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City of San Ramon » Our City » Departments » Police » Divisions and Units » Fleet Services » 1952 Chevy
The San Ramon Police Department's classic 1952 Chevrolet "Police Vehicle" has a unique history all of its own. It all began with an idea by Sgt. Bill Abbey (retired in 1998) back in 1987, to create a unique display vehicle for the San Ramon Police Department and at no expense to the City of San Ramon. One of the police department's vendors contacted Sgt. Abbey in the late summer of 1990 about a recent vehicle find in San Ramon. A home on Westchester Drive was sold and the former owners had left a vehicle abandoned in their garage. The vendor had been contacted to tow the vehicle away by the new homeowners.
The 1952, black, 4-door Chevrolet had last been registered for road use in 1962. Apparently the engine had "blown up" and it was subsequently parked in the garage. The vehicle was in very poor condition, so a lot of time, energy, and work would be needed to get it in running condition again. The vehicle was donated to our Police Department and the work began. A little bit of polish brought the paint job back to a respectful finish, so no additional painting work was required at that time. We also had several fundraisers and solicited donations for the project, since we knew funds would be required to complete the work on the vehicle.
The original engine (216 c.i.), transmission and rear-end were not only seized up, but were deemed to be unsatisfactory for any type of current driving and reliability uses. Through personal contacts, a wrecked 1975 Chevrolet Camaro, 6 cyl. (235 c.i.) vehicle was located that still had all sound drive train components. The wrecked vehicle was donated to the police department and towed to Sgt. Abbey's home. A lot of off-duty time was put into removing the old engine, transmission and rear-end and then replacing it with the 1975 Chevrolet engine, transmission and rear-end. The cooling system was also updated to a newer, high pressure system, including a heavy-duty truck radiator equipped with electrical fans. Once the changeover was complete, the vehicle fired immediately at the key's first turn.
The next concern was to locate photos of 1950's police vehicles. Research was done and various photos were located showing how the police vehicles of that era were equipped. We contacted many emergency equipment vendors and started the search for the necessary 1952 emergency vehicle equipment. Some equipment were located in the eastern part of our country and needed to be purchased; some were located in old abandoned equipment stockpiles (other police departments) and donated to our project. The "growler fender siren" was located on an abandoned 50's style police boat that was wrecked and being salvaged in Texas. So, the search for parts was nationwide.
Once all of the parts were located and on site, the 52's top was painted white (making it a classic "Black & White" police car) and the rest of the emergency equipment installation was started with donated time and material. About the same time, San Ramon Police Reserve Officer Jim Vance donated enough funds to replace the vehicle's interior (carpeting, headliner, door panels and seats). We have attempted to keep the "classic 50's" look of the police vehicle, while making it functional for modern police work if ever required. Our 1952 Chevy was beginning to fully come together in the fall of 1993. The emergency vehicle decals are the same decals originally used on San Ramon's police vehicles when we incorporated in 1983. Four 15" white sidewall tires were located and also donated for the project by a local tire vendor.
Our vehicle saw its first event as a "lead attraction" in December 1993 when it starred in the City's Annual Christmas Parade. Since then, the vehicle has been displayed at over 175 events, many of which are statewide, as well as local events. The idea, which began in 1987, continues on today, with new upgrades being planned and implemented to keep our 1952 Chevrolet rolling and a credit to the legacy of historical police vehicles and the San Ramon Police Department.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Tenth Circuit Oklahoma Western District Hopkins AG Supply LLC v. First Mountain Bancorp Filing 213
Hopkins AG Supply LLC v. First Mountain Bancorp
ORDER granting in part and denying in part 203 Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by Honorable Robin J. Cauthron on 5/24/17. (lg)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA HOPKINS AG SUPPLY LLC, Plaintiff, vs. FIRST MOUNTAIN BANCORP, a Nevada Corporation, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. CIV-12-1141-C MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In June 2012, Plaintiff Hopkins AG Supply LLC entered into a contract with Defendant Turhan's Bay Export & Import Co. ("Turhan") for the sale of wheat. Turhan agreed to purchase Plaintiff's wheat for $269,001.52. Plaintiff required a bond to guarantee the purchase price so Turhan acted independently to hire Defendant Brunswick Companies ("Brunswick"), a broker, to locate a surety to supply the guarantee. Brunswick, working with consultant company Defendant Phenix Services ("Phenix"), owned by Defendant Larry Wright ("Wright"), selected Defendant First Mountain Bancorp ("FMB") as surety. FMB contractually agreed to guarantee payment of the funds due to Plaintiff, up to $300,000.00. Although Plaintiff received $25,000.00 from Turhan on August 23, 2012, a balance of $244,001.52 remains unpaid. FMB subsequently failed to pay the balance pursuant to the guarantee and Plaintiff brought this suit, alleging breach of contract, fraud, and conspiracy to commit fraud. Plaintiff asserted claims of conspiracy and unjust enrichment against Wright, Phenix, and Brunswick. Plaintiff also brought breach of contract and negligence claims against Brunswick. Now before the Court is Defendants Wright, Phenix, and Brunswick's (collectively, the "moving Defendants") Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 203). Plaintiff has responded and the Motion is now at issue. I. STANDARD OF REVIEW The standard for summary judgment is well established. Summary judgment may only be granted if the evidence of record shows "there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). The movants bear the initial burden of demonstrating the absence of material fact requiring judgment as a matter of law. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322-23 (1986). A fact is material if it is essential to the proper disposition of the claim. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986). If the movants carry this initial burden, the nonmovant must then set forth specific facts outside the pleadings and admissible into evidence which would convince a rational trier of fact to find for the nonmovant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c). All facts and reasonable inferences therefrom are construed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986). II. CONSPIRACY Plaintiff asserted a claim of civil conspiracy to commit fraud against Wright, Phenix, and Brunswick. Defendants argue for favorable summary judgment because 2 Plaintiff cannot prove the claim by clear and convincing evidence. The moving Defendants believed FMB would honor its guarantee, and therefore they did not participate in any fraud, if it occurred. Plaintiff must meet the elements of a civil conspiracy, which is "a combination of two or more persons to do an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means." Brock v. Thompson, 1997 OK 127, ¶ 39, 948 P.2d 279, 294, as corrected (Apr. 3, 1998) (citation omitted). Unlike criminal conspiracy, a civil conspiracy itself does not create liability; the conspiracy's purpose or means must be independently unlawful. Id. Plaintiff claims the purpose of the conspiracy was to defraud Plaintiff of the funds owed pursuant to the guarantee. "Actual fraud is the intentional misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact, with an intent to deceive, which substantially affects another person," and constructive fraud is defined as "a breach of a legal or equitable duty to the detriment of another, which does not necessarily involve any moral guilt, intent to deceive, or actual dishonesty of purpose." Croslin v. Enerlex, Inc., 2013 OK 34, ¶ 12, 308 P.3d 1041, 1045-46 (footnote omitted) (citations omitted). Both have the same legal consequence and are generally questions of fact. Id. Additionally, "[w]hen fraud is alleged, every fact or circumstance from which a legal inference of fraud may be drawn is admissible." Id. at ¶ 11, 308 P.3d at 1045; Berry v. Stevens, 1934 OK 167, ¶ 16, 31 P.2d 950, 955 (stating the court will allow a "great latitude of proof" in regard to fraud claims). Plaintiff argues Brunswick acted as a communication liaison between Turhan, Phenix, and FMB, isolating Turhan from the negotiations. Plaintiff shows Turhan paid a 3 $15,000.00 brokerage fee to Brunswick, who retained $2,250.00 and tendered $12,750.00 to Phenix. Phenix then retained $2,250.00 and tendered the remaining $10,500.00 to FMB. Plaintiff argues the typical rate for similar services is 10% of the amount of the performance bond or guarantee, but Brunswick told Phenix the rate was too high and negotiated the amount to 5%, or $15,000.00. When Plaintiff notified FMB of Turhan's nonpayment, FMB provided instructions for Plaintiff to contact Wright or his business, which was supposedly a brokerage consultant in this transaction. Plaintiff also offers as evidence a history of lawsuits brought against Wright and his businesses. Plaintiff states Brunswick must have known about the lawsuits and business dissolutions; therefore, collaboration with Wright must have occurred. Defendants argue this evidence is inadmissible pursuant to Rule 56(c)(2). Some of the evidence presented may be inadmissible, but the Court will make the determination with full briefs on the issue. