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Q: setting up an access point from laptop to provide internet i am trying to connect my wireless router as an access point from my laptop. the scenario is as follows:
i have a wireless broadband connection at home, which i connect to using a username and a password. this username and password is unique, and can be used by one computer at a time!.. my sister and i can't have internet both at the same time! so im trying to connect my wireless router to my laptop with a physical cable so that i can provide internet via WiFi...
first off, is this possible?!.. if not, what are my options?
if it is possible, how do i set it up?
a link to the appropriate steps would do as well, but i need it :(...
thank you in advance,
/av

A: Your wireless router probably has a setting on the initial setup screen for PPoE connections which is what you need to get the router to login to the service for you then you can share the internet connection.  Your router probably has DHCP for the current WAN setting.  Change it to PPoE and you will get a place to put your login ID and password and have the router auto connect.

A: Some free products that can turn a computer into a hotspot:
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A: Connecting of from LAN cables is possible, and you must remember to allow sharing of internet through this pc option in the network adapter for LAN in the contol panel.
Another option would be connecting to your router via LAN and set up ad hoc from your pc to allow your sister to connect wirelessly to you.
But I am curious why your wireless router only allow a single connection?


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There is something truly incredible about an abandoned spot that ramps up our fear, excitement, and wonder all in one easy moment. These spots have been deserted for so long that Mother Nature has already begun taking back her territory, turning what was once a bustling business or building into something straight out of a twisted horror movie; with vines and bushes growing up through the concrete. You truly have to see these abandoned places to believe them. Here are ten of the creepiest abandoned spots we want to check out.
Six Flags, New Orleans
Six Flags, New Orleans, originally opened back in 2000 as Jazzland, but was purchased by Six Flags in 2002. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck, which sent the park reeling. The entire amusement location never reopened, and has since become a ghost town.
Danvers State Insane Asylum
The Danvers State Insane Asylum in Massachusetts is one of the oldest insane asylums in the country, and had numerous controversies surrounding it. They closed in 1992, and the building has not been in use since. Renovation has been stalled on it since 2007.
The Domes
The Domes, which are housed in the center of the Arizona desert, may seem pretty boring, but these abandoned flying spaceship replicas have graffiti covering the insides and have not been touched for years now.
Holy Land USA
Holy Land USA was once a massive theme park in Connecticut that saw 40,000 visitors every single year for decades, but has since gone dark. The grounds have been deserted for decades now, and one boy was brought there and murdered, making some think it is haunted.
Oradour
Oradour is a small village where a Nazi Panzer unit massacred 642 locals, including men, women, and children. The entire population was gunned down during World War 2, and it has been abandoned ever since.
Beelitz Heilstatten Military Hospital
The Beelitz Heilstatten Military Hospital is an old sanatorium located to the southwest of Berlin, and was developed as a spot to treat tuberculosis during the late 1800s. During the World Wars, it was used as a military hospital, and then abandoned for good.
Bhangarh, India
Bhangarh, India, is an abandoned town that quickly became a tourist attraction for many visiting the area. After the city's ruler died in 1630 and was subsequently attacked in 1720, the population diminished until a famine hit in 1783. Today, the uninhabited city is available through tourism, however you can't be within the city after sunset.
Suburbs Of Lehigh Acres, FL
The suburbs of Lehigh Acres, FL were thought to be a bustling real estate market for hundreds of homes that baby boomers could score from their parents. Sadly, the real estate world collapsed, leaving the homes rotting and empty.
Discovery Hut
Discovery Hut can be found in Antarctica near McMurdo Sound, and was built by Robert Falcon Scott on his Discovery Expedition in 1901. Since its construction and use during the expedition, the place has remained empty.
Anderlecht Veterinary School
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Let's Make a Chinese New Year Dragon Puppet!
We used 1 cardboard egg carton and three toilet paper rolls to create the dragon. First, I cut apart the egg carton to make 4 pairs of egg holders and teeth. Then, Chuck and I worked together to paint everything.
Then, I hot glued the egg carton bits onto the toilet paper rolls, attached the two jaws together with fasteners, and glued on eyes.
Then, I hot glued the head and body parts onto a long piece of ribbon.
Then, I poked and hot glued one straw into the second body segment.
Then, I cut the tip of another straw in half and poked it through the bottom jaw. I used a piece of packing tape to keep it in place.
And now we had our very own dragon puppet!
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U-God Releases "Venom" LP
Published on: Mar 29, 2018, 8:02 PM PDT
by Lala
U-God looks to keep the momentum of his recently released autobiography rolling by dropping a new album, Venom. The LP comes just a month after the Wu-Tang Clan member delivered his Bring Back God II mixtape.
Venom features 13 tracks with guest appearances by three fellow members of Wu-Tang: Method Man, Raekwon and Inspectah Deck. U-God also gets additional contributions from Scotty Wotty and Nomdiq. Production is handled by Large Professor, Lord Finesse and DJ Green Lantern, among others.
View the stream, cover art and tracklist for U-God's Venom below.
(The original version of this article was published on March 6, 2018 and can be found below.)
U-God has shared the release date and tracklist of his forthcoming album, Venom. The 13-track effort, his fifth solo LP, is officially scheduled to drop on March 30.
Fellow Wu-Tang Clan members Raekwon and Inspectah Deck will make appearances on the album along with Scotty Wotty and Nomdiq. DJ Green Lantern, Large Professor, DJ Homicide, Lord Finesse and more handle the production.
The album announcement coincides with the release of U-God's autobiography, RAW: My Journey Into The Wu-Tang, which hits stores on Tuesday (March 6). Tuesday also marks the beginning of his Venom tour, which kicks off in New York and runs until March 30. Along the way, U-God will be stopping in Atlanta, Washington, Houston and Chicago, among others.
View the album's tracklist below and stream its latest single, "Epicenter," above.
1. Exordium (Produced by ILL TAL)
2. Unstoppable (Produced by Powers Pleasant)
3. Epicenter f Raekwon, Inspectah Deck and Scotty Wotty (Produced by Green Lantern)
4. Bit Da Dust (Produced by DJ Homicide and Jose Reynoso)
5. Elegance f. Nomdiq (Produced by Green Lantern)
6. Climate (Produced by Jose Reynoso)
7. Venom (Produced by DJ Homicide and Jose Reynoso)
8. Felon (Produced by Large Professor)
9. Legacy (Produced by DJ Homicide and Jose Reynoso)
10. Whole World Watchin' (Produced by Lord Finesse, The Bossmen, K Ford and Davel McKenzie)
11. XXX f. Method Man (Produced by DJ Homicide)
12. Jackpot f. Scotty Wotty (Produced by DJ Homicide and Jose Reynoso)
13. Wisdom (Produced by Jose Reynoso)


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E) emergent properties Answer: C 69) Which of the following is an example of qualitative data? A) The temperature decreased from 20°C to 15°C. B) The plant's height is 25 centimeters. C) The fish swam in a zig-zag motion. D) The six pairs of robins hatched an average of three chicks. E) The contents of the human stomach are mixed about every 20 seconds. Answer: C 70) Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthelogicofhypothesis-basedscience? A) If I generate a testable hypothesis, tests and observations will support it. B) If my prediction is correct, it will lead to a testable hypothesis. C) If my observations are accurate, they will support my hypothesis. D) If my hypothesis is correct, I can expect certain test results. E) If my experiments are set up right, they will lead to a testable hypothesis. Answer: D Topic : Skill: 71) Acontrolledexperimentisonethat A) proceeds slowly enough that a scientist can make careful records of the results. B) may include experimental groups and control groups tested in parallel. C) is repeated many times to make sure the results are accurate. D) keeps all environmental variables constant. E) is supervised by an experienced scientist.


