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Biological Safety
Chemical Safety Guidelines
Campus Construction Projects
Environmental Health & Safety Director
Home Facilities Management Environmental Health & Safety Risk Management Insurance
Employee Dishonesty Bond
The University is insured for loss to University funds resulting from employee dishonesty. There is no insurance coverage for non-University funds, nor for handling of University funds by anyone not a paid University employee.
When details of this insurance coverage are required, or when there has been an incident of loss, contact the Office of Risk Management at 719.549.2054.
Money and Securities
The University is insured for loss to monies and securities resulting from burglary or robbery.
All losses of a criminal nature must be reported to the appropriate law enforcement jurisdiction where the loss occurs.
Auto Liability Insurance
Protection and Insurance for liability for the University, faculty and staff, and authorized volunteers is provided by statute: 24-10-101 CRS et seq is the Governmental Immunity Act which provides for immunity in tort liability, and 24-30-1501 CRS et seq is the Risk Management Act which provides for self insurance by the State of Colorado (except the University of Colorado). No separate commercial insurance policy covering liability is purchased by the State or University.
Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (24-10-101 CRS et seq)
Historical Basis
Sovereign immunity arose from the feudal concept that the monarch or king, having ascended to his position as a matter of divine right, could do no wrong. Therefore the king could not be sued. This concept persisted, as a matter of legal theory, and has been applied to the government, so that the government is "immune" from suit and cannot be sued without its consent. With the growth and expansion of government, this basic concept proved too oppressive and barred recovery in circumstances that were thought to be fundamentally unfair. Accordingly, exceptions to the general rule of immunity have been created over time.
Prior to 1973, public entities in the State of Colorado were protected by sovereign immunity which was common law. In 1973 the Colorado Supreme Court abolished the common law doctrine of sovereign immunity and declared that any immunity in this State would thereafter come from legislated immunity only. The State Legislature then passed the Governmental Immunity Act which applies to all public entities in the State.
The Governmental Immunity Act applies to all liability that lies in tort (negligence) or could lie in tort and provides immunity for public entities and employees of those entities while acting within the scope of employment, as long as such acts are not willful and wanton.
Waiver of Immunity
The Governmental Immunity Act waives immunity in six areas which are, paraphrased:
operation of an owned or leased motor vehicle; (note: no protection is provided for loaned, rented, or other non owned/leased vehicles)
operation of any public hospital, correctional facility or jail;
dangerous condition of any public building;
dangerous condition of a public highway, road, or street (within certain defined limits);
dangerous condition of any public hospital, jail, public facility located in any park or recreation area maintained by a public entity, or public water, gas, sanitation, electrical, power, or swimming facility;
operation and maintenance of any public water, gas, sanitation, electrical, or swimming facility.
Limitation of Judgments of the Act
In the six areas of waived immunity, the Act limits the amount of judgments that can be recovered from any public entity and/or a public employee to:
$150,000 for any injury to one person in any single occurrence;
$600,000 for any injury to two or more persons in any single occurrence; except that, in such instance, no person may recover in excess of $150,000.
Employees and Authorized Volunteers
All paid employees of the University are provided the same protections of the Governmental Immunity Act as is provided to Colorado State University-Pueblo. Such immunity protections are the same for all classes of paid employees.
Additionally, "authorized volunteers" also enjoy the protections of the Governmental Immunity Act as long as functions or operations performed are for the benefit of the University, at the request of the University and subject to the control of the University.
Students participating in service activities that are required for completion of a course and/or are required for obtaining a degree (including internships and work exposure programs) are considered "authorized volunteers" and are provided the protections of the Governmental Immunity Act.
Exclusion of Protection?
No individual is provided liability protection for acts that are outside the scope of assigned duties or that are willful and wanton, intentional, or criminal in nature. Individuals must ordinarily exercise that degree of care that a "reasonable person" would use under the same or similar circumstances. Additionally, there is no protection for:
Any person who is sentenced by the courts to participate in any type of useful public service.
Risk Management Act (Self-Insurance 24-30-1501 CRS et seq)
The six areas of waived immunity, cited earlier in this document, are areas of liability for which insurance must be maintained. These areas include the two types of liability commonly referred to as General Liability and Automobile Liability. Insurance protection for the State of Colorado, including Colorado State University-Pueblo as an institution of the State, is provided through a self-insurance fund established by the Risk Management Act, 24-40-1501 CRS et seq.
The self-insured liability fund of the state is the sole insurance provision for all claims of tort against the State, its agencies and institutions, and employees and authorized volunteers. This fund also provides liability insurance for claims brought against the State (et al) of a federal civil rights nature.
Further, administration of this fund, including response to claims such as legal defense, settlement or denial of a claim or lawsuit, is delegated by Colorado law to the Division of Risk Management for the State of Colorado. No other authority of the State may assume responsibility (liability) on behalf of the State for any injury or damage experienced by any party/ies, nor make any statements that could compromise settlement of any claim or lawsuit.
Incident Handling/Claim Procedures
Always report any serious injury or damages to property to the Office of Risk Management at 491.1432 immediately; leave message after hours. Upon the occurrence of a claim of injury of any individual or group of individuals, or of damage to property of any individual or group of individuals, there are two processes which should occur. Those processes are:
Inform the injured party/ies of claims procedures;
Colorado law is very explicit how a claim may be made against a public entity, i.e. all specific information regarding the incident must be reported in writing within 180 days of the incident, by the injured party to the attorney for the public entity.
A four part snap-out form which can be completed by the injured party is available by contacting the Office of Risk Management at 719.549.2531. The form states the procedures that must be followed and the address to which it is to be sent by registered mail as required by Colorado law.
University Reporting of Incident Details (For vehicle accidents, the driver must complete the driver accident form available in the glove box of the vehicle and provide to the Office of Risk Management).
All specific details as shown below should be reported, in writing, to the Office of Risk Management, as soon after knowledge of an injury or damages as is possible. This report must be a University report, and not a report completed by the injured party/ies. Include in this narrative report:
Date and Time of the incident;
Where it happened;
Who, including addresses and telephone numbers, was involved in the incident and University status, i.e. injured party/ies, witnesses, and whether employee, student or campus visitor;
Identify observed injuries or property damages;
University equipment involved;
University employee/s and department/s involved;
What happened;
Name and contact info for employee making report.
Additional Insured's for Liability Insurance
The self-insured liability fund is financed with tax based monies of the State of Colorado and can be expended only for the benefit of the State. Therefore other parties, individuals, corporations public or private, cannot be added to this insurance.
Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreements
The State Constitution (under Article XI Public Indebtedness, Section 1) forbids the pledging of the faith or credit of the State for any amount or for any purpose. This prohibition extends to acceptance of debt or liability of any person, company or corporation, public or private, in or out of the State. This is the precise prohibition under which we cannot sign indemnification (hold harmless) clauses in agreements/contracts.
All University owned real property (buildings) and equipment is insured on a commercial insurance policy acquired by the State of Colorado for all agencies and institutions of the State.
Additionally, property leased by the University may also be covered under this insurance policy, when such insurance is required by written contract and is specifically requested from the University Office of Risk Management at telephone # 719.549.2054. A copy of the lease contract must be provided to the Office of Risk Management.
There is no insurance available under this policy for owned or leased automobiles licensed for travel on public highways or roads.