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(e)(4). The Court finds there are sufficient facts in dispute to deny summary judgment on this claim. III. UNJUST ENRICHMENT Plaintiff asserted an unjust enrichment claim against Wright, Brunswick, and Phenix, arguing the commission paid by Turhan should be awarded to Plaintiff on an equitable basis. The moving Defendants argue such an award would be unjust because Plaintiff should not be reimbursed for a fee it did not pay. Oklahoma law describes unjust enrichment as a theory of recovery where the claimant must show "enrichment to another coupled with a resulting injustice." Cnty. 4 Line Inv. Co. v. Tinney, 933 F.2d 1508, 1518 (10th Cir. 1991) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Plaintiff must "show either an expenditure adding to the property of another or one that saves the other from expense or loss." Id. (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Here, the $15,000.00 commission and its division among the Defendants is undisputed. Plaintiff did not pay the fee, and it therefore did not make an expenditure adding to the moving Defendants' property, nor would the requested recovery save Plaintiff from expense or loss of the fee. Regardless of the nature of Defendants' relationship, Plaintiff's unjust enrichment claim must fail as a matter of law. Accordingly, the Motion is granted on this claim. IV. BREACH OF CONTRACT Plaintiff brought a breach of contract claim against Brunswick, who argues for favorable summary judgment because Plaintiff cannot show it was the intended third-party beneficiary of the contract. Oklahoma law states "[a] contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it." 15 Okla. Stat. § 29. The Oklahoma Supreme Court explained, "[i]t is not necessary that the party be specifically named as a beneficiary[,] but only that the contract be made expressly for the benefit of a third person." Keel v. Titan Constr. Corp., 1981 OK 148, 639 P.2d 1228, 1231 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). "[E]xpressly simply means in an express manner; in direct or [unmistakable] terms; explicitly; definitely; directly." Id. (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). This 5 remedy is available to a third-party beneficiary even if he was a stranger to the contract, had no knowledge of it, and was not identified when it was made. The intention of the contracting parties is the determinative factor. Id. A mere "incidental benefit is insufficient." Copeland v. Admiral Pest Control Co., 1996 OK CIV APP 119, 933 P.2d 937, 939 (citation omitted). Here, the agreement at issue was between Turhan, the buyer of wheat, and Brunswick, the broker, for the procurement of a guarantee for the purchase price of the wheat. Plaintiff's challenge to the agreement is narrow: Plaintiff argues it was the intended beneficiary of the Turhan/Brunswick brokerage relationship. The claim is not against all Defendants involved in the surety transaction where Plaintiff's benefits were more robust. The parties have not presented written terms between Turhan and Brunswick, but there is a Short Form Guaranty Application completed by Turhan and submitted to Brunswick for the surety's consideration. (Dkt. No. 209-6.) The Short Form Guaranty Application requests information related to the guarantee including the obligee name and address, but this does not indicate to the Court that the parties intended the guarantee to be for Plaintiff's benefit; it is merely information pertinent to the guarantee Turhan sought. Plaintiff has not provided any evidence indicating the Turhan/Brunswick agreement was made "expressly for the benefit" of Plaintiff. At best, the benefit Plaintiff received from the Turhan/Brunswick agreement was an improved selling experience because 6 Turhan located a surety by employing a broker. This is an incidental benefit. The Motion is granted on this claim. V. NEGLIGENCE Plaintiff brought a negligence claim against Brunswick, arguing Brunswick breached a duty of care owed to Plaintiff as a third-party beneficiary to the agreement between Brunswick and Turhan. Even where the Oklahoma Supreme Court found a plaintiff was not a third-party beneficiary to a contract, it has considered negligence claims brought by third parties. See Copeland, 1996 OK CIV APP 119, 933 P.2d at 939. The elements of a negligence claims are "1) a duty of care owed by defendant to plaintiff, 2) defendant's breach of that duty, and 3) injury to plaintiff caused by defendant's breach of that duty." Lowery v. Echostar Satellite Corp., 2007 OK 38, ¶ 12, 160 P.3d 959, 964 (citations omitted). Whether a duty of care extends between the parties is both a threshold issue and a question of law. See Copeland, 1996 OK CIV APP 119, 933 P.2d at 939. Here, there was no contractual relationship between Plaintiff and Brunswick. Plaintiff argues Brunswick owed a duty of care to Plaintiff as a third-party beneficiary, but, as explained above, Plaintiff derived no express benefit from the Turhan/Brunswick brokerage relationship and was not a third-party beneficiary. While Brunswick did owe an implied duty "to perform [the contract] skillfully, carefully, diligently, and in a workmanlike manner," the duty was not owed to Plaintiff. Keel, 1981 OK 148, 639 P.2d at 1231 (citation omitted). The Motion is granted on this claim. 7 VI. CONCLUSION For the reasons stated, Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 203) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Summary judgment is granted in favor of Defendants on the unjust enrichment, breach of contract, and negligence claims. The conspiracy claim against Wright, Phenix, and Brunswick remains. Judgment shall issue at the conclusion of the case. IT IS SO ORDERED this 24th day of May, 2017. 8

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5/7/14 —- Patricia Gayle Bush
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5/7/14 —- Lavena Faye Weaver Peavyhouse
Lavena Faye Weaver Peavyhouse, age 56 of Estill Springs, Tennessee, passed away into rest on May 3, 2014 at the Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga.
She was a Dental Hygienist with Estill Springs Family Dentistry; a member of the American Dental Association; a member of the Dental Hygiene Association and a member of the New Brick Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Margie Finney Weaver; sister, Loretta Kay Weaver and brother, Jeffrey Clay Weaver.
She is survived by her loving husband, Col. Martin George Peavyhouse- USAF Ret. of Estill Springs, TN; daughter, Rebecca M. Burgraff and her husband Joe of Estill Springs, TN; son, Anthony M. Peavyhouse of Estill Springs, TN; father, James C. Weaver and his wife Susie of Estill Springs, TN; six grandchildren, Jacob Micciche, Emily Micciche, Isabella Peavyhouse, Brayden Alford, Joe Burgraff, Jr. and Micah Burgraff; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Funeral Service will be conducted on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Central Funeral Home with Brother Jerry Finney and Brother Bill Williams officiating.
Burial will follow at the Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests Memorial Donations be made to the Rheumatoid Arthritis Foundation, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or the Ronald McDonald House.
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A Mesopotamian wheel. Photo source . One of the reasons why the wheel was invented only at this point in history is due to the fact that metal tools were needed to chisel fine-fitted holes and axles. This leads to the next reason – the wheel was not just a cylinder rolling on its edge.
A Salute to the Wheel ... But what's more commonly accepted is that roulette is an 18th century French creation that combined several existing games.
A wheel can also offer advantages in traversing irregular surfaces if the wheel radius is sufficiently large compared to the irregularities. The wheel alone is not a machine, but when attached to an axle in conjunction with bearing, it forms the wheel and axle, one of the simple machines. A driven wheel is an example of a wheel and axle.
Days Of Creation Wheel. Posted on July 1, 2013 Updated on December 23, 2013. The Days Of Creation Wheel is a good way to share the story of God creating the world. Each wedge tells the story of what God did on that day of creation. This would make a great take home reminder of the lesson.
The creation of wheels is perhaps the significant discovery. It is unbelievable to visualize the globe with no wheels around. As soon as the wheel was invented, there was a revolt in the manufacturing industry. The first inventor of the wheel is yet not known to anybody in the world. The first ever wheel was discovered around 3,000 years ago.
The wheel is probably the most important mechanical invention of all time. Nearly every machine built since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution involves a single, basic principle embodied in one of mankind's truly significant inventions.
The spinning wheel is another example of how the wheel can be used. This device, invented in India over 2,500 years ago, was used to spin thread from natural fibers such as cotton, flax, and wool. The spinning wheel was eventually replaced by the spinning jenny and the spinning frame, more sophisticated devices that also incorporate wheels.


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"I struggle a lot with illness, and because my instrument and my livelihood is my body and voice, my self-esteem suffers every time I am ill. This is a clip of me trying to warm-up while being sick. I try to tell myself that it is resilience every time I sing and don't feel like I can and it is also resilience when I have the courage to speak up and say I don't feel like singing. I want to take ownership of my voice and how and when I use it."
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Resilience is a term at the center of many conversations. Whether we look at our personal resilience, the resilience of others, the resilience of materials, or the resilience of our community; we can bring new understanding to the way we affect and might improve our community.
Here are a few definitions of resilience within certain fields of study:
Psychological Reslience
An individual's ability to successfully adapt to life in the face of social disadvantage or adverse conditions. (Adversity and stress can come from relationship, health, workplace, financial, or other areas.)
