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Rutgers-New Brunswick's Zimmerli Art Museum Selects New Director
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Maura Reilly has held several leadership positions in the arts and curated dozens of exhibitions internationally
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Maura Reilly, a curator, writer, art consultant and non-profit leader who has organized dozens of exhibitions internationally that focus on marginalized artists, has been named the new director of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
Reilly is the founding curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, where she developed and launched the first exhibition and public programming space in the United States devoted entirely to feminist art. While there, she organized several landmark exhibitions, including the permanent installation of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and the blockbuster Global Feminisms (co-curated with Linda Nochlin), among others.
She has also served as executive director and chief curator of the National Academy of Design and as senior curator at the American Federation of Arts. She will begin her new position Feb. 15.
Reilly succeeds Donna Gustafson, who served as Zimmerli's interim director and continues as curator of American and Modern Art/Mellon Director for Academic Programs. Gustafson took on the museum's temporary leadership role in 2020 following the death of Thomas Sokolowski, a noted HIV/AIDS activist who led the museum since 2017.
"Maura Reilly's leadership roles at the Brooklyn Museum and with exhibitions internationally, as well as her expertise on global contemporary art and curatorial practice, will make her an excellent leader for the Zimmerli, one of the largest and most distinguished university-based museums nationwide. We are proud to welcome her to Rutgers–New Brunswick," said Rutgers University–New Brunswick Chancellor-Provost Francine Conway.
Reilly said she is honored and excited to be named as Zimmerli Art Museum's new leader. In her new role she wants to build upon and strengthen the museum's reputation as one of the top 10 university art museums in the country.
"I am passionately committed to the museum's essential missions of research, teaching and community engagement," she said. "I look forward to collaborating with the museum's talented staff and board leadership on developing a new vision for the museum – one defined by empathy, compassion, mutual respect, and diversity, equity, access and inclusion (DEAI) principles. It is an exciting moment for 21st century art museums and the Zimmerli is poised to lead the way amongst its university museum peers in the effort towards creating more equitable museum and campus experiences where everybody feels not only welcome, but also recognized."
Some of Reilly's most notable exhibits that focused on marginalized artists include Miriam Schapiro: An American Visionary, Richard Bell: Uz v. Them, Nayland Blake: Behavior, Carolee Schneemann: Painting, What It Became, La Mirada Iracunda (The Furious Gaze), neo-queer, among others. Her more recently curated exhibitions include Wandamba yalungka.../Winds change direction for PERFORMA in New York (summer 2021) and the forthcoming transfeminisms (co-curated with an international team of curators) to open in 2023 at Mimosa House in London, followed by the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in 2024.
Reilly has published extensively on global contemporary art and curatorial practice, including most recently Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating, which received many accolades, including as one of the "Top 10 Best Art Books" of 2018 from The New York Times. Her other recent publications include Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader, which was listed by The New York Times as a "Best of 2020" art book. Her next book, Museums & Social Justice, is forthcoming in 2024.
She has received several prestigious awards, including the President's Award from the Women's Caucus of Art, and Art & Auction magazine named her one of the "Top 100" most influential people in the international art world in 2015 in recognition of her advocacy for women artists.
Reilly received her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. She has taught art history and museum studies at institutions in the United States and Australia, including Arizona State University, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Queensland College of Arts and Tufts University.
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Incomplete GDPR Policy Leads to Penalty for German Lawyer
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An interim injunction has been applied by Würzburg Regional Court in relation to a lawyer who published an unfinished Privacy Policy on her practice's website which also included an unencrypted and unsafeguarded contact form.
In revealing the ruling, Würzburg Regional Court stated that both the missing Privacy Policy and the absence of encryption on the firm's website were violations of the European Union's GDPR legislation which was brought in on May 25 2018. Discussion regarding the penalty has been mixed as the sanction due to the incomplete GDPR policy was understandable but ruling regarding the unencrypted form was more perplexing as this does not impact the transfer of information. As no explanation of the ruling was given, therefore the the court did not provide an explanation why it thinks the missing encryption as a GDPR breach.
German Legal specialists Nikolaus Bertermann and Florian Hensel wrote an opinion article which discussed the finding in relation to the unencrypted form and mentioned it as "This is already technically questionable, since data on forms is frequently transmitted via email, so that the website encryption would have no influence at all on the transmission of data provided in the forms." You can read the full article here.
Along with this ruling, Würzburg Regional Court also ruled that that actions of the legal firm were not in line with market conduct rules. Due to this the firm was also hit with injunctive relief claims under the Act against Unfair Commercial Practices. This ruling was due to two earlier decisions of Hamburg Higher Regional Court and Cologne Higher Regional Court.
Those rulings were come to due to the Telemedia Act legislation as they were made before the introduction of GDPR.
GDPR, which became enforceable in the European Union on May 25 – after a long period of review and preparation, was created to protect the private data of all those within the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA). Along with this it makes allows for the export of personal data outside these legislative region.

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Why The Jordan Rules Still Apply
Sean October 19, 2007 1 Comment
If the World Series goes the distance, Game 7 will feature the American and National League champions battling nine innings to claim baseball's ultimate prize. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver will build up the game to giant proportions, and FOX's production will pull out all the stops. The final game in a topsy turvy season will captivate the imagination of sports fans across America. It will be talked about the next day in offices, bars, doctors' waiting rooms, synagogues. Game Seven will be an event.
That same day the San Antonio Spurs, the most successful sports franchise of the past decade, receive their championship rings and raise their fourth banner in nine years. You are not likely to watch this game, nor will the vast majority of your friends. The presence of those darn Spurs will almost certainly produce a basketball game in a vacuum. It's not just them, either.
The National Basketball Association is suffering through its worst slump since the drug-scandalized malaise of the late 1970s. NBA Finals games then aired on tape delay opposite infomericals. The league was known for a series of surly, unlikable "stars" such as Rick Barry, Moses Malone, and even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (It took a few motion pictures and the untimely destruction of Bill Walton's career to make the Big Fella heroic.) Even the ABA's sunny vibes evaporated and the NBA's rival folded, with only four franchises surviving. Kermit Washington's ghastly punch and David Thompson's cocaine laced high-flying were some of the league's lasting images. The base problem is an issue the league still wrestles with, marketing a black man's league to white America. David Stern has worn a mighty crown during his quarter century as Commissioner, but no doubt in the last five years he has had more than one sweat-soaked nightmare at that vision.
And how terrifyingly real this vision is. Ratings have sagged since ABC wrested the tv contract away from NBC. The milquetoast Spurs, "boring" despite their ability to succeed playing any style of basketball, push away viewers with alarming consistency. The slide into a hard-hitting, defensive, low-scoring league in the early 2000s forced even hardcore fans to recoil. Allen Iverson became, for better or worse, the face of the league, a drawback to casual fans. The 2004 brawl with fans at a Pacers-Pistons game was nearly the nadir in the league's sixty year history. In the last two years, attempts to clean up and improve the league through mandatory dress codes and synthetic basketballs fell flat. All the while, scumbag referee Tim Donaghy almost certainly fixed games for low level criminals.
