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Proposed Limestone Mine Threatens The Wasatch and Parley's Canyon
Recently, a 600+ acre limestone quarrying and mining operation application was filed before the Department of Oil, Gas, and Mining (DOGM). The area north of Grandeur Peak and Mount Aire, in Parley's Canyon, once dug, blasted, and hauled away would be permanently scarred. Leaving our communities including non-human populations to live with the degraded habitat, water, and air.
On December 10, the Salt Lake County Council unanimously voted on an amendment to an ordinance to eliminate mineral extraction and processing as a conditional use from the Forestry and Recreation Zones (FRZ). You can find the proposed ordinance and the Mineral Extraction Ordinance HERE.
Next this amendment will go on to the SLCo Planning Commission to discuss and make a decision on the proposed amendment. This is likely to occur in February next year. In the meantime, a planning freeze is in place for mining extraction and processing.
These types of extractive and impactful uses should be prohibited from the Wasatch's Canyons. We are asking for your support to make that a reality. With the Utah Legislative Session beginning in January, as well as the ongoing county and state processes, securing funding for legal counsel to help us engage with this process at the correct and effective times is our best defense.
Save Our Canyons, along with support from other organizations and residents believe we should be protecting these ecosystems for all that depend upon it. This is why we need strong policy and environmental regulations to be implemented and upheld so we can restore and preserve the Wasatch Mountains for current and future generations.
Some people have pointed out the fact that Parley's Canyon is already a main transportation artery or see it as significantly impacted habitat so why act to prevent this mine and protect the land?
Wildlife Populations and Habitat: The mining company acknowledges the presence of herds of wintering elk, moose, black bear, mountain lion, and other big game, as well as species like the golden eagle and the endangered Canada lynx. While the company provides a fairly extensive list of animals, it's silent about many of our other vulnerable friends: the porcupines, the red foxes, the tiny saw-whet owls, shy long-tailed weasels, flying squirrels, pollinating bees, skunks, grouse, hummingbirds, the susceptible Bonneville cutthroat trout, and many other species that live in the area, all of which stand to be adversely affected by the company's blasts and strip mining activity.
Recreation: Impacts to popular recreation destinations nearby, including hiking trails on the northern hip of Grandeur Peak (from beneath which the company intends to extract rock), the Wasatch Trail, Parley's Historic Nature Park, rock climbing wall The Iron Curtain, and the Parley's Trail, as well as many bike paths, nature trails, and campgrounds in Millcreek Canyon.
Traffic and Safety: Significantly increased truck traffic, as well as stray rocks and gravel on the highway, pose a material risk to the 60,000+ vehicles that navigate I-80 past the mine site on a daily basis.
Wildfire: Elevated fire dangers imposed upon not only the adjacent Mount Aire community but the entire sub-range which extends to Millcreek Canyon, Summit Park, Lambs Canyon, and beyond; a potential for wildfire to be sparked by any one of the hundreds of industrial 18-wheelers driving off-highway during dry months.
For almost 50 years Save Our Canyons has worked to address capacity, conservation, and impacts from a growing populations on the Wasatch Range. This is a much larger issue for the Wasatch and our region. Save Our Canyons continues to work with government, elected officials, and members of the community to gather information and answer important questions about this proposed mine. We encourage you to learn more, sign our Parley's Canyon petition, contact your local officials, and share these resources with your friends, family, or neighbors.
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Hitachi Class 800/801 Testing
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Vertex Systems Engineering (Vertex) has recently successfully completed for Hitachi Rail Europe the provision of Engineering Safety Management Services for using the Hitachi Class 800 train at the ETCS National Integration Facility (ENIF).
Class 800/801 are 5 and 9 cars multiple units which can operate on both 25 kV AC and diesel engine-generator. It has the flexibility to add or remove cars. During the testing, Class 800 train run on diesel mode only.
The new trains are to be initially introduced on the Great Western Main line where the European Train Control System (ETCS) is being installed as the next generation of signalling system as part of the continuing route modernisation.
Hitachi appointed Vertex to provide safety arguments for the use of ENIF facility by Hitachi Class 800/801 test train, including the required controls to reduce the risks as low as reasonably practicable. Where possible, existing ENIF process and procedures have been adopted in order to minimise change and to make use of established methods of working and operational experience.
Vertex demonstrated that the risks associated with the use of the ENIF demonstration site with a Single class 800/801 test train by Hitachi are eliminated or controlled as to reduce the risks As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).
The methodology used for the safety argument of the use of class 800/801 on ENIF was by using data and knowledge of the previously tested Siemens built Thameslink Class 700 trains. This was then assessed via a HAZID workshop with the relevant stakeholders for the validation of the system definition and undertaking a comparison with the ENIF rules, previous ENIF Hazard Logs and the identification of new hazards relevant to the class 800/801.
The successful conclusion to the works supported the Office for Road and Rail (ORR) to approve Hitachi's ERTMS signalling system for main line operation during September 2016.
Links for further information;
http://www.hitachirail-eu.com/-class-800801-iep_140.html
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2016/09/07/hitachi-receives-approval-for-its-in-cab-ertms-signalling-technology/
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Anyone watch SBS this evening ? Predict my future - the science of us ? Worth watching if you can get it on one of the programs like Iview.
