"There's a number of money managers who've been hesitant to be involved with the [companies] that are going to be potentially affected by the tariffs, whether they'll be able to export fewer goods or be buying less from China," said Mark Grant, managing director and chief global strategist at B. Riley FBR Inc.
As I noted last week, China's Shanghai Composite is down 20% for the year and would likely have been down more today as China withdrew from trade negotiations over the weekend but that market is closed today for a holiday. THESE ARE THE SAME KIND OF THINGS PEOPLE IGNORED IN 2007/8!
Analysts caution that while investors have been pricing the risk of a trade war into shares of manufacturers, mining firms, home builders and others, they mostly have ignored the glaring risks associated with major tech companies, such as potential punitive measures that could affect Apple's manufacturing in China or cost increases that could hurt Amazon's e-commerce sales. That puts the S&P 500's narrow leadership at risk of a sharp pullback if trade tensions reach a boiling point, similar to the swift correction that stocks suffered in February on worries about a potential pickup in inflation.


04:19:43: Would that this desk be a time-desk!
08:36:02: @diplobrat I did nuffin. iCarly fandom was summarily insulted on the show, a move I tried to dissuade the creator from approx 1 year ago.
16:01:40: @aergonaut the "WoW" stuff was so SILLY though, at least we didn't get preached at. & cosplay is totes funnier than shipping any day.
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Princess Eleonore Caroline Gasparine Louise Reuss-Köstritz (; 22 August 1860 – 12 September 1917) was Tsaritsa (Queen) of Bulgaria, the second wife of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and by birth member of an ancient House of Reuss.

Life

Born in Castle Trebschen, in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (present-day Poland), the daughter of Prince Heinrich IV Reuss zu Köstritz (1821-1894) and Princess Luise Caroline Reuss zu Greiz (1822-1875), widowed Princess of Saxe-Altenburg. She was also a younger sister to Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz and a first cousin to Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Eleonore's father Heinrich IV and Marie's mother Auguste were brother and sister. She was described as "a plain but practical... capable and kind-hearted woman."

Following the death of his first wife, Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Tsar Ferdinand sought another wife to carry out the official duties required of the consort of a head of state. As a man who was no longer required to produce heirs, Ferdinand stipulated to his assistant that he wanted a bride who did not expect affection or attention.

A list of candidates was whittled down to Eleonore and she and Ferdinand subsequently married at a Catholic ceremony on 28 February 1908 at St. Augustine's Church in Coburg and a Protestant ceremony on 1 March 1908 at Osterstein Castle, Reuss family estate. Initially titled Princess of Bulgaria, Eleonore assumed the title Tsaritsa ("Empress") on 5 October 1908 following Bulgaria's declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Eleonore remained neglected by Ferdinand throughout their marriage, leaving her to raise her stepchildren and devote herself to the welfare of the Bulgarian people. Eleonore came into her own during the Balkans and First World Wars when, working tirelessly as a nurse, she was a cause of great comfort for many injured and dying Bulgarian soldiers. It was said that she had "a special gift for relieving suffering".

Tsaritsa Eleonore became seriously ill during the final years of World War I, dying in Euxinograd, Bulgaria on 12 September 1917. Her last wish was to be buried in the cemetery of a 12th-century church at Boyana, near Sofia. During the Socialist period, however, the grave was broken into, her jewelry stolen and then the memorial stone bulldozed back in the grave, with no visible marks left over the ground. However, after the democratic changes in 1989, the original memorial stone was excavated and the site was restored back to the original state.

Arms

Ancestry

References

 Aronson, T. (1986)  Crowns in conflict: the triumph and the tragedy of European monarchy, 1910–1918, J. Murray, London.
 Constant, S. (1979)  Foxy Ferdinand, 1861–1948, Tsar of Bulgaria, Sidgwick and Jackson, London.

