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Pronto CEO Bill Maggs: Increasing Engagement with Independent Service Centers, Growing National-Account Program Are Top Priorities
Bill Maggs, president and CEO of National Pronto Association, talks about the program group's plans for 2019.
In our 2019 Distribution Preview in the January issue of Counterman, aftermarket leaders reflect on the highlights and accomplishments of 2018, and discuss their plans, goals and expectations for the year ahead.
Here's our Q&A with Bill Maggs, president and CEO of National Pronto Association:
CM: What were some of the highlights for National Pronto in 2018?
BM: 2018 was an exciting year for the Pronto group. In a year of extraordinary change within our industry, the majority of our members were able to survive and thrive in a challenging business environment. Sales growth was solid among our membership in 2018, and we expect that to continue into 2019. Our Automotive Parts Services Group partnership with Federated Auto Parts continues to pay dividends for our customers, vendor partners and members alike. We saw significant growth in our Pronto Auto Service Center and Auto Care Experts programs from our independent service-center customers. We invested heavily into our data-warehouse and cataloging initiatives and continued to expand on our national-account partnerships.
CM: What does National Pronto have planned for 2019?
BM: Survival of the independent automotive warehouse distributor continues to be more and more challenging as consumers change their buying behavior. Major retail chains and internet retailers have redefined the landscape of the aftermarket. As a wholesale-focused group, our independent distributors have recognized the threats associated with these competitors and are focused on a few key areas for 2019. Increasing our independent service-center banner shop engagement and continued growth into the national-account program segments are highest on our priority list. Individually, many Pronto members have aggressive growth strategies as well as plans to invest in infrastructure to help facilitate long-term survival. Parts proliferation and inventory growth continue to be a major influencer in our distributors' strategic planning. Our category-management and inventory-modeling tools should help keep Pronto members ahead of the curve when dealing with these important financial and service-level measurables.
Continued collaboration with our Federated Auto Parts partners on the Automotive Parts Services Group (APSG) also will help to ensure the future success of our members. Major 2019 enhancements to our Group Training Academy platform should bring significant improvements to both our service-dealer customers and our members. Our members continue to adopt our Grouplink catalog, allowing for enhanced parts-information lookup and sales opportunities. We are excited about the future of APSG and all the enhanced opportunities it affords both the Pronto and Federated members.
CM: How are you feeling about the business environment for the automotive aftermarket in 2019?
BM: We are optimistic about what the future holds for the automotive aftermarket in 2019 and beyond. The professional service sector (DIFM) continues to show above-average growth as new car technology becomes more and more complex. Pronto has long positioned itself to focus on this segment, with programs for both national accounts and the independent service center. Our strategy of providing premium, name-brand products and industry-leading marketing and training programs will continue to allow us to remain relevant for these customers. The need for qualified automotive technicians and service centers will continue to grow. This growth should trigger additional demand for our distributor members with the parts and services they provide. Ultimately, vendors, distributors and service providers should all see continued growth in the automotive aftermarket.
CM: What are some of the macroeconomic and/or regulatory issues that could have an impact on your members in 2019?
BM: Obviously, one of the biggest factors we face at the beginning of the new year is the financial impact that the proposed tariffs may have on business in 2019. Our ability to understand, evaluate and keep ahead of these fast-paced changes will be imperative to our success throughout the year.
Having access to vehicle repair data as vehicle technology evolves remains another primary concern at Pronto HQ. The aftermarket must continue to invest the necessary time and capital to ensure that our voice is heard in Washington, D.C. Supporting the Auto Care Association Political Action Committee at every level of our business can help to keep our message at the forefront of our political leaders today and tomorrow.
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Samsung Galaxy S22 series smartphones will be the first to receive One UI 4.1
Samsung has already released its proprietary One UI 4.0 based on the Android 12 operating system for its premium smartphones, including the Galaxy S21, Galaxy Fold 3 and others.
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Digital winners transcend technology
February 5, 2018926 views0 comments
Jean-Marc Liduena, Senior Partner and Leader of Consumer & Industrial Products at Deloitte (INSEAD MBA '99J)
Successful digital disrupters are good at solving bread-and-butter problems, attracting staff and staying nimble.
For all its technological advancement, Southeast Asia has only recently taken to e-commerce. Thanks to the entrance of RedMart, an online grocer in Singapore founded by INSEAD alums, and Lazada (which recently bought RedMart), an e-commerce giant owned by Alibaba, Southeast Asians are changing the way they shop. Shipping speeds are starting to catch up with the American norm of same-day delivery. Consumers are also getting better service by the day. Zalora, a pan-Asian online clothing giant, lets customers return anything without any charge or hassle through the postal service. The region is becoming so hot that Amazon has entered the Singapore market, delivering diapers and beer at two hours' notice.
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How the digital organisations of the region are getting there, though, is with tenacity that transcends clever platforms and flashy new technology. While those are crucial ingredients, digital disrupters in Southeast Asia have to take on the same bread-and-butter challenges that plague delivery businesses throughout the world.
Shouldering the burden
At the recent INSEAD Alumni Forum Europe in Paris, Max Bittner, the CEO of Lazada, explained how the company thinks about the logistics challenge in Southeast Asia. "Because of the complexity of delivering large, small, and odd sized parcels like a couch, a watch or a shower curtain rod to say an HDB [public housing] in Singapore, a house in a village in Sulawesi or a home in a jungle in Thailand, we have partnered with more than 80 logistics companies whose specialties cover all of our needs. However, early on, we realised that we still needed to invest in building our first- and last-mile infrastructure to complement these partners. As a result, we now have the biggest logistics company in Asia, ensuring our supply chain is the best in the region," Bittner said.
His comments reflected a growing need for capabilities in solving ordinary business challenges among digital players: "We are really building one-stop shop e-commerce, not just for consumers, but also for suppliers by trying to take away the complexities they face in the markets. In the past, the fragmentation of Southeast Asia, resulting not only from country borders but also diverse cultures, languages and remote locations, has made it less attractive for brands due to the complexity in understanding consumer behaviour and costs of doing business. Lazada has provided a simplified end-to-end platform for brands to access the region's six core markets regardless of their existing offline footprint in these markets. We are putting everyone on a level playing field. That is a core pillar of what we're trying to achieve."
An issue of talent
Disruption and digital transformation are not solely an issue for unicorns like Lazada. Established companies must also reassess their digital readiness. Regardless of company age or size, talent acquisition and retention are paramount for transformation. Mark Dixon, Christel Heydemann and Frédéric Mazzella, the other forum panellists, agreed with Bittner that the best way to effect change is with new eyes.
Dixon, CEO and founder of Regus, the multinational office space provider, explained how his company approaches outsourcing: "The answer to a lot of the software problems we have is Ukraine, Hungary and Romania. There are lots of programmers there; they can do things in a fraction of the time, fraction of the cost."
"Outsourcing, an alliance of partners, good communication with those partners to say here's our common goal" adds to greater success for Regus, he continued.
Schneider Electric, the French multinational, has another issue facing established players: bringing in new skills while securing the competence of an ageing workforce.
"In France," Heydemann, CEO of Schneider Electric France, said, "more than 2,000 people will retire in the next five years." Replacing the skills, the technical expertise that has been built up over 30 years is one hurdle they face. But Schneider Electric, like all companies, also has to attract new workers: "Our biggest challenge is to attract and retain young talent." Schneider has a digital service factory, which is more agile and "more like where these new generations would want to work. But the challenge is that we also need to bring those talents in the core of what we do."
The newcomers aren't necessarily outsourcers nor do they have the problem of imminent retirees. A common thread is the outlook of employees in the face of disruption.
Bittner said there are two central factors about tech talent: Accept a lack of perfection and create a sense of paranoia in them. On tech talent "there is no way you can say 'I want a data scientist who specialises in exactly the process I want to optimise'. It's more about creating a culture of hiring very young people and then giving them the freedom to express themselves and shine," he said.
Regarding "paranoia", Bittner described how disruption in the technology industry is not a one-time event. Over the six years Lazada has been in business, it's been disrupted itself any number of times. Keeping all employees paranoid about the competition, on their toes and ready to face any challenges is key for Lazada.
At BlaBlaCar, founder Mazzella reported that "what's really important is that you have a mindset, a culture that is agile and that can adapt, innovate." At the Paris-based start-up, they take agile into the physical world: "No one in the company has had a desk for more than a year in the same place." People may retain their job but move to a different desk, or they could change job and desk. Ensuring the company is an attractive place to work, with a focus on culture, also helps to attract and retain talent.
Disruptive agility
Solutions to the problem of disruption vary from company to company. Mindset, supply chains and business models have helped the panellists' companies affect change. I referred to a report from Deloitte called "Navigating the New Digital Divide" which explained that there is no more gap, there is no more divide between real and digital life.
Bittner agreed, "The concept of offline vs. online is archaic. If you're online at a store or at home, it doesn't make a difference. We're not living in a world where you need to sit at home on a computer to be online. If I'm in a store and I'm looking at my phone, what am I? Offline, online? It's very hard to define."
"The disruption here is less about my industry being disrupted. It's more about the digital players, which are the Alibabas and the Amazons of this world, bringing their expertise of using data and technology and tools to optimise the supply chains within a department store. Or understanding through their data who the consumers walking into the store are. Frankly, they should know who the customers are and what they want before the customers even enter the store," based on information from WeChat and other apps.
Consumers share their opinions on WeChat or Facebook or they write app reviews to show what they need and how they prefer to get it. Digital transformation is the convergence of technology and data to optimise processes.
Dixon said, "We have to run our business like it's a start-up, like we were starting it tomorrow. So everything we do, make it digital. How we interact with customers, how we interact with our own people."
"In order to adapt," Mazzella added, "you have to go back to the strengths of your roots." For BlaBlaCar, these roots are the ability to go anywhere at a low cost with the help of a large community. This is a reflection of the core of the company.
The importance of supply chains – perhaps not the first thing that springs to mind when discussing digital transformation – shone through during the panel.
At Schneider, "our biggest strength is obviously our supply chain, that's number one," according to Heydemann. "We are one of the top 20 companies for supply chains. Number two is our network of partners. We have a strong industrial software business with 4,000 integrators around the world."
In the digital age, "the biggest change is obviously that we can connect and know better our customers and our partners. And we should serve them better using digital technology, connecting them through the web, providing all the technology available in the digital space," she said.
For Heydemann, a unique opportunity is the role of energy storage and renewable energy. "The world of energy is becoming digital decarbonised and decentralised. Everyone today is an energy consumer, everyone tomorrow can be an energy producer, with solutions combining solar and storage. The biggest revolution that's coming to Schneider Electric is energy storage and decentralisation of how energy is consumed and produced."
"Digital is, of course, a fantastic driver for change," Bittner said in his closing remarks, but "don't be too scared of us. We have the same problems with teams and motivation and incentivisation that everyone has."
For information about the upcoming INSEAD Alumni Forum Americas to be held in San Francisco, click here. The next INSEAD Alumni Forum Europe will be held in June in The Netherlands.
Jean-Marc Liduena (INSEAD MBA '99J) is a Senior Partner at Deloitte and the past president of the INSEAD France Alumni Association.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Typespot.Models
{
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    public class Personality
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [DisplayName("Type nummer")]
        public int Type { get; set; }

