One fine Erev Shabbat Reb. Simcha was strolling happily through the high street of his town. It was actually his custom to do this each week. He loved the special atmosphere created by the hustle and bustle of last minute Shabbat preparations. There would be people buying flowers, food, collecting their suits and dresses from cleaners, and delivering gifts to their Shabbat hosts. There was an excitement in the air that could be felt at no other time, as everyone rushed about with one aim – to be completely ready in every way before further preparation would no longer be permitted.
Reb. Simcha, already dressed in his Shabbat finery, walked calmly yet deliberately on as shop after shop closed its doors, and the gentle, delicious odour of chicken soup and chulent began to waft through the neighbourhood. Reb. Simcha was well known, and well loved. He was a very wealthy man who gave a great deal of tzedakah to needy individuals as well as to deserving institutions throughout the area – shuls, yeshivahs, schools and hospitals.
It was as he passed the butcher's shop on his way home that Reb. Simcha would usually begin to speed up, for by this time there would be few people on the street, and Shabbat would be drawing ever closer.
However, this particular Erev Shabbat Reb. Simcha stopped walking suddenly just a few steps past the butcher's. There was something very sad about the man he had noticed standing in front of the shop window and Reb. Simcha turned around to look again.
The man appeared to be gazing at the meat in the shop window. Reb. Simcha walked towards him and realised there were tears rolling down his cheeks. Upon enquiring as to the cause of his distress Reb. Simcha received a tearful account of the man's troubles.
Introducing himself as Shlomo the Tailor he explained how in only a few months he had lost so much business that it had become difficult to feed and clothe his family. He had been ill for a short time and during that period his clients had had to take their garments to another tailor. Unfortunately, when Reb. Shlomo returned to good health his business did not and life began to be a real struggle.
Reb. Shlomo's wife was as excited as he to hear of this good fortune, repeating "Hashem has indeed helped us" several times, with Reb. Shlomo responding "Amen to that!
Reb Shlomo, his wife, and their three children sat quietly at Reb. Simcha's table that evening. They were overwhelmed by the variety of delicious foods, warm, friendly company and inspiring 'divrei Torah'. There were other guests, but Reb. Shlomo and his family had been particularly honoured by being seated at the head of the table, each side of Reb. Simcha. The meal lasted several hours. Between each course the whole gathering sang zemirot, and different guests spontaneously offered words of Torah, usually in some connection to that week's sedra which happened to be Noach.
After 'Birkat Hamazon' all of the guests thanked Reb. Simcha and his wife for a most enjoyable evening before departing for their own homes. Reb. Shlomo and his family gave special, heart-felt thanks to their hosts, then took their leave. The walk home seemed very much shorter than it actually was, for as they walked they talked excitedly about their experience, hardly noticing the moonlit buildings that they passed and not even flinching at the frosty night air.
Upon opening the door to his meagre workshop on Sunday morning, ready for another long week of waiting at his sewing machine for even the smallest jobs to come his way, Reb. Shlomo found a note waiting for him. It was signed by Reb. Simcha, who requested that Reb. Shlomo visit him as soon as possible. Reb. Shlomo was both surprised and delighted. He was surprised that Reb. Simcha should have any reason at all to meet with our poor tailor again but delighted to have another opportunity to encounter his new, kindly, well-to-do friend.
"I came as soon as I found your note," began Reb. Shlomo as he was welcomed at the large, white front door by a familiar smile.
The two men sat down together to talk on a large, sumptuous couch. In a few, short sentences, Reb. Simcha invited Reb. Shlomo and his family to take up residence in a large cottage by the stream at the far end of Reb. Simcha's grounds. This would be a completely new home for Reb. Shlomo and his family. Furthermore Reb. Simcha added that he would also be pleased to make Reb. Shlomo's workshop a little more welcoming and better equipped which, he foresaw, would greatly improve business. In addition, Reb. Simcha said that he would send all of his friends to Reb. Shlomo which would ensure that Reb. Shlomo's family would never be short of money again!
For a moment, our poor tailor was somewhat bemused; why was Reb. Simcha offering him so much? His friday night invitation had been very kind but now he was offering far more than his visitor had ever dreamed of and for what reason? Reb. Simcha noticed the disbelief on Reb. Shlomos's face, and reassured him that there was nothing to worry about.
Reb. Shlomo was still quite speechless but soon began to slowly nod his head, allowing a small smile to lift his cheeks. The two men shook hands and Reb. Shlomo rushed home to tell his wife the good news.
Reb. Shlomo's wife and children were so excited and pleased for themselves they hardly wondered at all at Reb. Simcha's reasons for making them such a wonderful offer. In a matter of hours preparations were already underway for their move into Reb. Simcha's cottage, which would soon be theirs!
Only one month later Reb. Shlomo, his wife, their children and all their belongings were comfortably installed in their new home and Reb. Shlomo's business was booming. It was at this point that everything was soon going to become crystal clear.
Reb Shlomo's wife had begun to wonder about their new circumstances. Why had all of this happened to her family? Why had Reb. Simcha been so good to them? When her curiosity was almost unbearable she persuaded her husband that they should confront their benefactor and put their questions to him face to face.
The large, white front door opened and the couple were invited in. However, they remained on the doorstep feeling for the first time a little uncomfortable in Reb. Simcha's presence.
Reb. Simcha also felt uneasy, for his visitors, whom he now considered good friends, were acting strangely distant.
"I know who you are, Reb. Shlomo." "What do you mean?" Reb Shlomo almost snapped in response to Reb. Simcha's peculiar words.
Reb. Shlomo and his wife glanced at each other with suspicion on their faces, both realising that this story sounded remarkably similar to their own! Reb. Simcha did not pause and, the couple noticed, as he continued there was a tear in his eye.
Reb. Shlomo and his wife were becoming more puzzled every minute. How did Reb. Simcha know that they had once been rich? How did he know that they had once invited a poor family for a Friday night meal, and why was he telling them all this now?
Reb. Shlomo glanced at his wife then nodded as he turned back towards Reb. Simcha in order to hear more and, perhaps, begin to understand.
"There is one thing you may not remember. At the end of the meal that Friday night the poor man thanked you and promised that one day, with Hashem's help, he would repay you for your generosity.
As all became clear Reb Shlomo and his wife began to relax, very relieved now that everything had been fully explained but quite taken by surprise!
Reb. Simcha told them that he had recognised Reb. Shlomo immediately and had realised that this was a valuable opportunity to express his long-standing gratitude – an oppotunity that was indeed a gift from Hashem. Initially, Reb. Simcha had not intended to go as far as giving Reb. Shlomo's family a new home but the cottage had been empty for a while and it would be a big mitzva to help make the standard of living of Reb. Shlomo's family at least similar to what it had once been.
There grew a strong bond between the two families, each of which had helped the other at a time of difficulty. Their great story of the power and beauty of chessed was passed on to the following generations as an everlasting lesson.
"And I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living being of all flesh, and there will never again be water as a flood to destroy all flesh.
From Hashem's own actions we learn not only to keep promises but to make very sure we do not forget any promise we have made. Indeed, the best advice is to avoid making promises at all, or to at least say 'b'li neder' (which means 'I do not intend this as a definite vow') after making a promise, just in case you do forget or you find that you are not able to keep it.
Take advantage of every opportunity to do chessed for others as well as to repay the chessed others have done for you!


