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Energy: new target of 32% from renewables by 2030 agreed by MEPs and ministers
32% EU-wide binding target for renewables by 2030
Cleaner transport based on more sustainable biofuels
New measures to support self-consumers
New EU ambitious targets for renewables, including self-consumption and biofuels, were agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators on Wednesday night.
Parliament and Council provisionally agreed on a share of energy from renewables of at least 32% of the Union's gross final consumption in 2030, with an upwards revision clause by 2023.
The two co-legislators decided to implement the "energy-efficiency first" principle, meaning prioritising, in all energy planning, policy and investment decisions, measures to make energy demand and supply more efficient.
Cleaner transports, greater use of second-generation biofuels
A minimum share of at least 14% of fuel for transport purposes must come from renewable sources by 2030. In particular:
first generation biofuel, based on food crops, must be capped at 2020 levels (with an extra 1%) and in no case exceed 7% of final consumption of road and rail transport;
the share of advanced biofuels and biogas must be at least 1% in 2025 and at least 3,5% in 2030.
Palm oil ban
Food-crop biofuels like palm oil, which have a high "indirect land use change" (ILUC, i.e. changing how land from non-crop cultivation, such as grasslands and forests, with a negative impact on CO2 emissions, is used), will be phased out through a certification process for low ILUC biofuels, which is to be set up.
Renewable Self-Consumer Era
According the provisional deal, member states must ensure that an EU consumer is entitled to become a renewable self-consumer, who may:
generate renewable energy for their own consumption, store and sell excess production;
install and operate electricity storage systems combined with installations generating renewable electricity for self-consumption, without liability for any double charge;
not to be subject to any charge or fee on self-consumed energy until 2026, with some limited exceptions foreseen thereafter;
receive remuneration for the self-generated renewable electricity they feed into the grid;
join renewable energy communities to integrate self-consumption into the transition to cleaner energy.
Clean and digital heating/cooling sector
The provisional deal provides a sub-target of an indicative 1,3% yearly increase of renewables in heating and cooling installations, calculated on a period of 5 years starting from 2021.
Member states must ensure that information on energy performance and the share of renewables in their district heating and cooling systems is provided to final consumers in an accessible manner. Customers of district heating or cooling systems that are not efficient are allowed to terminate their contracts in order to produce heating or cooling from renewable energy sources themselves.
The rapporteur for renewables José Blanco López (S&D, ES) said: "We have substantially improved the initial proposal and we finally managed to reach a compromise on a binding target of 32% of renewables in the energy mix 2030. For the first time, we have put in place a consistent strategy. We disincentivised investments in new production of food crop-based biofuels and we have pushed for the development and use of advanced biofuels".
"We also managed to strengthen self-consumption as a right, and included the Parliament's wish for a ban on charges and fees on self-consumed energy until 2026. The new directive will bring security and certainty to investors and will simplify the administrative procedures for renewable energy projects".
The rapporteur for the Environment committee, Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA, NL), said: "This final outcome sends a clear signal to the energy sector; investors know where the EU is going. In addition, there will soon be a revision to bring the legislation into line with the Paris Agreement. We are also creating a number of conditions that will make it more attractive for households and groups of households to generate their own energy".
"So far, EU countries have refused to admit anything, but the planned phasing out of palm oil is a real gain (…) The fact that the European Commission has not yet reached a full agreement and still wants to be able to block the deal shows how great the impact of this legislation is", he added.
The provisional deal now needs the approval of both EU ministers and MEPs. Once this is achieved, the law will enter into force 20 days after the date of publication in the EU's Official Journal. Member states will have to include the new elements of the Directive into national law by 30 June 2021.
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A Tory-led Government would push for the region's public sector staff to be paid a different rate, the deputy leader of the Labour Party claims.
In Gateshead to speak at the Northern TUC conference yesterday, Harriet Harman told the Sunday Sun she is "certain" regional pay is on David Cameron's agenda.
Prime Minister David Cameron vehemently denied the cabinet has a secret plan for regional pay when Sir Alan Beith, the former Lib Dem MP for Berwick, said last month his party had been the only thing standing between George Osborne and the scheme during the last Parliament.
But Ms Harman also claims the Tories privately plan a regional pay programme and dismisses the Government's "Northern Powerhouse" as a "gimmick".
"We have always opposed a breakdown of national pay structures and the Tories wanted to undermine trade union representation, as well," said Ms Harman.
"Certainly, the Lib Dems didn't stop them doing a lot of other things, such that they have been successful in the re-organisation of the NHS, but the Tories would otherwise have pressed on with a lot more privatisation and regional pay.
Ms Harman also visited the marginal Stockon South constituency, where Labour's Louise Baldock is taking on Tory James Wharton at next month's general election, as part of Labour's Woman to Woman campaign to win the female vote.
"I really feel that the North East, if we have another period of Tory-led government, will be hit hard if we drift out of the European Union," she said.
"The North is just not on the Tory agenda. If you think of all the issues that need to be tackled, like low pay, like improving services, like investment in infrastructure, the Tories have already shown that the region is not on their agenda.
She added that George Osborne's much-trumpeted plans to create a "Northern Powerhouse" that will rival London's economic dominance amounted to little with a backdrop of ongoing austerity.
"I think this Northern Powerhouse is a gimmick, because they are giving with one hand and taking away more with another. I don't think we are in any way convinced by the idea that there is anything like a Northern Powerhouse being created by the Tories." In a letter to Berwick Conservative Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the Prime Minister denied the Tories were planning to introduce regional pay.
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Officials: City treasurer resigned
Connie Lee
Carlsbad Current-Argus
CARLSBAD — Monica Harris, Carlsbad's former city treasurer and finance director, resigned from her position with the city last week, according to a statement released by City Administrator Steve McCutcheon on Monday.
Previously, McCutcheon was unable to comment on the reason for Harris' leave when the story was first reported on Feb. 25.
"During Ms. Harris's tenure the City's finances have always been reported to be appropriately managed," the statement said.
McCutcheon said that Harris' last day as treasurer was Feb. 19.
The city's statement said that she had been working with the city for 18 years before her resignation. It does not say why Harris resigned.
The city's former assistant treasurer, Lavelta Jenkins, is now acting in Harris' place. Jenkins has been assistant treasurer since March 2015.
According to Carlsbad's city website, the role of city treasurer is to "receive, disburse, and account for all moneys belonging to the City."
McCutcheon said the city is in the process of advertising for a new treasurer. He did not say when that posting would go public and was unsure of whether or not Jenkins would permanently take Harris' place.
Harris' leave was not discussed during the last council meeting because it missed the deadline for the agenda, but McCutcheon said that it will be included on the personnel report for the next one on March 8 at 6 p.m.
Edward Rodriguez, a city councilor, said that he was sorry to see Harris go.
"I'm sorry to see anyone leave a company," he said. "I wish her the best and I hope her life is happy and that the resignation was the right thing for her to do. The city will move forward."
Connie Lee may be reached at 575-628-5516.
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Palmview's Asset Forfeiture Program Suspended, Under Review
PALMVIEW – The city of Palmview is under review by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The city is reporting they have improperly used thousands of federal dollars.
Depending on the outcome of the review, Palmview may owe the government over $200,000. The Palmview director of finance describes as a hard hit for the small city.
Palmview's asset forfeiture program, the city manager says, is operated by the police department. It includes taking property that was involved in crimes.
The money from the confiscated property is then returned to the city.
Palmview was hit with a notice from the DOJ Monday.
Part of it reads, "MLARS (Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section) determined that the internal controls pertaining to the program do not provide reasonable assurance that program funds are protected against waste, fraud, and abuse."
City manager Leo Olivares says, "They did appreciate that we self-reported, but they were clear that there are consequences. We told them, 'We understand that,' and we offered our cooperation."
Olivares explains funds from their Asset Forfeiture Program were transferred into the city's general fund.
Finance director, Rachel Chapa adds, the federal dollars were also misused on travel expenses.
"They were paying for the Christmas parties, which you cannot pay for food or drink, unless it's an operation expense. They were also paying for the civil process fees and also paying independent contractors without any contracts," says Chapa.
Olivares says this is a case of clean money turned dirty.
Because of the violations, the city's Asset Forfeiture Program is not only suspended, but also under review by DOJ.
While under review, the city cannot touch any AFP money.
"Our assets are frozen, so we can't pay any bills with those funds right now," says Olivares. "We may be dropped from the program; from any proceeds, and we may have to pay back all these funds."
City expenses that were affected include paying off a communication software loan for regional dispatch.
Olivares is still positive the investigation will not hurt police department activities.
"Our P.D. is responding to calls. The services will continue without any break in services," he says.
The fate of the city's Asset Forfeiture Program won't be sealed until the DOJ is done with their review. The city is unsure of when that will be.
Officials believe the mishandling of money has gone on for at least six years.
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Tournament of Wonders: One Thing to Rule Them All
July 11, 2014 Steve English
The 2014 G Adventures Tournament of Wonders.
It's been a fascinating ride managing the first-ever Tournament of Wonders these past four weeks, but like all great journeys, eventually you reach the end. The Tournament wraps up this Sunday starting at noon EST, when Australia's Great Barrier Reef faces off against Ecuador's Galápagos Islands in the championship match. Once the matchup is live, book on over to gadvnt.rs/1ldacfh and make your vote count.
Great Barrier Reef – Queensland, Australia
Galápagos Islands – Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
When we sat down and decided to pit 32 of the world's greatest things against one another, we figured people would be interested. We had no idea you'd be this interested, though. Thousands of visitors from all over the world came back to vote day after day, and loads of you kept up the chatter on Facebook and Twitter. To everyone who voted and argued passionately for their favourite Wonders, thank you. You helped make the Tournament a success and a genuine joy to run.
The final is set, but how did we get here? Let's recap the journey of the tourney by diving into the stats.
Top overall vote-getters through group play
Great Barrier Reef (AUS)
Dja Faunal Reserve (CMR)
Galápagos Islands (ECU)
Old City of Dubrovnik (CRO)
Cordillera del Paine (CHI)
No surprises here, really. Both the Great Barrier Reef and the Galápagos crushed all comers throughout the group stage and the knockout rounds, ensuring a dream final that could go either way. Cordillera del Paine toppling Dja Faunal Reserve in the Significant 16 was the closest we came to an upset.
Bottom overall vote-getters through group play
Fado (POR)
Seokguram Grotto (KOR)
West African Vodun (NGA)
Tequila (MEX)
Matsumoto Tenshu (JPN)