        [DisplayName("Navn")]
        public string Name { get; set; }
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        [DataType( "wysiwyg" )]
        [DisplayName("Beskrivelse")]
        public string Description { get; set; }

        [DisplayName( "Center" )]
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        [DisplayName( "Tonalitet" )]
        public int TonalityId { get; set; }
        [DisplayName( "Harmonisk gruppe, 1. forsvar" )]
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        [DisplayName( "Social stil, 2. forsvar" )]
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        [ForeignKey( "CenterId" )]
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        public virtual Tonality Tonality { get; set; }
        [ForeignKey( "HarmonicGroupId" )]
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        [ForeignKey( "SocialStyleId" )]
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    public interface IStrategy
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        public int Id { get; set; }
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        public string Name { get; set; }
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        [DataType( "wysiwyg" )]
        public string Description { get; set; }

        [UIHint("Image")]
        [DisplayName( "Image" )]
        public string Url { get; set; }
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        public HttpPostedFileBase File { get; set; }
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    /// <summary>
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    [DisplayName("Tonalitet")]
    public class Tonality : IStrategy
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        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required]
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        public string Name { get; set; }

        [AllowHtml]
        [DataType( "wysiwyg" )]
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        [NotMapped]
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    [DisplayName( "Harmonic Group" )]
    public class HarmonicGroup : IStrategy
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }
        [DisplayName("Navn")]
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        public string Name { get; set; }

        [AllowHtml]
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        [DisplayName("Beskrivelse")]
        public string Description { get; set; }

        [UIHint( "Image" )] // Display template
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        public string Url { get; set; }

        [NotMapped]
        [DataType( "Image" )]
        public HttpPostedFileBase File { get; set; }
    }

    /// <summary>
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    /// </summary>
    ///
    [DisplayName( "Social Style" )]
    public class SocialStyle : IStrategy
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [DisplayName("Navn")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [AllowHtml]
        [DataType( "wysiwyg" )]
        [DisplayName("Beskrivelse")]
        public string Description { get; set; }

        [UIHint( "Image" )]
        [DisplayName( "Billede" )]
        public string Url { get; set; }

        [NotMapped]
        [DataType( "Image" )]
        public HttpPostedFileBase File { get; set; }
    }

    public static class IStrategyExtensions
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        public static void UploadFile(this IStrategy model)
        {
            if( model.File != null && model.File.ContentLength > 0 )
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                if( !string.IsNullOrEmpty( model.Url ) )
                {
                    model.DeleteFile();
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        public static void DeleteFile ( this IStrategy model )
        {
            string fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(model.Url);
            FileInfo file = new FileInfo(fullPath);
            if( file.Exists )
            {
                file.Delete();
            }
        }
    }
}

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Were the Dolphins a playoff contender last year?
Just curious as to how you define what a playoff contender is.
I think they were because they were not eliminated until the second to last week of the regular season.
Re: Were the Dolphins a playoff contender last year?
If that's the case, then they were a playoff contender. Big difference between being a playoff contender and a championship contender.
I would day if in the last two weeks you have a realistic shot. Win plus one other team lose you are in the hunt. Win plus 3 other team must lose, then you aren't really in it even if mathematically possible.
To simply answer the OP I would say no they were not a contender because they didn't make the playoffs.
IMO a playoff "contender" indicates a team that will make the playoffs, and have a reasonable chance of winning a playoff game.
However, the OP follows up his contender statement, with the timing of being eliminated from the possibility of making the playoffs, which I regard as something totally different.
To that statement I would ask "when does the playoff hunt begin?" Is it two weeks left? three? four?
IMO to be truly considered in the hunt, you need to control your own destiny...win out and your in. Some seasons there may be some exceptions, such as a team going 11-5 and not making the playoffs; but a 9 win season doesn't cut it.
If you aren't eliminated before week 17 starts, you're definitely contending. If you aren't eliminated by the start of week 16 and you're in the 8 seed or higher (or the division is still in play) you're contending. If neither of those are the case, you're not in contention.
I think control your own destiny is a bit too strict.
Let say week 17 you need to win and one of three games need to go your way....I would say you are still in contention, even though you don't control your own destiny. OTOH, you need to win and 3 out of 3 other games need to go your way then you really aren't in contention — you are praying for a miracle.
So basically, you're saying that a team that "really isn't in contention" for the playoffs can still make the playoffs? That's a strange definition of "contention."
If you are not eliminated, you have to be in contention for the playoffs. Otherwise it's a useless term.
At the beginning of week 1, every team is in both mathematical and realistic playoff contention.
I just don't like the idea of saying that the Colts were not in "realistic playoff contention" at 1-5 when they actually made the playoffs.
I think the bigger question is, What does it matter if they were a playoff contender They didn't make the playoffs. To me that is the only thing I care about.
I think the underlying notion (at least for me) is that if the Dolphins were considered a "playoff contender" last year, then why the need to go into full on rebuilding mode. If they were a contender then just try and add the two or three needed players to get them over the hump and into the playoffs.
Good point, I'll go along with that.


