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ASU-ADOT partnership will provide real-time weather information
Skip Derra
With weather updates important to traffic flow and the safety of motorists, an innovative partnership between the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Arizona State University will provide real-time forecasts to those managing our highways. The partnership with utilize the expertise of ASU meteorology students.
Paul Panhans, a first-year meteorology student from ASU's School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and a U.S. Air Force veteran, will begin in January in ADOT's Traffic Operations Center as the first intern from the new partnership. Panhans will help crews respond rapidly to winter storms and other weather challenges to clear highways and potentially prevent closures. He said his experience interning with the National Weather Service will allow him to work closely with that agency.
"I will liaise with the National Weather Service and add in my own work to provide ADOT with the best possible weather forecasting," Panhans said. "I expect to be able to help with such things as visibility, wind and freezing precipitation."
"This is an exciting step forward for public safety," said Brent Cain, assistant director for ADOT's Transportation Systems Management & Operations division. "This will allow us to have better information about weather conditions so we can more quickly determine how to deploy our crews and communicate with the public. All of that will make Arizona roads safer."
Randy Cerveny, ASU President's Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, said the setup also will allow top students to experience how meteorology can provide service to people in many areas.
"Most people only think of meteorologists on television, but by far most meteorologists work in settings like this one," Cerveny said. "This is a real-world, real-time application of meteorology in a way that can help people all across Arizona."


An investment firm has launched a smart meter bond fund with the aim of raising £10m.
Foresight Group claims that the smart meter bond is a 'first of its kind', offering an innovative and simple funding solution for the UK's smart meter rollout which has become a highly controversial subject for the UK power market since the government set a deadline for the completion of the deployment.
The UK government wants every home and business to be offered a smart meter by 2020 but the programme is lagging behind schedule.
The country's energy suppliers are also less than impressed about the onus of deployment being placed on their shoulders. Several of the 'Big Six' suppliers are already blaming price hikes on the rollout.
Now, Foresight intends to power the deployment with a new investment plan.
The first tranche (Tranche A) of the fund aims to raise £10m, takes a minimum investment of £10,000 with no maximum and allocates to investors on a first come first served basis. It will remain open to investors until 15 September. Further tranches are to be launched in the near future.
The funds raised from the bond will generate returns by lending to companies that own, operate and rent smart meters to UK energy suppliers.
The fund offers investments in bonds backed by long-term rental agreements with UK energy suppliers. Investments can be made over one, two or three-year fixed terms for between 4.07% and 4.83% rates of interest per year.
Foresight said it could facilitate adviser charges from the investment if required by the investor but the manager levies no initial annual management or exit charges against the investment.
With a five year track record of funding smart meter installation in the UK, Foresight has to date invested £74m in more than 160,000 smart meters across the country.
The company also launched Foresight Metering, a second generation meter asset provider (MAP) early last year.
Chairman Bernard Fairman said in a statement: "Foresight has a specialist focus on energy infrastructure and energy efficiency combined with a proud tradition of innovation in creating investment solutions that respond to investors' needs.
Foresight claims that an estimated £13.5bn is expected to be saved by the universal adoption of the meters.
During this webinar, Fiona Fulton, Smart Systems Manager at SP Energy Networks will share her company's experience on the importance and implementation best practices for a secure integration platform.


Families planning a vacation to Washington D.C. often forget that where you stay can be as historic and fun as where you visit during the day. Did you know you can sleep over in one of D.C.'s historic buildings? One TravelingMom participated in a recent National Archives sleepover with two boys and is sharing the details on the historic fun they all had.
What amazing opportunities our kids have! I remember having some great field trips as a kid, but I don't remember anything as epic as a sleepover in an historic building, such as the National Archives in Washington D.C. Just look at the fantastic time we had at History, Heroes, & Treasures.
I'm always up for a new adventure with my boys. When the press release for History, Heroes, & Treasures, the National Archives overnight program, arrived in my inbox, I knew I needed to learn more. I wasted no time reaching out to the National Archives Foundation to get more information. I was elated when they invited my boys and me to attend their sleepover on October 22-23, 2016. Without hesitation, I registered myself and 2 of my 3 sons. My 8-year old and 12-year old joined me on this overnight. Unfortunately, my 10-year old couldn't come due to a soccer conflict.
TravelingMom Tip: Call as soon as possible! Their sleepovers sell out quickly.
The National Archives Foundation recommends packing light as there is not a lot of storage space for luggage and backpacks. Consider too that you will likely be walking with your luggage from either a parking garage or train station, as the National Archives does not have their own parking garage. See their suggested list of items to pack.
We rolled our pillows inside our sleeping bags. Inside our rolled-up pillows were our yoga mats that served as a buffer between the marble of the National Archives Rotunda floor and our sleeping bags. My sons wore sweatpants and I wore yoga pants. Clothes like this were comfortable to sleep in yet still functional for the activities. Keep in mind several children and adults will be getting ready for bed at the same time and waking up at the same time the next morning. While there are plenty of bathrooms, there's only so many people who can change at one time.
National Archives sleepovers typically start between 6:30 and 7 pm. To ensure I wouldn't be driving around searching for parking, I prepaid for a parking space using an app. I also arrived early to beat traffic and allow time for dinner. Dinner will not be served during the sleepover, so make sure you eat before you arrive.
We visited the United States Navy Memorial museum first. Then, after the museum closed for the night, we had dinner at a nearby restaurant before heading for the National Archives. Here's some other ideas from Traveling Moms about Washington D.C. attractions to visit with kids.
Read about Nancy's visit to Washington D.C.'s The Spy Museum.
Renee wrote about a family friendly self-guided walking tour of Washington D.C.
Nancy also took her kids to the Newseum in Washington D.C.
Check-in for our National Archives sleepover was smooth and orderly. I was very impressed with how organized everything flowed. We were greeted as we signed in at the check-in desk. A photographer took our "before" pictures at a photo booth. Downstairs, staff tagged our bags and kept them safe until later that evening. Then we had free time to explore the National Archives until orientation.
There was no getting bored at this sleepover. The National Archives team kept my boys and me engaged in activities from orientation to bedtime a few hours later and then again the next morning. Save the Day: Activity Stations had my boys connecting activities they love – board games, comic books, and writing – with lessons about history. What a fun way to learn! My 8-year old even wrote a letter to then-president, Barack Obama. You can learn more about those activity stations here.
After snack time, we met Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Dunlap during an Interview Our Heroes session. As bedtime approached, children could choose between listening to a story in one area or watching a movie in the McGowan theater. My boys chose to watch the Peanuts movie about colonial times and the beginning of our government.
It's lights out at 11 p.m. Kids can opt out of the story time and movie and start getting ready for bed at 10:15 p.m. Having bedtime slightly staggered meant we didn't have to wait too long for our turn to wash up and brush our teeth. The rotunda where we all would sleep provided plenty of room for everyone to stretch out their sleeping bags. And yes, we all slept within steps of the Declaration of Independence, so cool.
The National Archives team knows how to wake kids up right. At 7 a.m., music filled the air. Aretha Franklin's Respect played and we knew the song my boys had voted for as the best wake up song had won. We excitedly got ourselves cleaned up and ready for a catered chocolate chip pancake breakfast.
With our bellies full of pancakes, muffins, and fruit, we took full advantage of the remaining activities before we had to say goodbye to the National Archives. We sipped on hot chocolate like it used to be made in colonial times. It's not as sweet as today's hot chocolate with marshmallows and whipped cream. My boys and the new friends they met the night before took time to explore one more exhibit. Then, it was off to the Soaring Superheroes Team challenge, where our team lost by just 3 points. And of course, we shopped for souvenirs.
Leaving the National Archives sleepover was hard. We could have stayed all day. My boys enjoyed the exhibits immensely and would have loved to explore more. The sleepover was a great way to get introduced to the National Archives and I know my boys want to go back. As we left, the team was just as pleasant as the night before. The photographer was even on hand to take an "after" picture. My boys were thrilled to be gifted swag bags with souvenirs. There were bags for parents as well. Between our pictures and souvenirs, I know we'll be remembering this super slumber party for a long time.
National archives sleepovers happen once or twice a year. You can learn more at their site, https://www.archivesfoundation.org/sleepover.
What a great tip! Sorry my kids grew up without doing this. Perhaps I can take some grandchildren. Thank you.