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Exhibition focuses on Eduardo Paolozzi's idiosyncratic and experimental work of the 1940s to the 1970s
Eduardo Paolozzi, His Majesty the Wheel, 1958–1959 © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018.
BERLIN.- Born in Edinburgh, the sculptor and graphic artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005) was one of the most innovative and irreverent artists of the British postwar period. He co-founded the influential London Independent Group, a union of British artists from different disciplines formed during the war that broke with the conventions of aesthetic and academic practice. Paolozzi was one of the first to embrace consumer culture and mass production in the UK. In his glued pictorial worlds, modern cards, aliens, pin up girls and figures from comic books collide upon one another – a diverse mix rendered in brash colours that was soon to make art history as Pop Art.
In the following years, Paolozzi used the collage technique as an artistic strategy, innovatively applying it to the mediums of sculpture and print. His expressive works explore the intersections between man and machine. The product of the artist's particular interest in science and technology, they are part of his search for a new visual language and iconography for mass culture and industrialised society.
This exhibition is based on Whitechapel Gallery's 2017 Eduardo Paolozzi retrospective in London which showed the complete works of the artist. In contrast to the London show, the Berlinische Galerie focuses on his idiosyncratic and experimental work of the 1940s to the 1970s with which the artist attracted much international acclaim. The exhibition brings together his most significant works from private and public collections worldwide, joined by numerous works from the collection of the Berlinische Galerie. The first chapter of the exhibition focuses on Paolozzi's early work. His drawings and sculptures from the early 1950s are influenced by Surrealism. Paolozzi was inspired by the art of Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti.
He also took an early interest in popular culture and mined American magazines and comics for his early pop collages. Paolozzi's intention to break with tradition and use new materials and industrial processes in his sculptures and print work is the theme of the second chapter. This radicalisation of sculpture started in the 1950s with his development of brutalist bronze pieces that recalled the wounds of war. Their charred and eroded looking surfaces gave them their aesthetic impact and accusatory tone. Later Paolozzi created metal sculptures made from industrially produced elements, some of which he painted. He also broke new ground in print and was the first to use silkscreen printing in art. Its commercial use and the number of copies it allowed made silkscreen printing the medium of the masses. This appealed to Paolozzi, whose aim was to eradicate the boundaries between high culture and popular art.
The third chapter of the exhibition centres around Paolozzi's productive stay in Berlin in 1974/75. In his studio in Kreuzberg around Kottbusser Damm, the artist developed new series of graphic works inspired by music like The Ravel Suite and Calcium Light Night. Here, graphic and linear elements merged to form abstracts compositions reminiscent of cityscapes from a bird's eye perspective, topographic maps and circuit boards. In his reliefs from this time he translated the formal language of silkscreen printing into three dimensional space. The artist also left traces in the cityscape and its large public collections. For instance, he painted a monumental black and white mural in Kurfürstenstraße which has not been preserved.
The final chapter of the exhibition is dedicated to Paolozzi's pioneering spirit. His irreverent approach to art continues to inspire young artists and graphic designers. His broad definition of collage, early forms of sampling, print and presentation techniques, innovative film piece and passion for mass media and for the technology of his time paved the way for a new kind of understanding of art that shapes us to this day.
The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive German catalogue (270 pages, 200 colour plates, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 29.80 €). It draws on Whitechapel Gallery's English catalogue, featuring a selection of essays and an additional chapter on Berlin. The catalogue places the artist into an international context and reevaluates his oeuvre as a whole using notable academics' latest research, including that of Daniel Herrmann, Hal Foster and Jon Wood.
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The house itself (within Ms. Musgrave's congressional district, which I'm not pleased by) was built in 1984, has 1900 square feet, immaculate landscaping, a walk-out basement, a strange little family room, and a laundry chute. It's a bit more than we were planning on spending, but it's a fairly nice house.
I've spent entirely too much time this week working. As of right now, I've worked forty hours, and I'm still going to show up to work tomorrow to do whatever it takes to get our Big Flatbed Printer up and working for Monday's acceptance testing and training. I have no doubt that I'll be in on Sunday to make sure everything works for real. My boss Eric comes back on Monday after two weeks in Hawaii (taken at exactly the wrong time, but as my office-mate observed, "there is no good time to take vacation; one must simply take it"). At least we discovered the Horrible Problem that started inflicting the system last week while I was on vacation: the twenty-four volt digital ground driving the printheads was floating with respect to the chassis ground, which was causing Very Bad ThingsTM to happen. One wire later all was good.
I still have features I need to implement prior to Monday. I hope to do a feature freeze sometime tomorrow (earlier is better than later, but I have too much code to hack between now and then), and then desperately work out bugs before Monday.
Because I know everyone's curious, here's the Official Megafest 3.2 Homepage. Feel free to play with the voting system (we use only the finest dangling chad; your vote won't be counted) or dis-infranchise voters at will.


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Q: need to show a complex function is continuous on C (complex plane) Prove $$f(z) = \sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \frac{z^{2n}(-1)^{n}}{(2n)!}$$ is continuous everywhere on $\mathbb{C}$
I want to show, for each $\epsilon > 0$, there is some $\delta > 0$ such that $|z-w| < \delta \longrightarrow |f(z) - f(w)| < \epsilon$, $\forall z,w \in \mathbb{C}$
So, since by the power series definition of $cos(z)$, we have $f(z) = cos(z)$.
We have $|cos(z) - cos(w)| < \epsilon \longrightarrow -\epsilon < cos(z) - cos(w) < \epsilon $, doing $cos^{-1}$ to all sides gives us:
$|z-w| < cos^{-1}(\epsilon)$, then let $\delta = cos^{-1}(\epsilon)$ and we have what we wanted.
Is this correct?

A: An alternative, and imo much simpler, way. Put
$$a_n:=\frac{z^{2n}(-1)^n}{(2n)!}\implies\;$$
$$\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n}=\left|\frac{z^{2n+2}(-1)^{n+1}}{(2n+2)!}\cdot\frac{(2n)!}{z^{2n}(-1)^n}\right|=|z|^2\frac1{(2n+1)(2n+2)}\xrightarrow[n\to\infty]{}0$$
and thus the series' radius of convergence is infinite, which means the series defines an analytic function for every $\;z\in\Bbb C\;$ ...

A: in power series $$\cos z=\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \frac{z^{2n}(-1)^{n}}{(2n)!}$$
and cosine function is continuous every where

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Leading WCA campaigner swaps sides to join Maximus
By John Pring on 9th January 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning, Benefits and Poverty, News Archive
One of the leading disabled critics of the government's welfare cuts and reforms has explained her decision to take a job with the US company taking over provision of the controversial "fitness for work" test.
For the last five years, Sue Marsh has played a major part in campaigning for improvements to the work capability assessment (WCA) through her blog, Diary of a Benefits Scrounger, and led on the test for the Spartacus online network of disabled campaigners.
But she has now accepted a senior position with the US outsourcing giant Maximus, which late last year was awarded a three-and-a-half year contract to take over delivery of the WCA from the much-criticised Atos Healthcare.
She was expected to explain her decision to join Maximus on her blog in a new post this morning (Friday).
Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last October that Maximus was set to win the WCA contract despite a "chilling" record of incompetence, discrimination and alleged fraud in the US.
After the WCA contract was eventually awarded, Maximus attempted to distance itself from its past record, claiming that the concerns were "historic issues overwhelmingly", and that there was now a "different leadership team" in place which had "put those issues right".
Marsh's appointment appears to be part of this Maximus public relations strategy to distance itself from its past record and begin the new contract as a UK start-up with a flawless reputation, promising to improve how assessments are delivered.
Her decision to take the job as head of customer experience is likely to spark criticism among many disabled campaigners, but she said she was motivated only by a desire to improve the WCA – which tests eligibility for out-of-work disability benefits – and felt that she could do that best by working with Maximus.
The appointment came as DNS revealed that Maximus has come under fire for another recruitment decision, this time to offer consultancy work to the former senior civil servant responsible for government WCA policy, Bill Gunnyeon, just months after he left the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Marsh told DNS that she believes she has done the right thing for sick and disabled people by taking the new post, because they could not afford to wait another three years for improvements to the WCA.
She insisted that she was the best person for the job, and added: "If I can't get things a little bit more right I don't think anyone could."
She admitted that those campaigners who "love and trust" her will "probably be uncomfortable" with her decision to work for Maximus, while the "abolitionists" who "do not believe in incremental change" and want to scrap the WCA completely "are not going to be happy".
She said: "The only thing that worries me is that there might be some people who really trusted me over the years and might feel let down and upset."
