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Nigeria's Despotic Politicians and Errand Governors
21 December 2013 By Abiodun Giwa
It is disgusting that Amaechi could insult Nigerians striving for his own political gains and those of the former military leaders turned politicians, calling for the stoning of his opponents forgetting that his own godfathers will be the first recepients of stones as prescription for the country's ailment.
Any curious follower of events in Nigeria should have seen by now that Goodluck Jonathan's silence and the fear of what he is capable of turning into in the face of refusal to dance to the tune of former military leaders may have driven the king makers in the Peoples Democratic Party to a quick jumping off the boat. It should be clear to discerning souls that the trouble by some of the PDP governors and their defection was not a solo decision. They have the king makers behind them.
The opposition leaders are now visiting the nation's powerful cabal of yesterday who are the king makers in the PDP, whom Jonathan may have stepped on their toes, warranting their decision to withdraw their support to him for another term in office. Note the line in Obasanjo's letter about his opposition to the president's decision to run for another term.
They have visited Ibrahim Babangida; they have visited Abubakar Abdulsalam and they have also visiting Olusegun Obasanjo. All these have happened after their errand governors and a sizeable number of their supporters in the House of Representative's defection to the APC. The next thing will be the defection of the king makers themselves.
At least, the former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar had told the visiting APC chieftains that he would discuss with his supporters for a final decision of what to do about their membership of the ruling party. By the time the migration of the king makers and their errand governors is completed, the nation will know the ordinary people - though may have been infected by the get rich quick mania in the country - who are remaining in the PDP.
We will remember that it is the king makers and their manipulative tendencies to win election at all cost and questionable past that have given the PDP a bad name and image from the beginning. By the time their migration is completed, what we may have thought as a great loss to the PDP may actually be a blessing in disguise, as an opportunity for the party to be born again devoid of membership of king makers Nigerians distrust.
It will be disingenuous for a man like Muhammad Buhari to suddenly become same bedfellow with the former kingmakers in the PDP. If he says he is cooperating with them for the sake of moving Nigeria forward, the question to ask him is whether these king makers have ever move Nigeria forward, and that instead have they not been filling their own purses while Nigeria bleeds?
Where did Ibrahim Babngida got his enormous wealth? Where did Olusegun Obasanjo got his enormous wealth? Is it not the same questionable wealth they are using to manipulate political engineering of poor Nigerians? Would enlightened Nigerians especially in the South West now found Babangida as same political bedfellow? Aside from the strange bedfellows the king makers and Bola Tinubu crowd will be in the opposition party, there is a need to address the issue of accountability, which Rotimi Amaechi has been hammering as if he and the king makers to whom he has become an errand boy are the holiest among the politicians in the world.
Two Saturdays ago, it was in the news that Amaechi asked Nigerians why they have not stoned the politicians despite their excesses that he has been exposing. Amaechi may have forgotten about the nation's history. No one will defend Jonathan or any of his ministers because they may not be what Nigerians bargain for. But if stoning has to be done against politicians who are corrupt, would it not begin with the king makers who have made our lives miserable while they take care of their own bank accounts? We will begin the stoning from Babangida and Obasanjo before it will get to Jonathan and his ministers.


An online reader complained that a story "Lawyer 'coping well' with Mongolian ordeal" contained inaccuracies.
The ABC acknowledged that reasonable efforts were not made to ensure that material facts were accurate and presented in context. A report on The World Today inaccurately stated that the Oyu Tolgoi mine was operated by South Gobi Resources and also inaccurately stated that it produced approximately thirty per cent of Mongolia's GDP. The second error was repeated in an ABC News Online version of the story. The online transcripts were corrected, Editor's Notes added and a correction was posted to the ABC News Corrections & Clarifications web page.


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Yelmer Buurman: "I didn't expect a podium, but nothing is impossible"
Posted by Miguel Bosch | 13 Oct 2017 | Featured, VLN/N24 | 0
It takes a couple of seconds, then the memory comes back: last time Yelmer Buurman visited the Nürburgring podium was at the end of 2015. It's been long overdue, but at the 49. ADAC Barbarossapreis the Dutchman finally returned when he drove to second place in what was his first outing in VLN since spring.
"Finally, I'm on the VLN podium again," the Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 driver says. "It's also been a while since my last VLN race here. I was here two weeks ago to race, but that was over after qualifying when my teammate unfortunately had a big off. Before that it was the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring, so that's a while ago."
Today luck is more on his side, but that Buurman doesn't know yet when qualifying is over.
"I did the final part of qualifying, the part where usually the quickest times are posted. Many cars decided to stay on track until the end because of the tough circumstances at the beginning, with the wet parts and whether or not to go out on rain tyres.
"At most VLN races you see everyone on track until 20 to 15 minutes before the end, when most of the cars come in to let the big boys play. That didn't happen today and I was held up by traffic. I found myself behind traffic at the wrong places and couldn't really set a fast time. I lost a lot of time being stuck behind several cars.
"We were tenth on the grid and when that's your starting position in such a competitive field, you know it's going to be tough. I didn't expect to finish on the podium any more. But, nothing is impossible and we did expect some rain during the race, so of course you hope everything will fall into place and you make the right decisions as a team and get to the front in that way.
"But, realistically, that chance of course was very slim."
When the lights go green, Buurman is on it, challenging the cars ahead. A slight hold-up in the first corners, and then it's off to the front.
"I had a good start, but going into the third corner I was boxed in behind a slower car and they were able to get alongside and inside for the next corner to pass me. I lost all gained places and could start over again.
"In the rest of my stint I've had some fun fights and overtook quite a bit. It was pretty exciting sometimes and they were some hard battles. Like, going into Tiergarten with the [Walkenhorst] BMW.
"I was behind the BMW and pushing for a while, but it's impossible to get alongside it. At Galgenkopf he was held up by traffic so I could gather a bit more speed going onto Döttinger Höhe and then you're able to get alongside, but that's as far as it'll go. For much of the straight we were side by side.
"We went into Tiergarten and I was on the outside. I was determined to overtake, so I stuck to it. He then lifted—he had to or it would've been very tight.
"I was able to drive further to the front and hand the car over to Hubert in sixth place."
Armed with Michelin rubber, in the rain the experienced Hubert Haupt pushes onward to second place. The German's high pace, pivotal for the final result, surprised Buurman.
"Hubert felt at ease and the car was working great, he went like a rocket. He really drove very well.
"We were back on Michelin tyres. In the past we did VLN on Dunlops, but the Michelins seem to be the best tyres in these circumstances. We're happy with the choice."
And so Buurman's third season in the Mercedes-AMG fold ends on the podium. Although nothing has been set in stone yet, the works driver hopes to pick up where he left off with the manufacturer from Stuttgart after the winter.
"That's the plan. At the moment we're still looking at teams and what they'll do with which cars, et cetera. It'll take some time, but it's looking good."
Keen & Minshaw secure British GT pole at Donington Decider
FIA WEC Silverstone gallery, Pt. II
British GT Snetterton: Keen and Balon convincing race one winners
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T. Freemantle Ltd are pleased to report the completion of a Header Card applicator machine for the locally based TSC Foods. TSC Foods are one of the UK's leading soup and sauce manufacturers in the UK and have over the last two decades offered solutions for Food Service, Retail and B2B partners. Today, its portfolio has expanded to consist of a wide range of products including risottos, prepared cooked vegetables, dips, dressings, gravies, marinades, recipe dish, sous vide meats, couscous, fresh pickles & chutneys, sweet sauces and compotes.


Bylaw enforcement officer Jennifer Davidson is warning cat owners to protect their pets.
District of Lillooet Bylaw Enforcement Officer Jennifer Davidson believes "human beings who are lacking humanity" are responsible for abducting or trapping pet cats on the Lillooet Heights and transporting them out of town to fend for themselves on Airport Road, Seton Lake Road and the Duffey Lake Road.
She told the News she also believes other people are killing cats in the same neighbourhood by shooting the animals with pellet guns or air soft rifles or running them over.
Davidson said she doesn't have physical proof or evidence to support her concerns. "People have witnessed certain things or people have admitted certain things, but I don't have physical proof. I don't have video camera evidence, but I have stories," she told the News. She suspects two residents of the Heights are involved in relocating the pets and two others may be killing them.
She said dogs are not disappearing in the same manner or at the same rate that cats are.
Davidson said she decided to go public with her concerns to warn pet owners about the potential danger their cats could be in.
People living on Victoria, Columbia and Pine Streets, Park Drive, Panorama Lane and Panorama Terrace should be especially vigilant, she suggests.
Davidson told the News she is not a peace officer so she cannot enforce the SPCA's animal cruelty regulations. She says if an animal is tethered, suffering or harmed, "all I can do is alert the SPCA in Kamloops" But the organization is reluctant to travel to Lillooet to investigate.
She also wonders if the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) could take a lead role in animal protection and safety in the Lillooet, Pemberton, Whistler and Squamish areas.
Lillooet RCMP say they received a complaint Oct. 5 that a cat had gone missing from the Lillooet Heights. The cat was spotted on the Duffey Lake Road by a logger who'd seen its photo on Facebook. The cat was injured and police suspect it was either shot with a pellet gun or stabbed with a sharp object. Thanks to the logger, the pet was reunited with it relieved owner.
Cruelty to animals is an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada and can be punished by a fine of up to $10,000 or a prison sentence of up to five years.


im intrested in how opendaylight store openflow rules ( as i understand it store it in an in-memory database : some sorte of fache ) i need to build a module targetting this in-memory database how can i acces it's content any idea from where to start ?
If you want a detailed view of how ODL works, I recommend viewing theMD-SAL documentation and comparing it with the l2switch code repository to have an idea of the basics.
Alternatively, I know that Openflow is generally queried with the Openflow utilities, like ovs-ofctl.
... should print all flow rules installed on a switch. This works in mininet too.