Studies have show that children who had a traumatic childhood, be that loneliness due to not fitting in, living in a low income home, trauma of any type to list a few things - changes our immune system and causes very high inflammation and many diseases that relate to high levels of inflammation and high blood pressure in adulthood .
I wonder how many of us can relate to a difficult childhood for one reason or another.


Next week Europe's Top 50 entrepreneurs will be revealed at the European Parliament during European Innovation Summit. Glowfly, in partnership with Knowledge4Innovation and the European Parliament, will be revealing Europe's 50 most promising startups which leverage technology to build disruptive solutions, addressing Europe's most pressing challenges. Medium has taken a sneak peek at the Top 50 innovators in Europe who will next week have the opportunity to present their projects at the European Parliament in front of more than 800 people. Among them are two Croatian startups – smart bench creators Include from Solin, and Zagreb-based software company Memgraph. "This is our biggest recognition to date. Include has been named on the list of Top 50 EU startups which are creating the future of technology in Europe. Next week in front of 800 people in EU Parliament we will have the opportunity to present everything we have been working on these last few years," Include founder Ivan Mrvos said.
Include is a Croatian hardware company, founded by a 22-year-old innovator Ivan Mrvos. In less than 3 years they became one of the top producers of smart street furniture in Europe. Their Steora smart bench is currently the most advanced street bench on the market. It provides cable and wireless charging for all smart devices, a free Wi-Fi hotspot, street light in the evening, 15 sensors for tracking bench usage and environmental data, and a dashboard — an advanced web platform where their users can track data from every bench in real time. More than 450 benches in 125 cities and municipalities across the globe have already created social spots providing huge amounts of data for future urban planning, which helps optimize public spaces, making them more efficient in every aspect for their citizens.
A Croatian shipyard is currently building the what is being introduced as the world's first discovery yacht. Scenic Eclipse, which will be the world's most sophisticated luxury cruiser, is being built at Uljanik shipyard in Pula for Australian company Scenic. The luxury cruise ship is designed to sail anywhere in the world with the latest innovations in naval design and technology for exploration in extreme environments, such as the Arctic and Antarctic coasts and the seabed. "Designed to deliver the ultimate experience of a lifetime for only 228 guests, only 200 in the Arctic and Antarctica, Scenic Eclipse takes ocean cruising to a whole new level – marrying luxury, discovery, and safety, and giving guests the opportunity to explore above and beyond what was previously imaginable," Scenic says. State-of-the-art safety features allow the cruiser, which will be 165.70 meters long and 21.50 meters wide, to unlock a number of new destinations. Scenic Eclipse will also offer a variety of features, including a platform for helicopters, submarine for seven people, a theater with 240 seats, a heated pool, gym, spa, jacuzzi, six restaurants, bars, room for Pilates and hundreds of apartments. The 6-star luxury discovery yacht will launch in the Mediterranean on 31 August 2018, sailing from Athens to Venice.
Hard Rock International, who operate the Hard Rock Cafe brand, including Hard Rock Hotels, is interested in opening hotels in Croatia. Josh Littman, Vice President of Development for Hotels at Hard Rock International based in London, has told Poslovni.hr that they are currently intensively looking at a number of locations in Croatia to open. "Croatia is a very interesting market for us, because it blends into our business philosophy with a rich culture, the hotels will be 4 or 5 *, and all of them will connect music as a symbol," he said, adding that the locations of Split, Dubrovnik, Zagreb and the northern Adriatic are locations of interest. Littman will arrive in Zagreb next week to attend the Rexpo investment conference in the Croatian capital where he expects to meet potential partners in Croatia. Hard Rock International is interested in a number of options, from direct investment to a franchise model for the Hard Rock Hotels. Hard Rock International operates in 75 countries with a portfolio of 176 Hard Rock cafes, 24 hotels and 11 casinos. They are owners of the global license for all 11 Hard Rock brands with their famous cafes located in most major cities around the world. Hard Rock Hotels have a music theme and guests are able to order their own playlist during their stay. Music is also actively used in their Rock Spa wellness, with some hotels having a Rock Shop on site. "Our hotels range from 100 to 2000 rooms depending on the market and there are no rules, but let's say that the average is between 200 and 400. Our hotels are a gathering place, a venue for concerts and other entertainment events where we work with local musicians," explained Littman. Littman revealed that they are looking to open 10 new Hard Rock Hotels in Europe, including in London and Berlin, whilst hotels in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, New York, Ottawa and China are in development.
Low-cost airline flydubai could introduce flights in 2018 from Dubai to Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik Airport confirmed it is negotiating with flydubai for the introduction of flights from its hub in the United Arab Emirates next year, EX-YU Aviation News reports. Flydubai's Senior Vice President for Commercial Operations, Jeyhun Efendi, told EX-YU Aviation News last week that the carrier will unveil a number of new seasonal European routes for next summer within a month's time, one of which could be Dubrovnik on Croatia's southern coast. "The service is expected to operate up to four times per week and will mark the first time the two cities have been linked with nonstop flights," the report says. The service would meet the growing demand from tourists visiting the Croatian coast from the east. Flydubai has a wide-ranging codeshare and partnership agreement with Emirates, allowing passengers to book their trip with both airlines via Dubai on a single ticket. Emirates introduced a service to Zagreb last summer for the first time. Since launching its operations in 2009, flydubai has created a network of more than 95 destinations in 44 countries and opened up 67 new routes that previously had no direct air links to Dubai or were not served by a UAE national carrier from the city.
