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An introduction to Mastodon
A beginner's guide to microblogging on Mastodon
Meet Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative that's spreading like wildfire.
06 Apr 2017 Seth Kenlon (Red Hat) Feed
Twitter started out like many exciting tech projects. It invented and then offered a unique "microblogging" service, a kind of interactive RSS feed. Twitter as a company was open to fresh ideas and offered a lot of features. It gradually became such a big deal in modern web usage that it, presumably, felt the need to reel it all back in. Today, Twitter clearly can't support all the crazy things people want to do with it, and has gotten rid of a lot of the features they once offered, and are frequently criticized for being simultaneously unmoderated and too restrictive.
Because it's such a part of the modern web, people tend to treat Twitter as something "we" own. There's certainly a case to be made that the users of even a closed system ultimately do own it, at least insofar as losing all users would essentially end the service. Yet the fact remains that Twitter is a closed source communication method on the otherwise open HTTP medium.
Can open source solve this technical and social quandary?
GNU Social and Mastodon
GNU Social is a social communication software for both public and private communications. It's a microblogging platform in which any person or group of people can run their own nodes of communication, and also connect these nodes to one another for intercommunication. It solves the ownership problem in both the literal and emotional sense: the code, being open source (AGPL), is owned by everyone, and the nodes themselves are so numerous that users can shop around to find a community that best suits them, or start a personal node.
Each node, being independently run and managed, can be used as a private node, or it can be open to other users, it can block users or feeds, or it can accept feeds. Control is truly placed in the hands of the users, and yet the end result is a truly social network.
Mastodon is one implementation of GNU Social focusing on a good, clean user interface and a low barrier-to-entry for self-hosting.
And it's spreading like wildfire as the premier Twitter alternative.
The best thing about it is that you can tether Mastodon and Twitter together to ease your transition.
Joining Mastodon
Part of the advantage of Mastodon is that there isn't just one Mastodon. The project itself owns and runs mastodon.social, but that's just one node in a much larger network. You can join any Mastodon instance that is accepting new users. There's a list of running instances on instances.mastodon.xyz.
On the other hand, if you like to tinker on servers, you're also free to just run your own instance. Mastodon is open source, so (unsurprisingly) developers have contributed several ways to set it up. You can run it as a software package on your server, or run it as a Docker image, or even, experimentally, as a Heroku service.
Signing up with an existing instance is easy. Provide a working email address for account verification and set your desired password. Once you have verified your email address, log in as you would to any other website, using your email address as your login name and your password. Once logged in, you can also set up two-factor authentication.
Using Mastodon
The default Mastodon web interface is a little more complex than Twitter, but no more than, for instance, TweetDeck. There are, of course, other interfaces you could use with Mastodon, including mobile apps or custom Atom feeds or custom web apps using Mastodon's rich API. Since everyone starts out with the web UI, however, it's a good thing to look at to get used to Mastodon's capabilities.
Screenshot of the Mastodon web interface. CC-0.
The web UI consists of four columns. The left column is your primary control panel. Most importantly, it contains your username and avatar, and a text field for you to enter you text. In Mastodon, anything you post is called a "toot" (as in a car horn, or, possibly, the sound that prehistoric mastodons made?).
The left column also has several tabs at the top: Get Started, Local Timeline, Federated Timeline, Preferences, and Logout. That's pretty much all you need to know in order to navigate the interface. Here's what each tab does:
The Get Started view is your current, default view. It returns all the other columns to their default views. Think of this as your Home Button.
Local Timeline
The Local Timeline contains all posts by any non-blocked and non-muted user on the same Mastodon server. This is different from Twitter because with Twitter there is no local instance. With Mastodon, you can form communities of users on just one node.
Federated Timeline
The Federated Timeline is a feed of all public posts happening on all nodes. This is the most Twitter-like view of Mastodon's activity because it breaks down the concept of nodes and displays everything happening on the worldwide network.
Users have several options for interacting with other Mastodon users, and those settings in the Preferences panel.
Mastodon preferences. CC-0.
You can set your posts to be private or to go only to your followers. You can also configure two-factor authentication, edit your profile, change your password, add "apps" so that you can interact with Mastodon through its API, configure email notifications, and more.
That's a lot to take in, but the easiest way to start is to just click on the Federated Timeline tab and watch all the excited Mastodon users toot their random thoughts at you in the fourth column.
Federated feed. CC-0.
Interacting with other users is intuitive. You can reply to their post, you can re-post a post that you like, you can follow a user so that their posts appear in your personal feed, located in the second column.
The third column contains notifications. When other users interact with you, you'll see that in the third column.
Column 1 is your command center.
Column 2 is your personal feed.
Column 3 contains notifications.
Column 4 displays either your local or the federated timeline.
That's Mastodon.
Mastodon to Twitter with Python3
A social network depends equally on both the "social" part and the "network" part. Mastodon has healthy representation of both.
The technology is stable and robust, so it networks very well, and it's had major boosts in users ever since it scored some high-profile media coverage. However, chances are that not everyone you know on Twitter has migrated yet to Mastodon, so you may want to have your posts on Mastodon also appear on your Twitter feed. You don't want to have to do that manually.
You can get Mastodon and Twitter to cross-post with a tool called MastodonToTwitter. It's a Python 3 script that interacts with Twitter and Mastodon through their respective APIs. On the Twitter side, it takes a little bit of setup, since allowing Twitter API interaction on your account is opt-in.
First, you need to join dev.twitter.com to get a consumer key and access token, each of which permits you to use external scripts to control Twitter.
Once you create an account at dev.twitter.com, navigate to My Apps and click the Create New App button.
Create new app. CC-0.
Creating a new app isn't nearly as scary as it sounds. In this context, the "app" really is just a mechanism to acquire login tokens. Name your app anything you want to, provide a fake description and a fake website. Leave the callback field empty.
You can use these settings, verbatim. CC-0.
Once your app has been created, you're taken to an overview of the app. While this does provide your consumer key, you need several more pieces to enable API access. Click the manage keys and access tokens link next to the Consumer key (API Key) line.
App overview. CC-0.
On the Application Settings screen, click the Create my access token button. This generates your access tokens, and displays all the information you need in one place.
Keep it secret, keep it safe. CC-0.
Keep these keys safe, because they allow access to your account without information like username and password. Do not share them with others, do not take screenshots of them and post them online.
Running MastodonToTwitter.py
To run MastodonToTwitter, you must install its dependencies: pip3, python-twitter, and Mastodon.py. To obtain these these on Fedora or similar Linux distribution:
$ sudo dnf install python3-pip
$ sudo python3 -m pip install twitter-python Mastodon.py
Then download MastodonToTwitter from GitHub.
$ git clone https://github.com/halcy/MastodonToTwitter.git MastodonToTwitter.clone
Change directory to MastodonToTwitter.clone and run the script with Python3:
$ python3 ./MastodonToTwitter.py
The script has a first-run setup mode that automatically launches if it doesn't find configuration files, so just follow the prompts.
For Twitter, there will be four prompts: one for each key that you obtained from creating your Twitter app. Just paste in the key codes, exactly as Twitter provided them.
For Mastodon, you'll only need your registered email address and password.
Once you've passed all the setup steps, MastodonToTwitter runs non-interactively, silently listening to Twitter and Mastodon for any activity. Post something to Mastodon, and you'll see it be detected by MastodonToTwitter, and then in about 30 seconds the same post pops up as a Twitter post. The same works in reverse.
How you run MastodonToTwitter is up to you. You're free to run in manually whenever you want to cross-post, or you can set it up as a cron job so that it runs every hour or two. If you're a very active Twitter user, you can even run it as a daemon on a server (a low-powered Raspberry Pi server is pretty easy to set up) so that it syncs your accounts instantly.
Join the federation
The future of the independent and free web is in the federation: independent nodes managed by real people with real and trusted communities, all feeding into a larger amalgamation. The GNU project, MediaGoblin, Mastodon, GNUnet, and many others, are working toward making this a reality.
Instead of complaining about being abused by your Internet corporate sponsors, why not join the Federation? Captain Kirk did, and things turned out pretty well for him. Give Mastodon a try!
How-tos and tutorials
Seth Kenlon - Seth Kenlon is a UNIX geek, free culture advocate, independent multimedia artist, and D&D nerd. He has worked in the film and computing industry, often at the same time. He is one of the maintainers of the Slackware-based multimedia production project Slackermedia.
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ColinFr on 06 Apr 2017 Permalink
One more soldier in the Federation https://mastodonfrance.com
Go guys, it's really quick and simple to launch your own instance.
Seth Kenlon on 06 Apr 2017 Permalink
Here's a really great article about GNU Social, Mastodon, and Federation. https://robek.world/featured/what-is-gnu-social-and-is-mastodon-social-a...
It's probably worth mentioning that you can ping another user of Mastodon by mentioning them in a toot with this syntax: @seth@anticapitalist.party
Where @seth is the username, and the @anticapitalist.party is the instance (or node, or server) they have their account.
Alternately, this syntax: http://anticapitalist.party/@seth
Leon Palmer on 10 Apr 2017 Permalink
Does anyone know what happens if you signup via a particular instance and that goes down temporarily or the maintainer of that instance decides to take it down permanently?
Puff Hammer on 10 Apr 2017 Permalink
I was actually just wondering the same thing. I love the idea, but that is a very real question. Guess we'll find out
Strypey on 11 Apr 2017 Permalink
The same thing that happens to a Twitter user if Twitter goes down temporarily or permanently, but at least with The Federation (GNU Social, Mastodon etc) the rest of the network doesn't go down with it, just like the email network doesn't go down temporarily or permanently if GMail goes down.
Hosting your own instance is one way to avoid depending on someone else's server, but it's going to be the case for a while yet (if not forever) that some people just can't host our own instance (for lack of server-side skills or $ for hosting fees). Working on making each user's identity portable across instances is a priority, including their social graph (followers, followed) and post history. Ideally identity would be portable not only regardless of instance, but regardless of which federated app that instance was running.
As Strypy says, yes, if an instance you are using evaporates, then so does your user account. This is a reality of modern web services and probably why many people opt to use the multimillion-dollar providers; presumably, they'll never evaporate (not true, but it's the perception, and in practise, there does seem to be a trend that if a corner of the Internet fails, some greater entity will buy it out).
On the independent web, you have different ways to mitigate this risk.
1) First, you can export your data. Mastodon allows for this through its web UI and through its API. So if you were very concerned about losing past toots, or your list of friends, and so on, you could export the data on a semi-regular basis, and even script it through the API.
2) Alternately, you can run your own instance, or team up with some reliable group of people who you trust and run a co-op instance.
3) Many instances that have been brought up so far also have Patreon accounts, so if you want to help ensure an instance sticks around, throw money at it. Get to know the admin. Take an active role in your web use! Consumer culture tends to eat itself, so take this as an opportunity to be a part of the system you use.
Lots of options!
Chi on 25 Apr 2017 Permalink
I would like to setup a server. Are there step-by-step instructions on performing maintenance tasks, such as upgrading to the latest version?
It's all still pretty new, so the docs are still developing.
You can get a start here:
https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation#running-mastodon
But otherwise, chat with some other instance maintainers and the developers themselves to find out what the best practises are.


