tasks_path, notice: 'Task was successfully created.'
    else
      render :new
    end
  end

This as my views/tasks/create.js.erb:
$("#onetime-todo").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @one_time }) %>")
$("#onetime-done").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @one_time_done }) %>")

$("#daily-todo").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @daily }) %>")
$("#daily-done").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @daily_done }) %>")

$("#weekly-todo").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @weekly }) %>")
$("#weekly-done").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @weekly_done }) %>")

$("#monthly-todo").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @monthly }) %>")
$("#monthly-done").html("<%= escape_javascript(render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @monthly_done }) %>")

And this on my tasks/index.html.erb:
            <%= simple_form_for(@create_task) do |f| %>

                            <%= f.text_field :name, placeholder: "What needs to get done?", class: "form-control" %>

                            <%= f.select :frequency, options_for_select([["One-Time", "OneTime"],["Daily", "Daily"],["Weekly", "Weekly"],["Monthly", "Monthly"]]), {}, {class: "form-control"} %>

                            <%= f.button :submit, class: "btn ghost", remote: true %>

            <% end %>

....

One-Time Tasks

<%= render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @one_time } %>

<%= render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @one_time_done } %>

Daily

<%= render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @daily } %>

<%= render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @daily_done } %>

Weekly

<%= render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @weekly } %>

<%= render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @weekly_done } %>

Montly

<%= render partial: 'items', locals: { task: @monthly } %>

<%= render partial: 'done', locals: { task: @monthly_done } %>

Can anyone see where I'm going wrong?  It seems like a weird error because I do have a create template.  My server log shows this:
Started POST "/tasks" for ::1 at 2017-08-13 21:48:44 -0700
Processing by TasksController#create as HTML
  Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"guwmQBf1AmKhxvi1coysoegbkKhy6Znk/oMKEar4TXcZ1OieTqiyRnf3m3MR/XHBrOsJ1d7ncZp8pzqAxC93tQ==", "task"=>{"name"=>"Testing oh testing", "frequency"=>"OneTime"}, "commit"=>"Create Task"}
  User Load (0.1ms)  SELECT  "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = ?  ORDER BY "users"."id" ASC LIMIT 1  [["id", 1]]
   (0.1ms)  begin transaction
  SQL (0.5ms)  INSERT INTO "tasks" ("name", "frequency", "user_id", "created_at", "updated_at") VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)  [["name", "Testing oh testing"], ["frequency", "OneTime"], ["user_id", 1], ["created_at", "2017-08-14 04:48:44.237114"], ["updated_at", "2017-08-14 04:48:44.237114"]]
   (2.0ms)  commit transaction
Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 13ms (ActiveRecord: 2.6ms)

ActionView::MissingTemplate - Missing template tasks/create, application/create with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:html], :variants=>[], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :raw, :ruby, :coffee]}. Searched in:
  * "/Users/lizbayardelle/Dropbox/Code/FAM/app/views"
  * "/Users/lizbayardelle/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.3/gems/ckeditor-4.2.2/app/views"
  * "/Users/lizbayardelle/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.3/gems/devise-4.2.0/app/views"

And my routes.rb are very simple, if it helps:
resources :tasks
Can anyone help here?
ADDITIONAL INFO
As requested, here is my tasks#index method:
  def index
    @create_task = Task.new
    @tasks = Task.all
    @one_time = Task.where(frequency: "OneTime", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @one_time_done = Task.where(frequency: "OneTime", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
    @daily = Task.where(frequency: "Daily", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @daily_done = Task.where(frequency: "Daily", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
    @weekly = Task.where(frequency: "Weekly", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @weekly_done = Task.where(frequency: "Weekly", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
    @monthly = Task.where(frequency: "Monthly", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @monthly_done = Task.where(frequency: "Monthly", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
  end

A:
I'm trying to get AJAX working on my app and am getting a strange
  ActionView::MissingTemplate error.

The request is being made as HTML, that is, the remote: true in the submit button is not working, try setting it in the form tag, like this:
<%= simple_form_for(@create_task), remote: true do |f| %>

I'm getting this error in my server:

Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 28ms (ActiveRecord: 1.3ms)
    NoMethodError - undefined method each' for nil:NilClass:
    app/views/tasks/_items.html.erb:2:in
    _app_views_tasks__items_html_erb__1746796241772610323_70298103116960'

The problem is that all variables that are required in create.js.erb have not being set in create action, they are only set in index. So you need to create all those variables also in create, but you can avoid repetition using a before_action callback, like this:
class TasksController < ApplicationController
  before_action :set_variables, only: [:index, :create]

  def index
  end

  def create
    @task = Task.new(task_params)
    @task.user_id = current_user.id
    if @task.save
      respond_to do |format|
        format.js
        format.html
      end
    #   redirect_to tasks_path, notice: 'Task was successfully created.'
    else
      render :new
    end
  end

