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Audi plans 12-model EV range, starting with e-tron SUV
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Audi has announced plans to launch 12 full electric models globally by 2025, starting with its newly unveiled E-Tron SUV.
The E-Tron offers a range of 250 miles.
The carmaker has now said it marks the first of many fully electric models to bear the Audi logo, with plans to launch electric drive in all key market segments, making up a third of its sales and covering Avant and Sportback models as well as SUVs including the E-Tron Sportback too, helped by four technical platforms. Audi also said it would significantly expand its range of plug-in hybrids.
Revealed in San Francisco, the brand's first all-electric model offers a range of 250 miles and can regain most of that range in around 30 minutes using a high-power 150kW on-board charger. It will also be backed up by Audi's newly announced charging service, which will bring access to more than 72,000 charging points.
The E-Tron paves the way for its full electric plans. Available in the UK from early 2019 with pricing to be in the region of £70,805, it brings space for five passengers, along with a total luggage capacity of 660 litres. Two electric motors bring a total a system output of up to 300 kW and 490lb.ft of torque, giving a 0-62mph time of 5.7 seconds and an electronically-limited top speed of 124mph.
Specification details for the UK are yet to be confirmed but equipment on offer will include the high-end MMI navigation plus media centre, including LTE Advanced and Wi-Fi hotspot, adaptive cruise assist, and an efficiency assist that uses radar sensors, camera images, navigation data and Car-to-X information to detect the traffic environment and the route, and give economy tips to the driver, as well as braking and accelerating predictively.
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..... Click the link for more information. ), named himself justice of the peace (to which he added the title "the law west of the Pecos"), and set up court in his saloon, the Jersey Lily. He there began to dispense justice with the aid of one law book and a six-shooter. As a judge, Bean rendered arbitrary and unorthodox decisions, usually tempered with wit and common sense.
See biographies by C. L. Sonnichsen (1943, repr. 1953) and E. Lloyd (rev. ed. 1967).
(?1825–1903) frontier figure; born in Mason County, Ky. He left Kentucky for California in 1847, and seems to have spent the next 15 years in such enterprises as goldseeking and cattlerustling. He joined a band of Confederate irregulars during the Civil War and then followed the railroad construction crews as a saloonkeeper and gambler. In 1882 he settled in the Texas camp of Vinegaroon; he had it renamed Langtry after his idol, the English actress Lillie Langtry, then set himself up as justice of the peace, "the law west of the Pecos." Holding court in his saloon, "The Jersey Lily," he threatened to use his six-shooter to enforce his notion of justice. In 1898 he gained national attention for staging a boxing match on a sandbar in the middle of the Rio Grande (to avoid the ban on boxing in Texas), featuring the heavyweight champion, Bob Fitzsimmons.
The three-level, 16,000 s/f former City Sports location was leased to two separate restaurant tenants, Tsuru Ton Ton and Judge Roy Bean Public House.
4, festival goers will enjoy the new exhibits, a Heritage Tour, and free movie screenings of The Killers and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean showing at 10am and 2pm respectively.
A wandering cowhand crosses swords with Judge Roy Bean and is drawn into a conflict between settlers and Texas cattlemen in the 1880s 1940 ?
Now fifteen years later, employed as a deputy for Judge Roy Bean in Texas, Cole receives a personal summons from Judge Parker.
WYATT EARP, BUFFALO BILL CODY, JUDGE ROY BEAN, BILLY THE KID, PAT GARRETT, THEO-dore Roosevelt, Gen.
He is out of an unraced sister to high-class chaser Cane Brake and smart hurdler Judge Roy Bean.
JUDGE ROY BEAN is certainly a big wig among this season's novice hurdlers - and the six-year-old looks nailed on for another success at Navan.
Edward O'Grady and jockey Andrew McNamara managed a short-priced brace through Judge Roy Bean and Osana.
At the time that looked a hot race with the likes of Limestone Cowboy and Judge Roy Bean in the line-up, but it has not really worked out that well.
His voice is similar to that of the unobtrusive narrator in John Huston's film The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)--about which Flogstad has written with admiration in the title essay in Loven vest for Pecos (1981; The law west of the Pecos)--and the novel's temporal structure, too, is similar to that of Huston's film, as a story from a somewhat romanticized past is followed by a coda through which its major lines are continued into a period of decisive historical change.
Cowboy action has come a long ways since 1981 when Harper Creigh (AKA Judge Roy Bean, SASS #1) was inspired to start matches using Western-type firearms.


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The Electrojet - (polar electric currents)
Auroral Electrojet Research Studies
What is this Auroral Electrojet?
The term 'auroral electrojet' is the name given to the large horizontal currents that flow in the D and E regions of the auroral ionosphere. Although horizontal ionospheric currents can be expected to flow at any latitude where horizontal ionospheric electric fields are present, the auroral electrojet currents are remarkable for their strength and persistence. There are two main factors in the production of the electrojet. First of all, the conductivity of the auroral ionosphere is generally larger than that at lower latitudes. Secondly, the horizontal electric field in the auroral ionosphere is also larger than that at lower latitudes. Since the strength of the current flow is directly proportional to the vector product of the conductivity and the horizontal electric field, the auroral electrojet currents are generally larger compared to those at lower latitudes.
During magnetically quiet periods, the electrojet is generally confined to the auroral oval. However during disturbed periods, the electrojet increases in strength and expands to both higher and lower latitudes. This expansion results from two factors, enhanced particle precipitation and enhanced ionospheric electric fields.
Following picture shows the location of the auroral electrojet in general, and also shows subionospheric propagation paths used for VLF-based electrojet detection over North America and North Atlantic.
Location of the Auroral Electrojet
Energetic Electron Precipitation (EEP) represents a significant form of coupling between the ionosphere and magnetosphere, which is itself an important component of Space Weather. The magnetosphere can be thought of as a current generator which drives the ionosphere as an electrical 'load', in which significant energy dissipation takes place.
There is abundant evidence that during geomagnetic storms and substorms large fluxes of energetic electrons are directly injected into the auroral and subauroral regions from source regions in the magnetosphere. This precipitation is a major source of energy input into the lower ionosphere and cause substantial changes in the chemistry of this region. In addition these precipitating electrons produce secondary ionization in the D and E regions of both the auroral and subauroral ionospheres, significantly increasing the electrical conductivity of these regions. As a result of this increased conductivity, larger electric currents are produced there.
The importance of energetic particle precipitation in the electrojet expansion during disturbed periods has been demonstrated by Kikuchi and Evans [1983], who showed that the precipitation is completely correlated in time with the development of the electrojet current system.
VLF Measurements of the Auroral Electrojet
A key feature of E > 300 keV precipitation is the fact that it penetrates deeply into the D region of the ionosphere, well below the normal reflection height for VLF waves which propagate in the earth ionosphere waveguide. The enhanced ionization which is produced by the precipitated flux strongly perturbs the phase and amplitude of the propagation VLF waves. As shown by a number of studies [Kikuchi, 1981; Kikuchi and Evans, 1983; Kikuchi et al., 1983; Cummer et al., 1994 (AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award); Cummer et al., 1996] these perturbations are readily measurable with contemporary instruments.
Cummer et al. [1996] found that clear perturbations in both the VLF amplitude and phase data were associated with electrojet movements over the magnetometer stations.
The path configurations were such that any southward expansion of the electrojet during substorms could be remotely monitored by measuring the phase perturbations produced in the earth-ionosphere waveguide signals along the various paths.
Application of VLF Technique
VLF data over Eastern Canada has been studied for correlations with auroral electron precipitation regions over the path [Cummer et al., 1994]. It is well known that the E region conductivity enhancements caused by this precipitation are a major component in the increase of auroral electrojet currents, and as such the edge of the precipitation region is well-correlated with the edge of the elctrojet. X-ray images of the region were taken by the AXIS instrument on the UARS satellite, and from these it can easily be determined whether the precipitation region is over a VLF propagation path.
Following figure shows an example of simultaneous AXIS images, VLF data, and magnetometer data over the course of a single night. The VLF path studied was from the NLK transmitter to Gander, Newfoundland. Three x-ray images were taken over the region of interest, and it can clearly be seen that only during the third image was there electron precipitation occuring over the VLF path. Simultaneous with this last image is a significant amplitude drop in the NLK signal.
