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One of California's newest wines has roots in a partnership extending to Alabama.
Cary Estes
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Birmingham native Frank O'Neil and longtime Alabama resident Rob Francis gathered with their families last year and toasted their friendship over a bottle of fine wine. It is a ritual that has endured for decades, continuing even after the Francis family left Birmingham and moved to northern California 14 years ago.
This time, however, they were enjoying a very special vintage. That's because the vino they were savoring was their own, a bottle of Southern Roots cabernet sauvignon that is the product of a new business venture between the two families.
Using grapes grown on Francis' small 1.3-acre vineyard in the Coombsville area of Napa Valley, Southern Roots' initial vintage produced 67 cases of cabernet. This inaugural offering was well received, earning "Gold" recognition at the 2018 International Wine Competition.
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"This really is a true partnership of the families and our shared love of wine, " says O'Neil, an executive with Birmingham-based ProAssurance, who is married to WBRC-6 news anchor Janet Hall O'Neil. "We treasure the friendship, and we also cherish a good wine. We think we've been able to advance both with this project."
The friendship between the two families began when O'Neil and Francis met while working at ProAssurance. They went on vacations together, their children (six total) grew up together, and they shared favorite wines along the way.
"I just enjoy the process of drinking wine, " says Francis, a native of Georgia who graduated from the University of South Alabama before living in Birmingham for 20 years. "There's a lot of ceremony to it. Buying the right vintages, opening them with friends, talking about the wine. Frank and Janet were a big part of that for us when we lived in Birmingham."
When Frank and Janet Hall O'Neil lift a glass of Southern Roots cabernet, it's in every sense a toast to home and friendship.
In 2004, Francis took a job in Napa Valley, where it is more common for homeowners to grow grape vines than grass in their yards. So Francis planted an acre of cabernet in 2008, and, once he gained a mature crop four years later, began selling the grapes to wineries in the area.
"There are all these people in Napa who have something to do with the wine industry, so you just kind of fall into learning about it, " Francis says. "At first it was just a toe in the water by planting an acre of grapes. Then I planted another half-acre.
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Around that same time Francis met veteran winemaker Rudy Zuidema, a northern California native who had become a private producer after working for such well-known wineries as Robert Craig and Ehlers Estate.
"I was able to taste his wines at a dinner party and thought that his style was exactly what we were shooting for, " Francis says. "He makes a wine that is very approachable and smooth, yet still complex. He balances all those nuances without going too far in one direction. It's more of a blend between old-world and new-world styles."
Zuidema, meanwhile, was becoming increasingly intrigued by Coombsville's burgeoning wine industry. The region has been an American Viticultural Area (designating it as an official wine grape-growing region) for fewer than seven years. But Zuidema says Coombsville already has gained a reputation for producing product with a distinctive taste, partly because the region is located near the San Pablo Bay and receives the cooling effects of marine air and fog.
"We are at the very edge of where it would be too cool (to grow wine grapes), " Zuidema explains. "Because of that, this wine has more of an old-world character like you find in France and Italy. Instead of just tasting these big, bold California fruit flavors, everything is more in balance. It's a completely different wine character from most of Napa Valley.
"So I was really excited about working in this area. And then Frank and Rob could not be nicer folks with great families. They're the kind of people I want to work with. That personality and passion and appreciation from the owners shows up in the wine."
The grapes that make Southern Roots grow on Napa Valley land owned by Rob Francis, the West Coast half of this California-Alabama partnership.
Southern Roots Wines began operations in 2015 with the production of its initial vintage, which then spent 20 months in French oak barrels before being bottled and released last year. Instead of a physical winery, Southern Roots works with nearby Sandy Brook Winery, renting its equipment and facilities that are needed for vinification, storage and bottling, a common process in the wine industry known as "custom crush."
While it might seem odd to associate Alabama with fine wines that sell for $90 a bottle, O'Neil and Francis do not shy away from their, well, Southern roots. In addition to the name of the company, the logo adorning every bottle shows a grape vine with roots that form the outline of the state of Alabama (as well as California).
"I lived in Alabama much of my adult life, and all my children were born in Alabama. So Alabama is still home to us, " Francis says. "And certainly the Southern culture represents that warmth and hospitality that we associate with drinking good wine with good friends.
"When we drink wine casually, we always enjoy it if there is a personal connection to that wine. That always adds a little bit of interest to go along with the storytelling about the features of that wine. So we thought we'd try to bring that back to the folks in Alabama with Southern Roots."
If this year's release goes well, O'Neil says Southern Roots might increase production to as much as 250 cases next year.
"We're starting small to build demand and get people familiar with the quality of the wine, then we're going to expand the distribution and the amount we make, " O'Neil says. "We're not in this to lose money. It's a sideline, but it's not just a hobby. It's very much a money-making venture.
"But it's also, first and foremost, a way for us to strengthen the bonds between the Francis family and the O'Neils. We all share this love of the state of Alabama, and this love of good wine."
Cary Estes and Cary Norton are freelance contributors to Business Alabama. Both are based in Birmingham.
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Researchers at the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) wanted to know what the data said about this phenomenon.
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EPON: IEEE802.3ah standard. The standard defines the physical layer of EPON MPCP, the OAM and other related contents. Basic principle for IEEE developing the EPON standard is 802.3 architecture EPON standardization work, minimal expansion of the standard Ethernet MAC protocol.
GPON: ITU-T G.984 series standard. The standard defines the provisions of the GPON physical layer, the TC layer and OAM functions. The GPON standard formulation to consider the support of traditional TDM services, still using the the 125s fixed frame structure to maintain 8K timing continuation. To support ATM multi-protocol, GPON defined an entirely new package structure GEM (GPON encapsulation method), ATM and other protocols can be mixed encapsulation framing.
EPON: There are currently 5-6 professional firms providing the EPON core chip (excluding self-designed chip system vendors), these manufacturers have started to chip design and verification during the discussing of the standard, so most of them have launched a second-generation compatible and standard chip when the 802.3ah standard formally promulgated, which can quickly support the EPON system of large-scale deployment.
GPON: Except for the GPON chip, there is no the a professional chip manufacturers launched a commercial GPON core chip that independently designed by themselves. The GPON equipment modules are dedicated to the independent or collaborative development module, no the professional module manufacturers can provide samples, not to mention the mass production.
The most questions about EPON is its capacity of transmitting the traditional TDM EPON multi-service. Not to mention the current EPON equipment manufacturers to use the patented technology of the TDM over Ethernet provides TDM EPON single segment of the business of transmission channels, from the test results, and its performance is completely meet 1.5ms delay index requirements, in full compliance with the traditional TDM services standards. Even in ordinary Ethernet devices, now it also can use a variety of standard PWE3 (pseudowire emulation edge to edge) devices to provide cross-network segment, the end-to-end transparent traditional point-to-point TDM channel. With the dwindling proportion of traditional TDM traffic using packet switching technology TDM services asylum growing packet networks, will undoubtedly be a more economical means. Security, EPON standard AES-based encryption technology, with the security of GPON.
In QoS, EPON defines eight priority queues, DBA algorithms are also taken into account the priority queue bandwidth allocation strategy and fairness and other issues. IP a priority or Ethernet priority packet can be easily mapped to eight priority queues, and then through the DBA algorithm guarantees the transmission bandwidth and delay, QoS requirements fully meet the needs of different business . The GPON OLT detects the traffic load of each CONT-T for prediction/analysis ONU business flow and network congestion and allocate resources to each CONT-T, according to the network conditions, but does not involve the VP/VC, or Port_ID QoS. VP/VC, or Port_ID provide QoS guarantees by the corresponding mechanisms at both ends of the ATM/GEM client.
For different QoS requirements of the business, GPON by to use pointers arrangements ONU using the different transmission mode to achieve: to adjust its authorized bandwidth and authorization cycle to guarantee the bandwidth and latency requirements of the business. In fact, how to guarantee QoS EPON and GPON implementation mechanism is essentially the same. OAM including the GPON bandwidth authorized allocation, DBA, link monitoring, protection switching, key exchange, and various alarm functions. Itself from the standard point of view, the GPON standard defined richer OAM information than the the EPON standard definition, but from the actual equipment of view, both provide the functionality and not much difference, the current EPON equipment can also provide these features.
To sum up, in terms of QoS, multi-service bearer security, the current EPON products are similar with GPON standard specified. But the cost per unit bandwidth is much lower than the EPON, besides EPON technology is more mature, earlier be accepted by the market, and earlier enter the commercial stage in large-scale. The next generation network is a packet-based network, Ethernet as the absolute mainstream bearing platform of the packet network has become an indisputable fact. The user network interface in the future is certainly an Ethernet interface, the Ethernet interface on the MAN will surely be ubiquitous. Using Ethernet technology to connect the Ethernet interface on both sides will be a very natural thing.


