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Bank error in his favor ... compounded
A man was charged with withdrawing $2 million from an account after a bank confused him with a man who has the same name.
Benjamin Lovell was arraigned Tuesday on grand larceny charges. The 48-year-old salesman said he tried to tell officials at Commerce Bank in December that he did not have a $5 million account. He says he was told it was his and he could withdraw the money.
Prosecutors said the bank — which advertises itself as America's Most Convenient Bank — confused Lovell with a Benjamin Lovell who works for a property management company.
The lesser-funded Lovell gave away some of the withdrawn money and blew some of it on gifts, but lost much of it on bad investments, prosecutors said.
The district attorney's office did not immediately have information on his lawyer. Calls left with Commerce Bank on Wednesday were not immediately returned.

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That's My View..., Club Organization and Management, Access and Land Use, Public Meetings and Comment Opportunity, Wildlife
Every Trail is a Special Trail
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With just a dozen days left until November 6, TPAC believes that "excessive regulation" has joined the "gun issue" as a deciding factor in this election. Many political experts believe that Al Gore's harsh anti-gun stance cost him the election in the 2000 presidential race against George Bush.
Over-regulation at the EPA, Department of Interior, and other agencies has been a major topic throughout the primary and presidential debates. Those regulations are impacting energy development - including the reduction of permits issued - on public lands. It's not just energy permits that have been reduced or made complex over the last 4 years... the Department of Interior is threatening the issuance of OHV permits due to a myriad of baseless concerns about potential impacts that motorized events might have on the Sage Grouse and other species.
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Dear Trail Voter:
The mainstream media is working overtime to bias the news to discourage pro-trail voters in blue and battleground states in the hope that you will give up and stay home. The Trail PAC is going to counter that with the 1st ever pro-trail and OHV social media week. This national counter offensive is called OPERATION SOARING EAGLE.
Some congressional races are won or lost by less than 50 votes or just one vote per precinct. With the election just a few weeks away, it is important for trail voters to inform their Facebook friends about our targeted races and encourage them to go to the polls on November 6 and VOTE!
4x4Wire 2012 Voters Guide
Forest Service travel management-related closures and over-regulation by the EPA often impact trail use on public lands. Tens of thousands of miles of historic trails and roads on public lands have been closed over the last 4 years to OHV users. Trail enthusiasts need pro-OHV advocates in the U.S. Senate and U.S House of Representatives to champion responsible access to public lands.
The Trail Political Action Committee (TPAC) was founded as the first national non-partisan political action committee dedicated solely to championing responsible off-highway vehicle recreation on designated roads, trails, and areas on public lands through the electoral and legislative processes.
TPAC believes that "all land-use decisions are political decisions." The TPAC strategic goal is simple. TPAC will contribute to pro-access politicians who will support OHV recreation friendly legislation and oppose anti-access proposals and agency over regulation.
Arizona Game and Fish reiterates concerns about some forest travel management restrictions
Access and Land Use
Sept. 21, 2012 - The Arizona Game and Fish Department has been in ongoing discussions with the USDA Forest Service over the past several years as the different forests go through their forest and travel management planning processes.
The Kaibab National Forest on Sept. 18 announced it had issued its final Travel Management Plan to designate roads, trails, and areas for motorized use on the North Kaibab Ranger District. There is a 45-day appeal period. Implementation of travel management rules on the Kaibab Plateau is expected to begin in January 2013.
Lungren for Congress Fundraiser Set
The Trail PAC is proud to announce that it will join with 4WD and motorcycle leaders to host a regional fundraiser in support of Dan Lungren for Congress (CA -CD7). This is one of the tightest House races in the country and Dan needs the support of trail voters across this country to help maintain a pro-trail majority in the House of Representatives.
The event will be held at CAL4WD HQ in Sacramento on September 30 from 6:30-8:30pm. There will be plenty of time for off-roaders to visit with Dan on various access and regulatory topics. Dan is a pro-trail champion who recently attended and spoke at the 2012 Hangtown MX at Prairie City SVRA near Sacramento, CA. He understands that federal land agencies and the regulators have painted a bulls-eye on the back of the OHV community.
BLM Special Recreation Permit Handbook Available
BLM Extends Comment Period on Proposed Land-Use Planning Rule
NHTSA Provides Defective or Noncompliant Products Info Direct to Public


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Sails from Oban
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Take your place on the viewing deck, the best seat in the house.
The wind in your hair, a dram to hand. Sea birds wheeling and diving above. Eyes to the waves, there are seals, porpoises and dolphins here, whales too, if luck is with you.
On the horizon could be the colourful houses of Tobermory, the rugged coastlines of Coll, Iona, Colonsay or Rum, secluded sea lochs or the turrets of Baronial castles. The sounds of the sea all around.
Below deck is the comfort and luxury of a boutique country hotel. Sail through some of the world's most spectacular scenery stopping at seldom visited anchorages. Sleep, recalling the day's tales of selfies, fisher folk and giant's footsteps.
Set sail for the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Wild landscapes, some of Europe's best beaches, wildlife in abundance, tranquillity and centuries of history and folklore await.
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Boarding from 3:30pm
All guests must check and be off the ship by 10:00am on their departure date.
Hotel Facillities
In the country house party atmosphere of Hebridean Princess the emphasis is on no entertainment – with the occasional impromptu musical evening on the Skye Deck. A knowledgeable guide accompanies all our cruises. If you enjoy setting of independently to explore our surroundings, the ships' bicycles are available for independent exploration ashore. Films are screened every evening on your television and informal entertainment is arranged from time to time. Impeccable service by a friendly crew, almost one to one, who will always remember you by name and cater to your requests, however great or small, with a smile.
Far from the crowds and daily cares, discover Highland Scotland's timeless and surreal world of wildly beautiful landscapes, historic castles and enchanting gardens. Our exciting programme of inclusive shore visits offers a varied range of activities within each cruise and the freedom to do as much or as little as you wish. Only occasionally at berth, landings are usually in the Hardys, Shona and Sanda, or even directly onto the beach on Mingulay, Berneray or Pabbay and Oronsay, using the Sillingers Kiloran and Calgary – and no wet feet!
If you would like to stay active whilst on board, a visit to the small gym might be the perfect precursor to an excellent meal, a walk ashore, or simply relaxing in the comfort of your cabin. Whatever your interests, the choice is yours.
In the elegant Columba Restaurant enjoy the finest of menus as Hebridean Princess cruises to her next landing and a quiet anchorage at the close of an exhilarating day. Starting the day with one of our incredible breakfasts – the daily speciality is a must – the gourmet cuisine is an unforgettable experience.
Room service: Available on request.
Bar: When not ashore, enjoy your favourite drink by the inglenook fireplace in the Tiree Lounge, or perhaps browse the well stocked library and relax in the Conservatory or the Look-Out Lounge as you watch the majestic Scottish scenery glide by.
Max capacity: 50
Cost per night: £35,000
Min cost per person: All inclusive.
Seven night cruise: Singles from £3,590, Twin/Double from £5,220
"Hebridean Princess offers a lifestyle more akin to a sumptuous stately home. The 30 bedrooms are named after West Coast Scottish islands, castles, sounds, lochs and bays, and bedecked in finery usually associated with life of the aristocracy."
Sails mainly from Oban with some departures from Greenock and Invergordon.
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An independently owned cruise company – Hebridean Island Cruises Limited
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Clyde Coast Explorer – 2nd March 2023 – 4 nights
Embarkation – Greenock
Prices from £1,610 per person based on 2 people sharing
The Scenic Firth of Clyde – 6th March 2023 – 4 nights
Secrets of Argyll – 10th March 2023 – 4 nights
Historic Houses and Castles of the Clyde – 14th March 2023 – 7 nights
Inlets and Islands of Argyll – 21st March 2023 – 7 nights
Highland and Island Discovery – 28th March 2023 – 7 nights
Embarkation – Oban
Available until 28/03/2023
The Highland port of Oban is located 90 miles north-west of Glasgow on Scotland's west coast. There is secure parking available in Oban, arranged by Hebridean Island Cruises.
Oban is reached on the A816.
Each week a private coach collects guests from and returns them to Glasgow railway station or airport.
Attractions Near Hebridean Princess
The Scottish highlands
The Highlands, or as they are known in Gaelic 'the place of the Gaels' cover the span of the highest point of Scotland and the surrounding Islands. The lush mountain ranges attract many hikers every year, and the scenery is among the most stunning in Britain.
Loch Ness & Inverness
The famous destination of Loch Ness and vibrant city of Inverness are both found nestled in the Highlands of Scotland, and are popular places to visit for their historical background and beautiful surroundings.
The central feature of Loch Ness is a spectacular lake that creates a wealth of things to do for all its visitors, such as boat trips, water activities and walks around the picturesque countryside.
If a more active couple of days are required then Inverness is the perfect place to visit. The city is currently recognised as one of the fastest growing places in Scotland. Inverness boasts a wide variety of places to visit including the Victorian Market, Inverness Castle, St Andrew's Cathedral and plenty more.
Meetings at Hebridean Princess
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Saadanius is a genus of fossil primate dating to the Oligocene that is closely related to the common ancestor of the Old World monkeys and apes, collectively known as catarrhines.  It is represented by a single species, Saadanius hijazensis, which is known only from a single partial skull tentatively dated between 29 and 28 million years ago.  It was discovered in 2009 in western Saudi Arabia near Mecca and was first described in 2010 after a comparison with both living and fossil catarrhines.