The Keystone XL pipeline was defeated in the U.S. Senate, because only 59 of the 100 senators voted for the project.
That same day, a bill to reduce N.S.A. surveillance of Americans also failed to pass, because a vote to end debate on the bill only received 58 votes.
Wait a minute. Where in the Constitution does it say that it takes more than a majority to pass a bill in either house of Congress? Nowhere.
These two votes – based on the Senate filibuster rule that requires 60 votes to end debate – teach several lessons about how the U.S. government functions. Or doesn't function.
On the pipeline vote, the issue was less about whether it was a good idea and more about giving Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat facing a tough uphill fight in a runoff election, a victory to take home to the voters.
The senators knew that, in January, when there will be a lot more GOP senators, it will be easy to get the 60 votes and adopt the Keystone XL bill. So the vote was pure political theater.
All 45 Republicans voted for the pipeline. So did 14 Democrats, including Landrieu and 4 Democrats whose seats will be taken by Republicans next month. Most of the remaining 10 Democrats are moderates, coming from states that lean Republican.
As usual, the Democrats showed far less party discipline that the Republicans. Sen. Susan Collins may be a GOP Maine moderate, but she voted the straight party line.
And Sen. Angus King may be a Maine independent, who even considered joining the GOP Senate caucus, but he voted like a loyal Democrat. He said the Senate should not vote on a mere interstate construction project, though it regularly votes on naming federal buildings.
On the N.S.A. spying bill, all Democrats voted to end debate. So did three tea party Republicans, who dislike the government invasion of privacy. All the remaining GOP senators voted, in effect, against the bill. But there were not enough votes to end debate.
Both Collins and King voted the party line, opposed to one another.
The obvious conclusion is that the filibuster is not consistent with the majority rule the Senate is supposed to use. Now that it is used virtually all the time on important bills, it's a recipe for getting nothing done.
The filibuster means that either party, having 41 seats, can block any legislation. The Republicans have been in that position and the Democrats will be there in January. The minority can prevent any new legislation.
The rule requiring the 60 votes can be changed by majority vote, but such a change is unlikely. Both parties want to retain the power for use when in the minority.
Why do senators vote the party line? Their loyalty is rewarded by good committee assignments, distributed by party leaders who impose discipline. As a result, they are loath to oppose the reelection of their leaders, because if they end up on the wrong side of that vote, they lose influence and power.
There is another lesson in the Keystone XL vote. It shows that, without the filibuster, a later Senate could reverse a decision made by an earlier Senate. Knowing that was possible could place limits on extremes in the first vote. But that's unlikely to happen as senators cling to the system they know.
In short, there is little chance the filibuster will disappear. The Democrats did eliminate it for most federal judicial appointments, many of which were blocked by a GOP effort to keep President Obama from putting judges on the bench.
But it will remain for legislation. And that can easily mean the federal government will continue to do nothing.
This has been the least productive Congress in history in terms of bills passed. At the same time, a post-Second World War record for low voter turnout was set when it fell to 36 percent in the recent congressional elections.
Surveys show voters hold Congress in low esteem and want it to act. Their failure to show up at the polls for congressional elections may have been more a statement about its ineffectiveness than a verdict on Obama's policies, as his opponents claim. This year's low turnout is evidence of the alienation between the electors and the elected.
The insistence of the Senate to keep the filibuster only promises more inaction. Senators become so preoccupied by Washington games and their own political survival that the gap grows larger between the federal government and what the American people want.


To manage and support all marketing services and brand development activities for The Genie Company, a Division of Overhead Door Corporation. Ultimate responsibility for successful introduction of new products and services to the marketplace, in addition to the product pipeline with the Company's defined strategic plan. Interact with all organizational levels and broad customer base.
Develop, lead and adjust (recommend changes) for the organization marketing strategy and plans to meet changing market and competitive conditions.
Establish brand strategy, advertising strategy, and create a firm co-op advertising program.
Develops annual marketing plan in support of organizational strategy and objectives.
Create a portfolio of new products and services with the product development and brand managers that supports the existing channel and product strategies.
Build upon existing Product Roadmaps and brand strategy to develop new strategic plans.
Systematically deploy and execute the New Product Development process across products and functions. Establish a cross-functional, Product Business Team structure across the existing product categories.
Explore and develop new opportunities – through products, channels, processes, technologies, voice of the customer, etc. Link to existing brand strategies and overall strategic plan.
Manage a department of 8-10, including product managers, brand managers, channel managers, and marketing managers.
Participate in development of departmental bench strength activities and talent pool process.
Direct planning, development and execution of strategic marketing and communications initiatives for three brands across retail and professional distribution channels, as well as architectural programs.
Develop and implement marketing materials for product and brand programs from concept to launch, in tandem with internal and external client teams. Includes sourcing, selecting and managing inside and outside resources to design innovative and creative concepts aligned with target market audiences. Direct product launches and campaigns with product development and cross functional launch teams.
Strategic planning, budget planning and supervision of budget. Estimate project costs, negotiate pricing and produce and manage spending forecasts.
Develop, budget and execute brand advertising and co-op strategies across channels. Work with respective sales teams on planning and maintaining rolling calendars for promotions and marketing programs.
Bachelor's degree in Marketing (or equivalent). Master's degree preferred.
Proven track history of major product line launches and brand/ product management in high volume retail environment.
Must be able to coordinate with outside agencies and inside creative resources, which includes clear communication of the projects' objectives, design and cost parameters, creative strategies and timelines. Proven ability to prioritize and communicate with customer base on delivery dates and manage expectations.
Able to work in a fast moving, dynamic organization with multiple customers.
Able to manage and supervise staff, including giving and receiving feedback on behavior as well as hiring responsibilities. Must be able to keep commitment dates and motivate employees to maintain excellent customer relationships, and build trust through executing projects on time and in budget.
Good oral and written presentation skills. Will be interfacing with all levels of organization internally as well as key customers' management.
Good problem-solving skills are essential. Action and results oriented.
Able to produce effective campaigns with little internal direction… must be a self-starter and learn the business.
Must have customer service skills to talk to distributors, vendors, customers, etc.


Islamabad - The teaching community of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) yesterday recorded their concern over keeping them away from the university's decision making body, contrary to the practice in vogue in other apex educational institutions in the country.
The general body meeting of the academic staff association announced to hold protest demonstration on 22nd of this month in front of Faisal Mosque campus where the university's board of governors is scheduled to hold its meeting.
President Academic Staff Association Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal said that generally the university's syndicate or board of governors used to have representation from the academic staff but in case of IIUI they were kept at bay and no representation was given to the faculty in the decision-making body of the university.
He further highlighted the community's grave concerns over the hardship cases, which have been lying with its board of governors since long and every time they give it a new twist instead of helping the teachers whose career was stuck due to the introduction of new promotion policies of Higher Education Commission in 2002.
President ASA Dr Zafar Iqbal demanded of the board of governors to show resilience to their demand of notification of internal teachers from the date of first selection board of a given advertisement. He explained that this is injustice to the internal candidates applying for various teaching positions under one advertisement while get promotions from the date of meeting of the board of governors, which holds its meetings four times in a year.
This cruelty could only be seen at IIUI, while other universities give promotion to their internal candidates of one advertisement from one date regardless of occurrence their selection boards or meeting of BoG. Usually, this is four months after closing date of applications against an ad. President ASA has urged upon the BoG of IIUI to approve this genuine demand of the teaching community at once.
Showing their concern to the members of board of governors, the community has resolved that they would protest in front of Faisal Mosque campus of IIUI on July 22, 2016 and would carry placards to have their demands noticed by the BoG members. Had there been their representation like other institutions of Pakistan, they would have pleaded and presented their case in the meeting of apex body.


