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Two inmates with local connections escape from state prison
Jonathan Blankenship (l) and Christopher High
Law enforcement is looking for two inmates with local connections who escaped from a state prison in suburban Jackson.
Posted: Jul 5, 2019 10:52 AM
Updated: Jul 8, 2019 10:19 AM
Posted By: Craig Ford
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Law enforcement said it is looking for two inmates with local connections — inmates also considered armed and dangerous — who escaped from a state prison in suburban Jackson.
Officers were apparently doing an inmate count at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl around 7 a.m. Friday and found out that Jonathan Blankenship and Christopher High were missing.
Blankenship, 31, was serving a five-year sentence after being convicted in Alcorn County of aggravated assault on a police officer and conspiracy to commit a crime. He stands 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. He also goes by "Hustle."
High, 28, was serving 12 years after being convicted of burglary and larceny in Carroll County. He stands 5-feet-7-inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. He has tattoos on his chest and arms.
This is the third escape of a state inmate in the same day.
Benny Ray Blansett disappeared from the Mississippi State Penitentiary, which was discovered before sunrise.
Lockdown ordered in state prison system after inmate escapes
Inmate escapes from Parchman
Inmate escapes from Alabama prison for elderly and sick
Inmate escapes Marshall County jail
State inmate with Alcorn County ties escapes custody
Alabama inmate captured hours after escape
THE MIKE FILES: How do inmates escape?
Law enforcement search for escaped inmate
UPDATE: Escaped Noxubee County inmate captured

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Hozuki's Coolheadedness aka Hoozuki no Reitetsu
If you happen to watch the series streaming on CrunchyRoll, well get onboard reading the
By Linda / July 16, 2017
Manga Reviews Reviews
Do you want to have a matchmaker like Jane Austen's Emma?
Jane Austen is a beloved author in English literature who is remembered for the many
By Linda / August 12, 2015
Inside Mari: A Partial Review
Gendomike was enthralled by Shuzo Oshimi (The Flowers of Evil)'s latest ongoing manga, Inside Mari, which is more than it appears to be at first. Read on to see what he thinks of the story so far.
By gendomike / April 15, 2014
Escape into the realms of Sailor Twain..
Not to confuse this title with either Sailor Moon or the author Mark Twain, however, Sailor
By Linda / September 8, 2012
Gen Manga's Wolf
Naoto is a rising boxer determined to defeat his father, who abandons his family years


Ah, there's nothing like a good romance.
In celebration of Valentine's Day on February 14, here's a round-up of some book-related gifts you might consider for that special someone. And if you're single this year, hey–there's nothing wrong with getting yourself a little something, too!
Many of these are handmade gifts chosen from Etsy. If the item is sold out, don't forget that you can always contact the seller to see if there's another one available. Some sellers will also ship directly to the participant, which is great if you're in a hurry.
You could even create a custom Gelaskin cover for a E-Reader, phone, or laptop cover using your valentine's favorite book.
Hope you enjoyed browsing these bookish Valentine's Day gift ideas! I post similar finds on Pinterest all the time, so feel free to connect with me there if you haven't already. What romantic plans do you have for your sweetie this year?
Send gifts to pakistan when i needed.
Thanks for these gift suggestions. I am interested customized gifts.
I want that Jane Eyre cuff! So pretty.
Oh my goodness! I love the Personalized Love Letter Cookies!!! It's super cute! I love the others too but the love letter cookie is at the top! Thanks for sharing this, Wendy!
I think I will have to send a love letter cookie someday. :) Glad you enjoyed, TSQ!
That was totally a Jace quote up there, and I STILL swoon and get all tingly when I read it, even if it was in a completely awkward context at the time!! Such a great fun post, so many good gift ideas–I want. I especially loved the Jane Austen Bewitched print and the Golden Ticket valentines.
I can't decide which item I like best..well the cookie is kind of winning me over but that clockwork angel necklace wow! Thanks for the great post of ideas!
Hah, it's funny how these gift ideas sometimes turn into shopping lists. I will give in and get myself at least one of these items sooner or later!
Oh my! Great ideas for gifts. My personal fave was the tea towel. Mr. Darcy is just so… Sigh.
He is pretty swoon-worthy. :) There are a lot of great Austen quotes on gifts, it was kind of nice to see as I was browsing.
Brilliant tea towel. I love it. So romantic.
It really is. It'd be awesome to have it as a scarf or something like that, too–the handwriting is just gorgeous!
Oh wow! I love these! I'm not sure which one is my favorite or that I want the most! So many awesome ones!
These are all seriously amazing, but that cookie is the best! I love it!
Excuse me, I meant Jace Wayland! But if you've read TMI, you know why I had Herondale on the brain.
Oh my goodness. I LOVE Mr. Darcy's towel, and the love letter cookies. All of those ideas are so cute. Good ol' Valentine's Day.
I love the golden ticket but all of those gifts would be pretty special.
I'd love to receive any one of these things, too. :) Thanks for stopping by, Karen!
I love this post! All of these bookish gifts are so unique. I especially love the Jane Eyre bracelet. Thanks for sharing all of these goodies.
Oh thanks Steph! I love bookish gifts, I wish these things were more widely available in stores…but at least they're easy to order online. :) Happy shopping!
I'm team.. cookie over here, LOL!
Oh man, if I figure out how to get Jace to send you a love letter…will you get Will Herondale to send one to me?
I tend to gravitate towards food too, Lauren. :) Happy Valentine's Day to you!
OH how cute! I loved homemade customize gifts!
I do too, I used to make a lot of gifts myself…but I'm too lazy these days. I always love getting homemade presents and food, though.
Oh my god these are all awesome! That pillow rocks, like seriously! >.< I love the necklace too! And.. a love letter COOKIE!? Now THAT is just plain fabulous!!
so beautiful! I would like to have them all! I love the Tessa's Clockwork Angel Necklace, it's so gorgeous!
I thought that was really lovely as well. :) Lucky Tessa, to have a pretty necklace AND two wonderful boys!
I think I'll hint for the love letter cookies. So, so adorable. Thanks for this lovely post!
It'd be sort of funny (but sweet) if one of those love letter cookies made it out of the house and someone found it. :) Glad you enjoyed!
I love the Clockwork Angel necklace and the Jane Eyre bracelet. They are so pretty. I also love the Team Jace shirt, because who doesn't love Jace?
I love those, too. :) I basically pulled a bunch of stuff from my own personal bookmarked list, hah! Jace is a charmer for sure. I know some people don't like him, but I'm a fan.


The "most ideal home any city girl could imagine", according to weekly social magazine Table Talk in early 1927, reporting soon after the opening of the Princess Mary Club in central Melbourne. Established by the Central Methodist Mission of the Wesley Church to provide accommodation and meals for young country women coming to the city for education and work, the hostel reportedly helped some 15,000 people in its more than 60 years of operation. In 2017, the Lonsdale Street building was demolished as part of the church's Wesley Place development, and we have helped meet the project's heritage permit conditions by preparing a history that focuses on the Club's significance to young women. The report includes an oral history: interviews with 10 former residents, who describe their experiences in their own words.
The value of oral histories lies in the deeper understanding they provide of the way a particular place was used by those to whom it was important. They are especially useful for places undergoing significant change, as they record the first hand experiences of people who don't often make it into official records or are maybe less visible in history generally — in this case young women just starting out. The hostel represented a stepping stone from family life to adult life. Oral histories are also a great source of interpretation material.
The Princess Mary Club was constructed as a four storey concrete frame building, and began by accommodating 100 paying residents in single bedrooms over two floors, with dining room and lounge area as communal spaces. A further floor was added at a later date. The Wesley Mission was concerned that the young girls would fall prey to undesirable influences and they provided everything the girls would need. The building was designed by architect Alec Stanley Eggleston (1883-1955), father of Robert A. Eggleston of Eggleston, MacDonald & Secomb.
By the 1980s, better transport had made the country seem not so distant from the city and changes in society made institutional protection for young women less necessary. The hostel closed in January 1990 and its demise reflected the wider opportunities open to women since the 1920s and the increased acceptance of women's independence over this period. Those interviewed for the project are no longer young but they have a lot to say about their time at the Princess Mary Club. The history also includes written recollections, historical research using contemporary sources, and more-recently written histories of the Mission, the hostel's development and the building itself.
Lovell Chen has also prepared an oral history for Kinnears Rope Works, the site of which is currently under development.


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René Dutin est un homme politique et paysan français né le  à Abjat-sur-Bandiat en Dordogne et mort le  à Périgueux (Dordogne).

Biographie
René Dutin est né dans une ferme d'Abjat-sur-Bandiat où son père est métayer, tout comme l'était son grand-père. Face à la crise agricole des années 1930, son père, Jean Dutin, membre de la Confédération générale agricole, adhère aussi au Parti communiste, lequel revendiquait « La terre à celui qui la travaille ».