In many cases the VLF technique can provide hours of early warning of possible electrojet intrusion to mid-latitudes over the North American continent. The electrojet is a current system that is approximately fixed in inertial space with the earth rotating under it, and a strong electrojet activity is common in the local midnight sector of the auroral region. During major storms the electrojet can remain at mid-latitudes for as many as six hours. Since the VLF technique can detect the electrojet boundary over the Atlantic, it can provide 2 to 6 hours warning of possible strong electrojet activity when the North American continent enters the midnight sector.
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The Electrojet (auroral electrojets)
Space Weather Studies:
Continuous Monitoring of Intense Subauroral Relativistic Electron Precipitation and its Effects on the Ionosphere and Mesosphere
Space Weather Studies investigates key scientific questions concerning electron density enhancements in the lower ionosphere and middle atmosphere which are produced by relativistic electron precipitation from the Earth's outer radiation belts.
The ionospheric and mesospheric signatures of both steady and burst electron precipitation are to be measured at regular intervals via their effects on very low frequency (VLF) subionospheric signals transmitted from Maine (NAA), Washington (NLK), and Hawaii (NPM) and received at Fort Yukon and other ground stations in Alaska. (Figure 1).
Our proposed study will make use of relativistic electron data from the SAMPEX, UARS, and POLAR spacecraft. This
work is in association with Dr J. B. Blake, a Co-Investigator on SAMPEX associated with the Proton / Electron Telescope (PET) instrument, Dr. D. L. Chenette, a co-investigator on UARS associated with the High-Energy Particle Spectrometer (HEPS), and Dr. M. Walt, a Co-investigator on POLAR associated with the CEPPAD/SEPS instrument.
Space Weather Studies - Stanford University
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Earths weather influenced by the Suns 11 year cycle
Suns 11 year cycle (nucler powered?) affects Earths weather patterns
Connections among Solar Cycle, Stratosphere and Ocean Discovered - Work in sync to generate periodic global weather patterns
Subtle connections among the 11-year-solar cycle, the stratosphere and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according to research results appearing this week in the journal Science.
The findings will help scientists get an edge on predicting the intensity of certain climate phenomena, such as the Indian monsoon and tropical Pacific rainfall, years in advance.
"It's been long known that weather patterns are well-correlated to very small variations in total solar energy reaching our planet during 11-year solar cycles," says Jay Fein, program director in the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Division of Atmospheric Sciences, which funded the research. "What's been an equally long mystery, however, is how they are physically connected. This remarkable study is beginning to unravel that mystery."
An international team of authors led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., used more than a century of weather observations and three powerful computer models to tackle one of the more difficult questions in meteorology: if the total energy that reaches Earth from the Sun varies by only 0.1 percent across the approximately 11-year solar cycle, how can it drive major changes in weather patterns on Earth?
The answer, according to the study, has to do with the Sun's impact on two seemingly unrelated regions.
Chemicals in the stratosphere and sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean respond during solar maximum in a way that amplifies the Sun's influence on some aspects of air movement.
This can intensify winds and rainfall, change sea surface temperatures and cloud cover over certain tropical and subtropical regions, and ultimately influence global weather.
"The Sun, the stratosphere, and the oceans are connected in ways that can influence events such as winter rainfall in North America," says NCAR scientist Gerald Meehl, the lead author of the paper. "Understanding the role of the solar cycle can provide added insight as scientists work over the next decade or two toward predicting regional weather patterns."
The results builds on recent papers by Meehl and colleagues exploring the link between the peaks in the solar cycle and events on Earth that resemble aspects of La Niña events, but are distinct from those larger patterns associated with changes in pressure and known as the Southern Oscillation.
The connection between peaks in solar energy and cooler water in the equatorial Pacific was first discovered by Harry Van Loon of NCAR and Colorado Research Associates, a co-author of the paper.
The contribution by Meehl and his colleagues is to document that two mechanisms that had been previously theorized in fact work together to amplify the response in the tropical Pacific.
The team first confirmed a theory that the slight increase in solar energy during the peak production of sunspots is absorbed by stratospheric ozone.
The energy warms the air in the stratosphere over the tropics where the sunlight is most intense, while also stimulating the production of additional ozone there that absorbs even more solar energy.
Since the stratosphere warms unevenly, with the most pronounced warming occurring at lower latitudes, stratospheric winds are altered and, through a chain of interconnected processes, end up strengthening tropical storms and precipitation.
At the same time, the increased sunlight at solar maximum causes a slight warming of ocean surface waters, especially across the subtropical Pacific, where Sun-blocking clouds are normally scarce.
That small amount of extra heat leads to more evaporation, producing additional water vapor. In turn, the moisture is carried by trade winds to the normally rainy areas of the western tropical Pacific, fueling heavier rains and reinforcing the effects of the stratospheric mechanism.
The top-down influence of the stratosphere and the bottom-up influence of the ocean work together to intensify this loop and strengthen the trade winds.
As more sunshine hits drier areas, these changes reinforce each other, leading to less clouds in the subtropics, allowing even more sunlight to reach the surface, and producing a positive feedback loop that further intensifies the climate response.
These stratospheric and ocean responses during solar maximum keep the eastern Pacific even cooler and drier than usual, producing conditions similar to a La Niña event.
However, the cooling of about 1-2 degrees Fahrenheit is focused further east than in a typical La Niña, is only about half as strong, and is associated with different wind patterns in the stratosphere.
Earth's response to the solar cycle continues over the year or two following peak sunspot activity. The La Niña-like pattern triggered by the solar maximum tends to evolve into a pattern similar to El Niño, as slow-moving currents replace the cool water over the eastern tropical Pacific with warmer water.
Again, the ocean response is only about half as strong as with El Niño, and the lagged warmth is not as consistent as the cold event-like pattern that occurs during peaks in the solar cycle.
Solar maximum could potentially enhance a true La Niña event or dampen a true El Niño event. The La Niña of 1988-89 occurred near the peak of solar maximum.
That La Niña became unusually strong and was associated with significant changes in weather patterns, such as an unusually mild and dry winter in the southwestern United States.
The Indian monsoon, Pacific precipitation and sea surface temperatures, and other regional climate patterns are largely driven by rising and sinking air in Earth's tropics and subtropics.
The new study could help scientists use solar-cycle predictions to estimate how that circulation, and the regional climate patterns related to it, might vary over the next decade or two.
To tease out the elusive mechanisms that connect the Sun and Earth, the study team needed three computer models that provided overlapping views of the climate system.
One model, which analyzed the interactions between sea surface temperatures and lower atmosphere, produced a small cooling in the equatorial Pacific during solar maximum years.
The second model, which simulated the stratospheric ozone response mechanism, produced some increases of tropical precipitation but on a much smaller scale than the observed patterns.
The third model contained ocean-atmosphere interactions as well as the role of ozone. It showed, for the first time, that the two combined to produce a response in the tropical Pacific during peak solar years that was close to actual observations.
"With the help of increased computing power and improved models, as well as observational discoveries, we are uncovering more of how the mechanisms combine to connect solar variability to our weather and climate," Meehl says.
The research was also funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) - Connections among Solar Cycle, Stratosphere and Ocean Discovered


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Garry Hill hopes to bring in 'two or three' more signings
By: Andy Fitzsimon
Published July 22, 2012, in Sport
IN THE MARKET – new-boy Lee Sawyer could be joined by 'two or three' additional signings
GARRY HILL reckons Woking are just warming up in the transfer market despite bolstering his ranks with three signings in two days.
Mike Cestor, Lee Sawyer and Bradley Bubb all agreed deals to join the Cards late last week.
But speaking after the 2-1 friendly defeat to a QPR select XI, Hil revealed he is still working hard to bring in 'two or three' new recruits.
If a player isn't going to strengthen the squad then unfortunately we have to say goodbye
He confirmed that Greg Mills' trial with the club has been unsuccessful, but suggested a few new faces could feature against AFC Wimbledon in the Phil Ledger memorial cup on Tuesday.