I had a great time fishing with Christine, Mike, and Ray from Indiana. They were down in Pigeon Forge to watch Ray compete in a baseball tournament, but managed to spare some time to fish for smallies on the Little Pigeon and French Broad Rivers. This was one of those trips where I was reminded that fishing is not always about catching the biggest or the most fish. Ray had caught several nice smallies that late afternoon and evening, but the sun was getting ready to set and it was starting to be that time where we needed to pack up and head back to the ramp. I wanted to get Ray one more fish before we left and told him that we will fish for 5 more minutes and then we would have to go. I eased him over to a section of rocky shoreline that now had a nice current thanks to the two generators that were running at Douglas Dam. His first cast was against the shore, but no takers. His second cast yielded the same result. His third cast was right on the money against the shore and as he slowly eased the shiner over the rocks he set the hook hard and brought a nice 12 in. smallie to the boat. We all looked at each other and decided that would be the perfect way to end the trip. It's not all about catching the biggest and most fish. Sometimes those special moments on the river include nothing more than catching that last fish and calling it a day.


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Importance of Community
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Despite the fact that virtually every organization in existence has an entire department dedicated to customer care, the global community of customer care leaders is a small and familiar group of folks. This community is well supported by a calendar jam-packed with conferences, summits and seminars. From massive spectacles (think Customer Contact Week) to cozy, hosted dinners, industry-specific gatherings have a lot to offer. They provide a time and opportunity to network, to connect (or reconnect) and, most importantly, to learn from a group of peers who are all striving to accomplish a common set of goals. Although there are many organizations putting on events, not all communities are the same.
From February 4 – 6, a group from COPC Inc. had the pleasure of attending, sponsoring, and speaking at a special event, participating alongside a unique community. The event, called the Customer Response Summit (CRS) New Orleans, was presented by Execs In The Know, a company that has been bringing CX executives together for more than a decade. COPC Inc. has a long-standing research partnership with Execs In The Know, jointly producing the Customer Experience Management Benchmark (CXMB) Series of reports, published biannually. These reports are released at each of Execs In The Know's two annual summits, one in the summer/fall and another in winter/spring. The most recent event, which saw the release of the 2018 CXMB Series Corporate Edition report, took place at The Roosevelt New Orleans, a luxurious and iconic hotel located in downtown New Orleans.
Execs In The Know events have a deceptively simple formula: pack the agenda with some of the brightest minds in the industry, provide an abundance of good food and drink, and get everyone talking about their biggest challenges and greatest successes. It's a formula that works, and it's one of the reasons why it's not uncommon to bump into people who are attending their fifth, sixth or even tenth Execs In The Know event.
Turnout (for Execs In The Know events) averages right around 170 attendees, mostly made up of brand partners. To that end, two of the most powerful aspects of the Execs In The Know community are the caliber of brands in the room and the willingness of attendees to have an honest dialogue – one without pretenses. There is an overwhelming sense of common interest and purpose, like the entire room is working together to solve the same giant jigsaw puzzle. Often times, fierce competitors can be seen sitting at the same table or chatting during networking breaks. Chad and Susan McDaniel, Execs In The Know's founders, have simply managed to build that type of community. Furthermore, the community is strongly supported by Execs In The Know's highly active and engaged Advisory Board, featuring executive leaders from such brands as Hyatt Hotels, Target, Microsoft, Amazon, Groupon and Indeed.
At this year's event, there was a lot of conversation about company culture and, more precisely, transforming culture into action. Leaders from Marriott and Quicken Loans spoke about company culture as a part of the CXMB Series panel which was moderated by COPC Inc. VP James Cammareri. The conversation about culture culminated in a powerful keynote presentation by Children's Hospital of New Orleans, an organization that, incidentally, also hosted an offsite tour to conclude the three-day event. In every discussion about culture, one theme permeated: a customer-centric culture wasn't an endpoint but was, instead, a foundation which brands could rally and build upon. This was true of J.W. Marriott's notion that companies perform best when they treat employees well. He preached that when employees are taken care of, they, in turn, take care of the customer, which will have customers coming back again and again. It was also true of Quicken Loans' ISMs, a set of statements that promote the ideals of creativity, enthusiasm and passion within the organization. And it was most certainly true of Children's Hospital's culture of inspired excellence.
For more than 20 years, COPC Inc. has been helping clients improve the experience they provide to their customers. In that time, the value a cohesive culture can bring to a company has been apparent, particularly if a company's culture is aligned behind a strategic, customer-first vision. Cultural alignment is a point COPC Inc. stresses with all of our clients, and we hold the belief that a company's culture, if focused on the right things, can be one of the most powerful enablers of transformative change and operational improvement.
Culture wasn't the only hot topic at CRS New Orleans. Artificial intelligence (AI) in the contact center space, the gig economy, frictionless channel management, digital transformation and industry disruption were also widely discussed. These topics were not only discussed in keynotes during the main sessions, they were also covered in greater detail during Customer Shop Talk breakout sessions. Customer Shop Talk breakouts are a unique format that let attendees elect to attend small, more intimate discussions about the topics that matter most to them. Shop Talks often have a workshop feel with lots of audience participation and discussion.
Networking opportunities are also a noteworthy feature of Execs In The Know's CRS events. Join the Day 1 Welcome Reception, the networking breaks throughout the daily sessions, the Day 2 evening event, and the Innovation Lab & Cocktail Hour where you can learn about the latest industry tools while sipping a martini. There are plenty of opportunities to make new connections, catch up with established ones, and have candid discussions about the day's learnings. In the CX industry, relationships are a resource. Time and again, CRS networking opportunities have led to connections that prove invaluable down the road.
Certainly, the Execs In The Know community can be defined as exceptional — unlike any other, in fact. At the same time, it's one of many organizations looking to help strengthen and inform the CX community. Whether CX professionals get involved with Execs In The Know or another CX-focused community, the importance of getting out of the office and rubbing elbows with fellow CX professionals cannot be overstated. There are a lot of resources for finding the next great event, including the Call Center Conference & Tradeshows group on LinkedIn. And if schedules or finances don't allow for in-person involvement, there are plenty of valuable and supportive online groups, like Execs In The Know's Worldwide Contact Center Professionals group or COPC Inc.'s own Official Forum, both on LinkedIn. It's vital to get connected, get involved and build relationships, especially those that can add value when it comes to the task of creating an improved customer experience.


