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At the International Boston Seafood Show last week, much of the advice for retailers and suppliers came back to the theme of education. Panelists argued that investment in employee education could lead to increased sales, customer loyalty and employee retention. It should remain a priority even in a challenging economy. Chuck Anderson, director of retail and new business at Sousa Seafood and former
Jenna Telesca 1 | Mar 28, 2011
At the International Boston Seafood Show last week, much of the advice for retailers and suppliers came back to the theme of education.
Panelists argued that investment in employee education could lead to increased sales, customer loyalty and employee retention. It should remain a priority even in a challenging economy.
Chuck Anderson, director of retail and new business at Sousa Seafood and former seafood director for Stop & Shop, recommended reserving money in the budget for education, holding seminars, and sending bulleted weekly fish facts to enforce employee quality, safety, sanitation and product knowledge. Anderson suggested selling more to current store customers, encouraging them to trade up with displays and signs, giving them appetizer ideas, and offering freezer wrapping for free.
Having a friendly face behind the counter is important, too. "I can teach somebody seafood, I can't teach them to be friendly and outgoing," Anderson said.
Rich Castle, director of seafood for Giant Eagle, agreed that customer service is a key concern, since many customers are unfamiliar with seafood. The "customer coming into the seafood department has a different expectation of customer service. Seafood, as we all know, is very complicated," he said, noting that shoppers are more confused in seafood departments than in other departments because of the variety of fish species, product types and other concerns.
Giant Eagle holds six to eight voluntary all-day seminars for its associates each year, usually offsite in a relaxed setting, where attendees cook seafood, listen to product knowledge speakers, and talk about business trends.
Some booths on the show's expo floor also distributed materials encouraging retailer and consumer education. Seafood Scotland, for example, handed out a consumer guide to seafood species from Scotland with buying, cooking and storage tips. The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute told SN it provides retailers with Web-based training, as well as a spiral-bound reference guide with harvesting information, cooking tips and different fish species information. In addition to free point-of-sale information, the group launched a "Cook It Frozen" iPhone app last year with videos and recipes to help consumers learn how to cook frozen seafood.
The idea of educating customers about seafood goes hand in hand with transparency and traceability. Panelists consistently encouraged retailers to communicate honestly with customers.
If a customer walks up to the case and asks which fish came in today, he makes sure to be honest and point out the best, freshest fish so the customer goes away happy with his purchase, Anderson said during the "How to Sell Seafood in the Recession" panel. Many speakers underscored the importance of selling quality seafood.
Throughout the show, retailers encouraged one another to engage with customers regarding seafood questions and misconceptions about topics such as fishing constraints, why certain fish are in the case during certain days and not others, myths, farmed fish and sourcing information.
Consumer education was also a point of conversation in the "Seafood Business Summit: Rebuilding Consumer Confidence in Gulf Seafood" panel. There, panelists involved in selling, testing and manufacturing Gulf seafood spoke about the extensive testing done on the Gulf's fish since last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The seafood has been confirmed safe by federal agencies, but instilling consumer confidence has remained a challenge.
Some Gulf seafood panelists encouraged industry change to provide consumers with better answers to their concerns. Harlon Pearce, owner of Harlon's LA Fish & Seafood, and chairman of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, said this time following the oil spill is an opportunity to bring a new focus on traceability, sustainability and professionalism into the industry. The industry should know what is caught and how, he said.
Pearce encouraged further government testing to make the Gulf "the safest fishery in the world. I don't want testing to stop. We want to make sure that people understand that we're serious about what we're doing. And we don't want to go back where we were. We want to redo our fisheries and our thought process."
Similar to the way retailers are using sourcing information to tell the stories behind the producers of produce, meat and eggs, providing shoppers with more information about seafood sourcing allows them to make informed decisions, and gives them insight on product cost.
Although there is sometimes limited seafood sourcing information available for retailers to pass on to customers, sustainability and traceability programs are expanding. For example, Gulf Wild, a new brand launched the first day of the show, March 20, tags fish and allows customers to look up information on the fishing vessel, location and fisherman on the website, mygulfwild.com.
Retailers and suppliers involved in implementing sustainability programs emphasized the importance of providing consumers with choices. "We want to ensure that not only our goals are served by giving our customers the best service and best product, we also support them with the tools and information they need to make better seafood choices when they're shopping with us," said Blendle Scott, vice president of innovation and supply chain at Langley, British Columbia-based retailer Overwaitea Food Group, during the "Putting Sustainable Seafood Policies into Practice" panel.
Overwaitea gives the time-stretched, sometimes confused consumer plenty of opportunities to absorb information about its sustainability program, which partners with Sea Choice. The retailer offers shoppers pamphlets, signs, a colored seafood guide, logos and soon, an opportunity to learn about sustainability in a classroom setting. Scott noted that, on average, a consumer only spends 17 minutes in a grocery store.
Overwaitea is also going to plant seafood sustainability education seeds earlier, adding information about seafood sustainability to the several thousand school tours it offers each year.
Retailers and manufacturers are incorporating sustainability programs as a way to meet consumer demand. Safeway plans on having all fresh and frozen seafood sustainable and traceable by 2015, said Phil Gibson, group director of seafood for the Pleasanton, Calif.-based retailer. Gibson said Safeway decided to partner with FishWise, a nonprofit sustainable seafood consultancy in Santa Cruz, Calif., instead of other NGOs because FishWise is more focused on promoting business solutions than an agenda.
Education and research are at the root of Safeway's goal — Gibson said the four keys to implementing its sustainability program are an internal company resource group, a supplier outreach program, a staff training program and a customer outreach program.
Jennifer Dianto Kemmery, seafood watch director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, summarized the six steps retailers and suppliers need to take in order to implement a sustainability program: Make a commitment, collect and assess data on product sourcing, buy responsible seafood, be transparent with customers, educate customers, and support reform in the supply chain. She said these steps were recommended by the Conservation Alliance in 2008.
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This emphasis on education and innovation could be important to seafood departments because seafood doesn't enjoy the popularity of other proteins.
In general, not a lot of people are buying seafood, and those who do don't buy it very often, according to Perishables Group reports presented at consumer and supermarket trend seminars.
Steve Lutz, executive vice president of the Perishables Group, said that customers have stopped responding to price promotions and will be closely monitoring spending at the supermarket due to rising food inflation, increased gas prices and the lingering effects of the recession. Because of these pressures, 2011 might resemble 2008 more than 2010, with customers more concerned about costs, Lutz said.
"It's really critical to understand what drives retail success because we see a variety of outcomes at retail" that can vary by department, category and subcategory, he said. Some of those elements vital to understand are merchandising, assortment, pricing and consumer demographics to get "the right items at the right store at the right price," Lutz said.
Because seafood is generally more expensive than other proteins, retailers will need to keep value in mind for budget conscious consumers. "How do we present the value of our products to those consumers that are out there looking to buy and put food on the table?" Lutz asked.
Although the typical seafood consumer is affluent and suburban, Lutz said that demographic factors, such as location, income and education, can impact the kinds of seafood products they buy. Salmon consumers are often affluent, suburban and highly educated. Catfish and tilapia sales skew toward middle- and lower-income consumers from urban and rural areas, although affluent customers buy those species also. Shrimp has the most diverse consumers, with affluent, urban, suburban and downscale suburban consumers, Lutz said.
There are "fundamental differences between the types of consumers that are buying these products. The question for us as suppliers and retailers is how well are we reflecting consumer preferences in the product mix we're putting in place at the retail level."
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BMW's high-performance 5 Series drops more cover
by Anton Andres
While BMW has yet to announce the official release date of the all-new M5, our spies have sent us photos of the upcoming high-performance sedan with less camouflage. Given that we've seen the standard 5 Series, expect the M5 to have a more aggressive look, as well as subtle M Division details to differentiate it from its lesser-powered siblings.
For this batch of photos, there is now a clearer picture of the 2018 M5's front fascia. Two large air intakes are present at the corners of the bumper. There's also a larger intake by the lower apron, perhaps to provide extra cooling for the engine. It is worth noting that these are different in shape when compared to the M Sport models. The grill is also different, boasting the M Division's signature double slat design.
Expect the next-gen M5 to have a different suspension set up from the standard 5 Series models. This is suggested by the wider fenders at the front and rear. It also appears that the new M5 will ride on a larger rim and tire combination as well. Hiding behind the new alloy wheels are a set of large, cross-drilled brakes. BMW also reshaped the side mirrors for the M5.
At the rear, there is a trunk lip spoiler, as well as four exhaust pipes. The camouflage on the roof suggests that the M5 might come with a carbon-fiber roof as well. Just like the front, the rear bumper has a different design and may well hide an integrated diffuser.
As for it's engine, it will be based on the M550i's block but the folks from the M Division are likely to upgrade it towards the region of 600 PS. A first for the M5 is xDrive all-wheel drive, likely for better power delivery, as well as handling. It has also been reported that the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission has been replaced by an uprated version of the eight-speed automatic seen in other 5 Series models.
Our spies say that the 2018 BMW M5 will make its debut during this year's Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Shortly before 7.30pm on Sunday 11th October 2015 a fatal collition occurred on the A355 at Coleshill about half a mile towards Amersham from the junction with Magpie Lane.
A blue Ford Mondeo travelling from Amersham was involved in a collision with a blue BMW 5 series travelling in the opposite direction.
Firefighters were called at 7.26pm. One fire appliance with crew attended from Amersham fire station as well as one from Beaconsfield fire station.
The male driver of the Ford Mondeo died at the scene. The female driver of the BMW series was cut from the wreckage of the vehcile she was travelling in by firefighters usign hydraulic cutting equipment.
The woman sustained serious leg and arm injuries and was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital where she remains. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
The road was closed while Roads Policing officers investigated the circumstances of the collision and it re-opened by midnight.
Investigating officer PC Dean Verges, from the Joint Operations Unit for Roads Policing based at Amersham, said: 'I would like to speak to anyone who saw this fatal collision or saw the vehicles travelling prior to the collision.
Thames Valley Police are appealing for anyone with any information about the collision that could help with their enquiry to contact the 24-hour Thames Valley Police on 101 quoting URN 1217 11/10.