  # other actions
  private
  def set_variables
    @create_task = Task.new
    @tasks = Task.all
    @one_time = Task.where(frequency: "OneTime", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @one_time_done = Task.where(frequency: "OneTime", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
    @daily = Task.where(frequency: "Daily", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @daily_done = Task.where(frequency: "Daily", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
    @weekly = Task.where(frequency: "Weekly", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @weekly_done = Task.where(frequency: "Weekly", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
    @monthly = Task.where(frequency: "Monthly", completed: false, user_id: current_user.id)
    @monthly_done = Task.where(frequency: "Monthly", completed: true, user_id: current_user.id)
  end
end

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Erik Engquist
In a bit of fortuitous timing, the Central Park Conservancy finished its $120 million capital campaign in September, just as the market crashed. But it expects annual fundraising to suffer during the recession. Last month, it cut its $27 million budget by 11%.
The nonprofit conservancy, a year shy of its 30th anniversary, is still battling an identity problem: New Yorkers think the city maintains the park. In fact, 300 of the park's 325 employees work for the conservancy, which gets less than $5 million annually from city government.
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Q: Magento 2: How to call function in phtml file from parent block I have create a block which contains a phtml file.This .phtml file called other phtml file.
Please check code :
block name : ..\block\country.php
This block has a template file, name : country.phtml
Code in this file
<?php
    echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template")->setTemplate("Namespace_Module::state.phtml")->toHtml();
?>

As you seen country.phtml file call state.phtml file.
Now issue is, if I want to use any function of parent block country.php in state.phtml file then I am getting an error.
So please help me how can I called functions of parent block country.php
Thank you.
If I set state.phtml in country.phtml like
<?php
echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Namespace\Module\Block\Country")->setTemplate("Namespace_Module::state.phtml")->toHtml();
?>

Then Is it possible to call functions of Country.php in State.phtml file ?

A: With this code you create this block and render it immediately, without adding it to the layout hierarchy. That means it doesn't have access to the parent block because there is no parent.
To create a block dynamically as child of the current block, use:
$child = $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template")->setTemplate("Namespace_Module::state.phtml");
$this->addChild('state', $child);

And to render it:
echo $this->getChildHtml('state');

(I used "state" as alias here, but it can be anything else)
Now you have access to the parent from your state.phtml template, using $this->getParentBlock()

If I set state.phtml in country.phtml like
<?php
echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Namespace\Module\Block\Country")->setTemplate("Namespace_Module::state.phtml")->toHtml();
?>

Then Is it possible to call functions of Country.php in
  State.phtml file ?

If you insist, you can do it like this:
 echo $this->getLayout()
     ->createBlock("Namespace\Module\Block\Country")
     ->setTemplate("Namespace_Module::state.phtml")
     ->setData('country_block', $this)
     ->toHtml();

And then, in state.phtml:
$this->getData('country_block')->METHOD_OF_COUNTRY_BLOCK();

A: You can easily access the parent block methods like:
$this->getParentBlock()->MethodName();

The $this->getParentBlock() will return the instance of Parent Block in child template file.
Cheers !

A: My suggestion:

*

*Create a custom block for your state template

*Make that block extend your country block

*This way you can use $block->yourFunction() easily

Don't forget to update your code:
<?php
    echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Namespace\Module\State")->setTemplate("Namespace_Module::state.phtml")->toHtml();
?>