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Cost Accounting – Product System – Productive Labor Method
PRODUCT SYSTEM BASED ON THE
PRODUCTIVE LABOR METHOD
In the two special order systems the costs are collected on the production order. In this system the costs are collected on the production report.
The present system differs from the last two systems described in its methods of distributing indirect expense, and also in the fact that the complete costs are gathered departmentally and transferred progressively from one department to another. The costs in this system have no relation to customers' orders, as the goods are manufactured and carried in stock, and orders as they come in are filled from this stock.
Purchase Forms
The following purchase forms are used in the present system:
Purchase Requisition (Form 1)
Purchase Order (Form 2)
These forms are the same as shown in Chapters XIV and XV, and may be used in this system unchanged.
Report of Material Received (Form 4)
It will be noted that this form is quite different from that used in Chapters XIV and XV. In many cases, where a product system is used, raw material and supplies will be ordered in large quantities, and in such instances the freight charges will be considerable. Provision is therefore made in this form for a complete distribution of freight and other charges bearing directly on the cost of material.
Under the caption "Article," the lot number, description, and quantity only are filled out by the receiving clerk, all other columns being entered in the office. When the entry is made from this form to the raw stock record, the cost will be the total cost of the article after the distribution of charges has been made.
From the information under the caption "Factory Ledger," the record on the accounts payable voucher will be made. The entry of material received is made on the raw stock records, and also on the accounts payable voucher in conjunction with the invoice.
Accounts Payable Forms
For the present system these forms are as follows:
Accounts Payable Voucher (Form 7)
Register of Accounts Payable (Form 9)
A general explanation of these forms will be found in
Chapter XV.
Stock Record—Raw Material (Form 12)
This form is one of the most complete records used for raw material stock. As a mere record of raw material stock received and delivered, it would be unnecessary to have all the information called for by the form as shown; but in most cases such additional information is of distinct value to the management.
The special feature of this record is the provision made
1 to show amounts of goods ordered, the amount reserved for some particular purpose, and the amount of stock available for general manufacturing purposes.
The entries on this record are made from the purchase order, the material received report, and the report of material delivered. The information under the caption "Reserved" comes either from the purchase requisition, purchase order or some other special source.
Production Order (Form 13)
The "Production Order" in this system is intended only as an order to the factory to manufacture a certain amount of goods. A form of this kind should also be used for work of any description or character performed in the plant, such as repairs, improvements, building of new machinery, etc. Costs are charged to such production orders in the same way as to the regular production order.
Material Requisition (Form 18)
The form presented is intended only to register material taken from stock according to department, order number or product chargeable, article and quantity, and as the information on these records is transferred to a summary of material requisitions or reports of material delivered, it is unnecessary to price the articles on the requisition.
Report of Material Delivered (Form 25)
The material requisitions are summarized on this form according to department and order number or product chargeable, the product chargeable being entered from the material requisition as to classifications of product. The report is priced, this information being taken from the stock record of raw material received, and is entered on that record under the caption "Delivered."
Employees' Time Report (Form 32)
The form of time report selected for presentation here requires the time to be punched either by the workman or foreman, or by some one detailed for that purpose.
Across the left end of the card are printed the hours from 6 to 12 and from 1 to 7, and the minutes are printed beneath, with a leeway of ten minutes between each operation, to provide for recording the finishing time of the operation just completed, and the beginning time of the new operation. If necessary, the design may be so ruled as to reduce this leeway to a minimum of two minutes. Along the sides of the card are printed the operations of the particular plant. Where the operations are not numerous, all operations may be printed on all the cards; but where there are a large number it is wise to print departmental cards, each showing the operations peculiar to its department.
The body of the card calls for the order number, date, department, employee's number, article, quantity produced, piece rate, time rate, premium rate, and total time. There is also provision for waiting time. A form containing only the order number, department, and labor cost can be used in this system, if desired.
The information contained on these time reports is transferred to the pay-roll, and also summarized and posted to the cost sheet.
Pay-Roll (Form 39)
The pay-roll is used, as in the preceding systems, for ordinary pay-roll purposes, and also for the distribution of the labor into direct, indirect, and supervision. The total of the pay-roll is entered on the accounts payable voucher for distribution to the factory ledger according to department and account.
When the pay-roll entry is made from the voucher into the register of accounts payable, it is charged in the "Factory" column.
Defective Work Report (Form 51)
While the defective work report is presented only in connection with the present system, it should be used in every system, as defective work is common in every plant. In some plants the labor cost of the defective work is deducted from the pay of the employee, and in very rare instances the material wasted is also charged to him.
Under the system here discussed, the loss caused by defective work is a departmental charge against indirect expenses, the account in the factory ledger usually appearing under the caption "Defective Work." If any part of the material is to be used again, a value should be put upon it, and this amount deducted from the total defective work cost and charged to the stock records.
Factory Ledger (Form 67)
The factory ledger is used to classify all the details of factory operations.
A ledger sheet or page is used for each department, and a number of sheets are used for general operating expenses, according to the account number. In addition, sheets should be used for raw material, part-finished, and finished stock, these giving the controlling accounts for the three classifications of the stock records.
The entries under "Material" are made from the report of material delivered, according to department. The information under "Labor" and "Indirect" is taken from the accounts payable voucher, according to department. Under the caption "Total Charges" is shown the total of all expenditures charged to a particular department. Under the caption "Credits" will be entered the total of each departmental cost, as shown by the report of production and costs.
The balance as shown by the factory ledger for any operating department will represent the value of the goods in process in that particular operating department.
Statement of Factory Expenditures (Form 43)
The purpose of this form is to show the operations of a factory for a month or cost period. It is especially suitable in a system where the productive labor method is used, for determining the percentage of indirect expense to be applied to the cost of each order or article.
It would be well in this system to keep an account in the factory ledger of the indirect expenses, according to department, charging the total indirect expenses and crediting the department account each month with the percentage used on the report of production and costs. These departmental indirect expense accounts will then show to what extent variations exist between the fixed or arbitrary percentage and the actual, and will thus be a means of correcting the fixed percentage to a fair degree of accuracy.
Summary of Production and Costs (Form 54)
The summary of production and costs is used in ascertaining the complete departmental costs of an order, including the indirect expense. Individual reports are used for each department, and the total costs of each department are transferred to the succeeding department until the final operations are completed, when the total costs are transferred to finished stock. The first department naturally would have no record under the caption "Previous Operations"; but it should be borne in mind that an article may be transferred to part-finished stock at the end of an operation; and when these part-finished articles are put back into process for completion their total cost should be entered on the summary of production and costs under the caption "Previous Operations." The production reports may be made daily or weekly, depending on the nature of the product.
The information for the summary of production and costs is obtained as follows:
Under the caption "Material," from the report of material delivered, and under the caption "Labor," from the time reports. Under the caption "Indirect," a department rate is used for calculating the amount on the basis of labor cost, as shown in the "Labor" column.
In the production report proper, the article, order number, and quantity columns are filled in by the foreman of the operating department, all other columns by the cost clerk. The totals of the material, labor and indirect columns are posted to the credit of the proper department account in the factory ledger. When the final form passes from the last operating department, with all the accumulated costs recorded, the "Quantity" and "Total" columns are charged to the finished stock records under the proper classification.
The fundamental principle of the system, which is to show at all times the progress of any particular order and the cost of all orders in process, by departments, is well illustrated by the summary of production and cost. If one of these forms is used for comparative costs, according to department and classification, it will be found of considerable value to the management.
Stock—Finished Product (Form 59)
An ordinary stock form showing production, sales, and balance, could be used in this system instead of the form shown; but as other information is frequently required in connection with finished stock, the design presented here will be found more useful.
The particular features of this form are the columns headed "Orders Received," "Orders Cancelled," and "Unfilled Orders." The information coming under the caption "Production" is taken from the final departmental production report just described. The information under the captions "Orders Received" and "Orders Cancelled" is obtained from the order department, and the information under the caption "Unfilled Orders" is calculated on the form. The information under the caption "Sales" is taken from the sales sheet, providing the cost of the sales is entered on the duplicate copy of that record; otherwise it is taken from the "Summary of Production and Costs," the sales being taken out of stock at cost price.
Other Forms Used
Part-Finished Stock (Form 56)
Inventory Test (Form 60)
Sales Sheet (Form 62)
Credit Certificate (Form 63)
Register of Sales and Costs (Form 64)
Statement of Profit and Loss (Form 68)
Balance Sheet (Form 69)
These forms are of the same general character as those described in previous chapters.
Explanat1on Of Chart And Summary Of Entr1es
Subsidiary Forms and Records
The forms necessary in collating the information relative to the authorization and purchase of material and supplies and the incurring of other expenditures, and also those forms necessary to record the receiving, storing and requisitioning of raw material, are used in the same manner as in the two systems previously described. The particular distinction in recording the information upon the subsidiary records lies in the method of compiling the cost data, which is done departmentally.
The raw material and supplies delivered to operating departments are charged from the report of material delivered to the summary of production and costs of the various operating departments. In like manner the labor costs are transferred from the time reports; and the indirect expenses are distributed upon a fixed basis, and charged from a previously prepared statement of factory expenditures which shows the percentages to be used in the various operating departments.
There are only three operating departments used for illustrative purposes in this chart, but, of course, the same principle applies regardless of the number of operating departments, which will be determined by the conditions of manufacture in the particular plant. The defective work of any operating department should be reported on a defective work report, and transferred from the summary of production and costs to a report showing the defective work, and the disposition of the same. The total cost, as shown by the summary of production and costs of each department in turn, is transferred to the succeeding department as operations progress until the work is completed or is transferred as part-finished stock.
In case of the manufacture of finished parts, transfers may be made from either one of the first two operating departments to the part-finished stock record. When these parts are put back into operation to be completed, they are transferred from part-finished stock to the proper department. When the article has passed through the final operating department, which, in the case illustrated, is Department 3, its total cost is transferred, by means of the summary of production and costs, to the finished stock records, according to classification.
The subsidiary forms used to record information as to the sale and shipment or return of part-finished stock and finished stock, have been sufficiently described in the previous systems.
Method of Control
The method of control in this system differs from the method described in the previous system in that the factory ledger is made self-balancing. The general ledger accounts affected in this system are the same as those affected in the previous one, and are debited and credited in a similar manner. The accounts kept in the factory ledger are as follows:
(1) Raw Material
(2) Direct Labor
(3) Accounts with the items composing the indirect expenses
(4) Accounts with the various operating departments
(5) Part-Finished Stock
(6) Finished Stock
(7) General Ledger Account
(1) The Raw Material account is debited from the register of accounts payable with the total purchases, and with any material put back into stock, as obtained from the defective work report. It is credited with allowances and with the total raw material delivered to operating departments, as per the report of material delivered. The Raw Material account is the controlling account for the raw stock records; and the balance of this account should agree with the total of the balances of the detailed stock records which represent the raw material inventory.
(2) The Direct Labor account is debited from the register of accounts payable with the total amount of direct labor, and is credited from the summary of time reports with the distribution of direct labor when same is charged to the various operating departments.
(3) The accounts representing items of indirect expense are debited from the register of accounts payable with the amount of expenditures incurred, and are credited with the distribution, as per the statement of factory expenditures, when this is charged to the various operating departments.
(4) The accounts with the various operating departments are debited:
(a) With the total amount of raw material as per the report of material delivered
(b) With the total amount of direct labor as per time report summary
(c) With the total amount of indirect expenses, as per the statement of factory expenditures
(d) With the total cost of any previous operations upon the article when it is transferred to one department from a previous department, as per a summary of department transfers, or with the total cost of finished stock put back into process to be completed
The department accounts are credited with the total cost of the transfers to a succeeding department, as per the department transfers, and with the total cost of defective work, as per the defective work report summary, at the time this is charged to the Defective Work account. The department accounts are also credited with the total cost of finished parts, as per a summary showing the cost of these finished parts when they are transferred to the PartFinished Stock account; and the final Operating Department account is credited with the total cost of the finished stock, as per summary, when it is charged to the Finished Stock account. The balance of the Operating Department account represents the cost of the work still in process in each operating department, and should agree with the detailed reports of production and costs in each department.
The Defective Work account is charged with the total cost of defective work from the defective work report summary, and is credited with the total cost of the raw material reclaimed and transferred to the raw material records, the balance of the account being treated as part of the indirect expenses.
(5) The Part-Finished Stock account is debited with the total cost of the part-finished stock, as per summary, and is credited with the total cost of the same when put back into operation to be completed, and also with the total cost of finished parts sold, as per the register of sales and costs. The balance of the account shows the total amount of partfinished stock on hand, and should agree with the detailed stock records of part-finished stock.
(6) The Finished Stock account is debited with the total cost of finished stock, as per summary, and is credited with the total amount of the cost of the sales, as per the register of sales and costs. The balance of the account represents the total amount of finished stock on hand, and should agree with the total of the balances of the detailed stock records.
(7) The General Ledger account is debited with the total cost of the sales, as per the register of sales and costs.
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In 2016, cereal production for Nicaragua was 849,963 metric tons. Though Nicaragua cereal production fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to increase through 1967 - 2016 period ending at 849,963 metric tons in 2016.
Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.
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This Thanksgiving Turkey Paper Banner Sign is perfect for ages two and up. You can make it as simple or as fancy as your ability and desire commands. This makes a perfect toddler and little kid craft. Help cut out the shapes and let them have a blast gluing on all the pieces.
I made mine with four colors of construction paper and one white printing paper. I drew our turkey design on and let my little one color in the turkeys face before we got started on gluing all the feathers on the sign.
If you don't want to take the time to hand draw your turkey out, you can use these helpful printables I have included for free in this craft blog post. Look for the link to the FREE printables below.
I have a white turkey printable and a colored version available. You can use the white turkey printable to color in or use as a template for your colored construction paper.
1. Cut a large triangle shape out of the bottom of black construction paper to create the tail/shape of the sign that you will be using as the base of your Turkey Sign.
2. Once you have colored and cut out your turkey body, trace the shape onto your sign base (black construction paper) Trace the turkey where you will be placing it on your sign. Do not glue your turkey on yet.
3. Use the traced outline of your turkey body as a guide to placing your feathers. So that when you glue your turkey body on top all of the feathers will be tucked in neatly.
Feather Tip: Give your construction paper feathers that little extra something by cutting little slits on both sides to create a more 3D feather look and to add a little extra detail.
Googly eyes: Always use googly eyes when applicable. LOL! Adding googly eyes always makes a kid craft feel more legit!
Add extra ribbons, bows, and sparkles for extra fun!
Tip: Construction paper is quite flimsy so to keep your paper banner from folding in you can glue cardboard strip on the top back or extra layers of paper. Or you can take it one step further and use a wooden dowel to secure your banner to. We used a long strip of folded up construction paper and glued it on the top back to steady the craft.
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Come and see this luxurious home in Griffin Park! 3 beds plus a study that could be utilized as a 4th bed! New carpet in the living area and Master! Beautiful entry door opens up the home to a majestic cathedral ceiling! Gorgeous see through fireplace with a hand carved mantle separates this warm and inviting living space and the private dining area. The kitchen is fully equipped with steel appliances, pasta faucet, gas stove, convection oven and granite counters with a breakfast bar. The family room is set off of the kitchen with another fireplace to enjoy. This home comes equipped with ceiling fans and eye catching details throughout, such as hand textured walls, crown molding and designer tile. You can feel the high end quality of this build! Master bath is the ultimate relaxation spot with a jetted tub, double vanity and walk-in closet. Perfect location and the neighborhood has a pool, fitness center, walking trails, stocked pond and park and playground. Best Deal in Griffin Park!