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Port: North Dakota Democrats now control just 4 seats in the state Senate, and just 12 in the House
The North Dakota Republican Party now controls 90% of the seats in the state Legislature.
North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chairman Patrick Hart speaks at the party's state convention in Minot on March 26, 2022.
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Opinion by Rob Port
MINOT, N.D. — Every year I think to myself that the North Dakota Democratic-NPL couldn't possibly do any worse in the state's legislative races. I convince myself that they've found rock bottom. They couldn't possibly go any lower.
And then they do. The North Dakota Republican Party now controls 90% of the seats in the state Legislature.
Based on the unofficial results from Tuesday's vote, the Democrats lost three seats in the state Senate. Incumbents Richard Marcellais (District 9), Tracy Potter (District 35), and JoNell Bakke (District 43) all lost their re-election bids.
The partisan power balance in that legislative chamber before the election was 40 Republicans and 7 Democrats.
It's now 43 Republicans, and just four Democrats, and it could have been worse. In District 10, newly created by last year's redistricting, Republican Curtis Olafson lost by just 38 votes.
Even so, the Democratic-NPL's Senate caucus could hold their meetings in a diner booth going forward, and that's remarkable.
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Particularly surprising is Senator Marcellais losing. Potter was appointed to replace former Senator Erin Oban, a Democrat who left to accept an appointment from President Joe Biden, and wasn't favored against Republican newcomer Sean Cleary. Bakke, meanwhile, was yet another casualty for Democrats in Grand Forks, a city that's been trending red for a while now.
But Marcellais?
He was considered safe.
He's one of the first Native Americans to serve in the Legislature, and his district covers the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, one of the few reliably blue areas Democrats can count on in our state.
Or, could, anyway.
Marcellais lost to Republican Kent Weston by convincing margin, 46 percent to 53 percent.
Things didn't get much better in the state House.
Going into Election Day, Republicans controlled 80 seats, and the Democrats 14. But Tuesday, the Democrats lost a net three seats, leaving the balance at 82-12.
Incumbent Representatives Marvin Nelson (District 9b), Ruth Buffalo (District 27), and Mary Adams (District 43) lost. Republicans also picked up a seat in District 41 that was held by Rep. Pamela Anderson, who didn't run for re-election.
These gains were offset by Republican Rep. Terry Jones losing in District 4a, and Rep. Kathy Skroch losing in District 25.
I don't want to pile on, but it's hard to express just how much of a low point this is for Democrats. There are 141 total seats in the state Legislature, and Democrats control just 15 of them, or about 10%.
North Dakota's Legislature is 90% Republican, and that's remarkable, even for a deep-red state.
There hasn't been that level of single-party control in North Dakota's legislative chambers since the early 1950s , before the Nonpartisan League broke with Republicans and joined the Democratic party, becoming the modern Democratic-NPL.
A previous version of this column calculated the post-election balance of power in the state House incorrectly. It had failed to include a Republican loss in District 25. The column has been changed to reflect that.
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Rob Port is a news reporter, columnist, and podcast host for the Forum News Service. He has an extensive background in investigations and public records. He has covered political events in North Dakota and the upper Midwest for two decades. Reach him at rport@forumcomm.com. Click here to subscribe to his Plain Talk podcast.
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<?php $block = module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', 36); print $block['content']; ??>By Peter Norton
he story goes something like this: Americans prefer to drive. Of course, they got around in other ways before the automobile, but when they could afford a car they bought one. Once most American families had a car, cities had to be rebuilt. Such progress came at a price, but it was a price Americans willingly paid. The car gave its owners freedom of mobility; it let them live in a green suburb but work in the city. It gave them weekends in the country. The car held particular attractions for Americans, who've had a century-long love affair with them. Today, we live in a nation rebuilt for cars because most Americans wanted them.
We grow up with versions of this story, but it's an invention. That's not to say that it's all wrong—it's not. It's about half right. But because the omissions are selective, they distort. The story is called "the American love affair with the automobile." The metaphor is so common that Google autocompletes "American love affair w" with it, above all alternatives. The expression seems to be a naturally evolved figure of speech that grew unaided from the fertile soil of conventional wisdom.
In fact, the expression was introduced to millions all at once, on the evening of October 22, 1961. Hosting an episode of NBC's Sunday program DuPont Show of the Week, Groucho Marx explained to television viewers that the history of the automobile in America was the history of a "burning love affair"—a "romance" between American men and "the new girl in town." The episode was called "Merrily We Roll Along." DuPont, which owned a 23 percent share in General Motors, promoted this "affectionate report" as "the story of America's love affair with the automobile." The expression endured.
In Groucho's story, as in many others like it, the ubiquity of the automobile was the consequence of a consumer preference in a free economy. In 1961, the automobile was enduring intense criticism for ravaging American cities, for killing tens of thousands of Americans a year and for contributing to smog and roadside blight. The story defended the automobile not so much by denying these costs as by justifying them.
But those who look before "Merrily We Roll Along," in the historical record the 1910s and 1920s have left to us, will find a different story, especially in cities. Archives, newspapers and contemporary photographs tell us that when automobiles began appearing in streets in the first two decades of the century, there was no love lost between them and typical city people. It was not love at first, second or third sight.
Streets at the beginning of the twentieth century were public spaces. They were not the special province of any single class of street user. No lines marked the pavements, no traffic signs or signals regulated vehicles. While pedestrians preferred sidewalks, they strode freely into the street wherever they pleased. Indeed, street design practically invited pedestrians to enter them anywhere. The tracks of street railways followed the centerlines of streets. Passengers boarded and alighted along these tracks in the middle of the street, crossing to and from the sidewalk directly. Cyclists, pushcart vendors, and children used streets freely. When police tried to limit street play, many parents objected. In 1915, New York City police tried arresting "small boys who have recklessly defied the perils of crowded thoroughfares," but they soon desisted because "it frightened and shamed the child and angered his parents and guardians."
Motorists were expected to conform to the street as it was. Above all, this meant driving slowly. Speed limits in cities averaged about 10 mph; often drivers were expected to slow down even more at intersections. Speed limits were very difficult to enforce, but there were other ways to slow cars down. In the 1910s, for example, most cities installed posts called "silent policemen" in the centers of intersections. Motorists turning left were expected to keep the post to their left as they turned. The maneuver required a very small turning radius—small enough to compel the car to slow down nearly to a stop. The regulation favored pedestrians; when cars turned on a large radius they approached nervous street-crossers from behind. Silent policemen helped preserve the street for pedestrians at the expense of motorists. They were a visible sign that streets were not really for cars; cars could use them if they behaved like the slower vehicles that preceded them.
Hence physical infrastructure—such as streetcar landings and silent policemen—reinforced the status quo. But mental infrastructure was even more hostile to cars. By prevailing norms, the car, used as intended, was a misuser of streets. Car crashes made these norms plainly visible. Given the complex mix of street uses of a century ago, it is no surprise that cars were often involved in crashes. What's more surprising is the allocation of blame. By far the most common serious crash was a motor vehicle striking a pedestrian. No matter where the pedestrian was, however, the driver was almost automatically blamed. Pedestrians ridiculed fast drivers as "joy riders." If such a driver struck a pedestrian and was apprehended, jurors were quick to condemn him. "Juries in accident cases involving a motorist and a pedestrian almost invariably give the pedestrian the benefit of the doubt," a safety expert explained in 1923. Newspapers joined in the blaming; motorized grim reapers rivaled Uncle Sams in their frequency in editorial cartoons. Letters to the editor pages were crowded with vilifications of motorists for menacing pedestrians; few rose to drivers' defense.
The most poignant signs of such routine blaming of motorists were found in the traffic safety campaigns that swept American cities in the late teens and into the middle 1920s. As the motor vehicles proliferated, so did traffic casualties. Between 1920 and 1928, the traffic death toll doubled to about 26,000 a year. In cities, most of the fatalities—often three fourths of them—were pedestrians. And among the pedestrians, about half were children and teenagers. The most visible response was "No Accident Weeks" and similar safety campaigns. Though modeled on the industrial safety movement of the 1910s, such campaigns took on a character of their own. City people, furious at automobiles and terrified for children's safety, demonized cars. In safety parades, floats featured flatbed trailers bearing wrecked automobiles with a devil at the wheel. Many cities dedicated memorials to child crash victims. Though temporary mock-ups, these monuments were made to imitate war memorials and were dedicated in large, elaborate and solemn ceremonies. The memorials exonerated children and their parents; they were the innocent victims and were regarded as public losses. The blame lay with automobiles and their drivers.
