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Now: Max Baucus Finally Walks HomeKaty HelgesonOctober 7, 2019 December 29, 2020
Max Baucus at Bozeman's Baxter Hotel on March 7, 2017.
Photo by Wes Overvold
Montana's longest serving senator and the former U.S. ambassador to China reflects on today's political climate from the 'radical middle'.
BY TODD WILKINSON
The elder American statesman, looking deceptively younger than the mileage on his political odometer, strides forth in a flannel shirt, jeans and running shoes. All week he's been appearing on national television news programs. In the hours of this early March day still to come, Max Baucus will be interviewed by more talking heads in New York and Washington, that distant capital city where he wielded tremendous power and clout.
Now, as he turns off a Main Street sidewalk, slipping into the lobby of the Baxter Hotel, few in Bozeman, Montana, appear to immediately recognize him. For the first time since 1972, he is no longer a man with a formal political title attached to his name—not "Ambassador," "U.S. Senator" or "Congressman," state legislator, or even candidate Baucus. He is in a new unfamiliar phase he calls simply "Ordinary Citizen" Baucus—and he is ebullient, "darned glad," he says, to finally be home.
"Within a day or two after Mel and I returned to Montana, I emailed a friend back in Beijing telling him I had just gone on a run outside in the clean air. I typed the words 'CLEAN AIR' in all caps," he notes.
For Max Sieben Baucus, the notion of breathing freely again isn't merely literal. At age 75, he still boasts the good knees that enabled him to complete eight marathons and countless 10-kilometer races, giving him the prestige as a diehard harrier on Capitol Hill. His recent stint as former President Barack Obama's U.S. Ambassador to China (2014-2017) is likely to be his last as a civil servant.
Born a Helena rancher's son in 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Baucus and his third wife Melodee are now building a home along the western foothills of the Bridger Mountains north of Bozeman, seeking what they hope will become a slower-paced life.
Yet on the day we meet, major media outlets are hounding him, wanting to know: What does he think about President Donald Trump's unproven accusations that Obama, while still in the White House, wiretapped Trump's phone lines? What does he make of the GOP's initial failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the health care law Baucus had been instrumental in crafting? And what dangers does he see gathering on the horizon with the Trump administration disavowing key trade and climate agreements?
Relaxed, jocular and maybe exerting bolder candor than he's wielded in half a lifetime, Baucus let loose on topics ranging from the rise of neo-populism to the state of democracy.
"I think the more our president makes statements that, off the top, seem totally ridiculous, the more it tends to damage our prestige worldwide," says Baucus, freshly returned from a three-year post in Beijing.
Normally, Baucus' understated way of doing things could drive zealots on the far right and far left crazy. And yet today in our deeply divided country, he could be regarded as a poster child for the "radical middle" of American politics. It's a realm of centrism where things historically got done but no one anymore, he notes, seems to want to go there—to that dreaded place of compromise.
As a Treasure State Democrat cut from the cloth of his idol Mike Mansfield, Baucus has reverence for the art of political deal-making that puts country before party loyalty or personal profit. It is the only kind of legislating, he says, that lasts.
Mansfield was the Brooklyn, New York-born, Butte copper miner, who served in the U.S. House and Senate from 1943 to 1977—16 of those years as the longest-serving senate majority leader—and capped his career as both Democrat Jimmy Carter's and Republican Ronald Reagan's ambassador to Japan. Mansfield was also a dear friend of President John F. Kennedy.
Other party giants Baucus reveres are Pat Williams, a Buttean and cousin of Evel Knievel, who served nine terms in the U.S. House, and the late Lee Metcalf, a four-term congressman who went on to become acting pro tempore of the U.S. Senate before he died in 1978.
Baucus walked 630 miles from Gardiner to the Yaak Valley in 1974 to connect with voters before his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Photo Courtesy of Max Baucus
Baucus with constituents in Missoula in 1984, the year he was elected to his second Senate term Photo by Carl Davaz/Missoulian
THE ORIGINS OF A TREASURE STATE GIANT
One of the retired ambassador's oldest and closest friends, Mike Miles, also grew up on a ranch outside of Helena. "Granted, ours was much smaller than the Sieben Ranch where Max spent his formative years," Miles explains, noting his grandmother babysat Baucus as a child.
They attended Helena High where Baucus played fullback on the football team and when he wasn't a starter, his hard work and enthusiasm made him a natural team leader.
A former Catholic priest who went on to become an author, instructor at Carroll College and today is professor emeritus in Montana State University's Honors College, Miles served as a special assistant to Baucus when he became senator.
In temperament and disposition, Miles says, Baucus is a reflection of his mother Jean and adopted father John.
"His mother was educated and well read, an elegant, strong and very refined person," Miles said. "Max would say he saw her as a combination of Grace Kelly and Katherine Hepburn and you know what, it was darned accurate. She had a graciousness and like many Montana ranch women, was tough, no pushover. Politicians who visited Max in Montana loved her."
Baucus' stepfather was tall both physically and in the way he rode in the saddle. "He was quiet, kind of a Gary Cooper type but transparent and dignified," Miles says. "He didn't believe in sharing his opinions unless he thought he had something useful to say and when he did offer something, you knew it had been well considered and you'd be wise to listen."
Like his mother, Baucus attended Stanford University where he also earned his law degree, then was tapped in 1972 to be among a cross-section of citizens who assembled Montana's first constitutional convention, considered one of the most progressive in the country.
"Max was the one who wanted to walk across Montana both to reconnect but also because he believed every county mattered."
From 1972 forward, Baucus never lost a political race. When he ran a successful long-shot bid to fill Metcalf's seat in 1978, he commenced a tenure that made him Montana's longest serving U.S. senator in history—holding a seat that had continuously remained in Democrats' hands since 1952. Republicans won it back in 2014, when Bozeman businessman Steve Daines prevailed in a special election held after Baucus became ambassador. Many say it is indicative of a political shift in the state.
Miles points out that Montana has changed from being a progressive, pro-labor bastion owed to jobs in the resource extraction industries and sprinkled with prairie agrarian populists. Even as rural areas in eastern Montana have emptied and more of the state's 1 million denizens cluster in cities closer to the mountains, the Treasure State has turned redder.
LEVERAGING THE RURAL WEST IN D.C.
On Capitol Hill, Baucus readily admits he was far better at formulating strategy than attaining distinction as a grandstanding orator. He still exudes a kind of bashfulness.
"Max is actually a nice guy, but to some that made him come across as an intellectual lightweight. He wasn't a man in love with the sound of his own voice and, so compared to others, he seemed like a mumbler who speaks only in abbreviated, incomplete sentences. He didn't behave like a cowboy, strutting and acting macho and stuff as some Western politicians do," says Tim Crawford, a Gallatin Valley businessman, farmer and conservationist. "His critics often said he was aloof. He isn't."
In Washington, many politicians rise or fall based on the competence of their staff. Many of the people Baucus gathered around him went on to hold leadership positions in politics, business and academia, and reflect on their tenure with Baucus as being an important training ground.
Jim Messina, one of the senator's acclaimed hires, became the mastermind behind Obama's re-election campaign in 2012 by using sophisticated data crunching to reach voters, especially young people.
Messina says that connecting with the entire electorate matters and Hillary Clinton's inability to do so cost her the 2016 presidential election.
A legendary moment in Baucus' career came in 1974, when he waged an underdog's bid and walked 630 miles over eight weeks from Gardiner, Montana, until he reached the Yaak Valley on the Canadian border. The purpose: to listen to Montanans along the way. Some of them chewed Baucus' ears off but were grateful that he heard them.
Baucus repeated the trek again in 1995 and 1996 to realign himself with the sentiments of constituents. He narrowly won his re-election bid over Denny Rehberg, who was aided by millions of dollars poured into the race by the Republican National Committee, a harbinger of how costly campaigns have become.
When Miles and Baucus barnstormed across the state in the '90s they never stayed in hotels but often on couches at constituents' homes. "He might be Montana's last great retail politician. Jon Tester gets out there and does a great job, but Max was old school," says Miles, comparing him to Montana's current populist Democratic U.S. senator, a grain farmer from Big Sandy.
Messina notes that Baucus had a sign on his desk in D.C. that read, "Montana Comes First."
"Max really lived that, every day. Much like now, when I went to work for him there was all this buzz about micro targeting and giving up on rural areas," Messina explains. "Max was the one who wanted to walk across Montana both to reconnect, but also because he believed every county mattered. We built these things called 'Baucus Barbecue Bonanzas' which were fun picnics with a band and beer in rural counties where Dems hadn't campaigned in years. … He won every county we did a BBB in."
President Barack Obama talks with the Congressional delegation aboard Air Force One on April 19, 2009, following the Summit of the Americas. Participants include Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Sen. Max Baucus (center) and Rep. Sam Farr. Official White House Photo by Pete Souz
Secretary of State John Kerry chats with U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus and Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Cai Wei after arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China on November 7, 2014, in advance of President Obama's visit to the Chinese capital. State Department Photo
"Max was a giant. He was probably one of the three or four most powerful people in Washington for years and continually used that power for his state."
I think of Mike [Mansfield] often," Baucus says. "He was a role model because of his decency, courtesy, respect, honesty and humility. To be a good public servant, he said, you'll always know who you are and what you ought to stand for, if you remember who you work for."
Baucus heeded Mansfield's advice by making time for his constituents. "Every couple of months, Max would have a work day in Montana," said Brian Kuehl, who served as both Baucus' legislative director and acting chief of staff. "These were opportunities for him to step into the shoes of people working in Montana." Baucus stacked wood products in timber mills, slung food in greasy spoon restaurants, and mended barbed wire fences on ranches.
Baucus believed he could have his greatest influence by serving on committees setting tax policy and he became a gatekeeper of funding.
Every day, Montanans enjoy the work of Baucus' unrelenting push to secure billions of dollars in federal highway funds. Montana is a "net donee" state, meaning that it gets far more from the federal government than it generates in taxes. Baucus made no apologies for using his authority on the Senate Finance and Environment and Public Works committees to give Montana a disproportionate influence.
Although he started his career as an unapologetic progressive, Miles said, Baucus knew that as the years wore on, appearing to be in lockstep with liberal Democrats from the coasts would never fly with his constituents. While he voted in favor of a ban on assault rifles, he resisted most curbs on gun ownership.
