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Looking to 2021: How Paralympian Mami Sato Helped Tokyo Win the Bid to Hold the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Paralympian Mami Sato speaks during the Tokyo 2020 bid presentation of the 125th IOC Session – 2020 Olympics Host City Announcement on September 7, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
In commemoration of the 56th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, here is an excerpt from my book "1964: The Greatest Year in the History of Japan – How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan's Miraculous Rise from the Ashes."
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An Olympic legacy is commonly thought of as the tangible benefits of having hosted an Olympiad—the new sporting venues or transportation systems, the organizing know-how and the practical technology. But it is also the intangible benefits—the inspiration of an entire generation who see the very best athletes in the world strive to their utmost. And on occasion, citizens of the host nation get to see their own athletes and teams take their country on a thrilling ride to victory. These moments can jolt children and young adults, sparking them to dream, to believe that "anything is possible, even for me!"
This aspect of that first Tokyo Olympics carries great significance today as Japan gears up for its second hosting of the Games in 2020. Once again, the country is seeking to create a symbol of resilience, hope, and forward-looking energy as it faces a future encumbered by events of the recent past.
After the collapse of the financial bubble in the early nineties, the Japanese economy fell into protracted doldrums, a period which came to be known as the "Lost Decades." Markets and corporate profits (with some notable exceptions) languished. Japan was superseded by China as the world's second largest GDP. Overall, Japan's presence on the world stage seemed to have dimmed.
In addition to economic and demographic issues (declining birthrate, rapid aging, the emptying out of rural areas), Japan has been beset by a series of natural disasters: torrential rains, floods, and mudslides that have claimed hundreds of lives and demolished whole communities in the western part of the country; the major earthquake in Kumamoto, Kyushu, in 2016; and most devastating of all, the earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan and triggered a nuclear disaster, on March 11, 2011. Recovery from that disaster, complicated by radioactive debris and contamination, is still far from complete.
Understanding the power of context, the Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee was wise to select a relatively unknown Paralympian named Mami Sato from the March 11 disaster area to kick off their presentation to the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2013. Sato, a two-time Paralympian long jumper, thirty-one at the time, spent long hours of preparation on the speech she had to make in English, a task for which she had almost no background. But her honest and unaffected delivery of a very moving story created an emotional swell of support that helped propel Japan to the winning bid.
I was nineteen when my life changed. I was a runner. I was a swimmer. I was even a cheerleader. Then, just weeks after I first felt pains in my ankle, I lost my leg to cancer. Of course, it was hard. I was in despair. Until I returned to university and took up athletics.
For Sato, the simple idea in sports of having a goal and working to reach and surpass it became a passion, the loss of her leg serving as a catalyst to a sporting life as a long jumper. Sato competed at the Paralympics in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. "I felt privileged to have been touched by the power of sport," she said. "And I was looking forward to London 2012."
Then disaster struck.
The tsunami hit my hometown. For six days I did not know if my family were still alive. And, when I did find them, my personal happiness was nothing compared to the sadness of the nation.
Like so many other survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Northern Japan, Mami Sato helped others—forwarding messages, talking to victims, delivering food, and even organizing sporting events to take children's minds off the daily worries of the aftermath.
Only then did I see the true power of sport…to create new dreams and smiles. To give hope. To bring people together.
(Go to the 5 minute 25 second mark of the video below to see Mami Sato's moving speech.)
Mami Sato has spent her recent years passing on that power to others—among them a young woman named Saki Takakuwa from Saitama. When Saki was in sixth grade, she loved playing tennis and running in track. One day she felt pain in her left leg after practicing hurdles, a pain that would not go away. It turned out to be a tumor below her knee, and at first the doctor couldn't tell if it was malignant or benign. But after enduring four surgeries, including amputation, chemotherapy, hair loss, and the constant reliance on others for assistance, Takakuwa was despondent, wondering if she would ever walk again.
Her mother, Yoko, was determined to help her daughter turn her mindset around. She received a book from a friend called Lucky Girl, by Mami Sato. The mother scanned the book, looking for similarities in experience and stories that might make her daughter feel hopeful for the future. Those stories worked.
It was inspiring to read such a positive story by someone who'd gone through something similar to me. Her book made me realize there were opportunities out there and that I didn't necessarily have to give up on sport. At a real dark time in my life, it gave me encouragement, but that doesn't mean I suddenly decided to become a Paralympian. At that point I wasn't really thinking about my future at all. It was just about getting through each day.
Even better, a doctor gave mother and daughter a sense of hope they simply had not imagined.
Once [Saki] becomes accustomed to the prosthetic, she will be able to go to school again. She will be able to go to senior high school and university. She will also be able to find a job and get married.
Buoyed by Sato's example and the doctor's new prognosis, Saki discovered that with practice, she could get around on her prosthetic leg. She could indeed walk again. And then she learned something even more powerful. By focusing on her thigh muscles and using them to maintain balance, Saki found she could run again, run straight, run hard.
At that time, I did not know what my own limitations were. But I was just happy to be able to do the same thing as everyone else, so I tried various challenges. I gave it my all in everything I did. I want to continue running while never forgetting that feeling.
Inspired, Takakuwa went on to compete in both the 2012 London Paralympics and the 2016 Rio Paralympics. At the age of twenty-eight, 2020 in Tokyo should be in her sights, with hopes of inspiring others.
Speaking of her own devastated hometown area, Mami Sato told the IOC delegates in Buenos Aires that athletes and their expression of Olympic values, can inspire:
More than 200 athletes, Japanese and international, making almost 1,000 visits to the affected area are inspiring more than 50,000 children. What we have seen is the impact of the Olympic values as never before in Japan. And what the country has witnessed is that those precious values, excellence, friendship, and respect, can be so much more than just words.
The legacy of the Olympics is the children and young men and women bearing witness to feats of peak performance, honest humility, exhaustive effort, and a perseverance beyond belief. It is also the respect the athletes have for one another, an appreciation on the part of all concerned of cultural differences and strengths, and a chance for the host country to display resilience, competence, goodwill, and hospitality to the rest of the world. Tokyo took full advantage of this opportunity in 1964. By all indications, it appears determined to surpass that performance in 2020.
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"My Spirit Lifted High": The Stunning Impact of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics
1964 Paralympics_US vs Japan basketball. from the book 1964 Tokyo Olympiad, Kyodo News Agency
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Only two weeks after the exhilarating Tokyo Olympiad, the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, which ran from November 8 to 12, created an entirely new set of images and impressions on the Japanese psyche regarding notions of what disabled people could do.
Hundreds of foreign Paralympians were in Japan, serving as role models in terms of performance and attitude. According to Kazuo Ogoura, in his paper, The Legacy of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, their presence and their bearing were a jolt to Japanese society, which had until then tended to shun people with disabilities. As an administrator of the Paralympic Village put it, according to Ogoura, he remembers his surprise at seeing foreigners with disabilities so happy and full of life.
We were stunned to see overseas athletes in wheelchairs, hanging onto the back of a slow-operating Athlete Village loop bus to hitch a ride. It was sheer astonishment to witness their energy, enjoying themselves at a dance party at the International Club, or catching a taxi at night and loading their wheelchairs as well to go to Shibuya's entertainment precinct.
The Japanese athletes who were asked to participate in the 1964 Paralympics likely had very little time to prepare, as the institutionalization of sports for disabled people had only just begun in Japan in the early 1960s. But when placed in a situation that tested their skills on an international platform, Japanese participants felt a rush of elation at being asked to stretch and compete.
A Japanese fencer, Shigeo Aono, felt empowered by the Paralympics in Japan, in a life-changing way.
Some said we were out of our minds for trying to compete in fencing, a traditional western sport, after just eight months of practice. Yet, we rejected the naysayers, followed through with our intentions and managed to win the silver medal—which gave us a powerful realization that we could do anything if we tried. That sense of confidence gave me strong insight and courage, which has been a guiding force of my life ever since.
Japanese discus thrower, Masayoshi Koike, said it more succinctly, "I had so much fun, with my spirit lifted high into the sky."
With confidence came the realization for Japanese athletes that they were not disabled, but enabled. They took heart in seeing how independent the foreign athletes in Tokyo were, refusing assistance from officials and getting around on their own far more than the average disabled Japanese. They also learned that part of being more independent was being more accountable to one's own health and condition.
Another demonstration of overseas athletes' independent mindset was the day-to-day effort that went into boosting their physical strength and athletic abilities. Japanese athletes were reminded of the importance of maintaining and increasing physical strength in daily life, when they witnessed the large number of injuries sustained by their teammates during the Paralympics. Two Japanese athletes suffered Achilles tendon injuries and fourteen others sustained a range of other injuries during their respective events.
The common attitude was to treat anyone with a disability with kid gloves, as people who needed constant care and careful handling. But at the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, spectators and television viewers saw that the participants were athletes, not victims. Ogoura highlights this example of one of the swimmers:
One female athlete from overseas had to be carried by her husband to get into the swimming pool. When the race started, she was left behind the rest straight away. By the time the first swimmer finished the race, she had only just swum about five meters. She would start sinking, but get back afloat. Rescue staff was swimming about two meters behind her just in case. When she began sinking after so many times, the rescue staff proceeded to help, but her husband on the poolside used a hand gesture to tell them to stop. Two more meters to go…one more meter…the progress was slow. Applause broke out in the spectators' stand. After more than three minutes, she finally completed the 25-meter feat. Episodes like this prompted eminent persons and sporting officials to express the opinion that "Disabled sports must be fostered as regular athletic events."
Thanks to these examples, the government also awakened to the possibilities. Seiichiro Ide of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, acknowledging that "Japan had the culture of shunning people with disabilities," asserted that from then on, "making the disabled more visible in society" was a new goal for the new Japan.
Another significant effect of the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics was the shift in the medical world, where doctors and institutions began to realize the need to focus more on rehabilitation, not just cure or prevention of disease; that to ignore the state of the disabled, who may have the potential of athletes seen at the 1964 Paralympics, is to ignore the opportunity to bring confidence and joy to a significant part of the population. Ogoura quotes a healthcare worker:
Modern medicine focused too much on diseases and ignored people who suffer from them. It was the case of hunters being too busy looking for deer to look at the mountain itself, as they say in Japanese. Take spinal cord injuries for example. If medicine had focused more on achieving patients' recovery than merely treating the condition, I have no doubt that those with spinal cord injuries today would have enjoyed a higher level of physical recovery, even joining in on the funfair of the Paralympics.
The exposure to foreign equipment used by the disabled was also hugely impactful. When the hundreds of foreign Paralympians, coaches, and administrators came to Tokyo in 1964, they brought things that Japanese people had never seen, and immediately set the standard for Japan. Ogoura cited wheelchairs:
The greatest technological impact the Paralympics had was on the development and proliferation of equipment and tools for the care of those with disabilities, which were still underdeveloped in Japan at the time. There was a clear performance gap between foreign-made and Japanese wheelchairs and urine collectors, etc. Commenting on this matter, Yutaka Nakamura said, "The difference of wheelchairs was as clear as day." British sport-use wheelchairs weighed 13 kilograms, whereas Japanese wheelchairs were as heavy as 23 kilograms. Overseas players had wheelchairs made to suit their physique, while Japanese sport wheelchairs were the case of one-size-fits-all.
The Japanese could see the difference in performance based on the foreign athletes' use of the wheelchairs compared to themselves. Said one athlete, "Overseas players are bigger, but very skilled at handling their wheelchairs. We looked more like the wheelchairs were handling us. Then again, the experience gave us confidence that practice would improve our skills."
The 1964 Tokyo Paralympics caused a monumental mind shift in Japanese society. Dr. Yutaka Nakamura, one of the key players in making the Tokyo Paralympics happen, wrote in 1964 something that is the essential message of inclusion today:
Our society in general tends to underestimate the capability of people with disabilities. An event like this is significant in that it is a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate their capability to the rest of the society.
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Q: Linux shared library depends on symbols in another shared library opened by dlopen with RTLD_LOCAL I have a shared library libmain.so, loaded by the host program with dlopen("libmain.so", RTLD_LOCAL), and under some conditions, libmain.so will load another shared library, libpatch.so, also with dlopen. The problem is, libpatch.so depends on symbols inside libmain.so, so how can I solve this?