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The Stax Trilogy
Each year on August 16 I try in my own way to celebrate the legacy of Elvis Presley, and most of the times it involves listening to some carefully picked Elvis music during the day. This time around, inspired by the recent Elvis At Stax release, I will play songs from the three Follow That Dream classic albums making up what I like to call "The Stax Trilogy," that is, Raised On Rock, Good Times and Promised Land (the first one recorded in July 1973 and the last two in December that year).
Not only do these three titles represent some of the best releases from the FTD label so far, they also feature a lot of my favorite tracks with Elvis, (both masters and alternate takes) and this is especially true when it comes to the two albums recorded in December 1973. Also, they are good examples of albums where Elvis' ability to master all kind of musical styles, such as pop, rock, ballads, country funk and gospel, is clearly evident.
I also like the fact that the outtakes on the FTD classic album version of Raised On Rock present the Elvis' 1973 July recording session at Stax in a much more positive light than was the case on the original 1973 album. That said, Raised On Rock clearly is the weakest of the bunch, and although not anywhere near Good Times or Promised Land, it would have made for a stronger album had Elvis not insisted on "I've Got A Thing About You Baby" and "Take Good Care Of Her" be taken of the album for a future single release instead.
Finally, I'd like to share a comment my brother Mårten made when I posted my review of the FTD classic album version of Good Times in 2009, where he responded to another well written comment (by the signature David) ending with the line "Taking the best from each one of these two albums [Good Times and Promised Land] would have resulted in one of the very greatest albums of his career - in hindsight, if only quality was more important than quantity."
This is what Mårten wrote: "I've always thought about what a great 12 track album we could have had from the December 1973 sessions. Here is my versions of it (Leaving of Help Me b/w If That Isn't Love for an Easter 1974 single and the rest of the tracks as B-sides for singles):
Talk About The Good Times
If You Talk In Your Sleep
Loving Arms
You Asked Me To
It's Midnight
There's A Honky Tonk Angel
I Got A Feeling In My Body
Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Listening to those 12 tracks will be as good start as any to commemorate Elvis, don't you think?
Raised On Rock Revisited (posted July 4, 2012)
Promised Land – A Review (posted December 28, 2011)
Good Times Never Seemed So Good (posted January 2, 2010)
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package xen

import (
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"time"

	"fmt"
	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
	"github.com/emc-advanced-dev/pkg/errors"
	"github.com/solo-io/unik/pkg/compilers/rump"
	"github.com/solo-io/unik/pkg/providers/common"
	"github.com/solo-io/unik/pkg/providers/xen/xenclient"
	"github.com/solo-io/unik/pkg/types"
	"github.com/solo-io/unik/pkg/util"
)

const (
	instanceListenerPrefix  = "unik_xen"
	XenUnikInstanceListener = "XenUnikInstanceListener"
)

var timeout = time.Second * 10
var instanceListenerData = "InstanceListenerData"

func (p *XenProvider) deployInstanceListener() error {
	logrus.Infof("checking if instance listener is alive...")
	if instanceListenerIp, err := common.GetInstanceListenerIp(instanceListenerPrefix, timeout); err == nil {
		logrus.Infof("instance listener is alive with IP %s", instanceListenerIp)
		return nil
	}
	logrus.Infof("cannot contact instance listener... cleaning up previous if it exists..")
	p.client.DestroyVm(XenUnikInstanceListener)
	logrus.Infof("compiling new instance listener")
	sourceDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "xen.instancelistener.")
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("creating temp dir for instance listener source", err)
	}
	defer os.RemoveAll(sourceDir)
	rawImage, err := common.CompileInstanceListener(sourceDir, instanceListenerPrefix, "compilers-rump-go-xen", rump.CreateImageXen, false)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("compiling instance listener source to unikernel", err)
	}
	defer os.Remove(rawImage.LocalImagePath)
	logrus.Infof("staging new instance listener image")
	os.RemoveAll(getImagePath(XenUnikInstanceListener))
	params := types.StageImageParams{
		Name:     XenUnikInstanceListener,
		RawImage: rawImage,
		Force:    true,
	}
	image, err := p.Stage(params)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("building bootable xen image for instsance listener", err)
	}
	defer func() {
		if err != nil {
			p.DeleteImage(image.Id, true)
		}
	}()

	if err := p.runInstanceListener(image); err != nil {
		return errors.New("launching instance of instance listener", err)
	}
	return nil
}

func (p *XenProvider) runInstanceListener(image *types.Image) (err error) {
	logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
		"image-id": image.Id,
	}).Infof("running instance of instance listener")

	newVolume := false
	instanceListenerVol, err := p.GetVolume(instanceListenerData)
	if err != nil {
		newVolume = true
		imagePath, err := util.BuildEmptyDataVolume(10)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.New("failed creating raw data volume", err)
		}
		defer os.RemoveAll(imagePath)
		createVolumeParams := types.CreateVolumeParams{
			Name:      instanceListenerData,
			ImagePath: imagePath,
		}

		instanceListenerVol, err = p.CreateVolume(createVolumeParams)
		if err != nil {
			return errors.New("creating data vol for instance listener", err)
		}
		defer func() {
			if err != nil {
				p.DeleteVolume(instanceListenerVol.Id, true)
			}
		}()
	}

	defer func() {
		if err != nil {
			logrus.WithError(err).Warnf("error encountered, ensuring vm and disks are destroyed")
			p.DetachVolume(instanceListenerVol.Id)
			p.client.DestroyVm(XenUnikInstanceListener)
			os.RemoveAll(getInstanceDir(XenUnikInstanceListener))
			if newVolume {
				os.RemoveAll(getVolumePath(instanceListenerData))
			}
		}
	}()

	logrus.Debugf("creating xen vm")

	xenParams := xenclient.CreateVmParams{
		Name:      XenUnikInstanceListener,
		Memory:    image.RunSpec.DefaultInstanceMemory,
		BootImage: getImagePath(image.Name),
		VmDir:     getInstanceDir(XenUnikInstanceListener),
		DataVolumes: []xenclient.VolumeConfig{
			xenclient.VolumeConfig{
				ImagePath:  getVolumePath(instanceListenerVol.Name),
				DeviceName: "sdb1",
			},
		},
	}

	os.MkdirAll(getInstanceDir(XenUnikInstanceListener), 0755)

	if err := p.client.CreateVm(xenParams); err != nil {
		return errors.New("creating vm", err)
	}