Saadanius had a longer face than living catarrhines and lacked the advanced frontal sinus found in living catarrhines. However, it had a bony ectotympanic and teeth comparable to those of living catarrhines. The discovery of Saadanius may help answer questions about the evolution and appearance of the last common ancestors of Old World monkeys and apes.

Discovery

Saadanius is known from a single specimen, the holotype, named "SGS-UM 2009-002", stored in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at the Paleontology Unit of the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS). Its type locality was on top of an oolitic ironstone fossil bed of the middle Shumaysi Formation located in the southwest corner of Harrat Al Ujayfa, in western Saudi Arabia, close to Mecca. The specimen was discovered in February 2009 by paleontologist Iyad Zalmout, who had traveled to the region to search for ancient whale and dinosaur fossils.  While looking for dinosaur fossils in an area that, according to the maps he was working from, contained rock layers that dated to the Cretaceous, Zalmout found the jawbone of an anthracotheriid, which dated to the Eocene or Oligocene.  This indicated that the rock layers were much younger than what was dated on the maps.  The following day, he noticed fossil teeth, which he immediately recognized as those of a primate.  Zalmout emailed a photo of the teeth to paleontologist Philip D. Gingerich, with whom he was working as a postdoctoral fellow. Gingerich, an expert on ancient primates and whales, confirmed that it was indeed a primate.  Due to a tight schedule, Zalmout had to leave the exposed fossil embedded in the rock for the next few days because collecting it would require days of work.  The fossil was soon recovered by a joint expedition involving the SGS and the University of Michigan.

The fossil was not formally described until 2010 when its discovery was announced in the journal Nature. The fossil was dated to about 28 or 29 million years ago based on comparisons of fossils of anthracotheriids and paenungulates found nearby with fossils from similarly aged African deposits. However, the date has yet to be confirmed by other dating techniques. The genus name, Saadanius, comes from the Arabic word, saadan (), which is the collective term for apes and monkeys. The species name, hijazensis, is a reference to the al Hijaz region, in which it was discovered.

Type specimen

Saadanius had a longer face than living catarrhines, more closely resembling New World monkeys in appearance, although it was larger—possibly the size of a gibbon. Its enlarged, deep-rooted canine teeth, the diastema between its canine teeth and second incisors, and its sagittal crest suggest that the specimen was a male. These features are shared among male Old World monkeys. Saadanius lacks the advanced frontal sinus found in living catarrhines, but it does possess an ectotympanic, found in living catarrhines. Propliopithecoids, the oldest stem group of catarrhines, which date back 35 to 30 mya, lacked a fully developed ectotympanic.

The specimen had serious puncture wounds on the front of the skull, indicating that it had been preyed upon by a large carnivore. One puncture wound was on the right side of the braincase and may have been the fatal blow. There was also a bite mark on the frontal trigone.

Like other catarrhine primates, Saadanius was probably a tree-dweller. During the time it would have lived, the Red Sea had not yet formed, and new plant and animal species would have been arriving from nearby Eurasia as it converged with the Afro-Arabian landmass.

Phylogeny and significance

Comparative anatomy and cladistic analysis indicate that Saadanius is more closely related to the last common ancestor of crown catarrhines than any other known fossil catarrhines, placing the common ancestry of Catarrhini in Arabia and Africa. Other stem catarrhines include propliopithecoids, such as Aegyptopithecus, and pliopithecoids, such as Pliopithecus. The closer similarities between Saadanius and crown catarrhines, particularly its ectotympanic, suggest Saadanius of all known fossil primates most closely resembled the last common ancestor of living catarrhines.  Its discovery has provided new details about human evolution, particularly the split between the Old World monkeys and the ape lineage that eventually led to humans.

The discovery of Saadanius provides new evidence for competing hypotheses about the facial appearance of the ancestral crown catarrhines, or common ancestor. One reconstruction is based on living catarrhine traits and predicts a short face and a rounded braincase, similar to that of a gibbon. Another reconstruction, based on the morphology of early Miocene apes and the basal cercopithecoid Victoriapithecus, predicts that the last common ancestor had a projecting snout and tall face, like that of living baboons and the oldest fossil apes and Old World monkeys. The conservative features of Saadanius, similar to those of the older stem catarrhines, support the latter hypothesis, according to Zalmout et al. However, one palaeontologist, Eric Delson, has cautioned that geological pressure may have distorted the shape of the skull.

According to Zalmout et al., Saadanius may also help resolve the age of the hominoid–cercopithecoid split. Paleoanthropological work has typically placed the divergence between 25 and 23 mya, but genetic-based estimates have placed it in the early Oligocene, approximately 33 mya. Despite the predictions from the genetic tests, little fossil evidence has been found for a last common ancestor between 30 and 23 mya, favoring a later split. Only isolated teeth of Kamoyapithecus hinted at the existence of potential basal hominoids in the late Oligocene (between 24 and 27.5 mya), while the oldest fossil Old World monkey, Victoriapithecus macinnesi, dates to 19 mya.  With the discovery of Saadanius, Zalmout et al. suggested a later split than the genetic data, dating between 29–28 and 24 mya.  However, Pozzi et al. later argued that although Saadanius is a significant discovery, because it is a stem catarrhine, it could not be used to date the divergence of the crown group.  The presence of stem taxa in the fossil record does not indicate that crown groups have evolved, and stem taxa may survive for millions of years after the crown taxa appear.  For this reason, the fossil record can only suggest a hard minimum boundary for divergence dates, which corresponds to the first appearance of a crown taxon.  Furthermore, Pozzi et al. pointed out that the supplementary material published by Zalmout et al. demonstrated that Pliopithecoidea were more closely related to living catarrhines than Saadanius.

The fossil find has also been seen by the SGS as an important find for Saudi Arabia, because it enriches the fossil record for the region.  As a result of the find, both the SGS and the University of Michigan are considering more collaborative field explorations in the country.

References

External links
 A piece in the monkey puzzle – A short video from Nature explaining the Saadanius discovery and its significance.

Prehistoric primate genera
Oligocene primates
Fossil taxa described in 2010
Catarrhini
Articles containing video clips
Oligocene mammals of Asia

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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — As coronavirus cases come in throughout our area on Monday, KMTV will update this story with the latest numbers. Check back often for updates. The latest updates will be posted at the top. You can find our full coronavirus coverage here.
The Douglas County Health Department (DCHD) reported 71 new cases of COVID-19 that were received by midnight the previous day. This makes 14,545 total cases in Douglas County since the outbreak began in March.
The Health Department received no new death certificates during the past day related to the pandemic. The number of COVID-19-related deaths in the county remains at 178.
DCHD has confirmed 10,902 county residents have recovered from the illness.
As of this morning, metro area hospitals had 275 medical and surgical beds available for an 80 percent occupancy rate. There were 99 inpatients diagnosed with COVID-19 and 22 more persons of interest (generally waiting for test results). Nineteen individuals who were confirmed or suspected of having COVID-19 were on ventilators.
LINCOLN-LANCASTER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced that 41 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lancaster County today, bringing the community total to 5,196. The number of deaths in the community remains at 21.
Recoveries: up from 2,039 to 2,042
Overall positivity rate:
Lancaster County – up from 7.6 percent to 7.7 percent
State – up from 9.5 percent to 9.6 percent
National – down from 8.6 percent to 8.5 percent
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 positive patients: 30 with 10 from Lancaster County (one on ventilator) and 20 from other communities (one on ventilator).
The COVID-19 Risk Dial is at "Orange," indicating a high risk of the virus spreading.