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Bonita "Bonnie" Syverson
Published April 19, 2021 03:14 PM
Remembering the Life of Bonnie Syverson
Bonita Faye Syverson ("Bonnie"/"Mom"/ "Bonnie-and-Dean") went to the Lord on April 14, 2021 under the dedicated care of Hospice of the Red River Valley and Viking Manor Nursing Home in Ulen, MN. Bonnie was born on her family's farm NE of Ulen, MN, the daughter of Olaf and Cora (Tollefsrud) Syverson on December 22, 1932.
She graduated from Ulen High School in 1950 with Dean Syverson (of the nearby "Round Barn Syversons") who sat behind her and also was in the band with her. Having begun her studies at 17, she graduated St. Luke's School of Nursing and became an RN at 20 having to wait until 21 to be licensed. Meantime, Dean attended agricultural classes nearby at NDAC (now NDSU), made a well-worn path to Bonnie's school, attended her graduation ceremony and eventually proposed to her with a diamond engagement ring over a weekday lunch. (Bonnie said when she returned to her hospital duties after lunch that day, her co-worker said, "I didn't know people got romantic in the daytime.") She married Dean on Easter Sunday evening, April 10, 1955.
Bonnie worked at hospitals in Fargo, ND; Ada, MN; Bagley, MN; Columbus, GA; Fort Smith, AR; Linton, ND; Karlstad, MN and Thief River Falls, MN. In those days, the nurses started their day with singing hymns and The Lord's Prayer so it could be heard throughout the hospital. An important doctor/mentor in her life told her that providing medical care was "a calling from God." She never forgot that. When she was hired to run the nursing home in Fosston, MN, the board questioned her: "Do you think that you can make this nursing home operate on a given budget and make a profit?" She replied, "My only goal would be to provide good nursing care for the residents." Another question was: "We know you have two young boys. Will that interfere with your job?" She said, "Yes, my family will always come before any job, but I know I can handle both." She followed true to that her whole life as an awesome mom we are eternally grateful for.
She was a pioneer in home nursing at Thief River Falls, being the first nurse to work for the Inter-County Nursing Service. This new and challenging practice of home health work often involved end-of-life nursing, similar to the now common and wonderful hospice care she just received. Later, she blazed trails as an early qualified rehabilitation consultant for IntraCorp (now Cigna), helping workers at companies like Marvin Windows, Polaris and Artic Cat regain their physical strength or get reemployed in new work. Bonnie was excellent at her profession, took it seriously and often was the one who was looked upon to take on the tough assignments. (Personally, she also took on other adventurous assignments - from flying to motorcycle riding – all things she and Dean enjoyed together.)
Upon her retirement, Bonnie and Dean moved to Park Rapids, MN and enjoyed two decades together of lakeside living, piano playing, baking, walking, biking the Heartland Trail, canoeing and RVing together. They also wintered in Texas a few years and enjoyed many international cruises (6 continents). She and Dean were active volunteers with Calvary Lutheran Church, American Red Cross, DNR, and Hubbard County Food Shelf.
One of Bonnie's most enjoyable pastimes was quilting. And, in typical Bonnie fashion, she brought her "can do" spirit to that as well, gifting friends and family and many others with all sorts of beautifully crafted quilts, too numerous to count. She looked forward to being with her group of quilters even more than the sewing!
Bonnie started her nursing career when there was no cure for polio and taking care of patients at the end of their lives. Ten years into her career, she administered vaccines for polio. Now more than 60 years later, her life has ended in the days of this new pandemic. In her last days, it was her friends and family - especially the Viking Manor caregivers - that stitched together a quilt of prayer and love for her.
Bonnie leaves behind sons Dwight (Nicki) of Park Rapids, MN and Dean (Andrea) of Black Forest, CO; special nephew Jon (Esther) Bromander of Detroit Lakes, MN; Dan Syverson (Mary Jo) of Coon Rapids, MN; Lisa Williams (Lester) of Arlington, TX and several additional nieces, nephews and cousins.
She is proceeded in death by Dean, her husband of 56 wonderfully adventurous years; her grandson Aaron Syverson; her parents; brother Rodney and Grace Syverson; sister Beatrice and Bob Bromander.
Her life will be celebrated how she would want it – simply - at the same church both her and her mom and dad were baptized, confirmed and married in - Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Ulen on Thursday, April 29 at 10:30am. Covid protocol will be followed; unfortunately, no reception at this time.
Arrangements entrusted to Anderson Family Funeral Home of Twin Valley. Online website and video tribute: www.andersonfamilyfh.com.
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The widespread use of mobile phone enables the use of mobile devices for educational purpose. The short message service (SMS) is a popular method of communication among the younger generation.With today's tools, instructors often encounter obstacles when trying to interact with the entire class. Instructors can get responses from only some of students and always struggle with repeating announcements or directing students where to download materials. To solve these problems, we propose the use of the short message service or SMS to support teaching learning activity which greatly enhances interactions between instructors and students and will create a much more effective education environment. The system will provide functions like instant quiz, class material distribution, announcement posting, notifying instructor through short message service (SMS). The SMS based method is chosen based on the analysis on a survey done at Informatics Department Widyatama University. From the survey we conclude that this method is suitable with the mobile learning readiness and learning trends among the students.


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The city court of Cherkasy sustained the case of the military prosecutor's office of Cherkasy garrison of the Central Region of Ukraine in the interests of the Defense Ministry. The verdict, in this case, envisaged a 140,000 U.S.dollar-fine for the respondent (almost 4 million Ukrainian hryvnas, - 112 International). The military prosecutor's office of Cherkasy garrison reported that on Tuesday.
The lawsuit was filed against the Ukrainian citizen who served in Donbas combat area in February 2015. He got drunk, stole a self-propelled artillery unit and ran into a tree, crashing the vehicle and damaging its mechanisms.
Earlier, two bloggers from Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, infiltrated the premises of a local tank factory where hundreds of old tanks are stored. They recorded the video which they put on their YouTube account; however, as of the evening of July 17, the actual video has been already deleted. The video clearly showed that there's no security on the infrastructure object, with the watchtower partially destroyed, and the gates between the parts of the storage left opened.
The bloggers confirmed that they found some 300 old Soviet tanks and about a dozen new ones - 'plus the vehicle, which brought them there'. 'It looked like tanks show! The new tanks had seals on them, - apparently, they were never used', reads the description of the video. The police of Kharkiv region opened a criminal case on the fact of illegal infiltration onto the premises of a state-run facility.


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The lands grow some of the finest quality hardwood sawtimber in the world, including black cherry, sugar maple, red maple, ash, and northern red oak. Under the terms of the contemplated conservation easements, the lands will accommodate public access for hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities. Lyme will manage the land for timber and restructure property operations, creating and supporting dozens of new logging, mill, and trucking jobs. David Andrus serves as the General Manager for the property.


One of the main objectives of establishment of Bharati Vidyapeeth that Dr. Patangrao Kadam cherished in his mind was to make higher education available to all who are desirous of it. So he established over 80 Colleges of various disciplines at different places in Maharashtra and even outside.
Although we have in our country, the world's third largest network of Institutions of higher education, still there are more than 80% of the young men belonging to the age group or 18-23 who do not have access to higher education, mainly because they cannot afford it on various counts.
With a view to make higher education available to such deprived students, we have started School of Distance Education in our University. I am happy that gradually this School has excellent achievements in terms of increasing number of students as well as expanse of its academic programmes. The School is very keen on providing to the students of distance education mode all the facilities and services which are normally available to the regular students. We want our students to make full use of the services provided by the School. The School also has prepared very useful self-study material for these students with the help of experts. I am sure they would find this material useful.
I would like to suggest to the students to send us feedback on the services provided to them by the School so that we could improve them further if necessary.
My best wishes to the students for a bright future.