Hill said: "In 20 years of management I've never been in a position where so many calls are just starting to warm up.
"I'm quite relaxed about the club's current situation but there will definitely be some movement as July is a time when clubs elsewhere are looking at their figures and discussing their own options.
"We are trying to be as honest as we can with players but we need to be 100 per cent sure that they are going to be the right players and that they'll fit in with the rest of the squad.
"We're still looking for players to come in and there are two or three we are still analysing, after that we'll start to have a clearer image of how the squad will look.
"We've had to let Greg Mills go. He's done very well but if a player isn't going to strengthen the squad then unfortunately we have to say goodbye."
Cards travel to Carshalton on Saturday before wrapping up their pre-season preparations when Aldershot visit Kingfield on August 4.
Hill said that fans will catch a glimpse of his preferred starting XI before the big kick-off on August 11 and also hinted at the possibility of organising an extra fixture should his side require any additional match practice.
"We you haven't got the biggest squad at this point in time and we need to make sure we don't over do it before the start of the season.
"If we play too many games and pick up one or two injuries then all of a sudden we are down on numbers and facing two games a week at the start of the season.
"We are quite happy with three weeks and three games to go in pre-season but if we feel we need another match in that time we'll look at the possibility of organising something behind closed doors."
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Woking-born runner in line for Olympic glory


This week's Monday exclusive is the brand new video from Portland's Redcast, which is taken from the band's new The Look Up EP. The video references the early days of rock 'n' roll, but we think readers of "a certain age" may well detect something of a late 70s new wave influence as well.
Redcast consist of brothers Seth (vocals, keyboards), Darren (bass) and Jarrod (guitar) Brock, who formed the band in 2008, plus drummer Gibson Coy. They released their first EP, The Redcast EP, in 2009 and have since released two other EPs, The Quarter Past EP and 2014's Talent Show Runner-Ups, which saw them named one of Portland radio station Alternative 94.7 FM's Top 5 New Bands Of 2014. When not touring the northwest area they also, in so-Portland-it-hurts fashion, run a coffee shop called the Saint Simon Coffee Company.


The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her neighbour in a "revenge stabbing" is expected to retire to consider its verdicts on Tuesday.
They are expected to retire after hearing closing speeches from the prosecution and defence.
Angela Burkitt, 53, is on trial at Hull Crown Court accused of murdering 39-year-old Joanne Hemingway outside her home in Beverley Road, west Hull, on June 29.
Ms Burkitt denies murder, an alternative charge of manslaughter, and intimidating witnesses.
Police tape of a property on Beverley road and the front gardens next to the pathway.
Are they sure Ms Burkitt stabbed Joanne?
Are they sure when she did so it was unlawful, meaning not in self-defence?
And if the jury found Ms Burkitt did stab Joanne and it was not self-defence, what was her intention at the time?
Mr Waley suggested it was "significant" that that the only eye witness against a defendant in a murder trial was her daughter, Gemma Joyce, who had earlier been "taking her mother's side".
The prosecutor asked if the reason Ms Burkitt had chosen not to give evidence in her defence was "because she knows she doesn't have an account to give you that would withstand any close scrutiny by you", and that it "wouldn't stand up to questioning in court"?
Defence barrister Nicholas Lumley QC said Ms Hemingway "categorically not deserve to die how she did and when she did" and nothing he was about to say was intended to change that.
But he said the phrase she is said to have uttered, "I'll kill you", does not mean someone is actually going to do that.
He told the jury: "It may be your experience that the words 'I'll kill you' is a phrase used day in, day out, often in our own homes between husbands and wives, parents of children at the ends of their tether."
Mr Lumley called the CCTV the jury has seen "grainy" and "useless", and said from the footage there was "no evidence at all Angie Burkitt had a knife at the critical moment".
He invited the jury to "watch the videos as many times as you like" and "be the video referees", but told them "This is not a game".
Ms Burkitt was "no angel", her barrister said, but the suggestion of her using a knife was "all mouth and no trousers".
Mr Lumley said: "We've never seen Angie use violence in public. We've never seen Angie carry a knife in public. No prosecution witnesses ever saw her use violence or carry a knife outside her own home."
He called the prosecution case "thin" and urged the jury not to hold Ms Burkitt's decision not give evidence against her.
Judge Jeremy Richgardson QC will resume his summing up of the case on Tuesday.


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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Benny Snell (24) runs away from Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker L.J. Fort (58) during the first half of an NFL football game, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Don Wright)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin isn't one for excuses. Even as COVID-19 wreaked havoc with his team's schedule, pushing their matchup with Baltimore from Thanksgiving night to middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week in the middle of a pandemic, the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach refused to reach for one.
Asked about an offense that managed just one touchdown in four trips to the red zone — missed opportunities that allowed the Ravens (6-5) to hang around until the final minutes — Tomlin didn't offer analysis as much as rage.
"Obviously we won, but it sure doesn't feel like it," said Roethlisberger, whose 1-yard strike to JuJu Smith-Schuster early in the fourth quarter gave the Steelers a 12-point lead they flirted with squandering. "Just not good football. It starts with me. It's a mental game, it's been a challenging and draining week but at the end of the day we need to step on the field and play good football when it's time."
Pittsburgh didn't for long stretches, though some of the credit goes to a spirited effort from the Ravens. Running onto Heinz Field missing more than a dozen players on the reserve/COVID-19 list, including reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and running backs Mark Ingram and J.K. Dobbins, Baltimore didn't exactly roll over.
A COVID-19 outbreak in Baltimore forced the NFL to push the game back three times: first from Thanksgiving to Sunday, then from Sunday to Tuesday, and eventually from Tuesday to Wednesday. The teams kicked off in the afternoon to not interfere with NBC's annual Christmas special at Rockefeller Center.
While NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell called it "a great game," the product on the field suggested otherwise.
The Ravens couldn't pass. Pittsburgh's receivers couldn't catch. And a contest that looked like a mismatch — the Steelers went off as 10 1/2-point favorites, a rarity in a rivalry that is one of the NFL's best — was instead a festival of blah.
The Ravens were trailing 12-7 late in the second quarter when a 39-yard sprint by Griffin helped move the ball to the Pittsburgh 1. A handoff to Gus Edwards on second down went nowhere. Out of timeouts, the Ravens could have spiked the ball to set up a field goal to draw within two at the break. Instead, Baltimore nearly converted, but Luke Willson — a reserve who had played all of 21 offensive snaps on the season coming in — couldn't bring in Griffin's pass in the end zone.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh thought Pittsburgh's defense took its time — perhaps too much of it — getting up after stopping Edwards, allowing the clock to tick away.
"We knew we had enough time to run the two plays we wanted to run," He said. "I just feel like if you're laying on the ground like that you're either injured or it's delay of game."
Steelers: Welcome the Washington Football Team next Monday afternoon. The NFL pushed back the game a day after Pittsburgh's game against Baltimore was rescheduled.


General Electric (GE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created new kinds of fluorescent lighting phosphors that use far less rare-earth elements than current technology.
Rare-earth elements are hard to come by. The United States has access to a limited amount of rare-earth elements and relies on imports.
Today the phosphors in fluorescent lighting consume more than 1,000 metric tons of rare-earth oxides yearly, including europium (Eu), terbium (Tb), cerium (Ce) and lanthanum (La), as well as even larger amounts of yttrium (Y) oxide.
While LED lighting will likely replace fluorescent tubes eventually, low-cost linear fluorescent lighting is expected to remain a dominant feature in the U.S. infrastructure for more than a decade.
Therefore it is necessary to replace the current triphosphor blend discovered more than 30 years ago (based on a mixture of blue, green and red emitters) because of its high rare earth consumption.
The GE, LLNL and ORNL team, funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and working with the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) at Ames Laboratory, have identified a green phosphor, which reduces the Tb content by 90 percent and eliminates La, while the new red phosphor eliminates both Eu and Y and is rare-earth free.
These proposed phosphors appear to be close to meeting stringent requirements of long lamp survivability, high efficiency, precise color rendition and low-cost; the blue phosphor has inherently low rare-earth content and need not be replaced.