A LONG read but full of tips, thoughts, and ideas to improve social media marketing.
The go-to tricks that most bloggers use to boost their counts on Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.
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There is an ever-increasing restlessness amongst Brazil's young actors, producers, musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, dancers. Many of them have been searching for new autonomous ways of creating their work and addressing the disparities in access to cultural projects. Such is the case for many young people in Salvador da Bahia, the beating heart of culture in Brazil. From certified dance students offering free dance lessons to keep their schools open, to poets breaking the notion of exclusivity by reciting poetry in public spaces and on busses, many young people are creating new ways to keep their culture alive.


C. F. A. Voysey was a renowned architect and in his earlier years created some gorgeous wallpaper and fabric patterns. Alice in Wonderland canvas is from a detail of one of his fabrics. A littles canvas - otherwise known as the take me with you please canvas. measures 10" x 11" on 14 or 18 mesh mono deluxe needlepoint canvas. Will look equally nice with wool or silk threads. We are happy to select and add appropriate colors of either wool or silk to help complete. Create a fun door tag - frame for a wall - or inset in a pillow! We are happy to suggest some stitch combinations if you feel inclined to do more than the basic needlepoint stitches. Please indicate your mesh preference in the note section at checkout. If you do not provide a preference, we will send the 14 count. Available in alternate larger sizes.


Totally out of the blue there was thunder, lightning and rain tonight. Of course, we were out shopping and got soaked, even before we could get back to the car. Loren told Bob, we planned to give him a whole myriad of "missionary" experiences. —This just being one.
A trek to villages on the weekend was yet another adventure for Bob. Needing to see the Goat lady and also check on Nanada, one of Dr. Suresh's areas of ministry was a good excuse for the trip. The building he is using has some major maintenance issues, and Loren needed to see and estimate the costs of repairs.
I could not have been more thrilled, than when the two girls came running out to meet the car. "Nani, Nani, you came to see us." Hugs abounded.
The girls proudly showed us their meager facilities—Four girls sleep together in two small twin beds.
Most of the walls were raw concrete bricks with no plaster. The tiny rooms are divided by standard (grades) with little plastic chairs and tables. Even the stairwells were very diminutive.
The superintendent said he would employ any girl recommended by RGI. We actually have four girls now working for this organization. How full of pride we are of our RGI girls.
While traveling on to Nanada I yelled, "Bas bas (stop, stop)!!" There in the middle of the road was a lorrie surrounded by "Indian flares" (rocks). This is not an uncommon sight, but these drivers were having LUNCH in the shade of the lorrie. "Maybe later we can fix," is their attitude.
There are vertically no tow trucks; so all repairs are done on sight.
Later, we had a picnic, another first for Bob in India. All enjoyed a mixture of cheese sandwiches, potato chips, dry potato curry and fruit.
After the inspection and satisfying our hunger we left for the Goat Lady's village. Sadly, she was not there, due to the fact she was out gathering firewood for the evening's meal preparation. The villagers were still in awe of the generous gift of goats that has so changed this lady's life. Thank you again, for all your wonderful support of these out-reach projects. More stories will be coming as we buy and deliver additional gifts of cows, chickens and goats.
The last adventure of the day was a ride—like no other—on the bumpiest road, I swear, in all of India. For sure we thought our insides were going to be jiggled out. Oh well, who said we couldn't give a person a good time.
Bob has NOT had ONE hot shower in his room since he arrived. After two new Geazers and a hired plumber he sill has no hot water in the shower. Loren is up to his neck in pipes and water. He is sure the shower plumbing has it in for Bob.


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Senators Want USDA's Community Connect Broadband Speed Definition Raised
Posted on May 4, 2016 12:55pm by Joan Engebretson
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Home » Senators Want USDA's Community Connect Broadband Speed Definition Raised
Four U.S. senators have written a letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, asking him to raise the Community Connect broadband speed definition. The Community Connect grant program pays the majority of the costs of bringing broadband to extremely rural lower-income communities that currently lack broadband service. The program's budget for fiscal year 2016 is $11.7 million.
According to the letter, the USDA upped broadband speed requirements for the Broadband Access Loan Program to 10 Mbps but the Community Connect broadband speed definition was only upped to 4 Mbps. (Although not explicitly stated, those numbers represent downstream speeds, with upstream minimum speeds set at a lower level.)
According to a press release, the letter was spearheaded by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Caputo (R-W. Va.) and Angus King (I- Maine). Also signing the letter were Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
"[F]ederal policymakers must ensure that taxpayer-supported infrastructure is sufficiently robust to handle demand," the senators wrote in the letter. The letter also argues that "It is not only a matter of fairness that rural Americans can fully utilize broadband-enabled resources, but also a matter of ensuring that taxpayers are receiving the full economic development return on their investment."
Community Connect Broadband Speed Definition
The filing requirements for the Community Connect grant program published in the Federal Register are confusing – so confusing, in fact, that it's possible the requirements are not way off from what the senators are seeking.
The requirements include a "minimum broadband service" definition and a "minimum broadband grant speed" definition. The former is set at 4 Mbps downstream/ 1 Mbps upstream while the latter is set at 10 Mbps downstream/ 1 Mbps upstream.
The material in the Federal Register does not explicitly define the two terms. But each term is used several times in the six pages of the Federal Register dedicated to the Community Connect grant program filing requirements.
"Broadband service" is something that "applicants will provide . . . to currently unserved, lower-income and extremely rural areas," the material states.
The "minimum broadband grant speed" applies to community centers featuring free Internet access, which are an important requirement of the program. The requirement also applies to "Computer Access Points."
The material in the Federal Register also states that grant funds may be used to finance the construction of facilities to deploy service at the Broadband Grant Speed to all participating Critical Community Facilities or "all required facilities needed to offer such service to all residential and business customers located within the Proposed Funded Service Area."
It's not clear how the words in quotation marks are meant to be interpreted. On one hand, it appears to contradict the verbiage about "broadband service." On the other, perhaps the phrase means that funding recipients have to deploy infrastructure that can support 10 Mbps/ 1 Mbps service but they only have to offer 4 Mbps/ 1 Mbps service for now.
It will be interesting to see Secretary Vilsack's response on this. It will be important for potential applicants to know what the USDA intended in the filing requirements soon, as applications are due next month.
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Q: With new designs planned for some sites, are there plans to tackle the backlog? I recently became aware that Ethereum and some other sites are getting new designs, comprising of a logo, background colors, and textures. This seems an excellent start to things, especially with design independent graduation starting in 2015 and the resources being scarce for various reasons over time we have quite a few graduated sites that lack themes.
While I appreciate that we're finally getting work done towards individual site theming, are there any plans to tackle the backlog of graduated sites over time? Would the lessons learnt from this initial batch inform what the timelines for this would be, and are there any things that the community can do to help with this process?

