Are huge reservoirs a thing of the past? Today, a significant number of the world's proposed dams are being billed as "run of river," which feature smaller reservoirs and, presumably, smaller impacts. Can we believe the industry hype that run-of-river schemes leave rivers in a relatively natural state, or are such projects just "engineering gimmicks" as former WCD commissioner Ted Scudder has called them?
Run-of-river dams are marketed a bit like low-tar cigarettes or "lite" beer. They promise electricity, but with far fewer messy side effects. Even the term "run-of-river" evokes images of free flowing, cascades of water rushing unhindered to the sea. It seems to imply that the river is in charge, unaltered and uncontrolled. In fact, dam proponents often use the terms "run-of-river" and "minimal social and environmental impacts" interchangeably when promoting a project. Run-of-river projects can, however, have large dam walls, significant social and environmental impacts, and big price tags. In fact, although generally run-of-river means a smaller reservoir and more natural flows, the term is not clearly defined.
Most large dams are storage dams, meaning they store water during the wet season and release it during the dry season, or hold water when electricity demand is low and release it when it is high. Run-of-river projects, on the other hand, are theoretically designed to ensure that the amount of water flowing into them always equals the amount of water flowing out of them (even though many of them store water for hours, days, or even weeks at a time).
Proponents of run-of-river projects frequently claim they do not require a reservoir. In reality, all run-of-river dams impound water, either to create "head" for hydroelectricity generation, to raise water levels to the height of diversion intakes on water projects or to create enough depth for navigation. According to Patrick McCully, "In theory, no dam with gates should be considered run-of-river because closing and opening gates implies storing and releasing water. In practice, dams with some limited – but undefined – storage capacity are referred to as run-of-river. It's a sort of Alice in Wonderland, 'it means exactly what I want it to mean' term." Thus, the 113-meter-high Pangue Dam in Chile qualifies as run-of-river, as does the 62-meter Bonneville Dam in Oregon, or the 1.45-kilometer-wide Cana Brava Dam in Brazil.
A key selling point of run-of-river dams is the claim that their "head ponds" are small in comparison to storage reservoirs. Large reservoirs result in physical and economic displacement, which adds considerably to project costs and often incites public opposition. Such opposition can result in costly delays and even project cancellations – all major concerns of the private investors and guarantee agencies who are playing a growing role in the damming of the world's rivers. Head ponds, on the other hand, are portrayed as small and innocuous – they're just ponds, the term seems to imply.
Recent dams described as run-of-river, however, blur the distinction between head pond and reservoir. The "head pond" behind Maheshwar Dam in India's Narmada Valley would force some 35,000 people from their homes. In Mozambique, the proposed Mepanda-Uncua Dam's head pond would cover more than 100 square kilometers. In 1994, the Mekong River Secretariat proposed the construction of a cascade of nine "run-of-river" hydropower projects along the Mekong's mainstem that would have inundated 1,000 square kilometers and displaced more than 60,000 people. Although the scheme would have turned the Mekong into a staircase of reservoirs, the project's documents never once used the words "dam" or "reservoir."
Though run-of-river projects are smaller than most storage projects, they can still have major impacts. As Shripad Dharmadhikary points out, "While there is some correlation between the size and the impact of a project, this is by no means a fixed equation." For example, the proposed Bujagali Dam on the Nile River in Uganda is being promoted as run-of-river and would have only a 4.2km2 head pond, but it will deprive thousands of local people of their livelihoods, possibly drive some rare fish species to extinction, destroy a culturally important waterfall and wipe out a $4 million per year rafting industry. And the impacts of the tiny 3MW Babilonia HEP run-of-river dam in Honduras seem well out of proportion to its size (see article on page 10). More than 100 families will lose their coffee plantations to the head pond, a 1,500-foot waterfall will be destroyed, and communities living downstream will no longer be able to utilize the river through gravity-fed water systems.
One of the most fundamental problems with run-of-river projects is that they promise more electricity than they can actually deliver. The final report of the World Commission on Dams states, "Power benefits of run-of-the river hydropower plants may be much lower than could be expected from their installed capacity." Because the electricity output of run-of-river projects is dependent on the amount of water flowing in the river at any given time, their power output may be insufficient and unpredictable, which may render them economically infeasible. During the rainy season, or when a river is in flood, run-of-river dams frequently cannot use all the water that flows through them to produce electricity. During the dry season, the runoff in the basin is often far too low to produce electricity at full capacity.
The Pak Mun Dam in Thailand exhibits both of these problems. It produces only 40MW of its 136MW capacity during the high demand period in April-May. In very wet years, it faces another obstacle to power generation. During some years, the Mekong River floods so severely that the river comes up to the toe of the dam. The elevated water levels at the dam's base mean that there is not enough head pressure, lowering power generation, and even occasionally forcing the power plant to be closed.
Because run-of-river dams' electricity production is based on the river's flow rather than a reservoir's releases, construction of a stand-alone run-of-river dam may set off a spate of dam building upstream in order to maximize the efficiency of the run-of-river project. This occurred in Chile, where construction of the giant Ralco storage dam on the Biobío River was justified on the grounds that the run-of-river Pangue Dam downstream would consequently produce more electricity. Although Pangue was designed with Ralco in mind, project proponents did not publicly present the dams as a pair, thus smoothing the way for an easier approval process at the World Bank.
Run-of-river dams' impact on the environment may not be as great as that of storage dams, but they do indeed have environmental consequences, sometimes serious ones. The havoc wreaked on delicate gorge ecosystems by the Lower Kihansi Hydropower Project in Tanzania is a prime example of how run-of-river project can result in a loss in species diversity. Because the project diverted water from the 800-meter Kihansi waterfall, the endemic Kihansi Spray Toad, which survives on mist from the falls, has been brought to the verge of extinction. The river's wetlands are drying up, threatening rare plants. The US$275 million project also directly affected about 22,000 villagers.
Fisheries are harmed just as easily by run-of-river projects as they are by storage dams. In both cases, the dam wall presents a barrier to migrating fish.
The Pak Mun Dam has wiped out 56 species of fish from the Mun River because the dam blocks their rainy season migration routes, the 60km2 head pond inundated their spawning grounds, and the species' inability to jump has rendered the project's ill-conceived fish pass of little use. Some 100 additional species in the Mun were negatively affected by the dam's construction, and the fish catch directly upstream of the dam has declined 60-80% since the project's completion, resulting in an economic loss to villagers of about $1.4 million per year, according to the WCD. Affected villagers successfully lobbied their government to open the gates of the dam this year, which brought immediate improvements to their fish catches.
Other run of river schemes with serious fisheries impacts include the Theun-Hinboun Dam in Laos, which resulted in a serious reduction of local communities' fish catch after it was constructed, and the proposed Bujagali Dam in Uganda, which will inundate a falls that harbors rare endemic fish species. The Ugandan government approved Bujagali contingent on the project including a fish pass. However, the project's Panel of Experts writes, "The Panel knows of no cases anywhere in Africa where fish ladders have been used successfully."
Clearly, run-of-river projects can have serious impacts, and must be given the same scrutiny as other dams. Run-of-river dams may be less destructive than storage dams, but they can also be just as capable of pushing species to extinction or families further into poverty. As with other large dams, run-of-river projects should be subject to review against the World Commission on Dams' guidelines.
The following are existing or proposed run-of-river projects whose impacts appear to outweigh their benefits.
This dam would displace 35,000 people and destroy the livelihoods of communities upstream. Rates of compensation are undervalued, and critics estimate that if compensation were tied to full replacement value it would render the project economically unviable.
This dam generates less than two thirds of its installed capacity and produces virtually no electricity during extended periods of the dry season. Driving output down further is the government's commitment to maintain downstream fisheries by releasing water downstream during the dry season rather than diverting it.
In addition to the impacts on fisheries described in the article, this dam is generating far less electricity than promised.
This recently revived 30MW scheme is located on the Okavango River, the source of the delicate Okavango Delta. During part of the year, it will leave the popular tourist destination at Popa Falls virtually without water. The 2.9km2 head pond will require the relocation of some 90 residences and increase evaporation by 1.5 million cubic meters annually, an impact that has unknown consequences for the fragile Okavango Delta ecosystem.
This 1,450-meter long dam on the Tocantins River will, if completed, displace more than 1,000 families. Recent demonstrations concerning resettlement and compensation terms sparked confrontations with hundreds of police officers (see p. 9).
Constructed on the Columbia River in 1935, Bonneville seriously affected thriving salmon populations and other wildlife in the Columbia Basin. The dam also inundated a number of cultural sites important to Native Americans.
The head pond behind this dam will inundate 1,000 hectares of riverine habitat, which is, according to some scientists, the only habitat of its type in all of Central America. The dam would further threaten the endangered Scarlet Macaw and other rare species.
This massive project displaced some 1,300 people, most of them from the indigenous Pehuenche group. Furthermore, the dam was designed such that only the completion of a storage dam upstream would maximize its efficiency.
Research assistance was provided by Kapala Hoge.