People interested in a future for cars in cities—especially local auto clubs, but also auto dealers, taxi companies and others with an interest in motor vehicles—perceived a threat. As long as crashes remained frequent and drivers bore the blame for practically all pedestrian casualties, such organizations could not improve the car's image. In an effort to prevent crashes, these groups joined in the public safety campaigns of the 1910s and early 1920s—urging motorists to drive with caution, and urging greater caution among pedestrians. But such efforts could not legitimize motorists' claim to the street. The more visionary among the car's advocates agreed with Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor Club. To fend off "unbearable restrictions," Hayes said, people would have to learn that "the streets are made for vehicles to run upon." This was a radical proposal in 1920.
To shift blame from motorists to pedestrians, such groups sometimes tried embarrassing pedestrians who crossed the street however they pleased. In such efforts, a term of ridicule was needed. Between 1909 and 1911, the term jay walker—an insult comparing free-roaming pedestrians to boorish fools—began to reach print. In the succeeding years, jay walker became a tool in an effort to redefine streets. It implied a new answer to the question "What is a street for?"—an answer that packed a sting. Auto clubs and dealers promoted the term. In 1912, Kansas City, Missouri, approved an ordinance banning "jay walking." The rule seems not to have been a great success; pedestrians insisted on their rights. An observer noted that "pedestrians, many of them women" demanded "that police stand aside;" in one case "women used their parasols on the policemen." Elsewhere ridicule alone was tried. In December 1913, in Syracuse, New York, a department store Santa Claus used a megaphone to call out "jay walkers." But the technique was very controversial. Jaywalker's successful entry into the English language did not come easily. In a 1915 editorial, the New York Times denounced "jay walker" as "highly opprobrious" and "a truly shocking name." Any attempt to arrest pedestrians would be "silly and intolerable."
Streets at the beginning of the twentieth century were public spaces. They were not the special province of any single class of street user.
But auto clubs, dealers, and other local interest groups continued to promote the epithet. In at least a few cities from 1920 to 1922, Boy Scouts were recruited to hand out cards to pedestrians who crossed as they pleased. There was no official penalty, but the cards sternly warned pedestrians against "jay walking," and they defined the term—indicating that it was still little known. In Michigan, the Grand Rapids Herald reported that through such a campaign, "thousands of people who never knew what jaywalking meant have learned the meaning of the word." Some pedestrians were offended; a New Yorker objected to the distribution of such "rebuke cards." In other cities, jaywalking was ridiculed in safety parades. Boorish clowns marked as jaywalkers drew laughter; in a New York City parade, a clown was repeatedly rear-ended by a slow-moving Model T, to the amusement of crowds.
In 1923, the stakes went much higher. In Cincinnati, where voters could put initiatives on the ballot in city elections, 42,000 people signed a petition for a city ordinance that would compel drivers to install a mechanical speed governor that would limit cars to 25 mph. Speed governor rules had been proposed before, and seemed to many a far more effective cure for speeding than ordinary speed limits. Nowhere else, however, did such a proposal get so far as in Cincinnati. Local automotive interest groups were alarmed; speed governors threatened to negate the car's chief advantage. To fight the initiative they organized as never before, and recruited the help of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce (NACC), the industry's leading trade association. Together, through a massive publicity effort, they fought—and crushed—the vote-yes campaign.
The initiative was a turning point. Automobile advocates had been a diffuse constellation of local organizations. In 1923 and 1924, responding to threats to their image, to restrictive regulations and to the Cincinnati speed governor initiative, they organized nationally, cooperating in a common effort. Sometimes calling themselves "motordom," they worked together to advance their causes—including the redefinition of streets as places where cars belong, and where pedestrians bear responsibility for their own safety.
According to NACC's George M. Graham, an auto manufacturer, the lesson of Cincinnati was that "pedestrians must be educated to know that automobiles have rights." To spread the word, motordom launched innovative new projects. Recognizing one of its biggest obstacles as newspapers, which routinely blamed motorists for pedestrian traffic casualties, NACC offered a service to them. NACC gave editors blank forms on which to fill in details about each traffic accident. Newspapers sent the completed forms to NACC, which drew its own conclusions from them. NACC sent its reports back to the newspapers, which presented them as authoritative. By so doing, NACC's plan was to "make the newspaper a clearing house" for its "safety suggestions," and newspapers would "be influenced … to give greater publicity to the real causes of traffic accidents." NACC was confident it could use the "clearing house" to show that "In a majority of automobile accidents the fault is with the pedestrian rather than with the automobile driver." Within a year, newspapers in about 300 cities and towns participated, gathering data for NACC to assemble and interpret. In the resulting reports for 1924, NACC blamed pedestrians far more often than drivers, and did not refrain from use of the controversial epithet jaywalker.
By the fall of 1924, the character of newspaper coverage of crashes had changed enough to catch the notice of people unaware of NACC's service. With some exaggeration, the magistrate of New York City's traffic court, Bruce Cobb, commented that "it is now the fashion to ascribe from 70 to 90 per cent of all accidents to jaywalking." Newspapers' use of the term had indeed risen sharply; indeed in 1924, jaywalker entered a standard dictionary for the first time. Under the new logic of traffic safety NACC promoted, pedestrian casualties were to be solved by spreading the word: streets are for cars. Free-range pedestrians are jaywalkers. Nevertheless, jaywalker remained a controversial label. In motordom's tireless promotion of the word, Cobb smelled a rat. "I am not sure but that much of the blame heaped upon so-called 'jaywalkers' is but a smoke screen," he said, "to hide motordom's own shortcomings, as well as to abridge the now existing legal rights of the foot travelers on our streets."
In another national project, motordom capitalized on a local success in Los Angeles. There, the Auto Club of Southern California and its allies drafted and secured passage of a new traffic ordinance in 1924 that regulated pedestrians, in effect outlawing jaywalking. Though a similar regulation had been attempted in 1919, this time local motordom, ably led by E.B. Lefferts, got it right. Instead of insisting on enforcement, Lefferts asked that for a year police not arrest jaywalkers, but only blow a whistle at them, take (or even carry) them back to the curb, and otherwise embarrass them. "The ridicule of the fellow citizens," Lefferts explained, "is far more effective than any other means."
Motordom saw the Los Angeles ordinance as a model for the nation, revised it, secured the support of the U.S. Department of Commerce for it and presented it to the nation in 1927 as the "Model Municipal Traffic Ordinance." Within a year, more than 100 cities had adopted it, and it continued to spread. Meanwhile, the American Automobile Association (AAA) launched a massive school safety education effort, giving schools across the nation free safety materials and sponsoring school safety patrols. In its safety curricula and safety patrol training, AAA's message was consistent: "the street is for autos." Children pledged to cross streets carefully.
In American cities in the 1910s and 1920s, the automobile was not welcomed, there was no "love affair" with it, and change was not driven by consumer demand. Local automotive interest groups and national motordom had no confidence that consumer demand was sufficient to secure the car's urban future.
This history matters. It offers a rebuttal to claims that we have to accept the automobile's priority even in cities, on the grounds that it is an expression of mass preference or the product of a natural evolution. It is also a signal to those who seek change. It suggests that changes in mental infrastructure must accompany changes in physical infrastructure, and that mental infrastructure can be changed. Almost a century ago, motordom found inventive ways to change prevailing notions about the use and abuse of streets. Today, organized advocates of change can take heart from the example. If motordom could change minds about what streets are for, perhaps advocates of change can do so again.
Peter Norton is the author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (MIT Press, 2008) and a historian of technology at the University of Virginia.
This article is adapted from other work by the author: "Street Rivals: Jaywalking and the Invention of the Motor Age Street," Technology and Culture 48 (April 2007), 331-359; Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (MIT Press, 2008); and "Of Love Affairs and Other Stories," for inclusion in (In)complete Streets, edited by Steve Zavestoski and Julian Agyeman (Routledge, forthcoming). Documentation is excluded here for readability; full documentation is provided in the three works referenced above.
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- සියලු මූලික පහසුකම් ඇත.
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Пароутво́рення — процес переходу речовини з рідкого стану у газоподібний. Сукупність речовини, що вилетіла з рідини при пароутворенні, називають парою.

