Description: A striking Women's Kunga Ceremony design depicting sacred ceremonial grounds and rock hole sites surrounded by Tali (Sand hills) in the area of the artist's birthplace where the young women are taught by the elders and law women their culture. Also depicted are the dancing tracks used by women as they travel from one ceremonial ground to another celebrating their land and culture. Senior clan elders from each skin group gather in the two sacred ceremonial sites to teach and initiate their young women who merge together from the outer sites. The Elders teach their Dreamtime songs & culture which goes back 40,000 years. The painting also depicts traveling paths to and from Ceremonial grounds and Mungari - bush tucker sites where women collect and prepare bush tucker. The dots represent the contours of the land. A beautifully executed investment work at a great sale price.


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Review (without seeing the movie): Players
January 5, 2012 admin	Bollywood, Review without seeing the movie	2 Comments
First a short intro, More and more movie studios are flooding the audience with aggressive marketing campaigns, weeks of trailers, first look poster reveals, meet and greets with the stars and a barrage of tweets and viral videos on various social media sites.
As an audience we have reached a point of saturation, and sometimes we even feel we have seen the movie before its release.
We have become heavily polarized with which stars we like or dislike because no one wants to act any more, they all want to be brands. Movies aren't entertainment anymore, they have all become events.
So we at Upodcast, being the enfant terrible of cinema blogs, we have created a new feature, the review based on the movie trailer!
We haven't seen the movie yet but we will be featuring some guest bloggers that will review the movie based on the trailers. Of course all of this is done in a tongue in cheek way but somewhere down the line it's also the audience answer to the exhaustion we all feel!
Our first review is from our good friend DishoomPK, do check out his blog and twitter feed, which is always fun and interesting!
Dishoompk always goes for Gold!
Abbas-Mustan latest movie "Players" is a "remake" of The Italian Job. But In actuality, it is a remake of the 2003 remake of the Italian Job. That fact is a general indicator of the derivative nature of the movie, where everything seems like something we might have seen in some generic Steven Seagal Hollywood action movie. The characters are developed with the same aesthetics of a western action flick, where they are mere tools to move from one explosion to the next, with little or no character development. Most of the character exploration dealt with a superficial motivation of the characters. These motivation are two flimsy to make the audience root for the protagonists of Players.
To give some credit to Abbas-Mustan, the scope of the movie really impresses. If one wants to see a B-grade Hollywood action movie, one would be getting a bit more than that. Some masala was graciously spread out here and there, to make it just palatable for your average Bollywood viewer. However, very much like Abbas-Mustan's last venture "Race", the storytelling is quite fragmented and there's no flow to the proceedings. The emotional quotient is lacking, as well. However, some of the stunts performed in to movie are really great, and it was magnificent to see some of those sequences pan out on the big screen, with some South Asian faces attached to them. Also the Russian and the New Zealand backgrounds is seem so majestic, on the big screen!
In the acting department, most of the ensemble cast doesn't give us a surprising performance. Abhishek Bachchan goes through all the motions with a stern face, in which he is trying very hard to embody some "Angry Young Man" who is motivated to do something and is proactive, and intelligent. But he ends up looking like a grumpy overachiever. He is just "too cool" to get the character the essential emotional kick to make us want to root for him. We don't see his insecurities, we don't see his shortcomings: We just see a cool dude, trying to do rob some gold.
Bipasha Basu was unfortunately underused, and her character was only there to distract people so that the "men" can swoop in and finish the job. I think Bipasha has grown so much as an actress, and she needs meatier roles, which give more justice to her talent and her experience. One of the surprises of the movie was Sonam Kapoor's bad-ass character, which the audience would find to be very refreshing. Her attitude just hits the right notes, even though it might seem that it is trying a bit too hard to fit in the boys club. Neil Mukesh's character as a nerdy hacker was too one-dimensional and full of stereotypes that one associates with these kinds of character. On the other hand, Bobby Deol's hair might just get the crowd going, on its' own.
The music of the movie was really good, as one would expect from the said directors. The picturisations were really fun. Bipasha looks stunning in THAT song, and her chemistry with Bobby is sizzling! Sonam needs to gain some weight, to get a grip on the "curvy" nature of dance moves she was trying to do.
All in all, it might be a paisa vasool if you think Anees Bazmee is a paisa vasool director. This is certainly better than Anees Bazmee paisa vasool film!
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Players releases nationwide January 6th 2012!
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First Aid for First Responders
August 31, 2009 • by Melanie Basich • Bookmark +
When you're the first on the scene, you often have to take on roles that might not otherwise fall under your standard job description, such as paramedic. If you have the right tools on hand, you can help not only those you protect and serve, but also yourself and other officers who need medical attention.
You can't always count on SWAT medics or EMTs to provide assistance, and sometimes there just isn't enough time to wait for them to arrive. With the abundance of small kits and easy-to-use products available to treat injuries, it's easier than ever to carry what you need in your pocket, so you won't need to dash to your trunk to retrieve life-saving supplies. Just like the Boy Scout motto says, always be prepared.
Blueline Tactical ResQ-Pak
Blueline Tactical ResQ-PAKs are pocket-size trauma self-treatment kits for the law enforcement, tactical, and military community. The vacuum-sealed lightweight paks are available in three levels, each containing a specific combination of first-aid supplies recommended for a different level of threat. ResQ-PAK includes the latest QuikClot hemostatic technologies, and the SWAT-T low-cost, easy-to-use tourniquet/compression bandage. It is lightweight and low profile, so it fits in a BDU pocket, a SWAT vest, a drop bag for mags, a gun belt, or gas mask pouch; it even fits inside a suit jacket without showing.
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Combat Medical Systems Mojo Medical Kit
You probably have some type of medical kit. But would you be able to recognize the items inside and know how to use them effectively in an emergency? The Mojo Range Ops Bag from Combat Medical Systems is an easy-to-use medical kit for the non-medic.
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Small print looks dim. Randolph collects stamps. Josip walks. But this is not going to work with me. The beer glass is almost bigger than you are. They said goodbye to each other. He who is bitten by a snake fears even the rope. Tobias should get out of here before the police get here. The house is under repairs. Instead of digging a pit for your enemy, you should build your friend a house.
The guy jumped his bill at the restaurant. Brian's got the key. Are you still in doubt about what I have said? I was just talking with Vivek. Heather agreed. Ramiro rushed down the hall to his office. Looks aren't important to me. I refuse to give up on this. Rabbits are social animals. He was in a hurry to see his mother.
We can't send Alain out there. It's for you that I have come. Turn on the TV. They urged him in vain to sell them his prosperous firm. Am I your friend? Raw fish easily goes bad. The discovery will have a momentous effect on the treatment of cancer. I am going to wash your mouth with soap. Don't worry, it's not going to happen. Eddy knows how to deal with people like Jerald.
Don't thank me, thank Diane! Kyung is my dance partner. She proceeded with the work. She was away. The northern English town of Scunthorpe is difficult to find on the web. Today, I finally came to terms with myself; I accepted myself. You look like someone who could use a drink. Janet always lets me use her typewriter. I love him, but he's in love with another girl. Get me some food.
Again I was able to escape death. He left her all alone. You can't do that! Gamblers enjoy taking risks. Troy didn't do this. Portugal is not as close to France as Spain. We just had to deal with it. Why didn't you tell this to the police? The prince went to the forest to hunt and happened on a fair maiden bathing in a spring. I can't imagine what things living on another planet are like.
We were just going to get to know each other. James buys new shoes whenever he can find a pair that fit. Don't shut the door. How could I hate him? The epidemic didn't reach our area. Nanda wasn't with me. Rees likes to watch baseball games on TV. I need to repair that. Have you ever squeezed an orange? I made some modifications.
The sacrifice was seen as a way of sanctifying the act. People who don't want to go, don't have to. The thief ran away at the sight of a policeman. I called Bonnie's sister. You sure got fat fast. It looks like I'm outnumbered here. I hate to do it but I'll withdraw my plan. Your support is greatly appreciated. Anyone can make a mistake. Make sure you closed the freezer door correctly. Sri asked Tiefenthal how old she was.
His family had been wheat farmers. Mother suddenly got sick and we sent for a doctor. Tell me where you bought that hat. We need you to get here ASAP. What do you say to going on a hike next Sunday? Would I only work on weekends if I could? Of course, I would. Miles hopped in the backseat. Two years have passed since he died. I was late because my car broke down. Seeing something in a different context than the accustomed one can be surprising.
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Investigation is a broad skill in 5th edition. The main thing to remember is that it specifically represents your ability to use clues to arrive at a conclusion. As we will talk about later, this separates it from Perception in that Perception has more to do with natural sensory/situational awareness. So in order to find an object with Investigation, this object must have some find-able clue to its whereabouts.
Essentially, Investigation is what you use to determine the Why from the What -the What being what you are currently seeing in front of you. A dungeon room filled with destroyed furniture standing in front of you, for example, would require an investigation to figure out why it is the state that it is in. This check might also lead you to clues that you can follow up on, calling for different skill rolls to find hidden objects and other such things.
Perception – The Investigation/Perception dichotomy is a tough one, worse in my opinion then the Acrobatics/Athletics one. At the very base, just remember that Investigation is the act of using clues to figure something out while Perception is using your senses. So Perception can find you a cleverly hidden trap door, but Investigation can tell you how it works or how you might open it or disarm it. And if the hidden door is under a rug, investigation might be what leads you to it by seeing clues such as the rug being slightly rumpled leading you to believe it is often moved. The two skills work well together as well, as you can use perception to spot things which might in turn provide clues that let you use Investigation, and vice/versa. Page 178 has a text-box describing finding hidden objects in more detail.
The following are optional or edge cases for Investigation, and are entirely dependent on the Dungeon Master.
Search – In the RAW interpretation of the rules, searching a room basically requires perception. Finding hidden objects, secret spots and other things hidden from view. While investigation might help you along, it is not the go to skill for this. However, in the published D&D adventures Investigation is sometimes called for as an alternative to Perception to find something. As a DM, you might decide to go this route as well, allowing a PC to use their deductive reasoning to find things instead of their natural senses. If you allow this, it is recommended you raise the DC of finding what is hidden with Investigation by 5, so that Perception is still a better option for those trained in it.
The following is meant to inspire the Dungeon Master to design with investigation in mind. Remember that Investigation is great as a skill that leads to using other skills, and sometimes vice-versa. When designing your areas, try to have at least a few tell-tale signs of things that require some logic to figure out. Design traps that need to be investigated to disarm, and provide plenty of opportunity to let the PCs inner Sherlock Holmes have some fun.
Stirge Nest – The PCs come across a part of the cavern with strange slimy splotches decorating the cavern walls. A Nature check will tell you they are territorial stirge marks, and investigation will tell you that they are very fresh.
Research – If a PC is searching for a specific piece of information in a library, require a lore check based on the subject (Arcana, History, Nature, Religion) to find the right area to begin searching and an investigation to narrow it from there.
Trap – In the event of a trapped hallway, if the PCs are looking for a trap call for a Perception check (if they are not consult their passive perception), and if they find something out of the ordinary describe what they see instead of saying they found a trap. A two inch gap in the floor perhaps, or an odd out of place stone in the wall. Then have them roll Investigation to figure out what it is they're looking at without needing to physically experiment with it.
That is it for this week, thank you for reading and providing great feedback on this series. Next week we switch it up with Medicine. See you then!
As for the "Search" optional use, I'd say it's the other way: the DC to just happen to see a thing should be higher than to actually look for it.