"Look. I told you. Remember this."
I will remember tonight, remember tomorrow. Please protect me Lord, for I am a fault. I am pretty and I am young. Please protect me from the outside world who can't see through the glass eyes.
You've done more for me than you can imagine, so thank you.
i hope that things are right with you. and that you love far more often than you hate. i hope that when you get far enough to realize that i did this to save you, not hurt you that you can forgive me.. somehow. because everything here really is beautiful, the lenses you're looking through are just a little warped.
It's all about finding the inner beauty of a single moment in time, or that simple gesture that leaves a smile on your face for the whole day.
You never ever fail, to send shivers down my spine.
You deserve every piece of light, and recognition.
my brother said he would give me the book!!!!!!! he was gonna do it for christmas, but he couldnt. so hes just gonna get it as a present!!!! yayyyy!!!!!!!
i cant express my happiness and excitement.


BOSTON -- Massachusetts cities and towns paid an estimated $720,000 in costs mandated by the state to hold early voting in the 2016 election, and Auditor Suzanne Bump believes the state should pay for those costs.
"The early voting law certainly is to be regarded a success," Bump said in a statement. "It did, however, mandate new procedures for clerks. Some of these should be paid for by the state, not municipalities."
The November general election was the first time Massachusetts allowed early voting, under a law signed by former Gov. Deval Patrick in 2014. More than a million voters cast their ballots before Election Day.
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin said at least 1,030,000 Massachusetts residents voted early, representing around one-third of the projected total voter turnout for Tuesday's election.
The state required all cities and towns to meet certain minimum standards -- offering early voting by mail and at one location open during business hours for two weeks before the election. Municipalities could choose to offer multiple locations or weekend hours, and Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin offered grant money to help cities and towns open the polls on the weekend.
Under state law, the Legislature and state agencies are not allowed to pass unfunded mandates on to cities and towns. If state officials do pass an unfunded mandate, municipalities can ask the auditor's office to make an official determination. They can then petition to the court to seek an exemption from the law until state funding is provided.
Woburn and Oxford petitioned Bump, who determined that some of the early voting costs should be paid for by the state -- around $5,500 for Woburn and $1,500 for Oxford.
Three months before the election, city and town officials are in various stages of planning for Massachusetts' first election with early voting -- figuring out what hours to open the polls and where to house them.
As part of her research, Bump surveyed all the state's cities and towns to determine how much they paid for early voting. She determined that they paid approximately $720,000 in mandated costs and another $1.2 million in other costs -- for optional polling hours, newspaper advertising, police personnel for early voting, etc. Bump did not consider the $1.2 million for purposes of requiring state reimbursement.
Bump wrote in her determination that the $400,000 appropriated by lawmakers for early voting was insufficient and was not used to cover the mandated expenses. "The primary issue in this case is the burden that early voting placed on municipal clerk's offices and the lack of state funding for early voting," Bump wrote.
Based on information from 282 municipalities that responded to her survey, Bump found that city and town clerks did face additional burdens, requiring many of them to work overtime and interfering with their ability to prepare for the regular biennial election and perform other routine duties.
Rachel Lefsky, a spokeswoman for the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said the office is still reviewing the audit. She would not comment on whether lawmakers would appropriate more money to cover last year's expenses or propose changing the law to require the state to cover early voting costs going forward.
A spokesman for the Executive Office of Administration and Finance did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the administration agrees with Bump that the state should pay for those costs.


When the salary imbalance between a company's CEO and those below becomes excessive, the entire organization may be thrown out of whack. In a recent study by the CIPD, it was revealed that this wage imbalance does have a noticeable psychological effect on the workers below the CEO. Almost 60% of employees used in the study admitted that the salary imbalance demotivates them, and more than half said they felt excessive executive pay damaged the company's reputation. This makes it more difficult to retain loyal employees and can turn off some job seekers with excellent talent.
Let's come back around to focus on the psychological effects of this wage imbalance on the employees below the CEO. As stated earlier, almost 60% in the CIPD study said seeing the unfair pay demotivates them in the workplace. This demotivation can lead to a decrease in effort put forth which typically results in lower productivity and lower work quality. The wage imbalance can contribute to a loss of group solidarity and even theft, and can also cause employees to perceive more inequity than actually exists, which can cause major dysfunction in the workplace.
So now I'm sure you're wondering how you can prevent this from happening. How can you keep your employees engaged in their work? Research has shown that organizations that provide employees with career development opportunities are far more likely to retain motivated employees than those that do not offer such opportunities. When receiving new training and opportunities to develop their professional skills, an employee's self worth increases because their employability increases. This keeps them motivated by allowing them to think much broader in terms of their career, and encourages them to focus more on their career mobility, agility, and flexible professional lives. It helps them focus more on what they can accomplish going forward rather than feeling stuck in the position they're in currently.
Overall, going forward, more boards of directors should start assessing this wage imbalance as a social corporate issue rather than solely an economic one. There are far more likely negative repercussions to come from employees due to psychological and social factors stemming from the wage imbalance rather than the actual money itself.
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You wouldn't call Jon Bakhshi, owner of the Chelsea megaclubs Home and Guest House, a tree hugger. The native New Yorker is all business, his rapid-fire patter more fluent in bottle service than in the ecological benefits of bamboo. But two and a half years ago, when Bakhshi was lying on the beach, mulling over new nightlife concepts, he hit upon an idea: build the world's first LEED-certified club. "I saw the ocean, the sand, and the sky, and it just came to me," he says of the inspiration. The result, Greenhouse, a 6,000-square-foot space that opened last November in Soho, teems with earth-friendly technologies and materials. But it also demonstrates how far green design has evolved, from fringe concern to mainstream marketing device.
True to its name, the club focuses on the sustainable and natural. Some 2,500 LEDs illuminate its two levels. Arranged on laser-cut plywood ribs, the lights create an ever-changing tableau of colors while using one-thirtieth the energy of standard fluorescent bulbs. The club's floors and wall panels are bamboo, while the bars and banquettes (the latter upholstered in Maharam's 100 percent recyclable polyurethane Ledger fabric) are fashioned from FSC-certified wood. The bathrooms feature Kohler waterless urinals and low-flow toilets and sinks. And the temperature and ventilation are regulated by four high-efficiency HVAC systems—two on each floor—that use only outside air.
Because the LEED for Commercial Interiors designation was integral to Greenhouse's business plan, Antonio Di Oronzo, the designer, collaborated with Daniel Husserl, president of the green-strategy firm Natural Progression, on the LEED documentation and certification processes and mechanical systems. Di Oronzo, an architect who has built all of Bakhshi's venues, says Greenhouse varied from those projects in four areas: cost, time, coordination, and construction methods. "The difference is, first of all, economical," he says, estimating that Greenhouse ran about $250−$300 per square foot, versus $200 per square foot for a conventional club. As for design, it took the team "a lot longer to source certain materials, even though I have an ample library of eco-conscious suppliers." The construction required more advanced planning: "We could only use certain companies that were certified to take the debris to specific sites; if we were cutting wood in the space, we had to make sure nothing would be contaminated." And it meant that Di Oronzo had to rethink basic building materials, such as the adhesive used to secure wall studs.