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It is well-known that the number of malware, hackers and cyber-threats is growing at a super-fast rate, and that is why Microsoft have developed Microsoft Security Essentials, a security software package, that is included in Windows. Microsoft Security Essentials is a powerful and reliable application that will protect you against viruses, spyware, and other types of malware in real-time.
But Microsoft Security Essentials is more than just an antivirus software, as it also includes a firewall and an internet management system. In other words, apart from preventing your system from getting infected by computer viruses and other malware, it also allows you to prevent specific applications from accessing the internet. What is more, it even displays an alert whenever a program is trying to access the internet.
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The Year 2022 in Censorship: A Selection from the "404 Archive"
The ten censored essays collected below are a first draft of an unauthorized history of the extraordinary year 2022, compiled by CDT Chinese editors. Toward the end of the year, discontent over the zero-COVID policy burgeoned...
Censorship Strikes Satirical Essay "How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Swab"
Censors have deleted an illustrated WeChat essay in which author "里尔李" ("Lierli," a pen name), channeled the dark humor of Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" to grapple with her tortured relationship with PCR testing. "How I Learned To...
TV Drama Pulled Before Premiere, Likely For "Historical Nihilism"
Would-be viewers of the long-delayed historical drama "A Love Never Lost" were left disappointed Monday when the show was pulled just two hours before its premiere. The broadcast was replaced with a rerun of a 2020 "poverty...
Sensitive Words: Top 10 Censored Terms of 2021
CDT Editor's Note: As we enter 2022, CDT has compiled a special series of features for our readers, offering a look back at the people, events, controversies, memes and sensitive words that defined the past year. Some of this...
Netizen Voices: On Kiwi Chow's "Revolution of Our Times" Golden Horse Award Win
On November 27, Kiwi Chow Kwun-wai's "Revolution of Our Times" was crowned best documentary film at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival. The award provided a moment of celebration for the film's subjects, the millions of Hong...
Hong Kong's M+ Art Museum Opens Amid Censorship Concerns; Badiucao Withstands Censorship Pressure Abroad
On Friday, Hong Kong's new museum of visual culture, M+, made its debut to the public. A two-decade-long, billion-dollar project considered the crown jewel of West Kowloon, it will test the limits of how far the National...
Chinese Feminists and Global Tennis Stars Ask, "Where Is Peng Shuai?"
On November 2, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Her Weibo essay detailing their relationship was quickly censored, as were any mentions of it. The...
"Shang-Chi" China Theatrical Release Stalls, Politics a Likely Factor
Marvel blockbuster "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" has not yet been released in China, despite starring Hong Kong megastar Tony Leung and featuring extensive Mandarin dialogue. It is unclear why the movie has not...
Hong Kong to Begin Politically Censoring Films
Hong Kong's film censors have been instructed to begin censoring films on national security grounds, making the city's vaunted film industry the latest victim of spreading political censorship under the Hong Kong...
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Chloé Zhao made history on Sunday as the first woman of color to win an Oscar for best director. Her film "Nomadland" also took the top prize as the 2021 best picture. But in China, the country of Zhao's birth,...
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The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All websites: Delete the episode...
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The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All websites: Immediately find...
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The CBS show "The Good Fight," a spin-off of "The Good Wife," recently...
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At Vanity Fair, May Jeong profiles Chinese movie megastar Fan Bingbing, describing her four-month...
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Just following news that a film by Zhang Yimou about the Cultural Revolution was excluded from the...
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Digital forensics specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report that a new variant of ransomware is quickly spreading in China. So far, the infection has already reached over 100k computers over the past four days due to a supply chain attack; the number of infected computers keeps growing along the hours.
What keeps attracting the attention of the cybersecurity community is that, unlike other malware variants, this new ransomware does not demand a ransom payment in Bitcoin. Instead, hackers demand victims a payment for 110 yen (about $16 USD), figure that must be transferred through WeChat Pay, a function to perform transactions through the most widely used messaging service in China.
So far, the evidence suggests that this malicious program has only affected users in China, unlike similar outbreaks, such as WannaCry or NotPetya. In addition, this malware seems to have an additional password theft feature, for credentials used in services such as Alipay, Taobao, Tmall, AliWangWang and QQ. Apparently the ransomware steals access credentials to these platforms and sends them to a remote server.
According to reports of a China-based digital forensics firm, the operators of this campaign managed to deploy their attack by injecting malicious code into the EasyLanguage programming software, used by most of the app developers in China.
This program modified for malicious purposes was intended to inject the code of the ransomware into each app and software product compiled through EasyLanguage, making the virus spread incredibly quickly.
Over 100k users in China who installed any of the infected developments are now in a compromising situation. This ransomware strain has shown to be able to encrypt all files of the infected system, with the exception of files with gif, exe and tmp extensions.
To avoid antivirus solutions, hackers signed the malicious code with a seemingly reliable digital signature from Tencent Technologies, and they try not to encrypt files in specific directories, such as Tencent Games, League of Legends, tmp, rtl and program.
According to experts in digital forensics, once the ransomware encrypts the user's files, a text file appears demanding the user to make the payment of 110 yen to the WeChat account linked to the malicious software. The attackers mention that the user only has a three-day deadline to make the payment and receive the keys to restore their files. If the ransom is not covered in the time marked by the attackers, the program starts an automatic process of deleting the encryption key from a remote server.
A tool to remove encryption is already in development thanks to this information. In addition, after receiving the reports of this attack campaign, WeChat suspended the account in which the attackers were receiving the ransom payment.