Insurance Coverage and Limits of Coverage
The insurance policy provides for replacement cost of the damaged building or equipment at the time of the loss. Additionally coverage is provided for:
Rental Value
While in Transit
Reconstruction of Valuable Papers & Records
Newly Acquired Properties Must be reported within 60 days
The territorial limit for insurance coverage is the United States of America, Canada and District of Columbia. Insurance coverage does not apply in any other territory.
Perils Insured Against
The hazards for which insurance coverage is provided are as follows, but not necessarily limited to:
Fire, Lightning, Smoke
Theft and Mysterious Disappearance
Vandalism and Malicious Mischief
Acts of God (usually weather related)
In the event of loss or damage to buildings and equipment, always contact the Office of Risk Management to confirm existence, or lack thereof, of insurance coverage.
Policy Exclusions-Property
Money and Securities (insured under separate policy-See Crime Section)
Personal property of individuals, including employees and students
Vehicles licensed for travel on public roads unless parked on University property and then covered only for theft, wind, hail, etc. Collision coverage is specifically excluded.
Property not belonging to the University (unless specifically added)
Land or Water
Property shipped by water
Growing crops, standing timber
Animals (except animals held for research and instruction and then only covered for Fire and Lightning, acts of God)
Tunnels & Bridges
All exclusions as stated on the insurance policy
Policy Exclusions-Perils
Losses caused by:
Defective design, faulty materials, faulty workmanship
Electrical injury or disturbance, i.e. power surge
Ordinary wear and tear, or gradual deterioration
Nuclear reaction, radiation or contamination
Policy Deductible
There is a deductible of $1,000 for each loss occurrence.
Reporting of Losses/Claim Handling
Always report damages and loss to University property to the Office of Risk Management at 719.549.2054. Forms are available at this office for insurance claims.
Any loss resulting from a criminal offense, such as theft or vandalism, must be reported to the police within the jurisdiction where the crime occurs--a copy of the policy report is required for the insurance claim.
Insurance adjusters are assigned by the insurance company and work with the Office of Risk Management for settlement of all claims on behalf of the University.
Colorado law requires employers to provide workers' compensation insurance for employees who are injured on the job, or contract disease related to their work duties. Such insurance provides for medical treatment and lost wages replacement up to the Average Weekly Wage established annually by the Colorado Department of Labor.
Colorado State University-Pueblo is insured for workers' compensation under self-insurance maintained by the State of Colorado for all agencies and institutions of the State. Centura Centers for Occupational Medicine is the claim administrator contracted by the State and all employer (University) responsibilities are handled locally by Environmental Health Services located on campus.
More specific details regarding coverage, reporting requirements for filing claims, and claim forms are under Section 9. of the Human Resources Services Manual. Additional questions should be addressed to Human Resources Department at 719.549.2441
Insurance Coverage Provided
Benefits due an injured employee are mandated by Colorado Statute (8-40-101 CRS et seq). Workers' Compensation insurance covers all University paid employees.
Additionally, student interns, who are serving in an internship at a cooperative agency and who are not receiving any remuneration from the cooperating agency, are also covered. However, if the student intern is receiving any kind of remuneration (including room and/or board) from the host employer, then the intern is entitled to workers' compensation benefits from that host employer.
By statute, student interns serving in unpaid internships at the University are not provided benefits under Workers' Compensation.
Under the Workers' Compensation Act benefits clearly extend to:
Administrative Professionals
State Classified Employees
Student Employees (including work-study students)
Student Interns fulfilling internship at a cooperative agency (not qualified for coverage if remunerated by the cooperative agency.)
Workers Compensation does not extend to:
Students (who are not employed by the University)
Student interns serving in remunerated internships at the University
Post Doctoral Fellows (unless being remunerated by Colorado State University-Pueblo)
Those individuals not covered for workers' compensation should be encouraged to provide personal medical insurance coverage for injuries.
Designated Physician for Medical Treatment
Pueblo Area
All employees in the Pueblo area injured while performing University work responsibilities must be treated medically by one of the University's Designated Medical Providers, St. Mary Corwin Hospital (primary) or Parkview Hospital (critical injuries) in order to receive full workers' compensation insurance for payment of medical treatment.
For Non- Critical "on-the-job" Injuries/Appointments/Testing:
Walk-in/Testing/Urgent Care
7 days/week, 24 hours/day
Use Convenient Care/Emergency Department
Centura Health - St. Mary Corwin Medical Center
1008 Minnequa Ave.
Pueblo, CO 81004
Critical Care/Emergency
Use Emergency Department
Parkview Medical Center
University Primary Care Provider
Centura Centers for Occupational Medicine, CCOM
4112 Outlook Blvd., Suite 37


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What Do I Do With My Hands In Photos? And Other Important Questions, Answered
How to take pictures of yourself you'll actually...like.
(Image credit: 12ish; Jessica Alexander Photography; Tyler Joe)
By Elizabeth Holmes
published 12 December 18
The world is a complicated, messy place...but can we talk about how I look in pictures? There are people who are naturals in front of the camera and people who are not—and I am most definitely the latter. It is not a real problem, to be sure—but it's also not not a problem? Social media demands a more personal touch these days, a photographic presence (#picsoritdidnthappen). Sure, you could post a photo of the Taj Mahal, but I'm guessing your followers would rather see you in front of it. I know my own engagement spikes when I put myself in the shot.
But the fear of posing solo—without the comfort of a partner or group to hide behind—is a hard one to overcome. Confidence is a big part it, obviously, but before that can enter the, er, picture, it helps to know what to do with your assorted limbs. I consulted a few successful influencers who can strike a mean pose and asked them to offer up specific advice. Herein lies a step-by-step guide to looking great on Instagram:
Acknowledge the Awkwardness
Let's start by stating the obvious: posing for a photo is AWKWARD AF. If you are not a model or someone gifted with a natural presence and body awareness, posing is not easy and it's often not fun. "Oh, it's really just a bucket full of awkward," says Nell Diamond, founder of the luxury linen line Hill House Home, who has roughly 30,000 Instagram followers and regularly garners more than 1,000 likes on a pic. Her solution? "Lean into the awkwardness. Own it!" Acknowledging the awkwardness helps to alleviate it.
"The whole thing just feels super unnatural," agrees Katie Sturino, the force behind plus-size fashion website The 12ish Style and the Megababe line of beauty products, for which she regularly stars in promotional photos. Fight through that discomfort, Sturino says, and recognize the learning process ahead of you. "It's all about finding what works for your body," she says.
Study Up
Start by looking at pictures of yourself, both those you find flattering and—this is important—ones you don't. Do a full-body scan and identify what went right or wrong. Did you love your facial expression? What were you doing with that right arm? Sturino went through a similar exercise when she started her blog three years ago, and then she began experimenting. "The pros are always doing tiny angles and shifts on their body to find their best look in their pose," Sturino says. Now she knows exactly what works for her: popping her right hip forward, with her left knee out and her left shoulder up, lifting from her core and turning her face slightly away from the camera with her chin pointed down. That kind of posing specificity is definitely #goals.
(Image credit: 12ish)
No one is expecting you to have Annie Leibovitz on speed dial, but whenever possible, find someone who you like (and who likes you, too!) to be your photographer. Tyler McCall, deputy editor at Fashionista, looks for people who are "super encouraging" to lend a hand. "Who doesn't love a cheerleader?" she says. A friendly photog will go a long way toward what McCall sees as the secret to a good picture: figuring out "how you feel your most comfortable."