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Nicaragua to Host 2012 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
Posted April 5th, 2012 - News Posted for ISA News.
The most decorated female surfer of all time, Australia's Layne Beachley won an ISA Gold Medal last year to add to her seven ASP world titles, and has the chance to go back-to-back in Nicaragua. Photo: ISA/Watts
Event Will Be the Country's First Time Hosting a Surfing World Championship
Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
July 14 to 22, 2012
Somewhere, Nicaragua
After months of searching and considering bids, the ISA has announced that the fifth edition of the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship will take place in the land of constant offshore winds: Nicaragua. The event will run from July 14-22, which is during the country's Veranillo, or "little summer," a time known for favorable winds and great waves.
"We're very excited to be bringing an ISA event to Nicaragua for the first time," said Fernando Aguerre, the President of the ISA. "The country has many quality waves that have been attracting surfers for years, but in small amounts. Hopefully this event will help spread the word to surfers around the world, so that they can learn and come to appreciate the nice waves, the nice weather and the warmth of the Nicaraguan people."
The event is supported at the highest level of government in Nicaragua. Negotiations were held with the Minister of Tourism, Mario Salinas, who has confirmed the full support of the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega.
"We, the people of Nicaragua, are very excited and proud to have won the bid to host the 2012 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship. Such a prestigious event is a wonderful opportunity for our country, where tourism has become one of the most viable economic sectors with great potential for investment and employment," Minister Salinas said. "It gives us the chance to show not only our beautiful natural landscapes, beaches and waves, but also our culture and warm hospitality. This event will be a historical landmark in Nicaraguan beach culture. This event will also contribute to the growth of Nicaragua and to its positioning in the world of surfing and tourism."
Though the host country and the dates are selected, the site venue is still being finalized. Three waves on the Pacific Ocean side of the country are being considered, all of which are exposed to the Lago de Nicaragua effect. Due to the lake's large expanse of water, winds blow offshore on the Pacific side of the country more than 300 days out of the year.
The Masters event brings together the top over-35 surfers in the world. Many of the competitors are former professional surfers and some are even former world champions – and those particular surfers are continuing to prove themselves of championship caliber. Past Masters division champions include three-time ASP World Champion Tom Curren (USA) and seven-time women's ASP World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS).
Other Masters standout competitors include four-time ISA Gold Medalist Juan Ashton (PUR), two-time Gold Medalist Heather Clark (RSA), and two-time Gold Medalist Chris Knutsen (RSA), along with former ASP World Tour standouts Ross Williams (HAW), Rob Page (AUS) and Fabio Gouveia (BRA).
Be sure to check in to www.isasurf.org for further updates about the event as they are released.
About the International Surfing Association:
The International Surfing Association (ISA), founded in 1964, is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the World Governing Authority for Surfing. The ISA governs and defines Surfing as Shortboard, Longboard & Bodyboarding, StandUp Paddle (SUP) Racing and Surfing, Para Surfing, Bodysurfing, Wakesurfing, and all other wave riding activities on any type of waves, and on flat water using wave riding equipment. The ISA crowned its first Men's and Women's World Champions in 1964. It crowned the first Big Wave World Champion in 1965; World Junior Champion in 1980; World Kneeboard Champions in 1982; World Longboard Surfing and World Bodyboard Champions in 1988; World Tandem Surfing Champions in 2006; World Masters Champions in 2007; World StandUp Paddle (SUP, both surfing and racing) and Paddleboard Champions in 2012; and World Para Surfing Champions in 2015.
ISA membership includes the surfing National Federations of 108 countries on five continents. The ISA is presided over by Fernando Aguerre (ARG). The Executive Committee includes four Vice-Presidents Karín Sierralta (PER), Kirsty Coventry (ZIM), Casper Steinfath (DEN) and Barbara Kendall (NZL), Athletes' Commission Chair Justine Dupont (FRA), Regular Members Atsushi Sakai (JPN) and Jean Luc Arassus (FRA) and ISA Executive Director Robert Fasulo as Ex-officio Member.
Its headquarters are located in La Jolla, California (USA).
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Q: Unable to send image url to database I have set up a script that updates the database, all the form fields work, including the file upload, which does upload it to my server, my issue is that i want the url of the image to appear in the mysql table, so i can refer to it later (and it is linked to that entry, but everything i try it doesn't want to add it. Any ideas?
this is my form
<fieldset style="width:300px;">
<form method="post" action="./upload.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">>
Desc <input type="text" name="holdesc1">

Dest <input type="text" name="holdest1">

RRP <input type="text" name="rrp1">

Cost Per <input type="text" name="cpe1">

Entries Avail <input type="text" name="ea1">

Select a file: <input type="file" name="userfile" id="file">

<input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>
</fieldset>

And this is my upload script
 // Connects to your Database
 mysql_connect("localhost", "cl52-abcdef","abcdef") or die(mysql_error());
 mysql_select_db("cl52-abcdef") or die(mysql_error());

   // Configuration - Your Options
      $allowed_filetypes = array('.jpg','.gif','.bmp','.png'); // These will be the types of file that will pass the validation.
      $max_filesize = 524288; // Maximum filesize in BYTES (currently 0.5MB).
      $upload_path = './files/'; // The place the files will be uploaded to (currently a 'files' directory).

   $filename = $_FILES['userfile']['name']; // Get the name of the file (including file extension).
   $ext = substr($filename, strpos($filename,'.'), strlen($filename)-1); // Get the extension from the filename.

   // Check if the filetype is allowed, if not DIE and inform the user.
   if(!in_array($ext,$allowed_filetypes))
      die('The file you attempted to upload is not allowed.');

   // Now check the filesize, if it is too large then DIE and inform the user.
   if(filesize($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']) > $max_filesize)
      die('The file you attempted to upload is too large.');

   // Check if we can upload to the specified path, if not DIE and inform the user.
   if(!is_writable($upload_path))
      die('You cannot upload to the specified directory, please CHMOD it to 777.');

   // We'll start handling the upload in the next step

?>

<?php
   // Configuration - Your Options
      $allowed_filetypes = array('.jpg','.gif','.bmp','.png'); // These will be the types of file that will pass the validation.
      $max_filesize = 524288; // Maximum filesize in BYTES (currently 0.5MB).
      $upload_path = './files/'; // The place the files will be uploaded to (currently a 'files' directory).

   $filename = $_FILES['userfile']['name']; // Get the name of the file (including file extension).
   $ext = substr($filename, strpos($filename,'.'), strlen($filename)-1); // Get the extension from the filename.