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It was way too expensive to get in there so we headed straight for the real art of Chicago.
The French toast was served with whipped butter and crispy bacon. A plate of smoked salmon with poached eggs, hollandaise and fried tatties completed our sampling of this exceptional wee cafe. The service was short, sharp and to the point. Amazing coffee topped up whenever it got to the dregs, donut 'holes' served as a pre-breakfast treat and a small tub of ice cream to clear the palate after. There's no airs and graces, just whopping big portions and enough fat to close every artery in your body.
The picture belo will raise your heart rate several beats per minute so don't look if of a nervous disposition.
…. and there's worse to come.
Af ter hobbling out of Lou's fat-fest we 'did Chicago in a day'. Here are the highlights….
Chicago's CT A trains run above ground instead of under it. They are raised on amazing raised iron structures and are constantly screeching around the city overhead. You could spend all day looking at them.
The Willis Tower has these protruding glass platforms 103 floors up and people queue to stand over the streets and imagine they are Superman. Route 66 is directly behind this strange couple.
The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank has two piles of money in its little museum. This cube of one million dollar bills and a stack of $20s.
Tempting do n't you think?
The Chicago Tribune building has a wall containing a number of bricks and stones from other famous building around the world including this piece of Edinburgh Castle.
If Edinburgh Castle falls down any time soon we know who is to blame.
There are bits from the Great Wall of China, the Pyramid at Giza and other weird places. Not a thing from Inverness though.
There are great parks in the city and the river flows right through the centre of the Downtown area. The parks are full of unusual arty things that are mostly nonsense but sometime's fascinating. Like the 'bean'.
It's a giant reflecting bean shaped structure which attracts huge amounts of attention. You could spend half the day playing around it.
This art work sits in the opposite 'wtf' category.
Ok – so that was Chicago (yes there IS more to it than that it but it's the food that matters).
We couldn't face lunch so we deferred until later afternoon and then visited the Cheesecake Factory in Mile North http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/.
This being the Pecan and Caramel cheesecake with a lump of chocolate brownie on the top (kind of resembling something a small dog might have done).
There was also a similarly large sliced of Key Lime Cheesecake. With two drinks the sum of $25 was probably too much. It's nice, but not $25 nice.
Dinner was another fat-laden error of judgement. A pizza pie from https://giordanos.com/ at the Navy Pier. Prepare your nerves again.
Yes – it was astonishingly good but best eaten on a different day to Lou Mitchell's breakfast and should certainly not be tripled up with cheesecake.


