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2007 Shelby GT500 Red Stripe Package – offiziell
Wie vor kurzem bereits berichtet, hat es Ford jetzt offiziell bestätigt und bringt mit Mai 2007 ein neues Farbpaket für den Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 heraus – das Red Stripe package.
Mehr Infos dazu im offiziellem Press Release nach dem klick.
NEW LIMITED-EDITION 2007 FORD SHELBY GT500 OFFERS MUSTANG ENTHUSIASTS A CHANCE TO HIT THE REDLINE
Production of limited-edition Red Stripe Appearance Package for 2007 Shelby GT500 to begin in May.
Special package includes unique exterior striping and badges, Red and Black leather seating, special interior trim and logos and branded Shelby GT500 car cover.
2007 Ford Shelby GT500 tops in segment quality, says RDA Group research-92 percent of owners would definitely recommend the vehicle to family or friends.
DEARBORN, Mich., April 19, 2007 – Even with demand for the most muscular Mustang ever – the Ford Shelby GT500 – at a record high, Ford is cranking up additional interest with a new, limited-edition package that adds unique visual appeal to the Shelby GT500. Enter the "Red Stripe Appearance Package," to be available beginning in May.
The Ford Shelby GT500 is the most powerful Mustang on the road today and arguably one of the most successful projects from Ford's Special Vehicle Team (SVT) in terms of performance, excitement and, importantly, quality.
In fact, early indicators show the Shelby GT500 is a quality standout. In the most recent Global Quality Research System (GQRS) study from RDA Group, an independent research company based in Bloomfield Hills, Mi., the Shelby GT500 earned praise as the highest-quality Mustang model, with the fewest "things gone wrong" in the first three months of ownership.
The Mustang line scores above the segment average in quality, according to the GQRS study, and the Shelby GT500 specifically scored the top result in the "sports car" segment.
"The unmatched quality and power of the latest Mustang masterpiece explains why 9 out of 10 owners are completely satisfied with their overall ownership experience," the April 2007 RDA Group report concluded.
New Limited-Edition Shelby GT500 Package to be Available Beginning in May
The new Red Stripe Appearance Package will be available on any new 2007 Shelby GT500 Coupe with either White or Black exterior paint. Included in the special-edition package are Bright Red overbody and bodyside stripes, a Red and Black leather interior, unique red-accent exterior badges, including red-tinted Cobra emblems in the grille, fenders, and in the faux gas cap on the rear panel. Even the "SHELBY" letters on the decklid feature red accents.
The Red Stripe Appearance Package also adds unique new premium floor mats with a Red and Silver embroidered "Cobra Snake" logo, plus a fitted Shelby GT500-branded car cover.
The appearance package carries an MSRP of $1,650 and will be available from early May through late June, marking the end of the 2007 model run.
"The red package is all about exclusivity," said Robert Parker, Ford's Car Marketing manager. "Our Mustang customers are eager to buy unique vehicles like the Shelby GT500 and will certainly appreciate the opportunity for something even more exclusive, made in an even more limited number. These are great customers and very passionate. I'm glad we can continue to deliver what they want."
Shelby GT500 is among the Most Successful Performance Mustangs Ever
Enthusiasm doesn't begin to describe the ongoing demand for the Ford Shelby GT500. In the hyper-competitive auto market where supply routinely surpasses demand, the Shelby GT500 still has a long waiting list of buyers.
The Shelby GT500 was created by racing legend Carroll Shelby and Ford SVT and is a modern interpretation of the classic Shelby Mustang of the 1960s. Beneath the hood of every GT500 – including the new Red model – is a 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 engine officially rated at 500 hp. A 6-speed manual gearbox features evenly spaced gears that help provide a sharp, lively driving experience on both road and track.
In addition to the engine upgrades, Ford's SVT engineers retuned and upgraded key Mustang chassis components. Improvements include revised shocks, spring rates and upgraded stabilizer bars that help the Ford Shelby GT500 maneuver with authority.
The GT500's unique design features include wide upper and lower fascia openings with a functional air splitter. On either side, slanting headlamp openings add to the dramatic front appearance. The carefully tailored hood has heat extractors protruding near the leading edge, combining to provide improved airflow and aerodynamics.
The MSRP of a 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 starts at $41,675.
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With more than 280,000 employees and more than 100 plants worldwide, the company's core and affiliated automotive brands include Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Mazda. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford's products, please visit www.fordvehicles.com.
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GT500 Red Stripe Ford Mustang…
Ford got stripe-happy and exhibited the production of limited-edition Red Stripe Appearance Package for the 2007 Shelby GT500 Ford Mustang. The red Stripe package is supposed to be a model-year ender which will hit dealerships in May….
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by Lewis B. Smedes
Published May 17, 1996 by HarperOne .
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England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Newsletter, Skipton, United Kingdom, Yorkshire
The Devonshire Arms Revisited
15/07/2019 by Terry Marsh.
I've always been wary of going back to hotels and restaurants I've previously enjoyed because of the risk of finding that it no longer matched our expectations.
First impressions are often dusted with fairy magic – bright, exciting, wonderful. Second impressions often lead you to discover that the fairy princess is now one of the ugly sisters.
But we had no cause for concern. Our revisit to the Devonshire Arms in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire was every bit as pleasurable as last time. Consistency is the key to success in places like this, and I dithered a bit when I learned that not only was there a new general manager, but a new chef, too. How could they improve on what was already a pretty high standard?
Set by the river Wharfe, the Devonshire Arms has an air of aristocratic splendour, a commanding presence with a pedigree that is getting on for 300 years old, maybe more. The concierge and his staff dressed as ghillies doesn't quite do it for me, a bit OTT, but that aside the intent to provide guests with the best of experiences was evident throughout our stay.
The original Devonshire Arms was built in the early 17th century, quite possibly around the time of the Commonwealth. Today, the hotel is part of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire's 30,000-acre Bolton Abbey Estate.
The immediate impression is of a country mansion timelessness. But there is a charming warren of nooks and crannies that turn into a residents' lounge, the 'Dog bar' – underscoring the fact that this is very much a dog-friendly establishment – the Burlington fine-dining restaurant, and, if you wander far enough, the Brasserie, where less formal dining is available.
Hotel aside, I was keen to check out the fine dining restaurant now under the captaincy of Paul Leonard. He doesn't know it, but our paths have crossed a few times. A couple of years ago we stayed at the Isle of Eriska Hotel, north of Oban, where he was head chef, and at the Samling in Ambleside, Cumbria, where he had been Senior Sous Chef. He'd also been a Sous Chef at the late Andrew Fairlie's Gleneagles Restaurant, which we'll be visiting later in 2019. Throw in the Pétrus in London's Knightsbridge and you soon figure out that what is forthcoming is going to be the finest quality.
They say the Road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Well, that was the way our determination to avoid the 8-course Tasting Menu and stick with à la carte found itself heading. Thankfully, several of the à la carte dishes we wanted were also on the Tasting Menu, so we didn't feel quite so bad about caving in. At £85 per head, it was, after all, good value for money. It is pleasing, too, to see that there is also a Vegetarian Tasting Menu, and I could have been tempted by that…but there was no meat in it!
To make matters worse – and it always does – we couldn't resist the wine pairing either. The chance to taste so many different wines is impossible for me to resist. The 'Classic' wine flight hits you at £75 per person. But there is a 'Premium' wine flight at £115 per person, part of which I can't help thinking included picking you up from the restaurant floor and tucking you up peacefully in bed.
Following several excellent amuses bouches, we started tentatively with cured duck liver, rhubarb and ginger, paired with a refreshing 2015 Jurançon from the Laguilhon Domaine. The second course brought an interesting partnership of smoked eel, foraged herbs, Exmoor caviar and a curious Mayan gold potato, which to my fairly inexperienced palate tasted much like a Jersey Royal – and given that at the time of writing (July 2019) it is the season for Jersey Royals, I see that's what is now on the menu. Paired with that was a fine 2007 viognier from New Zealand, a dry, highly aromatic wine that gives it the ability to sit well with many dishes.
My wife was dubious about the Hereford Beef tartare, kelp, hen's yolk and brioche, but that's just a raw beef thing, and taken with an outstanding 2013 Julienas (Domaine Chataignier-Durand), she made short work of it, and so we raced on. A South African chardonnay was offered with the wild turbot and mussels, which had nasturtium and Mousseron mushrooms to add colour.
There was nothing innocent about the Pinot Noir, Innocent bystander, Yarra Valley, Australia 2017 that sat alongside aged Yorkshire hogget and its summer vegetable salad, and another glass would have gone down well with the farmhouse cheeses (supplement £10.50) from the Courtyard Dairy.
Sadly, I don't remember the raspberry and lemon verbena dessert – that's an age thing – but my wife has a picture of me eating it, so I must have had my mind on the Australian Botrytis Semillon that came with it and lasted deliciously long into the subsequent cherry, sweet woodruff and warm doughnut that came along later.
We were staying two nights, so on the second evening ate in the adjoining brasserie, a much less formal affair, but which has still managed to acquire its first AA rosette for its enterprising dishes that included pea and mint risotto, monkfish with Parma ham, cockles, samphire and lobster bisque, and a popular Nidderdale lamb rump. Its choice of wines, almost all priced below £50 was a far cry from those offered in the Burlington, which, in my opinion, are a tad on the high side. The Pétrus I saw two years ago for £4,400 has now gone up to £5,500, and you need strong arms just to lift the big-as-a-church-bible wine list. I'm not complaining; just dismayed that I have yet to find a friend who would treat me to Pétrus.
We had gone looking for a consistency that matched our last visit. Alas, I didn't find it. But what I did find was supremely better on all fronts.
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Benghazi Scandalmongering Takes a Hit Today
David Petraeus, late of the CIA, testified today before the Senate. Just by doing this, he batted down one of the dumber conspiracy theories surrounding Benghazi, namely that the expose of his affair with Paula Broadwell—or the coverup of his affair prior to the election, depending on which account you read—was somehow designed to prevent him from testifying before Congress. As it turns out, Congress can subpoena anyone it wants, so this was moronic from the start. And in the event, Petraeus was happy to
testify voluntarily and no one tried to stop him.
So now let's move on to conspiracy theory #2: The Obama administration knew what really happened in Benghazi, but sent Susan Rice out to the Sunday talk shows to lie about it. How did that turn out?
Lawmakers said Petraeus testified that the CIA's draft talking points written in response to the assault on the diplomat post in Benghazi that killed four Americans referred to it as a terrorist attack. But Petraeus told the lawmakers that reference was removed from the final version, although he wasn't sure which federal agency took out the reference.
Democrats said Petraeus made it clear the change was not made for political reasons during President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. "The general was adamant there was no politicization of the process, no White House interference or political agenda," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. "He completely debunked that idea."
….Petraeus testified that the CIA draft written in response to the raid referred to militant groups Ansar al-Shariah and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb but those names were replaced with the word "extremist" in the final draft….Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said Petraeus explained that the CIA's draft points were sent to other intelligence agencies and to some federal agencies for review. Udall said Petraeus told them the final document was put in front of all the senior agency leaders, including Petraeus, and everyone signed off on it. "The assessment that was publicly shared in unclassified talking points went through a process of editing," Udall said. "The extremist description was put in because in an unclassified document you want to be careful who you identify as being involved."
….Schiff said Petraeus said Rice's comments in the television interviews "reflected the best intelligence at the time that could be released publicly."
So that's where we are. The interagency process removed the word "terrorist" and, for security reasons, replaced "Ansar al-Shariah" with "extremists." There was no political pressure to do this, and everyone signed off on the final draft. So that's what Susan Rice got: a brief set of talking points that said there had been protests in Benghazi inspired by those in Cairo, which had subsequently evolved into an assault on the consulate by "extremists." And that's what she said on TV.
The part about the protests turned out to be wrong. And Ansar al-Shariah was eventually firmly identified. But on September 15, four days after the attacks, this was what the intelligence community believed.
If that's your scandal, you have a pretty low bar for scandals.