But Marsh said that parliamentarians and disability charities such as Mind and Scope will probably be "very pleased" with her appointment because they will be "dealing with me rather than somebody who doesn't know too much about the WCA and doesn't care about it".
And she said she believed that Maximus was entitled to be given the chance to prove it can improve on WCA delivery, despite its past record in the US.
She said: "There's not a company on the planet that isn't going to have skeletons in the closet. For me, what is important is what they are going to do now.
"If I find out in six months' time or a year's time that they are dishonest about the role I am taking on, I absolutely would not be associated with that and I would regret my decision.
"At the moment, they have convinced me that they want to make the WCA more fair and valid."
She admitted that she had been concerned her appointment might just have been part of the company's public relations strategy – and she accepted that she would no longer be able to blog about the WCA or criticise Maximus – but she said she changed her mind when she saw the proposed scope of her job and its senior position in the company.
Marsh said: "I don't think they would do that if they wanted a quiet life. The last thing they would do is give me a job.
"I just feel I could do more here in the next couple of years than as a campaigner. The primary thing is to be the customers' eyes because I have been through it. I know what the problems are and what isn't right."
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BBC Innovation Labs Looking for Cross-Media Solutions
Christy November 8, 2006
The 2007 BBC Innovation Labs are now seeking 'indies' to get involved.
The Innovation Labs are a series of creative workshops for interdisciplinary teams of professional creative technologists, application designers, software developers and interactive media designers. We are inviting independent new media companies from across England and Scotland to pitch ideas in response to a briefs set by New Media commissioners across the BBC. Up to 10 projects in each of four regions – Scotland, N England, London and S England – will then be selected to attend a 5-day long Lab. During the Lab, they will work with BBC commissioners and other mentors to develop the idea and prepare a final pitch. On the last day of the Lab, the ideas are pitched to the BBC commissioners for further development funding.
Here are some of the projects they want pitches on:
News Interactive
News services for young people – BBC News currently has a declining reach amongst 14-24 year olds, and we want to grow this reach via innovative new products. How could we deliver BBC News in an engaging and interactive way to this audience via the BBC News website and platforms like mobiles, online games, public screens or social networking sites?
BBC Sport is looking to increase its interactivity around the major events in the sports calendar (eg Wimbledon, Rugby World Cup, Euro 2008, Olympics, etc). In particular we are looking to provide innovative services to enhance our coverage of the live action, in real time. We are keen to increase our reach among younger (15-24) audiences and are exploring opportunities on the BBC Sport website, but also on mobile platforms and on the wider internet beyond bbc.co.uk.
Internet Team – search/navigation
Cross platform/location navigation – The BBC is looking for more ways to move users between interactive platforms where there is complementary content and experiences available. How can we move users between various media platforms and physical locations to increase the quality of their BBC experience by delivering them relevant content? How can we do this in ways that will excite and surprise them? Proposals need not be limited to the traditional platforms of "web", "TV" and "mobile" but could also include use of other IP based media (ie. Instant messaging, email, images) and may want to include location-based or situation-based aspects. They may work across all of the BBC or only a small section and be based on navigation generated by the BBC or by users.
Interactive Drama & Entertainment
The BBC is looking for new ways to tell stories online. We're looking for ideas aimed at young audiences who are familiar with the web (13-19 year olds) and at older, more mainstream audiences who are becoming more comfortable with the technology. Successful proposals will have an understanding
* how new web technologies can add depth to the storytelling process
* how gaming elements can be incorporated
* how social networking elements could be incorporated
Check out the ppt intro by Matt Locke and the website for more info.


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Trent Kelly & Steve Cohen
Compare the voting records of Trent Kelly and Steve Cohen in 2017-18.
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Represented Mississippi's 1st Congressional District. This is his 2nd term in the House.
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Trent Kelly and Steve Cohen are from different parties and disagreed on 70 percent of votes in the 115th Congress (2017-18).
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April 27, 2018 — FAA Reauthorization Act
April 11, 2018 — Stress Test Improvement Act
On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment
March 22, 2018 — TARGET Act
March 21, 2018 — Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
Jan. 11, 2018 — Amash of Michigan Substitute Amendment No. 1
June 15, 2017 — Broader Options for Americans Act
May 25, 2017 — Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017
May 19, 2017 — Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
April 28, 2017 — Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes
April 26, 2017 — Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act
April 6, 2017 — Supporting America's Innovators Act
April 5, 2017 — Self-Insurance Protection Act
April 4, 2017 — Encouraging Employee Ownership Act
March 17, 2017 — To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes
Jan. 13, 2017 — To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces
Dec. 21, 2018 — National Flood Insurance Program Extention Act
Dec. 21, 2018 — Correct Enrollment to S. 3628
Dec. 21, 2018 — Protecting Girls' Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act
Dec. 21, 2018 — Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
Dec. 21, 2018 — Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act
Dec. 21, 2018 — Federal Personal Property Management Act
Dec. 21, 2018 — GAO-IG Act
Dec. 21, 2018 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the "Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office"
Dec. 21, 2018 — Designating room H-226 of the United States Capitol as the "Lincoln Room"
Dec. 20, 2018 — Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act
Dec. 20, 2018 — National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act
Dec. 20, 2018 — Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018
Dec. 19, 2018 — Museum and Library Services Act
Dec. 19, 2018 — National Quantum Initiative Act
Dec. 19, 2018 — Water Infrastructure Improvement Act
Dec. 19, 2018 — State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act
Dec. 12, 2018 — Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
Dec. 11, 2018 — Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Land Transfer Act of 2017
Dec. 11, 2018 — PREEMIE Reauthorization Act
Nov. 29, 2018 — National Flood Insurance Program Further Extension Act
Nov. 16, 2018 — Strengthening Coastal Communities Act
Sept. 26, 2018 — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
Sept. 13, 2018 — Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes
July 10, 2018 — Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act
June 27, 2018 — Poe of Texas Part A Amendment No. 20
May 18, 2018 — Massie of Kentucky Amendment No. 25
May 18, 2018 — Russell of Oklahoma Amendment No. 17
May 17, 2018 — Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 16
May 17, 2018 — McClintock of California Amendment No. 8
April 27, 2018 — McClintock of California Part A Amendment No. 112
April 26, 2018 — DeFazio of Oregon Part A Amendment No. 42
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Jan. 22, 2018 — Federal Register Printing Savings Act
Sept. 7, 2017 — Rothfus of Pennsylvania Part B Amendment No. 91
Sept. 6, 2017 — Grothman of Wisconsin Part B Amendment No. 39
Sept. 6, 2017 — McClintock of California Part B Amendment No. 25
July 19, 2017 — Engel of New York Part B Amendment No. 1
July 13, 2017 — Nadler of New York Part B Amendment No. 6
June 12, 2017 — To extend a project of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission involving the Cannonsville Dam
May 24, 2017 — PRIVATE Act
May 22, 2017 — Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017
May 22, 2017 — Global Child Protection Act of 2017
May 18, 2017 — Honoring Hometown Heroes Act
March 17, 2017 — Hanabusa of Hawaii Part B Amendment No. 11
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Justice Stevens' Call to Repeal Second Amendment Makes Me Glad He Retired
by Ronn Blitzer | 11:07 am, March 27th, 2018
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote an op-ed about gun control for Tuesday's New York Times that sure makes me glad the word "former" is part of his title. Addressing recent marches and protests against gun violence, Stevens mentions a few of the oft-proposed methods of combating the problem, then dismisses them in favor of a scorched-earth tactic of repealing the Second Amendment entirely.
At first glance, it might seem like Stevens' piece was a brilliant form of satire on the level of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal. Once you realize he's serious, however, it's no laughing matter.
Yes, repealing the Second Amendment would decrease gun deaths, just like Swift's tongue-in-cheek idea of selling the children of poor people for the rich to eat them would decrease poverty. That doesn't make it a good idea.
Hell, plenty of students on college campuses protest against speakers they don't like. Far-left groups go so far as to equate offensive speech to violence. Would Stevens suggest repealing the First Amendment? I first wrote that question sarcastically, but these days you can never be too sure.
Not only would repealing the Second Amendment be an overly broad counter to gun violence, it wouldn't even effectively solve problems. For starters, a significant amount of reported cases of gun violence are suicides. Taking guns away from suicidal people would decrease the gun violence statistics, but it wouldn't stop them from finding other ways to kill themselves. Repealing the Second Amendment also wouldn't do anything to stop the distribution of weapons that are already illegal, and would only result in bolstering the black market and decreasing tax revenue (funny how people on the left use this very argument for why drugs should be legal, but they have a very different standard for guns).