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Whistleblowing and Democratic Values
THE INTERNATIONAL WHISTLEBLOWING RESEARCH NETWORK, W. Vanderckhove & D. Lewis, eds., International Whistleblowing Research Network, 2011
149 Pages Posted: 4 Feb 2012 Last revised: 8 Feb 2012
See all articles by Wim Vandekerckhove
Wim Vandekerckhove
University of Greenwich Business School
Middlesex University - Business School
Date Written: December 28, 2011
This Open Source ebook is based on the papers presented at the 2nd International Whistleblowing Research conference (2011 at Middlesex University, London).
Democracy stands for self-government and human autonomy, for participating in decisions that affect our lives. We often think about democracy only as a political system where we elect those who will make laws that affect us. Yet everyday decisions taken in all kinds of organisations impact on us just as much. Therefore we have to know when decisions taken in organisations are going to affect us in ways that differ from the official organisational discourse. Whistleblowing plays a role in providing that knowledge and thus is a means to democracy.
Introduction p4 David Lewis & Wim Vandekerckhove
Whistleblowing as Fearless Speech: The Radical Democratic Effects of Late Modern Parrhesia p12 Abraham Mansbach draws our attention to this political vision that the act of whistleblowing embodies and represents. In his chapter he examines whistleblowing as 'parrhesia', a practice of 'fearless speech'
An Empirical Study of Whistleblower Policies in United States Corporate Codes of Ethics p27 Richard Moberly & Lindsey E. Wylie examine whistleblowing provisions in codes of conduct of US publicly traded corporations. How do US private sector organisations persuade or even instruct their employees to take up 'fearless speech', and how credible is this?
Whistleblowing Management is Risk Management p57 Eva Tsahuridu discusses the management of whistleblowing through codes of conduct but looks at it from an organisational culture perspective. More precisely, she asks what rationale there is for internal whistleblowing from a risk management point of view. She argues that a paradigm shift is taking place.
The Value of an Ombuds System in Whistleblowing Situations p70 Björn Rohde-Liebenau makes an important bridge from the internal management of whistleblowing to how this is relevant at the societal level. He puts forward his vision of the role of an ombuds-system in whistleblowing about corruption as a way of showing how internal systems can be made to work for the benefit of both the enterprise and a democratic society.
Flying Foxes and Freedom of Speech: Statutory Recognition of Public Whistleblowing in Australia p86 AJ Brown reviews the state of whistleblowing law reform in Australia. In doing so, he offers a valuable analysis of how recognition of the role of public whistleblowing can both secure democracy as well as be democratic in its own right.
The UK Bribery Act 2010, Business Integrity and Whistleblowers p102 Indira Carr examines the provisions on whistleblowing in the anti-corruption conventions that the UK has ratified in order to provide the context for a discussion of the Bribery Act 2010 and the accompanying Guidance Document issued by the Secretary of State.
Whistleblowing, Risk and Regulation p115 Cathy James comments on the protection afforded to workers who make external disclosures under the UK Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA, now Part IVA of the Employment Rights Act 1996). She argues that further regulation is needed for the proper operation of any law or system intended to protect whistleblowers, and how civil society is a vital element in that.
Preventing and Dealing with Retaliation Against Whistleblowers p127 Brita Bjørkelo & Stig Berge Matthiesen outline the background to and the impact of their research in Norway. They then describe the link between whistleblowing, retaliation, workplace bullying and health. Their overview of the micro-politics of whistleblowing is well theorised with a typology of retaliation, and a description of common symptoms reported after exposure to reprisals and workplace bullying.
Keywords: Whistleblowing, whistle-blowing, democracy, parrhesia, bullying, codes of conduct, risk management
JEL Classification: J53, J59, K29, K39, M12, M14
Vandekerckhove, Wim and Lewis, David, Whistleblowing and Democratic Values (December 28, 2011). THE INTERNATIONAL WHISTLEBLOWING RESEARCH NETWORK, W. Vanderckhove & D. Lewis, eds., International Whistleblowing Research Network, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1998293
Wim Vandekerckhove (Contact Author)
University of Greenwich Business School ( email )
Park Row, Greenwich
London SE10
Middlesex University - Business School ( email )
London, NW4 4BT


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Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Camila Morrone "are very serious," a source close to the pair shared with Us Weekly, but is this really breaking news?
You may remember that a source shared the same information with the mag back in August, so things have probably just gotten increasingly serious between the two who have been linked since last December, because we haven't heard anything about the pair since then.
This insider says that "everyone is saying that marriage could be soon for them," but we're not holding our breath over here!
What do we think, is Leo finally ready to have a Mrs. DiCaprio, or is it all just hearsay?