Perhaps more crushing than a cluster of little problems but the absence of a big solution. The league's fanbase ballooned in the 1980s on the backs of its stars. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are the first to come to mind, but with a litany of other players too, from Dominique Wilkins and Kevin McHale to John Stockton and Karl Malone. Even Charles Barkley, sometimes reviled in his earlier years, was at least quotable and interesting.
And then there's Michael. Why did he succeed on so massive a scale? With only five on a team playing at once, a basketball player can dominate to a greater degree than in other sports, and Jordan's hardwood perfection put him at the pinnacle of 20th century athletics. Television and marketing compounded his on-court success. Jordan's camera friendly, easygoing, and polite yet funloving manner gave him an across the boards likability no athlete (perhaps no black man) has held before or since. (Tiger Woods comes close, but by following in Jordan's pioneering footsteps he appears with a nagging, unshakeable corporate hollowness.)
As a result, every NBA superstar (Shaquille O'Neal, force of nature, excepted) to follow has faced unfavorable comparisons with Jordan. Jordan himself has been gone from the league for four years physically and nine years as its marquee drawing card. His psychological grip on American sport still remains astonishingly high. In a 2007 Harris Favorite Athlete Poll, Jordan placed a remarkable third, down one spot from 2006 but still unlikely to leave the top ten until at least 2010. His string as America's favorite athlete for 13 years may never be touched again.
The pressure attached with "Next Jordan" status has torched lesser lights Harold Miner and JR Rider among countless others for 15 plus years. But it wasn't until Jordan retired on top in 1998 that the cry became deafening. Many likely nominees have fallen short in their own ways. Vince Carter never developed the mental toughness or the Madison Avenue success. The three lasting memories of his career will be his spectacular dunking (2000 contest and Olympics), his decision to attend his UNC graduation the same day of his team's 2001 deciding playoff game, and his tanking in Toronto to force a trade to the New Jersey Nets in 2004. All three are victories of the self.
Kobe Bryant's savior credentials never quite lifted off. Shaquille O'Neal was Superman during their eight years in LA, and Bryant's inability in Shaq's absence to move a weak supporting cast past the first round has done little to enrapture fans. Bryant's legal troubles eroded public goodwill. His bizarre love-hate relationship with seemingly the entire Laker organization has turned his off-court name to mud and his business to sideshow. For all of Bryant's physical gifts — and there are many, from his ability to score at will to his underrated lockdown defense — fans' impatience to watch an athlete (especially an unloved one) become championship-level dominant stops #24 from reaching 23.
The most terrifying result for league executives is that off-season NBA news is more popular and more widely debated than the season itself. Not even Hot Stove baseball carries with it more notoriety than the games played; this inverse ratio of fan interest reduces the NBA to a fantasy sport, where drafts, trades, and free agency rumors overshadow and dwarf wins and losses. Part of this can be dismissed to a hope springs eternal philosophy, but not all.
Zoom around the league. Look again at the Lakers, one of the top three marquee franchises in the sport. Over the last four months their 2007 season has revolved around Bryant's intriguingly crazy parry and thrust with Jerry Buss. Will he go? Will he stay? Chicago, Phoenix, the Knicks? In all likelihood, Bryant has no real hope of going anywhere with his max contract. "Equal value" on a trade would be impossible. And yet the media (and indeed some overeager LA fans if there are such a thing) have elevated Kobe's every word to a proclamation, every action to Mussolini proportions. Why? No one wants to face facts: Bryant will suit up and play for the Lakers this year, there will be between 40 and 48 wins, and the Lakers will head no further than Round 2 in the West. It's too predictable.
How about the Cavaliers? The Spurs decimated Cleveland in the NBA Finals and the green Cavaliers retooled by adding no one of value. Yet they are the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. The East-West disparity remains a wide chasm; even the top two sure thing draft picks went to the Pacific Division. The competitive imbalance continues to hurt the East much like it did out West ten years ago. Just as few truly thought their team could upend the mighty Bulls in the 1990s, the EC's beaten down fan bases resign themselves each November for an 8 month ride straight into a brick wall. Only the Pistons' mighty upset of the vaunted Lakers in 2004 gave a brief respite. That goodwill eroded in the wake of November's Malice at the Palace brawl.
So what's to be done here? There are two possibilities on the horizon. One is this year's Celtics team. A marquee franchise suddenly re-energized by the arrival of a legitimate superstar and a 7 time All Star is on paper worthy of beating the West's best. Boston still stands as the place where the NBA reached its peak in the national interest (Game Seven, 1984 NBA Finals), and a successful franchise there stands to rejuvenate the league. But with the Patriots' dominance, Boston might not even notice its NBA team until mid-February; if that happens, when will the rest of the country? All the league's eggs should not be in the Garden's basket.
And then there's LeBron. Sure the Cavaliers were absolutely humbled on the game's biggest stage. That's okay; the MJ Bulls took seven years to reach the podium, and LeBron's put his team in position after just four. And certainly it's dubious that he signed a $90 million contract with Nike before stepping onto a professional court. But his skills as a worldwide genial pitchman are improving (and some of his commercials are fantastic). The goal appears to be to make King James the brand outshine the player or the man. Lest we forget, however, Jordan did much the same. Anyone remember his "Republicans buy sneakers too" comments in the 1990 Senate race? Civil rights enemy Jesse Helms fought off a stiff challenge from Harvey Gantt due in part to Jordan's refusal to stump in his home state.
Whether the public turns out in droves to witness King James's coronation is the billion dollar question. He's the third potential next Jordan, with an added advantage–the majority of the public is quite comfortable with him simply as the first LeBron. That sits fine with Michael Jordan as well. He shined over his peers in his playing days; now he threatens to envelop the next generation in his massive shadow.
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Please vote if you enjoyed it!
Short, but reasonably good. Some visual feedback on the interactions would be nice.
It reminds me a little of those Grow RPG flash games.
I was a little bit dizzy once it started and I actually just figured out how it's working once I got the spaceship parts. Maybe you should attach a small icon of the current item to the mouse cursor to make it clear that I'm interacting with things.
After all it was a nice small and tiny 'click anything you see adventure' with a nice intro and I enjoyed my second play through where everything was more clear.
uberneen: By the time I realised that the game would have been better with more visual response I had already finished the art and had no time to design the necessary feedback.
Nehmulos: I did plan to add mouse cursor icons but (again) ran out of time. So, I just stuck with the HUD.
Mostly I'm just happy that I finished in time!
Very short, and linear, but rather cute.
A bit short, and I think some feedback would have been good, like when you click something you get "Nothing happened" or something. Didn't really find it enjoyable clicking in a sequence, but well done anyway.
Spaceflight to reignite the core, splendid. Some sounds would have been a worthy addition to the experience. Overall a nice little game.