Even better, ask someone if they will take a minute to help you find a signature pose. "Have a friend who won't shame you into embarrassment take a ton of photos of you until you settle on one look," says Nikki Ogunnaike, style director at ELLE.com. "It takes practice!" Explain what you are after, ask for their input, and fill up your camera roll with options.
Ogunnaike photographed by friend and coworker Tyler Joe.
(Image credit: Tyler Joe)
Ok, so what to do with your limbs? The default is to zip your legs together and stand at attention, but that results in a kind of mono-thigh—try some two-visible-legs tricks instead.
Kat Tanita, the influencer behind the popular site With Love From Kat, crosses one foot in front of the other or points one leg out at a 45-degree angle, putting her weight on the back leg. "This gives my body a slight curve and accentuates my waist—and looks a bit more relaxed than both feet pointing straight ahead, which can look stiff," she explains. Another option is to do a walking shot, even a faux one, says Ogunnaike. Take a few steps back and start walking toward the camera. Do it slowly or even just rock back and forth in place to make things easier on your photographer.
The author doing her best walking shot.
(Image credit: Elizabeth Holmes)
Occupy Your Hands
Once your feet are squared away, buckle up, because now it's time to deal with your hands. Hands are the hardest, IMHO, because they quickly convey the nervousness at...well, hand. A selfie is an easy out because you literally have to hold the phone, therefore utilizing at least one hand. Props, like a cup of coffee or a handbag, also relieve you of hand-awkwardness. A peace sign is a tried-and-true option, although it feels a little stale to me. I love a good Rocky-esque thrown-up V, but very few situations warrant it. If you find yourself in front of the Sydney Opera House or on a yacht in Cannes, by all means, go for it.
The author shows off the geniusness that is taking a selfie while holding a prop.
A more advanced move is to use your hands to touch your face or hair. (See: Markle, Meghan) "I like a casual ear touch with one hand," says Diamond. It's as if to say: Oh, you just caught me brushing my hair behind my ear; I didn't know this was happening.
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If you feel daring, you can make the hand a focal point. Diamond calls her signature move The Chin Shelf. It's a seated position with one leg bent and the other outstretched. "I rest my elbow on my bent knee, and rest my chin on my hand." And what about that other hand? "A real wild card," she says. "Will I lay my hand flat on my right leg? Will I raise it in the air and wave like I just don't care? Who knows! Keep 'em guessing!"
I know what you're thinking. Reel it in, Elizabeth. This is getting too advanced. What's the default hand/arm position? My panel of experts was deeply divided as to the acceptability of the sorority sister hand-on-hip, elbow-out pose (a.k.a. "the skinny arm"). A natural hanging-by-the-side is preferable, to be sure. I'm going to go ahead and say that one hand on the hip is a-okay (but never two, this isn't a pageant for goodness' sake). Before you @ me, hear me out: The elbow out is the arm version of the aforementioned leg strategy, providing space between your arm and your torso. But! Do what you can to make it look relaxed—swing that elbow back (Ogunnaike calls it "casual chicken arm").
Roll Back
And while we're relaxing, take a deep breath and roll those shoulders back, too—regardless of what you're doing with your hands and arms—says Tanita. "I read that before models waltz down a runway, they roll their shoulders back which instantly gives them better posture," she says. "Laugh off those jitters, roll your shoulders back, think: power pose." Stand as tall as possible, too, if for no other reason than to make your mother proud (but also, it looks better).
Literally! I recently had some headshots taken and the photographer kept telling me to lean forward. It feels weird. Really weird. But it looks good. Everything looks better when you hinge at the hips and pitch your top half towards the camera and your bottom half in the other direction, even ever-so-slightly. Models and actors do this all the time (à la Busy Philipps on the cover of Health). Try it and I promise the resulting shots will not look like you are about to fall face-first onto the pavement.
The author's new headshot.
(Image credit: Lindsay Wiser)
Sometimes you gotta stare straight at the camera, which okay, you do what you gotta do. The consensus for those occasions is to either 1) tip your chin slightly down and jut it out a bit or 2) go for the full head tilt. Neither are particularly satisfying to me. I prefer to alleviate the awkwardness by simply looking away. Camera? What camera? Stare off in the distance instead, without turning your head a full 90 degrees (unless you have a killer updo to show off).
My sister once told me that you should walk into a bar acting like you are having the best night of your life because that kind of energy is contagious. Turns out, the same is true for picture taking. Writer and editor Jane Larkworthy, a columnist for The Cut, The Coveteur, and Elle Decor, among others, pulls out what she calls the we-are-having-the-BEST-time smile (alternate title: we-are-laughing-our-asses-off-right-now). "But don't lose your shit," she cautions. She has played around with another expression, too, what she calls the holy-shit-surprise face. "I'm getting older and perhaps the dopey goofball surprise smile makes me feel younger," she speculates.
So, to summarize: Foot out, hands up, shoulders back, chin down, lean forward, look away, and LAUGH. Got it? You totally got this. Happy snapping.
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Elizabeth Holmes is a writer based in the Bay Area and the author of the forthcoming book HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style. She spent more than a decade on staff at the Wall Street Journal, most recently as a senior style reporter and columnist; her work has also appeared in The New York Times, InStyle, Real Simple, and Town & Country.
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Kate Beckinsale, Loving Wife Turned Killer in "TOTAL RECALL"
Fresh from returning as iconic vampire huntress Selene in last January's "Underworld: Evolution," Kate Beckinsale now plays Lori, the seemingly loving wife who turns ruthless killer, in Columbia Pictures' sci-fi action-thriller "Total Recall."
The film is directed by Len Wiseman, Beckinsale's real-life husband of seven years. The two previously worked together on the "Underworld" films.
In the movie, Rekall is a futuristic company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man.
Finding himself on the run from the police, Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter Melina (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy). The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
Beckinsale said she was particularly attracted to this project because of the role's duality. "I've never played a bad guy before. I've always been on the side of truth and justice," she says. "But the thing is, my character thinks she is on the side of truth and justice. That's the great thing about this movie – you never know who's on the right side. Also, there's a slightly maniacal side of her – she's slightly out of control, and that's always fun for an actor to play.
"It was nice to not have to worry about whether the audience was on my side," continues Beckinsale. "Also, the villain rarely has to be responsible for exposition and the plot. The villain really doesn't have to do that, so you can really just kind of immerse yourself in her mood and her character and her motives, and it was kind of a treat.
The script originally called for a blond character, but Wiseman thought it made more sense to cast someone who resembled Melina, Quaid's true love. "My idea was to set him up with a fake wife that has some real similarities to his real love," he explains. "If that surface memory is coming back, it makes sense for her to have a vague, familiar vibe about her."
"The female roles in the film required women who not only were likable and attractive but could actually be physical," says producer Neal H. Moritz. "And Jessica Biel can fight like the devil and Kate Beckinsale can probably beat the devil. So the two of them, you know, in these sequences of having to be physical throughout the whole movie, were incredible."
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The first step in what's likely to be a flurry of lawsuits related to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting was made Monday.
Student survivor Anthony Borges and his parents notified Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry in a two-page letter of their intent to sue the county.
Borges, 15, was shot five times in the Valentine's Day rampage that killed 17 and injured 16. He was struck twice in his right leg, once in his left leg and twice in his torso, Borges' attorney, Alex Arreaza, said.
"By the grace of God he's not No. 18," Arreaza said. "But it's going to be a tough recovery ... it's a miracle that we're even talking about recovery."
