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Warren coach Dawson touched many lives
COURTESY OF JASON JECMENLongtime Warren High School cross country and track coach Bill Dawson, shown here holding the plaque, passed away recently.
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It seems like a no-brainer now.
Bryan Holland and Severio Hernandez are collegiate runners, and are thriving.
But before Holland and Hernandez met Bill Dawson, they never figured they'd be running at the college level. Heck, they never figured they'd be running period.
"Without him, my life would be completely different," Holland said of Dawson. "I'm here at Marquette running on the track team and I know I wouldn't be here without him. To be honest, I wouldn't be running at all.
"He definitely changed my life for the better."
Hernandez, who is running at St. Ambrose on both the cross country and track teams, has a similar take on Dawson's influence on him.
"I think of him as the reason I'm going to college," Hernandez said of Dawson. "Without running and without him, I wouldn't have been given this opportunity to go to college. He has impacted me so much."
It was bittersweet for Holland and Hernandez, both 2019 graduates of Warren, to speak recently of Dawson's impact on their lives. They are happy to think about how they have evolved due to Dawson's influence, but they are incredibly sad to know they can no longer tell him how grateful they are.
Dawson, Warren's boys cross country coach for the last 34 years and its boys track coach for the last 26 years, died on Sept. 11 after a yearlong fight against esophageal cancer.
Just a couple months after Dawson, also a longtime math teacher at Warren, officially retired at the end of the 2018-19 school year, he was diagnosed. However, he returned in the fall of 2019 to coach the cross country season.
He was also coaching this fall.
"It was amazing Bill came back to coach," said Jason Jecmen, Dawson's assistant with the track team for 27 years and his assistant with the cross country team since 2006. "Before he was diagnosed, we knew he was struggling with something. He had indigestion and he was coughing. There was a growing concern that something just wasn't right.
"But it was still a shock when he got the diagnosis, and you're still in a state of shock when you heard the news that he had died. Bill brought so much to our athletes and our staff.
"To think he was diagnosed in July after just retiring (in June), is sad. I think it's made a lot of us think about the things we do in our lives, that they really need to be things we want to do, because tomorrow is guaranteed to no one."
Dawson definitely was doing what he wanted to do. He loved encouraging students to try out for the track and cross country teams, like he did with Holland and Hernandez, and he loved helping them improve and evolve.
"My sophomore year, I went out for track and I didn't really care that much about how I did, I was kind of doing it for fun," Holland said. "In my first-ever meet, I got a 2:17 in the 800, which I didn't think was very good, and Coach Dawson came up to me afterwards and told me that he thought I had a lot of potential. He said that by my senior year, he saw me getting a 1:55.
"My senior year at the state meet, I got a 1:55 as part of the 4X800 relay, and we placed fourth. He really motivated me to improve."
Hernandez remembers Dawson taking a chance on him, and that one single act totally changed the trajectory of his career.
"My junior year in track, we were in the sectionals and a lot of coaches at that point have their best people do two or three events, but Coach Dawson wanted everyone to get experience so he spread things out and I got to run a race that I probably shouldn't have been running," Hernandez said. "There were definitely people on our team that were better in that event than me, but he let me run anyway and I ended up setting a PR that day. Actually, that happened to a lot of people that day, a lot of PRs.
"Coach always had everyone's best interest at heart and he wanted to give everyone a chance to succeed. That was really important."
And so the Warren cross country and track teams will keep running, keep trying to succeed, to carry on Dawson's legacy.
"The kids are doing OK and we are doing what Bill would want us to do, go for a run," Jecmen said. "He always said the best way to get rid of stress is to go for a run.
"I'm going to miss him. He was a big part of my life and a wonderful and caring man. He was like a brother, father, coach and mentor. There aren't many like him who come along in a lifetime."
Services for Dawson have not yet been announced but Jecmen is hoping that Warren and the North Suburban Conference will be able to celebrate him at a future meet this fall.
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Meet Micah: 3D Lab Tinkerer
June 27th, 2018 | Rachel Tepper, Operations Manager
In the spirit of the "Humans of New York" photo series and social media phenomenon, Do Space is inspired to work with staff and volunteers to create a "Humans of Do Space" series that shares the stories of our members, volunteers, users, and staff. The goal of this effort it to capture the people that are using the space and how it affects their lives. What does it allow them to do? What does it allow them to make? How are people using the space to overcome obstacles and get things done?
Today we are pleased to introduce you to Micah Vogel. Micah is a Relay Specialist who adventured to Do Space after seeing it from the road. Micah caught our attention when he worked with staff on creating a wheelchair for Snicks the bunny who had a broken spinal cord. He has also used our 3D printers to make a replacement heater knob which he designed and printed for his Toyota Tacoma. He is currently planning on making more wheelchairs to bring to the Humane Society to use as examples that might help a potential adoptee with a similar disability.
What does Do Space mean to you?
Do Space is a great creative outlet for me, but it has also afforded me an opportunity and resources to learn some digital design and 3D design. I have also been able to fabricate some useful parts that I use every day.
What have you been able to accomplish at Do Space?
I have laser cut replacement latches, designed and 3d printed replacement parts for my truck and that of a coworker, and of course, made a (mostly) 3d printed bunny wheelchair.
What tools and resources are you using at Do Space?
The laser cutter, the 3d printers, and the PCs with adobe illustrator.
How does Do Space empower you to grow either individually or to grow your company?
I've been teaching myself adobe illustrator and basic 3D design with Tinkercad.
Rachel Tepper, Operations Manager
Originally from Texas, Rachel Tepper works as the Operations Manager helping to keep the facility running smoothly, managing accounting responsibilities, and assisting with in-house marketing efforts. In addition to working at Do Space, she has two big dogs that she enjoys walking and taking on vacations with her husband.
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William Derby is one of the longest-serving and most successful racecourse CEOs in the world. He has been at the helm of York Racecourse, one of the most prestigious tracks in Europe, since 2002, as both Chief Executive and Clerk of the Course. It's been a period of huge achievement for York, which has been voted Britain's Racecourse of the Year by the Racegoers Club for the last two years, and eight times in all, and which stood in for Royal Ascot in 2005 while that racecourse was closed for redevelopment.
Derby (pictured below), a qualified chartered accountant and former Commercial Director at Ascot, whose education included a condensed MBA at Harvard Business School, oversees one of the most important meetings of the year in Britain - the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival in August - as well as a host of other big occasions, including the Dante Festival in May and the John Smith's Magnet Cup Meeting this Friday and Saturday.
Who do you think is the greatest historical figure in international racing history?
I guess you should start at the very beginning and look to the three English gentlemen who shipped those three Arabian stallions back to England in the early 18th century. They became known as the foundation stallions as they stand at the head of the bloodline of every Thoroughbred bred since then. The Darley Arabian and Byerley Turk both stood at stud in Yorkshire within 20 miles of York Racecourse, with the Godolphin Arabian a little further away in Derbyshire. Their owner-breeders, Thomas Darley, Captain Byerley and Edward Coke respectively, created the gene pool for what, to my mind, is the most perfect, beautiful and exhilarating creature in the world.
Indulge me - I would have to say the Group 1 Juddmonte International here at York Racecourse. In 2015, this was rated the top race in the world by the IFHA [International Federation of Horseracing Authorities] and it has a long track record of attracting the very best middle-distance horses from across the generations, so every year seems to be a cracker.