This treatment begins with guided mediation, reflexology and breathing exercises all designed to lift your mood. Your skin will be buffed head-to-toe with the Neom Body Scrub, with its potently invigorating oils of wild mint and mandarin. By applying purposeful techniques of shiatsu, cranio and Thai massage and trigger point touch to the back, shoulder, face and scalp, we work to decrease stress levels and release endorphins leaving you feeling relaxed and happier. This purposeful combination of thoughtful touches will lift your spirits and leave you feeling like the best version of you.
This wellbeing treatment is designed to allow you to stop, unplug and then reboot. Your senses will be awakened and your body and mind will be given a boost of natural energy. Using changes in temperature, speed-of-touch and different textures this treatment begins with Neom's Body Scrub with its potently invigorating oils of wild mint and mandarin. Your skin will be buffed head-to-toe, left feeling amazingly uplifted and ready to be fully enveloped in Neom's energising cream clay wrap where the stimulating essential oils of rosemary, lemon and grapefruit penetrate the skin and allow for detoxification. Whilst you're wrapped you'll experience a 20 minute face and scalp pressure point massage plus specialist reflexology techniques. Your body's immune system will be stimulated, the lymphatic system detoxified, leaving you feeling recharged and fully revived.
Enjoy a de-stressing environment the moment you enter the room, with a peaceful guided mediation, reflexology and breathing techniques. Throughout, we drizzle Neom's Intensive Skin Treatment Candle oil over the skin, and provide specialist massage to key stress relieving points of head, face, neck and back. We harness the very best techniques of shiatsu, cranio and Thai massage and trigger point work. This treatment allows tension to drift away and for a calm new-you to be uncovered.
Nothing effects how you look or feel as much as sleep or lack of it. Enter a room, deeply scented with Neom's extraordinary blend of 19, first pressed essential oils including English lavender, sweet basil and jasmine which was blended with one purpose: to induce deep sleep. This treatment begins with a peaceful guided mediation, reflexology and breathing techniques. Throughout, we drizzle Neom's Intensive Skin Treatment Candle oil over the skin, and massage every inch of the body, including key stress relieving points of head, face, neck and back. We harness the very best techniques of shiatsu, cranio and Thai massage and trigger point work. Prepare to be lost in a blissful state, ready for deep night's sleep.
EXPRESS DE‐STRESS Feel deeply relaxed and soothed in 30 minutes with Neom's express stress‐easing treatment. Concentrating on key breathing techniques throughout, inhale the wonderfully unwinding scent of Neom's signature relaxing scent, a complex blend of 24 calming essential oils including lavender, jasmine and Brazilian rosewood, as the Real Luxury™ Intensive SkinTreatment Candle is drizzled onto the skin. Allow your therapist to focus on stress‐relieving points on the back, harnessing the very best techniques from deep tissue massage and trigger point work. Press pause and prepare to continue your day with a calm attitude and improved mental clarity.
Lift your mood and boost positivity in just 30 minutes with Neom's reviving and uplifting treatment. Beginning with Neom's signature mood‐enhancing opening ceremony, your back will then be lightly buffed with the award‐winning Great Day™ scrub, with invigorating oils of wild mint and mandarin. Followed by a tension‐easing massage, using the very best techniques of trigger point work and deep tissue, allow the rich blend of skin repairing vitamins A and E, safflower and jojoba in Neom's Daily Boost Oil to soften, smooth and uplift the mind and body. Continue your day with inspired positivity, a lifted spirit and mental balance.


Start with an overview of alloys and materials selection, and then, take a bar of high carbon steel and learn the basics of, forging, layout, heat treating, handle preparation, grinding, final assembly, and sharpening your blade. This workshop is suitable for anyone from the beginner, to someone who has some forging skills, and wants to learn to craft a simple "brut de forge" style blade. Class size is limited to six.
In this two day workshop, you will make a 6" chef's knife using stock removal techniques. Starting with a profiled high carbon steel blank, you will learn about design & layout, differential heat treating, grinding, Handle selection, profiling, edge geometry, and more. Each participant will walk away with a knife that will be ready to go to work for you. Class size is limited to four participants.
Come learn to forge a small axe suitable for camping, backcountry, wood carving, or splitting kindling at home. In this workshop you will start with a billet of high carbon steel, and learn about preparation, controlled hand forging, striking, punching, drifting, heat treating, sharpening, shaping and hafting a handle, and more. This is a physically demanding class, and not for the timid. Class size is limited to four. Forging experience is helpful, but not required.
Stay tuned for upcoming class listings!
In this class, you will take a billet of pattern welded steel (Damascus) and for it in to an axe. You will apply all of the same techniques that are learned in the regular axe making class, but you will also learn how to forge / work with and finish a Damascus piece.
Stay tuned for changes and additions to this schedule, or ask to be added to our email list. Unless otherwise noted, all classes are taught by David Tuthill in his Ballard Forging studio. Reservations are first come first serve through this site. Keep your eyes open for a variety of upcoming classes.
We understand that life happens, and sometimes things come up that are beyond our control. If you need to cancel your class, please notify us as soon as possible. A 30 day notice is required in order to receive a full refund, and up until two weeks before class, a 50% refund will be issued. anything after that is forfeit. Thank you.