The notice claims negligence on the parts of Broward County Public Schools, Marjory Stoneman Douglas' principal and its school resource officer.
"The failure of Broward County Public Schools, and of the principal and school resource officer to adequately protect students, and in particular our client, from life-threatening harm were unreasonable, callous and negligent," Arreaza wrote. "Such action or inaction led to the personal injuries sustained by my client."
Borges is currently unable to walk, has undergone several surgeries and remains hospitalized at Broward Health Medical Center. His medical bills are sure to top $1 million, Arreaza said.
Borges intends to seek damages in an amount to be determined at a later date, the notice said.


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Drug dealing suspect fatally shot by Concord police in Antioch
ANTIOCH, Calif.
Concord police say they tried to serve a search warrant at 21-year-old Charles Burns' home on the 2700 block of Barcelona Circle in Antioch around 9 p.m. when the shooting happened.
According to Lt. Steve Dyer, officers were conducting surveillance at the residence when the suspect stepped out of the house and got into a car driven by another male.
Dyer said officers attempted to contact the suspect to serve the warrant, but the vehicle accelerated rapidly and rammed an occupied police vehicle.
Officials say Burns ran from the vehicle, and two officers, who apparently feared for their safety, fired and hit him.
Police attempted emergency life-saving measures, but the suspect died of his injuries.
The driver of the vehicle, a 21-year-old Bay Point resident, was taken into custody without further incident and later booked on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, Dyer said.
The shooting is being investigated by a multi-agency team including officers from Antioch, Concord and the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.
(Bay City News contributed to this story.)


At Sunrise, we believe that worship happens best when we create space for God to speak to us and us to respond to back to Him. The following is the typical flow (order) of the worship service at Sunrise Church.
In response to our call to worship, we praise God with song. We spend time specifically thanking Him and praising Him for what He has done, and what He continues to do in our lives through the work of the Holy Spirit. We sing a mix of hymns and contemporary songs.
Our time together is to remember what we bring to the table (our sin and brokenness), as well as what Jesus does for us (grace and reconciliation). Each week, we carve out time on our service to confess our sins to God. We do this in a variety of ways: with a short communal prayer, a time of silence for us to each personally confess our sins to God, through scripture reading and/or a responsive reading. We always end our confession with a reminder of God's unconditional love and Christ's grace.
We believe that all we have came from God and rightfully belongs to him if we call him "Lord." We believe that Christians should give of their "first fruits" as led by the Holy Spirit in a recognition of Christ's Lordship in their lives and to participate in his kingdom ministry. The gifts received at Sunrise Church go to support a variety of Christian ministries, local and worldwide.
We desire to be a people of prayer. We must be praying for each other, both requests and praises. Prayer is more than simply asking God for help. Prayer is focusing on God. Prayer is an act of worship. When we pray we acknowledge that God is the only being in the universe that is "big enough" to address our deep needs. The depth of our sin and needs point us constantly to the holiness and sufficiency of God.
At Sunrise Church, we believe that God's Word is the ultimate authority in our lives. We spend time reading a section of scripture (We normally preach through a book of the Bible) and hearing how it applies to our lives today. We desire that the Holy Spirit will encourage us where we need to be encouraged and challenge us where we need to be challenged!
In response to God's Word, we praise Him. We spend time specifically thanking Him and praising Him for what He has done, and what He continues to do in our lives through the work of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 11.26 says For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. We celebrate the Lord's Supper once a month. Following the sermon we react to who he is and what He has done. We do this by joining together to celebrate the oneness of God's people with the savior who died to make us all His. At Sunrise, all who have put their faith in the work of Jesus Christ on the cross, alone, for their salvation are welcome to take communion.
We believe that God should always get the last word. We end our worship service with a blessing from God based on scripture and leave singing.


Anderson East announced more fall 2018 North American dates for his latest world tour, set to kick off in Fargo on August 8th. The trek will also make stops ins Calgary, Salt Lake City, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Tulsa, Boulder, Nashville, New Orleans, Baltimore, Albany and Portland before wrapping up on November 10th in Millvale, PA at Mr. Small's Theatre. A list of dates can be found below.
Tickets go on sale this Friday 6/29 at 10am local at this location.
East released his fourth studio album, Encore, on January 12, 2018 via Elektra Records. The album debuted at #48 in the United States on the Billboard 200 chart.


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The Super Yacht Hotel by Sunborn
By Justine D'Angelo
A gleaming superyacht near London's Canary Wharf, with breakfast and options to add a bottle of prosecco, dinner, afternoon tea or a spa treatment
Swift in the wake of its glimmering Gibraltar predecessor, the sleek and pointy nosed Sunborn London superyacht is docked by Royal Victoria Dock in the Big Smoke. Poised gracefully on the water among gleaming high-rise global banks, Canary Wharf is a suitably minted London location for this luxurious floating hotel that's rapidly climbing TripAdvisor's ranks of London hotels.
Surrounded by some of the city's sharpest architecture and business brains, Sunborn London's 136 guestrooms sit within the yacht's 108 metres and look onto privileged river or dock views from their balcony or terrace. The Symphony Therapy Rooms offer soothing treatments after plenty of city sightseeing and socialising, and Lands End Restaurant's stomach-rumbling selection of creative, upscale dishes will make you think twice about disembarking at all.
With a cool few millions poured into crafting each of Sunborn's superyachts, you can expect the cream of cutting-edge architecture and hospitality in London's most innovative hotel location yet.
Sunborn is the pioneer of a unique approach to the development of exclusive hotel accommodation – the super yacht hotel.
In 1998 was built the world's first yacht hotel, Superyachts have become the world's ultimate symbol of wealth and exclusivity. The unique yacht hotel concept combines the high value associated with luxury yachts and a modern hotel. At the same time, they have the advantage of leaving no environmental footprint after removal and can be sited on locations with no available land for building or which are naturally or historically protected.
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Home Wing Beat 2021 Schreiber Conservation Award Winner: Francesca J. Cuthbert
2021 Schreiber Conservation Award Winner: Francesca J. Cuthbert
Over the coming months, we will be profiling the previously announced winners of this year's AOS awards in a series of posts on Wing Beat.
The Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award is an AOS senior professional award that honors extraordinary conservation-related scientific contributions by an individual or small team. The award is named for Ralph Schreiber, a prominent figure in American ornithology known for his enthusiasm, energy, and dedication to research and conservation, particularly of seabirds. This award consists of an original piece of avian art, framed certificate, and an honorarium. One of this year's two awardees of the Schreiber Award is professor Francesca (Francie) J. Cuthbert.
Dr. Cuthbert has worked on a number of waterbird conservation efforts but, in particular, has spent more than 30 years successfully carrying out the near-impossible task of recovering the near-extinct Great Lakes population of the Piping Plover. She teaches undergraduates and graduates during the academic year at the University of Minnesota Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and for 25 summers taught "Biology of Birds" at the University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan. She has trained more than 50 graduate students and has also worked on research, management, and conservation of Double-crested Cormorants and Common and Caspian terns.