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Strong work from Dominic Cuskern and Erin Beirnard
Staging of the Bard's classic could be more thrilling and comic
Costumes: gorgeous; Lighting: iffy
2 hours 45 minutes with one intermission
$18; $14 for seniors and children 12 and under
Buy tickets at ovationtix.com
By William Shakespeare; Directed by Mark Harborth
Off Off Broadway, Play Revival
The Gallery Players, 199 14th Street, Brooklyn
by Brett Epstein on 7.29.13
Dominic Cuskern as Shylock and David Patrick Ford as Antonio.
BOTTOM LINE: An uneven production of a Shakespeare classic.
The folks at Brooklyn's Gallery Players take a swing at Shakespeare this summer with a new production of The Merchant of Venice. Although most of the production fails to generate many thrills or even laughs, there is an undoubtedly committed central performance from Dominic Cuskern that admirably highlights the intricate complexities of Shylock.
In Merchant, the ardent Bassanio (Hunter Hoffman) needs money to travel to Belmont to court Portia (Erin Beirnard). While the melancholy Antonio (David Patrick Ford) can't front the loan himself, he suggests asking Jewish moneylender Shylock (Cuskern). Shylock agrees, with the stipulation that if the money isn't paid back in full then a pound of Antonio's flesh shall be his.
The production suffers from over-the-top Shakespearean line deliveries, a lack of chemistry between the actors, and an excess of modern mannerisms that distract. The game of each scene needs to be heightened and further explored. For example, it's fine to have Portia and her ladyservant Nerissa (Louise Stewart) casually sitting on a block, but their spirited, gossipy "girl talk" never ignites. At times, it seemed as if Mark Harborth directed the actors to look straight ahead as opposed to engaging with their scene partners, bringing about missed connections and unclear intentions. At other times, they shuffle around aimlessly when they need to stay grounded. Diction and volume issues plague key scenes: Elliott Mayer goes balls-to-the-wall as Morocco (a potential Portia suitor) but I had no idea what he was saying.
This Gallery Players mounting hits home where I least expected it. I was pleasantly surprised by the start of Act II, which took a low-key, Midsummer Night magical turn. The addition of musician Luke Hofmaier is an offbeat, welcome choice. Harborth's direction is tightest here, with well-rounded, lovely stage pictures and actors actually listening to each other. If the easygoing, relaxed vibe that took over this scene melted over the whole production, it'd be a hit. The key? Actors: stop trying so hard.
As Portia, Beirnard is calm and collected, providing a nice stability and structure throughout sometimes shaky staging. Colin Dweir's broey interpretation of Gratiano fully works and I somehow completely bought his romance with the more subtle Nerissa. And Dominic Cuskern (the most established performer in the cast) brings a whole different level of professionalism to his Shylock. When he's on stage, you're hooked.
Sidney Fortner's costume design is grand and detailed while Scott Andrew Cally's lighting design lacks… light. So many sequences are dramatically underlit; I was literally straining to see the actors. Jacob Subotnick's sound design offers a burst of liveliness to a town dungeon or the opening of gold, silver, and lead caskets. Throughout the show, there were moments that absolutely popped. It just makes me wish there was more fire, more stakes, and more clarity in the ones that didn't.
(The Merchant of Venice plays at Gallery Players, 199 14th Street in Brooklyn, through August 4, 2013. The remaining performances are Thursday, August 1 through Saturday, August 3 at 7:30PM, and Sunday, August 4 at 3PM. Tickets are $14-$18 and are available at ovationtix.com.)


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As you know content type in SharePoint gives re-usability features.
Parent Content Type is a hierarchical relationship between two content types. Parent Content Type defines the properties for a child content type which inherits all properties of parent content type.
For Eg Lets create a document library called "Sales Report". Now create a content type called "Sales Documents" which contains few site columns as well. You may apply "Sales Documents" content type to newly created document library called "Sales Report". By adding this content type "Sales Report" document library will inherit all properties from its parent content type.
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Bethany, three, walks for 'Grandad Pops'
Youngster took part in Walk for Parkinsons
Jane McFarlane
216 walkers united to help stop Parkinsons for good by taking part in their local Walk for Parkinsons event at Calke Abbey.
The event was one of 45 sponsored walks that are taking place across the UK throughout 2019 to raise vital funds for charity Parkinsons UK.
Those taking part included three-year-old Bethany Milward from Hilton who walked with her mum Kathryn, dad Matt, and pet dog Bertie in memory of her Grandad Pops.
In total, Parkinsons UK hopes to raise around £19,000 from the day which will go towards the charitys pioneering research to find a cure for the condition.
Bethanys proud mum, Kathryn Milward, said: "We lost my amazing dad Terry Cordwell, Grandad Pops, last year after a long and brave battle with Parkinsons, so we all understand how cruel the disease can be.
"This is Bethany's second Walk for Parkinsons in memory of her Grandad Pops, and we found the experience very moving.
"Walking as a family in the beautiful spring countryside gives a sense of togetherness in remembering him and time to reflect on our special memories.
"We feel very proud to have completed the 7 Mile course and we sincerely thank everyone at Hilton Church Preschool, plus family, friends and colleagues for all their donations and support."
Over the past four years Walk for Parkinsons fundraisers have raised over £1.5 million for Parkinsons UKs pioneering research to find a cure and the charity believes that scientists could now be on the verge of a major breakthrough.
One in 37 of us will be diagnosed with Parkinsons in our lifetime. This serious neurological condition affects people of all ages and has over 40 symptoms including tremor, loss of mobility and dementia
Katie Thomas, East Midlands regional fundraiser for Parkinsons UK said: "I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in Walk for Parkinsons at Calke Abbey, especially little Bethany.
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Die BND-Außenstelle Schöningen (frühere (Tarn-)Bezeichnungen: MA10, 3D10, Bundesstelle für Fernmeldestatistik, Funktechnische Versuchsanstalt GmbH) ist eine spezialisierte Außenstelle des Bundesnachrichtendienstes (BND), die Signale aus internationalen Telekommunikationsnetzen verarbeitet. Sie liegt in der Stadt Schöningen (Landkreis Helmstedt) auf dem Höhenzug Elm, verfügt über 19 Antennen und etwa 120 Mitarbeiter. Ähnliche BND-Außenstellen bestehen in Rheinhausen und Bad Aibling.