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We did a little test. Insya Allah, improving their writing as well.
Alhamdulillah we continued our arabic class today.
We learn some animal names. Using the Madina arabic book HERE.
We also identified the animals as in the Quran.
We are following the Madinah Arabic book and you can find what we study today HERE and HERE.
I corrected the way they write the arabic letters in our exercise.. We used the white board and also exercise books for the exercise.
We did some tests from the words we learned in the Madinah Arabic Book. You may find it here and here and here.
It was short and fun. I got to correct the way they actually write the letters and also some spelling mistakes. Alhamdulillah.
We also make a simple test from our lessons on the CAKE. I write down a simple arabic and asked them to get me the unknown words in arabic.
Then come the fun part is to apply it to actual things. What better way to do it than to actually be in the kitchen? We did not bake cakes though, but instead we made cookies and learn a few new words as well.
The cookies come in different sizes. LOL!
Then we bring some examples on أ in the quran.
I am thinking of introducing Arabic as one of the subjects in our halaqah classes Insya Allah.
For my eldest son, he has the opportunity to speak with some of his friends and also his sheikh who doesn't speak English at all. He is also slowly following the arabic lessons given by Brother Nouman Ali Khan in bayyinah Insya Allah. Once in a while (we haven't done it for a long time though), we will be following Brother Fahd Al Tahiri in his Sarf lessons. May we be steadfast.
So I am thinking of introducing simple arabic to my other children aged 11 and 8 (in Year 2013). I do not know where to start so have been looking around for a good syllabus and resources.
My children can write in the arabic font Insya Allah and can read fairly well if it has harakat on it. However, they do not know what it means like most of us. Allah Mustaan. Nor can they speak the language.
I am not so good myself but am slowly taking arabic lessons at a local centre where I live.
For now I will be combining the course in the Madinah Arabic books and the resources that I found HERE.
1. Our first lesson is introducing the words هذا and هذه.
2. Then we start going through the vocabularies in the first page of the madinah book. You can find it HERE and HERE.
3. I added some new words based on this cute lesson about The Cake. HERE.
4. I introduced the word ما which means what.
I also pointed out the spelling of the words هذا and هذه has no alif after ha even tough we pronounce it long. In the quran there is the alif saghirah to indicate for you to read it long. In standard arabic, there is no alif but we still pronounce it long.
Insya Allah they are to familiarise themselves with the words.
It is reported in Tafsir Ibn kathir, that this surah is a continuation of Suratul Feel. However the sahabahs wrote "In the Name of Allah Most Gracious, Most merciful" between the two surahs. This is because if the two are combined the meaning would be "We have destroyed its people in order to gather (Ilaf) of the Quraysh. Allah knows best.
Makkah was an infertile land. No agricultural activity can take place in Makkah. The people of Makkah depend on business where they travel around to do business.
We made a little craft for Z to put the arabic names for the seasons now that they have learned the arabic word for winter and summer. We are currenly in autumn. Alhamdulillah wonderful weather nowadays.
The Quraysh took advantage of the seasons in the year to travel. During the hot season of the summer, they would travel to the Shams where the temperature is much cooler. While during the clod season, they would travel to the south where the temperature is moderate.
Let's look at the average yearly temperature around these regions. We will look at temperature in the month of January which represents the most peak winter. And July which would normaly represent the most peak summer.
Syria which would represent the northern area yaani the Shams. Refer HERE.
I am slightly doubting on the data at Makkah in July. I reckon it can actually hit 50 celcius or at least 40 plus.
But the gist is, you can see the best place to travel in the mid summer is to the Shams when the temperature is most moderate. And to take advantage of the moderate winter temperature along the jazeera area.
And this was what the quraysh did.
This was all by the Grace of Allah.
To travel around the Arabia at that time was very dangerous for there are bandits everywhere. However no one dared to touch the Quraysh because of their reputation as the caretaker of the House of Allah. This has become more evident after the year of the Elephants.
But they have forgotten that this was a favour given by Allah to them.
The protection that the quraysh had when they travel around either during winter or summer are all blessings from Allah. Their elevated status that they are the custodians of Kaabah are also blessings from Allah.
Allah continues in the next verse.
This verse is actually a command from Allah to them to worship Allah, the one who bestows them with all the blessings. Also the one who is the Lord of Kaabah of which the reason of their elevation in status.
Allah reminded the people of Quraysh to worship the Lord of the honoured Kaabah. The holy Kaabah that Allah protected from the elephants. Allah has honoured the Quraysh as the custodian of Kaabah. Because of the Kaabah, Allah has raised the status of the Quraysh among the arabs. Even more so after the Year of the Elephants.
However the Quraysh, has been worshipping false idols and has placed idols around the holy house. Whereas they know Allah is the one who creates them and the one who provides rizq and the one who protects them.
Let us take heed of the lessons. Only ask from Allah. And Only He is to be worshipped.
And yet they worship idols who couldn't do neither good nor harm to them.
Let us reflect on our own well being. More so if we have status, or we are born in a good family and surrounded by "noble" people.
Do we ever stop and think that these are all from Allah. We must continuously thank Him and continuously doing good deeds that pleases Allah.
And thus the custodian of Kaabah was also honoured by the Arab people.
The livelihood of the people of Makkah was mostly due to the trades.
The Quraysh travel to different places in the season of winter and summer for trade.
Allah has honoured and elevated their status such that their traveling was safe despite the rampant robberies and insecurities within the arab world.
Allah reminded them of the blessings that He has bestowed on them and that they should worship only Him and not the other deities.