Issu d'une famille trop modeste pour lui permettre de faire des études, René Dutin abandonne son projet d'entrer à Sciences Po et devient paysan. À l'âge de 20 ans il adhère à son tour au PCF.

Il est élu maire de la petite commune de Saint-Estèphe (moins de 600 habitants) en 1965. La région est alors particulièrement pauvre : peuplé de métayers et de petits propriétaires en autosuffisance, le territoire ne bénéficie d'aucun services sociaux et les voitures y sont peu nombreuses. Il est aussi conseiller général du canton de Nontron de 1979 à 2011.

Son épouse, très croyante, se rend à la messe chaque dimanche et s'engage avec lui dans le militantisme politique et l'action sociale.

Du  au , ce retraité agricole a été élu député de la troisième circonscription de la Dordogne. Lors des élections législatives de , il est battu de 132 voix par son adversaire Frédéric de Saint-Sernin (UMP)

Mandats

 Maire de Saint-Estèphe (1965-2001).
 Conseiller général du canton de Nontron (1979-2011).
 Député de Dordogne (1997-2002)

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste des députés de la Dordogne

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Naissance en décembre 1933
Naissance en Dordogne
Maire membre du Parti communiste français
Maire de la Dordogne
Conseiller général de la Dordogne
Député de la Dordogne
Député membre du Parti communiste français
Député de la XIe législature de la Ve République
Décès à 85 ans
Décès à Périgueux
Décès en octobre 2019

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Q: New emulator in AVD manager gives "no longer exists as a device" I've been struggling with creating a new emulator with the AVD manager in the latest Android build tools. I can create a device profile and an emulator using it, but it immediately appears in the AVD manager as broken with an option to "Repair Device".

Attempting to repair the device or wiping the data has no effect. This occurs on any kind of new emulator, including preset device profiles.
The exact error:

Name: Android_Wear_Round_API_23
CPU/ABI: Android Wear Intel Atom (x86)
Path: C:\Users\Developer.android\avd\Android_Wear_Round_API_23.avd
Error: User Android Wear Round no longer exists as a device

I'm using:

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*Android Studio 2.2.1

*Android SDK tools 25.2.2

*Android SDK platform tools 24.0.4

A: This problem occurs when the AVD manager is looking for a hardware profile and can't find it, even though it exists. I have a feeling that this is caused by a bug in the latest tools that cause hardware profiles to be saved without a proper id, because profiles made a while ago are still working correctly (until you edit them). The following fixed it for me:
In your user profile folder, find devices.xml inside the ~/.android folder, so on Windows you'd look for C:\Users\Me\.android\devices.xml.
Open the file and look for a device with the name that shows in the error message, in your case 'Android Wear Round'. It'll look like this:
    <d:device>
        <d:name>Android Wear Round</d:name>
        ...

Duplicate the line with the name and change the tag to d:id, but keep the name, like so:
    <d:device>
        <d:name>Android Wear Round</d:name>
        <d:id>Android Wear Round</d:id>
        ...

Return to the AVD manager and hit refresh; the virtual device should be repaired now.

A: All of a sudden some of my emulators showed this issue (5/9 emulators). It seems like those emulators that had issues were created using a custom hardware profile which was imported separately. And for some reason, the imported hardware profile was no longer available when I was trying to create a new emulator with those hardware profiles. So I reimported those Hardware profiles and all the emulator that showed error started working as usual.

A: Pre-req:  Set ANDROID_HOME to a location where valid android sdk is available , if on windows C:\Users****\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk
Recreate scenario:On running %ANDROID_HOME%\tools\android.bat list avd, you should either observe "no-longer-exists as a device" or this would list valid devices.
Possibility 1:  devices.xml is missing in c:\users\.android\devices.xml is missing, invalid (cannot be parsed).  This can be restored from %ANDROID_HOME%\tools\lib\devices.xml
Possibility 2:  Device name on devices.xml and device name present in config.ini of emulator.
Open AVD manager, click on edit and copy Device name.
Update restored devices.xml with this name.
Ensure config.ini under c:\users\.android\avd\.avd\ has
identical entry as a value for the key
hw.device.name

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The call to prayer chases itself from one minaret to the next – echoing its multiple births across the Place Boujeloud outside the medina gate. Sparsely populated during the day – mostly students from the adjoining college sharing the shade of a row of mulberry trees dropping ripe fruit – the paved expanse is crowded at dusk. Children play with their own empty strollers, makeshift carnival type games emerge –needing luck or skill I can't be sure. There is the requisite tea table, and one for nuts, and juices, and meat sandwiches. the assembly of people enjoy the cool evening air. The backdrop of the ancient wall encircling the old city, sharing space with towering metal cranes- like the keyhole doors, juxtaposed against satellite dishes-old and new…then and now.
I adore the seeming ease that the ancient and modern share space; different ways of life blending into a colorful tapestry. A woman in a long jalaba, head and neck covered by a scarf, walks arm-in-arm with her friend, hair blowing in the wind, arms exposed. And I am only a visitor. Maybe this is the simplified and romanticized view…anything possible because for me there is beauty in the possibility.
Still, today impossible washes over me like refreshing evening air. I visited the Medersa Bou Inania, one of the few holy places that allow non-muslims. Gazing around at the details, delicate wood carvings creating immense mosaic-ed doors, intricate engravings in white stone reaching well beyond sight, bright tiles, colorful glass – all melding into a sanctuary of beauty.
I can understand how this place would call people to contemplate God – call them to aspire to more, to better.
Beyond the mammoth bronze doors that separate the medersa from the rest of the medina, I lost myself to the winding paths and endless stalls. Voices called out greetings, "Senegal" "obama" "texas", and urged me to look inside "for luck" or "for beautiful things".
Of course my search always involves food and so I found myself – having walked from one of the 14 gates to another across the medina– at a food stall. Poulet something or other – chicken stuffed inside fresh baked bread with Chinese vermicelli, pimento powder, cumin, and some tomato based sauce. Exquisite because I was starving or because it was exquisite, no matter. It was lunch for 10 MAD – a little more than a dollar. Later, at the palais mnebhi, I had mint tea with ambiance – the grandeur of the former palace. Elegant without opulence; high ceilings and mosaic-ed tiles, and from the roof a view of fes spread out before me, fawn colored buildings against a clean blue so sky.
Days wader by me now, each unfolding without solid plan or tangible expectation. Only the assumption that something beautiful awaits me, something full of possibility – like the waxing moon that hangs brightly just over the ancient wall and the crowd milling about the Place Boujeloud.
A-mazing! Let time stand STOL and soak in it!


The HP iPAQ hw6515 currently has an Informr score of 6.3 out of 10. This score is based on our evaluation of 44 sources including reviews from users and the web's most trusted critics.
Palm released the HP iPAQ hw6515 on October 1, 2005.
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There is a Intel PXA272 312 MHz processor (CPU).
Internal memory is 64 MB. An external, SD, MiniSD expansion slot is available for increased storage capacity.
The phone is powered by a Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery. Palm's performance ratings are 7 days standby time.
The HP iPAQ hw6515 shares the same goals as its predecessor; it's a PDA/Phone cross-over that includes a good sized thumb keyboard to turn the unit into a Blackberry and Treo-busting mobile communicator. This time they came back with mostly good specs; an Intel XScale PXA270 312 MHz processor, 64MB each RAM and Flash ROM with about 57 megs and 12 megsavailable to the user. The biggest improvements to the specifications are the inclusion of a quad-band GSM phone, a great implementation of Bluetooth 1.2 and a defining new feature on a PDA/Phone- Integrated GPS.


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		return
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		Type: "Const",
		Attrs: map[string]interface{}{
			"dtype": t.DataType(),
			"value": t,
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Because I've been robbed of the start of this series I have to start at number twelve, but fortunately for me it's surprisingly easy to pick up what's going on, which is a real tribute to the writers. The story, that is as far as I can tell, follows a martial arts school and a select few warriors of higher stature that are on a quest to fight an evil organisation of super villains.
The story begins with a fight almost half way through, a young hand to hand warrior faces a huge monk known as Anjei the destroyer. The destroyer has become enraged in anger over the death of the children he was supposed to guard, but now the young warrior's tactic is to not fight Anjei but to reason with him. Finding out why the destroyer is so full of anger the young fighter appeals to his monk instincts and the destroyer is turned back into the gentle man he once was.
There is a total of five battles throughout the DVD and all of which are fantastically drawn and you can tell that the animation has had a lot of care and time put into it. Sound clarity and picture quality is great, with clear fine lines drawn on all the main characters there are only a few times where there are some guys in the back ground that are poorly drawn.
With all the dialogue happening in and during the battles they take great care in the animation and of course the way the battles portray the characters emotions. All confrontations and pivotal points of the story happen in battle and you can tell the writers know this, giving the characters fantastic levels of detail really contributes to the impact of each individual.
For some time now I've been looking for a decent animation movie or series that gave, not only great animation and action scenes but also a story line that's interesting and leaves you inspired by portraying the honor of battle. Until now there was only one movie, but after seeing episodes 48 to 52 of Rurouni Kenshin Legend of Kyoto, I'm very impressed and my faith in good manga films is restored.
The outtakes aren't really very funny they are just normal stuff ups of the voice actors. Extras are a bit boring with liner notes, yay not; trailers and of course creditless closing the extra score will have to suffer for this. In all honesty the story line rocks and this series is one you shouldn't miss and I'm not just saying that, it's very hard to find a manga series with such grace, detail and such high quality animation.