"The fundamental physics of these phosphors is compelling, and we are taking the next steps to assess their feasibility for commercial lighting by evaluating chemical issues such as slurry compatibility and improving the synthetic procedures," said Steve Payne, the CMI thrust leader on the project.
The principal investigators on the project are Nerine Cherepy of LLNL, Lynn Boatner of ORNL and Alok Srivastava of GE.


hahaha, it's been that long I clean forgot about this!
Reminds me of back in 2011 or so when we had a semi-final against Sheffield. All we had to do in the second leg was not lose by more than 15 at home. We never managed that and went out. I'm not too confident that the Rocks will go through but when they do they will win the final.
Giants are playing well recently, but then again so have Rocks.
8 points is nothing really and its still too close to call.
We still look tactically very suspect. Giants will go at us and i'm concerned we'll crumple.
Win and we get a final. Lose and the Rocks fans get another reason to get angry. What's not to love?!
Pryor being back should give us some more control at the point guard. I have no idea!!
I think Giants will be full of confidence they can overcome Rocks after their recent games. Should be a cracking game.
Rocks are winning 20-16 at the end of the first. There's no way the Rocks aren't making the final now.
This may have been mentioned previously. Whatever happened to Barry Webster?
Great win to get into the final with. Achara had an amazing game. Hopefully he keeps playing like that for the rest of the season.
Achara playing better without the captaincy?
Hmm, Clayton didn't impress me that much. No match for Big Al and Achara.
Clayton was completely outplayed. Achara came to play. Great win and rocks controlled it from the start to the end. Easily could have gone up the gears. Great boost the last two wins. Shut giants down, gave them zero space.
My local team against my home town team. Can't go wrong with that. Would like to see the Rocks make Vince have another jacket throwing tantrum again. Should be a good final, if the Rocks show up for all four quarters.
Controlled the game start to finish.
Would have been a bigger margin if it wasn't for taking the foot off the gas in the last few minutes.
Rocks in the Final, GET IN!
There must be something about the way the Rocks play that we struggle against because they are the only team I have seen us really struggle against, but it's been 3 times now.
Let's hope they stay where they are in the league.
Honestly think clayton just doesnt know how to play against the experience of achara. Achara not only had him in his pocket but carrying his bags to the car.


The Dana Clan: wild, unpredictable and bafflingly successful traders.
Their children were even wilder, challenging social norms and each other at every turn.
Also includes an excerpt of the novel Fitting In.


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A: Notice that the magnets are attached to the ends of a battery (the source of power).  To experience a net force, the magnets must be in a non-uniform magnetic field. In this case the magnets conduct current, to the coil, which flows only between the magnets.  A short segment of hollow magnetic torus produces a field which spreads rapidly at the ends and thus exerts a force on the magnets which are at each end of the energized segment. One would need to be careful that the magnets are oriented so that both forces are in the same direction. In this system, the current is mainly limited by the internal resistance of the battery, and may be relatively large. The battery will be drained quickly.  A magnet acts as though it has a current flowing around its outer surface.  If we take a side view and assume that the field from the coil is spreading out from its right end (the "north pole"), and we place a magnet so that its current flows away from us on the top (putting its north pole on the left), then the vertical component of the field will push the current on top of the magnet to the right, and the current on the bottom will also be pushed to the right. (This kind of analysis can also be applied to the microscopic currents associate with each atomic dipole using the divergence of the field).  On the left end of the activated section of the coil, the field is coming in, the vertical components are reversed, and to keep the net force to the right, the magnet would need to be reversed.  If you think of both magnets as being just outside of the ends of the activated coil, the north pole of the magnet is being repelled by the north pole of the coil on the right, and the north pole of the magnet is being attracted by the south pole of the coil on the left. (A compass needle can be used to determine which ends are north or south.)

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House Judiciary Subcommittee on T-Mobile/Sprint Proposed Merger
House Ways & Means Committee Meets to Discuss Infrastructure
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House Judiciary Subcommittee on T-Mobile/Sprint Proposed Merger : CSPAN3 : March 12, 2019 2:58pm-5:31pm EDT
. while congress has no formal role in the doj or fcc merger review process, hearings like this provide an opportunity to ask and debate questions which are of great importance to american consumers. i look forward to the testimony of the witnesses and debate among members of the committee. in the end, wise decisions by doj and fcc that ensure competitive future for wireless communications in america. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> thank you, ranking member. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate this opportunity to consider carefully the impact of the proposed merger of sprin t d and t-mobile. it is clear that this transaction, if approved by regulators, would usher in significant changes to the market for mobile wireless services. given the fact that 95% of american adults own a cellphone and 20% use a mobile device as their primary means of accessing the internet, it's critical that we closely analyze any proposed merger with such a wide ranging impact. as independent compani
. while congress has no formal role in the doj or fcc merger review process, hearings like this provide an opportunity to ask and debate questions which are of great importance to american consumers. i look forward to the testimony of the witnesses and debate among members of the committee. in the end, wise decisions by doj and fcc that ensure competitive future for wireless communications in america. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> thank you, ranking member. the chair...
House Judiciary Subcommittee on T-Mobile/Sprint Proposed Merger : CSPAN3 : March 12, 2019 8:00pm-10:32pm EDT
ambiguities and loopholes. either the fcc or the doj is capable of overseeing this regulation. the purported benefits of the merger are speculative not specific. in any event it would not outweigh the harm. the recent promise that it provides in-home broadband to a fraction of homes by 2024. i would love to see more competition. in addition to being too far in the future to be relevant to any scrutiny, this promise is nothing to do with the market that is the subject of the merger. the national mobile wireless services. i am a proud t-mobile customers and a fan of both the ceo and the government relation team. i am not a fan of this merger. it harms the consumer by lost benefits. thank you and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you and i will recognize miss carmen scurato. >> thank you for having me. my name is carmen scurato. 1.4 million mellows. we strongly oppose this merger. free press is extensive research shows a disproportionate harm it would cause too low income people and people of color who are more likely to be on the wrong side and rely on mobile phones to connecting to t
ambiguities and loopholes. either the fcc or the doj is capable of overseeing this regulation. the purported benefits of the merger are speculative not specific. in any event it would not outweigh the harm. the recent promise that it provides in-home broadband to a fraction of homes by 2024. i would love to see more competition. in addition to being too far in the future to be relevant to any scrutiny, this promise is nothing to do with the market that is the subject of the merger. the...
The Origins of the Qur'an : CSPAN3 : March 16, 2019 9:48pm-10:01pm EDT
forth between fcc commissioner. i think the public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules, and wants to see some certainty and permanence to this issue. >> watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. c-span3's american history tv with a continuation of our weekly reel america series. we look at archival films that puts events of today into context. we will look at a silent film that was produced in 1916 titled "uncle sam watching the mexican border." here joining us is julie prieto. she is the author of the mexican expedition: 1916-1917. put together by the u.s. army center of military. put this into context of what was
forth between fcc commissioner. i think the public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules, and wants to see some certainty and permanence to this issue. >> watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. c-span3's american history tv with a continuation of our weekly reel america series. we look at archival films that puts events of today into context. we will look at a silent film that was produced in 1916 titled "uncle sam watching the mexican...
American Artifacts U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Director's Favorite Items : CSPAN3 : March 10, 2019 10:00pm-10:21pm EDT
fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his new book "from gutenberg to google." >> it is never the primary network that is transformative. but it is the secondary effects of that network. it is how, for instance, the printing press not only an neighborhood that, but -- enabled that, but allowed the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it is how the first high-speed created the railroad, industrial revolution. the first electronic network, the telegraph, allowed for the creation of national news media and the national financial system. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. announcer: next on american point historyst instruction major david lambert discusses how gunpowder was outsourced and manufactured in the mid-19th century. affairsyork military symposium hosted this event. it is about one hour and 40 minutes. >> thank you so much for the introduction. and thank you all for being here tonight to learn a bit about civil war gun powder and logistics. as always, although i am a major in the united states army, nothing i say tonight is th
fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his new book "from gutenberg to google." >> it is never the primary network that is transformative. but it is the secondary effects of that network. it is how, for instance, the printing press not only an neighborhood that, but -- enabled that, but allowed the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it is how the first high-speed created the railroad, industrial revolution. the first electronic network, the telegraph, allowed for the...