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Mean Mermaids Are A Thing
Most of us think of mermaids as sexy sirens of the sea. There seems to be a new mermaid fad with gals and guys both living mer-folk fantasy lifestyles. There are mermaid performers, mermaid weddings, mermaid blankies, and all sorts of other mermaid related stuff. But guess what mermaids are really about? Murder and mayhem, folks, murder and mayhem. Hate to spoil it for all you romantic mer-folk but your fantasy heroes were really mean in the mythos of old. And I mean REALLY mean!
The animated Little Mermaid movie by Disney, that inspires little girls to be sweet and hopeful and determined, is based on a Hans Christian Anderson tale from the 19th century. But the original story was far from a child-appropriate fairy tale.
Yes, there was a mermaid princess and a drowning prince. But there was also romantic rejection and an ensuing plot for a blood bath. Once the prince turns the little mermaid princess down, she begins to die of a broken heart. But mermaid's have no souls so they don't go to heaven. Instead, they are transformed into the sea foam that tips raging waves and breakers.
But the transformation takes awhile. It's a process. So, for awhile, there's a chance to save the little mermaid from this terrible destiny. In the early stages, while she is tail-less and mute, she places her hope in someone, anyone, to take action to save her.
Seeing this horrible fate come upon their sister, the little mermaid's faithful sisters do not disappoint. They become enraged. They swear vengeance. They negotiate a deal with a sea hag.
She demands their mermaid hair in exchange for a poisoned, cursed dagger that can only be used while the human prince sleeps. His blood must be collected and washed over the little mermaid's feet which will cause her tail to grow back. The sisters return with the blade and tell their sister what must be done.
With the dagger in hand, the little mermaid stands over the unsuspecting prince who jilted her while he sleeps. She struggles silently with her conscience. Much time passes. In the end, the little mermaid can't go through with it. But is she still destined to become lonely sea foam? Not so fast.
It seems that there are still heavenly rewards for soul-less mer-folk who opt out of murder. Angels suddenly appear and give her an option. Instead of becoming meaningless sea foam, she can remain human. It will just cost her a few centuries of good deeds. Then, she will have earned an immortal soul.
Now, that doesn't seem like too mean of a mermaid, does it. Well, on the flip side, there are tales of much meaner sirens of the sea.
Like Japan's sea-vampiress Nure Onna who's mer-body resembles a sea snake more than a fish. She also has fangs amid the human teeth in her lovely smile. She likes to sit on the shore pretending to hold a baby as she cries in distress. What sympathetic human wouldn't offer assistance?
She asks them to hold her baby which becomes a weight pinning them down so she can drain their blood at her leisure. And if death by exsanguination isn't bad enough, if you happen to have long hair she might just strangle you with it. Bad, bad mermaid.
And don't forget about mer-men. Those are some bad boys, too. The Scots tell of the Blue Men who make friends with sailors. When ships get close enough to recognize the un-natural blue skin, it's too late. The Blue Men attack, drag the sailors into the water and eat them. Great Scott! Cannibal Mer-men! Who knew?!
The Odyssey, of course, shares the most familiar mean mermaid story of sexy sea sirens who lure sailors to their deaths. They sing songs that hypnotize them, drawing them ever closer to the source of the song… Mermaids sitting atop rocks, rocks that will wreck their ships. Then, BOOM, you're dead.
But where did the first mermaid come from? Who is the Eve of the seas? Ancient Syrians tell of Atargatis, a goddes who fell in love with a human. This story again?
While loving him she lost control of her super-human goddess strength and killed her lover. Overcome with guilt and grief, surprise, she drowns herself in the sea.
But didn't she know she was a goddess? Like, immortal? Well, it seems that immortality is not the only rule gods and goddesses live by. It seems that there is a rule that when they jump into the ocean they automatically turn into fish. But the magic works out strangely on those who are incredibly beautiful, like Atargatis. She kept her human beauty and only became half-fish. The first mermaid.
Russians have their own lore about the mer-people, rusalki. They believe them to be the reincarnated souls of vengeful women who have died tragically, like from pregnancy, suicide or murder. So you can imagine that these kind of mermaids would be really, really mean.
They lure you near with their gorgeousness. They put you at ease with soothing words. Then, WHAM! They grab you and drown you. But a few have an even more demented way of killing their victims. They tickle them so that their victims drown by laughter. Sick. Very, very sick.
The Irish have their selkies seal-women and the French have their mermaid dragons called the melusine, as well as fat mer-monk creatures. There are also tales of mer-zombies. The Arabian Nights includes a story featuring a terrifying mermaid kingdom.
It seems that the entire ancient world has been fascinated with the prospect of beautiful but deadly mer-people. It seems that sweet, adorable, kindly little mermaid princesses are only a modern creation. Does that mean that, as a race, humanity is taking a turn for the better instead of a turn for the worst? Could be. The gringa remains hopeful yet firmly a land-lubber. Just in case.
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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ikkado Itoh. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from July 2020 to September 2021, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.