   // Check if the filetype is allowed, if not DIE and inform the user.
   if(!in_array($ext,$allowed_filetypes))
      die('The file you attempted to upload is not allowed.');

   // Now check the filesize, if it is too large then DIE and inform the user.
   if(filesize($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name']) > $max_filesize)
      die('The file you attempted to upload is too large.');

   // Check if we can upload to the specified path, if not DIE and inform the user.
   if(!is_writable($upload_path))
      die('You cannot upload to the specified directory, please CHMOD it to 777.');

   // Upload the file to your specified path.
   if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'],$upload_path . $filename))
         echo 'Your file upload was successful, view the file here'; // It worked.
      else
         echo 'There was an error during the file upload.  Please try again.'; // It failed :(.

if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$holdesc1=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['holdesc1']);
$holdest1=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['holdest1']);
$rrp1=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['rrp1']);
$cpe1=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['cpe1']);
$ea1=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['ea1']);
$filename=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['filename']);

$query1=mysql_query("insert into DealOne values('','$holdesc1','$holdest1','$rrp1','$cpe1','$ea1','$filename')");
echo "insert into DealOne values('','$holdesc1','$holdest1','$rrp1','$cpe1','$ea1''$filename',)";
if($query1)
{
header("location:list.php");
}
}
?>

A: In code  do not have filename field.
$filename=mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['filename']); // this field is not in form

you have input type file with name userfile so you need to use this field like
$userfile = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];  // this field is in form

secondly you should shift your file upload code inside isset($_POST).
third try to use mysqli_* functions

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European tilt and turn windows are perfect when it comes to insulate your home from noise pollution and ever-changing weather. This is the reason why more and more people are installing them not only in their new homes, but also replacing the traditional windows that comes with simple glazing.
There are different types of tilt turn windows and doors. You can find one with wooden frame and door frames. It will be a good option if you get the help of professionals without doing it yourself. You have to be very careful in choosing who will do the installation as this will also affect the longevity of the windows that you have installed in your home.
In general, there are two or three glass plates in these facilities. A gas type is included in the gap between the two panels to improve the thermal and acoustic insulation capacity of your doors. Only windows skilled professional installers can help you install Windows easily. This is done through the application sheets of noise damping and plastic UV blocking in the windows. Although this is not exactly what tilt turn windows means, but it helps to improve your old windows, it is the cheapest option and it can be done easily.
Such as tilt turn windows are expensive compared to traditional single panel windows, you can really feel its value in the long run. You will benefit these windows throughout the life. If you think these are just good for new home and not for window replacement, then there are some reasons why you might want to consider making the decision.
If your old frames are rotting then it is ideal to use PVC doors and frames in your replacement. This can be done in a way that you no longer need to get satisfied decomposition tools or constant maintenance windows that are normally required.
If you think your wood materials are in good condition but they can not withstand the heat or cold and can not control the noise coming from the outside then you can get them custom framed instead of getting these new windows and doors. This way you can help with problems such as UPVC thermal and acoustic insulation is known to be good at providing these benefits to your home.
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The Musée de Portiragnes, which opened in 2003, houses archaeological collections discovered on the town's land during excavations that took place over many decades. It's a journey through time, from the prehistoric era to the Middle Ages. There are tools that belonged to prehistoric nomadic hunters, and huts from the first farmers. A large square is dedicated to the "Monoxylon II" expedition, an experimental sailing expedition along a prehistoric coastline, as well as to the Greek, Roman and Visigoth periods.


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Posted July 11, 2019:
— Municode Code Corporation has completed their review of the Land Development Code for consistency with Florida Statutes and internal consistency. The amendments do not include any policy related changes and are recommendations from the Municode Code Corporation. The Municode Code Corporation amendments shall be reviewed at the August 8, 2019 City Commission meeting.
— Staff has received a site plan and rezoning application for the Ormond Grande project for a subdivision of 11.86 acres into 60 fee simple town home lots with common area and a private road. Lot 61 as a 1.40 acre industrial lot. The site is located between North U.S. Highway 1 and the Ormond Lakes subdivision. The site was previously approved and started construction but did not complete the project improvements.
— Development related projects that are scheduled for the July 30, 2019 City Commission are as follows:
48 West Granada Boulevard, Special Exception for wall signage. The Special Exception seeks to allow thirteen wall signs and one (1) projecting sign for a total of 245.98+ square feet of building signage.
220 East Granada Boulevard, Special Exception for outdoor activity. The Special Exception application seeks to allow the daily outdoor display and rental of two (2) surfboards under certain conditions.
1246 West Granada Boulevard, Special Exception for a drive-thru restaurant. The Special Exception seeks to allow a 2,400 square feet Starbucks drive thru as part of a two tenant building of 3,800 square feet.
— Development related projects that are scheduled for the August 7, 2019 (Wednesday) City Commission are as follows:
Downtown master plan update draft shall be presented to the City Commission at a City Commission workshop.
First Amendment to the North U.S. 1 Interlocal Service Boundary agreement to include the Plantation Oaks subdivision, including any enclaves surrounding the subdivision.
Notice of intent for the partial right-of-way vacations for (1) Magnolia Street, (2) Gower Street, and (3) Flagler Road. The right-of-way vacations are associated with the Stor-It RV and Boat, Phase 2 Planned Business Development.
2260 Airport Road, land use amendment. The proposed amendment seeks to change the existing "Public Institutional" (PI) land use to the "Suburban Low Density Residential" (SLDR) land use designation to allow the construction of one single-family dwelling unit.
— Planning staff has received a variance application to be heard on August 7, 2019 by the Board of Adjustment and Appeals for the property at 171 Oak Grove Street. The property owner seeks to construct an 11' x 28' hard roof structure over an existing concrete patio requiring a variance of 4.7' to the required 20' rear yard setback for a final rear yard setback of 15.3'.
— Items that are scheduled for the August 8, 2019 Planning Board (additional items may be added) are as follows:
906 North U.S. Highway 1, Window World. The site is under code enforcement action and is seeking to allow the outdoor storage through the Special Exception process.
71 Orchard Lane. A Land Development Code amendment to remove 71 Orchard Lane, a locally designated historic landmark from the City's adopted Historic Landmarks List.
Municode Code Corporation has completed their review of the Land Development Code for consistency with Florida Statutes and internal consistency. The amendments do not include any policy related changes and are recommendations from the Municode Code Corporation for code consistency.
99 Portland Avenue. Planned Business Development rezoning to expand the existing Stor-It RV and Boat to include a Phase II consisting of construction of 106 Boat and RV storage parking spaces and site improvements.
Posted July 1, 2019:
— The July 11, 2019 Planning Board meeting has the following items on the agenda:
An application submitted by Joe Hopkins, P.E., of The Performance Group (applicant), on behalf of the property owner 88 S. Atlantic Avenue, LLC, for a rezoning from B-4 (Central Business) to Planned Business Development (PBD) and issuance of a development order. The Ocean Club Ormond Beach Planned Business Development rezoning seeks to demolish the existing structure and re-construct a retail building of approximately 8,596 square feet and associated site improvements. The applicant seeks to (1) allow a rear yard wall waiver, (2) reduce the rear yard landscape buffer from 30' to 15', and (3) allow outdoor product display under certain conditions. The subject property is located at 88 South Atlantic Avenue.
An application submitted by James A. Stowers, Esquire on behalf of CST Holdings, LLC, for the properties at (1) 135 North Yonge Street, (2) 145 North Yonge Street, (3) 195 Highland Avenue, (4) 205 Highland Avenue for a Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map amendment. The properties are a total of approximately 6 acres with 2.52+ acres designated with the land use of "Low Density Residential" and 3.48+ acres designated with the land use of "Commercial". The Small-Scale Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map amendment seeks to: (1) amend the designation of the 2.52+ acres from "Low Density Residential" to "Medium Density Residential", increasing the residential density from 4.3 units per acre to 12 units per acre, (2) limit the allowed Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to 0.20 for the 2.52+ acres proposed to be designated "Medium Density Residential", and (3) reduce the residential density within the 3.48+ acres currently designated "Commercial" from the existing 32 units per acre to 22 units per acre.
— The Downtown Steering Committee concluded their review and recommendations for the Downtown master plan update. The draft master plan update is scheduled to be presented to the City Commission on August 7, 2019 at a City Commission workshop.
— A variance application has been submitted for the construction of a single-family house at 53 Wilmette Avenue. The variance seeks to reduce the side yard setbacks to 10' and 5' for lot which is 50' in width. The application shall be heard on July 3, 2019 by the Board of Adjustment and appeals.
— Planning staff has received a Land Development Code amendment to remove 71 Orchard Lane, a locally designated historic landmark from the City's adopted Historic Landmarks List. The structure at 71 Orchard Lane is also a nationally designated landmark with the National Register of Historic Places. The structure has been certified as an unsafe structure and has been ordered to be demolished or repaired in accordance with the City's unsafe building abatement ordinance. The property owner has indicated that they will seek demolition. The Land Development Code amendment shall be reviewed by the Historic Landmark Preservation Board on July 15, 2019.
The Antares Assisted Living Facility project is moving forward to construction. The project shall construct an Assisted Living Facility of 124 units with 37 units designed specifically for memory care. The building is a three story building along the Granada Boulevard frontage that transitions to a one story structure abutting the residential subdivision of Kings Crossings. The total building size is 122,095 square feet. The project has obtained an engineering permit for site work and has been approved for a building permit. Staff has been in contact with an abutting property owner and a member of the Kings Crossings Homeowner's Association. The project is currently establishing tree protection and silt fencing. It is expected that construction would start in the next two to three weeks.
Posted June 11, 2019:
— A neighborhood meeting regarding associated with a Comprehensive Plan land use map application for the land at 135 and 145 North Yonge Street and 195 and 205 Highland Avenue is scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at the Ormond Beach Public Library at 30 South Beach Street between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The land use application seeks to (1) Amend the land area of approximately 2.52 acres from "Low Density Residential" to "Medium Density Residential" and (2) restrict the residential units allows on the overall 6.0 acre parcel within the two land uses of "General Commercial" and proposed "Medium Density Residential" to 60 units.
Portions of the project have an expired Planned Business and Residential Development zoning designation associated with the Courtyards project. The project would require (after action on the land use amendment) Site Plan Review Committee review, a neighborhood meeting on the development project, Planning Board review and City Commission action for site development.
Posted June 7, 2019:
— A neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for the Ocean Club project located at 88 South Atlantic Avenue. The project proposes to rezone the property at 88 South Atlantic Avenue from B-4 (Central Business) to PBD (Planned Business Development). The project proposes to demolish the existing structure and re-construct a retail building of approximately 8,596 square feet and associated site improvements. The project representatives have scheduled a neighborhood meeting on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at 30 South Beach Street (Ormond Beach Regional Library) beginning at 5:30 p.m.
— The Monthly Development Report has been updated and can be found at: https://www.ormondbeach.org/247/Development-Projects.
— The following items are scheduled for the June 13, 2019 Planning Board meeting:
1246 West Granada Boulevard (Shoppes on Granada, Phase 2) drive-thru restaurant. The Special Exception seeks to allow drive thru restaurant (end user has not been identified) and associated site improvements.
48 West Granada Boulevard, wall signage. The site is the Ormond Garage and is under renovations for a restaurant with a brewery. The Special Exception is needed based on the number and sizes of the existing and proposed signage.
2260 Airport Road, land use map amendment. The administrative amendment seeks a land use change from "Public/Institutional" (P/I) to "Suburban Low Density Residential" (SLDR).
220 East Granada Boulevard, outdoor activity. This is a request to allow outdoor activity, (the display of two surfboards) in front of the building at 220 East Granada Boulevard.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized video game addiction as an official mental health condition and will include it in its next revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), coming in 2018.
It will classify it as "gaming disorder", "(…) characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior." This would include not feeling like you have control over how much you play, putting gaming over other life priorities, and continuing to play games despite negative consequences.
"The behavior pattern is of sufficient severity to result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning".