and respond to it, offering much better security to all the customers.
completely unable to react to a situation when it is actually happening in real time.
respect for privacy, and the utilization of the features of convolutional neural networks to split the tasks reinforces this commitment.
to the decentralized network. This amounts up to 80% of the total amount of calculations performed.
The system can analyse human faces and track movements of a certain person in real time.
Faceter allows quick and easy search through video databases, keywords or photos.
An easy to interact intuitive interface and quick notification settings improve the platform's ease of access.
kidnapping or carjacking. It will also be able to detect potentially dangerous objects such as fire, guns, etc.
of video surveillance systems to detect potential threats or such events as a smiling customer etc.
which are the most trusted in the industry.
offering miners a higher income-earning opportunity.
transparent payment options and as well as proof-of-recognition mechanisms to a Fog computing network.
This is the way Faceter contributes to the growth of the crypto-industry.
to react on variations of certain events.
only anonymized data is transferred to decentralized networks.
closed-loop settlement mechanism for all participants.
Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple, Dash, Nem, Monero accepted.
Tokes credited to your ERC20 wallet a week after Token Sale ends.
Bonus program: 20% for early contributors only.
Exchanges. FACE tokens will be listed when the crowdfunding campaign is finished.
* All tokens that will not be sold during the token sale will be burned.
Want to learn more about the Faceter project?
Great idea indeed, surveillance camera business & market is huge, there is no doubt about that.
I see only " Advisors ", where is the Dev(s) team ?
I'll Reserve The Arabic Translation If You Intend To Make A Bounty About It Soon.
Do you have any bounty and airdrop programs?
Thank you very much for your appreciation of our project! You are right, the volume of the video surveillance market is very large and we hope that we will be able to make intelligent video surveillance technology accessible to small businesses and private customers. By bounty program - we do not plan it, but if our plans change, we will certainly let you know!
Not now. While we do not plan to hold a bounty, but if our plans change, we will certainly let you know!
Yesterday I was thinking: what about a surveillance coin? Searched and found FACETER.
Is there a minimum amount to get in to the ICO?
Do you have any documents regarding privacy issues?
I hope you will have a bounty. It will get you more investors in the area of blockchain.
This is a very interesting question on confidentiality - in great detail everything is written in our documents on the site. Modular architecture Faceter involves working with the original video stream only in a trusted environment - on the devices of camera owners, or on their own servers Faceter. In decentralized networks, only tasks that operate with obfuscated, impersonal data are transferred to perform, which can not be converted to the original format with reference to the owner. All connections go through encrypted channels.
Hello. For sure I'll participate. With a small amount because its the only I can spare. To participate is just a matter of creating a profile and wait for the signal?
"At Faceter's technological core is the absolute respect for privacy, and the utilization of the features of convolutional neural networks to split the tasks reinforces this commitment. As a result, sensitive data is always processed in a completely trusted environment, and all images not subject to recovery are passed to the decentralized network."
"If all cameras connected to Faceter are integrated with police and rescue service databases, information about wanted criminals, missing children or people in trouble can be instantly sent through the system to find their relatives and places of residence. In such emergency cases, the police and special services will also be able to access the system in order to discover the "prints" of people in video archives of Faceter users without compromising confidential information, since the system will only use data for which the camera owner gave their consent."
So it means that If I have a camera at home everyone here is safe in privacy and If I want I can connect to police database and if a known criminal comes by, he will be detected?
Will be possible to detect criminals but does not alert the police?
If I have camera at my business I can add the workers profile but it wont be accessible by anyone else?
If I have a profile at a third party camera and I want to get out of the database, it will be possible?
Concerning connection to databases - I will specify to answer correctly.
About privacy - yes, that's right. This moment in our project paid a lot of attention - everything is really confidential.
The system will be able to recognize faces and persons. At your enterprise, it can establish different access rights for workers, monitor attendance. We had an interesting experience with a plant in Africa where we implemented a pilot project - we managed to identify replacement workers who simply passed the pass to their relatives so that there would be no absenteeism. With this, productivity and quality of work suffered.
✅ In January the Faceter team is taking part in the global road show CryptoEconomy.
 The conferences and exhibitions in the first round will be arranged in three cities: San Francisco, London and Amsterdam, and in each of them you will have a chance to communicate with members of our team.
We are also looking forward to the productive communication from the tour events and will do our best to make it as interesting as possible to present our project! We promise to keep you informed through our social networks.
Seems interesting, your project will work with usual cameras on the streets?
Can you tell what advantage Faceter give over Nucleus.Vision? N.V. give incentive for the customer when he shares his data with a merchant! what is for the customer in your project (other than appreciating attention & attitude)?


First established in 1928, The Bennington Bookshop is the oldest independent bookstore in Vermont. We carry a wide range of new books, including those featured on the New England Independent Booksellers Association bestsellers list. We have an extensive children's section and stock a selection of quality cards for all occasions.
Linda Foulsham and Phil Lewis took over as the new owners of the store on March 2, 2015. This interview with Phil on CAT-TV in Bennington reveals more of their story.


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Has Your County Declared a "State of Emergency"?
By Dave Schwartz - FAN of South Carolina
Last week, between making sure my kids did their schoolwork and grocery shopping, I saw on the TV that my Mayor had declared a "state of emergency".
It went in one ear and out the other.
With all the turmoil going on, I didn't really pay much attention what the Mayor of Mount Pleasant had declared.
I didn't think it mattered.
When I hear about a local politician declaring a "state of emergency" two things come to mind:
1. They're trying to get in the news to appear as if they're "working hard"
2. It's part of the "official" process to become eligible for help from the federal government...like when a hurricane strikes the state or county
But a few days later, I read about how a "state of emergency" passed by politicians in Saluda County could infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights.
That caught my attention.
Regardless of what your opinions may be on this Chinese coronavirus...
...to "shelter-in-place" ...
...to shut down our economy for months at a time... (Personally, I'm with the President: the cure can't be worse than the problem.)
But whatever your opinions...we can all agree that the politicians cannot – under ANY emergency – trample on our God-given rights.
So, I started to look into it.
I Googled "South Carolina" and "state of emergency".
I found that many SC counties and cities have made some sort of emergency declaration related to this Chinese coronavirus.
Then I started looking into the "Code of Laws" in some of the counties and towns that declared emergency orders.
What kind of "emergency" powers do these politicians assume when they make these declarations?
What I found was NOT good.
Take a look at my town of Mount Pleasant...
Mayor Will Haynie proclaimed a "state of emergency" on March 16th.
Here's what that could mean, according to the town code of laws (Chapter 41-03):
The first restriction he can impose?
"Prohibit or regulate the possession off one's own premises of explosives, firearms, ammunition, or dangerous weapons of any kind, and prohibit the purchase, sale, transfer, or other disposition thereof"
Under this "state of emergency" I couldn't properly defend myself and my family if I left my property to go grocery shopping...
...a clear violation of my Second Amendment rights.
Also – what is the definition of "dangerous weapons"?
A gun?
A knife?
My wife carries a stun gun for self-defense. Would that be considered "dangerous"?
It doesn't really say.
How about subsection C?
"Prohibit or regulate any demonstration, parade, march, vigil, or participation therein from taking place on any of the public ways or on any public property"
This is a violation of my First Amendment right to free speech.
If the Town Council met to vote on a controversial proposal during this "state of emergency", they could block me and my neighbors from publicly protesting their actions.
And take a look at subsection G...
"Establish hours during which a curfew shall be in effect, and, unless otherwise provided in such proclamation, it shall be unlawful for any person to be found on any public property during such periods as designated by Council."
A curfew? With no limitations on time?
Also a violation of my Constitutional rights.
This seems like an extraordinary amount of unconstitutional power in one person's hands.
And it's not just the Town of Mount Pleasant...
Richland County Council Chairman Paul Livingston signed a "declaration of emergency" on March 17th.
According to their code of laws (Chapter 2-139: Section 11-E), here's what powers he has:
Go to subsection 9.
"Suspend or limit the sale, dispensing or transportation of alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives and combustibles"
Limiting the sale of firearms? Suspending the right to travel with our guns?
Again, a clear trampling of our right to defend ourselves and our family.
Richland County politicians also have the power to take away your free speech rights under subsection 11 of their emergency declaration.
"Suspend or limit nonemergency activities and prohibit public assemblies."
The Mayor of Columbia Crazy Steve Benjamin declared a "state of emergency" on March 16th.
Remember, Crazy Steve Benjamin is the same politician who passed an unAmerican "red flag" gun confiscation law last year.
Thankfully, y'all forced Attorney General Alan Wilson to do his job and he finally sued the city of Columbia for their unconstitutional, illegal law.
Columbia's "state of emergency" also has similar unAmerican provisions.
Under Article II Section 7-35, the city makes it illegal to defend yourself if you need to leave your house.
The "emergency declaration" also makes it almost impossible to leave the city of Columbia, as this section also makes it illegal to sell gasoline.
All of these provisions are triggered by the Mayor implementing a curfew...
...which he did on March 18th.
For most citizens of Columbia, traveling between the hours of 11pm and 6am is now illegal.
What evidence does the Mayor have that the Chinese coronavirus travels better at night?
The Mayor of Greenville Knox White (another gun control proponent) also implemented a curfew after declaring a "state of emergency".
These curfews have nothing to do with containing a virus.
It has everything to do with power and control.
It's unconstitutional.
It's unAmerican.
To be fair, not ALL of these local politicians who have made "state of emergency" declarations intend to trample on our rights.
Greenville City Council also passed an emergency ordinance that intentionally left out their firearm restrictions.
Horry County's code of laws doesn't have any restrictions on our gun rights under a "state of emergency".
And just this past week, the Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis stated that he doesn't plan on strictly enforcing Governor McMaster's executive order limiting all public gatherings to 3 or less people.
Many of these politicians may not intend to restrict our rights...
...HOWEVER...
...they should never have these powers in the first place.
Restricting our God-given rights to free speech and self-defense should never be an option for any politician.
It's times like these that our politicians should doing everything in their power to protect our Constitutional rights.
These "state of emergency" laws need to be repealed.
We need to make sure that we have control of our government – even during times of national crisis.
We need to make sure our rights are protected – especially during an "emergency".
WHAT CAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW?
1. Click here to contact your local politicians and start demanding answers:
"Have you declared a 'state of emergency'?"
"Are there unconstitutional/unAmerican provisions in those declarations?"
If there are parts of the county law that trample on your God-given rights, demand they repeal those laws as soon as possible.
Don't accept anything less than full transparency.
If there are "emergency" provisions that restrict your right to protect you and your family, they need to be repealed.
Please send us their responses – especially if your local politicians reply with arrogant or indignant retorts.
2. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for DAILY updates on this and other issues.
On Facebook, make sure you click to "See First".
We're going to be following this very closely and will be tracking responses from your local politicians.
If you have trouble getting a hold of your politicians, please call me immediately.
Dave Schwartz is President of Freedom Action Network of South Carolina.

