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Job Coach Training Series February 2023
Coaching Skills for On-the-Job Trainers - Virtual Training Series
This 5-week (10 hour) training series will address the skills necessary to be an effective job coach.
*Employees of Incompass Michigan Members must LOGIN to see and claim your discounted member rate. If you do not see your name at the top right of this website, you are not logged in.
Once you are logged in, scroll down, you should see member tickets. Select the number of tickets you wish to purchase, then click continue. To see a tutorial, click here. Contact kkinde@incompassmi.org for assistance
Trainings will be held via Zoom from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m each day.
(Sessions will NOT be recorded)
Although recommended, you do not need to register for all 5 sessions.
February 16: General Disability Awareness and Characteristics of Autism
Attendee will be provided information on disability statistics in Michigan, including employment data. Disability will be discussed, specifically autism and characteristic commonly observed.
February 23: Assessing Needs and Communicating with Your Team
Attendee will learn about the role of a job coach and the importance of assessing the workplace, trainee production, social skills, and how to use task analysis in the assessment process. Communication strategies with your team, including the trainee will discussed.
March 2: Strategies, Natural Supports and Accommodations
Attendee will learn about a wide variety of evidenced-based strategies that can be used to ensure trainee success at their job.
March 9: The Fading Process
Attendee will learn that fading is much more than reducing time with the trainee. Timelines, strategies and problem solving will be discussed.
March 16: Importance of Documentation
Attendee will be provided a variety of tools on how to document services provided and progress. Attendee will learn the importance of documentation and the expectations of referral sources.
Maria Peak, ASPPIRE Director
Bob Steinkamp, ASPPIRE Deputy Director
Together they have over 75 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities.
It is recommended you have access to a working computer, microphone, camera, and access to our Learning Management System. Please contact Katie Kinde with any questions at kkinde@incompassmi.org.
You will be emailed Zoom login information for your registered session(s) 1 week prior to the event. Contact kkinde@incompassmi.org with questions. Attendees will be provided a digital handout of the PowerPoint and a packet of resource materials for each session.
Sessions are $70 each for non-members and $50 each for members.
Discounted pricing for registering for all 5 sessions is $315 for non-members and $225 for members.
"No-Shows" will not be eligible for a refund. If you register, and are unable to attend, please contact Katie Kinde kkinde@incompassmi.org at least one week before the event. All of our event policies can be accessed by clicking here.
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Abstract: Condensations in the more than 10^6 K hot corona of the Sun are commonly observed in the extreme ultraviolet (EUV). While their contribution to the total solar EUV radiation is still a matter of debate, these condensations certainly provide a valuable tool for studying the dynamic response of the corona to the heating processes. We investigate different distributions of energy input in time and space to investigate which process is most relevant for understanding these coronal condensations. For a comparison to observations we synthesize EUV emission from a time-dependent, one-dimensional model for coronal loops, where we employ two heating scenarios: simply shutting down the heating and a model where the heating is very concentrated at the loop footpoints, while keeping the total heat input constant. The heating off/on model does not lead to significant EUV count rates that one observes with SDO/AIA. In contrast, the concentration of the heating near the footpoints leads to thermal non-equilibrium near the loop top resulting in the well-known catastrophic cooling. This process gives a good match to observations of coronal condensations. This shows that the corona needs a steady supply of energy to support the coronal plasma, even during coronal condensations. Otherwise the corona would drain very fast, too fast to even form a condensation.


LONDON (AP) — Caterham Cars moved into the glamorous world of Formula One on Wednesday when Team Lotus announced the acquisition of the great British sports car manufacturer.
Lotus purchased Caterham, which specializes in making small lightweight sports cars, for an undisclosed sum from venture capitalist group Corven, in a deal labeled "the perfect partnership" by the F1 team.
Caterham's most famous car is the Seven, which was designed by Colin Chapman — the founder of the original Team Lotus. He sold the rights of the Seven to Caterham in 1973.
Lotus said the deal will allow Caterham to "expand its brand profile and product family."
"Caterham has a unique place at the heart of the motoring world," Lotus owner Tony Fernandes said. "As well as being proudly and staunchly British, it has an enviable and uniquely unblemished reputation within the industry for performance, handling and engineering excellence.
"It is already a successful business with sales across Europe, Japan, Australia and the Middle East ... we now have all the ingredients and the launch pad to further evolve that spirit and take Caterham to new exciting horizons."
Caterham's existing management team, headed up by managing director and former Lotus Cars executive Ansar Ali, will remain in place.
In the last five years, Ansar has created Caterham's first brand new model in 15 years, the SP/300.R sports prototype racer.