American Artifacts Harry Truman's Presidential Library : CSPAN3 : March 17, 2019 10:00pm-10:34pm EDT
after 15 years of watching this issue ping-pong back and forth between fcc commissioner. i think the public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules and wants to see some certainty and permanence. >> next on american artifacts, we traveled to independence, missouri, to tour the harry truman library and museum. 1940came president in five. he served until 1953. ♪ in independence, missouri, the harry truman library becomes a reality. a long dream of the ex-president. a crowd of 10,000 witnesses witness the rite of dedication. this library is not a library. it's an archives building with an idea of keeping the records of the government in an orderly manner. >> it will take a little while to get that done. but when you do get it done, this place will be the center of the study of the presidency of the united states. >> the truman library was actually the second presidential library established and run by the national archives and records administration. but harry truman was the first president to actually use his library to be an instrumental force in his library. he worked here bet
after 15 years of watching this issue ping-pong back and forth between fcc commissioner. i think the public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules and wants to see some certainty and permanence. >> next on american artifacts, we traveled to independence, missouri, to tour the harry truman library and museum. 1940came president in five. he served until 1953. ♪ in independence, missouri, the harry truman library becomes a reality. a long dream of the ex-president. a crowd of 10,000...
Lessons Learned at Guadalcanal : CSPAN3 : March 10, 2019 1:49pm-2:41pm EDT
tv." monday night, on the communicators, former fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his new book " from gutenberg to google." >> it's never the primary network that is transformative. it's the secondary effects of that that work. it's how, for instance, the printing press not only enabled -- allowst i knows the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it is how the first high-speed created the railroad, industrial revolutions. and how the first electronic a lotk, the telegraph, for the creation of a national news media. a national financial system. >> watch "the communicators," monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> up next on american history tv, former spy martha peterson ? talks about the book "the widow spy: my cia journey through the lands of laos." she explains why she joined the cia after her husband died. the bob center for public service at the university of florida hosted this event. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. >> my name is david colburn, i'm director of the bob graham center. we are pleased to have with us
tv." monday night, on the communicators, former fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his new book " from gutenberg to google." >> it's never the primary network that is transformative. it's the secondary effects of that that work. it's how, for instance, the printing press not only enabled -- allowst i knows the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it is how the first high-speed created the railroad, industrial revolutions. and how the first electronic a lotk, the...
Reel America Uncle Sam Watching the Mexican Border - 1916 : CSPAN3 : March 16, 2019 10:00pm-10:46pm EDT
back and forth between fcc commissioner. i think the public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules, and wants to see some certainty and permanence to this issue. >> watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. c-span3's american history tv with a continuation of our weekly reel america series. we look at archival films that puts events of today into context. we will look at a silent film that was produced in 1916 titled "uncle sam watching the mexican border." here joining us is julie prieto. she is the author of the mexican expedition: 1916-1917. put together by the u.s. army center of military. put this into context of what was happening and it's importance today. julie: the mexican expedition and the border needs to be understood in the context of this mexican revolution. that begins in 1910 with the dictator of mexico. he is ousted by a man named francisco. after he is killed, several revolutionary factors emerge from that. one of the faction that emerges is called the constitutionalist. one of the people aligned with it is french a scope -- francis
back and forth between fcc commissioner. i think the public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules, and wants to see some certainty and permanence to this issue. >> watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. c-span3's american history tv with a continuation of our weekly reel america series. we look at archival films that puts events of today into context. we will look at a silent film that was produced in 1916 titled "uncle sam watching the mexican...
U.S. Dive-Bombers at Guadalcanal : CSPAN3 : March 17, 2019 9:10pm-10:01pm EDT
watching this issue ping-pong back and forth between fcc commissioner. i think the public overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules and wants to see some certainty and permanence. >> next on american artifacts, we traveled to independence, missouri, to tour the harry truman library and museum. he became president in
History of U.S. National Security Whistleblowing : CSPAN3 : March 9, 2019 8:55pm-10:00pm EST
communicators, fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his new book, from gutenberg to google. >> it is never the primary network that is transformative. ofis the secondary effects that network. it is how, for instance the printing press not only enabled allowed the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it is how the first high-speed network emma the railroad, created the industrial revolution. and how the first electronic allowed the telegraph for the creation of a national news media and a national financial system. >> washed communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. 2000, measles was declared eliminated from the united states. but there are still outbreaks. according to the centers for disease control, several outbreaks have occurred in the toy 19 inmonths of new york, texas, and washington state. says it spreads and pockets of unvaccinated people. 1964xt we travel back to to learn about the history of the highly contagious disease caused by a virus in the development of the measles vaccine. the pharmaceutical company merck
communicators, fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his new book, from gutenberg to google. >> it is never the primary network that is transformative. ofis the secondary effects that network. it is how, for instance the printing press not only enabled allowed the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it is how the first high-speed network emma the railroad, created the industrial revolution. and how the first electronic allowed the telegraph for the creation of a national news media...
House Rules Committee Hearing on For the People Act : CSPAN3 : March 5, 2019 4:59pm-6:56pm EST
is voluntary. >> can you walk me through that process? if i'm a candidate, i file with the fcc. >> >> fec, federal elections commission. >> you have to raise at least $50,000 from contributions. >> i have assigned i will limit myself to certain expenditures and i will honestly disclose who is donating money to my campaign. >> correct. and the match goes into play when you reach your 50,000 threshold, and is limited to the amount of money actually collected in this fund we are doing to corporate misconduct. >> so, if i don't want to part participate in this process, and i choose not to disclose all my donors, can i do that? >> you still have to live within the current fcc rules, correct. >> i can have my cake and eat it too, right. meaning i can participate in this. >> or not, it is the candidates choice. i think i want to speak, i think mr.'s bar band will be here, it is his vision. i think the motivation is, if you're going to do public financing provision, you have to some hope it will raise enough money to actually be competitive which is why the 6 to 1 match was included. w
is voluntary. >> can you walk me through that process? if i'm a candidate, i file with the fcc. >> >> fec, federal elections commission. >> you have to raise at least $50,000 from contributions. >> i have assigned i will limit myself to certain expenditures and i will honestly disclose who is donating money to my campaign. >> correct. and the match goes into play when you reach your 50,000 threshold, and is limited to the amount of money actually collected...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hosts U.S. Investment Summit - Workforce Development : CSPAN3 : March 1, 2019 5:29am-6:31am EST
treatment? we have started and j craig, the president appointed to be the chairman of the fcc, he has good ideas about public companies. maybe we should cut back on some of the reporting. public companies, shouldn't they also report their investment in human capital? we want that to be valued by the market. let's find a way to report it. have started an engagement. this gets a little bit out there. i think it is worthy of a debate. if we believe our workforce is the most important asset, shouldn't we even think in terms of accounting terms of how human capital investment could report as an asset on your balance sheet? programmatically, this is different than a number of the one of issues. many are very very good and productive. this is my. can we step back and really think about the incentives to make incentive in human capital a valued commodity? >> senator warren was just talking about the skills gap. when you look at young people that are in college today, it has got to be frustrating to know what to major in when the jobs are changing so rapidly by the time you are trying is out of col
treatment? we have started and j craig, the president appointed to be the chairman of the fcc, he has good ideas about public companies. maybe we should cut back on some of the reporting. public companies, shouldn't they also report their investment in human capital? we want that to be valued by the market. let's find a way to report it. have started an engagement. this gets a little bit out there. i think it is worthy of a debate. if we believe our workforce is the most important asset,...
Lonnie Bunch on Public History & Leadership : CSPAN3 : March 17, 2019 7:00pm-8:01pm EDT
, after 15 years of watching this issue ping-pong back-and-forth between fcc commissioner. public the overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules and wants to see some certainty and permanence to this issue. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. book.cer: c-span's newest noted historians rank america's best and worst chief executives. it provides insight into the lives of the 44 american presidents through stories gathered by interviews. it is the life events which faced our leaders, challenges, and legacies they left behind. it will be on shelves april 23. ext on the presidency, the coauthors of "history of impeachment" discuss the only three presidential impeachment conducted.s ever those involving andrew johnson, richard nixon and bill clinton. are historians john meacham and timothy white house correspondent peter baker and jeffrey engel
, after 15 years of watching this issue ping-pong back-and-forth between fcc commissioner. public the overwhelmingly supports net neutrality rules and wants to see some certainty and permanence to this issue. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all...