One of the best ways to deepen your understanding of where you live is to learn the stories behind the names of prominent streets in your community. Drivers whizzing along U.S. Highway 395/580 through Reno, for instance, may not realize how much of the city's history is written on those green and white exit signs.
Just south of Interstate 80,Glendale Avenue takes its name from an early settlement located where East McCarran Boulevard meets the Truckee River. Originally a simple ferry crossing, the community later took on the name of the Glen Dale house, a hotel that opened there in 1866.
Mill Street follows the route of a small country lane that led to the Eastman mill, a saw mill constructed in 1861 near the current site of the Grand Sierra Resort.
Plumb Lane, Kietzke Lane, and the Damonte Ranch Parkway all were named for early immigrant ranching families. The Plumbs, originally from England, owned land near the current intersection of Plumb Lane and Hunter Lake Drive. The Kietzkes hailed from Germany, while Louis Damonte, a native of Italy, established his family ranch further south on Old Virginia Road. Virginia Street, of course, indicates the route to Virginia City.
Moana Springs has been a popular recreational destination for more than a century, in its various forms.
Moana Lane takes its name from Moana Springs, a resort that opened three miles south of Reno in 1905 and was itself named after a famous Hawaiian spa ("Moana" means "ocean" in Hawaiian). Residents flocked to the hot spring-fed pool, bath house, hotel, baseball diamond, man-made lake, and clubhouse. The buildings were demolished by the city in 1956 in order to construct a modern recreational facility.
Until 2004, the Neil Road exit was known as Del Monte Lane, named for the Rancho Del Monte, a dude ranch catering to the divorce trade. Its historic ranch house burned down in 1947, killing a divorcee who refused to evacuate naked.
So the next time you're stuck in traffic, don't despair; entertain your friends with a little highway history trivia.
I'm loving this 1953 cartoon from the Nevada State Journal introducing the new "scramble" system at the corner of 2nd & Virginia Street in Reno. The intersection was deemed Reno's busiest at the time, and the artist has so clearly captured the vibrant pedestrian life of mid-century downtown. Students, stroller-pushing mothers, businessmen, shoppers, workers, cowboys, couples, soldiers–all sharing the streets in a democratic swirl of energy. As we strive to bring vitality & walkability to our downtown spaces, let's not neglect the lessons we can learn from traveling the streets of the past.


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Milligans Food Group, a family owned and operated New Zealand business, is one of the country's leading suppliers and manufacturers of consumer food ingredients and products.
About Milligans
Situated in Oamaru on the East Coast of the South Island, Milligans originally began operations in 1896 as a Flour Mill, 20kms west in the small township of Ngapara. Milligans Eclipse Flour dominated the New Zealand market for more than 100 years.
For the local Paton family who have owned Milligans Food Group for more than 30 years, diversification has been a strong factor in company growth. With a nod to its heritage, a new 'Eclipse' range was born and includes brands of Eclipse Dairy, offering milk powders and butters; Eclipse Cheese, in block, slice and grated form; and Eclipse Nutrition protein powders.
Adding to their varied line-up of products, Milligans acquired the well-known Granny Fayes range in 2004, and followed that in 2007 with the purchase of New Zealand's much-loved Frosty Boy brand.
Due to changes in the industry making flour production no longer viable, the milling ceased in 2016. With such a long history it was not a decision the Paton family took lightly – however, should it ever be needed in the future, they have ensured the mill remains intact.
It was in the late 90s that the business had grown enough to require an Auckland base to service their North Island customers. Constant growth since then has meant a number of different moves and Milligans are again looking for a larger base as they keep up with demand. Back home in Oamaru, a third site was secured in 2017 and new facilities were built for more blending capability and bulk storage. The adjacent land was purchased at the same and is currently being developed for further processing and warehouse capabilities. Meanwhile the main Oamaru site is constantly being expanded with additional cool and dry storage, and innovative new machinery.
In 2011 Milligans also purchase the historic two-storey building that sits between their two Chelmer Street sites. They renovated the former residence to include a café and store downstairs, and office space upstairs.
Milligans employs approximately 70 staff, many of whom have been with the company for more than a decade – a testament in itself. There are also staff employed in Australia and America representing Milligans and its brands.


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Latino Turnout to Hit Record Number in Election 2012
Latinos must still make progress toward full electoral participation
NALEO Educational Fund
Jun 23, 2011, 10:00 ET
SAN ANTONIO, June 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Latinos will turnout in record numbers in the next Presidential election, with at least 12.2 million casting ballots, according to projections released today by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. This analysis also reveals that Latinos will account for a significant share of the electorate in several states.
According to NALEO Educational Fund Executive Director Arturo Vargas, "Latinos continue to reshape the nation's political map, and the Latino electorate will play a decisive role in Election 2012." The NALEO Educational Fund projects that the Latino vote will increase 26% from 2008, and Latinos will account for at least 8.7% of the country's voters.
California, Florida and Illinois are likely to see the greatest percentage increase in turnout since 2008. In three states – California, New Mexico, and Texas – at least one in five voters will be Latino, with the Latino share of the electorate in New Mexico reaching 35%.
Projected Latino Voters
Increase from 2008
Projected Latino
Share of Vote
Mr. Vargas continued, "While the Latino vote continues to increase with each Presidential election, much work needs to be done to fully engage Latinos in our country's electoral process. In 2008, 19.5 million Latinos were eligible to vote, but half did not cast ballots, because they were not registered or did not turn out. The Latino electorate must make faster progress if America's democracy is to thrive."
The NALEO Educational Fund projections are based on Latino turnout in previous presidential elections. There are several trends that will affect the actual turnout of Latinos in 2012, including the following:
The public dialogue about issues that are important to Latinos, such as the economy, healthcare, immigration and education. Latino voters will be watching closely to see how the candidates address these issues.
The efforts made by the candidates and political parties to reach and engage Latino voters.
The impact of the Latino youth electoral participation. Between 2004 and 2008, the turnout of eligible Latino voters age 18-24 increased from 33% to 39%, and in 2008, one in seven Latino voters was in that age group. Latino youth represent a major part of the nation's future population and its electorate. By the 2012 election, approximately 2.4 million more U.S.-born Latinos will be over 18 years old than in the 2008 election.
The participation of Latino native-born and naturalized citizen voters. Typically, Latino naturalized citizens have higher turnout rates than the Latino native-born. In 2008, 54% of Latino naturalized citizens cast ballots, compared to 48% of the native-born.
Mr. Vargas concluded, "Both presidential candidates and political parties must actively work to engage Latino voters and address the issues they care about. This electorate has shown that it cannot be taken for granted by either party. Campaigns must enhance their strategies to reach all Latino voters, both native-born and naturalized. Latinos played a key role in the 2008 election; they will determine who is sworn in on January 20, 2013."
About NALEO Educational Fund
The NALEO Educational Fund is the nation's leading non-partisan, non-profit organization that facilitates the full participation of Latinos in the American political process, from citizenship to public service.
Gloria Montano-Greene, (520) 904-0381
Evan Bacalao, (630) 430-4031
SOURCE NALEO Educational Fund


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Selina Todd, autour de son livre The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010
Selina Todd, de l'Université d'Oxford, ouvrira une discussion autour de son livre The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 (London, John Murray, 2014) le jeudi 17 mars de 17h à 19h. Maison de la Recherche, 28 rue Serpente, Paris 6e , salle D421.
Discutant: Yann Béliard de l'Université Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle
http://podcast.ulcc.ac.uk/accounts/SAScasts/FrancoBritishHistory/FBH_17_03_16_Selina_Todd.mp3
Présentation de l'éditeur : 'There was nothing extraordinary about my childhood or background. And yet I looked in vain for any aspect of my family's story when I went to university to read history, and continued to search fruitlessly for it throughout the next decade. Eventually I realised I would have to write this history myself.'
What was it really like to live through the twentieth century? In 1910 three-quarters of the population were working class, but their story has been ignored until now. Based on the first-person accounts of servants, factory workers, miners and housewives, award-winning historian Selina Todd reveals an unexpected Britain where cinema audiences shook their fists at footage of Winston Churchill, communities supported strikers and pools winners (like Viv Nicholson) refused to become respectable. Charting the rise of the working class, through two world wars to their fall in Thatcher's Britain and today, Todd tells their story for the first time, in their own words. Uncovering a huge hidden swathe of Britain's past, The People is the vivid history of a revolutionary century and the people who really made Britain great.
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Middlebury College has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2016. Long term goals of the plan include: Using renewable energy when possible, building efficiency upgrades, reduction of vehicle fuel consumption, and waste minimization. We are also in the midst of a study on how we can best manage the College's 6000 acres of land to sequester more carbon. After all other feasible options have been implemented, carbon offsets will be claimed from land management practices and/or purchased to account for the remaining carbon footprint of the College.
About 89% of our carbon footprint comes from fuels for heating, cooling, and cooking, so we are working to incrementally convert those fuel sources to renewables. One of the first steps implemented towards carbon neutrality by 2016 was the biomass gasification facility completed in 2008, which reduced the College's carbon footprint by about 40%. Other short-term goals in the plan include: adoption of new green building standards, making the Snow Bowl ski area carbon neutral, collaboration with peer institutions with similar goals, and informing the campus community about the goal of carbon neutrality and why it is important as well as ways in which their actions and habits can help the College become carbon neutral. We also have an ongoing schedule of energy efficiency improvements in a number of existing buildings on campus.


