After the World Ended (V): But What Would It Look Like?
Seriously? What's serious? What's politically serious?
Politically serious means that you are out to take power in the country. Therefore, your actions are directed towards building a mass-based political organisation capable of either winning elections or violently overthrowing the structures of the state and replacing its governance with yourself. Nothing else, nothing less, is at all serious. Other things are simply blowing smoke around the prison-house of political impotence.
But politically serious also means that you are out to improve conditions in the country. Obviously it is possible to "take power" by simply aligning yourself with the existing power elite and promising — overtly or covertly — to do whatever it takes to help them. However, this is not about improving conditions in the country, it is about improving conditions for a minority in the country — and a fairly tiny minority, at that. (Most of the middle class in South Africa are not currently benefiting from current right-wing policies, even though most of them believe that the real problem is that these policies are not being sufficiently stringently applied.) Furthermore, taking power only on condition that you exercise it in some cabal's interest, outside your own control, is not taking power at all.
An organisation attempting to be politically serious, but starting from scratch, needs some ideological and structural foundations. It has to be socialist, or at least it must address the economic problems which socialism attempts to address (there are elements of liberalism which could do this, although they are almost extinct). It has to be democratic, including internal democracy (this doesn't completely preclude some kind of democratic centralism, but ultimately the emphasis has to be on the democratic rather than the centralism — which is almost never the case in leftist organisations). Being democratic doesn't mean abrogating the right to pursue a revolution, but it certainly means that no seizure of power could be pursued without pursuing the rights of the people (rather than the rights of the organisation's leaders to seize themselves agreeable houses and splendid uniforms).
So, an organisation trying to gain large-scale support would identify itself with the working class, but in a way that does not condescend to them, and would therefore try very hard to get working class people on board as much as possible, particularly in positions of leadership. Obviously it would also need to have middle-class support, but its policy core would be, as far as possible one more in harmony with the needs of the workers than with the wants of the middle class.
One big problem, though, is that neither the workers nor the middle class necessarily know what policies are good for them. This is not because workers or middle class people are stupid. It is, however, because there has been a long-standing campaign all over the world to ridicule and demonise many of the policies which are good, and invent all manner of excuses for not implementing such policies. Meanwhile, other policies which are bad for almost everybody are promoted with immense enthusiasm and have largely driven more usable policies out of the debating framework. Hence, a party seeking working-class support and attempting to improve conditions in the country would have to start with a substantial discussion on what would have to be done. It would not simply be a question of declaring some answers and then waiting for the workers to roll up and endorse them.
But it's absolutely necessary for such an organisation to put forward a set of plans and proposals for the working class and the more open-minded of the middle class to debate. Some of these might even be deliberately controversial, like Malema's calls for nationalisation, with the objective of attracting the hostile attention of the middle class and thus getting them to provide free publicity for the proposals. Then, of course, it would be advisable to put forward the facts which informed the proposals, and the alternatives to the proposals, and try to get a discussion going. This, in the broadest of terms, was how politics progressed in South Africa in the 1980s, and for a brief period this made the black working class and the black, coloured and indian middle classes the most politically astute, well-informed and intellectually open people in the country.
There would have to be a vehicle for this debate. This is a problem, for a newspaper or a series of pamphlets or a magazine would cost a lot of money, and a website would be inadequately accessible — though perhaps it could be the base for the information which people might be able to download to their phones. Despite the supposed ready access which people have to the Net, most working-class people probably have very limited access and would prefer to have something to read from which to discuss material. It might be costly, but it would have to be done or otherwise such a movement would have to depend on the sympathetic ignorance of the populace, which is not to be counted on.
Of course, the focus of the debate would be how to reduce inequality, increase employment and eradicate poverty. The problem with these talking points is that they have been deliberately stripped of their meaning by the neoliberal South African ruling class over the past few years. People who use such language are naturally viewed as corrupt figures out to fool people. It would be necessary to put a lot of effort into reclaiming the concepts for South Africans.
Let's suppose, however, that the organisation is launched with a burst of propaganda around some kind of redistributive project. Let us assume that the organisation is able to make itself heard and that the propaganda succeeds — that the organisation's opponents launch condemnations of it via the media and via their own propaganda agencies and thus do the work which the organisation might not have been able to do by itself. Assuming that the leadership of the organisation have done their work well, and assuming that the Tripartite Alliance live down to the standards they have set for themselves in recent years, the organisation will win the debate. But what more can be done than that? The ANC Youth League won the debate within the Alliance, but that availed them nothing when they were crushed by the SACP's raw political power conjoined with the cowardice and sloth of COSATU and the ANC's pseudo-left wing.
So although propaganda is important it is only a small part of the battle. It is not good enough to get the public believing that you are right, because unless you can show the public that you can actually do them some good, they will not protect you against your myriad enemies. This is a problem, because most left-wingers focus almost exclusively on what they deem to be the big picture — the way the nation is run, fantasising about revolutionary transformation of the country along the lines of a Stalinist Five-Year Plan. This means a lot to left-wingers who have read a few books (the fewer the better) but does nothing about putting bread on the public table, and therefore is meaningless to anyone except those left-wingers. Calling for revolutionary change is pointless if you cannot bring about the revolution.
So a left-wing party would have to start small. It would have to focus on transformation, not at the national, but at the municipal and provincial levels. The party should identify a province where there is considerable dissatisfaction with the current administration, and where that administration is also weaker than in other provinces. This should not be hard to do; dissatisfaction is quite rife in virtually all provinces. However, the provincial governments of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, while unpopular, are also extremely tyrannical and corrupt; it is quite possible that attempts to set up any serious challenge to the administration would be met with violence and even murder. In contrast, in the Western Cape the divide between the ANC and the DA would make it difficult for a third party to get much traction, simply because people who are seriously hostile to the way the place is run tend to vote for the ANC and would view a third party as a distraction.
The Northern Cape is the poorest province and the one with the lowest population density. Here, an enormous amount of effort would be needed to reach the scattered voters; a rich party like the DA could do this, but not a newly-formed group of penurious leftists.
What would need to be developed would be a series of plans by which the people of the province, and of the various municipalities making up the province, could be drawn into participating in their own social and economic development with the assistance of the provincial and municipal officials and funds. The goal, obviously, would be to create jobs and wealth, by means of simple projects which could be pursued without substantial investment or infrastructure — agriculture, rain harvesting, housing, service provision and manufacturing — all on a small scale and labour-intensive, of course. Meanwhile, the organisation would have to become completely familiar with the activities of the municipalities and of the province — and therefore make it clear to everybody that it was serious about helping to solve the problems and that it had a better plan to fulfil the functions of government than was being applied by those in charge. Everybody is understandably suspicious of those trying to do the work currently, so it would take a lot of work to persuade the public that the left-wing party really wanted to do this — but once people were provided with a serious alternative to the current incompetent and corrupt municipal and provincial leadership, they would probably jump at it.
The ANC, one might think, could elude this problem by simply following the same policies. But in fact it could not. The object of provincial and municipal government is not to run the province or municipality effectively. Instead, the object of such government is to use its authority to channel public wealth into private pockets, through inefficient tenders to inefficient private service providers, and then government serves as a shield protecting the corrupt and inept private practitioners from punishment. All South African political leaders are so devoted to this process — because they are so committed to the money paid to them by the private companies who profit from governmental inefficiency — that they could not possibly do it any other way. Therefore, a left-wing party would have a clear run in any province and any municipality towards running an efficient and relatively inexpensive government; all that is needed is to abandon neoliberalism while preserving efficiency.
So it's possible; it just requires, however, that government pursue the ideal of public development rather than private enrichment.
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Ecks vs. Sever is the amongst the first FPSes to be featured on the Game Boy Advance. The game tells the story of Ecks, an ex-FBI Agent whose orders are to hunt down the beautiful assassin named Sever. As the cat-and-mouse-hunt progresses, both agents will find out that they are mere pawns in a larger government conspiracy...
In the Single Player mode, the player can choose wether he wants to play as Ecks or Sever. The choice makes a radical difference in the single-player campaign. As Ecks, your orders are to chase Sever, whilst as Sever, you have to evade him. The levels for both characters tend to be the same, but with different objectives, and different locations for both characters.
As an example, the orders of Sever are to hunt down and kill a government agent whilst as Ecks, your orders are to prevent the assassination. During this level, both characters will encounter each other. As Ecks, you'll have to try and snipe Sever whilst evading her grenades. When you play this level as Sever, you'll have to throw grenades at Ecks, whilst avoiding his sniper fire.
The game also has a multi-player mode for up to 4 players with three different modes, which are Deathmatch (Every man for himself), Assassination (one player is the assassin who has to hunt down the VIP who's being protected by bodyguards) and Bomb kit (Try to gather all parts of a bomb before the other players do).
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Much has been reported over the past couple of weeks about the spreading measles epidemic in California and Arizona, particularly as travelers made plans to attend this year's Super Bowl in Phoenix. However, poultry producers, agriculture officials, and public health officials in Canada and the United States have been concerned for the past couple of months about another highly contagious viral infection affecting poultry and wild birds, avian influenza.
Avian influenza (AI), also called bird flu, is caused by the Type A influenza virus. This virus can affect poultry, wild bird species, and in some cases mammals. AI is classified into two broad categories based on the severity of illness caused to poultry: low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Poultry infected with LPAI typically show little signs of the illness; poultry infected with HPAI exhibit extreme illness and death occurs at high rates. Avian influenza is further divided into subtypes based on two proteins found in the virus: hemagglutinin, the "H" protein, and neuraminidase, the "N" protein. There are 16 H types (H1-H16) and 9 N (N1- N9) types, creating a total of 144 possible combinations. Wild birds, especially waterfowl are a natural reservoir for the influenza virus. They are not normally affected by the virus, but can transmit it to more susceptible domesticated birds or poultry. The H5 and H7 subtypes are of particular concern. They are common in waterfowl and are typically low pathogenic. However, they are known to mutate from low pathogenic to high pathogenic after infecting poultry flocks. (CFIA a)
Concern over avian influenza arose in December when it was discovered in commercial poultry operations in British Columbia. Agriculture and health officials identified 11 infected premises (farms). The cases were reported between December 1 and 17 and involved turkeys, broiler breeders, and table egg layers. The birds were identified to be infected with subtype H5N2 (AP). To limit the spread of the disease, agriculture officials euthanized the birds and disposed the remains of the infected flocks. A total of 245,600 birds were affected by this outbreak (CFIA b). In response to the reported outbreak, eight countries, including the United States, placed restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from British Columbia (AP). U.S. producers and officials were particularly concerned about this outbreak as the infected farms lie in the path of the Pacific flyway used by migratory birds.
In December and January, avian influenza cases were discovered in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho involving backyard poultry flocks and captive falcons. These cases, reported between December 4 and January 16, involved HPAI H5N8 and HPAI H5N2 (APHIS). Following soon after the first reported cases in the United States, China imposed an import ban on all poultry and poultry products from the United States effective January 8 (Enoch). On January 23, a commercial poultry operation, a turkey ranch in Stanislaus County, California, was affected by HPAI H5N8 (APHIS). In all of these cases the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has worked closely with state agriculture and health officials to quarantine the affected areas, euthanize the birds, and dispose of the remains. APHIS provides 100 percent compensation to producers for their losses to encourage reporting on outbreaks, so they can be monitored and controlled (APHIS). Poultry producers are also strongly advised to maintain strict biosecurity protocols to minimize the potential for contact between commercial flocks and infected birds, potentially infected birds (wild birds), or contaminated materials.
Outbreaks of avian influenza among poultry have been associated with illness and death in humans in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Pacific, and the Near East (CDC). Transmission to humans occurs when people have had close contact with infected birds or heavily contaminated environments. Cases of avian influenza illnesses among humans in North America have been rare (CDC). Furthermore, the number of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks among commercial poultry have been relatively rare in the United States. Indeed, since 1997, only two cases have been recorded, including the current case in California. The other case occurred on a chicken farm in Texas in 2004 (CDC). The greatest risk associated with outbreaks of avian influenza may be the costs associated with the lost economic activity associated with production, processing, and trading poultry and poultry products. Lost export shipments to China or other markets could be significant. Through November, the total value of poultry and poultry product shipments to China during 2014 summed to $286 million; in 2013 total calendar year shipments to China summed to $427 million (FAS).