A team of entrepreneurs, distillers, engineers and gin enthusiasts from the Croatian capital are looking to open the first craft gin distillery of it's kind in Croatia. The team at Luftbremzer Gin Distillery have launched a crowdfunding campaign to acquire the necessary funds for quintessential distilling equipment. "We source our botanicals from certified local herb pickers and family farms in order to produce organic and truly distinctive spirits. We want to create something to enjoy, gather a community that appreciates the values of friendship, authenticity and dedication. We've been working hard to create a sleek Croatian craft gin that you will enjoy as much as we do", the team says. The distillery will function as a place of craftsmanship and community. The inspiration came from distinctive Croatian wine cellars, where you can come in and taste all the products, communicate with the staff and in the end treat yourself with a bottle of your favourite beverage. The Luftbremzer Distillery will have an open door policy. "The gin recipe has already been developed in their little gin lab, and it contains only local botanicals. As production starts we will be partnered with fine bars, hotels and specialized fine beverages stores. The procurement of our botanicals, base alcohol and packaging is also settled. The last and essential part of our endeavour is funding the distilling equipment." The name Luftbremzer is derived from an old word used in Zagreb for a 'man about town', someone who knows what happenings are going on in town, have their finger on the social pulse and enjoys themselves. So far the campaign has raised over $5,000 of the target $31,000.
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Ahead of Trump's Israel Visit, US Jewish Leaders Highlight Centrality of Jerusalem, Point to Palestinian Authority Terror Funding as Peace Roadblock
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President Donald Trump. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
As Donald Trump prepares to leave the current political storm in Washington, DC behind during his first foreign trip as president, American Jewish leaders are offering words of encouragement and advice to the president in advance of his arrival in Israel on Monday.
In an interview with The Algemeiner, Daniel Mariaschin — CEO and executive vice president of B'nai B'rith International — said the inclusion of the Jewish state on the president's itinerary "shows the interest that the administration has in cultivating and building the relationship with Israel as an ally."
But concerns over the White House's position on Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem continue to fester, following National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster's reluctance at a press briefing on Tuesday to clarify the administration's view on the matter, merely labeling it a "policy matter."
McMaster also confirmed that "no Israeli leaders" would accompany Trump on his visit to the Western Wall in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City.
"We're very appreciative that there will be a visit to the Kotel (Western Wall)," Mariaschin said. But, he added, Netanyahu's absence would be all the more significant given that Trump's overseas journey — to Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican — is meant to consciously embrace the three Abrahamic faiths.
"Within that context — the importance of the Kotel for the Jewish people, a near-majority of whom now live in Israel — it would be important for the prime minister to accompany the president," Mariaschin said.
One leading Trump administration official appeared to distance herself from McMaster on the Jerusalem issue. In an interview with the Christian Broadcast Network on Tuesday, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said candidly, "I don't know what the policy of the administration is, but I believe the Western Wall is part of Israel and I think that that is how we've always seen it and that's how we should pursue it."
Trump himself spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday about the upcoming visit. No details of the call were released, save for the disclosure that the controversy over Trump's reported sharing with Russian officials of sensitive intelligence information supplied by the Israelis was not discussed.
Mariaschin spoke positively of Trump's travel plans in general, expressing optimism that Sunni Arab states and Israel would continue to draw closer together around key issues like Iran. The president's stop in Saudi Arabia may yield a vital clue about the desert kingdom's intentions vis-a-vis the Jewish state, he observed.
But Trump's quest to facilitate meaningful diplomatic negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) without preconditions faces an obstacle in the form of continuing PA incitement and support for terrorism. Trump will meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on Tuesday.
Rabbi Marvin Hier — the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) in Los Angeles — told The Algemeiner, "The most important thing to tell the Palestinian leadership is that there will never be peace if Abbas' idea of peace is that we pay salaries to terrorists and the families of terrorists."
Hier also highlighted the intra-Palestinian split between the PA in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip as another potentially insurmountable roadblock to peace.
"The people running Gaza want the total obliteration of the State of Israel," Hier said. "As long as the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is part, is involved, peace will go nowhere."
"We have to make it clear that there will be no 'three-state' solution," Hier said, referencing Israel, the PA and Hamas-ruled Gaza. "That means no Hamas."
Hier — who participated in Trump's inauguration ceremony in January — expressed his displeasure with the administration's confusion over Jerusalem in an interview with The Algemeiner on Tuesday, commenting that Trump visiting the Western Wall without Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was akin to "visiting the Vatican without the pope."
"This (was) an unnecessary blunder on the part of, firstly, low-level officials, and then McMaster," he said.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this piece attributed a quote from Rabbi Hier to Mr. Mariaschin. The article has now been corrected.


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We are a couple – one knitter, one writer – living in Portland, Oregon, a knitting-obsessed city. We like to ride on bikes, buses, and trains with our little boy Sebastian, who is 2 and a half years old.
Why did we write a knitting book together?
I (Larissa) have been knitting since age 5. My fiber artworks have been featured in Fiberarts and Knit.1 magazines, and I was thrilled to be interviewed on NPR's Studio 360. My work has been exhibited in New York, Seattle, Boston, and Portland. You can see my art at larissabrown.net. Over the past couple years I've focused entirely on knitting and started learning to create patterns. On the homefront, I like to knit blankets, sweaters, and other little trinkets, sew sometimes, and bake even less often. You can read my blog, called Stitch Marker, at larissmix.typepad.com. Email me at dumbmailATlarissabrownDOTnet.