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Talking with Sarah Waters uptown next month
by Maud | May 12th, 2010
On June 17, I'll be talking with Sarah Waters at the Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle about her postwar haunted house story, The Little Stranger, possibly my favorite of her novels yet. It'll be tricky (but fun) to discuss the book without giving anything away. For the uninitiated: my appreciation appeared at NPR last summer.
For a writer so gifted at conjuring up worlds in which unspoken longings seem to manifest themselves as otherworldly phenomena, British novelist Sarah Waters is surprisingly dismissive of her own superstitions, which she sees as symptomatic of her lower-middle-class origins. Her grandparents worked as servants, her parents were the first in the family to attend grammar school, and the Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith author learned early on to touch wood, cherish the Catholic saints, and worry that it would be bad luck to try to move too far beyond the station to which she was born.
Class anxiety is the animating force behind Waters' fifth book, The Little Stranger, a suspenseful and psychologically layered haunted-house story set in the aftermath of World War II, when the fading gentry collided with the emerging professional class that would once have been the help…
The photo above is of Alison Bechdel reading The Little Stranger in the wee hours. You might enjoy Bechdel's back-and-forth with her friend, Queer Theory Professor. Also, the lengthy Sarah Waters FAQ. Join us June 17, at 7:30 p.m.
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MPA won't hold high school basketball tournaments this winter
by Larry Mahoney November 23, 2020 November 23, 2020
In this February 2020 file photo, Hampden Academy team members celebrate with the gold ball after beating York 65-56 in the Class A state championship basketball game at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN
For the first time since World War II, no high school basketball state champions will be crowned this winter in Maine.
The elimination of the regional tournaments and state championship games is among numerous changes for high school sports under the latest guidelines determined by the Maine Principals' Association.
The last time a state championship game was not played in boys basketball was 1943, when Portland on the West but the East region did not hold a tournament.
The 2020-21 winter season, if it is eventually played during the growing COVID-19 pandemic, will consist of regionalized play. It also will include numerous procedural changes in basketball and other sports to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Athletes will have to wear masks for all sports except wrestling and swimming, as will coaches and game officials. No fans will be allowed at any indoor competitions.
The basketball and ice hockey regular seasons have been reduced from 18 games to 12. Playoff games may be allowed within leagues or in specific geographic areas.
The jump ball to open games and to start overtime will be replaced by a coin flip, which will establish the alternating possession.
For all indoor sports, fans will not be allowed and athletes can't physically congratulate each other (i.e. high-fives, fist bumps).
All timeouts will be 60 seconds to allow the athletes a chance to lower their masks, catch their breath and get a drink. In basketball, game balls will be sanitized during timeouts and between quarters and teams must remain in their bench areas during halftime.
Winter sports teams can begin individualized practices on Dec. 7, team practices on Dec. 14 and are scheduled to begin playing games against regional competition on Jan. 11, 2021.
MPA assistant executive director Mike Bisson said its primary objective was to get the winter season started. Any possible postseason plans will be discussed later, but the state's COVID-19 pandemic recommendations make state title games impossible.
Some regions, such as Aroostook County, were able to hold regional playoff games in soccer this fall.
Orono High School basketball coach John Donato, a Maine Basketball Hall of Famer, said he and his players are grateful that plans are being made for the season.
"It's not an ideal situation but at least we'll be able to play," he said.
Donato admitted that he was concerned that the recent spike in COVID-19 cases would cancel the season and he is still worried about it.
Cheerleading is another sport that will be significantly impacted by the MPA winter sports rules.
Pyramids, key components of a routine that involve most team members, can make or break a squad's chances of winning a championship. They won't be allowed this season.
Cheerleaders, who will wear face coverings, will be prohibited from any vocal performances during their routines.
Coach Kristie Reed, who has led Hermon High to nine state Class B championships since taking the job in 2008, said the athletes will gladly adapt to the guidelines if it means having a season.
"These kids haven't done much since the end of last season. They really need this [season]. It's really important to them," Reed said.
The practice required for pyramids is extensive and requires all cheerleaders to be present, according to Reed. One positive COVID-19 case could mean an entire team would have to quarantine for 14 days.
She said adapting to wearing a mask will be a huge adjustment.
State championship competitions are eventually expected to be held, but will be done virtually, Reed said. Regional meets are not on the schedule.
Teams will perform their routines in their own facilities on a specific day leading up to the state championship date, at which time all will be broadcast via the internet, Reed said.
Among other sport-specific guidelines, hockey teams must practice social distancing on the bench, in the penalty box and when conferring with the referees.
Indoor track athletes are expected to wear gloves and bring their own batons for relays. For events longer than 800 yards, groupings will include either only runners from the same school, or competitors will be restricted to pre-established lane assignments.
Swimmers will report to their events when their name is called and won't stand behind their blocks waiting to compete. They must also wear masks when not in the pool.
Finish lines will be widened for Alpine and Nordic skiers and for cross country skiers there won't be mass starts or wave starts in excess of five competitors.
Spectators will be allowed for skiing events but the number must conform to MPA and state protocols for mass gatherings.
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American Atrocities - Nothing New
The revelations that US troops have tortured and murdered Iraqi prisoners has shocked and concerned many people around the world. However, the revelations really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
American atrocities started when the nation was first formed with the genocide against Native Americans and torture has been an integral but mostly secret part of US policy since the second world war. After the war the US protected the worst Nazis so that it could learn from them and adopt their torture techniques.
Shortly after the CIA was officially formed it made torture part of its policy and exported its use around the world. In 1953 the CIA started Operation Phoenix, a program of torture and murder of civilians in Vietnam. Around the same time the US overthrew Iran's democratic government and put the Shah in power. The CIA created, trained and managed Iran's dreaded SAVAK secret police which tortured and murdered countless people. After the country of Chile dared to embrace democracy and elect a President not chosen by the US, the US was quick to install the brutal dictator Pinochet who tortured and murdered tens of thousands. CIA controlled death squads in Central America brutally tortured and murdered over 200,000 people during the 80's. Millions of others have been killed around the world as a direct result of US policy.
Torture was widely taught in the US School of the Americas to people who came to be known as some of the world's most monstrous violators of human rights. Amnesty International cites the United States as the largest international supplier of electro-shock weapons to governments that practice electro-shock torture. $3 million worth of electro-shock devices were sold to Saudi Arabia in 1990.
However, it is not only the CIA & military that has been guilty of conducting torture. The Chicago police department used brutal torture techniques against non-white prisoners up until the mid 80's. Throughout the US prison system, torture and rape are routine. In fact, the situation has been so bad that in 2000 the UN delivered a severe public rebuke to the United States for its record on preventing torture and degrading punishment. Amnesty International has repeatedly denounced U.S. police forces for "a pattern of unchecked excessive force amounting to torture."
The so-called 'War on Terror' is being used to create a culture of brutality from the highest level. Mass media has suggested that torture is necessary to protect American lives. The January 2001 cover of The Atlantic Monthly asked in large print, "MUST WE TORTURE?" Terrorism analyst Bruce Hoffman from Rand Corporation suggested that torture is necessary to protect American interests. It has been suggested by many Americans that torture be legalized.
The reality is that torture is not a good method of extracting information. Information obtained under torture is not reliable and a person who is tortured will make up whatever information is wanted just to stop the torture. A skilled interrogator can get the information they need without torture. Even the CIA's own "Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual-1983:" says:
"Intense pain is quite likely to produce false confessions, fabricated to avoid additional punishment. This results in a time-consuming delay while an investigation is conducted and the admissions are proven untrue. During this respite, the subject can pull himself together and may even use the time to devise a more complex confession that takes still longer to disprove."
Despite attempts by the US government to redefine torture, the use of torture and other forms of physical and psychological coercion against any detainee to extract confessions of intelligence related information is a gross violation of international humanitarian law. According to the Third (Art. 17, 87, 99) and the Fourth Geneva Convention (Art. 5, 31, 32), evidence that has been obtained through coercion can never be used as such.
The advanced intelligence gathering technique of remote viewing can obtain information from a distance. This technique was used extensively to identify bombing targets in the first attack of Iraq and to probe the plans and intentions of Saddam Hussein in a daily basis. Non-harmful mind control techniques can also be used to extract information. Trained Intuitives can extract information from a person's consciousness energy field. From a technical aspect, torture is simply not necessary.
The brutality against the Iraqis isn't even about extracting information, it is merely brutality for its own sake. The question is why does the US government allow and promote torture?
Making Enemies
Most people are peaceful and more concerned with their own well-being than with invading another country. Lacking any real enemies, American foreign policy has intentionally created enemies and conflict to support the defense industry and further the goals of the ruling elite for the last 50 years.
Vietnam - The Vietnamese war was a good example of how the US creates enemies to further its own agenda. During WWII , Ho Chi Minh lead the resistant on behalf of the Allied Powers against the Japanese under an agreement that Vietnam be given its freedom from French domination after the war ended. Ho Chi Minh kept his side of the bargain and on August 17, 1945 he broadcast:
"We were fighting Japs on the side of the United Nations. Now Japs Surrendered. We beg the United Nations to realize their solemn promise that all nationalities be given democracy and independence. If United Nations forget their solemn promise and don't give Indochina full independence, we will keep fighting until we get it."
On September 2, 1945 a band marched through Hanoi playing the Star Spangled Banner. Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnamese Independence and began his speech with "All men are created equal." Yet, the dream of Vietnamese democracy was not to be. The country was divided and South Vietnam was given back to the French. The US betrayed the Vietnamese and supported French oppression. The US even offered the French atomic weapons to use against the Vietnamese, which the French fortunately declined. It was only after the betrayal by the US that Ho Chi Minh turned to Russia for the help needed to defeat the French and truly became 'communist'. The US had effectively turned an ally into an enemy and destroyed democracy in 'Indo China'.