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*Change RTLD_LOCAL to RTLD_GLOBAL is not an option due to permission reasons.

*There is a question quite similar to this one, the solution to that problem is to make libpatch.so a dependency of libmain.so, so it will be loaded when libmain.so is loaded, but my libpatch.so should be loaded conditionally, libpatch.so might not be there when libmain.so is linked.
EDIT: the original problem I want to solve is:
When the process is running, we may find that there is a bug in function SomeFunction inside libmain.so, but the process cannot be restarted and libmain.so cannot be reloaded, so we have to provide a libpatch.so with bug-fixed function SomeFunction, and send a signal to the process, make it to load libpatch.so, and use SomeFunction in libpatch.so instead the buggy one in libmain.so. However, SomeFunction depends on a global variable GlobalVar, and it might have changed in libmain.so, so we want to link SomeFunction to it inside libmain.so, but libmain.so is loaded with RTLD_LOCAL, GlobalVar cannot be referenced when libpatch.so is loading.

A: Compile a list of symbols from libmain.so needed by libpatch.so. Build a data structure that contains addresses of these symbols. Build libpatch.so not against libmain.so but against this data structure. Pass an instance of it to libpatch.so initialisation function.

A: There are two way:

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*compile libpatch.so with libmain.so

*dlopen libmain.so again in libpatch.so

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Q: Searching Array in PHP and return results Can't find quite the right answer so hope someone can help. Basically want to create an array and then return the results from a search e.g.
$tsql = "SELECT date, staffid, ID,status, eventid, auditid from maincalendar";

$params = array();
$options =  array( "Scrollable" => SQLSRV_CURSOR_KEYSET );
$stmt = sqlsrv_query( $conn, $tsql , $params, $options);
$calarray=array();
while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($stmt)) {
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    $rowresult["ID"] = $row['ID'];
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    $calarray[] = $rowresult;
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I would then like to search for values matching 'caldate' and 'staffid' and return the associated entry in $calarray

A: try this:
$matches = array();
$caldate = //your desired date;
$staffid = //your desired id;

foreach($calarray as $k => $v){
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      $matches[] = $calarray[$k];
   }
}

$matches should be and array with all the results you wanted.

also:
while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($stmt)) {
   $rowresult = array();
   $rowresult["status"] = $row['status'];
   $rowresult["eventid"] = $row['eventid'];
   $rowresult["caldate"] = $row['date'];
   $rowresult["staffid"] = $row['staffid'];
   $rowresult["ID"] = $row['ID'];
   $rowresult["auditid"] = $row['auditid'];
   $calarray[] = $rowresult;
}

can be shortened into:
while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($stmt)) {
    $calarray[] = $row;
}

A: Maybe this code snipplet solves your problem.
I am not a PHP programmer, so no warrenty.
function searchInArray($array, $keyword) {
    for($i=0;$i<array.length();$i++) {
        if(stristr($array[$i], $keyword) === FALSE) {
            return "Found ".$keyword." in array[".$i."]";
        }
     }
}

A: I suggest the following,

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*Fetch all data needed for the current month you are showing, using col BETWEEN x AND y

*Add them to a array in PHP, with staffid and caldate as key

Something like so;
$calarray[$row['staffid'] . '-' . $row['date']][] = $row;

Not sure if a single staffid/date combination can have one or more events per day, if not you can remove the []
To check if we have information for a specific staffid/date combination, use isset
if (isset($calarray[$staffid . '-' . $mydate]) { ... }

A: Add indexes to the fields you're going to query, and then move the search to the sql query. You can also make simple filtering inside the loop. So you'll be populating several arrays instead of one, based on the search you need.