For the last weeks, we have been busy finalizing all the preview material. The setting, character concepts, rules, layout tests and first pieces of art are all now at the level needed for public viewing.
As we are finishing the "1 Pagers" for the Character Concepts, we have released Ashcan versions of the Premise, Nordic Noir, Rules, and Character and Threats Sheets. Now the website should have all the material needed to give an impression of what the game is about and how it plays out.
All the Ashcan or preview material we have been producing has enabled us to test and show our ideas for the game openly. The feedback we have received so far has been extremely useful and encouraging. We hope these new preview releases will keep up the feedback loop and enable us to build a better game with our support.
Shortly put: thank you for all the comments, and keep them coming!
And as an astute reader might guess from the splash image at the top of the page – the first batch of game art has been completed. We'll go for Nordic design and photo-realism inspired look – which complements the theme and mood of Nordic Noir. The images and graphic elements produced at this phase serve as the seeds for product art direction and final look of the game.
We also had time to flesh out the Crowdfunding phase, and the plan seems feasible We plan to start out with a simple, minimal but working game and extend the offering with extra material and guest appearances if we get to the stretch goals. This approach should enable us to push out the base product, while at being able to plan ahead for the possible extensions for the book and possible add-ons.
Should we finish everything on schedule, the Crowdfunding starts in April!


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Spring intramurals in full swing
Postedby Orion Ludlow
Portland State's spring intramural sports season is in high gear. Competitive and recreational basketball, soccer, football and racquetball games are being played Monday through Thursday in and around the Peter W. Stott Center on the Portland State campus.
While it's a week too late to sign up for the spring intramural season, there is always fun to be had watching the teams play for the various championships.
Take, for example, the flag football games out on the recreation field next to the Stott Center. Five-player teams compete on a shortened 40-yard field, where the sidelines are jut outside the numbers. It's a lot like the playground football kids play in middle school, where first down is the middle of the field, in this case the 20-yard line. The quarterback cannot run, and there is no blitzing or rushing the quarterback in return. The emphasis is on noncontact play, and the biggest penalties in the league, 10 yards and replay of the down, are for physical contact.
Interceptions have an interesting twist. An interception scores the defense one point, or two points if the ball is returned past the 40-yard line, and the receiving team takes over possession. This interesting and fun style of football is on display on the recreation field every Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Intramural soccer games go off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on the recreation field. The six-on-six games are fast-paced and fair. Teams must have at least one woman player who plays at least the entire first half. If teams don't have a woman player, they have to start the game with one less player. The goals are smaller than normal and there are no goalies. Handball rules apply, and penalty kicks are awarded for infractions inside the penalty area. The games end up being high-scoring affairs. For example, in the winter indoor soccer league championship game, The Cheaters beat Kung-Fu Highway 9-5. Halves are 23 minutes long. Games are played from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the recreation field outside the Stott Center.
There are 12 basketball teams playing in the intramurals league every Wednesday this term. Playing with a running clock and 20-minute halves, the pace is frantic. The clock stops only after a dead ball in the last two minutes of the second half. The teams have anywhere from seven to 11 players. And dunking is allowed, but only during the game. Any dunking before the game is a technical, and dunking after the game gets a player suspended for next week's game. And if a team's fans are too rowdy, it can end up forfeiting the game. So if you go watch, keep it down to a dull roar. Basketball games are played on the Stott Center basketball courts from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Intramural Sports Office is also offering organized pick-up volleyball on Wednesday nights from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Stott Center. Students who wish to play need to show up with a valid student or faculty I.D.
The Intramural Sports Office is located in Room 102 of the Peter W. Stott Center. You can call the office at 503-725-5647, e-mail the office at [email protected], or log on to www.intramurals.pdx.edu for game times, schedules, rosters and more information.
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At Ventura's Montalvo School, Patty Peinado is known as a dynamic teacher, an inspiration to her students, their parents and her colleagues. But her childhood experiences in the classroom were hardly stellar.
Peinado said she repeated first grade and had to have a tutor in reading, and her grades were so poor in high school — where she was preoccupied by sports and social activities — that she had trouble persuading her teachers to let her take Spanish. She did not begin learning the language until she was 17 years old.
Somewhere along the way, her attitude toward learning changed.
Last week, Peinado, 35, was named bilingual Teacher of the Year by the California Assn. for Bilingual Education. Kindergarten teacher Mireya Rodriguez, from the Hueneme Elementary School District's Fred L. Williams Elementary School, was one of two runners-up for the award.
Peinado, who teaches second grade, said her turnaround began with a desire to communicate with her husband's parents, who spoke only Spanish. And during an after-school job at a day-care center when she was in high school, she developed a love of working with children, especially low achievers.
Peinado hails from a family of nine children. Three of them — including Peinado — were adopted. She said her mother's patience as Peinado struggled with reading set an example that she still follows.
Peinado, who holds an undergraduate degree in Spanish from UC Santa Barbara and a master's degree in reading and bilingual education from Cal Lutheran University, was chosen from among seven nominees statewide. The award was announced last week at the bilingual education association's annual conference in Anaheim.
Peinado is one of three bilingual teachers at Montalvo, which is in the Ventura Unified School District. About 90 of the school's 500 students have limited English skills, Atmore said.
Peinado organizes extracurricular activities for students and parents, including programs that accommodate the schedules of working parents. She has also started a reading program half an hour before the regular school day for students who need extra help.
Jennifer Robles, bilingual specialist for the Ventura Unified district, said Peinado was a founding member of the Ventura/Oxnard chapter of the association. Robles credited Peinado with helping to increase membership to almost 200 countywide, making it one of the top five of the 50 association chapters statewide.
Peinado, who is married and has two sons, won $100 for herself and $200 for the scholarship fund of the local chapter. The Spanish Consulate in Washington, D.C., also awarded her a three-week trip to Madrid next summer to attend a workshop on children's literature.
Peinado's classes are a mixture of Spanish-speaking children and children who speak English but whose parents want them to be exposed to a second language.
Rodriguez, who majored in Spanish at UCSB and has a master's degree in education from Azusa Pacific University, is also a member of the Ventura/Oxnard chapter of the association. She has developed a reading program that allows students to take books home every week to read with their parents.