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Turning the linear circular: the future of the global economy
Institutions, both in the private and public sector, can always reap the public relations benefits of doing good, even while still accomplishing their goals. As resources become scarcer, a major way to enhance social performance is through resource conservation, which is being underutilized
By: EBR - Posted: Friday, June 2, 2017
As government regulation catches up and technology improves, recycling and conservation will become more profitable and reverse supply chains can proliferate. When the ownership of collected data is finally clearly defined by laws, then the interoperability of IoT data can take hold to increase its efficiency. As the CE expands into different sectors of the economy: farmers may remotely monitor their crops and use GPS guided tractors to perfectly plow and harvest, Governments can prevent depleting fish stocks by tracking fishing boats with IoT, energy companies can share their energy production responsibilities by attaching a connectivity-enabled solar panels on city roofs, in the infrastructure sector GPS guided driver-free smart cars can reduce congestion by taking optimal routes, in health care $1.1 trillion a year of value can be created with remote health care in monitoring chronic-disease patients, etc.
by Mark Esposito*
Although the traditional model of the linear economy has worked forever, and will never be fully replaced, it is essentially wasteful. The circular economy, in comparison, which involves resources and capital goods reentering the system for reuse instead of being discarded, saves on production costs, promotes recycling, decreases waste, and enhances social performance. When CE models are combined with IoT, internet connected devices that gather and relay data to central computers, efficiency skyrockets. As a result of finite resource depletion, the future economy is destined to become more circular. The economic shift toward CE will undoubtedly be hastened by the already ubiquitous presence of IoT, its profitability, and the positive public response it yields.
Unlike the linear economy which is a "take, make, dispose" model, the circular economy is an industrial economy that increases resource productivity with the intention of reducing waste and pollution. The main value drivers of CE are (1) extending use cycles lengths of an asset (2) increasing utilization of an asset (3) looping/cascading assets through additional use cycles (4) regeneration of nutrients to the biosphere.
The Internet of Things is the inter-networking of physical devices through electronics and sensors which are used to collect and exchange data. The main value drivers of IoT are the ability to define (1) location (2) condition (3) availability of the assets they monitor. By 2020 there are expected to be at least 20 million IoT connected devices worldwide.
The nexus between CE's and IoT's values drivers greatly enhances CE. If an institutions goals are profitability and conservation, IoT enables those goals with data big data and analysis. By automatically and remotely monitoring the efficiency of a resource during harvesting, production, and at the end of its use cycle; all parts of the value chain can become more efficient.
When examining the value chain as a whole, the greatest uses for IoT is at its end. One way in which this is accomplished is through reverse logistics. Once the time comes for a user to discard their asset, IoT can aid in the retrieval of the asset so that it can be recycled into its components. With efficient reverse logistics, goods gain second life, less biological nutrients are extracted from the environment, and the looping/cascading of assets is enabled.
One way to change traditional value chain is the IoT enabled leasing model. Instead of selling an expensive appliance or a vehicle, manufacturers can willingly produce them with the intention of leasing to their customers. By imbedding these assets with IoT manufacturers can monitor the asset's condition; thereby dynamically repairing the assets at precise times. In theory the quality of the asset will improve, since its in the producers best interest to make it durable rather than disposable and replaceable.
Even today, many sectors are already benefiting from IoT in resource conservation. In the energy sector, Barcelona has reduced its power grid energy consumption by 33%, while GE has begun using "smart" power meters that reduce customers power bills 10–20%. GE has also automated their wind turbines and solar panels; thereby automatically adjusting to the wind and angle of the sun.
In the built environment, cities like Hong Kong have implemented IoT monitoring for preventative maintenance of transportation infrastructure, while Rio de Janeiro monitors traffic patterns and crime at their central operations center. Mexico city has installed fans in their buildings which suck up local smog. In the waste management sector, San Francisco and London have installed solar-powered automated waste bins, that alert local authorities to when they are full; creating ideal routes for trash collection and reducing operational costs by 70%.
Despite the many advantages to this innovation, there are numerous current limitations. Due to difficulty in legislating for new technologies, Governmental regulation lags behind innovation. For example, because Brazil, China, and Russia do not have legal standards to distinguish re-manufactured products from used ones, cross-border reverse supply-chains are blocked. Reverse supply chains are also hurt by current lack of consumer demand , which is caused by low residual value of returned products. IoT technology itself, which collects so much data people's private lives, generates major privacy concerns.
Questions arise like: who owns this data collected? How reliable are IoT dependent systems? How vulnerable to hackers are these assets? Despite the prevalence of IoT today, with 73% of companies invest in big data analytics, most of that data is merely used to detect and control anomalies and IoT remains vastly underutilized. Take an oil rig for example, it may have 30,000 sensors, but only 1% of them are examined. Underutilization of IoT in 2013 cost businesses an estimated 544 billion alone.
Even with these current barriers, because of the potential profits and increased social performance, the future implementation of an IoT enhanced CE is bright.
Estimates are that the potential profits from institutions adopting CE models could decrease costs by 20%, along with waste. The increase in efficiency combined with the goodwill generated by conservation is a win-win proposition for innovation, even with costs implementation, future monetary profitability will make it a no-brainer.
*Fellow, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
**First published in www.weforum.org


Did you know that Indonesia has a statue that's claimed to be the third tallest statue in the world? It's called Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK). After 28 years of construction, this statue was finally introduced to the public last year!
Set to be one of the largest in the world, the gigantic monument of the Hindu God of providence Wisnu riding the mythical bird Garuda is located in Indonesia. Here are four interesting facts for you!
Fact #1: Initiated by Nyoman Nuarta–an Indonesian sculptor–this gigantic statue is made of 3000 tons of copper and brass.
Fact #2: Garuda Wisnu Kencana has become the third tallest statue in the world! It has over 121 meters in height. For comparison, the Statue of Liberty is only 93 meters high! The GWK statue follows closely behind Spring Temple Buddha in China dan The Laykyun Sekkya Buddha in Myanmar.
Fact #3: The brass and copper material makes the statue a lightning conductor. Pretty impressive.
Fact #4: The construction of the statue itself involved 1000 workers! Wow, that's a lot of people. Interestingly, although it took 28 years, there was no accidents at all during the construction.
So what do you think about these facts? Oh, of course they make us want to witness the colossal project! But if a trip to Bali is just impossible for you right now, don't worry – you could still see the GWK statue up close!
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Scientists are investigating mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Experts cannot rule out the theory that the signals were sent by an alien civilization.
The never-ending search for signs of life had led to the creation of innovative machines designed to help humans perform such gargantuan task. Scientists make use of today's instruments to search the universe for life. Just like the Harvard scientists who cannot rule out the possibility that detected Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) could be signs of alien life.
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, considered the world's largest radio telescope, detected 11 FRBs in just two months. This is the basis of two astrophysicists from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Harvard University in studying the potential alien intelligence origin of the FRBs.
"Fast radio bursts are exceedingly bright given their short duration and origin at great distances, and we haven't identified a possible natural source with any confidence. An artificial origin is worth contemplating and checking," Avi Loeb, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said in a statement via Futurism.
Although they did not directly concur that the signals are from alien beings, they also did not dismiss the possibility of an extraterrestrial origin and launched an investigation instead. The study, courtesy of Cornell University Library, is looking into the origin of extragalactic light sail and it started with calculating the energy needed to send the signal across a great distance in space.
Based on the study, sending the said FRBs needed solar energy from a solar array with an area that is twice the surface of the Earth. An instrument of that magnitude is too much for human intelligence, therefore the alien origin is being considered.
The scientists also recognized that although it is very unlikely that aliens sent the signal, they still cannot rule out the possibility due to lack of available explanation to the signals or FRBs.
The study is also looking at means to power such equipment and it its possible to sustain an array of that magnitude. The engineering they are currently looking at is so powerful that it could power a spacecraft with a million-ton payload capacity.


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Q: Convert IntStream to Map I have an IntStream and want for each element of that stream to do some calculations and return them as Map where keys are int values and values are result of that computations. I wrote following piece of code:
IntStream.range(0,10)
    .collect(
        Collectors.toMap(Function.identity(), i -> computeSmth(i)));

where computeSmth(Integer a). I got next compiler error
method collect in interface java.util.stream.IntStream cannot be applied to given types;
 required: java.util.function.Supplier<R>,java.util.function.ObjIntConsumer<R>,java.util.function.BiConsumer<R,R>
 found: java.util.stream.Collector<java.lang.Object,capture#1 of ?,java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,java.lang.String>>
 reason: cannot infer type-variable(s) R
   (actual and formal argument lists differ in length)

What I'm doing wrong?