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Movie Review – Lincoln (2012)
February 11, 2013 March 15, 2018 Rodney Twelftree
Principal Cast : Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce McGill, Hal Holbrook, Lee Pace, Walton Goggins, James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson, John Hawkes, Jackie Earl Haley, Dane DeHaan, Lukas Haas, Colman Domingo, Gloria Reuben, Gulliver McGrath, Elizabeth Marvel, Peter McRobbie, Jared Harris, Joseph Cross.
Approx Running Time : 150 Minutes
Synopsis: President Lincoln attempts to balance the needs of ending the Civil War, while at the same time trying to push through an amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery.
What we think : Master story-teller Spielberg is in top form here, with Lincoln, one of the most iconic American Presidents to have lived, and the story of the Thirteenth Amendment. Daniel Day-Lewis is spellbinding as Lincoln, while the script is perhaps best approached with at least a passing knowledge of American history for the sheer weight of information and flim-flammery it throws up, but it's the lack of saccharine Spielbergian schmaltz which keeps this film from buckling under its own weight. Talky, lovingly rendered, Lincoln is Spielberg at his very best – easily his most accomplished dramatic film in a long while. Astonishingly detailed, filled with a who's who of Hollywood and boasting a truly epic sense of scale, Lincoln is a worthy contender for the Best Picture Oscar, while Day-Lewis is a virtual lock for Best Actor as the titular character. Wonderful stuff.
Four score and several Oscars later….
The American love affair with their founding fathers continues, with the most successful Hollywood director of all time tackling the most iconic US President of all time. Spielberg takes on Abraham Lincoln, in this stunningly mounted bio-pic retelling the two week period prior to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, the Amendment abolishing slavery. This review offers no examination of either the accuracy of the period, the production or even if the people involved looked the way they do here – my lack of knowledge on American history is not good enough to provide any adequate argument or critique: therefore, I'll be limiting this review to simply the film itself. Is it a good, great or garbage film? Does Daniel Day-Lewis adequately perform one of the greatest roles in modern cinema, that of President Lincoln, as a human being or as a caricature? Does the all-star cast create more out-of-film experiences than it should, or does the film work with all these quality thespians involved? Settle back for my no-historical-context review of Spielberg's Lincoln!
Now, who's up for some cosplay?
It is January 1865, in the fourth year of the American Civil War, and President Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) has been re-elected and given a mandate to end the bloodshed. As progress is made towards a peaceful resolution to the war, Lincoln also seeks to introduce a Bill to Congress which would effectively amend the Constitution, abolishing slavery. Congress, however, is divided on this issue, with many on both Republican and Democrat sides favoring retaining slaves – something Lincoln is vehemently opposed. Lincoln's Secretary of State, William Seward (David Strathairn), aides Lincoln's decision with tenacity and poise, while Republican party member Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones) is a staunch advocate for the abolition of slavery, although he plays politics enough so that it's not overt. Lincoln's wife, Mary (Sally Field) remains saddened by the death of their young son William, in 1962, and fears her older son Robert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) desires to enlist into the war effort despite her concerns. While Lincoln builds support for the Thirteenth Amendment, he is aided in this task by a trio of lobbyists – William Bilbo (James Spader), Richard Schell (Tim Blake Nelson) and Colonel Robert Latham (John Hawkes), who engage with fence-sitting congressmen to gain their vote. Lincoln sends General Ulysses S Grant (Jared Harris) to the Hampton Roads Congress – seeking peace – to meet with Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens (Jackie Earle Haley), although this peaceful negotiation is backed up by the blockade and bombardment of the key Confederate port of Richmond, Virginia.
Don't look now, but there's someone beeeehiiiiiind you!
From a purely cinematic perspective, Lincoln appears to be Spielberg's JFK – this film is packed with minutia and detail that I doubt I got all of it on my single viewing. Indeed, I have a sneaking suspicion I'm going to have to watch this film a few more times, with Wikipedia in hand, to get it all right in my head. Lincoln isn't a film one can watch casually, it's a film which activates your brain and makes you think about things – Spielberg doesn't dumb this down for us, thankfully, which is the true mark of a great filmmaker. He's happy to make us work to enjoy this film, if indeed the term "work" can be used in the ideology of film, and I applaud his reticence to join the dots for us. Lincoln's narrative depth is only transcended by the performance of the key cast – Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn and Tommy Lee Jones are sublime in their respective roles, each one bringing a gravitas-layered, soaring portrayal of the real-life people involved with this important legislation. Of all the cast, however, it is obviously Day-Lewis who holds this film together, in a towering portrayal (literally and figuratively) of the 16th President of the United States.
In a few moments, I won't care if you're black, white or purple with poka-dots. I'm gonna lay the smackdown on yoU!!
Daniel Day-Lewis is Lincoln, body and soul. While there's nobody left alive who knew him personally, nor is there any archival footage of the man in existence, but I'm thinking that Day-Lewis has done his research and "method" to make his portrayal as accurate and convincing as possible. Lincoln's towering frame (in real life Lincoln wan nearly 2 meters tall) imposes itself over the rest of the film, with the President often hunched and shuffling his body to seem more forlorn and thoughtful than I'd have expected. Day-Lewis has a charisma as Lincoln, though, which even now brings a smile to my face. Several scenes of Lincoln recounting stories of his past – stories which are typically anecdotal to whatever situation has arisen – are wistfully humorous or laconically pertinent, allowing the actor to really bring a meatiness, a solidified nuance, to his essaying of Honest Abe. It's these moments, not so much the Lincoln-The-Politician ones, where the film really hits its stride. Something I noted while watching, was the fact that this role is one of the less potent of Daniel Day-Lewis's career, a role which is less intense than his evil Bill Cutting (Gangs Of New York), less driven than There Will Be Blood's Daniel Plainview, and a lot less contorted than either Christy Brown's My Left Foot or wronged than Gerry Conlon from In The Name Of The Father. This is Day-Lewis at his least searing; Lincoln offers a more subtle, more introspective portrayal of a man trying to change the destiny of a country, not seeking power or fame or money (of which Lincoln has enough anyway). While perhaps not as apocalyptic a performance as we've seen him from him in a long while, Day-Lewis once more forces us to consider that he is possibly (one of) the greatest actor of his – and our – generation. If he doesn't walk away with the Oscar for this, I'll go heave.
Hand up all those who badly need to go to the bathroom. Especially you guys down here in front.
Day-Lewis is ably supported by a Hollywood Dream Team of acting talent, notably Sally Field as Lincoln's wife Mary, and David Strathairn as Secretary of State Seward. Sally Field provides the heart and soul of Lincoln's framework – the man's passion for politics and for his family are in equal amounts, although I tend to think he favors the former over the latter when it comes to brass tacks. Field is achingly magnificent as the fractured, bereaved Mary, beseeching her son not to go to war, and her husband to end it. David Strathairn is straight-laced as Seward, offering a direct, intense portrayal of one of Lincoln's best friends and political allies. Strathairn isn't an actor I usually find to be strong enough a performer to provide realism in this kind of thing, although this role suits his performance style to the ground. The third asset to this film is Tommy Lee Jones, as Stevens; Jones is on fire here, whereas normally I find he cruises through films like he's bored of his own career (have you seen Men In Black 3?); Stevens offers him a chance to flex his acting muscles, and flexes them he does – Day-Lewis aside, I'd be happy to see Jones snag the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work here, it's so good.
Nekminnit….. splat!
The rest of the casting is typically Spielbergian for breadth and "spot the celebrity". Chronicle star Dane DeHaan cameos as a white Union soldier in the film's opening, with Lukas Haas standing right next to him. Hal Holbrook is wonderful as a political friend of Lincoln's, who tries to broker a peace between the Union and Confederacy; while James Spader is a scream as a lobbyist sent by Lincoln to get votes. Spader nails the role. Limited in space to breathe character-wise, but still vital to the story is Joseph Gordon-Levitt's performance as Robert, the older Lincoln son. JoGo has little time to get his character across, but what he does, he does well. I'm glad Spielberg cast him in this part, because I think he suits it well – I just wish he'd been in the film more than he was. As far as casting goes, the entire film doesn't put a foot wrong in both look and ability.
You'd think there's cheering at the Capitol?
It's hard to fault a film as earnest as Lincoln tries to be. There's an obvious love for the subject that Spielberg and his screenwriter, Tony Kushner, have, and it's really easy to see up on the screen. Lincoln never feels brief, nor does it really pause to take a breath in amongst the political posturing and maneuvering. What this film does is really humanize Abraham, almost exactly the opposite to what recent action flick Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter did. To his credit, Spielberg keeps this film direct and to the point, seemingly free of extra backstory that might otherwise bog down the narrative, and considering how densely packed with information this narrative might be, that's saying a lot. The script does tend to feel a little preachy towards the end, and I felt that, overall, the conclusion of the story lacked the import Spielberg was obviously reaching for; on the whole, though, the meticulously designed, superbly staged, and elegantly framed film feels more like a documentary than a fictionalized account. John Williams' score is evocative, powerful but never overbearing – a rare thing from him these days, if you ask me – and just occasionally heroic. I think this one of Williams' better scores in his recent output. Spielberg's DOP de jour is again Janusz Kaminski, who uses the same technique he had for AI: Artificial Intelligence to create a moody, atmospheric (and occasionally depressing) visual style for the picture, one which parallels the mood of the nation in the grip of civil war. Lincoln's a beautiful film to watch, even if the content isn't your normal cup of tea.
Son, I'm only wearing this blanket to embarrass you. And the White House has lousy central heating.
Lincoln might not be the greatest film ever made, and one should not try and compare it to some of Spielberg's true cinematic classics of old, because such a comparison would invite inevitable maturity dialogue, but it is certainly one of the best films of 2012. The story is compelling (mainly because it's true!) and the acting, production and direction are all first rate. There's a lugubriousness towards the end that does bring the film's final (expected) ending down on a somewhat sour note, but the central themes and narrative scrupulousness are at times spellbinding, and always captivating. This is – and I'm quoting one of the comments of my readers here – "cinematic literature" of the highest order. You'd be a fool to miss this one.
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cmrok93
Good review Rod. The cast is great, but it's DDL who takes this movie away with a cackle and easy expression that lets him know he's already going to have that Oscar come next week. I can't argue with it, either. The guy's always a powerhouse.
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Thanks, Dan!! I agree – can DDL do no wrong? It would appear not!!!
Al K Hall
Didn't read too much of this as i haven't seen it yet, but i'm happy to see you gave it so many stars because i want to see it and heard it was a little slow starting off…
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The film does move at the pace of a dead history book, but it's so worth it just to see DDL in action again. Can't wait to hear your thoughts once you DO see it, my friend!!!
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Gareth Bale's agent breaks silence amid Manchester United transfer speculation
Tom OlverTuesday 10 Apr 2018 11:36 am
Gareth Bale continues to be linked with Manchester United (Picture: Getty)
The agent of Gareth Bale has responded to rumours that the forward could be set to switch Real Madrid for Manchester United.
Bale has scored 81 goals in 181 games for Madrid since his £85million move to the Bernabeu back in 2013 but the 28-year-old has been heavily linked with the Red Devils in recent seasons.
The Welshman has been reduced to a bit-part role under Zinedine Zidane this term, with injuries and form hampering his progress in Spain.
Some reports suggest Madrid will consider selling Bale for £88million in the summer but the attacker's agent has rubbished recent speculation.
'Gareth is a Real Madrid player and loves Real Madrid and Real Madrid love Gareth,' Jonathan Barnett told ESPN FC.
'All this talk about leaving is written by reporters who have no idea what is going on and who need to write something and don't care if it is true or not.'
Gareth Bale has struggled for game-time under Zinedine Zidane (Picture: Getty)
It's claimed that Bale's entourage are warning the Wales international off a potential move to Old Trafford.
Bale's representatives also look after the interests of Luke Shaw and Jose Mourinho's treatment of the left-back has created friction.
The Welshman has suffered a number of injuries at Madrid (Picture: Getty)
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has refused to rule out a move for former Spurs star at the end of the 2017/18 campaign.
'Of course, he's a fantastic player. I saw him in Madrid when we played there,' said in December.
'He's always kept in contact with the people who worked here in the past.
'I don't have a close relationship with him or the people around him.
'But you never know what's going to happen in football.'
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Sony and Microsoft's next generation consoles (or should I say, current generation consoles) the Playstation 4 and Xbox One are pretty impressive pieces of kit. The Wii U by technical comparison is lacking, in CPU, RAM and GPU terms it comes up short against either of its rivals. So it's fairly obvious that another console is being designed in Nintendo's headquarters, and the it's highly likely to be more powerful than either the Xbox One or PS4. If you're arriving to the party late, you better have a damn good reason.
Recently, there have been rumors floating about the internet of anonymous leaks of Nintendo's Next Generation systems. They're supposedly called Fusion Terminal (for the home console, which will be the Wii U's successor) and the Fusion DS (you guessed it, will replace the DS). The supposed leaks come from an anonymous origin and therefore aren't being pushed as reliable. So let's take a look at the rumored specs of both systems.
Versions with Disk Drive play Wii U Optical Disk (4 Layers Maximum), FUSION Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) and Nintendo 3DS Card Slot.
Two versions: Disk Slot Version with 60 Gigs of Internal Flash Storage and Diskless Version with 300 Gigs of Internal Flash Storage.
On first glance, the specs of both the Terminal Fusion and the Fusion DS are impressive. Taking the Terminal Fusion's GPU for instance, it sports 4.6TFLOPS of computing power vs the Playstation 4's 1.84TFLOPS. That's around 2.5x the grunt in pure graphics processing speed. Indeed, these figures put it more akin to a current high end PC than a games console. But, there are a few things which worry me about just how true these leaks are, but I'm going to focus on the 'main' specs of the systems. Let's start with the Nintendo Terminal Fusion.
The supposed leak of the Terminal Fusion GPU reads as follows "GPGPU: Custom Radeon HD RX 200 GPU CODENAME LADY (2816 shaders @ 960 MHz, 4.60 TFLOP/s, Fillrates: 60.6 Gpixel/s, 170 Gtexel/s)". We don't have the ROP count, or the number of TMU's listed. But it's likely that the ROP count is around 64. We do have the number of shaders, 2816. Notice the clock speed of the GPU is listed at a rather nippy 960MHZ.
Let's use the PS4's GPU as an example, which is also using the GCN (Graphic Core Next) architecture. It has 1152 Shaders, running at 800MHZ and puts out 1.84TFLOPS. Knowing how the GCN architecture works, we can easily express this. 1152 shaders x 2 x 800MHZ. This gives us a number of 1843200. Thus providing us with the 1.84TFLOPS. How this works is simple. You take the number of shaders, and multiply this by 2 (as each shader in simple terms does two operations per clock). Then after you've done this, you multiply by the clock frequency and you're given the result.