Senate Finance Hearing on Drug Pricing : CSPAN3 : March 5, 2019 1:32am-4:48am EST
has to file with the fcc, page 37 shows that in 2017 a portion of ceo richard gonzalez's multimillion dollar bonus was directly tied to sales of humira. it appears the same incentive was in place with 2015 and 2016. in fact the committees review shows all of these top executives had the same arrangement. mr. gonzalez is welcome to respond but the implication needs to be clear, from the top down their leadership had reason to keep pushing prices and sales up. pfizer, that company gets first prize for the emptiest pricing gesture in 2018, after stirring tweets pfizer said it would temporarily freeze the prices but when the president got a splashy headline his gaze went elsewhere, the pharmacies former ceo told investors it was back to normal, another round of price hikes in 2019 including the pain medication lyrica. lyrica has increased 163% in price since 2012. just one drug allowed pfizer to pull in over $5 billion in 2017. merck gets second prize for emptiest pricing gesture of 2018. they made sweet sounding promises after coming in under criticism but they cut prices for drugs that
has to file with the fcc, page 37 shows that in 2017 a portion of ceo richard gonzalez's multimillion dollar bonus was directly tied to sales of humira. it appears the same incentive was in place with 2015 and 2016. in fact the committees review shows all of these top executives had the same arrangement. mr. gonzalez is welcome to respond but the implication needs to be clear, from the top down their leadership had reason to keep pushing prices and sales up. pfizer, that company gets first...
Senate Homeland Subcommittee Hearing on Data Breaches : CSPAN3 : March 7, 2019 4:15pm-6:53pm EST
former ftc and fcc commissioners gao interviewed favored having ftc she revolution park dated 53 years in which internet privacy over hot oversight can be enhanced. first, through statute. some stakeholders told gao an overarching internet privacy statute could enhance consumer protection but clearly it leading to consumers, and agencies what behaviors are prohibited. second, through rulemaking. some stakeholders said regulation can provide clarity, fairness and flexibility. and third, through civil penalty to 30 pick stakeholders said ftc's internet private they can force that could be more receptive to level civil penalties for first-time violation. recent data breaches that federal agencies, retailers, hospitals and insurance companies, consumer reporting agencies and other large organizations, highlight the importance of ensuring the security and privacy of personally identifiable information collected and maintained by those entities. such breaches have resulted in the potential compromise of millions of americans personal identifiable information, which could lead to identi
former ftc and fcc commissioners gao interviewed favored having ftc she revolution park dated 53 years in which internet privacy over hot oversight can be enhanced. first, through statute. some stakeholders told gao an overarching internet privacy statute could enhance consumer protection but clearly it leading to consumers, and agencies what behaviors are prohibited. second, through rulemaking. some stakeholders said regulation can provide clarity, fairness and flexibility. and third, through...
Politico Policy Conversations with Governors - Part 2 : CSPAN3 : March 19, 2019 3:55pm-6:37pm EDT
5ginternet. fcc override government rules to let companies install equipment for 5 g networks. what do you think is the most effective way for governments and companies to work together to bring 5 g to your cities and cities across the country? >> it going to take me awhile to get high speed rail like shanghai to beijing despite my talking about how fast we can move on transportation. we can move fast on 5 g. we have a lot of the major it providers ready to come in right now. they are ready to have new haven or bridgeport or harford be the first 5 g city in new england. i just think that would be transformative. i come out of the world of it, sometimes government's gotta get out of the way and put in place a platform that allows the private sector to come in and do it. i don't think we need government to do this. i think we have some great it provider whose are ready to go. they are still getting their technology put together. but i think within a year we are able to do that. >> given that it requires different source of regulations or lack of regulations to install all of the anten
5ginternet. fcc override government rules to let companies install equipment for 5 g networks. what do you think is the most effective way for governments and companies to work together to bring 5 g to your cities and cities across the country? >> it going to take me awhile to get high speed rail like shanghai to beijing despite my talking about how fast we can move on transportation. we can move fast on 5 g. we have a lot of the major it providers ready to come in right now. they are...
Senate Homeland Subcommittee Hearing on Data Breaches : CSPAN3 : March 11, 2019 11:40am-2:20pm EDT
advocates and most former ftc and fcc commissioners gao interviewed favored enforcing regulations. we identified three areas in which internet privacy could be enhanced. first through statute. some stakeholders said statute could enhance consumer protection by cheerl articulating to consumers, industries and agencies what behaviors are prohibit. second through rule making. some stakeholders said that regulations can provide clarity, fairness, and flexibility. and third, through civil penalty authority. some stakeholders said ftc's internet privacy enforcement could be more effective with authority to levy civil penalties for first-time violations. >>> recent data breaches at federal agencies, retailers, hospitals, insurance companies, consumer reporting agencies and other large organizations highlight the importance of insuring the security and privacy of personally identifiable information collected and maintained by those entities. such breaches have resulted in the compromise of millions of americans personally identifiable information which could lead to identity theft and other s
advocates and most former ftc and fcc commissioners gao interviewed favored enforcing regulations. we identified three areas in which internet privacy could be enhanced. first through statute. some stakeholders said statute could enhance consumer protection by cheerl articulating to consumers, industries and agencies what behaviors are prohibit. second through rule making. some stakeholders said that regulations can provide clarity, fairness, and flexibility. and third, through civil penalty...
House Oversight Committee Hearing on Drug Control Policy : CSPAN3 : March 11, 2019 8:00am-11:41am EDT
radio app. >>> tonight, on the communicators, former fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his book from guttenberg to google. >> it's never the primary network that is transformative. but it's the secondary effects of that network. it's how, for instance, the printing press not only enabled luther, but allowed the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it's how the first high-speed network, the railroad, created industrial -- the industrial revolution and how the first electronic network, the telegraph, allowed for the creation of a national news media and a national financial system. >> watch the communicators, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> on thursday, the ceos of equifax and
radio app. >>> tonight, on the communicators, former fcc chair tom wheeler talks about his book from guttenberg to google. >> it's never the primary network that is transformative. but it's the secondary effects of that network. it's how, for instance, the printing press not only enabled luther, but allowed the renaissance to come out of northern italy. it's how the first high-speed network, the railroad, created industrial -- the industrial revolution and how the first...
House Ways & Means Committee Meets to Discuss Infrastructure : CSPAN3 : March 11, 2019 8:03pm-12:10am EDT
state, 366,000 people without what the fcc deems as adequate internet service. >>> this has an impact on the transportation infrastructure as well,our transportation infrastructure as well, some of you are talking about the costs that we are all paying for infrastructure, whether it's fixing your car when it hit a pothole or the cut of being in traffic. but there's also a cost of not having adequate broadband, people have to make trips they otherwise wouldn't have to take. it means lost opportunities where there's not economic opportunity because a business can't move into an area because the infrastructure isn't there. so i see in your report that you've given the nation's electricity and transmission lines, a.d. grade. i believe many in my district would describe access to broadband as receiving an f- letter grade but in order to solve that rural broadband problem, first we need a complete and accurate picture of the problem. and unfortunately the national broadband map hasn't been thoroughly updated in years. and we can't really solve a problem if we don't have the data and underst
state, 366,000 people without what the fcc deems as adequate internet service. >>> this has an impact on the transportation infrastructure as well,our transportation infrastructure as well, some of you are talking about the costs that we are all paying for infrastructure, whether it's fixing your car when it hit a pothole or the cut of being in traffic. but there's also a cost of not having adequate broadband, people have to make trips they otherwise wouldn't have to take. it means...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Testifies on Rural Economy : CSPAN3 : March 1, 2019 8:00pm-11:56pm EST
broadband. according to the fcc's 2018 broadband deployment report almost 30% of virginians living in rural areas don't have access to 6 broadband which is in minimally acceptable speed. that is three megabytes per second upload. this creates significant challenges from the ability of businesses and farms to operate in these communities. the ability of our kids to do their homework. across my district in central virginia we have some kids who sit at the donald parking lot to get access to the internet and is drastically impacting their ability to compete with other students to have the same experience as other students and some of the more populated suburban areas that have stronger broadband internet. the fy 2019 included -- grant programs and the usda's role a the utility service has other programs to support broadband such as community connect and tell him -- telemedicine efforts. my question is do you think the funding level is sufficient? and the structure of the programs are appropriate to address the challenge of getting broadband to rural communities across the country? and in
broadband. according to the fcc's 2018 broadband deployment report almost 30% of virginians living in rural areas don't have access to 6 broadband which is in minimally acceptable speed. that is three megabytes per second upload. this creates significant challenges from the ability of businesses and farms to operate in these communities. the ability of our kids to do their homework. across my district in central virginia we have some kids who sit at the donald parking lot to get access to the...