When Dr. Cuthbert began her research on Piping Plovers in the 1980s, only a dozen pairs remained in the Great Lakes breeding population, reproductive success was near zero, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Great Lakes/Northern Great Plains Piping Plover Recovery Team deemed it a lost cause for population recovery. Undaunted, Dr. Cuthbert and her students persisted in their efforts for years, experimenting with various means of protecting nests from predators and humans, estimating annual survival by banding essentially all adults and chicks since 1993 and starting a captive rearing program to incubate abandoned eggs and raise chicks for release back into the wild. Gradually, the birds started coming back. Not only did they return to Dr. Cuthbert's sites near the University of Michigan Biological Station on the northeastern shores of Lake Michigan, but they began appearing in places they had not been seen in decades, such as the highly urban beaches in Chicago, Toronto and near Toledo, Ohio. While studying individually marked non-breeding Piping Plovers, her students also identified the population's winter range along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as well as Cuba, the Bahamas and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Today, Great Lakes Piping Plovers have not reached the original U.S. recovery goal set in the 1980s, but the generally positive population trajectory can be viewed as an unmitigated success, almost completely due to the diligence and persistence of Dr. Cuthbert and her students as well as efforts by dedicated stakeholders in the region.
In short, there is no doubt that the effort to recover the Great Lakes Piping Plover population would not have occurred without the skills and dedication of Dr. Cuthbert and her students. The increase in adult breeding birds and return of nesting plovers to all five of the Great Lakes as well as to six of eight states with historical nesting records (plus Ontario), has provided a critical link between the Northern Great Plains and Atlantic populations that will help bolster all three populations. In recognition of her contributions to avian conservation, AOS is pleased to name Dr. Francie Cuthbert as a 2021 recipient of the Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award.
2019 Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award Winner: José Maria Cardoso da Silva
2020 Schreiber Award Winner: Jaime Collazo
Congratulations to the 2021 AOS Student Presentation Award winners!
Tags: AOS awards, bird conservation, francesca cuthbert, francie cuthbert, great lakes piping plover, ornithology, piping plover, schreiber award, university of minnesota
Alan Brush says:
Congradulations. Very well done!
Eugene Morton says:
How great that Francie Cuthbert got the award!! I knew Ralph from his By Villiage OH days and I know he would celebrate too.
Rex Lowe says:
19 September 2021 at 5:10 am
So very proud of you Francie, congratulations!
Kitty Malik says:
Congratulations, Francie! I owe my longstanding love of birds to your class at UMBS many years ago. I am delighted the piping plovers are in my relative neck of the woods (Chicago area). I'm so happy to see your important work acknowledged with this award!
Tina M Larson says:
Congratulations, Francie!
I have long admired your exemplary professionalism and dedication!
Diane Debinski says:
Congratulations Francie from an alum of your Ornithology class in 1985! I still remember those field trips and cowboy coffee! Diane Debinski, Ecology Dept., Montana State University


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I'm listening to one new album every day for a year: February
I explore A$AP Rocky, Mos Def, and Big K.R.I.T's discographies.
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Grammys 2019: Predictions for Rap Awards
Despite the tense history between rap and the Grammys, the nominees this year are very interesting.
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I aimed for a range of different subgenres and types within rap and R&B as well as pop and indie rock in my top 25 albums of 2018. Including Swimming, Voicenotes, Daytona, Isolation, and more.
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November is stacked for Rap – Part 1
Great projects from Swizz Beatz, Vince Staples, Metro Boomin, Freddie Gibbs, and more.
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How councils support culture, tourism and sport
Local government funds and supports the majority of this country's culture, tourism, heritage and sport.
These valued frontline services also make an important contribution to wider priorities, including economic growth, wellbeing and community cohesion.
We are helping councils through:
Steering the joint LGA / Department for Culture, Media and Sport Libraries Taskforce
Offering a culture and sport improvement programme, funded by Sport England and Arts Council England
Supporting the implementation of Sport England's new strategy, ensuring English destinations have a strong voice in the new national governance arrangements for tourism, and shaping the next steps for the government's Culture White Paper
Supporting culture, tourism, heritage and sport to make the most of wider public service reform, including devolution
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Allies bomb Iraqi military site for sixth time…
Allies bomb Iraqi military site for sixth time in a week
PUBLISHED: August 31, 2002 at 10:49 a.m. | UPDATED: July 16, 2021 at 2:25 a.m.
One defense analyst calls the bombings a "pinprick" effort with little deterrent value. But the Pentagon says they are at least slowing Saddam down — hitting facilities used to attack coalition pilots patrolling the zones. "They don't stop him … but they make it more difficult for him," said Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Dave Lapan. For the sixth time in a week, coalition aircraft Friday bombed an Iraqi defense facility. U.S. Air Force F-15E strike aircraft fired several precision-guided weapons at a surface-to-air missile launcher site in the southern zone near Al Kut, 150 miles southeast of Baghdad, a senior U.S. official said. Less than twelve hours earlier, other F-15Es had struck a military radar site at the same municipality. Allied planes also attacked an Iraqi radar site last Friday, a surveillance center on Sunday and a command and control facility in the south and radar site in the north on Tuesday. The busy week's tally brought the number of strikes this year in the northern zone to 10 and in the southern zone to 24. They come as the Bush administration increases efforts to convince the world of the need to overthrow Saddam and Iraq wages a campaign to rally the world against such a move. But attacks and counterattacks in the no-fly zones have been going on since 1998. The number ebbs and flows, and the Pentagon says there is no particular increase now. A six-member congressional delegation expects to discuss a possible invasion of Iraq when they meet high-level Saudi officials Sunday, said Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., chairman of the Government Reform Committee. In a telephone interview from Riyadh, Burton said he favors having the United States consult with the United Nations before launching an attack, but go ahead if need be "even if the United Nations doesn't sign on." U.S. and British warplanes have been patrolling since shortly after the 1991 Gulf War to protect the Kurdish minority in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south — groups that had unsuccessfully tried to revolt. Iraq considers the patrols a violation of its sovereignty and frequently shoots at them with anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles. In response, coalition pilots try to bomb Iraqi air defense systems. Though UN sanctions block Iraq from freely importing new major air defense weapons, it's steadily gotten better at confronting the allied flights, said analyst Anthony H. Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The pinprick response now taking place has little or no deterrent effect," he said in a recent report assessing Iraq's capabilities.
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Sun City, South Africa
North West lies in the north of South Africa on the Botswana border, fringed by the Kalahari desert in the west, Gauteng province to the east, and the Free State to the south. It is known as the Platinum Province for the wealth of the metal it has underground.
Mahikeng (previously Mafeking) is the capital, and best known for the famous siege during the Boer War, which ended in a decisive victory for the British and made a hero of Robert Baden-Powell.
The city lies near the Botswana border and forms a single urban area with its neighbouring town, Mmabatho. Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp are the biggest cities in the province; other main towns are Brits and Rustenburg.
Most economic activity is concentrated in the southern region between Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp, as well as Rustenburg and the eastern region, where more than 80% of the province's economic activity takes place.
North West has a number of major tourist attractions, including the internationally famous Sun City, the Pilanesberg National Park, the Madikwe Game Reserve and the Rustenburg Nature Reserve.
North West: quick facts
Capital: Mahikeng
Major city: Potchefstroom
Languages: 63.4% Setswana, 9% Afrikaans
Population: 3 509 953 (2011)
Share of SA population: 6.8%
Area: 106 512 square kilometres
Share of total SA area: 8.7%
The land and its people
With a total area of 106 512 square kilometres, North West is slightly smaller than the US state of Pennsylvania. It's the country's fourth-smallest province, taking up 8.7% of South Africa's land area and with a population of 3.5-million people.
Two-thirds of the people speak Setswana, the language of neighbouring Botswana, with the rest speaking Afrikaans and isiXhosa.