Пароутворення, що відбувається при довільній температурі з вільної поверхні рідини називається випаровуванням.

Пароутворення відбувається не лише у рідин, але й у твердих тіл.

Мірою процесу пароутворення є швидкість пароутворення — кількість речовини, що переходить у пару за одиницю часу з одиниці площі поверхні рідини.

Пароутворення, випаровування і кипіння
Процес пароутворення на поверхні рідини, який відбувається незалежно від її стану, називають випаровуванням. Процес пароутворення у товщі рідини, який відбувається лише при певній температурі та певному тиску, називають кипінням. Тиск, при якому рідина закипає, називають тиском насиченої пари рн.п. Величина його залежить від температури рідини рн.п. = f(t).
Випаровування твердих тіл називається — сублімація

Формула пароутворення
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r-питома теплота пароутворення
m — маса

Формула конденсації
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r-питома теплота пароутворення
m — маса

Джерела
 Яворский Б. М., Селезнев Ю. А. Справочное руководство по физике для поступающих в вузы и для самообразования. — 4-е изд., испр. — М.: Наука. — Гл. ред. физ-мат. лит., 1989—576 с. — ISBN 5-02-014031-7

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Mieres, like most towns in Asturias, is a cider town. As a region Asturias produces less wine than most of its neighbors, opting instead to ferment its immense haul of apples into sidra, a heavily carbonated, aromatic, lightly alcoholic brew. More than the soccer stadium and the Catholic Church, the sidrería may be the most sacred institution in Asturias, the place where friends and family gather to fill their bellies and make sense of the world. Fittingly, the central plaza of Mieres is little more than a collection of sidrerías, and on a wet and cold Thursday night it's packed with people eating shellfish and cured pork and washing it all down with spirited swigs of the regional beverage.
We settle on Casa Fulgencio at the base of the plaza, and one by one the members of José Andrés' tribe—cousins, distant aunts and uncles, former neighbors—arrive to welcome him home. Word gets out, and soon the town of Mieres lines up for photos with its most famous son. Andrés makes jokes, shakes hands, kisses cheeks. At one point he signs the photograph of a nervous man's baby girl. He does it with an inside-the-Beltway skill and savvy, but also with the intimacy and sincerity of someone who never forgets where he comes from. The table fills out with classic cider food: plates of local cheeses, slices of boiled octopus, chorizo simmered in sidra. As the group begins to snack, the waiter assumes his position at the head of the table and commences the intricate ritual of Asturian cider consumption. Andrés' cousin Covadonga, named for the region's most postcard-perfect town, walks me through the cider house rules.
1. Don't pour your own.
That is, not unless you know how to land a thin stream of cider just under the lip of a tilted glass held at full arm extension with minimal spillage, all while looking as nonchalant as possible. Best to leave it to the professionals. These servers—predominantly middle-aged men with serious faces—hover around the cider house, pouring rounds for tables as soon as they go dry. You'll have a chance to practice, no doubt—often with a plastic pouring spout that allows for easier control of the cascading juice. But it's their job to keep you and your crew lubricated, and they do it with a very specific skill set, honed over years of errant cider streams.
Not in five minutes, not in one. Now! Cider is poured from great heights in order to introduce air into the brew. It is not to be sipped or quaffed nor carefully and thoughtfully consumed. It is to be absorbed in one swift gulp, the better for savoring the aromas teased out by the elevated pouring. A glass of cider left idly on the table is not just an insult to the servers, but also a social faux pas that will immediately brand you as an outsider to anyone within splashing distance.
3. Never finish the full glass of cider.
Instead, leave half a finger of liquid in the base of the glass. Then, with just enough casual cool, pour that lingering juice back out over the same area of the rim you drank from—an entirely ineffective but obligatory way of cleansing the glass and preparing it for the next thirsty soul.
4. Do not try to get drunk on cider.
At least not at first. The mix of pork fat and shellfish and fermented fruit will make for an unsettling stew in your stomach. Ease into the cider world, and by the second or third day you'll be drinking it like water.
This essay was excerpted from Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels through Spain's Food Culture.