Let's try that with the Terminal Fusion's GPU. The GPU lists it's using the R200 based architecture, so that's likely to be GCN 1.1, this performance is calculated in the exact same way. The Terminal Fusion says it has 2816 Shaders x 2 x 960. This provides us with a number that's actually significantly higher than that of the advertised specs, 5406720. There are three possibilities. The first is that the clock speed / number of shaders proposed is wrong. The second is that a portion of the GPU's performance is blocked off to games developers for system operations (much like how the Xbox One's GPU works). The third is that there's something seriously suspicious with these numbers.
As for the Fill Rate, GPixels and GTexels, it appears they are right around where they should be for an R9 290 or the R9 290X. The R9 290X for instance has 176 Texture Units, providing 176 GT/s. And there is a similar Fill rate of 64 Giga Pixels /s. Thus we can guess that we're looking at a similar amount of TMU's and ROPs.
Now let's take a look at the memory. "MEMORY: 4 Gigabytes of Unified DDR4 SDRAM CODENAME KONG, 2 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1600 MHz (12.8 GB/s) On Die CODENAMED BARREL". I'm unsure why a next generation console with so much GPU power would have only 4GB of memory, and stick with DDR4 to feed the GPU. DDR4 RAM (although it's clock speed or bandwidth aren't listed here) would provide less throughput than GDDR5. It just doesn't have enough RAM to make all that shading power worth it. Creators of the middleware, the Havok Engine have already started mentioning that the PS4's 8GB GDDR5 RAM is looking to be filled up quickly by texture artists. I don't see what good only 4GB of unified memory would do.
I confess, there is 2GB on die (at a rather strange memory bandwidth might I add), but that could be written off as purely for Operating System functions for the Terminal Fusion. 2GB would be around the number expected, and would fit in with the PS4's and Xbox One's RAM.
Now we shall turn our attentions to the two CPU's. The first we'll discuss of the Terminal Fusion is the Co-CPU, the IBM PowerPC 750-based 1.24 GHz Tri-Core Co-Processor CODENAME HAMMER. Let's just cut this down right now and say that's the same CPU that's inside Nintendo's Wii U (wiki link). If these specs are accurate, it'll be there primarily for the sake of backwards compatibility with the previous generation Nintendo consoles. The main CPU is listed as: IBM 64-Bit Custom POWER 8-Based IBM 8-Core Processor CODENAME JUMPMAN (2.2 GHz, Shared 6 MB L4 cache). This is based on a new architecture which has recently been unveiled by IBM – Wiki Link here.
The Power8's raw form is designed to handle 96 hardware threads simultaneously, and for most workloads IBM have said that it's two to three times faster than the previous generation Power7 architecture. Each of the 12 cores of the 'normal' Power8 is eight-way hardware threaded (giving the total of the 96). In terms of per core, the Power8 estimated to be about 1.6 times faster than the previous generation from IBM. Obviously because the Terminal Fusion is a listed as a custom 8 core chip, how much of this remains true is up in the air.
The Power8 CPU has an external chip, known as Centaur, which acts as a memory controller, Level 4 Cache and memory buffer. Centaur acts as 16MB level 4 cache. 2x Centaurs would give 32MB of level 4 Cache and so on. There's a max of 128MB from 8 Centaur chips. With 8 centaurs, memory bandwidth is 230GB/s (sustained) or 410GB/s peak. It's possible that Nintendo have customized this chip heavily, explaining the strange level 4 cache. It's unknown of course how many Centaurs are used in this supposed configuration of the Terminal Fusion. Remember though that this type of spec would be if the Power8 was operating at the propsed 4GHZ (not the 2.2 of the Terminal Fusion). In addition, we'd be seeing this in a super high performance rigs. This setup wouldn't come cheaply.
The Power8 CPU features CAPI, which is layered atop the PCIE 3. With this, you're able to share devices such as GPU's and have them address the same memory address space as the CPU. This would allow the usage of GPGPU in very interesting ways. But ultimately, the total amount of memory bandwidth concerns me. DDR4 puts out roughly half the bandwidth as GDDR5 (this depends on things such as Bus width and clock speed). Because we don't know about the bus-width it's going to be difficult to make a judgement, but when you consider that the R9 290 uses 320GB/s of memory bandwidth, the GPU inside the Terminal Fusion GPU would need to be similarly fed to avoid being bandwidth starved.
PCIE on a 16x lane device puts out 16GB/s of memory bandwidth, which is enough for GPU communication to the CPU and to handle GPGPU loads. But the Terminal Fusion would need a setup similar to the PS4, with multiple buses.
There are multiple factors which tells me there is something 'off' with these specs. Strange memory configuration, and likely the whole console wold be extremely expensive to produce. If Nintendo targeted the Terminal Fusion for say a 2016 release, parts would be cheaper, but even so. I'd take this rumor with a massive grain of salt. There's a lot more to this tech analysis, but so much felt strange about these specs I'll wait and see what develops first.
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Tree-planting gained President Trump's support this week as a tool to fight climate change. But done wrong, it could hurt people and the environment
The concept of nature-based solutions broadly refers to working with and enhancing nature to address major challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss and poverty alleviation.
Over the past 12 months, nature-based solutions have gained huge traction in international policy, not least because of their potential to reduce trade-offs and promote synergies between environmental and societal concerns and among the Sustainable Development Goals.
Tree planting, whether through ecosystem restoration, reforestation or afforestation (planting a new area) is an example of a nature-based solution because trees help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by removing and storing carbon dioxide from the air.
But, as the paper highlights, this reliance on forests has major practical and ethical concerns, from questions over the effectiveness of plantations to the opportunity for land grabs.
"With careful and equitable implementation, nature-based solutions can benefit both people and nature in a rapidly warming world," explains Professor Nathalie Seddon, director of Oxford's Nature-Based Solutions Initiative and lead author. "But it's vital to get the message right about what good nature-based solutions look like."
"At the moment, there is a lot of excitement about planting trees to absorb greenhouse gas emissions. But tree plantations can threaten natural habitats and often use only a single non-native species, and so have low biodiversity value and low resilience to any future shocks. They won't provide the same benefits as allowing natural ecosystems to thrive. Good nature-based solutions are those that involve protecting the ecosystems we've still got, restoring those we've lost or damaged, and planting trees very carefully, making sure we plant the right species in the right places,"
"To get tree planting right, it's crucial that policies and incentives are grounded in good science, work with – not against – the local ecosystem, and don't compromise local or indigenous land rights," added Dr Cecile Girardin one of the paper co-author's at the Environmental Change Institute.
The biodiversity of this palm plantation in East Asia will not be large. It may also have replaced more valuable rainforest, and it is only being grown with a view to it being harvested, and as such is a purely commercial venture.
The paper, produced by researchers from Oxford's Department of Zoology and Environmental Change Institute, provides a new framework to group nature-based solutions by their socioeconomic impacts: reducing exposure to the impacts of climate change such as flooding or heatwaves, reducing sensitivity to climate shocks through the diversification of landscapes, and supporting the capacity of communities to adapt.
It highlights examples of nature-based solutions beyond tree-planting including the establishment of wetlands to manage storm-water and flooding, and the restoration of mangrove forests and oyster reefs to protect coastal communities, agriculture and infrastructure from the impacts of storm surges and sea-level rise.
Yet major challenges and barriers remain to the implementation of nature-based solutions across the globe. Crucially, despite being recognised as a strategic priority for the United Nations, and many national governments including the UK, nature-based solutions are critically underfunded.
The authors stress that while nature-based solutions offer a complementary and synergistic approach to other climate change strategies, including engineered and technological approaches, they must not curtail or distract from the need for systemic change and decarbonization of the economy. Tree-planting, or any nature-based solution, must not become a way for companies or governments to keep burning fossil fuels.
The paper referenced in the article is: Seddon N, Chausson A, Berry P, Girardin CAJ, Smith A, Turner B. 2019 Understanding the value and limits of nature-based solutions to climate change and other global challenges. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 20190120.
The Nature-based Solutions Initiative is an international, multi-lingual and interdisciplinary team of natural and social scientists based in the Department of Zoology and the School of Geography and Environment. Our mission is to understand the potential of Nature-based Solutions to address global challenges and support their sustainable implementation through the application of good evidence from science and practice. We collaborate with economists, engineers, governance and finance experts from across the University of Oxford and work in partnership with international and local NGOs from the conservation and development sectors as well as advise decision makers in business, government and the United Nations.
The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford was established in 1991. Its aim is to organize and promote interdisciplinary research on the nature, causes and impact of environmental change and to contribute to the development of management strategies for coping with future environmental change.
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Talent Board Announces 2021 Candidate Experience Awards Virtual Conference Keynote
Professional speaker and author Marilyn Sherman to speak at the CandEs November 17-18, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Talent Board, a non-profit organization focused on the promotion and benchmark research of a quality candidate experience, today announced professional speaker and author, Marilyn Sherman, will speak at the 2021 Candidate Experience Awards Virtual Conference November 17-18, 2021. Marilyn will inspire attendees to take action and move forward in their lives and careers in these continuing times of challenge and change. Marilyn Sherman is also the author of Whose Comfort Zone are You in? How to lead the life you want, and Be Happy Every Day, and Why Settle for the Balcony? How to get a Front-Row Seat in Life.
"Since the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take such a toll on so much of our lives today, we wanted a keynote speaker who would inspire us to be courageous in all aspects of our lives and make us smile," said Kevin Grossman, Talent Board president. "This will include highlighting the resilience of our CandE community and what past and current CandE-winning companies are doing to sustain a quality candidate experience in their recruiting and hiring practices."
This year's virtual Candidate Experience Awards conference theme is "Sustaining the CandE Continuity" and will celebrate the 2021 CandE Award Winners, the companies with the highest ratings in our benchmark research program. Sustaining a quality candidate is hard work no matter what the world looks like, and organizations that are sustaining a quality candidate experience are continuously reviewing and adapting their teams, their processes and their technologies.
The virtual conference will also feature past and current CandE Winner speakers and panelists from Valvoline, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Ingevity, JSX, Southwest Airlines, Inspire Brands, Stantec, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Virtusa, Colorado Springs Utilities and others.
"Everyone deserves a front-row seat in their life and I want to help them get there. After a challenging 18 months, now is the perfect time to re-engage, re-energize, and re-commit to getting to that seat of success," said Marilyn Sherman, keynote speaker for the 2021 Candidate Experience Awards Virtual Conference. "I'm excited to speak at the CandEs to give HR and recruiting leaders and their teams the tools necessary to have more success in their professional and personal lives, despite the disruption of late. And, since it is virtual, all attendees will have a front-row seat!"
The Talent Board 2021 Candidate Experience Awards Virtual Conference is free to all attendees and will be November 17-18, 2021 (11am-3pm ET each day). Attendees will help celebrate sustaining a quality candidate experience and this year's CandE-winning companies. Registration is open now here.
About Talent Board
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In 2017, cyberattackers will continue to exploit and severely damage Australian businesses by targeting their people, brands, and customers. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), 65 percent of local organisations have experienced cybercrime in the last 24 months. There are no signs this will slow down as attackers become more savvy, more knowledgeable, and more socially manipulative in their approaches, taking advantage of human vulnerabilities and our busy schedules.
Over the course of the next year, we foresee three key techniques scammers will utilise in attempts to outsmart your employees and as a result, negatively affect your brand's corporate image.
Email is the most used communication medium for nearly every business so it is no surprise that attackers will continue to find new, more effective ways to attack businesses via individual employees and their email interactions. Business email compromise (BEC), for example, has netted attackers billions of dollars and is expected to intensify this year as cybercriminals set out to trick employees by purporting to be someone they are not, over email. This often involves an attacker sending a convincing email, pretending to be the CEO, CFO, or external vendor, and requesting a wire transfer or confidential information.
Make sure you educate your employees and create processes staff can follow if they suspect anything fishy. It's also important to invest in technology that can detect and classify these fake emails by analysing the reputation of the email sender automatically. Because BEC attacks often do not contain malicious links or attachments, they can fly under the radar of ill-equipped security technology.
This year, small is the new big. Attackers will opt for smaller and more targeted and sophisticated campaigns to send malware through email, rather than rely on the high-volume, "spray and pray" techniques we have observed in recent years. Attackers will research employees' personal information and activity online and leverage these details to convince them to click a link and/or download a document that subsequently infects their device.
The best way to combat against personalised, socially engineered attacks is to not just create awareness programs but also to deploy advanced email security solutions. They can help identify and quarantine these emails before they ever reach an employee's inbox.
Nearly every organisation – no matter what size -- has some form of social media footprint that attackers can piggyback off. Proofpoint predicts social scams and phishing will grow as much as 100 percent in 2017, as attackers create fake support accounts to prey on customers seeking assistance. Cybercriminals use these accounts to steal customer login credentials, identity information, and financial data.
Organisations, however, can protect both their brands and their customers from digital risk by ensuring that their social media footprints are constantly monitored and their social teams are made immediately aware of any fraudulent accounts that pretend to be associated with a particular brand. There are mature social media security solutions on the market that can help discover, notify, and remediate issues across all brand accounts within minutes.
In today's always-on working environments, businesses can no longer plead cybersecurity ignorance. Employee education and transparency are critical, but can only go so far. Advanced security approaches that are both user- and data-centered are the only way forward for businesses wanting to avoid the harsh fallout from skillfully crafted cyberattacks. Australian organisations must proactively protect their brands and their IT infrastructure in the context of modern business processes, accounting for the ways in which employees and customers interact digitally.