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Home |Letter: District 161 board should focus on improving remote learning, not reopening schools
By Letter to the editor
Last updated 1 month ago
December 06, 2020 - 18:44
I recently read your informative article "Board members disagree over what criteria should prompt schools reopening" and was equally hopeful and concerned about some opinions expressed by the board.
I commend Superintendent Smith, School Nurse Knawa and Board Secretary Blackman for being both concerned and knowledgable about the impact this terrible virus has had on our community.
Some comments made during the meeting were quite concerning, however. The suggestion that this virus is only a threat to anyone over the age of 50 is false. And anyone who has done the slightest research on COVID-19 would come to that same conclusion.
Children do not live in a bubble, they are members of the community that (after school) go home to their families where they could potentially spread the virus to other family members, who then further spread it to members of the community.
What none of us know, including the school board members, is the long-term effects of COVID-19. The CDC has acknowledged that people have been battling long-term effects from the virus, including inflammation of the heart, depression, anxiety, changes in mood and lung function abnormalities. Both Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Dr. Janet Diaz of the World Health Organization have warned that this is going to present a significant health issue in the future.
In a New York Times article from Dec. 4, 2020, Dr. Diaz of the WHO was quoted as saying — in reference to the lingering symptoms in younger people and those who were never hospitalized — the coronavirus "urgently needs to be better understood and investigated." Essentially, the leading health experts fear that people who do survive this virus could have their quality of life forever impacted, similar to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Instead of complaining about the lack of good statistics, or ignoring the science that we do know, I ask the board to start seriously thinking about how they can improve the children's remote learning. It is much more likely that the District 161 schools will remain empty for the rest of the year, then they will be open on Jan. 19.
I feel for the children of our community. I can't imagine what it feels like to not be able to enjoy your youth. But I think we can all agree we would pause our lives for 1-2 years if we knew our lives and those of our friends and neighbors could be enjoyed for the next 20, 50, 70 years.
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using EventStore.Core.Data;
using EventStore.Projections.Core.Services.Processing;
using EventStore.Projections.Core.Tests.Services.projections_manager;
using NUnit.Framework;
using ResolvedEvent = EventStore.Projections.Core.Services.Processing.ResolvedEvent;

namespace EventStore.Projections.Core.Tests.Services.v8
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class when_running_a_projection_with_created_handler : TestFixtureWithJsProjection
    {
        protected override void Given()
        {
            _projection = @"
                fromAll().foreachStream().when({
                    $created: function(s, e) {
                        log('handler-invoked');
                        log(e.streamId);
                        log(e.eventType);
                        log(e.body);
                        log(e.metadata);
                        emit('stream1', 'event1', {a:1});
                    }
                });
            ";
            _state = @"{}";
        }

        [Test, Category("v8")]
        public void invokes_created_handler()
        {

            var e = new ResolvedEvent(
                "stream", 0, "stream", 0, false, new TFPos(1000, 900), Guid.NewGuid(), "event", true, "{}", "{\"m\":1}");

            EmittedEventEnvelope[] emittedEvents;
            _stateHandler.ProcessPartitionCreated(
                "partition", CheckpointTag.FromPosition(0, 10, 5), e, out emittedEvents);

            Assert.AreEqual(5, _logged.Count);
            Assert.AreEqual(@"handler-invoked", _logged[0]);
            Assert.AreEqual(@"stream", _logged[1]);
            Assert.AreEqual(@"event", _logged[2]);
            Assert.AreEqual(@"{}", _logged[3]);
            Assert.AreEqual(@"{""m"":1}", _logged[4]);
        }

        [Test, Category("v8")]
        public void returns_emitted_events()
        {

            var e = new ResolvedEvent(
                "stream", 0, "stream", 0, false, new TFPos(1000, 900), Guid.NewGuid(), "event", true, "{}", "{\"m\":1}");