No meat, fish or poultry? No wheat, rye or barley? Healthy and delicious? I'm trying to make it possible, and sharing photos, stories and recipes along the way.
It has been over a year since I've updated this blog, but I think about it regularly. It's hard to find time to post, yes, and even harder to find adequate time to take good photos of the things I cook (even when there is time to cook). But, I invented a recipe this morning that I'd like to share, and I have some thoughts, in any case.
When I began this blog, nearly four years ago, it was my assumption that my body type was pretty much set for life, whatever changes I might make in my habits. But last summer, I decided I wasn't happy enough with my habits and needed to make more lasting changes.
I was exercising too little, eating too much, too frequently, too unhealthily. I had lost the habit of going a few days between servings of sweets, and of cooking up good food that I could grab for a meal when I was in a hurry. I needed better motivation. So, I decided to try Wii Fit.
It was a significant initial investment, so I saved my money by quitting my YMCA membership and using my second-hand exercise bike for exercise for a few months until I had enough money for the Wii and the Wii Fit. I quickly discovered that I don't like the Wii Fit's reliance on the BMI as the only measure of the user's health, and the fat-shaming it gives you if you're outside the "normal" range. And was I outside the "normal" range? Oh yeah, I was "obese." Which is just a lovely thing to be told every morning.
But, I did like the activities themselves, and found it cathartic to yell at the Wii when it called me "obese" or "unbalanced." After all, it is a gaming system, so I made it a game. I decided to stick with it, did different combinations of exercises every day that added up to 30 minutes, and built up my will power to skip desserts and bring my portion sizes back down.
And, lo and behold, and really at least somewhat to my surprise, I actually did start to lose weight. And kept losing it. And losing it. I went from a BMI of something like 32.25 to my current 24.75. That's nearly 40 lbs, on my 5'2" frame, and puts me within the "normal" range for the first time in over half my life. More importantly, I have more energy than ever, and I can actually run. I'm planning to participate in a 5K race in June.
Today is the fourth Sunday in Lent, and I have started observing Lent much more, well, observantly in the past few years. I've decided that my health is a gift, and I should show my thanks by adhering strictly to my healthiest habits during Lent: 30 min aerobic exercise every day; meals made up of small portions of healthy foods like plain, nonfat yogurt, whole grains, vegetables, beans, and the occasional natural peanut butter and unsweetened jelly; no coffee or tea (except herbal); no alcohol; no sweets at all; no snacks. I also give up shopping for anything I could live without until Easter, so I end up doing a lot of creative cooking and rummaging through my pantry and freezer. I've eaten a LOT of various kinds of beans with brown rice.
And today, I made up a muffin recipe, thanks to the mashed roasted peaches I found in the freezer. (Note: I totally don't remember how I roasted the peaches and am too lazy this evening to find that recipe. If you don't want to try faking it, you can probably get the same effect by buying a can of peaches packed in juice without sugar and mashing them up with a potato masher.) This recipe is actually vegan! And decently tasty, although the muffins break pretty easily. But they contain no fat other than flaxseeds, are sweetened with brown rice syrup (Lundberg Farms is GF), and probably have at least a little protein in them.
I used Annalise Roberts's Gluten-Free Baking Classics as a guide for some of the quantities.
In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients, whisking to combine thoroughly.
In a smaller bowl, combine the wet ingredients and stir well. The syrup is heavy, so you will need to stir thoroughly.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 12 muffin cups with olive oil (I use a set of silicone baking cups arranged on a cookie sheet; if using a metal muffin tin, I'd suggest lining with paper).
Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until well incorporated, then spoon into muffin cups, distributing evenly. The batter will not quite fill the cups.
Bake about 22 minutes, or until firm and slightly golden on top. Turn out onto a wire rack and cool. The first one was tasty when cooled just slightly.
I've frozen the rest for future breakfasts. Hoping they reheat well!
Some people think my dietary restrictions sound impossible: no meat, fish or poultry, no wheat, rye, or barley. I say it's easy, but too much of what I eat has often been cheese, starches, rich sweets and processed foods.
I've decided to make a commitment to healthier eating. This is about healthy habits, not body-size or weight. This is a chance for me to share (and hopefully to celebrate) my discoveries, accomplishments, and most of all, recipes, as I try to establish a new set of habits and attitudes regarding food.
I call it "eating possibly," because I can eat within my limitations and still eat well. I'm hoping to find a way to make good habits that stick - and that, ideally, I even enjoy.


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The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 (Modern War Studies)
Robert M. Citino
University Press of Kansas
"Can Dr. Citino really believe that the general officers in the German Army—virtually all of whom served in the First World War and believed probably to a man that the German politicians who acceded to the armistice and German defeat were criminals—would willingly choose surrender and another lost war rather than death on the battlefield with their troops? Robert Citino is an excellent historian and a gifted author. He ought to refrain from discrediting himself and his work by embracing a caricature of his subject that is so politicized and divorced from reality."
The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943 is the most recent of a number of very highly regarded works in the field of military history written by Robert M. Citino. The author, now Professor of History at the University of North Texas, has established himself as an authority on German military history.
In The Wehrmacht Retreats, the author covers the combat experiences of the German armed forces—the Wehrmacht—during the critical year 1943. For it was in 1943 that the Wehrmacht began to reach its "tipping point" toward ruin in every portion of the globe on which it had planted the German flag.
In Russia, it spent the first half of 1943 parrying Soviet endeavors to exploit their victory at Stalingrad, and the remainder of the year dealing with the near collapse of the front in southern Russia after the failed German offensive at Kursk.
In the Mediterranean basin, the Wehrmacht lost another entire army in North Africa, as well as the island of Sicily. Only in Italy were German forces able to turn aside the offensive thrusts of the western Allies—at least for the moment.
It is probably safe to say that military historians are not generally recognized for their creativity. Robert Citino is thus unusual, for in The Wehrmacht Retreats he demonstrates both knowledge of the subject matter and creativity in handling it. For example, he utilizes the fictional vignette to introduce the reader to the supposed thought processes of Adolf Hitler and his generals as they struggled to make the best of their declining military fortunes.
Dr. Citino's use of the fictional vignette is a clever and engaging touch, one that cannot fail to impress even the most hidebound of the author's colleagues.
The Wehrmacht Retreats also reflects such a profound grasp of both the mountains of primary source material and the existing body of literature on all phases of the Second World War in Europe, as to make it what is often called "indispensable reading" for those with a keen interest in the subject matter. It incorporates a wealth of detail concerning the operational planning and critical thinking of military leaders "on the ground" and on both sides of the conflict.
Nevertheless, The Wehrmacht Retreats is not without faults. For example, Dr. Citino states that following the successful Allied landings in North Africa, the Axis had numerical superiority in Tunisia, where its forces had elected to take their stand. The combined total of German and Italian troops in Tunisia is described as "over 100, 000 men." The casual reader might conclude from this that the Wehrmacht had the advantage in North Africa, particularly when Dr. Citino suggests that all of the Axis troops there were wily veterans of desert fighting.
Yet on November 8, 1942, the date of the first Allied landings in North Africa, the United States Army deposited over 107,000 troops on North African soil. Over the next three weeks it landed another 146,000 troops, and by the end of April 1943 there were nearly 400,000 American troops in Tunisia.
The U.S. Army landed almost 800 tanks on its beachhead in North Africa on November 8, 1942; over 60 percent of these vehicles were capable of successfully engaging any German or Italian tank, save the Tiger, of which there were very few. Throughout the brief war in Tunisia, the number of Axis tanks rarely surpassed 200.
In February 1943 there were over 2,200 American combat aircraft in North Africa. The following month that total exceeded 5,000, and in each of the remaining two months the number of American combat aircraft exceeded 10,000. On average, over the course of the war in Tunisia, Axis forces maintained slightly more than 1,100 combat-worthy aircraft.
And the careful reader will observe that the foregoing information does not include data on the considerable number of combat vehicles, fighting men, and aircraft of the British 8th Army and its associated commands also engaging the Axis in North Africa at the same time.
The high quality of Professor Citino's work is not diminished, however, by the occasional misstatement of fact, of which there were few readily discernible. Much more damaging to the credibility of The Wehrmacht Retreats is its author's decision to demonstrate his obeisance to the Germanophobia that presently holds many academics in thrall.
In his book's final chapter, Conclusion: Fighting a Lost War, Dr. Citino criticizes the German officer corps, for example, which having faced the catastrophe of Stalingrad and the loss of North Africa, nevertheless "fought on and . . . did not waiver. Despite all their alleged disagreement with their Fuehrer . . . .the commanders remained loyal…they served his ends, they fought his war." The German officer corps, one supposes, should have risen up and thrown Hitler out.
Yet it would seem likely that German officers had no illusions about the viciousness of the Nazi regime. These suspicions were proven correct a year later, when the assassination plot of July 20, 1944 miscarried. Many of its perpetrators were hung from meat hooks with piano wire; the lucky ones were shot out of hand.
And if I recall correctly, the British officer corps did not overthrow its government after the humiliation of being driven from the European continent in dinghies, seeing the nation teeter on the brink of defeat owing to the predations of German U-Boats, losing Greece, Crete and much of North Africa, and watching British imperial bastions such as Singapore fall to the enemy. Where is a military coup more likely to succeed: In a democracy like England or a dictatorship like Nazi Germany?
Dr. Citino points out that the German officer corps recognized that the war was lost after the events of 1943 "and yet Hitler had no trouble finding commanders who would continue to serve him loyally."
It would appear, then, that Dr. Citino favors the notion that the "commanders who . . . continue[d] to serve [Hitler] loyally", including presumably officers engaged with their men at the front, should have abandoned their men to their fate while taking such steps as they considered necessary to remove the Fuehrer.
In this vein it is worth noting that elsewhere in his book, Dr. Citino refers approvingly to Gerhard Weinberg's condemnation of German Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner for having abandoned his men to the tender mercies of the Red Army in order to save his own skin.
Finally, Professor Citino opines that it was obvious by the end of 1943 that the war was lost, a fact well recognized by a "lot of smart minds in the officer corps" and that "the war would go on as long as the officers wanted it to, and not a day longer."
Can Dr. Citino really believe that the general officers in the German Army—virtually all of whom served in the First World War and believed probably to a man that the German politicians who acceded to the armistice and German defeat were criminals—would willingly choose surrender and another lost war rather than death on the battlefield with their troops?
Robert Citino is an excellent historian and a gifted author. He ought to refrain from discrediting himself and his work by embracing a caricature of his subject that is so politicized and divorced from reality.