	if err := p.state.ModifyVolumes(func(volumes map[string]*types.Volume) error {
		volume, ok := volumes[instanceListenerVol.Id]
		if !ok {
			return errors.New("no record of "+volume.Id+" in the state", nil)
		}
		volume.Attachment = instanceListenerVol.Id
		return nil
	}); err != nil {
		return errors.New("modifying volumes in state", err)
	}

	instanceListenerIp, err := common.GetInstanceListenerIp(instanceListenerPrefix, time.Minute*5)
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("failed to retrieve instance listener ip. is unik instance listener running?", err)
	}

	doms, err := p.client.ListVms()
	if err != nil {
		return errors.New("getting vm info from xen", err)
	}
	instanceId := XenUnikInstanceListener
	for _, d := range doms {
		if d.Config.CInfo.Name == XenUnikInstanceListener {
			instanceId = fmt.Sprintf("%d", d.Domid)
			break
		}
	}

	instance := &types.Instance{
		Id:             instanceId,
		Name:           XenUnikInstanceListener,
		State:          types.InstanceState_Pending,
		IpAddress:      instanceListenerIp,
		Infrastructure: types.Infrastructure_VIRTUALBOX,
		ImageId:        image.Id,
		Created:        time.Now(),
	}

	if err := p.state.ModifyInstances(func(instances map[string]*types.Instance) error {
		instances[instance.Id] = instance
		return nil
	}); err != nil {
		return errors.New("modifying instance map in state", err)
	}
	logrus.WithField("instance", instance).Infof("instance created successfully")

	return nil
}


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BLOOMBERG 2020? Michael Bloomberg considering running for president…as a Democrat: "Mr. Bloomberg, 76, a billionaire media executive and former New York City mayor, has already aligned himself with Democrats in the midterm elections, approving a plan to spend $80 million to flip control of the House of Representatives. A political group he controls will soon begin spending heavily in three Republican-held districts in Southern California, attacking conservative candidates for their stances on abortion, guns and the environment."
NOT OVERBLOWN. Hillary Clinton publishes essay on Trump: "Trump and his cronies do so many despicable things that it can be hard to keep track. I think that may be the point—to confound us, so it's harder to keep our eye on the ball. The ball, of course, is protecting American democracy. As citizens, that's our most important charge. And right now, our democracy is in crisis."
APOLOGY. Terry Crews publishes letter from Adam Venit, who groped him.
MARC BENIOFF. Salesforce CEO buying TIME magazine: "Meredith announced that it was selling Time magazine for $190m in cash to Benioff, one of four co-founders of Salesforce, a cloud computing pioneer. Meredith completed the purchase of Time along with other publications of Time Inc earlier this year. The Benioffs are purchasing Time personally, and the transaction is unrelated to Salesforce.com, where Benioff is chairman, co-chief executive and co-founder. The announcement by Meredith said the Benioffs would not be involved in day-to-day operations or journalistic decisions at Time. Those decisions will continue to be made by Time's current executive leadership team, the announcement said."
NEW PLAYWRIGHTS. Nick Jonas: 'On the weekend of the Emmys, and of his own 26th birthday, Nick Jonas threw a different kind of soiree — inviting about three dozen studio executives and film producers to a table read of the first dramatic play he's written, "Dessert First," at the Chateau Marmont, Variety has learned.'
CHRISSY TEIGEN. You've all been pronouncing my name wrong.
MICHIGAN. Lawsuit over gay couples denied adoptions can proceed: "U.S. District Judge Paul Borman said in an order issued Friday that the couples had successfully argued that the faith-based groups' religious screening practices harmed them."
BOSTON. Longtime gay nightclub Paradise closes.
LARAMIE A LEGACY: Anderson Cooper to host benefit reading of The Laramie Project, benefiting both the Matthew Shepard Foundation and Tectonic Theater Project: "Joining the cast is Emmy Award nominee Samira Wiley (The Handmaid's Tale, Orange is the New Black), Olympic bronze medalist and U.S. Figure Skating champion Adam Rippon in his stage debut, YouTube star and comedian Randy Rainbow, and Critic's Choice Television Award nominee Asia Kate Dillon (John Wick 3: Parabellum, Billions)."
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Home/Cryptocurrency/Ric Burton got 10k ETH from Buterin for a month of work in 2014
Ric Burton got 10k ETH from Buterin for a month of work in 2014
Web3 designer Ric Burton said that Vitalik Buterin gave 10,000 Ethereum (ETH) in 2016 as compensation for Buton's one month of work in 2014. thread he posted on twitter.
Burton's story begins shortly after he was "kicked out of the profitable company" he co-founded in 2014. Burton says he heard Buterin say, "I want to build a blockchain that can run programs," while listening to Bitcoin-related podcasts.
While admitting to being intrigued, Burton said he hasn't changed his daily routine to pursue this "Ethereum thing." But after hearing him twice more about Ethereum, Burton says he finally decided to watch Gavin Wood's speech.
Burton wrote:
"I attended a rally and saw Gavin say that Facebook's control over WhatsApp, Instagram, and the entire social web is contrary to the principles on which the Internet was founded.
He talked about trying to turn the pendulum back into decentralization. I had no idea what he was talking about. But I liked his jib cut. "
After the talk, Burton approached Wood and asked if ETH needed a designer. In response, Wood invited Burton to join the core ETH community. "I was hooked," Burton says, leaving the UK to fly to the Bay Area to meet Buterin himself.
"We met, hopped on the train and talked a little bit about his plans. I could barely keep up."
Burton said. According to his thread, the only time Burton spent with Buterin was on the train and car heading to San Francisco the next day. please. "
Burton then said he hadn't seen Buterin in three years. According to Thread, Burton continued to design and adjust according to Wood's feedback. But at the same time, Burton was running out of money. A month later, he said, Mr. Burton had to leave the community because he was "broken."
you'll get your money back.
After leaving the ETH circle, Burton went about his own business until two years later someone at the Ethereum Foundation contacted him wanting to pay ETH.
"I had no idea what that meant, but I liked the sound of getting rewarded.
So they were going to pay me ~$10,000.
Burton readily accepted, but no transfer took place. Since the price of ETH started to rise, Burton has continued to ask the foundation for his ETH.
Ultimately, Burton says, "I've hit a boiling point." He sent a direct message to Buterin on Skype, asking for Ether. Burton said Buterin apologized for the delay and immediately sent the money.
Burton concludes by saying:
"This is the deal that changed my life.
I completely lost my mind. We had about $100,000 in liquidity from this amazing community.
I immediately sold a third of it to pay off my debts. What I finally found is community fluidity. "
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Home » Carney's Point, NJ DuPont Powder Works Explosion, Apr 1899
Carney's Point, NJ DuPont Powder Works Explosion, Apr 1899
Submitted by Tim Taugher
EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE MEN.
Torpedo Goes Off Unexpectedly at the Du Pont Works - Capt. Stuart, a Government Inspector, Killed.
WOODBURY, N. J., April 29. - Capt. Sidney E. Stuart, a Government Inspector, and four employes of the Dupont Powder Works at Carney's Point, near here, were killed this afternoon by an explosion. The dead are:
AMOS MORRIS, Jr.
HARVEY SMITH.
JOSEPH YEAGER.
ISAAC FRAINT.
CAPT. SIDNEY E. STUART.
The men were in a small frame structure. They were experimenting with a torpedo. It was one of a supply ordered by the Government. The Inspector was closely watching the men. Without warning there was an explosion. The building was demolished. Morris, Smith, Yaeger, and Fraint were struck by pieces of the torpedo. The explosion was heard for miles. The noise attracted crowds to the works.
A workman named Russell was mangled about the body and lost the sight of both his eyes. He is not expected to live. The cause of the explosion is unknown.
It occurred shortly after 2 o'clock. Owing to the secrecy maintained by those about the works, but meagre details of the accident were learned. It is believed that Capt. Stuart and one of the workmen were making a test of some powder in the press mill when the explosion occurred. The press mill was wrecked and a number of valuable presses were destroyed. Yeager, Smith, and Frient had just left the mill. They and Morris were instantly killed. Capt. Stuart was badly injured, and died shortly afterward.
Capt. Sidney E. Stuart was an officer in the Ordnance Department of the army, a member of the Board of Ordnance, whose duties included the test of high explosives, and as Government Inspector his work called him to all parts of the country. His home was in Wilmington, Del., where he had a wife and several children, and he represented the Government at the Du Pont Works.
Col. Frank Phipps, Chairman of the Ordnance Board, who is located on Governors Island, was much distressed to hear that Capt. Stuart had been killed. He said that he had expected the aptain here on Monday in connection with the duties of the board.
Capt. Stuart entered the Military Academy in 1876, was made Second Lieutenant of the First Artillery in June, 1880; was promoted to a First Lieutenant in the Ordnanace Department four years later, and was honorary graduate of the artillery school in 1884. He was made Captain of ordnance at the expiration of fourteen years' service, and had been active in the work which has kept the ordnance of the army up to the highest standard.
The New York Times, New York, NY 30 Apr 1899
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Course Selection – Year 11, 2021
Gifted and Talented Selective Academic Program
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About Year 12
Students are encouraged to plan a two-year program and choose their Year 11 courses with consideration being given to the Year 12 courses they will study the following year.
Student MUST select;
An English course, either General or ATAR; and
If participating in a direct entry University Pathway, at least 4 ATAR subjects; and
A full complement of 6 courses or equivalent in Year 11.
In view of the requirements for success in Years 11 and 12, the following recommendations are made to help you:
Maximise your educational opportunities.
Take advantage of what the school has to offer.
Make sure you give yourself every chance to qualify for courses and career pathway/s of your choice.
Achieve the WA Certificate of Education.
Allow for the fact that you may change your mind
An explanation of the course structure
Courses are divided into two units which will generally make up one year of study. (For the most part, Carine Senior High School will offer paired units concurrently which will make a pair of units look like a year-long course).
Courses are divided into two distinct groups – ATAR courses which are the more difficult courses and can be used for direct University entry, and General courses, which contribute to graduation requirements, but do not contribute to a tertiary entrance score or the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
All ATAR courses taken in Year 12 have external examinations (WACE examinations).
General courses are wholly school assessed with one compulsory externally-set task in Term 2, used for moderation purposes.
All ATAR courses are eligible for inclusion in a Tertiary Entrance Aggregate, providing the WACE examination has been taken.
Not all courses will be offered at both ATAR and General levels at Carine Senior High School
Marks and Grades
The final result for each ATAR or General course in Year 12 will be reported with a grade and a mark out of 100.
The results will be forwarded to the School Curriculum and Standards Authority once a year.
The mark out of 100 will be statistically adjusted to conform with the rest of the state.
Only a grade will be forwarded to the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) for units taken in Year 11.
All students working towards the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) will need to include a pair of units from List A and a pair from List B, in their suite of Year 12 courses. List A courses cover the Arts, Humanities and Languages, while List B covers Science, Mathematics and Technology.
Senior school assessment policy can be found here.
Unacceptable Course Combinations
There are a number of unacceptable course combinations in relation to the calculation of the Tertiary Entrance Aggregate:
Chemistry and Integrated Science
Physics and Integrated Science
Mathematics Applications and Mathematics Methods
If both these subjects are taken, only one can be included in the ATAR.
The calculation of a student's Tertiary Entrance Aggregate does not have to include one of the English-based courses and is independent of his/her achieving the WACE or competence in English.
English Requirement
Students must study an English course in both Years 11 and 12. The English courses draw upon and develop the knowledge, skills and processes related to the strands of Language, Literature and Literacy used in the Year 7 to 10 programs. In Year 11, students study Units 1 and 2 of their course, while in Year 12 they study Units 3 and 4 of the course.
Students intending to apply to TAFE will be required to demonstrate literacy and numeracy.
Students intending to apply for University entrance will be required to demonstrate Competence in English, as prescribed by Universities through Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC). Please speak to the Senior School Academic Performance Manager if you require further information regarding this.
Guidelines for Choosing the Most Appropriate Courses
As young people mature and collect more information it's likely that they will change their understanding about their choices. The courses selected should aim to deliver the broadest range of choices for further education and training and for meeting employer expectations.
Carine Senior High School
51 Everingham St, Carine WA 6020
carine.shs@education.wa.edu.au
All photos on this site are credited to Ed Janes and 2020 Year 12 students Renee Bragge, Tilyia Peoples, Elizabeth Grayden and Yasmin Bridge
Copyright © 2020 Carine Senior High School