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How right-wing populism is returning to its fascist roots
Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to have political opponents jailed, exiled or even killed. Historian Federico Finchelstein says his election is a signal populism is moving "closer to fascism than ever before."
CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 02, 2018 4:21 PM ET | Last Updated: November 2, 2018
Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has been branded the Brazilian Trump. His brazen, inflammatory rhetoric is filled with virulently racist, misogynist and homophobic statements. Some even call him a fascist. (Getty Images)
Sunday Edition20:19How right-wing populism is returning to its fascist roots
According to Federico Finchelstein, the election of Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro is a signal populism is moving "closer to fascism than ever before."
Finchelstein, an Argentine historian, said modern right-wing populism developed out of the ruins of fascism in 1945, after the defeat of leaders like Hitler and Mussolini.
"Especially in Latin America, even former fascists like Juan Domingo Perón, the Argentine leader, realized that in order to do politics in the new world that emerged after 1945, they needed to re-enter the democratic game," he told The Sunday Edition's guest host Peter Armstrong.
"They were not into dictatorship, and they believed that violence and racism were not good for the new politics of the world."
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro celebrate in front of his house in Rio de Janeiro after he won Brazil's presidential election. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
But now, Finchelstein warned, far-right populism appears to be returning to its fascist roots.
Bolsonaro, who won Brazil's presidential election on Oct. 28, has made virulently racist, misogynist and homophobic statements. He has threatened to have political opponents jailed, exiled or killed, and staunchly defended the military junta that ruled Brazil before its transition to democracy in 1985.
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On Nov. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton praised Bolsonaro as "like-minded" and said his election was a "positive sign" for Latin America.
"This new populism of the extreme right gets closer to fascism … because now people like Trump or Bolsonaro, they are not as allergic to racism, political violence and authoritarianism as early populists were," Finchelstein said.
Fascism vs. populism
While the labels fascist and populist are sometimes used interchangeably, Finchelstein explained they have distinct meanings.
The key question now for Brazil is whether this person, who has basically spoken like a fascist, will rule like a fascist. - Federico Finchelstein
A key difference is that while populist leaders often curtail democracy, they do not try to abandon it. While they often use violent rhetoric, especially towards those who disagree with them, that violent speech does not lead to the arrest or murder of political opponents.
"You have this very violent rhetoric, and still a democratic game. That's populism. On the other hand, fascism is not a democracy but a dictatorship. There is continuity between violent speech and violent practice," he said.
Finchelstein said Bolsonaro blurred the lines between populism and fascism during his campaign.
"The key question now for Brazil is whether this person, who has basically spoken like a fascist, will rule like a fascist," he said.
"If he doesn't, he will be the so-called Trump of the tropics — a person that's bastardizing democracy without destroying it — and not a fascist."
Finchelstein told The Sunday Edition's guest host Peter Armstrong Jair Bolsonaro could become the "Trump of the tropics" — or transform the country into a full-blown fascist dictatorship. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
"If he destroys democracy, and he becomes a dictator, if people in the opposition or people that disagree are not only presented as traitors, but treated as such in a violent way, then we will be talking more of fascism and not necessarily of populism."
But, he said, it's not just up to Bolsonaro.
"Even if he wants to act like a fascist, he might not be able to, if Brazilian institutions, as well as Brazilian citizens who do not agree, express themselves and put some limits on these brazen authoritarian attempts."
Finchelstein argued mislabeling populist politicians as fascists could have a chilling effect.
"If we believe that populist leaders are fascists, then we might be giving up on possibilities for resistance and contestation that are still available for those of us who believe in democracy," he said.
The past 'coming back with a vengeance'
While Finchelstein believes Trump cannot accurately be described as a fascist today, he argued he bears a moral responsibility for both the string of pipe bombs sent to leading Democrats, and the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
To see this again, coming back with a vengeance, and legitimized or enabled by the White House, is very problematic. - Federico Finchelstein
It's no surprise to him that anti-Semitism has resurfaced in modern far-right populist and fascist movements.
"Anti-Semitism was key to every fascist movement that existed," he said.
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the in Pittsburgh. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press)
Finchelstein is the descendant of a German Jewish family that fled to Argentina, and grew up under the 'Dirty War' military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. He said it has been deeply upsetting for him to watch the events of the last two weeks, both as a citizen and as a historian.
"It is very distressing to see that things we believed were located in the past and will not affect our future are still going on, as if nothing had happened. After the Holocaust, after incredible amounts of suffering — to see this again, coming back with a vengeance, and legitimized or enabled by the White House, is very problematic," he said.
"It seems almost as if many people have not learned from the past."
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Average size of adults: 3 1/2 to 5 feet, females always get larger than males.
Lighting: Lighting is only required to provide a photo period, which is 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. UV lighting is not required since these creatures recieve the benefits usually provided by UV lighting through their diet.
Heating: The temperature of the tank should be 83-85f and the basking spot should be 90f and the cool spot should have the temperature of 80f. Night temperatures should be 76-80f.
To help raise/lower the temperatures heatpads/undertank heaters. These items sometimes get to high in temperatures that can burn your reptile. To help keep the temperatures at the temperature you want I would recommend using a thermostats, or rheostat. This controls the temperature of the under tank heater or heat pad that you are using for your reptile. You could also use red, black or blue light bulbs. These do not let out as much light as other bulbs, so they could be used at night as well.
Thermometers should always be used to monitor the temperature of the cage, and checked periodically.
Two to three hides should be available for these snakes. Hides are for when the snake is stressed, but also this species of snake has a nature to hide. So it's a must that you provide them with hides. They should be located one on each end, if you have three one could also be located in the middle.
A big water dish should always be provided for the snake to soak in when its time to shed. You do not need to mist your snakes if you have a big enough water dish for it to soak in.
Feeding: Ball Pythons eat rodents, primarily rats and mice. The size of the food item is dependant upon the girth of the snake. Don't feed your ball python anything bigger then the thickest part of its body. This is recommended for ALL snakes. If your snake is a hatchling it should be fed every 5-6 days but as it gets older its not really needed to feed as much, since there fat stores have build up during the year. 10-12 days is good feeding for an adult ball python.
If your ball python isn't taking food, try looking at the temperatures of the enclosure, is his tank to big, are there enough hides? Did you try different colored mice? (If you where feeding white mice try feeding brown.) What time of day where you feeding them? Some ball pythons only take during the night, then some dont care.
Shedding: To help with the shedding of your snake always provide your snake with a big enough water dish for it to soak in. This is a normal thing, no worries of your snake being sick at this time. Snakes should shed in a single piece, if your snake is shedding in pieces you may want to mist it more or soak it in a warm bath to help with the shed.