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"I found this funny picture in the net and it made me laugh, ..I decided to paint it."
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The Intercity Transit Authority has directed staff to place a tax increase on the August ballot of .02 percent, even though many of the commissioners wanted to go to .03 percent.
Authority commissioners represent their respective cities and all of them said their city wrestled with the idea of .03 or .02 percent. In the end they all opted for .02 percent increase.
If approved by the voters in August, the new increase will take Intercity Transit from the current .06 percent to .08 percent. It is allowed by state law to go to .09 percent, but currently only 3 of the 25 state transit agencies are at the maximum.
Passing the tax increase during this period of recession won't be easy. Whatcom County transit authority just ran a ballot measure to increase its tax rate from .06 to 08 percent, the same as Intercity Transit. It failed to garner a 50 percent approval.


One of the most intriguing of all the Divine cosmic forces that can come to our aid is that of Lord Ganesha. The elephant-headed son of Lord Shiva is called Ganapati, the Lord of the ganas or heavenly host; Vinayaka, the Supreme Leader; and also as Vighneshvara, or the Lord of Obstacles. These names indicate that He is the master of the circumstances that obstruct any path and with His help, all obstacles can be overcome. This is why all auspicious acts and rituals are undertaken with His invocation first.
From a yogic point of view, Lord Ganesha as the Lord of the physical world represented by the first energy center or muladhara chakra, helps to overcome all external physical, emotional and mental obstacles.
1. The large head of an elephant is necessary to hold all the knowledge that is in the universe. The elephant is also a symbol of wisdom and of long memory.
2. The big ears are for listening to scriptures and to hear our pleas for help.
3. The trunk is a very versatile instrument – it can be used to lift heavy objects or a fine blade of grass. Our intellect should be able to be so efficient that we can solve all the problems, big or small that occur in our lives.
4. There are two tusks to indicate that we should be able to differentiate between good or evil, right or wrong, real or unreal. However, one tusk is broken to indicate that we should grow out of the world of relativity based on pairs of opposites to achieve unity.
5. His vehicle is a mouse which represents desire – it is very small but capable of much damage if not under control. The mouse looks at the food placed before Lord Ganesha, but does not eat without His permission.
6. In one hand He holds a rope which is used to pull us towards Him, while in a second hand, He holds an axe to cut off our harmful desires. In a third hand, he holds a sweet rice ball to reward those that reach towards Him and in the fourth hand, He blesses them.
7. In a side view, He has the outline of the Sanskrit character of OM – the essential vibration of the universe.


By the time Endersbee tendered his resignation as Dean of Engineering, the University had become more experienced in the process of advertising for and appointing new deans. In September 1987, University Council once again set up a Selection Committee for the Deanship of the Faculty of Engineering. It appears to have been a relatively straightforward process. The Committee met twice in late 1987 before recommending that Peter Darvall be appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering for a period of five years, commencing in March 1988.
Peter Darvall's appointment signaled the beginning of the next chapter of the Faculty's history. Unlike Lance Endersbee, Peter Darvall came from the inside – he was already a staff member of the Faculty of Engineering, and in fact, had been at Monash since 1970.
Darvall was born and educated in Melbourne. He began his tertiary education at the University of Melbourne where he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in 1963. After graduating, Darvall worked as an engineer in industry for some months before travelling to America to undertake additional graduate studies – first at Ohio State University and then at Princeton. By 1969 he had completed his PhD and returned to Melbourne.
After his return to Australia late in 1969, Darvall began working as a structural engineer for Maunsell and Partners Consulting Engineers. While he ultimately hoped to move into academia, Darvall was content to work in industry until an appropriate university position became available. He did not have to wait long. A lectureship was advertised in the Faculty of Engineering at Monash not long after Darvall returned to Australia. As soon as he saw the advertisement, he applied.
Noel Murray, then head of the Department of Civil Engineering, and a structural engineer himself, supported Darvall's application and strongly recommended his appointment. In February 1970 Peter Darvall was offered a lectureship in the Department of Civil Engineering. Looking back, Darvall recalls that at the time he did not know very much about this relatively new Faculty of Engineering. However, he commented that when he went to Monash to meet Noel Murray and some others in the Faculty, he was taken by their enthusiasm, dedication and 'gung-ho' approach to teaching and research in engineering.
Darvall thrived in the Department of Civil Engineering. He was dedicated to teaching, to his students and to research. Within four years he had been promoted to Senior Lecturer. During his time at Monash, Darvall had also become interested in the operations of the University as well as union activities. He became involved in various university and staff committees before being elected President of the Federation of Australian University Staff Associations (FAUSA) in 1979. During his presidency Darvall worked part-time for FAUSA and part-time in the Faculty of Engineering – FAUSA contributed to his salary to provide him and the Faculty with teaching relief.
An extract of the letter that Darvall write to accompany his application for the Deanship. In it, he argued strongly that he was the ideal person to be appointed the next Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
It has been my own great privilege to be associated with the development of the Faculty for seventeen years.
I have developed strong links with the profession, with other faculties and the administration of the University.
I believe my abilities and experiences across a range of areas would enable me to provide leadership for the Faculty within the university, and represent it vigorously, but diplomatically, to the profession, to the tertiary education sector, and to governments.
Darvall was the strongest candidate for the role of Dean and his ideas and views about the future of the Faculty and the outlook for engineering education clearly struck a chord with the Selection Committee. With Darvall's appointment the Faculty moved into its next phase.