Tequila's disastrous showing in the Tournament was probably the biggest surprise. Most of us here at Tournament Central figured the Blue Agaves would romp through the group stage and go deep into the knockout round, but Mexico failed to win a single matchup and was on the wrong end of several lopsided scores. As for Fado, well… sad songs say so much, namely: "Nobody wants to vote for me."
Tightest match
Argentine tango (ARG) vs Stari Most (BIH), June 15
This one literally came down to the wire, with Argentine tango getting the edge by literally a handful of votes when voting closed. Bosnia & Herzegovina were underdogs throughout the tournament, but most of their matchups were very close.
Galápagos Islands (ECU) vs Eiffel Tower (FRA), June 25
This one wasn't pretty to watch. The Eiffel Tower had performed pretty well throughout the Tournament, but in the end, sand and seals proved stronger than iron.
Surprising Dominance
Some Wonders performed well beyond expectations, namely the Dja Faunal Reserve (CMR), Taï National Park (CTI), and Persepolis (IRA), all of which went undefeated through the group stage. Persepolis' Cinderella run ended in the Fantastic 4 against (who else) the Galápagos Islands, but boy, what a run it was.
Huge Disappointments
When I selected Running of the Bulls as Spain's Tournament representative, I figured it would do well. It's an iconic, internationally recognized event that's considered virtually a rite of passage for adventure travellers. I was so, so wrong. Much like Tequila, the Bulls got gored in every single matchup. Better luck next time, I guess.
So, that's just about it for us here at the Tournament. Thanks again for taking part and spreading the word. We hope you had as great a time participating with it as we did putting it together. Why did some Wonders succeed and others failed? Tell us what you think in the comments below and keep the conversation going.
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Public pushes EPA for further Hudson cleanup
The EPA is reviewing the 2,000 comments on the Proposed Second Five-Year Review Report for the Hudson River.
Public pushes EPA for further Hudson cleanup The EPA is reviewing the 2,000 comments on the Proposed Second Five-Year Review Report for the Hudson River. Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: http://pojonews.co/2n2wlHW
Amy Wu, Poughkeepsie Journal Published 6:30 p.m. ET Jan. 22, 2018 | Updated 5:50 a.m. ET Jan. 23, 2018
The Hudson River PCB cleanup has reached a crossroad. In early 2018 the EPA is expected to finalize the second 5-year review of the cleanup, and respond to GE's request for a certificate of completion. Video by Amy Wu / The Poughkeepsie Journal. Wochit
GE was engaged in dredging the upper part of the Hudson River between 2009 to 2015.(Photo: Courtesy Photo)
While the future of the Hudson River cleanup remains unknown, the public has called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to continue the removal of PCBs.
The EPA is reviewing 2,000 comments on the Proposed Second Five-Year Review Report for the Hudson River. General Electric has requested a certificate of completion for its cleanup of cancer-causing poly-chlorinated biphenyls in the Hudson, but the EPA said in a Jan. 2 letter it was delaying judgment until it finalizes the five-year review of the river's recovery.
The comments — collected over a three-month period — mostly ask the EPA to deem the cleanup incomplete, and extend the comment period to allow the public more time to review the more-than-1,000-page report.
The EPA has posted the official comments, which represent 51 entities, on its website.
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The agency needs to complete the review of comments before finalizing the five-year report, which it has said will be ready in early 2018. The EPA then plans to issue a much-anticipated response to GE's request for a certificate of completion.
Hayley Carlock, the environmental advocacy attorney at Scenic Hudson, called the EPA's decision to post the comments "a great show of transparency by the agency, and it makes it absolutely clear the overwhelming support for additional cleanup in (the) upper Hudson."
Public comments have played a role in the EPA's decision to delay its response to GE on the completion certificate.
In a Jan. 2 letter to GE, the EPA's Gary Klawinski, director of the agency's Hudson River Office, cited "the number and complexity of comments submitted during the public comment period" and letters from elected officials as factors in the delay.
"I'd certainly think the comments had played a role in the delay," said Richard Webster, legal director for the Riverkeeper environmental organization. "I am not sure if it's the number or quality of the comments, but the number shows they want more cleanup."
Environmental groups and other interests pushed the EPA for an official public comment period, which did not occur in the first five-year review in 2012.
The sun sets behind the Walkway Over the Hudson as sheets of ice wash up on shore Jan. 5. (Photo: Patrick Oehler/Poughkeepsie Jour)
Review of public comments
A review of the comments found the highest number represented by local government in the mid-Hudson Valley and a wide variety of organizations, including chambers of commerce, unions, businesses and environmental groups. Other comments came from elected officials and government agencies.
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (Photo: Associated Press)
The public-comment period, which began on June 1 and ended on Sept. 1, attracted comments from U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Basil Seggos, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation; state Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, D-Hudson; local governments and companies, and environmental groups such as the Sierra Club, Scenic Hudson and Riverkeeper.
GE, the American conglomerate at the center of one of the largest environmental cleanups in modern history, also posted comments.
The following is a sample of comments representing various interests:
In a five-page letter, John Haggard, the GE project coordinator, included detailed information and data suggesting the company has met the EPA's requirements based on a 2006 consent decree. "GE is proud to have completed this unprecedented project that EPA selected, New York state endorsed, and both oversaw, and GE is proud of the environmental improvements that have been achieved so far, the result of a very productive working relationship," he wrote. "The data collected to date, and summarized in the Second FYR Report, demonstrates that the remedy — chosen by EPA with the concurrence of New York state — is reducing PCB levels as planned and shows why no additional dredging in the Upper or Lower Hudson is recommended or warranted." Next steps include more collection of scientific data as part of post-dredging monitoring, Haggard wrote.
Joseph Bonura Jr. owner of the Bonura Hospitality Group that owns high-profile businesses including the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel and Shadows on the Hudson, called on the EPA to deem the PCBs cleanup "not protective" of human health and the environment, hold more cleanup in the upper Hudson and launch a review of the lower Hudson, the roughly 150 miles of river not included in GE's cleanup. "Only additional dredging will make the Hudson healthy as soon as possible," he wrote.
Gil Hawkins, vice president of the Hudson River Fishermen's Association, is pushing for additional cleanup. "Though fish are important, the plight of the marinas in the lower river who cannot dispose of contaminated dredge spoils will go on much longer," he wrote.
Schumer made note of public meetings on the five-year review held in Poughkeepsie and Saratoga Springs and asked the EPA for a public information meeting in New York City "to give the maximum number of New Yorkers who live adjacent to the Hudson River an opportunity to participate in the public-comment process." He added that the EPA should reach out to more under-served communities including "elderly, disabled, low-income and other residents who have hectic schedules."
Seggos, in a letter dated June 7, asked the EPA to extend the public-comment process to 90 days and said the DEC needed more time to review the draft five-year review. "To be clear, DEC has concluded that USEPA-led cleanup of the Hudson River is incomplete and the findings of the USEPA's draft Five Year Review Report are unacceptable and not based on science," he wrote.
Barrett wrote, "We are asking the EPA to stand up for the people that live by, work on, and visit the majestic Hudson River, and tell GE to take responsibility for the tremendous damage it has done to the river and the local economy. The EPA must require GE to achieve 'protective' status for the entire 200-mile stretch of the Hudson River ensuring that PCB levels are truly safe for humans and the environment."
Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, in a letter dated June 28, said the cleanup was part of environmental protection and the region's economic revitalization. "The Hudson's ability to achieve these objectives depends on the successful completion of the PCB cleanup, which is needed to improve the economy, health and quality of the life of citizens in Dutchess Country and throughout the Hudson Valley," he wrote.
Then-Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino called the river a "keystone of the Hudson Valley's multi-billion-dollar tourism industry," and said it plays an important role in economic projects in the pipeline, including fishing and marine transport on the Champlain Canal.
Ian Doromal, vice president of ecoSPEARS, a company that has products that extract PCBs from sediments, pitched their product to the EPA as a solution for future cleanup.
While the comment period is over, the lobbying for further cleanup continues.
Scenic Hudson's Carlock said the group is urging the community to contact the EPA Region 2's new chief, Pete Lopez.
Pete Lopez is the head of the EPA Region 2. (Photo: Courtesy Photo)
"We are asking people to let him know how much a clean Hudson River means to them. The public outcry and engagement on the issue is the reason we've gotten so far," Carlock said.
GE dumped PCBs into the river from its manufacturing sites along the Hudson.
Amy Wu: 845-451-4529, awu@poughkeepsiejournal.com; Twitter: @wu_PoJo
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As with education and music résumés, art résumés are very similar to the traditional résumé. Headshots and/or images should not be used on a résumé, but can be displayed on your website or portfolio (more about those later). Some artistic fields, such as Graphic Design, may use create formats. The style will depend on the positon or organization with whom you are applying. It is common for artists to have two résumés: a traditional version and a creative one. Artist résumés may be longer than one page because there are generally more sections to include. However, use space wisely and avoid using a second page unless absolutely necessary. If you do need two pages, make sure to include your name on the second page. Below are some other differences for art résumés.
Include date, name of grant and name of granting institution if applicable.
Include the date, title of the show, gallery/venues, curator (if applicable) and city and state.
You can separate solo and group exhibitions or keep them under one heading. If you keep them together, include solo or group in the description. Make sure you give credit to collaborative projects by including the names of your collaborators.
Once you have many shows under your belt, you might want to change the heading to Selected Exhibitions. Then you can pick and choose shows that best reflect your career.
"This section should include reviews, articles, books and magazines published about you and your art. You can also include radio and TV interviews.
Format as follows: Name of Writer, "Title of Article," Title of Publication, Date or issue number, Page number, URL (if applicable).
Only include if your work is in a serious collection, like a museum or famous collector. Do not include friends and family in this section.
Make sure to get permission from private collectors to include their name.
Include the organization or individual's name as well as the city and state.
Only list galleries whose working relationships with you are current.
Include the organization and city and state.
Include the year, name and location.
Include the author, title, publication name, city & state, date and page numbers.
Often times galleries, employers and clients will ask for a "standard package" or "documentation." This usually includes 10-20 images of your work, your résumé, press clippings, a cover letter and sometimes a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Don't send snapshots, photocopies, headshots, brochures or postcards.
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Kloss ou Kloß :
 Cecil Boden Kloss, un ornithologue et un zoologiste britannique (1877 - 1949).
 Frederik Theodor Kloss, un peintre allemano-danois (1802-1876).
 Henry Kloss, un ingénieur du son et homme d'affaires (1929 – 2002).
 Heinz Kloss, un linguiste allemand (1904 - 1987).
 Ilana Kloss, une joueuse de tennis sud-africaine (1956 -).
 Marco Kloss, un chanteur de schlager allemand (1973 -).
 Stefanie Kloß, chanteuse du groupe Silbermond.