A: Here is my code, it will work for you.
Function Reference version
public class AppLauncher {

public static void main(String a[]){
    Map<Integer,Integer> map = IntStream.range(1,10).boxed().collect(Collectors.toMap(Function.identity(),AppLauncher::computeSmth));
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Allentown, Pennsylvania Proposes Using Rescue Plan Funds for Muni Fiber Network
Posted January 13, 2022 by Maren Machles
Once a booming center of manufacturing, Allentown, PA (pop. 120,900) is looking to reinvigorate its economy by reinventing itself as a modern 21st century "smart city," bringing fiber-to-the-home Internet connectivity to every resident in the city.
In October, the city proposed using $7 million of its $57 million in American Rescue Act Funds to aid in the deployment of a citywide FTTH network. City leaders hope the investment will help them reach the goal outlined in its strategic economic development plan to become a smart city by 2030.
The city will work with Iota Communications to conduct a feasibility study they hope will be complete in the coming months. While the possibility of a FTTH network is in the early stages for the city, the proposal signals a serious ambition to bridge the digital divide in the region.
Feeling The Way Forward
Allentown is one of three cities that make up a larger geographic area known as Lehigh Valley, with the other cities being Easton (pop. 27,000) and Bethlehem (pop. 75,500). For a while now, leaders in the valley have been talking about the digital divide and it's been made clear with the pandemic that it can no longer be put on the backburner.
Pennsylvania lawmakers recently passed a law clearing the way for municipalities to have more of a say in how 5G is deployed in their communities. And while many local officials say the new law will help pave the way for Allentown to stay ahead of the curve, some have cautioned that a focus on 5G is a major distraction.
"My caution (at a recent roundtable) was that putting our focus on 5G and not focusing on the digital divide that still exists would be leapfrogging over the problem," Lehigh University Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Officer Donald Outing told LehighValleyLive.com. "5G will not resolve that digital divide. If we are not intentional about our...
Last Year and Next Year: Predictions Evaluated and Recharged - Episode 488 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Posted January 12, 2022 by Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
In this episode of the podcast, we're back for another staff conversation about all that 2021 had to offer and serve up some predictions for the coming year. Joining Christopher on the show are Senior Reporter and Editor Sean Gonsalves, Community Broadband Outreach Team Lead DeAnne Cuellar, Senior Researcher Ry Marcattilio-McCracken, GIS and Data Visualization Specialist Christine Parker, and Associate Broadband Researcher Emma Gautier.
Christopher, Ry, and Sean reckon with their predictions from a year ago, with DeAnne, Christine, and Emma joining the podcast for the first time. During the conversation, we talk about the number of preemption laws we hope to see disappear in 2022, the strides taken in small and medium-sized cities to take control of their telecommunications infrastructure future, mapping, and the impact the unprecedented amount of federal money is likely to have across the country in the coming year.
This show is 50 minutes long and can be played on this page or via iTunes or the tool of your choice using this feed. You can listen to the interview on this page or visit the Community Broadband Bits page.
Transcript coming soon.
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Consumer Reports Survey Shows Overwhelming Popular Support for Overturning State Preemption
Posted December 15, 2021 by Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
We've been writing for years that the artificial restrictions put on municipalities that keep communities from solving their connectivity needs with locally owned and operated networks are unpopular with the vast majority of Americans, irrespective of political affiliation. Today, 17 states persist in keeping these barriers in place.
A new survey out from Consumer Reports shows just how out of touch such policies are, and we've been remiss in not pointing it out. The survey, which comes from data collected in Chicago in August of 2021, highlights an array of important statistics.
They include the fact that "nearly a quarter of Americans (24 percent) who have a broadband service at their home say it's difficult to afford their monthly broadband costs," with "a larger percentage of Black, non-Hispanic (32 percent) and Hispanic (33 percent) Americans than white, non Hispanic Americans (21 percent) say[ing] it's 'somewhat' or 'very' difficult to afford their monthly Internet [access] costs."
The most recent survey also finds that "43 percent of Americans who have broadband service in their household say they are dissatisfied with the value they get for the money," a testament to the circumstances for tens of millions of households stuck in monopoly territory with no viable options.
What about municipal or community-owned broadband?
Three out of four Americans feel that municipal/community broadband should be allowed because it would ensure that broadband access is treated like other vital infrastructure such as highways, bridges, water systems, and electrical grids, allowing all Americans to have equal access to it.
A larger percentage of Democrats (85 percent) than Independents (74 percent) and Republicans (63 percent) say municipal/community broadband should be allowed.
While the Consumer Reports survey suggests a slight spread based on political affiliation, it's nevertheless a confirmation of what we hear every day in communities large and small all over the country: that local connectivity challenges deserve the option of local...
Collaboration Across the Commonwealth Advances State Broadband Goals
Posted November 30, 2021 by Jericho Casper
Across the Commonwealth of Virginia, local governments, county broadband authorities, cooperatives, and private Internet Service Providers are leveraging the influx of American Rescue Plan funds to reach the state's goal of achieving universal access to high-speed Internet connectivity by 2024.
With $850 million in state appropriations for broadband connectivity and $1.15 billion in local government and private service providers' funding matches, the state is on track to invest $2 billion dollars toward broadband expansion in the coming years, and is currently investing in broadband expansion projects at record levels.
In August, Gov. Ralph Northam and the Virginia State Legislature agreed to devote $700 million of the state's $4.3 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to expand access to broadband. The $850 million investment the state has announced will consist mostly of American Rescue Plan aid. The funds will be administered by the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI), which distributes grants to public-private partnerships to extend broadband service to unserved regions of the state, or areas that lack access to Internet service delivering connection speeds of at least 25/3 Megabits per second (Mbps).
Public-Private Partnerships Deep in the Heart of Virginia
From the marsh grasslands making up Virginia's Eastern Shore, across the three peninsulas carved out by the Chesapeake Bay, all the way to the Shenandoah Valley in the West, a diverse array of regional partnerships have formed between Virginia's local governments, electric and telephone cooperatives, and private ISPs as broadband expansion efforts continue to advance in 2022.
One of the largest partnerships vying for VATI dollars in 2022, organized by the Thomas Jefferson Planning...
Broadband at the Ballot Box
Posted November 3, 2021 by Sean Gonsalves
Broadband was on the ballot as voters went to the polls for Election Day in many areas. Here's a quick run-down of what happened.
The Colorado state law (SB-152) that bans local governments in the Centennial State from establishing municipal broadband service suffered another defeat at the ballot box. Since the law was passed nearly two decades ago, more than 150 Colorado communities have opted out. That number continues to grow and we can now add the town of Windsor to the list of municipalities in the state who have voted to restore local Internet choice.
At the polls yesterday, 77 percent of Windsor voters said yes to Ballot Question 3A, which asked "shall the Town of Windsor, without increasing taxes by this measure, be authorized to provide high-speed Internet services (advanced services), telecommunications services, and/or cable television services … either directly or indirectly with public or private sector partners?"
The passage of the ballot question allows Windsor to opt out of SB-152, although as reported by The Colorodoan, town leaders do not intend to establish a new municipal broadband utility as Loveland, Fort Collins, and Estes Park have done in the Front Range region of the state. Rather, Windsor will "pursue a public-private partnership with Highline Internet to bring high-speed Internet and phone service to the town … Highline would build, own and operate the network, though Windsor has the option of contributing money or assets (with voter approval) in exchange for a share of revenue." Highline Internet is a company operating in multiple states that we have not often come across before.
In Milliken, just 16 miles...
Jim Baller Testimony Outlines the Consequences of State Preemption Laws
Posted October 13, 2021 by Ry Marcattilio-McCracken
In September, we wrote about the elimination of significant state barriers in Arkansas and Washington as legislators at the state level pushed to overturn the laws protecting monopoly providers which prevent localities from building and operating their own broadband infrastructure.
The result of those moves is that the number of states which maintain barriers to community-owned networks fell to 17, heralding significant progress for the future.
The same week, Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC) President Jim Baller testified before the Missouri House of Representatives' Interim Broadband Development Committee to address the state of preemption across the U.S. There, he argued that the "Missouri Legislature should follow the lead of Arkansas and Washington State and repeal the restrictions in R.S.Mo. § 392.410, once and for all. It should also reject any proposed new restrictions on municipal, cooperative, or public-private broadband projects."
During the course of his remarks he makes a powerful case against "state barriers to municipal, cooperative, or public-private broadband initiatives":
[The] are not only bad for the communities involved, but they also hurt the private sector in multiple ways. They prevent private companies from making timely sales of equipment and services to municipal or cooperative networks. They impede companies from using advanced public or cooperative networks to offer businesses and residential customers an endless array of modern products and services. They thwart economic and educational opportunities that can contribute to a skilled workforce that would benefit existing and new businesses across the state. They also deny the community the economic and social benefits from which everyone in the community can benefit, including the private sector.
He continues:
At the community level, advanced communications networks, like electric utilities in the last century, have increasingly become platforms, drivers, and enablers of simultaneous progress in just about everything that matters to communities. This includes economic and workforce development, all levels of education, public safety, modern health care, smart transportation, ...
The Long and Winding Road for Publicly Owned Broadband in Washington State - Episode 477 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Posted October 5, 2021 by Maren Machles
On this week's episode of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast, host Christopher Mitchell is joined by Angela Bennink (Telecommunications Director for Kitsap Public Utility District) and Laura Loe (Executive Director of Share The Cities Community Education & Share The Cities Action Fund) from Washington state.
The group discusses the struggles Public Utility Districts (PUDs) have experienced over the last 20 years as a result of the state's legislative restrictions. In 2000, the state legislature passed a law restricting PUDs from offering retail telecommunications services, despite the fact that they are a natural path toward getting fiber infrastructure to all Washingtonians.
They recount the tumultuous road to repealing the restrictions and how PUDs and other community networks are working toward providing better competition and Internet access to the region.
Read the transcript here.
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The Great Debate Over Telecommunications Competition and Regulation - Episode 476 of the Community Broadband Bits Podcast
Posted September 28, 2021 by Maren Machles
On this episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, host Christopher Mitchell is joined by occasional guest host Sean Gonsalves, ILSR's Senior Reporter, Editor, and Researcher to take a hard look at our philosophies around competition and telecommunications regulation.
Sean briefly recaps a recent update by ILSR Researcher and Writer Jericho Casper on preemption developments over the last year. While both Arkansas and the state of Washington regulators opened up opportunities for public entities to get into the broadband market, Ohio treaded dangerously close to squashing competition. Chris and Sean plug the recent GIS position that opened up on our team.
The two get down to the nitty gritty reality of competition in telecommunications, that it tends to be more of the exception than the rule in a market that has historically dominated by monopoly power. They discuss how regulation capable of overcoming this dynamic will be the most impactful locally and not in Washington, D.C.
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The State of State Preemption – Seventeen is the Number
Posted September 15, 2021 by Jericho Casper
In years past, states have implemented preemptive laws that make it more difficult or impossible for communities to build their own Internet networks.
These state barriers were often enacted at the behest of large telecom monopolies to limit competition, and include everything from outright bans on municipal broadband networks to oppressive restrictions and requirements which create legal uncertainty for communities attempting to offer telecommunications and Internet services, including via partnerships.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, there were 19 states maintaining significant restrictions on municipal networks. Today, the number of states upholding these barriers has been reduced to 17. The pandemic served as a turning point in the fight for local authority, and in the past year, Arkansas and Washington adopted legislation significantly rolling back legislative barriers on publicly owned broadband networks.
In February of 2021, both chambers of the Republican-dominated Arkansas State Legislature voted unanimously to send Senate Bill 74 to State Governor Asa Hutchinson, who signed the bill into law. The legislation grants government entities the authority to provide broadband services and expands the financing options available to municipalities to fund municipal broadband projects.
In May of 2021, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed two bills expanding municipal authority to provide retail Internet services to end-users, House Bill 1336 and Senate Bill 5383. Both bills reduce barriers to municipal networks, but House Bill 1336, which completely removes all previously-held restrictions on public broadband in the state of Washington, is expected to take legal precedence.
The recent progress made by Arkansas and Washington is extremely timely as more federal, state, and local funding is...
Washtenaw County Takes Another Step Toward Countywide Broadband Equity
Posted September 2, 2021 by Maren Machles
As communities across the country are working to bring more affordable, reliable Internet access to their residents, one county in Michigan is gearing up to reach every household within its bounds. On Wednesday night, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners held a Ways and Means meeting and unanimously approved a resolution obligating state funding, including American Rescue Plan funds, to several initiatives, with $14.6 million dollars being allocated to broadband infrastructure.
Although some communities in the county have made progress in recent years in improving connectivity, thousands of households have been left with broadband at basic speeds. While many are slated to receive service via the recent wins by Mercury Broadband (a Kansas-based ISP, focused on connecting rural America) and Midwest Energy and Communications (MEC, a Michigan electric cooperative) from the 2020 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, there are still 17 townships scattered across the county with more than 3,000 households that remained unserved.
Back in May, the Washtenaw County Broadband Task Force put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to plug the remaining holes, with the Task Force signalling its general happiness with the responses in the recent meeting. The allocation on Wednesday, if it receives final approval in the near future, will be used to fund the project proposals the Broadband Task Force is currently negotiating with four ISPs: Midwest Energy and Communications, Washtenaw Fiber, Comcast and Charter-Spectrum.
This vote brings the Washtenaw County Broadband Task Force one step closer to its goal of countywide broadband equity. Its $14.6 million dollar plan will either be approved or vetoed by the County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 15.
The Journey to Countywide Broadband Equity
The Washtenaw County Broadband Subcommittee was formed in 2017 to assess the county's broadband coverage and make recommendations about how to achieve "countywide broadband equity" by 2022.
The Subcommittee came out with...
The propaganda says Network Neutrality is about treating every packet exactly the same, but the Internet has never done that. The propaganda says that Network Neutrality is about regulating the Internet, but we know that the Internet exists thanks to the government's ArpaNet, and subsequent wise government regulation.
Look who's calling for regulation anyway! The only reason telcos and cablecos exist is that there's a whole body of franchises and tariffs and licenses and FCCs and PUCs keeping them in business.