The United States is fortunate to have suffered such few outbreaks of this virulent disease affecting poultry. Producers and consumers in the United States are also fortunate to have the best disease monitoring and control systems in the world. While threats to human health are generally low, the economic losses can be significant. Continued vigilance in protecting U.S. producers and consumers from this and other possible diseases affecting poultry and livestock is essential.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Update on Avian Influenza Findings in the Pacific Flyway. U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Accessed February 3, 2015): http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/sa_animal_disease_information/sa_avian_health/ct_avian_influenza_disease/!ut/p/a1/lVFNc4IwEP0tHnrMJCbIx9GPVlDRTp1W4cKsASRTCAxEp-2vb1DbsQdpm9vuvpfd9x4O8RaHEo5iD0qUEvK2Ds1otnJpf0SoN10798Rbvjz49sJiK9fQgEADyI03JD_5q7lntvwnMnInfbJmeINDHHKpKpXhAKpMNBEvpUqkinKxq6F-vyMNROWhjtKSH5pTBVIUkEdZArnKrjuxaBJokkjItKyLk4jz-ChAfuO5ujQ0LD8k8gO-iO0xFRcxDnbUSYlJE8TsPiCD7xiCAQwQHcRpHHNuMWZdxHeo-8W8k3gNGU-HrmEttGGGTYk30XTL8QnxzAugw99A32DdXOIYeP1PUbM_RE5rf-zv9begMtSajbedIZzHVyHgbUcImxEOzbejM9_jqngubPaOXtPlEoXBozfs9T4B8LuWTg!!/?1dmy&urile=wcm%3apath%3a%2Faphis_content_library%2Fsa_our_focus%2Fsa_animal_health%2Fsa_animal_disease_information%2Fsa_avian_health%2Fct_ai_pacific_flyway
Associated Press. "Avian Flu Spreading in Southwest British Columbia." The New York Times, December 11, 2014. (Accessed February 3, 2015): http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/12/11/world/asia/ap-cn-avian-flu.html?_r=0
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (a). Fact Sheet – Avian Influenza. (Accessed February 3, 2015): http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/ai/fact-sheet/eng/1356193731667/1356193918453
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (b). Avian Influenza – British Columbia 2014 Infected Premises. (Accessed February 3, 2015): http://www.inspection.gc.ca/animals/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/ai/2014-ai-investigation-in-bc/infected-premises/eng/1418340527324/1418340584180
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreaks of Avian Influenza in North America. (Accessed February 3, 2015): http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avianflu/outbreaks.htm
Enoch, Daniel. "AFBF Says China's Ban on U.S. Poultry Violates Global Trade Rules." AgriPulse, January 13, 2015. (Accessed February 3, 2015): http://www.agri-pulse.com/AFBF-says-China-ban-on-US-poultry-violates-global-trade-rules-01132014.asp
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Laws Connected to Paternity Actions
Jan 15, 2015 by Anica
Like any other legal matter or court proceeding, the issues covered under family law are also intricate in detail. Besides the complexity of the law is the sensitivity or each topic, which also causes much emotional distress. Divorce and the many different issues related to it, namely, child support, visitation rights, child custody, division of properties and debts, alimony, and paternity action are among these.
Paternity disputes or paternity actions can be a frightening ordeal for someone who is being named as a child's father, but who is definitely not prepared to be one yet. When a person denies any possibility of having fathered a child, the court can be requested to intervene in the matter and help in proving whether the child's or any other's claim to such person's fatherhood is true or not.
In the UK, for the court to be able to act on the dispute, the child making the claim can file his/her application to the court based on the stipulations of the Family Law Act of 1986. This Act recognizes a child's act of "Declaration" that a certain person is his/her parent and that he/she is the legitimate child of such person.
According to Raleigh divorce attorneys, children who have not reached the age of 18 cannot make the application, though; someone above 18 years old should, instead, apply on his/her behalf. This older person, regardless of his/her real relationship with the child, is legally identified as a "Next Friend."
On the other hand, if it is the father who would like to prove or disprove any claim that he is a particular child's father (due to the child support he is being asked to pay for the child's welfare), the he can make his application under the Child Support Act of 1991, for a "Declaration" that he is either the father or not the father of the child making the claim.
Sep 19, 2014 by Anica
When fatal car accidents happen, there is a tendency for people to look for a serious cause for it to at least mitigate the tragedy it represents. If the brakes failed, for instance, or the ignition switch failed, these are at least circumstances that are beyond the control of the driver. Unfortunately, too many car accidents happen for the most ridiculous reasons.
One of these is driving while intoxicated with drugs or alcohol, but this is increasingly being rivaled in frequency by the use of handheld devices, mostly texting and mostly involving teenagers. This may be because while most states ban texting while driving, including Kentucky, it is not sanctioned with the same severity as drunk driving. This is a form of reckless driving that according to the website of the Sampson Law Firm can be life-changing, and not in a good way.
Another cause is distraction, such as changing the radio station, fiddling with the GPS, or simply picking up something from the car floor. These are momentary distractions, but it only takes a moment for a child to run across the street or for a car in front to suddenly brake.
And then there are some accidents that have no immediately apparent cause. A recent single-car accident on the Second Street Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky was reported where the driver died on the scene. It seems that for some reason the driver who had been driving south had drifted to the northbound lane and then swerved back only to strike an iron support of the bridge hard enough to kill her. Investigation into the incident is underway, but reports that the driver had been going 65 mph on a 35 mph stretch does not explain why the car would swerve the way it did.
In that instance, only the driver and some property were affected, but it could easily have involved other vehicles and people. If you have been seriously hurt in a negligent car accident, you may be eligible for compensation. Consult with a skilled car accident lawyer in the area to review your case and give advice about what can be done.
Spinal Cord Injury: A Very Costly Paralyzing injury
Aug 16, 2014 by Anica
Every year, about 12,000 individuals are added to the more than 200,000 already suffering from spinal cord injuries (SCI). A spinal injury can result from either a non-traumatic or traumatic experience. While a non-traumatic experience can include infections, arthritis, cancer and other illnesses, disc collapse and inflammation of the spine, a traumatic one is a result of a sudden, forceful blow that can crush, fracture or dislocate any region/s of the vertebral column.
Spinal injuries can be caused by a gunshot, a hard fall or bump (with excessive force) during sport activities, a case of a slip and fall accident, of a motor vehicle crash. Due to the activities that usually lead to spinal injuries, the most common victims are, therefore, young males, especially those 16 to 30 years in age.
A spinal injury, whether it is partial (Paraplegia) or total (Quadriplegia) paralysis, can change a victim's life forever. Not only will it require additional costly medical costs, but this paralyzing injury may also force you to make major changes in your work, activities, schedule – in all aspects of your life, actually.
Partial paralysis or Paraplegia, in particular can result to sexual side effects, extensive nerve damage, loss of fertility, loss of function and feeling of extremity and loss of bladder and bowel control. Almost half of all the cases of spinal injuries are partial paralyses, which may also be a result of medical malpractice, aside from car accidents and slip and fall.
A spinal injury is actually a result of damage or harm to the spinal cord or spinal/vertebral column since this damage will render the brain unable to send signals to different parts of the body. The brain and the spinal cord form the Central Nervous System, which is composed of nerve segments that are protected by the spinal column / vertebral column (simply called backbone or spine). To cushion and protect the spinal cord's delicate nerve tissues, the Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) encircles them, keeping them undamaged despite impact; but protection is only possible if the impact is not extremely forceful.
It is more possible than not, that if anyone is suffering from a spinal injury, that injury was sustained due to someone else's negligent or reckless acts, rendering it a personal injury. Under the law, victims of personal injury ought to be compensated by the person, firm (or whatever entity) that caused such injury.
If you or a loved one has suffered a spinal cord injury because of medical malpractice, contact a personal injury lawyer today. You shouldn't have to suffer alone and a personal injury lawyer will be able to guide you through this difficult time.
Workplace Retaliation: What it is and the Laws that Protect You from it
Jun 20, 2014 by Anica
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are just two of the many agencies and laws that safeguard the rights of all employees, as well as job applicants, in the United States. Through these two federal decrees, individuals are protected from being intimidated, coerced, threatened, harassed, unjustly compensated, discriminated against, wrongfully terminated, (and many others) in the workplace. Besides these, there is another protection that EEOC offers, but which employees may not be aware of – that is, protection against retaliation.
Retaliation refers to any adverse act resorted to by an employer, labor organization or employment agency against an employee who participates in legally protected activities. An adverse act is any act, like termination, refusal to hire, unjustified negative references or evaluation, and criminal or civil charges, that will impede a person from opposing or participating in employment discrimination proceedings; a legally protected activity, on the other hand, refers to any act that will help expose and /or prove discriminatory practices or harassment in the workplace. Some samples of protected activities are:
Refusal to follow a superior's order which is honestly alleged as discriminatory
Protesting/picketing against workplace discrimination
Showing intent to file a charge of discrimination or actually filing a case of employment discrimination
Acting as a witness in an EEOC investigation or legal proceeding
There are acts of retaliation that are quite obvious, such as reduction in salary, demotion, being denied a raise or promotion, and being fired from work; there are retaliatory acts too that are subtle and, therefore, not immediately apparent, like job relocation or a change in work schedule, which could limit employee flexibility or greatly inconvenience a parent-employee.
There have been many laws passed and agencies formed with the intent of protecting employees from employer retaliation regardless of the status of their employment (while still employed, retaliation may be in the form of demotion, reduction in salary, etc.; retaliation after employee's resignation from work can include bad referencing). Some of these laws are:
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), which was signed into law in 1970 and which gave rise to the government agency called the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This law was designed to keep workers from any hazards in the workplace, like toxic chemicals, damaging noise levels, extreme temperature (heat or cold), dangerous machinery, etc.;
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which became a law in 1993. It lays down the right of every employee to take time off from work due to illness or injury, either to his/her own person or to a family member, and arrival of a new child (through birth or adoption);
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This became a law in 2002 and is also known under the name Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protector Act of 2002. The Act asks employees to report to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) any accounting violations or accounting fraud scandals committed by public companies.
Obviously, no employer would admit resorting to retaliatory acts to get back at an employee. However, if you honestly feel that your employer is retaliating against you, then one of the wisest moves to take is to ask for legal advice. By contacting a hostile work environment lawyer, you will be able to work through your case with an expert.
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Last month, the Supreme Court convened to rule on a number of high-profile cases before recessing for the summer. While many people were focused on the Supreme Court's decisions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, or the Voting Rights Act, there were two cases decided 5 to 4 that had a significant impact on employment discrimination and received much less press coverage. The website of Melton & Kumler, LLP, fittingly notes that in spite of the progressive attitude shown by the Supreme Court's reversal of DOMA and Prop 8, employment discrimination is still a serious problem today.
These two cases, Vance v. Ball State University, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, respectively ruled on the definition of a "supervisor" when looking at racial or sexual harassment cases, and the burden of proof on employees regarding illegal retaliation against employment discrimination complaints.
In the first case, Vance complained of racial harassment by her supervisor. However, the court ruled that Vance's harasser was a co-worker, rather than a supervisor, and therefore needed more proof from Vance before Ball State University could be found liable for the damages.
In the second case, Nassar, a physician at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, had complained of racial and religious discrimination and now claimed that the medical center had retaliated by giving him a sub-standard job offer. The court ruled that it was not enough for retaliation to have been part of the motivation for the medical center's undesirable job offer, but rather it needed to be the defining reason for the action.
The court's rulings, which met passionate dissent from the four more liberal justices, mark a trend toward greater difficulty for employees who have been discriminated against, or punished for complaining about discrimination, to come up with credible cases and receive compensation.
If you believe you have a discrimination case, contact a discrimination lawyer today to discuss your options.
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Q: Poor performance with storing large rasters in PostGIS and visualising in QGIS my question concerns the use and performance of several software tools in conjunction, namely PostgreSQL, PostGIS, QGIS, and GDAL.
I'm a long-time ArcGIS, Python, and R user who is interested in diversifying into the free open source GIS ecosystem and Linux as well. Recently I've been very interested in using QGIS (ver 2.8) together with PostgreSQL (ver 9.4) and PostGIS (ver 2.1), and I've installed the software on a computer with Windows 8.1 x64 (the computer specs in brief: ThinkPad X200s with a 2.1GHz Core 2, 8GB RAM, and a 240GB SSD). Once I learn how to manage my spatial data (~100GB worth), I'd like to run Ubuntu on this machine.
At the moment, I'm simply trying to reliably store and retrieve shapefiles and rasters. So far I've been successful in loading shapefiles into PostGIS, but rasters are proving more problematic. I have successfully completed single and batch imports of small geoTIFF and GRID files, but larger rasters (say, a 15619x14655 cell IMG or TIFF file 870MB in size on disk) take forever to load into PostGIS. I've read and configured the raster2pgsql tool to build spatial indices and load rasters by tiles using these parameters:
raster2pgsql -s 3161 -C -I D:\PostGIS_data\dem.img -t auto raster.dem | psql -h localhost -U postgres -p 5432 -d postgres