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Microsoft's laptop has been updated - but only beneath the surface
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Decent performance
Simple Windows install with no bloatware
Great keyboard
Dated design with thick display bezel
Expensive to upgrade RAM and storage
No AMD option
If you stick with simple specs, the Surface Laptop 5 is a decent option for a Windows 11 laptop, but the combination of a dated design and expensive upgrades mean anyone with more demanding needs is better off looking elsewhere.
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The Surface Laptop 3 was a great piece of hardware – so good in fact that Microsoft changed as little as it could in its successor, and hasn't changed much more for the Surface Laptop 5.
That means the fifth model won't appeal much as an upgrade option, but if you're using an older Microsoft laptop – or another brand entirely – then there's still plenty here to like, so long as you can forgive what's becoming a bit of a dated design and don't mind the decision to ditch AMD and go all-in on Intel.
Same design as last two generations
Thick bezel around the screen
Two size options: 13.5in or 15in
The Surface Laptop 5 is a pretty slick looking piece of hardware, with the caveat that we've seen it all before and it's beginning to get old-fashioned.
Microsoft has chosen not to update the design it's used for the last few years, so we get the same simple metallic exterior with a reflective Windows logo, and a sparse interior with a spacious keyboard and trackpad.
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It looks pretty sharp, and to be honest it only shows its age in one area: the screen. The display itself isn't the problem – I'll get to that in a minute – but there's so much blank black space around it, in a thick bezel that other manufacturers have long since done away with.
In turn that means that the laptop as a whole is bigger than it really needs to be for the screen size, giving you extra chunk and heft to lug around with you.
That problem is certainly worse on the larger 15in model I've been reviewing, which is downright heavy at over 1.5kg – every time I lift my backpack I remember this thing is in there – and I expect the smaller 13.5in version would be a little more forgiving.
It helps that ports are the same between both sizes at least. Either way you get a single full-size USB-A 3.1 port, one USB-C 4.0 & Thunderbolt 4 port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and the little-loved Surface Connect port for charging. You'll appreciate that if you have older Surface accessories, but otherwise it feels like an increasing waste given that the USB-C port can also be used for charging.
The other reason to prefer the smaller model might be the range of colours. While the larger laptop is only available in black or platinum, if you go small you can also get it in either sage green or a burnished sandstone finish. And if you're a fan of Microsoft's suede-like alcantara fabric linings, note that this is only found on the smaller version in the planium colour.
Work-focussed 3:2 aspect ratio display
LCD 'PixelSense' touchscreen panel
Decent Dolby Atmos-enabled speakers
Microsoft hasn't yet made the jump to OLED in its laptops, and instead still equips the Surface Laptop 5 with LCD displays, using panels it calls 'PixelSense'. Contrary to rumours ahead of launch, it also sticks with the standard 60Hz refresh rate, rather than adopting a more responsive panel.
There's little difference between the screens on the two sizes here other than the resolution: 2256 x 1504 in the smaller model, and 2496 x 1664 in the larger – with a matching pixel density of 201ppi in either case.
Either way, it uses the increasingly popular 3:2 aspect ratio, giving you a taller, boxier display that's better suited to productivity. You'll get a little extra screen space for documents and email, with the trade-off that you'll probably have to put up with black letterboxing whenever you fire up a film on Netflix.
Actual screen quality mostly impresses. You won't enjoy the deep blacks and wider dynamic range of an OLED panel, but this is bright enough to suit a range of lighting conditions, with vibrant colours and plenty of detail on offer. It's a touchscreen too, giving you another option for navigating Windows, and it supports the Surface Pen stylus, though this is sold separately.
As for audio, in addition to the 3.5mm headphone jack (no longer a guarantee on a modern laptop) you'll get a pair of built-in speakers. These are upfiring – which is good – but fire through the keyboard – which is less so.
Quality is decent, with plenty of clarity, but a distinct lack of bass even by laptop standards. Dolby Atmos support should help when watching movies or playing games in particular, but at this quality level won't make a whole lot of difference.
Keyboard, trackpad & webcam
Spacious touchpad
Average 720p webcam
The large keyboard on the Surface Laptop is generally impressive. Comfortable key spacing, decent travel, and three backlighting settings sum up to produce a comfortable typing experience that isn't the best in a Windows laptop – Dell and Huawei lead the way there – but isn't too far behind.
I have one caveat to that. I've been using the Surface Laptop 5 for just about a month for this review, and just today, as I write it up, it's developed an unusual fault: a squeaky space bar. It's a sporadic but irritating sound that's only crept in today but is already getting on my nerves – and raises my doubts about the keys' ultimate longevity.
Below the keyboard you'll find the spacious glass trackpad. Using glass instead of plastic results in a smoother pad with less friction and drag. There's no support for the haptic feedback many premium laptops now offer, but otherwise there's little to complain about here.
Then there's the webcam. This is one of the elements overdue an upgrade, as the 720p resolution and grainy quality don't quite cut it any more. Together with the dual microphones this serves for basic video calls, but it definitely won't have you looking your best.
It does however support Windows Hello facial recognition for signing into the PC, which works pretty well. That's your only biometric option though, as there's no fingerprint scanner.
12th-gen Intel processors
No Intel option
Loads of RAM and storage
While last year's Surface Laptop 4 gave buyers a choice between Intel or AMD processors, Microsoft has made the choice for you this time around: it's Intel or bust.
At least Microsoft is using the latest 12th-gen Intel chips – the first 13th-gen laptop models haven't arrived just yet – though you are limited to the low-power U-series versions. If you opt for the 13.5in model you'll still get to choose between the i5-1235U and the more powerful i7-1255U, though the 15in laptop only comes with the i7 chip.
The processor comes with up to 16GB of RAM on the smaller machine and up to 32GB for the larger, with a similar split of up to 512GB storage for the little laptop and a maximum of 1TB for the 15in.
In benchmarks, the Laptop 5 essentially does about as you'd expect: it's not the most powerful machine around, but it's comparable to most similarly priced flagship rivals. Some do a little better, some do a little worse, but they're all in the same ballpark.
The bottom line is that performance is strong, in line with what you'd expect from a productivity laptop at this price. With lower power chips and no discrete GPU option this won't really suit gamers or creative power users, but there's still plenty of power for Photoshop, basic video editing, and spreadsheets galore.
Good but not exceptional battery life
Charging with Surface Connect or USB-C
Last time around, there was one clear advantage to picking an AMD chip in the Surface Laptop 4: better battery life.
With no AMD option this year you're denied that perk, though the good news is that this year's Intel silicon has picked up when it comes to power efficiency.
My i7-powered 15in model lasts just about a full day of work including web browsing, writing, light photo editing, and a little too much Slack chat. Going by benchmarks again, it's in the middle of the pack for similarly sized devices.
Still, it's not quite a comfortable full-day, and I'd definitely want to have a charger with me if I was out and about, as there's still a touch of battery anxiety when you try to stretch this out to a full shift.
The good news is that you can charge the laptop with either the Surface Connect charger it comes with, or any sufficiently powerful USB-C charger. That means your phone charger may well do the job, saving you from carrying another cable and power brick, and freeing you from the frustratingly fiddly Surface Connect socket.
With 37% charge restored in half an hour this is far from the fastest laptop charging around, but it's ultimately pretty typical.
Ships with Windows 11
There's surprisingly little to say about the software side of the Surface Laptop 5, which ships with Windows 11.
Although this is Microsoft's flagship hardware it doesn't pack the laptop with custom features or extra tricks the way that Google does with its Pixel phones, instead trusting this to serve as a showcase for the standard Windows experience.
You don't even get any extra software freebies beyond the standard month-long free trials of Microsoft 365 and and Xbox Game Pass. The welcome flipside of that is that unlike some Windows rivals you won't have to put up with loads of pre-installed apps and bloatware – this is Windows at its cleanest.
The Surface Laptop 5 starts from $999/£999 for the 13.5in model with an i5 processor, while the larger 15in version starts from $1,299/£1,299.
Those are friendly enough starting prices, but they climb quickly. Go fully loaded and you'll pay $2,399/£2,399 for the 15in with an i7, 32GB RAM, and 1TB of storage.
If your performance needs are straightforward then you'll find the Laptop 5 doesn't offer bad value compared to rivals like the Dell XPS 13 or any of Apple's MacBooks, but at higher specs the value drops off. If you need power, look for an alternative with more powerful H-series chips or even a discrete GPU option.
Microsoft has arguably phoned it in with the Surface Laptop 5 this year – all it really did is throw in the latest Intel chips and Thunderbolt 4 and call it a day – but fortunately the start point was good enough to get away with it.
Some elements are undeniably dated, such as the thick black bezel around the display and the basic 720p webcam, but with strong performance and an otherwise sleek design the laptop still holds up well.
A good spread of ports help, and while I'm no fan of the fiddly Surface Connect socket its appearance will appeal to existing Surface owners with accessories they're hanging onto.
Next year Microsoft will have to make real changes, but in this iteration the Surface Laptop 5 can ride out one more year as an appealing option.
Display: 3:2 PixelSense LCD touchscreen ; 13.5in (2256×1504), 15in (2496×1664)
Processor: Intel Core i5-1235U, i7-1255U
Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
Memory: 8/16/32GB LPDDR5x RAM
Storage: 256/512GB/1TB SSD
Ports: 1 USB-C 4.0/Thunderbolt 4, 1 USB-A 3.1, Surface Connect, 3.5mm audio jack
Camera: 720p front-facing with Windows Hello support
Wireless: WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.1
Colours: Platinum, Sage, Sandstone, Matte Black
Weight: 1.27kg (13.5in, Platinum with alcantara), 1.3kg (13.5in, Black/Sage/Sandstone), 1.56kg (15in, Platinum/Matte Black)
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Q: Union not working in Mysql I have written below UNION code in mysql but it is not working.
Please help.
SELECT * FROM (`am_glmaster`) WHERE
`logid_status` IN ('DISPATCHED','DELIVERED', 'COMPLETE')
 AND `dispatch_from` =  'New Delhi'
UNION SELECT *
FROM (`glmaster_history`)
WHERE `logid_status` IN ('DISPATCHED', 'DELIVERED', 'COMPLETE')
AND `glmaster_history`.`dispatch_from` =  'New Delhi'