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In 2013, Mr. Silberstein sued Aetna Insurance Company as a shareholder over the company's failure to accurately reveal its political donations, despite its claim to have a robust disclosure policy in place. A federal court in New York dismissed the case earlier this year for failure to state a claim under the Securities and Exchange Act.
In addition to corporate disclosure policies, other issues CfA expects to focus on include Wall Street investors who attempt to influence Washington regulators for personal financial gain and predatory lenders who work to undermine the regulatory efforts of government agencies.


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It was certified by Guinness World Records as the largest tire track image ever made. Though Hyundai doesn't want to hard-sell their brand but the vehicles speak for themselves.
According to Scott Noh, head of the overseas marketing group for Hyundai Motor Company says the video is mostly about "demonstrating our caring vision to our customers."


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Q: Variation of Fermat's Theorem I'm am having trouble coming up with a proof strategy for the following variation of Fermat's Theorem. If the solution is trivial, please forgive me, this is my first encounter with this theorem. I was able to show/understand (with help) the other variations of this theorem that you'd typically see. $[1]_p=[a^{p-1}]_p$ and $[a]_p=[a^p]_p$ where $[1]_p= 1\pmod p$.
We have: If $a\in \mathbb Z$, and $p$ is prime which does not divide $a$, then $[a^p]_p=[a]_p$.
For all $0<r<p$, there exists a unique $0<s<p$ such that $[sa]_p=[r]_p$.
We need to show existence and uniqueness such that there exists such an $s$ and that there is no more than one such $s$.
What little I could think of was:
$[sa]_p=[r]_p$
$[s]_p[a]_p=[r]_p$
Is this sufficient to show existence?
From here, I would greatly appreciate some direction. Since we have $[a^p]_p=[a]_p$ and $[sa]_p=[r]_p$, are we trying to show $sa=a$ (thus, $s=1$) and $a^p=r$ in some fashion?

A: Existence. You want to solve the congruence
$$
sa\equiv r\pmod{p}
$$
that is, finding $s$ and $k$ such that $sa-r=kp$. Now, since $p$ doesn't divide $a$, you know that $a$ and $p$ are coprime, so $1=ax+py$ for some integers $x$ and $y$. Then $r=r1=axr+pyr$, and so

 you can take $s=xr$ and $k=yr$.

Uniqueness. If $s_1$ and $s_2$ are solutions, then $(s_2-s_1)a\equiv 0\pmod{p}$. But $p$ doesn't divide $a$, so it must divide $s_2-s_1$.