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Written and illustrated by Ikkado Itoh, I'm Not Meat was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from July 27, 2020, to September 27, 2021. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from December 11, 2020, to December 28, 2021.

In October 2021, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that the licensed the manga for English release in North America. It will be published under its Ghost Ship imprint starting in June 2022.

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The Seven Mile Bridge is perhaps the most famous bridge on the 113-mile-long Overseas Highway through the Florida Keys to Key West. The Florida East Coast Railway build the original bridge, initially known as the Knights Key-Pigeon Key-Moser Channel-Pacet Channel Bridge, from 1909 to 1912 as part of its Key West Extension, also known as the Overseas Railroad. Following the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, the railroad, financially unable to rebuild the route, sold the remaining bridges to the government, which reworked it as a highway. A newer bridge, constructed from 1978 to 1982, replaced the original span, which largely remains in place.
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Google Launches Project Fi, Exclusive to Nexus 6 Owners
By Brian P. Rubin Mobile, News April 22, 2015
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Google finally announced its wireless phone service, Project Fi, on Wednesday. While many of the details had been steadily trickling...
Comcast Customers Will Soon Power Public Wi-Fi Hotspots, Starting in Houston
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Comcast is rolling out an enormous Wi-Fi network for its customers, but not in the way you'd think. The service...
New Google App Will Let You Bypass Wi-Fi Hotspot Login Screens
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File this one under "simple, but handy" – according to Engadget, Google is working on a new application that will...
Speak Up (Way Up): FCC May Allow Cell Phone Calls on Planes
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It's been an eventful past few months regarding the use of gadgets on airplanes. Specifically, just last month the Federal...
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While more and more businesses offer up free Wi-Fi when you drop in for a visit—say, when you're getting your...
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By Shawn Farner How To, Mobile November 26, 2012
We've all been in those buildings that seemingly shut down our wireless devices to the outside world. The kind that you walk out of hours later, only to receive dozens of texts, app notifications, and missed calls. I like to call these "bunkers," since they're so impenetrable to the cellular signals we rely on, they might as well be built to withstand mortar attacks, as well.
While some only have to enter these structures every once in a while, others live in them on a daily basis. Not being able to use your cell phone in your own home can be extremely frustrating, especially when you're paying almost $100 a month. Home Wi-Fi networks can at least keep you connected to your data, but you're still out of luck for voice calls.
That is, unless you invest in a home femtocell.
How To: Minimize Wireless Interference
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Wireless network connections, also known as "WiFi" make it convenient for users to take advantage of their local network and Internet connection from various areas within their homes. However, wireless slowdowns and dropouts can cause many headaches and nightmares. Many things in your home can interfere with your wireless network. These devices operate in the 2.4Ghz band, a highly crowded spectrum. To give you an example of how crowded let me list some devices that use 2.4Ghz.
Cordless Telephones.
Baby monitors.
Wireless security cameras.
Wireless keyboards and mice.
Nearby wireless networks.
Clear Internet Services.
Microwaves. (They don't technically operate on 2.4Ghz, but can interfere.)
Bluetooth devices.
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Vietnamese-American Student Carrying a Pen Was Fatally Shot Twice in The Back, Autopsy Reveals
Tommy Le, the "bubbly" Vietnamese American kid who was killed by a King County sheriff's deputy, was apparently shot twice in the back and a third time in the back of his hand, based on the autopsy results released by his family.
According to the family's lawyer, Jeffery Campiche, the report disproves the Sheriff's Office account of the incident that led to Le's death.
"There are no scenarios where you would shoot someone in the back because they are attacking you," Campiche told the press on Thursday.
Le's relatives, who attended the press briefing, were in tears as the new details were announced, according to Seattle Weekly.
Based on the initial press release issued by the Sheriff's Office shortly after the incident, the deputies responded to calls about a man, revealed to be Le, causing a disturbance in the area while carrying a sharp object and screaming that he was "the creator" in the early morning of June 14 in Burien.
When 20-year-old student reportedly refused to obey the officers' orders to stop, he was fired upon with tasers, which seemed to have had no effect on him as he continued to move toward the two responding deputies.
Deputy Cesar Molina then shot him three times as he was rushing toward deputies with an object in his hand, which was initially thought to be a knife. Le was later proclaimed dead at Harborview Medical Center.
Over a week later, the Sheriff's Office would later report that Le did not actually have a knife with him when he was fatally shot. He was, in fact, holding a pen.
With the release of the autopsy report, Campiche declared that the official version of the Sheriff's Office has been debunked: "Tommy was not shot charging police officers with a weapon."
"The fact that the policeman might be afraid or might be overreacting doesn't justify the shooting. It has to be objective facts, and if somebody has their back to them while they were shooting them, I don't know how they're going to see if they're holding a knife," Campiche was quoted by King 5 as saying.
Aside from the autopsy report, Le's toxicology findings were also revealed in the press conference, showing that Le had no drugs or alcohol in his system. The family also stated that the boy had no history of mental illness and didn't have a criminal record.
Le's teachers and schoolmates described him as a "goofy, little guy," a "bubbly kid", who was "always smiling."
The Le family is now planning to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Sheriff's Office and Sheriff John Urquhart. They will be seeking a minimum of $10 million for compensatory damages and another minimum of $10 million for punitive damages.
Meanwhile, the Sheriff's Office has refused to comment on the case, with a spokesperson explaining only that: "The investigation isn't complete yet, and the inquest has not yet occurred."
Campiche stated that Le's parents are filing the case to "vindicate" the rights that inspired them to move to the U.S. back in 1991.