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ח׳ בכסלו ה׳תשע״ז (December 8, 2016)
Bava Metzia 73a-b: Interest and Non-Jews
Our Gemara tells of Rav Mari bar Raḥel who lent money to a non-Jew and was holding – and living in – a house belonging to the non-Jew that acted as a guarantee on the loan. The non-Jew sold the house to Rava. After a year Rav Mari bar Raḥel approached Rava in order to pay rent, explaining that the house was mortgaged to him for a year, during which time the non-Jew could not have removed him from the house. From this point on, however, Rava became the full owner of the house and Rav Mari bar Raḥel wanted to pay him. In response, Rava said that had he known the circumstances he would not have purchased the house, but since he had bought it from the non-Jew he would keep their rules and allow Rav Mari bar Raḥel to continue living in the house without payment until the loan was paid.
It should be noted that such an arrangement would be considered ribit – forbidden interest – under Jewish law, since Rav Mari bar Raḥel was receiving free rent in addition to repayment of the loan. Rashi explains that it is permitted in this case since there is no real relationship between Rava and Rav Mari bar Raḥel – the relationship is between them and the non-Jew. The Ra'avad suggests that since Rav Mari bar Raḥel received his rights from a non-Jew, he can be treated as such, and under non-Jewish law this relationship is not considered interest, but a long-term sale.
Rav Mari bar Raḥel was a fourth generation Babylonian amora. It appears that he was the son of a non-Jew named Issur who had kidnapped and married Raḥel, the daughter of the great amora, Shmuel. After a time, Issur converted and was considered an upstanding member of the Jewish community. Nevertheless, since Mari had been conceived prior to Issur's conversion, Mari is introduced to us in the Gemara as his mother's son, rather than his father's. Mari was a scholar of renown and we find him quoting Torah in the name of several different teachers, although he had a particularly close relationship with Rava, who played a role in preparing him for a position on communal leadership.
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In the same survey 77% of those women who got professionally measured discovered they had been wearing the wrong size. Wearing the wrong size effects the biomechanics of your thoracic spine and neck. It can alter your posture and in the long term cause pain and discomfort. According to Tim Hutchful from the British Chiropractic Association "Bras are like suspension bridges, you need a well engineered bra so your shoulders don't take all of the strain and end up doing all of the work; spreading the load is important. Bras that don't fit will affect the shoulders and chest and may cause back pain as you get older. It is so important to make sure a bra gives you enough support as possible. The message must be to get properly fitted for a bra and replace old ones when they start to lose their supportive properties ".
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The beginning of a speech is vital for getting your audience's attention. Without a good introductory hook, listeners may tune out and miss your purpose. The introduction contains background information listeners need about the topic, a preview of the points you will cover, a statement to establish your credibility with regard to the topic and your thesis to illustrate your purpose. However, the speech needs to begin with an attention-getter. The type of hook varies depending upon the type of speech and the topic for your presentation.
Begin with a quotation from a master in the field you are speaking or writing about, or from an individual from popular culture. This demonstrates that you have prior knowledge and credibility as a speaker or writer. The use of a quotation also provides the audience with a frame of reference to begin to understand the argument. For instance, a speech that is going to argue for racial equality may begin with a quote from Marin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks to give your audience someone to connect with.
Ask the audience a question. This is a powerful rhetorical device because it makes the audience part of the conversation. Of course, the audience does not have to literally respond to your question. Questions also give the audience a chance to think about the topic.
Quote statistics and facts - hard evidence that cannot be debated because it is proven by logic and science. Audiences are apt to believe a speaker who uses credible facts as evidence. They tend to listen to a speaker who opens with this type of information. This option is useful for speeches surrounding the fields of science, health and politics, which rely on statistics.
A., Nicole. "How to Write a Hook for a Speech." , https://penandthepad.com/write-hook-speech-4061.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.
Nicole A. Williams is from Boston, Mass. She currently teaches at Bridgewater State University and Massasoit Community College. Her research interests include web 2.0 technologies, multimodal composing, the construction of space in the composition classroom and political campaign rhetoric. Nicole holds a Master of Arts in rhetoric and composition from Ball State University.