But I can't. I can't keep the fangirl in. So I'm very sorry if this isn't an academic exercise into why Austen was so remarkable, or what her history teaches us about attitudes to women and women's writing, but there's plenty of them on the internet if you do a little digging (and do, the merchandise available alone is worth it. My favourite has to be these baubles which are just perfect for Christmas).
It is impossible for me to limit how much of an influence Jane Austen and her work have had over me as a woman to 800 words. Andrew Davies' Pride and Prejudice was first screened on the BBC when I was 11, in my last year of primary school. Mr Darcy was my first real sexual awakening, along with a goodly percentage of women my age; we would gather in the playground on Monday mornings and compare squeals of pre-teen lust.
Everyone watched it with their mums; I sobbed when they finally got together and had my first realisation that men can be, in fact, bastards, during Mr Wickham's treatment of Georgiana. I also completely fell in love with the idea of Pemberley, which started my current obsession with Chatsworth, where Austen supposedly got inspiration for Darcy's seat from.
I immediately read the book, and was struck by how easily I adapted to the 18th century way of thinking. Of course you would spend a considerable portion of your time gossiping about boys, that's all I did when I was 11. Now what strikes me most about the text was how limiting it must have been for an intelligent woman to live in such times, when being accomplished meant being able to play the piano, speak French, draw and paint beautifully, direct a household, sew, know enough about religion and politics to be able to entertain a anyone from clergyman to cavalry, and competently care for the sick. None of which I know how to do. Liberated, aren't I?
Of course, what Austen is most famous for is her characterisation. She eloquently paints portraits that satirise the worst parts of people without demeaning the rest. One of her most horrific creations, Mr Collins, is rude and snobbish, but he also is deeply inquisitive, although he knows this to be a flaw and tries his hardest to please. He reminds me of Mark Corrigan from Peep Show; he knows what he wants to achieve, and how to get it, but cannot accept that he never will.
Austen's sense of humour was what got her into writing in the first place. Now she'd probably be blogging somewhere, with a vast following on Twitter, but back in the day her audience was limited to her friends and family, for whom she wrote skits and short stories mocking the archaic style of writing of the time, and novels of sensibility, where bright young maidens with flaming auburn hair found themselves in meandering corridors being tempting by the very blackest of knaves, only to be saved by lovely vicars.
Austen hated over-emotional thinking, and her heroines (apart from Fanny Price, who I won't go into because she's a twit) are all either rational, sensible women, or aiming to be so. Catherine Morland is the exception to the rule; Northanger Abbey is a parody of the gothic romance favoured by Young Ladies of the early 19th century, and since Catherine desperately wants to be a Young Lady, she emulates their behaviour, even though it goes against her sensible country girl breeding.
As a teenager, Austen wrote Lady Susan, and the first draft of Sense and Sensibility. The first draft of First Impressions (later Pride and Prejudice) was completed by the time she was 21.
As well as finding the time for all of this plus a supposed love-affair with a young lawyer Tom Lefroy, (over-exaggerated and romanticised upon to extreme by that blasphemy Becoming Jane, starring the doe-eyed American Anne Hathaway), Jane also took care of her family and was popular with her friends and neighbours.
Austen lived for a while with her parents in Bath, where she received a proposal of marriage from an old family friend which she accepted and later declined, although her reasons for this decision are not clear as she did not keep diaries for this period.
What she did do however was write the first draft for Northanger Abbey. When her father died, the Austens moved to be near her elder brother at Chawton, where she remained for the rest of her life.
Success suddenly appeared; the novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice (previously been rejected by publishers) were published, bringing great critical claim and ending the Austens' financial difficulties.
Mansfield Park was published in 1814. The critics ignored it, but the public lapped it up. This says a lot, I think. Emma was published two years later, and Austen began work on what was to be her final novel, and my personal favourite, Persuasion.
By this time Austen was not a flighty, witty 21-year-old. Anne Elliot is a much more mature heroine that Elizabeth Bennet. She is Marianne Dashwood ten years on, without Lt Brandon to rescue her.
Blighted by her own weakness in making decisive decisions about her own future, she screws up her relationship with Captain Wentworth (could there be a more worthy or noble hero in literature? Sure, Darcy's got the brains and the capital, but that letter Wentworth sends her still sends shivers down my spine) and spend the next ten years regretting it.
Her odious family and the well-meaning but pig-ignorant Lady Russell still make me howl with laughter and squirm with discomfort, even though I must have read the book more than twenty times!
Austen finished Persuasion in the summer of 1817. By the beginning of 1819 she was seriously ill. She stopped writing in the May and died, probably from tuberculosis, on 18 July 1819, aged just 41.
It was only after her death that Austen, on her brother's insistence, was named as the writer of her works. Before that she was simply 'A Lady'. Although Austen did not have to go to the length of Ellis, Acton and Curer Bell to be taken seriously by the literary establishment, it is her anonymity that to me hurts the most. Why shouldn't this gifted and inspirational writer have been given the acclaim she so rightly deserved within her own short lifetime?
The continued international fame of Jane Austen is a credit to her. I believe her books have influenced my generation of women more than any other writer. Two of the major films of my teenage years, Clueless and Bridget Jones' Diary, were based on her books. I must have seen about fourteen different adaptations of Pride and Prejudice.
Austen in the writer I want to have children for just so I can introduce new people to her work. And that to me is the greatest of literary achievements. Well done, Jane. Well done. And happy birthday.
Crime queen to rewrite misunderstood Austen classic.
Almost two centuries after her birth, we wish a happy birthday to the author of Wuthering Heights.


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Alfredo Ortiz (Los Ángeles, 1970) es un baterista estadounidense, que ha trabajado con Morningwood y Red Exiles. Ortiz ha viajado anteriormente con los Beastie Boys como baterista y percusionista, y apareció en su película, Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!. En años anteriores ha participado en Yeska, Ozomatli, Tito & Tarantula, BS 2000, Blackalicious, Los Villains.

Ortiz también ha aparecido en la película Along Came Polly protagonizada por Ben Stiller y Jennifer Aniston en 2004. Se puede escuchar los estilos de percusión de Alfredo en el álbum Tenacious D de la banda con ese mismo nombre, publicado en 2001. En 2008, se fue de gira con Tito & Tarántula.

También ha trabajado con Eva Gardner (exbajista de The Mars Volta), en su banda Lyra.

Enlaces externos

 Perfil de Alfredo Ortiz en el sitio web Beastiemanía.
 Música de Alfredo Ortiz en el sitio web My Space.
 "Drama Drummer", MySpace de Alfredo Ortiz
 Cavaliscious en el sitio web My Space.
 Red Exiles en el sitio web My Space.
 East L.A. Taiko

Bateristas de Estados Unidos
Músicos de jazz afrocubano

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Sukorady is a municipality and village in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The village of Kouty is an administrative part of Sukorady.

Notable people
Věra Ferbasová (1913–1976), actress

References

Villages in Jičín District


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Edward Kaufman
Name Edward Kaufman
Born 28 Jan 1878 Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3]
Occupation 1901 Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1]
Farmers son
Occupation 1911 Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3]
Residence 1911 Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3]
Evangelical Association
Residence 1919 Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4]
Eby ID Number Waterloo-351614
Died 1946 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Buried Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Person ID I351614 Generations
Father Jacob Kaufman, b. 30 May 1849, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 4 Dec 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years)
Mother Catherine Schneider, b. 18 May 1846, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Nov 1903, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 57 years)
Married 5 Jan 1873 Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6]
Family Magdalena Rudy, b. 31 Jul 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 16 Oct 1943, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
Married 14 Feb 1911 St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [7]
1. Alice Catherine Kaufman, b. 14 Dec 1911, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 13 Mar 1985, , Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
2. Walter Jacob Kaufman, b. 1913, of, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 22 Mar 2004, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 91 years)
3. Wilfred Kaufman
Taken at his son's wedding in 1946. Image from Rachel Butler 2011
Edward Kaufman, 69, widely-known farmer in the Bamberg district, died early today at the K-W Hospital following an illness of two weeks. Born Jan. 29, 1877, in Heidelberg, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kaufman, he had farmed for many years in the Bamberg area. Deceased was a member of the Heidelberg Evangelical Church. His wife, the former Magdalena Ruby, died Oct. 15, 1943. Surviving are two sons, Walter of Kitchener, and Wilfred of Waterloo; a daughter, Mrs. George (Alice) Berge of Ayr; a brother, Franklin, of Kitchener, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Grieve, also of Kitchener. Five grandchildren also survive. Funeral service will be held from the Emmanuel Evangelical Church, Waterloo, on Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in Waterloo Mennonite Cemetery. Rev. H.E. Roppel of St. Jacobs will be in charge of the service. Remains are resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home until noon, Wednesday, when the removal will be made to the church.
[S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-1 Page 1.
[S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 32276 (1878), Edward Kaufman.
Edward Kaufman Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1878 Gender: Male Birth County: Waterloo Father's Name: Jacob Kaufman (school teacher of Wellesley) Mother's Name: Catherine Schneider
[S504] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1911, (Bamberg) Div. 6 page 1.
[S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, obituary of Mrs. W. H. Duench - 4 Jul 1919.
[S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Mrs. Jacob Kaufman - 2 Apr 1924.
[S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 13067 (1873), Kaufman-Schneider.
Jacob Kaufman, 24, School Teacher, res. & b. St. Jacobs, son of Jacob Kaufman and Maria Funk married Elizabeth Schneider, 25, res. Wellesley Twp., b. Doon, daughter of Mathias Schneider and Christiane Schmidt, witnessed by: Frederick Trapp and Conrad Kirchner both of Waterloo, 5 January 1873 in Waterloo
[S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
Name:Edward Kaufman Age:33 Birth Date:abt 1878 Marriage Date:14 Feb 1911 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Jacob Kaufman Mother:Catharine Schneider Spouse:Magdalene Rudy Spouse's Age:38 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1873 Spouse Father:Benjamin Rudy Spouse Mother:Mary Hoffman
Born - 28 Jan 1878 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation - Farmers son - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence - Evangelical Association - 1911 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Married - 14 Feb 1911 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Residence - 1919 - Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Died - 1946 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Buried - - Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada


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Corporate GovernanceSecurities
SEC continues to grant no-action relief in connection with proxy access fix-it proposals
Cydney Posner on March 7, 2017
by Cydney Posner
The SEC has posted a number of additional Corp Fin responses to requests for no-action, as well as to requests for reconsideration of previous denials of relief, regarding shareholder proposals to amend proxy access bylaws, so-called "fix-it" proposals. In all cases, the companies argued that they should be permitted to exclude the fix-it proposals as "substantially implemented" under Rule 14a-8(i)(10). The requests were successful in obtaining no-action relief in all cases except one. As in the past, the staff has not identified the key determining factor, but companies now seem to have found a formula for successfully excluding these proposals.
As you may recall, the line that was first drawn by Corp Fin was that, where the shareholder proposal related to initial adoption of proxy access, Corp Fin granted no-action relief and permitted exclusion of proxy access proposals as "substantially implemented" under Rule 14a-8(i)(10), so long as the bylaw provisions adopted by the companies contained the same eligibility percentage and duration of ownership thresholds (3%/3 years) as in the proposal, even though the bylaws also included a number of "procedural limitations or restrictions that were inconsistent with or not contemplated by the proposals." However, with regard to shareholder proposals to amend a company's existing proxy access bylaw, the staff had refused to grant no-action relief on that same basis. (See this PubCo post, this PubCo post and this PubCo post.)
Following up on that success, Chevedden et al. submitted a number of proposals to amend a single element of companies' existing proxy access bylaws — to raise the eligibility aggregation cap from 20 to 50 shareholders (sometimes to 40 or 50). In response, the targeted companies requested no-action relief, relying once again largely on Rule 14a-8(a)(i)(10). These companies all articulated the standard argument that the companies' proxy access provisions then in effect were consistent with the essential objective of the proposal and, therefore, that the proposal had been "substantially implemented." Many of the companies also argued, with varying degrees of support, that, based on their shareholder bases and stock ownership, there were multiple opportunities for shareholders to use the proxy access provisions as is, and that the proposed change in the aggregation cap would have only a marginal impact on the availability of proxy access, but would increase the burden on the company. In a series of no-action letters posted in February, Corp Fin permitted exclusion of some fix-it proposals under Rule 14a-8(a)(i)(10) on the basis that the proposals had been "substantially implemented," but denied relief for others. However, the basis for the staff's determinations was somewhat opaque. (See this PubCo post.)
Now, another tranche of no-action letters regarding fix-it proposals has been posted, along with several company requests for reconsideration of prior no-action denials, all of which, with one exception, were granted relief by the Corp Fin staff. Because the staff rarely identifies the reasons for its determinations, the rationales for the staff's decisions remain something of a mystery. However, one consistent thread that runs throughout the letters is that, in providing data supporting their assertions that their existing proxy access provisions already offered a meaningful proxy access right, the successful requests all framed their discussions, at least in part, in terms of the ownership of institutional holders, as opposed to all holders or large holders. In addition, in all the company letters requesting reconsideration, the original letters that were denied relief did not provide supporting data regarding institutional holders, but the successful requests for reconsideration all did provide that data.
For example, in Sempra Energy (March 2, 2017), the company offered the standard argument that it had "adopted a proxy access right that compares favorably with and substantially implements the Proposal because it achieves the Proposal's essential purpose of providing the Company's shareholders with a meaningful proxy access right." Because the company's proxy access right, and the facts supporting the company's analysis, were "substantially similar to those provided by other companies" that were granted relief, the company contended that its no-action request did "not raise any novel issues," citing in support a number of favorable responses to fix-it proposals. The request then maintained that the generic data from the Council of Institutional Investors (regarding public pension fund ownership at "most companies") provided in the proposal was "irrelevant" in light of the company's shareholder base, particularly its institutional holder base:
"Based on data from regulatory filings by institutional investors, as of December 31, 2016, the largest 20 institutional shareholders of the Company hold approximately 51.3% of the Company's outstanding shares, and of these 20 institutional shareholders, it appears that 13 (holding 37.6% of the Company's outstanding shares) have held shares for at least three years. Further, based on this data, it appears that three of the Company's institutional shareholders have owned more than 3% of the Company's outstanding shares for at least three years and 13 of the current top 20 largest institutional shareholders have held more than 0.5% for at least three years. Accordingly, any of these 13 institutional shareholders could, on their own or in combination with only a few other shareholders, achieve the 3% ownership threshold in the Proxy Access Bylaw. Moreover, utilizing proxy access at the Company is not dependent on a shareholder being one of the Company's largest institutional shareholders."
Moreover, the company contended, as in the other successful fix-it proposal letters, the existing proxy access bylaw, "including the 20-shareholder aggregation limit, achieves the essential purpose of the Proposal by ensuring that the Company's shareholders are able to use proxy access effectively, while addressing administrative concerns that could arise if an unwieldy number of shareholders sought to nominate director candidates under proxy access. In this regard, it is also important to note that the Proposal provides no evidence that increasing the shareholder aggregation limit from 20 to at least 50 shareholders would meaningfully enhance the existing ability of the Company's shareholders to form nominating groups to use the Proxy Access Bylaw." Notably, the company did not appear to emphasize, and provided no additional data to support, the contention that the proposal's increase in the aggregation cap failed to meaningfully enhance the company's proxy access right, possibly lending support for the theory that most critical to the analysis was providing adequate institutional shareholder data in support of the concept that the existing bylaw provided meaningful proxy access rights.
Several fix-it proposals was also permitted to be excluded on reconsideration after denial of the original requests for no-action. For example, in Citigroup, Inc. (February 10, 2017), the company argued that the proponent of the proposal appeared to be concerned that the 20-stockholder aggregation limit in the company's existing proxy access bylaws "meaningfully restricts a stockholder's ability to use proxy access," relying again on data regarding pension fund ownership at "most companies" provided by the Council of Institutional Investors. However, with regard to the company:
"the 20-stockholder aggregation limit included in the Company Proxy Access By-law does not prevent stockholders from making use of proxy access. As of September 30, 2016, five of the Company's largest stockholders each own over 3% of the Company's common stock, the Company's 20 largest stockholders in the aggregate own approximately 35% of the Company's outstanding common stock, and the Company's 31 largest stockholders each own at least 0.5% of the Company's outstanding common stock. As a result of this stock ownership profile, there are more than 200 combinations of Company stockholders that could aggregate their shares to own more than 3% of the Company's common stock. As a result, the 20-stockholder aggregation limit does not meaningfully restrict a stockholder's ability to exercise the proxy access right included in the Company Proxy Access By-Law."
However, the company did not frame its support in terms of its institutional shareholder base, and the staff was "unable to conclude that Citigroup has met its burden of establishing that it may exclude the proposal under rule 14a-8(i)(10)."
Nevertheless, on reconsideration (March 2, 2017), Citigroup successfully argued that the fix-it proposal was excludable. This time, based on data from Morningstar, the company maintained that
"four of the Company's largest institutional stockholders each owned more than 3% of the Company's outstanding common stock as of September 30, 2016…. Moreover, the largest 20 institutional stockholders of the Company own approximately 33% of the Company's outstanding common stock, and each of these 20 institutional stockholders owns at least 0.7% of the outstanding common stock. Assuming institutional ownership has been stable for three years, the concentration of significant stockholdings in 20 stockholders means that some of those stockholders may utilize proxy access individually, and that a small number of others may easily form a group among themselves to make a proxy access nomination….More importantly, any stockholder seeking to form a group to nominate a director candidate, regardless of the size of its holdings, could meet the ownership threshold in any number of ways, by combining with one or a small number of the 20 largest investors. A stockholder group is not limited to these known institutional investors, of course, and a stockholder seeking to nominate a director candidate may approach any other stockholders to meet the 3% threshold. The 20-stockholder aggregation limit therefore does not unduly restrict any stockholder from forming a group to make a proxy access nomination."
Citigroup also addressed the proposal's failure to materially enhance the proxy access bylaws: "To be clear, the Proposal's requested 50-stockholder limit would not necessarily increase the number of stockholders who might be able to utilize proxy access by a multiplier of 2.5. [2.5 x 20=50] Instead, it would simply reduce by 60% the average number of shares each member of a group would need to own if the maximum number of stockholders were needed to form an eligible group."
Significantly, in the single letter where relief was denied, Lowe's Companies, Inc., the request letter framed its supporting analysis primarily in terms of the largest shareholders, with only scant reference to institutional holders (as not critical to assembling a group of 20 holding 3%). The staff was unable to conclude that Lowe's had met its burden of establishing that it may exclude the proposal under Rule 14a-8(i)(10).
See this PubCo post for my speculation as to why this distinction may have mattered to the staff.
Interestingly, there were also several instances where the proponent requested reconsideration following a no-action response that permitted exclusion of the fix-it proposal. None was successful. For example, in NextEra Energy, the proponent questioned whether the company was justified in assuming three-year stable stock ownership by its institutional holders and in including hedge funds among the institutional holders in its supporting data. The company responded that the proponent's analysis of ownership stability was flawed, demonstrating instead that its assumption regarding stable ownership was reasonable. The staff found no basis to reconsider its position granting relief.
Posted in: Corporate Governance, Securities
Tagged in: proxy access, proxy access fix-it proposals, Rule 14a-8(i)(10), SEC Division of Corporation Finance, shareholder proposals
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Q: Javascript Event Bubbling I have this setup

