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Subpart T — Louisiana
§ 52.977 Control strategy and regulations: Ozone.
(a) Determination of Attainment. Effective March 12, 2010 EPA has determined the Baton Rouge 1-hour ozone nonattainment area has attained the 1-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). Under the provisions of EPA's Clean Data Policy, this determination suspends the requirements for this area to submit a severe attainment demonstration, a severe reasonable further progress plan, applicable contingency measures plans, and other planning Louisiana State Implementation Plan (SIP) requirements related to attainment of the 1-hour ozone NAAQS for so long as the area continues to attain the 1-hour ozone NAAQS.
(b) Determination of Attainment. Effective October 12, 2010 EPA has determined that the Baton Rouge 8-hour ozone nonattainment area has attained the 1997 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). Under the provisions of 40 CFR 51.918 this determination suspends the requirements for this area to submit an attainment demonstration, a reasonable further progress plan, applicable contingency measures, and other planning Louisiana State Implementation Plan (SIP) requirements related to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS for so long as the area continues to attain the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
(c) Determination to Terminate the Clean Air Act Section 185 Penalty Fee Requirement. Effective September 6, 2011 EPA has determined that the State of Louisiana is no longer required to submit a section 185 fee program State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Baton Rouge ozone nonattainment area to satisfy anti-backsliding requirements for the 1-hour ozone standard. This determination is based on EPA's determination that the area has attained the 1-hour ozone standard due to permanent and enforceable emissions reductions.
(d) Redesignation for the 1997 8-hour Ozone Standard. Effective December 30, 2011, EPA has redesignated the Baton Rouge area to attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. With this final redesignation to attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS and the final determination of attainment for the 1-hour ozone NAAQS in paragraph (a) of this section, the 1-hour anti-backsliding obligations to submit planning SIPs to meet the attainment demonstration and reasonably available control measures requirements, the rate of progress and contingency measures requirements, and any other outstanding 1-hour requirements, cease to apply.
(e) Clean Data Determination. Effective June 16, 2014 EPA has determined that the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, marginal 2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area is currently attaining the 2008 8-hour NAAQS for ozone.
(f) The EPA has determined that the Baton Rouge Marginal 2008 ozone NAAQS nonattainment area attained the NAAQS by the applicable attainment date of July 20, 2015.
[75 FR 6575, Feb. 10, 2010, as amended at 75 FR 54779, Sept. 9, 2010; 76 FR 39777, July 7, 2011; 76 FR 74002, Nov. 30, 2011; 79 FR 21142, Apr. 15, 2014; 81 FR 26709, May 4, 2016]
[75 FR 6575, Feb. 10, 2010, as amended at 75 FR 54779, Sept. 9, 2010; 76 FR 39777, July 7, 2011; 76 FR 74002, Nov. 30, 2011; 79 FR 21142, Apr. 15, 2014; 81 FR 26709, May 4, 2016


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Q: Showing Toast on top left corner in React I am using React (https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-toast-notifications) (React Toast Notification) library to show Toast. By default the toast is displayed on the Top-Right Corner of the screen. I want to display it on Top-Left corner for some of my pages. I looked out all the properties but didn't get it worked. Any Solution.

A: The answer is in the docs....
You can set a prop of PlacementType
PlacementType is equal to 'bottom-left' | 'bottom-center' | 'bottom-right' | 'top-left' | 'top-center' | 'top-right'.

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Why Global Citizens Should Care
Cardi B has been a voice for people of color and communities living in poverty since the start of her music career. The rapper speaks out against inequality every chance she gets. You can join us and take action on these issues here.
Cardi B made a career off being outspoken, and she hasn't stopped voicing her opinion since reaching next-level fame.
The 25-year-old rapper was born Belcalis Almanzar in the Bronx, to immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic and Trinidad. Known for the record-breaking 2017 hit single "Bodak Yellow," she first gained recognition for getting real with fans in hilarious videos she posted online.
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Two Grammy nominations later, despite her busy schedule, Cardi B still finds the time to educate the public on the inequalities that low-income communities face. She's also made female empowerment her mission from day one.
The former viral Vine star has always been transparent about her rocky path to mainstream success. Raw honesty is part of her appeal. Before landing on the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hopand playing shows like JAY-Z's Tidal x Charity sold-out concert for natural disaster relief, she danced in exotic clubs to pay for college and escape domestic abuse.
"America has the poor remaining poor. They give so many things to the poor so they can remain comfortable," Cardi B said in April, during an Instagram Live on how she thinks the government unfairly "scams" poor people out of their money.
Her perspective on how the US government treats people living in poverty is a personal one. The superstar has opened up about growing up in a low-income household on many occasions.
Cardi B had reason to say the first thing she'd do if she became president would be to raise wages. When her mother asked her to move out of her house at the age of 18, she found herself living with an abusive boyfriend and she barely had enough money to eat. She's detailed how discouraging finding work can be — employers insisted she was underqualified for work that she felt required minimal skills.
After eventually getting fired from a grocery store job, Cardi B's former manager suggested she try exotic dancing, and she did.
While Cardi B has said dancing saved her life, by keeping her away from violence at home and on the street, clubs weren't free of discrimination.
Like many women in the US workforce, Cardi B picked up on how she was being judged for her physical appearance right away.
Read More: Janet Jackson Has Fought for Social Justice — On and Off Stage — for Decades
"Sometimes it makes you feel like damn, you're not even good enough," she said in a 2017 interview. "I used to see girls who had a nicer body than me, make more money than me and it used to make me crazy," she remembered. Determined to earn as much as her colleagues, Cardi B said she ultimately underwent illegal and dangerous plastic surgery to fit in.
The rapper admitted recent fame has only added to the pressure she feels to look a certain way to be successful at her job. She continues shutting down anyone who criticizes her appearance and pointing out the double standards of body positivity, namely in the #FreeTheNipple movement, which she believes isn't inclusive to women of all sizes.
Cardi B has discussed the workplace discrimination she experienced on multiple levels. Early in her career, she saw how the pay gap — which has been proven to be much larger for women of color, with black women being paid about 65% of what white men are paid, and Hispanic women less than 60% — was at play.
"I always loved my skin complexion, but I noticed the Russian and white girls were making more money than a girl like me and it started to make me wonder if I would make more money if I was light-skinned," she said about the disparity in 2017.
The star doesn't think women of color are the only group facing racial discrimination in the US.
"I feel like, you being a minority person, you get extremely discriminated [against] in this country. Per-i-od. Period," she emphasized in that same Instagram live stream in April.
Cardi B is committed to standing up for marginalized people— even if it means asking for help understanding certain issues. In a video posted in June, she described why the treatment of migrant families separated at the US border made her "sick," addressing the hypocrisy of citizens who benefit from immigrant labor but continue to discriminate against them.
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The first to stand up for others, Cardi B doesn't hold back when it comes to defending herself. Celebrity status hasn't shielded the star from encountering racial prejudice, she says. In 2017, she took to social media to call out Albany security and police, whom she claimed were racist and wrongfully ejected her team from a hotel.
Don't think for a second Cardi B is afraid of getting political either. Most recently, she urged New York residents to vote during the state's 2018 primary election.
Cardi B may be making millions now, but the social security advocate isn't done vocalizing her disappointment in government spending.
"I'm from New York and the streets is always dirty, we was voted the dirtiest city in America," Cardi complained in March, questioning how taxpayer money is used to improve the day-to-day-lives of city dwellers. "There's still rats in the trains," she noted.
The Bronx native and former gang member, who's warned her fans not to follow in her footsteps, still watches out for her neighborhood. She donated $8,000 to the family of a 15-year-old murder victim in the borough in 2018.
Above every other social justice issue, Cardi B consistently supports women. She frequently asks them to lift each other up and reminds young girls if she "made it," they can, too.
The first female rapper to land three No. 1 hits on the Billboard 100 single chart list doesn't think education, economic background, or ethnicity should complicate fighting for gender equality.
"They think feminism is great and only a woman that can speak properly, that has a degree, who is a boss, a businessperson … they think only Michelle Obama can be a feminist," Cardi B said to i-D in February, about people who can't wrap their heads around feminism.
"Anything a man can do, I can do. I can finesse, I can hustle. We have the same freedom," she assured anyone who's doubted her abilities. "I do feel equal to a man."
The new mom, who welcomed her daughter Kulture in June 2018, wants everyone to stop insisting motherhood will hold her back.
Cardi B's ready and "excited" to hit the stage in her first solo performance since giving birth at the 2018 Global Citizen Festival In New York's Central Park on Sept. 29 — and continue speaking out for change.
The 2018 Global Citizen Festival in New York will be presented for the very first time by Citi. MSNBC and Comcast NBCUniversal will air a live simulcast of the Festival on MSNBC and MSNBC.com. The Festival will also be livestreamed on YouTube and Twitter, presented by Johnson & Johnson. Proud partners of the 2018 Global Citizen Festival include Global Citizen's global health partner and major partner Johnson & Johnson, and major partners P&G, CHIME FOR CHANGE Founded by Gucci, Verizon, House of Mandela, iHeartMedia, and NYC Parks. Associate partners include Microsoft, Great Big Story, and One Championship.
TopicsGender DiscriminationCitizenshipCardi BPovertyGlobal Citizen Festival 2018FeminismWomen & GirlsGender Inequalitypeople of colorRacismProfileRacial DiscriminationSocial JusticeMusiciansStand Up Against Racism
Rapper Cardi B is Dedicated to Speaking Out Against Inequality
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The long term future of mining in Australia depends on finding and successfully targeting new resources to extract.
Demand for Australian minerals remains strong, but there has been a decline in successful exploration, because of the difficulty involved in discovering what lies beneath the highly weathered rock and sedimentary basins that cover approximately 80 per cent of Australia.
There are also difficulties with the geoscientific data required for successful exploration: much of it is in different formats, collected using different measurement techniques, housed in disconnected datasets and literature, and usually only collected for specific regional projects.
As part of the AuScope National Infrastructure Program, CSIRO has developed the Spatial Information Services Stack (SISS), which enables seamless access to the distributed, heterogeneous datasets of Australian Geological Surveys.
Aster Atlas, which comprises maps of the earth's surface mineralogy, focussing on iron oxides, clays, carbonates, quartz, muscovite and chlorite.
To improve the availability and accessibility of comprehensive geoscientific data, CSIRO collaborated with 22 organisations, including Geoscience Australia, 11 universities, and state and territory government agencies, through the AuScope National Infrastructure Program.
There is now seamless access to important geosciences data, regardless of the original form or the organisation from which it came. The data is served live from the Geological Surveys and is the most up-to-date source of information available.
AuScope will allow exploration companies to bring forward new mineral resource discoveries – over and above the $458 million in gold discoveries annually enabled by CSIRO's laterite chemistry research1.
In addition, the cost savings associated with AuScope, through a more targeted exploration effort, are $35 million per year2.
Additional impacts include environmental benefits from avoiding fruitless exploration. These include reduced carbon dioxide emissions, and the ability to provide important geoscientific data for use in other fields, such as to analyse desertification, dust storms and soil quality.
Download Printable version: AuScope mineral resources impact case study [pdf · 1mb].
, 2. Deloitte Access Economics. 2014. Evaluation of CSIRO's research impacts – Impact Case Studies.