Giving error - #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the
  manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right
  syntax to use near 'WHERE logid_status IN ('DISPATCHED',
  'DELIVERED', 'COMPLETE') AND `glmaster_h' at line 4

A: Try this:
SELECT *
    FROM
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    WHERE
        logid_status IN ('DISPATCHED','DELIVERED', 'COMPLETE')
    AND
        dispatch_from =  'New Delhi'
UNION
SELECT *
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    WHERE
        logid_status IN ('DISPATCHED', 'DELIVERED', 'COMPLETE')
    AND
        dispatch_from =  'New Delhi'

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class Metric(object):
  """Base class for all the metrics that are used by telemetry measurements.

  The Metric class represents a way of measuring something. Metrics are
  helper classes used by PageMeasurements. Each PageMeasurement may use
  multiple metrics; each metric should be focussed on collecting data
  about one thing.
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  @classmethod
  def CustomizeBrowserOptions(cls, options):
    """Add browser options that are required by this metric.

    Some metrics do not have any special browser options that need
    to be added, and they do not need to override this method; by
    default, no browser options are added.

    To add options here, call options.AppendExtraBrowserArgs(arg).
    """
    pass

  def Start(self, page, tab):
    """Start collecting data for this metric."""
    pass

  def Stop(self, page, tab):
    """Stop collecting data for this metric (if applicable)."""
    pass

  def AddResults(self, tab, results):
    """Add the data collected into the results object for a measurement.

    Metrics may implement AddResults to provide a common way to add results
    to the PageMeasurementResults in PageMeasurement.AddMeasurement --
    results should be added with results.Add(trace_name, unit, value).
    """
    raise NotImplementedError()