    <input type=checkbox value=1>1
    <input type=checkbox value=2>2
    <input type=checkbox value=3>3

The problem when the user click on the checkboxes I don't want the SomeEvent fired.
In the some event I do have the line
"event.stopPropagation();"
but that seems to do nothing at all.

A: In the event bubbling model, the event propagation is from the inner elements to the outer elements.
This means that the event.stopPropagation(); should be in the inputs' events instead of the div.

  <input type=checkbox value=1 onclick="stopPropagation()">1
  <input type=checkbox value=2 onclick="stopPropagation()>2
  <input type=checkbox value=3 onclick="stopPropagation()>3

Now the Javascript code:
function stopPropagation() {
  //... do something.
  //stop propagation:
  if (!e) var e = window.event;
  e.cancelBubble = true; //IE
  if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation(); //other browsers
}

More info: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_order.html
EDIT: The above was a quick way to show how the bubbling model works, but a better answer to solve this problem using JQuery would be:

  <input type="checkbox" value="1" /> 1
  <input type="checkbox" value="2" /> 2
  <input type="checkbox" value="3" /> 3

Now the Javascript code:
$('#mydiv').click(function(e) {
  //do something
});

$('#mydiv input').click(function(e) {
  //stop propagation:
  if (!e) var e = window.event;
  e.cancelBubble = true; //IE
  if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation(); //other browsers
});

A: Change the inline onclick to this:
onclick="SomeEvent(this, event)"

Then in SomeEvent, do this:
function SomeEvent( el, event ) {
    var target = event.srcElement || event.target;

    if( el === target ) {
        // run your code
    }
}

This will only fire the code when you click on the div element itself, instead of a descendant.
If there are other descendants that should fire the handler, then do this:
function SomeEvent( el, event ) {
    var target = event.srcElement || event.target;

    if( target.nodeName.toLowerCase() !== 'input' || !target.type || target.type !== 'checkbox' ) {
        // run your code
    }
}

This will fire the handler for any click except those on the checkboxes.

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Corey Maggette Named 2018 BIG3 MVP
By Mike Ortiz Jr.
Nancy Lieberman Wins Coach Of The Year As The First Female Coach To Lead A Professional Men's Team To The Finals
Gary Payton, Chris 'Birdman' Andersen, Andre Emmett, Al Harrington and Ricky Davis All Receive Individual Honors
NEW YORK, NY – August 21, 2018 – The BIG3 announced the winners of the 2018 BIG3 Player Awards in advance of the Championship Game set to air live on FOX at 8pm Friday, August 24 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The honorees were nominated and voted on by the players and coaches with each member of the league able to vote once with equal weight in each available category. Players on the league's top ranked team, Power, took home the most coveted awards recognizing the team's hard work and competitiveness spanning the entire season.
Power Captain Corey Maggette earned the league's top honor as the Most Valuable Player. Following a season-ending injury in the opening game last year, Maggette returned to the court in impressive form and led his team to the BIG3's best record and a spot in the Championship game. This year, Maggette finished two points shy of the regular season scoring title, second overall in assists, tied for third overall in rebounds, and landed in the top ten in both made 3-pointers and steals. As a testament to his leadership on and off the court, Corey Maggette has also been named Player Captain of the Year. The battle for league MVP was heated this season as Tri-State's David Hawkins received the second most votes, finishing the season in the top five in points, rebounds, assists, and steals before his team fell to Power in the BIG3 Playoffs.
Making a splash during her BIG3 debut season, Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman has been named the Coach of the Year. Her team, Power, finished the regular season as the league's number one seed and prevailed last week in arguably the best game of the season to cement its spot in the Championship. Under her leadership, Coach Lieberman was able to get her players to buy into a truly unselfish, team-first style of basketball that separated them from the pack. Fellow Hall of Famer Gary Payton finished second in voting for Coach of the Year after leading his team to an almost perfect regular season, but he takes home the honor of Best Trash Talker for the effort he displayed with passionate exchanges with coaches, players, and referees alike all season long. The 2017 Best Trash Talker award winner Stephen Jackson and newcomer Nate Robinson were tied for second place.
NBA Champion Chris "Birdman" Andersen was drafted fourth overall this year by Power and brought his constant energy to the floor to earn Defensive Player of the Year. The league leader in blocked shots, Birdman was a force to be reckoned with at both ends of the floor, but was a standout on the defensive side of the ball with maximum effort on every possession as a rim protector who allowed his teammates to play more aggressively. 3 Headed Monsters' Reggie Evans led the league in rebounds and double doubles, finishing a close second behind Birdman.
BIG3 breakout star Andre Emmett of 3's Company was recognized as the 4th Man for his adaptability and key contributions all season long. Following a midseason injury to Co-Captain Baron Davis, Emmett led his team to this week's Championship game, finishing the regular season in the top five in points, rebounds, assists, and steals. During last week's BIG3 Playoffs, Emmett led 3's Company to victory with a career high 27 points. Trilogy Captain Al Harrington has locked in the Too Hard to Guard title for the second year in a row. Harrington leads Trilogy in total points scored and was a constant threat on the block and the perimeter whenever he stepped on the court. Andre Emmett and 3 Headed Monsters' Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf tied for a second place finish behind Harrington.
BIG3 has honored Ricky Davis with the inaugural BIG Community Award for all of his service to local communities with the Ricky Davis Legacy Foundation. Throughout the season, Davis led the charge and was joined by players, coaches, and BIG3 team members in each of the 10 BIG3 cities to make a real difference by visiting homeless shelters and encampments to deliver fresh produce, toiletries, and support to those who need it the most.
FULL LIST OF BIG3 2018 PLAYER AWARDS:
● Most Valuable Player: Corey Maggette, Power
● Coach of the Year: Nancy Lieberman, Power
● Player Captain of the Year: Corey Maggette, Power
● Defensive Player of the Year: Chris Andersen, Power
● Too Hard to Guard: Al Harrington, Trilogy
● Best Trash Talker: Gary Payton, 3 Headed Monsters
● 4th Man: Andre Emmett, 3's Company
● BIG Community Award: Ricky Davis
BIG3 2018 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS
● Points Scored: Ricky Davis, Ghost Ballers (137)
● 3-Pointers: DeShawn Stevenson, Ball Hogs (19)
● 4-Pointers: Nate Robinson, Tri-State (3) David Hawkins, Tri-State (3) Baron Davis, 3's Company (3) and Ricky Davis, Ghost Ballers (3)
● Total Rebounds: Reggie Evans, 3 Headed Monsters (82)
● Assists: David Hawkins, Tri-State (27)
● Steals: David Hawkins, Tri-State (13)
● Blocks: Chris Andersen, Power (11)
The 2018 BIG3 season finishes on a high note LIVE at 8:00pm ET on FOX this Friday, August 24 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The 3rd place match-up features Tri-State against 3 Headed Monsters. The BIG3 Championship will immediately follow as Power takes the court against 3's Company for the title. Ice Cube will give a special performance to fans in the arena beginning at 6:30pm ET.
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Ukraine says situation deteriorating at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant outside Enerhodar
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's energy minister said on Friday the situation at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was deteriorating because of the psychological state of its Ukrainian staff and the condition of equipment.
The Ukrainian staff have remained at the plant in southeastern Ukraine since Russian forces captured it last March, soon after Moscow's invasion.
The nuclear plant, Europe's largest, has repeatedly come under fire, raising fears of a nuclear disaster. Each side blames the other for the shelling.
"The situation is indeed deteriorating. It is getting worse not only because of the mental state of the remaining Ukrainian specialists but also due to the condition of the equipment," Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Ukrainian television.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, is trying to set up a safe zone around the facility.
The IAEA says it has a permanent presence of up to four experts at Zaporizhzhia but IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, who visited Ukraine this week, has said he is worried the world is becoming complacent about the dangers.
Ukraine's start nuclear energy company, Energoatom, has said that Russian forces have continued to build military fortifications around the nuclear power units at the station.
It has also said the Russians at the station are unable to start up the power units because of a shortage of staff and that about 1,500 Ukrainian specialists have been barred from entering after refusing to sign contracts with Russian entities.
(Reporting by Olena Harmash, Editing by Timothy Heritage)