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Джон Дэвисон «Джей» Рокфеллер IV (; род. 18 июня 1937, Нью-Йорк, США) — американский политик, сенатор США от штата Западная Виргиния с 1985 по 2015 год, 29-й губернатор Западной Виргинии (1977—1985).

Джей Рокфеллер — правнук знаменитого нефтяного магната Джона Рокфеллера. Он единственный представитель семьи Рокфеллеров, который предпочел демократическую партию: другие его родственники, избравшие политическую карьеру, являются республиканцами.

Биография
Джон Рокфеллер родился в Нью-Йорке 18 июня 1937 года. В 12 лет он поступил в Академию Филлипса в Эксетере (штат Нью-Гэмпшир), где он начал интересоваться Дальним Востоком. Он получил степень по азиатским языкам и истории в Гарварде, и проучился с 1957 по 1960 годы в Международном Христианском Университете в Токио. Рокфеллер переехал в Западную Виргинию в 1964 году в рамках волонтёрской программы молодёжи Аппалачей и стал социальным работником в невключённой территории Эммонс. Он начал свою политическую карьеру в 1966 году, перейдя из республиканской партии в демократическую и став кандидатом от округа Канова в палату представителей. В 1967 году Рокфеллер женился на Шарон Перси, дочери сенатора США Чарльза Перси. В 1968 году он баллотировался на пост секретаря штата и выиграл с преимуществом в 155 000 голосов.

В январе 1972 года Рокфеллер объявил свою кандидатуру на пост губернатора штата. Во время выборов его оппонент Арч Мур обошёл Рокфеллера на 73 355 голосов. Компания вызвала много внимания прессы, так как Рокфеллер потратил на неё 1,5 миллиона долларов, в то время как его оппонент 696 029 $. В 1973 году окончился мандат секретаря штата и 1 марта Рокфеллер стал президентом колледжа Уэсли Западной Виргинии в Бакханноне. В октябре 1975 года он объявил, что снова баллотируется на пост губернатора штата. Во время выборов Рокфеллер победил своего республиканского соперника, Сесила Андервуда, с преимуществом в около 240 000 голосов (495 659 к 253 423), наибольшим большинством в истории штата. Он потратил около 2,8 миллионов долларов на кампанию. Во время своего срока Рокфеллер работал в направлении экономического развития. По его рекомендации была реорганизована организация правительства штата, появились департаменты экономики и развития населённых пунктов. В 1980-ом году Рокфеллер был переизбран. В 1984 году Джон Рокфеллер был избран в Сенат США, куда затем переизбирался 4 раза. Как сенатор он продолжил деятельность по экономическому развитию. В январе 2013 года он заявил, что не будет баллотироваться в 2014 году и уйдёт на пенсию.

В 2013 году получил Орден Восходящего солнца 1 степени Японии.

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A Canadian yacht club was fined $2,500 for killing or injuring a dozen ring-billed gulls while trying to scare them.
An investigation determined that Club Nautique de Baie-Comeau installed monofilaments over the marina's breakwater to scare the protected species and prevent them from landing, according to CBC News.
The thread ended up wounding or killing a dozen of the protected species, prompting the government to take action.
Environment Canada said the yacht club had been employing monofilaments to scare the birds since 2013 and had been warned to stop.
"The installations to scare the rink-billed gulls were still in place, despite the fact that the Club Nautique de Baie-Comeau Inc. had been warned that they were illegal and posed a risk of injury to the birds," Maja Stefanovska from Environment Canada told the newspaper.
The club was advised to contact specialists to find out how to scare the birds legally but did not, Environment Canada said.
Club Nautique de Baie-Comeau is about an eight-hour drive northeast of Montreal.
Environment Canada said the $2,500 is slated to go toward the Environmental Damages Fund.
It's the first time there has been a fine for this type of offense since the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, came into effect.
The agency says it understands scaring migratory birds that present a threat to crops or property may be necessary, but warned that it is prohibited to kill, wound or take birds without a permit.