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Texas Again Leads Nation in Growth, Sprawl
Fri, May 26th 2017 @ 11:53 am EDT by Eric Ruark
The Census Bureau yesterday released a list of the fifteen fastest-growing cities in the United States between 2015 and 2016. Ten of the fifteen are in the South. Four of the top five are in Texas – or the Texas Urban Triangle to be exact. The fastest growing city was Conroe, Texas, a suburb of Houston. It added 82,000 people last year, a population increase of 7.8 percent. That's 11 times the national growth rate of 0.7 percent.
Below is the Census Bureau table listing the fastest-growing cities ranked by the percent increase in population.
That Texas contains four of the top five, and six of the fifteen, fastest-growing cities comes as no surprise to NumbersUSA members. We have been pointing out that Texas is leading the nation in population growth and related urban sprawl since 2011, when we presented at the first Earth Day Texas.
This past year, NumbersUSA concentrated on the Texas Urban Triangle, where most of the growth in Texas is taking place, producing a sprawl study that details how much that area has sprawled since 1982, and how much more open space is likely to be lost in the state by 2050.
We found that Texas adds about 455,000 people to its population every year, or about 8,750 every week. This means that Texans need more houses (115,000/year), more roads (2,500/year), and everything else associated with a (rapidly) growing population. The cost is the loss of open space, 2,500 acres every week, or 120,000 acres every year. To put that into perspective, that's about the equivalent of putting 120,000 new football fields every year in places that used to be wildlife habitat or agricultural lands. The forests, fields, and prairies of Texas are rapidly disappearing, and in the areas of Texas that contains the most wildlife and landscape diversity; and the most fertile croplands.
Almost every single person we spoke to at Earth Day Texas 2017 expressed opposition to greater urban sprawl, and many asked "what can we do about it." The answer is complex, but the main thing people need to realize is that this type of growth is not inevitable.
State and local policies encourage growth, by offering subsidies and tax breaks to corporations who relocate to these jurisdictions, and by encouraging sprawl development, with the long-term costs borne not by the developers, but by public tax monies.
Federal immigration policy is the main driver of population growth. In Texas, immigration was responsible for 57 percent of population growth between 2000 and 2012, and overall population growth in Texas was responsible for 67 percent of urban sprawl over that same period.
Looked at this way, the federal government is forcing rapid growth and urban sprawl on the American people, despite the fact that most Americans do not favor such growth.
It's up to us whether we continue down the same path. If we do, we must acknowledge that the continuation of urban sprawl means many of the plants and animals we now share space with will disappear; agricultural production will become much more intensive, food more costly and less varied; and the physical and mental health benefits that come from having open spaces around us will no longer be available.
It's up to us.
ERIC RUARK is the Director of Research for NumbersUSA
Urban Sprawl
Updated: Wed, Oct 4th 2017 @ 9:12am EDT
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Providing customers with abundant information about food production methods, sourcing strategies, calorie and nutrient values, labor practices, animal welfare, and environmental impacts is a necessity in our technology-driven and networked era. Consumer engagement is driven by the rise in food safety and fraud alerts, a growing interest in sustainability and food ethics, and a hyper-connectivity that yields instant access to information such as impending crop failures or the latest farm-labor conditions across global supply chains. Consumers can learn about what they eat regardless of what chefs and businesses share. Given that, food operators can build trust by learning about environmental and social issues in the food system and sharing information about their own practices. Identifying the farms that grow key ingredients, for example, is a strategy that creates value and brand identity and one that is quickly becoming a standard practice. Going further and explaining how food is produced and the rationale for sourcing decisions are the next steps, while limiting or restricting information on hot-button consumer issues such as calories, trans fats, genetically modified ingredients, or processing methods are approaches not likely to survive over the long term. Operators who do not adjust business models and strategies to anticipate the impacts of this accelerating trend risk disappointing the dining public and having to play costly catch-up as such issues assume greater urgency with the public.
encouraging school children, retailers, media, and others to learn how to grow food, steward the land, and adopt healthier eating habits. But designing menus to draw on in-season fruits and vegetables from more distant farms also is a key strategy for bringing fresh flavors to menus throughout the year.
Sourcing sustainably grown foods is complex, but there is one important rule of thumb: the environmental cost of food is largely determined by how it is produced. The best farms and ranches protect and restore natural systems through effective management practices, such as choosing crops well-suited for their local growing conditions, minimizing use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, and avoiding the use of groundwater for irrigation. Bettermanaged farms sometimes qualify for organic or other sustainable-farming certifications. But many—including smaller farms—simply adopt better practices. The most powerful strategies for supporting better farms include aligning menus to emphasize fresh foods during the peak of their local growing season and shifting purchases toward farms that have responsible management programs.
Scientific research suggests that the most effective way to help diners make healthy, sustainable food choices is to shift our collective diets to mostly plant-based foods. Growing plants for food generally has less of a negative impact on the environment than raising livestock, as livestock have to eat lots of plants to produce a smaller amount of food. In fact, no other single decision in the professional kitchen—or in the boardrooms of foodservice companies—can compare in terms of the benefits of advancing global environmental sustainability. From the wellresearched Mediterranean diet to the cuisines of Asia and Latin America, traditional food cultures offer a myriad of flavor strategies to support innovation around healthy, delicious, even craveable cooking that rebalances ratios between foods from animal and plant sources.
tomato paste, wine, nut butters, frozen fruits and vegetables, mayonnaise, dark chocolate, canned low-sodium beans, 100 percent wholegrain crackers, fresh-cut vegetables, spice mixtures, yogurt, reduced sodium sauces, many kinds of canned fish and shellfish, among other things—can be incorporated into healthy meals. Processing can also be used to extend the season of local and sustainably grown produce and to make use of cosmetically imperfect foods, especially produce.
6. Grow everyday options, while honoring special occasion traditions.
The foodservice industry historically developed around special occasion dining. Today's industry, however, is increasingly responsible for providing everyday food choices to a substantial segment of the U.S. population. From a health and environmental perspective, there will always be room in the industry for indulgence and special occasion foods. However, the real opportunity in menu and concept development is the expansion of everyday food and menu choices that embrace current nutrition and environmental science, as well emerging consumer values about how food is produced.
7. Lead with menu messaging around flavor.
whom they are sourcing their ingredients—such as by naming specific farms and growing practices (e.g., organic)—can enhance perceptions of healthier food choices (if, in fact, these choices are healthier— i.e., that they are also consistent with guidance for optimal nutrition).
8. Reduce portions, emphasizing calorie quality over quantity.
mitigating potential downward pressure on check averages). Calorie quality is also important. Dishes should feature slowly metabolized whole grains, plant proteins including nuts and legumes, and healthy oils that promote lasting satiety and create great flavors.
9. Celebrate cultural diversity and discovery.
connectivity are making the American palate more adventurous, giving foodservice leaders a long-term opportunity for creative menu R & D.
10. Design health and sustainability into operations and dining spaces.
set-up, service, and communication strategies can all lead consumers towards healthier, more sustainable choices.
without added sugar or salt. Fruit juice often contains healthy micronutrients, but it also packs a large amount of fast-metabolizing sugar and should be limited to one small glass per day. Dried, unsweetened fruit is also a good choice; though it contains natural sugars, it also contains fiber, which can mitigate negative blood sugar response.
2. Make whole, intact grains the new norm.
breakfast dishes, and more. In baking, blend milled whole grains with intact or cut whole grains to achieve good results.
consider healthier alternatives including sweet potatoes, which are rich in beta-carotene and other vitamins, and healthier side dishes that highlight fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and nuts.
4. Move nuts and legumes to the center of the plate.
carbohydrates. Legumes also are renowned for helping to replace nitrogen in the soil and produce impressive quantities of protein per acre. Nuts (including nut butters, flours, and milks) and legumes (including soy foods and legume flours) are an excellent replacement for animal protein. They also are a marketable way to serve and leverage smaller amounts of meat and animal proteins.
Using plant oils and other ingredients that contain unsaturated fats, such as canola, soy, peanut, and olive oils, as well as featuring fish, nuts, seeds, avocados, and whole grains, are simple ways to create healthier menus. Research shows that reducing saturated fat is good for health if replaced with "good" fats, especially polyunsaturated fats, instead of refined carbohydrates such as white bread, white rice, mashed potatoes, and sugary drinks. High-flavor fats and oils that contain more saturated fat— including butter, cream, lard, and coconut oil— can have a place in healthy cooking if used only occasionally in limited, strategic applications. Trans fats from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, now labeled a "metabolic poison" by leading medical scientists, have no place in foodservice kitchens.
Current nutrition science reverses the mistaken belief that we need to limit all fat. Moderate and even high levels of beneficial fats in the diet—from (most) non-hydrogenated plant oils, nuts, nut butters, avocados, and fish—are associated with optimal nutrition and healthy weight. Beneficial fats paired with an abundance of vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and nuts can give our diets a baseline of slow-metabolizing, healthy foods, which are associated with increased satiety. A more liberal usage of healthy fats, offering the potential to deliver high-impact flavors, might represent the difference between consumers liking—or not liking—healthier and more environmentally friendly foods. Even small, occasional servings of deep-fried foods and condiments are appropriate offerings if operators use healthy, nonhydrogenated oils, and avoid potatoes, breading, and other refined carbohydrates in favor of fish, vegetables, legumes, and legume flour. Research confirms that the vast majority of people report better adherence to a moderate- or higher-fat, healthy diet.
7. Serve more kinds of seafood, more often.
Seafood is an important part of a healthy diet, and most Americans don't eat the recommended one to two servings per week of fatty fish, which contain higher levels of health-promoting omega- 3s. However, the focus on just a few species is emptying parts of the oceans of popular types of seafood such as cod and tuna and now also fish like menhaden that are a key ingredient in feed for some types of farm-raised fish. Scientific studies have found that the benefits of eating seafood greatly outweigh the risks and that removing or reducing seafood from the diet can have negative effects on health. Serving more seafood more often from responsibly managed sources is the priority. Chefs can have a positive impact on the environment and public health by expanding their understanding of how to source and use a greater variety of responsibly managed and underutilized wild-caught and farm-raised fish and shellfish.
8. Reimagine dairy in a supporting role.
While there is tremendous innovation underway to improve dairy production and its impact on the environment, the nutrition science on dairy is still unsettled and evolving. Current research suggests that it seems prudent for individuals to limit milk and dairy to one to two servings per day. Chefs should leverage the flavor of cheese (high in saturated fat and sodium) in smaller amounts and minimize the use of butter. Yogurt (without added sugar) is a good choice for professional kitchens, as its consumption is associated with healthy weight.
9. Use poultry and eggs in moderation.
poultry products, which are high in sodium, often as a result of sodium pumps and brining. Eggs in moderation—an average of one per day—can be part of a healthy diet for most people. Creative menu items that mix whole eggs and egg whites for omelets, and eggs with vegetables, are ideal.
10. Serve less red meat, less often.
for animal protein. For example, they might offer delicious meat/vegetable and meat/legume blends, or smaller tasting portions of red meat as part of vegetable-rich, small-plate formats.
nuts, dark chocolate, coffee, fruit, healthy oils, yogurt, small amounts of other low-fat dairy and eggs, and, as appropriate, small amounts of beverage alcohol— with the addition of only small to minimal amounts of sugar and refined carbohydrates.
12. Cut the salt; rethink flavor development from the ground up.
The foodservice and foodmanufacturing sectors have long been too reliant on salt to do the heavy lifting to create high flavor impact and customer satisfaction. Single items, such as a sandwich or entrée, might contain more than 2,500 milligrams of sodium, well above the current maximum recommended intake of 1,500 milligrams to 2,300 milligrams for the entire day. Chefs should focus on a range of other strategies to deliver flavor including: sourcing the best-quality, high-flavor produce; working with spices, herbs, citrus, and other aromatics; and employing healthy sauces, seasonings, and other flavor-building techniques from around the world. Many chefs are finding success in focusing their innovation where they have the highest aggregation of sodium (e.g., processed meats, cheese, and bread) in a single menu item. Others are making progress in implementing an across-the-board incremental 10 to 20 percent sodium reduction in their preparations. Still others are focusing on collaborating with manufacturing partners to reduce sodium using alternative strategies to create desired flavors and textures.
13. Substantially reduce sugary beverages; innovate replacements.
"disruptive" innovation than in the challenge to replace current soda and sugary beverage formulations with more healthful options. Operators should diligently research, support, and promote the products of entrepreneurs and emerging and established brands that are rapidly developing beverage solutions in this important area. Diet sodas and other diet beverages, though lower in calories, may reinforce an aggregate preference for sweet flavors, potentially driving down the appeal of vegetables and other healthy foods. As such, they should be consumed in smaller portions less frequently.
14. Drink healthy: from water, coffee, and tea to, with caveats, beverage alcohol.
Water is the best choice to serve your customers, either plain or with the addition of cut-up fruit, herbs and aromatics, or other natural flavors—but no sugar. Served plain, coffee and tea are calorie-free beverages containing antioxidants, flavonoids, and other biologically active substances that may be good for health. Wine, beer, and other beverage alcohol present a more complicated story of benefits for many individuals, with some offsetting risks. Current nutrition guidance suggests a maximum of two drinks per day for men, and one drink per day for women.