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Just for the scale of this project here is the list of required monsters for the tables.
1 Skabnoze (Orc Shaman) * Skabnoze is provided with "Lair of the Orc Lord"
Each level assumes you own all the miniatures from previous levels, but not that you own the Karak Azgal monsters.
Looking forward to seeing this. We play quest once a month at the club using 3D board sections. Its still one of my fav workshop games. Im currently a Lv 5 Witch Hunter and leader of the party which comprises of; a Dwarf, Wizard, Wardancer and Imperial Noble.
That is a biiiiiig project. It'll probably keep you going for years. I never played Quest, but I am interested in watching your progress.
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GoldSilver is ranked #8 in our list of the top precious metals IRA companies of 2019. Keep reading to discover what we've learned about this company's reputation from various authoritative sources like the Business Consumer Alliance, TrustLink, Google+ and others.
Founder Mike Maloney is the author of the #1 best-selling precious metals investment book of all time – "Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver." GoldSilver is part of a group of companies owned by Maloney, which are represented online by several sites that can be accessed via tabs located in the header of the GoldSilver.com, including WealthCycles.com, LastingFood.com, and HiddenSecretsofMoney.com. Mike has also served as the precious metals advisor for the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, since 2005. The company's President, Brent Harmes, is a specialist in economic cycles and has a Bachelor's degree in economics.
GoldSilver.com offers a full range of gold and silver bullion coins, bars, and jewelry. They also offer free domestic shipping on all orders over $50,000. As far as precious metals IRAs are concerned, GoldSilver.com recommends 4 IRA custodians (GoldStar Trust Company, New Direction IRA, American Estate & Trust, and Provident Trust), all of which have their own storage and admin fees.
How it Works – Explains the process involved in shopping for, purchasing, shipping, storing, and investing bullion from GoldSilver.com.
Storage Services and Prices – Provides an overview of the pricing and policies of 6 different vault storage companies located in, Singapore, Salt Lake City, Hong Kong, Australia, Miami, and Canada.
IRA Custodians – Provides a contact details and important application forms for 4 popular IRA custodian companies that GoldSilver.com recommends for storage of precious metals in an IRA.
Most of the precious metals companies in the top 10 of our list have a record that is impressive-to-flawless. However, in addition to a company's reputation you should also consider their prices, policies, and practices. One of the most important factors to consider is whether or not they charge a sliding scale fee for storage of precious metals in an IRA. Since most sites will offer very similar bullion prices, the real price factor IRA investors should compare is the annual cost of storing the purchased precious metals.
If you're an owner, representative, or associate of GoldSilver.com and you've noticed information in this review that is outdated, inaccurate, or misleading, feel free to contact us with your concerns. We aim to provide the most accurate and up-to-date company reviews to our readers on a continual basis.