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AHA Teaching & Learning Teaching Resources for Historians Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age Imperialism: European, American, and Japanese Critiques of Imperialism Tryst with Destiny
What is Imperialism?
Critiques of Imperialism
Imperialism in China
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Tryst with Destiny
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.
At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her successes and her failures.
Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength. We end today a period of ill fortune and India recovers herself again.
The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to but greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?
Freedom and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of this sorrow.
Some of these pains continue even now. Nevertheless, the past is over and it is the future that beckons to us now.
That future is not one of ease or resting but of incessant striving so that we might fulfill the pledges we have so often taken and the one we will take today. The service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity. The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. They may be beyond us but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
And we have to labour and to work, and work hard, to give reality to our dreams. Those dreams are for India, but they are also for the world, for all the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for any one of them to imagine it can live apart.
Peace has been said to be indivisible, so is freedom, so is prosperity now, and so also is disaster in this one world that can no longer be split into isolated fragments.
To the people of India, whose representatives we are, we make appeal to join us with faith and confidence in this great adventure. This is no time for ill-will or blaming others. We have to build the noble mansion of free India where all her children may dwell.
Nehru, Jawaharlal. "Tryst with Destiny."


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Глобальний ІЖП оснований на наукових даних про стан 14 152 популяцій 3 706 видів хребетних тварин (ссавців, птахів, плазунів, земноводних і риб), що мешкають у всьому світі. Динаміка глобального ІЖП з 1970 по 2012 рік вказує на 58%-ве зниження середньої чисельності хребетних. За період, дещо понад 40 років, чисельність популяцій хребетних видів знизилася більш ніж удвічі. Згідно з наявними даними, середні темпи зниження складають близько 2% на рік, причому ознаки уповільнення цього процесу доки відсутні.

Моніторинг стану видів
База даних ІЖП постійно розвивається, і в основі кожного наступного випуску доповіді «Жива планета» лежить більший масив даних. З моменту публікації попереднього випуску доповіді «Жива планета» (2014 р.) до бази даних ІЖП було додано 668 видів і 3 772 популяції. Нині база даних обмежена хребетними видами, але ведеться робота над методиками, які дозволять включити в неї види безхребетних тварин і рослин.

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Втрата і деградація місць перебування
Міра ризику для конкретної популяції залежить від її місця мешкання, стійкості до несприятливих дій і характеру загроз. Інформація про загрози є приблизно для однієї третини популяцій, включених до ІЖП (3 776 популяцій), причому чисельність більш ніж половини цих популяцій (1 981) знижується. Найбільш поширеною загрозою для популяцій, що скорочуються, є втрата і деградація місць життя.

Надмірна експлуатація видів
Надмірна експлуатація видів може бути як прямою, так і непрямою. Форми прямої надмірної експлуатації включають нестійкий промисел, здобич або браконьєрство, як для продажу, так і для власного споживання. Непряма надмірна експлуатація відбувається у разі неумисного знищення особин непромислових видів, наприклад, прилову в рибальстві.

Забруднення
Забруднення може впливати на види безпосередньо, роблячи місце існування несприятливим для їх життя (наприклад, у разі розливу нафти). Воно також здатне впливати непрямим чином, наприклад, викликаючи зниження чисельності кормових видів або репродуктивної активності та призводячи таким чином до зниження чисельності виду.

Інтродуковані види і хвороби
Сторонні види можуть конкурувати з місцевими за території або акваторії, харчові або інші ресурси. Вони можуть бути хижаками для місцевих видів або сприяти поширенню захворювань, що раніше не зустрічалися у цій місцевості. Люди також здатні переносити збудників захворювань з одного регіону планети в інший.

Зміна клімату
У міру зміни температур деякі види будуть вимушені адаптуватися, переміщаючись в райони зі сприятливішими умовами. Дія зміни клімату на види часто буває непрямою. Так, зміни температурного режиму можуть призводити до «неправдивих сигналів» для важливих подій в життєвому циклі виду, наприклад, міграції або розмноження. В результаті ці події можуть відбуватися в несприятливий час, наприклад, період розмноження може не збігатись із часом найкращої доступності їжі у цьому місці життя.

Доля різних типів загроз

Наземні види
Всього 1 281 загроза. База даних ІЖП містить інформацію про загрози для 33% популяцій наземних видів, що скорочуються (n = 703). Найбільш поширеною загрозою для наземних популяцій є втрата і деградація місць перебування, за якою настає надмірна експлуатація.

Прісноводні види
Всього 781 загроза. База даних ІЖП містить інформацію про загрози для 31% популяцій прісноводих видів, що скорочуються (n = 449). Виходячи з цієї інформації, найбільш поширеною загрозою для цих видів є втрата і деградація місць життя, що трапляється в 48% проаналізованих випадків.