Performance in importing is still very poor, and the hardware is not the problem. Visualisation of PostGIS rasters in QGIS is even worse, slowly loading small rasters at best or freezing altogether. Large rasters like the one I mentioned are impossible to visualise in QGIS. From the documentation and forum discussions, this shortcoming appears to be due to GDAL's PostGIS raster driver and not QGIS itself. Forum discussions mention this problem briefly and some even suggest that rasters shouldn't be stored in PostGIS (what is the point in a spatial database that doesn't handle rasters smoothly?). Yet I routinely use ESRI's file geodatabase to store, visualise, and analyse quite large (~70GB) rasters quickly and easily, and ArcGIS 10.1 never freezes or slows due to such routine operations. These performance roadblocks are disappointing and leave me unimpressed with FOSS GIS.
Is there something I'm missing here, a bottleneck I haven't addressed? Does PostgreSQL need tuning to realise the performance benefits of PostGIS? Am I missing a version of GDAL that I need to hunt down and compile? How do I improve PostGIS performance and visualisation in QGIS of shapefiles and rasters especially? How can I enjoy the glory of comprehensive and speedy spatial data management via a Linux terminal?
Any help on this issue would be welcome!

I followed this guide by a Duncan Golicher:
https://duncanjg.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/the-basics-of-postgis-raster/
I was using tiles with an automatic setting originally, but I reset the tiling to 100x100 cells per row and then included the pyramids as shown in the guide like so:
raster2pgsql -s 3161 -d -C -I -M -l 4 D:\PostGIS_data\dem.img -t 100x100 raster.dem100 | psql -h localhost -U postgres -p 5432 -d postgres