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A barn advertisement is an outdoor advertisement painted onto the exterior of a roadside barn. Advertisers take advantage of the barns' prominence in rural landscapes, paying their owners for the right to paint and maintain logos and slogans on them. Painters of barn advertisements and other murals are known as "wall dogs". Once a common form of billboard advertising in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States during the early– to mid–20th century, barn advertisements have faded into obscurity, as many of these rural ghost signs fall into disrepair, along with the structures that bear them.

Advertisers
Common barn advertisers include local roadside attractions, restaurants, and chewing tobacco manufacturers.

The Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company is credited with popularizing the medium. The company began advertising their products on the sides of buildings in 1890. By 1925, they had moved to advertising on Mail Pouch Barns. At the program's height in the early 1960s, some 20,000 barns in 22 states displayed Mail Pouch advertising, with the greatest number in Ohio. Most of the barns were painted by Harley Warrick. Competitors such as Red Man and Hillside Tobacco also painted barns in smaller numbers.

In the early 1940s, Clark Byers painted barns and their roofs for Rock City near Chattanooga, Tennessee, often with messages promising travelers the chance to see seven states from atop Lookout Mountain. Byers painted advertisements for the attraction on over 900 barn roofs in 19 states.

More recently, Bob Evans Restaurants painted barns in Indiana and Illinois in a style identical to their billboards, until 2001. The restaurant chain later painted some barns with the Italian tricolor to advertise its pasta dishes. Frisch's Big Boy also advertised on barns at one point.

From 1997 to 2002, the Ohio Bicentennial Committee commissioned Scott Hagan to paint 101 barns, including one in each county, with the committee's logo and colors. One was destroyed by a tornado shortly after its painting and was replaced. A few have since been torn down or repainted. The painted barns celebrated the state's 200th anniversary in 2003. Each barn took about 18 hours of labor and  of paint. Enthusiasts traveled from across the state to watch Hagan paint the barns. An estimated one million people saw at least one of the barns.

Since 2009, Hagan has also been commissioned to paint barns with anti-tobacco and breast cancer awareness messages in West Virginia.

Regulation
In 1965, Congress passed the Highway Beautification Act, which regulated and in some cases removed billboards from the sides of federally funded highways. Barn advertisements were also affected by this legislation, leading owners to paint over them, until public outcry led to a 1974 amendment that specifically exempted them as "folk heritage barns". The National Historic Barn Preservation Act of 2001 protects barns 50 years or older from demolition and funds education programs about these structures.