Морські види
Всього 1 155 загроз. Дані про загрози є для 29% популяцій морських видів, що скорочуються (n = 829). Згідно з цими даними, найбільш поширеною загрозою для морських видів є надмірна експлуатація, за якою йде втрата і деградація місць життя.

Див. також
 Конвенція про біологічне різноманіття
 Сталий розвиток
 Оптимізація природного середовища
 Хартія Землі
 Показник стану навколишнього середовища

Примітки

Посилання

 http://wwf.panda.org/lpr
 https://web.archive.org/web/20160814004819/http://www.bipindicators.net/lpi
 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203055233/http://www.zsl.org/science/ioz-staff-students/mcrae,1294,AR.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070731171240/http://www.footprintnetwork.org/index.php
 http://www.unep-wcmc.org
 https://web.archive.org/web/20190907205505/https://www.ebcc.info/
 https://www.cbd.int/gbo4/

Сталий розвиток
Охорона природи
Екологічна термінологія


Panda Cares Foundation purchased $55,000 in equipment for the Guam Memorial Hospital's pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit.
Panda Cares Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Panda Express Restaurants, purchased $55,000 in equipment for the Guam Memorial Hospital's pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit.
Critical care cribs: Electronic cribs with built-in scales.
Medication library: A pre-programmed piece of equipment by the pharmacist that delivers precise dosages of medication to infants and children.
Syringe pump: Electronic and programmable equipment that delivers precise dosages of medication to dramatically reduce medication errors.


I have been pointing out (to the county) sand buildup problems on the trail for years. Usually the place where it collects is under bridges and 300 feet either side of the bridges or tunnel in approaches. (Where the path dips down close to the sand) This is just due to poor design for runoff and lack of simple maintenance. Better design however would result in lower maintenance costs. As a result right after each rain, no matter how slight all these section have to be swept. 1/4 inch of fine sand is treacherous for especially road bikes (or any bike really) and can easily lead to a loss of control at almost any speed, even going straight let alone turning. Also the pavement near these bridge sections is poor. That is also a problem. Sand is white and blends in with the concrete color. Also it may be hiding other dangers or road surface problems underneath.
I think the problem on the trail maint. has a number of causes: (1) the people that do the work are not very conscientious and/or (2) there is either no inspection of their finished work or contractors are county employees are saying the work is done and its not (If thats the case taxpayer dollars are being wasted) (3) the people that think the work was done don't ride road bikes over it so they really don't understand the safety problem to begin with as they just ride in cars or trucks with huge tires; (4) there may be poor direction given (poor communication) or workers just dont understand what the issue is and why it needs to be cleaned up properly or what is "proper". Likely it is all of the foregoing.
There are section of the trial that are quite clean but then they never really get dirty. You need to focus on the problems sections.


This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they're coming…and he's ready.
Based on a true story, the New Line Cinema comedy TAG shows how far some guys will go to be the last man standing.
TAG is directed by Jeff Tomsic (Comedy Central's Broad City), with a starring ensemble cast led by Ed Helms (The Hangover movies, We're the Millers), Jake Johnson (TV's New Girl), Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy), Rashida Jones (TV's Parks and Recreation), Isla Fisher (Now You See Me), Leslie Bibb (Iron Man 2), Hannibal Buress (Neighbors), with Jon Hamm (Baby Driver, TV's Mad Men) and Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Town).
The TAG screenplay was written by Rob McKittrick (Waiting) and Mark Steilen (TV's Mozart in the Jungle), screen story by Mark Steilen, and based on the Wall Street Journal article entitled It Takes Planning, Caution to Avoid Being It, by Russell Adams. The film is produced by Todd Garner and Mark Steilen, with executive producers Hans Ritter, Richard Brener, Walter Hamada and Dave Neustadter.
The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Larry Blanford, editor Josh Crockett, production designer David Sandefur, and costume designer Denise Wingate.
TAG is set for a June 15, 2018 release.
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"A vegetarian haggadah that celebrates compassion for all creatures."
This Haggadah is a saga about creation and the emergence of the Jews. Much of the text is traditional, except for passages that celebrate the covenantal relationship the animal enoyed in the Bible. Included in prayers and blessings in Torah, we also include the animal in a ritual remembrance. Vegetarianism is a pledge to take creaturely life seriously. Meat is never included in the description of diet in the Bible, which is confined to agriculural products, whose constantly recurring expression is "grain and wine and oil."(Deut. 11:14) or the seven agricultural products enumerated in Deut 8:8. The blessing Isaiah bestows on the virtuous is "You shall eat the good things of the earth." Among the visions in Isaiah is the need for reconcilation between the natural and the historical human. Vegetarianism is a step towards that reconcilation.
Thus, in place of a shank bone on this seder table, in addition to bitter herbs, greens and charoset, we place a plate of olives, grapes, and unfermented barley, based on Deut.. 24: 19-15, in which we are commanded to leave the second shaking of the olive trees and the grape vines for the poor and not to muzzle the ox who treads out the wheat in the fields. We call these the "mitzvoth of compassion for oppressed creatures." The seder is concluded when we open the door to our homes, lift the cup of Elijah and invite blessing on the earth.
Eden; we eat matzoh which we ate in the desert as we fled slavery and established the festival of freedom.