Frankel (see video above), Sea The Stars, Australia and Authorized are just some of the recent winners of this £1m contest. The atmosphere on the Knavesmire, the parkland site of York Racecourse close to the historic city of York, is very special, particularly on the day when the track is buzzing about these top horses. Add in a touch of glamour with the high society fashion and you create a real sporting and social occasion.
Staging Royal Ascot at York Racecourse in 2005 while its Berkshire home was being redeveloped was a very special occasion in the history of both racecourses. The relocated meeting - some 200 miles north for the only time in its near 300 year history - was quite some undertaking and involved a huge amount of planning and effort by everyone involved.
People still talk about that week in such positive terms.
As a bedrock, the sport needs to continue to adhere to the highest standards of both integrity and equine welfare to continue to receive the trust and support of horse lovers, punters and the wider population.
To succeed in the future, racing needs to continue to work hard to stay relevant and accessible in today's sporting and entertainment landscape. Whether as a sporting event, betting medium or venue for a great day out, racing needs to ensure it promotes and delivers an experience that is fun, engaging and welcoming, be it to the novice or the committed follower.
Racing is in the entertainment game. Whether for the owner of the horse, the person going to the track or the punter having a bet, all participants need to work together to promote the sport, innovate and engage. Those three gentlemen, Darley, Byerley and Coke, gave us a legacy we need to cherish and nurture to ensure racing flourishes for centuries to come.


Yes, I can sign up to that! I thought Streep's speech was excellent. Seeing clever, creative people grappling cleverly and creatively with resistance to the Orange Horseman of the Trumpocalypse is one of the (very few) upsides to this whole mess.
Love her speech, and I'm utterly appalled by the backlash against it. I just cannot understand what the other side are saying, really I can't. Anyway, we can go around in circles on this one.


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Law firms – Attorneys are in the business of winning cases, and winning cases requires evidence. For any given private detective in New York City, law firms probably make up a sizable chunk of the clients. In rare cases, law firms need a vital piece of evidence that will clinch a major trial, bringing a courtroom victory. More often, lawyers just need confirmation of a hunch or a minor piece of evidence that can be used in negotiation with opposing counsel. Showing that the law firm has gathered strong evidence may be enough to get a quick and favorable settlement in many types of cases.
Insurance companies – Similarly, insurance companies have regular demand for good private detectives. But where law firms work on a wide variety of case types and could need all sorts of evidence, insurance companies usually just need one thing: proof that a claim isn't as severe as a customer is making it sound. For example, if a person was involved in a car accident and claims that the whiplash is so severe they cannot work, the insurance company may be counting on a private detective to catch them walking around without a neck brace or doing physically demanding activities. One photo could be enough to definitively end legal action and deny a large settlement.
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Jack the Ripper identified by DNA evidence, forensic scientists claim
A forensic investigation published last week identified the notorious serial killer more than 130 years after he terrorized the streets of London.
Jack the Ripper identified by DNA evidence, forensic scientists claim A forensic investigation published last week identified the notorious serial killer more than 130 years after he terrorized the streets of London. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/18/dna-evidence-reveals-identity-jack-ripper-scientists-claim/3206856002/
N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Published 5:57 p.m. CT March 18, 2019 | Updated 7:50 a.m. CT March 19, 2019
Scientists believe they've finally identified Jack the Ripper with DNA testing. USA TODAY
Researchers say they have finally unmasked Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer who terrorized London in the late 1800s.
A forensic investigation published in Journal of Forensic Sciences has identified the killer as Aaron Kosminski, a 23-year-old Polish barber and prime suspect at the time.
Kosminski was previously named as a suspect over 100 years ago and once again in a 2014 book by British businessman and Ripper researcher Russell Edwards. But the latest finding marks the first time that Edwards' DNA evidence has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, according to the magazine Science.
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"To our knowledge, this is the most advanced study to date regarding this case," the study authors wrote.
Jack the Ripper is believed to have killed at least five women in the Whitechapel district of London between August and November of 1888. Researchers Jari Louhelainen and David Miller ran genetic tests on a silk shawl stained with blood and semen that investigators say was found next to the body of the killer's fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes, Science reported.
Researchers compared fragments of mitochondrial DNA — which the magazine noted is inherited from one's mother — to samples from living relatives of Eddowes and Kosminski and found they matched those of Kosminski's relative.
The study also includes an analysis of the killer's appearance which suggests the killer had brown hair and brown eyes. which matches the only reliable witness statement, according to Science.
The study's findings may not satisfy other Ripper experts who say the shawl may have been contaminated over the years. The shawl was given to Louhelainen by Edwards, a self-proclaimed "armchair detective" and author of "Naming Jack the Ripper," who bought it at an auction in 2007, according to the Guardian.
"I've got the only piece of forensic evidence in the whole history of the case," he told the newspaper in 2014. "I've spent 14 years working on it, and we have definitively solved the mystery of who Jack the Ripper was."
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An elephant minder feeds a white elephant in the compound of Upatasanti Pagoda on July 16, 2018, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Aung Shine Oo, AP
People take souvenir photos inside the installation 'Fading colors and Glow' by the Berlin base art group 'Tape That' during an art exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan on July 16, 2019. Ritchie B. Tongo, EPA-EFE
Jack Heely, 5, of Alexandria, Va., plays with a toy space helmet as he arrives as one of the first visitors to view Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit after it is unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington on July 16, 2019. Andrew Harnik, AP
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu sit during a reception with military honors at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany on July 16, 2019. Hayoung Jeon, EPA-EFE
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Gwen Carr, mother of chokehold victim Eric Garner, left, speaks outside the U.S. Attorney's office as Garner's widow Esaw Snipes listens at right on July 16, 2019. Federal prosecutors won't bring civil rights charges against New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo, in the 2014 chokehold death of Garner, a decision made by Attorney General William Barr and announced one day before the five-year anniversary of his death, officials said. Richard Drew, AP
Rescuers carry out a survivor from the site of a building that collapsed in Mumbai, India on July 16, 2019. A four-story residential building collapsed Tuesday in a crowded neighborhood in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, and several people were feared trapped in the rubble, an official said. Rajanish Kakade, AP
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Q: Noise in switching regulator what is meant by low frequency noise in a DC to DC converters that the vendors claim for switching regulators? What is the frequency range?

A: Under light load, certain regulators can enter PFM mode which consists of varying the frequency of a pulse. If the load is light enough, the regulator will only need to supply a few (comparatively) pulses per second. This can induce low frequency noise though I'd imagine the frequency is load dependent.
The Microchip TC105 for example is a buck converter which switches between PWM and PFM mode for light load conditions - defined as duty cycles less than 10%.

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There are some summer basics I always like, for example these shoes. I bought these a while ago, but they still look great. This summer I might wear more dresses: I just yesterday bought this floral one.
I recently made this dress. This summer I really love maxi dresses. Luckily I found this fabric that my mum bought a couple of years ago; recently I rarely find nice fabrics from shops.
I really like clothes and shopping. I'm especially into all kinds of accessories: unique earrings, bags, shoes, just name it. If I find something nice, I'll buy it. Usually I wear more colourful clothes, but today black dominates.
I'm currently looking for a cool sweatshirt, but I doubt that I'll find it here and therefore I need to go abroad or get it sewn. I used to wear a lot more feminine clothes, but this Spring I want to mix it with different looks, yet, I always try to have something feminine. I love sunglasses. I have so many sunglasses that I almost never wear, but I keep them, because they look so cool.
I like mixing different colours, prints and patterns. I get my clothes almost entirely from second-hands, but I sometimes also go to Reede. My favourite second-hand shops in Tallinn are USA Today and the one on Narva mnt. One thing I like about Estonian style is that it is rather easy to be different, but for some reason people are too afraid of that. Still there are some people, who always dress well, one is Rene Köster.