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German court turns to top European judges for help on Facebook data case
Reuters | Posted: March 24, 2021, 12:11 p.m. | Updated: March 24, 2021, 3:13 p.m. | 2 Min Read
By Matthias Inverardi
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - A court in Germany hearing an appeal by Facebook against data curbs imposed by the country's antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it would seek guidance from the European Court of Justice on the case.
The move effectively defers a verdict in the two-year-old court battle and casts a spotlight on whether Germany's Federal Cartel Office may have exceeded its authority in seeking to apply competition law to the issue of data protection.
In the European Union, of which Germany is the largest member, issues around technology and personal privacy are covered by a rulebook introduced in 2018 called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
"The question of whether Facebook is abusing its dominant position ... cannot be decided without referring it to the European Court," the Higher Regional Court in Duesseldorf said in a written opinion.
Cartel office chief Andreas Mundt ordered Facebook in February 2019 to curb its data collection, saying the world's largest social network had abused its market dominance to harvest the information of its users without their consent.
This included gathering data about users' browsing habits when they visited a website with a Facebook 'like' button on it - even if an internet surfer didn't click on that button.
Facebook appealed that decision and, in the last significant development in the case, the German Federal Court reinstated the restrictions last June pending a resolution of the high-stakes legal battle.
In its opinion, the panel of judges chaired by Juergen Kuehnen found fault with Facebook over its collection of data on the social network and other applications, including WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus.
But it also questioned whether the cartel office exceeded its remit, whether it had incorrectly targeted different Facebook corporate entities, and whether it had given the company a fair hearing before acting.
"The Higher Regional Court today expressed doubts about the legality of the Federal Cartel Office's decision and decided to refer questions to the European Court of Justice," Facebook said in a statement.
"In our opinion, the order of the Federal Cartel Office also violates European law."
(Reporting by Matthias Inverardi. Writing by Douglas Busvine. Editing by Emma Thomasson and Mark Potter)
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FFXIV: Shadowbringers — the Kaleb review
Published by Kaleb on July 11, 2019 July 11, 2019
There has been many cases of failures throughout the video game industry; some of a higher profile than others—especially in the MMO market and its desire to replicate World of Warcraft's original success. However, there's so few cases of a product rising from the ashes of its monumental failure and achieving a rebirth and redemption unlike any other, such is the tale of Final Fantasy XIV.
Its third and latest expansion: Shadowbringers, was launched three weeks ago to great success. The story, the presentation, the award-winning soundtrack, and the graphical spectacle that have been present in FFXIV ever since it was relaunched with A Realm Reborn have all been dialed to eleven, they are what carry the core of this otherwise very structured MMO game.
This is their third rodeo at an expansion pack, a much-needed breath of fresh air in a genre that has been going through a very long twilight period; by now the team led by Naoki Yoshida knows which cards are the strongest in their deck, and know how to play them to their fullest—which is what they just did, the result is an extremely fantastic and engaging experience.
Now, MMOs (and their expansions) are often tricky to review when they've only been out for a couple days/weeks; I'm no video game journalist (thankfully) but if you were to ask me, you'd ideally want to check them out at launch, throughout the middle, and wrapping it up towards the end or at the eve of a new expansion.
With the short amount of time that Shadowbringers has been online in mind, this will be a very "initial" review of the expansion itself. If you happen to be interested in the nuances of the game (from the perspective of one of the so-called "WoW refugees") then please consider checking out this previous entry.
I will keep this spoiler-free, given that Final Fantasy XIV's story is one of the most fundamental pillars of its experience. Without further ado, here's my Shadowbringers impressions after its first three weeks:
A doomed world
Heavensward told you a tale of political intrigue, secrecy, and betrayals, placing you in the middle of an ongoing war between men and dragon that have spawned millennia; Stormblood focused on the revolutionary fight against the Garlean Empire and the liberation of Ala Mhigo and Doma. Shadowbringers instead transports the player and its allies into an alternate world known as The First. Your task is simple yet rather daunting: Save this doomed world, in doing so, you'll be saving yours as well.
…And then came the Light─a flood of pure, blinding radiance, annihilating shadow and color and life itself. Ere long, it will consume our world, leaving naught in its wake but blank perfection.
—Arbert
If you played through one of Heavensward post-launch patches, you should remember the Warriors of Darkness and the state of the world they hailed from, their plea, and thus the justification for their actions. This arc serves as a crucial backbone to the story of Shadowbringers.
A series of events towards the end of Stormblood's story set in motion your arrival into this world, and thus begins your journey towards saving a world that was all but done for, where some of its inhabitants refuse to give up and fight to defend what's left in order live another day—while others have given up and instead chosen a hedonistic life full of decadence, waiting for the world to end.
The region of Norvrandt, all that remains of The First.
This is a Final Fantasy game, it expects you to engage with the story and immerse yourself into it to the best of your ability (and attention span); this one is very worth paying attention to—I'd go as far as say that this is the best Final Fantasy story in over a decade, a classic good versus evil setting, a light versus dark main course with all the right ingredients, cooked to perfection, and presented to you in a very nice plate.
This time, Natsuko Ishikawa was put at the head of the Main Scenario Quest and boy, she did an astounding job; heck, I'd say you might want to treat your journey through the story content as a single-player RPG first and MMO later—you won't be disappointed if you take this approach.
When you first arrive into the world of the First you'll immediately notice that a perpetual and everlasting light plagues the skies—beautiful yet abnormal, it's a sight to behold and certainly does radiate a peaceful aura. It is also a reminder that this is a world deprived of night, stuck in a perpetual portrait that depicts the impending end of days.
And so it falls to you, the Warrior of Light, to become what you must and take up the mantle of the Warrior of Darkness in order to save this doomed world from the clutches of the vile creatures known as the Sin Eaters.
I don't want to say much about it, but you will cross paths with one of the best written villains in Final Fantasy history (which itself isn't saying much, but that doesn't remove any merit in its writing); Shadowbringers also pushes the lore forward, answering a few questions and slapping you with some shocking revelations while at it.
Without spoiling much, there is a dungeon towards the end of the story quests that conveys a narrative to you as you progress forward through its rather linear layout, to the point that each named section of the map is itself a sentence related to the tale the dungeon is telling you—all of them forming a single paragraph.