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Modern-day supervillain fortress in Hollywood Hills finds its next Lex Luthor
By Jack Flemming
A four-story fortress fit for a supervillain has sold for $3.65 million in Hollywood Hills. (Anthony Barcelo)
L.A.'s most fortified home has just been secured for $3.65 million.
Touting a rooftop helipad and bedrooms that can be sealed off from the rest of the home, the Hollywood Hills mansion is fit for a supervillain. It was built in 2001 for Al V. Corbi, founder of security firm SAFE.
The name is short for Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments, and there are plenty of examples throughout the four-story citadel. Set atop a knoll, the home's panoramic views are perfect for spotting incoming invaders.
Inside, the 7,744-square-foot floor plan holds five bedrooms, two of which are designated "safe core" rooms. That means they can be quickly sealed off and secured using special locks and doors. Other safeguards include two panic rooms and a biometric security system.
Walls of windows fill the living spaces, which include a living room with a dual-sided fireplace and a gourmet kitchen. An elevator services all four floors. Up top, there's a rooftop terrace with a grill and spa.
Sally Forster Jones, now with Compass, Bryce Lowe and Kirby Gillon of Pacific Union International held the listing. Mamma Fnu and Cynthia Kavadas-Williamson, also with Pacific Union, represented the buyer.
The home was on the market last summer seeking $4 million.