I buy most of my clothes from London, because there is a wider range of brands to choose from. One of my favourite shops there is Topman. Today I'm also wearing shoes from there. Ideas on what to buy and what to wear usually come while shopping when you see something that intrigues you. My favourite colour is black.
Today I'm recovering from last night's party and I didn't pay much attention what I am wearing. I like wearing different colours together – it is so boring when people wear tone-on-tone outfits. People should be more creative and use their fantasy. I also love accessories, especially bags and rings. My favourite brand is Diesel.
I like all kind of patterns. Usually more colourful ones, but black and white are also cool. My current obsessions are different vintage bags. I have got quite a few for this spring. I think my own style is mainly affected by my friends' style and my mood. I usually shop abroad. If I'm in England, I always go to Topshop.


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Trend Micro's Simon Young: "Any data has value, and there will always be people trying to steal it"
By Paul Cooper 2013-10-30T13:15:48.302Z
Following our recent article on security firm Trend Micro hacking into the Automatic Identification System (AIS) used to guide global shipping, ITProPortal spoke to vice president and UK general manager Simon Young about his company bringing the fight against cyber criminals to the UK.
"We're here to bring the power of our global intelligence to bear in Britain," Young told us. "We need tools at the centre to defend ourselves against all kinds of emerging threats."
Trend Micro is a "vehemently independent" company, according to Young, and their pro bono consultancy work spans agencies as broad as Interpol, Europol, and the newly-formed NCA in the UK.
Its team of 1,200 researchers works to stay ahead of malicious parties, spotting trends in security before they develop into widely exploitable weaknesses. "We have to be" ahead of the curve, said Young, while acknowledging that security challenges are changing every day.
With "billions being lost due to cybercrime", Young argues that "UK PLC" needs to "make sure constructs are in place to ensure that information can continue to be exchanged."
That's why exercises and "wargames" like the Waking Shark 2 exercise - where the readiness of UK financial institutions to face a sophisticated cyber-attack was tested - are so crucial.
"With more and more intelligence being held outside the perimeter of companies' networks, IT security must evolve to cover multiple levels that may not be under our direct control," he told us.
And that isn't the only complexity involved. Young told us about how he was once corrected during a seminar, when he described threat discovery as "like finding a needle in a haystack". The quick respondent apparently replied "no, you're wrong – it's like finding a needle in a needlestack."
"That's the problem," Young told us. "It all looks good to us."
Whether the danger comes from command and control botnets, state-sponsored cyber-terrorism or lone hacktivists, all malicious behaviour will always disguise itself as legitimate activity, he said.
To combat these odds, Trend Micro uses a team of "Forward Looking Threat analysts" to perform assessment and pen-testing of vulnerable systems, such as the AIS.
In March of this year, Trend Micro even set up a number of "honeypots" mimicking crucial industrial systems such as those targeted by the Stuxnet worm, and logged attempted attacks as they came in.
"Basically, we're fighting the bad guys," Young said. "These people aren't cleverer than us, but they are very sophisticated, very persistent and very targeted."
"We're increasingly seeing businesses losing information that they didn't even realise had value. What business owners have to realise is that any data has value, and there will always be people trying to steal it."
The NSA and its PRISM spying scandal has also concerned many in the business world, according to Young. However, he was sceptical of the idea that some countries like Germany or Brazil would create "walled-off" sections of the Internet.
"The 'walled garden' idea has been around for some time," he said. "Our European cousins have been talking about keeping their Internet data within their shores for years, but it's too early to tell whether it will gain significance."
Trend Micro is also involved in keeping children and teenagers safe online, with their Internet Safety for Kids and Families scheme.
"Some people are of the opinion that it's completely safe, that 'it's just the Internet'," Young told us. "There's no age we shouldn't include in the online world, but people have to be aware that there's an implicit danger in sharing any personal information online."
So does Trend Micro have any more high-profile hacks on the horizon? Young isn't telling, but one thing's for certain: this is one security company you'll want to keep your eye on.
Simon Young is vice president and general manager UK at Trend Micro. He joined the company in 2009, and helped drive the company's growth into data centre security. He is is a frequent speaker at conferences and forums around the world.
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Falling gas prices around the country have motorists breathing a sigh of relief, but a Mitt Romney campaign that has used rising fuel costs as a weapon during the lead-up to the presidential election may not be so happy to see pump prices dropping.
After relatively small drops over the first half of October, residents of some states are seeing prices as low as $3.20 per gallon, a major decrease from the $3.84 many drivers were paying only a few short weeks ago. While acknowledging that the cost of fuel is difficult to predict over the long-term, analysts remain optimistic that prices will continue to fall, potentially as low as a national average of only $3 per gallon, a rate not seen since 2010.
Can Oil Supplies Grow Fast Enough to Keep Prices in Check?
I, along with my editor Sam Avro, recently conducted a broad-ranging interview with John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil and currently the head of Citizens for Affordable Energy, a non-profit group whose aim is to promote sound U.S. energy security solutions for the nation. In the first part of this interview Mr. Hofmeister spoke of A Difficult Decade Ahead For Oil Prices and Supplies. In this installment, he sets forth his vision of a sound energy policy for America.
Continue the journey toward more higher efficiency automobiles and continue the journey to more electrified vehicles as well, both batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
With gas selling for more than $4 per gallon in some parts of the country leading up to the presidential election, one political activist group is looking to sway voters by offering them fuel at less than half that price.
Organized by a group known as Gas Can Man and funded by the PAC Morning in America radio show and billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, leaders of the Americans for Prosperity organization, the exclusive fuel deal was offered in order to highlight what those groups see as President Obama's failed energy policies, policies they say have lead to untenable gas prices.
The national average is currently at $3.83 per gallon, though AAA is expecting gas prices to begin falling steadily by mid-September.
West Texas Intermediate crude oil, which had been selling for $105 a barrel at the end of March, fell to $80 a barrel last week, while Brent has come from $125 down to near $90. These price declines will translate into substantial savings for U.S. consumers in the weeks ahead.
As gas prices continue to climb, Hawaii drivers are experiencing pain at the pump. Guests will discuss the forces that affect global gas prices and why Hawaii has the highest prices in the nation. The panel will also explore energy alternatives that could help reduce the islands' dependency on foreign oil, as well as innovative solutions from the auto industry.
I was joined on the program by host Dan Boylan and guests Patrick "Rick" Ching, President of Servco Automotive; Richard Parry, President and CEO of Aloha Petroleum, Ltd.; and Kang Wu, Economist and Senior Fellow at the East-West Center.
What are the chances that electric vehicles will be more than a boutique item, and will make up a noticeable portion of cars on the road by 2020?
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The district-wide modeling effort started following the Pawnee River basin water accounting report by Balleau Groundwater Inc. ("BGW"). The District Board quickly realized that it needed a comprehensive, scientific tool to evaluate alternative groundwater management scenarios for the District area.
Clarify the relationship between alternative management actions and the resultant hydrologic conditions to the aquifer and streams.
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S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc. ("SSPA") provided technical expertise throughout the model development and provided an independent peer review on behalf of Kansas Department of Agriculture - Division of Water Resources. SSPA had been involved in the development of various prior modeling efforts with the Kansas Geological Survey on the Middle Arkansas River Subbasin. Following model development, SSPA generated a peer review report for KDA-DWR.