You know what else repealing the Second Amendment wouldn't do? Ban guns. Just because you don't guarantee a right, that doesn't automatically make guns illegal everywhere. States would still be able make their own rules.
The high school kids who are marching and calling for change are reacting out of fear and anger due to recent school shootings, which certainly seem to be happening more frequently, and I'm all for putting measures in place to protect students. So what's the one thing that all of these school shootings have in common?
They're committed by students.
Kids in high school under normal circumstances are under extreme amounts or stress. Between raging hormones, social pressures, demanding classes, and trying to get into college, it's tough on everyone. On top of that, many students suffer from emotional disorders, and a lot of them are the targets of bullying by their fellow students (I wonder how many of those marching are guilty of this).
It sure seems like keeping guns away from students would do a lot to prevent them from shooting each other. Raising the age limit to 21 would do just that. Stevens even mentions this idea early in his op-ed, only to immediately dismiss it as not as effective as stripping a right from all Americans; Americans who like to hunt, shoot for sport, and, you know, protect their families.
Now here comes the part where liberals yell at me by saying the Second Amendment wasn't meant for any of those things, and that it was only meant to arm a militia, which they think is an outdated concept.
Those on the left may not recognize the need for the Second Amendment, but that doesn't mean it's not there. If your house has never been robbed, does that mean there's no need for an alarm system? If you're healthy, does that mean you don't need insurance? In both cases, you hope you don't need to use them, and maybe you won't, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have them. It's ironic that the same people who called Trump "literally Hitler" wouldn't want to be able to fight back against him if they had to.
Liberals and conservatives both care about the safety of schoolchildren and Americans in general, and have put forward possible solutions, that Stevens himself acknowledged. Each and every one of them are better than repealing the Second Amendment. Stevens' suggestion makes me glad he's no longer on the bench, because even though the Supreme Court has nothing to do with repealing amendments, the former justice clearly lacks the judgment to address complex issues.
Ronn Blitzer is Senior Editor of Law&Crime and a former New York City prosecutor. Follow him on Twitter @RonnBlitzer.
[Image via Allison Shelley/Getty Images]
This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.


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The No. 3 Portland Trail Blazers find themselves in good shape after jumping out to a 2-0 series lead after a 114-94 Game 2 win over the sixth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday in Portland.
The Blazers were led by Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum's strong scoring efforts as the longtime Portland backcourt mates were scintillating in Game 2. McCollum led the team with 33 points while Lillard was right behind him with 29. The Thunder were led by Paul George's 27 points, but Oklahoma City was absolutely dreadful from beyond the arc, converting on just 5-of-28 of its 3-point attempts (17.9 percent) while converting just 19 of 28 (67.9 percent) from the free-throw line.
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EuroMillions results live: Winning numbers for Tuesday, September 4, 2018 with a £40million jackpot
There have been plenty of National Lottery Lotto, Scratchcard and Thunderball winners in Gloucestershire
Everything is returning to normal in Gloucestershire with schools going back and people at work after their holidays.
But everything could be turned upside down in your life if you win tonight's EuroMillions jackpot.
Because a fortune of £40m is up for grabs tonight in the latest draw tonight.
You can buy tickets at £2.50 each until 7.30pm.
Just imagine what a difference these millions would make to your life, and to those of your friends and family (assuming you share your wealth around).
Mortgage worries most likely over, you could have your holiday of a lifetime this summer, autumn, winter and spring (and repeat), and live like a business magnate, a film star or a world class footballer.
The draw will be made at around 8.20pm tonight and tickets are available for £2.50.
Tonight's winning EuroMillions: 5, 14, 28, 30, 47. Lucky stars: 4, 11
And there will be two new millionaires also be created in the UK Millionaire Maker part of the game.
Players of the game choose five numbers from 1 to 50 and two lucky stars from 1 to 12.
You can also do a lucky dip.
EuroMillions is played in nine European countries and has two draws a week - one on Tuesday and one on Friday - with jackpots sometimes reaching into the hundreds of millions of pounds in the event of a multiple-rollover.
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Over the years people from the county have won everything from £30,000 to a share of £61.5 million.
Last year, Gloucester taxi driver Amo Riselli, a dad-of-five, scooped a whopping £24.5 million on the National Lottery Lotto draw on Wednesday, December 27 .
Euromillions was first drawn in February 2004 and initially only included the UK, France and Spain – before lottery organisers Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal joined in October that year.
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FM radio stations and their audiences bloom in restive Kashmir
Amid ongoing unrest, music is in the air in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir as more private FM radio stations commence operations
by Majid Hyderi September 25, 2018 February 18, 2020
Haya, Programming Head at 92.7 Big FM, is one of the most experienced jockeys in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, marred by over three decades of armed conflict, music is in the air as more and more private FM radio stations open up in the valley.
This year alone, three leading Indian FM brands, Red FM 93.5, Radio Mirchi 98.3 and FM Tadka 95.0 commenced operations in Kashmir, at an estimated initial investment of around Rs 20 million (US$ 277,000), each.
This investment was in addition to a fee of around Rs 6.5 million ($90,025) paid to the Indian government by each station for the granting of licenses by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, after requisite clearances to operate in the sensitive-region were granted.
Major Indian radio broadcasters are investing rapidly in the valley to open state-of-the-art studios, opening with them exciting new employment possibilities for young Kashmiris. The public response to the new broadcasters has been so overwhelming that the stations began generating advertising revenue within the first month of operations.
Up until now, the only private player on air in Kashmir was 92.7 Big FM. Having debuted in 2006, Big FM has grown over the years to become a staple household entertainment name while carefully avoiding controversial content in a region where Islamist insurgents have been "fighting for liberation from India."
With more players joining the radio industry in the restive valley, the selection of programs is growing rapidly. Some new radio anchors are touching on topics like love, romance and dating, subjects often deemed taboo in conservative, Muslim-dominated society Kashmiri society.
Soon after the start of Radio Mirchi in May, one of its show hosts, Mirchi Vijdan, a Kashmiri in his 20s, shot to instant fame when he discussed his own love life on air during a show dedicated to dating.
Despite being hailed by some as a break from conservative entertainment, some of his shows have also drawn widespread criticism on social media.
One mainstream political party, Jammu and Kashmir Political Alliance, went to the extent of issuing statements critical of such shows. "Such lewd content is not acceptable to us," said the party spokesman Auqib Renzu.
However, he may be swimming against a tide of millennial listeners who clearly appreciate what they see as ground-breaking content.
Apart from Bollywood numbers, Radio Mirchi also airs popular music from the Coke Studio Pakistan. Interestingly, unlike other Indian states, where Bollywood gossip is the staple attraction to hordes of listeners, Kashmiris appear to be more interested in music gelled with topics that touch their day-to-day lives than they are concerned by what happens in the Indian film industry.
Creativity in the airing of local content is also proving to be a game changer, one in which players like Red FM are taking a lead.
Since the start of its operations in August, Red FM has been banking heavily on humor. Kashmir Ka Bhaijan (Kashmir's Big Brother), a thematic satire show focusing on local issues and presented by stand-up comedian-turned-radio host Rayees Mohi Ud Din, has been an instant hit. Rayees plays the character of a traditional Kashmiri shepherd who talks to his lamb named Kat Bacha.
A staffer at Red FM explains the idea: "Our popularity focuses on local content. It's the first radio show that integrates humor with issues of the common man's life. Kashmir has lot of seriousness and so listeners want some cool stuff that makes them overcome stress through moments of humor and other entertainment."
Regional language has also had an impact on new broadcasters' content. Unlike other stations, who broadcast mostly in Urdu, Red FM presents shows like "JK935" in Kashmiri, and listeners love it. "I enjoy these shows more when they are in (the local) vernacular, because I find it more natural then," said Showkat Ahmed, a radio listener.
While the new players are happy to be generating an overwhelming response from their audiences, the established player in the market, 92.7 Big FM, claims to welcome the competition.
A household name and popular radio host for the last decade, radio host Nasir who works with 92.7 Big FM said, "Every radio station is doing its best. For me there's no competition. But given the choice, the listeners should have competition."
He further said that Kashmiri youth have started looking at radio presenting as a viable career option. "People never took radio work seriously before, but now given the expansion, it's a viable career."
Even experts from the industry look at the opening of new stations as a positive development. Radio jockey and Programming Head at 92.7 Big FM Haya says: "It's a very good and positive change. We have different types of listenership and now every radio station will have something to offer to suit their mood and taste."