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On a side note: no, I am not dead, and yes, I missed you guys like crazy. But life has a way of messing up our best laid plans and the harder we try to swim, the faster we sink under its weight. Hopefully, I'll be around much more in days to come.
Maja it's so good to see you back! I have missed you too, I was just thinking of you the other day, remembering the read-alongs we used to do, we need to do another one soon. I hope things are okay with you. As per usual I haven't read a book by Roberts before, I know its despicable of me, but despite not being an ardent fan of paranormal reads as I used to be, I can feel myself gravitating towards this book. Also the romance sounds right up my street. Gorgeous review!
This isn't the type of book I typically read but it sounds interesting. I like that the characters are well-written. Is the narration just following Sasha or does it follow all six characters?
I had no idea Nora Roberts wrote paranormal! I thought all her books where contemporary, though I should have known better since I love her JD Robb books.
I wouldn't have thought by taking a glance at that cover that it has paranormal elements to it. I've read a few books by Nora Roberts and truly enjoyed them. I don't know why I haven't picked up more! I need to change that asap it seems.
I love that all the 6 characters have individuality! And of course your description of the villain has me excited to meet him. I'll have to give this one a shot.
yay for another great Nora Roberts book! I need to go back to her work mainly as I have many at home.
Welcome back, Maja! We MISSED you :) Your Nora Roberts sounds like quality entertainment, great for one of these cold nights.
I'm so glad to see you posting again! Can you believe I've never read a book by Nora Roberts? One day I'll have to. I feel like it's some sort of right of passage.
Yeah! So glad you are back. Hopefully, life will settle down a bit so you can get back on your blog. I read my first Nora book last year, and I can't wait for more. I especially like that this one is paranormal.I am going to see if I can still snag an ARC.
I was just wondering about you! Glad to see you back!
I didn't know about this book somehow but it takes place on a Greek Island?! My favorite series by her is a paranormal one in Ireland (I read it SO long ago I don't even remember the series) and I think this is one I'll enjoy for sure!
Wasn't this fabulous? I just loved it too! So happy to see you Maja, I have missed you as well!!
Yay, welcome back! I'm glad to hear you really enjoyed this one. It sounds like a strong start to a new series. I also love that the characters were all fleshed out and well-rounded. I haven't read anything by Nora before, but I really should, since she writes in so many different genres, etc.
Evil bats? LOL Interesting. Good to hear that Roberts has done it again.
Can you believe that I haven't read her yet? I have a few of her books on my tbr glaring at me and demanding to read it. I will get to them. They just need to keep their covers on until I do! :) I'm looking forward to the romance and will make sure I get this one on the list.
Ack. I'm slowly, but surely chipping away at all things Nora Roberts. Unfortunately, I'm not doing so well as I just finished book #2 of In Death series a a week ago. And she's written so many books! I like the sound of this one.
Dark caves and evil bats? I love how wonderful this book sounds. I am so glad you loved it. I have not read Roberts yet, but I have been curious about her books with the magical bits thrown in.
On my list Maja. I am hoping to read it over winter break :: Glad to see you back . I need to follow by email so I know when you post.