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Die BND-Außenstelle Schöningen befasst sich mit der Schwerpunkterfassung und Bearbeitung von über Satelliten geführten Verkehren zu Krisen- und Kriegsregionen wie Afghanistan. Kabelerfassung kann von dort nicht betrieben werden. In geringem Umfang werden der Außenstelle von anderen Bereichen Verkehre zugeroutet. 2006 wurden täglich etwa eine Million Metadaten (z. B. Telefon- und Gerätenummern, Zell-ID, E-Mail-Adressen) erfasst, wobei die Zahlen erheblichen Schwankungen unterliegen. An Inhaltsdaten fallen 300.000 bis 400.000 Mitschnitte pro Tag an, je Bearbeiter sind das rund 200 verfolgte Gespräche und 2000 E-Mails, woraus 50 Berichte für die Zentrale gefertigt werden. Daten werden maximal zehn Jahre gespeichert. Der Bundeswehr werden erfasste Verkehre und Metadaten aus Einsatzländern weitergeleitet. Als Analysemethode wird unter anderem "Call Chaining" angewandt. In Schöningen werden Metadaten dazu genutzt, die relevanten Verkehre vorzuselektieren, was eine Hauptaufgabe ist.

Die Außenstelle schickt ihre themen- und länderspezifischen Meldungen an die zentrale Nachrichtenbearbeitung, wo nach der weiteren Bearbeitung über eine Übermittlung an externe Stellen entschieden wird. Eine direkte Weitergabe von Daten von der Außenstelle an ausländische Nachrichtendienste, z. B. der National Security Agency, erfolgt nicht. XKeyscore wurde seit Februar 2013 in der Außenstelle getestet. Der Datenschutzbeauftragte des BND ist auch für die Schöninger Außenstelle zuständig. In der Schöninger Außenstelle arbeiten Ingenieure, Nachrichtentechniker, Informatiker und Übersetzer, die regionale Dialekte des Nahen oder Mittleren Ostens verstehen.

Geschichte
Die Außenstelle besteht seit Ende der 1950er Jahre. Im September 1958 konnte der erste Arbeitsplatz bezogen und der stationäre Betrieb aufgenommen werden. Im Kalten Krieg wurden hauptsächlich die Warschauer-Pakt-Staaten aufgeklärt. Nach dessen Ende konzentrierte man sich auf die weltweite Satellitenaufklärung. Der BND hat die Legendierung der BND-Außenstelle Schöningen als Bundesstelle für Fernmeldestatistik am 6. Juni 2014 aufgegeben.

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How Hot Florida Sun Effects Asphalt Pavement
by Ariana Borges | Sep 6, 2021 | Anderson and Sons Asphalt, asphalt maintenance, parking lot paving | 1 comment
What Makes Up Asphalt?
As the most commonly used material for road systems, every driver has reaped the benefits of ease that asphalt provides. It allows cars, bikes, and other vehicles, to travel great distances without much difficulty. It is also able to withstand massive amounts of weight.
However, the material itself and its composition can lead to difficulties during certain types of weather. An aggregate of crushed stone and sand, petroleum-based bitumen, as well as binders and fillers are the components of the asphalt you drive on every day. These components, though they have their advantages, also have disadvantages during certain extreme types of weather, such as heat.
Composition Of Asphalt And How It Accelerates Heat Damage
First, let's list the components we're dealing with and the role some of them play:
An aggregate of crushed stone or sand
Petroleum-based bitumen
Air voids (entrapped air)
Bitumen in asphalt is a sticky black liquid that binds together the aggregate to form a solid mass. The binder then mixes with the bitumen to create an asphalt cement paste that binds together all the various layers. Filler simply fills in the gaps between particles in the mixture in an effort to make it less brittle.
Additionally, asphalt is mixed in a drum at 280 degrees Fahrenheit and installed still warm. This heat keeps the bitumen pliable. The steaming material is then spread out and pressed, and then hardens as it dries.
Due to the chemical and molecular characteristics of some of these components, asphalt can be compromised during certain weather conditions. For instance, bitumen and other present binders are petroleum or oil-based. Consequently, when there's rain or snow, the binder begins to break away from the aggregate base as oil and water don't mix. This causes the asphalt to initiate cracking and crumbling.
Furthermore, when combining moisture and extreme heat, one of asphalt's greatest enemies, humidity, is produced. In other words, humidity greatly weakens the material by allowing for air gaps to form. This humidity causes cracks where water can enter and break down binder cohesion. As a result, potholes and raveling occur.
Oxidation In Asphalt
The oil-based binders and bitumen in asphalt not only accelerate damage during moist weather but assist in accelerating the oxidation process initiated by the sun's rays. Specifically, these rays fuse with oxygen to break down the chemical bonds that give asphalt its strength. The UV radiation causes the light oils in the asphalt to combine, and as a result, become heavier. Consequently, the weight of these molecules makes the material brittle and continuously more inclined to cracking or traveling.
The Viscosity Of Bitumen And How It Responds To Extreme Heat
As mentioned previously, the purpose of bitumen is to hold the aggregate within asphalt in place. However, bitumen is viscoelastic, meaning it responds to heat through the state of its viscosity. Viscosity is simply the consistency of a certain material, reflected from its internal friction on a molecular level. In other words, it describes a material's internal resistance to flow or its "fluid friction". For example, something such as water has an extremely low viscosity, whereas slightly thicker vegetable oil retains a higher viscosity.
When temperatures increase, bitumens viscosity responds by decreasing, making the material soft and almost sticky. This allows for traffic to pick up road surfaces as the bitumen clings to their tires. A spokeswoman from VicRoads described how extreme heat causes "bleeding" of the road surface through the reactivation of bitumen by temperature.
The Effects Of Heat On Asphalt Summary
In general, asphalt is an exponentially useful invention for the traveling purposes of all legal drivers. It's solid and firm and allows for individuals to get from one place to the next in a condensed amount of time. However, it isn't the most durable when it comes to certain weather conditions, specifically extreme heat. Its composition can work against it during these temperature trends causing cracking, potholes, and raveling
Accordingly, it's best to continuously apply sealcoating to any laid asphalt. This protects the material from two of the most damaging ambient conditions: UV rays and rain or moisture. When combining this with scheduled maintenance by paving contractors, asphalt can be enjoyed for years to come.
Mina on March 14, 2022 at 4:37 am
Extreme heat is really the bane of asphalt pavement. Not only does it affect the viscosity of the bitumen used in the pavement but the UV rays can also wreak havoc on your asphalt. I guess there's no way around it but to spend extra time in properly maintaining it. Ensuring that you have a high-quality pavement in the first place is also a good idea.
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A "X" means that the option is not applicable, a "?" means that no information is available or it hasn't been found and "NA" means that the probe is not available.
"Max" means that it supports the maximum speed fro the processor.
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"FM" stands for Full mnemonic disassembly.
"STD" stands for Standard radices (Hex, Bin, Octal).


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Elzéar Emmanuel Arène Abeille de Perrin (ur. 3 stycznia 1843 w Marsylii, zm. 9 października 1910 tamże) – francuski entomolog i prawnik. Przez dwadzieścia lat członek Société entomologique de France. Zajmował się przede wszystkim błonkówkami, chrząszczami, muchówkami i prostoskrzydłymi. Jego kolekcja znajduje się w Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Paryżu.