Having started her career in 2006 as a young college graduate, Haya this month threw a party to mark her 13th year in broadcasting with Big FM, a record in Kashmir. She is seen as the most experienced host at the private FM station, having been successful without courting controversy in trouble-torn Kashmir.
Hailing from conservative downtown Srinagar, a hub of separatist sentiment, Haya has a word of wisdom for fresh faces in the field: "I feel that the kind of radio Kashmir needs has to be in line with the sensitivities of the place. Keeping local sentiment in mind is a must. Only then this entertainment medium can survive here."
In the absence of outlets like cinemas or any forms of nightlife, entertainment in Kashmir is largely confined to FM radio music shows. The cinemas were closed down in Kashmir in the early 1990s, when Islamist insurgents imposed a ban on movie theaters and liquor stores. Since then, despite attempts by the government, the cinema halls have not been able to reopen.
The situation in the valley continues to be uneasy, more so since the killing of Hizbul Commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in July 2016.
Though the Indian government has launched a major military offensive and killed over 600 armed ultras in the last four years alone, more local youths continue to resort to arms. According to recent reports, for the first time in a decade, more than 300 local youths have already taken up arms this year.
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By EMILY TRUONG
September 20, 2019. Xiye Bastida (C '24) expected 18,000 people, maybe, at most. Instead, she found hundreds of thousands walking alongside her down Wall Street, rallying for climate change and chanting something along the lines of "Wall Street, Wall Street, we see your lies!"
It's a day that climate activist Xiye will never forget.
"It gives me chills to just remember that," she says, her face lighting up as she recalls the strike. "It was the most amazing day ever because everybody came together—everybody believed that everybody could come together."
Two months of planning—of late nights and early mornings spent at her friend's house while her family was in Mexico, of subsisting off of coffee and pizza, of emails and flyers and more emails—went into organizing the climate strike. And while this event is the one she's most proud of, Xiye's climate justice work extends far beyond September of 2019. From organizing protests for the Fridays for Future youth climate strike movement, to giving a TED Talk, to co–founding her own organization Re-Earth Initiative, Xiye has made her mark.
She can't pin down the exact moment in which she realized that something needed to be done about the earth, but she had begun recognizing the climate crisis at an early age. "It was more of a gradual process," she says, "of realizing where humanity is at right now."
Born and raised in a small town in Mexico, Xiye's perspective of the climate crisis was influenced by her dad, a member of an indigenous community in Mexico. "I was raised with indigenous philosophy, which is one of reciprocity and one of taking care of the earth and just being aware of our relationship with the world around us."
Growing up in a town that was home to several factories, Xiye saw firsthand the impact of mistreating the environment. The factories polluted her hometown's river and drained their aquifers, leaving them without clean water.
"Our water wasn't even our own," she recalls. "It had to be shipped from Mexico City. [Looking back now], I realize that we were experiencing environmental racism, a lack of resources—a lack of our own access to clean air and clean water—because we were a small minority community. I wasn't really aware of that [at first], but I was aware that our relationship with Mother Earth was being ruptured."
Then, five years ago, one day before she and her family moved to New York City, her town flooded. Toxic waste from the polluted river overflowed, damaging crops and businesses and creating an environmental and health hazard for her community. And once she arrived in New York, she saw the ongoing effect of Hurricane Sandy's devastation, even though it had been years since the storm made landfall.
"That was a moment in which I realized several different things," Xiye says. "One, the climate crisis is happening right now, not in a hundred years. Second thing is it's affecting more vulnerable and low–income communities, and it's happening all over the world. You really cannot think 'Oh, it's happening here and not here.' It's affecting communities all over the place, just in different ways."
While Xiye is notably a climate justice activist, she also advocates for an awareness of intersectionality concerning the climate and other issues such as racism and indigenous rights, like in her hometown, or gender equality, or food waste.
"I cannot talk about climate without talking about our food choices and the food industry and how much food goes to waste in the U.S.," she adds. "I cannot be a climate activist without talking about food and agriculture. I cannot neglect the water crisis and I cannot neglect the plastic crisis and the textile industry and fashion. There's just so many things that, when you think about it, they're all connected."
And being 18 and a part of a movement that's largely composed of young people, Xiye recognizes the power of youth voices. At 15, Xiye filled in for her dad at the United Nations World Urban Forum in Malaysia and spoke, for the first time, to an older generation about indigenous voices and the generational injustice of the climate crisis. "That's when I realized the power that [our generation] actually has to walk into rooms and say, you know, it's unfair what you're doing, not only for my community, but also my generation," she says.
While today many of us associate the climate movement with young people, it's only recently been centered around youth voices. Xiye traces this shift back to 2018, when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C—basically, we have 12 years, starting from 2018, to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C, or a moderate level of warming.
"That [now] 10–year frame, that 10–year deadline, is what drew all these youth to actually say, 'Oh, this is not only an attack on communities and different countries and an exploitation of different countries, but it's also an attack on our generation,'" Xiye notes.
Even though the pandemic prevents Xiye from organizing in–person strikes, her being forced to adapt has led to new ways of getting people involved. "We had to completely shift our way of organizing," Xiye says. "A lot of great things were born out of the crisis of the pandemic because we realized that we had been very narrow with our activism. We had only given people the opportunity to strike—nothing else."
After having to scrap the plans she and others had made for an Earth Day climate strike, Xiye helped organize a campaign where 300,000 people virtually pledged to take individual and systemic action. That campaign turned into the Re–Earth Initiative, an organization she co–founded that focuses on making the climate movement more accessible. Now at Penn, Xiye's is participating in Sustainability Challenge, and in the next few years, she hopes to become more deeply involved with the Philly community by joining more environmental groups and putting pressure on the Penn administration to consider the environment in their investments.
Balancing being an activist, teenager, and Penn student can be difficult, but what helps Xiye is a matter of perspective—recognizing that not everything has to rest on her shoulders. For a while, she felt like she constantly had to be doing more—more panels, more organizing, more Instagram Lives—all while juggling high school and applying to college. But that began hurting her health.
"I stepped back and realized that it's not about having a few perfect activists to do everything, but it's about inviting the billions of people around the world to do their best," Xiye reflects. "So now, I think that's a more powerful message: don't just follow your favorite climate activists on social media, but actually become the best version of yourself when it comes to helping people around you on the earth."
Xiye hopes people realize that just as the climate crisis is intersectional, so are the solutions. Not everyone's contribution has to look the same way. "I'm not asking you to change your entire way of life just to be part of the climate movement," she says. "I'm asking you to grab your passion and say, 'How can I exercise my passion through a climate lens?' And that can be photography, writing, dancing, music creation, graphic design. Whatever your passion is, you can use it to be part of the movement. That's what I want people to realize—that everything connects to climate, but also everything you do can be part of the solution."


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Relief: You have learnt that temperature decreases as altitude increases. Hence, hills and mountains will have lower temperature than locations on the plain. Therefore, relief or altitude of a region influences the climate of the area. You would have heard about several hill stations of Himalayan region like Shimla, Gulmarg, Nainital and Darjeeling as places that have a cool climate even during the peak summer months. Similarly Kodaikanal and Udagamandalam (Ooty) on the Western Ghats have colder climate, compared to places near the coast.
* Are Shimla and Delhi located on very different latitudes? Check with your atlas. Is Shimla cooler than Delhi during summer?
* Why does Darjeeling have pleasant weather as compared to Kolkata during summer season?
In the northern hemisphere, subtropical high pressure belts give rise to permanent winds. They blow toward the equatorial low pressure belts by reflecting towards the west and are called Trade winds. The German word 'Trade' means 'Track' and stands for blowing steadily in the same direction and in a constant course.
India lies in the belt of north-east trade winds without any moisture. This is however only half the story of the Indian climatic phenomenon. Let us see the other half in the study of monsoon in the next section.
The climate of India is also affected by the movement of upper air (air currents) known as 'jet streams'. These are fast flowing air currents in a narrow zone in the upper atmosphere, above 12,000 m. The speed varies from about 110 km/h in summer to about 184 km/h in winter. An Easterly jet stream develops at about 250 N. A jet stream causes the atmosphere around this to cool. This cooling effect of the easterly jet stream causes rain from clouds already found over this part.


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Investing in dividend-paying blue-chip consumer service sector stocks, you might also be interested in dividend-paying consumer service exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It's easy to gain exposure to many dividend-paying consumer service stocks with just one vehicle i.e. ETFs.
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usually genting always got ppl buy, so is not like hot stock of 2019, it shud be hot stock of all time. if u r looking for hot stock, should look at the news.