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January 21, 2013 by David K. Sutton
President Obama's Second Inaugural Speech: Memorable Moments
Today President Obama delivered what many are calling a notably progressive inaugural speech. It was a speech that some on the Right may find partisan, but if you understand the history of this nation's founding you will find a parallel between Obama's address and the preamble to the constitution.
Preamble to the United States Constitution:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Excerpt from President Obama's second inaugural speech:
We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.
In a speech delivered to hundreds of thousands on the National Mall and to tens of millions via television, President Obama delivered a broad-reaching progressive vision, a vision most social liberals, and for that matter, many Americans should applaud.
Obama said of our social safety-net, "The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us." With an understated but obvious jab at Republican Paul Ryan, the president continued, "They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."
President Obama also cited the Declaration of Independence:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Today we continue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning of those words with the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they have never been self-executing.
I like to refer to the "freedom isn't free" refrain that many Americans use in reference to our military, but I also say "freedom isn't free" because it requires constant maintenance, diligence, and sacrifice in many areas, not just military, to maintain a free country. A citizenry that becomes complacent with rights that previous generations fought hard to upon is a citizenry ripe to lose those rights.
Obama made it clear that the "go it alone" mentality and absolutist belief in an unregulated free market espoused by the Right is incompatible with our history, and stands in the way of a prosperous future for all.
Together, we determined that a modern economy requires railroads and highways to speed travel and commerce; schools and colleges to train our workers.
Together, we discovered that a free market only thrives when there are rules to ensure competition and fair play.
Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune.
While saying we never lost our "skepticism of central authority," Obama further drove home the idea of collectivism when he said:
But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone than American soldiers could have met the forces of fascism or communism with muskets and militias. No single person can train all the math and science teachers we'll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores.
In a country of over 300 million citizens, and a world of over 7 billion human beings, the idea that we can all go it alone is simply untenable.
Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.
Whether it's advancing human rights, including gay rights or collectively addressing issues that affect the entire globe, including climate change, we need to find a way to work together.
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I'm having problems with my detector. After a good hour of hunting things turn sour and my detector hums out of control. I can deal with a high threshold but this seems like a big problem. I've tried to make adjustments but nothing works. I feel like its component failure, so Im consider rebuilding it, could it be just a coil. Any help will be great. I needs my baby to work for me. As I write this I'm thinking I should try swapping to one of my other coils but they are all cheapos.
What Jim says , try these things 1st, and also your screw/pin "connections" examine them..
It's a Goldmaster VSat, I have it configured for chest mount. The problem does not stop after resting it. The area I'm hunting has low mineralization. I have not taken it to be evaluated. This morning I put a fresh set of batteries in a brand new cartridge with hopes of stemming off the problem but again after about a hour or so of working fine it would go off the chain humming.
LOL I didn't realize the title said vast!!!! 😂 . I meant to put VSat as the model!! Dang auto-correct!!!
I hunted with a GM3 and a Vsat for years. Great machines. And tough too.
Both were used and I had to send both back to the manufacturer for repair. Whites was awesome and inexpensive too. Don't despair. They will hook you up.
Just call them and tell them what the deal is. They will have the machine back in perfect order pronto.
On my machines they ran a high threashold and would not "beep" unless the coil wire rubbed across my bare leg...Something about a gounding problem. The wire became the coil instead of the coil. Anyhoo, both were the same problem, both were decades old machines and both were fixed for under $50.
So just box it up and send it back. Before you know it it will be working like new. I have been really satisfied with Whites and my experience with their detectors and service.
If you need a machine to use in the mean time I have an old Minelab 2100SD that has found a pile of mets I will send you as a loaner. All you have to do is ask and I will box that rascal up and send it UPS. No problem Bud.
Bob, I don't care "WAT" all dem people say bout chu, deep down under all that jazz , yer a good guy !
..This is what I have been saying all along. Thanks Frank!
Rocky is a good guy too. And I will loan him my beeper any time.
Bob you are a true gentleman and a scholar!!. Thank you for the information and the offer!! I'll let you know and in exchange I'll have to hook you up with some cool find as a thanks!!! Not sure what cool find that would be yet though!