Politics is a blood sport. Although Baucus was a pragmatist, not a purist, he played the political game to win. He amassed enormous war chests, so that every six years he could make expensive media buys and fund grassroots campaigns to counter an inflow of Republican PAC money pouring into the state to beat him.
"Max was a fierce campaigner but also willing to leave campaigning behind once he was reelected," Kuehl said. "That's a lesson many other politicians could learn."
As Baucus notes now, with pride, his fundraising acumen profoundly benefitted other candidates down-ticket in the state.
He laments the widely perceived softening of the Democratic Party's grip in Montana, as evidenced by the GOP's control of the state legislature. As senator and the party's senior figurehead, he implemented a playbook not different from the current Republican Party. He insisted that candidates carry forward an integrated message where the success of one reinforced the success of another.
Baucus has huge admiration for the populist campaign of Bernie Sanders, who prided himself on receiving only small contributions from millions of supporters.
"I think one reason Bernie Sanders did so well in the Democratic primary, and Donald Trump did so well, is because a lot of people, Republicans and Democrats, are kind of ticked off. They're angry," Baucus said. "In the last 10 years, average incomes of Americans in real terms—that's after inflation—have not risen, whereas most wealthy folks have done pretty well … Of course people should be upset about that."
He deeply regrets the tidal wave of "dark money" in politics and yet he profoundly benefitted from it, in the form of liberal political action committees. Pulling no punches, he says there's too much money in politics and it has resulted in a serious breakdown of comity, or respect between the parties, nationwide. The rift, he says, has been building for years, worsened by the Citizens United Supreme Court decision of 2010. It's accelerated with the advent of social media loaded with calculated fake news, the decline of the Fourth Estate (watchdog journalism), and the dumbing down of complicated issues into TV sound bites.
Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a Republican, believes that Congress should pass a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would overturn Citizens United and set limits on election spending. Baucus likes the idea but he says money will always be a corrupting factor in politics, one way or another. Despite this incendiary time of alternative facts, he has faith that truth eventually prevails.
"Americans aren't dumb," he says, claiming too that, over time, the composition of the Supreme Court will eventually reach a point where the corrupting influence of dark money will be contained.
Mike Miles' late son, Sean, interned with Baucus, and tragically died in a car accident while on college break from Princeton University. The young man, who had worked for the Wilderness Society, left a profound impression on Baucus, so much so that the senator created a conservation fellowship that brought young Montanans to Washington to experience democracy in action. It was the only one of its kind.
When Baucus read a tribute to Sean into the federal register, Ted Kennedy, out of respect for Baucus and Miles, was there to listen.
Baucus openly expresses his admiration for Kennedy's lyrical displays of forensics, "the liberal lion" that fired up the Democratic base and, with remarkable rhetorical pugilism, could eviscerate opposing positions.
Part of Baucus' marvel for Kennedy stems from how he got along with perceived political foes and had their respect. After Kennedy's theatrics were done, he and Republicans would retreat to chambers, Baucus said, carrying on debates respectfully, even socializing with each other. Simpson says the same thing and laments the erosion of comity in Washington.
Sen. Max Baucus running in the Montana Marathon on Sept. 21, 2008. At age 66, he finished the 26.2-mile course in 4:57:25. Photo by Paul Rhuter/Billings Gazette
Baucus greets supporters at the Two Dot Bar as he makes the traditional stop on his trip across Montana in 2014. Photo by Casey Page/Billings Gazette
Iask myself that question often," Baucus says. "I don't have a good answer." He tells the story of how the private Senate dining room served as a sanctum for lawmakers to get to know each other personally. It fueled the spirit of working together, but the dining room closed down a decade ago as senators began spending time on fundraisers, and with lobbyists and party strategists. And mass media created feedback loops so that people only listen to those who reinforce their own views.
"Part of it is on us, too," he says, meaning citizens. "If we want those in Washington, D.C., to exercise more comity, citizens have got to push for it and exercise more comity themselves." The future of the U.S. will be more assured, he asserts, by maintaining an educated electorate.
Baucus, a lifelong hunter, angler and outdoor recreationist, is a fierce defender of the First and Second amendments. He points to the important role of the media but also expresses alarm over the epidemic of fake news. He found himself on the receiving end of it as debate over Obamacare hit fever pitch in 2009. Baucus went to the floor of the Senate and repudiated claims from Republican Sen. Roger Wicker that Democrats had frozen the GOP out of talks and were trying to "Europeanize" American health care.
After Baucus challenged Wicker and others, saying their claims would be considered libelous were they not protected by Senate bylaws, he soon got a dose of retaliation. The conservative Drudge Report posted a video on YouTube, which quickly went viral, claiming Baucus had been drunk while delivering his dress down of Wicker. Print media picked it up, but no one bothered to ask the senator himself, and the claim reached newspapers across Montana. It wasn't true.
Veteran Montana journalist Mike Dennison looked into Wicker's allegations and wrote: "Baucus, whose public speaking style can be halting and awkward, is not slurring his words …"
Baucus called newspaper editors demanding to know why they published it, without verification, and was told because everyone else had. Being a lawmaker in the age of social media is not something he misses.
What Wicker apparently didn't realize when he invoked Kennedy's name, outlandishly claiming he wouldn't have approved of the Democrats' tactics in passing Obamacare, is the full extent of Baucus' friendship with Kennedy and the pledge he made.
Kennedy's dream was seeing universal health care but knew he wouldn't live long enough to see the Affordable Care Act passed. He summoned Baucus to his home in suburban Washington, as he was in hospice with brain cancer, and made him promise that, as Finance Committee Chairman, Baucus would ensure the football got carried over the goal line. The moment, many said, represented a passing of the torch.
With Obama's election in 2008 and the volcanic eruption of the Tea Party, the GOP enforced a code not to cooperate with anything Democrats did. Shaking his head in disgust, Baucus said President Trump's tweeted declaration that he would rather see Obamacare explode in order to blame it on Democrats, instead of working in a bipartisan way to serve the public interest, is shameful.
"I hate to say it, but it may have to get worse before it gets better and really hit rock bottom before we realize we can't keep going on like this."
"Sometimes I've thought the U.S. Congress rallies together and Washington gets together only if there's a crisis that demands extraordinary political leadership to be displayed, like when we responded together during the Great Depression, after Pearl Harbor, the Russian launch of Sputnik and 9/11," he said. "I hate to say it, but it may have to get worse before it gets better and really hit rock bottom before we realize we can't keep going on like this."
In debates over prescription drug legislation and the deeply partisan question of whether the federal government should establish a single-payer health care system, Baucus was accused of being in the pocket of the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries.
The amount of campaign contributions he received during the first decade of the new millennium attracted intense scrutiny from the media and public interest watchdogs. Baucus vehemently denied any conflict of interest existed (note: he is not a multi-millionaire) and self-imposed a moratorium on receiving contributions from those industries in the months leading up to passage of Obamacare.
"Some would criticize Max, suggesting his moderation was really about political survival and that he lacked an ideological core," says Montana State University political scientist David Parker. "I would disagree that his moderation lacked principle; rather, a willingness to find common ground is the height of political principle in an institution and political system that requires mediation and listening to function."
Besides the Affordable Health Care Act, he lists the cleanup of toxic asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana, as one of his greatest accomplishments. With tinges of anger, he mentions the W.R. Grace Company that tried to evade responsibility for generations of Libby residents exposed to deadly asbestos fibers related to mining—he fought to get them medical treatment.
He also mentions federal acquisition and protection of 300,000 acres of land owned by Plum Creek Timber, known as the Legacy Project—a deed that Eric Love, formerly of the Trust for Public Land, called Baucus' greatest conservation achievement. Kuehl adds Baucus' work in creating the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in the Madison Range, and securing funding for the cleanup of the Clark Fork River and copper tailings sites in Butte, which together formed the largest EPA Superfund complex in America.
Baucus doesn't think the push to sell off public land will work because politicians know—or at least they should—that Westerners aren't in favor of giving up the places they like to hunt, fish and recreate.
A voracious reader and avid student of history, Baucus has studied the ascents and declines of civilizations. He made eight trips to China as a senator to promote trade with the most populous nation on earth. Serving as ambassador reinforced his belief in the Thucydides Trap. "It's a reference to circumstances that when a rising power causes fear in an established power, it escalates toward war," he says, noting that China is the rising power.
Had Baucus not accepted Obama's invitation to be the ambassador to China, many believe he could've served in the Senate to the grave.
"Max was a giant. He was probably one of the three or four most powerful people in Washington for years and continually used that power for his state," Messina said. "For a rural state, his legacy will be felt for generations to come."
But Baucus isn't leaving public life completely. He donated the $850,000 remaining in his campaign funds to archive all of his papers related to his political career at the University of Montana. In the future, he'll be commuting from Bozeman to Missoula to lecture at the Baucus Institute, part of the UM law school, and established to be a forum on the law, trade and cultural sharing.
Reflecting back on his career, he remembers nights sleeping on the couch at Mike Miles' Bozeman house and interacting with Sean, the young man who understood that the future is created by being present in the here and now and making it count.
"Sean Miles, being the bright young conservationist he was, reminded me before he died, that we are but a part of nature and the circle of life. We are only on this Earth for a speck of time in the sweep of history and we've got to make the most of it," Baucus said. "If we can all remember that, it will help us do the right thing."
Starting his career as a violent crime reporter in Chicago, Todd Wilkinson has been a Montana-based national environmental journalist for more than 30 years. His work has appeared in publications ranging from National Geographic to The Washington Post. In 2016, the National Newspaper Association named Wilkinson's "The New West" the country's best serious column for small-town papers. He is also the author of Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet.