Voir aussi
 Le Gibbon de Kloss (Hylobates klossii), une espèce de gibbon. Un primate de la famille des hylobatidés.
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AIR = 3 Maximum speed the GPS will receive at is 1000knots/1150mph/1800kmh. Useful altitude from -2000 to +50,000 meters.
The default setting for the GPS receiver used in Raveon's M7 series of GPS transponders and Atlas PL Transponders is LAND.
The default LAND operating parameters allow the receiver to perform well in most environments. Transponders with firmware version C12 or higher are able to view the GPS receiver's configured dynamics, and change the dynamic mode between AIR, LAND, and SEA. Upon power up, the firmware reads the internal GPS receiver's current configuration.
The user can optimize the internal GPS receiver in the transponder to a particular application. If the receiver is then taken out of this environment, the specifically tuned receiver may not operate as well as a receiver with the default options.
The dynamics feature default setting is LAND mode, where the receiver assumes a moderate dynamic environment. In this case, the satellite search and re-acquisition routines are optimized for vehicle type environments. In SEA mode, the search and re-acquisition routines assume a low acceleration environment. In AIR mode, the search and reacquisition routines are optimized for high acceleration conditions.
The GPS receiver configuration may be determined by using the GX command to show the overall configuration of the M7 or Atlas PL transponder. The "Dynamics" command will also return a string in the following format that indicates how the GPS receiver in the transponder is currently configured.
This is the minimum elevation angle for satellites to be used in a solution output by the receiver. Satellites which are near the horizon are typically more difficult to track due to signal attenuation, and are also generally less accurate due to higher variability in the ionospheric and tropospheric corruption of the signal. When there are no obstructions, the receiver can generally track a satellite down to near the horizon.
This mask defines the minimum signal strength for a satellite used in a solution. There is some internal hysteresis on this threshold which allows brief excursions below the threshold if lock is maintained and the signal was previously above the mask.
When issuing the DYNAMICS x command, give the GPS receiver a few seconds to execute it. The M7's firmware will also send a "flash save" command to the GPS receiver after the dynamics configuration is changed so that the change becomes permanent in the GPS receiver. Upon power-up, the GPS receiver will use the new dyncamics setting.
To verify the dynamics setting was saved, cycle power on the M7 or Atlas PL, enter the CONFIG mode, and enter the GX command to view the overall configuration of the device. The GPS receiver dynamics will be displayed.
To facilitate the advanced user, Raveon added a command "PASS" in the C12 firmware. PASS will pass the parameter of the command to the internal GPS receiver in NMEA format. The GPS receiver used in the M7 transponder and ATLAS PL personal locator is a Trimble Copernicus II. The technical manual for the Copernicus II contains details on how to configure it using NMEA type messages.
For example, to set the GPS receiver to AIR mode, issue the following command while in the command mode.
The command's paramter is a NMEA formatted sentence without the * or the checksum. The M7 or Atlas will append the * and the checksum to the sentence before sending it to the internal GPS receiver. To set the dynamics, use the DYNAMICS x command, not the PASS command. The PASS command is provided to the advanced user who wished to reconfigure the receiver's low-level configiruation paramters such as signal and elevation masks.