Quality practices aimed at achieving zero defects and therefore eliminating the need for ad-hoc control. It is based on the recognition that people will make mistake and the principle that defects can be prevented by controlling the performance of a process (preventing any mistake from becoming an defect), e.g., using techniques such as mistakeproofing aka. poka yoke).
Reference: Shingo, Shigeo (1986). Zero Quality Control: Source Inspection and the Poka-Yoke System. Taylor & Francis.
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Morchella americana is a species of fungus in the Morchellaceae family native to North America. Described as new to science in 2012, it is common east of the Rocky Mountains in a range stretching from Ontario south to Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. In western North America, the species typically is found under hardwood, especially cottonwood trees in river bottoms, or with apple trees or ornamental ashes in urban settings. The specific epithet americana refers to its occurrence in North America.
In the Great Lakes region of eastern North America, the range of M. americana overlaps with M. cryptica, which cannot be reliably distinguished from M. americana without DNA sampling.
M. americana, identified as phylogenetic species "Mes-4", has also been found in Turkey, France, and Germany, but is suspected of having been introduced there from North America.
In 2014, Richard et al. clarified the taxonomic status of this species, retaining the name Morchella americana of Clowez and Matherly(2012) over M. esculentoides.
^ Kuo M, Dewsbury DR, O'Donnell K, Carter MC, Rehner SA, Moore JD, Moncalvo JM, Canfield SA, Stephenson SL, Methven AS, Volk TJ (11 April 2012). "Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States". Mycologia. 104 (5): 1159–77. doi:10.3852/11-375. PMID 22495449.
^ Taşkın, H.; Büyükalaca, S.; Hansen, K. & O'Donnell, K. (March–April 2012). "Multilocus phylogenetics analysis of true morels (Morchella) reveals high levels of endemics in Turkey relative to other regions of Europe". Mycologia. 104 (2): 446–461. doi:10.3852/11-180. PMID 22123659.
^ a b Richard, Franck; Bellanger, Jean-Michel; Clowez, Philippe; Courtecuisse, Regis; Hansen, Karen; O'Donnell, Kerry; Sauve, Mathieu; Urban, Alexander; Moreau, Pierre-Arthur (30 December 2014). "True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy". Mycologia (Preliminary version published online). 107 (2): 359–382. doi:10.3852/14-166. PMID 25550303. 14-166.
^ Clowez, Philippe (2012). "Les morilles. Une nouvelle approche mondiale du genre Morchella". Bull Soc Mycol Fr. 126: 199–376.
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Not only did we have 18 teams turn up to MedEquip4Kids Golf Day this year, but the sun was also out in all its glory. Teams included Miles Smith, Co-operative Insurance, VINCI Construction UK, Hurst and Pop-Up Products, to name but a few. After being welcomed at Bramall Park Golf Club with bacon butties and coffee the teams headed out for a shot gun start at 1:30pm. The sun stayed shining for their 18 holes ahead and cold beers were enjoyed at the half way house.
The teams came back around 5:30pm raving about what a great day they'd had. Everyone sat down to enjoy a delicious two-course meal in the lovely and recently revamped function room at the clubhouse, where the winners from the day were announced.
3rd went to Nick Crossweight and his team.
All attendees had the opportunity to enter a charity prize draw kindly donating to our wonderful cause for a chance to win some fabulous prizes. The prizes up for grabs were five signed and framed Manchester United player photographs kindly donated by MUDSA, Tesla Driving Experience donated by Dudley Southern at Tesla Knutsford, four premiership tickets donated by Aviva, and a £300 voucher generously donated by the ladies fashion shop, Angela Beer in Bramhall.
We'd like to say a massive thank you to all who came along on the day and everyone who donated prizes, including The Range, Revolucion De Cuba, Romulus Restaurant, Vasper Bar, Aston Golf Club, Davenport Golf Club, Bramall Park Golf Club and The Alchemist Media City. A special mention to C&C Healthcare for sponsoring a hole and to our Trustee Alan Tattler for organising such a brilliant day.
The event raised a total of £5,431 to help MedEquip4Kids fund crucial equipment and resources for children's health across Greater Manchester.