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Over the past several years, drug counselors around the country have noticed a significant hike in the abuse of the cough suppressant dextromethorphan (DXM). There's a thriving subculture on the Internet that offers advice on which cough suppressants produce the best high and how to take them. Some even contain instructions on how to extract the DXM from the cough syrup. But because it's a legal drug, it's not tracked by any of the major groups that follow teen drug use. So it's difficult to gauge how just how widespread the problem is. And because it's been around for decades, some experts worry that the levels of abuse may be exaggerated by the media, only tipping off more kids to a new legal high. What little is known about the increasing levels of abuse of DXM has already prompted some adults to take action. Legislation has been introduced in many states that would restrict the sale of products with DXM to minors. Parent groups have called on pharmacies to keep some cold meds, including Robitussin and Coricidin behind the counter, and some local stores have complied. The trade group that represents the manufacturers of the over-the-counter drugs, the Consumer Health Care Products Association, has started an educational campaign, sending out thousands of brochures that warn parents and educators about the dangers of having too many cold medications stocked in the medicine cabinet. It's also working in conjunction with the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, which is now conducting its first study to gauge the prevalence of cold medication abuse.
Dextromethorphan is a cough-suppressing ingredient in a variety of OTC cold and cough medications. Many of the brand named cold medications are among those that can be abused. A teenager looking to get high or experiment with drugs may turn to OTC cough and cold preparations that contain dextromethorphan because they are readily available at home or the local drug store. Dextromethorphan can also be purchased in a bulk powder form on the Internet. Depending on the dose, the cold medications containing DXM's effects vary. Misuse of the drug creates both depressant and mild hallucinogenic effects. Users report a set of distinct dose-dependent "plateaus" ranging from a mild stimulant effect with distorted visual perceptions at low does to a sense of complete dissociation from one's body. If an individual consumes large doses of a cold medication containing dextromethorphan, it may cause a number of adverse effects, including impaired judgment and mental performance, loss of coordination, dizziness, nausea, hot flashes, dissociation, and hallucinations. Parents should be concerned if they notice that their child taking excessive amounts of a cold and flu remedy, or if he or she continues to take medicine even after symptoms have subsided. Likewise, if cough and cold medications seem to disappear from the medicine cabinet or if you find packages of cough and cold medications in the child's room or backpack, he or she may be abusing the product. Cold medications containing DXM produce very, very severe nausea prior to the opiate like high, so there's a natural barrier against extended use in large segments of the population. Downing a bottle of cough syrup may be rough on the stomach, but kids have learned that popping a handful of cold medication such as Coricidin tablets is far less disruptive to the digestive tract. And it's the abuse of the so-called Triple-C's that appears to be on the rise.
The abuse of cold medication abuse has the potential to become an epidemic, and it is extremely dangerous. Teens do not know exactly what type of cold medications to take; and they could quickly overdose through experimentation. "We need to build awareness among kids of the potential harm that taking extreme amounts of these products can cause," says Virginia Cox of the Consumer Health Care Products Association in Washington. Until that awareness has reached every household in America, parents must remain on high alert, for the signs of cold medication abuse. The best thing a parent can do to help a teen who is abusing cold medications is to give them the gift of drug treatment.
Over-the-counter drug abuse also occurs with laxatives, diuretics, emetics, and diet pills, as teens try to achieve weight loss.
Another reason user's abuse cough syrup has to do with how easily obtainable the drug is, due to it being legal over the counter medicine.
In 2008, 1.4% of the adult population ages 26 and older reported abusing over the counter pain medications within that year.
It takes only three days to become addicted to some of the most common over-the-counter pain killer medications which contain high doses of codeine.