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Beehive cluster photo by NASA / IPAC/Caltech (Public Domain - US Gov).
"This symbol, composed of a hive of stars, transposes our beehive symbol to a new and grand level as we enter our second century as a group of people living in a place where we can still see, with our own eyes, the beautiful and dim features of the starry universe."
Visible to the naked eye as a small cloud in the constellation of Cancer, the Beehive is a very large and bright open cluster of stars. The beehive cluster was known as Praesepe in ancient times and is referred to as M44 (Messier object 44) by modern stargazers.


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Supply chain community remembers influential educator and thought leader Thomas Speh
After a long battle with cancer, Professor Emeritus of Marketing at Miami University Thomas Speh died this past April. Speh was a renowned supply chain thought leader and educator who, among many other honors, received the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' (CSCMP) Distinguished Service Award in 2007.
Many in the supply chain community are taking steps to remember and commemorate Speh's life and work, including holding a memorial service on June 4 at the Marcum Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Over the course of his career, Speh published more than 50 articles, co-wrote two textbooks, led numerous research initiatives, and served as president of both CSCMP and the Warehousing Education and Research Council. He taught logistics and supply chain management courses for more than 40 years.
"Tom Speh had a huge impact on our discipline, from his pioneering work in warehousing to his broadly based efforts in education," said Rick Blasgen, CEO of CSCMP. "Tom advanced our profession in ways that will continue to be felt for years to come."
As a doctoral student at Michigan State University in the 1970s, Speh studied the factors that promote and retard cooperation between marketing and logistics. This interest in the intersection between marketing and logistics (later supply chain management) continued throughout his career, and Speh went on to co-write with Michael Hutt the textbook Business Marketing Management: A Strategic View of Industrial and Organizational Markets, which is now in its 12th edition. A distinguishing feature of the textbook was its emphasis on supply chain management.
"Through his research, textbook, award-winning teaching, and consulting, Tom was a strong advocate for advancing the supply chain management field," remembers Hutt. "In many ways, he was responsible for infusing more supply chain management content directly into the traditional marketing curriculum. He enjoyed describing how supply chain management drives all of the shareholder value levers—cost, customer service, productivity, and revenue generation." During his time at Miami University, Speh served as chair of the marketing department, associate dean of the Farmer School of Business, and director of the M.B.A. program. He was also the director of the Warehouse Research Center at the university from 1986 to 2000, during which time the center conducted 14 major studies dealing with inventory management issues, contract warehousing, bar-code systems, warehouse costing, and other subjects. Most recently, Speh was the director of e-learning.
To the end of his life, Speh was dedicated to furthering and refining his work on supply chain management. "Just last year, it was time for a revision of our B2B text," remembers Hutt. "Since Tom was undergoing chemotherapy, I said, 'Give your attention to that battle. I can cover the revision.' He said, 'No, let me at least do one chapter. Which one would you like?' I said, 'That's easy—make it supply chain management.' He did a beautiful job."
Speh's colleagues remember him for being an excellent mentor, teacher, and friend.
"Tom was a great friend for more than 35 years, who I could telephone or e-mail anywhere in the world, and he would be there to respond with the best possible advice and guidance," said Professor James R. Stock of the University of Southern Florida. "His professional achievements are significant as were his contributions as a long-time faculty member at Miami University. Literally thousands of students undertook logistics and supply chain careers because of Tom's influence on their lives as a teacher and counselor."
One of those students is Chris Moberg, now the associate dean of the College of Business at Ohio University. "One of the great privileges of being a teacher is the opportunity to make a difference in someone's life," reflected Moberg. "Too many educators fail to live up to this important responsibility, but not Tom. ... Tom's accomplishments in his life and career cast an extremely big shadow for those of us that worked with him and for those that will follow. But I always found Tom's shadow to be inclusive and welcoming."
To learn more about Speh's contributions to supply chain management, you can listen to a two-hour interview that Stock conducted with Speh here. Donations can be made to the Speh Innovation Fund, which provides scholarships for supply chain management students at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. Updates and information about the memorial service can be found here.
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It's Monday. Two things are certain with Mondays – 1. The ubiquitous complaints, comments, and flowing cups of coffee that get most of us through our mornings/days, and 2. There are still four more days until Friday.
Isn't it sad how we view the work week? I'll be the first to say, I used to HATE Mondays. Let's play a game of 'would you rather?'… In the past, I would rather walk over hot coals while listening to this than go to work on a Monday. Okay, so that was a slight exaggeration, but you get the point. I used to spend my Sundays counting down the hours before I would plod into work. Isn't that horrible?! I wasted a completely perfect day off to worry and stress about the upcoming!
That all has changed. Yes, my profession has changed drastically and I'm doing something in which I find fulfillment and happiness, but no matter how you slice it, a Monday is still a Monday. I took myself up on a little challenge — to view each work day as an opportunity. It sounds tough to do but once you get yourself into that mindset, you'd be surprised what you can accomplish. Once doing that, I realized that I put more effort and pride into my work. I get lost in what I'm doing to the point that I lose track of time. Cooking several meals simultaneously in a hot kitchen doesn't leave for very much 'dilly-dally', but my attitude going in makes a huge difference.
So I challenge you, if you're one of those people who absolutely dreads work, try to look at it as an opportunity — an opportunity to prove yourself, to produce something, to grow, and at the very least make money. I promise, it works!
On that note, I made a pretty fantastic meal this evening. It is a meal that is perfect for Mondays! It's quick, easy, and incredibly healthy. Take a look, try it out, and let me know your thoughts!
In a small sauce pan, add 1/2 tbs olive oil, rice, a pinch of salt (amount you grasp with your index finger and thumb) and water. Stir gently, cover, and bring to a boil. Check on it after 15 minutes to make sure it doesn't overcook. Meanwhile, cook the remaining olive oil and green beans in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir consistently to ensure the green beans are cooked evenly. After about 5 minutes, add the garlic. Cook for another minute, reduce the heat to medium. Add the flour stir, then add coconut milk, and seasoning. Bring to a boil. Add the shrimp and let it cook for 4-5 more minutes. Serve the shrimp mixture alongside or on the rice.