How might we re-imagine non-clinical health services for the Liberties area? How could we draw on local assets and capabilities to deliver this new service? This was the starting point for a recent collaboration between 3rd year Product Design students at NCAD and the Liberties Asset Mapping Project.
Working with guidance from service designer Re Dubhtaigh the students started this project with an in depth ethnographic research phase. In teams of three they explored the Liberties area; sparking conversation, conducting surveys and observing and documenting human behaviour. We wanted them to build a meaningful understanding of local people, their skill sets and existing social networks that could feed into the design of a new age friendly service.
We were interested in who the elderly talk to about their health 'Do you tell your hairdresser more than your doctor?' and where they get health related information 'Who teaches you most about healthy eating – Jack Roche veg shop owner on Meath Street or your local GP?'. Perhaps these existing information networks could be used to help improve health outcomes in the Liberties area.
Over the next 4 weeks the teams worked together to design and test new ideas for services. The final outcome was a diverse range of concepts for simple, low cost and localised services. Some of the ideas challenged 'A dating club to help educate the elderly about STD's' and others surprised 'Lets use existing brewing skills to build a healthy social club'. Many offered simple but effective solutions like 'SEED – a labelling system that helps people with common health issues buy appropriate food'.
Whilst these projects don't provide a complete solution they do offer a wide variety of starting points for how we might create new non-clinical health services. In the context of an ever changing background for health service delivery in Ireland they point towards a more holistic human centred approach.
Sam Russell is an industrial designer and lecturer with the National College of Art and Design, who used design principles to enhance services in Dublin 8 for older people. This work was presented as a part of Active Age 2012 – a Dublin City of Science activity.