A: First off, you're correct - we have started reaching out to sites about getting them away from the beta blue theme. We know that custom themes are often seen as an important part of a site's progression over the years and it's been disappointing that we haven't been able to prioritize creating new themes in recent years.
A big part of why this is now possible is that our Stacks design system is in a much better place to allow for relatively easy adjustments to be made to our site theming - as seen recently with our dark and high contrast modes on Stack Overflow, as well as our April Fools' prank this year. That prank was a proof of concept that allowed us to show off how flexible our design system had become.
After working on the April Fools' gag, we found that our designers were excited to put more work into theming, and your friendly neighborhood CMs were happy to support them. This quarter, we'll be working through some of the backlog and getting designs out on the sites that have been waiting the longest for them! While we can't make any promises about the future, I think the hope is we can also work on this next quarter as well.
Prioritization
When Philippe approached me about this project, he asked for a list of sites that still needed themes, so I gave him that and I went one further - I made a mini prioritization list that was intended to identify which sites should get design attention first based on a few factors:

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*Time since leaving beta.

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*Sites with a longer wait have higher priority. (This was mainly defined by only considering sites that left beta when we kicked 29 sites out of beta in 2019 or earlier.)

*Question volume - total questions asked.

*Answer volume - total answers posted.

*Users - total site users.

*Visits/day - daily visits.

*Questions per day - the average number of questions asked per day.

I then added all these numbers together and sorted by the aggregate - this gave us our priority list. I was excited to see that the sites waiting the longest (the ones that had left beta prior to the first big beta removal) were also the highest priority sites, which makes sense, since they had to have had over 10 questions per day to qualify to leave beta prior to 2019.
This year's design work
As mentioned above, the focus right now is to see how this process goes this quarter, iterate on it, and determine a long-term solution. The hope is that the Stacks design system should make it relatively easy to build the designs, and we hope that the communities enjoy their custom themes. Currently, the plan is to work through the backlog in the way it was created:

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*The longest-standing 36 non-beta sites first (including 29 sites kicked out of beta in 2019).

*The 59 kicked out of beta in 2021.

When we complete that list, we'll see what's next. I know that some sites were hoping to revisit the site design they have from when we redesigned the entire network layout in 2018 - we also have some ideas around increasing accessibility and customization by bringing dark mode and other more accessible-centric designs beyond Stack Overflow. There are lots of possibilities for next steps and we don't have specific plans at this point. If you have strong opinions on the future of this work, we encourage you to make them known to Philippe.
Other questions
Here's some answers to questions that I haven't touched on yet that you may be wondering:
What is going to be customized?
This is likely to depend on the specific design work so I can't make any promises. That said, the areas of focus for our designers include:

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*Logo and wordmark (the name of the site laid out in a thematic font). These are the primary branding elements for the design and will be visible in the banner, chat rooms, and wherever the site icon is visible now.

*Thematic banner/footer image, color, gradient or pattern.

*Thematic background color, gradient, or pattern.

*Customized colors for titles, links, buttons, etc.

*Matching greyscale Meta design.

*Chat design.

*Badges - possible but not promised.

*404 Page - possible but not promised.

Each site will have the opportunity to give feedback so that the designer can make adjustments where appropriate.
What can sites do to help?
For most sites, I'd like to avoid getting too excited about this right now because we don't know for certain how far through the backlog we'll get. One thing we are trying to do is review the design discussions from the past, and some sites don't have any. Particularly for sites in that oldest group of 36, feel free to start discussions like the ones the designers or I have posted on the sites we're currently working on as that will help ensure that the designs are reflective of community ideas.
We'll still check in before we begin a design but if communities want to start thinking about it on their per-site metas, they're welcome to do so - please do emphasize that there's no guarantee that a design will be created any time soon unless we've reached out already.
Getting a design (and formerly, leaving beta) also used to drive changes to site reputation levels. Does this continue?
In general, we have come to believe that reputation levels should be set in a way that makes sense for the needs of the site, not be based on milestones like leaving beta or getting a site design. As such, sites that feel the higher "full" reputation levels are more appropriate for them may request them at any time, while sites that do not already have the higher levels may keep the "beta" levels even if they get a design. (Update: as of February 2023, sites will no longer be given "full" reputation levels except in exceptional cases. Instead, site-specific overrides to individual privilege requirements will be implemented as necessary.)
Hopefully this answers a lot of what y'all may be curious about - if you have any other questions, feel free to ask in the comments below.

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The steel cutting ceremony for the first Saar 6 (Sa'ar 6) corvette ordered by Israel at the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel, Germany on February 7, 2018. The low key ceremony (no media representatives were admitted) took place in presence of the chief of the Israeli Navy, Admiral Eli Sharvit, and German Navy inspector Vice-admiral Andreas Krause.
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, to provide Multi Tactical Data Links to the Swedish Navy. The total order value is SEK 148 million.
The Russian Defense Ministry traditionally held the single arms acceptance day under the chairmanship of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to report on supplied military products and built infrastructure of the armed forces. The results showed that the renewal of the Russian Navy is progressing at a low pace, the Independent Military Review said.
For the first time ever a giant RAF Chinook helicopter has been stowed in the hangar of a British aircraft carrier. With the nose protruding over the edge of one of HMS Queen Elizabeth's two mighty aircraft lifts, the 99ft-long helicopter from RAF 7 Squadron was moved from the flight to the hangar deck.
The latest and future Russian distant sea zone frigates of projects 22350 and 22350M will be equipped with unmanned surface and underwater craft for reconnaissance and inspection of vessels, operations on the seabed and studies of sea hydrology. Experts believe the craft will considerably enhance the effectiveness of frigates, the Izvestia daily writes.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) started construction of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) future fleet tanker HMNZS Aotearoa. The first steel cutting ceremony took place on January 31st 2018 at HHI's Ulsan shipyard in South Korea.
Russian seaborne aircraft and helicopters will be equipped with unmanned surface vehicles (USV) and will control them from an altitude of several kilometers. The unmanned vehicles will help the aircraft and helicopters search for adversary submarines, inspect floating craft, detect mines and rescue crews in distress. Experts believe the unmanned vehicles will enhance the capabilities of Russian antisubmarine aviation, the Izvestia daily writes.
The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Gibraltar today for her first overseas port visit. The 65,000-tonne future flagship will be conducting a routine logistics stop having left her home in Portsmouth last week for helicopter trials. These helicopter trials take place before the fixed wing F35 Lightning II trials later this year.
The Ivan Khurs communication vessel of project 18280 built by the Severnaya Verf shipyard sailed out to the Baltic Sea for running trials, the shipyard said.
The U.S. Navy has selected BAE Systems to provide equipment and support services for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SPAWAR). As one of several companies involved, BAE Systems will pursue future orders as part of this five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Talks are under way to discuss the delivery of additional Russian-made equipment for Egypt's Mistral-class amphibious assault ships, Russian presidential aide for military and technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin told the Kommersant business daily.
According to the 2019-2025 military planning law released today, France will study the integration of Aster 30 B1NT missiles aboard Air Defense Frigates, providing them with Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) capability.
Enfin! (At last!) France is set to launch studies on the replacement of the sole aircraft carrier of the French Navy (Marine Nationale). The Charles de Gaulle will be decommissioned by 2040, according to the 2019-2025 military planning law which will be presented tomorrow in the ministerial council.
Spanish shipyard Navantia announced today that the keel of the future Turkish Navy Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) has been laid at the Turkish shipyard of SEDEF (a member of TAIS Shipyards) in Tuzla, Istanbul. The vessel, which will be named TCG Anadolu, is based on Navantia's Juan Carlos I vessel already commissioned with the Spanish and Australian navies.
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales a 42-month contract to conduct a set of studies and technological developments for a sonar system to be equipped on France's future third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SNLE 3G).
The Pacific fleet is likely to get four upgraded cruise missile nuclear submarines (SSGN) of project 949A by 2021, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said. "We discussed the issue today and believe 2021 is a real deadline," he said during a visit to Zvezda shipyard in the Far East.
Safran is one of the main participants in the OCEAN2020 consortium, which won a major contract as part of the European Commission's 2017 Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) initiative. This European Commission's OCEAN2020 project, with 35 million euros in funding, aims to develop a technology demonstrator that will validate the concept of deploying a complete array of drone systems (air, surface and submarine) for surveillance in a maritime environment.
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) released a really nice video showing the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) underway for acceptance trials. The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyer successfully completed those trials on Feb. 1. BIW crew demonstrated the ship's systems to evaluators with the U.S. Navy.
Rear-Admiral Vladimir Dmitriyev has been appointed Russian Pacific Fleet submarine force commander, the Eastern Military District's press office said. "The Russian president has appointed Rear-Admiral Vladimir Dmitriyev Pacific Fleet submarine force commander," the press office said.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has received its radar upgrade. The SMART-S Mk2 radar was fitted on December 19, 2017 according to a Thales spokesperson. Charles de Gaulle is in dry dock since February 2017 for its mid-life refit following 15 years of operational deployments.