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Sentencing Law and Policy: Imaginging how the internet "could put an end to prisons as we know them"
Imaginging how the internet "could put an end to prisons as we know them"
Dan Hunter is a prison guard's worst nightmare. But he's not a hardened crim. As dean of Swinburne University's Law School, he's working to have most wardens replaced by a system of advanced artificial intelligence connected to a network of high-tech sensors.
Called the Technological Incarceration Project, the idea is to make not so much an internet of things as an internet of incarceration. Professor Hunter's team is researching an advanced form of home detention, using artificial intelligence, machine-learning algorithms and lightweight electronic sensors to monitor convicted offenders on a 24-hour basis.
"If we had to use human beings, the cost of monitoring every single type of interaction would be prohibitively expensive," he says. But new technologies are now capable of providing automated surveillance at a fraction of that expense, he says, using equipment that's already in existence or under development.
Under his team's proposal, offenders would be fitted with an electronic bracelet or anklet capable of delivering an incapacitating shock if an algorithm detects that a new crime or violation is about to be committed. That assessment would be made by a combination of biometric factors, such as voice recognition and facial analysis.
His vision is futuristic, but it isn't simply technological fetishism. He's convinced such automation will make for a better society. Under his proposal, the main costs of incarceration are borne by the offender and his or her family, not by the state, while law-breakers are isolated from each other, decreasing the risk of offenders becoming hardened by the system.
While technology has transformed our society, the jails of the 21st century operate pretty much as they did 100 years ago. "We are at the point now where we can fundamentally rethink the way in which we incarcerate people," Professor Hunter says. "If what we want to do is we want to keep the community safe, if we want to have the greatest possibility of rehabilitation of the offender and if we want to save money, then there are alternatives to prison that actually make a lot of sense."
Readers may recall this prior post flagging this recent paper authored by Dean Hunter and colleagues titled "Technological Incarceration and the End of the Prison Crisis"
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Lib. Machines are always 100 times better than living beings. Consider a horse or car to commute to work on a snow day.
Judging algorithms could be written by the legislature. There would be absolutely equal treatment, and zero legislation from the bench.


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FTC seeks to defend chip-level licensing part of Qualcomm antitrust ruling with right-for-the-wrong-reasons strategy
Late on Friday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its answering brief to Qualcomm's appeal (this post continues below the document):
19-11-22 FTC Answering Brie... by Florian Mueller on Scribd
The part I'm most interested in--as always in this context--is chipset-level licensing. When I commented on Qualcomm's opening brief in the summer, I agreed with them in part. The problem with the Aspen Skiing (more recently endorsed in Trinko) logic applied by Judge Lucy H. Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California is that the abandonment of a prior profitable and voluntary conduct is key--and in Qualcomm's case the problem is that they didn't really want to grant exhaustive licenses to rival chipset makers and only did so because they relied on an exhaustion theory that the Supreme Court disagreed with in Quanta. So at a minimum they can argue that they did not do knowingly and willingly what they did until the Quanta decision came out and they changed their licensing strategy.
Another--potential--problem with the Aspen Skiing logic is that the refusal to license rival chipset makers allows Qualcomm to collect more from end-product makers ("humongously more lucrative" as Qualcomm told the IRS), but there isn't a lot of time that passes between the two steps (refusal at chip level and collection at end-product level)--much less is it a strategy that works only by forcing someone else out of business in order to then turn a monopolist's profit (even with competitors around, it's more profitable).
In order to affirm the district court's ruling under the Aspen/Trinko standard, one would have to overcome some hurdles. The FTC apparently concludes it's smarter to lower the standard in order to prevail.
On pages 69 and 70, the FTC clearly spells it out. Just like at the stay stage, they're not going to try to defend Judge Koh's reasoning--but they do seek to defend the outcome:
"The FTC does not argue that Qualcomm had a duty to deal with its rivals under the Aspen/Trinko standard. But that heightened standard does not apply here, because—unlike the defendants in Aspen, Trinko, and the other duty-to-deal precedents on which it relies—Qualcomm entered into a voluntary contractual commitment to deal with its rivals as part of the SSO process, which is itself a derogation from normal market competition. And although the district court applied a different approach, this Court 'may affirm on any ground finding support in the record.' [...]"
So what does the FTC consider to be a better mouse trap?
They still appear to feel they're in a very strong position on contract law. Judge Koh's summary judgment that held Qualcomm to have a contractual obligation under its FRAND declarations to U.S. standard-setting organizations (ATIS and TIA) to license rival chipset makers is also under attack from Qualcomm (with a "more equal than others"-like argument), but it's going to be far harder for Qualcomm to get that one overturned. They couldn't even get it overturned directly--at most they could get a remand for the purpose of a trial where they could present extrinsic evidence, and even that is unlikely to happen because it's simply not necessary under California law when a contract is perfectly clear.
As for Qualcomm's "more equal than others" argument, the FTC's answering brief notes that "Qualcomm does not deny that it has received chip-level licenses from over 120 companies—including Ericsson," and recalls that Nokia, another amicus curiae supporting Qualcomm on this issue, once "argued to the European Commission 'that Qualcomm's termination of a modem chip license agreement' violated its 'duty to license on FRAND terms.'" (Ironically, Nokia itself is now the target of five automotive-industry complaints over a refusal to license component makers.)
The FTC is very likely to defend Judge Koh's sumamry judgment on contract interpretation. But that will not, in and of itself, result in an affirmance (for different reasons) of the finding that Qualcomm acted anticompetitively by refusing to license rival chipset makers. The FTC makes it clear that "[o]f course, a breach of contract, 'standing alone,' does not 'give rise to antitrust liability.'" But it can be a violation "when it satisfies traditional Section 2 standards--that is, only when it 'tends to impair the opportunities of rivals and either does not further competition on the merits or does so in an unnecessarily restrictive way.'" (citing to the Ninth Circuit's Cascade Health ruling, which does point to Aspen Skiing in that particular context, but without finding that the Aspen Skiing standard as a whole applied to Cascade Health)
Based on the record it's then not hard for the FTC to argue that the opportunities of Qualcomm's chipset rivals were impaired and that this behavior didn't advance competition on the merits. There's plenty of industry testimony to that effect.
In its efforts to avoid the Aspen/Trinko standard ("a generalized duty to deal with its rivals" as the FTC describes it), the FTC's brief distinguishes the cases because there was no equivalent of a voluntary FRAND licensing commitment in order to have one's inventions included in a standard in Aspen Skiing. The FTC argues that "the antitrust violation lies in the failure to act as agreed"--again, not just because a breach of contract would be an antitrust violation in all cases related to competition issues but because Qualcomm's FRAND commitments "are among the 'meaningful safeguards' that SSOs have adopted to mitigate this serious risk to competition":
"Courts have therefore recognized that conduct that breaches or otherwise 'side-steps' these safeguards is appropriately subject to conventional Sherman Act scrutiny, not the heightened Aspen/Trinko standard. Of particular relevance here, the Third Circuit held that a rival chipmaker had adequately alleged that Qualcomm itself violated Section 2 because it falsely promised an SSO that it would license its technology on FRAND terms, 'but then breached those agreements.' Broadcom [...]. The Third Circuit declined to apply the Aspen/Trinko test, emphasizing that the case 'd[id] not involve a refusal to deal.' [...] It would thus be inappropriate to apply the heightened Aspen/Trinko standard to a monopolist's exploitation of the SSO process to reinforce its anticompetitive conduct."