            EmittedEventEnvelope[] emittedEvents;
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                "partition", CheckpointTag.FromPosition(0, 10, 5), e, out emittedEvents);

            Assert.IsNotNull(emittedEvents);
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        }
    }
}

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How to fix a Mac USB port that isn't working
USB port on your Mac not working? Don't worry - here are 11 simple fixes
By David Price, Editor | 21 Mar 18
> Check the connection
> Basic solutions
> Is the port faulty?
> Is the cable faulty, or has the device failed?
> Update SMC
> Reset the PRAM/NVRAM
> Update your Mac
USB is an extremely common and pretty convenient connection standard, but it has its annoyances (such as putting the cable in the wrong way round) and occasionally goes wrong. In this article we explore the steps you should take if the USB port on a Mac stops working and you're not sure why.
Check the connection
We'll start with the simple stuff.
Make sure the cable is properly fixed into the port. Take it out and put it back in again to ensure a snug connection.
Check there is a good connection at the other end - is the Lightning cable properly attached to the iPhone, microUSB properly attached to the hard drive, etc. If the device is in a case which may be getting in the way, try it without the case.
Check for detritus in the port that may be getting in the way. Give it a quick blow or use a can of compressed air. We would advise against poking around with a straightened paperclip etc, but a soft cotton-wool bud ought to be okay. Try the same at the device end, too.
Basic solutions
A couple more solutions to try before we get into troubleshooting.
Restart the Mac
Restart the device (if relevant)
Is the port faulty?
If the basics don't work, we need to establish where the fault lies. Try plugging the same device/cable into a different USB port on the same Mac (assuming it's got more than one), and into a USB port on a different Mac or a Windows PC.
If it works as soon as you try a different port, then the first port is (probably) faulty: if this is the case, you'll need to decide whether to manage without that port or get it repaired. If it only works when you switch to a different machine, then you've probably got a Mac-wide issue. (In either case, you should try some of the fixes further down, which may clear things up and should confirm where the problem lies.)
If it doesn't work wherever you plug it in, then the problem probably lies with either the cable or the device you're plugging into the Mac. We'll look at that next.
Is the cable faulty, or has the device failed?
These can be trickier to test, and you may need to borrow items from friends or even spend a little money on spares from Amazon, Apple or elsewhere. (If it's a reasonably portable Mac, you could take it into the Apple Store and they'll let you borrow a cable - and you'll be in the right place to get a repair if it proves necessary.)
Keep everything as it was - same port, same Mac, same device - but connect them with a different cable. Does that fix the problem? If so, the first cable is almost certainly faulty, and you just need to replace it (which is pretty cheap, luckily).
If the cable isn't the problem - ie using a different one doesn't solve the issue - then we should repeat the test with a different device on the end. Try connecting a different iPhone, iPad or USB accessory to the Mac using the same port and cable.
If this fixes things, then there's a problem with the device or its port. If it's a cheap USB stick (that doesn't have any vital data on it) this might be good news; but getting an iPhone repaired can be expensive if it's out of warranty and you haven't got AppleCare.
It's also possible that the device simply isn't compatible with your Mac, or that it needs a software/driver update to work with it, so check those factors before rushing into a costly repair.
Update SMC
If you suspect your Mac is the problem, there are three sensible steps, each of which may sort matters out, that you should try before you resort to paying for a repair.
Our first port of call would be to reset the SMC (which stands for System Management Controller), which is pretty straightforward. Then we'll look at the NVRAM, which is also quick. But if you were planning on updating macOS anyway, you might like to try that one first instead.
If you've got an iMac, iMac Pro, Mac Pro or Mac mini, follow these steps to reset the SMC:
Shut down the Mac.
Unplug the power cord.
Wait 15 seconds.
Re-attach the power cord.
Wait another 5 seconds, then turn the Mac back on.
But if you've got any kind of Macbook you should follow these steps:
Shut down the MacBook.
Make sure the MacBook is connected to power (ie plug the MagSafe power adapter into a power source and connect it to the Mac).
Press the (left) Shift + Ctrl + Option keys and the power button at the same time, and hold them down for a few seconds. You should see the light on the power adapter change colour or blink to indicate the SMC has been reset.
Release all the keys and the power button.
Press the power button again to turn the MacBook back on.
Reset the PRAM/NVRAM
Hold down all of these keys: Cmd, Option (Alt), P and R, and turn on the Mac. Keep holding them until you hear the Mac restart again. (Apple says to let it restart just once; we usually listen for a second reboot, then release the keys.)
Your Mac may then restart normally, or you may find that a progress bar appears and fills up before the Mac starts up. Either way, you should now check to see if it's fixed the problem with the USB port.
Update your Mac
Updating your Mac to the latest version of macOS is a reasonably quick and simple process that in most situations is a good idea anyway.
Updating macOS on your Mac is done using the Mac App Store. Click on Updates and install any listed for macOS; if you're not on High Sierra yet you can search for it and install as usual. Be sure to back up before updating.
Once macOS is up to date and the Mac has restarted, have another try and see if things are better.
We have a separate article where we discuss everything you need to know about getting Apple products repaired.
Author: David Price, Editor
David has loved the iPhone since covering the original 2007 launch; later his obsession expanded to include iPad and Apple Watch. He offers advice to owners (and prospective owners) of these devices.
Recent stories by David Price:
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House Prices Remain Resilient
The health of the Australian property market is closely aligned with domestic and global economic conditions. While COVID-19 is sure to have an effect on prices and activity for months to come, the large and resilient nature of the market may be impacted by the pandemic less than originally thought. At the height of the health crisis, there were expectations the value of Australian homes would drop by as much as 10% or even more. While it's still early days, and global stability is far from certain, an annual fall of closer to 5% looks increasingly likely.
According to property data firm CoreLogic, property figures from May indicate a more moderate position than just a few weeks ago. Recent data to the end of May shows national prices falling by around 0.4%, with this number now expected to grow to around -5% over a period of 12 months. It should be noted, however, that this prediction is based on a continued improvement in reported COVID-19 cases, which is far from a given. As we have seen from the situation overseas, the pandemic continues to grow and shift its focus as global economies re-open and adjust.
Early on, Australia was in an unprecedented health and economic situation that was very hard to read. While the effects of the crisis have been very real, including growing unemployment, reduced foreign capital, and zero international migration, the flow-on effects to the housing market have been greatly minimised so far. Unlike the tourism and hospitality sectors, that have almost no insulation from the crisis, the property market is slow to react and grounded in much longer economic cycles.
According to Professor Shaun Bond from the University of Queensland Business School, "Given the more positive outlook, I believe the potential fall of 10% that was widely discussed at the start of the crisis is less likely now... My expectations are for more modest falls in the headline house price measures over the next few months... If this trend continued, it would suggest an annual fall of close to 5%." Along with better virus outcomes, Professor Bond said the current low interest rate environment and increasing consumer confidence levels are likely to limit damage from the crisis.
As we have seen in virus cases and restrictions, Australia is a broad land with far from consistent state responses. Differences between states are also likely to play out in the property market, with large and isolated markets more likely to experience a bigger downturn. According to Professor Bond, "As predicted, Sydney and Melbourne fell by more than the other capitals, with the exception of Perth and Darwin," Markets in Canberra, Adelaide, and Hobart have shown "remarkable resilience", although regions outside the state capitals with strong links to tourism will face ongoing pressure for months to come.
The long term impact of COVID-19 is almost impossible to read, especially given the reliance of so many Australians on government funded recovery programs. According to Professor Bond, "Many analysts are concerned about what happens when JobKeeper payments run out in September and also when banks become less willing to extend loan terms for impacted borrowers." With the downturn much shallower than many experts were predicting, there is a very real danger that it could also be more protracted.
The spring and summer selling season will be a critical time, with Australia already in a recession and jobs likely to be hard to come by for some time. While all existing mortgage holders are likely to face some distress, investors may suffer a double whammy due to increased vacancies or reduced rent on their investment properties. Despite the uncertainty, however, good news is good news, at least for the time being. The true shape of the downturn won't be known for months, and will be just as dependent on global conditions as it is on Australia's well-earned recovery.
Some Property Defying Slowdown
Coastal Surge in House Prices
Property Market Back to Record Growth