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Asian American faculty, staff and students call for establishment of Asian American studies program
The petition has received support from over 790 Dartmouth community members and professors at peer institutions.
by Anaïs Zhang | 3/29/21 2:02am
Women's, gender and sexuality studies professor Eng-Beng Lim spearheaded the call to found an Asian American studies program.
Source: Courtesy of Eng-Beng Lim
In the wake of the shooting of eight people in Georgia, six of them Asian women, Dartmouth students, faculty and alumni are calling on the College to found a robust Asian American studies program. As of Sunday, a petition being circulated online has garnered more than 790 signatories ranging from Dartmouth community members to professors at peer institutions.
The petition outlines an action plan for the 2021-2022 academic year, proposing several measures including the appointment of a tenured senior Asian American professor, visiting professor and post-doctoral fellow; the creation of an Asian American studies minor; and institutional support for the race, migration, and sexuality consortium, an organization created for students to engage in a study of colonial and transnational forces. Overall, the plan aims to create an "anti-racist and equitable" curriculum to increase the visibility of Asian American studies at the College.
Associate professor of women's, gender and sexuality studies Eng-Beng Lim, who spearheaded the action plan, said that demands for the College to establish a formal Asian American studies program are nothing new.
"[The action plan] is not an incidental action or 'inspired' by recent incidents," Lim said. "Asian American studies is a legitimate, vital field to study with its own professional research agenda. And students and faculty have campaigned for Asian American studies in the past 10 years or more."
"You have a professor in biology who specializes in molecular biology, and so forth," Lim said. "We have literally no one specializing in Asian American anything."
According to Lim, although Dartmouth has a website for Asian American studies, the title is a "misnomer" because unlike Native American studies or African American studies at Dartmouth, Asian American studies is not a formalized program. He added that other colleges have established Asian American studies programs, but Dartmouth currently has only one position devoted to Asian American literature within the English department — a position he noted currently sits unfilled. Lim also said that courses on Asian American studies taught by postdoctoral fellows in different departments are not organized.
Still, he said that students who have taken Asian American studies courses have viewed them as "transformative."
Nick Sugiarto '23, who took WGSS 36.06, "Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Literature" with Lim this past winter, said he felt that Asian American identity is "not really talked about" at Dartmouth. He added that he appreciated the opportunity in Lim's course to reflect on his own identity while "[meeting] other people with similar experiences."
Despite previous community efforts to institutionalize an Asian American studies program, Lim said that students and faculty's demands have been "ignored" and "systematically sidelined" by the administration.
Former chair of Dartmouth Asian Pacific American Alumni Association Ariel Xue '08 expressed frustration at the College's lack of accountability with regard to institutional diversity and equity goals that Dartmouth set for itself through its recent Inclusive Excellence Initiative. She cited the denial of tenure and lack of mentorship given to previous professors hired to teach Asian American studies as evidence of a lack of support.
"We just continually see the kind of sidelining and marginalization of faculty of color engaged in this kind of work" Xue said.
According to Xue, the action plan is reminiscent of a similar initiative undertaken during Xue's time at Dartmouth in 2004, when members of the Pan-Asian Council, in collaboration with faculty, wrote an open letter to the administration and collected over 1,000 signatures in support of the formalized creation of an Asian American studies program and minor.
Subsequently, Dartmouth hired two tenure-track professors in an effort to institutionalize Asian American studies, according to Xue. Though the professors were hired, they lacked support and were "completely isolated." In the years since, she said, both professors have left the College.
The current action plan includes a request for the College to "provide an intellectual home" for Asian American scholars through RMS.
Xue said she thinks that in providing a space for faculty and students of color to engage in teaching, research, mentorship and "coalition building," RMS is vital to increasing the presence of Asian American studies on campus. However, she added that Dartmouth has not committed to renew funding for the consortium past this year.
"If [the professors hired to institutionalize Asian American studies at Dartmouth] had only had a place like RMS on campus where you have a community of professors that are united, elevating scholarship, providing a home base, imagine what kind of difference that could have made," she said.
Lan Nguyen GR '24 said she signed the action plan to bring awareness to violence and discrimination faced by the Asian American community, adding that she hopes the Dartmouth community will begin to recognize Asian Americans as part of a diverse body rather than a homogenous group.
"All the communities are facing different types of discrimination, hate, violence," Nguyen said. "I think that it is important that we acknowledge and know about that."
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Egyptian Policemen at Gaza Border Are Elite Commandos - Herb Keinon and Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Following disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Israel agreed to allow Egypt to deploy 750 of its border policemen near the Egypt-Gaza border.
But according to a high-ranking official in Jerusalem, the policemen are really elite undercover commandos who were deployed there by Cairo in an effort to change the strategic balance along the border.
Defense establishment officials say the Egyptians could do much more to stop the arms smuggling across the border, but that Egypt has refrained from employing its troops effectively, trying to force Israel to allow the deployment of more forces.
"They want to change the strategic balance along the border with Israel," a senior defense official said.
U.S. Investment in Fatah Forces Likely to Go Down the Drain - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)
In the recent fighting, Abbas' supporters suffered major casualties and many senior figures belonging to Fatah are now afraid to sleep in their homes.
The resignation over the weekend of Gen. Rashid Abu Shabak, a top Fatah security commander in Gaza, days after Hamas gunmen raided his villa in Gaza City and killed six of his bodyguards, is further evidence of the collapse of the PA security infrastructure.
Seven other senior Fatah commanders have been killed by Hamas militiamen over the past year in Gaza.
Abbas has lost much of his influence over the PA security forces, not to mention the scores of Fatah-controlled militias that are responsible for the ongoing state of anarchy and lawlessness.
Under current circumstances, the millions of dollars that the U.S. is investing in training and arming Abbas' "Presidential Guard" are likely to go down the drain.
A security force that can't arrest a car thief will never stand up against Hamas.
Three Islamic Jihad Terrorists Killed in Gaza "Work Accident" (Reuters)
Three Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed in an explosion in central Gaza on Tuesday, hospital officials said.
A Palestinian security source said it appeared they were killed in a "work accident" when explosives they were handling detonated accidentally.
Understanding the Palestinian Infighting - Daoud Kuttab (Jerusalem Post)
An outside observer can easily be excused for asking how Palestinians, who cannot learn to administer power fairly, apply the rule of law, and understand the meaning of power-sharing and rotation of power in Gaza, can guarantee that they can do it in the rest of the Palestinian territories.
Sources from Gaza indicate that the last round of internal fighting was instigated by some hardline officials (unconfirmed reports have even pointed to the former ministers of foreign affairs and interior) who were asked to leave in order to make room for the national unity government.
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Hamas Leader: Rocket Attacks on Israel Will Continue - Ian Black
Khaled Mashal, the political leader of Hamas, speaking in Damascus Tuesday, insisted attacks on Israel will continue despite Israeli retaliation. Hamas has been the main force behind more than 250 Kassam rockets fired at southern Israel from Gaza in the past two weeks, killing two civilians. Mashal rejected demands by the Quartet that Hamas accept three conditions - recognition of Israel, an end to violence, and acceptance of previous peace agreements with Israel.
Mashal is described by Western sources as the channel for Iranian financial support for Hamas. The U.S. has pressed Syria to close down Hamas' Damascus offices but Syria insists it will not. Contemplating the forthcoming 40th anniversary of the June 1967 Middle East war, Mashal underlined his view that armed resistance will eventually succeed. (Guardian-UK)
Security Council to Vote on Court to Try Suspects in Beirut Slaying - Warren Hoge
The U.S. and its European allies, acting despite opposition from Russia, scheduled a vote for Wednesday on a binding Security Council resolution establishing an international court to try those suspected of killing Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister. Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador, said he believed that the Western powers had the nine votes necessary for passage, and Vitaly I. Churkin, the Russian ambassador, outlined his country's opposition in a way that seemed to presage an abstention rather than a veto. The resolution is being proposed under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, making it mandatory and subject to enforcement. (New York Times)
Al-Qaeda Extends Reach from Iraq to Algeria - Craig Whitlock
Al-Qaeda has rapidly extended its influence across North Africa by aiding and organizing local groups that are demonstrating a renewed ability to launch terrorist attacks in the region. The bombers who struck the Government Palace and a police station in Algiers last month, killing 33 people, are believed to have been local residents. But Algerian authorities are examining evidence that the bombers were siphoned from recruiting pipelines that have sent hundreds of North African fighters to Iraq and perhaps were trained by veterans of the Iraqi insurgency.
"Al-Qaeda's presence in North Africa is a reality," said Baltasar Garzon, a senior Spanish magistrate. "It's an ideal base from which to engage in actions against Europe....Moving their next phase of action to Europe, I think, is just a matter of time." (Washington Post)
See also Spain Arrests 16 Over Recruiting Islamist Fighters - Ben Harding
Spain said on Monday it had arrested 14 Moroccans and two Algerians suspected of recruiting Islamist fighters for Iraq and North Africa. (Reuters/Washington Post)
See also Al-Qaeda Video Threatens Attacks on U.S. - Anna Johnson
Wearing a white robe and a turban, Adam Yehiye Gadahn, an American member of al-Qaeda who has been charged with treason, warned President Bush on Tuesday to end U.S. involvement in all Muslim lands or face an attack worse than the Sept. 11 suicide assault, according to a new videotape. Gadahn demanded that Bush remove all U.S. military and spies from Islamic countries, free all Muslims from U.S. prisons, and end support for Israel. He said a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq alone would not satisfy al-Qaeda. (AP/Washington Post)
Israel Air Force Targets Hamas Rocket Crew
The Israel Air Force killed two Hamas men early Wednesday in a strike on a group of gunners firing rockets at Israel from the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas radio said the men belonged to its military wing. "Hamas exploits every calm and quiet period to build itself up and prepare for future attacks. We cannot allow this," Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday. (Ha'aretz)
Ya'alon: No Peace Until Arabs Recognize Israel - Etgar Lefkovits
The refusal of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel's basic right to exist as an independent Jewish state is the main obstacle to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, former IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Moshe Ya'alon said Monday. "Today, I do not see the possibility of being able to settle the conflict without defeating the regimes and terrorist organizations that still hold the idea of destroying Israel," Ya'alon said at a briefing sponsored by Jerusalem's Shalem Center marking 40 years since the Six-Day War.
"Until 1995, I thought we might have a Palestinian partner to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution, but I do not think this way anymore, based on the experience of the last decade," he said. "The way to defeat global terrorism is not by solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but by defeating jihadist regimes and their organizations by all means, including political and economic," he said. (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas TV Promotes Child Martyrs - Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
Hamas TV continues to promote martyrdom for children. A new video clip, broadcast Sunday, follows a young Palestinian boy who matures into a Hamas fighter against Israel and eventually dies as a martyr, while a choir sings, "The pure blood will produce honor and glory." (Palestinian Media Watch)
View Child Terrorist Video (Palestinian Media Watch)
Ahmadinejad Sabotaging Iran's Economy - Spengler
Iran's economy is so damaged that it is impossible to tell how bad things are. Iranian dissidents put overall unemployment at 30% and youth unemployment at 50%. Government subsidies sustain a very large portion of the population; 42% of the non-agricultural population is employed by the Iranian state, compared with 17% in Pakistan. The present inflation rate of about 20%, driven by a 40% rate of monetary expansion, suggests that government resources are already exhausted. Governments resort to the printing press when they no longer can raise sufficient funds.
Ahmadinejad last week reduced private and state bank lending rates to 12% from 14%, that is, 5-10 percentage points below the rate of inflation. If Ahmadinejad were in the pay of a hostile intelligence service, he could not have found a more effective way to sabotage Iran's economy by augmenting the incentives for capital flight. (Asia Times-Hong Kong)
Battle for Britain - Editorial
Britain has become in recent years the battlefield in Israel's fight for its existence as a Jewish state. The number of British organizations calling for the boycott of Israel, their public campaigns, and their constant comparisons between Israel and the apartheid regime of South Africa have made the battle for British public opinion particularly significant. In the face of boycott proposals by Britain's National Union of Journalists, by a group of British doctors and a group of architects, and in the wake of the Anglican Church's decision to divest from companies cooperating with Israel, even the Israeli left has no choice but to fight back.
Taking off the gloves in this debate involves knowingly foregoing the kudos that British academia lavishes on all who are willing to express anti-Israel stands. The British University and College Union has even had the temerity to proclaim that Israeli lecturers who disown the policies of the Israeli government will not be boycotted. It is British academics who should lose sleep over this McCarthyistic demand. Academic freedom means first of all an open exchange of opinions, without coercion, and not shutting people's mouths. (Ha'aretz)
See also British Academic Union Set to Vote on Boycotting Israel - Jon Boone (Financial Times-UK)
See also Israeli Foreign Minister Meets with British Ambassador Over UK Boycotts - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz)
The Economist Is Wrong - Sever Plocker (Ynet News)
"Israel's Wasted Victory" is the headline of The Economist's editorial marking 40 years since the Six-Day War. Nonetheless, in describing the war as "a calamity for the Jewish state no less than for its neighbors," The Economist is making a grave mistake.
The Six-Day War changed the course of history for the better, ensured Israel's existence, and convinced the Arabs to come to terms with it. Thanks to Israel's full and shining victory, the rulers of the Arab states relinquished their vision of eliminating Israel.
The Economist writes, "When, decades later, Egypt and Jordan did make peace with Israel, the Palestinians did not recover Gaza and the West Bank." The Palestinians did not recover Gaza and the West Bank? Until 1967, Gaza and the West Bank were territories administered by Egypt and Jordan.
It may well be assumed that the Jordanian regime would not have permitted Palestinian refugees, their children and grandchildren to realize their national sovereignty in Gaza and the West Bank and to establish the Palestinian state there.
Had the Palestinians really wanted a state of their own it would have been established long ago. Yet the Palestinians prefer a state of "no state," no responsibility, no commitments and no solution, alongside ongoing terror.