The FTC then points to a case in which the Ninth Circuit also "applied traditional antitrust standards to breaches of voluntary commitments made to mitigate antitrust concerns" (in that case, a merger remedy) and a similar approach in the District of New Jersey:
"In Mount Hood Stages, Inc. v. Greyhound Corp., [...] (9th Cir. 1977), this Court upheld a judgment holding that Greyhound violated Section 2 by refusing to interchange bus traffic with a competing bus line after voluntarily committing to do so in order to secure antitrust approval from the Interstate Commerce Commission for proposed acquisitions. [...[; see also, e.g., Biovail Corp. Int'l v. Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, [...] (D.N.J. 1999) (breach of commitment to deal in violation of FTC merger consent decree exclusionary under Section 2).
What I like conceptually about the FTC's line of reasoning here is that FRAND commitments don't come out of nowhere: if the companies sitting at the standard-setting table didn't make those commitments, competition enforcers would have to take action against them at that stage, given that standard-setting is by definition exclusionary. The FRAND commitment is what enables the positive aspects of standardization, which no one would deny, to outweigh concerns over its potentially exclusionary effects--by making exclusion impossible (as long as each participant honors their FRAND pledge). Just like I called Greyhound's commitment in the Mount Hood Stages case a "merger remedy," the FRAND pledge a company makes to a standard-setting organization is a cartel remedy. Then, provided that non-compliance has anticompetitive effects, it constitutes an antitrust violation if the Ninth Circuit adopts the Third Circuit's application of the law.
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(Edition Records) Jason Rebello has had a busy time as a pianist, from playing with Tommy Smith when they were both the new kids on the block, to touring internationally with stadium-fillers like Sting and rock gods like Jeff Beck. After a… Read More ›
Jazz FM Awards 2016 – the runners and riders
By Peter Bacon on 24 February 2016 • ( 0 )
The shortlists for this shindig – a collaboration of the Jazz FM radio station and jazz promoters Serious – have been drawn up and announced this morning. The public gets to vote in three of the categories: Album of the Year,… Read More ›
Dan Tepfer – Goldberg Variations/Variations
Symphony Hall stage 10-02-2016 The Steinway was back to front, its lid opened towards the Symphony Hall organ and an audience seated where the woodwinds, brass and percussion of the CBSO are more often found. The vast auditorium of this marvellous… Read More ›
Goldberg, Tepfer and you – this is tonight
Ever wanted to appear on the Symphony Hall stage? Well, you can this evening, though it would probably be appropriate to restrict your performance to applause, as for the first time the audience will be on stage with the performer…. Read More ›
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Birmingham UK 19-11-2015 Jazz doesn't find its way into this concert hall all that often but last night it had its most fitting of jazz visitors – an orchestra of the very highest standard, led by and playing… Read More ›
Maria Schneider – November 2015
Over eight superb albums, hundreds of live performances around the world, educational work and workshops, Maria Schneider has emerged as the pre-eminent jazz composer of her generation. Through her ground-breaking independent and fan-funded way of producing her music she has as close… Read More ›
Music that costs a million but that people want for free
"…self-producing records means that I take on tremendous financial burdens… I've worked extremely hard on these recordings for the past 12 years… So it's fair to say that this is about a million dollars we're looking at. Now why in the… Read More ›
Bob Brookmeyer, the divine line and Maria Schneider
"Of course Bob's sense of development and line is divine, and Gil's orchestration and linearity, is also 'beyond'. But in the end, I had to look to find my own perspective…" Maria Schneider talks about what she learned from Bob… Read More ›
Don't let the Autumn gigs float by your window…
By Peter Bacon on 1 September 2015 • ( 0 )
… those Autumn gigs of red and gold. It's September and the jazz world has shaken the beach sand from between its toes and got back to work. There is loads to look forward to – and in many cases to… Read More ›
Maria Schneider's band goes small for extra Birmingham date
By Peter Bacon on 28 August 2015 • ( 0 )
In addition to the much-anticipated performance by the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra in Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Thursday 19 November, there is now the added bonus of a small combo gig by some of Maria's musicians the following day… Read More ›
New Birmingham date announced for Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra
By Peter Bacon on 17 June 2015 • ( 0 )
The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra will be playing in Symphony Hall in Birmingham on Thursday 19 November, it has been announced. Maria and her band of top New York players, including Donny McCaslin, Rich Perry, Frank Kimbrough and Clarence Penn,… Read More ›
John Mayall by Garry Corbett
The Blues clearly contains the elixir of, if not eternal youth, at least extended youthfulness. Here is John Mayall in action at Symphony Hall in Birmingham last night, just one stop on his 80th birthday tour. As usual, Garry says… Read More ›
Maria Schneider's Birmingham concert postponed
We will get a chance to hear the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra in Symphony Hall one day but it won't be on Friday 27 February 2015, alas. This is due to Maria's revised European tour plans, I understand. THSH has… Read More ›
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The purpose of this intervention was to carry out licence compliance inspections at the EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited's (NGL's) Heysham 1 power station in line with the planned inspection programme contained in the Heysham 1 Integrated Intervention Strategy (IIS) for 2015/16.
The nominated site inspector carried out planned Licence Condition (LC) compliance inspections against LC10 and LC12. An operational readiness inspection against LC28 was also undertaken prior to return to service of the East Carbon Dioxide (CO2) plant.
Prior to this inspection, I carried out a review of the company LC10 and LC12 procedures against the relevant ONR guidance documents for these licence conditions. I judged that these procedures provide adequate arrangements to satisfy the requirements of LC10 and LC12.
In order to determine the adequacy of the implementation of these arrangements, I sampled a number of roles against the company defined training requirements and the Duly Authorised Person (DAP) requirements. I targeted my sample at the most significant safety roles of Shift Manager, Central Control Room Supervisor (CCRS) and Reactor Desk Engineer.
I found one of the essential training modules (HV switching) required for two of the CCRS had lapsed in December 2014. Since the station has deemed this training mandatory for the role of CCRS, the two individuals should have completed this refresher training, or provided written justification to continue undertaking this role. I found that no such written justification had been produced.
The essential training module is scheduled for later this year. On the identification of this shortfall, the station produced an acceptable written justification to support the continued operation of the two CCRS in this role until completion of the refresher training later in the year.
As a result of these findings a number of issues have been raised for the station to investigate. I expect the investigation to consider why this happened and to review their arrangements to prevent similar future issues. In addition they are required to review all safety significant roles to ensure that this is an isolated incident.