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England women bounce back in New Zealand
Victory for England's women in first Twenty20
New Zealand hammered in first Twenty20 cricket international by the visitors
by Bryce Gibson
19 February 2015 at 12:43 19 February 2015 at 12:43
England's women Cricket team continued their unpredictable series against New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, with a comprehensive victory over the hosts this time, in the first of the three scheduled Twenty20 international matches in Whangarei today. With the ODI matches not going to plan over the last week or so, they returned to their expected form in stylish fashion once the Twenty20 format came on to their radar. After bowling the home side out for a low score of just 60 runs, they completed the job with plenty of time to spare to confirm an eight wicket success and to lay down a marker for the remaining two matches.
The White Ferns' skipper Suzie Bates won the toss and elected to bat first. She was soon regretting that boldness as her team slipped to an embarrassing 11-5 including the dismissal of herself for just 3 runs, with three wickets falling for no runs. The situation got even worse when the sixth wicket only added another seven runs before that also fell. As recoveries go, a partnership of 13 for the seventh wicket would normally sound paltry, but it did at least get the scoreboard moving in a steadier fashion. The tail did add a further 29 runs for the final three wickets, but the total of 60 all out off 19.4 overs was never likely to trouble the visitors, when their turn to bat came around.
Home fans were left lamenting their team's lowest ever T20 score in internationals.
England's bowling was 'on the money' throughout the New Zealand batting innings, with Heather Knight and Anya Shrubsole having particularly good days with the ball in hand. Both women took three wickets for very few runs, with returns of 3-10 and 3-6, respectively.
Charlotte Edwards' side cantered to their target with 50 balls still remaining to be bowled, scoring 61-2. The captain remained unbeaten at the end with a fine score of 32. Although she lost her fellow opener Lauren Winfield for 1 when the England total was just 5 and then saw Sarah Taylor depart for 16, as the score had progressed to 35, there were no real alarms for her side in finishing the game off.
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Doctoral Studies: Year 1 – Complete! What I read that changed my leadership – Lead. Learn. Grow.
After thinking about the amount money and time spent in graduate school, sometimes I think I'm a glutton for punishment! However, I reflect on the conversations that I've had, the great educational minds I've met, and the ideas we've uncovered. It almost makes me forget about the pretty penny I spend for grad school (key word is almost).
However, If I am being truthful, I love learning and will continue to find new ways to educate myself (albeit less expensive ways) after this doctorate is complete.
This year has been a rollercoaster of highs and lows, but with good reading and good fellowship with my cohort of spectacular Ed. Leadership Scholars at UNCG! We've read a ton of books and articles, but the ones below stand out in my memory and have changed my practice. I encourage you to check them out! Happy Reading!
1. The Principal by Michael Fullan – An excellent read about the principalship and leadership in the 21st century. One of my greatest takeaways was that individuals (the principal) do not change cultures very easily but using the power of the group to change the group is a great source for accelerating shifts within schools. How do you distribute leadership?
2. "Multiplication is for White People" Raising Expectation for Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit – Don't be mislead by the title of this book. It is an excellent resource for examining how we educate students of color and begin to do so in a more responsive way. A great title for book studies associated with closing the achievement gap and educating all students.
3. The Advantage by Patrick M. Lencioni – This book has changed the way I think about working, creating, and interacting with a team. If you are shaping your administrative team or any team that you want to be functional, get your hands on a copy of this book. Another great read. It stresses the importance of organization health beginning with teams in leadership.


Early season insect problems in canola in Manitoba included flea beetles, cutworms, and wireworms. Later in the season, lygus bugs had to be controlled in some canola fields. A lot of sunflower fields in Manitoba were sprayed to control seedhead insects, although proper scouting techniques and economic thresholds were not always used. Grasshoppers were the biggest problem in cereal crops in 2002 in Manitoba. Soybean aphid is now found on soybeans throughout most of the soybean growing area of Manitoba. Aphids were a problem in many canaryseed fields. At least 100 horses in Manitoba died from West Nile Virus, which is vectored by mosquitoes, in 2002.
Flea beetles (Phyllotreta spp.): Flea beetle feeding on canola was heavy across Manitoba in May and June. Some canola fields had to be reseeded because of flea beetle feeding. Foliar spraying of flea beetles was necessary in some fields; in some fields only the edges were sprayed, while in other instances the whole field was sprayed. Because of the slow development of canola this year, canola plants remained in the susceptible stages (below the 3 to 4 leaf stage) for quite long periods of time in some fields. Some fields had the edges sprayed multiple times for flea beetles. There were some instances of canola fields that had a seed treatment containing an insecticide still needing to be sprayed with a foliar insecticide to control flea beetles. Some flea beetle feeding on the buds of canola was reported. Flea beetle populations were also high in canola in late summer, and at least 1 field was sprayed to control late summer flea beetles.
Cutworms: Cutworms had to be controlled on canola in the southwest, northwest, and central regions. Some reseeding of canola due to cutworm damage was necessary in the Dauphin and Somerset areas.
Wireworms: A canola field in the southwest of Manitoba had to be reseeded because of wireworm damage.
Lygus bugs: Lygus bugs had to be controlled on canola in the Swan River, Somerset, Beausejour, and Niverville areas.
Bertha Armyworm (Mamestra configurata): In spite of the high levels of bertha armyworm adults in pheromone traps in some areas of Manitoba, populations of larvae were not high enough to warrant control. Over 1200 bertha armyworm moths in the pheromone baited traps over a 6-week monitoring period is considered a high risk of bertha armyworm larvae infesting a field. After 5 weeks of trapping, a trap near Waskada had captured 1441 bertha armyworm adults, and a trap near Melita had captured 1339 adults. After 7 weeks of trapping, a trap near Russell had 1204 bertha armyworm adults.
Banded Sunflower Moth (Cochylis hospes): Some banded sunflower moth larvae were found, although not in high numbers. However, many of the fields of confection sunflowers in Manitoba were sprayed to control banded sunflower moth. Much of this spraying was the result of processors of confection sunflower seeds sending letters to growers indicating that they should be spraying for seedhead insects.
Wireworms: Some sunflower fields in the southwest and central regions of Manitoba were damaged by wireworms to the point where reseeding was necessary. There are currently no registered insecticides for wireworms in sunflowers.
Sunflower Bud Moth (Suleima helianthana): Damage by sunflower bud moth was quite noticeable in many sunflower fields this year. Some confused this with stem weevil. There is at least 1 incident in the province where insecticides were applied to try to control sunflower bud moth, but it is not likely that this was effective or economical.
Grasshoppers: Some grasshopper control was necessary in sunflowers in the Portage La Prairie area.
Sunflower maggot (Neotephritis finalis): Sunflower maggot pupae were abundant on many sunflower heads at the same time that sunflower fields were being scouted for insects that can cause damage to the seeds. Many were concerned that they were one of the insects that will cause seeds to be downgraded because of insect damage.
Grasshoppers: Grasshoppers had to be controlled in some cereal fields. Some grasshopper control was necessary in September in fall rye which was being established in the southwest region.
Wheat midge (Sitodiplosis mosellana): Populations of wheat midge were high in some areas of the southwest, although I am not aware of any spraying for wheat midge having occurred this year.
Thrips: Thrips were quite noticeable on wheat in June in the southwest and central regions of Manitoba, with heavy thrips damage to wheat being reported in the Gladstone area.
Aphids: Many canaryseed fields in central and eastern Manitoba were sprayed with insecticides to control aphids.
Grasshoppers: Some flax fields were sprayed to control grasshoppers. Grasshopper feeding on flax bolls was reported.
Cutworms: Cutworm damage to flax was heavy in some areas.
Seedcorn maggot (Delia platura): Some dry bean growers used dual purpose seed treatments to control seedcorn maggot and other early season pests of dry beans.
Cutworms: Some bean fields were treated for cutworms.
Grasshoppers: Some dry beans were sprayed to control grasshoppers near Elm Creek.
Lygus Bugs: Insecticides were applied to control lygus bugs in some dry bean fields. There is still a lot of uncertainty regarding what levels of lygus bugs are economical to control in dry beans. Alfalfa plant bugs were found in some of the dry bean fields as well, and there is still confusion over whether to group them with lygus bugs when determining economic thresholds, since no research has been done on what feeding, if any, alfalfa plant bugs are doing on dry beans.
Aphids: Insecticides were used to control aphids in some pea fields.
Grasshoppers: Some grasshopper control was necessary in soybeans in the Portage La Prairie area. There are currently no insecticides registered for grasshopper control in soybeans in Canada.
Soybean Aphid (Aphis glycines): Soybean aphid was found on soybeans throughout most of the soybean growing area of Manitoba. Control was not necessary in any fields. This is the second year that soybean aphid has been found in Manitoba. There are currently no insecticides registered for control of soybean aphid in Canada, although Ontario has submitted a minor use for matador for soybean aphids for all of Canada.
Plant Bugs: Many alfalfa seed fields were sprayed with insecticides to control plant bugs ( lygus bugs and alfalfa plant bugs).
Grasshoppers: Some pastures and hayfields were treated to prevent damage by grasshoppers.
Alfalfa Weevil: Alfalfa weevil damage was noticeable near Somerset. Early cutting of hay provided adequate control.
Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata): Most growers applied two or three insecticide applications (two early season, one late) for control of Colorado potato beetles. Acreage treated with in-furrow Admire increased substantially. A small survey indicated widespread resistance to older chemistries, though which family was variable by location (and farm history).
Aphids: Green peach aphid monitoring program continued. Seed fields were sprayed twice each. Processing fields were sprayed once each and possibly twice, depending on local aphid populations.
Wireworms: Complaints were minimal, though more damage will be determined as shipments arrive at processors. There is a great deal of concern over the loss of Thimet (which will not be able to be used after 2004) and no replacement product.
Lygus bugs: Some buckwheat in the central region of Manitoba was treated with insecticides to control lygus bugs. Whether lygus bugs damage buckwheat and what an economic threshold should be are still uncertain.
Mosquitoes: At least 100 horses in Manitoba died from West Nile Virus in 2002, and at least 500 horses were infected with the virus. The southwest part of Manitoba was the hardest hit by West Nile Virus this year since this is where the most horses are. A vaccination program for horses to build immunity to West Nile Virus has been established. Culex tarsalis is the main mosquito being looked at as a vector of the disease, although other mosquito species are also involved. Aside from horses, a commercial goose flock near Winkler was infected and about 1,000 out of 3,000 geese died. There were also deaths in a research flock of mallard ducks at Delta Marsh (on the south shore of Lake Manitoba) because of West Nile Virus. Deaths due to West Nile Virus in these animals may be less next year since immunity would have been built up in many animals this year.
Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth (Hyles euphorbiae): Larvae of the leafy spurge hawkmoth were frequently observed eating leafy spurge. Reports of it this year have come from as far north in Manitoba as Binscarth (near Russell). The only known release of this insect in Manitoba occurred near Morden in 1985.