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'Fa Teaching to Australian Practitioners' reveals greed and strife in Falun Gong
2007-11-06 Source:Kaiwind Author:By: Qin Qiongshan
In the "Fa teaching to the Australian Practitioners", Li Hongzhi said, "The biggest problem is that the followers do not act in concert with each other...Where there are any project or thing to be done, they struggle with each other before doing." "The followers often said that 'I'm here not for working. I'm here practicing'...these words show that they stand opposite to the social reality and against all aspects of the actual live." Here, Li Hongzhi publicly admitted that among Falun Gong organizations there existed problems such as not attending to their proper duties, struggling with fellow practitioners, greediness, etc.
Li Hongzhi specifically gave the following example: "In other areas, there are Dafa followers operating companies to help other followers and offer an environment of both working and practicing. This is a very good thing, but some people just don't do the right thing, claiming 'I'm here not for working but for practicing', messing up the business of the company. So what? The owner had nothing to say." This is just a good support of a recent event that has been the focus on the Internet: Duan Huizhi, a Falun Gong practitioner with dual nationalities of Brazil and the United States, sued E Yuefeng and Zhou Mei (reporter and compere of NTDTV), two key members of Falun Gong in the U.S.
On August 28, 2007, Duan Huizhi, boss of the Crystal Palace Company that runs the wholesale business of crystal and jade in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit with the federal district court of Los Angeles, charging E Yuefeng, former manager of the company, and Zhou Mei, former employee of the company (who is now the reporter and compere of NTDTV), of misappropriating and stealing a total amount of US$235,000 from the company.
Duan Huizhi described himself as a devout Falun Gong practitioner running companies both in the mainland of China and in Brazil. In order to take care of Dafa practitioners, since 2003, his Crystal Palace Company in Los Angeles hired only fellow Dafa practitioners as employees. As the company was doing well with its business, in order to develop the company faster and open up chain stores in the United States, the less competent manager was laid off, and E Yuefeng, who was also a Dafa practitioner, was employed as the manager of the Crystal Palace Company with the recommendation of Dafa practitioner Pu Zhanxiong in November 2003. E Yuefeng then employed Zhou Mei as the accountant for the company.
Later, an audit of company accounts showed that Zhou Mei helped E Yuefeng misappropriate of company assets in her first month in the company to express her thanks E Yuefeng for employing her. For example, from December 2003 to May 2004, an important customer made ten purchases from the company, the average purchase was around US$13,000. Zhou Mei, accountant of the company, only recorded the amount of money in the account without collecting the cash, letting E Yuefeng embezzle all the payments (later,the company only took back three payments). So far, the provable company accounts have already shown that E Yuefeng, together with Zhou Mei, embezzled a total amount of US$158,600 of payments of goods. At the same time, E Yuefeng also paid Zhou Mei back, allowing her to reimburse invoices kept since the year 2000 of her personal consumption from the company (the reimbursement of her 5 cell phones for instance). In few months, E Yuefeng approved for the reimbursement of as much as US$74,900 of the personal expenses of Zhoumei. Moreover, Zhou Mei bought several GPS instruments with E Yuefeng for personal use with the money of the company, but nothing was shown in the company accounts. When these things exposed, a dozen of Falun Gong practitioners including Zhou Mei and E Yuefeng quit in September 2004 without handing over company accounts, client lists and bills.
Duan Huizhi said that being a Dafa practitioner too, out of truth, compassion, and forbearance, it was difficult for him to believe that the fellow practitioners for whom he trusted so much could ever do such treacherous things. Following the master's teaching of being a good man, he did not make it public but had talks with E Yuefeng and Zhou Mei in an effort to settle the thing privately. He made it clear to them that as long as they return the company assets, he would let bygones be bygones. However, his efforts all failed. Zhou Mei played for time and excused herself by saying that she was short of cash at the time, and what she "borrowed" from the company would be paid back in the future. E Yuefeng only returned a small part of the stolen money, hiding away or just "disappearing". And Zhou Mei paid back nothing so far. (http://www.peacehall.com/forum/boxun2007b/376424.shtml)
In recent years, swindlers among the Dafa practitioners emerged endlessly. Unlike other fraud, the Dafa swindlers liked to cheat their own men, those "immortal" fellow practitioners being the preferred ones. To this point, the moaning of Duan Huizhi, which was confirmed by Li Hongzhi, was a very good demonstration. Actually, scandals such as E Yuefeng and Zhou Mei among Falun Gong practitioners are not accidental.
As early as on October 10, 2002, an article entitled "I Uncovered the True Colors of Falun Gong in Canada - the Process of a Chinese Canadian Fighting Against Falun Gong Cult Organization Overseas" was published on Page 4 of the Overseas Edition of People's Daily. In this article, Chinese Canadian Ms. Katherine said that she started practicing Falun Gong when she immigrated to Canada in 1995. In 1997, she and her husband broke up because of her practice of Falun Gong, and her husband moved to live in the United States by himself. On May 22, 1999, she attended a Dafa gathering in New York, at which Li Hongzhi held her hand and said, "For this chance of a lifetime for practicing the Dafa of the universe, affections between couples or parents and children are nothing. We should attach no importance to wealth, putting it aside. We should let more people know the Dafa, delivering more of them." Later, Zhou, a key member of Falun Gong in North America, came to her and asked her to help Li Hongzhi's brother, Li Donghui, who lived a hard life for "promoting Dafa". Arranged by Zhou, one day in April 2001, she met Li Donghui in the hall of a shopping mall in Toronto. Li asked her to print a set of portraits, books, banners, and slogans, and to donate US$50,000 to build a practice base. After that, Li Donghui called her four times for the US$50,000. At a Dafa gathering in Toronto in May 2001, as he did not get the money, Li Donghui slanged her publicly, and threatened to kill her if she did not give him the money. Later, Li Donghui gathered together some key members of Falun Gong and launched personal abuse and insult of Ms. Katherine and injured her time and again, which caused her to report to the police for protection many times. Such are Master Li and his Brother! His followers' corruption and ruining other people's business are surely outshone.
The illness is with the followers, but the root is with Master Li Hongzhi.
Li Hongzhi is himself good at accumulating wealth by unfair means, which is indeed a model for his followers. So it is said that when those high up do not set a good example, the subordinates cannot be expected to behave well. Li Hongzhi and Falun Gong claim to "teach Gong for free" and "deliver people without charge", but according to reliable evidence, from May 1992 to the end of 1994, Li Hongzhi himself illegally earned over RMB2.84 million through teaching 56 sessions of "Falun Gong" classes. He also made an illegal profit of RMB42.29 million by making, publishing, issuing, and selling Falun Gong books, videos, costumes and other items related to practicing Falun Gong. Cheating the money of sweat and toil from the followers, he also evaded state taxation and accumulated tremendous amount of wealth. Becoming an upstart, he bought villas, luxurious cars, and passports as well as going to pornographic places and receiving pornographic services. After arriving in the United States, Li Hongzhi bought a house in a top residential area in the Boroughs of Queens, New York, with US$293,500. At the beginning of 1999, Li Hongzhi bought another villa of 4,600 square meters near Princeton University, New Jersey, with US$580,000 in the name of his wife Li Rui, a private swimming pool alone worthing US$24,000. He also bought a red sports car, leading a life of debauchery. It is not strange at all that such a master would have followers that are corruptive and good at inner struggling.
Li Hongzhi is also good at "struggling" too. Before his "showing up", he was good at doing things like beating up neighbours and deflating the bicycle tyres of co-workers. In the early years of making up Falun Gong with Li Changfeng, Liu Fengcai, Song Bingchen and Zhao Jiemin, he put all the money earned into his own pockets, and kicked them aside when they succeeded, blaming these people of "too greedy". When Li Chang and Yao Jie uncovered some inside stories of Falun Gong, Master Li instigated some of his followers to call them "Judas". The news media was just making some different comments on Falun Gong, but Li Hongzhi asked his followers to launch besieges. When the Chinese government cracked down on Falun Gong, he incited followers to encircle Chinese Embassies and Consulates every day. When the Singaporean government punished several law-breaking Falun Gong practitioners, Li again instigated practitioners to attack the Singaporean government and charged its former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew...