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First Author Publications:
Ziemba, L. D., et al. (2013), Airborne observations of aerosol extinction by in situ and remote-sensing techniques: Evaluation of particle hygroscopicity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 417-422, doi:10.1029/2012GL054428.
Co-Authored Publications:
Froyd, K., et al. (2019), A new method to quantify mineral dust and other aerosol species from aircraft platforms using single-particle mass spectrometry, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 6209-6239, doi:10.5194/amt-12-6209-2019.
Schuster, G., et al. (2019), A Laboratory Experiment for the Statistical Evaluation of Aerosol Retrieval (STEAR) Algorithms, Remote Sensing, 11, doi:10.3390/rs11050498.
Sinclair, K., et al. (2019), Polarimetric retrievals of cloud droplet number concentrations T a,b,⁎ b,c b b,c, Remote Sensing of Environment, 228, 227-240, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.008.
Aldhaif, A. M., et al. (2018), Characterization of the Real Part of Dry Aerosol Refractive Index Over North America From the Surface to 12 km, J. Geophys. Res., 123, doi:10.1029/2018JD028504.
Alexandrov, M. D., et al. (2018), Retrievals of cloud droplet size from the research scanning polarimeter data: T Validation using in situ measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 210, 76-95, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.005.
Ervens, B., et al. (2018), Is there an aerosol signature of chemical cloud processing?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 16099-16119, doi:10.5194/acp-18-16099-2018.
Buchard-Marchant, V. J., et al. (2017), The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies, J. Climate, 30, 6851-6872, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0613.1.
Perring, A., et al. (2017), In situ measurements of water uptake by black carbon-containing aerosol in wildfire plumes, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 1086-1097, doi:10.1002/2016JD025688.
Sawamura, P., et al. (2017), c Author(s) 2017. CC-BY 3.0 License. HSRL-2 aerosol optical measurements and microphysical retrievals vs. airborne in situ measurements during DISCOVER-AQ 2013: an intercomparison study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-2016-1164.
Schwarz, J., et al. (2017), Aircraft measurements of black carbon vertical profiles show upper tropospheric variability and stability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2016GL071241.
Sorooshian, A., et al. (2017), Contrasting aerosol refractive index and hygroscopicity in the inflow and outflow of deep convective storms: Analysis of airborne data from DC3, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 4565-4577, doi:10.1002/2017JD026638.
Beyersdorf, A., et al. (2016), The impacts of aerosol loading, composition, and water uptake on aerosol extinction variability in the Baltimore–Washington, D.C. region, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 1003-1015, doi:10.5194/acp-16-1003-2016.
Brock, C., et al. (2016), Aerosol optical properties in the southeastern United States in summer – Part 2: Sensitivity of aerosol optical depth to relative humidity and aerosol parameters, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5009-5019, doi:10.5194/acp-16-5009-2016.
Brock, C., et al. (2016), Aerosol optical properties in the southeastern United States in summer – Part 1: Hygroscopic growth, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 4987-5007, doi:10.5194/acp-16-4987-2016.
Corr, C. A., et al. (2016), Observational evidence for the convective transport of dust over the Central United States, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JD023789.
Liu, X., et al. (2016), Agricultural fires in the southeastern U.S. during SEAC4RS: Emissions of trace gases and particles and evolution of ozone, reactive nitrogen, and organic aerosol, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 7383-7414, doi:10.1002/2016JD025040.
Shingler, T., et al. (2016), Airborne characterization of subsaturated aerosol hygroscopicity and dry refractive index from the surface to 6.5km during the SEAC4RS campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 4188-4210, doi:10.1002/2015JD024498.
Shingler, T., et al. (2016), Ambient observations of hygroscopic growth factor and f(RH) below 1: Case studies from surface and airborne measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025471.
Yu, P., et al. (2016), Surface dimming by the 2013 Rim Fire simulated by a sectional aerosol model, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 7079-7087, doi:10.1002/2015JD024702.
Zamora, L. M., et al. (2016), Aircraft-measured indirect cloud effects from biomass burning smoke in the Arctic and subarctic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 715-738, doi:10.5194/acp-16-715-2016.
Forrister, H., et al. (2015), Evolution of brown carbon in wildfire plumes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 4623-4630, doi:10.1002/2015GL063897.
Liao, J., et al. (2015), Airborne organosulfates measurements over the continental US, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 2990-3005, doi:10.1002/2014JD022378.
Liu, J., et al. (2015), Brown carbon aerosol in the North American continental troposphere: sources, abundance, and radiative forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 7841-7858, doi:10.5194/acp-15-7841-2015.
Saide Peralta, et al. (2015), Revealing important nocturnal and day-to-day variations in fire smoke emissions through a multiplatform inversion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 3609-3618, doi:10.1002/2015GL063737.
Wagner, N. L., et al. (2015), In situ vertical profiles of aerosol extinction, mass, and composition over the southeast United States during SENEX and SEAC4RS: observations of a modest aerosol enhancement aloft, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 7085-7102, doi:10.5194/acp-15-7085-2015.
Crumeyrolle, S., et al. (2014), Factors that influence surface PM2.5 values inferred from satellite observations: perspective gained for the US Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area during DISCOVER-AQ, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 2139-2153, doi:10.5194/acp-14-2139-2014.
Duncan, B., et al. (2014), Satellite data of atmospheric pollution for U.S. air quality applications: Examples of applications, summary of data end-user resources, answers to FAQs, and common mistakes to avoid, Atmos. Environ., 94, 647-662, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.061.
Liu, J., et al. (2014), Brown carbon in the continental troposphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 2191-2195, doi:10.1002/2013GL058976.
Sawamura, P., et al. (2014), Aerosol optical and microphysical retrievals from a hybrid multiwavelength lidar data set – DISCOVER-AQ 2011, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 3095-3112, doi:10.5194/amt-7-3095-2014.
Schafer, J. S., et al. (2014), Intercomparison of aerosol single-scattering albedo derived from AERONET surface radiometers and LARGE in situ aircraft profiles during the 2011 DRAGON-MD and DISCOVER-AQ experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 7439-7452.
DeLeon-Rodriguez, N., et al. (2013), Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi:10.1073/pnas.1212089110.
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Percussionist Olof Wendel and cellist Eva Maria Hux offer unexpected arrangements of some of the most beautiful songs by Mahler, Fauré, Brahms, Schubert and Berg. A truly unique sound world with music that captures the song of the nightingale in the summer night and the exotic scent of newly-experienced countries and unknown places.
The music is varied with the original lyrics of the songs and their Swedish translation.
Duo Hux & Wendel immerse themselves into the sound world and lyrics of songs by Mahler, Brahms, Fauré, Berg and Schubert.
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Eva Maria Hux (cello), born in Frauenfeld, lives and works as freelance musician in Stockholm, Sweden. She studied at the Colleges of Music in Winterthur, Würzburg and Stockholm. A substantial scholarship from her home canton Thurgau financed part of her musical studies. Master classes with Norwegian cellist Truls Mork, Anner Bylsma and Raphaele Altwegg gave further artistic impulses. Eva Maria is a member of Duo Arlecchino (cello & harp), Duo Samarkand and Duo Avalon (cello & piano). She appears as soloist and chamber musician mostly in Sweden and Switzerland. 2008 - 2011 Eva Maria was appointed cultural officer at the Embassy of Switzerland in Stockholm. She also writes crime fiction. Her debut novel "Im Labyrinth des Poeten" was published in January 2015 by Latos Verlag. In november 2018 followed her second novel, "Die Hand der Mirjam" (Latos).
Olof Wendel (vibraphone), studied percussion for professor Einar Nielsen at the University of Gothenburg from 1998-2002 and made his solo debut in Joel Eriksson's Concerto for Vibraphone with the GöteborgSymfonikerna 2002. He has, together with Jonas Dominique, written arrangements for cimbalon for Folkoperan's "Hoffman's adventure" and for Bela Bartok's Rumanian Dances in collaboration with Martin Fröst. Olof has played as soloist / groupleader with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Det Konglige Teater, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Dalasinfoniettan, Kroumata, Gothenburg Opera and Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. In the jazz and folk context Olof has played with the jazz pianist Cecilia Persson and the folk musicians Leif Ottosson and Bridgit Marsen..
Harpist Margareta Nilsson and cellist Eva Maria Hux perform since 2007 under the name of Duo Arlecchino and have enchanted thousands of listeners with evocative and virtuoso programs. They offer unusual sounds with their instruments and have been invited to Östergötlands musikdagar and Musik på Slott och Herresäten as well as been hired by Indiska, Hallwyl Palace, Pontus Frithiof, Morgan Stanley and the Mediterranean Museum in Stockholm. Duo Arlecchino's repertoire suits both concert evenings and corporate parties, fashion shows, embassy receptions and other festive events.
Duo Arlecchino interprets everything from impressionism to minimalism, Argentine tango to Irish folk music, Latvian melancholy to virtuoso Italian opera arias.
Duo Arlecchino is back with a mixture of minimalist film music, Italian opera passion and Latvian melancholy. Music by Saint-Saëns, Bellini, Bantock, Bignone och Darzins.
Eva Maria Hux (cello), born in Frauenfeld, lives and works as freelance musician in Stockholm, Sweden. She studied at the Colleges of Music in Winterthur, Würzburg and Stockholm. A substantial scholarship from her home canton Thurgau financed part of her musical studies. Master classes with Norwegian cellist Truls Mork, Anner Bylsma and Raphaele Altwegg gave further artistic impulses. Eva Maria is a member of Duo Arlecchino (cello & harp), Duo Samarkand and Duo Avalon (cello & piano). She appears as soloist and chamber musician mostly in Sweden and Switzerland. 2008 - 2011 Eva Maria was appointed cultural officer at the Embassy of Switzerland in Stockholm. She also writes crime fiction. Her debut novel "Im Labyrinth des Poeten" was published in January 2015 by Latos Verlag.
Margareta Nilsson (harp), born in Stockholm, works as freelance musician. At age 12, she began her musical studies with her mother Kristina Olsson, a former harpist at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. After studies at the Academy of Music in Stockholm for Christine Muhlbach Margareta was awarded the Academy of Music's scholarship which was used for further studies in London for Marisa Robles. Margaret works as freelance harpist in various orchestras in Sweden as well as being an active chamber musician with Trio Corona, Trio Arabesque - and Duo Arlecchino. She has been a soloist in among others Mozart's concerto for flute and harp, Ginastera's harpkonsert and Debussy's "Deux Dances" and participated in festivals both in Sweden and abroad.