All brakes are loose in the end, your journey culminates with a bang unlike any other in this game's past. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the story content, something I can rarely concede to these days, given the state of the video game industry and my personal life as well.
A reflection of your home
The world of The First lives up to the fact that it's a reflection of the one you hail from, you will immediately realize that some of the zones are alternate versions of the initial A Realm Reborn areas (La Noscea, Gridania, Thanalan, Mor Dhona). The whole "alternate world that kinda resembles yours" trope was beautifully executed here.
Similar yet very different, this world has developed a culture of its own, which in turn causes certain differences when it comes to races, including their names. I'm quite fond of the fact that the game dedicates a few minutes of your initial moments in The First to explain why you're able to trade with the same coin, why you're able to access your retainers, move back and forth between worlds, and many other elements that you could've just suspended your disbelief for the sake of gameplay mechanics.
Yes, they have Allagan Tomestones in this world too...
Soken, unleashed
Masayoshi Soken has once again outdone himself with Shadowbringers' soundtrack, his characteristic use of leitmotifs is once again present. I'm just a few days into this expansion and I'm already in love with its soundtrack—it is, after all, the main aspect of this game that initially drew my attention towards it.
The varied assortment of genres that you'll find in the soundtrack is a journey of its own and serves to enhance the overall story experience. When I first entered the Rak'tika Greatwood I wasn't prepared for the audible bliss of its track: Civilizations, it's one of the most beautiful tracks I've had the pleasure of listen to in a video game.
As I mentioned in my previous FFXIV-related entry, even if you're not a fan of Final Fantasy XIV (or MMOs for that matter) I strongly suggest you listen to this game's vast soundtrack at least once, you'll rapidly get fond of a handful of tracks at the very least.
You can find almost all of it in your favorite music streaming service, just a heads up.
Gameplay Changes
The game's core concepts remain unchanged, the structured (and predictable) way they've been doing things ever since the game was relaunched remain intact, down to the way endgame progression is handled. However, that doesn't mean that Shadowbringers didn't bring some much-needed changes and improvements when it comes to combat.
Many of the most superfluous and situational abilities were wiped across the board, a handful more were removed or its effects were baked in into other abilities—thus eliminating a potential skill bloat problem and allowing room for the new abilities that come with the increased level cap.
Overall, the total number of abilities at max level remained relatively similar when compared to Stormblood.
"Interrupt" mechanics (abilities that prevent an enemy from successfully casting a spell, stop it or you'll have a bad time), which became very prevalent in World of Warcraft throughout the years have made a more formal debut in Shadowbringers. While not to the level of importance that I've come to known from WoW, the mechanic is there—with a shy initial approach to it.
It remains to be seen how important it'll become in some of the boss fights that'll get added throughout the expansion, this is a responsibility shared by tank and physical range DPS classes.
When it comes to the tanking classes, their toolkits have been normalized across the board without removing an inch of their core identity. This means that all tank classes can fulfill the "Main tank" or "Off tank" roles in a raid with ease. The difference is the level they receive these, which in turn makes it so that some tanks feel more complete than others at earlier levels; it doesn't matter at the level cap since they'll all have the complete basic tools by then.
Dark Knight, the class I've been playing the most, received a much needed overhaul; many of its former abilities were removed and replaced—I'm still rejoicing at the fact that having to spam your Dark Arts button is no longer a thing. Machinist was another job that received the most amount of changes, it went from the worst designed class to one of the most fun (and busiest) to play as, using all sorts of tools—even summoning your own robot at level 80.
Dark Knight's new secondary job gauge
Other classes, such as Dragoon, Samurai, and Black Mage, remained largely unchanged, but not without their fair share of quality of life improvements. For example, Dragoon plays the same but it is substantially less clunky than before, no longer being tied to a very rigid rotation makes up for a more enjoyable experience and adaptability.
All of the class changes aren't all perfect though, from what I've gathered, monk has a very tight opener right now that pretty much requires the use of a third party tool to flawlessly execute and Summoners can get pretty hectic with their button mashing.
Some of the new skill additions feel lackluster though, for instance, the final Samurai skill, and one of the Red Mage's new abilities are very, very situational and see little use in combat.
In the case of the three healer classes, yeah—they got shafted with the worst end of the deal this time around. The Astrologian's card system was shafted and replaced with a simplistic design; I was very fond of the old system, since its something that I hadn't found in other MMO healer classes before—now its just straight damage buffs with a "match three" kinda minigame baked into it.
Be mindful that this was written before Shadowbringers received its first balance patch, so there's still plenty of time to tweak things around and hopefully make the necessary adjustments to the classes—especially in the Healer side of things.
In any case, I personally feel like combat is more engaging and fluid now when comared to Stormblood, a fundamental pillar of enjoying an MMO is having an engaging and fun combat system, and that's something you'll find in Shadowbringers.
The New Jobs
As with every expansion before it, Shadowbringers comes with new playable Jobs, two this time around: The Gunbreaker and Dancer jobs. Both of these easily unlocked and start at level 60.
According to legend, there can only be ten* Final Fantasy VIII fans at any given point in time, when one dies, another is immediately chosen with the blessingburden of being a Final Fantasy VIII fan in a world that will never fully accept you—a world full of Clouds, Aeriths, Tifas, and xXxSephirothxXxs.
I happen to be one of those misunderstood FFVIII fans.
No one knows what will happen should we all convey in a single room—a portal to Balamb Garden might open perhaps, we don't know, the answer has been lost in time.
Naturally, as soon as a Gunblade-wielding tank class was confirmed, I immediately made it a personal goal to play it, I mean, come on, Gunblades, man.
"Whatever."
The Gunbreaker is the fourth and newest tank class added to the game, the first one since Dark Knight was introduced in Heavensward in 2015.
You can tell it was designed with the aforementioned class changes in mind, this class is quite fun, fast paced, and engaging to play as. It almost feels like a DPS class that happens to have tank abilities, it does manage to blur the lines between roles without violating the sacrosanct MMO trinity.
Their skillset boasts a gratuitous amount of FFVIII references, Fated Circle, Rough Divide, Blasting Zone, et al. Once I actually get to level it to max it'll become my de-facto main class for sure, it's been twenty years since I first played FFVIII so it's going full circle.
The fact that it starts with the sheer majority of its toolkit from the get-go is both good and bad, good in the sense that you get to play a very fun tank class with most of its skillset right off the bat—bad in the sense that it doesn't change much between level 70 and 80.
*turns out there can actually be more than ten FFVIII fans at any given point in time, the actual maximum possible amount is yet to be confirmed—this changes everything.