In light of the findings from this inspection I consider that compliance with LC 10 and LC12 is below standard with an IIS rating of 4.
The nominated site inspector and an ONR specialist inspector also carried out an operational readiness inspection of the East CO2 plant prior to its return to service following the recent pipework failure and the subsequent issue of an Improvement Notice by ONR against inadequate maintenance.
The station was able to explain the work undertaken and improvements being made; however documentary evidence justifying the approach taken, in particular the reason for not inspecting specific sections of pipework, has not yet been completed.
Notwithstanding the completion of documentation, from the information gathered during the visit, I judged that sufficient progress has been made to allow the East CO2 plant to return to service. However, the Improvement Notice will remain extant and in force until all the documentary evidence has been produced and reviewed by ONR. A letter will be sent to the station confirming this position.
Due to the lack of progress with completion of documentary evidence at the time of this inspection I have rated this intervention against LC28 as below standard with an IIS rating of 4.
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says Apple's App Store "Deserves Scrutiny"
In an interview with Axios, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg pointed out that Apple has "unilateral control of what gets on phones." Zuckerberg also addressed the heavy volumes of conservative content circulating on the platform.
Mark Zuckerberg made these statements in an interview with Axios co-founder, Mike Allen. In a candid conversation on multiple issues, Zuckerberg talked about two of the key issues concerning Facebook.
Apple's App Store "Deserves Scrutiny"
When asked about whether he considers Apple's App Store a monopoly, he stated that Apple has "unilateral control of what gets on phones, in terms of apps." Raising the point of enabling a competitive dynamic, he added "there are questions that people should be looking into about that control of the App store."
While evading discussing government intervention into the Apple matter, the Facebook CEO said, "I think some of the behavior certainly raises questions. And I do think it's something that deserves scrutiny." He also compared it to the Google Play Store and the openness of Android as an OS.
It is to be noted that Apple's latest developments on iOS 14 are likely to hurt Facebook's advertising revenue. The social media giant earlier issued a statement about "more than a 50% drop" in publisher revenue. Recently, Apple entered into another conflict with Fortnite, after which the latter filed a legal suit in the matter.
On Facebook And Conservative Content
Treading lightly on the question, as usual, CEO Zuckerberg commented on the volumes of conservative content on Facebook. He said "It's true that partisan content often has kind of a higher percent of people," but also said that it is important to "differentiate that from, broadly, what people are seeing and reading and learning" on Facebook.
Talking about hate-speech on Facebook, he added, "If you look in the country right now … a lot of people … are very exercised and I think, frankly, for a lot of good reasons. And we have real issues."
Adding that he "won't take down anti-vaxxer posts," Zuckerberg justified the content as a matter of "perspective." He also clarified that Facebook will block ads seven days prior to the election.
While Facebook's policies are under question on a lot of matters, there has been a spree of resignations from Facebook. Recently, a software engineer quit Facebook saying that the company was "profiting off hate."
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Lindale's Miranda Lambert to be inducted into National Cowgirl Hall of Fame
Lambert is a renowned country music superstar and songwriter who started her career in local Texas bars and released her self-titled debut album in 2001.
Author: Reagan Roy
Published: 2:45 PM CST November 17, 2020
FORT WORTH, Texas — The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame will welcome five 2021 Inductees at the 45th Annual Induction Luncheon and Ceremony. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at the Dickies Arena.
These incoming Hall of Fame members represent a wide range of cowgirls – from a country music superstar, to a world champion breakaway roper, a renowned artist, cowboy hat designer and an Olympic medalist. The induction class includes Pop Chalee, Lari Dee Guy, Kathryn Kusner, Lavonna "Shorty" Koger and Miranda Lambert.
"We are honored to welcome this outstanding class of inductees and add their remarkable stories and accomplishments to the amazing group of honorees they are joining in the Museum's Hall of Fame," said the Museum's executive director Patricia Riley. "Congratulations to all."
The late artist Pop Chalee (1906-1993) was known for her influential flat, two-dimensional "traditional" style of Native American painting with stylized depictions of forest scenes and wildlife. She painted murals for the Albuquerque Airport in 1945.
Her work has been featured at museums such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Gallery of Living Artists in New York City. Her paintings can be found in many permanent collections, including at the Gilcrease Museum, the Heard Museum and the Millicent Rogers Museum.
Eight-time Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) Lari Dee Guy is the winningest female roper in the world with over 33 championship titles and more than $1.5 million in career earnings. This all started from her early beginnings of winning 11-consecutive AJRA world roping titles at age nine.
In 2013, Guy launched the "Rope Like A Girl" campaign to help motivate young girls and women in roping and has traveled the globe teaching. She is also an expert horse trainer and renowned clinician.
Kathryn Kusner is an American equestrian and Olympic medalist in show jumping. She was one of the first women who rode for the United States Equestrian Team (USET) and the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in equestrian competition.
Concurrent to her show jumping career, Kusner became the first licensed female jockey in the United States in 1968. She was also the first woman to ride in the Maryland Hunt Cup, the toughest timber race in the world, despite its board trying to keep her from riding in the race.
Lavonna "Shorty" Koger is an Oklahoma native with over 40 years of experience in restoration, fitting, sewing and design of cowboy hats. She started Shorty's Caboy Hattery in 1990 in the historic Stockyards City, OK, one of the few entirely woman-owned and operated custom hatteries in the United States and is one of today's leading industry hatters.
Shorty's hats remain world-famous and are sought-after for their attention to detail, intricate sewing process and signature beaver fur and beaver fur blends. She also helped found Rein in Cancer, a nonprofit that raises money to fund cancer treatments and care for patients.
Miranda Lambert is a renowned country music superstar and songwriter who started her career in local Texas bars and released her self-titled debut album independently in 2001. Later she was signed by Sony Music and has since released seven albums as well as three albums with her trio, Pistol Annies.
She has won many awards, amongst them 35 ACM awards, which makes her the most decorated artist in ACM history, nine of which were consecutive ACM Female Artist of the year awards. In addition, she received two Grammy Awards and 14 CMA Awards.
Lambert and her mother, Bev Lambert founded the MuttNation Foundation in 2009 to shine a spotlight on rescue animals and shelters, raising in excess of $4.5 million since its inception.
Induction Luncheon and Ceremony sponsorship opportunities are available at http://www.cowgirl.net/hall-of-fame/.
The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is proud to announce the 2021 Induction class: Pop Chalee, Lari Dee Guy, Kathryn Kusner, Lavonna "Shorty" Koger, and Miranda Lambert. Click here to read the press release https://t.co/CKzHndKq9f. #CowgirlInduction #CowgirlMuseum pic.twitter.com/3BhtsftpQ5
— Natl. Cowgirl Museum (@cowgirlmuseum) November 17, 2020
About the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame honors and celebrates women, past and present, whose lives exemplify the courage, resilience and independence that helped shape the West, and fosters an appreciation of the ideals and spirit of self-reliance they inspire. Established in 1975, the Museum is considered an invaluable national educational resource for its exhibits, research library, rare photograph collection and award-winning distance-learning programs for grades K-12 and adults. In 2019, the Museum opened the Kit Moncrief Galleries and It's Never Just a HorseTM exhibition. Located at 1720 Gendy Street Fort Worth, Texas 76107. Hours of operation are Tuesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults (ages 13+); $7 for seniors (60+), military, first responders and children (ages 3 to 12) and children 3 and under get in free with paid adult.