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The unemployment impacts of COVID-19: lessons from the Great Recession
Stephanie Aaronson and Francisca Alba Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus—particularly the closure of nonessential businesses—are having an unprecedented impact on the U.S. economy. Nearly 17 million people filed initial claims for unemployment insurance over the past three weeks, suggesting that the unemployment rate is already above 15 percent[1] —well above the rate at the height of the Great Recession.
Stephanie Aaronson
Senior Associate Director, Division of Research and Statistics - Federal Reserve Board
Former Vice President and Director - Economic Studies
Francisca Alba
Former Research Analyst - Economic Studies
However, these aggregate statistics mask substantial variation across the country. Some cities, such as New York, are already experiencing full blown pandemics and non-essential business activity has been substantially halted. In other areas economic activity has slowed less. This variation represents the degree of spread of the virus, the timing and extent of the state and local response, and the sectoral mix of economic activity. Work by our colleagues suggests that metropolitan areas dependent on energy, tourism, and leisure and hospitality are likely to suffer greater slowdowns, while those that depend more on industry, agriculture, or professional services will suffer less.
Figure 1[2] displays the sum of initial claims for unemployment insurance filed during the weeks ending March 21, March 28, and April 4 for selected states as a share of the labor force[3]. As can be seen, in the hardest hit areas, the number of initial claims as a share of the labor force was double or triple that of the least affected areas. While some of the differential likely reflects variation in unemployment insurance systems across states, this explanation is unlikely to explain the entire differential. Since, as can be seen, the states with relatively more claims include those dependent on tourism (Nevada and Hawaii) and those which have been hard hit by the virus (Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Michigan), while those with few claims have low incidence of the virus. Hence, it does appear, at least to start, there has been an idiosyncratic aspect to how states, and implicitly metropolitan areas, are affected by the pandemic. Eventually, however, a shock of the magnitude of the novel coronavirus will certainly result in a national recession, affecting the entire country to a greater or lesser degree.
In this post, we examine how shocks to the economy, like the one we are experiencing now with the coronavirus, play out at the metropolitan level, with a specific focus on the unemployment rate. We use as our laboratory the Great Recession, which started in metropolitan areas that were most affected by the housing bubble and bust, but then spread nationally. In line with previous research, we find that there is persistence in the unemployment rate across metropolitan areas. Idiosyncratic shocks disrupt these persistent differentials, but over time local economies adjust, and metropolitan areas tend to re-sort back to their previous place in the distribution. Our results also suggest that negative macroeconomic shocks tend to affect high-unemployment rate areas most harshly, and that strong macroeconomic performance helps to ameliorate not only the aggregate shocks, but also the differences across metropolitan areas.
Metropolitan Areas Tend to Have Similar Unemployment Rates Over Time
As has been well documented, the economies of metropolitan areas vary in structural ways, for instance based on their industrial mix, geography, demographics, and infrastructure. These structural differences result in persistent differences in labor market outcomes, including unemployment rates[4].
In Figure 2, we examine the persistence of the unemployment rate by metropolitan area. Each dot represents a metropolitan area, and dots are color coded according to their quartile in the distribution of unemployment rates in 2006. The x-axis denotes the metropolitan area's unemployment rate in 2006 and the y-axis the area's unemployment rate in 2018. These are both years at which the economy was near, but not at its peak.
Figure 2 shows a clear, positive relationship between unemployment rates in 2006 and 2018: lower unemployment rates in 2006 are associated with lower unemployment rates in 2018. Notably this relationship holds across the entire sample, and also within the unemployment rate quartiles. Our results suggest that a 1 percentage point higher unemployment rate in 2006 is associated with a 0.6 percentage point higher unemployment rate in 2018. Moreover, the unemployment rate in 2006 explains 44 percent of the variation in the unemployment rate in 2018.
Although Metropolitan Areas Experiencing Idiosyncratic Shocks Undergo Large Changes in Their Unemployment Rates, They Tend to Revert Back to Their Previous Place in the Distribution:
In addition to the persistent characteristics that shape the economies of metropolitan areas over long periods, idiosyncratic events specific to metropolitan areas can also have a significant impact. Examples of these types of shocks include storms, like Hurricane Katrina, which reshaped New Orleans, or technical changes such as hydraulic fracturing, which made it possible to extract oil and gas from areas where they were previously inaccessible. These idiosyncratic shocks may or may not have long-lasting impacts.
Figure 3 shows the distribution of metropolitan area unemployment rates over a fourteen-year period. The figure highlights five metropolitan areas. In 2006 these highlighted areas were in the first quartile of the distribution; meaning that these areas had lower levels of unemployment than 75 percent of the metropolitan areas displayed in the figure. By 2009, these five areas had unemployment rates that were in the top quartile of the distribution that year. While it is true that the unemployment rate on aggregate was also rising during this period (as can be seen by the fact that the unemployment rates of all the other metropolitan areas, represented by the light gray bars, move up), these areas were affected earlier and by more—a function of the fact that they were hit by a specific, negative idiosyncratic shock: the bursting of the housing bubble. These metropolitan areas are located in Florida and Nevada, states with large housing bubbles, and the specific metropolitan areas highlighted experienced large drops in local housing prices when the bubble burst in 2007[5].
Like the financial crisis, the current crisis also has an idiosyncratic component. As noted in the introduction, metropolitan areas first affected by the virus closed non-essential businesses earlier. Moreover, the economies of metropolitan areas reliant on tourism, leisure and hospitality, and energy slowed quickly as travel restrictions were imposed and global demand declined. Other areas with fewer cases of the virus and those with economies dependent on industry, agriculture, or professional services appear so far to have been less impacted.
Interestingly, Figure 3 also illustrates that by 2018 these metropolitan areas that faced a negative shock from the bursting of the housing bubble had largely recuperated, with unemployment rates returning to levels similar to 2005/2006. This finding is in line with Blanchard and Katz (1992) who show that state-level unemployment rates tend to recover approximately five to seven years after experiencing a negative shock to employment. Note, this isn't to say that adjustment is automatic—indeed specific policies geared at addressing idiosyncratic shocks may be necessary to help local areas cope when they face a crisis.
A Strong National Economy Helps All Metropolitan Areas, Even Those with Persistently High Unemployment Rates
Figure 4 plots the distribution of the unemployment rate by metropolitan area from 2005 to 2018, with dots of different colors and sizes identifying the quartiles of the unemployment rate distribution in 2006, as in Figure 2. (We make the dots different sizes to make it possible to follow the movements in the unemployment rates of the metropolitan areas from year to year.)
There are several phenomena that can be observed in this graph. One is the central tendency of the metropolitan area unemployment rates—as a whole, are the unemployment rates relatively high or low in a given year—which reflects the state of the business cycle. The second is how disperse the unemployment rates are—are the unemployment rates across the metropolitan areas relatively similar (are they clumped together) or are they spread out, with some areas having high rates and others relatively low rates. And the third is the relative position of the unemployment rates of specific metropolitan areas—do metropolitan areas that have high or low unemployment rates to start remain in those positions over the entire time period. To help elucidate these points, we also show the mean, range, and variance of the unemployment rates for groups of years in Table 1.
The first thing to note in Figure 4 is the impact of the Great Recession across metropolitan areas. As the recession gained full force in 2009, metropolitan unemployment rates as a whole began to increase. Second, the differences in unemployment rates across metropolitan areas widened in years in which the economy was underperforming. And, metropolitan areas that started off relatively disadvantaged tended to experience the highest unemployment rates during the recession. This information is summarized in Table 1, where we can see that the mean, variance, and range of the unemployment rate all increase substantially during the recession from the pre-recession period.
Table 1: Spread of the Unemployment Rate
Years Mean Variance Range
2005-2008 6.6 2.5 10.2
2009-2011 10.6 6.1 15.3
Of course, this aggregate phenomenon is being laid on top of the idiosyncratic shocks we discussed previously, in particular, the bursting of the housing bubble. For instance, the metropolitan areas that we identified as having been particularly hard hit by the bursting of the housing are among those metropolitan areas captured by the yellow dots, which rise much more than average during the financial crisis and recession. But, as the economy recovered, and the aggregate unemployment rate fell, metropolitan area unemployment rates began to converge again. Many areas that saw the largest deterioration in their unemployment rates during the financial crisis and the Great Recession experienced substantial improvement. This finding is consistent with prior research demonstrating that strong macroeconomic conditions are particularly beneficial for workers that are disadvantaged in the labor market.
Notably, the distribution of unemployment rates in 2018 looks fairly similar to that of 2005 and 2006. By this we mean that metropolitan areas with the lowest unemployment rates prior to the Great Recession (the yellow dots) tend to have lower unemployment rates in 2018 and metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rates (the purple dots) tend to have higher unemployment rates. This is just another way of illustrating the result in Figure 2, showing the persistence of the unemployment rate across metropolitan areas over time, even in the face of significant idiosyncratic and macroeconomic shocks.
Policy Implications for COVID-19:
Metropolitan areas have high (or low) unemployment rates for different reasons. First, there are structural causes—such as average education levels or industry mix—which mean that some areas tend to have high or low unemployment rates over time. Second, there are local idiosyncratic shocks that might cause metropolitan areas to see large but typically transitory increases or decreases in their unemployment rates. Finally, metropolitan areas are buffeted by the business cycle—aggregate shocks that play out similarly, although not identically, across metropolitan areas.
The current crisis in which we find ourselves is no different. Before the pandemic reached our shores, metropolitan areas had distinct capacities to respond based on their structural differences. The impact of the virus will vary across metropolitan areas depending on their exposure and industrial mix. Finally, all metropolitan areas will experience the spillovers from the deep recession as economic activity is curtailed.
Policymakers should take into account these different types of shocks that are buffeting localities, because they suggest different policies. Our results indicate that policies aimed at ensuring liquidity in financial markets now and stimulating aggregate demand once it becomes safe to engage in non-essential economic activity will have a broad positive impact on economic outcomes across metropolitan areas and will reduce disparities between them. However, some localities will require more help, either because they face a particularly pernicious impact from the pandemic or because long-standing structural factors make it particularly difficult for them to weather the economic headwinds we face. Our colleagues Louise Sheiner and Sage Belz show that state tax revenues declined by about 9 percent during the Great Recession and argue that recently passed legislation—such as CARES Act and FFCRA—does not provide enough funding to prevent states and localities from cutting spending. Similarly, our colleague Matt Fiedler and Wilson Powell III make the case for increasing the federal match rate for Medicaid in proportion to the amount that the state's unemployment rate exceeds some threshold. And the Metropolitan program discuss policies that would bolster metropolitan areas by supporting small businesses.
Becca Portman contributed to the graphics/data visualization for this blog.
[1] This is a back-of-the-envelope calculation which assumes all initial claims translate into spells of unemployment. We take the number of initial claims from the weeks ending in April 4, March 28, and March 21 (16,780 thousand); add the number of unemployed people in March 2020 (7140 thousand); and divide by the March 2020 labor force: (16,780 + 7140)/162913 = 14.68%. Although it is not always the case that initial claims translate into spells of unemployment, this calculation is, nonetheless, most likely an underestimate of the unemployment rate as not all people who become unemployed are eligible to receive benefits and not everyone who is eligible for unemployment insurance applies. Moreover, this estimate likely understates the number of people who have tried to file claims in recent weeks, due to limitations with the state unemployment insurance systems which have been overwhelmed. That said, there is currently less certainty about the relationship between insured unemployment and aggregate unemployment because of changes in the unemployment insurance eligibility rules.
[2] Note that the ratios in this graph should be interpreted with caution. We choose the total labor force as the denominator because recent legislation has changed the types of workers covered by unemployment insurance. However, this denominator likely overstates the number of people covered by unemployment insurance. The numerator is not without issues either. As mentioned above, it is likely to understate the number of people who have attempted to file claims, due to limitations with the unemployment insurance systems.
[3] Claims data by metropolitan area aren't readily available.
[4] Katheryn Russ and Jay Shambaugh show that the persistence of the unemployment rate is related to the average level of education in a county. They find that counties with lower levels of education have higher levels of persistence. In other words, areas with lower, average education are more likely to get "stuck" with a high unemployment rate over time.
[5] We also examine metropolitan areas that were in the fourth quartile of the distribution in 2006 and subsequently moved to near the bottom of the distribution in 2009. We find that these areas are mostly located in places with positive energy shocks.
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Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for the Worst? If 2018 is any Indicator, You Should Be
[fa icon="calendar"] 12/4/18 12:50 PM / by Cadre Technologies
The global supply chain was hit this year with an increased rate of disruptions, ranging from factory fires to extreme weather, according to a new report by Resilinc, a global provider of supply chain monitoring.
The company says that disruptions are growing at an alarming rate — the highest in three years — and their potential impact to revenue is extreme.
According to the report, which covers the first half of 2018, a record 1,069 disruptive events took place, more than 300 directly impacted supply chain. Among the event types were extreme weather, factory fires, power outages, and earthquakes.
The top event types in North America were mergers and acquisitions, factory fires and explosions, extreme weather, management changes, and business sales.
The first half of 2018 alone witnessed severe storms in the Midwest, as well as Storm Alberto, which triggered states of emergency in the Southern Gulf states, Storm Eleanor, which created widespread disruptions in Europe, Winter Storm Skyler which hammered New England, and heavy snows in Tokyo, which knocked out rail and air transport, and Tropical Storm Prapiroon, which posed a threat to the Philippines and Korea.
The top man-made disruptions included a Brazilian truck driver strike, a red smog alert in Shaanxi Province, China, a protestor incident that blocked the World Trade Bridge between Mexico and Texas, and New York state's lawsuit against 3M and five other companies.
Threats to cybersecurity also played a role during the first half of the year. The top identified events related to computer attacks were data breeches included cyberattacks at a Boeing production plant in South Carolina, ransomware attacks in Atlanta, Georgia, a chip design flaw by Intel CPU, and the accusations by the U.S. and U.K. that Russia has hacked routers.
"Global business leaders need to understand that their supply chains are vulnerable. 2018 has been a difficult year for global companies due to ongoing operational challenges that have curtailed growth plans and negatively impacted margins," said Bindiya Vakil, CEO of Resilinc in a prepared statement. He added that impactful events happen one-third of the time every day, which "should make CEOs and board of directors take the risk seriously."
The report does not yet take into effect hurricanes and wildfires that battered the U.S. in the second half of the year. Hurricane Florence closed ports and disrupted deliveries in September. North America dealt with the highest number of disruptions, followed by Europe, Asia, and Australia. The lowest disruptions were seen in Central America, South America, and Africa.
Among Resilinc's recommendations to protect against potential disruptions are to create a preparedness and response playbook to ensure a game plan that covers every possible disruptive event type. Companies should also make sure that all multi-tier supplier sites have plans against power outages or shortages, floods, and tornadoes. Factories need to review sourcing strategies to make sure they are covered if critical parts become unavailable.
How are you prepared against security cyber-attacks? Have you tested your recovery plans? Do you have a disaster recovery plan and have you tested it? Let us know in the comments below!
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This type of DSN connection is not supported.
Is anyone else using MDB2 without error on a PHP5 DH site? Ideas? All comments appreciated!
UPDATE: Got it! I had to also install MdB2_Driver_mysql. Now, I just have to deal with the SQL errors this application (planet-php) is giving me!