Under the Education Act 2002 (section 175/157), schools must 'make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children'.
The school will therefore be alert to signs of abuse and neglect and will follow the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSBC) procedures to ensure that children receive appropriate and effective support and protection.
Parent/carers should know that the law requires all school staff to pass on information with gives rise to a concern about a child's welfare, including risk from neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse. The staff will seek, in general, to discuss any concerns with the parent/carer, and where possible inform them of the referral to Social Care. This will only be done where such discussion will not place the child at increased risk of significant harm.
Under Section 3 (5) of the Children Act 1989, schools or any person who has care of a child 'may.... do what is reasonable in all the circumstances of the case for the purpose of safeguarding or promoting the child's welfare'. This means that on rare occasions, a school may need to 'hold' a child in school whilst Social Care and the police investigate any concerns further.


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Q: Struggling to automate terraform WAF I'm trying to terraform WAF ACL and associated rules. The terraform stack I'm working on is identical in DEV, QA , and PROD, differences are all handled using different variables. So my idea is to store a list of CIDRs in a variable, and automatically create ALLOW rules for each. My limited knowledge is slowing me down though. It creates the ipsets perfectly, but the rules and ACL complain,
variable cloud_allowed_cidr_list = {type="list" default=["1.2.3.4/32","4.3.2.1/32"]}

resource "aws_waf_ipset" "ipset" {
  count = "${length(var.cloud_allowed_cidr_list)}"
  name = "ipset-${count.index}"

  ip_set_descriptors {
    type  = "IPV4"
    value = "${element(var.cloud_allowed_cidr_list, count.index)}"
  }
}

resource "aws_waf_rule" "matchIPrule" {
  count = "${length(var.cloud_allowed_cidr_list)}"
  depends_on  = ["aws_waf_ipset.ipset"]
  name        = "matchMancIPrule${count.index}"
  metric_name = "matchMancIPrule${count.index}"

  predicates {
    data_id = "${aws_waf_ipset.ipset.*.id}"
    negated = false
    type    = "IPMatch"
  }
}

resource "aws_waf_web_acl" "waf_acl" {
  depends_on  = ["aws_waf_ipset.ipset", "aws_waf_rule.matchIPrule"]
  name        = "mancACL${count.index}"
  metric_name = "mancACL${count.index}"

  default_action {
    type = "BLOCK"
  }

  rules {
    action {
      type = "ALLOW"
    }

    priority = "${count.index}"
    rule_id  = "${aws_waf_rule.matchIPrule.id}"
    type     = "REGULAR"
  }
}

It fell apart when I realised that rules have multiple predicates, and the ACL has multiple rules .....how do you create that dynamically ? If anyone has any examples of doing something similar I'd be very grateful.

A: Since the release of 0.12 you can now do this using dynamic blocks.
No need to use count to iterate over your array.
resource "aws_waf_ipset" "ipset" {
  name = "youripset"

  dynamic "ip_set_descriptors" {
    iterator = ip
    for_each = var.cloud_allowed_cidr_list

    content {
      type  = "IPV4"
      value = ip.value
    }
  }
}

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Out of Site...Out of Mind. Corvette: anything else is just transportation.
I wanted a modern day Stingray so I thought "why not". Designed my own Stingray and got some very talented folks to make a dream come to life. Then in Feb. 2007 one of the Vette clubs I'm in lost a good friend and fellow member to cancer. Ricky Lee was a Corvette Restoration Master. So my project also became a tribute to a fallen member, friend, and all around cool dude. Gods Speed Ricky.
Corvette: anything else is just transportation.
Hey I saw that you were looking for an 82 CE last year. Are you still looking? I am looking to sell mine before my upcoming deployment. Let me know.
Andy: Hope you are doing well. Trying to coordinate a ride for the Wounded Warrior Project in NC and TN first w/e of October. Saturday-Sunday event. Working with Yamaha and Dixie in Nashville and want to get Phanni in Knoxville involved as well. What would your availability be?
Thinking about Iron Horse Station in Hot Springs for lunch? And meeting at Asheville Chevrolet on 19/23 that morning as a central meet spot for everyone?
Andy: I am putting together 9/11 Memorial Ride and St Jude Benefit on 9/11/10 in asheville area plus ETN. Are you available?
Andy, I just posted on this in the SE section. We'll plan to meet in the Town of Roan Mountain nearest the intersection of US 19E and TN 143. We'll do lunch first, then head up the mountain for photos, signings, etc. We're leaving out around 8:30 and plan to be in RM at 12 Noon. Just seems to work better for all having this meeting location and at noon, most are hungary anyway. I'll PM you phone #s.
Andy: Right now we're going to enter RM from the South on TN 143 buit I still need a road report from one of my buddies in Banner Elk. I'll get you an update by Tues.
Haven't played out in a few years. Had to battle idiot step-son and his wife for custody for two of our grandchildren. Seems they don't have a problem doing drugs and booze with kids around. I do. That and a weird skin condition that makes my hands crack and bleed when I try to play. Been working on that with the help of a Doctor.
If I do get to where I can play out again I'll let you know.
Hey man let me know where you guys play next in the Tri-Cities if possible i'll head out and check you guys out!
Got a cousin who plays the drums in a band.... can't remember who he keeps changing singers/guitar ppl etc. etc... guess it's the rockstar life.
Let me know and i'll try to come listen!