There is no truth, compassion or forbearance in the genes of Falun Gong. It is full of greed, falsity, ugliness, evil and fighting. Without accumulating money, Falun Gong would not be able to support its huge propaganda machine and their expenditure. Without degeneration and corruption, it would not be able to gather together the will of its key members. Without inside struggle, it would not be able to couple threats with bribes to the followers to make them follow Li Hongzhi obediently. Therefore, in his "Preaching for the Australian Practitioners", Li Hongzhi was only putting on airs by criticizing the followers, his only purpose being preventing them from acting too excessively and publicly so as to protect his fundamental interests.
(Kaiwind, October 17, 2007)
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We still love Meli'sa Morgan!
When Meli'sa Morgan hits those first few notes, it is nearly impossible to dislodge her from your soul because the girl can saaang! Even though there was fierce singing competition from the divas of yestercentury's 80s and early 90s, Meli'sa found firm recognition by helping to further mold the pure R&B sound of the times.
Meli'sa's silky vocal blend of R&B and jazz influences is evidenced by her impressive nostalgia-tapping playlist–Do Me Baby, Fool's Paradise and Love Changes (featuring Kashif), just to name a few. When Meli'sa uses her vocal gifts to impeccably channel the anguish and hurt she feels when she asks the question, Do You Still Love Me? as a woman or man, the soul-oriented cut makes you brace yourself for an answer you do not want to hear.
The singer/songwriter, who was born in Queens, New York, grew up in a household where music reigned supreme. Not only was Meli'sa's immediate family members music aficionados but the appreciation for the art form extended to her other relatives as well. She'd love going from family house-to-house on the weekends to celebrate occasions and music was always front and center. As a youth, singing in her church choir also helped point Meli'sa in the direction of a singing career later.
Meli'sa, who graduated high school at age 15, and began writing songs at 16, eventually landed singing gigs. She was tapped to be the lead singer of the group, Shades of Love, who recorded the 1982 dance club smash, Keep In Touch (Body to Body). The songstress briefly went on to perform with the group High Fashion, who recorded Feelin Lucky Lately. She then made the switch from singing in the foreground to the background for such creatives as Chaka Khan (a strong musical influence), Whitney Houston, and Melba Moore.
In 1986, Meli'sa challenged herself musically and embarked on a creative pursuit of self. She recorded an iconic debut album, Do Me Baby, that heralded her as a solo artist. Meli'sa went on to record several more albums over the years. Currently, the sultry performer continues to tour the country showcasing her vocal prowess and reminding her fans how she has cemented her standing in R&B herstory.
The still ever beautiful and vibrant Meli'sa Morgan chatted with 50BOLD.com about all things Meli'sa.
50BOLD: You are a homegirl, I just found this out recently. You're from my hometown of Queens, New York. I am from St. Albans!
Meli'sa: I'm so proud to be from Queens. I'm from Corona and 34th Avenue. I will always love Queens and as a matter of fact, I still have a condo there. I've always just enjoyed being a part of the Queens community.
50BOLD: Let's chat for a brief minute about your upbringing. Was music always front and center in your life?
Meli'sa: In our home, we always listened to music. In my family from my mother and father, to my aunts and uncles; we would party every weekend. They'd go from club to club, bar to bar, house to house if it was someone's birthday or for some event. We always had music, happiness, partying, and fun around our household. And no matter what was going on during the week, or on the weekends, there was always a party.
50BOLD: It was on and poppin' in your world for sure! (laughs)
Meli'sa: And growing up when we'd see our parents dressed up and going out on the weekends, we wanted to emulate how they dressed. So, when they'd leave and we kids would be left with a babysitter. We'd be listening to music, dancing, and singing. We'd dress up and act like the Supremes. And one of my sisters would say, "Let's dress up for mommy and do a show for her." And we did. We did the Supremes and I did Aretha Franklin. There certainly was talent in our house.
Meli'sa and Kashif
50BOLD: And lots of it from what you've described!
Meli'sa: Yes, and then my mother would ask us to perform for my aunts when they'd come over. And my mom would say that if we did well, she'd take us to amateur night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. And this was just her way of getting us to perform. She never took us to the Apollo, but you know, years later when I became famous, I graced that stage several times.
50BOLD: So, you were given a little nudge towards becoming a performer.
Meli'sa: Yes.
50BOLD: You graduated high school at age 15. Wow! What an accomplishment!
Meli'sa: Yes, I'm thankful to my parents for putting me in preschool, preschool, preschool. (laughs). So, by the time I graduated, I was 15 ½ and was like, OK, what do I do now? So, I toured Canada. I joined a group, Business Before Pleasure, and toured Canada for a year.
50BOLD: If it wasn't for music, what career path would you have pursued?
Meli'sa: Well, I was going to be an executive secretary and on my way up the corporate ladder of Chase Manhattan Bank when Keep in Touch (Body to Body) became a hit record. So, I think I would have remained in banking as an executive of some sort. I was doing really really well before leaving my banking job.
50BOLD: Wait, you just blew my mind! You mentioned the song Keep in Touch (Body to Body) which is an all-time favorite dance tune of mine. Are you on that recording?
Meli'sa: Yes, I am on that recording. (laughs) I sang on that record. I sang the heck out of that recording because the lead singer never showed up!
50BOLD: You know, I can actually hear your voice singing that song. And I don't know how in the world did I not make the connection! I think the group was Shades of…
Meli'sa: Shades of Love. So, the lead singer of the group never showed up and we were happy about it! In New York, we were paid $50 each for singing background back in the day. When the lead didn't show up, we were offered an additional $75 if one of us background singers would step up and take her place. I volunteered.
I sang the song and literally two weeks later, it was on the radio. Yeah, and it became like a smash hit but there was no real group. I was sort of thrown together to form a singing group with these pretty young ladies who could not sing. I tried to rehearse with them and do the choreography and all but it was never going to work because they could not sing. Anyway, I was booked as the lead singer of Shades of Love. This was the beginning of my getting into the recording world.
50BOLD: I just can't believe I didn't connect your voice with Keep in Touch. I LOVE when you really start wailing.
Meli'sa: Yeah and it was a good time. We did all the gay clubs back in the day, especially in NY. It was so much fun, you know. The LGBTQ community just loved me from the beginning. And we had just the best time. I mean it was just a wonderful time musically back then.
50BOLD: And it's a shame because these kids today don't have a clue as to what good music is all about.
Meli'sa: It is very scary! The kids today know the current music, but don't know their music history. They don't know Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Now, I'm going to tell you what is, even more, scarier is that they don't even know Marvin Gaye!
50BOLD: Truth! I get into discussions about music all the time with my nieces and nephews! Ok, so you are a Juilliard School-trained vocalist. And we all know the school is one of the most highly respected institutions in the country with an admissions process that is rigorous. How difficult was it to keep it up once you were accepted?
Meli'sa: Well, the wonderful thing about Juilliard is that I was accepted after singing a song. But I didn't go there for singing. I went to Juilliard to learn music theory for a better understanding of chordal and vocal structure. I didn't go to Juilliard to sing opera. I wanted to sing in the why of A, B, C, D, and all that.
I eventually left Juilliard to go out on tour with Chaka Khan because I was like, OK, I can stay at the school or go out and learn from someone I idolized.
Chaka just taught me so much, she really did. And then after her, I learned a lot touring with Kashif and working on my own album. What I learned from Juilliard became very instrumental; so when someone would play something, musically, I understood how it all came together.
50BOLD: You sang background for most of the greats like Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, and one of my favorites, Melba Moore, whom I interviewed. Who were some of your favorite artists to work with back then?
Meli'sa: I really enjoyed working with Chaka. She was just wonderful on the road. She wanted to teach you and then after you're taught, she'd tell you to fly; go do your thing. And she wanted to hear about you. Besides me, Vesta Williams, we were a few of the ones who had worked with Chaka and really flew.
I also enjoyed working with Kashif because he was a wonderful teacher. He helped you understand how to make things work in the studio. There are different levels of being a good artist. The talent is something you have but how to use the talent in different scenarios of the music industry is what's most important. What you do as a singer is different from what you do in the studio. You have to know how to use your instrument. So, each person taught me different things.
50BOLD: How did you meet Whitney?
Meli'sa: Working with Kashif is how I met Whitney Houston because he was producing two songs on her album. So, when I met Whitney, she walked into the studio as she was speaking to someone on the phone.