Got evening plans for April 4? No? You might as well start planning, because I've got a great suggestion for you.
As part of the Mission Creek Festival in April, author and translator Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas will be reading at Prairie Lights Books on Wednesday, April 4th at 5:30pm.
She graduated from the University of Iowa with a creative nonfiction writing and literary translation MFA. Among her written works are Drown Sever Sing, and, quite recently, Don't Come Back.
She has received the 2016 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award and the Iron Horse Review's Discovered Voices Award, among others, and has been published in multiple platforms, including the Baltimore Review, the Chicago Review, Anomalous Press, Bellingham Review, The Iron Horse Review, and Inscape.
An author of many talents, Vanegas deftly handles multiple genres of writing, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translation. A major theme in her work is her early background in Colombia and experiences as an immigrant, which she explores through written works.
Perhaps what makes Vanegas especially fascinating is her experimentation with nonfiction, translation, mythology, and other forms of expression, and how she melds these forms together to accomplish a multi-layered approach.
For instance, Vanegas incorporates Colombian mythology in both Drown Sever Sing and Don't Come Back, producing a "hybrid" work of nonfiction and myth, which not only provides a complex view into Colombia's culture and mythical tradition but also explores the very purpose and limits of nonfiction and the space between genres.
The best nonfiction, for me, deals with the confrontation of our own fictional nonfictions and nonfictional fictions. We all exist in liminal spaces—not just immigrants—and we are perpetually entertaining a series of contradictory notions all at once.
–"A Conversation with Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas"; The Normal School, 03 November 2017.
Why? After the European invasion, it was decided that there was only one culture that could be called culture, and the rest was at best a quaint bedtime story, and at worst heresy.
these notoriously difficult expressions, with their thick, deep roots in cultural context, language, and tradition, Vanegas has gone beyond text, and employed drawings and graphs and other experimental forms, which, she says in the interview, started during her time in the MFA Translation program at Iowa.
Because, what I really wanted to translate was the untranslatability of a translated experience. Of being caught between times, places, languages, and selves, and if I gave the reader the impression that it all could easily fit into this new English skin, then, I would have failed in my primary objective.
What also makes Vanegas' nonfiction especially arresting, is the sense of immediacy and candid passion that is intertwined in the text. I am not a die-hard fan of nonfiction, but after reading "BOG-MIA-CID", the last essay in Don't Come Back, and an excerpt from "The Peach Orchard," I found myself totally absorbed.
Read the whole interview here, and check out "BOG-MIA-CID" here—and once you get done with that, get to see this spectacular writer at Prairie Lights!
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Kenyan ambassador to the US, Mr Elkanah Odembo last week led Kenyans living in the US in signing a peace pledge committing themselves to maintain peace during the forthcoming general elections.
Launching the peace charter in Boston Massachusetts, during a dinner party hosted in honor of the Kenyan athletic team that participated in the Boston Marathon, the ambassador said there were already signs that trouble was brewing.
"As a country, we are still not cohesive. As soon as 2012 arrived, tensions among different Kenyan communities in the US started rising. Things started bubbling up," he said.
Odembo said it was shameful that the Diaspora, a group that was supposed to show leadership by influencing positive changes in Kenya was itself practicing ethnic and tribal division.
"For some of you who have lived here for 10, 20 years and you still live in your tribal cocoons, as long as I'm here, I'll always be on your case. I'll not forgive you. We can't build a cohesive country when we still identify ourselves by our tribes," he said.
Speaking at the same function, Bishop Joshua Wambua said the best thing the Diaspora could do was to indicate to people back at home that Kenyans living abroad are committed to peace and the best way to do that was by them signing the peace pledge.
"Before we do anything. Before we discuss the Diaspora policy, we need to start a peace initiative here and now by signing this pledge," he said.
The peace pledge that commits the diaspora to advocate for free, fair and peaceful elections will be taken to different states in the US and Canada that have a large number of Kenyans. The next stop on its journey around the US will be in the Washington, DC Metro area.
"We are in the process of identifying an appropriate venue for this purposes. So far, we have already constituted a committee to work on this because we believe the Diaspora can lead peace initiative in our country," said Bishop Paul Mulani of Maryland.
Meanwhile, ambassador Odembo will be hosting a reception in honour of the visiting Government officials attending the Spring IMF/World Bank meetings and the members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The meeting will take place today (Friday) at the embassy offices in Washington, DC. The officials include: Mr Robinson N. Githae, Minister for Finance, Charity Ngilu, Minister for Water and Irrigation, Dr Romano Kiome, PS, Ministry of Agriculture and Prof Njuguna Ndung'u, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya.
Others are Dr Geoffrey Mwau, Economic Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mr Jackson Kinyanjui, Director, External Resources Department, Ministry of Finance, Mr Issack Hassan, Chairman, IEBC, Ms Lilian Mahiri-Zaja, Vice-Chair, IEBC and Yusuf Nzibo, Commissioner, IEBC.
Mr Hassan is also scheduled to meet with Kenyans on Saturday, April 21, 2012 in Washington D.C. The meeting will be held between 4 p.m and 6 p. m at The Dupont Circle Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036.
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The fix to the 0x80243004 and 80243004 errors for Windows Update is overly simplistic, but definitely worth retaining considering the problems are reported pretty regularly.
Per KB2837515, the cause is that the Automatic Update client requires that the tray icon be managed either by Group Policy, or that it be displayed if not disabled by Group Policy.
In the notification area at the far right hand side of the taskbar, click the Show hidden icons button and then click Customize.
In Notification Area Icons, under Icons, scroll down to find Windows Update. Click the drop-down list next to it, click Show icon and notifications and then click OK.
Go to Windows Update and check for updates again. It should now complete as expected.
Microsoft Using Monthly Updates to Alter Customer Privacy Choice?


Music By The Fireplace: Neal Jacobs - 3-4 p.m. at Spring Lake District Library, 123 E. Exchange St.
North Ottawa Hospital Auxiliary - 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at North Ottawa Community Hospital, 1309 Sheldon Road, Grand Haven.
"Let Freedom Ring"- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, 524 Washington Ave., Grand Haven. Community day of readings from Martin Luther King Jr.
Bluebird Cancer Retreat Support Group - 10-11:30 a.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. at Bluebird Cancer Retreats offices, 917 W. Savidge St., Suite 36, Spring Lake.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Holland Museum, 31 W. 10th St., Holland.
MLK Lecture with Dr. Joy DeGruy - 2 p.m. at Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 277 College Ave., Holland.
Exploring Mental Illness: "Bipolar and Depression" - 6 p.m. at Momentum Center, 714 Columbus Ave., Grand Haven.
Music of the Civil Rights Movement - 7 p.m. at Spring Lake District Library, 123 E. Exchange St.
Perfect Storm - 7-8 p.m. at Loutit District Library, 407 Columbus Ave., Grand Haven.


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I've posted today a document that I've been working on for some time. Last year I did a presentation at a Membership Meeting intended to help parents with thinking through how to respond to common arguments against the Christian school. That presentation is posted below and can be used by anyone to help with Christian school parents. I was asked following that meeting to provide the presentation for parents, but I decided that it would be more helpful to provide parents with a booklet containing detailed rebuttals that I spoke about in my presentation. Both of these are free to use, to print, and to disseminate. It is important to remember that the document and presentation are intended for Christian school parents and supporters, not necessarily for prospective Christian school parents.