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Singapore's telco market faces new challenges. Plummeting data costs, increasing user demands for better digital products and digitization of core telco products are lowering barriers of entry while pressurizing established incumbents to become innovative.
Circles.Life, launched in 2016, wanted to capitalize on these trends. Its secret weapon: customer service experience.
"We saw these trends early as users, investors, and operators in the past…In this new age, it's the digital companies like Netflix, Grab and Airbnb that win the battle for consumer mindshare and eventually their wallets," Gaurav Gupta, Senior Manager – Omnichannel, Circles.Life said.
"However, this change is not being reflected in the way telcos work," he added.
So, Circles.Life created a "virtual world" for its customers on its digital platform. Even though the firm does not own any physical infrastructure, the new generation of digital services helped it to achieve a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of +54.
"To put that into perspective, Singapore telcos have an average of around -30 NPS," Gupta said.
The engine behind its success is the company's Circles-X cloud technology.
"We built our cloud system, Circles-X, from the ground up five years ago. All the key pieces needed to run a telco is within Circles-X, from network operations, customer service, logistics, and delivery, to the consumer-facing digital experience," Gupta said.
The full digital stack allowed Circles.Life to save 95% on operational costs, freeing up additional money for other products. More importantly, it allowed the firm to expand its value proposition by easily connecting with other platforms and partners, including EZ-Link, DBS Bank, Shopee, Grab and Lazada.
Circles.Life's focus on customer experience was critical to its success. It was looking to understand them in a way that telcos did not.
"I define [the challenge] as 'continuous conversation with each individual user across a combination of channels with content personalized to the life stage of a user and delivered in a uniform fashion.' In other words, we need to know who they are, where to find them, what they need, how to talk to them [sic]!" Gupta said.
To achieve this, Gupta needed to overcome four major hurdles that are endemic in the telco industry: fragmented user identities, fragmented view of a user due to internal silos, scalability, and versatility. He looked for a martech company that had the capability, usability, and service, and support that he needed to do this – a role that Adobe was eventually selected for.
The Adobe solution offered Gupta four benefits that he was seeking.
First, he needed people-based targeting and measurement. "True omnichannel marketing is possible, only by unifying all user interactions under one ID, and then targeting real people and not vague proxies. This can now be realized with a universal ECID being assigned at the very first touchpoint on our ads, website, emails or apps," he said.
The Adobe Audience Manager, Adobe Ad Cloud, and Adobe Campaign worked together to drive personalized marketing at Circles.Life.
Visual reporting was equally important. "Universal reporting that can visualize marketing data from all addressable channels across cohorts at a single source," Gupta said.
At the same time, Gupta wanted near-truth attribution, which is very challenging. "[We need to] assign the right amount of credit for a sale to the right source or touchpoint for bias-free insights and decisions," he said.
Adobe Analytics gave Gupta a visual report of his campaign progress while allowing for near-truth attribution.
"Considering that Adobe is the only martech company that could offer a full stack solution - content management, web analytics, audience management, media activation, marketing automation, it seemed an obvious choice but it was their commitment to data governance, Experience Cloud architecture to unify data silos and pledge to create a democratized device graph with their 'one for all, all for one' Device Co-op that scored well for them," Gupta said.
Gupta is now looking to use the Data Workbench for algorithmic attribution across offline and online channels. He is also looking to use AI to predict customer behaviors.
"Adobe furthers the omnichannel dream with a predictive orchestration of optimized user journey powered by Adobe Sensei, their AI brain that now sits across all solutions. This, when fully deployed, will raise the bar of user experience to a level that we will be able to answer the questions that the user hasn't even asked!" Gupta said.
"[Customers] want personal, meaningful interactions, and Circles.Life's disruptive offerings that are born out of the telco's belief to 'give power back to the customer' are right on the money. While setting up a telco in Singapore that's fully digital with no physical store is a bold move, it is also proving to be a gamechanger in the industry, catering well to the growing group of consumers who want experiences they can own," added V.R. Srivatsan, Managing Director, Adobe Southeast Asia.
Gupta is not resting on his laurels. He is already readying more ecosystem and cross-vertical partnership products, transforming his company into a digital lifestyle platform.
"Expect us to offer innovative customer-focused products, just like what we have done with the SGD 0 Flexi Plan and 20 GB for SGD 20," he said.
The company is also on track to disrupt the Indonesian market next, with more countries in its plan. "With regards to expansion, we're already in the final stages for Indonesia," Gupta said.


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STUDENTS FROM 450 BMC SCHOOLS WILL NOW BE TRAINED IN FILMMAKING - AN INITIATIVE OF WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONAL
Sanket Savaliya December 12, 2019 Education, India
WWI to showcase select films, alumni to conduct sessions as part of the special initiative programme
Since its inception, Whistling Woods International (WWI) has played a pioneering role in inspiring, motivating, and transforming individuals into globally qualified creative arts professionals. This legacy was recently taken a step further, as Asia's premier Film, Communication, and Creative Arts institute spread its expertise to students of Primary & Secondary sections of 480 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) schools across Mumbai in order to foster the love for the art of filmmaking.
In its role as thought leader in India's media and entertainment industry, WWI partnered with the BMC to conduct an education drive amongst its schools. This initiative will see WWI showcase several short films to the students, in order to develop and inspire the nation's next generation of creative minds. Targeted at children between the age of eight and sixteen, WWI has prepared a list of hour-long films in English, Hindi, and Marathi. Each of these films has been carefully curated to impart a motivational and uplifting message to their viewers.
Additionally, WWI has also ensured the presence of its alumni on a regular basis, as part of the screening, giving the audience an opportunity to discuss the themes and ideas behind the film and allowing them to appreciate better the messages being imparted. The students will also have the opportunity to learn about the filmmaking techniques used during the creation of these films. As a special initiative, WWI would also make special arrangements for these students to attend one of the most coveted annual events of the institute – Celebrate Cinema.
Ms. Meghna Ghai Puri, President, WWI, shared, "I am delighted by this initiative by our faculty at Whistling Woods International. It is important for every good educational institute to contribute effectively to the society at large. Through this association with BMC schools, WWI aims to foster creativity in these kids and impart the basics of filmmaking to the students. We are confident of making a positive difference through our efforts and cultivate a healthy learning environment."
STUDENTS FROM 450 BMC SCHOOLS WILL NOW BE TRAINED IN FILMMAKING - AN INITIATIVE OF WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONAL Reviewed by Sanket Savaliya on December 12, 2019 Rating: 5


The Academy Praise Band is responsible for leading worship through music during Chapel assemblies. The ensemble consists of singers, guitarists, a pianist, a bass player, a drummer, other instrumentalists, and a sound tech. Auditions are open to all Middle School and High School Students.