Dancer is the third physical range DPS class, the newest since Machinist was added in Heavensward. Their damage its on the lowest end of the spectrum because it's very oriented towards a supportive role; it's very accesible to newcomers due to its simplicity.
It is a very proc-reliant class, which means that at times you will be blessed by RNG and have a long streak of procs and you get to do all sorts of flashy skills, but sometimes you'll have a drought of procs that locks you down to your basic 1-2 combo for a bit.
Most of its support comes from the dance mechanics, by pressing one of the two "step" abilities, your basic four damage-dealing skills are replaced with color coded steps, you must complete the indicated sequence in order to successfully deal damage and apply a damage increasing buff to yourself and to your designated partner.
Male Dancer
I haven't had much time with it beyond an initial test spin, it's a very fun class of its own and its abilities are very visually appealing. If it had been up to me though, I would've designed Dancer as a healing class with a "dance and deal damage to heal" system of sorts.
If you're not about doing big damage numbers and instead prefer to be "credit to team" while being all flashy and whatnot then yeah, this class might be for you.
Trusts is a new system added in Shadowbringers, it's name and features are inspired by a similar feature found in Final Fantasy XI. It allows you to clear the expansion's dungeons (which are mandatory to do if you want to clear the story quests) using a group up of NPC companions—you know, for those that don't want to party up with people in a MMO game.
Clearing dungeons with Trust is considerably slower than with a full group of players since Trust won't AoE enemies and aren't as powerful all things considered; they're great if you want to try out a new class in a rather controlled environment.
They might be slower than players, but they're not without their fair share of charm, they have plenty of pre-programmed interactions and conversations with one another, they tackle certain boss mechanics in their own way, and some will only do certain things when the right person is also in your group.
During your first run at the story, they will always have the appropriate level for any given dungeon, however, once you clear the Main Scenario Quest they will reset to level 71 and you must level them up—a rather daunting and grindy task since they earn exp at a fixed rate.
It's a very nice addition that certainly is not for everyone, but you're not obligated to partake in it. It's just there for those that want/need to use it.
The other side of the MMO experience: the endgame.
Shadowbringers will continue to use the same structure of past expansions when it comes to endgame, which will be split in the following:
Trials: Single encounters with an optional Extreme difficulty mode that generally awards weapons. As of right now, only two extreme trials have been released: Titania and Innocence.
I finally had time to sit down and clear both of these, these encounters have a fair share of unforgiving mechanics that might take a bit to get used to via trial and error, but the encounters themselves are a blast to play.
Raids: A series of twelve encounters with a unified narrative theme, released in sets of three, all with a Savage mode difficulty that yields better rewards.
The theme of Shadowbringers' raids will be Final Fantasy VIII's Eden. As of the time of writing this the first part, Eden's Gate, has been opened, and the Final Fantasy VIII references have begun to be unleashed, much to my enjoyment.
Featuring Eden from the Final Fantasy VIII series
Alliance Raids: 24-man series that are less difficult than Extreme or Savage encounters, also released into three parts and with a theme and story of their own.
The one from Shadowbringers is going to be a special one, it'll feature a NieR Automata themed series of raids called "Yorha: Dark Apocalypse" and it'll feature Yoko Taro as guest writer, expect a wild ride for sure. These will start to be unlocked at a later time.
As for Ultimate encounters, the crème de la crème of difficulty, nothing has been said yet. If Stormblood was any indication, expect two extremely difficult versions of past encounters that won't be for the faint of heart. My money is on Heavensward's Alexander.
Shadowbringers doesn't reinvent the FFXIV wheel, nor does it try to fix what isn't broken, this isn't bad per se but it can make feel people a bit stagnated and burn out of the formula (endgame most of all).
It does refines everything that the game has been doing right, provides you with an amazing setting and story, and the changes to the gameplay allow for a more flowing and entertaining combat. It's the best Final Fantasy XIV has been and I very much recommend playing it if you're fond of the MMO genre as a whole.
The expansion is getting much praise, and rightfully so, its a fantastic ride from start to finish. The only downside is that it requires a considerable amount of time before you're able to reach Shadowbringers content, sure, you can pay to skip large chunks of FFXIV's story, but why in the world would you do that?
On the plus side, it doesn't force you to stay subscribed to it for every single day, you can easily drop out and come back after every major content patch if you prefer, it's how the game is designed to anyways.
Wait a minute, is that...
The upcoming content patches have a chance to contain a surprise or two, but endgame will surely follow the same structure of Heavensward and Stormblood.
That being said, it is one of the fresher airs in a eroded and battered genre. Depending on how things unfold in my life, I would very much like to do a second Shadowbringers entry towards its halfway point, and one towards the end of its run.
I don't have much time these days, and I don't have much people to tackle endgame content with, but feel free to hit me up if you want to do stuff, always up to help others and just have a good time ingame. You can find me at Kaleb Isthal, Cactuar server, Aether Data Center. Or if you fancy, you're more than welcome to join our FC: Imagine Dragoons.
-Kal
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Details emerge in Henderson dog burning case; hearing set for suspect
Beth Smith
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HENDERSON, Ky. — A Henderson man accused of setting fire to a dog and killing him made an initial court appearance on Tuesday.
Bryan K. Matthews Jr., 32, 2700 block of Zion Road, entered a not guilty plea in Henderson District Court on Tuesday to charges of torturing a dog/cat and third-degree arson.
Court officials said a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 1.
Matthews was arrested Thursday, June 18, after an investigation that began Sunday, June 7 when the body of a burned dog was discovered in the bathroom at the Henderson County Fairgrounds.
The dog had been burned alive. HPD Detective John Nevels said the veterinarian who performed the necropsy (an autopsy of an animal) on the dog found soot in his trachea.
"The vet said there were no other injuries that would have caused his death," Nevels said.
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Authorities began looking at Matthews as a possible suspect when it was discovered that he'd allegedly been at a neighboring home the night the dog — named Duke — disappeared.
"He was at a friend's residence who lives near the dog's owner, and the dog had gotten out of the house," Nevels said. "The dog was seen by several people running in and out of the yard."
Duke's owner discovered him missing between 9 and 10 p.m. on June 6, Nevels said.
"We were able to develop witnesses who saw Mr. Matthews with the dog at Cambridge Point Apartments (where he lives) late on the night of June 6," the detective said.
"We also have a video from the fairgrounds which shows the dog being burned. The time on the video is 3:15 a.m. June 7," he said.
Matthews allegedly admitted to police that he stole the dog, but told officers that he dropped the dog at Washington and Burdette streets.
"We know that isn't what happened," Nevels said.
Matthews remains lodged at the Henderson County Detention Center under a $10,000 bond.