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Gigli (2003)
Comedy Crime Romance
DVD Release Date
December 9, 2003 (Buy on Amazon)
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken
Rated R for sexual content, pervasive language and brief strong violence
A hit man looking for the big score, Gigli kidnaps the mentally disabled brother of a influential district attorney and takes him back to his apartment. He teams up with a woman to carry out his plan, but is the woman really who she says she is?... Full synopsis »
Gigli is one of the most infamous movies ever made, but not in the way it would like. The rumors started early and only grew in intensity, spurned by the oscillating Ben and J-Lo romance and continuously changing release dates, a sign of troubled waters. Sure enough, when Gigli finally reached theaters in August of 2003, critics had a field day trying to think up new and original ways of describing what filth this movie is. Full movie review »


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A Swine Flu Primer
A boy wears a face mask against swine flu as he arrives at Los Angeles International Airport.
Officially, swine flu has caused the deaths of more than 800 people around the world, with Saudi Arabia and Israel among the latest countries to have reported deaths from the disease.
Overall, more than 134,000 cases of infections have been reported to the World Health Organization, but the figure is likely to understate the actual caseload.
RFE/RL correspondent Antoine Blua asked leading Dutch virologist Albert Osterhaus what swine flu is, how it infects people, and how you can protect yourself against infection.
RFE/RL: Swine flu is a new form of the type of flu virus that normally infects pigs, and also a mixture of other viruses. Is that right?
Albert Osterhaus: The swine flu, or Mexican flu, or new variant H1N1 virus, is an influenza virus that has probably arisen by a mixture of different influenza viruses in swine, has been transmitted to human, and has become able to transmit very efficiently from human to humans.
And since this is a new introduction of a new influenza virus in the human population and this virus transmits easily from human to human, it can cause a worldwide epidemic, or a pandemic outbreak of influenza.
RFE/RL: What are the most vulnerable groups?
Osterhaus: The classical risk group, the elderly, [is] generally not so much at risk because it seems that there is some resistance in that particular population over 65 -- although that's not an absolute resistance.
In addition we have seen that people with underlying disease, people with a not-too-well functioning immune system -- people with asthma, pregnant women, people with obesity -- seem to be more at risk.
What is also interesting is that relatively young people -- from 5 to 35 -- are more susceptible than older people."
Cause Of Infection
RFE/RL: Are people focusing on the wrong thing when they worry about pigs?
Osterhaus: At this moment, the most likely source of infection is human-to-human transmission, although it has been speculated that the virus originates from pigs, and there's some indication there. So, these pigs can become infected, most probably, but people are not being infected by pigs generally speaking.
[And] eating pork is not associated with getting infected with this particular Mexican or swine flu at all.
RFE/RL: When should someone suspect they have become sick with this new virus?
Osterhaus: The symptoms are quite similar to ordinary flu: high fever with respiratory symptoms, a sore throat, chills. And in an uncomplicated form, you would be sick for five, six, seven days, be in bed for that time, and then you would be not feeling too well for another one to two weeks.
If you get the typical [flu] symptoms, if that's in an area where the virus is spreading actively, or after coming from such an area, or after being in touch with somebody who has suffered or is suffering from the disease, you should suspect you have the [swine-flu] symptoms.
RFE/RL: The World Health Organization has declared a global pandemic. It has labeled the new strain "unstoppable" and therefore all countries will need to have access to vaccines. The seasonal flu vaccine being no protection, when can we expect a new vaccine be developed?
Osterhaus: Pharmaceutical companies are working on that. The experience that has been gathered with the avian flu virus [H5N1] is being used to produce vaccines on the basis of the new variant H1N1 virus. And we expect the first vaccine doses to become available by September-October.
RFE/RL: How can people avoid being infected and how can the disease be fought? Can infected people be treated by existing antiflu drugs?
Osterhaus: If you are in an area where the virus is endemic and spreading, it's not always possible to avoid becoming infected. Of course, medical intervention strategies might help.
First of all, it's important to know who is infected and stay away from the infected people. That can only be done at the initial stages.
A second way to combat this disease or to prevent it is to use an antiviral like Tamiflu and Relenza. A strategy would be to wait until you have the very first symptoms and then immediately start the treatment, and then the disease would be very mild [and] short.
But vaccines are eventually, probably, going to be the final answer to the problem.
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As a member of the viaSport Regional Alliance, PacificSport Fraser Valley delivers sport performance programs to help athletes and coaches win medals for Canada, and supports provincial and local sport organizations, municipalities, the health sector, and educational institutes in their efforts to increase grass-root sport and physical literacy. Working in support of our national, provincial, and regional sport partners, PacificSport Fraser Valley is creating a stronger sport system, serving communities from Surrey to Hope.
We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our PacificSport team in the role of Executive Director.
To be the senior leader for PacificSport Fraser Valley with responsibility for managing the centre's operations and guiding the governance of the organization. The Executive Director will champion the mission, vision, and values of the organization with a goal of increasing sport participation and performance opportunities throughout the Fraser Valley.
Experience with marketing and communications an asset.
Ability to interact and lead with stakeholders from various sectors.
To apply, send a cover letter and resume as one document saved under your first and last name by email to jkope@pacificsport.com with the subject line reading Attention: Jared Kope, PacificSport Fraser Valley. Please indicate clearly in the subject line or cover email the job title and Competition #FV-02-07.
All applicants must submit a cover letter along with a resume in order to be considered for the position (including those who apply via job sites, i.e. Indeed).
Closing Date: 4:00pm (Pacific time) on March 1st, 2019.


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Crew goals: Our crew is a military crew we have different forces and our goal is to practice together learn new skills, train to become better in whatever force you have chosen; which includes: Air Forces, Infantry forces, SEALs and a few others. Our goal is to have fun together.


Farmers Market Finds: Blueberries, Cherries, and Nectarines! | Club Dine In!
my sister tells me that blueberries are about the only thing my 2 yr old niece will eat right now. luckily, they have them frozen from last yr because blueberry season in nh where they live isn't til July.