I love stuffed bell peppers, but I never make them. I don't like having to go through the trouble of blanching and stuffing the peppers, and I can never seem to get them quite tender enough in the oven. This soup has all the flavor of stuffed bell peppers, but none of the hassle.
I adjusted the preparation of this recipe to suit my "I really didn't mean to be standing over the copy machine until 5:00" day. I had two pots going at the same time, and I cooked the peppers and onion along with the ground beef. This cut down on the cooking time quite a bit. Next time, I'd like to top each serving with some shredded cheddar!
1. Place oil in a large skillet and swirl to coat bottom. Heat over medium high until shimmering. Add ground beef, bell pepper, and onion. Saute until peppers are tender and beef is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Meanwhile, pour tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and beef broth into a large pot. Bring to a boil. Add rice, brown sugar, and garlic. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Add beef mixture to rice mixture. Add salt, pepper, cayenne, and ground chipotle pepper. Stir well. Adjust seasonings to taste.
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Arley Méndez Pérez (* 31. Dezember 1993 in San Cristobal, Kuba) ist ein chilenisch-kubanischer Gewichtheber.

In der Klasse bis 85 kg wurde er 2013 Dritter bei den Juniorenweltmeisterschaften und 2011 und 2013 Erster bei den Pan American Juniorenmeisterschaften. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2017 gewann er Gold. 2017 und 2018 errang er den ersten Platz bei den Südamerika-Meisterschaften.

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 Profil auf iwf.net (Kuba)
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Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2020
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Weltmeister (Gewichtheben)
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Last year I started a new personal trend, and that is, to celebrate Spreak Break @HOME.
From past experiences,I've realized,that yes, going to Florida is nice, but is not ideal this time of the year. Every time we ended up going in March,the water is not warm enough to swim in it, nor the weather as hot as we would like. So we ended up saving our cash, and take advantage of better weather in the summer, to be more adventurous.
So here I am, again,celebrating Spring Break @HOME.
So what exactly I do?
I definitely pretend to be on vacation.
Or at least I try. I go to bed the same time I usually do, and that's 11PM for me,and I wake up whenever my body and brain wants.I usually set up an alarm at 7AM,so because I didn't set up an alarm this week,I enjoyed between 20 to 40 extra minutes everyday. Do I look like I overslept? No,lol,but I'm sure that extra sleep has extra benefits.
So vacation for me usually means indulging in the foods I love, and for me is seafood.
Every summer when I sit by the pool,I remember people using suntan lotions smelling like coconut, mango and plumeria, so I try to smell like that, or at least close to that sweet tropical scent, that reminds me of the ocean. Even a candle helps with creating that mood.
Since there are natural options out there,I still sunless tan, and pretend I sat in the sun, but secretly I also pop a vitamin D,to al least mimic some sunbathing benefits.
Do nothing, if that's even possible. I definitely checked less my social media, and watch more Netflix. I've been currently watching some intriguing Korean Series (Black,Oh My Ghost,My Horrible Boss) but that's not unusual for me, since I like the cultural differences.
And that had ups and downs,since the weather has been all week like crap,raining and windy, and let's be serious, cold! So I'm trying to be outside more everyday, even that the weather wasn't in my favor.
Listening to my current favorite songs, always give me a calmness and a very good positive mood.
…and that's all for now, who knows, maybe next spring break I won't stay home.
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Retention uniformity, or RU, is a concept in thin layer chromatography. It is designed for the quantitative measurement of equal-spreading of the spots on the chromatographic plate and is one of the Chromatographic response functions.

Formula
Retention uniformity is calculated from the following formula:

where n is the number of compounds separated, Rf (1...n) are the Retention factor of the compounds sorted in non-descending order.

Theoretical considerations

The coefficient lies always in range <0,1> and 0 indicates worst case of separation (all Rf values equal to 0 or 1), value 1 indicates ideal equal-spreading of the spots, for example (0.25,0.5,0.75) for three solutes, or (0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8) for four solutes.

This coefficient was proposed as an alternative to earlier approaches, such as D (separation response), Ip (performance index) or Sm (informational entropy). Besides its stable range, the advantage is a stable distribution as a random variable, regardless of compounds investigated.

In contrast to the similar concept called Retention distance, Ru is insensitive to Rf values close to 0 or 1, or close to themselves. If two values are not separated, it still indicates some uniformity of chromatographic system. For example, the Rf values (0,0.2,0.2,0.3) (two compounds not separated at 0.2 and one at the start ) result in RU equal to 0.3609.

See also

 Chromatographic response function

References

 Komsta Ł., Markowski W., Misztal G., A proposal for new RF equal-spread criteria with stable distribution parameters as a random variable. J. Planar Chromatogr. 2007 (20) 27-37.