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SAFTU condemns killing of Demawusa leader Bongani Cola
Trade union federation SAFTU says the leader of municipal workers' union DEMAWUSA in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape, Bongani Cola, has been assassinated.
Implement existing policies urgently, Saftu tells Ramaphosa
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration does not need further plans – but should urgently implement existing policies to create jobs in the country.
Boycott produce from Oak Valley Farm: SAFTU
The South African Federation of Trade Unions(SAFTU) has called for a boycott of produce from a wine farm in Grabouw in the Overberg.
SAFTU does not support SRWP: Vavi
2 May 2019, 8:20 AM
SAFTU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says the trade union federation does not support the Socialist Revolutionary Workers' Party(SRWP) because the federation has not had a chance to discuss the issue yet.
Cosatu, SAFTU to hold Workers' Day rallies
The Congress of South African Trade Unions will be celebrating this year's International Workers' Day across the country, with rallies set to kick off on Wednesday morning. Other rallies will be held at the Isaac Wolfson Stadium in KwaZakhele, Port Elizabeth, the James Motlatsi Stadium in Orkney, North West, as well as various other venues in all other provinces.
SAFTU supports Alex protests, calls on other townships to join
9 April 2019, 9:02 AM
The South African Federation of Trade Union (SAFTU) says it is fully behind the Alexandra protests and has called on residents in other townships across the country to join the demonstrations.
SAFTU concerned about South Sudan oil deal
26 March 2019, 10:33 AM
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) says it is concerned over reports that Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe, allegedly signed a R14.5 billion oil deal with the Sudanese government last year.
Saftu marches for job security ahead of budget speech
Members of various unions affiliated to the South African Federation of Trade Unions have started to gather in Kaizergracht street in the Cape Town CBD for their march to Parliament.
Edcon possible liquidation a "national disaster": Saftu
16 December 2018, 1:21 PM
South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has called the possibility of retail giant, Edcon, being liquidated a "national disaster".
Saftu to stage a two-day total shutdown next year
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) says it's planning to stage a two day total shut down in March 2019.


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How are the British People Reacting to the Government's Coronavirus Measures?
Over the past week, Premise has been tracking the sentiment of the British people towards Boris Johnson's Government as it reacts to the Coronavirus outbreak
By Arthur Soames | Business Development Executive
The latest analysis by crowdsourcing data company, Premise Data, into the UK lockdown suggests that British people are broadly supportive of the Government's latest measures and are isolating where they can. However, it remains to be seen how long people will continue to support the Government's stringent measures. Premise has identified a number of leading indicators to suggest that people might already be beginning to show signs of fatigue.
People are Getting the Message
An average of 82% of respondents have watched or listened to the Ministerial broadcasts each day over the past six days.
Whilst we observed a gentle drop-off since Tuesday, it is clear that there remains a significant appetite amongst the British people for visible Ministerial leadership on this issue.
The Call to Action Last Weekend Worked
Whilst exceptions can always be found, Premise's research suggests that those people who can, really are making an effort to distance themselves.
Over the last four days, an average of 85% of respondents have reported distancing themselves from people outside their homes.
People also seemed to respond to the Prime Minister's call to remain at home on Mothering Sunday, with a 60% increase in those reporting that they were distancing themselves from others over the weekend. This trend has remained broadly unchanged since Sunday as the Government's message has been repeated and re-enforced over the course of the week.
And despite >50% of respondents reporting a loss in income as a direct result of the Coronavirus…
…most people (75%) still have confidence in the Government's ability to react to it.
The government is doing a good job at getting its message across, and people seem to be responding to it. However, our data suggests that fatigue may well be setting in already.
Premise will continue to monitor the change in attitudes in the weeks and months ahead. Follow us on Twitter or visit www.premise.com/COVID-19 to see our latest results.
If you are interested in learning more about how we can help your business or organization contact us at info@premise.com.
Premise Methodology
Premise's analysis is based upon a survey of 1,341 submissions collected from its UK contributor network between 20th – 25th March 2020. All of our Contributors conducted these surveys through the Premise App.
The Economic Impact of COVID-19: A Follow-up Analysis from Premise
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About Arthur Soames
Arthur Soames leads Premise's Business Development in the UK and MENA regions. He has a background in Technology, Public Service and Security Sectors.