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Curtis Mead signs with Philadelphia
Bite Rookie of the Year takes the next step
By Alex Jacobs / Adelaide Bite
17-year-old rookie Curtis Mead has signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Infielder Curtis Mead will be playing in the USA in 2019 after signing with the Philadelphia Phillies, joining a new wave of affiliated talent from the Adelaide Bite, proudly presented by SA Power Networks.
Mead, 17, joins teammates Jack O'Loughlin (Detroit Tigers) and Jordan McArdle (Arizona Diamondbacks) as affiliated Bite players, while former Adelaide pitcher Josh Tols is also signed to Philadelphia.
Since claiming the Australian U16 title with South Australia in 2016, SA's first title in over 30 years, Mead also won the 2016/17 SABL Championship with West Torrens, the 2017 Australian Junior League title with the Adelaide Armada, and the 2018 Australian U18 title - SA's first in 30 years.
"I couldn't even imagine signing before the last few weeks," Mead said.
"Especially in that [under-16] championship, that was a very team orientated victory. We didn't necessarily have all the best players but we just worked hard together as a team."
Playing in some underdog SA teams, Mead rose to the occasion whenever it was required of him, even at the Australian Baseball League level, where he averaged .373 in 20 appearances and was named Adelaide Bite Rookie of the Year.
Growth in the Adelaide Bite Academy has also played a huge role in Mead's development, likewise with coaching experience at all levels and the SABL.
"People like Chris Adamson and Tyrone Hambly have moved it along a long way and bringing back their experience from college has been good. It's given us more of an insight," Mead said.
"For the first 14 years of my life, Dad [Giants player Tim Mead] was really big in my progress. I spent a lot more time with him out in the backyard training. Getting into the A-Grade team at West Torrens took me a long way in my development as well. Once I got used to that I found my baseball was taken to a whole new level."
Prior to signing with the Phillies, Mead had committed to Grayson College in Texas, with his recent performances at the MLB Australian Prospect Progam drew the attention of a handful of MLB organisations, leaving him with some big decisions.
"You just have to make sure it's the right fit for you and where you feel most comfortable," he said.
"Me and my parents made sure this was what I wanted to do rather than go to college.
"Having different guys in Australia really helped too. Having Josh Tols, Rixon Wingrove and Kyle Glogoski makes it easy so when I go there's guys I'm familiar with."
Mead has also been selected in the Australian Schoolboys team that will tour the USA in September and October after helping guide SA to a silver medal at last week's Australian Schools Baseball Championship.


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But it's no surprise, right ? Because they do this all the time; only I didn't expect they would do it this soon. This is just like what happened with many other Google products; they start a new service, offer it for free, seduce millions of global users into using it and then one day they discontinue it for no apparent reason or start a new one with a new shiny name and leave the predecessor with no further updates; old wine in a new bottle ! Haah!
What does this mean to me and many Google Sites users around the world ? It means that we have to migrate our sites to the "New Sites" and string along with whatever Google's doing OR take out the complete source code for the sites (if Google offers that) and host it on our own paid servers. I recently started paid unlimited hosting in bigrock.in for storing all the files I needed for my website. So hosting is not a problem, but porting or redesigning is. I'll have to create a similar site on my own (may be from scratch) and host it on my server. That'd be a tedious task considering that I have very little time for anything other than my studies these days.
Having said that, I've already tested the New Sites and it looks great. I still don't know how many features and freedom are there from the designing point of view and I don't know if I can design a website with a similar theme I have now. All I can say it's limited in terms of features, for now. Let's hope Google will add more features to Sites and let its users to easily migrate from classic Sites to new Sites. Meanwhile, I'll be trying to move everything to my own hosting server so that I wouldn't have to deal with any such problems in the future. The sooner you realize and do it, the better.
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The install screen with miui and then changes back and forth to the gingerbread logo has been going on for a hour now? Is this typical???
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We respectfully disagree with Attorney General Josh Hawley's opposition to the Johnson Amendment, a federal tax code ban on religious and other nonprofit organizations endorsing/opposing political candidates.
Hawley is the Republican nominee hoping to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in the November election. McCaskill opposes repeal of the Johnson Amendment.
Under the amendment, tax-exempt entities such as churches and charities cannot directly or indirectly support or oppose political candidates. This means ministers can't endorse/oppose candidates during church without risking fines and loss of their tax-exempt status.
In an Associated Press story we published Wednesday, Hawley said: "The government shouldn't be telling pastors what they can and can't say from their pulpit.
The Johnson Amendment was enacted in 1954 by a Republican president and a Republican Congress, after being added to a bill about the Internal Revenue Service by future president and then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texas Democrat.
It wasn't debated and created an important separation of church and state, and the need for it hasn't diminished over the years.
Repeal of the Johnson Amendment would allow political organizations/donors to use churches as dark money pipelines, because they, as 501(c)(3) organizations, don't have to disclose their donors.
The anti-Johnson Amendment sentiment caters to some religious groups, particularly evangelical Christians, who oppose the amendment, saying it limits their free speech.
It doesn't limit their speech. What it says is if you play politics, you can't be exempt from taxes. You can't have it both ways.
Many religious leaders recognize having it both ways would not be in their best interest, and that the Johnson Amendment actually protects them. Without it, religious organizations would be subject to political influence, which would distract — even undermine — their core mission. If churches are allowed to become intertwined with politics, their followers could lose faith in them.
Repealing the Johnson Amendment would be bad for politics, bad for churches and bad for America.


My family cannot get enough of Asian food, and any time I crank out a dish that announces itself with aromas of garlic, ginger and soy sauce, I pretty much know dinner will be a success.
That's why I'm earmarking this dish for Halloween, since getting something hearty in my boys' stomachs before the sugar-palooza is pretty much the extent of what I can control with teenagers.
This dish allows a wonderful glaze to coat the ultra-thin slices of steak. It reminds me of something you might get at an old-school Chinese restaurant.
Look for shaved beef steak: napkin-thin slices of beef that can come from any part of the cow. It might be labeled "sandwich steak" (for sandwiches like Philly subs), shabu-shabu beef (for Japanese cooking, or possibly Chinese hot-pot), Pho (used in the traditional Vietnamese soup) or braciole beef (from that classic Italian dish where it is wrapped around a filling, usually involving breadcrumbs and cheese). It's bulgogi in Korean markets. Rouladen in German butcheries. If you have a friendly butcher, ordering this cut of meat can generate some interesting conversation about the different ways to cook it.
But back to our Mongolian beef recipe. Mongolian beef can be made with different types of thinly sliced or small-cut meat, and if shaved beef isn't an option, place a piece of flank steak in the freezer until it's quite firm but not totally frozen and then thinly slice it across the grain. It will essentially defrost as you cut it.
Dusting the slices of beef in cornstarch before sauteing them allows them to brown nicely. Then, when the beef meets with sauce, the cornstarch not only helps thicken the sauce, but it also helps the sauce coat the beef deliciously.
In a small saucepan, heat 2 teaspoons of the oil. Add the garlic and ginger, and saute for 30 seconds. Then add the soy sauce and brown sugar and bring to a simmer, whisking frequently over medium heat. Allow it to simmer and reduce a bit, until it gets a glazy consistency, about 4 minutes. Set aside.
Meanwhile, toss the shaved steak in a mixing bowl with the cornstarch until evenly distributed.
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large skillet (the bigger the better) over medium high heat. Line a counter or a large plate with paper towels. Sauté the beef in batches, taking care not to crowd the pan, and flipping it as it browns, about 1 minute on each side. Use a fork or tongs to remove the beef when it is browned, transferring it to the paper towels. Repeat until all of the beef is browned, adding more oil as needed (make sure the oil has a chance to get hot before you add the next batch of beef so it browns up nicely).
Pour off any additional oil and return the large skillet to medium high heat. Add all of the beef back to the pan, along with the sauce and scallions. Stir for about 3 minutes, until the sauce is thickened and glazes all of the meat evenly. Serve over the rice.
Nutrition information per serving: 309 calories; 122 calories from fat; 14 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 61 mg cholesterol; 828 mg sodium; 24 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 19 g sugar; 23 g protein.