Martin is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in MAKE, Sierra, Air & Space/Smithsonian, and American Spirit. During his research for our book, he learned to knit just enough to 1. establish his own stash (5 balls of gray Lopi) and 2. knit a bookmark. What I like to call "his subjects" these days include tiny houses and the self-storage phenomenon. He's spend much of the past two years working on his own tiny house project – converting our garage into a home perfect for exactly one person. (No, not him, much to his chagrin. I think there are days he'd love to move out there.) Email him at dumbmailATmartinjohnbrownDOTnet.
For the book Knitalong, we had the opportunity to work with superstar photographer Michael Crouser. Michael is a Brooklyn- and Minneapolis-based photographer whose clients include BMW, United Airlines, Target, and Nikon. His first monograph was published in 2007. For our book, he took "the cutest pictures he ever made."
Adrian Bizilia is a trained artist who's been obsessed with making stuff her whole life. Upon rediscovering knitting a few years ago, she became unsatisfied with commercially available yarn and started crafting her own. Her hand-dyed and handspun yarn, spinning fiber, and more, are available at Hello Yarn (helloyarn.com), her cultishly popular online store. Some of Adrian's patterns are available for free on that site, and some of those — like the Irish Hiking Scarf and "We Call Them Pirates" hat — have themselves been the subject of popular knitalongs. She lives in Boston.
Hannah Cuviello, a fourth generation knitter, learned the craft from her grandmother at the age of five and has been a chronic knitter ever since. She lives in Portland, Oregon with a wonderful husband and works at a local yarn store, where she does her best to infect others with her obsession. When she is not knitting, Hannah is engaged in other hand-related activities, such as spinning, drawing and studying American Sign Language. As of yet, she has no immediate need for a Blessingway Blanket of her own, but hopes to in the next few years.
Sarah Gilbert is a knitter, writer, photographer, finance blogger chick, mama and overachiever living with her three children, three chickens, and one cat named Kitty in a big messy old house in southeast Portland, Oregon. She's been knitting since the first time she saw a cube stuffed with rainbow colors of hand-dyed wool and could not resist the power of the pretty fiber. Knitters who know her find great delight in her total inability to follow a pattern exactly. You can find her waxing poetically about local foods, henhouses and Malabrigo Merino Worsted at www.cafemama.com.
Shelley Mackie learned to knit from her Mom when she was a little child and started out knitting clothes and blankets for her dolls. Today she and her husband have three wonderful children and one grandchild, along with one great yarn shop—Fun Knits Yarn on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada and on the internet at funknits.com. She named the store because she is having so much fun with her knitting career and helping other knitters. She loves knitting socks and the blanket square pattern she contributed to this book was a good use for all her leftover sock yarn.
Seann McKeel augments her day job as a music promoter with knitting, cartooning, and organizing events—especially those that activate, benefit and inspire community. Fortunately, the city she lives in is brimming with the crafty and the creative, making it easy to rally participants. Although many locals participated in knitnotwar 1,0o0, the internet facilitated the project to span internationally, helping to realize Seann's hope for it to connect knitters, activists and outsider artists on a broad scale with one another—to create a single knitted art installation celebrating the quiet logic of peace. Seann lives in Portland, Oregon, with her boyfriend Chris Funk, their sweet kid Scout, and pug, The Chairman Fang.
As a mom of four fabulous crazie-inducing kiddies, Genia Planck has extensive experience in the blankie needs of young ones. Genia is a card carrying member of SABLE (Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy). Her knitting has recently focused on really simple projects to make room in gray matter for obtaining an AAS in Paralegal Studies. She can be found with her nose in a legal book, with her mind of beautiful fiber, dreaming of breaks from studies to knit something else wonderful. Her greatest knit project is the group she started at a local cafe, which can be seen chronicled here: www.knitmittens.blogspot.com. Genia's own knitting blog is at www.geniaknits.blogspot.com.
Meshell Taylor is an Aussie girl living in Perth, Western Australia. She stumbles through life with the help of her cat Asta and her sewing machine Helga. Collections of fabric, buttons, trim and yarn surround her every move and she enjoys every creative thing that she can get her hands on. At the moment Meshell is finishing her Bachelor of Arts (textiles major and photography minor) whilst working in a library, which means a perfect mix of her two loves, books and making. She is greatly influenced by colour, pattern and interior decoration and loves to take photographs of everything that catches her eye. Her crafty blog resides at http://www.littlemissmeshell.typepad.com.
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Tim Whyte | Roberta Gillis: When My Critic Was Also My Friend
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By Tim Whyte
Signal Editor
I had coffee with one of my biggest critics the other day, and it reminded me of a time long ago when one of my biggest critics was also one of my best friends, before the politics of personal destruction gained a powerful accomplice called social media.
Roberta Gillis was a dyed-in-the-wool liberal Democrat, in an era when this valley was bright red, long before the political shift that has the Democratic Party thinking of Santa Clarita as a purple corner of a historically Republican-dominated congressional district that is ripe for the flipping.
Roberta was always in the minority here in Santa Clarita, yet she fought the best version of her good fight without fear, and always with class.