There are many metaphors that can be employed to describe how best we as Christians should use the Scriptures to inform our understanding of God's creation. I have heard many, as I'm sure you have: Scripture is a map, a guidebook, a love letter, the list goes on. Metaphors are used to describe Scripture's importance, I think, because there is little agreement amongst Christians about just what role the Bible plays in the Christian's life. It is safe to say that all true Christians will believe that the Bible is inspired by God, but the metaphors used to describe it's place in the Christian's life will have significant ramifications for how it is interpreted and integrated. There is a big difference between a love letter and a map.
"Just as old bleary-eyed men and those with weak vision, if you thrust before them a beautiful volume, even if they recognize it to be some sort of writing, yet can scarcely construe two words, but with the aid of spectacles will begin to read distinctly; so Scripture, gathering up the otherwise confused knowledge of God in our minds, having dispersed our dullness, clearly shows us the true God" (Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, 1.6.1).
Scripture-spectacles help us to think of the Scriptures not simply as God's love letter to us or as a map, but as a means to improve our God-vision. The Scriptures, in this view, are meant to clarify the world around us according to God's intention. Wolters continues by claiming that the Scriptures can also be thought of as a miner's lamp which "lights up the world wherever we turn to look at it" (p. 18). It is important, Wolters reminds us, that the miner is not gazing at the lamp, but rather that the dark rock face is illuminated in whatever direction that the miner's lamp is facing – in whatever direction the miner is looking. Scripture then, improves our vision and illuminates the things of God in an otherwise unclear and poorly lit environment.
"There is a world of difference between looking at something and looking through something. We make the same colossal mistake with God's Word and the gift of print. We have books all around us. We stack them on our shelves. Yet He has revealed Himself in His Word and we let it lie unstudied, unread, and sometimes untouched. We look at it. We hardly ever look through it" (Zacharias, p. 146).
God's Word is at its best when it is allowed to illuminate the darkness and clarify our vision. How does this play out in our day-to-day, routine lives? How does it affect how we do our work? Does it change how we learn, how we teach? If we're not looking through Scripture as opposed to looking at Scripture, we're destined to miss a great deal of what God intended us to know. It is imperative to living a Godly life that we allow God to speak to us through His Scripture, and that his voice changes the way we see the world around us.
Calvin, J. (1957). Institutes of the Christian religion. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Wolters, A. M. (1985). Creation regained: biblical basics for a Reformational worldview. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co..
Zacharias, R. K. (2003). Recapture the wonder. Nashville: Integrity Publishers.
As we enter the new school year, I begin to think afresh about the vision of our schools and the mission of our work. My beginning-of-the-year devotions with staff offers me a chance to revisit our raison d'être, to reconsider in fresh ways the importance of what we do in our schools in general, and in our classrooms with our students in particular. My summer schedule allows me to read a bit more than I'm normally afforded, so my rally-call with staff generally draws from some of the literature I've been pondering.
Two books in particular struck me this year. The first a book by Matt Chandler entitled The Explicit Gospel. Although the foundation of his argument won't be new to most Christians (although he claims it might be), one argument singularly struck a chord within me. Chandler speaks about the gospel. The good news of the gospel, he says, is that humanity has been, by grace, afforded salvation through the sanctifying work of God through Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. This good news is available to us if we choose to accept it. The juxtaposition which had been lost to me (or perhaps forgotten for a time) was that this good news only finds fruition when contrasted against the bad news. The bad news, he claims, is that without this sacrifice and atonement, and unless we accept it, we are destined to a life apart from God (hell).
This is a concise explication of the gospel story, and said in a way that struck me as profound when I heard it. I hope that it is profound to all of us because I think God intends us to be struck by its profundity.
The second book, which seemed an extension of Chandler's when I read it, is D.A. Carson's The Intolerance of Tolerance. In this book, Carson laments the supposed Modern-Post-Modern shift that saw the understanding of, and definition of, tolerance take a drastic turn. In modernity, the assumption was that every person had the right and obligation to fight for the truth of his/her opinions and beliefs in the hope that the truth-cream would rise to the top. What we see happening (or saw happen) in post-modernity is that tolerance has been identified with the belief that all truths are equal and should be relegated to the private sphere. In this view those that claim to hold absolute truth are seen as intolerant. Carson argues quite convincingly that those fighting for this second supposed tolerance are as intolerant as those they are accusing. The new Tolerants believe that people who propose absolute truth in anything are intolerant (anything but science, secularity, and pluralism, of course). Simply believing that another person or group of people are wrong in what they believe is said to be intolerant.
The reading of these two books convinced me that what is required in Christian schools is not a retreat or apology from hard and fast truth claims founded in the Bible and in Christian tradition, but a renewed fervour for ensuring that we are unwavering in our belief that Christianity holds the key to salvation. The logical extension of this is not prejudice, discrimination, and division as some in the public circles would have us believe. In fact, I believe as Carson does, that the new tolerance does more to divide and discriminate than the traditional understanding of tolerance. It seems to me that the new Tolerants are trying to achieve the same goal that they accuse of us: namely the creation of a homogeneous society of unthinking, unfeeling individuals.
If you believe as I do that Christianity and the redeeming power of Christ are integral to the well-being and salvation of individuals, then I think we need to charge ahead, unashamed of the saving message that we have to share. Instead of fearing the offense of others, I think we need to fear that the Good News will not be told. Instead of fearing that if we don't water down the message our schools will shrink, I think we need to be bold in delivering the message that has transformed our lives, and can transform the lives of others. We need to deliver the explicit gospel knowing full well that to many of those who hear it, it will be intolerable.
Carson, D. A.. The intolerance of tolerance. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2012. Print.
Chandler, Matt, and Jared C. Wilson. The explicit Gospel. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2012. Print.
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a conference, with many of my colleagues across Southern Ontario, where one of the keynote speakers was Simon Sinek of "Start with Why" fame. His was an inspiring address primarily centred on the physiology of incentives and performance. One aspect of his speech struck me because I had just been reading Ariely's "The Upside of Irrationality", most specifically his chapter entitled Paying More for Less: Why Big Bonuses Don't Always Work". First, let me discuss Sinek's argument briefly. Sinek spoke about the body's chemical responses to stimuli. In particular he spoke about the differing and paradoxical effects of cortisol and oxytocin. He explained that cortisol is the hormone produced in excessive amounts during stressful situations. Oxytocin, on the other hand, is called the Love Hormone and is responsible for feelings of trust, empathy, arousal, etc. Cortisol's positive aspect is that it produces what we call the Fight or Flight Syndrome which causes the body to produce readiness needed to flee dangerous situations. However, the body's response is the same during stressful situations where actual physical fight or flight is not needed. It also, apparently, inhibits oxytocin production which in turn limits the body's ability to trust, empathize, and love.
Enter Ariely. Through a variety of lab experiments, Ariely makes the conclusion that "using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person's mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance."
The two explanations seem to be correlated. If promises of high performance based incentives cause stress, then logic would tell us that cortisol release would permeate these situations. High cortisol levels inhibit oxytocin and make us less able to trust others and empathize with them. High stress also inhibits our ability to perform well. In a nutshell, the argument could be made that high performance based incentives kill performance and poison positive workplace climates.
I wonder what this conclusion means for our classrooms. I wonder if our grading schematics and evaluation methods could be construed as high performance based incentives and could inadvertently be killing student performance and poisoning classroom atmosphere. This is not a profound conclusion for those of us who have thought seriously about our student evaluation methods. However, I think that the arguments presented by these two authors may provide new evidence for those of us who have concern about the demotivating aspects of traditional methods of evaluations. Of course, there is a big difference (perhaps) between monetary incentive and the grade motivators that we dole out. However, I wonder if the two are more alike for than we think considering the high stakes of achieving good grades in our society.
Ariely, Dan. The upside of irrationality: the unexpected benefits of defying logic at work and at home. New York: Harper, 2010.
Sinek, Simon. Start with why: how great leaders inspire everyone to take action. New York: Portfolio, 2009.


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