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All the Network
N.16-2018
Sintetiche riflessioni che "suonano un campanello" sulla evoluzione della tecnologia e dell'Industry
A cura di Technology - Innovation T.I.TIM.TSC - Technical Scouting
Numero 21 – 21 giugno 2018
L'Archivio delle Triggering News è a questo link
Il numero corrente (versione .pdf)
5G e Future Net
Volume di traffico per linea: In US spingono ancora di più sull'Unlimited
Netflix and Alphabet will need to become ISPs, fast
Discussion of Nationalized 5G Rises From the Dead
NTT and Tokyo Institute of Tech achieve 100 Gbps using terahertz band
Orange conducts Cloud RAN trial with Nokia
BT Aims to Switch Off PSTN by 2022
Google Fiber Microtrenching Blamed for Surge in Outages
Il rame non muove mai: ASSIA Chief: DSL Could Support Terabit Speeds
Cloud, IoT, AI
Global LPWA network connections to pass 1 billion by 2023
IDC: IoT spending to hit $1.2 trillion in 2022
Morgan Stanley: Autonomous cars could net telecom carriers $1.3 trillion annually, more than smartphones , but need 5G
BT announces "unhackable" quantum-secured network; Eurobites: Telefonica, Huawei Join the Quantum Party
Li-Fi passes industrial test with BMW's robotic tools
Lotta per San Jose come test bed di smart city tra AT&T e Verizon
Content and Services
Football matches land on your table thanks to augmented reality
French broadcasters band together for online platform
In Australia OPTUS (fixed and mobile broadband, secondo operatore) compra i diritti di streaming dei mondiali calcio
Approfondimento della settimana
La parola della settimana: "Groupthink" : The Psychological Phenomenon of 'Groupthink' With Examples
Verizon lancia un nuovo data plan Unlimited, superiore ai 2 già esistenti, con ben 75 GB di traffico LTE al mese e nessuna limitazione in caso di congestione!
Verizon, che aveva già 2 pacchetti Unlimited (Go, il più economico e Beyond che era la versione premium), aggiunge una versione ancora più estrema di Unlimited, con 75 GB di traffico LTE senza limitazione, nemmeno durante i periodi di congestione in rete. Il prezzo varia da 95$ per una sola linea a 60$ per 4 linee e comprende anche 20 GB di traffico da utilizzare in tethering, 500 GB di cloud storage e dei TravelPass per avere tariffe convenienti all'estero. Curiosamente, la notizia arriva lo stesso giorno in cui Sprint termina dopo una sola settimana la sua promozione "Unlimited Kickstart" per clienti di altri operatori, con la quale offriva una tariffa Unlimited a soli 15$; il motivo è stato il successo dell'iniziativa: molto superiore alle aspettative!
https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/verizon-set-to-roll-out-new-unlimited-plan
In USA, fine del Network Neutrality e l'OK antitrust al merging di telco e editori tv può portare alla fine del concetto di Internet come è stata in questi 25 anni; il 5G può essere sia un freno che una accelerazione. Articolo da leggere fino in fondo!
This week completely scrambled the video landscape, and its implications are going to take months to fully understand.
First is the district court's decision to approve the merger of AT&T and Time Warner announced just moments ago. That will create one of the largest content creation and distribution companies in the world when it closes. It is also expected to encourage Comcast to make a similar bid for 21st Century Fox, further consolidating the market.
But the second major story was the final (final final) repeal of the FCC's net neutrality rules yesterday that will allow telecom companies like AT&T to prioritize their own content over that of competitors.
The combination of these two stories is spooking every video on demand service, from YouTube to Netflix . While companies like Netflix and Alphabet have negotiated with the ISPs for years, the combination of these two news stories puts them in a significantly weaker negotiating position going forward.
While consumers still have some level of power — ultimately, ISPs want to deliver the content that their consumers want — a slow degrading of the experience for YouTube or Netflix could be enough to move consumers to "preferred" content. Some have even called this the start of the "cable-ification" of the internet. AT&T, for instance, has wasted no time in creating prioritized fast lanes.
5G, Content Distribution, ISP, network Neutrality
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/12/netflix-and-alphabet-will-need-to-become-isps-fast/
Il capo della campagna di Trump tweetta nuovamente su una rete 5G unica nazionalizzata negli USA (sollevando mille opinioni contro)
Even after controversy arose earlier this year over a leaked proposal to create a government-backed 5G network, President Trump's campaign chief reiterated the issue in a recent tweet.
"It is time for America to have a single 5G network for all carriers," Brad Parscale said in his tweet. "The days of dropped calls, slow speeds, and no service need to end. It is time for the U.S. to have the world's best cell service.
https://spectator.org/discussion-of-nationalized-5g-rises-from-the-dead/
Ne parleremo tra 10 anni ma c'è chi ha iniziato a prototipare!
Un altro annuncio su velocità mirabolanti sulla radio ... ne parliamo tra 10 anni commercialmente!
NTT and Tokyo Institute of Technology have jointly developed an ultra high-speed IC for wireless front-end that operates on a terahertz frequency band, and in the 300 GHz band they have achieved a record 100 Gbps wireless transmission data rate.
The researchers implemented a mixer circuit that applied a unique proprietary high isolation design technology with an Indium phosphide high electron mobility transistor (InP-HEMT). NTT said this process enlarged the transmission bandwidth, which is a problem in the conventional 300 GHz band wireless front end. It also improved the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In addition, using this we realized a 300 GHz band wireless front-end module, and we achieved wireless transmission of 100 Gbps (gigabits per second).
NTT said future work will extend to multiple carriers by making use of the wide frequency band of 300 GHz band, and using spatial multiplexing technology such as MIMO and OAM. The researchers hope to produce an ultra high-speed IC that enables wireless transmission of 400 Gbos.
http://www.ntt.co.jp/news2018/1806e/180611a.html
Un esempio di bi-modal: Orange ha sceglie un'area geografica e lì applica le nuove tech e processi, in questo caso vRAN
Orange conducted a trial of Cloud RAN technology in its live network in Poland in conjunction with Nokia.
The trial, which used Orange's own cloud infrastructure, took place from March to the beginning of May in Poland, with radio sites in the city of Chelm and the virtualized part of the baseband running in a data center in Lublin, around 70 km away.. The two companies trialed Cloud RAN technology to prepare for the eventual introduction of a distributed cloud architecture for 5G by Orange.
Piotr Jaworski, CTO of Orange Poland, said: "During this trial, Orange Poland has successfully trialed virtualized RAN architectures in collaboration with Nokia and investigated the impact on network operations. The quality and performance observed during the trial give confidence on the RAN virtualization and is a critical step for us towards 5G."
5G, bi-modal, vRAN
https://www.convergedigest.com/2018/06/orange-conducts-cloud-ran-trial-with.html
Altri operatori hanno fatto annunci simili: BT per il 2025, DT per il 2020
On the network transformation front, BT has long struggled with a shutdown of its old-fashioned PSTN network as it moves customers onto newer Internet Protocol (IP) technologies.
The latest target is for a PSTN shutdown by 2025, by which stage it will be around 30 years old. "There are 16 million lines on the PSTN and Openreach [BT's infrastructure business] has started a consultation with the industry and is considering a date of 2025 [for shutdown]," said Watson. "It needs replacement."
BT is not the only European operator that has found PSTN shutdown much harder than it had originally expected. Deutsche Telekom recently said it would miss a 2018 target for all-IP transformation and is now aiming to complete that transition by 2020.
https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/3g-hspa/bt-aims-to-switch-off-3g-by-2022/d/d-id/743940?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT
Dopo qualche anno il microtrencing usato da Google, a meno di 10 cm, da problemi alla rete e le fibre sono danneggiate ...
There's been a spike in complaints out of Nashville regarding Google Fiber outages locals say is thanks to the company's increased use of "microtrenching" to bury fiber lines. Google increasingly began using microtrenching a few years ago as a way to speed up and reduce the cost of the company's clearly languishing Google Fiber deployment. The concept of microtrenching isn't new, and Google has been experimenting with it for six years or so, It allows companies to use a machine to dig just a few inches deep under the edge of the road, avoiding more disruptive digging particularly on homeowners' property.
While microtrenching might be cheaper initially, Nashville locals are finding out that the shallow fiber depth means that routine road construction is more likely to cause damage to fiber lines that Google crews then have to come back and repair.
A section of East Nashville is the latest to learn the perils of burying lines in shallow trenches. A routine road-repaving project went deep enough to disrupt the cables, which have been frayed, cut, pulled out of the ground and left strewn about as the roadwork continues.Metro Public Works says its crews have had to tear up fiber lines five times this year, and that Google Fiber's team is then asked to respond quickly to cut deeper trenches and replace the fiber, so as to allow the paving jobs to be completed.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Google-Fiber-Microtrenching-Blamed-for-Surge-in-Outages-142028
Il rame non muore mai ... 10 Gbps a 500 metri con Massive MIMO e Gigahertz su doppino
Copper twisted pair telephone wiring could someday support terabit speeds over distances of approximately 100 meters, according to Dr. John Cioffi, chairman and CEO of broadband software development company ASSIA. Technologies underlying terabit DSL would include a waveguide approach in combination with vectoring, explained Cioffi in an interview with Telecompetitor, in which he provided details on ASSIA's research in this area, originally outlined last year.
"We're in the early stages of looking into an orders of magnitude improvement in copper," explained Cioffi.
Waveguides provide a structure that restricts wave expansion, while vectoring reduces crosstalk to enhance performance.
Making terabit DSL a reality would require "different sectors in the industry to work together," Cioffi said.
Terabit DSL