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Victoria's controversial pandemic laws to pass after crossbench MP secures amendments
Daniel Andrews
Calla Wahlquist
Australian politician, Premier of Victoria
Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP
Rod Barton says changes that give parliament power to disallow pandemic orders make it 'a much better and fairer bill'
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Victoria's controversial pandemic laws are set to pass parliament after the crossbench MP Rod Barton agreed to support the legislation, securing amendments to give parliament power to disallow pandemic orders.
But parliament will only be able to exercise that power if the disallowance has been recommended by a cross-parliamentary committee and then supported by an absolute majority in both houses of parliament, a scenario which is unlikely unless there is a change of government.
Barton said the amendments made it "a much better and fairer bill" than was originally introduced by the government earlier this month.
He told Guardian Australia the creation of a cross-parliamentary committee with real-time oversight of how the pandemic powers were exercised was "a very powerful thing".
"It puts a spotlight on the government that stops them from putting this through quietly on the side," he said.
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With Barton's support, the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill is expected to pass the upper house. Debate will begin at 3pm and is expected to run late into the night on Tuesday.
The Andrews government says it needs the legislation in place before the state of emergency expires on 15 December in order to ensure it can still make and enforce public health orders.
Debate on the bill was suspended two weeks ago after the former Labor MP Adem Somyurek returned to parliament, having belatedly proved his vaccination status, and indicated he would vote against the bill.
That left the Andrews government one vote short of what it needed to pass the legislation, having already secured the support of three other crossbench MPs – Reason party's Fiona Patten, Greens leader Samantha Ratnam and Animal Justice party's Andy Meddick – who negotiated a raft of reforms including a significant reduction in fines for breaching public health orders and a fully funded independent oversight committee.
The premier, Daniel Andrews, did not express relief at the deal, saying "we'll wait and see what happens in the legislative council".
Related: Victoria's pandemic bill in disarray as former minister Adem Somyurek's opposition delays key vote
He said the emergence of the Omicron variant showed the pandemic "is not over".
"These are extraordinary arrangements because a pandemic is an extraordinary thing," Andrews said. "It's not something we face all that often although it has dominated our lives, I know, for the last couple of years.
"This is a one-in-100-year event, if you like. Who knows when the next one will be? Who knows when the current things will end?"
Andrews said vaccine mandates "won't be here forever" but indicated they may need to remain in place until booster shots were rolled out and children under 12 were vaccinated.
"It's going to keep changing, and our response will need to be nimble," he said. "And the inherent protections that come from encouraging everyone to get vaccinated, well, the hospitalisation numbers tell you all that you need to know."
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Barton said on Facebook that the version of the bill he was supporting was "fundamentally a different bill" than what was originally introduced by the government.
"We have absolutely curbed the powers of the Government," he said.
Barton locked comments on that post and also locked his Twitter account.
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The proposed amendments include replacing the current detention review panel with a new independent review panel, clarifying that complaints made about detention can be filed with the Ombudsman, and removing the aggravated offence clause which initially carried penalties for individuals of $91,000 or two years jail. Those penalties were reduced under earlier amendments negotiated by other crossbenchers.
The Law Institute of Victoria said it supported the amendments, which mirrored changes it had called for, and now supported the bill.
"The LIV believes that the proposed amendments to the Bill are an improvement and the government has come a long way in addressing the concerns raised by the LIV and other bodies who have been consulted," LIV president, Tania Wolff, said.
"There are notable changes in important areas of independent oversight, scrutiny and review proposed. Given what we are seeing in these additional amendments, this is an improvement, and, on balance, the LIV would support this Bill."
The Sustainable Australia party MP Clifford Hayes was also in talks to support the bill, but said on Tuesday that while the government had negotiated in good faith and made "commendable" amendments, "the final position of the government was not enough to garner my support".
Tweets from anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine protesters branded Barton a "traitor" and told supporters to "know their faces". Others urged people to email Barton and beg him to reconsider, saying the legislation would be used to "target and oppress unvaccinated Victorians".
A modest group of protesters had gathered outside parliament but at the time the legislative council began sitting they appeared to be outnumbered by police officers.
Barton said he and his staff had spent the morning "dodging threats" after their phone numbers were leaked. Some had been referred to police.
"We have had threats to kill and threats against our families. It's quite brutal," he said. "It is not acceptable and we should not tolerate it, and it is a matter for police."
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He said this decision would be more scrutinised than any he had made in his public life so far. "There's a lot of angry people out there, but ultimately what we are trying to get through is a very different bill than what the government attempted to get up last sitting week."
The state opposition leader, Matthew Guy, earlier accused Barton of doing a deal to support the legislation. Guy also criticised the government for not consulting with the Liberal party, saying "our phone never rang".
Barton rejected Guy's comments and said he did not strike a deal with the government.
"It's typical of the opposition to come up with something like this when they haven't got anything else to say."
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Transport for London said "significant progress" was made over Christmas and the "trial operations" phase, which began on November 20, saw upgrades to train and signalling software and tunnel fire safety schemes. A precise opening date has yet to be announced but TfL commissioner Andy Byford said he would not allow the line – which will be renamed the Elizabeth line when services start running – to open until he was sure it was reliable. Originally due to have been opened by the Queen in December 2018, Crossrail has gone billions over budget, with the total cost now in excess of £20 billion.
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BBC director-general Tim Davie warns of programme cuts after licence fee frozen for 2 years
The director-general of the BBC has warned it will be forced to make changes to its content if forced to rely on a subscription model. Tim Davie warned Tuesday that a loss of £285 million as a result of the licence fee being frozen for two years would mean "inevitable" cuts to programming. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries hinted on Sunday that the licence fee could be abolished from 2028, and confirmed on Monday the fee will stay at £159 until April 2024, rising with inflation for four years after.
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Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" is a psychology theory which he proposed is his 1943 paper, "A Theory of Human Motivation".
Therein, Maslow created a classification system, which reflects the universal needs of society/individuals, and how they intrinsically partake in behavioural motivation and development.
He used the terms, "Physiological," "Safety," "Belonging and Love," "Esteem," and "Self-Actualization" to describe the evolution through which human motivations generally develop.
This means that in order for motivation to occur at the next level, each current level must be fully experientially satisfied within the individual themselves.
Additionally, Maslow's theory is foundational in understanding how drive and motivation are correlated when reviewing human behaviour. Each of the experiential levels contain internalized sensations that must be experienced and resolved so that an individual can complete their hierarchy.
Maslow's theory was fully expressed in his book, "Motivation and Personality", 1954.
Abraham Maslow was born 1908, and died 1970 (62).
The individual's expansion of consciousness in the Physical Experiential Plane (three-dimensions and five-senses) is directly related to his "needs" at each level of advancement.
As each lower need is fulfilled, the individual is able to progress to a higher experiential reality.
However, if during the individual's evolution, a lower need becomes threatened or is compromised, the individual will regress back to that level, and work therein, until that level is again fulfilled and secure.
Thus, only when the compromised lower level is secured and fulfilled can the individual again progress upward.
Abraham Maslow, a Psychologist, expressed these evolutionary needs, within the individual, as a "Hierarchy of Needs".
It is important that the seeker of illumination studies this "Hierarchy of Needs" carefully, so that they can plan the exploration and experiencing of life in the most effective way.
Remember that an individual cannot advance to a higher experience or plane until the lower experiences are secure within their personal psyche.