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Dolores Hoffmann (* 1. September 1937 in Leningrad) ist eine estnische Glasmalerin und Restauratorin. Sie entstammt einer deutsch-estnischen Familie.

Leben und Werk
Dolores Hoffmanns Familie lebte in der Sowjetunion. Die Eltern wurden unter Stalin inhaftiert. Der Vater wurde 1938 als angeblicher deutscher Spion hingerichtet. Die Mutter verschwand im Gulag. Dolores Hoffmann wuchs nach der sowjetischen Besetzung Estlands bei Tanten ihrer Mutter in der estnischen Hauptstadt Tallinn auf.

Hoffmann schloss 1962 das Staatliche Kunstinstitut Estlands (Eesti Riiklik Kunstiinstituut) im Fach Malerei ab. Von 1963 bis 1995 war sie an der Lehranstalt als Dozentin für Komposition tätig.

Seit 1973 beschäftigt sich Hoffmann vertieft mit Glasmalerei. 1995 gründete sie ihr eigenes Atelier für Glasmalerei und spezialisierte sich auf Fenster für Sakralbauten. Neben zahlreichen Glasfenstern für Kirchen restauriert Hoffmann Bleiglasfenster aus dem 13. bis 19. Jahrhundert. Sie ist Eigentümerin des Unternehmens Domini Canes, das in der Tallinner Altstadt Glasfenster anfertigt und renoviert. Sie unterhält daneben eine Galerie mit Glaskunst.

Auszeichnungen
1982 erhielt Hoffmann die Auszeichnung "Verdiente Künstlerin der Estnischen SSR". 2002 wurde ihr die Marienmedaille der Tallinner Domgemeinde verliehen.