Method
The advertisements are sketched then painted freehand, with the painter standing on a scaffolding platform.

See also
Out-of-home advertising
Quilt trail

References

Further reading

  A history of the Ohio Bicentennial Barns licensed by the Ohio Bicentennial Commission.

External links
 "Barn Painting", interview with Hagan about Warrick on All Things Considered

Barns in the United States
History of the Midwestern United States
Billboards
Tobacco advertising
Advertising by medium

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The last few weeks have seen a relative lull in reporting on Australia's relationship with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in PRC state press, as Beijing waited on the election result and subsequently digested the meaning of the ascension of the Anthony Albanese-led Labor government for Australia's foreign policy.
Since the election, PRC state press has focused on two issues concerning the Australia-PRC relationship: (1) the possibility of a break from the past, and the betterment of relations between Canberra and Beijing, and (2) discussions at the recent Tokyo Quad leaders' meeting.
Australia's federal election and Australia-PRC relations
Following Australia's federal election on May 21, PRC state press has said relatively little about the new Albanese-led Labor government. This perhaps indicates that Beijing is still in a 'wait and see' mode and has yet to form a solidified appraisal of the Albanese government's foreign policy platforms.
A carefully scripted paraphrase of PRC Premier Li Keqiang's May 23 congratulatory statement to Australia's new Prime Minister was posted across numerous state and governmental organisations' news agencies/blogs, including the People's Daily's Communist Party of China's news service (cpcnews.cn), the China International Development Cooperation Agency blog and Xinhuanet. The statement, which discusses the importance of the relationship for the stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region, is largely identical to that which appears in English on the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website.
However, an interesting editorial decision was taken by the PRC state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) to publish a part polemic/part analysis piece titled 'Goodbye Morrison' (referring, of course, to former Prime Minister Scott Morrison) from the proliferate Chinese international affairs journalist and blogger who goes by the pseudonym 'Yuyuan Tantian'.
The feature article contains a picture of a giant Morrison in a chameleon costume wading through a hellish landscape and shovelling votes down his throat while faceless people in dark suits 'pull the strings' behind him. It begins by describing Morrison as a 'political chameleon who again and again garnered political capital from various manifestations of his fabricated 'China-threat' doctrine'.'
It argues that Morrison's shift from pursuing a 'cooperative partnership' with the PRC to emphasising the 'China threat' was a product of his 'desperate' re-election bid in 2019, during which he 'locked himself into America's 'anti-China wagon'', and built on conservative momentum on both sides of the Pacific to pursue a Donald Trump-esque 'populist' policy which would deliver him his 'miracle' electoral victory. In terms of the impact this has had on Australia's economic relationship with the PRC, the author asserted that 'politicians don't need to consider the costs, but the Australian people do – the 'China threat' is after all a fabrication, and what the Australian people lost was real, actual wealth.'
While a main focus on the article was on Morrison's purported political manipulation of the 'China threat' theory, it recognised some of the geostrategic and historical causes fuelling Australia's PRC anxieties. On the matter, the article featured a quote from Professor Chen Hong, director of East China Normal University's Australian Studies Centre:
Australia harbours the ambition to be a superpower but doesn't have the strength of a superpower. Since it chose bandwagoning [with the United States] it has repeatedly fallen into an economic development-defence and security paradox [and as a result] Australian' politicians' decisions have naturally become somewhat irrational. When Australia saw evidence of the prospect that their bandwagoning with America's strategy could have an impact, Australian politicians no longer cared about the associated costs.
Counterpoint: Australia's then-Defence Minister Peter Dutton stated in February that Australia wants 'a normalised peaceful relationship with every country, including China. But China has changed.' This has in turn prompted Australian efforts to develop its defence capabilities in order to 'be prepared for what a year ago would have been inconceivable'. Former Prime Minister Morrison had also adopted this assessment, with the Labor Party in agreement.
CCTV also republished several articles from the Global Times which looked into the impact the change in government could have on Canberra-Beijing ties. The articles – which rehash the contents of articles published in English and Chinese - include a piece titled 'The Australian Prime Minister's [May] 24 first diplomatic showing: Attention on whether the Labor government has the courage to reset its relationship with China', and another noting a letter signed by 15 Australian academics that calls for Canberra to try to improve its relationship with Beijing.
The Quad leaders' meeting
A number of articles appeared in state media on the May 24 Tokyo Quad leaders' summit. One May 24 article, citing Australian sources, discussed the prospects that Australia will 'play an active role' in realising America's Indo-Pacific strategy. However, the vast majority of these articles were reposts or rehashes of English and Chinese articles from the Global Times – perhaps indicating that Global Times, in conjunction with press releases from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are playing a more central role in disseminating state narratives on Pacific affairs.
As is often the case, several Chinese Global Times articles rehashed the content of previous reports and posted them in Chinese under more provocative, pro-China/anti-Western titles.


"Where the measurement is not right. Because of the bust size greater than ordered, now it's much too big. The dress doesn't..."
This patterned dress from Zedd Plus is made from chiffon lending it a light and airy feel. Offered in a mid-length cut, it falls loosely over the body and has a separate jersey slip that creates a smooth silhouette. Wear with the accompanying corded necklace for a complete look.
A very nice summer dress, however the Underdress is too small, which is unfortunate for the transparency. If I a number greater than would have ordered it, it would be too big. Too bad, therefore unfortunately back.
Ein sehr schön luftiges Sommerkleid, allerdings fällt das Unterkleid zu klein aus, was bei der Transparenz unvorteilhaft ist. Wenn ich es eine Nummer größer bestellt hätte, wäre es zu groß. Schade, daher leider zurück.


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West Broadway Book Warehouse will live on
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A last minute deal has saved the 632 West Broadway location of Book Warehouse.
Although he couldn't provide any details, Book Warehouse founder and co-owner Sharman King said that when Book Warehouse closes May 26, a new bookstore will open June 1.
"All of this is happening very quickly," King said, adding that the Broadway location of Book Warehouse was sold in the last couple of days.
In March, The Vancouver Sun reported that the city's largest independent discount book retailer was closing its four stores. Sharman said at the time that the decision was not because of economics, but rather because the leases were expiring and he was ready to retire. King co-owns the stores with his wife Diana King and partner Tommy Banks.
Book Warehouse was founded in 1980 and focuses on providing bargain books such as overstocks, reprints, slightly damaged books, samples, bankruptcy stock and special imports. As well, the company said, standard titles are discounted at least 20 per cent from the list price.
Bricks and mortar bookstores are facing stiff competition from Amazon and digital ebook sales. Duthie Books, a Vancouver institution for 52 years, closed in 2010.
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There is one thing I don't understand about the Societé du transport de Montréal's buses: Why do drivers feel the need to slow down by slamming the brakes like it's the apocalypse?
I mean, at first I didn't mind it.
It reminded me of my travels around the galaxy—you know, when you're going in and out of light speed, there's this slight bump for a couple of seconds… Anyway, we're getting off-topic.
After a couple hundred times bouncing around like a potato bag in a cart before Thanksgiving dinner, I changed my mind.
I'm not even complaining about the security issue—you know, cracking your skull open on the front window because you didn't have time to hold on to something.
I can understand that some people like face-planting into metal poles, but I don't.
And it's not like buses only stop once in awhile—they stop at every street corner.
It also seems very counter-productive. If all your passengers are going to be dead or injured before arriving at the last stop, why not simply veer sharply to the right and plunge off the Turcot?
Too bad we can't use OPUS cards for the Millennium Falcon.


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Congress hears that Commerce Department will revise ZTE punishment
ZTE will face a larger fine for breaking trade sanctions and must submit to strict compliance measures and management changes.
iPhone X camera glass cracking, people wonder why
smartphones,
ZTE had found itself as a peg in trade talks between the United States and China ever since the Commerce Department slapped the tech manufacturer with an imports ban on American goods. A couple weeks ago, President Donald Trump tweeted a promise to keep "too many jobs" from going to waste because of the ban and work to find a new solution.
Well, it appears that Trump has found his solution. The New York Times and Reuters are both reporting from congressional aides that the Commerce Department has made its plans clear to lawmakers that it will remove the imports ban in exchange for a larger fine than the $800 million already paid for trade sanction violations related to business in Iran and North Korea. The agency would also require the company to install US compliance officers and execute major shifts in management.
"We'll let you know when we have an announcement on that front," said Sarah Sanders, White House spokesperson.
Legislators and heads of intelligence in Washington are concerned about China's authoritative influence over its telecom companies such as Huawei and ZTE and have been investigating intellectual property theft as well as acting on cybersecurity concerns.
Senator Marco Rubio, who is on the Select Committee on Intelligence, reacted negatively to word of the deal.
Yes they have a deal in mind. It is a great deal… for #ZTE & China. #China crushes U.S. companies with no mercy & they use these telecomm companies to spy & steal from us. Many hoped this time would be different. Now congress will need to act. https://t.co/ETMUCe9ia6
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 25, 2018
There are moves being made by House and Senate subcommittees to prevent the Commerce Department from changing its displinary action on ZTE through budget restrictions. The earliest a bill would be able to pass in the full House is in August.