The day after a Fair Lawn boy was struck and killed by a Bergen County Sheriff's Office car, driven by a Sheriff's officer, the Fair Lawn school superintendent released a statement to the community.
Superintendent Nick Norcia confirmed that the 12-year-old boy that was killed on Route 208 on Sunday was a student at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Neither the school nor the authorities have released the boy's name.
It is with sadness that Superintendent Norcia informed the Fair Lawn Public School Community today that of one our Thomas Jefferson Middle School students passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 14.
Our condolences go out to the student's family and friends. When our school community experiences a tragedy, such as the loss of a young life, it impacts all of us. During this difficult time, the school district will provide counseling support to any students or staff.
In districtwide communication to the school community this morning, we notified parents that we will be providing counseling support to any student or staff and offered the following guidance: Every child is different and will process this news in his or her own way. You know your child better than anybody else. If you see that your child is grieving, please seek help from our counselors or another trained professional in our community.
Although our schools are currently closed for spring recess, counseling will be available at Thomas Jefferson Middle School on Tuesday, April 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also, when school resumes on Monday, April 22, there will be district and support staff available in all of our buildings to meet the needs of our students and staff. Additional counseling sessions may be scheduled this week and we will communicate with the community in a timely manner should this take place.


Cute! I love the video/pic! Looks like a fun time. Thanks so much for joining in with the Mortal Muse blog hop!
oh! this is fantastic! what a blast. happy holidays from a fellow photographer AND librarian. love the name of your blog!
thanks for blog-hopping with us!


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Dysphagia is a common symptom of Parkinson's disease and can have negative consequences for physical health and quality of life. A variety of treatment options are available to clinicians working with people who have dysphagia and Parkinson's disease. These options can be broadly categorized as being compensatory or rehabilitative in nature.
To explore the evidence behind treatment options available to clinicians working with dysphagia and Parkinson's disease and to draw conclusions about whether compensatory or rehabilitative approaches are likely to provide the best outcomes for our patients.
A critical literature review of compensatory and rehabilitative interventions for dysphagia in Parkinson's disease was undertaken. Relevant studies were analysed for their robustness and potential clinical applications. General conclusions were drawn based on the evidence base identified in this review.
This review outlines the lack of evidence supporting both compensatory and rehabilitative methods of treating dysphagia in Parkinson's disease. It directs clinicians and researchers towards areas that require further investigation.
To date, compensatory methods of treating dysphagia in Parkinson's disease have received more research attention than rehabilitative methods and yet neither approach has a strong evidence base. This review argues that rehabilitative methods could possibly have greater potential to increase swallowing safety and improve quality of life in the long-term than compensatory methods alone. However, at present there is a lack of research in this area.


Recent developments led the ADA to develop the interim guidance. Last spring, the National Research Council released a report on naturally occurring fluoride in drinking water. While not the major focus of the report, research was cited that raised the possibility that infants could receive a greater than optimal amount of fluoridefrom reconstituted baby formula. Then, on Oct. 14, the FDA said bottlers could claim that fluoridated water can reduce the risk of dental cavities or tooth decay, but that this claim could not be used on water marketed to infants.More research is needed before definitive recommendations can be made, but, in the meantime, if parents and caregivers are concerned, the ADA's interim guidance provides steps to simply and effectively reduce fluoride intake during a baby's first year of life.
Essentially, the ADA supports the pediatricians' recommendations on the benefits of breast feeding and notes that using ready-to-feed formula for bottle-fed babies will keep their fluoride intake under IOM limits. If using a product that needs to be reconstituted, parents and caregivers should consider using water that has no or low levels of fluoride.
However, the ADA has steadily retreated from this position. See ADA statements issued in 2007, 2009, and 2011.


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About Temple Health
Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic for the Week...
Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic for the Week Ending June 3rd
Temple University Health System's preparations for and treatment of patients amidst the coronavirus pandemic continue to be part of the media's COVID-19 coverage.
Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, Clinical Professor and Director of the Postgraduate Year Two Infectious Diseases Residency at the Temple University School of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Infectious Diseases at Temple University Hospital, offered insight to the Wall Street Journal on Paxlovid, and how it has become the oral antiviral medication of choice for COVID-19. The Wall Street Journal article was picked up by MSN.com.
Dr. Gallagher also offered insight to Reuters on Paxlovid and rebound symptoms.
Joshua Cooper, MD, FACC, FHRS, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at Temple University Hospital and Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, spoke with Marketplace about the shortages of an injectable dye used in certain medical scans following a production shutdown overseas due to COVID-19. Temple is following recommendations of national medical societies and making every effort to provide patients necessary and appropriate care without interruption.
Contact our media relations team.