Key to supporting dramatically high speeds over copper would be to use higher frequencies for data transmission – such as the millimeter wave frequencies some service providers plan to use for 5G wireless communications, Cioffi said. As with wireless communications, ultra-high frequencies can support dramatically higher data rates in comparison with lower frequencies.
"Once you get into high frequencies, even 1% of bandwidth has a very large data rate – two bits per hertz," explained Cioffi.
Also as with wireless communications, however, the downside to using higher frequencies is the distance covered.
Cioffi believes the terabit DSL technology – based on waveguides, ultra-high frequency transmission and vectoring over twisted pair – could support speeds of 100 Gbps over 300 meters and 10 Gbps over 500 meters. The technology might support lower speeds over distances of up to 700-1,000 meters, but might not be practical beyond that distance, he said.
Asked whether terabit DSL had advanced beyond the theoretical, Cioffi noted that a scientist at Brown University already has proven the concept in tests over short distances using a single wire.
What Cioffi would like to see happen next is for waveguide experts to measure data rates – a task that requires $10 million-laboratories. Cioffi said he is trying to get the National Science Foundation to fund these measurements. Some service providers also have said they will provide some funding for terabit DSL research, he noted.
Once researchers have enough data to support their calculations, Cioffi anticipates that chip vendors and service providers will be interested in developing the technology.
"Network planners will be working for years to figure out how to offer services and not spend too much on infrastructure," he observed.
As for commercializing the technology, Cioffi said he doesn't expect cost to be a huge issue.
Per approfondimenti il link:
https://www.assia-inc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TDSL-presentation.pdf
FTTx, xDSL
http://www.telecompetitor.com/assia-chief-dsl-could-support-terabit-speeds/
Oggi il 90% delle connessioni IoT sono con tecnologie unlicensed, ma il 2023 dovrebbe essere l'anno del sorpasso, con NB IoT, LTE M, sull'unlicensed (oltre che del raggiugimento di 1 miliardo di connessioni)
It looks like 2023 is the magic year for cellular IoT, at least according to new projections released today by ABI Research. As well as LPWA passing the 1 billion connection mark by 2023, it will also be the year that non-cellular LPWA will cede its market share dominance to NB-IoT and LTE-M, as cellular LPWA moves to capture over 55 per cent of LPWA connections.
Currently, it's non-cellular that is dominating, with smart meters and asset trackers contributing to almost three-quarters of all LPWA network connections. ABI Research notes that private LPWA networks, built to address a single vertical application or an individual enterprise, accounted for 93 per cent of LPWA connections in 2017, but the rapidly expanding geographic footprint of public networks will see a change in fortunes.
5G, IoT, LPWAN
https://www.telecomtv.com/content/iot/nb-iot-cat-m-sigfox-and-lora-battle-for-dominance-drives-global-lpwa-network-connections-to-pass-1-billion-by-2023-31175/
Internet of Things (IoT) spending will experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.6% over the 2017-2022 forecast period and reach $1.2 trillion in 2022, according to IDC's latest Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide (version 2H17).
"The IoT market is at a turning point – projects are moving from proof of concept into commercial deployments," said Carrie MacGillivray, group vice president, Internet of Things and Mobility. "Organizations are looking to extend their investment as they scale their projects, driving spending for the hardware, software, services, and connectivity required to enable IoT solutions."
The IDC IoT Spending Guide details end-user adoption and spending across multiple segmentations. "The latest IoT Spending Guide release fully aligns to IDC's Industry Taxonomy. IDC said the consumer sector will lead IoT spending growth with a worldwide CAGR of 19%, followed closely by the insurance and healthcare provider industries. From a total spending perspective, discrete manufacturing and transportation will each exceed $150 billion in spending in 2022, making these the two largest industries for IoT spending. From an enterprise use case perspective, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) solutions will experience the fastest spending growth (29% CAGR) over the forecast period, followed by traffic management and connected vehicle security.
The Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide forecasts IoT spending for 14 technologies across 20 vertical industries in nine regions and 53 countries through 100 use cases. Unlike any other research in the industry, this comprehensive spending guide was designed to help vendors clearly understand the industry-specific opportunity for IoT technologies today.
https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS43994118
Ma non basta offrire solo connettività…
Back when smartphones were first introduced, mobile data was less than one-tenth of carrier revenue.
Now that smartphones have all but taken over the world, Morgan Stanley is betting that an even bigger disruption will come from the introduction of data-connected autonomous vehicles.
"Our forecasts of AV data consumption imply a revolutionary change for Telco services – much like the arrival of the smart-phone in 2007," a team of analysts said in a report on the intersection of autonomous cars and telecommunications companies published Tuesday.
What's more, selling data for self-driving cars could net carriers $1.3 trillion annually, the bank estimates, saying it would be a "sea change" for their revenue streams.
Of course, much of the connected-car universe can't fully thrive without a full rollout of the hotly anticipated 5G data network, something Sprint says its merger with T-Mobile will help to accelerate.
"In a world where there is full autonomy, mobile networks will need to play a crucial role in the ecosystem," Morgan Stanley says. "Vehicle connectivity to mobile networks can address crashes that cannot otherwise be prevented by current technology (using camera and sensors) or vehicle-to-vehicle platforms. In short, network-connected vehicles are not restricted by line-of-sight limitations. Essentially, data on accidents, congestion/traffic jams, road blockages could be transmitted via 5G."
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/self-driving-cars-1-trillion-opportunity-for-cellphone-providers-2018-5-1023767075
HPE to invest $4 billion in Intelligent Edge technologies
MEC is the new black
Hewlett Packard Enterprise plans to invest $4 billion in Intelligent Edge technologies and services over the next four years.
Company CEO Antonio Neri made the announcement in his opening keynote for HPE Discover • HPE believes intelligent edge is its "next big opportunity" • The money will be spent on developing technology and services to enable an edge-to-cloud architecture of the future, where most of the data generated by connected devices is processed at the edge
"Data is the new intellectual property, and companies that can distill intelligence from their data —whether in a smart hospital or an autonomous car—will be the ones to lead," said Antonio Neri, president and chief executive officer, HPE. "HPE has been at the forefront of developing technologies and services for the Intelligent Edge, and with this investment, we are accelerating our ability to drive this growing category for the future. The next evolution in enterprise technology will be in edge-to-cloud architecture. Enterprises will require millions of distributed clouds that enable real-time insights and personalized experiences exactly where the action is happening."
The company will invest that much in technology and services to enable the intelligent edge, a catch-all phrase used to describe the myriad of things like smart sensors and cameras or devices that aggregate and process data they produce upstream in the network, such as routers, gateways, or servers. What makes them "edge" devices is their location at the source of the data rather than in a big data center somewhere far away. What makes them "intelligent" is the computing capacity and software to analyze the data in near-real-time, as it's being generated, and make decisions based on insights gleaned from that analysis.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday unveiled a new strategy it's planning to spend $4 billion to pursue over the next four years.
AI, Edge Computing, MEC
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/hewlett-packard-enterprise/hpe-4-billion-says-intelligent-edge-future-computing
Due annunci in pochi giorni da parte degli operatori; BT non è l'unico operatore a sperimentare le possibilità del Quantum Computing per migliorare la sicurezza delle reti
The quantum-secured link, which will connect to the Cambridge Metropolitan QKD (quantum key distribution) Network, runs across a standard fibre connection through multiple BT exchanges over a distance of 120km, making it the first high-speed "real-world" deployment of quantum-based network security in the UK.
The network link, which is capable of transferring 500Gbps of data, will explore and validate use cases for QKD technologies. This will include how the technology can be deployed to secure critical national infrastructure, as well as to protect the transfer of critical data, such as sensitive medical and financial information.
Many encryption systems are based on the premise that it would take too long for anyone to carry out the mathematical calculations required to reveal the encryption keys, but even basic quantum computers will be capable of determining encryption fast enough for attackers to use.
After earlier announcements by BT and ADVA, now it's the turn of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and Telefónica to toot their respective trumpets about how they are breaking new ground in their use of quantum technology -- which uses individual photons to create "unhackable" encryption -- on a commercial optical network. Telefónica and Huawei teamed up with UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) on the trial, connecting three different sites within the Madrid metropolitan area and employing a principle called quantum key distribution (QKD) in combination with a number of software-controlled devices.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252442910/BT-announces-unhackable-quantum-secured-network
https://www.lightreading.com/carrier-security/security-platforms-tools/eurobites-telefonica-huawei-join-the-quantum-party/d/d-id/743937?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT
Gli studi per usare LED invece che Wireless vanno avanti da tempo, ma questa ... potrebbe essere il modo migliore nell'ambiente di fabbrica!
Research institute Fraunhofer HHI who pioneered the development of LiFi has announced the successful completion of the BMBF-funded OWICELLS project, with a final presentation at the BMW plant in Munich.