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Amid pandemic, core listeners prove their importance to news stations
By George Bailey, President (Walrus Research) | June 11, 2020
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In early March 2020 our lives were changed, suddenly and seriously, by the COVID pandemic. American families took shelter in their homes. Schools and universities closed, millions of jobs disappeared, no cars were driving the roads.
It was as if the Martians had landed.
And here is what happened, during March 2020, to radio listening:
In markets across the country, radio listening crashed. Levels of persons using radio (PUMM in Nielsen terms) dropped by as much as 50%.
Closer examination revealed that the loss of listening happened away from home. That made sense, given that people were staying in their homes.
However, if you thought that radio users would simply transfer their out-of-home listening hours to the home location, that did not happen.
Keep in mind, we're talking about persons using radio — the sum of all stations in a market — not the experience of each individual station.
One large market
Here's a chart that illustrates the crash of radio listening in March. It is based on one large market.
This is Nielsen's Portable People Meter data, persons using radio in the metro, trending 16 weeks starting Jan. 2, 2020.
Note the importance of away-from-home listening. In this market, out of home used to be the dominant location of radio listening.
Keep in mind that PPM does not separate in-car vs. at work — both are included in out-of-home listening.
From the week of March 5 to the week of March 19, out-of-home radio listening crashed. Yet the blue line shows zero growth in radio listening at home!
In this large PPM market, the week of Feb. 6, there were 575,200 persons using radio, away from home, in a typical quarter-hour.
The at-home radio audience was smaller, at 213,900 persons.
By March 19, out-of-home crashed to 287,500.
Nielsen ratings
No doubt, if you work at a public radio station, you've been tracking the Nielsen ratings. That will give you standard audience estimates, ratings as designed for commercial radio, such as AQH and share.
Here's a critical insight:
Let's say your station has maintained its audience share.
If overall radio listening (PUMM) in your market has dropped, and you maintain share, your station has lost AQH audience.
Yet public radio is about delivering valuable programming to dedicated, supportive listeners.
How are we going to understand what COVID has done to public radio?
AudiGraphics
AudiGraphics is a sophisticated analysis of respondent-level Nielsen data.
The central concept in AudiGraphics is loyalty. David Giovannoni designed AudiGraphics to measure the loyalty of public radio listeners, especially the dedicated core listeners who support your station.
AudiGraphics also has the capability to aggregate Nielsen data for public radio across markets. If you're programming an NPR News station, you want to know how other NPR News stations are doing. How is Morning Edition doing?
AudiGraphics allows us to analyze public radio stations by format, even to track network programs across stations.
For this special report, with the assistance of Lori Kaplan at NPR Research, we identified 91 NPR News stations that reach listeners in PPM markets.
Steve Olson, who distributes AudiGraphics through Audience Research Analysis, and Joanne Church at the Radio Research Consortium gave us permission to publish these findings.
We will show you how the audience has changed, April 2020 vs. April 2019.
Forward promotion
OK, you're busy and want to know the major findings right away:
Away-from-home listening crashed among NPR News listeners.
But core listeners increased their loyalty to NPR News stations.
For NPR News stations, core listeners are more important than ever.
So now is the time to upgrade your sustainers, ask for higher giving.
Now follow along . . .
The tentpoles
Over four decades, ME and All Things Considered built the audience for NPR News stations and raised a lot of money. It would be reasonable to think that tentpole listening would increase in this time of national crisis.
AudiGraphics combined 91 NPR News stations in PPM markets. The thin line shows their weekday out-of-home listening, a year ago in April 2019. The dark line is the most recent data, April 2020.
We're only looking at away-from-home listening — not at home.
At 8 a.m., Morning Edition lost about two-thirds of its out-of-home audience. At 5 p.m., ATC also lost about two-thirds of its out of home audience.
This is away-from-home listening — perhaps in-car or at work.
One year ago, in April 2019, NPR News stations in PPM markets enjoyed reliable peaks of listening from Morning Edition and ATC.
In April 2020, NPR News stations lost tentpole audiences — as well as midday listening — away from home.
Weekdays at home
This chart shows what happened to weekday listening in the home.
It would be reasonable to think that our target listeners would have more time available to enjoy the format.
The thin line for April 2019 shows that at home listening used to peak from 6–7 a.m. In April 2020 the dark line peaks at 8 a.m, not as early. There is no growth in ME at home.
But the big finding is that both lines show the same pattern. For at-home listening, amid the virus, the midday audience still declines 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Now, it's true that during the midday and ATC, the 2020 audience line runs somewhat higher than 2019. Yet, flipping back, you see that the modest growth of midday/ATC at-home listening did not compensate for the huge loss away from home.
From 9 a.m.–7 p.m., there is modest growth in listening at home. That growth is much smaller than the drastic loss of away-from-home.
ATC's at-home audience still does not peak as high as ME at home, even though target listeners were likely to be at home.
Here is away-from-home listening on Saturday.
Midday is prime time for radio on Saturday. In 2019 the audience for NPR News stations climbed during Weekend Edition Saturday and peaked for Wait Wait.
The dark line shows the loss of away-from-home audience on Saturday as of April 2020.
Half of the midday audience is gone, due to the virus. Not surprising, given that people stayed closer to home, even on Saturday.
Here is the at-home listening to NPR News stations on Saturday.
Our strong midday programs, anchored by WESAT and Wait Wait, grew more audience in April 2020. 10 a.m. to noon, at home, improved over 2019.
Yet the shape of Saturday at-home listening after noon didn't change. In the afternoon the audience still falls off, with a minor bump at 5 p.m.
This chart is Sunday away-from-home listening.
The thin line shows the traditional pattern: not much listening until 10–11 a.m. and a modest peak at 2 p.m.
The dark line shows April 2020 — same pattern but lower levels of listening to NPR News stations out of home on Sunday.
Here is the at-home audience on Sunday. The 9 a.m. peak is not as high as peak listening on Saturday.
There's not much difference between 2019 and 2020, just a little improvement in a few hours like 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
On a positive note, NPR News stations did not lose Sunday at-home listening.
Core weekdays
Working with stations, we advise that this may be the most important chart in AudiGraphics. Core listeners (P1) generate most of the audience and reliable giving.
In April 2019, core listeners were 73% loyal to the NPR News station. The squiggly line shows above average loyalty early in the morning Monday–Friday.
Core listeners maintained high loyalty in the midday and through 5 p.m. In the evening they — like everyone — were less likely to use radio. For those who were using radio, their loyalty dipped 10 points.
Here is the core loyalty chart for weekdays April 2020.
In relative terms, their loyalty improved, up to 81%.
But look closely at those bars. In absolute terms, core listeners used radio in 2020 less than they did in 2019.
Take 5 p.m. In 2019 the bar approached a 6 user rating, but in 2020 it's about 4.5 (on the right axis).
In fact, our core listeners decreased their time spent listening to NPR News stations during the April epidemic.
Core Saturday
Here is the core loyalty chart for Saturday, April 2019.
The squiggly line shows why NPR News stations tended to underperform on Saturday afternoon and evening. It was caused by declining loyalty by core listeners.
By 5 p.m. it was down to 60%, by 8 p.m. below 50%.
In fact, the light blue bars indicate listening to the competition — other stations being used by our core.
This chart shows core loyalty for Saturday, April 2020.
In the afternoon, the squiggly loyalty line is improved.
The light blue bars shrunk, meaning that our loyal core listeners were spending less time with the competition.
The dark blue bars are a little stronger, better for us.
In relative terms, the core loyalty improved on Saturday.
Core Sunday
In April 2019, core listeners started out Sunday morning with high loyalty to NPR News stations.
That loyalty decreased during the midday and afternoon.
Look at 3 p.m. By that hour 50% of radio listening by our core listeners went to competing stations.
The light blue bars indicate core listeners choosing the programming on other stations, rather than ours.
Here is April 2020. On Sunday — just like Saturday — core loyalty improved in the afternoon.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, core listeners were 70% loyal.
The dark blue bars are higher across the day, as core listeners increased their listening to NPR News stations.
The light blue bars are smaller, indicating less listening to competing stations.
Here is what happened to weekly cume.
NPR News stations in PPM markets lost 3 million weekly listeners, but the loss was fringe listeners. We held most of the core within our cume.
Here is what happened to Time Spent Listening.
NPR News stations in PPM markets did not grow or lose TSL among weekly listeners generally. Yet we lost an hour of listening in the core.
Here is what happened to Loyalty.
NPR News stations in PPM markets experienced improved loyalty overall, driven by even higher loyalty of core listeners. Fringe loyalty did not change.
If you skipped all the evidence and looked here:
Listener support for NPR News stations should be secure.
We know that because dedicated core listeners increased their loyalty.
The lost cume consisted primarily of fringe listeners, who listen less often.
Super-serve the core. Ask them to upgrade now.
In terms of research design, the epidemic presented what we call a natural field experiment.
The independent variable was away-from-home radio listening. That variable was not manipulated by researchers, but we could measure the consequences out in the field.
The epidemic will pass, yet it's possible that this field experiment revealed the near future for radio. Your next car, perhaps driverless, will include digital streams of audio, video and social media — dire competition for FM.
We could not have produced this report without the generous cooperation of Lori Kaplan at NPR, Joanne Church at RRC, Steve Olson at ARA and David Giovannoni, the designer of AudiGraphics.
March 2020 was the PPM month when radio use was changing from familiar patterns to a novel reality.
The PPM month of April 2020 consisted of 28 calendar days running March 26 to April 22.
David and Lori compiled a comprehensive list of 91 public radio stations that broadcast an NPR News format and reach listeners in PPM metro markets.
12 of those stations generate half of the listening:
WAMU-FM KOPB-FM
WNYC-FM KERA-FM
KQED-FM KUOW-FM
KPCC-FM KUHF-FM
WBEZ-FM WGBH-FM
KNOW-FM WBUR-FM
ARA intends to deliver custom monthly reports going forward for PPM May and June 2020, delivered to stations that subscribe to AudiGraphics.
Steve Olson's email is steveara2019@hotmail.com or phone (240) 651-4640.
George Bailey is president of Walrus Research, an independent audience research firm with an established record of quantitative and qualitative projects for public radio stations, national producers and networks.
Concerns about COVID-19 sideline canvassing for donors, raise questions about restarting
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The Tesla Model X is the EV automaker's first crossover and it has seating for up to seven passengers. Riding on the same platform as the Model S sedan, the Model X differentiates itself with its higher roofline, a large panoramic windshield, falcon wing doors, and driver and front passenger doors that automatically open or close when you enter or exit the car.
Available with three different battery sizes and comes standard with all-wheel drive. Unlike the Model S sedan, which is available in single- or dual-motor versions, the Model X is available exclusively with two electric motors as standard. The base 75D is able to to travel up to 238 miles on a single charge and the 90D has slightly more range at 257 miles. Tesla recently introduced the Model X P100D, which has an estimated range of 289 miles on a single charge thanks to a 100-kWh lithium-ion battery pack. It's also the quickest Model X variant, with Tesla estimating that it will be able to hit 60 mph in 2.9 seconds.
In a 2016 First Test of the Model X P90D, we said that despite its massive size and heavy curb weight, the crossover offers quick acceleration especially in Ludicrous mode. Even with 22-inch alloy wheels and a higher roofline, the Model X still has a nice ride and handling balance. Inside, a few features hindered the car's practicality, such as the available monopost second-row seats in three-row variants that only tilt and don't recline, fold, or move forward, meaning the Model X doesn't have the same level of practicality as other large crossovers.
Packed with technologies such as the Autopilot semi-autonomous driving aid and powerful electric motors backed by high-capacity batteries that let it accelerate at the same pace as some sports cars, the Tesla Model X offers some very high-tech features.