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Kainoa Nunez, Writer|April 18, 2018
Student panel talks about their process of adapting by mentioning what stage of cultural adaptation they were at on April 12 in the Winn Main Center.
Kainoa Nunez
For April's celebration of Asian Heritage Month, the English as a Second Language department hosted a student presentation presented by Professor English Sandra Carter on April 12 in the Winn Center.
The event, titled "What Percentage American Are You?" was a two hour and 15 minute presentation that allowed 19 students from her class to present their background. A full room of students came to the event.
"The purpose was to give the students an opportunity to speak about something that they know a lot about, for they are the experts about their own experiences of coming to America and adapting to the culture," Carter said.
Five students per group had their moment to speak for three to five minutes about their five stages of cultural adaptation.
Cultural adaptation is a process for a person that lives in a new country where things are new and feels mixed emotions about the culture.
The stages were the honeymoon period, culture shock, initial adjustment, mental isolation and acceptance integration.
The honeymoon period is when a person is exposed to all the new things that America offers and is excited.
Culture shock is when a person is either frightened, tired, anxious and sick of being away from their own home.
Initial adjustment is when a person is now adjusting to be more confident and is more successful, and making new American friends.
Mental isolation is when a person feels isolated, upset and not being able to accept the new changes, or even trying to speak the language in America.
Acceptance integration is when a person feels that they're equal and not feeling different based off of their ethnicity, and being a part of the American culture.
"Their experiences are normal, that they are going through a very normal process to realize that their journey was difficult yet interesting to discover a new culture in their own lives," Carter said.
Khang Nguyen, 23, a marketing major and one of the speakers expressed his thoughts on adjusting to culture to another.
"I've lived in Vietnam for 18 years, there was a lot changes in my life when I came to America, and it was a new experience for me."
Each person had a unique story of their travels on adjusting to live in America compared to their own country that they were from. At the end of their speech they notified what stage they were on.
Professor Minh Do brought her class to watch the presentation.
"Taking them was a good idea, because it engages them on getting closer to ones from their own race," Do said. "They can learn what the new generation of American society is."
Some of the speakers were not in the final stage of their journey because they were living in America, but it's a new opportunity for them to become better.
The rest were happy because they were provided with an opportunity and being equal as an American citizen.
"It was an opportunity for the audience to witness the cultural adaptation process that theses students went through," Carter said. "Presenting their information to others with courage, was an opportunity to express their journey."
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PACCAR and Aurora to build autonomous trucks
Also: Aurora closes Uber ATG deal
Linda Baker, Senior Environment and Technology Reporter
· Tuesday, January 19, 2021
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Fresh from its takeover of Uber ATG in December, autonomous vehicle company Aurora has signed an agreement with heavy-duty truck manufacturer PACCAR (NASDAQ: PCAR) to commercialize autonomous Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks.
This collaboration, the latest in the series of deals between self-driving vehicle technology companies and OEMs, will integrate the Aurora Driver and PACCAR's autonomous vehicle platform, which the truck maker has been quietly developing over the past few years.
Under the terms of the agreement, announced on Tuesday, PACCAR will sell the trucks to Aurora, sources at Aurora and PACCAR told FreightWaves.
Although the business model is not entirely clear, customers will be able to order Peterbilt 579 and Kenworth T680 trucks utilizing the Aurora Driver sometime in the next few years, they said.
"The trucks will be sold through our dealer network but the commercialization model, that still needs to be figured out," Ken Hastings, head of PACCAR Investor Relations, told FreightWaves.
In the meantime, he said, "we're focused on getting the technology working that will increase safety and operational efficiency for our customers."
Also on Tuesday, Aurora announced that the Uber ATG deal had officially closed, meaning Uber's ATG employees now work for Aurora, which now claims 1,600 people across eight locations.
In addition to its existing offices, Aurora will expand to Seattle, Louiseville, Colorado, and Wixom, Michigan.
Young, aggressive and focused on trucks
Founded in 2016, Aurora is a relatively new but aggressive player in the fiercely competitive world of self-driving big rigs. The company said last spring that it would prioritize the development of semi-trailer trucks over that of cars, its original focus.
The latest partnership builds on PACCAR's history with Aurora, which is currently testing autonomous Class 8 trucks from Peterbilt Motors as well as Chrysler Pacifica minivans in Texas, the San Francisco Bay area and Pittsburgh.
"Many of our test vehicles today are built on PACCAR's truck," Sterling Anderson, Aurora chief product officer and co-founder, said in a blog post announcing the partnership.
"Our industry-leading sensor suite is unique in its ability to safely operate them, and our vehicle-agnostic Driver was developed to quickly and seamlessly adapt to them," Anderson wrote. "Finally, the flexible ecosystem we're developing will allow shippers and carriers to seamlessly integrate these trucks into their existing operations."
Building on that history, the new partnership will bring the engineering teams together around an accelerated development program to create fully driverless trucks, starting with the Peterbilt 579 and the Kenworth T680.
The agreement also includes the commercialization project and vehicle validation at the PACCAR Technical Center and production support in PACCAR factories.
A next-generation autonomous truck
Offering up more details, Hastings said the vehicles currently equipped with Aurora Driver are demonstration trucks that lack the necessary safety redundancies.
In addition to duplicate steering and braking systems, the next-generation vehicles will feature a PACCAR-created software platform designed to integrate with the Aurora Driver.
"This partnership will take each party's technology to the next level for the purpose of developing trucks that can be sold in the market," Hastings explained.
Collaborations accelerate
With this latest partnership, PACCAR also joins most of the major trucking manufacturers in inking deals with autonomous vehicle startups.
TuSimple in October signed a deal with Navistar (NYSE: NAV) to become the OEM's preferred self-driving tech supplier, with a goal of getting a Level 4 autonomous truck on the market by 2024. Daimler in October partnered with Waymo on a Level 4 model, following up on its acquisition of Torc Robotics, with which it is also testing autonomous trucks.
And late last year, Plus.ai announced mass production of its Level 3 trucks would start in China in 2021, in partnership with FAW Jiefang, China's largest truck manufacturer.
In that pantheon, PACCAR "likes where we stand," Hastings commented. "With Aurora, we have a leader if not the leader in truck autonomy."
With a leading OEM as a partner and a major acquisition under its belt, Aurora appears equally satisfied.
"With PACCAR, Uber and the relationships we continue to build and strengthen," wrote CEO Chris Urmson in a LinkedIn post Monday, "we have the momentum, power, and clarity to realize our mission, and build the technology and products the world needs to make transportation and logistics safer and more accessible."
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Linda Baker is a FreightWaves senior reporter based in Portland, Oregon. Her beat includes autonomous vehicles, the startup scene, clean trucking, and emissions regulations. Please send tips and story ideas to [email protected]


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BTS performs mega concert in Central Park
Fans camped out in rain to see K-pop stars
By Chloe Melas, CNN
Posted: 3:19 PM, May 15, 2019 Updated: 3:19 PM, May 15, 2019
Kim Tae-hyung, Park Ji-min, Jungkook, Suga, Kim Seok-jin, RM and J-Hope of BTS perform on "Good Morning America" on May 15, 2019, in New York City.
(CNN) - In a moment BTS fans had been waiting for, the South Korean boy band took over New York City's Central Park for an outdoor concert.
The Bangtan Boys kicked off "Good Morning America's" 2019 Summer Concert Series on Wednesday morning and many of their fans -- known as the ARMY -- had camped out in the rain for days to catch a glimpse of the group.
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"Thank you for waiting for days (in the rain, cold, everything)," band member RM said.
Those sentiments were echoed by bandmate V, who told the crowd, "Our fans are the best. They are motivation. We love you ARMY!"
And just as the sun broke New York's rainy streak, the seven-member band took the stage and the park was packed.
The group -- Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook -- has just broken a Beatles record with three Billboard number one albums in a single year.
"I mean, we're all fanboys of (The) Beatles, of course, who is not," RM said. "We feel so honored to be with the greatest names in the music industry -- we love (The) Beatles of course."
BTS was formed in 2013, they took their name from the Korean expression Bangtan Sonyeondan, which roughly translates to "bulletproof boy scouts."
In 2017, as their profile rose among English-speaking audiences, the group announced they were shifting the meaning of the acronym to "Beyond the Scene."
They most recently performed at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with their new single, "Boy With Luv" featuring Halsey.


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A large number of terrorists inducted into police force during PMLN's tenure: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri
Dated: 04 March 2015
PAT chief Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that a large number of terrorists were recruited in Punjab police during the current tenure of the government. He said that arrest of one terrorist police constable represents an irrefutable proof and affirmation of our point of view. He said that the name of one DPO is also being mentioned in target killing and incidents of terrorism whom the Punjab government is trying to protect. He suggested that the Army Chief should get a fresh scrutiny conducted into induction of all officers and officials into the police force since 2008 onwards. He said that the trained terrorists wearing the police uniforms shed the blood of our workers in Model Town on June 17. He said that FIR of the incident was registered after two months since its happening and it has now been many months now that neutral and fair investigation into the tragedy has not got underway as yet, adding that so much so that we await the order of the honorable High Court for release of Model Town Judicial Tribunal.
Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri expressed these views while talking to senior party leaders on phone the other day. He said that the task of terrorists' recruitment into police was handed over to former Law Minister who is a principal accused of Model Town case as well. He said that a drama of removing him from his post was enacted on the same day when the incident happened and who is still working as the Law Minister for all intents and purposes with all his perks and privileges.
Dr Qadri said that if the head of 'joke' JIT wants to reach the killers, then he should study the report of Justice Baqir Najfi and the faces of killers will be unmasked. He said that had former CCPO and head of the government's JIT been impartial, he should have tendered his resignation the same day when an Inspector, nominated in Model Town case, was posted as SHO of a police station in Lahore on the personal interest and order of the Chief Minister. He asked the workers to get ready again to struggle for seeking justice for Model Town victims. He said that the beginning of end of corrupt and oppressive system would get underway with the hanging of killers of Model Town tragedy in accordance with the country's justice system.