Glasarbeiten (Auswahl)
 Kirche von Valjala (1975–1983, 2010)
 Ministerium für Naturschutz der Estnischen SSR (1975)
 Glasbilder im Foyer des Fernsehturms von Tallinn (1980/81)
 Kirchen von Kihelkonna und Valjala (1975–1983, 2010)
 Fenster des Standesamts von Tallinn (1982/83)
 Heiliggeistkirche von Tallinn (1987–1996)
 Fenster des Adventisten-Seminars in Tula, Russland (1989)
 Kirchen von Elva, Türi ja Toila (1995–1999)
 Kirche des Helsinkier Stadtteils Hakinula (1995–1997)
 Kapelle des Opus Dei in Stockholm (1996)
 Verwaltungssitz von Lukoil in Moskau (1997–2000)
 Friedhofskapelle von Tõrva (1998)
 Synagoge von Tallinn (2000)
 Firmensitz von Talosto in Sankt Petersburg (2001/2002)
 Commerzbank  in Moskau (2001)
 Kirche von Karula (2001)
 Petrikirche von Heimtali (2003)
 Residenz des Metropoliten der Estnischen Apostolisch-Orthodoxen Kirche (2003)
 Alexanderkirche von Narva (2004)
 Kirche von Iisaku (2004)
 Kirche von Simuna (2005–2011)
 Kirche von Laiuse (2006)
 Gebetshaus in Mustvee (2006)
 Lutherische Kirche auf der Insel Honshū, Japan (2007)
 Kapelle der Seemannsmission in Muuga (2008)
 Baptistisches Gebetshaus von Kohila (2008)
 Gemeindehaus von Nissi (2009)
 Häuser in Batumi (2010/2011)
 Kirche von Põltsamaa (2012)

Literatur
 Eesti elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3, S. 92

Weblinks
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Andreyeva Bay cleanup reaches landmark in dangerous nuclear fuel removal process
Used nuclear fuel assemblies, which had been lying for decades at the bottom of Building 5, an aged and dilapidated fuel store at Russia's Andreyeva Bay, have been removed and secured, marking a major milestone in a year-long international effort.
Published on December 9, 2019 by Charles Digges
Spent nuclear fuel in dry storage at Andreyeva Bay. (Photo: Bellona)
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, which manages the funds for the cleanup, reported that the complex technical operation was completed last month.
The fuel removal process at Andreyeva Bay, which began in 2017, is being carried out by SevRAO, part of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, with financing from the bank's Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership program. The program's Nuclear Window effort draws together funding and technical assistance for 10 European nations
Bellona's Alexander Nikitin, who was instrumental in drawing the world's attention to the dangers of Andreyeva Bay, called the operation "an important step, which will allow for further cleaning of the building and the removal of remaining damaged fuel."
He warned, however, that the Cold War relic remains hazardous and that its internal fuel storage pools must be decontaminated before the facility is harmless.
A Geiger counter measuring radiation near Andreyeva Bay's Building 5.	Credit: Amund Trellevik/NRK
Andreyeva Bay opened in 1961 as a refueling station and maintenance base for Soviet nuclear submarines. Over the next quarter of a century, the site amassed some 22,000 spent nuclear fuel assemblies, many badly damaged, before it was closed in 1992 without adequate planning to handle the contamination that could emerge.
In 1982, that contamination came to the fore when the site's now notorious Building 5 started leaking, threatening to dump a toxic stew of plutonium, uranium and other fission products into Litsa Fjord, only 50 kilometers from the Norwegian border on the Barents Sea.
Technicians at the base rushed much of that nuclear fuel into temporary containment structures at the site and cemented them in – an arrangement that over time became permanent.
Still other fuel at Andreyeva Bay was stored out in the open, unshielded from the harsh arctic elements. The conditions of neglect led many experts to fear that the radioactive morgue might spark an uncontrolled chain reaction and explode.
This slow-motion nuclear disaster continued to unfold in near secrecy until Bellona brought it to international attention in 1996, when it published a groundbreaking report on Northwest Russia's nuclear woes.
One of the most significant problems described by the report was what remained in Building 5 after its initial leak had been stemmed: Although the intact fuel assemblies had been removed, significant volumes of radionuclides and damaged assemblies remained in the sludge of structure's storage pools.
Tackling the removal of those dangerous remnants was complicated, as the damaged assemblies required special robots to removed them. This remote handling equipment had to be manufactured for the purpose. After tests at a mock-up facility, the damaged fuel removal was successfully completed by last month.
Following this latest operation, radiation levels at Andreyeva Bay fell by over 40 percent, which will allow for further decommissioning work within the framework of the Nuclear Window. The used fuel will be transported to Atomflot, the nuclear icebreaker port near Murmansk, for onward transportation, storage and reprocessing at the Mayak Production Association in the Southern Urals.
The EBRD, as the only international financial institution with experience funding nuclear decommissioning, has managed financing for a number of post-Soviet nuclear cleanup projects. Among those is the containment structure over Chernobyl's stricken No 4 reactor and the Lepse nuclear service ship, which is now being dismantled near Murmansk.
The Andreyeva Bay cleanup project is expected to be complete by 2028.


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The library's holdings include more than 147,000 books, 20,000 government documents, 12,000 VHS and DVDs, 4,400 audio books, 50 paintings, 13,500 e-books, a large map collection, a collection of unit histories and more than 2,000 rare books. The library has a large collection of materials on current and historical military affairs, as well as nonfiction in many other subjects.
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The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Physical Stability Joint Subcommittee (which includes members of USP´s General Chapters Expert Committees for Physical Analysis, Dosage Forms, and Packaging and Distribution) has published a Stimuli article regarding Guidelines For Assessing and Controlling the Physical Stability of Pharmaceutical Raw Materials, Intermediates, and Dosage Forms in Pharmacopeial Forum (PF) 44(6) [Nov-Dec 2018].
The authors of this Stimuli article define physical stability to be as follows: "Physical stability is the ability of a material to remain physically unchanged over time under stated or reasonably-expected conditions for manufacturing, storage and use".
In the past, the screening of Drug Substances (DSs) for polymorphism and the ability to form salts / co-crystals and hydrates / solvates ("pseudopolymorphs") was not routine. Hence, there was limited awareness of the risks of physical transformations occurring during the manufacture, storage, and use of pharmaceutical dosage forms.
During the last ten years, there has been a significant increase in the use of amorphous DS and intermediates, increasing the probability of physical instability occurring because of re-crystallization.
There has been an increased understanding of the risks of developing salt forms of weak bases, where the physical stability of common salt forms of these compounds can be compromised.
Regulatory agencies have provided guidances globally that highlight the importance of physical stability in pharmaceutical development and its role in the stability of drug products over their shelf-life. Physical instability can impact the quality, safety, and efficacy (bioperformance) of the DP and its subsequent lifecycle. A systematic investigation including the selection of suitable forms of DS and formulation ingredients is therefore recommended early in the drug development process to create a mechanistic understanding of the process involved in the instability.
Even small changes in the critical physical attributes of an excipient, DS, intermediate, or DP over time can impact the shelf life of a material and any product manufactured from it. Several health authorities have therefore discussed this topic in guidance documents (e.g. ICH Q Guidelines 1A, 1B, 6A, 8, 11; FDA, EMA, and WHO Guidelines). In addition, several national pharmacopeias have mentioned physical stability testing and control topics in their monographs and chapters (e.g. USP, Ph.Eur., JP).
is required for successful regulatory filing and approval of marketing applications.
A risk-based scientific approach is recommended to ensure product quality throughout development and commercialization. Strategies such as Quality by Design (QbD) can be applied to understand and ensure the compatibility of all materials and processes throughout the entire manufacturing process of a finished product. The deep understanding gained through a QbD approach will assist in identifying risks and vulnerabilities associated with DP manufacturing, storage, and use, which will facilitate implementation of a control strategy. The understanding will also contribute to informed decisions regarding the selection of storage conditions and appropriate packaging materials, as well as possible need for validated test methods. The authors state that "in many cases detailed development studies can support the elimination of routine testing or the use of simpler "QC techniques" to ensure the quality of the commercial product".
For more information please see the stimuli article on Guidelines For Assessing and Controlling the Physical Stability of Pharmaceutical Raw Materials, Intermediates, and Dosage Forms on the Pharmacopeial Forum Website. The authors request feedback and comments from stakeholders regarding the proposal to develop an informational USP general chapter on physical stability.