Chattanooga, TN: Jeff Jennings, CCIM of NAI Charter announces a long term lease at Friars Branch Crossing with ReMax Properties. ReMax is one of the area's leading residential real estate companies. The new 7,862 office space will afford ReMax excellent visibility from highly trafficked HWY 153. ReMax was represented internally by John Rewcastle.
Friars Branch Crossing is owned by ORIX Capital out of Dallas, Texas. NAI Charter handles the leasing and management of the 109,000sf center. A sampling of tenants includes; Miller Motte College, Walgreens, LabCorp, H&R Block, State Farm, Ankars and Allen Kopet & Associates.


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100 Club: New initiative launched to grow IFGB Annual Grant Round
3rd September, 2020 : Great Britain
The Ireland Funds Great Britain has launched a new initiative to grow the funds directed towards its Annual Grant Round. Following a soft launch in November 2019, the 100 Club aims to recruit 100 members each donating £100 a month over a three year period.
The 100 Club is the perfect entry point for supporters interested in funding the work of The Ireland Funds Great Britain and directly supporting charities working within the Irish community in Great Britain and across the island of Ireland.
100% of the membership subscription is directed towards IFGB's Annual Grant Round which this year will provide much needed funding to community and cultural organisations in Great Britain and on the island of Ireland struggling in the face of COVID-19.
In addition to meeting the need to grow the Annual Grant Round, membership of the 100 Club offers members new networking opportunities. In February 2020, early members of the 100 Club were thanked with an invitation to a dinner at the Embassy of Ireland in London, hosted by the Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain, His Excellency Adrian O'Neill.
When we are able to meet again in person, we hope to provide both opportunities to meet some of the charities supported by the Grant Round, and arrange more events to bring members together.


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Images and Ideas: A Lecture Series with Fred Ritchin
Dates: Nov 17th, 2020 – Dec 15th, 2020
Day: Tuesday
Time: 1 to 2.30pm EST (6pm to 7.30pm GMT)
Level: Open to All
Equipment: No Equipment Needed
Category: Lecture Series
Images and Ideas
IMAGES AND IDEAS is an exploration of underlying contemporary trends in photography and imaging. The five lectures will consider questions such as: What are the essential differences between analog and digital media? Do images today have the same meanings that they had during the last century? In a "post-truth" era can image-based media still provoke social change?
When Marshall McLuhan wrote that "the medium is the message," what did he mean and what are the consequences for us today? What is hypermedia, where does it come from, and what can we do with it? Who is working with image-based media in poetic, thoughtful, and effective ways?
The lectures will also discuss issues such as: If there is a photography of war, why is there not a photography of peace? How do people in different cultures make and view photographs differently? What is the relationship between Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" and Zen? How do "taking" and "making" a photograph differ, or a "selfie" and a self-portrait? Will artificial intelligence and deepfakes critically undermine the credibility of visual media? What will it take to be media literate in the wake of these enormous upheavals?
– Fred Ritchin
Length of Course
1.5 Hours per week.
Lecture and Q&A.
Nov 17th
Dec 1st
Time and Time Zones
1 to 2.30pm EST (6pm to 7.30pm GMT)
Stay tuned for the unveiling of a brand new program, guided by Fred Ritchin, launching in February 2021. Details will be announced during the lecture series.
The lectures are intended for practitioners looking for new perspectives on their own work, for readers and viewers of imagery interested in a more profound comprehension of the current paradigm shift in media, and for teachers wanting to give their students a greater understanding of the evolving field of image-based media. Short readings will be assigned as well as online projects to be reviewed, and discussions will follow each lecture.
Dean Emeritus ICP, Author
Fred Ritchin
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Fred Ritchin is Dean Emeritus of the International Center of Photography in New York. He was professor of Photography and Imaging at New York University (1991-2014) where he also taught for eleven years in the Interactive Telecommunications Program and co-founded the Photography and Human Rights program. Ritchin served as picture editor of the New York Times Magazine (1978-82), executive editor of Camera Arts magazine (1982-83), and in 1999 co-founded and directed PixelPress, an experimental online publication that collaborated on humanitarian initiatives to end polio globally, to advance the Millennium Development Goals, and to support the education of children orphaned by the Rwandan genocide, among other initiatives. He created the first multimedia version of the New York Times (1994-95) and the following year conceived and conceived and edited the first non-linear online documentary project "Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace," nominated by the New York Times for a Pulitzer Prize in public service. He also wrote the first major article on the digital revolution's coming impact on imagery for the New York Times Magazine in 1984, and the first book on the same subject, In Our Own Image: The Coming Revolution in Photography, in 1990. He has also written After Photography (2008), published in seven languages, and Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen (2013). Ritchin has curated many exhibitions, including "Contemporary Latin American Photographers," "An Uncertain Grace: The Photographs of Sebastião Salgado," "Mexico Through Foreign Eyes," and "What Matters Now? Proposals for a New Front Page." He writes, teaches and lectures widely on the potentials of media in the digital age.
I always believed that photography was subjective, interpretive and certainly did not represent the truth, but I did think that its status as a societal and historical referent needed to be both safeguarded and illuminated….now photojournalism is devolving into yet another medium perceived as intending to shock, titillate, sell, distort.
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Students will benefit in the following ways
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Stanford Defeats Oregon State, 38-13: Postgame Thread
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Andrew Luck watches as WR Chris Owusu is loaded into an ambulance after taking a hit to the head. Owusu gave the thumbs up, was fully conscious, and had movement in all of his extremities.
It wasn't pretty, and it came at a cost, but Stanford remained undefeated this season with a 38-13 win at rainy Reser Stadium.
Chris Owusu was on the receiving end of yet another scary hit to the head and was carried off the field in an ambulance in the first half. Whether Oregon State's Jordan Poyer led with his shoulder or his helmet, his lid collided with Owusu's and the Stanford receiver lay motionless on the field. As he was being loaded into the ambulance, Owusu gave the thumbs up. Reports came that he was fully conscious and had movement in all of his extremities. We can only hope for the best.
As for the game, the Cardinal led 17-7 at the half and the Beavers cut the lead to 17-13 with a touchdown on their first drive of the second half. Then the Stanford running game took over. Andrew Luck, who threw an interception and looked shaky for much of the first half, found Stepfan Taylor on a 27-yard touchdown pass to cap an 82-yard drive that stretched the Stanford lead to double digits.
The Stanford defense put the hammer down on OSU's next possession, sacking Sean Mannion on back-to-back plays and forcing a fumble that set up a touchdown pass to Coby Fleener. Luck finished 20-for-30 for 206 yards and 3 TDs, while Stanford rushed for 300 yards.
Levine Toilolo left the game in the first half but returned to the sidelines after the break and apparently could've played. He wasn't needed today, but Stanford could really use him, Delano Howell, Jordan Williamson, and Zach Ertz next week against Oregon. The Cardinal could use Owusu, too, but for now it's most important that #81 gets fully healthy.
Use this thread to discuss today's win, tonight's GAME OF THE CENTURY, the Oregon-Washington game, and the most important game of them all, Oklahoma State-Kansas State. Go Stanford! Go Wildcats!


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Q: c++ Thread pool std::promise and function type error I try to write my own version of a Thread pool but have difficulties with lines
            template <typename F, typename...Args>
    auto addWork(F&& f, Args&&... args) -> std::future<decltype (f(args...))>
    {
        using ReturnType = decltype(f(args...));
            //...
            result.set_value(f(args...));
            std::promise<ReturnType> result;
            result.set_value(f(args...));
            return result.get_future();
            //...

Everything seems to work except when f has no parameter or is void type. I don't know how to make "set_value()" work.
Thank for reading.