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import uuid

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    dependencies = [
        ('authors', '0002_globalauthor_globalrelation_localrelation'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='Post',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('post_id', models.CharField(default=uuid.uuid4, unique=True, max_length=38)),
                ('pub_date', models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=b'date published')),
                ('post_text', models.TextField()),
                ('post_title', models.CharField(max_length=64)),
                ('post_type', models.CharField(default=b'PT', max_length=2, choices=[(b'MD', b'Markdown'), (b'PT', b'Plain text')])),
                ('private', models.BooleanField(default=b'True')),
                ('author', models.ForeignKey(to='authors.Author')),
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Weblog Archive (June 2004)
Next Weblog update on 7/12/04.
"Still Crazy After All These Years," Paul Simon
It was about fifteen years ago that I began my "no profit" (as opposed to "nonprofit," where you actually make money) electronic publishing activities on the Internet. On June 29, 1989, I posted the first official welcome message on the brand-new PACS-L mailing list. As amazing as it sounds today, a mailing list was innovative technology at the time. Excited by the possibility of publishing an electronic journal by using a list server to distribute ASCII files, I announced the establishment of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review on August 16, 1989. On January 3, 1990, the first issue of the PACS Review was published. Also that year, Dana Rooks and I started Public-Access Computer Systems News, an electronic newsletter that included news items from vendors and other sources. In 1995, the PACS News ceased publication when it was no longer needed to deal with the early "noncommercial" nature of the Internet. As I finished my tenure as PACS Review Editor-in-Chief in late 1996, I established the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography, which was built upon the foundation of a bibliography I had previously updated 25 times in the PACS Review. In 2000, the PACS Review ceased publication (by the end of 2000 there had been close to 1.3 million file retrievals from its Web and Gopher sites). In 2001, I added the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog to SEPB.
All of this activity would have been impossible without the strong and unwavering support of the former Director of the University of Houston Libraries (Robin N. Downes) and the current Dean (Dana C. Rooks) as well as the efforts of many talented UH Libraries staff members and, in the case of the PACS Review, hardworking editorial board members from many institutions.
Back in 1989, electronic publishing on the Internet just seemed like a crazy experiment. Who knew?
The Acquisitions Librarian, no. 30 (2003): Includes "Pricing and Acquisitions Policies for Electronic Resources: Is the Market Stable Enough to Establish Local Standards?" and other articles.
ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, no. 234 (2004): Includes "Libraries Dealing with the Future Now," "Libraries Investing in the Future First—Some Practical Suggestions," and "Serials Trends Reflected in the ARL Statistics 2002-03."
Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 30, no. 5 (2004): Includes "Becoming Digital," "Museum Information Professionals as Providers and Users of Online Resources," and other articles.
Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 4, no. 9 (2004): Walt Crawford continues his incisive commentary on current issues, new articles worth reading, and other topics. Highly recommended.
Collection Management 28, no. 4 (2003): Includes "Usage Statistics for Electronic Journals: An Analysis of Local and Vendor Counts" and other articles.
D-Lib Magazine 10, no. 6 (2004): "Comparing the Impact of Open Access (OA) vs. Non-OA Articles in the Same Journals," "DAFFODIL—Strategic Support for User-Oriented Access to Heterogeneous Digital Libraries," "Implementing an Open Jurisdictional Digital Repository—The STORS Project," "Should Commercial Publishers Be Included in the Model for Open Access through Author Payment?," and other articles.
Esanu, Julie M., and Paul F. Uhlir, eds. Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004: Background papers for the World Summit on the Information Society.
Jackson, Mary E., comp. The Current State of Portal Applications in ARL Libraries: Results of a Survey Conducted by the ARL Portal Applications Working Group. Washington, DC: ARL, 2004: "Recognizing that there are many definitions and views of library portals, the ARL survey sought responses from libraries that offered portals that include (1) search engine tools that offer the user the capability to search across multiple sources and integrate the results of those searches, and (2) at least one kind of supporting service for the user (such as requesting retrieval or delivery of non-digital material, online reference help, etc.)."
Nature Web Focus: Access to the Literature: The Debate Continues: Includes "An Evidence-Based Assessment of the 'Author Pays' Model," "PNAS and Open Access," and other articles.
Open Access: New brochure from ACRL, ARL, SPARC, and SPARC Europe.
Research Information (May/June 2004): Includes "New Legal Deposit Laws Include Digital Data," "Should We Be Prepared to Face a Future Without Digital Curation?," "Will Learned Societies Signal the Change?," and other articles.
RLG DigiNews 8, no. 3 (2004): Includes "Web Archive Activities in Denmark" and other articles.
Serials Review 30, no. 2 (2004): Includes "Binding in the Electronic Environment," "Cornell and the Future of the Big Deal: An Interview with Ross Atkinson," "Digital Infrastructure Development within a Nonprofit Polymer Science Library: An Analysis of the Transition to Digital Serials at the Michigan Molecular Institute," "The Innovative Electronic Resource Management System: A Development Partnership," "Which Route Do I Take? A Viewpoint on Locally Developed versus Commercially Available Journal Management Solutions," and other articles.
Tennant, Roy. "It's Opening Day for METS." Library Journal, 15 May 2004: "Digital Libraries" column from Roy Tennant.
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian 22, no. 2 (2004): Includes "Open Access Journals," "Web Site Demise and Graduate Research: Persistence of Web Pages Cited in Social Work Theses," and other articles.
Collection Management 28, nos. 1/2 (2003): Includes "Academic and Commercial Roles in Building 'The Digital Library'"; "Collection Management Strategies in a Digital Environment"; "The Economics and Management of Digital Resources in a Multi-Campus, Multi-Library University: The Shared Digital Collection"; "The University of California's Collection Department Collaboration: A Campus Perspective"; "Uses and Abuses of Cooperation in a Digital Age"; and other articles.
Collection Management 28, no. 4 (2003): Includes "Usage Statistics for Electronic Journals: An Analysis of Local and Vender Counts" and other articles.
The Journal of Academic Librarianship 30, no. 3 (2004): Includes "Linking Course Web Sites to Library Collections and Services," "Measuring Consortium Impact on User Perceptions: OhioLINK and LibQUAL+," "Research on the Relationships between Chinese Journal Impact Factors and External Web Link Counts and Web Impact Factors," "A Statewide Information Databases Program: What Difference Does It Make to Academic Libraries?," and other articles.
Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply 14, no. 3 (2004): Includes: "Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan."
Journal of Library Administration 40, nos. 1/2 (2004): Includes "Licensed to ILL: A Beginning Guide to Negotiating E-Resources Licenses to Permit Resource Sharing," "Major Copyright Issues in Academic Libraries: Legal Implications of a Digital Environment," "When Terrabytes Meet Terra Firma: Scholarly Information Digitization and Distribution," and other articles.
Kranich, Nancy. The Information Commons: A Public Policy Report. New York: Free Expression Policy Project, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law Democracy Program, 2004: "This report documents the information commons movement, explains its importance, and outlines the theories and 'best practices' that have developed to assist its growth."
Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services 28, no. 2 (2004): Includes "ETD2MARC: A Semiautomated Workflow for Cataloging Electronic Theses and Dissertations" and other articles.
Library Management 25, nos. (4/5) 2004: Includes "The Growth of Electronic Journals in Academic Libraries in Saudi Arabia," "OAI Compliant Institutional Repositories and the Role of Library Staff," and other articles.
Nature Web Focus: Access to the Literature: The Debate Continues: Includes "The Primacy of Authors in Achieving Open Access" and other articles.
Open Access Now, 7 June 2004: Includes "CERN Signs Berlin Declaration," "Lobbying for Open Access Legislation," and other articles.
The Serials Librarian 46, nos. 1/2 (2004): Includes "The Digital Preservation Conundrum, Part 1"; "The Digital Preservation Conundrum, Part 2: Preservation and Electronic-Archiving"; "Finding a Better Trail Through the Journals Forest"; "How Electronic Journals Are Changing Patterns of Use"; "Helping Manage the E-Journal Forest: Do You Need an Agent Any More? Part 1"; "Helping Manage The E-Journal Forest: Do You Need an Agent Any More? Part 2"; "The Information Resource Matrix: A Revolutionary Method to Present Relationships Among Online Serial Objects"; "Serial Aggregations, Multiple Versions, and the Virtual Union Catalog: The California Digital Library Catalog, SUNY, and Ex Libris Experiences"; "Usage Statistics: Taking E-Metrics to the Next Level"; and other articles
SPARC E-News (April-May 2004): News about the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).
SPARC Open Access Newsletter, no. 74 (2004): News and commentary about the open access movement by Peter Suber.