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Flying Cars, News & Articles
What is the state of development of most flying cars in 2020 ?
The flying car is no longer a mere fantasy magic: by mid-2019, more than $ 1 billion had been invested in at least 25 different aircraft companies. Vehicles take a variety of shapes: there are motorcycles mounted on huge rotor blades, quadcopter drones magnified to human scale, and miniature space ferries. Larry Page, founder and CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent company, was among the first to recognize its potential and personally funded three companies: Zee Aero, Opener and Kitty Hawk. Old bikers like Boeing, Airbus, Embraer and Bell Helicopter will also take part in the race. For the first time in history, we have gone beyond the point where we talk about flying cars only as an opportunity.
And then there's Uber, which would directly renew urban mobility with such vehicles. "Our goal is to introduce a whole new mode of transportation to the world, namely urban aviation. Uber aims to demonstrate flight capability in 2020 and to have full availability of airborne vehicles in Dallas and Los Angeles by 2023. "Finally, we want to get there to make car ownership and use economically irrational," outlined the ambitious plans a few years ago by Jeff Holden, then product manager at Uber.
Let's see the numbers! Today, the extra cost of owning a car – that is, not the purchase price, but all the expenses that come with the car (fuel, service, insurance, parking, etc.) – is 59 cents per passenger mile. In contrast, the helicopter makes 1 mile for about $ 8.93. According to Holden, for Uber Air to launch in 2020, the price per mile should be reduced to $ 5.73 and then reduced to $ 1.84 as soon as possible. However, the market could be covered by Uber's long-term goal of 44 cents per mile – which would be cheaper than the cost of using a car.
In addition, we could expect very long distances. Uber is mainly interested in "electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles" (eVTOL for short). Many companies are developing eVTOL, but Uber has quite specific needs. In order for an eVTOL to meet the requirements of aircraft, it must be able to carry four more passengers in addition to the pilot at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour for three consecutive hours. While Uber envisions the shortest flight distance of 40 kilometers (between Malibu and downtown Los Angeles, for example), these requirements allow us to reach a single route from the northern half of San Diego to southern San Francisco.
Uber already has five partners who are committed to delivering eVTOL vehicles that meet the above specifications. But these vehicles alone do not make car ownership irrational. Uber has also partnered with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop an air traffic control system to coordinate their fleet. Architects and property developers have also been involved in designing a range of airports where passengers can get in and out. At Uber-ready airport, vehicles must be able to be recharged in 7 to 15 minutes and have thousands of take-offs and landings per hour (which means four thousand passengers) and the port must not occupy 3 acres, ie 110 × 110 meters larger area – this is small enough to fit on top of old parking garages or skyscrapers.
If all of this happens, by 2027, we could order an air telehandle just as easily as we do today with an Ubert. By 2030, urban aviation could be an obvious solution if we want to get from point A to point B.
Uber's eVTOLs must meet three main areas: safety, noise, and price. Helicopters, which are currently most similar to flying cars, have been in use for eighty years, but are far from performing well in these three areas. Not only are they loud and expensive, but they also tend to crash. Then why are Bell, Uber, Airbus, Boeing and Embraer – to name a few – launching air taxis right now?
The answer is convergence. Helicopters are loud and dangerous because they use a single giant rotor to take off. Unfortunately, this single rotor emits exactly the deafening frequency at peak speeds that could drive anyone crazy right away. Plus, it's dangerous because if the rotor fails, gravity will take control.
Now imagine using a lot of smaller rotors instead of a single main rotor – as if you were placing a series of small propellers under the wing of an airplane – which together generate enough buoyancy for flight but make much less noise. Moreover, imagine that this multi-rotor system can only fail elegantly and land safely even if multiple rotors cancel service at the same time. The design can also include a unique, unpaired wing that allows speeds of up to 240 kilometers per hour. It's all a great idea – it's just a bump that, because of the awful power-to-weight ratios, petrol-powered engines don't make any of this possible.
This is where distributed electric propulsion (DEP) comes into play. Over the past decade, the demand for commercial and military drones has prompted robotics experts to envision a new type of electromagnetic motor that can carry light, completely silent, and heavy loads. In designing the engine, the engineers relied on a triad of converging technologies: first, the advancement in machine learning, which allowed infinitely complex flight simulations to be performed; then to breakthroughs in materials science to make flightable, lightweight and safety-resistant, durable parts; and finally, new manufacturing technologies, especially 3D printing, that can be used to make motors and rotors at any scale.
But getting the DEP system on the fly is a whole other story. The microsecond interval control of dozens of engines goes beyond the capabilities of human pilots. DEP systems are computer controlled. And what can provide that level of control? Another army of converging technologies. First, the artificial intelligence revolution gives us the computing and processing capacity to interpret large amounts of data in microseconds and to handle an army of electric motors and air traffic control surfaces in real time. Second, to capture this much data, the pilot's eyes and ears must be replaced with sensors capable of processing multiple gigabits of information at once. These include satellite global positioning (GPS), laser-based remote sensing (LIDAR) and radar, a range of advanced visual imaging devices – several of which are the result of a decade of killing competition from smartphones.
Eventually, we will also need batteries. They have to endure long enough to overcome long-distance, that is, the fear of running low while on duty, and create enough energy — or, as engineers call it, power density — to lift the vehicle off the ground with the pilot and four passengers. together. Achieving this requires a minimum of 350 kilowatt hours per kilogram. Until now, this has been unattainable. However, thanks to the explosive development of solar energy and electric cars, there has been an increased demand for higher quality energy storage systems, which has brought the next generation of more efficient lithium-ion batteries.
For flying cars to become an everyday reality instead of a gentleman's luxury, another triple convergence must take place. First, computer-aided design and simulation must achieve an appropriate level to design the wing profiles, wings, and airframes required for commercial aviation. At the same time, materials science must create carbon fiber compounds and complex metal alloys that are light enough to fly while also being durable for safety. Finally, 3D printers need to be fast enough to turn these new materials into usable parts, breaking all previous aircraft manufacturing records. In other words, we need to get to exactly where we are now.
The above article is an edited excerpt from Peter H. Diamandis, a futurist, and Steven Kotler, a science writer, The Future Will Be Here Faster Than We Think.
This entry was posted in Flying Cars, News & Articles and tagged eVTOL, flying cars, NASA, Uber.
GM is further investigating investing in flying cars
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Sony Computer Entertainment America announced that it will introduce a new 160GB PlayStation 3 system to North America as part of an upcoming limited-edition Uncharted Drake's Fortune system bundle.
The pack will launch in November for $499.99 and will include a 160GB PlayStation 3 system, a copy of Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, a PlayStation Network voucher for Idol Minds' downloadable game Pain, and a DualShock 3 wireless controller.
Says SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton: "As PlayStation Network continues to evolve with our recently-launched video delivery service and more exclusive games, PS3 owners are demanding more storage capacity."
Tretton says the 160GB system is also aimed at providing more space to those who use the PlayStation 3 as an "entertainment hub for their digital media," hoping to enable them to store content like music collections on their hard drive.
The company also announced that it will release a Wireless Keypad that attaches to the Sixaxis and DualShock 3 controllers. The peripheral will appear in North America in November, shipping in Japan, Europe, and Asia by the end of the year.
With the keypad, users can access PlayStation 3's text chat communication features without using an on-screen keyboard. Two shortcut buttons, a Communication Button and a Message Box Button, are placed on the lower part of the Wireless Keypad, enabling users to jump to pre-set features on the XrossMediaBar, such as "Friends" and "Message Box," while playing a game.
The accessory serves as a Bluetooth device that can be used not only with PlayStation 3 systems, but with other Bluetooth-enabled devices with keyboard functionality, like smart phones and other portable devices. The Wireless Keyboard can be paired and charged by attaching it to a PS3 system with a USB cable.
The Wireless Keypad will be supported in Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet and upcoming PlaySation Network virtual world PlayStation Home, as well as several more titles scheduled to release towards the end of the year. Sony plans to reveal pricing for the product at a later date.