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+ [view node 59d3dba173a8d7b33b00972c](http://localhost:4200/node/id/59d3dba173a8d7b33b00972c)

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### maps
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### nodes
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## Building. CLI

This project was generated with [Angular CLI](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli) version 1.5.0.

- **Development server**
  Run `ng serve` for a dev server. Navigate to `http://localhost:4200/`. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.
- **Code scaffolding**
- Run `ng generate component component-name` to generate a new component. You can also use `ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module`.
- **Build**
  Run `ng build` to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the `dist/` directory. Use the `-prod` flag for a production build.
- **Further help**
  To get more help on the Angular CLI use `ng help` or go check out the [Angular CLI README](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/blob/master/README.md).

## Testing

- **Running unit tests**
  Run `ng test` to execute the unit tests via [Karma](https://karma-runner.github.io).
- **Running end-to-end tests**
  Run `ng e2e` to execute the end-to-end tests via [Protractor](http://www.protractortest.org/)

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Максимилиан Владимирович Несытов  (22 октября 1888 года, Ярославль — 10 апреля 1910 года, там же) — российский художник и скульптор.

Биография

Родился в дворянской семье. Несытовы — одна из интеллигентных культурных семей Ярославля. Жили в доме на Которосльной набережной. Дарование Несытова проявилось рано. Он учился в губернской классической гимназии и в Городских классах рисования, где кроме рисунка, преподавались живопись и лепка. В 13 лет впервые участвовал в выставке «Северный край», был награждён бронзовой медалью.

В 1905 году поступил в Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества, в 1908 году переведён в скульптурный класс художественного отдела училища. Учился у П. П. Трубецкого и С. М. Волнухина. Скульптурный портрет его сестры А. В. Несытовой, который выполнил в 1906 году С. Д. Эрьзя, говорит о знакомстве и творческих связях Несытова с этим известным скульптором.

В эти годы Несытов участвовал в XXX и XXXI выставках училища и одновременно экспонировал свои работы в Ярославле (1905 год — 4-я выставка картин и рисунков; 1906 год — 1-я весенняя выставка картин). Среди его картин «Кровавая пятница» и «Восстание студентов в городе Ярославле» — о местных событиях 1905 года. В 1908—1909 годах активно работал как художник-карикатурист для изданий «Ярославская колотушка», «Метеор» (Казань) и «Дубинушка» (Рыбинск), как-то был избит за них черносотенцами.

Его костюмы получали первые премии на костюмированных балах. За костюмы «Правительство — революция» и «Столп Отечества» был арестован, так как например в первом костюме правительство было изображено поленом, а революция — топором. Однако, благодаря отцу, арест заменили на высылку.

Почти все творческое наследие художника погибло во время подавления Ярославского восстания 1918 года, сохранились единичные работы. В Ярославском художественном музее хранятся скульптурные произведения 1909 года «Ужас», «Отчаяние», «Страсть», «Последний поцелуй», олицетворяющие эмоциональные человеческие переживания. Трактовка образов, их пластика, манера исполнения соответствуют духу времени, в них ощутимо влияние искусства О. Родена. Вместе с тем, оригинальность, смелость, уверенность в решении пластических задач свидетельствует о творческом потенциале автора.

Умер от туберкулёза 10 апреля 1910 года в Ярославле. Похоронен на кладбище «Тугова гора». В этом же году Ярославское художественное общество устроило посмертную персональную выставку Несытова, на которой экспонировались живописные, графические и скульптурные работы.

Примечания

Источники
 Энциклопедия Ярославского края. Мультимедийное издание. — Ярославль, 2003.
 Егорова Т. Дальние родственники  // Северный край. — 14 декабря 2007.

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Похороненные в Ярославле
Художники России XX века
Скульпторы Российской империи
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Home MMA News Nick Diaz Dana White confirms UFC matchmakers speaking to Nick Diaz about comeback
Dana White confirms UFC matchmakers speaking to Nick Diaz about comeback
UFC president Dana White confirmed that the promotion's matchmakers are speaking to Nick Diaz about a possible comeback to the Octagon.
Diaz has not fought since January 2015 when he fought Anderson Silva to a No Contest (originally a decision loss). He hasn't fought since then but every so often his name comes back up for a possible comeback fight. Diaz recently remarked that he wants to return to the Octagon after five years away from it.
Diaz has expressed interest in a matchup against superstar Jorge Masvidal, and Masvidal also said that he's interested in the fight. White said that while he hasn't spoken to Diaz himself, he did confirm the UFC matchmakers are in talks with Diaz right now about a possible comeback.
Here's what White told ESPN's Brett Okamoto about a Diaz comeback.
"I haven't, but I know that our matchmakers have (spoken to Diaz)," White said.
Even though he has spoken to matchmakers Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard, the UFC president said that he doesn't truly believe that Diaz has his heart still in the game, and is doubting whether or not he actually makes a comeback.
"I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think Nick Diaz wants to fight. I don't think Nick has that love or that passion for fighting. I think that it's sort of a love-hate relationship for him. All the things that Nick has or has done is because of fighting, but I don't think that he loves to do it," White said.
Ultimately, though, it will be Diaz's decision and his alone if he wants to return to the Octagon or not.
"(A comeback) is up to Nick. Nick knows whether he wants to fight or not," White said.
If Nick Diaz returns to the Octagon who would you like to see him fight?


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Monorail hits a snag a day after resuming
Published On : 03 Sep 2018	| Reported By : Courtesy: The Hindu	| Pic On: Photo credit : The Hindu
Mumbai, (The Hindu): A Monorail train with passengers on board was left stranded mid-section for nearly an hour after a coach was entangled with a cable TV wire, around 3 p.m. The fire brigade had to be called to cut the wire. The train was freed at 3.54 p.m. after which services resumed, fire brigade officials said.
According to Dilip Kawathkar, joint project director (public relations) of the Mumbai Metropolitan Development Authority (MMRDA), the passengers did not have to be evacuated and the train resumed services thereafter.
Before services resumed on Saturday, MMRDA had conducted trials for nearly 15 days.
"We did not know about the wires and will be filing a police complaint against the cable operator soon," Mr. Kawathkar said.
MMRDA officials said the cables were illegal and that they had most probably been put up when the Monorail operations were shut.
Brake malfunction
In another incident, a train stopped in its tracks near V.N Purav station at Chembur Naka after the Automatic Train Protection System (ATPS), its emergency braking system, was activated at 2.30 p.m.
The system is normally activated in cases of overspeeding. However, officials said that the system developed a minor snag due to which it was activated. "There was a small technical problem, which was sorted out soon," Mr. Kawathkar said. The train was stranded in the mid-section for around 10 minutes.
The Monorail services had been temporarily discontinued since a fire on November 9, 2017, gutted two coaches of a train at the Mysore Colony station.