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Tesla's solar and energy storage business rakes in $810M, finally exceeds cost of revenue – TechCrunch
Tesla's main resource of profits originates from the sale of its electrical vehicles, yet its latest quarterly profits record revealed development in its energy storage and also solar service.
The demand picture will get back at sunnier for the division if the company can access enough chips for its power storage items, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Tesla on Monday reported $801 million in earnings from its energy generation as well as storage space organization– that includes three primary items: solar, its Powerwall storage space device for homes and services, and its energy storage system Megapack– but that's simply a sliver of the virtually $12 billion in overall income. Little as it is, the department is offering more power storage and also solar. Profits from this division expanded 62% from the previous quarter and also greater than 116% from the exact same quarter in 2020. Tesla does not different solar and power storage revenue.
More importantly, the price of profits for its solar and power storage service was $781 million, meaning that for the very first time the overall expense of creating and dispersing these energy storage products was less than the revenue it produced. That's good information.
As one might expect, total deployments also rose. Tesla mounted 1,274 megawatt-hours of energy storage in the 2nd quarter of 2021, a 205% rise from the very same period in 2014. Similarly, the quantity of solar power deployed in the second quarter of this year was 85 MWh, up 214% from Q2 2020. As a side note: Tesla's total solar as well as power storage space releases were basically level when contrasting Q2 2019 as well as Q2 2020 numbers, likely due to the pandemic's basic stopping of business.
The important nugget is profits growth. In 2019, Tesla reported $369 million in income from solar and storage space. Revenue was stagnant in Q2 2020, with $370 million from that business. This quarter was greater than dual what Tesla generated during the exact same quarters of 2019 and 2020.
What altered? Besides COVID-19, Tesla indicates several Megapack tasks coming on the internet and growing appeal in its mixed solar as well as Powerwall item. (Tesla no longer enables consumers to order Powerwall without a solar setup.) According to a configurator on Tesla's web site, one Megapack is about $1.2 million gross. In some states, Tesla claims the earliest distributions will remain in 2023.
Tesla's power storage service is encountering headwinds, nonetheless. Musk claimed need for both the Megapack and also the Powerwall both go beyond supply, and also a stockpile is expanding. The business is unable to satisfy that need because of the worldwide chip scarcity, he said.
Tesla uses the very same contribute its Powerwall as it performs in its automobiles, and Musk claimed cars are the concern while supply is reduced.
"As that considerable shortage is alleviated, after that we can enormously ramp up Powerwall production," Musk said during an earnings telephone call. "I believe we have an opportunity of striking an annualized price of a million units of Powerwall next year– perhaps, on the order of 20,000 a week. Once more depending on cell supply and also semiconductors. … As the globe shifts to a lasting power manufacturing, solar and wind are periodic, and by their nature really need battery cram in order to supply a steady circulation of electrical power. As well as when you check out all the utilities on the planet, this is a huge quantity of back-up batteries that are needed."
Musk claimed in the long term, Tesla and various other providers would require to generate a combined 1,000 to 2,000 gigawatt-hours each year in order to stay on top of energy storage space demands. Musk said the business has asked its cell providers to double their supply in 2022, a goal that Musk caveated would certainly hinge on supply chain issues. The firm's existing approach is to overshoot cell supply as well as route it outside to its energy storage products, however as in the case of chip lacks, automobile manufacturing would certainly be prioritized, according to Musk.
Battery cell strategies
While much of the battery cell conversation concentrated on its 4680 cell that remains in growth, Musk likewise discussed Tesla's intents to power several of its items with more affordable lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries. Especially, he stated there's a great chance that all stationary storage can relocate to iron-based batteries and away from nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) and nickel-cobalt-aluminum batteries.
"I assume most likely will see a change, my assumption is possibly to two-thirds iron, one-third nickel," Musk said of Tesla's plans. "And also this is really excellent because there's quite a bit of iron worldwide, a crazy quantity of iron. However there's much less nickel and also there's way less cobalt."
The one-third of batteries that will stay nickel-based will be made use of for its longer-range electrical cars. Every one of its various other EVs would additionally move to LFP batteries, which is currently the situation in its lorries set up in China.