In June 2010, BGW finalized the model report describing the model (BBGMDMOD) and its respective characteristics. Access to the model report, appendices and peer report can be found in the Model Access section.
In the years since development, the District, state agencies and private entities have used the BBGMDMOD to evaluate several management actions to the region including the Quivira NWR impairment investigation, Cities of Hays & Russell change applications, and many more.
The District shall require a written request for access to any hydrologic report generated by the District's groundwater model (BBGMDMOD, 2010). All written requests shall include the name and address of the requestor and a description of the intended use for the report.
A fee of $45.00 per copy will be charged.
A fee of $35.00 per hour ($20.00 minimum) custodial time will be charged for time spent to supervise and produce the report. Prepayment is required.
Every request for model scenario shall be submitted to the District board of directors for approval by formal action.
The option to utilize District funds to pay for all or part of the proposed model run and corresponding analysis shall be at the discretion of the board of directors at the time of approval.
The District retains the intellectual property rights for any information obtained from any model run and corresponding report(s) made using the District's groundwater model.
Only eligible voters of the District as defined by K.S.A. 82a-1021, shall be allowed to submit model run requests to the District board of directors.


Trade secrets are easily misappropriated because they represent nothing more than information, which can be memorized, scribbled down, emailed, or copied and quietly removed from company premises. Once trade secrets fall into the hands of a former employee or an unscrupulous competitor, they can quickly be put to use to the detriment of the company from which they were stolen. The threat of misappropriation increases exponentially as advances in technology make confidential information more accessible to employees. Correspondingly, litigation in this area is on the rise as employers attempt to prevent present and former employees from disclosing confidential information and trade secrets. The good news is that by taking a few simple steps, companies can help safeguard trade secrets and protect their competitive edge.
Companies should review and identify their trade secrets on an ongoing basis. This regular inventorying should include a determination of what trade secrets the company currently relies upon. In other words, what valuable information does the company keep secret to give it a competitive edge? Trade secrets typically fall into two broad categories: technical information and business information. Technical information may include manufacturing methods and techniques, processes and formulas, computer software, and designs. Examples of business information are cost and pricing information, manufacturing information, internal market analyses, customer lists, and the like.
Companies have a duty to use reasonable measures to safeguard their trade secrets. The first line of defense is to label documents containing trade secrets or other sensitive information as confidential. Labeling provides notice of what information can and cannot be disclosed. In conjunction with this, it can be helpful to develop a matrix that classifies employees, consultants, contractors, and vendors according to the degrees of access they have been given to sensitive information. It is also prudent to monitor access to protected information through passwords, network controls, and restricted access to physical files.
Employees play a critical role in protecting a company's trade secrets. They generate and work with these trade secrets, and their actions often determine whether a trade secret is maintained as confidential. Companies should take steps to notify employees that certain information is confidential and explain what actions employees are expected to take to maintain that confidentiality. One of the most important methods of doing so is the implementation of an employee handbook that describes the categories of information to be treated as confidential and emphasizes that employees should err on the side of nondisclosure when in doubt. Regular employee training on confidentiality policies is also recommended.
Most importantly, companies should require all employees to sign nondisclosure agreements in conjunction with their employment. Nondisclosure agreements prohibit an employee from disclosing confidential information beyond the limited circumstances outlined in the agreement and from disclosing trade secrets after leaving the company. These agreements put employees on notice that they may face legal consequences if they breach the agreement. For key personnel in certain industries, restrictive covenants provide another level of protection against disclosure of confidential information.
The beginning of 2016 presents the perfect opportunity for companies to determine whether they have the proper safeguards in place to protect trade secrets. As part of this process, Gordon & Rees attorneys are available to review employee handbooks and policies and ensure that enforceable nondisclosure and other agreements are in place. These simple steps can be instrumental in protecting a company's trade secrets.


Now 68, he was also one of the best-known figures in the country when it came to the world of Steiner Waldorf schools, the group which RSSKL was part of.
Mr McCarthy was a senior staff member in Kings Langley, and also served as a director of the school until 2010.
He later became a director and secretary for the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship, the body which oversees all 35 schools across the UK and Ireland.
Mr McCarthy resigned as secretary on June 13, 2015.
The father of six said he was a "hands-on" teacher, and that his frequent physical contact with young students was not harmful but helpful.


An avulsion fracture at the ulnar base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb, due to force placed on the ulnar collateral ligament of the metacarpophalangeal joint.
Management Place in a cast in adduction; if point instability is marked, open repair of ligament.
Note: The original gamekeeper's thumb resulted from repetitive low-grade force, described in gamekeepers who used their thumbs to dislocate the necks of rabbits. Gamekeeper's thumb now occurs more commonly in week-end warriors and ageing out-of-shape yahoos who play tackle football, in skiers who fall and get their hands caught in the strap of a ski pole, etc. The image is of George Barnes, head gamekeeper on the Dynevor estate, circa 1900.


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Research Bulletin, October 2020
Well, it's still a strange world for us all at the moment. Here's my monthly update in case there's anything new here that might help or be of interest to you. This month has been mostly works-in-progress rather than shiny new 'outputs'.
1. Sian Vasey
Sadly, Sian died this month, a very good friend of many of us. Tributes have been given in DNS and in Facebook, and when the time is right we can start to think in detail about her legacies. One aspect I'm interested in is her work as a disabled TV producer at ITV then at BBC. I feel that the representation of disabled people in 'the business' has improved in front of the camera more so than it has behind the camera – the crews – where most of the jobs are. I'd welcome any thoughts, whether private messages or public postings.
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tributes-paid-to-irreplaceable-and-irrepressible-sian-vasey/
2. Rachel Hurst Library
As well as kindly donating her extensive collection of files to the Disabled People's Archive, Rachel has also kindly donated her personal library of books – 13 boxes of rare treats. I've added another three boxes of books to that set from Lorraine Gradwell, Pam Thomas, and myself. It's far too soon to say where these will end up finally, so they are being safely stored meantime. Ideally it would be in a public reference library, but no-one is underestimating the cuts and pressures that local authorities face at the moment, from the pandemic but also from 10 years of austerity cuts. The news yesterday of further planned cuts within Manchester City Council do not bode well for us all.
3. BBC documentaries
I seem to have become a (willing) props department for two documentaries being made for BBC Two to be broadcast next year – some DAN drinking mugs with "Piss on Pity", and some original UPIAS documents from the archive boxes.
DAN – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabled_People%27s_Direct_Action_Network
UPIAS – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_the_Physically_Impaired_Against_Segregation
4. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
It was a pleasure to be asked whether one of my photographs of disabled activists campaigning at a march could be used for a banner on the website of the new Disability Research Group at the University of Strathclyde.
https://www.strath.ac.uk/workwithus/healthwellbeing/researchcentres/disabilityresearchgroup/
5. International Day of Disabled People (3 Dec)
Nothing is yet finalised, but lots of work is underway in Manchester to produce the usual packed programme of events as an entirely digital experience this year. Happy to be playing a small role in the background.
6. Nothing About Us Without Us and PHM
Similarly not yet finalised, lots of work underway with the People's History Museum (PHM) in Manchester to continue with a physical exhibition for 2022, plus some virtual items in the meantime. Also (no promises) some very early discussions on whether the exhibition could also be toured across England including London, as well as across Greater Manchester.
7. TV in 1980s
I've had an interesting chat last week with a TV producer in Manchester who first came across GMCDP in the 1980s and from there worked with the Hearing Voices Network. The work was sadly abandoned mid-production by BBC at the time because another channel (C4) was also interested.