I am, however, going to share a great tip today about making your own garlic salt. For some reason, I'm either always out of the stuff or it's been so long since I used it that it's all caked at the bottom of the jar. The other day, I realized I was out, but really wanted to use some on baked kale chips. Then the proverbial light bulb went off over my head...and I made some from scratch! It takes all of 5-10 minutes to make and really tastes fresh--I guess anything's fresher when it doesn't come out of a plastic bottle! I made extra to have on hand and stored it in an airtight container in the refrigerator, but it didn't last long. The garlic salt turned a greenish tint, which although wasn't mold-based, did turn me off from using it. This should last a few days in the fridge, but it's easy enough to make it on demand whenever you need it!
First, peel and trim your garlic. I used two cloves for this batch, which made about 1/4 cup. Roughly chop the garlic and place in a mortar bowl.
Add about a tablespoon of Kosher salt and using a pestle, grind into a paste.
Continue adding Kosher salt until the mixture is no longer paste-like and looks more like salt.
And that's it! Use it as you would with store-bought garlic salt. It tasted delicious on the kale chips, but I bet it would also be great on popcorn!
I loved getting to see your kids! They are adorable and look so much alike. I hear ya on trying to balance all that you have to do with all that you want to do. There's a fine line for sure. Enjoy the holidays!
By the way, do you still need me to guest post while you're gone? Am I supposed to have that ready for you this month? Alas, it has slipped my mind amongst all the other things I have stored up there!
Guest post...I nearly forgot. LOL How do you balance "real life" and blogging???? When things are going smoothly, I take several days and get my food prepared and photographed. I make notes and then I write blog pieces as needed. But real life is more important than blog life....your kids won't be kids forever....enjoy the here and the now.
what if you baked the garlic-salt combo w/ low heat & then grind it - think it would not go bad /turn green : ) ??
@Anon, Hmmm...maybe? If you try it and it works, let me know!
yumm dish.. thanks for sharing.
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10 Things to Know About… Invasive Species
Teagasc researchers feature in tonight's episode of "10 Things to Know About …" - a science television series on RTÉ One (Monday, November 28 at 8.30pm).
Teagasc forestry researcher Gerry Douglas with Presenter Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin on tonight's episode of "10 Things to Know About …" RTÉ One (Monday, November 28 at 8.30pm).
Invasive species are a threat to the planet's environment and biodiversity, wreaking havoc on a country's native flora and fauna, so what is Irish science doing to stop the aliens invading Ireland?
Chalara Disease (Ash Dieback) is a serious threat to our native Ash trees, which could in turn endanger the age-old craft of making hurleys. In Croke Park, former Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea talks about the importance of protecting the hurling tradition. Presenter Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin meets Teagasc's Gerry Douglas to see how Irish researchers are working to save our precious ash trees using DNA markers and hybrid breeding programmes.
Gerry Douglas explains: "The number of confirmed cases of Ash Dieback disease (Charlara) has increased despite major efforts to eradicate the fungus, which causes the death of shoots and after several years can kill trees. Ash dieback is spread by fungal spores that travel on the air from near and far". Species of ash from Asia are naturally resistant to dieback disease and Teagasc is attempting to cross them with Irish ash as a first step to transfer the resistance into our native ash. "A very small proportion of trees in our native population of ash trees will prove resistant and we can use them for vegetative propagation and also as a basis for breeding and producing resistant seeds," says Gerry. Research in Teagasc aims to identify resistant trees and develop the most efficient means to make available resistant plant material for the future.
Also in this episode, presenter Kathriona Devereux meets Colette O'Flynn from the National Biodiversity Data Centre to find out more about the invasives that are threatening our wildlife and, in the case of the Winter Heliotrope and Japanese Knotweed, even our roads and buildings. Kathriona then takes to the waters of Lough Key to see how Dr Frances Lucy and her team of IT Sligo researchers are making impressive breakthroughs in ridding our waterways of Asian Clams and Zebra Mussels which have the ability to alter the food web and compete with native species. In Weird Science, Fergus highlights Irish research that is challenging us to think, do we really know who we are? Presenter Jonathan McCrea puts on his night vision goggles to stalk Muntjac Deer, the little Bambis with an ASBO who are wreaking havoc on our environment and are being blamed for thousands of road accidents in the UK. With the first sightings of Muntjac reported in Ireland earlier this year, researchers at Queen's University Belfast are trying to take decisive action before they overwhelm the whole island ... but their approach is not without its own controversy!
The promotional video for this episode can be viewed at: http://10thingstoknowabout.ie/teaser-promo-for-episode-3-aliens-invasive-aliens-that-is/


Sunburn is a form of rays' burn that affects existing tissue, such as skin, that results from an overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays, usually from the sun's rays. An excess of UV radiation can be critical in extreme cases.
Disclosure of the skin to lesser amounts of UV radiation will most of the times produce a sunburn. Generally, normal symptoms in humans and other animals consist of red or reddish skin that is hot to the touch, common tiredness, and little dizziness.
Ultraviolet B (UVB) rays cause dangerous and risky sunburns and raise the risk of two types of skin cancer: basal-cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Too much UV radiation is the most important cause of mainly non-malignant skin tumors.
Sunscreen is widely approved to prevent sunburn. Although some scientists vary that it may not successfully guard against wicked melanoma, which either is result of a different part of the ultraviolet spectrum or is not by sun exposure at all.
Clothing, as well as hats, is well thought-out the ideal skin protection technique. Sunburn can occur in less than 15 minutes, and in seconds when out in the open to non-shielded welding arcs or other sources of strong ultraviolet light. However, the inflicted harm is often not instantaneously obvious.
The only cure for sunburn is slow healing, while some skin creams can help with the symptoms. Sunburn is result of UV rays, either from the sun or from non-natural sources, such as welding arcs, the lamps used in sun beds, and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation. It is a reaction on the body to the direct DNA damage, which further results in the excitation of DNA by UV-B light.
This harm is mostly the creation of a thymine dimer. Some exposure to sunlight is not only not dangerous but really required to health. Humans require vitamin D; most is created in the body by exposure of the skin to sunlight, with some from the diet which we take. People with dark skins necessitate more sunlight to uphold vitamin D levels. Minor sunburns typically cause nothing more than minor reddishness and tenderness to the affected areas.
In more severe cases, burning can occur. Extreme sunburns can be hurting to the point of debilitation and may need hospital care. Some cracking and itching may go on for some weeks.
The eyes are also susceptible to sun exposure. Wrap-around dark glasses or the use by spectacle-wearers of spectacles that chunk UV light lessen injurious UV rays. The most important aspects of sunburn care are to avoid contact to the sun while remedial and to take safety measures to avoid future burns.
The best cure for most sunburn is time. Mostly, sunburn is healed completely within a little weeks. Home treatments that lend a hand handle the anxiety or make possible the healing process consist of using cool and wet clothes on the sunburned areas, taking everyday cold showers or baths, and applying restful lotions that enclose aloe-Vera to the sunburn areas.


The very best books come from a Christian worldview because this is the true story of the world. This doesn't mean that all Christian books are automatically better than their non-Christian counterparts (far from it!) or that all non-Christian books are worthless. In fact, I believe that the church these days puts far too much emphasis on whether or not a book is "Christian," or whether or not its author has said all the right sound bites to be approved as a kosher source of entertainment. But enough on that.
Like almost everything we look at in this column, the labels really don't matter. Instead, it's the heart and meat of the book that will truly identify its author. The best books are those that reflect the world that we're living in, drawing observations from real life into a compelling story. As Christians, we know the true state of the world, and we can use that to judge the reflection of that world in the books we read.
William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, for example, is a well-regarded classic. It's a masterful piece of writing that shows life in all its rawness and suffering. For what it is, As I Lay Dying is a very accurate picture of human life. We've all experienced suffering, and the raw thoughts coursing through the book are ones that every human can relate to. Because of this, Faulkner's work is rightly considered part of the classics.
Faulkner, even while not identifying as a Christian, wrote in such a way that showed his deep understanding of human nature. We as a race are better off having confronted Faulkner's powerful images of despair and human futility. It's short-sighted to discount his books simply because they were written by someone who did not call themselves a Christian. Faulkner has much to teach his readers, even Christian readers: we would be wise to learn from him.
But now, let's take As I lay Dying, and compare it to Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. These are the last books either author ever wrote, and they're both widely considered the pinnacle of their respective writing careers. Dostoevsky's writing can also be considered bleak. Brothers is, after all, a murder story, and is full of the depths of human depravity, just as Faulkner's writing. And sure, there are obviously differences in era, writing style, and plot.
The main difference between the two, however, is Dostoevsky's hope. The Brothers Karamazov, even as hopeless and confusing as it can seem, is at the root a hope-filled book. In the end, Dostoevsky has faith that the world is a comic place — that all will be made right, and pain will be erased. He doesn't spell it out in so many words — instead, the worldview has seeped all through the book, just as we've been looking at in past weeks. It's subtle, but also impossible to miss if you're reading at all carefully.
Dostoevsky also includes the curious character of Alyosha Karamazov — a strange man, untouched by the darkness around him, standing as a beacon of light with an unusual connection to God and heaven. It's the gospel in 19th century Russia, and it's a beautiful thing. Not an allegory, The Brothers Karamazov is instead so filled with the gospel story that it's unavoidable. Parallels and points come out at every turn.
You might ask, "Why does this give any sort of edge over Faulkner, though?" After all, both authors have done an incredible job of capturing human nature. Both have written enduring, finely-crafted classics. And one could make the argument that Faulkner's despair is just as important for us to learn from as Dostoevsky's hope. And I agree, even making that argument up above. Faulkner does have value, and he is a great author of great literature.
But even so, in the end, Dostoevsky's book reflects the world that we know to be true. His value is in the fact that he doesn't leave us in Faulkner's despair. He brings us there, plunging us into the same flood of darkness that Faulkner did. But we know there is hope — it is the core of our being. Christ has come. Death is defeated. All tears will be wiped away, and though we live in a pained and broken world, we — and it — are being remade, one day at a time. This is great cause for hope.
The Word of God, who spoke existence into being with a command, became flesh and died for us.
We also have this power. After all, don't we all live in this greatest of stories? This world is a tapestry, full of millions, even billions, of interlocking, totally unique stories. The tapestry is ancient: the first stitch began in the Garden of Eden when God said, "Let us make man in our own image," and it's continued throughout the thousands of years, telling the story of God's love. The Word of God, who spoke existence into being with a command, became flesh and died for us. The God of tsunamis and earthquakes and volcanoes and power loves. This is the treasure that we're echoing in our writing.
My admonishment is to hunt for treasure in every book. The best writers, Christian or not, will fill their books with shards of diamonds, even subconsciously. To some respect, because this is a world that is being changed by the gospel, non-Christian writers will echo that truth in their books because they are seeing that truth in the world around them. But if you are on the hunt for an entire, gleaming, diamond, read the great Christian writers. Read the great 19th century Russian novelists (Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoi). Read the 20th English apologists (Tolkien, Lewis, MacDonald, and Chesterton). Heck, try some 21st century writers that aren't even classics yet (Gary Schmidt, Kate DeCamillo, N.D. Wilson, Andrew Peterson).
We've reviewed a lot of these books at ItB and hope to review more of them in the future. Because, like you, we want to go treasure-hunting in every book we read. We are in search of diamonds. Come and search with us.