By 1954 the US was paying for 78% of the French war against the Vietnamese. After the French were defeated in May 1954 at Dien Bien Phu, the Geneva Accords temporarily divided Vietnam in half at the 17th parallel, with Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh ceded the North, and French puppet Bao Dai's regime granted the South. The accords also provided for elections to be held in all of Vietnam within two years to reunify the country. The US opposed the unifying elections, fearing a likely victory by Ho Chi Minh, and refused to sign the Geneva accords - further denying the Vietnamese the possibility of democracy.
As the French left, the US stepped in to control the South. The CIA's Phoenix Operation began almost immediately after the US takeover in 1954. Under US management the South Vietnamese secret police dished out live burnings, garroting, rape, torture, sabotage - much of which was blamed on the Vietcong. Over 50,000 civilians were tortured and murdered at the hands of the CIA & military intelligence. In all, over two million Vietnamese were killed. The land mines, unexploded ordinance and death from chemical contamination have killed and crippled countless more. Richard Nixon admitted in his final days that he had escalated the war against Vietnam merely for the defense industry to sell more weapons.
It was in the early days of the fighting in Vietnam that a Vietcong officer said to his American prisoner: "You were our heroes after the War. We read American books and saw American films, and a common phrase in those days was 'to be as rich and as wise as an American'. What happened?"
Iraq - US involvement in Iraq goes back several decades and parallels British domination of the country early in the century. In 1958 the CIA hired Saddam Hussein to assassinate the President of Iraq - Abdel Karim Qassim. It wasn't until 1963 that Hussein and the US were successful in overthrowing the Iraqi government. In the process 5,000 were killed. Immediately after the coup Saddam rounded up and murdered another 800 people on a list prepared by the CIA of potential opponents. However, the new Ba'athist regime had little popular support and was replaced by rival army officers 9 months later. With more CIA help Saddam regained control and was kept in power until the US invaded Iraq in 2003.
In his book "October Surprise", Presidental Analyst Gary Sick details how Bush-Reagan used arms and cash to bribe the Iranians to keep the American hostages until after the election to prevent Jimmy Carter from being re-elected 1980. The Iranians kept their part of the deal and the hostage's release was announced the day Reagan was sworn into office. The US continued to clandestinely supply Iran with weapons to help pay for its illegal war against democracy in Nicaragua in what came to be known as Iran-Contra. At the same time it supplied Iraq with its chemical and biological weapons to use against Iran. In 1986 Reagan sent Saddam a secret message via Donald Rumsfeld telling him that he should step up his bombing of Iran. Iran is suing the US & Germany for supplying Iraq with the illegal chemical and bio weapons used against them in the CIA directed war of 1980-1988.
Up until Iraq's US approved invasion of Kuwait, the US Department of Defense training manuals sang the praises of Saddam Hussein, noting how he had vastly improved education, medical care, and the standard of living of his people. His regime was called one of the most enlightened, progressive governments in the region.
As Iraq massed it troops on the Kuwaiti border in preparation for invasion, the US watched on in complete silence. Ever loyal to US interests and his CIA handlers, Saddam invaded Kuwait to support the administration of George Bush and ensure support for long-term military bases in the Middle East. After killing 500,000 Iraqis, the US then setup Saddam's opponents so that Saddam could eliminate any opposition to his brutal regime.
To further the suffering of the Iraqi people and create the anger and suffering necessary for future events, the brutal and meaningless sanctions were imposed. At the International Court On Crimes Against Humanity, US, British and UN officials were charged with 'causing the deaths of more than 1,500,000 people including 750,000 children under five, and injury to the entire population of Iraq by genocidal sanctions.' While the Iraqis were suffering and dying for no good reason, Saddam lived in unimaginable luxury.
The hatred of the Iraqi people towards the US, who put Saddam in power and kept him in power for over 25 years is only being deepened by US actions. There was never any intention of "winning Iraqi hearts and minds". The 'revelations' leaked by the US military about it torturing Iraqis is merely a way to fan the flames of hatred against Americans.
"We have heard that a half million children have died," said "60 Minutes" reporter Lesley Stahl, speaking of US sanctions against Iraq. "I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And -- and you know, is the price worth it?" Her guest, in May 1996, U.N. Ambassador Madeleine Albright, responded: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price -- we think the price is worth it."
Other countries - Throughout the world the US has overthrown democracies, installed dictators, setup brutal secret police and death squads, and created conflict where none existed. Anywhere true democracy might rear its ugly head, the US is there to quickly chop it off and put one of its brutal puppets in place. Wherever brutality and corruption exists the US is usually somewhere behind the scenes manipulating events. In the process, the US has caused unimaginable suffering and deprived the world of hope.
The negative impact of US foreign policy is so great that the path of human evolution has been altered. The covert CIA coups and wars have deprived entire continents of the opportunity to climb out of poverty and eliminated generations of potential humane leaders. The environment is being destroyed with projects approved by US puppet governments with money loaned by the IMF and World Bank and then stolen by US Corporations, leaving the impoverished public to pay off the debt. Global warming is very real and causing billions in damage every year, yet the US continues to suppress alternative energy and worship the dark god of oil.
The Great Lie
I was raised to believe that America is the "Bastion of Democracy". I was seriously misinformed. America has subverted and destroyed democracy around the world. American mass media continues to project an image of the US as the "leader of the free world" - yet, few people other than Americans believe it any more.
The Real Agenda
Just as past American atrocities have created wars and conflicts, the current atrocities will result in more conflict, loss of life and environmental destruction. The preparations for the war against 'terrorism' have been going on for at least 20 years. In partnership with the Saudi ruling family, the global ruling elite has radicalized Islam through mind control facilities disguised as religious schools. In these schools they create the 'terrorists' needed for an enemy. Without the CIA, Saudi 'schools' and Israeli abuse of Palestinians there simply wouldn't be a threat from muslim 'terrorists'. If the US had not stolen democracy from so many countries in the first place, muslim fundamentalism wouldn't have grown to the level it is now.
This time there is no adversary capable of standing up the US. The continued war will be one against freedom, democracy and life as the American military empire and its minions expand control steadily over more of the globe in the name of 'fighting terrorism' and the creation of a global corporate police state.
The media always lets us know how many Americans have been killed, but how many Iraqis have been killed and how many of them are civilians? How many people have been killed to rid Afghanistan of the US created Taliban so that a gas pipeline could be built and the heroin supply restored? How many of those killed are women and children? If we know how many Americans have been killed why don't we know how many people Americans have killed?
The reality is that America is directly responsible for the deaths of millions of innocent people and the suffering of countless others. In Vietnam the US was responsible for over 2 million deaths, in Iraq the death count also exceeds 2 million when counting those killed by the first attack and the deaths from sanctions.
If you "support our troops" you share in the responsibility for their actions. How much blood is on your hands? Even if you don't care about America's foreign victims you should care about the ultimate impact on America. Eventually the world's oppressed will really start targeting Americans and the payback will be a bitch. The cost for your lack of action now will be paid for by your children. Do you really want them to have to pay for the sins of your tax dollars?
There is no justification for US involvement in Iraq. The US was always in control of Saddam Hussein and could have removed him from power at any time without waging war. It could have chosen to not help him eliminate the democratic opposition. Iraq posed no threat to the US or any other country. The actions of US troops are illegal and those who send them to kill and be killed are war criminals. Don't "support our troops" and their atrocities. Just because you share nationality with someone it doesn't mean that you have to support their actions. If one of your neighbors was a child molester would you support them because they were your neighbor?
Tell the soldiers that they are wrong and to put down their weapons. Stop being an American sympathizer. Weapons only kill when someone pulls the trigger or pushes the button. If you support US troops you are an accessory to murder and all their crimes.
Cut your consumption of oil - Iraq has suffered for nearly a hundred years because of foreigner's lust for it's oil. One of the primary reasons for the US invasion of Iraq is to steal it's oil. If you want to start washing the blood from your hands, buy a hybrid car and/or take public transportation. At least drive something more fuel efficient and reduce the amount your drive. If you have a diesel vehicle buy bio-diesel.
Stop paying for war - Immediately stop paying Federal taxes. There are enough loop-holes that you can legally avoid (not evade) paying most Federal income tax or at least get most that you pay back. Most rich people don't pay a lot of taxes because they have the courage to take advantage of the loopholes.
One way to reduce or eliminate tax liability is to legally operate behind a corporation. Corporations are treated by the IRS with more respect and leniency than individuals. It's easy to establish a corporation yourself and you can do it online for less than a $100 in most states. Once you have a certificate of incorporation you can apply for a Federal Tax ID number (FIN). With the FIN you can open a corporate bank account and then you are in business. Use the corporation to make money or 'invest' your pay in the corporation. Pay yourself nothing from the corporation but per diem (travel expenses such a meals & lodging). File tax returns every year but always file late to reduce your chances of being audited. Keep good corporate records. Keep in mind that most tax accountants are loyal to the 'spirit of taxation' and won't help you find the real loopholes. Be sure to check the latest IRS regulations to keep yourself out of trouble and 'legal' (the IRS has no legal right to tax individuals but does so anyway).
Educate yourself - then educate others - Do some research, learn the truth and tell everyone you know. Avoid the social engineering of mass media and pseudo-liberal media such as NPR (NPR confessed to employing CIA interns). Support truly independent & sane media.
. http://www.lossless-audio.com/usa/index0.php (Forgotten History)
. http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com
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. Solomon, Alisa. (2001, December 4). The case against torture. The Village Voice
. McLaughlin, Abraham. (2001, November 14). How far Americans would go to fight terror. The Christian Science Monitor, pp. 1 & 4
. Blum, William (1995) Killing Hope
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. (April 1997). Psychological Torture - CIA-Style. Harpers Magazine
. Fahim, Kareem. (March 30, 2004). The Invisible Men. [Electronic version.]. The Village Voice
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Vancouver City Council has voted to spend $2.3M on a LGBTQ plaza on Bute, between Davie and Burnaby Streets, in honour of Jim Deva, a well known West End activist.
There will be a Speaker's Corner soapbox, standard benches, custom tables and chairs, raising crossings for pedestrians and cyclists, catenary lighting as well as power and water connections and an extension of the rainbow elemetns which are already there.
This is the first phase of the Davie Village Public Space improvements project.