Stay safe,
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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2021 by Tony Baldwinson.
Research Bulletin, January 2021
Hello everyone, and a Happy New Year
Thank you everyone for your kind comments about these research bulletins, a year old next month, and on the calendars.
It was only a few weeks ago when we were sending cards wishing each other a better year in 2021 … seems a slow start, to be honest.
1. A BBC2 documentary early next week
On Tuesday 19 January, 9pm, BBC2, (and Weds 11.30pm) there is the broadcasting of the documentary "Silenced: the Hidden Story of Disabled Britain". Look out for some interviews with the likes of Alia Hassan, John Evans and Jane Campbell. I assisted in the background with some research. I'm told disabled people encouraged the producers to also interview people in the north of England … we'll see.
2. Ian Stanton
By some good chance someone asked me in December what songs I might have from Ian's recordings, which got me searching some old home-made CDs to find some cover versions he had recorded, including one of "Fairytale in New York". It was lovely to be able to circulate it, a true gift.
3. Handwriting, 83 full pages of
There are some jobs you just put to the bottom of the pile. In 2016 I was sorting through the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People's archive boxes in a storage unit in east Manchester. The collection had grown over the years, and with it had grown a combination of spreadsheets and some loose handwritten sheets listing the contents. Eighty-three sheets, which I didn't really want to type up. Again, an enquiry from a friend took me back to these lists. The spreadsheet has details of about 5000 items (rows) in the archive, and the loose sheets probably has another 2000 or so.
The use of AI (artificial intelligence) to recognise handwriting has got better in recent years. My hope was to find a program which would process all the pages at once, but after some emails to academics in the USA I had to make new plan. There is some very good stuff out there, but it has been purchased by private companies. One academic had written an interesting paper, but couldn't help me because the commercial funders of the research forbade it. For example, consider how companies such as Ancestry can process so many millions of handwritten certificates of birth, marriage and death.
Eventually I found a phone app called "Handwriting Recognizer" which performs quite well. Most OCR (optical character recognition) programs only work with typewritten and computer-printed characters. There is also ICR (intelligent character recognition) and HCR (handwritten character recognition) which can process handwriting, some better than others. The app I used allows three free pages a day, then $1.49 a month for unlimited use. But it does still mean taking 83 photographs, processing each one, and then emailing the result to add to a document. Most research is basically admin but dressed up to feel better.
So I'm now in the process of correction a 120-page Word document which is maybe 70% correct at the moment.
The final product is maybe best called a list of the archive, because a catalogue would have more details. However, it can be very helpful in narrowing down which box to look in for a photograph or a magazine half-remembered. I also like just to browse these types of lists, but that's me.
4. Access All Areas
This month a book has been published, written by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder, on diversity in the TV industry in particular. I saw there interview on Channel 4 News and was impressed that LH knew the statistics on how many (so few!) disabled people are currently employed behind the scenes. I've written a review of the book, please follow this link:
https://tonybaldwinson.com/2021/01/13/access-all-areas-a-book-review/
Stay safe, April or May onwards should be better,
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Access All Areas (a book review)
This book starts with Lenny Henry's comments upon leaving the BAFTA TV Awards ceremony in May 2013, abruptly telling a journalist that it was, "all White on the night". It continues with the story of the campaign to get diversity included in the BBC Charter, and then in creating the Ofcom criteria for monitoring the diversity performance of the BBC. It describes the ongoing campaign for a UK tax credit for diversity in film and TV production. It concludes with the launch in March 2020 of the Media Diversity Centre at Birmingham City University. Both authors are professors there, and LH is also the Chancellor (a position like the chair of governors).
Although the book has a "Manifesto" at the end, for me it didn't cover some of the most interesting points in the text.
The starkest of these was the harm said to be done by 'special' training courses, boot camps, leadership development opportunities and such aimed at disadvantaged groups. LH describes the career harm done by such courses, looking at how trust, social capital, and a deficit model within TV companies decides who gets green lit. In short, these courses mark someone's CV as remedial and cause later career difficulties. A case study shows the drop in salary that was found. By contrast, the best TV companies at promoting diversity were those with a very good general or universal training culture across the organisation – developing staff and not just consuming them.
A second key point was that diversity wasn't a useful umbrella concept for action. The points about intersectionality are made but without the theory. For example, the authors say that things only start to get better when specific actions are put in place, with their example that improvements for disabled women are needed rather that assuming that an action to assist women will automatically apply also to disabled women.
The authors are more explicit with structural inequalities and with racism. Based on national statistics, they describe a TV and film industry in the UK which is controlled by a demographic found in only 3% of the population, yet still we talk about diversity and minorities whereas the disadvantaged people together are actually a substantial majority.
They state that they are giving their work within the new Media Diversity Centre five years to see if it is effective, and their plan is to use it as a base for new research rather than for campaigning or publicity. An early part of the work programme is trying to prove the wider economic benefits of a diversity tax break (ie it doesn't just get gamed and trousered by the company owners as some Treasury officials say they suspect).
Two standouts for me:
"However, when it comes to diversity in the media industry it can feel like we have no institutional memory. I cannot remember a time in my forty-plus-year career when women, Black, Asian and disabled people have not been actively fighting for a bigger place at the media table to tell their stories and have their voices heard.
Yet, when I talk to senior industry figures in their fifties, sixties and even seventies, who have been at the front line trying to increase diversity in television, I am amazed how consistently they feel that the present policies rolled out by broadcasters are either repeating the same mistakes or failing to capitalise on what has happened before." (Henry and Ryder, 2021, p147)
"… it is a very personal confession, but a confession that I know a lot of people from 'diverse' backgrounds working in television can relate to.
A lot of the time, at work, I am lonely. Very lonely."
(emphasis in original) (Henry and Ryder, 2021, p118)
Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond
Lenny Henry & Marcus Ryder
Faber & Faber, 2021, 181pp, £7.99
ISBN 978 057 136 5128
Research Bulletin, December 2020
Rather than the usual monthly recap, this edition is a bit is a writers Christmas special, which is about what might be called the Manchester style – or, referencing for everyone.
In my research writings I have been experimenting in recent years with something like an Easy Words style of referencing other works. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has been working along these lines too.
For non-academic readers, a referencing system is an agreed common way to link to the work of other people. This makes sure that everyone involved gets a fair credit for the work they have done.
However, I think that some of the referencing systems have become over-complicated and confusing. Firstly there isn't one system, but at least six. And secondly, there a variations within each system. And they all use complicated punctuation to try to explain what is going on in each case.
To me, it's essentially become like a coding system, and one where writers can be criticised and marked down for things like a misplaced semi-colon. And small groups of academics have started to adopt their own particular sub-styles and systems, I feel almost in a cliquish way.
Here are some examples of the main systems.
MLA: Hunt, Paul, ed. Stigma: The experience of disability. London; Dublin [etc.]: G. Chapman, 1966.
APA: Hunt, P. (Ed.). (1966). Stigma: The experience of disability. London; Dublin [etc.]: G. Chapman.
Chicago: Hunt, Paul, ed. Stigma: The experience of disability. London; Dublin [etc.]: G. Chapman, 1966.
Harvard: Hunt, P. ed., 1966. Stigma: The experience of disability. London; Dublin [etc.]: G. Chapman.
Vancouver: Hunt P, editor. Stigma: The experience of disability. London; Dublin [etc.]: G. Chapman; 1966.
(with thanks to the Google Scholar citation system)
My attempts at an Easy Words style of a clearer referencing has produced these types of examples.