"Mom, if you don't call me I'm going change my number. I'm changing my number! I mean it Mom! I mean it!" I thought, 'Oh my God, who is she talking to like that? You can't talk to your Mom like that!' She was probably speaking to her mom, Cissy Houston? That's the kind of command she had.
Whitney went on to say, "I told her. She wouldn't stop calling because she's driving me crazy! I'm changing my numbers." I was like, 'Oh my God, why is this 18-year-old girl telling her mother she's going to change her number!' WOW!
50BOLD: Did you have a relationship with Whitney and if so, what was it like?
Meli'sa: This is how we met. "You can't tell your Mom…" And she was like, "Yes I can! Who's telling me I can't?" I responded, "This is Meli'sa!" Whitney then says, "Oh you're going to be a background singer? Oh really? You've got some nerve talking to me like that. Where you from?" I told her I was from Queens. Whitney then said, "Well, I'm from New Jersey, dah dah dah!" I said, "Girl come on in here, and let's go do this thing!"
50BOLD: How did Whitney's tragic death affect you?
Meli'sa: I was devastated. Just devastated! I never talked about this; it's the weirdest thing. We knew that she was going through things, you know, before her death. Actually, Whitney's people called me to say they were going to do an intervention and asked if I would go and speak with them. They felt that hearing from someone Whitney knew from the beginning like me, would maybe trigger something.
We wanted to let Whitney know that we all loved her. And I was like sure, sure, I'll do something like that. But unfortunately, she passed away before anything took place. It was really sad. I always loved running into her. We didn't talk all the time, but I know her family. I just went to Pat and Gary Houston's (Whitney's brother) house for a birthday party for their daughter. Whitney's death was life-changing, a big wake-up call for me that tomorrow is not promised.
So, I treasure every single day and every moment. I treat myself right because you just never know. And then to go to Whitney's funeral and see her daughter Bobbi Kristina… I gave her a hug and in just a few short years later, she was gone!
50BOLD: It is all so tragic but thank you so much for sharing. Your timeless hit, Do Me Baby was sexuality to the tenth power back then. What was the inspiration for the cut? And did you receive any backlash for the raciness of the lyrics? I love Prince's version of the song but Meli'sa Morgan, well, you blew the previous rendition away!
Meli'sa: Well, you know, we've had previous female singers who touched upon sexuality like Millie Jackson. And don't forget Sylvia Robinson's song Pillow Talk, which was very sexual. Groups like the Supremes fluffed sexuality with songs like You Can't Hurry Love.
I was one of the few female singers who sang a sexual song that was very direct and Do Me Baby told you what I wanted and needed. The song was a different level of sexual expression. And I didn't receive any backlash after recording it. I think I didn't receive backlash because of my talent and delivery of the song.
Meli'sa and 50BOLD.com entertainment writer, Russell Wilson
50BOLD: What do you think of today's R&B? Who do you listen to when you want to just kick back and chill or shake a leg?
Meli'sa: Well, my fiancé is younger and a product of this new era of music. He listens to performers like Lil Baby, Drake, and other rap artists. But he also knows the Supremes and my music.
I didn't do an album for a few years after Still in Love With You because I wanted to buy a house and do all this stuff—live, work and make money. During my break, I realized that R&B was dying from the end of the mid-90s until the 2000s.
Hip-hop and what they call urban music were killing R&B off because it was just another generation that was stronger in the music industry. They were also cheaper to produce. By that time a Meli'sa Morgan album would've cost you half a million dollars to put out. By that time doing a Stephanie Mills album would've been 750K to a million dollars to make it work.
Now, you have these performers coming into the game saying, 'Hey give me $100,000 and I'm yours.' Why do a Meli'sa Morgan album for half a million dollars, when we can work with this performer for much cheaper? These kinds of performers changed the game.
R&B music has transformed into urban. R&B is not even used as a label anymore. So, literally, we lost R&B for like 10, 15 years, it got shoved to make way for hip-hop, urban, neo-soul, and all that stuff.
Our young people are not being exposed to our R&B history. We need to do something to preserve this legacy of R&B because it is going to be completely gone if we don't. And that's why I fight to stay visible and do cover shows.
I really do love what Ledisi is doing btw. My hat's off to her. I pray for her all the time because I'm like girl, you're paving a new yellow brick road for our genre of music.
50BOLD: Well, it's good to know you're making moves to keep the real music alive. You spoke about your fiancé; so you're engaged! You mentioned, how he is younger so, is he keeping you youthful and vibrant? You are still so beautiful and fit, what is your regimen?
Meli'sa: Well, you know, we started walking. I don't know about you but a lot of people I know have high blood pressure. We had to learn to reel in the worry, stress, eating, and everything! Walking helped us lose weight. During the COVID quarantine, we walked, exercised outside, took our vitamins, and all that stuff. Now, we're about to get back into the gym.
Meli'sa doing what she does best!
50BOLD: I put on the quarantine 20 instead of 15 pounds during the pandemic. But I received a good tip from Melba Moore when I interviewed her. I asked Melba about her exercise regimen which she does on her bed. She flexes and stretches her entire body and all from the comfort of her mattress! Melba is 75 but sure doesn't look it! Switching gears, what have you got going on these days?
Meli'sa: I've got some wonderful stuff going on these days. I have a song coming out. We are so excited about the cut. It really captures the heart of R&B with an urban twist. I'm really excited about my new music.
I also did a movie called Footprints of an Angel and it previewed last month in Southampton (NY). The film will tentatively be out next year in March. I act and also get to sing a lead song in the film. So, we're very, very excited! I play the mother of a young girl who is dying from cancer. Acting was an entirely new area for me to tap into but I've been wanting to get into the field for many, many years. It was all such a great experience.
50BOLD: Wow, it will be so good to hear you sing again. Any plans for a memoir? I also think you'd be an outstanding spokesperson to address the state of music as it stands now in a documentary.
Meli'sa: You know, I would love to do something like a documentary and memoir. Regarding writing a book, I'm going to have to explore this a little bit more. And now, I'm involved in this movie and working with people who can help me in this area. I'm more interested in it. So yeah, I would like to do something down the line soon.
50BOLD: I sure hope so. I think it would be great to discuss the rise and perhaps fall of R&B along with creatives like Melba Moore, Regina Belle, and Valerie Simpson whom I also interviewed. These are all phenomenal women who can speak on the topic of R&B in a documentary.
Meli'sa: Oh, my goodness, you just put a stamp on it! These are my aunties, I'm telling you. I love them! I do like what you said about an R&B documentary and getting the message out about how we should not lose this legacy. It is music that was created as part of our history.
50BOLD: How has COVID changed or altered the music biz?
Meli'sa: We used to have great managers. We used to have record companies that would work with you, attentive agents, and all of that. And I want to tell you right now, COVID has changed it ALL! Agents can barely book you. Now, you really have to be self-contained so to speak. I have my own management company. We basically incorporate management and production to streamline things. You have to be hands-on with your career these days to make it go in the direction you want it to go.
50BOLD: Now, tell me Meli'sa, where can folks find you on social media?
Meli'sa: Oh, I'm on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. I also have my own YouTube channel, I'll be building that up because you need it nowadays. YouTube is great for letting people know what you're doing.
I also have a website, melisamorgan1.com. On my site, there is updated info on my concerts and everything like that. On Instagram, I showcase my wonderful hobbies like my chocolate-covered strawberry edibles, crochet pieces, and love of flowers. I do enjoy it all.
I also do renovations. I just bought land and will be building my dream home from the ground up. So, my fans can follow my lifestyle journey on the sites.
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The major search engines use microdata to better understand the content of your site. Microdata allows search engines to easily see the key information for each article, including the main image, the author, the publication date, and so on.
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Paste the URL or the source code of one of your articles.
If you try this tool with sites in localhost, it will throw errors on image URLs since a domain is required.
We didn't add support for the "mainEntityOfPage" property, so you may see a warning. This is not a required property, but we'll consider adding support in a future version of Wright.
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Boston Renegades was an American women's soccer team, founded in 2003. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference. The team folded after the 2009 season.