The landscape is largely flat regions of scattered trees and grassland. The Magaliesberg mountain range in the northeast extends about 130 kilometres from Pretoria to Rustenburg, while the Vaal River forms the province's southern border.
A summer-rainfall region, temperatures range from up to 31°C in summer to as little as 3°C in winter.
North West's most famous attraction is the Sun City complex, which lies next to the Pilanesburg National Park. Sun City is one of the world's biggest entertainment centres, with a casino, an 18-hole golf course, theatres and concert halls, beaches and a wave pool at the Valley of the Waves, a meticulously reconstructed tropical rainforest, and a number of world-class hotels that include the remarkable Palace of the Lost City.
Portions of two of South Africa's eight Unesco World Heritage sites fall within the borders of North West: the Vredefort Dome, the world's largest visible meteor-impact crater, and the Taung hominid fossil site, which has been incorporated into South Africa's Cradle of Humankind.
Mining contributes 23.3% to the North West economy, and makes up more than a fifth of the South African mining industry as a whole. Ninety-four percent of the country's platinum is found in the Rustenburg and Brits districts, which produce more platinum than any other single area in the world.
North West also produces a quarter of South Africa's gold, as well as granite, marble, fluorspar and diamonds.
Employment along the Platinum Corridor, from Pretoria to eastern Botswana, accounts for over a third of total employment in North West.
North West is sometimes referred to as the Texas of South Africa, with some of the largest cattle herds in the world found at Stellaland near Vryburg. The Marico region is also cattle country, while the areas around Rustenburg and Brits are fertile, mixed- crop farming land.
The province is an important food basket in South Africa. Maize and sunflowers are the most important crops and the North West is the major producer of white maize in the country.


"Charles is an African giant pouched rat, a species endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. He's also a pioneer, one of 30 of his species that live and work here in Morogoro, a few hundred kilometres west of Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, on a programme to sniff out tuberculosis (TB)."
Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they're being trained to save your life. Emma Young reports.
Written by Emma Young, read by Kirsten Irving, produced by Jen Whyntie.
If you liked this story, we recommend What the nose knows by Emma Young, also available as a podcast.
"In Myanmar healthcare and politics are inextricably linked. The repressive military junta that took power in the early 1960s choked off funding for health and other social services, and even though its ruling generals ceded power to a nominally civilian government in 2011, experts say the health system will take years - probably decades - to recover from half a century of neglect."
As Myanmar prepares for a historic election on 8 November 2015, its leadership is rolling out plans for dramatic health sector reforms. But there are enormous obstacles, including the legacy of war and a rising threat of drug-resistant infectious diseases in restive border areas. Mike Ives reports.
Written by Mike Ives, read by Pip Mayo, produced by Jen Whyntie.
If you liked this story, we recommend Cradle of Resistance: How Malaria defeats our drugs by Ed Yong, also available as a podcast.
"Below the surface, the bottom of Pavilion Lake is dotted with something resembling coral reefs: domes and cones and weird shapes much like artichokes. These are not corals, though, which are colonies of tiny animals: they are rock formations called microbialites, made by and coated in cyanobacteria. Sometimes misleadingly referred to as 'blue-green algae', these bacteria probably even made the rocks they live on, absorbing nutrients from the water and leaving stone behind. Like plants, they live on sunlight, and they thrive in shallow waters down the steep underwater slope to the point where sunlight fades to gloom.
They are the reason for NASA's interest, and my visit. The people I've come here to see have even bigger things in mind. They want to know what the rare formations in Pavilion Lake might tell us about the origins of life on Earth, life on other worlds and, indeed, what life is, exactly."
Written by Matthew Francis, read and produced by Barry J Gibb.
If you liked this story, we recommend People are animals too by Peter Aldous, also available as a podcast.
"The results were part of a well-known and seemingly mundane phenomenon that has been driving a quiet revolution in immunology. Its proponents hope that by cutting drug doses, it will not only minimise harmful side-effects but also slash billions from healthcare costs, transforming treatment for conditions such as autoimmune disorders and cancer. The secret? Teaching your body how to respond to a particular medicine, so that in future it can trigger the same change on its own."
Written by Jo Marchant, read by Kirsten Irving, produced by Barry J Gibb, audio editing by Geoff Marsh.
If you liked this story, we recommend Hacking the nervous system by Gaia Vince, also available as a podcast.


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Night Lovell Walks Around a Field in Ottawa in "Jamie's Sin" Video
Emmanuel C.M.
Night Lovell via YouTube
Night Lovell is one of the new artists that could break out this year. The Ottawa, Canada native may not be familiar to some hip-hop fans in the states, but he will be soon. His latest release "Jamie's Sin" is a haunting tale about a woman betraying him. To go along with the new song, Night Lovell released the video for the Cian P-produced record.
The visual starts off displaying longitude and latitude coordinates that place Lovell at a grass field right outside Ottawa. Fans then see the 20-year-old rapper reciting the lyrics while sitting on the ground, avoiding eye contact with the camera. For "Jamie's Sin," Lovell dives deep into his feelings, rapping about a girl name Jamie who he once felt affection for. "Jamie wasn't Jamie when she drank up all the Jameson," he raps.
Lovell is one of the biggest underground rappers who has yet to break in the U.S. His 2014 record "Dark Light" has over 12 million views on YouTube and his 2016 breakout song "Contraband" has over 6 million views. As he continues to get bigger, it's only a matter of time before he gets a major commercial look. Lovell should be dropping a new project this year. Last year, he released Red Teenage Melody.
Watch "Jamie's Sin" below.
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Q: Allowing user input once per minute I have trouble getting this to work.
The thing is that a user is only allowed to create a comment once per minute. As simple as that....
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A: You should use here rather:
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COVID-19 County-level Forecasts Show Limited Impact of Memorial Day Travel, Except in Established High-risk Areas
PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Updated modeling data released today by PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) show many U.S. counties, even those home to vacation destinations, are not projected to see a resurgence in COVID-19 cases through mid-July following increased travel and activity around Memorial Day weekend. However, the model's four-week forecasts are more concerning for several areas of the country, such as Texas and the greater Southwest, that already had significant disease burden or elevated risk going into the holiday weekend.
The model continues to show that as communities relax social distancing, measured as increased travel to non-essential businesses, they are experiencing a rise in COVID-19 infections. However, many counties included in the analysis are not projected to see sustained spikes in cases; if they continue on the current path, they may avoid a second wave this summer. These communities include major metropolitan cities—such as Philadelphia and Boston—as well as popular beach locations along the New Jersey shoreline and Lake Michigan. The researchers maintain that high temperatures and humidity levels, alongside suspected vigilance in personal protection in crowded indoor locations and recommended hygiene practices, appear to be limiting widespread community transmission in these counties.
Nevertheless, data from the model also suggest that warmer weather alone does not mitigate the risk for virus resurgence, as Memorial Day activities had a greater impact in several locations. Forecasts worsened for several southern and western communities—including Phoenix, Tampa, Houston, Dallas and Los Angeles—that the researchers have been closely monitoring for weeks. The Southwest has heightened risk through multiple states, including California, Arizona and Utah, and clusters of communities in North Carolina and South Carolina are also beginning to show signs of heightened risk, increasing the researchers' concern for a regional second wave in the Southeast. Many factors may be contributing to projected increased risk for transmission in these areas, including the inability to lower case counts; poor vigilance among community members in masking and hygiene; inadequate protection of locations at high risk for local outbreaks, such as nursing homes and prisons; and reopening too quickly.