Manchester: Paul Hunt, 1966, [edited a book called] Stigma: The experience of disability, [published by] G. Chapman [a company based in] London, Dublin and elsewhere.
and some other examples in the same style are –
Link, [a TV programme broadcast on] 22 June 1986, A form of Apartheid – a profile of Vic Finkelstein, [a television programme made by] Central TV, part of ITV.
Jenny Morris, 1997, Care or empowerment? A disability rights perspective, [a paper published in the journal] Social Policy & Administration, volume 31 issue 1, pages 54 – 60.
Jo Smith, 1 January 2018, [a post on] Twitter, screenshot accessible at www….
Carol Thomas, 1993, Disability and impairment, [chapter 2 in a book called] Disabling barriers – enabling environments, [published by] Sage [reprinted in 2004, 2013].
The basic suggestions so far are:
1. In the main text the common author-date system is still used. This means that the author's family name and the year of their work are written in round brackets. This give people the credit for an idea or for their words describing that idea. For example, "A letter was printed in The Guardian newspaper (Hunt 1972)."
All the other suggestions here apply to the list of references (credits) at the end of what has been written or shown.
2. Use square brackets to add your explanations that will make the reference clearer.
3. Use people's proper names, so its "Judy Heumann" and not "Heumann, Judy". Use people's full names unless a person has deliberately chosen to be known by their initials only. For example, J K Rowling. The list can still be in alphabetic order of the family name.
4. Use bold if you need to emphasise a word or phrase, and do not use italics and do not use underlining. Don't emphasise too many words. This helps visually impaired people.
5. Use punctuation as little as possible.
Feedback on this Manchester style is welcome, either in social media or directly to me.
Thanks for reading as ever, and with the season's greetings,
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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2020 by Tony Baldwinson.
Research Bulletin, November 2020
This is my monthly update on research interests, and here are some recent developments that might be useful to know.
1. A calendar for 2021
You may know that I've got into the habit of getting a wall calendar printed each year with some historic photos of the history of the disabled people's movement and culture in England. The photos generally come from my (and others') past and research. This year I've chosen photos which mostly have a media theme, so that somewhere in the image is a film or TV news crew.
2. Mental health
This year has been a great strain on many people and it's already been said that the next pandemic will be in our mental health. I've had a long interest in radical and community-based mental health groups, starting with Manchester Mind in the late 1970s. As you might expect, I've catalogued an archive collection for Manchester Mind from 1970 – 1990, though I suggest it's a very different organisation now. This was where I first learnt about the social model.
In my bones I feel there is a need now to think about a radical mental health model that works with disabled people's lived experiences this year.
For example, understanding the isolation and degrees of threat that were higher than in the general population, as well as the neglect and mismanagement by government that led to so many disabled people dying (supported housing, care homes, etc) as well as being left without support. There were also community-led responses in self-organisation and protection such as The Bunker on Facebook.
I'm not thinking about this as a funding bid (no doubt many are being made) but rather as an area in need of further discussions with safeguards and with a radical community-based understanding. I'd welcome any discussions, one-to-one in confidence or wider, as people wish.
As a matter of interest, I'm seeing similar mental health issues in the Excluded-UK community which represents three million people, usually freelance workers and many in the creative industries, who fall between the cracks of poorly targeted government support. It gets quite technical, but in short some people have had less that £600 since March and don't qualify even for Universal Credit. It's an oppressive mess and the suicide rate within the group is awful.
I noted last month the sad news of Sian's recent death. There was an online tribute and commemoration held by many of her friends and colleagues, and a topic that was raised on that day was our wish to record some kind of memoir of Sian's life. So in the year ahead I've offered to facilitate producing a book of her life and three of her close friends have kindly agreed to be its editors.
4. Hearing Voices Network
Last month I covered a number of plans that are being made for the International Day of Disabled People, this Thursday 3 December.
One item that is being held over until early next year is a video made by the Manchester Hearing Voices Group which I helped facilitate. The hope is to time the video with a wider physical post-covid exhibition, all related to the relaunch of the Manchester group. This group previously led to the creation of the network of hearing voices groups that exists today around the world, having started in Manchester in the 1980s. And by some of my friends involved in Manchester Mind at the time.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2020 by Tony Baldwinson.
Working in a Hostile Environment
I was in a meeting recently with a staff member of a national newspaper, and one of the topics they mentioned was on the issue of working in a hostile environment.
As part of their job they had been sent into war zones and similar conflicts, so their HR people had sent them on a training course beforehand. It covered topics like first aid, flak jackets, tracking devices, and avoiding harm. There were policies such as checking in three times a day, and always sharing movements and plans.
Clearly their employer was being very responsible, and risk assessments were built into their work.
And it got me wondering.
We can easily understand that a war zone somewhere else in the world is dangerous. We might even think that sometimes there might be dangerous assignments closer to home, such as covering a large protest or investigating and tracking down violent criminals.
But what about people who work in social policy in the UK?
It has been government policy for at least ten years to create a hostile environment for many people. It has become structural. The experience of the Windrush generation of Black British people and the Home Office is one stark example. And the experience of disabled people at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is another. The experience of local authorities – councils – and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is yet another.
But how far have third sector employers in the UK in the field of social policy appreciated that their staff are working in a hostile environment? Just because bullets are not flying overhead there is a danger that the risk is being under-estimated. People are still dying, especially when even the meanest of benefits have been withdrawn.
Years and years of relentless hostility will always cause their own damage, harm and trauma. It has been known for a long time that a key stress factor at work is the lack of control that anyone might have over their daily work. Build up that pressure over years and years, cuts upon cuts, and then add hostile policies and demeaning comments by national politicians (such as scroungers, work-shy, benefit cheats) – it all piles up.
A journalist would not be left in a war zone for a decade by their employer without a break. After a decade of cuts and hostilities in the UK I wonder if some third sector employers need to look again at the appalling external and policy environments their own staff have endured, to consider what more can be done to provide at least some of the much-needed respite and relief. Even without new money, though so very much needed, I believe there are still many non-financial improvements and reliefs that could be started or extended.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 9, 2020 by Tony Baldwinson.
Research Bulletin, September 2020
Well, it's a strange world for us all at the moment. Here's my monthly update in case there's anything new here that might help or be of interest to you.
1. Becky Fields' autobiography
Becky Fields is a pen-name for legal reasons of a disabled woman who was systematically abused for years as a child and young adult by her mother. Before she died she wrote her story of that abuse and how she managed to escape it to live independently, and despite many safeguarding errors including by social services staff. Becky's manuscript found its way to me and now it is published.
– SILENT NO LONGER, Becky Fields, 2020. ( ISBN 978 1913 1481 02 ) Free online and £4.99 as a paperback.
EXTRACT –
"I cannot say that I have felt much like a warrior whilst writing this book. I have shed many tears and had to set the book aside for weeks on end to give my heart a break from reliving the awfulness that was part of my early life. Yet, like a true warrior, I did see my task through to the end. I cannot say what will become of my efforts. But if this book helps anyone or even make one person think a little about what we, as a society, must do to put an end to this terrible crime, then it will have been worthwhile."
2. Television
BBC Two have commissioned two TV production companies to make programmes on the history of disabled people's campaigning. Both stop in 1995 with the (flawed) Disability Discrimination Act; I guess because the BBC want to avoid anything in the last 25 years that might be politically controversial, which is a shame and gap that others need to fill.
The first programme will be a drama-documentary based on the Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN) in the early 1990s. And the second programme will take a wider look at campaigning, starting around 1900. I've been sending the researchers at both companies various summaries and publications in case they help with accuracy.