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package provider_test

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
	"github.com/cerana/cerana/provider"
	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
	"github.com/spf13/viper"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
)

func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
	suite.Run(t, new(ConfigSuite))
}

type ConfigSuite struct {
	suite.Suite
	config     *provider.Config
	configData *provider.ConfigData
	configFile *os.File
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) SetupTest() {
	logrus.SetLevel(logrus.FatalLevel)

	s.configData = &provider.ConfigData{
		SocketDir:       os.TempDir(),
		ServiceName:     uuid.New(),
		CoordinatorURL:  "http://localhost:8080/",
		DefaultPriority: 43,
		LogLevel:        "fatal",
		DefaultTimeout:  100,
		RequestTimeout:  10,
		Tasks: map[string]*provider.TaskConfigData{
			"foobar": {
				Priority: 56,
				Timeout:  64,
			},
		},
	}

	var err error
	s.config, _, _, s.configFile, err = newConfig(false, true, s.configData)
	s.Require().NoError(err, "failed to create config")
	s.Require().NoError(s.config.LoadConfig(), "failed to load config")
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TearDownTest() {
	_ = os.Remove(s.configFile.Name())
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestNewConfig() {
	tests := []struct {
		description string
		flagSet     *flag.FlagSet
		viper       *viper.Viper
	}{
		{"defaults", nil, nil},
		{"specified flagset", flag.NewFlagSet(uuid.New(), flag.ExitOnError), nil},
		{"specified viper", nil, viper.New()},
		{"specified both", flag.NewFlagSet(uuid.New(), flag.ExitOnError), viper.New()},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		msg := testMsgFunc(test.description)
		// Reset the default CommandLine flags between runs
		flag.CommandLine = flag.NewFlagSet(uuid.New(), flag.ExitOnError)
		s.NotNil(provider.NewConfig(test.flagSet, test.viper), msg("failed to return a config"))
	}
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestLoadConfig() {
	tests := []struct {
		description string
		setFlags    bool
		writeConfig bool
		expectedErr bool
	}{
		{"nothing set", false, false, true},
		{"flags only", true, false, false},
		{"config file", false, true, false},
		{"flags and config", true, true, false},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		msg := testMsgFunc(test.description)

		config, _, _, configFile, err := newConfig(test.setFlags, test.writeConfig, s.configData)
		if configFile != nil {
			defer func() { _ = os.Remove(configFile.Name()) }()
		}
		if !s.NoError(err, msg("failed to create and load config")) {
			continue
		}

		if test.expectedErr {
			s.Error(config.LoadConfig(), msg("should not load valid config"))
		} else {
			s.NoError(config.LoadConfig(), msg("failed to load valid config"))
		}
	}
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestTaskPriority() {
	s.EqualValues(s.configData.DefaultPriority, s.config.TaskPriority(uuid.New()))
	s.EqualValues(s.configData.Tasks["foobar"].Priority, s.config.TaskPriority("foobar"))
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestTaskTimeout() {
	s.EqualValues(s.configData.DefaultTimeout, s.config.TaskTimeout(uuid.New())/time.Second)
	s.EqualValues(s.configData.Tasks["foobar"].Timeout, s.config.TaskTimeout("foobar")/time.Second)
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestSocketDir() {
	s.Equal(s.configData.SocketDir, s.config.SocketDir())
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestStreamDir() {
	dir := s.config.StreamDir("foobar")
	s.Contains(dir, s.config.SocketDir(), "missing socket dir")
	s.Contains(dir, "foobar", "missing task name")
	s.Contains(dir, s.config.ServiceName(), "missing service name")
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestServiceName() {
	s.Equal(s.configData.ServiceName, s.config.ServiceName())
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestCoordinatorURL() {
	s.Equal(s.configData.CoordinatorURL, s.config.CoordinatorURL().String())
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestRequestTimeout() {
	s.EqualValues(s.configData.RequestTimeout, s.config.RequestTimeout()/time.Second)
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestValidate() {
	tests := []struct {
		description    string
		socketDir      string
		serviceName    string
		coordinatorURL string
		expectedError  bool
	}{
		{"valid", "/tmp", "foobar", "http://localhost:8080/", false},
		{"missing socket dir", "", "foobar", "http://localhost:8080/", true},
		{"missing service name", "/tmp", "", "http://localhost:8080/", true},
		{"missing coordinator url", "/tmp", "foobar", "", true},
		{"bad coordinator url", "/tmp", "foobar", "=aer=0./", true},
	}

	for _, test := range tests {
		msg := testMsgFunc(test.description)

		configData := &provider.ConfigData{
			SocketDir:      test.socketDir,
			ServiceName:    test.serviceName,
			CoordinatorURL: test.coordinatorURL,
		}

		config, fs, v, _, err := newConfig(true, false, configData)
		if !s.NoError(err, msg("failed to create config")) {
			continue
		}
		// Bind here to avoid the need for Load
		_ = v.BindPFlags(fs)

		if test.expectedError {
			s.Error(config.Validate(), msg("should not be valid"))
		} else {
			s.NoError(config.Validate(), msg("should be valid"))
		}
	}
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestUnmarshal() {
	config := &provider.ConfigData{}
	if !s.NoError(s.config.Unmarshal(config)) {
		return
	}
	s.Equal(s.configData, config)
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestUnmarshalKey() {
	taskConfig := &provider.TaskConfigData{}
	if !s.NoError(s.config.UnmarshalKey("tasks.foobar", taskConfig)) {
		return
	}
	s.Equal(s.configData.Tasks["foobar"], taskConfig)
}

func (s *ConfigSuite) TestSetupLogging() {
	s.NoError(s.config.SetupLogging(), "failed to setup logging")
	s.Equal(s.configData.LogLevel, logrus.GetLevel().String())
}

func testMsgFunc(prefix string) func(...interface{}) string {
	return func(val ...interface{}) string {
		if len(val) == 0 {
			return prefix
		}
		msgPrefix := prefix + " : "
		if len(val) == 1 {
			return msgPrefix + val[0].(string)
		} else {
			return msgPrefix + fmt.Sprintf(val[0].(string), val[1:]...)
		}
	}
}

func newConfig(setFlags, writeConfig bool, configData *provider.ConfigData) (*provider.Config, *flag.FlagSet, *viper.Viper, *os.File, error) {
	fs := flag.NewFlagSet(uuid.New(), flag.ExitOnError)
	v := viper.New()
	v.SetConfigType("json")
	config := provider.NewConfig(fs, v)
	if config == nil {
		return nil, nil, nil, nil, errors.New("failed to return a config")
	}

	var configFile *os.File
	if writeConfig {
		var err error
		configFile, err = ioutil.TempFile("", "providerTest-")
		if err != nil {
			return nil, nil, nil, nil, err
		}
		defer func() { _ = configFile.Close() }()

		configJSON, _ := json.Marshal(configData)
		if _, err := configFile.Write(configJSON); err != nil {
			return nil, nil, nil, configFile, err
		}

		if err := fs.Set("config_file", configFile.Name()); err != nil {
			return nil, nil, nil, configFile, err
		}
	}

	if setFlags {
		if err := fs.Set("socket_dir", configData.SocketDir); err != nil {
			return nil, nil, nil, configFile, err
		}
		if err := fs.Set("service_name", configData.ServiceName); err != nil {
			return nil, nil, nil, configFile, err
		}
		if err := fs.Set("coordinator_url", configData.CoordinatorURL); err != nil {
			return nil, nil, nil, configFile, err
		}
	}