After logging into MySQL I had a look at the privileges the current user had.
The user we are logged in has all the privileges and we have privileges to read and write files, in which you can think about writing a UDF DLL library and gaining code execution on the box.
What is a UDF Library?
UDF means User Defined Functions in MySQL. It's like coding your own functions inside a DLL and calling them inside MySQL. We are going to use the "lib_mysqludf_sys_64.dll" DLL library which can be found inside the Metasploit framework. You can use the UDF libraries based on the OS and architecture that is inside your Metasploit installation directory "/usr/share/metasploit-framework/data/exploits/mysql/". Click here for the github link to the files.
First, we must check the architecture of MySQL running. The global variable '@@version_compile_os' shows us the architecture of the MySQL instance and the '@@version_compile_machine' shows us the architecture of the operating system. In this case we are running a 64-bit version of MySQL inside a 64-bit Windows OS.
Starting from MySQL 5.0.67 the UDF library must be contained inside the plugin folder which can be found out by using the '@@plugin_dir' global variable. This variable can be seen and edited inside the mysql.ini file.
You can change the plugin directory variable by passing the new value to the mysqld.
Another way would be to write a new mysql configuration file with the plugin directory and pass it to mysqld.
In MySQL versions prior to 5.0.67 it's said the file must be in a directory that is searched by your system's dynamic linker. The same applies to MySQL versions prior to 4.1.25. Here's the text as mentioned in the documentation.
As of MySQL 5.0.67, the file must be located in the plugin directory. This directory is given by the value of the plugin_dir system variable. If the value of plugin_dir is empty, the behavior that is used before 5.0.67 applies: The file must be located in a directory that is searched by your system's dynamic linker.
As of MySQL 4.1.25, the file must be located in the plugin directory. This directory is given by the value of the plugin_dir system variable. If the value of plugin_dir is empty, the behavior that is used before 4.1.25 applies: The file must be located in a directory that is searched by your system's dynamic linker.
In older versions you can upload the DLL file to the following locations and create new UDF functions.
There are many possible ways you can do this. The function load_file supports network paths. If you can copy the DLL inside a network share you can directly load it and write to disk.
Another method would be writing the entire DLL file into the disk in one hex encoded string.
Another way would be by creating a table and inserting the binary data in a hex encoded stream. You can try writing in one insert statement or by breaking down into pieces, in which by using the update statement to contact the binary data.
You can also directly load the file from disk to the above created table from a network share or locally like using 'load data infile' statement. Convert the file to hex like I've show above and unhex it while writing to disk.
There's good news starting from MySQL 5.6.1 and MariaDB 10.0.5. The functions 'to_base64' and 'from_base64' were introduced. If you are a guy like me who loves bypassing WAFs in SQL injection you might be already using these functions (hint: routed query injection).
You can edit the base64 file and add the following lines to dump to the plugin dir.
After that you can pass the entire file to mysql like this.
You can also directly write the base64 encoded file from a network share or locally using the above discussed 'load data infile' statement and dump like this.
Most of the time I've seen people writing only about the 'sys_exec' function inside this DLL which is inside Metasploit. For curiosity, I thought of reversing this DLL and exploring other functions. If we check the export directory, we can see the author had written few more useful functions. I'll show some useful functions.
The function will pass the argument 'args->args' inside the 'system' function. You can use this to execute system commands on the target machine.
This function will execute system commands and display on the screen passing to stdout. As you can use this function uses the '_popen' function with the 'r' parameter in which the calling process can read the spawned command's standard output via the returned stream. It uses 'fgets' to read the pipe to a buffer and it will return us the buffer.
This function uses the 'getenv' function to return us the value of the system variables.
I found a cool function inside this DLL as 'sys_bineval'. This function will allocate RWX memory using the 'VirtualAlloc' API and using 'strcpy' the 'args->args' will be copied into the newly allocated memory. Then this buffer is passed to the 'CreateThread' API to spawn a new thread.
If we have a look at the 'CreateThread' API we can see that the 'lpParameter' which is the copied buffer using the 'strcpy' is passed as a pointer to a variable to be passed to the thread. The function at the 'StartAddress' will directly move the 'lpParamter' and call ptr rax, that will change RIP to our shellcode.
However I did not get this working in 64-bit. This works fine in 32-bit platforms. You can directly open the raw binary shellcode or encode to base64 or hex encode and execute using this function.
I noticed that these external UDF functions do not have proper exception handling in the dissembled code. Hence, a slightest mistake while calling these functions will lead the mysqld.exe server to crash. I hope this article might be useful to you while pentesting MySQL.
Hi, I studied so much.
And I have some question and need your help.
My OS is windows server 2003 r2(x64), and mysql version is 5.1.38.
When show variables like 'plug_dir'; query is executed, result is c:/mysql_5.1.38/lib/plugin/.
And I executed query select … into dumpfile [plugin_dir] and query was executed exactly.
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How can I register sys functions?


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'We Love The Bronies': The Cast And Writer Of 'My Little Pony' On MLP And Its Fans [SDCC]
Chris Sims Published: July 15, 2012
If the announcement of an upcoming comic book series based on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic wasn't enough to satisfy your curiosity about everyone's favorite equestrian pals, don't worry. In addition to a teaser for Season 3 of the show, members of the voice cast and the writing staff joined the press for a Q&A session where they discussed everything from potential crossovers to the impact of the show on breaking down gender barriers and the "sociological phenomenon" of the community of fans. And yes: They love the bronies.
Check out the teaser, as well as highlights from the session with writer Meghan McCarthy and voice actresses Tara Strong (Twilight Sparkle), Andrea Libman (Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie), Tabitha St. Germain (Rarity) and Cathy Weseluck (Spike) below!On the show's surprising popularity among older fans:
Strong: We love the bronies. They're the best fanbase ever, they're so hilarious and supportive and creative and giving, they give so much to charity and they're always there for us if we're putting silly stuff on Twitter or if we're raising money for charity. Any panel I've done or anything I've done, they're the most supportive and loveliest fanbase and we love them.
St. Germain: They have rollickingly healthy inner children, which I don't think in years past men would have been able to express in the same way, because they lived in a much more severe sort of projection. I just love that there are so many people who are in tune with their creativity. These guys make videos and music and stories and astonishing art, and make whole worlds with it. I just think they're awesome.
McCarthy: I think the design and the music and everything about the show really inspires people to do their own thing and take it to their own places, and I think that's part of why there's this embracing. It has a really rich, deep mythology that appeals to a sort of male fantasy on other types of shows, and we have it here as well.
Weseluck: I think it's quality all around. The storylines are fantastic, and the boys can relate as well as the girls nowadays to a sense of empowerment for the girls, but I think they can relate to the storylines and it's not really a gender thing. It connects to all people, and it's a kudos to the show and the excellence of it. It's attracted an audience that's so broad that we've never seen it before, and that's including the bronies.
Libman: I also think people connect to the character traits, because the characters are so well-defined, so well-developed that no matter what your gender is you can connect with being shy or being smart, and that's why it's so inclusive.
On the development of Rarity's voice:
St. Germain: When I auditioned, I think the reference they gave was Audrey Hepburn, because there's something so generous. In spite of the fact that her voice sounds really quite posh, she always extended herself a lot to other people, and that's the quality they were looking for, not specifically Audrey Hepburn. I grew up in a country called Swaziland, and a lot of people had English as a second language, but they spoke with real clarity and enunciated everything because they were always perfecting the sound, and I just like that sound. The element of the Connecticut hoity-toitiness is just fun, and it's always fun as well when a character is a bit full of themselves or a bit pretentious too. It's just a foil because there's so much ego involved that you can only go down, right? It's great to play with those opposites: I'm everything and I'm nothing, I'm everything and I'm nothing. Which is an actor's entire life.
St. Germain: For me, the most significant character change is that I had a sudden family. I had a sister and a mom and dad, and I was the only one in the family who spoke in this particular way. That was a choice they made in the other room. Did I voice the mom? I think I may have, yeah, and I said "Should I do the same voice?" and they said "No, she's just normal." So that was peculiar but interesting, because you just have to integrate whatever you get, and it becomes part of the fun. That means something, then, about Rarity. It means she's not from New England or indeed from anywhere. She's made a choice to speak the way she speaks and be the way she is.
On a crossover they'd like to see:
Weseluck: My Little Mad Men?
On taking storyline input from the cast:
St. Germain (In Rarity's voice): I have repeatedly asked for monologues.
McCarthy: It's not something where they'll suggest a storyline, but knowing how talented they are and where they can take their voices and the types of things they can do and emotions they can convey definitely influences us. We know we can do a story where Pinkie Pie just loses her mind, because we know Andrea will just take that to a great place. That's the kind of back-and-forth and that's the influence, having the knowledge that you can just give them something and they are just going to plus it.
On the idea that, as Comics Bulletin put it, "happiness is making a comeback":
Libman: What a great thing to say!
Weseluck: That's coining it really well, because that is what it is. It's a feel-good show, and people are just drawn to it like moths to a flame.
Libman: A flame of happiness.
Weseluck: It's created a community that's a sociological phenomenon, quite frankly, and then to try to figure out what does it part of the fun. It's just the end result.
On the possibility of a full-length movie:
McCarthy: No. Not with me.
On the homage to The Big Lebowski and easter eggs in the show:
McCarthy: Very rarely are those things written into the script, but then when it goes to Studio B and the board artists and Jayson Thiessen, supervising director, I think they have a lot of fun. They have to populate this world with these background ponies and they're like "oh, they're at a bowling alley, eh?"
On why you should watch the show:
Weseluck: You should watch My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic because it is a wonderful show of excellence. It focuses on the heart, and leaves you feeling wonderful about yourself and gives you something you can share with someone else.
Libman: You should watch My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic because it's fun and awesome.
On the emotional impact of the show among fans, including one who said that seeing the show stopped him from killing himself:
Weseluck: I've had so many people, all of us have had so many people come up to us and say "if it weren't for the show, I wouldn't be here. My life wouldn't have changed, I would've stayed lonely and depressed, I had no friends" and you're just brought to tears. This show, to me, is healing the world. It's healing levels that have not been touched before, or that we've pushed away or denied, and if the show can do that, and there has to be no mental assessment or figuring it out, it's just simply happening? This is miraculous. It's a true, genuine success, and I'm thrilled to be part of that.
Filed Under: Andrea Libman, AndreaLibman, Cathy Weseluck, CathyWeseluck, Friendship Is Magic, FriendshipIsMagic, Meghan McCarthy, MeghanMccarthy, My Little Pony, MyLittlePony, SDCC 2012, Sdcc2012, Tabitha St. Germain, TabithaSt.Germain, Tara Strong, TaraStrong
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HANNIBAL, NY – Fifth and sixth grade students from Kenney Middle School attended Wednesday night's board of education meeting in Hannibal to show off the rockets they made for 2013 Rocket Challenge at Syracuse University on June 1.
The Rocket Club members show off the products of their hard work. Front left to right: Hannah Shortslef, Christina Thompson, Noah Kuc. Back Left to Right: Ryan Whitcomb, Joey Cerrillo, Bradley Wiggins, Jacob Powell, Dalton Scruton, and Ryan Nosko.
The students have been working after school with technology education teacher Greg Bailey for several weeks to build their rockets.
Each rocket and its motor costs at least $100.
The six teams representing Hannibal were able to create their projects from a generous donation of more than $600 from Lockheed Martin, Syracuse University and the MOST.
This is the third year Hannibal has participated in the Rocket Challenge, and also their best year yet. Hannibal was amongst the 58 competing teams.
"Our highest ranking team scored 29 out of 30 points," said Bailey.
Team NASA Jr. made up of Dalton Scruton, Ryan Nosko, Noah Kuc, Zachary Shortslef, Alyssa Emmons and Alivia Diefenbacher, came in ninth place with the score of 29.
The first place team had a score of 33 points – only four points away – which shows how tough the competition was.
For now the teams are "looking forward to next year," Bailey noted, when they'll compete in the bridge building contest.
Some of the students have even started practicing their designs already.