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How a South Dakota FOIA request landed in the U.S. Supreme Court
It's been nearly eight years since the Argus Leader submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act related to where food stamp money is spent. The data still has not been released.
How a South Dakota FOIA request landed in the U.S. Supreme Court It's been nearly eight years since the Argus Leader submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act related to where food stamp money is spent. The data still has not been released. Check out this story on argusleader.com: https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2019/01/11/how-south-dakota-foia-request-landed-u-s-supreme-court-argus-leader-media/2516723002/
Jonathan Ellis, Sioux Falls Argus Leader Published 2:17 p.m. CT Jan. 11, 2019 | Updated 3:27 p.m. CT Jan. 11, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
It's been nearly eight years since the Argus Leader submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act related to where food stamp money is spent.
The data still has not been released.
More: U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether to release food stamp data to Argus Leader
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that will decide whether the public has a right to know how much taxpayer money grocers, gas stations, big box retailers and others get by participating in the federal food stamp program.
Here's how we got to this point:
Feb. 1, 2011: The Argus Leader submits a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking for the name, unique identifier, address, store type and the yearly SNAP sales figures for every store in the United States that participates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. The request covers stores in the program from 2005 to 2010.
Feb. 17, 2011: USDA releases the store names, types and addresses, but refuses to release yearly sales amounts, arguing the information is prohibited by law from being released and that it constitutes confidential business information.
Aug. 26, 2011: After failing to get a response on its appeal, the Argus Leader filed suit in federal district court to force disclosure of the records.
March 15, 2012: USDA files for summary judgment asking that the case be dismissed. USDA says that SNAP sales figures are not releasable, arguing they are among the tax records and other financial documents submitted by stores that apply to become SNAP retailers.
Sept. 27, 2012: District Court Judge Karen Schreier grants USDA's motion for summary judgment.
Jan. 14, 2013: Argus Leader appeals the summary judgment decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth District.
Oct. 23, 2013: A three judge panel on the Eight Circuit hears oral arguments on the Argus Leader appeal.
Jan. 28, 2014: The panel reverses the district court decision and remands the case back to the district court to decide whether retailer SNAP sales figures, which are paid by taxpayers, constitute confidential business information that would cause substantial competitive harm if made public.
Jan. 20, 2015: After delaying for a year while it sought to find retailers who would agree that releasing the sales figures would cause competitive harm, USDA files for summary judgment.
Sept. 20, 2015: Judge Schreier denies USDA's motion for summary judgment.
May 24, 2016: A two-day bench trial begins in Sioux Falls with Judge Schreier presiding. USDA calls industry witnesses who agree with its contention that the sales figures would cause substantial competitive harm if released. The Argus Leader calls expert witnesses who argue that making the taxpayer payments public would not cause the stores harm.
Nov. 30, 2016: Judge Schreier rules against USDA, finding that the agency had failed to show that releasing the sales figures would cause substantial competitive harm.
Jan. 27, 2017: After USDA announces that it will not appeal Judge Schreier's ruling, the Food Marketing Institute, a retail trade and lobbying group, files an emergency motion to intervene in the case in order to appeal to the Eighth Circuit.
March 14, 2018: A new three-judge panel for the Eighth Circuit hears FMI's appeal. The group's lawyer argues that if a store's SNAP sales figures were released, a competitor could calculate a store's total sales.
May 8, 2018: The Eighth Circuit panel rules against FMI.
Aug. 7, 2018: After failing to get an en banc hearing with the full Eighth Circuit, FMI files an application with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch asking Gorsuch to recall and stay the mandate issued by the Eighth Circuit.
Aug. 29, 2018: The Court recalls the Eighth Circuit mandate pending FMI's request for the Court to review the case.
Oct. 11, 2018: FMI files a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court asking it to review the case.
Jan. 11, 2019: The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and ultimately decide whether the public has a right to know how much taxpayer money grocers, gas stations, big box retailers and others get by participating in the federal food stamp program.
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Medical literature clearly shows that statins, drugs such as Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor stop the endogenous production of one of the most important nutrients for the cells in our body: coenzyme Q10.
Many people are unaware that the depletion of Q10 causes the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. This triggers a series of cascading events on the arterial wall, where the inflammation increases the risk of heart attack and stroke.
This is just one of the reasons why statins do not guarantee protection from heart attack.
The prescription of statins without Q10 should be considered illegal.
The list of health problems related to depletion of Q10 should invite us to reflect on the safety of statins.
fatal cardiomyopathy, heart attack, congestive heart failure (which usually brings to death within 5 years), fatigue, cancer, myopathy, depression resistant to anti-depressants, high blood pressure, gum disease and tooth loss, hair loss, liver disease, sudden complete loss of memory or amnesia, cataracts, angina, folic acid deficiency, damage to cell membranes and more.
In fact, low levels of Q10 in addition to increasing disease, can cause death within six months.
The literature referred to at the bottom of the article, should encourage every doctor to prescribe Q10 as often as prescribed statins.
You may feel as bold as you just read, but the severity of the problem remains and needs to be understood.
So why not producing statins with Q10?
Already in 1990, the pharmaceutical giant Merck, has decided to add Q10 to a statin drug. They were also about to obtain a patent. The patent number is 4.933.165.
Why has the drug never been commercialized?
How not to suspect that the drug companies already knew from the beginning the seriousness and the effects produced by statins without Q10?
If you take statins, insist to your doctor to control the Q10 levels.
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The world may want to learn a lesson from the "Worsters" that follow recommendations at "Vote for the Worst.com" as if they were lemmings. The Worsters mostly represent the US generation raised with a false, inflated sense of self esteem leading to millions of narcissistic young American adults that value mediocrity over achievement through merit. No culture/nation has ever survived with this attitude leading the way.