The Red Lezard Train, Metlaoui, was formerly the royal train, exclusively for the whim of the ruling Bey. The Red Lizard is a four-coach excursion from the bustling market town of Metlaoui into the lower reaches of the Atlas Mountains. For two hours you can relax in opulent style as you climb above the desert below with plenty of time for spectacular photo opportunities.


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HoloMatic Launches a Smart Automated Valet Parking Solution "HoloParking"
Sat Dec 15, 2018 - 5:00am UTC
On December 14th, HoloMatic held a launch event in Beijing to unveil a smart automated valet parking solution called HoloParking developed independently in house.
December 14, 2018 —
On December 14th, HoloMatic held a launch event in Beijing to unveil a smart automated valet parking solution called HoloParking developed independently in house. It is the first smart parking solution for autonomous driving capable to operate around the clock and under all weather conditions, from vehicle drop-off to pick-up. HoloMatic will join force with partners over the "2020 Plan"to implement the HoloParking technology. Furthermore, HoloMatic announced that it has completed series A financing at tens of millions of USD recently.
HoloMatic is dedicated to delivering an autonomous driving solution based on cutting-edge AI and automotive technologies. It is one of the very few companies in the industry with full-stack autonomous driving R&D capabilities. According to Dr. Kai Ni, founder of HoloMatic, the original intent to start the company is to implement the technology at an earlier date for the consumers to enjoy the benefits of autonomous driving. The newly launched HoloParking will apply the L4 autonomous driving technology in the parking scenario such that people will be freed from the pain of searching for parking spots.
Unlike the parking assist systems in the market, HoloParking does not require the vehicle to be driven next to the parking spot. The driver could get off the vehicle at the entrance of parking lot. The vehicle will then finds a parking spot and complete the parking maneuver on its own without human supervision. For pickup, the driver can start the system remotely, and the vehicle will automatically drive from the parking spot to the boarding area. Throughout this process, the driver does not need to enter the parking lot. Dr. Kai Ni believes that the value of the system lies in its ability to save time and efforts for drivers under all environments and at all time.
According to Dr. Kai Ni, compared to other parking solutions, HoloParking excels at being able to operate in a wide range of scenarios. Whether it's a surrounding with inadequate lighting, a complex parking lot with mixed people and vehicles, and severe weather conditions, such as heavy rain, snowstorm, strong wind and heavy fog, HoloParking can function as usual, providing users with safe and reliable autonomous parking services.
Dr. Kai Ni stated that the autonomous parking system must be smart, robust and implementable. HoloParking realizes its functionalities from a unique combination of infrastructure, vehicle and HD maps.
He continued that a common practice in the industry is to take vehicles as the only platform to implement autonomous driving. However, solutions solely relying on the vehicle end at the current stage are not able to satisfy all three requirements – smart, robust, and implementable – at the same time. In the HoloParking system, HoloMatic introduces infrastructure and HD maps. Along with the vehicle end, they form a "three in one"solution. Having the three-end integration, HoloParking is more intelligent in perception, localization and planning. With sufficient layers of redundancy, the HoloParking system achieves a higher degree of robustness to be able to navigate complex road structures, severe weather conditions, and accidents. In addition, with the infrastructure support, the sensors and the computing platform on vehicles can be automotive-grade.
During the launch event, HoloMatic demonstrated HoloParking to the audience.
In the first demonstration, a staff member initiated the HoloParking service for vehicle drop-off via the mobile phone app about 100 meters away from the parking lot. While the vehicle automatically progressed to its destination, a pedestrian suddenly stepped into the driveway. The vehicle stopped promptly and waited for the pedestrian to be in the safe zone before completing parking. For vehicle pick-up, when the summoned vehicle perceived a parked vehicle in its planned route, it recalculated the route to by-pass the parked vehicle and arrive at the boarding area.
In the second demonstration, HoloParking system showcased that its intelligence and reliability under multi-car scenarios – three vehicles with HoloParking functionalities simultaneously received instructions, two for drop-off and one for pick-up. The vehicles successfully completed the entire process, even with a water cart nearby pumping water to imitate downpour in the path.
HoloMatic unveiled its plan for system implementation, the "2020 Plan".
Dr. Kai Ni held that the commercialization of HoloParking will start with selected key cities and will gradually expand. HoloMatic will collaborate with industry partners, businesses and investors to form a smart parking alliance.
Starting from 2019, HoloMatic will be a critical player in the "Last Mile" pilot project with Shanghai International Automobile City. With the Automobile City as the center, the project will radiate over Shanghai Auto Museum and Shanghai Auto-Expo Park. HoloParking will be horning its technology in day-to-day operations.
By 2020, HoloParking will support over 20 cities, each with at least 20 parking lots. To this end, HoloMatic will collaborate with Easy Parking, a smart parking solution provider, to scale up the intelligence level of the parking lot infrastructure for HoloParking applications.
In terms of sensors, HoloMatic has formed a strategic partnership with Velodyne, a leading global LiDAR supplier. HoloMatic will enter Velodyne's priority purchase program. The two will work along side to reduce the cost for the autonomous driving system. HoloMatic looks to realize an average cost of 2020 CNY for remodeling a single parking spot.
Dr. Kai Ni said that for all the plans to be materialized, capital support is indispensable. Recently, HoloMatic completed its series A financing at tens of millions of USD, with Sequoia Capital China as the lead investor. The sum will be used for stepping up the R&D input, extensive testing of HoloPilot (HoloMatic's high-way autonomous driving solution), and implementing the HoloParking solution.
Name: Jing Liu
Organization: HoloMatic
Website: http://www.holomatic.com
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52nd Grammy Awards, what's more, the Jacksons.
Posted by Brandon Kim on February 1st
Stephen Colbert has a great talent for standing up in front of a group of people and nailing them, like he did last night at the Grammys. It wasn't the scathing 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, but opening with "We are here tonight to celebrate what I believe is our most precious right, the right of celebrities to congratulate each other" was appropriately raw.
[Prince and Paris Jackson]
I care so little for the winners, that I'll refrain from honoring their awards with mention. I suspect no one outside the celebrity participants and the music industry cares that much anyway. With winners like these, the awards seem less about talent and more about who's moving product and catching the most spotlight. Consequently, it's only the spectacle and performances that were of any real interest.
The Grammys did us right by having that huge tribute to Michael Jackson, one reason the viewership was through the roof. Legend, Lionel Richie, introduced the 3D segment that featured a live rendition of Michael's "Earth Song," supported by Smokey Robinson and some reality TV cheeseballs with Michael on lead vocals.
Go to 8:20 for the Jackson kids.
Most mind blowing though were Michael's kids, Prince and Paris Jackson. Having been sheltered from the public for the past 12 and 11 years respectively, the first glimpse I got of these two without masks or parasols obscuring their faces was at Michael's memorial during which Paris gave her spontaneous, heart-rending goodbye. Young Prince Jackson came off like, you guessed it, a Prince. He also sounds like a voice actor from Charlie Brown's golden age. They're unreal.
Less thrilling was Taylor Swift's mash up with Stevie Nicks, mostly because I have no idea who the hell Taylor Swift is (without Kanye West) and kept wondering why she was ruining Stevie Nicks' truncated performance.
She's also really bad at accepting awards, even when some ass isn't cutting her off. She seemed… fake? Ironically, the King of Pop, the most superficially fake (skin deep) person in the world, could give a more honest and meaningful speech in his sleep. And the award goes to, Michael Jackson.