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CCTV released showing lorry reversing into level crossing barriers in Stoke
By RailUK-admin
Footage has been release showing the moment a lorry REVERSES over a railway level crossing ripping off one of its barriers in the process.
Network Rail released the CCTV after the incident at Wedgwood Station level crossing in Stoke-on-Trent at 12.30pm on Thursday 7 October.
In the video the HGV can be seen slowly driving backwards over the railway lines as the barriers come down on top of the truck.
The incident caused disruption to passengers travelling on the West Coast main line between Crewe and Stoke.
Fortunately, Network Rail engineers worked super-fast to fix the barrier by 2pm that afternoon.
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James Dean, Network Rail's West Coast South route director, said: "It's almost unbelievable that this lorry driver decided to reverse over this level crossing, putting not only them but also the oncoming train and its passengers in danger.
"It's not advice we usually need to give but now we must also stress to motorists to never reverse over a level crossing as you won't see the warning lights. For those driving in the correct direction, our advice remains as it always has – although it might be tempting to jump the lights or race through the barriers – don't – please just wait."
Drivers are always advised to:
Never reverse over a level crossing.
Be prepared to stop at the crossing.
Understand the warnings (lights, barriers, alarms). Download level crossings for drivers (pdf).
If the warnings activate, stop – unless it's unsafe to do so.
Remain stationary until all the warnings stop.
Check that our exit is clear before driving across.
For more information on level crossing safety visit www.networkrail.co.uk/level-crossings-for-drivers/
Witnesses to this incident are urged to contact British Transport Police by texting 61016 or completing this online form.
Photo/Video credit: Network Rail
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Virginia Beach, Virginia- Gerald Divaris, Chairman/CEO of Divaris Real Estate, Inc., announced the signing of a lease with Morgan Stanley for 10,057 square feet at the new Town Center of Virginia Beach. Morgan Stanley serves individual and corporate investors through a national network of branch offices, including Virginia Beach and Newport News. They will occupy space in the north wing of The Town Center's first block, which is now under construction.
Morgan Stanley is a preeminent global financial services firm that maintains leading market positions in each of its businesses — Securities, Asset Management and Credit Services. The company combines award-winning global research, leadership in asset management and top-ranked investment banking (including underwriting public offerings of securities and mergers and acquisitions advice) with strengths in providing consumer and corporate credit products.
The Town Center of Virginia Beach is a major mixed-use main street, urban-style development. Ultimately the development will include 800,000 square feet of Class A office space, the tallest office towers in the metropolitan area, 750,000 square feet of upscale retail space, two hotels, 600 apartments and numerous entertainment and recreational facilities. The project is a public/private partnership with the City of Virginia Beach, which is building the parking garages, roads and services. The first phase will be completed in the fall of 2002. The development is being undertaken by Town Center Associates L.L.C., a joint venture of Armada/Hoffler Holding Company and the principals of Divaris Real Estate. Divaris Real Estate is the exclusive leasing agent and property manager for the development and Armada/Hoffler Construction Company is the project's general contractor.
The Morgan Stanley lease was negotiated by Michael Divaris and Vivian Turok of Divaris Real Estate, Inc. representing the Landlord, and Grubb & Ellis of Washington, DC and C.B. Richard Ellis of Virginia Beach, representing the Tenant.
Divaris Real Estate, Inc. is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia with offices in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Newport News, and Richmond, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Rockville, Maryland; and Boca Raton, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and St. Augustine, Florida. It is an international real estate brokerage and property management company that currently manages and/or leases in excess of 28.2 million square feet of prime office, retail, and industrial space throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states.
Divaris Real Estate, Inc. is a member of Realty Resources, a national group of independent retail property brokers and managers covering 75 major markets throughout the United States. DRE is also the Virginia affiliate for CORE, a national group of full-service commercial and industrial brokers with affiliates throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe. These organizations represent corporate and institutional clients, as well as tenants and buyers in all aspects of leasing, development, and managing properties, acquisitions and land sales. Gerald S. Divaris is Chairman of the Board and Michael B. Divaris is President of Divaris Real Estate, Inc.


In the long run, earnings are the most important driver of stock prices.
So, it would make sense that stock prices would fall if earnings expectations fell and vice versa.
"Markets stopped following fundamentals about two years ago," said Matt King, a credit products strategist with Citi.
In a new presentation, King included a slide titled "Distorted Markets," which included the chart below.
As you can see, stock prices generally move in the same direction as analysts earnings revisions. But in the right side of the chart, you can see where things get confusing.
When earnings and price diverge like this, analysts say that the market multiple is increasing, a phenomenon that is notoriously hard to see coming.
This is not super unusual over short-term periods.
It is, however, a great illustration of why investing takes patience.
*We've written about it here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.


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Writer says columnist Tom Fletcher is wrong to criticize municipal leaders for taking a stand on pipelines.
Once again, like clockwork, Tom Fletcher takes exception to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM). This year, his exception leans towards all the local opposition to Pipelines and Oil Production ("Oil a slippery slope for cities, The Journal, Oct. 9, 2014).
It is true that these issues are outside the mandate of Municipal jurisdiction and under the Federal control of the National Energy Board (NEB) and the Conservative Harper Government.
Tom Fletcher, a well known supporter of these projects, believes that BC MLA Andrew Weaver, alone can provide all the opposition needed to combat the NEB, even though it's outside his jurisdiction as well.
Though Andrew Weaver is doing a miraculous job alongside Federal Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, the two of them alone are kept buried by the propaganda, and the literally, hundreds of millions of dollars of large multi-national oil companies, and paid journalists, like Tom Fletcher.
How dare local politicians stand for clean air, water, and peoples health. How dare local politicians stand against the 61 million tons of greenhouse gas produced from the oil sands? How dare local politicians stand against the 185 billion liters of clean water used in Bitumen production? So what if Kinder Morgan's 60 year old pipeline leaks like a sieve, and is jokingly referred to as the "great soaker hose", by its own employees?
Let's give all our local politicians a big pat on the back for standing outside their realm, and doing the job that our Federal politicians are suppose to, but fail too, because their own personal agendas are better represented by the economy, rather than the health of our Nation, our children's future, and our environment.
Maybe, Tom Fletcher, should stick to his jurisdiction, as a journalist, instead of a paid fiction writer.


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Burndept were an early manufacturer of radio sets. They were founded in the UK in 1919.
Western Radio Limited was registered in September 1924 with £10,000 capital in £1 shares.
Western Radio marketed the "entirely British" Ethophone V Mk14 in a cabinet with a deluxe Ethovox loudspeaker with an advertised price of £120. The standard model was £92.
By July 1925 the company was in liquidation.