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Nat Rev Genet. 2015 Jan;16(1):33-44. doi: 10.1038/nrg3821. Epub 2014 Nov 18.
Relatedness in the post-genomic era: is it still useful?
Speed D1, Balding DJ2.
UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
1] UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. [2] Department of Genetics and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia.
Relatedness is a fundamental concept in genetics but is surprisingly hard to define in a rigorous yet useful way. Traditional relatedness coefficients specify expected genome sharing between individuals in pedigrees, but actual genome sharing can differ considerably from these expected values, which in any case vary according to the pedigree that happens to be available. Nowadays, we can measure genome sharing directly from genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data; however, there are many such measures in current use, and we lack good criteria for choosing among them. Here, we review SNP-based measures of relatedness and criteria for comparing them. We discuss how useful pedigree-based concepts remain today and highlight opportunities for further advances in quantitative genetics, with a focus on heritability estimation and phenotype prediction.
10.1038/nrg3821
Genetic Variation*
Genetics, Population/methods*
Pedigree*
Phenotype*
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics*
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The 2019 Interim Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment provides an overview of the County of Marin's community greenhouse gas emissions through 2017, demonstrating progress towards the 2015 Climate Action Plan (CAP 2015) goals and illustrating next steps for CAP implementation.
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During Earth Week of 2002, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution that recognized both the gravity of global warming and the responsibility for local action. In the County's first Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, adopted in 2006, the County set greenhouse gas reductions target of 15% below 1990 levels by 2020 for community and municipal emissions. By 2012, the County had met its community emissions target by reducing emissions to 15% below 1990 levels - eight years ahead of schedule. In November 2014, the Board of Supervisors adopted an updated community emissions target of reducing emissions to 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 when it adopted the Climate Action Plan Update 2015.
In September 2019, the Board of Supervisors and County staff launched the 2020 CAP Update initiative. Over the coming months, we will begin an updated inventory, forecast, goal setting, and measure development for a CAP update that extends work to 2030 and beyond. The effort will integrate solutions developed via Drawdown: Marin.
Historical Climate Action Planning Background Reports and Documents
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The Marin Climate & Energy Partnership (MCEP) is made up of representatives from all eleven cities and towns in Marin, the County, the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM), the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) and the Marin General Services Authority (MGSA). MCEP's mission is the reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels to the targets of Marin County and local municipalities, consistent with the standard set by AB32.
Climate Action Plans in Marin's Cities and Towns
All of Marin's cities and towns have either adopted a Climate Action Plan(CAP) or have incorporated Climate Action planning into their General Plan. You can view each city's CAP on the MCEP website.
In addition, some cities and towns in Marin County have specific Climate Change and Sustainability websites. Visit the following links for more information on going green in your community.
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In 2017, MCEP developed GHG inventories for all of the cities and towns in Marin County for the year 2014. Marin countywide emissions fell 15% between 2005 (the base year for most cities/towns) and 2014. The result of these inventories can be found at the MCEP Climate Inventories website.
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View the online PDF below or call to request a hard copy at (415) 473-2698.
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The County of Marin Climate Action Plan accounts for emissions that are created by our day-to-day activities, such as driving to work, turning on the lights at home, and taking out the trash. But there are other emission-generating parts of our lives that this inventory doesn't account for. The County's is an activity-based inventory, which means it uses information about the activities that occur within our borders, such as miles driven and kilowatt hours used.
Another way to assess local emissions is through a consumption-based inventory. This accounts for activities that are typically outside of jurisdictional control, such as how much and what people purchase. Purchases of clothing, food, airline trips, and other goods and services are not included in the County's climate action plan, because many of the emissions generated in the creation of these goods happen elsewhere, such as at factories or airports outside of the County.
If you are interested in learning more about this measure of emissions, and how your neighborhood compares in this metric, a consumption-based inventory is available for the entire San Francisco Bay Area. This inventory, completed in 2016 by the bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Cool Climate Network at UC Berkeley, is based on a full life-cycle analysis of the emissions generated by the production, shipping, use, and disposal of each product consumed in the Bay Area, regardless of where the GHG emissions were released to the atmosphere.
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A project of Sustainable Marin, Resilient Neighborhoods is a 501(C)(3) non-profit that provides free training and meetings to help all Marin residents learn about and lower their carbon footprint. In addition, the program empowers residents to lower their bills, strengthen their communities and prepare for emergencies.
The Program operates as a 5-part series, in which residents learn about specific actions to create cleaner, safer, more sustainable homes and communities. More information can be found at the Resilient Neighborhoods website.
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The County of Marin Sustainability Team on occasion organizes and attends sustainability related around Marin. Visit out Events Page for information on past and future events.
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Marin County resident Paul Hawken is editor of the recently released, critically acclaimed book Drawdown, which maps, measures, and describes the 100 most substantive solution to global warming.
John Wick, co-founder or the Marin Carbon Project, also serves on the Board of Directors for Project Drawdown. The work of Marin Carbon Project, which focuses on carbon-sequestration of grazing and agricultural lands, is featured in the book as important approaches to reducing global emissions.
Marin Carbon Project
Resilient Neighborhoods, a project of the Marin Climate and Energy Partnership and the Marin General Services Authority, was awarded a $275,000 Local government Challenge Grant from the California Energy Commission. This grant sought to fund projects that stimulate innovation in building energy efficiency and developing or implementing climate action plans. This funding will allow Resilient Neighborhoods to expand the number of classes it offers and ensure that the program can continue to operate through 2019.
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The County currently has a number of sea level rise projects in the works including the Collaboration: Sea-level Marin Adaptation Response Team (C-SMART) project, which will run from March 2014 through April 2016. C-SMART will evaluate the vulnerabilities to sea level rise along Marin County's western coast, define adaptation strategies that will increase that resiliency of the coastal resources there, and share lessons learned with others. Funding is provided by the Ocean Protection Council and the California Coastal Commission. Projects have also been launched along the Bay as well.
Marin Sea Level Rise Page
Our Coast Our Future
City of San Rafael "Climate Adaptation - Sea Level Rise" White Paper
In January 2014, the City of San Rafael's Community Development Director Paul Jensen prepared a report on potential sea level rise in San Rafael. The paper a) identifies the key agencies that have been involved in studying and planning for sea level rise; b) presents the most current information and studies on sea level rise, particularly in the Bay Area; c) identifies potential funding sources to pursue for next steps; d) summarizes the studies underway in Marin and the North Bay; e) describes techniques and tools that have been developed for adaptation; f) identifies the San Rafael shoreline and levees areas to study, as well as potential opportunity areas for studying adaptation; and g) presents suggestions for next steps in moving forward with preparing a vulnerability assessment and long-term planning for sea-level rise.