	return config, fs, v, configFile, nil
}

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text:
Figure 1-1.--Seabees going over one of the obstacle courses during combat training at Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island, during World War II.
BETWEEN KOREA AND VIETNAM
After this advanced training, battalions were
Teams (UDTs) were composed largely of Seabees. One
ordered to an-advanced base depot, such as Port
large group of Seabees, called Naval Construction
Hueneme, California, or Davisville, Rhode Island, to
Battalions, Special, functioned as stevedores, loading
await transportation overseas. Again, training continued
and off-loading cargo ships. Other groups included
while they were being outfitted with the tools,
automotive repair detachments, pontoon assembly
construction equipment, and materials needed to build
detachments, pontoon operating battalions, and
advanced bases and facilities. In addition, they took on
construction maintenance units. The latter maintained
stores of ammunition, food, and medical supplies; in
existing bases, releasing full battalions for building new
fact, everything necessary to make them self-sufficient.
By 1943, the training period for Seabees had
POST WORLD WAR II SEABEES
expanded to about 3 months. However, in the spring of
1945, a major change in their training took place.
Since World War II, Seabees have participated in all
Training of organized construction battalions was
kinds of training exercises. They have been part of the
halted, and emphasis was placed on training individuals
naval Antarctic expeditions, and they participated in the
to replace the battle-weary veterans due for discharge or
atomic bomb tests on the Pacific Islands. Seabees have
rotation back to the States. Even then, time did not
engaged in constructing overseas bases, such as those at
permit extensive trade school training for the younger,
Subic Bay, Philippines, and the Marine Corps Air
unskilled Selective Service inductees. As a result,
Facility at Futema, Okinawa. They have manned Arctic
experienced personnel in the field had to augment
test stations, and they have been associated with
meager stateside training with a lot of on-the-job
resupply expeditions to Alaska.
Seabees served with the assault forces in almost
SEABEES IN KOREA
every major invasion in World War II, going ashore, in
most cases, with or directly behind the first wave of
In Korea, the Seabees rose to the challenge of the
troops. Such names as Guadalcanal, Los Negros,
Cold War in the tradition of their "Can Do"
Tarawa, Munda, Saipan, Tinian, Attu, Iwo Jima, Guam,
predecessors. At the Inchon landing in September 1950,
Samar, Okinawa, Salerno, Sicily, and Normandy will
Seabees positioned pontoon causeways within hours of
forever be associated with the Seabees, just as
the first beach assault under continuous enemy fire and
Montezuma and the Shores of Tripoli are symbolic of
in the face of enormous and strong tides.
the traditions associated with the Marine Corps.
In addition to amphibious operations, the Seabees
Looking back, some of the jobs accomplished by the
were broken up into numerous detachments to service
Seabees in World War II seemed almost impossible. But
the K-fields of the various Marine air groups. Each
they were doneefficiently, effectively, and quickly!
airfield of the Marine air groups was designated with a
Undoubtedly, these accomplishments provided the
"K" number, such as K-3 at Pohang, K-18 at Kimpo,
basis for the Seabees' famous quotation:
Seoul, and K-2 at Teagan. As the war continued, the need
arose for an advance airfield to retrieve damaged aircraft
unable to reach home bases or carriers after raiding the
"The difficult task we accomplish right away,
North Korean interior.
the impossible may take a little longer!"
The project was code named Operation "Crippled
The Seabees' official motto is "Construimus-
Chick," and a detachment of Seabees was sent to Yo Do
Batuimus." Literally this means "We BuildWe Fight."
in the Bay of Wonson to build an airstrip. The Seabees
Even engineers who were used to visualizing large
were given 35 days to complete the jobthe strip was
construction projects were amazed at the Seabees'
ready in 16 days. While building the strip, the Seabees
ability to improvise and build. In the first 2 years of the
were under constant artillery bombardment from enemy
war, more than 300 advanced bases of various sizes and
forces on neighboring islands.
kinds were constructed by the Seabees.
The rapid demobilization that followed World War
In addition to earning the Navy's traditional "WeIl
II was not repeated after the signing of the Korean
done!" for construction work and defensive combat, the
Armistice in July 1953. The Cold War had created a
Seabees also earned well-deserved recognition in other
necessity to maintain military strength and
capacities. The now famous Underwater Demolition
preparedness. Crises in Berlin, Cuba, Africa, South


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Iowa Hill (formerly, Iowa City) is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States. The town is located 6.5 miles northwest of Foresthill 9 miles east of Colfax and 58 miles northeast of Sacramento. It lies at an elevation of 2861 feet. The community relies completely upon solar panels and generators for power. Its population is around 200 people. Iowa Hill Road claims a small handful of lives every decade, and along with the community's "off grid" status, prevents the town from growing in population. The community boasts many hardcore cyclists and is appealing to visitors due to the abundance of recreational opportunities.

Iowa Hill Road is a very steep, one-lane, winding road embedded within the mountains. There are no safety guardrails. Since ambulance service from Colfax takes a long time, emergency medical transport is supplemented by CALSTAR, the area's air rescue helicopter. A landing pad is located next to the town fire house.

Culture
Locals are  regularly spotted out and about the town and North Fork of the American River. Popular activities are hiking, cycling, swimming, whitewater rafting, kayaking, gold panning/mining and fishing. About 50% of the town's homes are vacation homes. The community relies solely on solar panels and generators for power since Iowa Hill is not connected to the electrical grid. Mail service is three times per week. The Iowa Hill Store acts as a restaurant, bar, post office and ultra mini-market.

Tourism
Iowa Hill enjoys a small but significant cult following of outdoor enthusiasts. Within five miles of town is the North Fork of the American River and the Mineral Bar Campground, Sugar Pine Reservoir recreation area, and numerous trails including the famous Stevens Trail between Colfax and Iowa Hill. The Mineral Bar Campground is part of the Auburn State Recreation Area, a State Park managed by the Bureau of Reclamation, which began charging for parking in 2013. Stevens Trailhead remains free to park. It begins adjacent the Iowa Hill Store spanning all the way to Colfax, crossing the North Fork in between.

History
In 1851 or 1852, miners from Iowa discovered gold here.  The Iowa City post office opened in 1854. Stores, breweries, saloons, fraternal lodges, homes, a church, school, and Temperance Hall are examples of businesses thriving in Iowa Hill in the mid-1850s.  In 1857, a fire destroyed about one hundred buildings in the central business district of the town, but no fatalities were recorded. The town was producing about one hundred thousand dollars per week in gold in 1867. In 1901, the post office changed its name to Iowa Hill. In 1920 a fire took hold that virtually destroyed the town. What remains is an old Wells Fargo vault, the old fire house, a couple of other old buildings, and two cemeteries. Iowa Hill is now registered as California Historical Landmark #401.

Telephone service
In 1955, the first dial telephone service was installed running between Iowa Hill and Colfax, California, it was one line put in by local residents led by Robert F. Yonash.  The single landline was in operation for over ten years, but eventually became nonoperational due to the lack of maintenance. The long line was suspended from the town of Colfax over the American River Canyon where it would occasionally snap apart.

The community did not have landline telephone service again until 2011, relying instead on radio communications and spotty mobile/cell phones.  In October 2011, landline service again became available, paid for in part by a grant from the California Public Utilities Commission.

  This service uses microwave towers to the Foresthill Telephone Company in Foresthill, California.

Mining
There are dozens of famous gold mines in the area, including "Big Dipper" and "Gleeson"

Frank Norris wrote a short story in 1903 titled The Wife of Chino about local miners who went into town to use the Iowa Hill Post Office.