The team played its home games in the stadium on the campus of Wayland High School in the city of Wayland, Massachusetts, 15 miles west of downtown Boston. The team's colors are red and white.

The team is a sister organization of the former men's Cape Cod Crusaders team, which played in the USL Premier Development League until 2009.

Players

Squad 2009

Club Officials
 Peter Bradley, Technical Director
 Jon Coles, Director of Operations
 Andrew Moir, Director of Media
 Graham Munro, Director of Corporate Sales

Notable former players

  Michelle Barr
  Shannon Boxx
  Niki Cross
  Ásthildur Helgadóttir
  Angela Hucles
  Laura Kalmari
  Allison Martino
  Ciara McCormack
  Mary Therese McDonnell
  Ashley Phillips
  Ashlee Pistorius
  Becky Sauerbrunn
  Kylla Sjoman
  Lisa Stoia
  Jodie Taylor
  Denise Thomas
  Sanna Valkonen

Year-by-year

Honors
 USL W-League New England Division Champions 2004
 USL W-League Northern Division Champions 2003

Coaches
  Darren Gallagher 2008–present

Stadia
 Bowditch Stadium, Framingham, Massachusetts 2008-date
 Stadium at Whitman-Hanson High School, Whitman, Massachusetts 2008 (1 game)

References

External links
Boston Renegades/Mass Premier Soccer

Women's soccer clubs in the United States
Soccer clubs in Massachusetts
Sports in Framingham, Massachusetts
USL W-League (1995–2015) teams
2003 establishments in Massachusetts
2009 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Wayland, Massachusetts
Association football clubs established in 2003
Association football clubs disestablished in 2009