Chromatography


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Gov. Charlie Baker greets Boston Mayor Marty Walsh at a July 2019 event in the Charlestown Navy Yard. (Photo by Andy Metzger)
Lawmakers planning RMV oversight hearing this month
One of several probes focused on Baker transportation agencies
By Andy Metzger	Charlie Baker, Transportation	0 Comments Jul 8, 2019
STATE LAWMAKERS WILL CONDUCT an oversight hearing later this month to look into problems at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, where administrative lapses delayed license suspensions for nearly 900 people.
"Many senators from my chamber have come wanting more information. The chairs have spoken and they've made the decision to have this oversight hearing this month, just to gather some more information," Senate President Karen Spilka said on Monday after a meeting at the State House with the governor and House Speaker Robert DeLeo.
The Legislature's Transportation Committee, led by Rep. William Straus of Mattapoisett and Sen. Joseph Boncore of Winthrop, plans to hold a hearing in July, but few other details were available Monday.
The problems at the RMV, which Gov. Charlie Baker called "a fail," are not the only part of his administration's transportation department under scrutiny.
A panel assembled by the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board is already scrutinizing derailments at the MBTA and the Boston Globe on Sunday evening reported that the T's chief safety officer of nearly eight years, Ron Nickle, had been fired after raising the alarm to federal regulators that his efforts to enforce safety regulations were being undermined.
The governor on Monday stood by the MBTA. "It's complicated to talk about personnel issues, but I will say this: I was briefed by the T on this decision and based on that, I support the decision they made to terminate him," Baker said Monday after an event in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Baker declined to respond to the allegations Nickle raised about safety on the transit system, anticipating legal action on the matter. But he rejected the idea that safety issues were ever sidelined at the T.
"This is priority number one for the T. Always has been. Always will be," Baker said.
On the morning of Thursday, March 21, Nickle met with the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad administration, and the state Department of Public Utilities and "highlighted critical safety issues and discussed corrective actions to be taken," according to his attorney, Charlie Goetsch, who wrote in a blog that the next morning the T called him in and "abruptly terminated him, giving no reason other than a desire 'to move in a different direction.'"
Shannon Liss-Riordan, a prominent workers' rights lawyer who is mounting a Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Ed Markey, called for a congressional investigation into Nickle's cover-up accusations and other issues at the T.
"Enough is enough," Liss-Riordan said in a statement. "Congress should immediately hold hearings to investigate whether the Baker administration engaged in a coverup to keep safety concerns out of the public view, as well as the general management failures and safety practices at the MBTA."
While the RMV problems will be the subject of a July hearing, Spilka and DeLeo were less clear about whether there should be any state legislative oversight of the MBTA following the allegations raised in the Globe.
"Information is still coming out," said Spilka. "There will be some sort of investigation process," she said, referring to reports of a federal investigation. The FTA declined to confirm or deny whether it had even received a report from the former safety chief, but said the agency evaluated information it receives about safety issues and investigates when deemed appropriate.
If Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack testifies at the RMV oversight hearing, lawmakers could have the chance to ask her about other issues as well. The Globe reported Nickle filed a 97-page complaint.
The safety lapses at the RMV, meanwhile, were uncovered and disclosed by the Baker administration.
A fiery crash in New Hampshire that killed seven motorcyclists brought to light a major administrative oversight at the agency responsible for licensing drivers, which for more than a year had let notices about violations in other states pile-up unaddressed. On Friday, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced that the RMV had processed all the license suspensions required by the previously neglected notices that accumulated at the Quincy headquarters, issuing 940 suspensions to 746 individual drivers. The registry said it also pulled files from its archives in Concord and issued another 168 suspensions for 130 drivers, meaning more than 1,000 licenses for 876 drivers have been suspended since discovery of the oversight. The administration also hired the law firm Grant Thornton to audit the process.
Bruce Tarr, the Republican leader of the Senate, said that outside reviews of both the RMV and the MBTA would be worthwhile, and he said the problems at the registry – where paper mail sat unaddressed dating back to March 2018 – exposed a "national deficiency" in the various systems states use to share information about driving infractions.
"We have states that are collecting and distributing and exchanging information in different ways, while at the same time there is a national database for that very purpose that is not being able to be used effectively," said Tarr. "It seems to me more than disappointing that we don't have a federal system that can be accessed in an efficient manner so that we don't have to resort to paper in bins being checked."
The allegations revealed by the Globe became a political football as Gus Bickford, the chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, pounced on the story, and the MBTA said it strayed far from the truth.
"This latest scandal at the MBTA suggests that the Baker administration knew about serious safety concerns and engaged in a cover-up to hide these issues from public view," Bickford said. "Instead of taking steps to actually correct the problems identified by one of the top MBTA officials, the Baker administration used intimidation tactics to silence the employee from speaking out."
The MBTA issued a statement saying "the former employee's statement is replete with mischaracterizations and falsehoods." Nevertheless, the agency said, it will review the former employee's unsubstantiated claims with its regulatory partners.
Joseph Aiello, the chairman of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board, said the board has "extensive information" about the fired T safety chief, and a panel already tasked with reviewing safety issues following the Red Line derailment has been asked to look into Nickle's allegations as well.
"We are asking our safety review panel to look at the matter independently, and when they take a peek at that, we'll have a further view," Aiello said during an impromptu interview outside the State House. The panel includes Ray LaHood, who was former president Barack Obama's transportation secretary, along with other former transit executives.
Aiello said that the T has also narrowed the focus of its investigation into what caused the June 11 Red Line derailment to the car's truck system – which includes the wheels, axle, and other elements – as a suspected major factor in the derailment of the 50-year-old car on June 11.
"We have isolated the element of the car that we think may have contributed to it," Aiello said, noting that the parts have been shipped out for forensic analysis.
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Andy Metzger joined CommonWealth Magazine as a reporter in January 2019. He has covered news in Massachusetts since 2007. For more than six years starting in May 2012 he wrote about state politics and government for the State House News Service. At the News Service, he followed three criminal trials from opening statements to verdicts, tracked bills through the flumes and eddies of the Legislature, and sounded out the governor's point of view on a host of issues – from the proposed Olympics bid to federal politics.
Before that, Metzger worked at the Chelmsford Independent, The Arlington Advocate, the Somerville Journal and the Cambridge Chronicle, weekly community newspapers that cover an array of local topics. Metzger graduated from UMass Boston in 2006. In addition to his written journalism, Metzger produced a work of illustrated journalism about Gov. Charlie Baker's record regarding the MBTA. He lives in Somerville and commutes mainly by bicycle.
The June 11 derailment had a negative impact on ridership of the T's busiest subway line, and even one week later Ride Line ridership was down 5.9 percent compared to 2018 levels. The derailed train knocked out signal systems leading to delays expected to last through the summer. Baker said that's one reason why T workers are trying to get the system back in order as quickly as possible.
"The numbers always come down a little bit in the summer, but there's clearly been a decline as a result of the derailment. And my guess is for some people for whom the commuter rail is a viable option, they're using the commuter rail. For other people, they may be pursuing other paths to get to where they need to go. The folks at the T are working as hard as they possibly can to deal with the damage that was done by that collision, and hopefully we'll have a lot more to say about that by Labor Day, which is the goal we've been working on," Baker said. "But on some level, I understand people's frustration and their desire to find a different way to get to where they need to go, and it's incumbent on the T and the rest of us to figure out how to get that thing fixed as quickly as we can and to continue to invest in the core system."
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Q: PHP: Working with JSON API and GET I'm trying to work with an API that's unfamiliar to me. So far my efforts to send and retrieve data have failed, and I'm hoping you can help me out.
Here are the basics of the API I'm working with:

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*I have an API key, which must be provided in an HTTP Authorization header for each request. The format should be:
Authentication: Token token=MyApiKey

*I need to use GET for this particular request

*The arguments I need to pass are:
{
'things': {'thing1':0, 'thing2':1}
}
I'm working with PHP and curl. I've tried a bunch of variations of things, but haven't had any success. Basically, I'm not sure how to take my variable values and pass them in the correct format.
Here's what I've been trying to do so far:
$token='myApiKey';

$myThings = "{ 'things': { 'thing1':0, 'thing2':1 } } ";

$url = 'http://myapiurl?' . $myThings;

$session = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt ($session, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Authentication: Token token=' . $token . ', Content-Type:application/json'));
curl_setopt ($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt ($session, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, true);
curl_setopt ($session, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, '3');

$response = curl_exec($session);

Can anyone explain how to submit my values in a way that the API can understand?

A: Hi maybe you can use http_build_query to encode for you :
$url = 'http://myapiurl?' . http_build_query($answers);

Doc is HERE

A: Isn't this a JSON API where you put in normal GET parameters and get a JSON response? So in your example:
$url = 'http://myapiurl?'.http_build_query(json_decode($myThings));

If not, you would normale POST your JSON.


9. If the person is brain dead how can the heart still be beating?
The heart is a muscle that is not absolutely dependent on signals from the brain. The heart will continue to beat for a while even though the brain is dead, as long as there is oxygen entering the body and carbon dioxide is being removed through the lungs.