Swan, Alma P., and Sheridan N. Brown. JISC/OSI Journal Authors Survey Report. London: JISC and the Open Society Institute, 2004: "The survey's aims were to investigate the authors' awareness of new open access possibilities, the ease of identification of and submission to open access outlets, their experiences of publishing their work in this way, their concerns about any implications open access publishing may have upon their careers, and the reasons why (or not) they chose to publish through an open access outlet."
ShelfLife, 10 June 2004: A weekly e-newsletter from RLG. Click on "Read Past Issues" to access the current issue.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography > Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog > Weblog Archive (June 2004)
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Barbara L Keezer
Monday, August 28th, 1939 - Saturday, February 19th, 2022
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We said a sad goodbye to our loving mom and wife, Barbara Louise (Norrad) Keezer on Saturday, February 19, 2022. Barbara passed away after a 30+ year battle with Parkinson's disease. She died peacefully in her home surrounded b... Read More
We said a sad goodbye to our loving mom and wife, Barbara Louise (Norrad) Keezer on Saturday, February 19, 2022. Barbara passed away after a 30+ year battle with Parkinson's disease. She died peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family, which was by far her greatest achievement.
Barbara was born on August 28, 1939, in Portland, ME to Arthur Norrad and Louise (Tripp) Norrad. She was raised in Saco and was a 1957 graduate of Thornton Academy where she met her loving husband and high school sweetheart, Gordon Keezer. They were married on June 20, 1958 and enjoyed 63 years of marriage.
After graduation from Thornton Academy Barbara attended IBM training in Portland where she trained to become a Key Punch Operator. She took these skills to CMP where she worked for a short time before relocating to Orono while her husband attended college. While in Orono she worked at Easten Pulp and Paper in their computer department until relocating to Augusta, where she became employed by CMP, Key Bank and finally the State of Maine in the mid 70's, where she worked for multiple divisions for 20+ years until her retirement in 1999.
Gordon and Barbara raised their 4 children in Augusta. As a family, they spent weekends and vacations traveling the State of Maine, the country, and Canada in their family camper. A number of trips were following her boys and grandchildren in various sporting events. Notably their oldest son Jeff when he and his little league team competed and played in the Little League World Series in 1971. Barbara was an active mom who always made every activity perfect. Whether it was camping, hiking, traveling, snowmobiling or visiting her family and friends in Saco. She also planned many events that included her children's friends who came to refer to her as Mrs. Keez or Momma Keez. She was loved by all and made sure that any friend in need was cared for.
Their love of traveling continued after her retirement in 1999, when her and her husband purchased a motor home and explored the United States and Canada including a trip to Alaska. Through their retirement they logged over 150,000 miles and wore out 2 motorhomes. Their later years were spent wintering in Florida where they met numerous friends.
She is predeceased by her parents: Arthur and Louise Norrad; her in-laws: Richard and Mae Keezer and her three brothers-in-law: Dick Sotir, Malcolm Graffam and Ben Munford.
Barbara is survived by her husband of 63 years, Gordon Keezer and their four children, their spouses and grandchildren. Jeff and Beth Keezer of Biddeford Pool and their children Lindsay and her partner Andrew Collins and Alisha Keezer; Tammy and Ken Thomas of Portland and children Alli and Noah Thomas; Gary and Kim Keezer of Vassalboro and their children Kevin and his wife Erica, Brandon and Garrett and Brian Keezer and his partner Erin Dunning of Winthrop and Brian's children, Kyle, Chase and Nick. She is also survived by her two best friends and sisters, Betty Munford from Charleston, SC and Patty Graffam from Saco as well as her sister-in-law, Shirley Sotir of Saco. Barbara loved and cherished her grandchildren and great grandchild, Olivia Collins, who brightened her life and has twin great grandchildren arriving in July to Kevin and Erica. She also leaves behind numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends who she adored. Her family was by far most important to her.
The family would like to thank the caretakers from MaineGeneral Hospice, especially Emily, who provided wonderful care. Also, Brittany and Melissa from C&M Family Home Health Care who my mom grew to love and have become part of the family.
Relatives and friends may visit on Thursday, February 24th from 6-8 PM at Plummer Funeral Home, 16 Pleasant St., Augusta where a funeral service will take place Friday, February 25th at 11 AM. Burial will be in the spring in Wall Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations are made in Barbara's memory to: Maine Parkinson's Association at maineparkinsonsociety.org or Donate in Tribute to the Michael J Fox Foundation at michaeljfox.org.
A Live Stream of the service can be viewed though the funeral home website.
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Theresa Cloutier
Posted Mar 02, 2022 at 10:41am
I remember sharing lots of happy memories with Barbara and Gordon and the family at the baseball Cara fields on the Piggery Road.........those were the days when we sat and watched the games and basked in sunshine at the same time on weekends and evening games in between our work days. Baseball moms are a certain breed of ladies as they juggle life, work, and schedules and Barb and I often referred to them as a 3 ring circus My deepest sympathies go out to the Keezer family, for I know how deep their loss is but I pray they will remember that death is but the loss of a body that has become tired and weak and the journey of the soul continues to wait for those they love in their heavenly home. God bless you all!
The McKenney Family
Posted Feb 23, 2022 at 06:56am
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Jenelle Rowe
Posted Feb 22, 2022 at 12:56pm
I had the pleasure of working with Barbara for many years at DHS. She was a wonderful and caring woman who worked hard and became like a mother to some and dear friend to most as she provided support in bad, sad, and happy times. Our workplace was better because of Barbara. At work, she would talk about her family and she was so proud of them.
I am so happy that she and Gordon got to travel in retirement all the while Parkinson's was taking it's toll. Although sad times right now, Barbara provided wonderful memories for her family and smiles for all the good times will become easier.
I will always think fondly of Barbara.
EileenC. Gilley Hibbert-Penney
I had the pleasure of working with Barbara and Gordon. What a remarkable couple they are/were. They also have an amazing family that I met some of them. Gordon made me laugh on occasions when he had to do errands and I stayed with Barbara for when he came home he would playfully tease Barbara a drink from Dunkin Donuts. They always made me feel welcome. I love hearing stories they would tell about their travels.. May you rest in peace Barbara and God bless your family
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Cloud-based software offerings overcame recent high profile data breaches to grow 27 per cent in the Canadian market, according to an IDC Canada study.
Revenues from cloud software, or software as a service (SaaS), reached $482 million in 2011. Leading the way for most-used cloud products were Salesforce.com, Microsoft Corp., Cisco, Adobe Inc., and IBM Corp. Salesforce.com was the leading cloud software vendor with more than $50 million in revenue last year.
Big software vendors are now heavily invested in the cloud, says Nigel Wallis, research director at IDC Canada. Even Microsoft Office, the software giant's prized productivity suite, has moved online with Office 365.
At the same time, economic volatility has more businesses looking for a way they can quickly spin up production when they have to – and likewise, shut it down when it's time to cut expenses. The growth in cloud software can be attributed to adoption by both very small businesses and very large enterprises alike. Medium-sized businesses tend to be shying away from the cloud so far, IDC says.
There's a lot of talk about businesses being wary of the cloud due to data privacy fears, says Neil McEvoy, the founder and CEO of the Cloud Best Practices Network. The theory being that businesses just aren't comfortable letting data out from their own servers and residing on the Internet.
Security is still the greatest perceived risk of cloud computing by businesses, the IDC study shows. Nearly 60 per cent of cloud users considered it the biggest concern, with difficulty integrating into in-house IT systems following that.
Other research has shown that 2012 has seen more data breaches than previous years. Often breaches are related to users with weak passwords, used across multiple services. Some high profile data breaches seen this year include: 1.5 million users of Global Payments Inc. having credit card numbers exposed in March; more than 6 million LinkedIn passwords posted by hackers; and Dropbox users receiving spam from phishers posing as Dropbox in July.
Still, the momentum will be enough to propel cloud software growth to be 15 per cent of the software market by 2016, IDC predicts. That will be a total revenue of $1.39 billion, at a rapid pace of 30 per cent year-over-year growth. In some software markets, like collaboration and customer relations management (CRM), cloud-based revenue has already surpassed 50 per cent or higher.
The greatest perceived benefit of cloud computing is the speed of deployment, Wallis says. "In general it's much faster to get up and running with cloud computing than it is to use traditional on-premises software," he says.
McEvoy also anticipates "a massive adoption curve" for cloud software. It will be driven by new types of cloud software that serve as an integration layer for big verticals like healthcare, he says. Tapping into social media for user information will help drive this growth.