Would you like to be able to crush all of your mental tasks without feeling stressed and have the time and energy to rip it up daily with your physical exercise regimen.
Or "I've got too many responsibilities, family, work, kids etc".
Have you ever known someone a lot older than you who seems to have more energy?
Have you ever met someone who seems to be be accomplishing goals, traveling, and maintaining their fitness levels and family responsibilities?
Over the last 20 years I've worked with high performers in every walk of life and I've found one thing in common. The one's who take their nutrition seriously are the one's who consistently perform at a high level without succumbing to the pressures of life in the modern world.
Let's identify the problem and the most common threads to what these high performers are doing daily to consistently bring their A-game to daily life.
Facts are: most people are currently living their life in an un-optimized state. Right now, as you're sitting there, you may only be at around 30% of where you should be.
You lack the energy to go about your day to day life (unless you have a few cups of coffee surging through your veins, that is).
We as a nation are simply not following the high performance nutrition we need to be. And it's a shame. You only get so much time on this planet, do you really want to waste it feeling miserable?
For many, they often don't even realize just how miserable they actually feel. The reason? They have just felt like this for too long.
It has become their new normal.
Even sadder, many often think they're optimized because they just don't know any better. There really is so much more to life when you are living in an optimized body.
So this now begs the question, how can you get there? How can you become optimized? What can you do to ensure that you are feeling your very best?
Check out the video below for an overview of what high performance nutrition entails and the best supplements you can use.
In order to for you to take action and begin your journey to complete optimization, it helps to learn why you need to do the things you should be doing.
When you can see how everything fits together like a nice puzzle, then it'll 'click' in your mind why following a certain order of things is essential.
So let's walk you through the key steps that you must take to achieving superior health and well-being.
If you're involved in intense workout sessions, chances are you came here looking to find information on creatine, fat burners, and of the like.
While these may have a place in a nutritional protocol, they have no place until your foundation is built.
It'd be like spending all your time in the gym doing bicep curls and lateral raises and never ever performing a bench press or row.
You need to do those foundational exercises first to really gain strength and develop lean muscle mass.
At the very foundation of things are digestive enzymes and probiotics. Think of these as your workouts.
They are inside your body, making sure that everything else that you feed yourself is put to great use. If you don't have these, quite simply, you won't be getting much of the other things that you are using.
So what are the benefits to these two?
Digestive enzymes are the compounds that serve to help break down the food you eat. There are many different enzymes out there – enzymes that serve to break down fats, enzymes that help to break down carbohydrates, along with enzymes that are strictly focused on helping you break down the protein that you eat.
If you fail to produce or consume these enzymes, your body simply won't get as much as it should be from the foods you eat.
Without a good quality digestive enzyme, your body is basically 'in the dark' so to speak.
You simply can't expect it to make good use of all the foods you're consuming without the help of these workers to assimilate the building blocks you are supplying it.
In addition to digestive enzymes, the next must-have performance nutrition element is a quality probiotic. What are probiotics?
Probiotics are the healthy 'good' bacteria that live in your digestive tract and are responsible for keeping your immune system strong.
One fact that few people realize is that 80% of your immune system is located in your gut – and is make up from the healthy bacteria you have in your body.
If you do not maintain adequate levels, you simply will not sustain the immune health that you want for ideal function. Your immune system is bombarded with daily stressors – everything from that fight you had with your significant other to the important board meeting you're conducting today to the heavy leg workout you have planned for tonight.
All of that takes a toll on your immune system and without adequate healthy bacteria in your body, you won't be able to stay strong throughout.
What are some of the other benefits that probiotics bring? Can they be used as natural remedies?
With the high stress lifestyle that most people lead today, which depletes the natural 'good' bacteria in the body coupled with the fact that we are using more antibiotics as a nation, it's not abnormal to see people with nearly no healthy bacteria in their gut.
The only way to restore this is through eating probiotic rich foods, or better, taking a high quality probiotic supplement.
As these are so critical to getting your health on tract, this should be done first before any other products are added.
Too many people look into more complex products without getting their foundation built. Then they wonder why the other products they're using aren't really exerting the benefits they were hoping for.
If you do this, you're focusing on the smaller details while missing the big picture.
So first and foremost, get your digestive enzymes and probiotics in place. Only once these are happening in your life should you begin to move forward and consider what other products may have to offer.
Great – you're ready to continue on.
The second step in high performance nutrition is bringing into play the added necessities that your body needs on a daily basis to function properly.
We aren't getting into your creatines or fat burners yet. We're talking more basic than that.
We're talking protein, minerals, vitamins, and essential fatty acids.
These are the primary items that are now going to make a world of difference in how you feel and function each and every day.
When most people hear the term 'protein', they immediately think of muscle building. Protein is the nutrient that your body uses to build more lean muscle mass tissue out of.
Only, it does so much more than that.
Essentially, without enough high quality protein in your day, you would fail to stay alive. It really is that important.
Those who are training hard in the gym and who are continuously breaking their body down on a regular basis are going to need more protein than those who are aren't.
Active individuals should be aiming to take in around one gram of protein per pound of body weight.
Those who aren't training hard may be able to get in less – closer to 0.6 to 0.8 grams per pound.
If you ever feel like you aren't recovering between workouts despite doing everything else 'right' (getting adequate sleep, ensuring that you are taking your probiotics and digestive enzymes), and focusing on recovery techniques such as foam rolling and hot baths, it could be because you are lacking the protein required for optimal recovery and repair.
A quality whey protein powder can make getting your protein needs met fast and easy, not to mention it's also going to be specially formulated for breaking down faster after your workout session.
This means your body gets exactly what it needs, when it needs it.
With all the emphasis being placed on total calorie intake along with how many grams of proteins, carbs, and fats you're taking in, many people often completely overlook how vitamins and minerals fit into the equation.
But, these micronutrients as they're often called, are essential for a number of reactions that must take place on a day to day basis for you to sustain optimal health and development.
What are some of the reasons you need to be getting enough minerals?
Despite the fact that with many minerals, you only need milligrams per day, they are still critical for optimal functioning.
While you can get minerals from many of the foods that you eat, the problem is that many foods have become depleted of the minerals they once contained thanks to the fact the soil they're grown in is far less nutrient dense than it was years passed.
So even though you may be eating foods that are rich in certain minerals, this doesn't always mean that you are actually taking in those minerals.
This is also why supplementation tends to be the best means of getting your minerals in.
By using a high quality mineral supplement, you can rest assured you are getting everything your body requires.
The next additional essential are vitamins. Vitamins go hand in hand with minerals. While minerals come from inorganic substances (the soil), vitamins come from living things (plants).
You need both for optimal function.
Vitamins can be further divided into fat soluble vitamins (which your body can store in body fat cells) as well as water soluble vitamins (which you'll need to be taking in daily as they are excreted if not needed).
What benefits do vitamins bring?
While many foods will provide vitamins, one big problem is that many times, the vitamins are not absorbed as readily as they would be from a quality supplement.
While it's definitely essential that you focus on getting as many high quality, nutrient dense foods as possible, having a good vitamin supplement is also important.
Finally, the last of the added essentials are essential fatty acids, otherwise known as EFA's.
This is primarily, omega-3 fatty acids. Most people today are not taking in enough of this omega-3 fatty acid that your body needs in order to function optimally.
These fatty acids are essential in that your body cannot produce them on its own, therefore you must take them in from food or supplement sources.
The best food sources of omega-3 fatty acids include wild caught salmon and mackerel, walnuts, flaxseeds, and hemp.
If you aren't eating these daily however, you could be falling short.
What will omega-3 fats do for you? They are one of the most important nutrients that you could possibly take in.
And this is really just the tip of the iceberg. EFA's really do impact just about every single cell and system in your body, so they are not one that you ever want to be missing out on.
Taking 3-6 grams per day (preferably in supplemental form), will go a long way towards optimizing your body.
Now that you have the basic foundation down plus the added essentials, you can move forward and look more about performance based nutritional products.
Note that I never recommend that you start with these. The reason?
You simply won't get what you should be from them if you aren't using them in conjunction with the products we noted above.
If your 'workers' are not working hard for you, adding these extra building blocks, so to speak, isn't going to do much of anything.
The foundation needs to be there.
So what products are we talking about here?
Herbal ingredients can be very powerful and very effective at taking you to the next level.
For instance, turmeric, which I consider to be one of the most powerful herbs, works incredibly well for inflammation so can not only boost your recovery from exercise, but could also help you reduce your risk for inflammatory related conditions.
Likewise, ginseng is a powerful herb that is often used for times of high stress as it can help strengthen your body and help you cope with this stress better.
It's also used by endurance athletes as it appears to increase performance, allowing them to exercise harder for longer.
Arnica is another herb that's sometimes used in the treatment of wounds or sprains, as it can help speed up healing and may possibly minimize pain associated with these conditions.
Cleansers, which are products that can help you remove toxic waste build-up in the body are also beneficial to use from time to time in certain cases.
These cleansers may be used in conjunction with your own nutrition protocol or they may have their own protocol entirely that you'll follow while doing them.
They can be designed to do everything from improving toxic waste removal to removing mucoid plaque build-up in the body.
Be sure to do thorough research before you get started with one of these however to ensure that it's both save and proven to be effective.
Finally, you may come across other substances that are used to help enhance health or well-being that are believed to work as an alternative means to medication.
For instance, pine pollen is often utilized by men who are looking to increase their total testosterone production to assist with getting leaner or building muscle mass tissue.
Likewise, medicinal mushrooms come in many forms and can be used to enhance various elements of your health.
For instance, they have been demonstrated to help increase testosterone levels, enhance the lactate threshold in the body, boost aerobic exercise performance, improve focus and concentration, and may also help fend off atherosclerosis and heart disease.
It is important to always speak to your doctor however prior to using any of these alternative medicine sources to ensure there will be no interactions with any other medications that you are currently taking and likewise, that they will are safe for you to use given your current health and situation.
Finally, from here, once you have all of these covered, you can then move into the more sport specific types of supplements.
This might be your creatine, glutamine, or other pre-workout products that can help enhance mental focus, boost energy levels, and give you more drive while you're in the gym.
Note that I won't go into too much detail on these right now as I strongly feel that if you are doing all of the above and getting your body optimized first, you'll need very few of these – if any at all.
When your body is running optimally, you won't have to rely on energy from caffeine sources or otherwise.
You'll naturally feel good and will be able to push your body to the level that you want it to be.
Finally, before leaving off, I want to make a quick note about hydration. Remember that hydration is a non-negotiable.
If you are not taking in sufficient water throughout the day, the above products mentioned will not be working as effectively as they should.
For instance, protein needs water to break down properly. Your digestive enzymes need water to complete the process they are going through.
Vitamins need water in order to be properly absorbed.
Water is essential. If you are dehydrated and using these products I've mentioned, you still won't be reaping full benefits.
Make sure that you put them to work properly for you.
So there you have your complete guide to high performance nutrition. If you are serious about feeling your best, start taking the steps outlined above.
Remember, chances are good that how you feel right now is far from how you could be feeling. You just don't know it yet.
Be sure to check out some of the high quality products available for purchase right here to kick-start your health optimization journey.
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Environmental design and landscape architecture students that designed and built a storm water catchment and rain garden. This student project, along with many others, are currently on display in the courtyard of Hunt Hall at UC Davis.
Students in Haven Kiers and Keith Wilson's design and build studio (LDA 160) created three very different projects for the courtyard of Hunt Hall: covered bike parking with a green roof, a seating area with built-in storage, and a storm water catchment system and rain garden.
The creativity, design and construction knowledge displayed by these projects is inspirational and worth a trip to check out! You may even find ideas for your own yard! These projects will be on display in the courtyard of Hunt Hall semi-permanently. The plan is for future students to build upon and further improve these projects in the months and years ahead.
Special thanks go to UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden team members who provided an extraordinary amount of guidance towards these projects.
Skip Mezger, the campus landscape architect determined the parameters for the project and was instrumental in getting the bike racks donated; Cary Avery, associate director of grounds and landscape services and the entire grounds team helped with construction; Andrew Larsen, communications analyst directed the students' sign making efforts; and, Taylor Lewis, nursery manager donated plants to the project.
This project is an excellent example of how the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden team is helping students co-create their campus.