"Since we first launched our models, we have predicted that if communities took a more cautious approach to reopening—relaxing social distancing policies more slowly, maintaining limited gathering sizes and practicing vigilance in masking in crowded indoor locations—they could avoid a second wave of coronavirus cases, and that is what we see realized in today's updated, but mixed, forecasts," said David Rubin, MD, MSCE, director of PolicyLab at CHOP and a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. "While some areas appear headed for a relatively normal summer, we are concerned by the new epicenters that have formed over Texas and the greater Southwest—particularly in light of reports that ICU bed capacity is worsening in large cities like Houston and Phoenix—as well as growing risk in smaller cities like Greenville and Columbia, S.C., and Charlotte and Winston Salem, N.C. It's these types of indicators that tell us which areas may be headed for a second wave of coronavirus cases and crisis."
For additional comments from the lead investigators on their updated forecasts and findings, read this blog post: https://policylab.chop.edu/blog/covid-19-outlook-memorial-day-effect-comes-view
Researchers at PolicyLab at CHOP and the University of Pennsylvania developed the model, known as COVID-Lab: Mapping COVID-19 in Your Community, which tracks and projects COVID-19 transmission across 384 U.S. counties with active outbreaks, representing 67% of the U.S. population and 85% of all identified coronavirus cases. The researchers built their model to observe how social distancing, population density, daily temperatures, and humidity affect the number and spread of COVID-19 infections over time across a county, accounting for test positivity rates and population characteristics such as age, insurance status, crowding within homes and diabetes prevalence. COVID-Lab's projections forecast the number of coronavirus cases communities could experience over the next four weeks based on a three-day average of their current social distancing practices, defined by the change in travel to non-essential businesses as compared to pre-epidemic. A scientific review of the team's model and findings is available as a pre-print article ahead of peer review on medRxiv. The data are publicly available in the form of interactive maps and graphs.
About PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is dedicated to achieving optimal child health and well-being by informing program and policy changes through interdisciplinary research. Founded in 2008, PolicyLab is a Center of Emphasis within the CHOP Research Institute, one of the largest pediatric research institutes in the country. With more than 30 highly regarded faculty and 60 passionate staff who bring expertise from myriad of fields covering health, research and health policy, our work focuses on improving public systems, improving health care delivery and improving child health outcomes. For more information, visit http://www.policylab.chop.edu.
Lauren Walens, Strategic Ops & Comms Director
[email protected] or (734) 904-2181
SOURCE PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
http://www.policylab.chop.edu
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DeTomaso Automobili launched their Longchamp at the Turin Motor Show in 1972. It was the only 4 seater coupe ever produced by De Tomaso, based on the Deauville chassis. The Deauville was the only four door car ever produced by de Tomaso. While the Deauville was the answer to the Jaguar XJ, ( from which it takes the architecture of the rear axle, with inboard brakes and calipers) , the Longchamp coupe ( 2 doors only ) was de Tomaso's answer to the Mercedes 450 SLC, based on the same Deauville's chassis. DeTomaso tapped American Tom Tjaarda, (who sadly, very recently passed away ) then chief designer at Carrozzeria Ghia,( Torino, Piemonte , Italy ) for the styling.
Mr. Tjaarda, a well-known American car designer living in Northern Italy, had already successfully designed the Mangusta and the Pantera for De Tomaso. He produced a design wrapping the 4-seat cabin with a square-ish but slightly softened boxy body, with a classic long hood with a sharply angled front snout, and a short rear deck.
The Longchamp design provided for a long hood to accommodate the 351 cubic inch (5766 cc) Ford Cleveland V8 usually identified as Ford 351C. This engine was becoming a popular upgrade in the early 1970s Ford performance and muscle cars, as it produced 330 hp (246 kW) and gave a potential top speed of 240 km/h (149 mph) and impressive acceleration in the new Longchamp, while being inexpensive to maintain.
This engine, mated to a floor shift 3-speed Ford C-6 Cruise-o-Matic automatic gearbox, was standard equipment for the model, although very few Longchamp models ( less than 10 ) were equipped with a 5 speed manual ZF, which makes the driving of the Longchamp less" relax" and smooth.
The chassis was based upon the same platform specifications as the Deauville with independent suspension front and rear, coil springs and wishbone suspension and dual shock absorbers at the rear. The steering was a power-assisted rack and pinion while braking was performed by power disc brakes all around, the rear being inboard brakes, a la Jaguar. These features combined to give the car an exceptionally comfortable yet stable ride, and confident handling.
The coupe's interior was quite luxurious; fully trimmed in leather and suede, including the seats, door panels, dash fascia and console. Power windows, air conditioning and a tilt steering column were also included.
It is generally understood that a total of only 409 Longchamp's were built , this figure making this model as rare as a de Tomaso Mangusta, the first iconic model produced in 1968 by the new Modena factory. The Longchamp was produced by the Italian company De Tomaso from 1972 to 1989.
Only 395 coupés and 14 spyders were produced in total, those last ones with the help and skills of Carrozzeria Pavesi in Milano, who was also building the very scarce " Pantera Targa". Only a couple per year were built during the final years of production.
Beginning in late 1970, an updated interior and exterior package included a more integrated bumper design, revisions to the heating and air conditioning controls, and the introduction of the Longchamp GTS model.
The car was never officially imported into the US which would have guaranteed much larger production numbers. Very few cars were built during the last years, typically the GTS "E" high end model, and only three right-hand variants for the UK (1 ) and Australian markets (2).
As with the Deauville sedan, the Longchamp was part of DeTomaso's plan to provide a complete line of exclusive, high-performance cars. At one time the Longchamp coupé, the Deauville saloon, the base Pantera, the high-performance street Pantera GTS, and fourteen factory track-destined Group 4 Panteras were in simultaneous production, marking the hey-day of DeTomaso production.
From VIN # 3000 the complete chassis design (platform) of the Longchamp was changed. The present model is VIN 3211.
The Longchamp engine was moved back approximately 13 cm. The complete front end was redesigned. The steering rack was changed from a Cam-Gears (trailing-arm) unit to a ZF supplied (leading-arm) unit.
The upper A-arms where made wider and moved back to gain caster. The wheelhouses in front where made a bit wider to allow using headers instead of the steel manifolds. This all happened concurrently to the Deauville as well. In the interior new seats with headrests on top instead the integrated headrests. The heater regulator was redone to three round knobs with Isis logo. The design of the upholstery was changed. The wool in the seats venters was no longer available. Only full leather seats.
The first few Series III Longchamps still used the earlier bumpers. Late cars got the wrinkle Maserati interior and electric adjustable seats. The prototype of the Longchamp GTS was VIN #3059. It used steel flares made by Carrozzeria Campana (that was working for Maserati, another brand owned at the time by Alejandro De Tomaso).
This present model, 3211, is a very late Series 2 "GTSE" and an extremely rare RHD spyder example (one out of three only). The vast majority remaining are of Series 1 coupe examples. The GTS was initially introduced at the 1980 Turin Motor Show. Compared to the first model, it was featuring wider wheels( 8 inches in front and 10 inches at the rear) and flared wheel arches, along with suspension setting differences to better utilize the wider ( and extremely rare ) Campagnolo Alloy Wheels which were used on the Pantera GTS and on the GR3 race cars. Some maintain that production actually came to an end in 1986, with later cars being sold from stock. Only three cars are reported to be original cabrio RHD GTSE, one in UK, one in Australia and now, one in Belgium, since VIN 3211 has now been regularly imported from Melbourne to Brussels- Belgium. 3211 was delivered new in Australia in 1982, only covered 42.000 km (a bit more than 26.000 miles) in 35 years, with very few owners ( 3 ) and has never seen the rain. Lots of period original documents are coming with the car.