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Which Countries Have Banned Asbestos?
Posted on May 7, 2018 October 29, 2020 by Stephanie Kidd
Awareness about the significant dangers associated with asbestos exposure has spread rapidly across the globe, with many countries acting quickly to take action and keep their citizens safe.
As a result, 55 countries around the world have banned asbestos.
Although several of these nations permit exceptional and limited use of asbestos-containing products, it can be said that they have taken efficient and effective steps toward protecting people from its dangers.
Has the United States Banner Asbestos?
Perhaps surprisingly, the United States is not one of those 55 countries which have placed a ban on asbestos use. In fact, the U.S. is one of just a few developed nations that still permit its use. However, there are highly active organizations such as The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat who advocate for a worldwide ban and all the advantages that come with it.
Here are the nations that have already taken the necessary steps toward ensuring public health and safety by banning asbestos:
Nations That Have Banned Asbestos
Algeria Argentina Australia
Austria Bahrain Belgium
Brunei Bulgaria Chile
Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic
Denmark Egypt Estonia
Finland France Gabon
Germany Greece Honduras
Hungary Iceland Ireland
Israel Italy Japan
Jordan Kuwait Latvia
Lithuania Luxembourg Malta
Mozambique Netherlands New Caledonia
Norway Oman Poland
Portugal Qatar Romania
Saudi Arabia Serbia Seychelles
Slovakia Slovenia South Africa
South Korea Spain Sweden
Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
While it might seem that the U.S. would be among the first of the countries to place a ban on asbestos, like several other industrialized nations, we have not yet. While Canada has made plans to ban it by 2018, the U.S. has no such plans in place.
Continued Asbestos Use In The U.S. and Abroad
This can be surprising to hear, as a large portion of the population mistakenly believes that asbestos was banned in the U.S. many years ago. What the United States has done is enact a series of regulations to control and manage the import and use of the material. But to many, these regulations are not nearly strict enough.
Some of the regulatory measures implemented in the United States include the following:
A ban on the manufacturing, importing, processing and distribution of specific asbestos-containing products such as corrugated paper, rollboard/millboard (construction), commercial paper, specialty paper and flooring felt
A ban on new uses of asbestos, or the use of asbestos in products that have not historically contained the material
A ban on the use of asbestos in pipe insulation and block insulation on facility components, such as hot water tanks in certain cases (under the Clean Air Act)
A ban on the spray-applied surfacing of asbestos-containing materials
A ban on the spray-on application of buildings, pipes and conduits using materials that contain over 1% asbestos (unless specific legal conditions are met)
As you can see, these policies, while helpful, are quite lenient and allow for the significant continued use of asbestos-containing products. In fact, asbestos is present in a number of consumer products available in the U.S., just in quantities that account for less than 1% of the product.
U.S. Products That Still Contain Asbestos
Also, according to the EPA, the following asbestos-containing products are not banned from being manufactured, imported, processed or distributed in the United States:
Cement corrugated sheet
Cement flat sheet
Pipeline wrap
Vinyl floor tile
Cement shingle
Millboard
Cement pipe
Automatic transmission components
Clutch Facings
Friction Materials
Disk brake pads
Drum brake linings
Brake blocks
Non-roofing coatings
Roofing coatings
Although it's good to see the U.S. enforcing regulations, we need to take this further. The work of other nations has demonstrated that it's possible to ban asbestos with no adverse effects. Although certain countries have witnessed occasional lapses of oversight in enforcing their bans, for the most part the initiatives have been successful and beneficial to the public.
An Asbestos Ban Is Necessary
As new cases of mesothelioma and other asbestos-related illnesses are diagnosed, it becomes all the more evident that an asbestos ban is necessary—any possible benefits of continuing to use and distribute these products is greatly outweighed by the risks.
As we've said before, there is no way of knowing how much asbestos exposure it takes to cause cancer. Between exposing consumers to small percentages of asbestos and continuing to run the risk of accidentally exposing people to larger amounts, these lenient regulations are far from sufficient. It is increasingly important to make sure our voices are heard and advocate for an asbestos-free United States.
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Build 5.9.905 has leaked via "Cheesecake" for the DROID Bionic for those looking to stay current with test builds. It's definitely not Ice Cream Sandwich, keeping the Bionic as the only major Motorola phone of the last 6 or 7 months to have not seen an official Android 4.0 build leak. There is a chance that this .905 is final though, as soak test invites went out to owners of the device a few weeks ago. The previous leak was .904, so the minor jump in build makes it feel like they discovered a minor bug and made a fix.
We are hearing that you can fastboot back to .902 after flashing this. In order to flash it though, you will need to be on stock .902.


There is a timeout function so make sure to stay active or re-add when you need to.
After teams are picked the bullybot will announce the decided teams. At this point you can join the discord voice channel if you wish. It will be titled after your captain's name.
Load Tribes up and join "PU Server".
Play Tribes with your buds and have fun.
With the bullybot and discord we no longer have to wait for 10 decent players to join the server. You can !add and just wait for it to pop and then start tribin'. YOU CAN EVEN PLAY OTHER GAMES UNTIL IT POPS!! Also with a server dedicated to these pugs, we won't be stopping pubbers from doing their thing.
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Also your Discord link is expired.
in #pugs type !joingroup rub&pug to get added to the pug notification list. you can remove yourself from the notification list by typing !leavegroup rub&pug if you're a big whiny baby.