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Google Home will go on sale today for $129, shipping November 4
Frederic Lardinois	@fredericl / 3 years
Google Home, the company's answer to Amazon's Echo, made its official debut at the Google I/O developer conference earlier this year. Since then, we've heard very little about Google's voice -activated personal assistant. Today, at Google's annual hardware event, the company finally provided us with more details.
Google Home will cost $129 (with a free six-month trial of YouTube red) and go on sale on Google's online store today. It will ship on November 4.
Google's Mario Queiroz today argued that our homes are different from other environments. So like the Echo, Google Home combines a wireless speaker with a set of microphones that listen for your voice commands. There is a mute button on the Home and four LEDs on top of the device so you know when it's listening to you; otherwise, you won't find any other physical buttons on it.
Because Google wants Home to be something you could easily put into your living room, you can choose from bases in different colors that will help you match the Home to the rest of your interior design (though the overall design best lends itself to the living room of a mid-century Eichler in Palo Alto). Google argues that it took its design cues from wine bottles and candles and it will offer a total of seven different bases for the Home.
What Google Home is really about, though, is the Google Assistant — the next-gen conversational version of what we currently know as Google Now. If the Google Assistant on Google Home is anything like the first text-centric version of the service we've seen in Google Allo, then it'll offer users a mix of delight (when it gets things right) and utter frustration (when it doesn't). As Google's new Allo chat app has shown us, the Google Assistant often can't answer your questions. On the screen, that means Google can show you links, but on Home, it will read out snippets from Google Search.
Google today stressed that the company wants to be able to personalize its services to the point where we all get "our own Google." Home with the Google Assistant is clearly geared toward that.
A new Assistant feature, "My Day," also gives you a morning update with current weather, commute times and a summary of your schedule (assuming you opt in).
It's no secret that Google is relatively late to the game here. With its line of Echo devices, Amazon has already cornered much of the early adopter market for this kind of device. This early lead means that Amazon's Echo line also works with the vast majority of smart-home gadgets, be those Nest thermostats or Philips Hue lights (Amazon is even selling the Echo in bundles with those third-party devices).
Unsurprisingly, Google has partnered with Nest, Phillips, Samsung and IFTTT to support their smart home devices. That's not a lot of partners, but IFTTT itself does support quite a few devices already and Google can piggyback on that.
As for music, Google Home will feature built-in support for Google Play Music, Spotify, Pandora and others. You can set up a default music service, too, so you don't always have to tell Google that you want to play a song "on Spotify." Google also noted that Home's music search is powered by Google, so it can understand relatively complex queries. Music on Google Home will also support podcast listening and because it's a Cast device, you can stream music to it from any other Cast-enabled device.
Home integrates directly with Google's Chromecasts and Cast-enabled TVs. For now, that mostly means watching YouTube videos, but Google says it will soon support Netflix, too.
Over the last few years, Google mostly worked on creating protocols for smart-home devices, and, with the acquisition of Nest, it signalled its own intentions to become a major player in the market. Under Google, though, Nest stagnated and Google, despite hits like the Chromecast and launching what could've been the core of an Echo competitor with its OnHub routers, seemed to lack focus in its offerings.
With Home, that tide may finally be turning. Google Home finally offers the central living room-based hub for its products and like the Echo, it's relatively future-proof because its intelligence is in the cloud. With its Cast protocol, Google now also has a way to tie the Home to other devices, including its highly successful Chromecast dongles.
That means its hardware — and especially its microphones — has to work really well, though, and we'll have to spend some hands-on time with the Home before we can draw any conclusions about it. Google argues that its microphones are "best in class" and that the speakers will deliver a full range with rich bass sounds.