I was able to successfully import the 870MB IMG raster in a good time and display it in QGIS without slowing or crashing the application. The rendering time is not as snappy as I'd expect, but it is acceptable. I will read further on the -l parameter to use it properly.
Incidentally, in importing the dem.img file as the dem100 table another raster table was created called "o_4_dem100". When I import it as a layer in QGIS, it has a value range of between 201 to 524, while the dem100 layer has a range of 36 to 524. Am I right in assuming that this extra table is the pyramid table that has a narrower value range as a result of being aggregated to a lower resolution?

I don't think inadequate hardware is the problem. Here's a brief summary of what I've found so far.
GDAL's PostGIS raster driver has had past performance issues (see here as well). Although these problems were noted in 2012, I wonder whether GDAL 1.11.2 found in QGIS 2.8 still has this problem. Surely there are others using QGIS and PostGIS for raster visualisation and storage?
On a possible related note, I have also had performance issues with opening PostGIS attribute tables in QGIS with tables of ~4.7m records. After a few suggestions in that thread and without fixing the problem, I ultimately filed a bug report with QGIS that was eventually closed and linked to the following similar bug report. Although the bug report is closed, it doesn't seem to be fixed...
To sum up my efforts so far:

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*I have optimised the PostgreSQL server for spatial data.

*I have built spatial indices for geometry tables and performed a VACUUM.

*QGIS behaviour for opening large attribute tables (~4.7m records) seems to try reading all records rather than returning a subset for instantaneous viewing. This leads to poor performance.

*Performance in rendering large PostGIS geometry tables does not seem to be a problem.

*With raster2pgsql, rasters were indexed, tiled, and imported as raster tables with pyramids in PostGIS.

*Rasters of any reasonable size are still incredibly slow to import into PostGIS, let alone open and pan around in QGIS.

It's also worth noting that when importing large rasters or opening large attribute tables with PostGIS, memory consumption for raster2pgsql and qgis-bin are over 1GB. As @Michael and @Paul have mentioned in response to my initial question, it appears that PostGIS isn't meant to bring much if any benefits to storing rasters. However, at that point I question why I would run QGIS+PostGIS at all for my GIS needs, especially when ESRI fileGDBs enable raster attributes, mosaic datasets, and other raster operations facilitated by the geodatabase. So maybe either I am really missing something or QGIS and PostGIS do not meet my GIS needs. I find the latter hard to believe.

A: I am having the exact same issues with rendering rasters in QGIS from PostGIS (see my recent question) I found this post helpful and increasing the following improved raster rendering slightly:
shared_buffers = 5000MB
work_mem = 100MB
maintenance_work_mem = 100MB
However, with that said, I totally agree that the performance of PostGIS rasters in QGIS is not great. I am dealing with 608 compressed geotiffs that load great as a VRT but are essentially unusable in PostGIS. Try to increase the performance of the dbase server, but beyond that I can't be too helpful. I too might have to rely on the file system to serve up rasters within my organization.

A: Not sure if it was your case, but I found out -I should not be used together with appending data -a.
I was importing many TIF files into a DB, and -I actually creates the index again and performs analyse on the table for each file, which takes 10x more time.
-I should only be used when creating the table, with -p option.

A: If you want to display large rasters in QGIS, you have to build pyramids, either for a tif image on the file system or for a image registered in Postgis.
The performance difference in QGIS rendering between a large raster in the file system or in Postgis is miminal. Users will not notice the difference. But - if and only if - you build the pyramids with the option -l.
If you simple import the image without the -l option, or with just -l 4 it will not work.
If you use, for example, -l 2,4,8,16,  four levels of pyramids will be created, like in the layer below:

If you want to have a better user experience, you should add more levels of pyramids, like -l 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256. This will create eight levels of pyramids.

To summarize, the answer to this question is: import the raster with the option -l and use the same number of pyramid levels as you use for the same raster on the file system.
For example:
raster2pgsql -s 3161 -d -C -I -M -l 2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256 D:\PostGIS_data\dem.img -t 100x100 raster.dem100 | psql -h localhost -U postgres -p 5432 -d postgres

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Out of these, the only one I have is the John Denver and The Muppets CD. I love it, just so heartwarming. I would like to get a copy or at least the digital version of the Brady album. Have to get looking!
I'd like to stumble across a vinyl version of the Brady Christmas album--to hang on the wall. I'm still looking :) Thanks for commenting.
I have Partridge Family in both LP and CD, and the same for John Denver and the Muppets. Have The Waltons Christmas Album as LP and the later one on CD. Love the Waltons Christmas Album; played it again this year. Love Grandpa's speech, and Hamner's stories. Every time I go out where I can see the stars in the winter I can hear his voice talking about "the magic hour of midnight."