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Walker on Truth, Westerns and ACS Gold Winner Tracks
November 12, 2014 David Heuring
Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS, recently checked in from the set of Truth, a feature film about Dan Rather's abrupt departure from CBS News in 2005 in the wake of reports that raised questions about George W. Bush's military service during the Vietnam War. Robert Redford portrays Rather, and Cate Blanchett plays CBS producer Mary Mapes, who was fired for her role in the incident. Directed by James Vanderbilt, the production is currently shooting in Australia, in part to allow Blanchett some time close to home.
Mandy says Truth is an elaborate story that's heavy on dialogue; the story unfolds in offices, conference rooms, boardrooms and television studios. After shooting 16 features on film, she is going digital for Truth. She is using the Arri Alexa, which she has used before on commercials and TV projects. The anamorphic-lens set consists of Panavision G Series and E Series.
"I think shooting digitally was a good call in this case because there are many five-page dialogue scenes where the director wanted to be able to shoot multiple takes without cutting," says Mandy. "It was interesting to work out a way of shooting a film in which there are a lot of talking heads. The combination of digital and anamorphic really enhances all the distinctive lens artifacts, like the way the focus drops off at the edges and the inherent bokeh."
Mandy had just returned to work from the 2014 Australian Cinematographers Society Awards, where she accepted a Gold in the feature category for her work on Tracks. That film, directed by John Curran, depicted the true story of Robyn Davidson's solo journey through the Australian Outback. (See AC Oct. '14.)
Mandy, who moved to Santa Monica 11 years ago, says she cherished the opportunity to return to her native country and shoot a film about "the beauty, harshness and richness of the landscape that I know quite well." The budget was modest, roughly $15 million. Mandy shot anamorphic and operated one of the two cameras that were run simultaneously most of the time. "It was a very different movie and a pretty amazing experience," she says. "It was very challenging, but John is a great director, and it was very well planned. That was the only way we could do it.
"We'd drive for an hour-and-a-half across desert landscapes to get to our locations, and we'd end up with only six or seven hours of shooting time. We worked fast, but it's quite elegantly covered because John did not want to make a documentary-style film. There was some Steadicam, but we had the camera on the dolly most of the time, and we'd do very long tracking shots with a lot of long-lens work."
She says the shoot reminded her of her earliest years behind the camera, when she traveled to remote parts of Australia to make documentaries —the classic apprenticeship for Australian cinematographers. "That gave me a love of the landscape and of being in the Outback — not that I want to do every film out there!"
Mandy's recent projects also include Jane Got a Gun, another feature she shot on 35mm in the anamorphic format. The film was prepped by director Lynne Ramsey, with Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC, slated to shoot, but the director and key crew, including Khondji, departed before principal photography commenced. Mandy came onto the project on very short notice and revised the visual strategy on the fly with director Gavin O'Connor, who also rewrote the script.
The film is a Western that stars Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor. "We looked at films like Once Upon a Time in the West, The Searchers and Unforgiven, and we gleaned bits and pieces from other Westerns, but overall our approach was to make it something different and new," she says. "It was great to work on a Western. We all grew up watching those movies, and it's an iconic genre that everybody wants to attempt. Anamorphic film was the perfect format, and we used the wide screen to make some very strong compositions."
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Czech Midfielder Tomas Souček Completes Permanent Move to West Ham United
Czech Republic International Tomas Souček has completed a permanent move to the English team West Ham United.
The midfielder has been on loan at the London club from Slavia Prague since January. The 25-year-old has now signed a permanent four-year contract and will remain with the Hammers, having come through the Slavia youth academy.
Souček told the Slavia Prague website: "Of course, I have mixed feelings. I am leaving Slavia where I grew up and played for my entire career. "But I am leaving for Premier League, my dream competition, so, there is sad news about leaving Slavia compensated by the good news that we managed to save West Ham from relegation.
"I can feel that I have made a good choice, that I can move forward now. And I am looking forward to the following years. I will support Slavia forever, even though I will be wearing a different shirt."
He recently scored his first goal for West Ham before adding two more to help the team avoid relegation from the Premier League.
Souček continued: "I must be satisfied with the last half a year, I have heard a lot about how January transfers aren't the easiest choice and on top of that I was joining the club fighting to avoid relegation. I am glad we made it together with other lads and we secured the Premier League spot with two games to go, I am happy that my performance could help and that my loan spell was successful. It gives me strength to following seasons. I think we deserve to be higher than now."
It's thought the fee for the transfer is around €20 million and West Ham manager David Moyes was pleased to complete the signing.
He told West Ham TV: "I'm delighted that Tomas has signed his permanent contract to secure his long-term future at
the club. "When I came in, we talked about needing another midfield player, to help Declan Rice and Mark Noble, and I think he's been a really good fit for us."
"He's a terrific lad with very good physical capabilities. He has scored some really important goals for us, against Chelsea, Newcastle, and Watford. We're glad he's going to be a West Ham player for a good period to come."
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Some 30,000 Syrians have fled their homes in Idlib after air strikes from Syrian forces leveled homes.
I meant the Gary on the border between Turkey and Syria. And the reason we're here is because the land on the other side of this busy border crossing is a part of Syria called in live profits. That's the last major stronghold for rebel troops who have been fighting against Syrian president Bashar Al Assad. It's a major target for aside and his allies Russia and Iran and they have. Then expected to launch a massive ground campaign here and any time. But what's happened is Turkey warning to support its own rebels in image has taken the initiative to move in hundreds of troops and heavy artillery. So now our at a stalemate. In the meantime. Syria and Iran continue a bombing campaign on the front lines around it that province. They say they only ever target military positions but there are about 30000 people already on the move. Running away from those bombs and they report a different story. They say houses have been hit hospitals have been flattened and even the white helmets emergency assistance centers have been taken out of action. There are about. Three million people civilians living in its live province and if they all start to run from a ground campaign they will come here to this border area. The United Nations is anticipating a big humanitarian problem they've already moved in up enough food they say to feed about a million people. But the UN is also saying that if many of those people run from this bombing campaign. This could be the worst humanitarian catastrophe seen in this long seven year civil war. I'm Matt me Gary you're watching ABC news live. And I mean were hunley Turkey.
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The news is sometimes in the details that the Dayton Daily News leaves out. If you read their story, it sounds like the city and county have "won" some new business- from Georgia (the evil people who "stole" NCR from us) for the paltry investment of $125K.
In September 2009, commissioners initially approved a recommendation for a $125,000 grant to the company, a producer of molded plastic parts. The Montgomery County ED/GE (Economic Development/Government Equity) advisory committee recommended the grant.
The ED/GE process has two parts: First, the county considers the recommendations of the ED/GE advisory committee and then the county enters into a contract with local jurisdictions — in this case, the city of Dayton — as part of the allocation. The expansion will be in Dayton.
Composite Technologies plans to move and expand its mixing and molding division from Georgia to 943 Woodley Road, Dayton, according to its ED/GE application.
via Grant allows company to expand, create 41 new jobs.
The Ohio Supreme Court has affirmed Greene County's 2003 appraisal of Raj and Indu Soin's Beavercreek home at $3.7 million.
The Soins appealed to the court, claiming the home at 2489 Kemp Road was worth less than half as much — $1.4 million.
The Soins have battled county officials over property taxes since building the 25,879 square-foot, 16-room home, completed in 2002. The home has six bedrooms, 91/2 bathrooms and a swimming pool and sits on 126 acres — 37 of which were purchased in 2004 for $662,500, according to county records.
The Soins also are appealing the $5.3 million value the county set for 2005 in Greene County Common Pleas Court, claiming the home is worth $2.75 million. Wright State University's School of Business is named for Raj Soin, founder of Dayton-based MTC Technologies.
via DaytonDailyNews: Dayton, Ohio, news and information.
It's pretty obvious that $125K makes no difference at all in the scale of this deal- so how do they come up with this number? It's the exact same amount that they gave to BGHstudios several years back (word on the street is that there aren't many people working there right now).
However, as your trash bill goes up, your police officers get overworked, and firefighters get cut- somehow we have the ability to give $125K to a very rich man. It's criminal.
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They finally took down the Qbase sign in Beavercreek.
Let's think of this another way….
Think: if you dont' pay up, I will move out.
The City can't afford NOT to bend over.
Until the law changes at the State and Federal level, this is how the game will be played.
Cold, hard math. This is a classic logic scenario.
Soin has jobs. City wants income.
Soin threatens to take away jobs.
City wants to keep jobs.
Keeping jobs will cost the city money.
Therefore, City will pay money to keep the jobs.
That is the dark side of development.
The good side is the small business that actually needs the money.
I'm not saying it's right – that's just how it is today.
Like the song about love and marriage, we can't have one without the other.
David, do you or Greg have any kind of list compiled of how much exactly has been given out to all the different companies within the City through these type of "development grants" and such? I've recently been saving all the "BizBite" newsletters from the City that detail the amounts, but I'm curious about how much follow up is given after the fact. Such as BGH… And the phantom restaurant in the Chin's space that never seems to show up… stuff like that.
I'm not necessarily 110% against the City giving out money in the name of economic development (like you seem to be…), but I certainly expect nothing short of exactly what that business promised if they take the money. I think it's time to direct the media to these hundreds of thousands of dollars that are given out with no follow up. If the City gives money, the company damn well better deliver. And that is obviously not always the case. Not even close.
Just wondered if you had any more specific info compiled… ?
@CSAPT- Yep- the law needs to be changed at the Federal level. It was one of the main planks of my platform when I ran for Congress. Jane Mitakides didn't have any platform- but, was the "opponent" to Turner. Such is life. Yep- there is a dilemma- but no one is willing to take a stand.