The What: Severtson Screens will showcase the recently launched next generation SAT-4K Acoustically Transparent projection screen line during InfoComm 2018 in Booth C3638.
The What Else: The next generation SAT-4K offers a projection screen with virtually no size limitations, according to the company. Like Severtson's TAT-4K, it is also available as an option for Severtson's new 4K thin/zero bezel fixed frame projection screen solutions. Acoustically transparent, the entire sound stage can be placed directly behind the screen at the same horizontal axis, allowing the vocals and the special effects to be in sync with the images on display, allowing allows for an immersive audio and video experience.
The Bottom Line: The enhanced SAT-4K is available in Impression, Deluxe, Deluxe Curved, and Thin Bezel configurations, and meets or exceeds all industry standards for optimum video and acoustic performance. Custom and standard sizes are available now.


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Apps win, labor frets after Uber-led 'gig worker' measure passes
by Glenn Chapman
App-based on-demand services won a major victory in a California referendum, which disappointed labor activists pressing for and end to the contractor model to enable workers to get full benefits
A victory for the "gig economy" in California is likely to echo across the US, in a boon for app-based services while igniting fear that big business is rewriting labor laws.
Rideshare and delivery apps matching tasks with those willing to perform them as independent contractors sidestepped a labor law with the passage of Proposition 22 in a referendum put before state voters.
"Going forward, you'll see us more loudly advocate for new laws like Prop 22," Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said. "It's a priority for us to work with governments across the US and the world to make this a reality."
Proposition 22—backed by Uber, Lyft and other app-based, on-demand delivery services like DoorDash and Instacart—effectively overturns a state law requiring them to reclassify their drivers and provide employee benefits.
"This is very positive for anybody who has a humans-as-a-service type mentality," said analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy.
"Those companies avoided a death sentence; and I do think classifying those folks as employees would have been a death sentence."
The vote came after a contentious campaign with labor groups claiming the initiative would erode worker rights and benefits, and with backers arguing for a new, flexible economic model.
Backers of Prop 22 spent some $200 million to win voters to their side, dwarfing the budget of those opposing the referendum.
The Independent Drivers Guild, which describes itself as the largest "gig worker" organization in the US, has vowed to fight for the rights of workers to get the pay, benefits, and collective bargaining rights due to employees.
"The big platform companies may have won in California, but the gig worker fight has only just begun," said guild executive director Brendan Sexton.
Ride-hailing drivers protested an Uber-led initiative to preserve the contractor model, but Uber and Lyft said the majority of their drivers wante to keep that flexible work attangement
The guild touted winning a negotiated minimum wage of $27.86 per hour in New York for Uber and Lyft drivers, according to Sexton..
"Worker power through collective bargaining, not ballot measures and protracted legal battles, is the only real long-term solution for gig workers," Sexton said.
Third way?
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other Prop 22 backers persuaded voters that a new gig economy calls for a "third way" of treating workers to be added to being employees or purely independent contractors, according to University of California-Los Angeles labor researcher Brian Justie.
"Uber wants you to think this is a new world, requiring a third categorization but I am not sure I buy that," Justie told AFP.
"It is a way for an extremely unprofitable sector to buy themselves a new lease on life and hoodwink legislators."
Playing the situation as drivers loving flexibility and labor law forcing the companies to become "dogmatic bosses" was disingenuous, according to Justie.
While Uber claims drivers are free to work as they please, they are at the mercy of software in the app guiding them to customers and neighborhoods, an institute survey revealed.
"The drivers keeping Uber functional think of work as a manipulative, over controlling thing recast as something new and technological," Justie said.
The referendum deals a blow to labor, and has strong potential to spread to other states, according to Justie.
Uber won its referendum in California to preserve its model of using contractor-drivers, to the dismay of organized labor seeking to reclassify the drivers as employees with benefits
"I would be shocked if it didn't ripple out," Justie said of other states, or even countries, adapting labor laws along the lines of Prop 22.
"It absolutely gives Uber and Lyft a case study in how to make this work... There is a very real prospect that more and more work becomes gig work."
Author and sharing economy authority Arun Sundararajan, however, billed Prop 22 as a positive for independent workers across the nation, saying it provides the first framework for providing benefits to non-employees contracted to do jobs.
"I expect the framework of Prop 22 to become a template for other jurisdictions in the US," Sundararajan said.
"The country now has its first framework for funding non-employment worker benefits."
Sonoma University political science professor David McCuan also saw the importance of Prop 22 as being far bigger than just a California issue.
"Prop 22 is a proxy for how we work; the future of work," McCuan said.
"And it's about the future of the labor movement in California and the future of the labor movement in the United States, which has been hammered over the last hundred years."
For better or worse, the Prop 22 model is likely to be the labor model going forward, according to analyst Moorhead.
The situation may be different in other parts of the world where Uber and other services operate. Uber has been targeted by regulators in Europe, where taxi drivers have protested against its business model.
Uber-backed gig worker initiative wins in California: US media
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Charismatic, intelligent and handsome, George Scott is unlike any other bushranger. Born into a privileged life in famine-wracked Ireland, Scott's family loses its fortune and is forced to flee to New Zealand. There, Scott joins the local militia and fights as a soldier against the Maori in the brutal New Zealand wars. After recovering from a series of serious gunshot wounds, he sails to Australia and becomes a Lay Preacher, captivating churchgoers with his fiery and inspiring sermons. But Scott is also prone to bursts of madness. The local villagers back in Ireland often whispered that a 'wild drop' ran in the blood of the Scott family. One night he dons a mask in a small country town, arms himself with a gun and, dubbing himself Captain Moonlite, brazenly robs a bank before staging one of the country's most audacious jailbreaks. After falling in love with fellow prisoner James Nesbitt, a boyish petty criminal desperately searching for a father figure, Scott finds himself unable to shrug off his criminal past. Pursued and harassed by the police, he stages a dramatic siege and prepares for a final showdown with the law - and a macabre executioner without a nose. Meticulously researched and drawing on previously unpublished material, Moonlite is a brilliant work of non-fiction that reads like a novel. Told at a cracking pace, and based on many of the extensive letters Scott wrote from his death cell, Moonlite is set amid the violent and sexually-repressed era of Australia in the second half of the 19th century. With a cast of remarkable characters, it weaves together the extraordinary lives of our bushrangers and the desperation of a young nation eager to remove the stains of its convict past. But most of all, Moonlite is a tragic love story. For these are the dying days of the bushrangers and Captain Moonlite is about to make his last stand.
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It's less than two days since high profile couple Pippa Middleton and James Matthews tied the knot but already all thoughts have moved towards arguably the most relaxing aspect of every wedding: the honeymoon.
Reports are that the bride and groom are set to take a week-long holiday in a remote French Polynesian island once owned by actor Marlon Brando, before enjoying a few day's peace and quiet in a hunting lodge near the Matthews' family grounds in the Scottish Highlands.
The couple are said to be jetting off to the luxury resort The Brando on the island of Tetiaroa, which sits on one of a dozen small islands that surround a spectacular three-mile wide lagoon.
The unique resort features 35 secluded villas with private pools on white-sand beaches. It counts two restaurants serving Polynesian-inspired dishes, East/West fusion and classic French cuisine among its facilities, as well as a luxurious spa and wellness centre, an organic garden, a lagoon-view bar, an infinity-pool beach bar, a library and cultural centre and an environmental research station which offers guest programs.
Access is by a 20-minute private plane flight from Tahiti and while there guests can snorkel or dive with tropical fish, sail in the lagoon, paddle board to a neighboring island or kayak above the surrounding coral gardens.
The island became the home of legendary actor Marlon Brando, who is said to have fallen for its idyllic setting whilst filming Mutiny On The Bounty in 1962. He later purchased the island and lived there with his French Polynesian wife, Tarita.
Following Brando's death in 2004 the luxurious eco-resort The Brando was esatblished.
According to sources the bride and groom are very much looking forward to spending alone time together in their two very different honeymoon locations.
"Pippa was very heavily involved in the organisation of the big day," a source told The Sun, "and they've decided on two very different honeymoon breaks — first to a stunning island out in French Polynesia but then to Scotland because it's a special place for both of them."
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Gregor Schneider (ur. 5 kwietnia 1969 in Rheydt) – niemiecki artysta, specjalizujący się w aranżacji pomieszczeń. Nagrodzony w 2001 roku "Złotym Lwem" za pracę Totes Haus u r dla niemieckiego Pawilonu.