Climate
This region experiences significant variation in weather. Winter generally produces as much as 1–2 feet of snow with temperatures as low as 15 degrees. Summers vary between 87-104 degrees. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Iowa Hill has a hot summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps.

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Further reading
 Iowa Hill Community Club (site includes some 200 photos, maps, and other images of historic and modern-day Iowa Hill)
 Schools of the Iowa Hill Divide: The Iowa Hill Divide Volume 1, 2nd Edition
 Towns and People of the Iowa Hill Divide: The Iowa Hill Divide Volume 2
 Gold and Fire - A History of the Iowa Hill Divide: The Iowa Hill Divide Volume 3

References

Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in Placer County, California

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Uvalde is a legendary "Wild West" town at the southwest corner of our Hill Country map. Known mostly for its outlaws during the early years, Uvalde produced several much-more-positive role models during the 20th century.
The Uvalde area's recorded history began largely with the establishment of San Antonio in 1718; from that time on, the region was crossed frequently by Spanish soldiers, traders, hunters, and prospectors. A mission (Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria) was established in 1762, about thirty miles northwest of present-day Uvalde; while it lasted only about five years before it was abandoned due to attacks by Comanches, Governor Juan de Ugalde defeated an army of Apaches near the site of modern-day Utopia (northeast of Uvalde) in 1790. The Sabinal Canyon was then known as the Canon de Ugalde. In 1849 (after Texas had joined the United States), a trail through the area to El Paso was marked by famous scout Jose Policarpo "Polly" Rodriguez, and Fort Inge was built a mile south of the current city center to protect settlers from Indian attacks.
One of the very few settlers then living west of Castroville (founded in 1844, a few miles west of San Antonio) was a rugged veteran of the Mexican War named Edward Dixon Westfall. He had built a cabin on the banks of the Leona River, and lived there with only his dogs for company; when the fort was built, he hired on as a scout for the U.S. Army. In 1853, a 23-year-old man named Reading W. Black purchased 4,650 acres (at 50 cents an acre) and built himself a home about a mile north of the fort. In 1855, he hired a surveyor from San Antonio to lay out an impressive city (which he first called Encina) on his piece of the wild, wild west.


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El Grumman G-44 Widgeon fue un avión hidrocanoa anfibio bimotor, que fue desarrollado por la empresa aeronáutica Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation en 1940 para uso militar y civil. El Widgeon, con 6 asientos, era el más pequeño de la familia de anfibios bimotores de Grumman, que incluía el Grumman Widgeon, el Grumman Goose, el Grumman Mallard y el Grumman Albatross. En 1949, la producción del avión Widgeon concluyó después de la fabricación de 276 aviones en la fábrica de Grumman en Nueva York y 41 aviones por la firma SCAN (Société de Construction Aéronavale) en La Rochelle, Francia.

Diseño y desarrollo

En 1937, la compañía Grumman desarrolló el hidroavión anfibio conocido como el Grumman G-21 Goose. A causa de la popularidad del Goose, Grumman decidió en 1940 desarrollar una versión más pequeña, conocida como el Grumman G-44 Widgeon. El Goose tenía ocho asientos, el Widgeon seis. El Goose tenía dos motores de 450 hp cada uno, y el Widgeon dos de 200 hp unitarios.

Super Widgeon

En los años 60, la compañía McKinnon Enterprises desarrolló el "Super Widgeon" a partir de la conversión del Widgeon. El Super Wigeon tenía dos motores de 270 hp en lugar de los originales y hélices tripala en lugar de las bipala. Estos cambios incrementaron el rendimiento del avión significativamente.

Legado

Todavía hay muchos aviones Widgeon que están volando cada día, sobre todo en el estado de Alaska en los Estados Unidos. Algunos están en museos por todo el mundo, como en el National Naval Aviation Museum (en Pensacola, Florida), el Museu do Ar (en Sintra, Portugal) y el Museu Aeroespacial (en Río de Janeiro, Brasil). Entre 1978 y 1984, millones de personas vieron el Widgeon cada semana en la serie de televisión estadounidense "La isla de la fantasía" donde el Widgeon fue utilizado para llevar huéspedes a "La isla".

El éxito del Widgeon y otros aviones de Grumman llevó a la compañía a cotas aún más altas. En 1963, Grumman fue elegida para construir la nave espacial para llevar astronautas a la superficie de la Luna. Esta nave se llamó módulo lunar. Los primeros astronautas llegaron a la Luna en 1969 en una nave espacial Grumman.

Historia operacional

Uso en la Segunda Guerra Mundial

Los primeros Widgeon fueron construidos para uso militar en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, siendo utilizado por la Armada de los Estados Unidos, donde se le designó J4F-2, y por las Fuerzas Aéreas del Ejército de los Estados Unidos, como OA-14.  La Guardia Costera de los Estados Unidos también usó el Widgeon, designado como J4F-1, para tareas antisubmarinas.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, quince Widgeon fueron proporcionados al Arma Aérea de la Flota, donde fue conocido como Gosling. En total, 176 Widgeon fueron construidos para los Aliados de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Uso después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial

Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Grumman modificó el G-44 Widgeon para su uso civil. El nuevo modelo fue bautizado G-44A. Los G-44A fueron construidos en la fábrica de Grumman en Long Island, Nueva York, y también fueron construidos bajo licencia en Francia como SCAN 30. En 1949, la producción del Widgeon concluyó después de la fabricación de 317 aviones: 276 en la fábrica de Grumman en Nueva York y 41 por SCAN.

Variantes

 G-44
 Versión de producción principal, 200 construidos (núm. de serie 1201–1400), incluyendo las versiones militares de la serie J4F enumeradas más abajo.
 G-44A
 Versión de producción mejorada de posguerra, con casco rediseñado, 76 construidos (núm. de serie 1401–1476).
 J4F-1
 G-44 para la Guardia Costera de los Estados Unidos con tres asientos, 25 construidos.
 J4F-2
 Versión del J4F-1 para la Armada de los Estados Unidos con interior de cinco asientos, 131 construidos.
 OA-14
 Quince G-44 requisados y puestos en servicio con las Fuerzas Aéreas del Ejército de los Estados Unidos.
 OA-14A
 Un avión más para el Cuerpo de Ingenieros.
 Gosling I
 Quince J4F-2 transferidos a la Marina Real, más tarde renombrados Widgeon I.
 SCAN 30
 G-44A construidos bajo licencia en Francia usando los estándares del Sistema Métrico y no anodizado como los originales construidos por Grumman, 41 construidos (núm. de serie 1–41).
 PACE Gannet
 Conversiones de S.C.A.N. 30 por la Pacific Aerospace Engineering Corporation, propulsadas por motores radiales Lycoming R-680-13 de 220 kW (300 hp). Más tarde conocidos como Gannet Super Widgeon.

Operadores

Militares

Civiles

Supervivientes

Muchos Widgeon sobreviven en manos privadas en varios estados de restauración o almacenados. El avión continúa disfrutando de un considerable grado de popularidad como hidroavión, con muchos ejemplares volando todavía regularmente, aunque raramente en el circuito de los aviones de guerra.