She was a larger-than-life character. Her life is the stuff of a movie script.
Born Basylka Misch in Yugoslavia — now Croatia — in 1937, she lived under the Nazi regime as a child, couldn't afford shoes until she was 16, and as a young woman became known for her fight against communism in her homeland and, later, Germany.
Offered political asylum by the CIA, she immigrated to the U.S. and by 1968 became a proud naturalized citizen. She took the Americanized name Roberta, a tribute to someone she greatly respected: Robert F. Kennedy.
Once in the States, she worked menial jobs, as a maid and as a worker in New York City's garment sweatshops. She later ran a wig shop in Hollywood, where she served a celebrity clientele.
In her later years, Roberta made her home in Santa Clarita, where she and her husband, Ron Gillis, were active in the Democratic Party and Ron served as a member of the College of the Canyons board of trustees. Drawing on her childhood, she was a passionate advocate for those less fortunate, especially the homeless.
She and Ron had met years earlier in a nightclub, and the two were smitten. "She was an exceptionally beautiful woman," Ron told The Signal in her 2006 obituary as he recounted their first meeting.
Roberta was only 69 when she died, and I count myself as fortunate to have known her and to call her a friend.
It didn't start out that way. In our first encounter on the phone, she read me the riot act over something I had written. It was the first time, but far from the last. She was one of The Signal's biggest critics — and mine, too — but then as now, we believed the newspaper's opinion pages should provide a platform for a diverse array of viewpoints, so we offered Roberta a regular slot as a columnist.
Her columns and her views were not universally popular with our readers — the local population tilted more to the right then than it does now. She was controversial. On the up side, we got a lot of letters to the editor about Roberta's columns. She kept the conversation lively and I never ran out of copy for the opinion page.
After a while she invited me to lunch, so we could get to know each other — and, I would soon learn, so she could try to apply her powers of persuasion on me in an effort to shift the paper's editorials and my columns toward the left.
That lunch prompted a second one. And then another. Soon, it was a regular meeting, about once a month, over Reuben sandwiches at Salt Creek Grille. She would start off by asking about my family, and she seemed to enjoy hearing about my latest adventures with my wife and our kids — then she'd lay into me over something I'd written, and the verbal jousting would begin.
Ever the European, she dressed impeccably. The girl who had no shoes as a child wore hats with aplomb, the shoes always matched the outfit, and she would greet you with a hug and a kiss on the cheek, whether you were comfortable being kissed or not.
Walking back into the newsroom, someone would spot the bright red lipstick on one cheek and say, "Lunch with Roberta, I see."
Her critiques of the newspaper were delivered in that thick Croatian accent, which sounded like the accent you'd expect of a Transylvanian countess. It was like Dracula meets Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Among my favorites was her critique of one of our election endorsements. The newspaper had endorsed two candidates who Roberta viewed with particular disdain — I won't name them here, but one had been involved in a dispute years earlier that escalated to gunplay, and the other had been accused of a white collar crime (but, if memory serves, wasn't convicted).
"I cannot believe you did such a thing," she scolded me. "You endorsed a SHOOTER and a THIEF!"
One of them — I won't say whether it was the shooter or the thief — would later become a friend of Roberta's. Funny thing. That happened a lot.
She was the ultimate loyal Democrat. She once told me Antonio Villaraigosa was an up-and-comer who would someday be governor. I joked that if that happened I'd move out of state.
She also recounted the time she met Bill Clinton and was struck by how charismatic he was in person. She said it was no wonder so many women were willing to have his boots under their beds. Roberta had a frisky side.
She was in all her glory when the 2000 Democratic National Convention came to Staples Center in Los Angeles. She was a delegate, and she got me a floor pass. There I was, an interloper in party politics, who, as a journalist, probably shouldn't have accepted that gift, but was nevertheless excited by the opportunity to witness that moment in history up close, and personally. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
So here I am, with another historic election a week away, and I've been thinking of Roberta. I wonder what she'd make of today's discourse. What would she think of social media and the relentless version of attack politics that it has fomented? What would she think of those, on the left and on the right, who aren't satisfied to disagree with each other, but feel the need to tear their opponents down, who engage in politics on social media as if it's virtual warfare? Or those who even, as our nation saw this week, are emboldened to escalate the discord to actual attempts at politically motivated violence?
What would she think of those who would never dream of agreeing to disagree over a Reuben sandwich?
My first tour of duty with The Signal saw the beginning of this shift. I started in 1989, when the public didn't even know such a thing as the internet would exist. By the time I left in 2007, we had a busy website and social media was in its early infancy. When I returned in June this year, social media had evolved, like an alien creature from a sci-fi thriller. And it was here to eat us alive.
Roberta Gillis didn't see that transition. When she died in 2006, a celebration of life event was held in her memory, and it was telling that a significant percentage of the people who showed up to pay their respects were Republicans — including some of her biggest adversaries.
The mutual respect was sincere. So were the disagreements on the issues.
She was, admittedly, a unique character, even for that somewhat less jaded time. She was a good friend and a worthy foe, all at once. She knew how to engage in conversation and debate, defend her positions, and attack the positions of her opponents, without degrading them personally, all while disarming them with her charm.
As the Nov. 6 election approaches, I can't help wishing she was here — not only because I miss her, but also because she'd set us all straight, tell us what idiots we are, and then kiss us on the cheek.