For the past few months, initial coin offerings (ICOs) market was so hot that, in the crypto world, it became a regular feat. This phenomenon enabled a lot of teams to raise hundreds of millions of dollars with just a white paper and a shiny website. But not anymore.
Similar to how the traditional VC Market's correlation with tech firms that are publicly traded, the price of these digital assets rises and fall based on the price of cryptocurrencies. During the last six months, the price of BTC and ETH was not as high compared to the previous year's rally.
In a discussion, Rob Toth, CEO of OODIENCE Media Channels, shared his views about how raising funds in the tech world work nowadays.
According to Toth: "the idea of raising $100M seed funds in startup tech world ten years ago was mostly laughable and certainly rare" and this year, Toth added, it has become a norm.
"The amount of capital that someone can access is increasingly more available. Family offices, private equity, individual investors, syndicates, VC firms — there's just a LOT of money floating around.
ICOs launched and sold to the consumers and consumers flock to the hype. Consumers who bought ICO tokens during that "peak" were the same ones who drove up the price of Bitcoin to $20,000" Toth added.
Toth also noted that ICOs require more legwork and strategic marketing to bring together the syndicates or whales and the institutional money. The "easy riches" were based on selling to the "uninformed and masses with a get-rich-quick mindset masses" who are easily manipulated.
Why is POTS Better than an ICO?


Your new phone is pretty sweet. Didn't you also go a few places? Charlotte Museum of History, a hike at the Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve….
I echo Melissa's sentiments! I am so appreciative of the calm, grounding energy you carry with you. It flows out into the space <3 It is inspiring to watch you take this new journey in your life and I'm so grateful for you each day!
Pretty sure I can dig up a few.
Does Mosaic have a copy of all of the Star Wars books?
You all may want to consider discussing the Hero's Journey (call to adventure, threshold crossing, etc) from Hero With A Thousand Faces (Joseph Campbell) in Star Wars philosophy. Lucas claims to have been inspired by Campbell in writing the Star Wars saga. There are interviews with Lucas and Campbell on YouTube.
Thanks for starting the conversation, Nancy.


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UP Assembly Election 2022: Nomination process for 58 seats in 11 districts to begin today
The filing of nominations for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 58 seats in 11 districts will begin on Friday.
In this phase, polling will be held for a total of 58 seats in 11 districts of the state which will include Shamli, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Hapur, GautamBuddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Mathura, Agra, and Aligarh.
Out of the 58 seats, nine seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes. The last date for filing nominations will be January 21 and scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on January 24, while names can be withdrawn till January 27.
Elections for the 403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases starting February 10, the Election Commission said. The polls in the state will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases.
The counting of votes will take place on March 10. In the wake of the COVID-19 surge, the Election Commission of India has directed that no physical political rallies and roadshows will be allowed till January 15 for the elections.
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HotelsChina
Cachet launches new boutique hotel in Shanghai
By Mark Elliott	 On Dec 23, 2014
TD Guest Writer
Guest Writers are not employed, compensated or governed by TD, opinions and statements are from the specific writer directly
Cachet Boutique Shanghai
Cachet Hotel Group (CHG) has unveiled the latest addition to its portfolio in China – a 45-room boutique hotel in Shanghai.
The new Cachet Boutique Shanghai was formerly known as the JIA Shanghai, and is set in an historic city centre building that dates back to the 1920s.
Following a major refurbishment, the hotel now features a new lobby, called the 'Art Salon', which includes an interactive rotating art gallery. Other new amenities include a fitness centre with Technogym equipment and a new meeting room, while a new restaurant will be unveiled on the hotel's second floor in March 2015.
All rooms, including corner and balcony suites, come fitted with kitchenettes, 42-inch LCD TVs, home entertainment systems, iPods and free Wi-Fi.
The third-floor lounge will host the daily breakfast, which is free to all guests, along with all-day refreshments, afternoon tea and an evening cocktail hour.
Hong Kong-based CHG currently operates the eco-friendly URBN Hotel in Shanghai and has also announced plans to launch its Cachet and URBN brands in Chengdu and Kunming respectively.
Cachet Hotel Group (CHG)
The latest appointments, including Cachet Hotel Group's Southeast Asian execs
Cachet moves into Phuket with Dewa deal
Where to Stay: New hotels in Jakarta, LA, Bangkok, Shanghai, and more…
Asian hotelier brings Playboy Bunnies back to New York
Weirdest place to get your jab! Dracula's Castle in Romania…
Thailand targets medical tourism
Eastern Airways relaunches Gibraltar flights


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Q: How do I get Maven to download javax.comm dependency? I need the javax.comm library when building my project on our Hudson build server with Maven. In my projects pom.xml file I have the dependency like this:
<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.comm</groupId>
    <artifactId>comm</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.3</version>
</dependency>

I also read somewhere that I would have better luck with javax lib's if I included the repository:
    <repository>
        <id>java.net repository</id>
        <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2</url>
    </repository>

which I did. Rest of my pom.xml is pretty standard and minimalistic.
When I try to build on the build server I get:
Downloading: [company repo]/content/groups/public//javax/comm/comm/2.0.3/comm-2.0.3.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'javax.comm:comm:jar:2.0.3' in repository java.net repository (http://download.java.net/maven/2)
Downloading: [company repo]/content/groups/public//javax/comm/comm/2.0.3/comm-2.0.3.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'javax.comm:comm:jar:2.0.3' in repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Failed to resolve artifact.

Missing:
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1) javax.comm:comm:jar:2.0.3

Try downloading the file manually from:
  http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=43208d3d

Then, install it using the command:
  mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=javax.comm -DartifactId=comm -Dversion=2.0.3 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file there:
  mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=javax.comm -DartifactId=comm -Dversion=2.0.3 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

Path to dependency:
1) com.siriusit.fisherysolution.inmcsim:InmCSim:jar:1.0-SNAPSHOT
2) javax.comm:comm:jar:2.0.3

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What am I doing wrong?
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I ended up downloading the java comm lib from Oracle and had our Maven admin install it on our local Repository.
As pointed out by answers below the java comm lib is not available on public repos due to license restrictions from Oracle (and Sun before them).