3. Campaign interviews
There is a very interesting new kid on the research block, an organisation that is planning to safely interview disabled campaigners. I can't say more at this stage, but hopefully there will be a public launch soon.
4. Plans
Manchester is a vibrant hub for anyone interested in the political histories of disabled people. Three examples:
– a – Plans are underway for an exciting range of online contributions on the International Day of Disabled People, 3 December, focussed on the Central Library with support from Manchester City Council.
– b – The People's History Museum in Manchester is making plans for a substantial exhibition with disabled people under the banner, "Nothing About Us Without Us".
– c – The DigiFest organised by Manchester Histories to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Alf Morris MP's landmark law – the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 – drew a lot of interest and comment, mostly positive.
5. Park House
Within the NHS there is an archaic proposal for a new large locked mental health hospital to be built in north Manchester to serve a massive area. Unfortunately it has some political support at the moment because it is one of the government's promised "new 40 hospitals" and few politicians want to criticise that openly at the moment, unfortunately.
So, a campaign is underway led by the Hearing Voices Network based in Hulme at the Niamos Radical Arts Centre ( M15 5EU ) to get the planned locked mega-hospital abandoned and instead to use the money to build up genuine community-based mental health services across the city and beyond, which I support.
Some of the Archives+ materials from the Manchester Mind Collection from 1970 to 1990 have proved useful in showing how community-based mental health services are the only effective way forward, something we have known for some time now. Much better than people in distress being taken miles to be locked up, away from families, friends and communities, and only to be discharged later with a bus ticket, a box of tablets and precious little community-based support.
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PS – if you're interested in climate change and transport, there are details of some ideas for new electric battery trains instead of diesel on my website.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2020 by Tony Baldwinson.
Electric Battery Trains in 2021 with 60 miles range and 7 minutes recharge – doing the right thing
Imagine electric battery trains next year from Buxton to Manchester … and from Blackburn, Warrington, Sheffield, and more.
With the climate crisis facing us all, we know we need to reduce carbon emissions. Electric trains using overhead wires help us today by replacing diesel trains, but about a third of the network still has no overhead wires, mostly on rural and semi-rural lines. And it can take ten years to get new overhead wires added to one line, but we and our planet have run out of spare time.
Battery trains today can have a range of 60 miles and a recharge time of 7 minutes. This innovation allows for the necessary rapid transition to an all-electric railway. This will also bring air quality improvements, not least in our inner cities around main stations and lines.
However, while we already have the technology we still too often collectively fail to deliver the changes we know we need. This article hopefully suggests some ways forward, for discussion but mostly with the purpose of assisting action.
The idea of battery trains is not new. There are examples of services running in Ireland in the 1930s and in Scotland in the 1950s. Of course, battery technology has changed since then but the fundamentals are the same.
Currently there are various projects and initiatives for battery trains on specific lines, such as from north Wales to the Wirral, and from Chester to Crewe. There is also a frankly crawling programme of adding overhead wires, such as in the Lakes District. But the nervous breakdown that the railways organisations suffered while trying to add overhead wires around Bolton and Preston is still an open wound.
So we need to consider a rapid and intensive programme of introducing battery trains across the network, and not just more time-buying projects.
From the outside it often seems that the rail system or family of organisations and stakeholders was deliberately designed to be self-sabotaging. The speeding up of rail connections east-west between the cities across the north, sometimes called HS3 or the Crossrail of the North, has a government minister having to hold regular meetings, chasing progress, fixing misunderstandings and such, basically unblocking the drains.
A title like HS4 or CrossRail of the North for the rapid introduction of battery trains doesn't quite work, but the political and organisational context is much the same, maybe worse given the wider number of local authority stakeholders.
In my days working at the North West regional development agency there was a phrase only ever used internally and at select frustrating moments, to differentiate between the rarer environmental programmes that led to real change, and some other ineffective initiatives which were "di*king about". Harsh but true, and self-aware.
So, battery trains at pace and at scale in the UK rail family outside of London – a massive challenge to all of us.
Imagine a train station next to a church yard and bin store which needs some extra land for a transformer to recharge the trains. Imagine the parish council, the church trustees, Network Rail, the train operator, Highways England, the county council, sitting around a table in good faith. And shaking hands on a land swap – we have your old bins area, and we give you this other unused area for a new remembrance garden or whatever. And a photo of everyone for the local paper.
Frankly this would normally take months, if not years. Surveys, feasibility studies, reports, consultations, funding requests, sometimes appointing a programme director. Funding is then earmarked from control period ninety-nine.
Of course there is still a place for pilot projects. The hydrogen fuel cell enthusiasts deserve their chance. The tri-mode and quad-mode train lobbies similarly.
I'm still keen on reviving the Regional Eurostars, in case anyone is interested, business case on request.
But none of this should stop us electrifying the railways at scale and at pace – action this day. Better for the planet to do now and ask forgiveness, than to wait another day.
Research Bulletin, August 2020
Welcome to this monthly research bulletin.
1. Social care – lessons from the National Campaign for the Young Chronic Sick, 1960s
A reminder on social care politics, with the suggestions to take social care back into the NHS, that disabled people were campaigning 50 years ago for social care to be taken out of the NHS, which Alf Morris achieved with his new law in 1970. For more on the disabled people's National Campaign for the Young Chronic Sick please see attached.
2. The Campaign for Accessible Transport anniversary next month
We should note that 26 September will be the 30th anniversary of the disabled people's Campaign for Accessible Transport (CAT) demo which stopped the buses on Oxford Street in London, leading to arrests and court hearings. CAT was London-based, and started around four years before DAN which was national. There was regional and national TV coverage. For some rough notes as resource material for any events etc, please see attached. Maybe something for Inclusion London to consider?
3. Book
I am making a start on writing **a biography and memoir of Lorraine Gradwell** for publication probably in 2021. It's not easy, and as in all writing please don't ask me how it's going etc – it needs to stay private between me and the keyboard for the while. Thanks.
4. The Circular Economy from Disabled People's Perspectives …
I've been thinking about the current awful state of affairs, and what might be done to protect the future as well as protecting the past with archives and such. My thinking at the moment is around the Circular Economy from Disabled People's Perspectives.
In a nutshell, the idea of the circular economy is where **nothing is waste** just as in nature. We rightly think a lot about the climate emergency and zero carbon, and by thinking of carbon emissions as a pollution then the circular economy can include fighting climate breakdown as well as ocean plastics, land degradation etc. So I wonder if some work around The Circular Economy from Disabled People's Perspectives might bring some fresh thinking to the debate, and might help some green activists (let's be frank here about some stereotypes) to not see disabled people as essentially over-consumers with no agency. And for disabled people's input in environmental thinking to be seen as something more substantial than debating plastic straws. Do please get in touch if this interests you. Ideally it would not be a talking shop, but would create community knowledge.
Cheers all and stay safe, it isn't over yet by a long chalk.
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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 9, 2020 by Tony Baldwinson.
Research Bulletin, July 2020
There are two main topics to report this month.
1. The (new) Disabled People's Archive
This month the Executive Council of the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) decided that because the GMCDP Archive had grown a great deal, it was now time to name it the Disabled People's Archive.