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MatchDay Memory–Texas Adventure Day 2 (Houston Dynamo v Sporting KC)
Houston was hosting SKC so I did a little research ahead of time. Saw the Dynamo play last summer in Columbus and Chicago and wasn't too impressed. Have to admit that I still haven't forgiven Ricardo Clark for getting stripped in the 2010 WC game against Ghana.
As of 6/2 standings, Houston was in fourth place but with more games played than the teams just below them. Their recent form has been atrocious. One win and four losses, including their last three, all away, with a combined score of 8-0. On top of that the club has lost two key players— Brad Davis (USA), Boniek Garcia (Honduras). ESPN noted that these are the Dynamo's two most important attacking players. Scanning the roster, I didn't recognize many names.
One of the Week 13 Power Rankings I found had Houston at #15 out of 19 noting that
Injuries and World Cup call-ups have hit Houston hard, and it's shown in the results with three losses in a row and four in the last five games. Without much attacking inspiration, the Dynamo didn't put one shot on target in a heavy loss to Colorado.
As for SKC, they are just above the Dynamo in the table, with the defending champs having not fared much better, winless in their last 5 with 2 draws and 3 losses. They have been hit by the World Cup as well, losing Matt Besler and Graham Zusi (USA).
When looking at the SKC website I came across a news item that Oriol Rosell had been sold to Sporting in Portugal. Didn't think much of it until I read the article and learned that he had been at Barca B. The end of the post stated that Rosell became "the third Sporting Kansas City player in the last 18 months to move to Europe. In 2013, Honduran midfielder Roger Espinoza joined Wigan Athletic (England) and Sierra Leone striker Kei Kamara was transferred to Middlesbrough FC (England)."
Also looking at the team roster, I noticed that Sal Zizzo moved from Portland to SKC. Have been watching him on and off since the 2007 U20 World Cup so was hoping to see him again.
On the train ride I listened to the Eddie Robinson Show in preparation for the game. I have been checking into the pod from time to time to get a sense of the team. They began by recapping the 3-0 defeat to Colorado, which featured a reconfigured midfield for the Dyanmo. More troubling was the stat of no shots on goal, and Will Bruin spoke out in the media about wanting the team get forward.
As for SKC, this could be a real chance to get points away from home but their defense continues to be in disarray, Collin could be missing due to hamstring injury and they have already had a lack of stability. One bright spot is Erik Palmer-Brown, the youngest player in MLS.
Eddie and Sebastian focused on the keys of the game, which they would be using a less aggressive defensive line, stopping SKC creative players like Dom Dwyer and Feilhaber and getting a result to stop the bleeding. They also had conversation comparing the signing of Beckham with the signings of Villa and Lampard by NYCFC and what kind of club they may try to become. The show wrapped up with an interesting discussion about the importance and prestige of the US Open Cup. Eddie ranked it behind the MLS Cup and Supporter Shield.
BBVA Compass Stadium is unique a several ways. One it is nestled right into a neighborhood with businesses and apartments around it. Two, the shell of the stadium is quite striking. Still haven't decided if I love it or hate it yet. Three, three of the four stands are covered. I imagine this comes in handy during hot Houston summer days.
I was running late but met a friend from Lansing who moved back to Houston. He had gathered some of his friends and joined a local men's league tailgate. I ran into some Bosnians who are excited to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in the World Cup. I also met my friend's father and we discussed the chances of US and Mexico at the World Cup as well. After a couple of beers and some chips (notes were made to bring a grill and other supplies next time), we went into the match.
Our seats were high in a corner behind the goal and the Texian Army. Thought they were perfect. We had a steady breeze the entire game which made it comfortable and I could see the entire match unfold. Speaking of the Texian Army I enjoyed their style of support— Latin based music with lots of drums and cymbals. They also mixed things up with a cappella chants, which provided a nice change of pace.
To be honest it wasn't a great match. Houston made a couple of changes in their team including goalkeeper Deric for Hall. SKC went with a young CB pairing of Ellis and Palmer-Brown. Felt that Houston really struggled to create chances and dominate after going a man up 20 minutes in. I didn't see the infraction from the SKC player and still not sure what happened. Just before halftime, Feilhaber picked up on a loose pass out of the Houston back and was cut down. The ball ran for Saad who slotted home.
Feilhaber had to be subbed at half time, and the second half saw the Dynamo control the match in terms of possession but not much in the way of scoring opportunities. As per my usual, I had to go the bathroom and missed the penalty incident. Cochran was called for a handball, and after watching highlights, I'm still not sure. Dwyer converted the spot kick and down 2-0, there wasn't much chance of Houston coming back and the hosts didn't even score a consolation goal.
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The Dynamo head into the break a four match losing streak and in real danger of letting the season get away from them. As for SKC they battled and took the chances that were given to them. Big win for the visitors.
Afterwards we headed to Lucky's for a post game beverage and then went across to the street to Little Woodrow's for some food. Not a good result for the Dynamo but I had a great night.
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Here's another teaser for upcoming sci-fi horror, The Callisto Protocol
Striking Distance and publisher Krafton have unveiled a new teaser for its upcoming horror, The Callisto Protocol.
Imaginatively entitled "official launch trailer UK", it packs a lot of action into just under two minutes of footage, most of which we've seen before, but some that will be new to those who have been tracking the game's development.
The trailer also features the exclusive song Lost Again by Kings Elliot and confirms that the penultimate episode of the game's six-part audio series, The Callisto Protocol: Helix Station, is also now available, along with the final part of the Engineering Horror docuseries, too.
The Callisto Protocol is set on Jupiter's dead moon Callisto in the year 2320 and casts players as Jacob Lee, an inmate in Black Iron Prison. It stars Josh Duhamel as Lee, Karen Fukuhara as Dani Nakamura, and Sam Witwer as Leon Ferris.
"When a mysterious outbreak throws the moon into chaos, Jacob must face his darkest fears to defeat the bloodthirsty creatures that stalk him as he unravels the dark mysteries at the heart of the powerful United Jupiter Company," Striking Distance teases.
Striking Distance recently announced the Japanese version of upcoming space-horror The Callisto Protocol has been cancelled.
This is due to the game's violent content, which means it was unable to secure an age rating with the CERO (Japan's equivalent of PEGI in Europe and the ESRB in North America). The developer has stated those who pre-ordered this version of the game will receive a full refund for their purchase.
The Callisto Protocol is out on 2nd December, 2022 on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms. Here are our picks for the best places to pre-order it.
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