Tim Whyte is editor of The Signal. His column appears Sundays.
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Limited Edition Shift 2: Unleashed for Pre-Order
December 17, 2010 By Dan Thornton Leave a Comment
Last updated on June 23rd, 2021 at 01:40 pm
Shift 2: Unleashed is due to launch in Spring 2011 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and Electronic Arts has announced that gamers who pre-order a copy now will receive the Shift 2: Unleashed Limited Edition, with three exclusive cars; the Nissan Silvia Spec R Aero S15, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV, and the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640.
That seems to be about it for the Limited Edition bonuses, but Shift 2 is potentially a racing sim worth ordering. It's the sequel to Need for Speed: Shift, and marks a split in the Need for Speed series, with Criterion handling the arcade side with Hot Pursuit. This means Slightly Mad games can focus on the simulator side of racing, and the aim is for Shift 2 to challenge the likes of Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo.
There's certainly a different focus from the car catalogue approach, with handling, a helmet cam, and night racing all being demoed as focal points of the game. And here's the official trailer for Shift 2.
It's been a while since the Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed limited edition was released, but you can still find standard and more exclusive versions of the game available for sale on Amazon and eBay.
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Born in 1991, Charline Forns quickly discovered a strong interest in horses and drawing, the latter of which was the subject of her studies in Nantes. Since graduation, she has worked as an artist with Fanny Ruelle on a series of novels about horses called "Mes amis les chevaux," and has worked as a colorist on the comics series "Les Arcanes de la lune noire" (Dargaud/Europe Comics). At the same time, she continues to accept private commissions of various kinds, and in 2021 she launched the children's series "La Sentinelle du petit peuple" with publisher Dupuis (co-written by Véronique Barrau and Carbone, published in English in 2021 by Europe Comics under the title "The Keeper of the Little Folk").
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Elizabeth Ashford-Russell, who has died aged 88, spent half the war in Africa and Italy working for the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS – better known as MI6) and later, as the wife of a British diplomat, travelled extensively in Latin America.
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When, in 1947, she was suggested as a possible number two in one of the SIS sections in Italy, Elizabeth Ashford-Russell encountered an implacable hostility to women officers, and reconciled herself to an inevitably supporting role in diplomatic life. She did so with great energy and few complaints, while ensuring that she could lead a separate life away from the cocktail and dinner party circuit.
She was born Elizabeth Catherine Todd on January 18 1921 at Ootacamund (now Tamil Nadu) in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India, where her father, who was based in Madras, was a member of the Indian Civil Service. Sent to England while still a young girl, Elizabeth lived with her grandparents before being placed in the care of a retired Irish officer and his wife, who neglected her and her sister and applied the funds set aside for the children's care to their own wellbeing.
Her parents eventually returned, but Elizabeth's experiences fostered a mental toughness and emotional containment that endured throughout her life.
Educated at Southlands School, Exmouth, she passed her Oxford entrance exams in the spring of 1939, and spent the summer in France, taking a job teaching English to the daughters of a French family near Pau. But with France mobilising and conscripts on the move, she became stranded and only got back using a third class railway ticket aboard one of the last boat-trains to England.
With war imminent, she decided to postpone going up to Oxford and instead found a job for eight months decoding telegrams at the Office of Censors before starting a secretarial course.
By the spring of 1941, her course completed, she was presented with the choice of working in Churchill's office or accepting an apparently more mundane – but much better paid – job at the Passport Office. Subsequently she was embarrassed to admit that the extra £2 a week won her over and she reported for work at 54 Broadway, St James's Park.
There was indeed a passport office on the ground floor, but this proved merely to be a convenient front for what was, in fact, the main office of the Secret Intelligence Service. Elizabeth Todd's role was to act as third secretary to Colonel Claude Dancy, the deputy head of SIS. Such was his importance that she saw a regular procession of prominent figures passing through the office, including General de Gaulle, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Calthrop, SIS's liaison officer with Special Operations Executive (SOE), and the later-notorious Kim Philby.
But the greatest anticipation was reserved for an envelope that would arrive each day marked ISOS, and which contained decoded information from the Enigma intercepts at Bletchley.
Although possessed of remarkable qualities, Dancy was a man of his time and strongly believed that, while women might be acceptable as junior staff, they were not suited to being SIS officers. In an attempt to find some additional responsibility, Elizabeth Todd obtained a posting in Algiers where she worked for the head of the SIS's Italian section, liaised with a number of the senior Free French, and immersed herself in the local culture.
From there, in October 1943, she was sent to Bari in southern Italy, a place (she recalled) of flat landscapes, grey skies, fascist sympathisers and endless troops in transit. The SIS station to which she was sent was in a mess, lacking focus, agents or good officers. But over the next nine months it was transformed by the arrival of a number of people whose lives shaped her own.
First came an eccentric half-Jewish, trilingual 40-year-old code breaker from Bletchley called Sheridan Russell. He was followed by Brian Ashford-Russell (no relation), who had been sent out to rebuild and run the section.
Over the next 18 months, agents were recruited, trained and dropped by submarine or Lysander behind the retreating German lines.
The section and its agents included several individuals who became prominent in postwar Italy, including Sandro Pertini, who rose to be the country's president. A number were uncovered and shot by the Germans, while others were sent to concentration camps.