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Soccer as Life
The Dream is Dead: USA Eliminated
By Conor Quinn on July 4, 2014 at 9:00 AM
My apologies to the 3 people who consistently read this blog (2 of those people being my parents) for this not being posted sooner:
Belgium 2, USA 1.
And with that, the 2014 FIFA World Cup has come to an end of the United States Men's National Team. Their loss to Belgium was tough, disappointing, but full of hope for the future.
Tim Howard makes one of his 16 saves, blocking his teammate Kevin Mirallas
There's no question as to who the best player for the U.S. was. Tim Howard made 16 saves in this match. You know when the last time someone made 16 saves in a World Cup was? No? Neither do I and neither does FIFA, because they only have records going back to 1966 and NO ONE has done it in that time. Howard was unreal in this game, saving the US defense time and time again. It wasn't just his positioning either. He didn't give up many rebounds and when he was forced to he made sure they were directed away from any Belgian players. Neither of the goals could be blamed on him, as both were great finished from Belgium. Howard did everything he could to help the US advance, and if it was his last World Cup game, he went out with a bang.
The U.S. was outplayed for the vast majority of this match. The chances weren't as few and far between as they were against Germany, but they were dominated for certain stretches. The same problems they've had in other matches continued to plague them today. Belgium had the ball for long periods and when the U.S. did get the ball, they turned it over pretty easily. The blame for this doesn't fall on any single person, and the entire team seems to have a problem with ball retention and possession.
ESPN announced that the US had switched to a 4-3-3 for this game, but it just as easily could have been the 4-2-3-1 that they used in the other matches. Jurgen Klinsmann inserted Omar Gonzelez into the starting lineup for the second straight match. Geoff Cameron started in place of Kyle Beckerman, and it's hard to tell if that was the cause of the US problems with possession. Cameron has played that position before for his club team, Stoke City, although he's definitely more comfortable playing at the back. It does seem that Beckerman would have sat deeper, leaving less room in front of the defense for the Belgium midfielders, especially Kevin de Bruyne, to run into.
Deandre Yedlin battles Eden Hazard for the ball
The US was forced to make a change midway through the first half when Fabian Johnson pulled up with a pulled hamstring. Johnson has performed consistently well for the US, so it was definitely worrying to see him come off. His replacement, 20 years old Deandre Yedlin, was excellent, constantly getting forward and contributing on offense while using his speed to get back and help break up Belgian counters. On more than one occasion Eden Hazard was tracked down by Yedlin from behind on the left wing, no easy task when you're facing a player with the speed and skill of Hazard. Yedlin had a great game, and definitely proved he deserved to be included on this squad.
The second half was like the Alamo, with the Belgians playing the role of the Mexicans. The US held on for dear life as Belgium threw wave after wave of men forward, only to be repelled by Tim Howard time and time again. Dries Mertens came very close to getting on the end of a cross to the near post, but deflected the cross just wide. The half was pretty much one long panic attack for US fans, and we were almost relieved to make it to the end of the second half with the score still tied.
One of the craziest things about soccer is how quickly you can go from relief to just be in the game to feeling like you should've won, but that's what happened at the end of the second half, as Chris Wondolowski missed a sitter with just minutes remaining. Jermaine Jones got position in the box and headed the ball to a wide open Wondo, who somehow missed from an angle where it seemed scoring would have been easier. It was a golden opportunity for the US to steal the game, and one that definitely should have been taken.
The first half of extra time was all Belgium, and they finally managed to put the ball past Tim Howard. They actually did it twice, once by Kevin de Bruyne and then by Romelu Lukaku, who changed the game after he came on. At that point, no one would've blamed the US for just giving in and seeing the final 15 minutes out, but they weren't quite ready to concede.
Julian Green scores his first international goal
Julian Green, the much-hyped, newly-minted American player, scored with his first touch of the ball following a gorgeous chipped pass from Michael Bradley. Green may not have hit it as well as he wanted, but he did well enough to beat Thibault Courtois and get the US back in the game. From that moment on, the roles were reversed, and it was Belgium who was praying for the final whistle.
The US had several chances to tie the game, with their best opportunity coming off a short free kick pass to Clint Dempsey, who was one on one with Courtois but couldn't score. When the final whistle blew, Belgium were deserved victors, but the US had put a scare into them for sure.
How do we grade the US performance at the World Cup? Overall, it has to be considered a success. I know that we only went 1-1-2, including losses in their last two games, but we can't just judge it on their record. They may have only made it to the same place as they did in 2010, but this one means so much more. They did it in a group that no one believed they could get out of. They exorcised the demons of 2006 and 2010 by beating Ghana in spectacular fashion, and gave the world two of the best games of the tournament with their games against Portugal and Belgium. Losing to Belgium is nothing to be ashamed of. It's a team packed with young talent from top leagues around Europe, and was picked by many to go very deep into this tournament. This US team may be leaving in the same round as 2010, but it should be looked at in a much more positive light.
What do we make of this US team going forward? Players like Julian Green, Deandre Yedlin, and John Anthony Brooks proved they're capable of playing well and contributing at the international level, and should be contributors for years to come. Many of the most well known US players, (Dempsey, Howard, Jones) may be too old when the next tournament rolls around, so Klinsmann will be looking to his player pool for the next crop of US talent.
Klinsmann, who is signed through 2018, will have to cultivate the next generation on players
The US proved they are physically capable of competing with the top teams in the world, and seemed to have endless reserves of energy when Belgium seemed ready to collapse on their feet. At a certain point though, organization and physical strength aren't enough. The US needs to begin developing players with elite technical quality. There was a very obvious gap in individual talent between the US and Belgium in that match, and if we hope to win at the highest level, we'll need players who not only play together as a team, but are also capable of influencing the game individually.
This team showed that the US is capable of competing with top teams if we play smart, defensive soccer where he take advantage of the chances we are given. The next step is to play in a way where we are able to impose the style we want to play on our opponents. Klinsmann always talks about playing our style against every opponent, now it is time to move forward and play the way we want, instead of reacting to what the opponents do.
Conor Quinn
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Edge of Nowhere by Insomniac Games
Edge of Nowhere is a virtual reality action-adventure game where you take the role of the main character, Victor, who is on a mission to find Ava, his fiancée. Ava was lost during an Antarctica expedition. To rescue her, Victor must go on a daring mission that suddenly becomes disastrous where he has to fight dark monsters. Besides, he also has to fight other disturbing creatures and climb cliffs of ice in Antarctica. From this review, Edge of Nowhere is one of the best VR PC games that you should try.
Control is another game that this video game blog review found impressively enthralling. We ranked this game as one of the best PC games because of its deep cinematic plot and amazing action-adventure.
In the game, the player takes the role of Jesse Faden who has to search New York's oldest house. This building is constantly changing and will only become visible to those intending to locate it. Faden is also on a mission to find his missing brother. As the head of the Federal Bureau of Control, he oversees a fierce fight against paranatural beings. Well, try this and you will no doubt not want to put it away.
While some opponents had indicated that virtual reality has seen its better days, the reverse is indeed true. VR use is increasing. Every pointer in this video game blog review and the entire gaming niche indicates that VR is going to be the driver in the gaming niche. Although VR gaming is still expensive, the cost is coming down as new manufacturers enter the market.
As VR becomes the main focus in the gaming niche, more VR based games are being released into the market. Some of these games include the No Man's Sky, Defector and Superhot. The fact that these games have become highly popular has jolted developers to such as AGT and PSVR to intensify their efforts.
Another thing making VR an important force in the future of gaming is its growing value. VR market is predicted to grow and hit the $117 billion mark by 2022. This is an indication of expected huge adoption in different niches including gaming. Well, it is time to get prepared for more VR games because they are likely to dominate the market in the coming years.
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Legend of Zelda: The Legend of Zelda is a 1986 action-adventure video game that was designed by Takashi Tezuka, and published by Nintendo. It is globally acclaimed and boasts of ingenious puzzle-play that never ages. The sheer quality of every feature of the Legend of Zelda makes it one of the most revered franchises of all time.
Super Marion Bros: This is a 1985 game developed by Nintendo's Research & Development Four. First, it was released in Japan before being introduced to North America and Europe. In its single-game mode, this video game blog review found that player takes control of Mario, the main character. In a two-player game, the main player controls Mario while the co-player controls Mario's brother. The game sold over nine million copies and became one of the top sellers of all times. In 2009, the game was re-released in North America and 2010 in Europe on Wii U's Virtual Console.
Meta Gear: This is a military action-adventure game that was released in 1987 by Konami. The original version was designed for MSX2 computers, and released in parts of Europe and Japan. It is the originator of the stealth game genre. Later, it was adjusted and re-produced for NES/Famicom. The game was a huge success with the NES version alone selling over a million units in the US.
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John Calamos, Sr., was honored by the Pan Arcadian Federation of America. Their highest award was conveyed at the group's 73rd National Convention, organized this year by the Midwest District.
John Calamos, Sr. is presented The Panagiotis Sekeris Award by His Grace Demetrios, Bishop of Mokissos, Andreas Papantoniou, accompanied by George Reveliotis, George Sourounis, and Konstantinos Kapogianis.
The Pan Arcadian Federation of America (PFA) is a nationwide Greek-American organization whose members descend from the region of Arcadia in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. The fraternal non-profit is dedicated to the promotion of the ideals of Hellenism, the principles of Democracy, and the preservation of the Greek language and cultural heritage.
Calamos is the Founder, Chairman, and Global Chief Investment Officer of Naperville-based Calamos Investments, a global asset manager (calamos.com). The Federation presented him with the Panagiotis Sekeris Award, for his lifetime of philanthropic contributions to the larger community. He is also co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at The National Hellenic Museum which was represented at the event by Trustee Aristotle P. Halikias, Trustee Dr. George Korkos, Trustee Konstantinos Armiros, Strategic Advisor Yanni Sianis, and Trustee and Interim President Dr. Laura Calamos.
The first Arcadian societies were formed in urban centers to aid new immigrants, and in 1931 the Pan Arcadian Federation of America was formed to promote Hellenism among the first generations born to Arcadian immigrants. The father of Calamos, Peter Calamos, came to the United States during World War I, from a small village near Tripoli, Greece. Established in Chicago in 1960, the Pan Arcadian Federation continues to support the work of the General Panarcadian Hospital of Tripolis, along with providing other philanthropic and educational outreach.
Calamos has long been a supporter of a variety of Greek-American organizations and causes. In addition to the National Hellenic Museum, he is a supporting member of The Hellenic Initiative, the National Hellenic Society, and Leadership 100. Recently he was honored by the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle, becoming an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for his stewardship of time, talent and treasure for the betterment of the Church, making an oath to defend the Orthodox Christian faith and tradition.
Arcadians like Calamos share a great sense of pride, respect, and appreciation for their history and heritage, including a love of freedom and the desire to achieve greatness. Pan Arcardian Federation of America President Kostas Kapogianis and Convention Chairman, George Reveliotis also recognized Gregory Roumpos, the late Kostas P. Papantonious, and Dr. James G. Kallins, MD. with honors at the event.


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