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Under, 2018
Alserkal Avenue, Dubai / United Arab Emirates
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Alserkal Programming has appointed Hale Tenger for a commissioned public intervention guest curated by Mari Spirito, to be launched at Alserkal Avenue during Dubai Art Week in March 2018. Spirito is Founder and Curator of Protocinema, a non-profit organisation based between Istanbul and New York, and is the first guest curator to be invited to work on Alserkal Programming's artist commissions. Alserkal Programming was founded by Emirati philanthropist Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal in 2015 with a mandate to support artists whose projects are collaborative, participatory, and ephemeral. It has commissioned 18 artists to date.
Hale Tenger is an Istanbul-based multi-disciplinary artist; her installation titled Under, 2018 is the artist's first major commission in the UAE and her first outdoor intervention in almost a decade. Tenger most recently showed Balloons on the Sea, 2011, at the 57th Venice Biennale.
The form of Hale Tenger's work follows the material vernacular of Alserkal Avenue's existing buildings as a free-standing structure that visitors are invited to enter. Under, 2018 originates from the artist's memory of a fictional narrative that describes an ancient hunting ploy used by aristocrats. Nets were set in the woods much earlier than the hunting date, stretching low throughout the forest so that the birds became accustomed to living under the net, adapting by only flying low. Once the nets were removed the birds would no longer fly high, as if they had forgotten that the sky has no limits, thus becoming easy prey for the noble hunting parties. Currently, tens of millions of game birds are being bred at farms set in nature with nets, creating the same effects on these birds today, for bird hunting markets.
The physical and psychological experience of Hale Tenger's installation touches on many aspects of human behaviour and systems of control, social as well as civic. This work expresses a feeling that is shared from Tenger's home in Istanbul, to its site in Dubai, as well as across global contemporary societies. In order to re-align and/or change, the act of recognition, even the smallest shift in perspective, needs to take place. Hale Tenger's installation asks, "How have we adapted to the conditions of our time?" and "If birds can forget to fly high in the sky, what have we humans forgotten?"
Under, 2018 will be on show from March 19–May, 2018 in The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Charlotte York, Communications Manager, Alserkal Avenue
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About Alserkal Programming
Established by Alserkal Avenue in 2015, Alserkal Programming is a platform for exhibitions, public art commissions, performances, films, talks and workshops that critically and creatively investigate themes pertinent to the region's arts community. Together, these programmes provide a platform to support the development of new ideas, open dialogue and collaboration across disciplines. With a view to working primarily with artists living and working in the MENASA region, Alserkal Programming has a mandate to support artists whose projects are collaborative, participatory, and ephemeral.
About Hale Tenger
Based in Istanbul, Hale Tenger has exhibited extensively around the world since the early 1990s. Besides her large-scale installations and single or multi-channel video works, photographic prints and sculptures are also part of her practice. Selected solo exhibitions include: We didn't go outside; we were always on the outside/ We didn't go inside; we were always on the inside, Protocinema, NY (2015); Swinging on the Stars, Galeri Nev, Istanbul (2013); Perspectives: Beirut, Smithsonian Institute, Washington (2011); Balloons on the Sea, Green Art Gallery, Dubai (2011); Never Never Land, Mannheimer Kuntsverein, Mannheim (2001); and The Closet, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas (1997). She has participated in numerous biennials including: Viva Arte Viva, 57th Venice Biennale (2017), Haifa Mediterranean (2010), Havana (2003), Kwangju (2000), Johannesburg (1998), Manifesta (1996), São Paulo (1994), Istanbul (1992 and 1995). Her work has been featured in institutions including: Centre Pompidou, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris; Istanbul Modern, ARTER, SALT, Istanbul; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Neuer Berliner Kunsverein, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna; Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille; Carré d'Art Museum, Nimes; Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Art Gallery of Western Australia; The New Museum, New York.
About Mari Spirito
Mari Spirito is Founding Director and Curator of Protocinema, realizing site-aware exhibitions in the world, since 2011. Spirito has programmed Art Basel Conversations since 2014, and is Associate Curator of Visual Arts, Onassis Cultural Center, New York and Athens. She launched Alt Art Space, Istanbul, and was its Curator and Director from 2015 to 2017; served as an Advisor to the 2nd Mardin Biennial, Turkey, 2012; and was Director of 303 Gallery New York, 2000–2012. She is President of the Board of Participant, Inc, New York and holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
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Woman Suffers Septic Shock After Hernia Surgery—Wins $12 Million
Eric T. Chaffin	 Sep 9, 2014
Patients diagnosed with septic shock are seriously ill. Without immediate and effective treatment, they can easily succumb to organ failure and death.
This was Connecticut resident Vivian Gagliano's diagnosis in 2008, after she went through what was supposed to be a routine hernia operation. The procedure was performed by Dr. Joseph Gordon and Dr. Venkata Bodavula, who was a resident surgeon at the time, at Danbury Hospital, Connecticut. Neither doctor realized that during the operation, Gagliano's colon had been punctured. They closed her up, and hours later, she suffered a massive abdominal infection.
The ensuing months were torture. In 2010, Gagliano filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctors and the hospital. In June 2014, a jury from the Danbury Superior Court awarded her $12 million in damages.
A Dangerous Surgical Outcome
Septic shock is a condition that occurs in response to an overwhelming infection. When Gagliano's colon was punctured, waste material and bacteria escaped, prompting the body's immune response. Soon she had a widespread infection too large for her system to battle—sepsis. As her immune system fought to get rid of the infection, it caused inflammation throughout her body, impairing blood flow and potentially damaging body organs.
In a severe case of sepsis such as Gagliano suffered, septic shock may occur. The heart weakens, blood pressure drops, and the patient's life is at risk. In Gagliano's case, she suffered a heart attack and went into a month-long coma. She was 65 years old at the time.
Unaware Surgical Resident Would be Present
Fortunately, Gagliano survived, though she lost much of her large intestine and continues to have abdominal problems.
According to her case, she didn't know that a surgical resident (Bodavula) would be involved in her operation. A resident is someone who is training to become a surgeon. He or she has a medical license, but is going through a three-to-seven year training program before becoming fully board certified.
The Insurance Journal notes that Bodavula denied having anything to do with the perforation, stating he assisted Gordon in beginning the operation, but wasn't responsible for the mistake.
Danbury states on its website that it is in its fourth year of a general surgery residency program. "The faculty at Danbury Hospital is relatively young and predominantly fellowship trained," the site says. "This has created a very progressive surgical milieu, which exposes surgical residents to the very cutting edge of surgical education."
Sepsis More Common Than We Think
A 2010 study reported that sepsis and septic shock seem to be more common than heart attacks or pulmonary blood clots after general surgery. The death rate for patients who developed septic shock was 34 percent within 30 days of the procedure.
"Of note," the authors wrote, "septic shock occurs 10 times more frequently than myocardial infarction and has the same mortality rate; thus, it kills 10 times more people."
After only three-and-a-half hours of deliberation, the Connecticut jury ordered Danbury Hospital to pay Gagliano $12 million in damages. Neither the doctors nor the hospital agreed with the verdict, and are considering an appeal.