A: The jar is not available in public repositories, probably for licensing reasons.
Download the Communication API and deploy it using
mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=javax.comm -DartifactId=comm \
   -Dversion=2.0.3  -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] \
   -DrepositoryId=[id]

A: Actually maven doesn't find it on the public repos...
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'javax.comm:comm:jar:2.0.3' in repository java.net repository (http://download.java.net/maven/2)
...
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'javax.comm:comm:jar:2.0.3' in repository central (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
you have to download it from any source and either install it in your local repository:
mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=javax.comm -DartifactId=comm -Dversion=2.0.3 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

or deploy it to your company repository (if you have one):
mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=javax.comm -DartifactId=comm -Dversion=2.0.3 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

A: If you have a look here, in the "official" Maven 2 repository, you will see that in the pom.xml file for your library:
<project>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>javax.comm</groupId>
    <artifactId>comm</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.3</version>
    <name>Java Communications API</name>
    <description>
        The Java Communications API is a Java extension that facilitates developing platform-independent
        communications applications for technologies such as Smart Cards, embedded systems, and point-of-sale
        devices, financial services devices, fax, modems, display terminals, and robotic equipment.
    </description>
    <url>http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/</url>
    <distributionManagement>
        <downloadUrl>http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=43208d3d</downloadUrl>
    </distributionManagement>
    <dependencies></dependencies>
</project>

which means that you should download the library yourself (the URL is given in <downloadUrl> tag), and then install it on your local repository (or even better, deploy it on your enterprise repository).
This happen sometimes with some libraries (the Oracle JDBC driver is another example) that are not available for direct download, essentially because of specific licenses...

A: Because of licensing restrictions the javax.comm package isn't available in any public repositories, see here for further detais:
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/javax/comm/comm/2.0.3/comm-2.0.3.pom
The POM also offers you the download url. You should download the jar using the provided link:
http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=43208d3d
and place it in "/javax/comm/comm/2.0.3/" in your companies repository server, servers like artifactory offer a web-frontend for this.
If you don't have a repository server you can place it in your .m2/repository directory in your home folder. Create a directory "/javax/comm/comm/2.0.3/" there and place the pom from the first link and the downloaded jar in this folder. But this will only work for your local machine.

A: You can also add the artifact in source control and use the maven-install-plugin to install it localy before the build as explained here.

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//= require ./collection_view
//= require ./menu_view_support
//= require ../mixins/action_support

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  A one-level multiselection menu. Can be used with a MultiselectionButtonView
*/
Flame.MultiselectionMenuView = Flame.Panel.extend(Flame.ActionSupport, Flame.MenuViewSupport, {
    _highlightedItem: null,

    init: function() {
        this._super();
        this.get('contentView').setScrolledView(this._createMenuView());
    },

    /**
      Show and hide methods of this menu
    */
    popup: function(anchorElementOrJQ, position) {
        var anchorElement = anchorElementOrJQ instanceof jQuery ? anchorElementOrJQ : anchorElementOrJQ.$();
        this._super(anchorElement, position);
        this.set('_anchorElement', anchorElement);
        this._updateMenuSize();
    },

    close: function() {
        this.set("_highlightedItem", null);
        this._clearKeySearch();
        this._super();
    },

    /* Utility methods for menu creation */

    _createMenuView: function() {
        var self = this;
        return Flame.CollectionView.createWithMixins({
                content: this.get('items'),
                itemViewClass: Flame.View.extend({
                    classNames: ['flame-view', 'flame-list-item-view', 'flame-menu-item-view'],
                    classNameBindings: ['isSelected', 'isDisabled'],
                    attributeBindings: ['tooltip:title'],

                    menu: self,

                    handlebars: '{{#if view.isChecked}}

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                    title: function() {
                        return Ember.get(this.get('content'), self.get('itemTitleKey'));
                    }.property('content'),

                    tooltip: function() {
                        return Ember.get(this.get('content'), self.get('itemTooltipKey'));
                    }.property('content'),

                    isDisabled: function() {
                        return Ember.get(this.get('content'), self.get('itemEnabledKey')) === false;
                    }.property('content'),

                    isSelected: function() {
                        return this.get('menu._highlightedItem') === this.get('content');
                    }.property('menu._highlightedItem'),

                    isChecked: function() {
                        return this.get('menu.value').contains(this.get('content.value'));
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                    /* event listeners */
                    mouseEnter: function() {
                        this.set('menu._highlightedItem', this.get('content'));
                    },
                    mouseLeave: function() {
                        this.set('menu._highlightedItem', null);
                    },
                    click: function(index) {
                        this.set('menu._highlightedItem', this.get('content'));
                        this.get('menu').selectHighlightedItem();
                        return true;
                    },
                    menuResize: function() {
                        if (self.get('_anchorElement')) {
                            self._updateMenuSize();
                        }
                    }.observes('content').on('init')
                })
            });
    },

    /**
      Method which is called on the selection event and modifies the value accordingly.
      Does not update the UI directly but triggers the observers upon changing the value.
    */
    selectHighlightedItem: function() {
        var chosenValue = Ember.get(this.get('_highlightedItem'), this.get('itemValueKey'));
        var currentValue = this.get('value');
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        // inside the option and the whole record chosenValue needs to be overriden
        if (Ember.isArray(chosenValue)) {
            currentValue.replace(0, currentValue.get('length'), chosenValue);
        } else {
            if (!currentValue.contains(chosenValue)) {
                currentValue.pushObject(chosenValue);
            } else {
                if (currentValue.get('length') > 1) {
                    currentValue.removeObject(chosenValue);
                }
            }
        }
    },

    /* methods called by EventManager when up and down arrow-key presses are detected */
    moveUp: function() {
        this._highlightAdjacentMenuItem(-1);
        return true;
    },

    moveDown: function() {
        this._highlightAdjacentMenuItem(1);
        return true;
    },

    _highlightAdjacentMenuItem: function(increment) {
        var itemList = this.get("items");
        var highlightedItem = this.get("_highlightedItem");
        var nextIndex = -1;

        if (highlightedItem) { // case when some option is selected before pressing arrow buttons
            var selectedItemIndex = itemList.indexOf(highlightedItem);
            nextIndex = (selectedItemIndex + increment) % itemList.get("length");
            // in case the new index is negative, subtract it from the length of the list of options
            // to wrap the selection
            if (nextIndex < 0) {
                nextIndex = itemList.get("length") + nextIndex;
            }
        } else { // case when a selected option is not found - start from one of the end of the item list
            if (increment > 0) {
                nextIndex = 0;
            } else {
                nextIndex = itemList.get("length") - 1;
            }
        }
        this.set("_highlightedItem", itemList.objectAt(nextIndex));
    },

    /* method called on enter-button press */
    insertNewline: function() {
        if (this.get("_highlightedItem")) {
            this.selectHighlightedItem();
        }
        return true;
    },

    /* methods to perform key-search among the options of this menu */
    _doKeySearch: function(key) {
        this._super(key);
        var currentItem = this._findByName(this.get('_searchKey'));
        if (currentItem) {
            this.set('_highlightedItem', currentItem);
        }
    },

    _findByName: function(name) {
        var re = new RegExp('^' + name.replace(/[\^$*+?.(){}\[\]|\\]/g, "\\$&"), 'i');
        var titleKey = this.get('itemTitleKey');
        return this.get("items").find(function(item) {
            if (re.test(Ember.get(item, titleKey))) {
                return true;
            }
        });
    }
});