A: In case where your ReturnType is void, your std::promise<ReturnType> result variable is a specialisation - std::promise<void>. Its set_value(4) method does not take any arguments.
To fix the issue, you can just use if constexpr to check whether you are dealing with the special case that involves a function returning void. Simply change this:
std::promise<ReturnType> result;
result.set_value(f(args...));
return result.get_future();

to this:
std::promise<ReturnType> result;
if constexpr (std::is_same_v<ReturnType, void>) {
    f(args...);
    result.set_value();
} else {
    result.set_value(f(args...));
}
return result.get_future();

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Russian Jews look to migrate to Israel in face of Putin's mobilization
Many former Israeli army soldiers may have to be drafted into the Russian Armed Forces to serve in Ukraine
Russian soldiers in Volnovakha district (Photo credit: Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Israeli radio Reshet Bet reported on 24 September that Israeli officials are concerned about the new mobilization decree in Russia, alleging that it threatens the existence of the Jewish community in the country.
According to the reports, tens of thousands of Russian Jews are dual nationals with Israeli passports and will be part of the Russian government's request to be mobilized in the war in Ukraine.
According to the mobilization law, serving in foreign armies is not enough to be exempted from the decree, forcing those who have previously served in the Israeli army, to serve again in the Russian Armed Forces as part of their mandatory conscription.
The Jerusalem Post quoted Rabbi Boruch Gorin, head of the Public Relations Department of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia, voicing protest against the Russian war.
"Jews in Russia feel the same way that any Russian feels except for one exception," Gorin said, adding that "Jews have the opportunity to leave because they have an Israeli passport or visa."
The Jewish community in Russia blames this situation on the Israeli government and the Jewish Agency for failing to take a decision to save them from the war.
However, the Russian government's crackdown on the Jewish Agency has hindered its ability to process all requests, limiting it to 2,000 new immigrants from Russia and Belarus per month.
On Sunday, 2 October, the Israeli government is set to study a $25 million plan submitted by Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and Aliyah Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, allocated to receiving any Russians who are entitled to immigrate to Israel.
In addition to the new wave of mobilization needed to fortify the frontlines in Ukraine ahead of further offensive operations, the Russian army started employing the Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones on the eastern front.
Dubbed Geran-2, the Russian army used the newly acquired suicide drones to target Ukrainian infrastructure in Odessa, Nikolaev, Dnipropetrovsk, and many other regions.
The successful use of the suicide drone by the Russian army has prompted Kyiv to expel the Iranian diplomatic representation in less than a month since its first documented use.
On 23 September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the accreditation for the Iranian ambassador to Kiev will be revoked, "in response to such an unfriendly act by Tehran."
Israeli TV channel I24 News reported that the Israeli deputy director general for Euro-Asia, Simona Halperin, visited Kiev earlier this month and met with Maksym Subkh, Ukraine's special representative for West Asia.
Subkh pleaded with Israel to share crucial intel on Iranian capabilities to assist in offsetting the effect of its weapon deliveries to Russia.
Additionally, Ukraine openly shamed Israel's decision to abstain from providing aid to the Ukrainian army, despite its vocal diplomatic support of Kiev against the Russian invasion.
Zelensky, who was recognized by The Jerusalem Post as the most influential Jew of 2022, expressed his shock at Israel's treatment of Ukraine during this crisis.
"I don't know what happened to Israel. I'm honestly, frankly – I am in shock, because I don't understand why they couldn't give us air defenses," said Zelensky in a distress message on 24 September.
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Lauren is my crazy talented photographer friend and someone who really just inspires me. She is magic behind a lens and captures expression like no one else I know. She also happens to be a rockstar gift giver. For Father's Day, her very lucky hubby will be receiving this beautiful picture frame with a beautifully captured daddy-daughter moment with her sweet daughter "P". When she shared the photo with me, I just had to ask her to write a guest post so here it is!
Hi thatssewnina readers! I am so honored to be guest posting here on the blog! It's my first post on someone else's blog, so bear with me. Nina saw a project I had done for my husband for Father's Day and asked if I would do a guest post… and of course I said yes! It's a quick project and super easy. I originally found the idea on pinterest. The original pin had no instructions, so hopefully my little tutorial will help you out.
A shadowbox – I got a 8x10 from Hobby Lobby. All frames were 50% off this week, or you could use their coupons.
Scrabble Tiles – I ordered mine from Ebay to get the exact letters I needed. You could sort through an old game OR check out the Hasbro website. They sell refill kits for $7.99 on their site.
A pic of your little one – 'Daddy' and 'Daughter' worked out well for a 5x7 picture in an 8x10 shadowbox. Other words may fit better on a 4x6 photo if they're shorter.
All you have to do is disassemble the frame and adhere the photo and tiles directly to the mat. I used hot glue. You could also use superglue. Elmer's or school glues may not work as well due to the velvety texture of the mat. Reassemble the frame and voila! Perfect gift!
If your child has a name that starts with an M, D or G, that could also work well. IE Mommy & Margie, Grandma & Grant, etc, etc.
Thanks for letting me share my project! Hope you all have a wonderful Father's Day weekend!


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Distracted driving in San Diego: a rising epidemic?
By Michael Pines
by Michael Pines, San Diego's Accident & Injury Expert
Car accidents in San Diego
are often unavoidable depending on the circumstance. For instance, if you are hit by a drunk driver, there is very little that could have been done to avoid the accident. Or, if there is a traffic light malfunction or faulty roadway, an accident would be difficult to prevent. But when an accident
preventable, are San Diegans eager to reduce their risk or does our community fall short in accident and injury prevention?
The answer may surprise you.
According to a report at KPBS
, drivers in Southern California are the worst distracted drivers in the country. The stats come following a survey conducted on behalf of the Office of Traffic Safety. And in light of the findings, it comes as no surprise that more than 400 drivers in San Diego were fined last week for distracted driving alone – a staggering number that may suggest a rising epidemic in our city.
Some drivers are aware of the problem. Chelsea Daugherty, 20, explains: "I don't like being with people who text and drive cause I don't trust them. I grab their phone when they text, but it's hard for me to put my phone down," she said in a statement to KPBS.
But unfortunately, not all young drivers are as cognizant. Last week, the San Diego Sheriff's Department and the California Highway Patrol partnered together to crack down on
distracted driving in San Diego
The team wrote 414 citations in violation of California laws against distracted driving -- 3 of which were juveniles under 18 years of age.
"The problem with the cell phone is that we stop focusing on our primary objective, which is to get somewhere safely," said Lt. David Gilmore, traffic coordinator for the San Diego Sheriff's department. Gilmore explained to KPBS that distracted driving is akin to drunk driving – quite simply, it should never be done behind the wheel since the risk for
San Diego injury accidents
can skyrocket.
"In the fact that you're not able to focus on your primary objective, which is to drive down the road and not have a collision," Gilmore added.
are generally avoidable if you're the offending driver. But unfortunately, despite the obvious risk associated with texting and driving, cell phone use, and other distractions like radio, GPS, and even Wi-Fi, many drivers in San Diego are still guilty of "driving under distraction."
Top 5 Reasons to stop distracted driving today
1.It can kill you.In 2009, 5,474 people were killed incar accidentsas a result of distraction. In addition, an estimated 448,000 were injured according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
2.Your chance for an accident skyrockets.Drivers who use hand-held devices like cell phones or iPods are 4 times more likely to get into accidents serious enough to inflict injury according to Monash University.
3.Texting and driving poses an intense accident risk.According toDistraction.gov,texting while driving increases your chance of an accident 23 times more than if focused on the road ahead.
4.It's the same as drunk driving.Drunk driving is an irresponsible act and has caused countless injury andwrongful death car accidents in San Diego. Engaging in distracted driving is the equivalent of driving legally drunk -- a 0.08 blood alcohol level -- according to the University of Utah.
5.It is against the law.No matter how you slice and dice it, distracted driving is against the law in the state of California. That includes the use of cell phones or any other kind of handheld device. Don't engage in a dangerous trend –take the pledge to stop distracted driving todayand put an end to a rising epidemic.
Michael Pines
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Catoxophylla cyanaugus is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Catoxophylla. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae