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Free Genealogy » Illustrated History of the State of Idaho » Biography of Solomon M. Jeffreys
Biography of Solomon M. Jeffreys
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Solomon M. Jeffreys
In the front rank of the columns which have advanced the civilization of the northwest, Solomon M. Jeffreys has led the way to the substantial development, progress and up building of Idaho, being particularly active in the growth of Weiser, where he still makes his home. He is numbered among the pioneers of Idaho, California and Oregon, his memory going back to the time when the entire Pacific coast was but very sparsely settled, when the Indians were more numerous than the white men, and the land had not been reclaimed for purposes of cultivation, but remained in the primitive condition in which it came from the hand of nature.
Mr. Jeffreys was born in Jackson County, Missouri, February 11, 1835, and is of English lineage. His father, Thomas Jeffreys, was born in Kentucky and was married there to Miss Mary Dickerson. In 1845, with his wife and five children, he started for Oregon with a train of sixty wagons, drawn by oxen and mules, there being about two hundred persons in the company. They were nine months in making the long and tedious journey across the plains and endured many hardships and privations. Their route lay along the south and west banks of the Snake River, but they little dreamed that in the course of a few years members of their Party would locate in that beautiful district of what is now the state of Idaho. They pressed onward to the fertile Willamette valley, and the father located a "donation" claim of six hundred and forty acres of land in what became the rich County of Yamhill, Oregon. In 1849, attracted by the discovery of gold in California, he went to that state, accompanied by two of his sons, and engaged in mining for some time. When they had taken out considerable gold they started to return to Oregon, but the father died and was buried at sea, when forty-eight years of age. He was an honest, industrious and brave pioneer. His estimable wife, who shared with him in the dangers and privations of frontier life, survived him for a long period, and died at the age of seventy-three years. Of their five children who crossed the plains only two are living, Solomon and James.
The former acquired his education in Polk County, Oregon, and at the Methodist Mission College, at Salem. In 1849 he went with his father and brother John to California and engaged in mining on the north fork of the American River. When they had saved twenty-five thousand dollars they started to return to Oregon. After the death and burial of their father at sea, the brothers continued on their way alone to Yamhill County, where Mr. Jeffreys of this review engaged in farming for a number of years. He then followed stock raising in eastern Oregon, and became one of the largest cattlemen of that time. In 1862 he drove one thousand head of cattle from The Dalles to the Carriboo Country, where he butchered them, selling the beef to the miners for fifty and seventy-five cents per pound, making on that venture about half a million dollars. On the trip to that place, the Indian chief Moses and his band accompanied Mr. Jeffreys and his Party, and they feasted the Indians on the best they had. His brother John was a lieutenant in the Wasco Company, and with his command participated in the Indian war of 1856.
In the year 1865 Mr. Jeffreys of this review arrived in Idaho, and settled in what is now Washington County, and he engaged in the raising of cattle and horses. Later he was actively identified with many of the industrial and commercial interests of Weiser. He built the first flouring-mill and was also one of the early merchants of the town. He became one of the builders of the city water ditches and a member of the Weiser City Ditch and Irrigation Company, which has been of great value to the town and surrounding country. Since its organization he has been president of the company, and in all his business interests he has met with gratifying success, owing to his careful management, his reliable judgment and his unabating energy.
In 1868 Mr. Jeffreys married Miss Alary Boyles, a native of Polk County, Oregon, and a daughter of Dr. Boyles, who was a very prominent physician. By that marriage there were three children. The mother died soon after the birth of her twins, and they did not long survive her. The first born, Laura, is now the wife of W. W. Curtis, of Salem, Oregon. On the 23d of April 1878, Mr. Jeffreys wedded Mrs. Sarah E. Ripper, and they have two sons, Oliver, in school, and Woodson, who is a volunteer in the American army at Manila.
Mrs. Sarah E. Jeffreys, nee Anderson, was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, December 29, 1845. Her parents, Samuel Anderson and Cynthia Ann, nee Penland, were born, raised and married in Fleming County, Kentucky. Her father is seventy-five years of age and makes his home with his children. Her mother died January 13, 1884, when sixty-one years of age. Her great-grandparents, of Scotch-Irish descent, came from Virginia and took part in the war of 1812. Mrs. Jeffreys moved with her parents to Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1847, and crossed the plains to Willamette valley in 185 1. She was married to C. W. Ripper, March 19, 1863, and with her husband moved to eastern Oregon in 1864, and to Weiser, Idaho, in 1869. They had five children, three sons and two daughters: one son and daughter were twins. Only one of the five is living, Isaac N. Ripper, of Dayville, Oregon. Mrs. Jeffreys is a charter member of the Baptist church and one of its most active workers. Mr. Jeffreys was made a Master Mason in Amity Lodge, No. 20, at Amity, in Yamhill County, Oregon. In his earlier years he gave his political support to the Democratic Party, but is now a Populist. He was a member of the territorial legislature in the seventh session and aided in procuring the erection of Washington County, being one of the commissioners appointed to effect its organization. He is now a member of the town council and his popularity in Weiser is indicated by the fact that he was made the nominee of three parties for the office of County treasurer. He has ever discharged his duties with marked ability and fairness, for he is a most loyal, public-spirited citizen. As a businessman he has been conspicuous among his associates, not only for his success, but for his probity, fairness and honorable methods. In everything he has been eminently practical, and this has been manifest not only in his business undertakings but also in private and social life.
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Jeffreys,
Jackson County MO, Marion County OR, Salem Oregon, Washington County ID, Weiser Idaho, Yamhill County OR,
Illustrated History of the State of Idaho . Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1899.


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Melinda Szikora (n. 19 noiembrie 1988, în Kiskunfélegyháza) este o handbalistă maghiară care joacă pentru clubul FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria și echipa națională a Ungariei. Szikora evoluează pe postul de portar.

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Advent Geneva is a complex event processing platform, which employs the latest advancements in artificial intelligence and big data. It employs techniques derived from blockchain technology and cryptography to speed up trading strategies. Under the hood, it uses a fast in-memory database whose kernel sits on an FPGA, to meets its demands in Ultra (in caps) high-frequency trading. It has the ability to drive an electric car autonomously and land it on Mars, using sophisticated Machine Learning (in caps) models, and earns every dollar in Bitcoin through advertising and Deep Learning (in caps). It is also column-oriented and distributed and has reached 3 million downloads on the iTunes store, and Advent was funded by Andreessen Horowitz. And it was written by some obscure mathematician who spent his time studying the analytic properties of weak Ricci curvature bounds, I heard on Zerohedge that's how they're making all that money. It is a crowdsourced spoofing and quote spamming engine that every Kaggle user swears by and Google has released an open source alternative to it. [insert uninterpretable but colorful Nanex diagram] More importantly, none of the above exists but Elon Musk has an idea to make this happen which makes it more valuable than something that exists anyway.
...is what I'd have liked to say. The truth is much less interesting.
Advent Geneva is simply a middle/back office platform that performs various fund accounting functions, especially PnL/NAV computation, cash/position reconciliation and investor reporting and generation of statements for fund LPs.
Most hedge fund administrators provide a superset of these services and perform these functions through Advent Geneva. This is especially the case with mid-size fund administrators that do not have the development resources to build their own software platform. So in fact most hedge funds that engage a third party administrator are using it indirectly. While standalone, the licensing fees associated with it are high, it usually comes down to a small number of basis points for a fund at self-sustaining mass.
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