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In this conversation with Dr Julie Walsh (Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick), Dr Sacks will reflect on his work and writing throughout his exceptional career.
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What Matters - Episode 28 - Accessing Accessibility with Adrian Roselli
What comes to mind when you hear the word accessibility? Users with disabilities? Blind folks trying to access web applications? The deaf community?
All these people may come to mind when thinking of accessibility, but to really get people on board, we need to think of the CEO one handing a mobile device while picking up a coffee in midtown Manhattan. We need to make it a personal story.
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2. At an urban event you have been seen trampling through a flower bed, taking a short cut across an out of bounds area, scaling an uncrossable wall, and reaching through an uncrossable fence to punch a control. Who is most to blame?
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c) 5 minutes after the closing of courses send an e-mail to BOF stating that your club, Up North, no longer exists and cannot be contacted but would they register the existence of a new club, Oop North, with officials remarkably having the same names as the old club.
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dustytoo wrote: c) declare his entry illegitimate, as he is Bjorn out of Wenlock.
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4. Option D - publish a summary of the findings, which doesn't include the actual conclusion.
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6. Option D - persuade someone to lend me the money to pay the levy by promising them the levy for the next 3 years - good enough for soccer in Glasgow.
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AGE's induce tissue damage through a process refered to as "cross linking". In the body, AGE formation is consistent when there are elevated levels of fructose in the diet. Next time you reach for a can of soda, consider the HFCS's (high fructose corn syrup) effect upon your body, and the resultant free radical activity and tissue destruction it may induce.
AGE's have a cumulative effect in the tissues and are strongly implicated in the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. Many AGE's form when proteins and fats are heated with sugar in the absence of water. A sign of glycation in foods is when foods are "browned". Browning of foods and the formation of AGE's may also result in acrylamides, another potential carcinogen formed during the healting process of food. AGE's have been identified when sugars, proteins and/or fats are heated at temperatures of 248F and greater. However AGE's can form at lower temperatures when certain foods are heated for longer periods of time.
AGE's have been shown to decrease the body's antioxidant defenses, including reduction in glutathione and ascorbic acid. In vitro studies have demonstrated that alpha-lipoic acid decreases AGE albumin-induced endothelial dysfunction.
It is very clear that high temperature cooking such as in frying, broiling and grilling will result in volatile carcinogenic activity. Many of these carcinogens have been implicated as causative in numerous diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
RAGE's are the receptors for AGE's. The expression of RAGE's has been documented to enhance tumor formation.
One of the most fundamental ways to reduce AGE formation is by reducing the temperature of your cooking, especially if the food you are cooking has sugar added to it. Frying food, broiling and grilling are the 3 most definitive ways to increase AGE formation in your food.
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The Sky Blues' three consecutive away fixtures puts them at a slight disadvantage in a league where a good start is crucial.
The Sky Blues' three consecutive away fixtures puts them at a slight disadvantage in a league where a good start is crucial.
Little wonder that their odds to lift the Championship title have drifted to 40/1 with Beteuro.co.uk, although VCbet seem to feel more confident, quoting just 8/1 on City gaining promotion.
Conversely, Premierbet offer the same odds on relegation, so perhaps the wise money will be on mid-table security.
For tomorrow's game, Norwich have been installed as 3/4 match favourites with online bookies Canbet, whereas Stan James marks Coventry at 9/2; the draw can be backed at 5/2 with Sporting Odds. The same firm offers an enticing 6/5 on a Coventry victory - assuming they kick off with the benefit of a one-goal start.
City will be keen to keep things tight during their three opening duels and Centrebet's 6/1 for them to force a 1-1 draw on Saturday has attracted understandable support. Meanwhile, Betdirect offers an attractive 9/1 for Coventry to return home 1-0 victors.
Meanwhile, following his excellent performances last term, Gary McSheffrey is offered at 7/1 with Bet365 to notch the game's opening strike.
Expectations will be high at Carrow Road tomorrow as title favourites Norwich take the field.


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Александр Васильевич Рахманов (9 сентября 1879, Москва — 22 ноября 1949, Ленинград) — российский и советский учёный-физиотерапевт и патоморфолог, педагог, доктор медицинских наук (1910), профессор (1914), генерал-майор медицинской службы. Заслуженный деятель науки РСФСР (1939). Основатель научной школы гистологов-физиологов и один из основоположников советской военно-врачебной экспертизы.

Биография
Родился 9 сентября 1879 года в Москве.

С 1898 по 1902 год  обучался на физико-математическом факультете Императорский Санкт-Петербургский университет, будучи студентом занимался гистологическими исследованиями  в нейрогистологической лаборатории под руководством профессора А. С. Догеля, за свою научную работу: «К вопросу о строении зобной железы» А. В. Рахманов был удостоен золотой медали Петербургского университета. С 1902 по 1906 год обучался в Военно-медицинской академии, в годы учёбы в академии, А. В. Рахманов работал в психоневрологической лаборатории академика В. М. Бехтерева, за научный труд «Нейро-фибриллы и хроматофильное вещество в нервных клетках» он был удостоен золотой медали ВМА.

С 1907 по 1914 год на научно-преподавательской деятельности в Военно-медицинской академии с прикомандированием  к клинике нервных и душевных болезней, с 1914 года — клинический профессор, проходил стажировку во Франции и Германии. С 1914 по 1921 года служил в Варшавском (с 1915 года — Московском) госпитале в должности
заведующего неврологическим отделением, с 1918 по 1946 год одновременно являлся членом и заместителем председателя Учёного совета НКЗ РСФСР — НКЗ СССР (с 1936 года). С 1923 по 1941 год на научно-исследовательской работе в Государственном институте физиотерапии в должности заведующего патологоанатомическим отделением. В период Великой Отечественной войны работал в составе Центральной военно-врачебной комиссии Народного комиссариата обороны СССР в качестве постоянного члена, занимался вопросами организации военно-врачебной экспертизы.

Научно-педагогическая деятельность
Основная научно-педагогическая деятельность А. В. Рахманова была связана с вопросами в области нейрогистологии и и патоморфологии. А. В. Рахманов являлся основателем научной школы гистологов-физиологов и одним из основоположников советской военно-врачебной экспертизы.

В 1910 году А. В. Рахманов была присвоено учёная степень доктор медицинских наук по теме его диссертации: «О распространении токсинов по нервной ткани». В 1914 году ему было присвоено учёное звание профессора.  А. В. Рахманов являлся автором более семидесяти научных работ. В 1939 году за заслуги в медицине и научной деятельности был удостоен почётного звания Заслуженный деятель науки РСФСР.

Скончался 22 ноября 1949 года в Ленинграде.

Основные работы

Неврофибрилли и хроматофильное вещество в нервных клетках / А.В. Рахманов; [Из Гистол. лаб. Клиники душев. и нерв. болезней акад. В.М. Бехтерева]. - Санкт-Петербург : тип. М.М. Стасюлевича, 1907.
 О распространении токсинов по нервной системе. - Санкт-Петербург : "Электропеч." Я. Кровицкого, 1910. — 160 с.
Краткое руководство по военно-врачебной экспертизе / Под ред. ген.-майора мед. службы А. В. Рахманова. - 2-е изд. - Москва : Медгиз, 1947. — 183 с.

Награды
 Орден Ленина
 Два ордена Красного Знамени
 Орден Трудового Красного Знамени

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Литература

Медики по алфавиту
Медики СССР
Авторы учебников медицины
Выпускники физико-математического факультета Императорского Санкт-Петербургского университета
Выпускники Военно-медицинской академии
Преподаватели Военно-медицинской академии

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Charles Soto is a moving and unconventional fiction author of Heartache & Sin, The Friend Request, Pride and a Prayer and the ghost writer of the Auto-Biography, Frias with Love (Where we come from, where we went).
Along with his diversity as an author and his capabilities of writing in a profound array of genres, his talents as a sculptor and expertise in the painting and decorating field has enabled him to supervise such projects as the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, NV., Pantageous Theatre in Downtown Minneapolis, MN., as well as many more iconic Structures.
Charles Soto was born in Las Vegas NV., and throughout his childhood was raised in the Bay Area of Alameda County on the outskirts of San Francisco, CA. He now lives in Northern Minnesota with his wife of thirty years and their two daughters.


We might have 99 problems right now but wine is not one of them.
American winemakers have been making big splashes lately. They're pushing boundaries, and straying away from the grapes and production methods that have been used in the past. Join us as we taste through 5 wines from regions all around the USA and learn about the people making them. Light snacks will be provided. Please purchase tickets in advance.
This class will be taught by Janine and set to a playlist of Jay-Z's greatest hits.