"We officially started our harvest early this morning by picking a pinot noir cluster selection from Radian Block 62A (the Moon Blocks). We've been harvesting small amounts for sparkling over the past few weeks, but now we're really off and moving. The winery is finally buzzing. Looks like it could be a sensational harvest, but it also looks to be a rather long one. We might very well be harvesting fruit into November until roughly Thanksgiving."
"That block truly gives the smallest, most concentrated clusters in the world. If anyone ever asks what makes The Hilt Pinot Noir so special, this picture should more than suffice for an answer", completes Matt.
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1-й провулок Праці — провулок в Богунському районі міста Житомира.

Характеристики
Г-подібний на плані. Бере початок від вулиці Праці, прямує на північний схід, повертає на північний захід та завершується глухим кутом.

Історичні відомості

Історія назви
З 1971 по 2022 рік провулок мав назву 1-й Труда.

Рішенням сесії Житомирської міської ради від 15 грудня 2022 року № 665 «Про перейменування топонімічних об'єктів м. Житомира» провулок перейменовано на 1-й Праці.

Історія формування провулка
Землі, на яких пізніше сформувався провулок, являли собою околиці хутора Видумка. З 1961 по 1971 рік землі перебували у складі смт Соколова Гора. У 1971 році приєднані до Житомира.

Станом на кінець 1960-х рр. землі, де знаходиться провулок, були переважно вільними від забудови. Провулок забудувався індивідуальними житловими будинками садибного типу у 1970-х роках.

Джерела

 Офіційний геопортал Житомирської міської ради з використанням шарів «Топографічний план 1:2000», «Історичні плани», «Адресний реєстр», інструменту «виміряти відстань».
 Генеральний план міста Житомира. План існуючого використання території.
 Мокрицький Георгій Павлович. Вулиці Житомира / Мокрицький Георгій Павлович ; [худож. В. Кондратюк та ін.]. — Житомир: Волинь, 2007. — 640 с. : ілюстр., фотогр., карти, табл., діагр. — (Енциклопедія Житомира. Т. 1). — Бібліогр.: с. 276 — ISBN 966-690-84-X.