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State owned, repaired and managed building goes up in flames
September 28, 2017 By Tim WorstallComments:27 Comments
And as for their measures on the ground, Grenfell Tower was the tragic measure of their failure.
That is the reason why we need more state control.
That's why we need more state control.
Straw man alert My word this is a surprise, isn't it?
27 comments on "State owned, repaired and managed building goes up in flames"
John Square says:
You missed that the state also failed to:
– adequately assess the flammability of the materials
-adequately understand the fire risks
-adequately issue appropriate guidance to residents in the event of fire
Why this cladding was used may well have arisen because of the rule of going for the lowest tender without careful examination of the relevant risks.
kronos says:
JS, I'd be interested to know who and how the appropriate risk assessments were made prior to project starting. Plus all the usual CDM stuff.
The Tuberous twit inverts horse and cart relationship once again.
Diogenes says:
Will anyone raise the Dent Coad connection?
john77 says:
It was not managed by the state but by a Tenants Management Organisation, an overall majority of whose directors were elected by the tenants of council-owned housing in Kensington and Chelsea. The "grass-roots democracy" advocated by the Left is the immediate cause of the failure, partly because it ignored the complaints of the tenants.
JS,
"I'd be interested to know who and how the appropriate risk assessments were made prior to project starting. Plus all the usual CDM stuff."
So would I- I don't think it's been made clear in public yet. From what I can see, K+C council were responsible for fabric/asset management, and the TMO responsible for the tenancy side.
My experience on social housing refurbs is that a spec was drawn up by a clerk of works, with reference to a surveyor or two, and regulation would have been covered in the tender by a paragraph reading:
"It is the responsibility of the prime contractor to ensure that all materials and works comply with the relevant standars"
If it's a larger project, they'll probably have quoted a few of the main ones, and stated it's a non-exhaustive list.
monoi says:
Wasn't the cladding by itself complying with EU fire standards, lower than UK ones by the way (not to mean that it is necessarily better, cost/benefits and all that), but the use of them in the way they were fitted meant that those standards were irrelevant?
@monoi
… that's one of the common gaps in tendering- the contractor can demonstrate compliance in general terms, but the client isn't smart enough to spot that they've not been specific in their spec.
(But let's not ignore the fact that there's always going to be disasters that exceed the regs and make a mockery of the risk mitigation efforts by even fully qualified appropriate experts)
Street Sparrow says:
My interpretation of this is that the cladding was applied partly for appearance and partly for insulation. Fire retardancy was not a key factor.
Three types of cladding were available depending on how high from the ground it was to be applied so the supplier had through through the implications of fire and the limitations of fire engines to reach the higher levels.
It appears that the low fire retardants were applied all over the tower. Whether this was due to cost, laziness, incompetence or because it had better insulating properties so was seen as meeting the primary objectives of the cladding is what needs to be determined.
Johnnydub says:
My (admittedly limited) understanding is that the Eu standard is 25+ years old and inadequate.
The UK wanted to introduce an enhanced standard BS8414 but its an EU competence and thus weren't able to.
The council tender specifies compliance with fire standards which the crappy cladding did – i.e. the inadequate EU one, and probably didn't give fire safety another thought. The main concern was heat insulation properties to satisfy the Green agenda.
Which explains how this crappy cladding ended up on 800+ blocks.
By the way the EU have been working on the revised fire safety standards for 20+ years. Go EU
I think Richard North has a detailed post on this…
Wonky the sane says:
All pointless speculation before the reasons the fire spread (so fast) are established.
BraveFart says:
True, but we should probably get started constructing the gibbets to deal with those responsible, given the probable number of them that will be required operating 24/7 all over the UK. An entire Green movement (allegedly) being the most likely main culprits
Matthew L says:
Can some explain to me how the Grenfell management structure (state owned, management run by half state, half tenant reps with a few experts as extras) is different to Corbynites wet dream?
@MatthewL
Where you getting the experts from, Matthew?
The standard of surveyors at the average social housing place is best typified by this example:
We discovered we'd spent about 200k remedying concrete floor slabs* in 1960's properties. All signed off by a surveyor of similar vintage. He'd noticed the floor slabs were subsiding- not unusual at all- they're several tonnes of concrete sat on substrate, after all, and the properties were 50 years old.
The unusual aspect of the case was his method of dealing with it: dig up the slab and re lay it. At considerable expense and inconvenience to the tenant, their neighbours, and the planned maintenance schedule for the borough.
A cheaper (and saner) way to deal with the problem? Sure: simply tip some concrete on top of the old slab and level it. This, by the way, is not niche thinking, or modern. It's the normal regular way of correcting a dip of a couple of degrees over a five metre (say) span.
The crime, though, is less that he fucked up- more that the management in place allowed this to go on for five years before it was even noticed, much less stopped.
*Floor slabs (in domestic properties) are rarely structural- concrete is a quick and cheap way of spanning a floor, that's all.
Flatcap Army says:
I have a nagging feeling that I looked up the CEO of the TMO and he had a long career in social housing. And a music degree, much like the Chief Risk Officer at Equifax. Both of their LinkedIn profiles have been scrubbed.
A fire happened. People died. Someone must be seen to be at blame for this tragedy.
If its the guilty party this is a bonus but not required.
Why this blaze? Why this cladding used so extensively caused this particular fire to be so bad? Were there no fires in the other blocks? Was any other fire simply unable to get to the cladding elsewhere?
Talk to the hand!
September 28 2017 at 11:54 am
Talking about Grenfell Tower, the MP Emma Dent Coad was a local authority rep on the Board of Kensington and Chelsea TMO when the refurbishment plan was agreed. With your Labour Party connections, do you have any insight into whether central government put any pressure onto them re materials?
September 28 2017 at 12:40 pm
I have no Labour Party links
Bloke in North Dorset says:
BF,
"An entire Green movement (allegedly) being the most likely main culprits"
I think we can take it as read that the Green movement will get away scot-free and neo-liberals will be to blame.
As Martin says, this is about punishing someone, preferably not the State's friends or the elite.
@Wonky the sane
All of those living in that block of flats were more than happy living at a heavily subsidised rate in an expensive part of London. They all were happy to accept £70,000 from hard working tax payers, per flat for the refurbishment. They thought that the public sector that built the block, maintained, refurbished, and attempted to fight the fire cared about them. No you get what you pay for!
N.B. I am told that £70,000 is more money than the lower 50% of the population of the planet earn in their lifetime!
A concrete eggbox structure should not burn, if you light a fire in one compartment it should take a long time to burn through the fire doors… concrete does not usually burn!
But this is a State owned building, so we put…
1. Burnable cladding without firebreaks on the outside.
2. Burnable insulation without firebreaks on the outside.
3. Knock holes through the fireproofing to fit gas pipes etc.
4. Have a non working dry riser pipe.
5. We don't have any effective smoke / fire alarm.
6. Allow explosive fridges full of Butane!
7. Allow BBQs and other flammable stuff in flats.
8. Have the Fire Brigade tell them to stay in their flats and burn to death, all the while promising they will be rescued.
9. Have a Fire Brigade that fails to send hydraulic platforms to high rise fires.
10. Have a London Fire Brigade that does not have long reach platforms (to reach the top of Grenfell) and has to borrow one from Surrey!
We also allow idiots to live in the building that,
1. Fail to close the windows and fire doors in event of fire.
2. Vandalise the dry riser.
3. Steal the fire doors.
4. Fill their flat with flammable crap.
5. Park their cars and block fire engine access.
6. and elect as their MP one of those public 'servants' (sic) that were more than happy to allow each of the above points.
But to save time we can blame the fire on evil Tories, and the rest of us can wait for the next one to catch fire…
+1 TJ
Witchie says:
Lots of the residents looked a bit charred after the fire. Were they clad in flammable insulation?
AndrewC says:
@Witchie
Hard to tell. From a distance many of the residents looked a bit charred before the fire.
Nautical Nick says:
Not an expert of course, but a thought nevertheless.
There were numerous inspections during the refurb. I think it would be most unlikely that the refurb failed any specific standards laid down, which would imply that the standards were in some way inappropriate, or inadequate or otherwise lacking..
However, it can be difficult to lay down rules to account for all eventualties. Perhaps the perspective should be changed from prescriptive box-ticking to a more general duty of care.
After all, there is no definition in law of "true and fair" in accounts. So any inspection or safety check would need to consider all factors including any oddities and wrinkles.
No Cladding = No Grenfell fire.
Lesson learned.
Magnusw says:
@ Martin
"A fire happened. People died. The Tories must be seen to be at blame for this tragedy.