At first Elizabeth Todd's role was largely organisational, but it evolved to include developing cover stories for agents, working with document forgers and pinpointing drops and pickups for the Lysander pilots and Falucca crews. For this work and for some other more covert operations, she was mentioned in despatches, something to which she never subsequently made any reference.
With the Germans retreating northwards through Italy, the Bari operation moved to Rome, where she remained for the rest of the war, frequently travelling north to debrief agents or comfort the families of those missing. In mid-1945 she finally returned to England and prepared herself to go up to St Anne's College, Oxford, to read History. She and Brian Ashford-Russell, 14 years her senior, married in 1946.
A mistake on her tutor's part meant that she had just two years instead of three in which to complete her Oxford degree. But she immersed herself in her subject and, guided by Marjorie Reeves, a mediaevalist who became one of her mentors, gained a very good second. Had she had the extra year, Marjorie Reeves thought Elizabeth Ashford-Russell would have gained a first and, on this basis, recommended her for a research degree. But by then, her husband had been offered the post of consul in Bari.
The diplomatic life on which she embarked for the next 20 years took her from Bari to Paris, then to Rome, Mexico, New York, Argentina and South Africa before finally returning to Rome. She took the opportunity to travel extensively and adventurously, particularly in Latin America, and to pursue her interests in art, architecture, drama, music or food. For seven years after her husband retired from the Foreign Office, she became director of studies at The Cygnets, an old-fashioned finishing school in London.
In 1980, when she retired from her last job as editorial assistant at the Architectural Review in Queen Anne's Gate, she was amused to rediscover a secret tunnel that she had first walked through 40 years earlier to the neighbouring wartime premises of the SIS.
Elizabeth Ashford-Russell, who died on June 11, is survived by three daughters and a son; her husband died in 2003.
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Elizabeth Ashford-Russell. RIP
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Google X, the secretive special projects lab at Google have revealed a drone-based delivery systems called Project Wing.
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Project Wing doesn't actually land, it hovers high up in the air and then lowers the package to the ground.
This, like Amazon's Prime Air is clearly a prototype and at this moment in time wouldn't be ready or suitable for urban built up areas, especially with the British weather.
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Sep 15, 2017 · Choir! Choir! Choir! is an open choir out of Toronto that meets twice a week to sing, play shows and have a ton of fun. The project recently unveiled a tribute to late Steely Dan co-founder Walter.
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This year there is a general monthly guideline we will follow. Each Friday of the month will be consistent and offer flow for the year. Please arrive around 1pm; we are flexible if you are running late. As the students collect and have mostly arrived, we will have a quick greeting before classes begin. Below is the general guideline. On the Calendar the weekly details will be added, there will also be a weekly e-mail listing describing what we are doing that week. The last Friday of the month there will be a Parent Meeting following the week's activity.
Please bear with us as we have had much change through Covid. As we add events, I will update the webpage to reflect changes. Amy will also e-mail any changes or updates we have on a weekly basis.
**Lego club has been officially added to our schedule. The club meets Thursday at 10:30, bring your own lunch follows at noon and there is freeplay indoor/outdoor weather permitting until 2:00pm.
***A Peer Instructed Program aka PIP, is a student lead presentation. If your child wants to lead a class this is the opportunity for them to do so! Please contact a board member so we can add them to the schedule.
General Monthly Guideline
First Friday:
Second Friday:
Class 1: Show-N-Tell or Instant Challenge Brainstorming
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Class 1: Around the World
Class 2: PIP
Fourth Friday:
Class 1: Nature Observance
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Lego Club: Meets Thursday at 10:30am. Bring your own lunch will follow at noon. There is freeplay until 2:00pm. Come build with us!
Weekly Teen Game night: Game night can vary due to scheduling of the students with outside commitments, please contact a board member if your teenager is interested to be informed of the night we will meet. It is typically Monday night at 6:30-8:30.
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Lexington promotes Keith Runyon to boys basketball coach
Keith Runyon is the new boys basketball coach at Lexington.
Lexington promotes Keith Runyon to boys basketball coach Keith Runyon is the new boys basketball coach at Lexington. Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/04/20/lexington-promotes-keith-runyon-head-boys-basketball-coach-andrew-hicks-tssaa-tigers/537061002/
Michael Odom, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 2:46 p.m. CT April 20, 2018 | Updated 3:41 p.m. CT April 20, 2018
Highlights from Lexington's 50-43 14-AA win over McNairy Central on Jan. 19, 2018. LUIS TORRES / USA Today Network - Tennessee
Keith Runyon is the new boys basketball coach at Lexington.(Photo: Courtesy of Philip Blakley)
Lexington didn't have to look far to find its new boys basketball.
Following the departure of Andrew Hicks to Shelbyville last month, Keith Runyon has been promoted from assistant coach to head coach for the Tigers.
Runyon has served the past four years as an assistant coach as the Tigers have had a 72-53 record with the teams finishing in the top three of District 14-AA each year.