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Computer systems at utility companies that make up the US electric grid are under attack daily, according to a Congressional report. Two legislators sent questionnaires to more than 150 companies and received 112 responses. Just 53 of those actually answered the questions, while the rest provided partial responses or information that did not directly answer the questions. More than a dozen of the responses said their systems were under "daily," "constant," or "frequent" attacks. One company reported it experienced 10,000 attempted attacks a month. None of the companies noted that the attacks had damaged their systems. The report, "Electric Grid Vulnerability: Industry Responses Reveal Security Gaps," looks at threats from both hackers and from natural occurrences. The report strongly urges Congress "to provide a federal entity with the necessary authority to ensure that the grid is protected from potential cyber-attacks and geomagnetic storms."
[Editor's Note (Pescatore): Maybe we should let polling companies write laws, since legislators seem to be increasingly creating surveys. Every IP address everywhere is under constant attack, so the top result is pretty similar to what they would have gotten if they asked "do your wires ever get hit by radiation from solar flares?" which of course happens all the time. Oops, turns out they asked about that, too - the Congressmen seem to feel spare transformers are needed there. Oddly, they cited the 2003 northeast US cascading blackout (which was bigger than most realistic cyber-induced scenarios) and the fact that nearness to untrimmed trees and computer error were the causes - but never asked the utility companies about what they have done there to eliminate recurrence.
(McBride): The type of questions asked of the utilities really does show some initiative by the Congressmen and their staff. The disappointing response rate (and the disappointing responses) could have been expected. The industry is clearly driven by compliance concerns.
The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property, a private organization, has issued a report arguing that US companies should be permitted to act aggressively to prevent hackers from stealing their intellectual property. The report notes that "hundreds of billions of dollars" worth of US intellectual property (IP) is stolen each year, and estimates that China is responsible for 50 to 80 percent of international intellectual property theft. In addition, "the slow pace of legal remedies for IP infringement does not meet the needs of companies whose products have rapid product life and profit cycles." The paper also makes a case for creating disincentives to IP theft by making it unprofitable. The report calls for laws to allow intellectual property owners to retrieve or "render inoperable" stolen IP. The process would be helped through increased "meta-tagging," "beaconing," and "watermarking," technology that basically has a phone home effect, letting IP holders known when information has been stolen.
Speakers at the Future in Review conference in California this week raised similar issues. Former Director of Global Cyber Security Management for DHS Richard Marshall said that "there are technologies that can be used to protect our intellectual property," and that "We should be the aggressor in protecting our IP."
[Editor's Note (Pescatore): I'm all for aggressively reducing the rampant vulnerabilities that are enabling these attacks to succeed, and the report recommends that - essentially a "Critical Security Controls" approach. But the report veers into "threat-based deterrence" where enterprises attack thieves before the criminals launch their attacks, which is pure silliness. Imagine that in the physical world of crime and insider information theft, which is vastly larger than the cyber equivalent - it would make for a great Tom Cruise movie, but really bad business or security strategy.
Thieves stole more than US $800,000 from a North Carolina company in numerous small, fraudulent automated clearinghouse (ACH) transactions. J.T. Alexander & Son Inc., a fuel distributor, and its bank, Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc., did not notice the anomalous transactions for five days. The money was taken from the company's payroll account. J.T. Alexander's 15 employees are normally paid from that account every two weeks, and the usual total amount of payroll is US $30,000. The company does hold an insurance policy that covers losses from cyberfraud, but the coverage does not match the company's losses. According to a J.T. Alexander employee, the bank had recently changed its security procedures so that instead of allowing access to account transactions only from a certain computer at the company along with a login ID, password, and a passcode from the bank, anyone in possession of the login information could access the account from any location.
[Editor's Note (Pescatore): Trying to restrict access to a specific PC is almost inevitably a losing strategy. Business demands invariably include mobility, and if you rely on reusable passwords for access, attackers can compromise the dedicated PC and get the access anyway. Access to high value business services like ACH (Automated Clearing House), or other ecommerce services that put immediate movement of funds at risk, require stronger authentication. Heck, see the Twitter story below - tweets will be more strongly authenticated than ACH transfers. Does that make sense?
3) Attend the SANS Industrial Controls Systems Security Briefing, Monday, June 10, 2013 in Houston, TX at the Westin Houston Memorial City. Featuring Mike Assante, Eric Cornelius, Lior Frenkel, Bart Pestarino and Jonathan Knudsen. This event is free to Oil & Gas constituents participating or evaluating participation in the global consensus on minimum standards for cyber skills for ICS. For more information go to http://www.sans.org/info/131627.
The US Department of Homeland Security's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued a warning about a vulnerability in two TURCK programmable gateways. BL20 and BL67 both contain hard-coded login credentials. Attackers could log into vulnerable devices through a file transfer protocol (FTP) service and obtain remote administrative access. TURCK has released updated firmware for the devices to address the vulnerability.
Apple has issued an update for QuickTime for Windows to address critical vulnerabilities in the multimedia framework. The flaws, which affect QuickTime for Windows 7, Vista, and XP SP2 and later, can be exploited to allow arbitrary code execution and to crash applications. Users are urged to update QuickTime to version 7.7.4.
US federal law enforcement agents have arrested a New York City Police Department (NYPD) detective for allegedly hiring a hacking service to break into more than 40 email accounts belonging to NYPD employees and other people. Edwin Vargas also allegedly paid the same group for gaining access to cell phone records. According to evidence gathered from a digital forensic review of Vargas's hard drive, he had obtained access to three months of cellphone records for at least one individual. Vargas also accessed the National crime Information Center (NCIC) database, which he was authorized to use as a law enforcement officer, but he allegedly accessed information outside the realm of his duties.
Twitter has introduced two-factor authentication for account access. Users who opt in to the feature provide Twitter with a mobile phone number, and whenever they want to log in to their accounts, they will be required to provide their regular passwords along with a verification code which will be sent to the specified phone. The introduction of this feature comes just weeks after several high-profile Twitter accounts were compromised and misused.
[Editor's Note (Ullrich): Good move by Twitter to offer this feature. Now the problem will be if the companies using Twitter will be able to take advantage of this feature.
A new variant of the malware known as Citadel targets users of the Payza online payment service with a man-in-the-browser attack. The attack involves altering the login page with space for the user's personal identification number (PIN). The PIN, when combined with the other information provided on the form, gives attackers control of users' accounts. Citadel is a Trojan horse program that is used primarily to grab online banking credentials. It has also been used to spread ransomware known as Reveton.
Google has released the newest stable version of its Chrome browser, 27.0.1453.93, for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Chrome Frame for Internet Explorer. This version of Chrome addresses 17 security issues and includes a new scheduler among the performance improvements. That feature should help pages render more quickly. Google has updated Chrome for Android as well.
To comply with a court order obtained by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), major UK ISPs have begun blocking two websites that have been accused of allowing downloads of pirated movies. There are now six sites for which industry groups have obtained court orders requiring blocks. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has named 25 sites it would like to see be blocked for aiding illegal downloads of popular music.
Two telecommunications companies are accusing reporters of hacking after the reporters uncovered a cache of personal data on a publicly accessible server. The Scripps reporters say they found the data, which include Social Security numbers (SSNs) and other personally identifiable information, through a Google search, but the companies maintain that the reporters accessed the data and in doing so, violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The reporters deny those allegations. The data, which were gathered by a third party company on behalf of the two telecommunications firms, were collected as supporting documentation for families seeking to qualify for the US Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) Lifeline program, which helps low-income Americans obtain phone service. The program allows the telecoms to request the information but specifically says that it may not be retained.
[Editor's Note (Honan): So let me get this straight, the telecoms companies retained information it should not have, then compounded this by leaving it on an internet connected system accessible to anybody including search engines, and then claim a security breach? Just because you don't like the message you should not shoot the messenger.
vDr. Eric Cole is an instructor, author and fellow with The SANS Institute. He has written five books, including Insider Threat and he is a founder with Secure Anchor Consulting.