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Toolson lifts Utah Valley over CS Northridge 92-84 in CBI
OREM, Utah (AP) — Jake Toolson had 21 points as Utah Valley beat Cal State Northridge 92-84 in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational on Tuesday night.
Sow carries Santa Barbara over Northridge 71-68 in Big West
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Amadou Sow tallied 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 71-68 win over Cal State Northridge in the Big West Conference Tourney quarterfinals on...
CSUN faces UCSB in Big West quarters
No. 7 seed Cal State Northridge (13-19, 7-9) vs. No. 2 seed UC Santa Barbara (21-9, 10-6)
Big West Conference Tourney Quarterfinals, Honda Center, Anaheim, California; Thursday, 2 p.m....
Leonard lifts UC Irvine over CSU Northridge 86-74
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Evan Leonard had 17 points as UC Irvine extended its win streak to 13 games, beating Cal State Northridge 86-74 on Saturday night.
Heidegger lifts UC Santa Barbara past CS Northridge 76-74
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Max Heidegger scored 23 points and his 3-pointer from the left elbow with 3.8 seconds on the clock lifted UC Santa Barbara over Cal State Northridge 76-74 on Thursday...
UCSB looks to sweep CSUN
UC Santa Barbara (19-9, 8-6) vs. Cal State Northridge (13-17, 7-7)
Matadome, Northridge, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UC Santa Barbara goes for the season sweep over...
Gomez scores 32 to carry CS Northridge past Hawaii 84-73
HONOLULU (AP) — Terrell Gomez matched his career high with 32 points as Cal State Northridge defeated Hawaii 84-73 on Saturday night.
Lamine Diane had 25 points and seven rebounds for Cal...
CSUN seeks revenge on Hawaii
Cal State Northridge (12-17, 6-7) vs. Hawaii (16-11, 7-6)
Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Cal State Northridge seeks revenge on Hawaii after dropping...
CSUN looks to sweep UC Riverside
UC Riverside (9-19, 3-9) vs. Cal State Northridge (11-17, 5-7)
Matadome, Northridge, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UC Riverside seeks revenge on Cal State Northridge...
Diane carries CSU Northridge past UC Davis 81-76 in OT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamine Diane had 35 points and 11 rebounds, and Terrell Gomez scored 11 of his 20 points in overtime as Cal State Northridge beat UC Davis 81-76 on Saturday night.
UC Davis looks to extend streak vs CSUN
UC Davis (10-15, 6-5) vs. Cal State Northridge (10-17, 4-7)
Matadome, Northridge, California; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UC Davis looks for its 12th straight win in the...
CSU Fullerton beats CSU Northridge 78-71
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Allman Jr. had 25 points as Cal State Fullerton beat Cal State Northridge 78-71 on Saturday night.
Jackson Rowe had 15 points and seven rebounds for Cal State Fullerton (12-13, 8-3 Big West Conference). Austen Awosika added six rebounds. Khalil Ahmad had six rebounds for the road team.
Lamine Diane had 25 points and 17 rebounds for the Matadors (10-16, 4-6). Terrell Gomez added 18 points. Darius Brown II had 12 points and seven rebounds.
UC Davis wins 4th straight, beats CSU Northridge 76-59
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Joe Mooney scored 21 points as UC Davis cruised to a 76-59 victory over Cal State Northridge on Wednesday night for its fourth straight win.
UC Davis (9-14, 5-4 Big West Conference) has beaten CSUN (10-15, 4-5) in 11 consecutive games.
Mooney was 8-of-11 shooting and he collected his second career 20-point game. His last bucket was a baseline reverse layup with about four minutes left.
Diane leads Cal State Northridge in 83-65 rout of Cal Poly
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamine Diane had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead Cal State Northridge in an 83-65 rout of Cal Poly on Saturday night.
Rodney Henderson Jr. added 14 points and Terrell Gomez had 13 for CSUN (10-13, 4-3 Big West Conference), which has won two of its last three games. Darius Brown II and Cameron Gottfried had 11 points apiece. Brown had a game-high eight assists.
CSU Northridge pulls away late, tops Long Beach State 86-71
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terrell Gomez scored 21 points and all five CSU Northridge starters scored at least 12 points as the Matadors pulled away in the second half to beat Long Beach State, 86-71 on Wednesday night.
The Matadors (9-12, 3-2 Big West) bounced back from a heartbreaking, 74-68 loss at home to UC Irvine Saturday.
Hawaii hangs on to beat Cal State Northridge 84-79
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Stansberry scored 25 points and Hawaii held on to beat Cal State Northridge 84-79 on Thursday night.
Stansberry was 8-of-15 shooting, making four 3-pointers, and had three steals, the final theft coming on a Northridge pass in the frontcourt before teammate Jack Purchase was fouled and sank two free throws with 0.6 remaining.
CSUN uses 9-0 run in OT to beat Cal Poly 78-74
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Terrell Gomez scored 23 points, Lamine Diane had 20 points and 15 rebounds and Cal State Northridge beat Cal Poly 78-74 in overtime on Saturday night.
Donovan Fields made three consecutive 3-pointers to open the extra period and Cal Poly led 71-67. But the Matadors pulled away on a 9-0 run, hitting 6 of 7 free throws, and capped it with Darius Brown's 3-pointer for a 76-71 lead with 32 seconds left.
Gomez has career night, CSU Northridge wins Big West opener
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Terrell Gomez scored a career-high 32 points, missed a pair of free throws with five seconds left in a one-point game but wrapped up a last-second miss and CSU Northridge held on to defeat UC Riverside 84-83 Wednesday night.
Gomez scores 29, CSU Northridge beats Morgan State 94-86
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terrell Gomez scored a career-high 29 points and made 5 of 9 from 3-point range to help CSU Northridge beat Morgan State 94-86 on Saturday night.
Lamine Diane added 16 points and 15 rebounds for the seventh double-double of his freshman season. Diane entered the game eighth in the nation in scoring and 16th in rebounding and ended the night averaging 23.6 points and 10.5 rebounds.
Toreros improve to 8-2, match best start in program history
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Alex Floresca scored a career-high 16 points, Isaiah Pineiro also scored 16 and San Diego beat Cal State Northridge 82-68 on Sunday to improve to 8-2, matching the best start in program history.
Floresca was 7-of-9 shooting and the Toreros shot 52.5 percent overall and 46 percent from the arc (11 of 24). Isaiah Wright added 15 points and seven assists, Olin Carter III had 13 points and Tyler Williams scored 12 on four 3-pointers.