This new name recognises the leading role that the GMCDP Archive Development Project has played for 18 years since 2002 in storing and protecting the history of the campaigns of radical disabled people and Disabled People's Organisations.
http://www.gmcdp.com/disabled-peoples-archive
2. The (new) Rosalie Wilkins Collection in the DPA
In 1972 Rosalie Wilkins, a young disabled woman , started her career as a TV presenter and interviewer in a documentary on Het Dorp, a "village" for disabled people in The Netherlands (Holland). The programme was made by the World In Action team at Granada TV in Manchester and was broadcast by ITV nationally.
This led on to her presenting the "Link" programme, every fortnight from 1975 to 1988. This was made by one of the ITV regional companies – ATV, later called Central, based in Birmingham, then by Coffers Bare Productions, and for broadcast on national ITV, later transferring to Channel 4.
Rosalie has kindly donated around 10 VHS tapes and some of her supporting documents to the Disabled Peoples Archive. Where possible these analogue tapes have been copied into MP4 digital format.
Copyright notice – these tapes and files are strictly for *private research* viewing only.
The conversion process used from VHS to MP4 involves the lid of the VCR (video cassette recorder) being off to help monitor for any tape jams, and a circuit breaker being added for safety. Hopefully after lockdown we may be able to access more professional systems.
Keep well and safe,
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2020 by Tony Baldwinson.


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Australian Defence Force member attacked on streets of Sydney
September 25, 2014 4:58 pm in Gold Coast by myGC
POLICE are investigating after a serving member of the Australian Defence Force was allegedly attacked on the streets of Sydney by a man of Middle Eastern appearance.
The 41-year-old sailor was reportedly in full uniform when he was allegedly set upon at Bella Vista around 6.30am on Thursday.
It's alleged that during a physical altercation, the man of Middle Eastern appearance threatened to behead the officer.
Police have since confirmed they are investigating the incident but have refused to make any further comment.
The uniformed naval officer managed to get away with only minor bruising.
Investigations are ongoing and there is no further information available at this time.
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Ben W. Olcott (1872–1952), 16th Governor of Oregon
Charles S. Olcott (1864-1935), American non-fiction writer
Chauncey Olcott (1858–1932), American stage actor and songwriter
Frederic P. Olcott (1841–1909), American banker and politician
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19-year-old striker is the second Reds youngster to join The Spireites on deadline day.
Barnsley Football Club can confirm that Jacob Brown has signed for Chesterfield FC on loan for the remainder of the 2017/18 season, to gain vital first team experience.
The young striker has been continually impressive for the Barnsley U23s, regularly scoring goals and captaining the side. His constant progression was rewarded during the 2016/17 season by making his debut for Paul Heckingbottom's first team in the 2-0 win away at Brentford.
With more first team involvement this season, Brown was rewarded with an extended contract at Oakwell until the summer of 2020. It has now been decided by the Club that his development would be further enhanced with first team football at the Proact Stadium in Sky Bet League Two, joining teammate Dylan Mottley-Henry in a deadline day move.
We would like to wish Jacob the best of luck on his move and will keep fans updated on his progress!
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Tallinna LennujaamNewsExpansion works of the airside area of Tallinn Airport are close to completion
Expansion works of the airside area of Tallinn Airport are close to completion
In 2021 Tallinn Airport provided services to 1.3 million passengers
In November, 164,126 passengers travelled through Tallinn Airport
Interruption in heat and hot water supply at Tallinn Airport from 3 December until the evening of 4 December
The share capital of AS Tallinna Lennujaam will be increased by 20,000,000 euros
The government imposes a testing obligation on those arriving from countries with high risk of the new strain of coronavirus
Estonian Health Board recommends that all vaccinated and unvaccinated people undergo PCR testing upon arrival in the country
40 direct flights from Estonia open for responsible travel
Flight connection between Tartu and Helsinki will be restored in March
In October, Tallinn Airport provided services to 184,655 passengers
The largest investment project of the last decade is coming to an end at Tallinn Airport. The total cost of the project aimed at improving the aviation safety, capacity and environmental status (2012–2023) is 74 million euros, of which 35 million euros are co-funded by the Cohesion Fund.
According to Riivo Tuvike, the Chairman of the Management Board at Tallinn Airport, the development and expansion works are necessary to respond to the tight competition between airports and create the best possible conditions for the development of Estonia's aviation sector. "We want to be an attractive destination for airlines, aircraft service companies and cargo companies. The development of the southern areas of the airport is part of our bigger development plan, according to which new aircraft service hangars and a cargo area will be established there in the long term," Tuvike said, adding that the new developments will help increase the capacity of the airport, leaving the apron area around the terminal entirely for passenger service in the future.
As a result of the construction works, a new apron area and new taxiways in the south were opened to aircraft in November, and the de-icing area and engine testing area in the east were expanded. The southern ring road was opened for patrol and maintenance vehicles.
According to Tuvike, one of the main goals of the development work was to reduce the environmental impact of the airport. "During the project, extensive and complicated rainwater systems were built, which will resolve the problem of excess water formulation. In addition, oil separators were installed and a warehouse was built for the storage and handling of the de-icing chemicals."
The contractors of the completed construction stage were KMG Inseneriehituse AS and Verston OÜ.
According to Veiko Veskimäe, the head of Verston OÜ, it is remarkable that the airport decided in favour of such a large-scale investment project during the economically difficult times for the entire tourism sector. "The leaders of Tallinn Airport set a good example here with their bold and forward-looking decision, to create favourable growth conditions for Estonia for the time when the crisis is over and the world reopens. Thanks to that, the object was completed more favourably, local companies got a job in difficult times and Estonia will get even bigger through more connections," Veskimäe said.
Marko Pikk, the main project manager at KMG Inseneriehitus, pointed out that the project was one of the most complex challenges that have been taken up so far. "We had to work without interrupting the air traffic, to ensure smooth operation of the airport throughout the construction period. As design was also part of the contract in addition to construction works, BIM modelling became an important tool in planning, and high demands were set on the capability and professionalism of the project team. The airport is a well-informed and demanding customer, and engineering and environmentally friendly solutions were very important. During the implementation of the airport project, a total of 5180 tons of CO₂ was saved during the works with innovative engineering solutions."
The development project of the airside area was implemented in several stages in 2012–2021, the last activities will last until 2023.
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Pannous Voice Actions gives iOS users an alternative to Siri
By George Wong, on 10/14/2011 13:43 PDT
Now that the iPhone 4S has been released, one of its most impressive features – Siri voice assistant, is available for people to use. But what about all the previous generation of iPhone users who don't get it even with the iOS 5 update? Well, good news for you – because there are quite a number of apps available on the Apple App Store that provide an alternative to Apple's official speech-activated helper.
While they aren't as fully-integrated as how Siri is with the iPhone 4S, most of them are touted to be just as useful. Pannous' Voice Actions happens to be one of the apps in this category. While I have yet to try it out, it does have an impressive feature list that sounds like what Siri can do. Send emails and texts, set alarms and reminders, answer your voice based questions and searches, voice dial your contacts, translate your spoken words/sentences and more.
Unfortunately it's not free ($6.99) but hey – that's much cheaper than forking out the money for a 4S just for Siri, right? Check it out on the Apple App Store if you're interested.
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I am proud to announce the release date for the English editions of my award winning novella 'Finale'.
'Finale' is the novel behind the upcoming terrifying Danish motion picture of the same name. It is a novella in the tradition of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hostel and Saw.
Both e-book and paperback editions will be released on May the 25th 2018. E-books are available for pre-orders.
Denmark is in the finale. Everybody is watching the game at home. At the gas station out by the highway, the two young women working the night shift are expecting a quiet evening and very few customers.
However no customers means no witnesses. They have been chosen to star in a completely different show.
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