@Brad- I've tried to keep track of them here- but, know I've missed a lot. No, we don't have a list. Yes, we should start compiling one. It amounts to millions in grants- and untold amounts of thrown away potential tax revenue. It tilts the playing field- making it harder for the open market to work.
Do I feel vindicated when a company like Qbase goes down- no. Do I want them to succeed yes- but- do I think government investment helps- hell no.
We'll keep digging on this stuff- eventually, we'll get enough evidence that the people will say enough's enough. Till then, bend over.
David, Would you be supportive this idea. Instead of giving ED/GE grants directly to businesses, the money could go to create or enhance incubators and business resource centers that would be durable and could help everyone.
Nope- the way you get businesses to invest and thrive is to make a good place to live- which is what tax dollars are for. There should be absolutely ZERO tax dollars tilting the landscape.
I'm in Savannah GA right now. Looking around- I see well maintained parks, a system of maps to help guide people around the city, well maintained streets and sidewalks.
I wonder how well they do at making sure the taxes for the projects were actually paid by people who will benefit from the work.
With no income tax, Beavercreek is dependent on grants to fund most road projects and the city has been very successful, winning tens of millions of dollars in local, state and federal grant dollars in the past decade, according to city records.
Sweet deal for Beavercreek, if you live there, everyone else's taxes pay for your stuff.
Exactly, this is the same fallacy that the Qbase-defenders fall in to. The money to pay for those bodies is already in the Federal budget (which is a multi-year process). That money will be spent, because if not, that means there is a civil servant who is not making his obligations and expenditures numbers and he won't be competitive for that next promotion. There is no entrepreneurial magic here, there's just little piglets feeding at Uncle Sugar's trough. None of the piglets are beautiful and unique snowflakes, any is as good (or bad) as another.
None of the piglets are beautiful and unique snowflakes, any is as good (or bad) as another.
He did his schooling in Gujaranwala and Lahore and at times studied under street lamp. He had to walk many miles to go to school. He had to abandon his schooling for sometime due to financial constrains but completed it later, showing his strong quest for education, which he later inculcated on to his children. During his college days, he joined the freedom movement of the country like other youngsters of that time did his share towards the independence of India from British rule.
Starting his career from the lowest rung in the Military Engineering Service he rose to the ranks of Superintending Engineer with hard work and dedication. During his service he was awarded Sewa Medal, an award for his excellent service to army as a civilian.
IIRC – The story was Raj was broke and his suitcase was stolen sure doesn't jibe with where he started and where he ended up. There is some classic Freudian lines in this background.
Ha except a Minority Set Aside Program that WPAFB fully funded, hmm I do not remember any Indian Race Riots in Dayton. Do You?
Wow You really cannot make up the irony. Here is an article about the ribbon cutting by an NRI.
At hand for the inauguration of the hospital were Ohio Senator George Voinovich and Congressmen Mike Turner, Phil Gingrey, Rob Bishop and Steve Pearce.
Wonder how those guys would vote on Health Care in America?
They also have a thriving tourism industry and access to the sea, instead of a declining industrial base and a stagnant population growth rate.
It takes awhile but I finally figured out where the Georgia Jobs came from, not that I think that there will be any jobs as Raj did not seem to have the magic touch with plastics recycling in Georgia.
Sundance, which has three plants in Georgia, was the eighth-largest plastics recycler in thePlastics News 2008 recycler rankings, with an estimated $57 million in sales in 2007 and a capacity of more than 200 million pounds. Private equity investment fund Soin Capitol LLC in Dayton, Ohio, owns a 70 percent stake in Sundance, purchased in May 2006.
I like your site Mr. Esrati, but do not support your or Greg's comments about Indian people or minority status.
In light of all the controversey about the Tea Party's comments about ethnic groups, I am not sure it is a good idea to post stuff which may offend and entire class of people like Indian people. Please be careful.
If only intelligent people said something earlier.
Thank you for the prompt reply. Quite impressive and I am happy that you responded to me. Smart to distance yourself from Greg's comments.
If you read the posts you have here, referring to people on base as an "indian mafia" sarcastic comments about "indian race riots in Dayton" and attacks to "minority set asides" (not only effects indians but blacks, hispanics ect) and negative comments directed to "naturalized citizens" (Need I remind you the Esrati's and Hunter's come from a long line of naturalized citizens too.) spending money in their birth country are in poor taste, and may be overstepping a line.
I know you guys are trying to make us all "think" about issues in Dayton. This is why I like the site. At the sametime, I must say I completely support the decision to spend 125K on this initiative. It shows the city is trying.
If we take your last comment about about "not giving money to people/entities who made it" what is your alternative? Does this mean you support giving tax credits to inexperienced people who have not made it, failed in the past, or have no track record on how to use this money? Or do you support not giving tax credits at all to anyone or entity that is a success to build business in Dayton? I think the city tried that with DHL and NCR…… where are they now?
Problem is, if Dayton doesn't not step up and become more business friendly, offer tax incentives ect, neighboring communities will and I think that smart businessmen will leave whether they have "made it or not" and go to places that are more business friendly.
I applaud the city's move to try to bring jobs here. 125k to someone with a proven track record is a great idea.
I just read a report that the trillion dollar stimulus package that was supposed to bring in new jobs, has not only seen a rise in unemployement but is now costing over $400,000 per 1 job created.
I am just trying to stimulate thoughts and discussion.
@Robert I'm against all government handouts to private corporations. It tilts the playing field and opens up all kinds of opportunities for graft and corruption.
Spend your own money if you are in business. Spend our money on us if you are in government. Don't mix the two.
As to Greg- he says what he says. I'm not his keeper.
If there wasn't a casino for tax abatements, incentives, tax breaks, relocation fees- from government anywhere in this country- we could compete on things like quality of life- cost of living- availability of natural resources and social capital- much better odds for Dayton.
DE – you should be against all government handouts. Why just for private corporations? You are a Pick and Choose liberal. You want people to get rid of their cars, but you want to keep your car. Don't give money to private corporations, but certainly you taking advantage of it as single person is just fine, or Johnny Nowork who lives down the street, or Lonnie Badchoices and her 5 kids.
If this were true, why did you post that youtube video where you appalud him for all his "research" and sit next to him and support his views.
It is strange to me that you would do post this youtube video where you agree and support greg and then when someone exposes you all as having a racist agenda you run and hide.
How is it racist to point out that minority set-asides are unfair? They are just another way for government to distort the market (as are small biz set asides and vets set asides and coffee flavored ice-cream set asides and…). Seriously, in their present incarnation they are indefensible (if you were going to argue about historical discrimination, then re-listen to what Greg said and his point may begin to make sense).
There may be pragmatic reasons for the government to want to encourage small businesses in its supplier base (more innovation and risk taking), but arguing that there is a defensible reason for government to encourage business owners with certain amounts of melanin in their skin makes you the racist. I'd be happy if you'd take your racist comments somewhere else; the DDN site doesn't seem to mind that stuff.
Brad and Robert, you guys (if you are in fact two different people) are clearly not disinterested. Here's a rhetorical question (rhetorical because I don't expect a meaningful answer from either of you, since you aren't willing to own your comments), how much of your paycheck depends on the government's minority set-aside programs?
If it is truely about "minority set asides" than so be it, that is what you should talk about. If you are not for minority set asides, that is fine. I guess you want all the "tax dollar jobs" to go only to white people.
Greg and David made these sarcastic comments about indian race riots, indian mafia, and basically attacked a guy for honoring his father. I do not know the guy (Soin) I do not work for him nor do I work in Government.
If these comments were not so off color, why did David so quickly distance himself. He distanced himself because he knows they were wrong to post.
Greg and David brought up the race issue here. They started this whole thread and they were the ones who specifically and over several times threw around the skin color over and over again. Had that not been written, I would not have even posted here.
I see your point about minority set asides. While I do not necessarility agree, I think it is certain a fair and valid criticism of the system.
I am not arguing that here.
I am made at the fact that most of the posts seem to be personal attacks against a someone and that race played a role here. I just watched the youtube video and the guy on the left specifically said he did not like the person in question. Then followed by all the posts which crossed the line of healthy debate about policy and was more about attacking an individual because he was nonwhite. That is the problem I had.
Sorry to offend, but it certainly makes for good discussion.
@Brad – I'm against corporate welfare. Set-asides aren't exactly the same thing- since there is a delivery of services/goods. However, I'm still clueless why Asian Indians are getting set asides- why not Japanese (after all- we locked them up in WWII).
Greg tends to attack personally- and while I have a problem with Mr. Soin not paying taxes- yet, taking tax breaks, and his buying of Congressman Turner- I don't know him.
I'm a SDVOB and a HUBzone certified business- I've yet to "Crack the code" to make them work for me- but I understand the reasons for them- the 8a program is an odd one- yet supersedes almost every other set-aside class.
Why is it ok for you (using your own words) to ' "Crack the code" to make them work for me- ' but not ok for someone else (like a nonwhite person).
You cannot fault a guy for "cracking the code" and making money.
@Brad- because multi-millionaires shouldn't be getting subsidies from minimum wage workers.
Point well taken David. That is certainly a strong defendable position.
As I said I am black. In my "culture" we have a saying "don't hate the player hate the game".
translation in this situation: instead of directing your attacks to the individual who takes advantage of the tax credits you should attack the system that is giving them out. If you were a multimillionaire smart businessman and someone offered you tax credits, as a smart businessman you would take them. It does not mean you are a bad person. It is just smart business.
Soin is guilty only of being a smart businessman.
Neither should you be getting subsidies from minimum wage workers. Lets face it, no business owner should be subsidized by minimum wage workers. Unless by subsidized you mean, that you employ minimum wage workers.