Cal State Northridge holds on for 76-72 win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terrell Gomez made five 3-pointers and scored 26 points and Cal State Northridge held off Cal State San Marcos 76-72 on Wednesday night.
Blair Orr added 15 points and six rebounds while Darius Brown II had seven assists to go with nine points for the Matadors (3-5), who shot 50 percent.
Sacramento State beats CSU Northridge 88-68
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marcus Graves scored 19, Ethan Esposito had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Sacramento State beat CSU Northridge 88-68 on Saturday night.
The Hornets (4-1) achieved their largest margin of victory over the Matadors (1-5) in the all-time series. The teams have played 38 times since 1960.
CSUN gets first win, beats Tennessee State 80-77
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lamine Diane had 28 points and 12 rebounds and Cal State Northridge held off Tennessee State's late surge for an 80-77 victory on Tuesday night for its first win of the season.
Diane was 10 of 16 from the floor and made 8 of 15 free throws. Terrell Gomez made five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points for CSUN (1-3).
Tripp Davis was 6 of 8 from long range and scored 20 points to lead Tennessee State (2-3).
Portland rallies from 18 down to beat CSU Northridge 80-77
LOS ANGELES (AP) — JoJo Walker had 23 points and seven assists and made 6 of 8 3-point attempts on Saturday night, and Portland rallied to beat CSU Northridge 80-77.
The Pilots (2-2) never led for nearly the first 35 minutes, trailing by as much as 18 early in the second half. Walker scored 11 during a 22-5 run that gave Portland its first lead at 69-67 with 5:09 left in the game. The Pilots would not trail again.
Bateman's double-double sends LMU past CSU Northridge 79-64
LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Batemon scored 21 points and handed out 10 assists for his first career double-double and Loyola Marymount cruise past Cal State Northridge 79-64 on Tuesday night.
Mathis' 3 at the buzzer sends New Mexico past CSUN 87-84
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Anthony Mathis scored 12 points and banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer and New Mexico beat Cal State Northridge 87-84 on Tuesday in the season opener for both teams.
Cal State Fullerton routs CSU Northridge 102-76
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kyle Allman finished with 23 points and Cal State Fullerton scored a season-best 53 in the first half and rolled to a 102-76 victory over Cal State Northridge on Wednesday night.
King leads UC Santa Barbara past Cal State Northridge 82-73
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leland King II had 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead UC Santa Barbara to an 82-73 victory over Cal State Northridge on Saturday night.
UC Santa Barbara (21-7, 10-4 Big West Conference) rebounded from consecutive losses, including a 20-point loss to conference leader UC Irvine on Thursday. CSU Northridge (6-23, 3-12) has lost nine of its last 10 games.
UC Riverside gets 2nd Big West win, top CS Northridge 69-62
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dikymbe Martin scored 18 points, six of them in the final three minutes, as UC Riverside held off a late rally to beat Cal State Northridge, 69-62 in a Big West contest Wednesday night.
Dawson propels CSU Northridge to 77-71 win over Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Tavrion Dawson and Micheal Warren tossed in 22 points apiece and Cal State-Northridge shot 65 percent from the floor in a 77-71 victory over Hawaii on Saturday night.
Dawson knocked down 11 of 16 shots for the Matadors (6-19, 3-8 Big West Conference), who snapped a five-game losing streak. Warren hit 6 of 9 shots, including three 3-pointers, and all seven of his free throws. Terrell Gomez scored 16 and he and Warren combined to shoot 7 of 12 from long range.
Rutherford, UC Irvine cruise past CSU Northridge, 77-56
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Rutherford scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and UC Irvine picked up its sixth win in its last seven games, cruising past CSU Northridge, 77-56 in a Big West Conference battle Wednesday night.
The victory was the Anteaters eighth straight win over the Matadors.
UC Davis finishes strong to beat CSU Northridge 63-56
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Siler Schneider had 15 points and eight rebounds as UC Davis led throughout to beat Cal State Northridge 63-56 on Thursday night.
UC Davis (15-7, 6-2), which has won three straight, remained tied atop the Big West Conference standings with UC Santa Barbara (17-5, 6-2), which beat Hawaii 84-82 in overtime on Thursday.
CSU Northridge never led, but remained within striking distance until the Aggies finished the game on a 10-4 run.
Dawson, Shreiner have double-doubles, CSUN beats Cal Poly
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavrion Dawson had 23 points and 10 rebounds and Lyrik Shreiner scored 12 points with a career-high 11 boards and CSU Northridge beat Cal Poly 72-54 on Saturday night.
Freshman Terrell Gomez added 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Micheal Warren scored 10 for CSUN (5-14, 2-3 Big West).
Thomas scores 24 with 11 boards; Hawaii beats CSU Northridge
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Thomas had 24 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Drew Buggs added 11 points, six rebounds and a career-high 11 assists to help Hawaii beat CSU Northridge 65-46 on Saturday night.
Thomas made 10 of 11 from the field. Gibson Johnson finished with eight points, 10 rebounds and three blocks for Hawaii (10-5, 1-1 Big West).
Bliznyuk, EWU beat Northridge 86-58, snap 5-game loss streak
CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Eastern Washington returned home for the first time since Nov. 10 to snap a five-game losing streak with an 86-58 victory over Cal State Northridge on Sunday.
Rorie, Pridgett lead Montana past Cal State Northridge 86-68
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Ahmaad Rorie scored 27 points, Sayeed Pridgett had 20 points with 12 rebounds and Montana cruised to an 86-68 win Sunday night over Cal State Northridge to remain unbeaten on its home court this season.
Northridge beat NAIA Life Pacific 76-50
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Freshman Terrell Gomez scored 15 points, Tavrion Dawson added 14 points, and Cal State Northridge beat NAIA Life Pacific 76-50 on Friday night.
Gomez is one of six true freshmen for CSUN, which has won 15 straight home openers.
Micheal Warren chipped in 13 points, Lyrik Shreiner 11 and Zeno Lake had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Matadors, who outrebounded Life Pacific 50-31. Four CSUN players made two 3-pointers as the Matadors were 9 of 20 from distance.