Życiorys

W latach 1989-1992 studiował na Akademii Sztuk w Düsseldorfie, na Akademii Sztuk w Münster oraz na Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Hamburgu. Następnie, w latach 1999 - 2003, jako profesor pracował na De Ateliers w Amsterdamie, na Uniwersytecie Sztuk Pięknych w Hamburgu i na Królewskiej Duńskiej Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Kopenhadze. W 2009 roku został powołany na profesora na kierunku rzeźbiarstwa na Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Berlinie a od 2012 roku na Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Monachium.

Pierwszą jego indywidualną wystawą była "Pubertäre Verstimmung" w Galerii Kontrast w Mönchengladbach w wieku 16 lat. Gregor Schneider od początku 1990 roku pracuje z pomieszczeniami w galeriach i muzeach, które interpretuje jako trójwymiarowe rzeźby, do których odwiedzający może wejść. Jednocześnie powoduje, że istniejące pomieszczenia muzealne zanikają, stają się niedostępne dla odwiedzającego. W 1985 roku zaczął przebudowywać pokoje w jednym z wielorodzinnych domów w Rheydt (NRW, Niemcy), któremu z czasem nadał nazwę "Haus u r".

"Haus u r"

Dom przy ulicy Unterheydener Straße w Mönchengladbach–Rheydt - "u r" oznacza Unterheydener Straße a Rheydt- jest nieprzerwanie od 1985 roku przebudowywany. Gregor Schneider powiela istniejące już pomieszczenia poprzez wbudowywanie w nie kolejne pomieszczenia składające się z podłóg, ścian i sufitów. W ten sposób powstaje pomieszczenie w pomieszczeniu. Ponadto, za pomocą specjalnych silników, wprowadza poszczególne ściany czy też całe pokoje w niezauważalny ruch przez co niektóre pomieszczenia są odizolowane lub niedostępne. Dnie i noce były symulowane za pomocą lamp zamontowanych poza pomieszczeniami.

Aby móc rozróżnić powstałe pomieszczenia, zostały one sukcesywnie ponumerowane (u r 1 - ). Na początku na wzorzec posłużyły wszystkie części domu: sypialnia, pokój do picia kawy, pomieszczenie gospodarcze, kuchnia, przedpokój oraz piwnica. Osoby, które od 1980 roku odwiedziły Haus u r, relacjonowały o przerażających przeżyciach.

Wybrane wystawy i projekty
 1985 Pubertäre Verstimmung, Galerie Kontrast, Mönchengladbach
 1985 – do dzisiaj Haus u r, Rheydt
 1994 Drei Arbeiten, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
 1996 Gregor Schneider, Kunsthalle Bern
 1996 Gregor Schneider, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
 1997 Totes Haus u r 1985–1997, Rheydt, Kunsthalle Frankfurt a. M., Frankfurt nad Menem
 1998 Puff, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
 1998 La maison morte u r 1985–1998, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paryż
 1998 haus u r, Rheydt, Aarhus Kunst Museum, Dania
 1999 53rd Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 1999 schlafen, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
 1999 Totes Haus, Rheydt, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven
 2000 Hannelore Reuen Alte Hausschlampe, Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warszawa
 2000 Keller, Wiener Secession, Wiedeń
 2000 Alte Hausschlampe, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld
 2000 Apocalypse, Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art, Royal Academy of Art, Londyn
 2000 Death House u r, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
 2001 Totes Haus u r, 49. Biennale w Wenecji, Wenecja
 2001 N. Schmidt, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
 2002 Haus u r, Stiftung DKM, Duisburg
 2002 Fotografie und Skulptur, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen
 2003 Gregor Schneider. Hannelore Reuen, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
 2003 My Private #1, via Pasteur 21, Milano
 2003 Death House u r, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, California
 2003 Gregor Schneider, Aspen Art Museum
 2004 Die Familie Schneider, Artangel London, Londyn
 2005 28. August 2005 - , Kabinett Für Aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven
 2006 Totalschaden, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
 2006 4538KM, MDD Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, Deurle,
 2006 My Private escaped from italy, Centre international d'art et du paysage de L'ile Vassiviere, Ile de vassiviere
 2006 26. November 2006, Fondazione Morra Greco, Neapol
 2007 Gregor Schneider, Milwaukee art Museum, Milwaukee
 2007 WEISSE FOLTER, K20K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
 2008 süßer duft, La Maison Rouge, Paryż
 2008 Gregor Schneider. Doublings, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf BE
 2008 CUBE VENICE - Design and conception, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia
 2008 END, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
 2009 Garage 2009. Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
 2010 Gregor Schneider - Marienstraße, Peill Prize, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren
 2011 Punto Muerto, Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo, Madrid
 2011 Sterberaum, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck
 2014 Gregor Schneider. Hauptstraße 85 a, Synagoge Stommeln, Pulheim
 2014 Neuerburgstrasse 21, Schauspiel Köln, Köln
 2014 Kunstmuseum, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum
 2014 Liebeslaube, Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin
 2014 it's all Rheydt, Gallery Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
 2014 Die Familie Schneider, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
 2014 unsubscribe, Zachęta - Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warszawa
 2014 unsubscribe, Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin

Stypendia i nagrody
 1995 Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für Bildende Kunst
 1995 Werkstipendium der Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
 1995 Werkstipendium der Stiftung Kunst und Kultur, NRW
 1996 Projektförderung Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart
 1996 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendium
 1996 Peter Mertes Award, Bonner Kunstverein
 1996 Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis
 1997 Förderpreis der Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
 1998/99 Kunststipendium Bremerhaven
 1999 Kunststipendium Villa Romana, Florenz
 2001 Goldener Löwe, Biennale Venedig
 2002 1. Preis des Papier-Kunst-Preises des Verband Deutscher Papierfabriken VDP
 2006 Best Exhibition Of The Year, Contemporary Art in Belgium 2006
 2008 Preis der Günther-Peill-Stiftung
 2011 Förderpreis Bambi LTD, Israel
 2011 Special Jury Award vom Star Ananda, bengalisches Fernsehen, Indien
 2013 Einer der sechs Finalisten des International Award for Public Art (IAPA), Shanghai, China
 2014 Children's Choice Awards: "Best of the Best"
 2014 Wilhelm-Loth-Preis, Darmstadt
 2014 AICA Prize

Przypisy

Literatura
 Gregor Schneider, Udo Kittelmann: Gregor Schneider, Totes Haus Ur, La Biennale di Venezia, 2001, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2002,
 Gregor Schneider: Die Familie Schneider, Steidl Göttingen, 2006,
 Gregor Schneider: Cubes: Art in the Age of Global Terrorism Gva-Vertriebsgemeinschaft, 2006,
 Kunstforum International (Plateau der Menschheit), Nr. 156, August bis Oktober 2001. S. 288 und 305.