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Climate Adaptation - Sea Level Rise White Paper
Southern Marin Pilot Project
The project, sponsored by Supervisor Sears with support from Marin County Public Works, the Community Development Agency and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, addresses how the climate change impacts of sea level rise will affect the future of Southern Marin communities, infrastructure, ecosystems and economy, and what strategies the County can pursue to reduce and manage these risks. The project area encompasses the Richardson Bay shoreline, from the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin treatment plant in Mill Valley to Marin City. One product of this project is a local sea-level rise GIS application that includes NOAA sea-level rise and local infrastructure data.
Marin County Watershed Programs
The Marin County Watershed Program, which is sponsored by the Marin County Department of Public Works provides a framework to integrate flood protection and environmental restoration with public and private partners to protect and enhance Marin's watersheds. The program has several on-going studies in many of Marin's watersheds that include analyses of potential sea level rise impacts.
Adapting to Sea Level Rise Along the North Bay Shoreline
The North Bay Watershed Association (NBWA) funded this study by PRBO Conservation on the shoreline of eastern Marin north to the Petaluma River. The study addressed the ecosystem value of tidal marshes by estimating the amount by which they attenuate incoming waves; analyzed tidal marshes and other sites of interest in the North Bay region by calculating projected marsh composition, wave attenuation, and tidal marsh bird abundance; and produced more detailed vulnerability assessments (including estimates of adaptive capacity) for three case study areas selected as being of high interest to workshop participants: Inner Richardson Bay, Gallinas Creek and Novato Creek. Link to the Full Report.
Innovative Wetland Adaptation Techniques in Lower Corte Madera Creek Watershed
The Innovative Wetland Techniques in Lower Corte Madera Creek Watershed project was one of the first Bay Area projects to examine how to reduce the vulnerability of tidal wetlands to sea level rise. Project partners include the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Marin County Flood Control District, USGS, UNESCO and private consultants.
Adapting to Rising Tides (East Bay - Bay Bridge to San Mateo Bridge)
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the NOAA Coastal Services Center lead this major sub-regional undertaking. Adapting to Rising Tides - the ART Project - is a collaborative planning effort that is working with Bay Area communities to increase their preparedness and resilience to sea level rise and storm events while protecting critical ecosystem and community services.
The Horizontal Levee
The Bay Institute's groundbreaking study about the economic value of tidal marshes, demonstrates that nature performs critical functions for society. During the era of sea level rise, the marshlands of San Francisco Bay have become a critical adaptation tool. The Horizontal Levee study shows that restoration of San Francisco Bay's tidal marshes is one of the best and most inexpensive ways to protect valuable shoreline development from sea level rise during the next several decades. By using tidal marshes in combination with earthen levees, construction and maintenance costs can be reduced by almost 50%.
Cal-Adapt - Great website that tracks California's climate change research and has excellent interactive mapping tools.
California Climate Change Portal -This is the state's general website on climate change including information on current research and resources for individuals, businesses and local governments wanting to take action.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Organization established by the United Nations Environment Programme & World Meteorological Organization in 1988 to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts.
Sonoma County's Climate Protection Program -A collaboration of public and private partners in Sonoma County working to reach the County's greenhouse reduction targets.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District Climate Program - BAAQMD's page on climate protection includes information on their programs and information on their work related to AB32.
350BayArea.org - a grassroots movement striving for deep greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The site includes information on how residents can take action and includes an up to date calendar on climate events throughout the Bay Area.
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"Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere."
An instant best-seller when it was released in 1885, King Solomon's Mines is regarded as one of the earliest works of "lost world" fiction in which explorers discover an unknown world full of adventure and mystery.
In King Solomon's Mines, adventurer Allan Quatermain sets out on an expedition to find a friend's brother who was lost while searching for the mines of the biblical King Solomon. The mines are said to hold the riches and treasures of Solomon's kingdom, a temptation that Quatermain cannot deny.
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Electric vehicle startup Rivian scores $1.3 billion investment from T.Rowe Price, others
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By Ben Klayman
(Reuters) – Electric vehicle startup Rivian said on Monday it closed a $1.3 billion investment round led by T. Rowe Price and including existing investors Amazon.com and Ford Motor Co.
The investment round, which also included BlackRock Inc, is the fourth this year for Rivian and positions the Plymouth, Michigan-based company as one of the better-financed players in a crowded EV manufacturing market where Tesla Inc is the most established player.
"This investment demonstrates confidence in our team, products, technology and strategy," Rivian Chief Executive R.J. Scaringe said in a statement.
Electric vehicles still make up only a small piece of the global automotive market. While Tesla is the best-known maker, China and Europe are pushing automakers to roll out EVs, and Ford, General Motors Co and others have announced plans to spend billions of dollars developing the vehicles.
Founded in 2009, Rivian plans to build an all-electric pickup truck, the R1T, and the companion R1S SUV, starting in late 2020. Both models are based on a Rivian-designed "skateboard," a chassis that bundles electric motor, batteries and controls and can accommodate a variety of body styles.
Prior to Monday's announcement, Rivian had raised $2.2 billion from investors, according to investor website PitchBook, and was valued at an estimated $5 billion to $7 billion.
The company's total valuation in the wake of the latest investment round was not immediately clear.
Rivian said on Monday no new board seats were added as a result of the latest investment.
T. Rowe Price has placed other bets in the auto sector. It is a large Tesla shareholder and also has invested in GM's majority-owned Cruise self-driving division. T. Rowe Price also invested, along with Amazon, in self-driving car software startup Aurora and British online food delivery company Deliveroo.
"T. Rowe Price is excited to invest in Rivian as it moves the innovation frontier forward with its compelling sustainable transport solutions for both consumers and businesses," T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund Portfolio Manager Joe Fath said Monday in an emailed statement.
Amazon, which has relationships and deals across the auto industry, led a $700 million investment round in Rivian in February. The e-commerce company also ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from Rivian. The first Amazon vans will be built at a former Mitsubishi Motors Corp plant in Normal, Illinois, starting in 2021.
Amazon declined to comment on Monday.
Ford invested $500 million in Rivian in April and plans to help it begin production in Normal in 2020.
"We want to maintain a meaningful value in the ownership and future of that company," Ford spokesman T.R. Reid said on Monday about Rivian.
In November, sources told Reuters a battery-powered Lincoln SUV, due in mid-2022, would be the first Ford vehicle to be built on the Rivian skateboard.
Cox Automotive Inc, owner of the Autotrader online automobile market and Kelley Blue Book car valuation service, invested $350 million in Rivian in September.
(Reporting by Ben Klayman in Detroit; Editing by Dan Grebler and Matthew Lewis)
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Q: String from NSData fails using UTF8 but succeeds using ASCII I am scanning some barcodes and decoding them to Swift strings. The specific scanner provides an object that holds the information I need to build an NSData:
let rawData = decodedData.getData() // UnsafeMutablePointer<UInt8>
let rawDataSize = decodedData.getDataSize() // UInt32
let data = NSData(bytes: rawData, length: Int(rawDataSize)) // NSData