It is in close to concours condition with a very low mileage (42.300 km) It is presently fitted with original Campagnolo 15 inch magnesium wheels, 8 inch by 15 in the front , and 10 x 15 at the rear.
The original engine, a Ford V8 Cleveland 351C with a 351cubic inch displacement, has been very professionally rebuilt in Australia and slightly upgraded to a higher power output ( estimated to 420 HP) It is assumed but not verified nor guaranteed that the car is matching numbers. This makes the car very powerful, torquy, and very nimble on the road, although it is a big and comfortable cabriolet.
The 3 speed automatic Ford gearbox is a perfect fit for the car, that is very torquy, and makes the handling very smooth. The car is much better off with an automatic gearbox rather than a manual ZF, like some other Longchamp's.
The interior is immaculate : biscuit leather and wood are in perfect condition throughout, 3211 is also equipped with very unique original dark blue suede on the top of the dashboard and the top of the door panels, which makes it an extremely attractive and unique combination Every gauge works, and so does the air conditioning system, that has been checked by the present owner in 2017..
The power soft top, in perfect condition, works perfectly, and the top cover protection is as new.
The rear boot is in perfect condition, and includes the original tool tray and the original inflatable spare tire.
In perfect condition throughout, with a very low mileage and an extremely low production, more especially in RHD version, this very unique and rare car is a great, fast, and comfortable tourer and is the perfect toy for the summer!
Currently Belgium registered, now here in the UK with NOVA certificate on file.
A fabulous and very rare period spider, one for the serious collector.


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Alarm.com Tested
By: Brian Rhodes, Published on Jul 13, 2017
Alarm.com has become the dominant force in smart home / remote service platform, with ~70% market share, combining their own traditional offering plus their acquisition of rival iControl business units.
But how well does the platform actually work? For this test, we connected the most interesting Alarm.com compatible and Z-Wave smarthome devices together to see how well they integrate.
Our system included:
1080P WiFi Indoor/Outdoor Bullet Camera
Skybell HD Slim Video Doorbell
2Gig GC3 Alarm Panel and wireless sensors
GoControl Z-Wave Thermostat
Rachio Lawn Irrigation Controller
Several other Z-Wave devices like sirens and light bulbs
Inside, we detail our findings on how well the system operates, where it is weak, and how it compares to other connected systems.
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Marco Sanchez
Great report. I actually did quite a bit of research into the access control piece since my wife yells at me for leaving our front door deadbolt unlocked sometimes. Picked up a great Schlage unit as you really just need a zwave device for it to work. Of the 100s out there make sure you check the list as there are only a limited amount that come 128 aes encrypted by default.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.csoonline.com/article/3024217/security/ez-wave-z-wave-hacking-tool-capable-of-breaking-bulbs-and-abusing-z-wave-devices.amp.html
Also got a zwave controller for garage door and it's pretty cool to open and close it.
Tom Sharples
I've been using Alarm.com paired with Qolsys at a small commercial building in downtown Vancouver, WA, with about 10 authorized users with differing levels of access rights. Mostly a pretty good experience altho there is a genuine annoyance with the Alarm.com notification logic: if an internal sensor (e.g. motion, smoke, etc) goes off and then times out , the next time an authorized user opens any door to the building, the normal panel time delay is no longer active, so the alarm goes off immediately before the user can enter his code. Then, that user is challenged directly via the panel for the "secret password." Even authorized users don't necessarily have that info. Subsequently, instead of contacting me first to verify, the central station (Livewatch) just calls the cops. This has cost me $150 in false alarm charges from my local PD.
Also of note (nothing to do with Alarm.com) is that Qolsys support for third-party sensors is a bit dicey: I had repeated false alarms with the Interlogix water leak detectors when interfaced with the Qolsys panel. The problem went away when I swapped those out for Qolsys leak detectors. I've also had a couple of times when the wireless magnetic door sensors have mysteriously failed to detect the open door, resulting in alarms being set off by the interior motion sensor. That problem fixed itself, equally mysteriously.
Armando Perez
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Tom Sharples | 07/13/17 04:53pm
This should not be the case as Alarm.com does not call the cops. It has to be tied to a central station. I suggest you call your central station and find out why they are dispatching.
In reply to Armando Perez | 07/13/17 05:02pm
You're right, I should have been more clear and will edit my original comments. But I did call the central station (livewatch) back when this first happened, they blamed Alarm.com, and claimed that this logic couldn't be changed. Even tho I specifically have myself on the call tree before the cops.
Who is your central? A good central station will respond to conditions however you want them to providing it is not illegal or counter-code to do so.
Security Dealer Marketing | In reply to Armando Perez | 07/17/17 06:20pm
LiveWatch is owned by Moni. Not sure who used to monitor them (LiveWatch) prior to the acquisition and/or if they've transitioned.
Scott Sheldrake
Good report, except you kind of glossed over the Z-Wave device support, door locks, lights, etc. You can unlock a door from the video doorbell screen which is a very cool feature. Also impressive is the Liftmaster Garage door integration and NEST themostat integration.
The weakest part about ADC is definitely video. They have THE WORST laggiest rebranded low-end Vivotek cameras that literally need to be within 20 feet of a wifi router with 90% signal strength - however that may all change with their brand new hard-wire POE cameras which are just rebranded HIK cameras. Now I know this is terrible to say on IPVM, but HIK cameras are probably the best overall camera out there in terms of quality, pricing, features and compatibility/reliability. We've ordered one of the new HIK ADC cameras to play with, and in conjunction with the ADC Stream Video Recorder (SVR) this may become ADC's killer app for the home market. Lots of people want cloud storage and easy setup, but are also limited by internet speed/reliability. HIK ADC cameras with SVR DVR's could be a game changer.
ADC is an amazing service - and they're not overly inexpensive, so I'm surprised they don't have more competition. Would be interesting to see a writeup on the other 30% of this market that ADC doesn't own. Are they any good?
Brian Rhodes
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Scott Sheldrake | 07/14/17 03:45pm
Good report, except you kind of glossed over the Z-Wave device support, door locks, lights, etc.
Good point, except I tried to separate the panel hardware characteristics (that may vary depending on the panel) from ADC. So Z-Wave support, and how well it works, could be a mixed bag depending on which hardware piece you are using.
However, with that said, I agree that 2Gig and ADC have the Z-Wave part down cold and it works well. Not a foregone thing, when considering IoT hubs like Wink fumble around with it.
Now I know this is terrible to say on IPVM, but HIK cameras are probably the best overall camera out there in terms of quality, pricing, features and compatibility/reliability.
IPVM routinely evaluates Hik hardware, and often finds it a good performer and high on the variables you mention. IPVM calls no fouls on factual statements.
Would be interesting to see a writeup on the other 30% of this market that ADC doesn't own. Are they any good?
We are testing Honeywell's Total Connect 2.0 coming up. Stay tuned for that.
Jay Hobdy
IPVMU Certified | 07/15/17 01:58am
I havent seen if adc can support multiple hvac in a larger house?
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Jay Hobdy | 07/15/17 02:37pm
Depending on the thermostat, Alarm.com supports up to 8 - 16 thermostats per account.
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