There are many advantages do having a professional landscaping company do your regular lawn care chores for you. Think of all the time you'll be saving with a professional service.
You won't have to pay for a new lawn mower anymore when the old one breaks down, which can easily cost in the neighborhood of three hundred to five hundred dollars, or one hundred seventy dollars for a lower end machine.
A professional landscaping company will trim back your bushes, cut your lawn to your specifications each week, water your garden, eliminate weeds, apply fertilizer, and more.
The cost of services varies depending on what company you choose to work with and the lawn care options you choose, not to mention the frequency with which you choose to have these services performed. All in all, like so many other home services of this kind, it really does pay for itself over time.
With proper professional lawn care, you will never have to worry about bare spots in your lawn again, or weeds or pests. You will have more time to devote to your job and family, and the cost for new equipment to maintain your lawn with will become a thing of the past. This is something that is available most anywhere throughout the nation, whether you live out in the country, in a small town, or in a thriving metro community.
For the most part, you can count on companies such as Tru Green to be reputable, dependable and professional. Even so, you may check with the Better Business Bureau and do your own research as you shop around before signing with a contractor. Make sure that they have experience and are properly licensed. See if they are in accordance with state and local regulations, as is law.
Try to find some genuine customer feedback online, as companies are generally known through the voices of their customers, both past and present ones. If you think you cannot afford these services, compare them with other companies. See what your options are, and what services you can do without and which ones are more likely needed.
The final price you sign up for will also depend on the size of your property. Do you own a half acre lawn, or a one acre lawn? The average weekly cost of having your grass cut is going to be somewhere around forty dollars a cut. Not bad, considering the cost of gasoline to power your mower, not to mention recurring maintenance costs and the price of replacing a mower or weed eater if it wears out.
Most landscaping companies only use the best equipment, and they only charge you for the services you sign up for. It is well worth the investment. Additional landscaping services such as tree trimming and fall cleanup, like raking and removing fallen leaves, can cost between two and four hundred dollars, but again, compare prices.
If you already know what you want out of a landscaping job, write it out on a piece of notebook paper, and make calls or send emails to the companies which interest you.
Most will be willing to provide you with a free estimate for their services.
Visit their web sites in advance. Look for their certifications, and if possible, a score from the Better Business Bureau.
Make sure they are a legitimate company before providing a bank account number or credit card number.
See if there are any promotional discounts or coupons available, either on the company web site or elsewhere on the Web. The companies that have been in business the longest tend to have the most experience and the best track record of customer satisfaction, as well as competitive pricing. All of this will be in your favor.
Do you have any neighbors that use a similar lawn and garden service? Ask them what they think, and if they are satisfied with the business they are currently using.
If you are on a tight budget, don't let this become an obstacle to you. Most companies will work with you to deliver a price that you will be happy about in return for a fair amount of work.
Consider some cost-cutting options. Can you afford to have your lawn cut every other week instead of on a weekly basis? If so, ask for this. Are you willing to perform some of the extra maintenance work yourself, such as tree trimming and weed elimination? This will all help to lower the overall cost of the service fees charged by your company.
The best companies will have been in business for at least twenty years or more. Ask the companies which interest you how long they've been doing business. This information may be available on their company web site. Does the company have a mission statement or money back guarantee? Ask to read it, or have it read to you. Talk with the owner personally, if possible. Most lawn care companies work hard to expand and keep their customer base, so these are things they will be happy to do for you if mention them.
If you find a lower price for the same services from a competitor, see if you can get them to lower the price for you. This may be a way to get the best lawn care coverage for the best possible price.
Above all, remember that what you are saving the most for yourself is time. Time to get work done, so that you can be a provider for your family. Extra time to spend with your family. All of this will surely make having a lawn care service a valuable asset to you and your family. No more will you need to worry about keeping your lawn trimmed. You will have the time and money to focus on what's more important.
Lawn Care & Garden Questions.


The London regional Momentum meeting which took place on 15 October revealed a growing organisation with substantial life, but one that needs more organisation. Hopefully that meeting and the additional one that has been scheduled for 29 October (to discuss national structures and re-elect National Committee reps) represent the start of that process, including the start of meeting regularly.
In February, following a grassroots revolt against proposals to create undemocratic structures essentially appointed from above, Momentum established regional networks to coordinate groups (two reps per registered group) and elect the bulk of the NC. The London region met twice but then did not meet for six months.
The 15 October meeting was attended by about 45 people, 35 of whom were delegates representing about 20 London groups (there were some groups not present) and a smattering of other Momentum organisations (including youth, disabled, LGBT, women).
There was wide political diversity in the room. About half of those present were women and about a quarter BME. There was a big age range and some young people, but mostly it was comrades between 30 and 50, I'd say.
Each group present reported for three minutes on their activity, which sounds arduous but was actually very helpful and encouraging – there is a lot of good work being done, from supporting cleaners' struggles in the City of London to winning the nomination for a marginal council by-election in Tory Wandsworth. New groups are still appearing, particularly in West London.
Seema Chandwani, secretary of Tottenham CLP, led off a discussion about Momentum's highly limited intervention inside Labour Party conference and the need to do better at the upcoming London Labour conference (12 November). There was some discussion about what Momentum could have done differently at national conference and the lessons that should be learned, as well as about the need for democratic control over who Momentum backs and puts forward in internal party elections.
Because there had been no meeting for so long and because the notification was sent out at short notice, there was controversy about whether to take motions. Underlying this was a wider disagreement about whether the region should take motions at all. Some argued that motions are inherently undesirable; others that voting on motions without mandates from groups is never acceptable. Clearly having every meeting entirely taken up by motions would be undesirable, but without the ability to put proposals there is surely no possibility of democratic decision-making. While mandating may often be desirable, it would have been absurd to take no decisions at the 15 October meeting.
By clear majorities, the meeting decided to discuss and take positions on two things: 1. a proposal about campaigning against expulsions and suspensions from the Labour Party, from Lewisham; and 2. a statement about Jackie Walker's removal as Vice Chair, which supporters of Global Women's Strike had put forward. This did not come from a group but de facto represented a number of groups who have voted for Walker's reinstatement as VC.
The motion on expulsions and suspensions passed almost unanimously, to go forward to the 5 November NC, with a clear consensus that Momentum's inaction on this issue is a real problem. Unfortunately the line supporting the Stop the Purge conference in Nottingham was deleted by a margin of two votes after some bizarre attacks on the AWL (we are "Zionists", supposedly; we are involved in Stop the Purge; therefore Stop the Purge is Zionist and cannot be supported… I think most delegates felt they didn't know enough about the campaign and this crazy, sectarian stuff made some feel uncomfortable).
An attempt to delete the call for Corbyn and McDonnell to be bold on these issues, motivated by Global Women's Strike supporters on the explicit grounds that Momentum should not even criticise the Labour leadership by implication but simply support what they say, was overwhelmingly defeated.
On the removal of Jackie Walker as Vice Chair there was a long debate. London NC reps Jill Mountford and Michael Chessum, who both also sit on the national Steering Committee and voted to remove Walker, explained their decision; while fellow NC rep and London regional chair Delia Mattis explained why she disagreed and criticised how the decision-making process had been handled by the Steering Committee's chair Jon Lansman.
Eventually, by a margin of three, the meeting deleted the call to reinstate Walker as chair and substituted a call to campaign for her reinstatement in the Labour Party.
By that time it was 4pm, we had been there five hours and the meeting had still not discussed the upcoming question of Momentum's national structures. Delia Mattis proposed holding another meeting on 29 October to discuss that as well as other issues, and to hold a new election for representatives on the National Committee – which was agreed.
On the proposal of Lambeth delegate Ruth Cashman and Wandsworth delegate and former Ritzy worker Rob Lugg, the meeting organised a collection for the Picturehouses living wage strike. Hopefully the next meeting will talk about outward-looking, class-struggle campaigning activity as well as the vitally important question of democratising Momentum.