Earlier this year, Alan and I decided to join a different church. We had visited this particular church and felt welcome. This change had come after many prayers, questions and discussions with each other and with friends and family. The decision was made to start attending the new church and get involved in activities and then, join the congregation. We are very pleased with our decision.
One of the main questions we discussed with each other was "How can we glorify God through attending a different church? How can we shine His light to others?" Seems like simple questions to some people, but, to us, this is serious business.
Alan and I both want to show God's love in all we say and do. We want other people to know we love Christ and that Christ loves us and them, too.
Isn't that the way God wants us to show love to each other? In our words and our actions, we can show His love each and every moment of the day. A smile, a friendly hello, a phone call, a letter, and in many other ways we can show His love.
One example is to keep in touch with friends at our former church. We know someone who always says, "A friend is a friend for life. We will keep in touch." That friend is showing God's love.
Imagine the panic I felt realizing that my debit card was lost. I had made a purchase the night before and was sure I had placed the card back into my wallet. After searching my wallet, emptying my purse onto the bed and finding all sorts of "stuff", but not my debit card, I raced around the house with lightning speed. Well… it felt like lightning speed to me.
Everything was in a blur. I don't like to lose anything and this was an important item. Checking the clothes hamper, the pockets of the pants I wore the previous day, the desk, the dining room table, the floor, even checking places where I knew the card could never be, like inside a book, I finally took a deep breath and called my dear sweet husband at work.
"Alan, I can't find my debit card anywhere. What will I do? Should I call and cancel the card? Do you remember where I left it? Do you know where it is?" I spoke so fast that he couldn't get a word into the conversation.
Finally, after my fast, worried talking, I paused. Very calmly and quietly, Alan was able to speak to me.
"Dear, did you call the number on the back of the card? Wherever the card is, it will beep." I was amazed at his calm in this situation.
In my state of panic, I did not realize that his question made no sense at all.
Then, with a flash of clarity, I realized Alan was kidding me and trying to make me laugh.
He began to chuckle and then, I began to laugh, too. Silly me. How could I call a number on the back of a card that I didn't have? The card was still lost.
This is what happens when fear and panic set in and take over my thoughts. There was no need for panic. All I needed to do was stop and pray. Guess what? I found the debit card in the washing machine in the pocket of the pants I had worn the previous day. The card was washed and yes, it still works. Good thing it did not get placed in the dryer.
Whenever you are having a moment of worry, stop and pray. God is listening and sometimes, God even sends you giggles to help you become calm again.
I thank God for my silly husband. And…. yes, sometimes, I am just that gullible that I would believe I could call the number on the back of my debit card and it would beep.


One of the perks about being a veterinarian is that people always share interesting stories about their pets. Even strangers I've just met enter into 10-minute monologues as I smile and enjoy their wacky tales. One story in particular reminded me of why the term "man's best friend" came to be. Allow me to share it with you.
I was attending a veterinary conference on the Mainland and had some free time to visit with a childhood friend for happy hour and pupus. Wade and I reminisced about our hanabata days. After catching up on the latest happenings with family and work, I decided to breach the subject of relationships.
"So Wade, how's bachelor life?" I asked.
"I broke up with that girlfriend a while ago. Now I'm seeing Cindy. She's cool. I really like her," admitted Wade.
"So is she THE ONE," I halfheartedly joked.
Being happily married for more than 13 years, I vaguely remember what Wade was hinting at. Bachelorhood may have been a free-spirited time, but I prefer "married with kids" any day. I decided to shift gears and asked about his dog Baxter.
"Wow, you're definitely a dedicated owner. I have patients that suffer from allergies, and it's a lot of time and effort to keep them comfortable." I replied.
I couldn't help but notice how animated Wade was while he recanted his adventures with Baxter. Baxter was definitely his buddy. Earlier Wade mentioned commitment issues as if it were a character flaw. As I listened to his stories, there was no doubting his responsibility to his canine companion. In my opinion, he clearly had no problems with commitment. "Man's best friend" strikes again.
I guess the wild side has a way of taming the beast in all of us.