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TSTC graduate begins career as safety leader
(BRECKENRIDGE, Texas) – Christina Rhodes is ready to take everything she learned at Texas State Technical College into her new job.
Rhodes, who graduated in April with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance, is now working for Pactiv Evergreen in Abilene as the company's lone safety leader.
"It was a thrill to get a job in the field I have been training in for the last two years," Rhodes said. "I have worked in safety since 2006 and decided to get a degree in the field I enjoy."
During her time in the TSTC program, Rhodes learned different skills, including accident prevention, environmental regulations, industrial hygiene, safety program management and physical hazards control. She was also able to obtain an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 30-hour card, an OSHA general industry and construction card, and a Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) card.
At Pactiv, Rhodes will make sure that the company follows its safety procedures and complies with the many state and federal safety regulations.
"I was excited to learn that I would be able to work before I graduated," she said. "I have always enjoyed working as a safety leader and now have more knowledge to do the job better."
Rhodes credits her newfound knowledge to TSTC and instructor Teresa Purcell.
"I love her and the way she teaches her students," she said. "She is a very hands-on instructor who wants to see us succeed."
No matter the inquiry, Rhodes said Purcell was always available to help.
"Even if it was the stupidest question, Teresa would be there to explain and walk us through it," she said. "When she was through, we had a better understanding of what needed to be done."
Purcell said Rhodes' dedication to completing the program will lead to a successful career.
"Being a single mother of four, she faced many obstacles while attending school, working full time and taking care of everyone in her home," Purcell said. "She never let the everyday hardships show, and she held her head high and battled everything thrown her way."
Purcell said Rhodes has already been recognized by Pactiv officials.
"She is a leader by taking charge, making good decisions and learning from the disappointing ones," Purcell said. "She has already been recognized at her new position as being diligent, having a positive attitude and energy — with only being on the job for a couple of weeks. The corporate office thanked her for 'jumping in with both feet' and welcomed her to the Abilene team."
Rhodes said the need for occupational health and safety technicians is growing around the state. According to onetonline.org, Texas will continue to need occupational health and safety technicians for the next several years. By 2028, the website is forecasting a 16% increase in jobs for technicians around the state.
"The field is starting to grow with more facilities opening," Rhodes said. "Safety technicians are needed in our area. Having the chance to take classes close to home was great. More people should give an OSHA career a chance. Not only do you learn how to keep people safe, it is a good way to make money."
The annual salary for a technician in Texas is $39,460, onetonline.org stated.
Rhodes is spreading the word about the Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance program anytime she can.
"I have bragged about what TSTC has to offer in this field. My friends are starting to ask me more questions, so I hope the interest grows," she said.
The Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance program is also taught at the Fort Bend County and Waco campuses.
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In my first article in this series, "An Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (Part 1)," I provided a review on the data-connectivity options offered by SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Analytics) as well as its most important capabilities, such as data exploration, data visualizations, stories, and the ability to share and collaborate with team members. In this second article about SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, I show how you can quickly set up a new data model based on existing information, and then use the information to create a new visualization and share that with your colleagues.
First, I cover the steps for uploading data and generating a model. Then I show how you can make changes to and enhance the generated data model (in this example, how to add hierarchies). Finally, I explain how to create a visual story and share it with other team members or colleagues.
In this example, I first show you how to upload the data that you would like to use, and then how to fine-tune the generated model that was created based on your own data. SAP BusinessObjects Cloud allows you to manually create a new data model from scratch, or you can have SAP BusinessObjects Cloud generate a model based on data that you provide. If you use the second option (generating the model based on the data), some basic information—such as the data type—becomes part of the generated model. In this example, I automatically generate a basic model based on actual data, and then fine-tune the generated model. For this scenario, I use a spreadsheet with the structure as shown in Figure 1.
The sample dataset has five dimensions—Product Group, Product Category, Product, Calendar Month, and Calendar Year—and three measures: Profit, Costs, and Net Value.
Once SAP BusinessObjects Cloud has been started and you have logged on with your credentials, follow these eight steps to upload the information and fine-tune the generated model.
1. In SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, select Modeler (Figure 2).
2. On the right side of the ribbon (of the screen that opens), click the + (plus-sign icon) to start the process of creating a new model (Figure 3).
3. This opens a new screen (Figure 4) that asks you which approach you want to use to create your new model. In this example, choose the Import a Sheet from Google Drive option.
4. In the screen that opens (Figure 5) select the desired spreadsheet from your Google Drive account (you may provide a new name and description for the model that will be generated). After assigning the data source, click the Import button.
5. This opens a screen with a DataView of your newly imported data and data model (Figure 6). One of the first items you will notice is that some of the column headers—representing the dimension and key figure names—have been generated with unique numbers added to them (for example, Product_Group_9997, Product_Category_9997, and so on, boxed in red in Figure 6). If you so desire, you can change these and provide your preferred dimension and key figure names. To do this, simply double-click the column header name and, in the dialog that opens (not shown), make the necessary changes.
6. Next you need to ensure that the dimension and key figure details have been interpreted correctly based on the data you uploaded. Click the left Product_Group column header in Figure 6. This expands the screen on the right where you can now see the details for this Product Group column, as shown in Figure 7.
ID: This is the Attribute Type you assign to all those dimensions that need to be available as separate dimensions in the model.
Description: Used to configure a column in your data model as a description to another dimension; for example, a Customer Name for a Customer ID.
Hierarchy: Used to assign a column in the model to another dimension as a Parent column of a hierarchy.
Property: Used to assign a column from your model to another dimension as an attribute.
Key Figure: This is the Attribute Type you use for your key figures and measures.
Generic: This type is a general dimension type; some typical examples are items such as Product, Customer, Region, and Sales Person.
Account: This dimension type is used for the different accounts and automatically comes with attributes, such as the account type.
Organization: This dimension type is optional and is meant for elements such as a Cost Center, Profit Center, or an Organizational Unit in your data model.
Version: This dimension type allows you to set up the version—such as Actual and Budget—as part of your data model.
Time: This dimension type allows you to configure a time-based dimension and to configure the value type, such as MMYYYY (for example, 042016 as the value for April 2016).
For all the dimension columns—Product Group, Product Category, Product Name, Calendar Month, Calendar Year—set the Attribute Type to ID and the Dimension Type to Generic.
For the three measure-based columns—Profit, Costs, and Net Value—set the Attribute Type to the Key Figure option (not shown) and ensure that the number format option matches the data in the source.
Now you might ask yourself why the column Calendar Month and Calendar Year are not configured as time dimensions. Currently (as of May 2016), SAP BusinessObjects Cloud only allows a one time-based dimension per model and the time-based dimension requires unique values. In this example, the data contains information across all 12 months and multiple years, so both dimensions—Calendar Month and Calendar Year—do not provide unique values; therefore, they cannot be configured as time-based dimensions.
7. In addition to the option to configure the Attribute and Dimension Types, you can also perform a set of actions for each of the columns in your data source. These options are shown in the drop-down in Figure 8.