 J4F-1, avión de la USCG con núm. de serie V212, National Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.
 SCAN 30 con núm. de serie 28 (matrícula CF-ODR), estaba en exhibición en el Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum en Mount Hope, Ontario, hasta que fue vendido a un particular en la Columbia Británica en 2014.
 Dos en Portugal, no volables, ambos de la Marina portuguesa. Uno en exhibición en el Museu do Ar, matrícula 129. El otro en exhibición en el Museu de Marinha, matrícula 120, erróneamente etiquetado como 128.
 G-44A (cn 1449) en exhibición en el Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Bangkok, Tailandia.
 Ze plane! Ze plane! se puede ver en las escenas iniciales de la serie de televisión La isla de la fantasía, transportando huéspedes a la isla. Fue vendido en una subasta el 16 de abril de 2016 a un comprador no revelado.

Especificaciones (G-44)

Aeronaves relacionadas

Véase también

 Anexo:Aeronaves de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos (históricas y actuales)
 Anexo:Aeronaves militares de los Estados Unidos (navales)

Referencias

Bibliografía

 Donald, David. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. .
 Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Five; Flying Boats. London: Macdonald, 1968. .
 Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. .

Enlaces externos

 Grumman Widgeon Owners Group.
 Fleet Air Arm: Grumman J4F Widgeon.
 Grumman Widgeon.