And, as a small business owner who is not qualified as an 8a, I can tell you that it hurts my business significantly that I am not a veteran and was born the "wrong" color and nationality. Why does the government have any role in determining the advantages that people of certain colors need given vs people of other colors?
I agree. If there were no tax subsidies for anyone at anytime- it would be a much more fair system.
Too bad it is not the case. Since the subsidies are out there people will use them.
I do not know what 8a is.
After rereading the newer posts, I do have a clearer picture. However, if you initially read the article, the initial posts, and watch the video, it seemed to me that this forum was basically a personal attack launched against an individual who did nothing wrong, other than use already created incentives to grow a business. I do not think it is fair to attack the individual for doing this, as if he did not do it, someone else would have, and you guys would just throw your proverbial darts at someone else. This is completely wasted energy.
I think it is more constructive to discuss the system wide problem. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
There were a lot of ethnic attacks in this string of letter, but they were all from one poster. This is why I was upset and may have posted some offensive "emotional" comments. I apologize.
As for the race lottery, we should switch skin colors so you can see what if feels like to get pulled over for speeding in a decent car or try to catch a cab in NYC when it is raining or snowing and then see how it feels.
What is astroturfing? Funny, it was Robert's post that got me all angry.
Sorry to keep posting, but David posted earlier that Japanese Americans cannot get 8a- but reading jstults reports it lists "asian americans". I am reading this wrong.
I also noted that race is only one factor, and not the only factor. For example, you can be female, or economically disadvantaged.
So really I think the posts about race and minority set asides are not really correct as this program has withstood legal check and balances and there are many other criteria to be involved.
Basically, other then Mr. Hunter, all of your guyses problems with this program is not about race at all it is about the fact that the government is giving a "handout" to economically, socially, racially, physically handicapped or injured veterens? Am I correct?
Do you guys feel the same about Medicaid and Welfare ect. because sometimes in some cases I do.
Consider that some people are presumed to be eligible, and others have the burden to prove their eligibility. Then read up on the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause. Then re-read that report and realize that the federal government is not even trying to look for a time when race neutral rules will be sufficient to achieve it's "compelling interest". No one is even bothering to look for "a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character", because that gets in the way of the business-as-usual gravy train.
I want to clarify that this is the issue and yes Mr. Soin is the Face of that game, and yes he played it for all it is worth. Plenty of laws broken, but just like Christopher Cox at the SEC, nobody is minding the store. I could give and have given a long dissertation on the 8a process and it is my contention that I, as a white Appalachian, absolutely owe no Indian (Dots) for anything that my fore-bearers did or did not do. I have watched the 8a process be used by mostly by foreign born naturalized citizens and not the indigenous Americans of Color. I think the only way for the 8a to have been done correctly is if the minority has been in this country at least 3 generations. Sorry American tax dollars and contracts should be for Americans who spend the money here not for someone who invests American Tax dollars in India.
I guess we will agree to disagree. It is quite obvious that you have some sort of personal issue here. Especially with Indian people. Placing the word "dots" in parathesis is in poor taste and sterotypically rude. Do you use the "n" word when you talk about me? Let me know how this type of attitude works out for you.
Don't you think it's weird that your buddy in the video already distanced himself from you and all your other comments have been "hidden" from this website? You are obviously an extremist minority view.
I still say you cannot fault a guy for using a program that was created before he got there. Your "playing if for all it was worth" comment directed to the individual you have a personal problem with is just wasted energy. Don't hate the player hate the game.
I agree with you that "ALL" handouts of ANY kind to ANY person can be abused. You should see the some of the patients on Medicaid., or government backed disability, or people who file for BWC. Individual citizens, the rich, the poor can all potentially abuse the system. You guys should be against all handouts…. but then you'd be a republican.
I have been reading about "8a" all day today and learned that there are over 200 companies who have used this program in the region. I also learned that you graduate from the program after a few years and there is a life to the program for any person who enrolls.
I think I may have ended up on the wrong site here. After I read the slur from Mr. Hunter about "dots" (Asian Indians) and jstult's denegration of Martin Luther King's speech, and all the "woe is me" for being white. I am obviously in the wrong place.
Missa jussa a stooopid black man master. Missa sooo soorrry.
I will leave you all alone to keep up your banter.
I think the real irony is that you all mention that Asian Indians are not discriminated against and then you refer to them as dots, which is an offensive and racially derogatory.
Well Brad, let the Old Bandito raise your racial consciousness. Brahmans, those privileged and pampered folks who hold the highest rung on the Indian social network known as the caste system, are in fact, caucasians. Granted, they are the darker and most southern of the white mans family tree, but part of the family nevertheless. So when minority set asides, which are established to penalize caucasians, are given to Brahmans from India, they are in fact taking from all Americans to give to other caucasians who were born 12,000 miles away. Would entrepreneurial zeal be enhanced if folks were allowed to keep more of their own money by a confiscatory and predatory government? No doubt. Just another example of government ineptitude….
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has a plan to help local companies that want to start doing business with the government.
The host wing at the base is holding a contractor and vendor information event May 4 at 9 a.m. in the Berry Room at the Ervin J. Nutter Center.
The event, which will offer a snapshot of projected base-level contracting requirements, is focused on base operations and support; services and commodities; information technology; and construction contracts.
which is an offensive and racially derogatory.
Check, but it was picked up from an Indian, so let me get it correct, just like contracting, all ethnics can disparage internally but when whitey does it is racism? That dog don't hunt.
There is no crackin the code….. Here is how it is played…. Get a GS14 or 06 on up with two years left to retirement that is in charge of a nice fat contract then play the wink wink you will have a job after retirement from military/government service and presto your firm gets the contract that is how it is played at the DOD and to a lesser extent all of the Federal Agencies. Is it any wonder the American public gets less for their money than they should. Military contractors hiding behind the Public that supports the "tip of the spear" We will see what gets funded in the future aid and comfort to those who fought the wars for oil or military contractors….. I think we know the answer.
I think the bandito talks about the Indian Double Standard. Get your own house in order…..
Raj Soin you are one of Dayton's favorite sons and an angel on earth!! Thank you for the millions of dollars you gave to build a hospital in Beavercreek- which I heard is the largest gift in the history of Dayton.. Thank you for the millions of dollars you gave to build a children's trauma center. (And this all happened just last week) Thank you for the over 100 million dollars you have infused via charity ect to the community. Thank you for the thousands of jobs you built in Dayton and for choosing Dayton as your home base for your companies. Thank you for all the charities you give to the local arts and education scene. I do not know you, but am truly grateful you are here and gave back so much too all of us. I just want these comments to be noted here. I think a more appropriate title of this blog should be- how the rich mans dollars end up in all of our pockets.
WANT YOU!!!! Things are bad for alot of us – our small cities are dying; our large cities have already lost their down town areas; Dayton is lucky to have a man like Raj Soin and his family. America has been built by entrepeneurs!! I am just wondering – if – this whole blog is about Raj Soin or some unhappy person that just can't get out there and make it any other way than dissing the Soin's.
I live in the neighborhood next to Raj Soin's development with his 26,000 square foot mansion. His development was never finished and when he removed all of the forest between the two streets, it created a HUGE water drainage issue. I've documented with photos how badly my yard has eroded since the trees were removed. My neighbors have too. It has done damage to my property as the ground washes away so quickly after heavy rains. I've lost one outbuilding due to the ground collapsing. The city refuses to do a thing since they make so much money off of the Soins. All we get are excuses and lies claiming that there isn't a problem. Photos show otherwise, as does a basic knowledge of land. If you remove the trees soaking up the water, of course heavy rains will result in erosion. The damage is significant and a low spot in my yard turns into a raging river if it rains. Our neighborhood is more humble and I've even heard a city employee call it Beavertucky to make fun of it. To them, it's okay to throw us under the bus to keep Soin happy. The Soin's gigantic home is grossly undervalued and taxed. I do not trust the city of Beavercreek at all.
For those of you commenting about how great the Soins are, you clearly haven't been bulldozed to help them make more money. I think innovation is great. I love the American Dream. I think it's wonderful that a person can build a business. I do NOT think they should be allowed to use their money and their gifts to buy the city of Beavercreek. Soin owns a development off of Kemp Road and the city engineer has not enforced his requirement to properly drain the land now that it has been denuded. It used to be a forest. When a developer removes forest and changes the landscape, there are typically requirements to keep those changes from destroying the land around it. Not for Soin. They put in a tiny dry pond that is stopped up and breeds mosquitoes, but the city engineer outright told me and several others in our neighborhood that development was halted in that neighborhood so Soin has not yet finished his drainage requirements, nor has the city asked him to. I'm sure my neighbors whose yards flood now would love for the city to remember we exist. This never happened before Soin removed the forests and left a field of weeds in its place. If Soin is a decent human, maybe he should pay for the damage he's caused instead of narcissistically putting his name all over buildings with donations intended to make him look like a better person than he is. Instead, his multi-million dollar development featuring his 26,000 square foot home has caused damage to a few dozen little people's homes and his money talks more than ethics when it comes to the city.
You might want to check into Raj's claimed state of residence. I understand he claims it is Florida has his phone forwarded to Beavercreek, OH and avoids paying Ohio income tax.
BTW. I have no problem with people amassing wealth from hard work, and I appreciate the Soins generosity. I do have a problem with wealthy people feeling like they are above the law and avoiding taxes that the average American has to pay to satisfy the politicians drunk on our money that get wealthy using their influence.