It must have been about 2000. I was a young career woman, just starting out, only a few years into my first job. I was living on my own in Atlanta, earning a steady paycheck. Around this time, I started "commuting" to New York City each week. It's not nearly as glamorous as it sounds – long hours at the office, long delays at the airport – but I was young and eager and actually just happy to be in New York. I had always had a love affair with the city – my mother's side of the family hails from this part of the world – but it always felt just out of reach. But here I was, a young woman in my early twenties and I had finally made it to New York, even if it was just from Monday to Thursday.
At some point I started to notice these black box purses (or "handbags" for the Europeans) that other young women were carrying all over the city it seemed. The bags were simple yet sophisticated, architecturally elegant, well made. I had to have one.
I don't remember exactly what I paid for that purse. It was several hundreds of dollars – definitely more than I had ever spent on a single item, or at least one that didn't require a loan! I remember looking over at my then-girlfriend, to seek her approval. Was it really okay to spend that much money on a bag? Was it really okay to spend that much money on me? Was I worth it?
And so I bought the bag and used it for many years. I do not buy things like purses and shoes and clothes to look at sitting in my closet. When I buy these thing, I use them. Which is why, unlike Chelsea Clinton, I do not still own that bag. I went searching for it last night, hoping that I still had it, but was not surprised that it wasn't to be found. I think I used that bag until the square corners became round and the shiny satin faded and the handles frayed and magnetic closure would no longer hold. I probably gave it to a Goodwill, in the hope that it would bring someone else joy, perhaps by mending it and giving this well-worn bag a second life.
I've had many Kate Spade bags over the past two decades. And many have any found their way into the donation heap. But I still have two that I carry – both are big bucket bags, one in navy for spring/summer and one in gray felt for winter. As a mother, I would never be able to fit all that I am expected to carry for my children in that small black purse. I sometimes call these purses my "Mary Poppins" bags, such that quantity of stuff I seem able to carry inside.
But even these bags are showing their wear, despite the fact that I still regularly get compliments from strangers on the street (funny too as I neither designed nor made either bag, and both were gifs from my wife so I can't even claim good taste in picking them out!). The corners of the gray bag are cracked, the felt is pilling, the handles are fading, the stitches are coming out. The blue bag is slightly newer, but the handles are fraying and it doesn't look as new as it once did.
But this is because I love and use these bags. And bask in the compliments of strangers that I don't deserve. My purses are functional but also feminine and I still delight in carrying them. And now with two children, I am much less apt to spend money on things like purses, especially when I still have two that are holding up just fine.
And much like my purses, it seems that people didn't see the wear-and-tearedness that Kate Spade was carrying. Like my purses, I'm sure that everything seemed fine from a distance, to someone just passing by on the street. But when you get up close to look, you can see the fraying and rough patches and tears and holes. I know all too well the darkness* that can overcome and threaten to pull you under. I am blessed that I have found reasons to stay on this earth. But I know this isn't the case for many.
Author Mark Twain once said that the two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you figure out why. Kate Spade, with a simple bag, gave a generation of young women confidence and self-worth. And that is a priceless legacy. I hope she knew the impact of her influence.
As for me, I will probably continue to carry my Kate Spade bags until the stitching actually comes undone. And then I will relent and buy (or be given!) a replacement. Probably another Kate Spade, that trusty brand that's seen me through the ups and downs of two decades and hopefully many more to come.
*If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK) or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.


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Денис Євгенович Арендарук ( 16 квітня 1996, Запоріжжя, Україна) — український футболіст, що виступав на позиції нападника.

Клубна кар'єра
Народився в Запоріжжі, вихованець футбольних академій місцевого «Металурга» та донецького «Шахтаря». Починаючи з сезону 2013/14 років виступав за юнацьку (U-19) команду донецького «Шахтаря», у тому ж сезоні дебютував у молодіжній команді «гірників». Напередодні початку сезону 2014/15 років був переведений до складу фарм-клубу донецької команди, «Шахтаря-3». У березні 2013 року перейшов до київського «Динамо», але вже незабаром повернувся до «Шахтаря». Дебютував за третю команду гірників 25 липня 2014 року в програному (0:1) виїзному поєдинку 1-о туру Другої ліги проти білоцерківського «Арсеналу-Київщина». Денис вийшов на поле в стартовому складі, а на 72-й хвилині його замінив. Дебютним голом на професіональному рівні відзначився 16 серпня 2014 року на 17-й хвилині переможного (4:1) виїзного поєдинку 4-о туру Другої ліги проти новокаховської «Енергії». Арендарук вийшов на поле в стартовому складі, а на 80-й хвилині його замінив Артем Іванов. У першій частині сезону зіграв 10 матчів у Другій лізі, в яких відзначився 1 голом. Потім виступав за юнацький та молодіжний склад «Шахтаря». У сезоні 2014/15 років став чемпіоном України з «Шахтарем» U-19, дійшов з «гірниками» до фіналу Юнацької ліги УЄФА. Наприкінці грудня 2017 року підписав новий 3-річний контракт з «гірниками».

Наприкінці лютого 2018 року був орендований у донецького клубу ФК «Маріуполем». Дебютував у складі «городян» 7 квітня 2018 року в програному (0:1) виїзному поєдинку 26-о туру Прем'єр-ліги проти полтавської «Ворскли».

3 вересня 2018 року був заявлений до складу винниківського «Руху».

3 березня 2020 року підписав контракт з польським «П'ястом», але спочатку українець мав набрати форму в дублі. За два дні почався карантин, а через шість місяців стартував новий сезону. Арендарук вийшов з карантину із зайвою вагою і набирав форму, тренуючись із другою командою та з тренером фізпідготовки першої команди.

Через місяць зіграв за дубль, але на початку матчу отримав травму. Нападник два місяці лікувався, а після того ще два місяці відновлювався, але «П'яст» не захотів продовжувати з ним угоду і розірвав контракт.

Кар'єра в збірній
Під керівництвом Олександра Головка виступав у складі юнацьких збірних України (від U-16 до U-19). Також залучався до матчів молодіжної збірної України.

Примітки

Посилання

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 Профіль гравця  на сайті worldfootball.net
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Українські футболісти
Гравці молодіжної збірної України з футболу
Футболісти «Шахтаря-3»
Футболісти «Маріуполя»
Футболісти «Руху» (Львів)
Футболісти «П'яста» (Гливиці)
Українські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Польщі
Футболісти «Рубікона» (Київ)


As the labor force structure is changing for the past decades, office designs need also to transforms according to the needs of the employees. More companies now are breaking the barriers from a traditional and following an egalitarian approach.
Contemporary offices have created a positive and better work life. Enhancing the productivity and ensuring the collaboration of its staffs. Women are now considered equal to men in every aspect of any business and to encourage female workforce there must be a little of a feminine touch in every office fitouts. Here are few ideas you might want.
An employee is spending most of their time in an office and most likely sitting on a standard chair in front of a monitor on their desk. This needs to be changed. If your office is capable of investing in high-quality ergonomic chairs that could adjust its height, it would be great and can benefit your employee because these ergonomic chairs can relieve pressure in the spinal cord and eliminates the back pain while increasing the blood flow of an individual. Like for instance, women who have desk-based jobs face more calcium deficiency which reduces the bone density in addition to improper sitting that aggravates those health issues in women compared men.
And also, a fact that women are generally shorter than men that is why they need to raise their seats in order to work comfortably at their desk. This is applicable to some but for others whose foot will be hanging, that might be an odd posture. They might need a footrest to maintain their posture and eliminate discomfort. This will not only reduce stress but will also improve their productivity.
An ergonomic chair which is equipped with height adjustment to provide lumbar support is always recommended. If the workstation can also be adjusted its height or maybe a sit-stand desk could also be great as it can make flexible employees.
Sanitation is a problem that is often faced by employees in an organization. It would be great if companies could plan an area for basic wash facilities for women. A separate washroom with individual stalls preferably should be planned for female employees, equipped with basic facilities such as cabinets for keeping essentials of women. Bathrooms should have toilet roll holders and preferably with toilet rolls in it. This simple but thoughtful gesture will eliminate the inconvenience faced by women. Regular maintenance of bathroom is something that must be done not just for women but for all.
Hygiene is not limited to bathrooms only; it is applicable also to messy desks, air vents, unclean furniture and office space. Cleanliness must be given importance in any company. This will result in a better work environment in the entire workforce.