The project's aim was to develop more flexible manufacturing cells in the area of automotive engineering through the use of fast optical wireless technologies instead of relying on wired fieldbuses or common radio solutions.
The presentation demonstrated a Li-Fi communication with a mobile robot carrying out usual production processes such as welding, moving and testing parts in a 5x5m² production cell. The robust, optical wireless transmission is based on spatial diversity; in other words, data is sent and received simultaneously by several LEDs and several photodiodes (in effect, a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output architecture). The system put in place can transmit data at more than 100 Mbit/s, with a five milliseconds latency. Li-Fi is based on low-cost LEDs and uses the license-free spectrum of visible and infrared light. Optical data transmission does depend on a line-of-sight connection, however, it cannot be jammed by radio transmitters and it is immune to electromagnetic interferences found in high-current industrial environments.
As the automobile industry seeks to build more flexible robotic tools to fulfil individual customer requirements, mobile robots ought to be networked with artificial intelligence in the cloud at low-latency.
"Li-Fi can unburden the densely occupied Wi-Fi spectrum and realize an uninterrupted mobile transmission for industrial IoT. Li-Fi works reliably when typical industrial work such as spot welding with high currents and flashes of light takes place," emphasized Gerhard Kleinpeter, project manager at BMW.
The three-year project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with 1.6 million euros. Project partners were BMW AG, evopro and Fraunhofer HHI (coordinator). OSRAM and the Munich University of Applied Sciences were associated partners and subcontractors, respectively.
http://www.eenewsautomotive.com/news/li-fi-passes-industrial-test-bmws-robotic-tools-0
San Jose è il centro della SV che è il centro del mondo ... e sia AT&T che VZ offrono soldi alla città per implemenntare la smart city che sarebbe una vetrina formidabile, evidentemente
Verizon makes infrastructure, smart city deal with San Jose
Verizon has negotiated a tentative deal with the mayor of San Jose, California that will enable the carrier to deploy new network infrastructure while furthering San Jose's smart city goals. ... Read More
Ahead of 5G, AT&T deploying small cells and IoT solutions in San Jose
In addition to a large small cell deployment and a major smart cities push, AT&T plans to launch 5G in San Jose next year. ... Read More
Con gli occhiali opportuni, la partita di calcio diventa un mondo virtuale sul tavolo di casa, senza TV
The "Soccer On Your Tabletop" system takes as its input a video of a match and watches it carefully, tracking each player and their movements individually. The images of the players are then mapped onto 3D models "extracted from soccer video games," and placed on a 3D representation of the field. Basically they cross FIFA 18 with real life and produce a sort of miniature hybrid.
Now, it's far from perfect. One might even say it's a bit useless. The characters' positions are estimated, so they jump around a bit, and the ball doesn't really appear much, so everyone appears to just be dancing around on a field. (That's on the to-do list.)
The research is being presented at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Salt Lake City, and it's a collaboration between Facebook, Google and the University of Washington.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/19/football-matches-land-on-your-table-thanks-to-augmented-reality/
Alleanza per un servizio "OTT VIdeo" tra operatori tv in Francia; nuove piattaforme richiedono forme nuove di collaborazione, la competizione non è tra attori nazionali ma internazionali
France Télévisions, M6 and TF1 have announced plans to launch a new OTT platform.
The subscription-based SALTO will bring together public and commercial broadcasters and existing online services MYTF1, 6Play and France.tv.
An independent company will be established to run the platform that will also be open to other broadcasters.
"This project is for the TF1 Group a strong commitment to openness and strategic cooperation with both the French and European major players," said Gilles Pélisson, Chairman and CEO of TF1. "This will give us in the future all the weapons to face our challenges and we always will effectively meet the expectations of our public."
"Faced with the global platforms, SALTO will provide a high quality service to all our public and expose the best of French and European creation", added Delphine Ernotte Cunci, President, France Télévisions.
SALTO will screen a mix of sports, entertainment French drama, US series, documentaries and movies.
It will also develop its own French and European content.
OTT Video
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2018/06/15/french-broadcasters-band-together-for-online-platform/
In Australia OPTUS (fixed and mobile broadband, secondo operatore) compra i diritti di streaming dei mondiali calcio, ma il sistema IP non regge e deve chiedere aiuto alla SBS, la RAI australiana su DTT e satellite , offrendo gratis i diritti
… una cosa che si ricorderà!! Un segnale della difficoltà della OTT TV (quindi non IPTV ma OTT TV senza multicast) a gestire i grandi eventi in esclusiva..
Optus has announced that all World Cup games will be simulcast on free-to-air SBS for two days, after a wave of complaints about its subscription streaming service.
The decision to hand the rights to SBS came after the PM called Optus's chief executive
Fans have been unable to watch live matches on the Optus Sport website and apps
There are calls for the telco to give refunds
Optus Sport holds the exclusive rights for most World Cup matches, but many subscribers have been unable to watch live games amid connection issues, dropouts and other faults during the tournament's opening days.
Optus chief executive Allen Lew said the telco would use the two days of simulcasting to come up with a "robust solution".
"We have a dedicated team that have been working around the clock to attend to the technical issues," he said.
"The demand is no reason for us to make the mistakes that we did over the weekend so I apologise for that."
SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid said if the technical issues are not fixed within 48 hours the simulcasting could be extended, but for now there were no plans to.
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield said he was glad the "sensible" deal to give the games to SBS had been struck.
Federal Labor's Steve Georganas said he had been "inundated" with complaints and called for Optus to "immediately refund customers for a service that hasn't worked as advertised".
"It's time to treat the world game, the football community, with respect," the Adelaide-based MP told the Lower House.
Optus charges $15 a month for subscriptions to the service.
In a statement, an Optus spokesman said work was underway "around the clock" to fix the problems.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-18/world-cup-optus-streaming-problems-prompts-sbs-to-step-in/9882152
Have you ever agreed with your friends on something just to avoid feeling left out? Or have seen someone make a big mistake in the name of maintaining peace in the group? Then you have experienced or witnessed a phenomenon known as 'groupthink.' We explain the same, along with some famous groupthink examples from across the board.
In 1952, regarding an article in the Fortune Magazine, William H. Whyte first coined the term "Groupthink."
We have all at some point or the other, faced a circumstance where we have had to suppress our true ideals, beliefs, and opinions to avoid arguments, frustrations, resentment, and feeling out-of-place. This often happens when we are with family debating beliefs, with peers during discussions, and at the workplace, while brainstorming. But these are not the only isolated situations where you will find the occurrence of such an incident. So what is this type of behavior called?
This phenomenon is a psychological occurrence known as "Groupthink." This led him to further question why, despite the presence of many educated and informed minds in a group, that faulty decisions were made as a whole. He studied many political events during this course, which he published in his revised book "Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes"
https://psychologenie.com/understanding-psychological-phenomenon-of-groupthink-with-examples
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Entering the workforce requires new graduates to adjust to new rules and expectations. Below you will find a few generally universal tips for landing your first accounting job.
Landing that first job requires perseverance and an optimistic attitude. Graduates could interview over 100 times before receiving an offer. It is a good idea to have your résumé on hand wherever you go. Better yet, make up some business cards with your contact information and a professional picture. On the back, print an annotated but readable version of your résumé. Keep your business cards in your wallet or pocketbook and hand them out whenever you can. Even if it seems fruitless, every new contact could be valuable. One of these people might meet someone looking for your skills.
If you missed the boat on finding an internship, it need not ruin your chance of finding a job. In fact, while larger companies may be competing for top candidates with internships, smaller companies may want to hire a quality candidate that they can train. Also consider volunteer work while looking for a job to replace internship experience. Does your church need someone to help with the books? Perhaps you could help out at a parent's job or help out your fellow non-accounting students with their taxes. Any work you do in the area of accounting would benefit your résumé, and it would also show initiative, a trait companies seek when hiring new graduates.
Above all, always conduct yourself with professionalism during your job search. As a group, accountants are conservative. Interview attire should indicate professionalism. In accounting, clothing is not meant to call attention to itself, but it is meant to allow the interviewer to focus on you and what you have to say. While job searching, remember that every new person you meet could be a job lead, so proper conduct is especially important at this time, particularly when socializing, grocery shopping and even driving. It is never too soon to show professionalism.
Sara Huter has over 15 years of experience in the banking and energy industries, and over 10 years as an adjunct professor. Her work has been published for BusinessBee.com, the International Directory of Company Histories, the Encyclopedia of Business Insights: Global, EHow.com, and Examiner.com. Find out more about Sara at her Google+ Profile.