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Track 1: Chris Plakos
Track 2: Alan Bacock
Track 3: City of Destiny
Track 4: There It Is—Take It!
Track 5: Mark Bagley
Track 6: Greg James
Track 7: Stan Matlick
Track 8: Harry Williams
Track 9: Daris Moxley
Track 10: Benett Kessler
Track 11: Thaddeus Taylor
Track 12: Brian Tillemans
Track 13: Ted Schade
Track 14: Mike Prather
Track 15: Sam Wasson
Track 16: Bill VanWagoner
Track 17: Nancy Masters
Mobile Tour
Track 13: Ted Schade, GBUAPCD
Situated within a deep basin between the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the western slope of the Inyo Mountains, the Owens Valley is prone to extreme and sustained wind events that travel primarily along a north and south axis. Shortly after Owens Lake became dry in 1926, severe alkali dust storms regularly debilitated the region when fine particulate matter covering the lakebed's surface became airborne and transient. Formed five to ten thousand of years ago, many similar U.S. western dry lakes have stabilized over time; wind and other natural processes blew fine particulate off these ancient lakebeds eons ago leaving the heavier, more stable matter intact.
Desiccated less than 100 years old, the Owens lakebed has not had the luxury of geological time to stabilize as such. Indeed, until LADWP's recent dust control mitigation effort was in place, a fine, talcum-like dust covered much of the dry playa. The dust, known to contain a caustic mix of arsenic, cadmium, nickel, sulfates, salts, and other contaminants has been shown to cause adverse heath effects if inhaled on a regular basis. [1] Studies show that it is not uncommon for those directly exposed to the metallic tasting matter to suffer eye irritations, nosebleeds, allergic reactions, and other compromised respiratory-related conditions. Sensitive populations including children and the elderly or those with asthma, bronchitis, heart and lung disease are especially at risk. Past dust storms have caused severe driving hazards throughout the valley resulting in car wrecks and sometimes fatalities. In addition, these extreme dust events impact area wildlife as well as the overall ecology of the region.
Residents throughout Owens Valley, especially those in communities near the lakebed including Lone Pine, Keeler, Cartago, and Olancha are particularly affected by these dust events. Up until the dust control mitigation efforts began in 2001, residents from these communities dealt with the dust storms on an ongoing, regular basis. The dust events were not only localized—scientific studies showed that Owens Lake dust could be transported vast distances—as far south as San Bernardino and over the Eastern Sierra into the San Joaquin Valley to the west.[2] Dust storms originating from Owens Lake regularly suspended past military operations at the China Lake Naval Weapons Center, located ninety miles to the south, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. A single cancelled flight test could cost the Navy up to $50,000 per test.[3] Indeed, the Navy drove the impetus to address and resolve the Owens Lake air pollution that was affecting the entire region.
National air pollution standards were set by 1970 under the Federal Clean Air Act specifying which air pollutants are regulated and at what levels the public is allowed to breath them. Consequent revisions set the allowable air pollution standard for PM-10 (particulate matter ten microns in diameter or less) which has the ability, due to its microscopic size (about one-seventh the one-seventh the diameter of a human hair) to lodge into the lower regions of the respiratory tract and leading to adverse health affects such as cancer, depressed immunity function and various lung disorders including asthma.[4]
Air monitoring of Owens Lake and surrounding areas began in the 1980s with the formation of the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD), a California state regional government agency serving the unified counties of Alpine, Mono, and Inyo Counties. GBUAPCD recorded PM-10 levels 100 times over allowable federal standard and it was quickly determined that the source, Owens Lake, was the largest single source of PM-10 in the nation.[5] Before current dust control mitigation measures were in place, GBUAPCD estimated that the lakebed was producing about 80,000 tons of dust annually and would frequently record twenty to thirty exceedances for the federal standard for PM-10 air pollution allowed per year—all at abnormally high levels.[6]
With the passing of California Health and Safety Code 42316, a series of negotiations with the GBUAPCD and the City of Los Angeles took place in late 1990s, resulting in the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in July 1998. The MOA required that LADWP implement dust control mitigation measures meeting state and federal air quality standards by the mid-2000s—thus initiating the largest dust control project of its kind ever undertaken in North America.
It is estimated that dust pollution originating from Owens Lake impacts about 40,000 permanent residents throughout the area. Regional health officials assume that chronic dust exposure is causing health affects for some of the population. Indeed, in the 2012 Community Health Needs Assessment Report by the Southern Inyo Healthcare District in Lone Pine stated that 91.5% of cancer deaths in Inyo County resulted from lung cancer—compared to the national average of 52.6%.[7] Understandably, the report calls for further aggressive air quality monitoring to continue within the region.
Large dust events continue to occur throughout the Owens Valley—albeit less frequent and severe today as in the past. For example, on May 25th, 2012 a stage two health advisory was advised for the residents of Lone Pine with a stage one for those living in Keeler. That afternoon air pollution monitoring devices measured PM10 in the town of Lone Pine at 776 ug/m3. At the Lone Pine tribal area just south of town, measurements nearly doubled to 1362 ug/m3.[8] This suggests that all-to-familiar dust storms will continue to burden the region, indicating the need to maintain and extend LADWP's dust control mitigation program at Owens Lake well into the future.
Check out the GBUAPCD dust cam at: www.gbuapcd.org/dustcam.htm
[1] Sarah Kittle, "Survey of Reported Health Effects of Owens Lake Particulate Matter," GBUACD website, January 14, 2000.
[2] Kevin Roderick, "In Keeler, It's Breathe If You Dare," Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1989.
[3] Jeffrery Anderson, "The Eternal Dustbowl," LA Weekly, March 23, 2006.
[4] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website: http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/aqtrnd95/pm10.html. Last accessed 9/22/12.
[5] Interview with Ted Schade, GBUAPCD Air Pollution Control Officer on 12/20/11.
[7] MJ Phillips & Associates, Southern Inyo Healthcare District, Lone Pine, CA, "2012 Community Health Needs Assessment Report," Southern Inyo Healthcare District, Lone Pine, CA, May 2012, p. 6.
[8] GBUAPCD website Health Advisory warning cited May 25, 2012 at http://www.gbuapcd.org/. Stage 2 air pollution health advisories are issued when hourly particulate pollution levels exceed 800 µg/m 3. During a stage 2 health advisory it is recommended that everyone refrain from strenuous outdoor activities in the impacted area and stay indoors.
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Dust storm event at Owens Lake. Photo courtesy GDUAPCD.
LADWP Public Relations Officer Chris Plakos describes the infrastructure of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system.
Big Pine Paiute tribal member Alan Bacock recounts the landscape of his ancestral people before European settlement.
William Kahrl and John Walton outline events leading up to the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913.
William Kahrl and John Walton overview acts of deception and civil unrest within the Owens Valley during the 1920s.
OVC's Mark Bagley illuminates environmental impacts within the Owens Valley that ushered in the modern the "Water Wars."
Former Inyo County Water Department Director Greg James helped shape the 1991 Inyo-LA Long Term Water Agreement.
Three generations of Matlicks have ranched in the Bishop area on land they originally homesteaded over 100 years ago.
Bishop Paiute tribal member Harry Williams discusses the ancient irrigation systems of the Paiute.
Daris Moxley's family has operated a 200-acre LADWP ranch lease in Bishop since the 1930s.
Sierra Wave Media's Benett Kessler has reported on LADWP related issues in the Owens Valley for 37 years.
Thaddeus Taylor shares an ongoing dispute with LADWP over surface water flows through the 40 Acres community
LADWP Water Resources Manager Brian Tillemans discusses the Lower Owens River Project.
Ted Schade of the GBUAPCD explains why Owens Lake is considered the largest single source of PM-10 in the nation.
Environmental activist Mike Prather describes the return of migratory bird populations on the newly rewatered Owens Lake.
Sam Wasson, a retired LADWP employee and long-time resident of Keeler, recounts an Owens Lake dust storm event.
LADWP's Bill VanWagoner explains the department's dust mitigation efforts being implemented on Owens Lake.
Citizen activist Nancy Masters elucidates on community activism and the future of Owens Valley.
To download the entire program as a single MP3 file please click here.
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HOW MARRIAGE IS LIKE THE STOCK MARKET?
Spouses Stay 'Invested' If They Feel They Aren't Losing In The Relationship. Commitment grows when spouses invest so much in a marriage that they start seeing some value in it, or they don't see a better alternative. Your shares are trading flat, there are no dividends, but you expect them to appreciate in the future you hold on to them. Marriage works the same way, says an article in Psychology Today, explaining why so many people choose to stay on in seemingly unhappy marriages.