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Telangana AI Mission Launched Accelerator Program for AI startups – ' Revv Up '
On June 14, 2021, Telangana Artificial Intelligence Mission (T-AIM) launched an accelerator programme named 'Revv Up' to empowerArtificial Intelligence (AI) startups.
T-AIM was launched by the Telangana government as a part of its '2020 Year of AI initiative' along with the IT industry body, the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM).
Key Facts of 'Revv Up':
i.The 1st edition of the programme will be started in July 2021 and intends to make Telangana and Hyderabad a global destination for AI by providing innovative AI ideas under T-AIM.
ii.NASSCOM will execute the strategy of T-AIM to promote innovative and impactful AI solutions.
iii.Revv Up was designed to cover growth-stage AI startups that are based in Hyderabad with various sectors.
iv.It will provide the opportunity for startups to solve tough business problems in collaboration with the government and industry.
v.Selected startups will be provided with mentorship (industry experts), and technology and (IP) support to build a business around their AI-based product.
Note – Telangana was also the 1st state in India to launch an actionable policy framework for AI in June 2020.
On April 3, 2021, the Department of Agriculture, Government of Telangana & the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI), Mumbai (Maharashtra) signeda Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for deploying AI solutions to assist Cotton farmers in beating pest infestations.
About National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM):
Establishment – 1988
Headquarters – New Delhi
President – Debjani Ghosh
About Telangana:
i.Tiger Reserves – Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (largest tiger reserve in India), Amrabad Tiger Reserve (2nd -largest tiger reserve in India), Kawal Tiger Reserve.
ii.National Parks – Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park, Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park, Mrugavani National Park
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