Strony internetowe

 Strona domowa Gregora Schneidera

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Impact of semiconductor chip shortage
A perfect storm of events, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, has left the world scrambling with a semiconductor shortage and it is having major effects on the global economy. Two experts offer insights on the challenge.
By Rachel Rose December 10, 2021
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Over the last 20 years, the semiconductor chip manufacturing process underwent a large shift, resulting in most fabrication occurring overseas. This change worked well for the semiconductor industry pre-pandemic because manufacturers were able to design the chips in house and have them fabricated for much less at overseas locations.
In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic shocked the world, consumers were purchasing less of everything and, subsequently, tech companies stopped purchasing inventory. When the world kept spinning in a new virtual way, with many working from home, items such as laptops and other electronics became in extremely high demand. Personal computer sales grew by 11% in 2020 — the highest growth for that technology in a decade.
This unexpected demand shocked many in the electronics business. No one was prepared for all that ensued in 2020, but the automotive industry was particularly affected by the shortage and continues to feel those consequences today. This, in part, stems from the decision to cease orders for microcontrollers and other chips early in the pandemic due to the prediction that consumers would not need or want to buy a car during that time. Coupled with these chips being used for cars as well as other technology — such as smartphones and laptops — the stock is simply not available at this time.
"There are only so many chips that can be built per unit of time," said Dr. Paul Gratz, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. "Right now, all of the fabrication facilities are running out of inventory and are still not able to keep up with the demand. It takes a long time (around two years) to build new ones, so we are stuck with what we have until more fabrication facilities can come online."
Stavros Kalafatis, professor of practice and associate department head, and a former senior director with Intel, explained that Intel is the last volume processor manufacturer in the United States with fabrication facilities that are local and what that means for the computer and automotive industry, which both use these chips.
"A lot of these high-end fabs that are local are targeted toward the production of microprocessors," Kalafatis said. "So that helps the laptop and desktop market, but it doesn't help automotive very much."
The International Data Corporation predicts the semiconductor market to reach $600 billion by 2025 — representing a compound annual growth rate of 5.3% through the forecast period, which is higher than the typical 3-4% mature growth seen historically.
Gratz said a start would be to house more fabrication facilities in the U.S. In addition to benefiting national security, this could help with fabrication time in the long run. In the short term, chip companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Intel and Samsung are actively spending hundreds of billions on increasing capacity to meet the demand. Despite these efforts, both Gratz and Kalafatis believe it will take at least six months to a year for the semiconductor chip industry to get back to more normal operating procedures.
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Wilson's return amps up RMU defense
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The best offense is a good defense. Or is it the best defense is a good offense? It's difficult to tell with the RMU men's hockey team, since it toes the line when it comes to offensive prowess.
Redshirt-junior defenseman Tyson Wilson skated in his first full series against RIT this past weekend. He was out six months recovering from hip surgery.
"It was a little nerve racking at first," said the assistant captain. "I was excited to play so Friday night I think I was a little too excited and Saturday I settled down and felt better in the game."
"Recovering from surgery is difficult but he skates extremely well, he's a dynamic offensive defenseman when he has the puck and he's good defensively so it's definitely good to have him back in the lineup," said head coach Derek Schooley.
In his first three games back, Wilson has accumulated nine shots and four blocked shots, along with seeing plenty of ice time on even-strength as well as special teams.
The defensive corps is epitomized by the pairing of Wilson and John Rey. The two played next to each other last season and picked up right where they left off this season.
"We feed off each other pretty well," said Rey, who currently leads defensemen in shots with 14. "We have the same offensive instincts out there so it makes it easy to know where he's at and for him to know where I'm at."
Schooley's ideal defense is one that sticks to the attacking zone. Wilson and Rey are just that, setting a good example for the remainder of the young defense that's helped the team reach a No. 18 national ranking.
Freshmen defensemen like Alex Bontje and Robert Powers are taking notes. The two have played in eight and five games, respectively. They're exceeding freshman expectations, which pushes the rest of the team to increase performance.
"Younger guys come in, they're always looking for spots so they're always pushing you, and I think that's helped just seeing how much they want it," said Wilson. "They have the skill to play here, its just a matter of time before they take over the older guys' roles."
Collectively, the Colonial defense has blocked 77 shots. The team has only scratched the surface so far this season, leaving room for the budding defense to develop even more.
"I don't think that our youth has hurt us at all, it's only a positive because there's only room to grow," said Rey. "It's just going to keep getting better each week and we're going to keep coming closer together so it gets better."
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This Week in Sustainability
Parker's adds EV charging, Repsol aims to be zero emissions and farms turn food waste into energy.
ALEXANDRIA—Sustainability is fast becoming top of mind for convenience and fuel retailers, and at NACS Daily, our newsfeed is filled with headlines about efforts to minimize waste—of the packaging or food variety—and to reduce or offset carbon emissions. Here are some stories we've been following in the first week of December.
Parker's rolls out six new EV charging stations in Georgia. The Savannah, Georgia-based c-store chain's Metter, Georgia, location off Interstate 16 now has six new Tesla superchargers, which join two existing EV charging stations installed on-site by Georgia Power. "Now, every electric vehicle on the market can be charged at our Metter store," said Parker's founder and CEO Greg Parker. "We're thrilled that the new V3 Tesla charging site features the fastest chargers currently available in the United States." These are the first Tesla Superchargers in the Parker's network, and the company has plans to add additional locations in the future. "As a larger percentage of our customers begin driving electric vehicles, we want to provide them with a state-of-the-art charging infrastructure at strategic Parker's locations," said Parker's President Jeff Bush. The Parker's Metter store also features newly remodeled and expanded restrooms. (Source: Parker's).
EV sales are up in California, making progress toward the state's goal of five million by 2030. Overall registrations for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in the state increased to 7.9% in combined market share during the first nine months of 2019 compared with the year-ago period. State policymakers have set a goal of five million zero-carbon emission vehicles on California's roads by 2030. Non-plug-in hybrids aren't classified as zero-emission vehicles, or ZEVs, and don't count toward the state's target, but if their 5.5% of market share is added, the combined percentage of electric vehicles and all hybrids is a record 13.4% for the third quarter. "These numbers pretty much track with what we've been seeing and are a continuing sign that there's a healthy ZEV market developing in California and that the state's ZEV goals are achievable," said Dave Clegern, public information officer for the California Air Resources Board. (Source: Los Angeles Times)
Here are three game-changing EV technologies for overcoming range anxiety. Oilprice.com has released its list of top three innovations for EV charging: 1.) wireless charging, 2.) the three-minute charge and 3.) vehicle-to-grid technology. With 1.) wireless charging, EVs can recharge while idling in parking lots (think c-stores), parked overnight in a garage or even driving on highways. Wireless charging for EVs involves two pads—one on the car and one on the floor of the garage, parking lot or road—that need to be aligned so charging will begin at speeds of 3.3 kW, 6.6 kW, or 20 kW. With 2.) The three-minute charge, EVs get enough juice to go for 62 miles. BMW and Porsche have developed charging technology with a capacity of 450 kW—three times the capacity of Tesla's Supercharger. However, the technology isn't compatible with current model EVs. Companies are working on 3.) vehicle-to-grid technology in which EVs charge from the grid when there is excess output and release back unused power to the grid at peak hours. Smart charging would prevent an overload on the grid in case too many EVs are charging at once during peak electricity demand periods, and companies are working to make EV charging more reliable by managing the load on the grid. (Source: Oilprice.com)
Spanish oil company Repsol said it will be a net zero emissions company by 2050. Repsol is the first oil and gas company in the world to set this ambitious goal. It aims to reduce its carbon footprint 10% by 2025, 20% by 2030, 40% by 2040 and reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. Repsol's gas stations will continue to offer more electric charging points, liquid petroleum gas, compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas. The company plans to double production of high-quality biofuels derived from vegetable oils (HVO) to 600,000 tons per year in 2030, half of which will be derived from waste transformation before 2025. Repsol also will integrate renewable energy into refining operations, incorporating production of green hydrogen, as well as the use of renewable energy to fuel industrial processes. (Source: Petrol Plaza)
Sturdier, reusable plastic bags come under fire in the United Kingdom. If the goal is to reduce retailers' "plastic footprint," the U.K. government is finding that taxing single-use plastic bags may be backfiring. When the government imposed a 5-pence tax on single-use plastic bags four years ago, it promoted thicker bags that shoppers could reuse until they wear out, then could return them to the retailer for another bag. The 10 biggest grocers sold more than 1.5 billion of the so-called "bags for life" in 2019, indicates a report by Greenpeace and Britain's Environment Investigation Agency. That comes to 54 bags per household and amounts to nearly 50,000 tons of plastic, in addition to more than 3,000 tons of plastic from single-use bags. The report urges retailers to charge more for the reusable bags (which sell for about 26 cents) to encourage consumers to reuse them. (Source: the New York Times).
The U.S. Department of Energy wants to help boost plastics recycling. The agency launched the Plastics Innovation Challenge with the goal of positioning the United States as a world leader in advanced plastic recycling technologies. The project seeks to promote production of plastic products that are designed to be recyclable and to develop collection and processing technologies that can be commercialized. (Source: Plastics Recycling Update)
Massachusetts dairy farmers are using food waste to generate electricity. An interesting report from PBS and NPR details how farmers are gathering unsold food (that's not fit to be donated to food banks) from retailers around the state and grinding it up into a slurry combined with manure, then feeding it into an anaerobic digester, which captures the methane emissions to make renewable energy that's used to power a special generator. What power the farm doesn't use gets fed back into the electricity grid. (Source: NPR)
S&D Coffee & Tea has released its 2019 Sustainability Report. "Rooted in Impact" summarizes the Concord, North Carolina-based company's efforts and progress made during 2017 and 2018 toward its sustainability goals to create real change across the supply chain. S&D's key focus areas include: sustainable sourcing, environmental conservation, workplace responsibility and corporate citizenship. (Source: S&D Coffee & Tea)
To learn more about minimizing food waste in your foodservice operations, head over to NACS Magazine to read "Waste Not, Want Not" in the August issue, and for more on plastics, see "The New Plastic Economy" in the September issue. To read what industry veteran Jacob Schram has to say about capitalizing on the EV evolution, read "EVs Ahead" in the August issue.
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