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Cards aiming for a 'shark attack' and revenge against Seminoles
Louisville running back Javian Hawkins (10) runs from Eastern Kentucky defensive back Ben Bascom (9) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Posted Friday, September 20, 2019 4:36 pm
By RUSS BROWN, Kentucky Today
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) -- This is where it all started to unravel a year ago. Florida State.
Posted on a wall outside the team meeting rooms in the Howard L. Schnellenberger football complex is a small sign that bluntly reminds the Cardinals of what happened, even though the current staff wasn't around and Florida State is never mentioned by name. It doesn't have to be.
The sign is headlined "Bad Taste," followed by "Blood in the Water." It goes on to urge the Cards to behave like sharks with aggressiveness, a lack of fear and a deadly persistence. There's more shark analogies, but you get the idea.
Saturday's game in Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. (3:30 p.m. EDT, ESPN) is a rematch of a pivotal loss in UofL's dismal 2018 season.
The Cards went into their Atlantic Coast Conference opener in Cardinal Stadium with a 2-2 record. They came out of it with a soul-crushing defeat aided by a head-scratching decision courtesy of then-head coach Bobby Petrino.
FSU had struggled under new coach Willie Taggart, so it looked like a good chance for Louisville to gain some confidence and momentum with a significant victory. It appeared to be working out exactly that way as the Cards took a 14-0 halftime lead.
They still led 24-21 with about two minutes remaining and had a first down at the Seminoles' 21-yard line. Coaching 101 dictated that UofL run the ball, take time off the clock and make FSU use timeouts. Easy decision.
But Petrino ignored conventional wisdom and called a pass play. Jawon Pass's throw was intercepted and one minute later FSU had gone 81 yards in just five plays to score the game-winner on quarterback Deondre Francois' 58-yard touchdown pass.
The bitter 28-24 defeat was the beginning of the end for UofL, the start of an eight-game losing streak leading to a 2-10 season, an 0-8 ACC mark and the firing of Petrino with two games remaining.
Once again, opportunity awaits the Cards in the sequel because the Noles (1-2) are off to another shaky start and the game looks winnable for UofL, which is only a one-touchdown underdog on the road.
A win would give first-year coach Scott Satterfield's team a huge boost and indicate that progress in his first season is even more advanced than it appeared in the first three games. And a defeat certainly wouldn't be as devastating as last year's setback proved to be.
"Coach Satterfield has done a great job with his team," Taggart said during his press conference this week. "Offensively, they are doing a good job running the football. I think whenever you can run the football, it always gives you a chance to win ballgames. They know who they are and what they want to be."
FSU has lost to No. 20 Boise State (36-31) at home and No. 21 Virginia (31-24) on the road, sandwiched between a 45-44 overtime victory at home over Louisiana Monroe.
The Noles are one of the most penalized teams in the country, committing an average of 8.67 penalties per game, which is tied for 116th in the 130-team FBS. Their secondary has been generous, with foes averaging 314.3 yards per game in the air, last in the ACC. And the Cards should never feel they're out of the game since FSU has been outscored by a staggering 69-31 in the second half.
Nevertheless, the talent gap between the Noles and Cards is still a large one, as Satterfield noted this week after referring to FSU's struggles.
"They're still Florida State," he said. "I saw a stat the other day that they have 45 four- and five-star guys. They still have a lot of great players and when you turn on the film you can see it -- great size, really good speed. For whatever reason, they haven't closed it out in the second half of games, but they obviously have a lot of potential to be really good."
FSU's up-tempo offense will challenge UofL's defense and the Noles' own defense showed some improvement last week after Taggart added defensive specialist and former South Florida coach Jim Leavitt as quality control coach.
The Noles feature the ACC's leading rusher in Cam Akers, who will be by far the best running back UofL has faced so far. Akers has run for 387 yards and three touchdowns, and also has 76 receiving yards with two TDs.
"He's a good all-around back," UofL defensive coordinator Bryan Brown says. "If we don't stop the run, it's going to be a long day because now you are guessing as a play-caller."
"He's just a dynamic runner," UofL nose tackle G.G. Robinson says. "If they don't even block, he can make something out of nothing, he's that good."
FSU also has a capable passer in redshirt sophomore quarterback Justin Blackman (6-5, 195), who has completed 68 percent of his passes for 843 yards and nine touchdowns, with just two interceptions.
However, the Noles' offensive line has had protection problems, giving up nine sacks. UofL already has already recorded nine sacks, just two shy of last year's total.
"That's big, we always want to stop the run so we can pin our ears back and get after them," Robinson said.
Just like a bunch of sharks.
Russ Brown, a former sportswriter for The Courier-Journal and USA Today, covers University of Louisville sports and college football and basketball for Kentucky Today. He can be contacted at 0926.russ.brown@gmail.com.


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