You have the option to combine columns or split a single column into two columns, and you can make sure the data type is set correctly by changing it to a number, text, or another data type.
8. Once you've made your action-menu settings, click the Create Model button (on the bottom of the screen, not shown). This creates and saves the model to your SAP BusinessObjects Cloud account. At the same time, it also imports the data into the model, and you are now able to use this model to visualize data (e.g., create visualizations).
After the model is created, you can always go back to the definition of the dimensions, if you have to revise the model, via the Modeler menu, and select your newly created model to revise it.
In these next steps, I show how to use the newly created model and enrich it with a hierarchy. In this example, there are three dimensions: Product, Product Category, and Product Group. I show you the steps to display them in the form of a hierarchy in a chart.
1. In SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, again select the Modeler option from the menu (Figure 2) and, in the screen that opens (not shown) select the newly created model.
2. In the screen that opens (Figure 9) select the dimension Product in the toolbar. This opens the ID column on the left, where you can see the product ID column header (ID).
4. On the ribbon on the top right, click the plus-sign icon (Figure 10). This opens a menu on the bottom; select the Add Hierarchy option. A new column is added to the dimension Product.
5. Next, you want to enter Parent as the header for another new column. Using the same steps, make this change (Figure 11).
6. After the new Parent column has been added to the Product dimension, the next step is to add all the values for the Parent ID into the table. Simply copy and paste these values from the original source to the newly created Parent Colum in the table (Figure 12). After the Parent ID values are added to the Parent column, you also need to add those Parent IDs into the actual Product ID columns, so that the IDs exists as part of the hierarchy.
7. Copy and paste the unique values of the parent IDs into the product ID column (on the left of Figure 12). Once you've pasted in the parent IDs, click the save icon (in the ribbon on the top left) to save your changes. The new hierarchy should appear on the right side of your screen, as shown in Figure 13.
8. To complete this example, repeat these steps, but this time assign the values from the Product Group as the Parent IDs to the values from the Product Category. Once you've completed this step, you have a hierarchy with three levels in total.
At this point, you have created the data model, configured the details of the model, loaded the data, and added the hierarchies. The next step is to create the visual story, which is based on this newly created dataset.
Here I show how to create the visualizations and combine them into a story.
1. Select the Stories option from the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud menu. In the screen that opens (not shown) click the plus-sign icon (+) on the right side of the ribbon.
2. This opens a screen (not shown) that asks for a Title and Description for your new story. Enter the appropriate details, and click the Create button. In the screen that opens (Figure 14) you choose how you would like to start your story. In this example scenario, you already have the data model, so choose the Add Canvas option.
3. Again, in the screen that opens (Figure 15), click the plus-sign icon. This opens a drop-down menu with the list of visualization options.
4. In this example, select the Chart option first. A screen opens (Figure 16) where you are asked if you want to import a new file, link the chart to a file in Google Drive, or use an existing model. In this example, select the Existing Model radio button and select the model you want to use from the Name field drop-down options. (In this case, the model you created earlier in this article.) Then click the OK button.
5. This opens a screen with an empty chart container (Figure 17). Here you can configure the details for your new chart.
6. On the right, under Chart TYPE (Figure 17), set the chart type to bar chart. Click the down arrow in the box under Comparison, and select Bar Chart from the drop-down list that opens. Then select the Profit measure for the Axis 1 property, as shown in Figure 18.
7. Next, for the CATEGORIES, select the Product dimension (which is the dimension that you previously configured with the hierarchy), as shown in Figure 19. As soon as the Product dimension is added, notice the chart is not displaying the actual product members. Instead it is showing the top level of the hierarchy—in this example, the profit for laptops.
8. Select one of the members of the Product dimension displayed in the chart—in this case TV (Figure 20). Once you select it, you are presented with several menu options. For example, looking from left to right, you can use the first symbol to filter the selected member and the second symbol to exclude the selected member. The third icon allows you to drill down to the next level of the hierarchy, and the fourth symbol allows you to break the axis scaling for charts with very large values. In this example, click the third icon to drill down.
9. You are presented with the next level in the hierarchy (Figure 21). When you select a member of the hierarchy notice that the third icon—the drill-down option—is still there, but you now also have a new fourth icon, which offers the option to drill up (both icons are boxed in red in the figure). You can use the drill-up option to go back to the top-level entries of the hierarchy.
10. In addition to these context-menu options, the chart also provides options for sorting the information (Figure 22) and for ranking the information interactively (Figure 23).
11. As part of the chart's properties there are some additional options available (Figure 24). These include the option to define a color based on the dimension member or to define a trellis.
The COLOR option allows you to assign a color scheme to a dimension. A good example of this functionality is using different colors for the Actual and Forecast numbers in a chart that shows Revenue over a 12-month period. The TRELLIS option allows you to quickly generate the chart for several members of a dimension. For example, you can generate the chart for each month in the data set by setting dimension Month as the value for the option TRELLIS (Figure 25).
12. In this step, I show how to add an additional reference line to the chart. A reference line is helpful in a situation where you want to highlight a target value and show which areas are above or below this target value. Click the Reference Line button to add it (Figure 26).
This expands the screen at the bottom and gives you the option to make the reference line fixed or dynamic (Figure 27). The FIXED option allows you to enter a fixed value as the value for the reference line and the DYNAMIC option allows you to use values from your data source; for example, to use the average of all revenue values as the value for the reference line. In this example, select the Dynamic option. Once you select it, you have the option to choose the Measure and Aggregation levels and define the color coding.
In this example, select Profit as the Measure property and set Aggregation to Average. Then configure the area above the reference line with the color green and the area below the reference line with orange, and confirm your changes by clicking the OK button. The result is displayed in Figure 28.
At this point, you have seen how to create a chart showing the profit along the product hierarchy, along with an additional visual hint (in the form of a reference line for the average profit value across all products). In this next step, I show how you can provide additional options for the user to quickly filter the information shown in the chart.
13. Click the plus sign on the left side of the toolbar and this time select the Input Control option (Figure 15).
14. This opens a screen (not shown) that allows you to select the dimension that is used for the Input Control. In this example, select the Calendar Month. In the screen that opens (Figure 29), you can configure which members should be shown and which should be excluded. In addition, Input Control allows you to choose Single Selection or Multiple Selections.
In this example, include all 12 months and allow a Single Selection. Once you've made your selections, click the OK button to save them. Now you should have an Input Control as part of your overall story that allows the user to select a Calendar Month for the chart and be able to place the Input Control anywhere on the canvas. Save your story by clicking the save icon.
15. When you want to share your story with other SAP BusinessObjects Cloud users, simply select the highlighted collaboration/share icon in the toolbar in Figure 30 and select the Share option.
The Share option allows you to configure a list of users who are then able to access your story within SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (Figure 31).
If you want to share a story outside of SAP BusinessObjects Cloud or with users who do not have an account for SAP BusinessObjects Cloud, you can use the Save menu option and export your story to a PDF file.
To review the data-connectivity options offered by SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Analytics) as well as its most important capabilities, read my first article "An Introduction to SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (Part 1)."