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Boys basketball: North Side at Lexington
Lexington's Lashon Yarbrough attempts a basket Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side Head Coach Tony Brown talks to his team in a time out Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms, Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side cheerleaders welcome players onto the court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, before Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms, Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington Head Coach Andrew Hicks debriefs his team in their locker room Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, after Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms, Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side cheerleaders dance together Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, before Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms, Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington Head Coach Andrew Hicks watches the game Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington's Khamon Garrett dribbles the ball passed opponents Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington's Khamon Garrett dives for the ball Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington's Daunte Melton attempts a basket as North Side's Somajay Epperson defends Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington's Khamon Garrett attempts a free throw Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington's Khamon Garrett and Daunte Melton watch as the ball goes out of bounds Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side's Ty Arties dodges opponents while dribbling down the court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side's Travion Collier dribbles the ball while defended by Lexington's Daunte Melton on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington Head Coach Andrew Hicks brings his group into a huddle for a final cheer Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, after Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms, Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
Lexington's Isaiah Henry dribbles the ball while defended by North Side's Somajay Epperson on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side's Jamal Winston attempts a basket while defended by Lexington's Isaac Yarbrough on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side's Jamal Winston attempts a basket Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
North Side's Travion Collier and Lexington's Dallas Davis catch each other's hands as they grab for the ball Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, during Lexington's 61-54 victory over North Side at Lexington High School. Morgan Timms / The Jackson Sun
"I look forward to building on the foundation Coach Hicks and I have built over the past four seasons," Runyon said via press release. "I appreciate everything Coach Hicks has done for me and will miss coaching with him. I am happy for him and Jen as they start their new journey in Middle Tennessee."
Through the past month, Runyon knew that Lexington is where he wanted to be, and now he is ready to get to work.
"There were lots of other jobs available in West Tennessee, but the Lord didn't lead me to apply to any of them," Runyon said, according to the release. "Long story short, I am not going anywhere. The Tigers lost four seniors from last year's team but have four rising seniors that will make up the nucleus of next year's squad. We will miss those guys that graduated. Our junior class is really small, so we will be counting on some of the younger guys to contribute right away."
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Runyon earned a scholarship to play college basketball at Virginia-Wise after playing high school basketball in Eastern Kentucky.
Runyon joined the Navy in 1986 and was active duty for 21 years before retiring in 2007.
Reach Michael Odom at michodom@jacksonsun.com or 731-425-9754. Follow him on Twitter @JSWriterMichael.
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Q: init process dies on linux kernel start I am trying to bringup kernel on a custom p2020 board. The kernel crashes with below exception.

init[1]: unhandled signal 4 at 4801b9dc nip 4801b9dc lr 48002b08 code 3000

It is dying in the same way for both initrd as well as ramfs.
I am using a initrd used to be working on t104x based board.
What can be the cause of above error? Is it that initrd is not fit for P2020?
Do we need to recompile initrd for specific processor?

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Yandy Smith is not a woman who just sits on her hands in the off-season of Love And Hip Hop. Among her many extra-curricular activities, she co-produced the film Life Love Soul, which features another busy woman, Basketball Wives star Tami Roman. If you haven't seen the trailer for it, you can check it out here.
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We live in an age of rapid change and instant communication. We also live in a Culture of Blame and Disrespect… A BIFF Response can be applied in any communication anywhere – online, social media, in a letter or even in person. It can be used at work, earning you respect and success. It can help you get along with difficult family members, friends, neighbors and others anywhere in your life. BIFF was designed to protect you and your reputation by responding quickly and civilly to people who treat you rudely, while being reasonable in return. BIFF stands for Brief, Informative, Friendly, and Firm. A BIFF response is easy to remember, but hard to do. It takes practice! This little book gives over 20 examples of BIFF responses for all areas of life—plus additional tips to help you deal with high-conflict people anywhere. See if you can do a BIFF! Not everyone can! This Second Edition includes a new chapter on Coaching for BIFF Responses. Anyone can use this method to help someone else with a BIFF response – by asking 10 simples questions to make it even more effective.
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Lila Bacon
Lila studied studio art at Parsons School of Design and got her BFA from The New School in 1973, where she had the opportunity to study with many talented artists, including William Clutz and Pat Steir. After graduating, she moved to Woodstock, New York with the plan to pursue art. Soon after, she met her husband, Norman Bacon, and joined him in his flourishing pottery business. She helped develop an innovative series of pottery based in hand painting, thus beginning a lifelong collaboration.
Lila studied with noted teacher and artist Nicholas Buhalis, who had the uncanny ability to give her more tools of the trade and the confidence to keep creating. In 1981, he sponsored a show of her work at the Buhalis Gallery in Kingston, New York. That same year, Lila and Norman opened Sweetheart Gallery in Woodstock, New York, devoted primarily to fine American arts and crafts. This space has provided a venue for her work as well.
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HU Exclusive: Giving You The Keys To The 2019 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards
The 39th annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards took place on Thursday and Hollywood Unlocked was in the building to give you the keys!
The 2019 ASCAP awards which was heard in Hollywood celebrated the people behind the artist and that consists of the writers and producers.
During the award show, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. accepted the award on ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award on behalf of Motown.
Related: Hollywood Unlocked Gives You The Keys To BET'S 'Premix' Party
Motown is the home of names like Migos, City Girls and Lil Yachty, and the foundation for musical icons like Diana Ross & The Supremes, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.
Tip "T.I." Harris also took home the first-ever ASCAP Voice of the Culture Award for his influence on the culture and the creation of trap music.
While on the carpet, we asked every celebrity what made this award show different than those honoring the musicians, and the statements were all similar.
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Related: HU Exclusive: Giving You The Keys To Tyga's Album Release Party
Congrats to all those who took home awards. Take a look at the recap up top and let us know why you think!
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