If they are the guilty party this is a bonus but not required."
Andrew C
No fridge filled with inflammable liquid = no fire
No idiots that leave fire doors and windows open = no fire spread.
No insulation = slower fire spread (Thank you, watermelons!)
No stupid London fire brigade telling people to stay put = fewer deaths.
I could continue…


Two years ago, before I ever stepped foot on campus, I did what many incoming freshman would do: I googled University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, hoping to get a vague idea of the place I would call home for the next four years.
Over 30 million results turned up. As I scrolled through the pages, a particular theme seemed to stand out. Many headlines along the line of "UIUC ranked among the top party schools in the country" caught my eye.
I didn't know how to feel about that.
If you are anything like me, the thought of a college party is both exciting and intimidating. A picture with red solo cups, loud music and colorful drinks started to form in my mind. I'd be lying to say I wasn't looking forward to being a part of the party scene.
As the summer rolled around and I finally got to see the campus for the first time, I was determined to make the most out of my time at the University, and that meant both academically and socially. Like many freshmen around me, I was eager to go out and find my crowd at a college party.
With a relatively light freshman year workload, I spent many Friday and Saturday nights with my newly found friends scouring the campus for parties. With bar admission for those 19 and older, we had to work hard to live up to the expectations of being a student at one of the top party schools around.
It took a while, but eventually my enthusiasm for parties died down.
Don't get me wrong, I had a blast. But it came to a point where other aspects of my life caught up with me, and I simply decided to not spend every weekend at parties just because they were available.
For a while, I was worried my social life was going to take a hit. Seeing so many people around me having crazy party nights as if it's the first week of freshman year made me feel insecure about losing my friends and becoming "the boring one," but at the same time I was having a hard time pushing myself to go out as much as I used to.
However, I slowly discovered that my life changed for the better once I stopped pushing myself to go out just because I somehow felt obligated to be a part of the "top party school." It was a liberating feeling to realize it is okay to party as much as I feel comfortable with.
Coming to a "party school" means that if you want to party every night, you'll probably be able to. And it sometimes is a helpful resource, in fact, to help blow off some steam and let loose from the college stress.
But if you are someone who doesn't like the idea of being with a crowd, or just simply can't appreciate the music kids play at party these days (trust me, that happens), or because you have a busy schedule so that it's hard to make time for parties every week, remember it is okay to make your own decisions.
The bottom line is, don't ever feel like you are obligated to be a part of the "party scene" just because the University has its name on a list. There is so much more the school has to offer.
And don't be afraid to let people know that you don't feel comfortable going out. On a campus this size, you will always find people who are in the same situation as you. Who knows, maybe you will bond with your best friend over your mutual dislike of going to parties.
Also remember to never feel bad for taking a step back like I did. As much as I often look back on my freshman year parties fondly, I know I've made the right decision to spend more time on other aspects of my college life.
After all, it's all about the balance. Even when it comes to parties.


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The nurses area at the 76th field station.
On a Marine airstrip at Okinawa maintenance crews check up on the F7F, Grumman's new Tigercat fighterbomber. Fastest, most powerful, of Pacific nightfighters, the Tigercats are being flown on security patrol over the Ryukyus by Marine night fighter pilots.
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Value of Things: The Ins and Outs of Chiefs vs. Texans
What do the numbers say about the Texans 30-24 defeat?
By VBallRetired Dec 20, 2022, 12:00pm CST
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The Houston Texans put another solid effort together against a possible Super Bowl contender. As everyone knows, they came up short again. As per usual, the numbers might tell a different story. The 30-24 defeat doesn't tell the whole story. It rarely ever does. You have to watch these games in order to get a feel of where this team is at. As per usual, we invite you to take a look at the Hair of the Dog feature. It represents our thoughts on the game in real time.
The Chiefs moved the ball at will as the total yardage indicates. A team known primarily for their passing attack moved the ball on the ground with ease. Patrick Mahomes also gashed the defense throughout the day. Obviously, that happens almost every week with him. The Chiefs outgained the Texans more than two to one. It has been the same story most of the season. Give the Texans credit for keeping it close, but these finals are optical illusions.
Total Yards: Chiefs 502, Texans 219
Passing Yards: Chiefs 313, Texans 125
Rushing Yards: Chiefs 189, Texans 94
Total Plays: Chiefs 76, Texans 58
Rushes: Chiefs 33, Texans 33
Passes: Chiefs 43, Texans 25
Yards Per Play: Chiefs 6,6, Texans 3.8
Penalties: Texans 4/33, Chiefs 10/102
Turnovers: Texans 1, Chiefs 2
Time of Possession: Chiefs 37:22. Texans 27:25
Three and Outs: Texans 2, Chiefs 2
One of the members of the masthead made a perfect analogy of this game during the HOTD feature. He compared the Chiefs to a house cat playing with a cricket. You know the cat will win. You know the cricket will eventually perish. It's only a matter of time. They are just toying with the cricket at that point. They know how it will turn out. They are just amusing themselves.
The Chiefs never felt threatened in this game and this is considering that the Texans led for much of it and were leading coming into the fourth quarter. Their drives ended for stupid reasons. There were penalties, turnovers, and just plays that defied explanation. There wasn't a sense of urgency for them because there didn't need to be. They were winning the game anyway. They could have done it in regulation, but they didn't.
The Mills Report
PCT: 50.0%
Yards Per Attempt: 5.0
Quarterback Rating: 92.5
ESPN QBR: 51.0
TD/INT: 2/0
Not included in these numbers was the key 17 yard run for a touchdown from Mills. Overall, this might have been his finest effort. Let's consider that for a moment. ESPN QBR has a scale of 0 to 100. 50 is average. So, his best performance of the season was basically average. There will be some that want to hold out hope that he could be a good starting quarterback in the NFL. That was a nice performance on Sunday outside of the fumble.
Yet, you could not watch what was happening on the other side of the field and think that Mills is the answer. In a conference that features Mahomes, Josh Allen, Deshaun Watson, Lamar Jackson, Justin Herbert, and Tua Tagovailoa, you cannot roll out there with an average quarterback and expect to compete. You just can't. I don't know if Bryce Young is the answer. Yet, we do know he would give us a better chance than what Davis Mills or anyone else gives us right now.


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China's IDG buys into Olympique Lyonnais
The Beijing-based unit of IDG Ventures is the latest Chinese manager to tap into European football.
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Beijing-based private equity and venture capital firm IDG Capital Partners has bought a 20 percent stake in OL Group, the listed holding company of French football club Olympique Lyonnais for €100 million ($111 million), according to a statement.
IDG Capital, which manages over manages over $7.7 billion of assets, is the China-focused unit of San Francisco-based venture capital firm IDG Ventures.
The investment comes amid a push by Chinese president Xi Jinping to boost China's presence in global football and become a "football superpower by 2050". China has a goal of having at least 20,000 football training centres and over 70,000 pitches by 2020, according to a strategy unveiled by the Chinese Football Association in April this year.
Chinese firms which have snapped up European teams include Hong Kong-based private equity firm CITIC Capital and Beijing-based China Media Capital (CMC) Holdings, which between them have invested $400 million in City Football Group, the owner of Manchester City Football Club. Property developer Dalian Wanda Group owns a 20 percent stake in Spain's Atletico Madrid. Earlier this month, a consortium of Chinese investors, including Fuzhou-based investment fund Haixa Capital and the State Development and Investment Corporation bought Italian club A.C. Milan for €740 million ($821 million) from former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's investment company Fininvest.
IDG Capital's investment in Olympic Lyonnais will be used to pare down the French football club's debt from €265 million to €165 million as well as to finance its expansion plans in Asia, it said in a statement. Along with the investment, IDG and OL have also inked a joint venture to develop the club's marketing programme and to create football academies in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Following the investment, IDG will hold two board seats in the OL Group.
IDG did not confirm which fund the investment was made from. It is currently investing its $1 billion venture capital fund IDG Capital Fund III, which it raised alongside Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Breyer Capital, according to PEI data. The fund targets Chinese start-ups focused on technology, media & telecommunications (TMT), healthcare and consumer products, as well as global companies entering the Chinese market.
In June this year, IDG together with Hong Kong-headquartered firm China Everbright raised $1.5 billion towards a $3 billion target for IDG-Everbright M&A Fund, a buyout fund that will back Chinese companies seeking overseas expansion.
The firm focuses on five industry segments: Internet, mobile and technology, modern services and brands, healthcare, and industrial technology and resources. It is an early investor in some of China's internet companies including Shenzhen-based Tencent, search engine Baidu, and online portal Sohu.