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Šejtanov Ratnik-Satan's Warrior (2006)
Cane, Mirko, and Tića are three snarky teenagers, going through the day to day drudgery of school life. Meanwhile, bullied nerd Stanislav is escaping from tormentors when he comes across a mysterious book, that quickly summons a demon to kill for him. This attracts the attention of a secret society, whose great protector is in bad shape, leaving only Cane and friends to save the world from the ultimate evil...
Šejtanov Ratnik (aka Satan's Warrior) gets off to an immediate good start, which is a must for a modern horror movie. The mid-2000s wasn't a kind time for the genre, and while people have looked back more fondly on some things, it otherwise wasn't as classic as previous decades. This was a sentiment also felt of cinema as a whole in many countries. For example, ask a Turk to compare their modern cinema to that in the 1970s and they'll talk your ear off! Satan's Warrior however is proof that not everything in the modern day is rubbish (hell, I'm even a big fan of modern Turkish cinema! But then again I should probably stop talking about Turkey in a Serbian review, before I get killed).
This is a neat horror-comedy, which manages to make you laugh, while also telling an engaging story. It's not the most complicated, but the way it's told is good, and it never feels badly cliched. It also does a few things a little differently than I was expecting.
The film has a self-deprecating humour about its country, exaggerating it and its foibles and problems, but never doing so out of a place of malice. This gives an honest charm to the movie, as it never tries pretending Serbia is something it's not.
Around halfway through we get some historical flashbacks. On one hand it feels a bit weird, almost like we sat on the remote control and turned on a different movie. But for the most part, I think it works, and their serious tone compliments the rest of the film well. It feels respectful of its past, and the counterbalance between Serbia's regal past and the graffiti'd punk present is interesting. They couldn't be more different, yet both periods are marked by such strife, maybe the demon representing this.
The humour is pretty lowbrow at times, though never quite to an American Pie level...usually. There's one exchange about pod racing I liked. I appreciate references to the Star Wars prequel trilogy that aren't just an excuse for snark. I don't much care for those movies either, but it can just be lazy to mindlessly bash them, so it's a pleasure to see how this movie is very casual about them.
Satan's Warrior has a distinctive cast of characters. The trio of leads are a fine bunch, while nerdy bully victim Stanislav is an over-the-top cackling lunatic, with great moments. It's the supporting cast who really shine. Many only appear for one scene, but leave a big impression, from the eccentric teacher, to the Oriental enthused sports coach, the skinhead bullies, playwright, etc.
Cane is a good lead, with believable hangups. His semi-unrequited crush on Tića gives him greater depth, but makes her unlikeable. She loves him, but she doesn't love him. Talk about mixed messages! If we saw her sorta-boyfriend Bora (the intended chosen one) more than fleetingly, I could make more of an opinion
The school bully was a bit confusing. I thought he died on multiple occasions, and the connection between him and Bora didn't feel explored enough. There's clearly something there, but the movie never really goes into it. Oh well, I suppose we can assume everything.
The finale is when things turn full slasher movie. I felt a little bad for some of the partygoers. I didn't mind seeing the pervy assholes get their hearts ripped out, but a few were more likeable. Like the nerdy girl, even if she did turn out to be a pothead. Either way though, the deaths in the last act never got so serious they ruin the comedy, nor too goofy to take seriously. I love Shaun of the Dead (and let's not even pretend this is a better movie than that gem), but I've always felt the last act of that movie was too down-All serious with no humour.
The special effects are pretty neat! We've got good blood and guts, and a demon costume that really impresses. Some of the gore shots are faker than others, but in an amusing way.
There are some good direction here, with stylish effects, including a memorable train sequence. I surprisingly liked the green screen flashback. It's fake, and some parts look worse than others, but managed to pull off a specific look I thought was kinda neat neat.
The acting is fun, if cheesy in places. Radovan Vujović, Miloš Tanasković, and Stanislava Koprivica are good leads, managing to be goofy and serious when the occasion calls for it. Vladimir Tešović meanwhile is a great addition, grinning his way through each scene like a deranged lemur. He gives the best performance in the film, and is missed when not onscreen. Marko Mrdenović doesn't appear as badass hero Bora as much, but pulls double duty and also plays the titular demon! Svetlana Bojković and Petar Božović are great in their small roles, as are many others.
Šejtanov Ratnik is a pretty fun time overall, and a good horror-comedy If you want a modern slasher, this is one to check out!...
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The Jungle Woman Trilogy (1943-1945)
Son of Ingagi (1940)
The Black Cat (1934) and The Raven (1935)
Cat People (1942) and Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Night Monster (1942)
Horror Island (1941)
Man-Made Monster (1941)
Doctor X (1932) and The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Phenomena (1985)
Door into Silence (1992)
The Psychic, or Seven Notes in Black (1977)
The Devil Doll (1936)
Mad Love (1935)
Viy (1967) and Sveto Mesto: A Holy Place (1990)
Baron Blood (1972)
Vampyr (1932)
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)


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Q: Typescript: Property type wildcard I have a given interface which comes from another package, so I can't really change it. For the sake of simplicity, let's just say the following interface:
interface SomeInterface {
   someProp: string;
   someOtherProp?: number;
}

I was wondering if I can somehow extract the types of all properties so I would get a combined type which could be any of the original Interface's properties.
In the example, it would resolve to a type being string | number | undefined.
Also, not really the same question, but quite related to it. Is it possible to extract the allowed properties names instead of values, so in the example given it would be a type holding the values "someProp" | "someOtherProp".
For the first case, I already tried the type SomeInterface[string], but I think that only works when the interface has a key/index signature defined, not specific properties.

A: Get all possible keys of Mapped type by keyof
type Keys = keyof SomeInterface;

Get all possible values of Mapped type by indexed access operator
type Values = SomeInterface[keyof SomeInterface];


THE HAGUE — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday condemned a deadly attack on a Benghazi mosque which left at least 37 dead, and renewed calls for the arrest of a wanted Libyan commander.
"These bombings and executions demand both condemnation and a meaningful response," chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement.
At least 37 people died and scores were wounded after Tuesday's two car bombings outside a mosque frequented by extremists in Libya's second city Benghazi.
The attack was followed by video and photographs on social networks on Wednesday, appearing to show wanted Libyan commander Mahmoud Al Werfalli carrying out summary executions in retaliation.
Bensouda said she was "deeply concerned" by the bombings, but also "appalled" at the reports of the executions of 10 people in front of the mosques.
Witnesses said Werfalli, who is wanted for war crimes by the ICC, had carried out the public executions in revenge for the Tuesday mosque attack.
In one video, a uniformed officer, said to be Werfalli, is seen making the blindfolded suspects in blue prison uniforms kneel in front of him before shooting them one after the other in the head.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Werfalli, accusing him of participating in seven similar incidents between 2016 and 2017 in which 33 people were executed.
The UN Support Mission in Libya has also demanded Werfalli's immediate surrender to the ICC in The Hague.
Bensouda also appealed to military strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces control eastern Benghazi and to whom Werfalli is loyal, to work with the Libyan army to arrest the wanted commander.
"The appalling cycle of violence and impunity in Libya can not be allowed to continue for the sake of the Libyan people," she added.
The ICC, is the world's only permanent war crimes court, seeking to prosecute those behind the worst atrocities where national courts can not or will not investigate.
The latest violence in Libya came as UN envoy Ghassan Salame held talks in the east with Haftar in efforts to end the political chaos that has gripped the country since longtime dictator Muammar Qadhafi was ousted and killed in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.


The non-profit Traditional Medicinals Foundation improves the lives and living conditions of the farmers who grow the ingredients for the parent company's medicinal tea blends.
The Traditional Medicinals Foundation has provided nearly 300 bikes for students - mostly girls - to more easily attend school.
With formulations named "Throat Coat" and "Breathe Easy," the popular herbal tea company Traditional Medicinals brings plant-based medicine to homes nationwide. The company purchases herbs from 40 countries, and although all the herbs are organic and many are certified Fair Trade or FairWild, some of those supplier communities remain impoverished. In 2007, the company's co-founder, Drake Sadler, started the nonprofit Traditional Medicinals Foundation (TMF) with his wife, Nioma. TMF focuses entirely on improving the social and economic conditions in the communities where the teas' ingredients are sourced.
For example, India's Thar Desert is one of the driest, hottest places on Earth, and local farmers rely on selling drought-resistant native plants, such as senna, for their livelihoods. Senna, a mild laxative, is one of the main ingredients in Traditional Medicinals Smooth Move teas. After witnessing the social and economic conditions that affect these senna-growing communities, the TMF staff initiated the Revive Project, the largest social development program in an herb-sourcing community. The program has expanded and desilted community ponds and has rebuilt or installed more than 500 household rainwater catchment systems. The project's staff installed 170 family gardens and established five stud bull centers to improve herd genetics and invigorate milk production. They've funded medical camps and have built three multipurpose centers and five schools. TMF has also provided more than 300 bicycles for long-distance students, mostly girls.
Another example of the social business model can be seen in the village of Voden, Bulgaria, where TMF renovated abandoned homes for dozens of marginalized Roma people and provided them employment growing organic herbs for Traditional Medicinals teas. Learn more at Traditional Medicinals Foundation.


Human Cranial nerves are a set of 12 paired nerves that come directly from the brain. The first two (olfactory and optic) come from the cerebrum, with the remaining ten come from the brain stem. The names of the these nerves relate to what function they perform and are also numerically identified in roman numerals (I-XII). The nerves serve in functions of smell, sight, eye movement, and feeling in the face. These nerves also control balance, hearing, and swallowing.
Have them breathe out through their nose, THEN place the scent under the nostril while they breathe in.
Aneurysms of the posterior cerebral or superior cerebellar aa.
Pauwels, Linda Wilson, et al. Cranial Nerves: Anatomy and Clinical Comments. Decker, 1988.
Aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar or basilar aa.
It's also important not to hold the object too close to the patient.
Bring object close to the bridge of the patient's nose and back out. Perform at least 2 times.
Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, hearing loss, tinnitus, and bell's palsy etc.
Can the patient hear equally on both sides?
256 Hz tuning fork placed on top of the patient's head in the center, is it louder on one side than the other?
On tongue protrusion, the tongue deviates toward the side of the inactive genioglossus m.
Blumenfeld, Hal. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases. Sinauer, 2002.