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The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has today revealed that Mandy Hunt, chief underwriting officer for commercial lines at RSA, is the new chair of the CII's Society of Underwriting Professionals (SOUP).
In a Press release, the CII noted that Hunt, who first joined the advisory board of the society in 2019, brings a wealth of underwriting experience and knowledge to the leadership position and is a long-standing advocate of the institute and of the need for professional development and qualifications. Hunt will lead the advisory board, alongside SOUP's non-executive director Phil Williams of Simply Business, and support its provision of strategic guidance, content, learning and insight to the society's 11,000 members.
Hunt started her insurance career as an account handler with Willis in 1990, before taking on a claims manager role at Lambert Fenchurch. She then joined RSA in 1998 as senior development underwriter, progressing through liability and property roles before becoming regional manager. Before taking on her current role at RSA in 2018, she served as MD of the Insurance Corporation of the Channel Islands (part of RSA Group).
Hunt replaces David Williams, MD of underwriting & technical services at AXA, in her new role as chair.
Commenting on her appointment, Hunt said she was delighted to take up the opportunity and grateful for the support of her advisory board colleagues. She said that since joining the board in 2019, she had seen SOUP create strong foundations for its members through the provision of regular guidance and insight throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
"I'll now be focused upon building on that success by developing strategic approaches to some of the biggest issues that we face in our sector such as skills, technology and trust," she said. "For someone entering the profession now, data analytical skills and understanding new technology are crucial to success. We also need to help customers understand the value of what we are offering and give them the confidence and trust that the insurance industry will support them when the time comes."
Hunt emphasised the CII's purpose – to build public trust - and said this must remain at the heart of what the institute does to ensure that customers are well served. Underwriting is a challenging and rewarding career, she said, and SOUP's members must be provided with all the tools required to navigate the business environment and realise available opportunities.
Sian Fisher, chief executive of the CII, added that the CII's insurance societies are sector-specific professional communities that provide members with relevant and insightful learning.
"I have no doubt Mandy's experience and leadership will continue to drive forward SOUP's growing engagement with the underwriting sector," she said. "My thanks to David, who has been an excellent chair to the advisory board. I look forward to working with Mandy and the other board members in the years ahead."
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What is spectrum and how do government and commercial decisions on this scientific phenomenon affect public facilities and costs? Shyam Ponappa examines this in his latest blog published in the Business Standard on March 4, 2010.
Twenty years ago, "spectrum" implied the colours of the rainbow. Now, we understand that spectrum also relates to mobile phones. We encounter spectrum daily, in TV remote controls, microwave ovens, even sunlight. So, what exactly is spectrum, and how do government and commercial decisions on this scientific phenomenon affect public facilities and costs?
"Spectrum" is short for "electromagnetic spectrum", the range of radiated energies that envelop the Earth. This electromagnetic radiation (EMR) is primarily from the sun, and secondarily from the stars/cosmos, radioactive elements in soil, rock and gases... .
One section of EMR is visible light; another is radio frequency (RF) spectrum. There are many other "wavelengths" in EMR with different characteristics and effects, such as infrared and ultraviolet rays. All countries have the same RF spectrum in equivalent areas.
How is spectrum used?
The length of a wave, its associated frequency ("wavelengths" or "cycles" per second) and energy determine its usage (see Figure 1).
Radio waves are relatively long, with wavelengths from 1,000 metres (1 km) to 10 cms, and frequencies from 3 kilohertz (3,000 cycles per second) to 3 gigahertz (GHz) or 3 billion cycles per second for the shortest, sometimes also called microwaves. (There are longer waves, e.g., electric power, of several km.)
Microwaves in the centimetre and millimetre range can have frequencies up to 300 GHz. There is an overlap in terminology depending on use; microwaves for cooking use several hundred watts of electricity at RF wavelengths of about 32 cms (915 MHz) and 12 cms (2.45 GHz). Microwaves from low-powered devices of a few watts at these frequencies are used for communications, and emit insignificant heat.
Infrared waves are smaller, and are felt as heat, e.g., from lamps and infrared grills used for cooking. Higher infrared bands used for communications in remote control devices and for imaging/night vision have no heating effect.
Wavelengths between 700 and 400 nanometres (about 430 to 750 terahertz or THz) form the visible spectrum from red to violet, combining to form white light. For example, we perceive wavelengths of about 635-700 nm (430-480 THz) as the colour red.
Shorter wavelengths form ultraviolet rays, of which those around 380-280 nm cause sunburn. Sunlight at sea level comprises about 53 per cent infrared, 44 per cent visible light, and 3 per cent ultraviolet rays.
Yet smaller waves are classified as X-rays, and the smallest as gamma rays, both used in medical and industrial imaging.
The sweet spot in the RF spectrum for telephony and the Internet
For telephony and broadband, lower frequencies (700-900 MHz) are most cost-effective, as they traverse long distances without attenuation, penetrating walls and foliage. Radio waves in the atmosphere are affected by water vapour and ionisation, as well as events such as solar flares with bursts of X-rays. Depending on temperature, moisture, etc., radio waves may be absorbed, refracted, or reflected in the atmosphere, and by hills or other obstacles. Low frequency waves penetrate buildings and trees, and curve over slopes. Higher frequencies are more absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere; they are also more attenuated by distance and rain. Networks at lower frequencies require fewer towers than at higher frequencies.
What are 2G and 3G?
These signify different stages of technological development, starting with 1st Generation (1G) analog wireless in the 1980s, e.g., in car phones. 2G (2nd Generation) began in the 1990s with the digital wireless GSM standard for mobiles, extending to other standards, e.g., CDMA. 3G (3rd Generation) has faster data speed and greater network capacity.
What is 2G/3G spectrum?
There is no difference in the spectrum; only the convention of government regulations and harmonisation between countries by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) earmark wavelengths for different applications. Both 2G and 3G can and do work at 800-900 and 1800-1900 MHz.
Combined with the advantages of prices dropping as volumes rise, one estimate puts 3G coverage with 900 MHz at 50-70 per cent lower cost than at the designated 2.1 GHz. 3G networks using 900 MHz ("2G spectrum") exist in Finland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Venezuela, Denmark and Sweden, and countries like France encourage 2G networks to upgrade to 3G services.
Spectrum allocated for 2G and 3G by various countries is at Figure 2; the current and proposed allocation in India is shown below.
This shows India's dearth of spectrum for public use because of government and defence allocations. We need innovative methods to maximise capacity given our needs, limited landline networks, and the relative costs. (For details on the chart, please see umtsworld.com.
For example, China has allocated 250 MHz in the 800/1800 MHz bands. By not charging auction fees and spectrum charges, ubiquitous networks were built at lower cost with high capacity. These result in lower costs for users and higher productivity. With its focused approach, China also developed its own standard (TD-SCDMA).
India's spectrum allocation is burdened with short-term revenue collection for the government, and a shortage mentality. There is apparently insufficient clarity on spectrum usage for ubiquitous broadband/telephony as in other countries, let alone more ambitious targets, such as developing an Indian standard.
Our policies could address the requirement for enhanced coverage/capacity at low cost to make services available everywhere at reasonable prices. Innovative approaches to spectrum management could help get these, through:
Technology-neutrality: the UK and Norway have not restricted the use of recently auctioned spectrum to any technology.
A focused strategy for service delivery at low cost, as in China.
This needs a combination of methods, e.g., along with technology-neutrality, (a) data-base driven, shared spectrum usage, under trial in the US, (b) "Cognitive Radio", whereby smart devices sense available channels for dynamic, non-conflicting use in unlicensed spectrum bands, (c) incentives for rural broadband delivery, e.g., by subvention of fees and government charges, with (d) subsidies.
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"Because it might lead to dancing" is the punchline to a old joke with a number of denominational and other variations, all having to do with why Christians of a given persuasion are against sex before marriage, or in general, etc. (I was raised Christian Reformed, and we told it about ourselves.)
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Directed by Craig Brewer. Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough,, Miles Teller, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell. Paramount.
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Teen drug abuse and drinking; some sexuality (nothing explicit) including lewd dancing; some violence including a man battering a woman; scattered crude language.
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Flip-flopping Christian moral concerns about dancing and sex along a different axis, Herbert Ross's 1984 dance movie Footloose proposed that not allowing kids to dance would lead to trouble. A small-town crusade against the evils of rock music and dancing, led by John Lithgow's hidebound, authoritarian Rev. Moore, created a repressive environment in which bored kids acted out in unhealthy ways until big-city new kid Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) led a dance revolution that helped the town relax and get its groove back.
I have no nostalgic brief for Footloose, which I saw for the first time only recently. It's no classic, but I was mildly surprised at how comparatively engaging it is. The setup of square patriarchy versus hip youth threatens to devolve into church-bashing, but Ross's film subverts this to a degree: Rev. Moore is gradually humanized, while Ren is ultimately seen, smart-alecky attitude notwithstanding, to be a decent kid. What could have been an anti-church motif ultimately becomes an affirmation of a more moderate, relaxed Christianity.
In general, the remake cleaves faithfully to its source material, often beat for beat and line for line, though some lines are used in different contexts and with different meanings. As Ren, dancer Kenny Wormald is a likable presence, and while he doesn't have Bacon's charisma and doesn't try, he doesn't need a body double for the dance sequences. Miles Teller ably fills Chris Penn's shoes as Ren's new friend Willard, a scrappy local boy who can't dance. Ren drives the same yellow VW Bug, though he also has an iPod, and there are a few other concessions to the intervening decades.
Why a remake? The main rationale seems to be to update the 1980s soundtrack and styles with a contemporary "Southern grit" blend (Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer's term) of country, hip-hop and alt rock, with the town of Bomont relocated from the Midwest to the sultry South. Even here the remake is suffused by nostalgia for the original, with cover versions of several songs, including the title track by Kenny Loggins, reworked by country star Blake Shelton.
A secondary goal seems to be to soften and sanitize the '84 film's critique of the church — to give it a faith-friendly spin. Lithgow's buttoned-up, combed-over authority figure is reimagined as a folksy, approachable Dennis Quaid. Quaid smiles warmly as he preaches, and his congregation chuckles appreciatively. There's no sign here of stifled kids suffering through excruciating services with plodding renditions of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."
Where Ross gave us Moore's no-fun sternness up front and only later revealed its roots, the remake explains everything from the get-go. A prologue dramatically depicts the fatal accident claiming the lives of five teenagers, including Moore's son, following a night of dancing and drinking. In this version, Moore's early line "We are being tested" is not in a sermon, but in public testimony advocating restricting public dancing by minors.
All this has the effect of making Moore and the dancing ban as comprehensible as possible from the outset, which, in 2011, is not very. The moderating efforts continue as the pastor's wayward daughter Ariel (Julianne Hough) engages in a foolhardy vehicular stunt with her boyfriend Chuck (Patrick John Flueger) that's downright tame compared to the near-suicidal two-vehicle hijinks in the original — and then, driving it home, Ariel is told off for her recklessness by a girlfriend in a teary "I don't know who you are any more" speech.
Ah, but this time Chuck is a stock car racer, and the stunt is at a local track in front of a big audience — and it's something Ariel has done repeatedly. Isn't she concerned that word of it will get back to her father, who believes she is at a girlfriend's house doing schoolwork? Also, as a friend noted, if Bomont has NASCAR action, it's not like there's nothing for kids to do, as in 1984. The racetrack becomes even more of a liability when the tractor chicken contest — a credible bit of small-town kitsch in the '84 film — morphs into a spectacular school-bus race that is, hands down, the remake's worst idea.
In this version, Ren's mother has died of leukemia, and he comes to Bomont alone. The trauma of Ren's mother dying replaces the defining trauma in the original of being abandoned by his father — an event that doesn't seem to have bothered Ren at all here. These days, a father abandoning his family is evidently small beer, hence the necessity of killing off the mother.
Lithgow's pastor was a moral scold, but he was also a moderating force in some ways, for example resisting censorious efforts in his community, including book-burning. All that's gone, along with humanizing moments between Moore and his wife and daughter. Mrs. Moore (Andie MacDowell) still gets a line about considering her husband a great preacher, etc., but the sense of genuine admiration and support is gone. I think her first notable line to her husband is a harsh "You've done enough."
In 1984, Ariel was torn between rebellious impulses and remnants of respect and admiration for her father that are no longer in evidence. One of the most thoughtful moments in the original involved Ariel finding her father alone in the church practicing a sermon. "I used to love to watch you work up your sermons," she reminisced wistfully. "Now I see a stage, a costume — it's show business, isn't it?" Disarmingly, Moore wasn't shocked or upset; his candid reply was that it was the only way he knew to reach people's emotions. Now it's Ren who finds Moore in the empty church. "I thought you were someone else," Moore says on spotting Ren in the pew. No kidding.
Brewer shoots the dance sequences with flair, but can't match Ross's atmospheric staging of the big blowing-off-steam warehouse set piece. Where Brewer blows past Ross is in flagrant eroticism, with lots of down-and-dirty bumping and grinding. Alone with Ariel, Chuck lays her down on the hood of his car, and after briefly resisting his groping she unlaces her tiny top (at which point the scene cuts away). When Ariel defiantly tells her father that she's not a virgin, she no longer describes this as a sin, or refers to the appropriateness of confessing it in church.
The upshot is that this new Footloose is a dumbed-down, sexed-up take on a story that was already risqué and not too bright — one that shies away from the '84 film's critique of the church, but is also further from its lingering Christian worldview.
The original's humanism is also given short shrift. In his big speech before the town council, Bacon not only quoted scripture, but offered an anthropological apologia for dancing, citing cultural as well as cultic reasons why people have always danced: for a good harvest or a good hunt, to show community spirit, to celebrate. Wormald gives a rote recitation of gotcha proof texts, but doesn't bother with the anthropological stuff. Perhaps nobody involved could really take Bomont's anti-dancing stance seriously enough to bother to answer it?
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