You will have noticed by now that NSMB's 'best of' lists don't follow the predictable pattern of gear, bikes, and more gear. Gear is important in our sport and we all love looking at it, thinking about it, debating it, and especially unwrapping it. But we also realize that the things that matter most to you and us don't always come wrapped in boxes or cellophane. So we told our contributors to pick whatever was most important to them and their mtb experience over the past year, and I hope everyone got as much enjoyment out of reading them as I did.
Of course, that didn't stop me from picking a few 'things' but as I spent a bit of time reflecting on the past year of riding, I realized - once again—that I don't get the most enjoyment out of the bike I'm riding or even the one I'm lusting after. It always comes down to shared experiences and laughs while chasing each other through the woods or suffering together in the heat of a climb. Or when choosing between a session ale or a citrus-tinged witbier at the end of a ride. But, mostly, it's the people.
Tinkerers and garage-based inventors have always kept the beat at the heart of our sport, and it's exciting to see the resurgence in popularity of small-batch hardtails (and duallies!)—look no further than Jon's and Perry's recent lists for evidence of that. The chaps at Only What's Necessary aren't exactly garage-based, but they do fly the indie flag proudly. Experienced shoe designers for other brands and sports, Warren Bosomworth and Dan Hutchinson decided to apply their talents to create the mountain bike shoe they always wanted: the FR-01.
Within a few rides and well before I wrote my review, I already knew they were candidates for my Best of 2017 list. They ticked all the boxes I value: unique and thoughtful design, incredible fit and comfort, and impressive performance. Their looks garnered a lot of comments and compliments, the removable, multi-liner system allows you to use them in hot or cold weather and dry quickly between wet rides, and they fit like slippers. Some flat pedal users may prefer stickier soles but judicious pedal choice makes for very solid and sticky contact. If I had one more wish left, it would be for an SPD-compatible version of these shoes (in all black or black & grey).
The best testament of all: the FR-01s are so comfortable that they persuaded me to ride on flat pedals more than I originally planned.
The white heels were the original colour scheme, but OWN has released versions of the FR-01 with stealthy black heel cups, or red ones for the two-wheeled Sith Lords out there.
Two different liners come standard: a neoprene-like one (shown) for cold or wet conditions and a mesh liner for warmer days. Pop 'em out and your shoes will dry in no time—can you tell the designers are British?
In an interesting twist, I spent nearly the entire year on that 'old school' wheel size: 27.5. The Chromag Primer in Plus guise, a Trek Remedy that doesn't have as much character as the Chromag but that was a trusted companion on all kinds of adventures, the Mk IV Santa Cruz Nomad (just reviewed), and the Rocky Mountain Altitude (review coming—promise). There is no 'best of' on that list, because they're all great, but the conclusion I can draw is that it would be hard to complain if any of those bikes were my one and only—yes, even the hardtail, and yes, even at lower spec levels than I was fortunate to review. Modern bikes are that good and we could all do with a little less whining about standards and incremental progression, and take a moment to really think about how much better current bikes are than the last one we all owned, even if that was only a few years ago.
The Trek Remedy 9.9 RSL was one of many 27.5" bikes I spent time on and loved in 2017.
Ok, I copped out on the bikes, so I will give a nod to the Nomad. It had a tough act to follow in the Nomad 3, and it delivered. Even though I concluded it may or may not be the ultimate bike for me as a North Shore resident, it is a category-buster, or best in class depending on what your needs are. It was capable of that despite decidedly downhill-oriented intentions, yet it still is a bike I'd happily pedal for hours—and did on many occasions. It also humbled me on several rides when I was still mentally recovering from a scary crash earlier in the year. I wasn't doing justice to the bike's capability, and it forced me to reconsider a few things and take mental stock. Eventually, I came out the other side, but I spent a few days on that Nomad questioning myself this year, and ultimately I'm grateful for the two-wheeled soul-searching that that inspired.
For taking on classic North Shore lines, the Nomad is as good as it gets.
In a year full of political strife and divisiveness that spilled over into painful revelations about just how badly women are still being treated everywhere, our little corner of the sports world also witnessed incredible accomplishments by women that deserve more limelight than they're getting. The list is way longer than I have room for here, so I chose a few that resonated with me. The contributions by these women (and others not listed) are what have given me the most optimism for the coming year. The ladies are, indeed, my best of 2017.
I feel fortunate to count myself as one of Lacy's many friends, but I feel even more lucky that she shares her boundless energy and far-reaching talents with the mountain biking community as a whole. Over the years she has honed her video production chops as the driver behind series such as Beyond the Bike, the beautiful Dream Ride, as well as a great mini-doc about Red Bull Rampage for us at NSMB. She has made other contributions for us, but notably also moonlights as a reviewer for Bike (including for the prestigious annual Bible of Bike Tests), leads a burgeoning by-donation-only yoga practice in Bellingham, and has finally been tamed just enough to have taken a full-time marketing job at Kona. This is a very partial list, and these are all contributing factors to the dynamic package that Lacy delivers to your screens and eyeballs, but I want to call particular attention to her recent win at the prestigious Banff Mountain Film Festival for Intersection: Micayla Gatto, which she directed and produced. Lacy, you are impressive and inspiring, and we're all lucky to have you.
Lacy Kemp brings her a-game, always.
Thanks in part to her starring role in the aforementioned BMFF-winning video (Mountain Sports Category), Micayla's 2017 was a breakout year, but she was far from finished when Intersection finally wrapped. After being invited to participate in the Dirt Diaries video competition at Crankworx in Whistler, she promptly coaxed Matt Dennison out of retirement with an idea he couldn't resist - and then she re-wrote his script "and made it way better" according to Dennison (no slouch as a comedic writer). Their collaboration was the winning ticket, but far greater than the $5,000 prize was their impact on MTB and bro culture. Ferda Girls (HUMBLE. parody) served notice that MTB women will continue to play a big part in shaping our sport's future (as they have greatly done in the past) and we're so much better for it. And to the guy who remarked to me that he thought the video was a flawed winner because the main character is vain, I'll say here what I should have said to you in person: get over it. And also: go f*ck yourself.
Micayla Gatto co-wrote and starred in Ferda Girls, which parodied Kendrick Lamar's HUMBLE as well as MTB and Bro culture.
Canadian mountain bikers have enjoyed their share of success on the world stage, but that didn't diminish our surprise and joy upon the realization that Squamish's Miranda Miller was the most recent Canuck to join the rainbow jersey club*. Take a few minutes and check out the Landshapes video featuring Miranda that we released last winter.
The list of editors that have graced Bike magazine's masthead over the years contains some of the great writers and commentators on our sport's culture. For the first time, that role is held by a woman: longtime managing editor and writer, Nicole Formosa. While industry insiders and Bike subscribers are aware of Formosa's promotion, I don't think it's received enough attention. Way to go, Nickifo!
This last one is subject to some pretty heavy NSMB-centric bias, but I would be remiss if I didn't call out one of my favourite MTB humans (gender notwithstanding): Hailey Elise. She rides like a crazy person, shoots beautiful photos, writes, manages social media, and—perhaps most challenging - helps keep her partner Ollie Jones focused and on track as they adventure throughout BC and beyond.
*I wrote this before I knew Miranda had also made AJ Barlas' list. He is a Squamish resident, so I'll happily defer.
This is NSMB team rider Hailey Elise. She's a Juliana ambassador, photographer, and writer. When she's around, whatever you're doing will be more fun. We love Hailey and can't wait to see what she and joined-at-the-hip partner Ollie get up to in 2018.
Going fast is what Miranda Miller does, but her social media feeds will also make you laugh.
nick bitar - Jan. 1, 2018, 4:39 a.m.
I play in a male dominated sport but have two daughters that love their bikes. I do hope that things keep changing for the better so that they may have the best chance of finding something special like I've found in this silly little hobby.
Pete Roggeman - Jan. 1, 2018, 11:09 a.m.
Love hearing about young girls being introduced to the sport, Nick. I hope you're able to share countless hours and rides with them as they grow up.
Skooks - Jan. 2, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
I saw a dad taking his young daughter down floppy Bunny yesterday. Looked like they were both having a good time. So awesome.
goose8 - Jan. 1, 2018, 10:12 a.m.
What a great list! Thanks for taking the time to pen this.
Thanks, goose! I certainly enjoyed writing it.
goose8 - Jan. 3, 2018, 8:14 a.m.
To elaborate... while the whole piece is great, I think what struck me most is your willingness to tackle the bro culture of mountain biking. Other sites don't seem interested in acknowledging it at all, and I'm really impressed that nsmb has. Kudos on a job well done!
Lacy Kemp - Jan. 1, 2018, 9:12 p.m.
Aw wow, Pete. This is really thoughtful. Thank you for the kind words and the long-time support.... especially since I made you and Cam eat all of the energy bars ever at Interbike and I never wrote a story about that. I love you guys!
Pete Roggeman - Jan. 3, 2018, 5:39 p.m.
Well-deserved, Lacy. Maybe we'll repeat that taste test sometime or play "energy bar or pet food".
Brigham_Rupp - Jan. 2, 2018, 10:07 p.m.
Nice list. No idea how I missed Ferda Boys until now; despite feeling some chagrin while watching it (which is only proper), that thing is spot on. I remember trying to keep up with Melissa Buhl down Geronimo Trail on South Mountain a few years back. Not a chance. She wasn't fast for a woman, she was just plain fast. I've got two sons and two daughters (each under 10 years old) and I'm trying to help all four fall in love playing hard, going fast, and getting dirty on the trails.
natbrown - Jan. 3, 2018, 10:04 a.m.
Lacy's stuff is outstanding to me too. Good choice Pete.


Collecting scraps to build a nest is tiring work, I thought to myself, circling one of my local fields for the sixth time that day. It wasn't a huge nor pressing issue, as the eggs I had laid were quickly snarfed up by a hungry bird of prey before they could hatch, but I needed a place of warmth to stay for the winter.
My progress was swift, I had nearly completed the structure as of the day before and was looking for some more luxurious items; chicken feathers, pieces of cotton and grass were all high prizes on the list.
It appeared that i was to go without such items today.
The man who owned the field had placed what appeared to be a fake person in the centre of his property; a scarecrow.
The figure was as tall as a cornfield in the height of September but hung thinly and hollow, reminding me of the man who placed it.
Hard times had hit him in recent years. A combination of a high pest population and severe weather changes had left him with a few years of useless crops. This new addition to the field was an attempt to frighten off the hungry wildlife. 'I suppose that includes me' i thought with a small pang of guilt.
In truth, I couldn't be entirely consumed by the feeling. I had to live just as much as he does. Why wouldn't I use his fresh ground to fill my belly? Even if I didn't have any eager offspring waiting for my return, I would still use the best options available to me.
Perhaps I had always been this selfish.
It was beginning to get darker as the sun drew low, dropping below the trees.
Might as well say hello to my new neighbour before nightfall, I thought to myself, altering my wing position to begin a descent.
My shadow grew longer as the ground rose up to meet me.
Upon landing on the figure's shoulder, I observed the state of the scarecrow with a beady eye.
Old tatty clothes hung on two crossed sticks forming the imitation of a solid figure. A hat adorned it's head, obscuring its face from view.
"You're not so scary up close, huh?" I croaked, patting my claws against its shoulder a few times, testing stability.
I settled down, pushing my weight back, preparing to watch the dusk.
It was, in short, beautiful. A large, full moon rose into a darkening sky, illuminating the scarecrow and myself in a silver glow; our cold night light and companion.
The temperature was dropping rapidly, causing me to puff up my feathers in an attempt to remain one degree above freezing to death.
A pumpkin head lifted from below the hat. A lifeless face greeted me. One which had been hastily carved out from the orange gourd, all sharp edges and jagged cuts.
I crouched, preparing to take flight, my heart picking up in pace.
"Don't you know what my job is?"
I froze in fear. The creature's voice was originating from somewhere within the strange orange glow of the jack o lantern.
The shoulder I sat on gave way when the scarecrow moved to grab me with a twig hand, forcing me to fly upwards as quickly as my wings could carry me. Narrowly avoiding capture.
Flapping wildly, I turned to face towards the direction of my home, intent on reaching it as soon as possible.
The wind whooshed around my head as I set a fast pace, but not enough to block out the eerie sound of laughter that followed me into the night.
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[MULLINS, Eustace?]
n.p.: n.p., [195-?]. A flyer featuring a five panel cartoon depicting Uncle Sam pushing a Native American over a cliff and then being pushed himself by a triumphant Jew. The last panel shows the Jew holding pennants featuring the hammer & sickle, Star of David, and the U.N. logo. Although we have been unable to trace the cartoon's original publication, the United States Holocaust Museum claims that it was first published in 1909 in their description of a 1942 Nazi poster that featured it. The National Renaissance Party, the first post-war neo-Nazi organization in the U.S., published a two-sided flyer in the 1960s titled, "Have the Jews Taken Over the United States" with the same cartoon, although the Jew in the last panel was holding no pennants, but instead had a Star of David over his head. This copy came from the estate of anti-Semite and Federal Reserve researcher, Eustace Mullins, and was included with other publications he was involved in.
Printed landscape on an 8 ½" x 11" sheet of white stock. A Fine copy. Any variant scarce. Item #08260
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Russell Travers
Deputy Director, National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Russ Travers took office as the Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) on November 13, 2017. He is a plank holder and has served in a number of leadership positions within NCTC, including Acting Director, Senior Counselor to the Director, Acting Director of the Office of Data Strategy and Innovation, and the Chief Data Officer for NCTC and ODNI.
Mr. Travers served for two years as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Transnational Threat Integration and Information Sharing on the National Security Council, where he focused on government-wide improvements in border security and information sharing and applying counterterrorism lessons learned to other transnational threats.
He has also served tours as Senior Executive for Transnational Organized Crime on the National Intelligence Council; Deputy Director for Policy Support at the Defense Intelligence Agency; Senior Civilian Advisor to the Director for Intelligence, J2, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Defense Intelligence Liaison to British Intelligence. He began his career as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army in 1978.
Mr. Travers received Bachelor of Arts degrees in government and economics from the College of William and Mary. He has an MBA and JD degree from George Washington University.