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Jensen-Healey Sports 1973
By DSApril 9, 2014Previous Classic Car Entries
Jensen-Healey Sports 1973 sold for £6,307 at our April 25th Classic Car Auction
The vendor has owned this wonderfully British sports car for 1 year. Sadly ill health forces sale. The previous owner had the car for 19 years and at 83 gave up driving. We have the original log book and service book, with 5 stamps & the original Healey hand book, service manual, and parts list. She is sold with a new MOT. Finished in white with black trim powered by 2.0 litre twin cam Lotus engine. Also comes with hard top and tonneau cover. Excellent tyres and original wheels.
Condition: 1-2 Estimated sale price: £2,900 – £3,900
Sold for £6,307.
View the entries in our upcoming classic car auction.
Additional Information on the Jensen-Healey Sports
"The Jensen-Healey is a two-seater convertible sports car that was originally produced between 1972 and 1976 by Jensen Motors, Ltd. Roughly 10,000 were produced at West Bromwich, England. A related fastback, the Jensen GT was introduced in 1975.
With the demise of the Austin-Healey 3000, car dealer Kjell Qvale was looking for a new product to replace it. He entered into discussions with Donald Healey and Jensen Motors, who had built the bodies for Healey'sAustin-Healey cars. Kjell Qvale became a Jensen shareholder and Donald Healey became the chairman. The Jensen-Healey was designed in a joint venture by Donald Healey, his son Geoffery, William Towns and Jensen Motors. It was hoped that Healey could help to contribute the sense of style that made the Austin-Healey a hit. The unitary body understructure was designed by Barry Bilbie, who had been responsible for the Austin-Healey 100, 100-6 and 3000 as well as the Sprite. It was designed to be cheap to repair, with bolt-on panels, to reduce insurance premiums."
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The biggest PR failures of 2019
By James Meredith4th December 2019Company Blog
From Gillette piggybacking the #MeToo movement, KLM's hat-trick of social media own goals and the use of private jets by Prince Harry to Prince Andrew's interview with Emily Maitlis; 2019 has been quite a year for PR faux pas.
But let's start at the beginning of the year by taking a closer look at Gillette's "The best men can be" advertising campaign. Airing three months after the #MeToo movement had garnered widespread attention across social media, Gillette's ad implied toxic masculinity is widespread across society.
The decision by Gillette to align the brand with the positive messages of empowerment associated with the #MeToo movement was naïve if we're being generous, but really a case of virtue-signalling at play. The company's buzz score on the YouGov BrandIndex dropped by nearly six points to -3.4 in the week after the ad aired, and it also fell to the bottom of the list of 45 health and beauty brands.
Fast forward to the summer and it was a bumpy ride for Dutch airline KLM, after the company caused online outrage following its response to a Facebook post from a customer in which the company said mothers might be asked to "cover up" if breastfeeding during a flight.
KLM then faced a second major PR crisis when a customer service email about the breastfeeding debate revealed that staff would also act if anyone on a flight felt uncomfortable about there being a same-sex couple on board. However, that wasn't the end of the PR nightmare for KLM; after all they do say bad things come in threes.
Inexplicably, the company's Indian division posted a tweet stating that place to sit on board a flight in order to give yourself the best chance of not dying during a crash is the back of the plane. The tweet was quickly deleted, but not before it had been screenshotted and gone viral.
Away from the corporate world, it would be an understatement to say 2019 has been a bad year for the Royal Family on the PR front. Back in September, Prince Harry faced uncomfortable headlines when discussing his involvement with Travalyst, an eco-tourism initiative backed by a number of organsiations within the travel sector.
The problem for the Duke of Sussex was that media got wind of the fact he and his wife Meghan Markle had used four private jets in the space of 11 days, including for a family holiday. Hypocrisy was naturally the main accusation levelled, with commentators curious as to if Harry was well placed to moralise about the impact of climate change while seemingly regularly using private aircraft.
However, it's tough to look past the controversial interview Prince Andrew gave to BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis just last month when it comes to the biggest PR failure of 2019. The Duke of York was urged by his PR adviser at the time not to do the interview. His priority should have been to speak to the US authorities investigating the offences of convicted sex offender and former friend of Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, rather than try to clear his own name of any wrongdoing through the press.
Having decided to go ahead with the interview however, it was remarkable not to see any real remorse or sympathy towards the victims of the horrendous crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein. The reaction was swift, with a number of corporate sponsors and universities abandoning their ties to the Duke of York, while he himself has since made the decision to step away from royal duties.
Let's see if lessons have been learned as we head towards 2020.
About James Meredith
James is Head of Strategy and Planning at Liberty Communications.


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Unions weigh U contract offer
After University officials' latest contract proposal, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union members walked away from the negotiation table without dessert and instead a wage freeze.
On Oct. 5, the University offered a formal proposal of a 2 percent general wage adjustment for both years of union members' contracts.
This general wage adjustment would not apply to current contract.
Phyllis Walker, president of AFSCME Local 3800, said the applied wage increase depends on when an agreement is reached.
"It could be months until we reach an agreement, which means we (union members) lose money," Walker said.
Candace Lund, president of the technical union Local 3937, said that under normal conditions, a settlement would apply the wage increase for the entire fiscal year, or 12 months, but in this case, the increase will take effect once the contract is signed.
"Whatever wage increase we settle on, it won't take effect until union members sign on the dotted line," Lund said.
The University administration and AFSCME have been negotiating since July.
AFSCME union members have proposed a 3 percent increase for 2005, Lund said.
Lori Vicich, communications director for the Office of Human Resources, said University officials are optimistic.
"We are remaining pretty hopeful for a settlement, but there is still a sizable difference between the two wage proposals," she said.
Jessica Sundin, a clerical staff member, said she was angry when she heard about the University proposal, calling it "unacceptable."
She said the University justifies rejecting the 3 percent wage increase because of the need for money to compete in the marketplace for top faculty members.
"The University needs to start with being fair, then competitive," Sundin said.
Walker said she hopes the University "wakes up and brings real money to the table."
"We had to file an unfair labor practice lawsuit against the 'U' just to get them to the negotiating table," Walker said.
Walker said the 2 percent wage increase proposal is an insult.
"Every job is critical, and there is dignity in each of those jobs," she said.
Lund said a 2 percent wage increase is not comparable to other University employee overall pay.
"If you were to give higher paid administrators the same percentage of an increase, it would amount to more than if you were to apply it to our salaries," Lund said.
Lund said she hoped for a settlement in the near future.
She said the unions are willing to continue negotiating until they receive what they deserve or the mediator decides both the University and the unions cannot move any further.
If the mediator decides to stop the back-and-forth negotiations, the unions are left with what the University offers, Lund said.
"If union members do not approve of the leftover offer, there is no walking from the table to negotiate Ö the last final vote is a vote for a strike."


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The University of Florida's College of Engineering showed the public what robots can do on Wednesday.
Eric Schwartz, associate director of the Machine Intelligence Laboratory, said UF students' past robots have won world championships in the past, and this semester's creations are equally captivating.
Schwartz said he is always impressed with the great work produced by students like Andrew Gray and Ilan Eskinazi. He noted that the students made these inventions in just one semester and hopes they will continue the work.


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Road wins a must in Dynamo's push for playoffs
Sports // Dynamo
By Corey Roepken July 18, 2017
Wilmer Cabrera, Dynamo coach
Photo: Erik Williams #1
This week, the Dynamo get two chances to exorcise the demons that come with road games, but this time, they'll have to do it without three of their top scorers.
It seems like a big deal, but don't expect coach Wilmer Cabrera to spend much time talking about it.
Alberth Elis, Boniek Garcia, Romell Quioto and Erick Torres are away on international duty, so when the Dynamo take on Minnesota United FC on Wednesday night and D.C. United on Saturday, they will do so without several players who have been influential in nearly every goal this season.
"We knew, so we're not going to make excuses about not having those four guys," Cabrera said. "We're going to work, and we are preparing ourselves to face the teams we have to face with the mentality to play even and get the best result possible."
The Dynamo (8-7-4) remain one of four MLS teams yet to win a road game. In fact, they have earned a point in only two of their nine games away from home. They were robbed of a win when a tying goal by the LA Galaxy was allowed to stand despite clear video evidence the player who scored it was offside.
The Dynamo had been pleased with their effort in a few road games before poor defensive play at Colorado led to a 3-1 loss on July 1. That one left a bitter taste in their mouths, so they are anxious for another opportunity on Wednesday.
Dynamo update
Today: at Minnesota United, 7 p.m.
TV/radio: KUBE; 650 AM and 1010 AM (Spanish).
If the Dynamo beat Minnesota, they will make amends for a missed opportunity when the teams met at BBVA Compass Stadium on April 15. The Dynamo led by two at halftime but conceded two goals quickly thereafter and settled for a 2-2 draw.
Despite that draw, the Dynamo have been dominant at home. And now that they have established themselves as a powerful team there, they know getting points on the road is a necessity if they want to make the playoffs.
Eventually, they will add new acquisition Tomas Martinez to the lineup to make the attack a bigger threat than it already is. Now that the summer transfer window is open, other MLS teams will add players, too, with high hope that the additions will help them make a strong push to the postseason.
"These are very important games (this week) because it is after the break," Cabrera said. "Everyone - Minnesota, D.C. and all the other teams - are all preparing to be sure the second part of the season can give the possibility to be in the playoffs. The ones that are in playoff contention, the ones that are not, mathematically everyone has possibilities.
"Everyone is going to push and try to improve their rosters. That shows that this is going to be the toughest part of the season. If we want to accomplish our goals, we have to be prepared, and we have to improve a lot of things."
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