I then decode this into a string:
let string = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding) as? String

I find that certain barcodes return nil when decoding unless I switch to NSASCIIStringEncoding:
let string = NSString(data: data, encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding) as? String

My understanding of string encoding is limited, but I was under the impression that any ASCII string could be decoded as UTF8 since ASCII is a subset of UTF8. Is this accurate?
If so, what else might be causing this issue?

A: The problem is that not every sequence of bytes is valid if interpreted as UTF-8. For example, a single byte with a value of 0xff = 255 is never valid in UTF-8. On the other hand, it might be that the ASCII encoding allows every byte value, even though this is not really correct.
You better have a good look at the data and see what encoding it actually is. And if it is just random bytes, then please do NOT convert them to a string.


No. The sentences that appear on Ed's blog are there because Ed was quoting Henning's article.
That being said, if Henning used Ed's info, he should have said something.
Oh, I see, I misunderstood how Edmans blog was written. I thought Ed bolded the words he wrote and that appeared in Lynns column.
I was writing that previous post over the course of about a half-hour. I see the conversation is a bit more detailed.
That's what I thought, as well, Rhino. I can't access Edmans blog from work (blogspot.com is blocked at work); and thought the bolded parts were the parts in question.
Apologies to those I may have confused.
Does that mean that Ed ripped off Elias? Serious question.
He figured out Elias, which many others have failed to do.
The real question is, are any of those guys even borderline? Or could their status just be an educated guess?
This was my primary question.
There are plenty of times I can make educated guesses on things without any statistical background or anything like that at all, just based on "regular knowlege." It's not the best way to do things, but we all do it upon occasion - especially when we are just "chewing the fat." Heck, I was doing that this weekend with the state playoffs. And I was able to make a reasonable guess (one of two scenarios) without looking at anything. I figured if Fenton and Linden weren't in the same division, that West would be with Linden and that Fenton could face Davison. I figured Hartland's win on week nine probably gave them a home playoff game - I just had no clue who against. I did all of that with very little research. And I could've wrote a column saying those things. But someone could've had a blog or the MHSAA could've said I used their site to get that information. Now, I did look at the MHSAA site after week eight and looked at the enrollments of the teams that had five wins at that time, and that helped me make some of those guesses. But I hardly would say that I pounded that site to make great conclusions. I know there are people that do put sites with those playoff projections out there. If I wrote that column, they may have complained I needed to give credit to them as well.
I think this is a touchy subject and if you are going to throw stones, you better have everything lined up before doing so. Even fishy isn't enough. You probably should be 100 percent certain. Edman is a great poster on this board. People are bound to side with him. Heck, I have a sense to do just that. But there are way too many scenarios in my life where I can think of people making thoughts like this (like mine above) that someone would swear they took it from me or something I know without realizing there are 1,000s out there capable of coming to the same conclusions without doing half that work through general sense or other sources - or their own sources.
I haven't followed any "history" between you or Lynn Henning so maybe I have issues there that you can fill me in with.
It seems to me that a list like this may be available in various places. I'm sure you are not the only one that put time into something like this. He probably saw your site, but couldn't have there been various sources that may have had projections like you have? I would have to think there would be others out there? Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. Maybe he did some work himself as well. Maybe not as extensive as your list there, but couldn't have those guesses been made without even extensive work? Without understanding how you derived at your numbers it seems two of the three people you mentioned probably could've been "guessed" at the type of free agent they are listed at.
If he used various sources, he could've said something even as generic as "based on various sources"... but it's hard to say he wouldn't have access to something like your list through a variety of people and that he had to have used your list exclusively to create his thoughts. And, again, they are just thoughts.
I'm not questioning you in a derogatory manner here. Just wondering how you know it "HAD TO BE" from your site. Or even if he saw your site that this information wasn't able to be derived by other sources or even just by educated guesses without doing any great math.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way. Just wanting to know more of the background. I agree, he certainly could've reached those conclusions from your site. I can clearly see where that is obvious.
Nobody else has posted public projections of the Elias Rankings.
It seems to me that a list like this may be available in various places. I'm sure you are not the only one that put time into something like this.
Various places such as where? It's possible that Henning has access to someone who did this privately but cracking the code is not a simple procedure so I would guess not. It's also possible that Henning made educated guesses but some of the guys were kind of borderline so I doubt it. There is no proof that Henning got the info from Edman but I would bet that he did.
1,000s out there capable of coming to the same conclusions without doing half that work through general sense or other sources - or their own sources.
Google "Elias Rankings" and see if anybody else has cracked it and posted it. Based on educated guesses, there is no way he would have gotten Furcal and Varitek correct.
What makes those two players so hard to project based on their stats over the last two seasons?
Yes I understand that. But would Elias be justified in feeling ripped of by Ed's cracking of their formula? It seems as though they could be justified. Is the Elias info paid for, or is it free to access?
Again these are serious questions, and not meant to accuse anything of Ed or demean what he's done.
I also wonder if you contacted him Edman and gave him a chance to respond.
If you did then I can understand your blog.
If not, I think your response lacks professionalism as well. Maybe he lacked professionalism for not citing your blog? I don't know. Maybe you lacked professionalism for not getting his side of the story?
If a blog wants to have the respect the owner of it wants it to have, I think you need to account yourself to high standards if you are willing to attack others for their lack of standards. Maybe you did this. I don't know. But if you didn't, I think you maybe as guilty of some poor choices as anyone.
Those are two that people have expressed surprise in when I have checked on reaction to the projections.
Eddie Bajek, who runs the blog Detroit Tigers Thoughts, has come tantalizingly close to cracking the code behind the Elias Sports Bureau ranking system. Every year, Elias puts every player into one of five groups and ranks them based on various stats. Players are classified as Type A, Type B, or nothing, and this determines free agent compensation.
Eddie has been working to reverse-engineer the formula based on the information we have. His last hurdle is the adjustment for time spent on the disabled list. Apparently stats can be restored for up to 60 days of missed playing time, according to Keith Law.
If you are able to provide info on the DL adjustment, please email me or Eddie. A dream of mine: real-time Elias rankings available for all. I wonder if a player ever lost Type A status on the last day of the season?
Did not, but the blog post isn't as harsh as the title of this thread.
Where did you get that information, Mr. Henning? Surely you didn't go through and calculate that on your own. Just a bit of recognition would be nice. Also, Gary Glover is not a free agent.
Thanks for the link. I'm going to go through a few when I get a chance.
Is it a possibility that he may have heard these projections second or third hand and just hasn't run down where they came from. I know I have read about your work in at least 3 or 4 other places. Then again each of those places gave proper credit. Perhaps he was just being sloppy and not plagiarizing. Unless you are in the camp that considers that plagiarism.
Ok. But Varitek still had 30 HRs and an OPS+ around 85 over the last two years. That's pretty good for a catcher, no? And Furcal missed almost all of 2007. That will hurt his Elias ranking quite a bit I would think.
I'm obviously just playing devil's advocate here. I think he probably used your info.
But still, I'm not sure I would consider cherry picking a few Elias types as a rip-off.
This sounds like a plausible scenario.
I am reminded of the Tom Lehrer song "Lovachevsky."
Pravda - well, Pravda - Pravda said: "Zhil-bil korol kogda-to, pree nyom blokha zhila" It stinks.


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What if I told you that you have Prosperity Thinking right now? Would you believe me, or would you point out all the things with which you are not 100% thrilled?
The truth is that your mind is in perfect working order. Everything you have in your life is the result of the totality of your thinking. If you could remove judgment about the outcome, you would see that what is in your mind (both conscious and unconscious) is perfectly represented in the results you have in your life.
Think about it, if I believe I am unlovable then it's perfect that I am alone. If I believe I am not valuable then it's perfect that I don't make much money. If I believe I am not worthy of support then of course I don't have enough time for self-care.
You are currently extremely accurate in generating what your non-conscious mind believes to be true about you and about life. Your conscious mind is simply used to justify why it's that way (I don't have enough time to make those calls. Every person I meet is not a good fit for what I want).
Would you like to generate different results? What would your life be like if last year's high was this year's low? It's simply a matter of addressing the thinking that is currently manifesting your life. There is nothing wrong with your ability to create, that's great news! However, if you want to experience different results in your life you need to be deliberate about what your mind is searching for and creating.
Prosperous Thinking is the mindset it takes to have abundance in your life, be it in any area; health, wealth, relationships, etc.


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Q: Shooting day - when having a photo shoot - correct? A lot of my friends work in the creative field and often they use " shooting day" when they have a photo shoot planned...
It's actually very irritating as I don't think that's correct... I mean you're not getting shot... hahaha
As I am not a native English person, I would like to ask if this is correct, why it's correct and if not, well, why not. :)
thank you very much!!

A: Your friends are correct. It is a widely used industry term. It may sound strange to a non-native speaker, but that's the right term.
Consider these examples:

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*Two Simple Tricks to Extend Your Shooting Day
It is also used in books on the subject:

The unit is required to shoot 5 minutes of cut screen time per shooting day.
Hollywood movies shoot one to three pages of the script per shooting day.

A: You say that you are not "a native English person".  You didn't mention the nationality of the other people.
Speaking as a native English person, I would have expected the term to be 'shoot day' rather than 'shooting day'.
However, that term is already used—it refers to game-shooting, e.g.
A Typical Shoot Day
My guess is that the photographers use 'shooting day' in order to make the distinction between what they do and what game shooters do. It is only a guess though.

A: When you place a gerund before a noun to make a compound noun, the gerund usually describes purposes.
A shooting day is a day for "shooting (a picture/photo)".
It is different from "a shooting star" where "shooting" describes the action of a star as a present participle.
A sleeping car: A railway wagon for sleeping.
A sleeping baby: A baby who is sleeping.
A smoking room: A room for smoking.
A smoking dish: A dish that is smoking.