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Science Bound (SB) is Iowa State University's premiere pre-college program to prepare and empower Iowa racial and ethnic minority students to earn college degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. Working with schools in Des Moines, Marshalltown and Denison, SB is a long-haul program that asks 12- and 13-year-olds to make a five-year commitment to the program. These committed students and families, working in tandem with expert teachers and STEM professionals, position students to take full advantage of program activities and emerge academically equipped, as well as socially and culturally empowered, to achieve a STEM career.
Sylvan is running programming in the Iowa City community. In conjunction with the Iowa City Community School District and their 21st CCLC, Sylvan runs robotics and engineering programs at Grant Wood and Alexander Elementary. These schools are on the SINA list and have over 70% free and reduced lunch. Our programs service first through fifth grade students in these two buildings.
The global purpose of the field days is to engage students in hands-on learning and to create awareness of endless career possibilities right here in Northwest Iowa. The goal is to connect youth with local business and industry leaders, thereby creating awareness of the ever-evolving agriculture industry and providing information and resources on how students can prepare for these careers.
Girls Go STEM community education program is a half-day educational experience hosted by University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communications Collegiate and Community Relations. The target audience includes girls in grades 6-8 and their parents. Girls Go STEM provides young women the opportunity to discover and explore their interests in science, technology, engineering, and math, as it relates to the sciences arena. Girls Go STEM provides parents the opportunity to gain knowledge and understand biomedical discoveries related to adolescent health and wellness, while also learning how to encourage and prepare their children for a future in STEM.
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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — When it comes to speeding in Pasco County, yabba dabba don't do it.
That's the message the Pasco County Sheriff's Office delivered to residents recently after pulling over and issuing a citation for speeding to Don Swartz of Wesley Chapel, who was dressed as Fred Flintstone and driving the iconic footmobile, the office revealed in a Facebook post.
The citation was a joke reminding people to drive slower on Pasco County roadways.
Swartz decorated his Smart car to match the cartoon family's main form of transportation. Pasco deputies "pulled over Mr. Flintstone" on Nov. 4 in the Meadow Bedrock Pointe Subdivision in Wesley Chapel, the post stated.
Pasco's efforts to reach out to the public didn't fall on deaf ears, as the Stone Age post received more than 2,000 reactions and was shared nearly 800 times.


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Institutional wealth management | 12.12.2019
Alternative investments attract major investors
More and more investors are turning to alternative investments for better risk-adjusted returns. Private debt in particular has been gaining in popularity in recent years.
Anni Varpula
The current market environment can be considered challenging from the perspective of traditional fixed income and equity investing, and for example the expected yields on government bonds for the near future are hovering around zero. For that reason, an increasing number of major investors are nowadays seeking a higher return in relation to risk with alternative investments. Alternative investments generally refer to markets outside of the traditional, listed fixed income and equity markets, for example, real estate investments, infrastructure projects, various loan investments and private equity funds.
Growing interest in private debt in the Nordic countries
Interest in alternatives among major Nordic investors has continued to grow in recent years, and private debt in particular, i.e. direct loans given to companies by investors, is on the radar of an increasingly large group of investors. Private debt investments are not as easy to sell as, say, equities, but in the long run, they are an interesting addition to many an investor's portfolio thanks to their return expectations.
"As an asset class, private debt has firmly established its position as part of institutional investors' investment plans over the past three years. Large institutional investors are interested especially in continuous private debt programmes, where year after year they can stick with an investment programme that has proved to work for them and are not forced to constantly be on the lookout for new short-term partners," stresses Taneli Törmänen, Head of Institutional Sales at Mandatum Life.
Demand for other types of alternative investments has also remained strong. "Even though the market situation has been uncertain in recent months, we are seeing growing demand in a number of alternatives. We are still finding investments with attractive return potential in the markets, for example, in private debt and in certain carefully selected real estate investments, whose returns can be improved through better real estate management," explains Mandatum Life's Director of Alternatives, Jussi Tanninen.
"If the investor can be flexible with liquidity and is prepared to commit to a long-term investment horizon, alternatives continue to be an appealing option," he adds.
The Mandatum Life European Real Estate I investment basket last year raised EUR 114 million in subscription undertakings. The European Real Estate I basket's investees are situated throughout Europe. Mandatum Life's strategy which invests in private equity investment management companies raised USD 300 million in subscription undertakings. Altogether EUR 1.6 billion in subscription undertakings were made in Mandatum Life's alternative investment objects over the past three years.
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One of the most commonly used types of crafting glue is the good ol' white glue you probably used as an elementary school student. Elmer's glue is a popular choice for paper crafters. White glues are all-purpose, come in varying thickness, are typically water soluble, and in some cases, are flexible. They also dry clear, which doesn't take away from the look of your creations. Not only does white glue work well with paper, but also wood, fabrics and ceramics. Do not use with metal or anything that will come in contact with water.
Hot glue decreases drying time and bonds quickly. Used on porous and non-porous surfaces, hot glue also comes in handy when bonding uneven surfaces together. The easiest way to use this type of adhesive is with a glue gun, but you can also heat glue sticks in a pot. Some hot glue sticks are available in different colors. Some even have imbedded pieces of glitter to enhance your projects. Keep in mind that hot glue does not hold up under stress, which means…don't use it to build a chair or table.
Also known as 'crazy glue,' cyanoacrylate glues or 'super glues' have the power to quickly bond surfaces with a simple drop. They dry clear, are strong, and help speed up the completion time for projects. In order to get the best results, you must use materials that fit tightly together. Not an ideal option for paper crafts (it's simply too strong and unnecessary), choose this glue for heavy-duty projects. Keep in mind that some plastics tend not to work well with this type of glue.
Crafters who work with papers and fabrics will find spray adhesive convenient. This type of adhesive covers large, flat surfaces. Do not overspray or you can damage some papers. Also, use in a well-ventilated room.
When you need a strong adhesive for bonding metals, ceramics, rubber, plastics, glass and fiberglass, consider industrial strength glue. Since the glues are made with harmful chemicals, you must use in a room with a lot of ventilation. Industrial strength glues include two-part epoxies, jewelry glues, china glues, silicone glues, contact adhesives, and multipurpose cements.
For the crafter that works with wood, there are options specifically made for this type of project: AR (aliphatic resin) adhesives and polyurethane glues. For interior use, choose the common yellow wood glue known as an AR adhesive. Use polyurethane glues for interior and exterior projects.
Once you settle on the appropriate craft glue for a specific project, always get acquainted with the label. For example, stronger glues may need an open window to protect your lungs for harmful fumes. Also, become familiar with the drying time of the adhesive. When possible, test out the bonding effectiveness on the material of your choice before using on a final project. Before using the glue, make sure all surfaces are clean and dry. Use an even coat of adhesive, and remove excess material as soon as possible. Keep containers closed tightly so the glue does not dry out.