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Players of the Week: 12-2-2016
By Jake Allen, Sports Editor
Isaiah "Big Dog" Johnson led the Zips to the top of the Savannah Invitational, taking the tournament's' MVP award. Johnson scored 19 points in both games of the tournament and also hauled in 11 rebounds and seven assists in the two games. Johnson made 14 of 21 shots (67 percent) from the field in the tournament. He made 10 of 15 free throws (67 percent), which is something that he has struggled with in the past. Johnson's dominance in the past week not only made him Tournament MVP, but he also was named Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week. Before Wednesday night's game versus Adrian, Johnson averaged 17.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, three assists, and one block per game, all of which led the team.
Hannah Plybon
After setting the team record for most 3-pointers made in a single season last year, the Zips' leading returning scorer entered this season with very high expectations. Plybon met those expectations and some last week when she scored a career-high 39 points versus Canisius. Also, Plybon set another team record by making nine 3-pointers in the game on just 14 attempts. The senior also grabbed six rebounds and made all six free throws that she attempted. Her excellent play made her Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week. Through four games, Plybon is averaging 21.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and 3.5 3-pointers made per game.
Antino Jackson
Possibly overshadowed by the excellence of Johnson was diminutive point guard Antino Jackson. Jackson registered games with 15 and 14 points in the Savannah Invitational, while he made eight of 16 shots from the field. The junior was possibly most important late in the first game of the tournament versus Air Force, as he made eight of 12 free throws in the game, all of which came in the last 12:21 of the second half. Jackson also pulled in seven rebounds and two steals in the two games, earning himself All-Tournament honors. Jackson is averaging 11.5 points, two 3-pointers made, and one steal per game this season.
Manny Morgan
Zips' junior running back Manny Morgan led the team in rushing in last Tuesday's season finale versus Ohio with 47 yards on eight carries (5.9 yards per carry). His effort wasn't enough in a close 9-3 game in Athens, as Morgan was the lone bright spot of the offense without starting quarterback Thomas Woodson and backup quarterback Tra'von Chapman. Morgan finished second in rushing for the Zips this season with 417 yards on 81 carries (5.1 yards per carry), while he never found the endzone. Morgan and fellow running back Van Edwards did an honorable job in the backfield after senior starter Warren Ball went down with an injury in week two at Wisconsin and never returned.
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Why Our Prayers And Duas Are Not Answered – Part 1
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are the hamdulillah inshallah I want to continue? what I was talking about last week about the saying of Ibrahim even Adham who's one of the famous early self, who's mentioned in many of the books, especially the books of Zoo hood, and he was in Al basara in Iraq, and some of the people of Basra came and they asked him because he was known to be a righteous man. So they asked him, they said, Allah subhanho wa Taala says, If you call on me, I'll answer you. And they said, but we call on Allah Subhana Allah to Allah and we don't see the results. We don't see our prayers being answered. So he said, because your hearts are dead. Because Allah subhana wa Adana will call the one
who's alive, just like he's called Allah Subhana Medina says in the Quran, that he calls you to what will bring you to life. So if you answer that call, then Allah subhanho wa Taala will answer your call. So he says that the reasons are these 10 things and the first one, he said out of tamala, for them to do hakuho you knew Allah subhana wa, Donna, and you didn't fulfill his right? So Allah has.
Allah has rights, like now people talk about human rights, there's also divine rights. There's people expect to be respected, they expect dignity, they feel it's a right. If you go out there and you abuse somebody, they feel like you're infringing on their rights. But who gave them those rights? That's the question. Because if this was all just randomness, and this was all just a random event, the universe there's no real meaning behind the universe. It's just a random event, then that means really, that there's no purpose or meaning. And therefore, there's no substantiation for rights. Because I can say, I don't like you, and I can shoot you. If I don't like you, or I like
your car. I want to take your car because property has a right but what is it? Is it the right of the state? Well, somebody can say I'm an outlaw, I want to live outside as a state. I don't have any position with the state. So rights, people claim rights, but what are rights based on? I mean, that's the question. If rights are based on course of power, then it's only might makes right. So if the state says, I'm right, because I can put you in jail, or I can do whatever I want to you, then that's why we're obeying law. But if there's something above that, if there's a divine right, for instance, Allah subhana wa Adana says that takanobu Zina don't go near to fornication, don't even go
near it. He doesn't said in other verses when I as known but in this verse, he says, don't even go near it. In the who can aphasia was a Sevilla, it's a foul thing, and it leads down a foul path. So that's an injunction from Allah La takanobu Xena, Sara, Amaya do know Alan, would you? It's a command imperative mode and it indicates that it's a command from Allah. So Allah says don't want to get that is right that you do not transgress that boundary woman type the doodle lava with ecohome avanti, moon, if you go past that had a limit that Allah has put, then you transgress the boundary, you've done something that allows prohibited you from doing so if if those people will accept those
rights, they have to recognize not only do they have rights, but Allah subhana wa tada himself has rights and one of his rights is that he's worshipped and that nothing's associated with him. One of his rights is that he is the mushara. He is the one that makes injunctions but doesn't mean that humans can't make laws. If therefore the benefit, it's called Muslim masala when something is not in the shediac, but there's a benefit from it, then humans can make those laws and also the odema. Say, even in a country that has unjust laws, you're still dictated to obey the laws, because it's erotica, Bahasa Bahrain, it's taking the lesser of two evils. So these things are understood. But
the point is, is that Allah is the one who commands and he prohibits that is a laws, place and no one else's and the prophets allies him is called Shadi own almost shut down my Jasmine, metaphorically because he speaks in the name of Allah. He speaks in the name of Allah. No one else can do that even the Mufti can't do that. He can only tell you his opinion, and say, well, that's why a fatwa is non binding. It's a non binding legal position because we don't know if that's the hokum of Allah or not. It's a human attempt at arriving at the hokum of Allah. And that's an important distinction. So Allah has rights. If you don't fulfill those rights, especially after you
say you know him, then you have failed
To live up to a large expectation for you as his creature, something that he created. And then he said, karate or Quran from that movie, you read the Quran and then you don't act according to it. Because the Quran is a book, in essence, it's a book of tawheed it's a book of stories, what would be called sacred history. And then it's a book of injunctions, commands and prohibitions, commands and prohibitions like a p masala, what are two zakka established prayer and pay zakat those are commands from Allah. So that's in the Quran, but there are many other things in the Quran. For instance, Allah subhana wa tada in the Quran, Allah subhana wa tada says, In the Messiah to dunya, a
boon will let one was in a tune that this world is live, it's play its level, it's entertainment, it's Xena. What about hold on beno calm, and then it's mutual boasting each person boasting to the other I did this, I did that. I graduated from this university. I got this degree. I made this much amount of money last year. I just bought this I just bought that we went to this place for vacation. We did this we did that. That's all tobacco lubaina calm what the catheter unfit and why it would oh not. And then it's also accumulation of wealth. And then multiplying your children, your progeny, your offspring. This is higher to dunya. So what does Allah subhana wa tada say about it? He says,
capacidade Hasan badgebup kofod on a battle. It's like a rain that comes down. And then it brings the earth to life. So you see, it's all green, and the kuffaar meaning the farmers here, they look at it net, and they're really impressed. It's beautiful, just like it was all green last month. If you looked around, it was beautiful to look at your eyes. Now. It's all yellow. It's dying. It's all yellow out there. Look at the hills, it's all dead. Allah says that's the likeness of this world. You're young, you're youthful. You have all your vigor. But then to me a Haeju. And then it begins to you're in your curvier linear mode. You see, the arc has reached its peak. And then it begins to
descend through me a Haeju, the economist for whom Yokota Obama and then it becomes dry and yellow, and then it becomes Chase is blown away by the wind of his karate Jedi. And in the next world is a painful punishment. For people who didn't take the benefit of this message of what I'm telling you about the nature of the world. You're not here to be here forever. You're not here to simply enjoy. You're not here just to spend your lives in vain pursuits in stupidity. Those are the acts of fools. Those are the acts of animals that eat and drink and don't think about tomorrow because they don't have a history. If you have a history, if you know the past you can understand the present and the
future. And that's why humans are so different from other creatures. So Allah subhana wa tada says that one mouth Fira tune, but there's also forgiveness will not Pharaoh to mental life what a blonde and also there's contentment that Allah is actually pleased. There are people that they're not even forgiven. They're just no he's savvy at all.
Those are the people come in so that's the parent telling us that so who takes those messages? kurata Moran from Ruby. You read the Quran you don't think about that. Allah subhana wa tada says, Do my auras. Nikita ballerinas profane a man or a ballerina. And then we cause this book to be inherited by those we have chosen from our servants, whatever book it was, that was passing but this Koran for us because this is the oma of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu sallam, and then we gave them this book. Oh does Nikita but Allah Venus, Athena, those we have chosen, that is a gift from Allah. You've been chosen to receive this gift from a law firm in Houma, badimo, Nina FC, and among
them, there are oppressors for themselves. They're not oppressing others, they're oppressing themselves, woman who mocked us it and then there are those who are in between, there in between women whom sabich on the hierarchy, B is Neela. And then there are those who are outstripping in good deeds by the permission of Allah subhana wa tada that it go to the road Kabir that is vast bounty if you want dunya that's doing it fluffy dyadic affiliate NFS and Multan. ephesian let people compete in that that's the real bounty in this world. That's the real bounty. So Allah describes three people amongst the people of Quran. People who oppress themselves. Those are the people that
don't take heed from the Quran. They don't listen to the message. They read it. They say they believe in it, but they're not acting according to it in the Tafseer. They say a lot began with that person so that they don't lose hope, because they're still amongst his event. And there's still people that are chosen. And then the matassa is
In the middle and then separate from the heart B is Neela. And then those who are outstripping and Allah says about them by the permission of Allah so they don't get arrogant. They recognize that it's a blessing from Allah subhana wa Adana. So those people the Quran is there, he said you're not reading the Quran. And then he said at 30 2:30am tomorrow, sooner you claim to love the private pulling content to be only if you love Allah, then follow me. You're welcome Allah, Allah will love you through following me. So following the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and the Prophet said that anyone who loves him will enter agenda except the one that refuses and he
says, who's the one that refuses. He said, Whoever turns away from my son Noah has refused because love Like I said, tasi illa with a bow. you disobey a line you claim to love Allah. Hi, the nominee for care, buddy. Oh, this is something amazing in Cana fukasawa. Now Part Two if your love is true, you obey Him and then more


There's no denying that this year's Summer NAMM show in Nashville was slow from a bass perspective. It's hard to pinpoint exactly why. Certainly, the continuing struggles in the economy have forced manufacturers to cut-back on trade-show expenditures, but there was also the devastating flood of a few months ago and the feeling from some manufacturers that in the internet age, Summer NAMM is becoming increasingly superfluous (there's already a huge show in the Winter in LA). Regardless, there was still some cool bass stuff to be seen--it just took a little extra effort.
Victor Wooten was all over the place, wowing attendees as usual. He's often seen at the summer show because he lives in Nashville. Here he is at a clinic enlisting the services of his son Adam.
Another Nashville resident, Adam Nitti, wowed the crowds at a Friday night concert.
Also appearing at the bass-heavy Friday night gig was our very own Bryan Beller. Here he is with his uber-talented vocalist wife, Kira Small.
Summer NAMM always features a lot of newcomers. I really dug these beauties from Erizias Basses.
Dig the custom bass strap from LM Products.
Another new-to-me boutique builder: Prat Basses. Pretty stuff.
Peterson debuted a new stompbox tuner that strobes like their old classic table-top.
Warrior showed off a couple of sweet new bolt-ons.
Access had some rugged new gig bags.
The Jam Hub is the very groovy device that allows a full-band to play together through headphones. Perfect for apartment dwellers.