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Richard Ian Faulkner (né le ), est un guitariste anglais.

Richie Faulkner est né à Londres. Au début de sa carrière, il joua dans les groupes Dirty Deeds, Voodoo Six, Ace Mafia et avec Lauren Harris. Le , il est annoncé comme le remplaçant de K. K. Downing dans le groupe de heavy metal Judas Priest. Il est né au moment de l'enregistrement du sixième album de Judas Priest, British Steel, alors que le groupe existait déjà depuis 12 ans.

Sa première apparition avec le groupe fut le  à American Idol, où le groupe joua Living After Midnight et Breaking the Law avec James Durbin.

Discographie

Deeds - Blown (2002)
Voodoo Six - Feed My Soul (2006)
Lauren Harris - Calm Before the Storm (2008)
Ace Mafia - Vicious Circle (2009)
Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls (2014)
Judas Priest - Firepower (2018)
Judas Priest - prochain album en préparation

Ses guitares
 Gibson Flying V
 Gibson Les Paul
Epiphone Flying V "Richie Faulkner" Signature (2017)

Son style
Malgré une façon de tenir la guitare très différente (presque à la verticale, comme le fait aussi Adrian Smith), Richie Faulkner a un jeu sur scène similaire à celui de son prédécesseur, K. K. Downing : tout aussi sauvage, agressif, improvisé, rapide, virtuose, et très influencé par Jimi Hendrix.

Lors de ses interviews, il cite souvent comme références Michael Schenker, Zakk Wylde, Jimi Hendrix ou Dave Murray.

Notes et références
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RQ1G5HyEQA

Guitariste anglais de heavy metal
Guitariste de hard rock
Naissance en  janvier 1980
Naissance à Londres
Membre de Judas Priest


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of registered nurses who were barred in other states for misconduct are treating patients in California, according to a state board.
The Board of Registered Nursing has discovered that some 3,500 nurses no longer have licenses to work in medicine in other states, Russ Heimerich, spokesman for the Department of Consumer Affairs. said Monday.
Heimerich estimates 2,000 of those nurses were sanctioned elsewhere for serious violations, including sexual abuse, neglect, rampant drug use and criminality.
Such cases would require a new round of discipline in California and could result in lost licenses.
The state attorney general's office intends to assign two teams of attorneys to handle these cases and nothing else, Heimerich said.
"It's going to be a significant increase in workload," he said. "But it will not clog up the existing machinery."
The board's examination was prompted by a Los Angeles Times-ProPublica investigation last year that examined a national database and found many California nurses got into trouble elsewhere.
As a result of the investigation, the board is proposing to replace its databases and hire 140 more investigators to look into violations across the healing arts.


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California's vineyards are coming back from the brink of disaster thanks to the winter rains
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by Patrick Comiskey, March 23, 2017 – Los Angeles Times
Cover crop between the vine rows, Tablas Creek, Paso Robles, Calif. (Jason Haas)
This spring, it's all about the "super bloom," the blanket of wildflowers covering California's hillsides that has transformed parched desert landscapes into spectacular riots of color. But perhaps more important, it's also about the state's vineyards, which are experiencing a comparable replenishment, with a tableau just as colorful and dramatic. Cover crops — mustard, peas, vetch, clover, buckwheat — are weaving a tangled geometry between the vine rows, one of the many signs that in 2017, California's vineyards — Central Coast vineyards in particular — are coming back from the brink of disaster.
It's hard to imagine what might have happened to the region without this season's rains. Record low rainfall levels, coupled with record average temperatures in an age of global warming, had left viticulture from Monterey to Ventura in a low-grade peril. The five-year drought had been so inexorable in its effects, so disruptive to seasonal cycles, that growers were having a hard time imagining what a return to normal would look like. Paso Robles, the Central Coast's great tourism success story, where vineyard acreage and real estate tracts had ballooned in the last decade, faced the prospect of an abrupt about-face in its growth pattern, as the region confronted one of the most catastrophic water management crises in California history.
Then the rains came. They came early, in short promising bursts, three to five inches in October and November, growing more intense as the months went by, with relative deluges in January and February — 10, 20, 30 inches or more in total, depending on the locale: Nearly all coastal wine regions reported rainfall between 150% and 200% of normal.
"It's been wonderful," says Jason Haas of Tablas Creek Vineyard in Paso Robles' western-most appellation, Adelaida. "The ground is saturated, well levels are better than they've been in half a decade. Creeks are running, the reservoirs are nearly full; springs are welling up on our hillsides that we don't remember seeing for many years."
While it's difficult to paint an accurate picture of what's going on underground, Haas is hopeful that the aquifers, from which the area's irrigation systems draw water, are being replenished. "Where we are, aquifers recharge easily after a winter like this," says Haas. "It's everything we could have asked for."
For all this optimism, some Central Coast producers are quick to point out that their rainfall totals have been small, compared with the deluges of the North Coast, in Napa and Sonoma. Steve Lohr of J. Lohr Cellars has properties up and down the Central Coast, from Arroyo Seco to Paso Robles.
"It's good to finally have a break from the drought," he says, "but it isn't anything like St. Helena, or in the Bay Area. They've had a huge amount of rain up there."
"You see all this rain and flooding up north, but we're not getting anything like the percentages that have come to the North Coast," says Nicholas Miller, whose family owns three large Central Coast vineyards, including Bien Nacido and French Camp. "The perception is that the drought has ended, but that hasn't been the case for us. It's been a great winter, but we really didn't get the capacity we needed."
Anyone in need of proof can look at the Cachuma Reservoir, just over San Marcos Pass from Santa Barbara, the vast lake that captures moisture from the Santa Ynez Mountains. A year ago, the water level at Cachuma was at just 8% capacity — "an unbelievable crisis," says Miller. Now, that water level is just a bit less than half. "So we're at 48%," says Miller, "which is a reprieve, but it's 48%, still well below where everyone would like to see it."
Although the season's final rainfall figures have yet to be tallied, and their long-term benefits analyzed, growers point to some very obvious immediate effects of the winter's rains.
First, soils are healthier; they're less compact, there's better structure, better nutrient chemistry and best of all, they're less saline. Soil salinity creates an anaerobic environment that can be inhospitable for useful microbes and that can interfere with nutrient uptake in the vines — in more extreme cases, this can lead to a wine with perceptible levels of salt. This winter, says Peter Cargasacchi of Cargasacchi Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills, the soils of the Central Coast "got a proper flushing."
"There are carbonates, sulfates and chlorides in irrigation water which build up in the soil during periods of drought," he added. "These have been flushed beneath the rooting zone by rains."
The increased rainfall will inevitably mean more vigorous shoot and leaf growth, which can lead to imbalance in the vine, unless that growth is kept in check and the plants' energy is directed toward fruit production. Clusters will inevitably be larger, and less concentrated — but no one's complaining.
"Drought can lead to quality vintages in the short term," says Lohr, "but I'd trade that anytime for long-term vine health."
Perhaps the rainfall's most useful consequence is that it's set back a growing season that has been routinely and alarmingly early during the drought years. The great push, beginning with bud break, has commenced among the more precocious varieties, two to three weeks later than the last two dry years. That means a lot less nail biting for growers over frost in early spring, and more even flavor development during the growing season. And harvest, with luck, will no longer begin in mid-August, the hottest part of the summer: good for pickers, and good for grapes, as Cargasacchi says.
"When ripening occurs later during the fall, I think we get less green flavors, and more fruit flavor," he says. "It's helpful that the days are shorter and sugar is accumulating less rapidly."
On the whole, the growers of the Central Coast are cautiously optimistic. "I wouldn't say this by any means solves things," says Lohr, "but it gives us a little breathing room."
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