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Q: Finding pearson correlation coefficient between two variables using the coefficient of one of them and a third veriable I have been given three variables: x,y and z.
y is a linear transformation of x: y=15x+20.
The frequency distribution for x is also given.
the pearson correlation coefficient between x and z is given to be r,
And I have been asked to exspress the pearson correlation coefficient between y and z.
But as far has I can tell there is no why to use any of the coefficients to infer about the other.
Can it be done? What am I missing?

A: The correlation between $y$ and $z$ is the same as that between $x$ and $z.$ If you had multiplied by any negative number rather than by $15,$ then the correlation would have been multiplied by $-1.$
\begin{align}
\operatorname{corr}(y,z) & = \frac{\operatorname{cov}(y,z)}{\operatorname{s.d.}(y) \operatorname{s.d.}(z)} \\[10pt]
& = \frac{\operatorname{cov}(15x+20,z)}{\operatorname{s.d.}(15x+20) \operatorname{s.d.}(z)} = \frac{15\operatorname{cov}(x,z)}{|15|\operatorname{s.d.}(x)\operatorname{s.d.}(z)} \\[10pt]
& = \frac{\operatorname{cov}(x,z)}{\operatorname{s.d.}(x)\operatorname{s.d.}(z)} = \operatorname{corr}(x,z).
\end{align}
If you had multiplied by $-15$, then you'd have $\dfrac{-15}{\left|-15\right|} = -1,$ instead of $\dfrac{15}{|15|}=1$ and you'd end up multiplying by $-1.$


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TWU Spartan Daniel Clement rises into the air to reel in a line-out throw during a night game at Sullivan Heights Park Nov. 22, 2019. Bayside rugby director Andy Blackburn ignited some chatter in April when he once again floated the idea to change the structure of the province's rugby season. (Photo: Malin Jordan)
OPINION: Should BC Rugby change the structure of their season?
Disjointed game schedule adds to player safety issues and participation burnout
Malin Jordan
May. 13, 2020 1:00 p.m.
The rugby director for the Bayside Sharks is making a case to change the British Columbia rugby season.
Andy Blackburn told Peace Arch News' Nick Greenizan in April, "It's just the grind of the schedule … it's not the number of games, it's just the nature of how they're scheduled."
Blackburn thinks with the rest of this year's season cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis, now is the time to act. He wants the B.C. rugby season switched from its current long-play format (a September to May, nine-month season) to a truncated season (a March to July, five-month schedule).
Blackburn's point is razor sharp: the rugby season in B.C. is a lengthy, disjointed mess of starts and stops. The nature of the season creates player safety issues, burnout, and disinterest.
Each year, the B.C. rugby story consists of three fragmented chapters: 1.) the season starts off with a flashy, sunny intro of fast, exciting rugby that soon morphs into a waterlogged, mucky fall; 2.) then a winter lull sets in, replete with Christmas parties, hibernation, and field closures and cancelled games, with up to two months of down time – often all of December and January; 3.) and then the spring season arrives, with games slotted in from February until May. Tack on an August pre-season (one month), 7's, and summer tournaments and players could be playing rugby 11 to 12 months in a year.
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Blackburn points out the B.C. rugby season is also out of step with the rest of the country. Most other sports in Canada follow the same season. Hockey is played at the same time across the country. So too is basketball, football, volleyball, track and field, baseball, and many others. But while the rest of the country plays rugby from about May until October in a calendar year, rugby in B.C. mimics the English season.
Player safety issues arise under this format. As Blackburn says, players are never really participating at the height of fitness. They are amateurs. This stop-start nature of the season, spread out over nine months, "takes its toll on players physically," he says. Blackburn doesn't say it, but the players also play too many games.
Marga Sison with BC Rugby told the Cloverdale Reporter overall enrollment has steadily increased over the decades, but participation numbers have fallen off for both senior men and women.
"There is a general decline in our adult membership, but our youth numbers continue to increase," noted Sison. "When these kids graduate high school, they continue to play in our senior leagues."
In the mid-'90s, BC Rugby had 3,500 registered members; in the early 2000s that increased to 4,000; today, that number has grown to 7,600.
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Sison said more than 20 per cent of current registered players (1,600) are minis (ages 5-11), with another large group being high school players, leaving, approximately, the same amount of senior players as there were in the '90s. This despite B.C.'s population growing by more than 1.7 million people since 1991.
A compacted spring season may retain a great many social players that have left because they can't commit to such a long season with young families at home and/or professional careers. A shortened season may also prevent burnout – something other sports are suffering from with the advent of "off-season" leagues and training.
The game would be better served by a shortened season too. A change would elevate the game out of the mud, literally, as the games would be played in the (mostly) better weather of spring and early summer than the (mostly) dark Saturdays that fill October to February. Problems like field allocation could be solved by moving some games to Friday, or Saturday nights, as Blackburn proposes.
A compact season could run from February to May with playoffs in June, or even March until May with playoffs in June. A March until May season could have about 10-12 league games, playoffs could follow for all using rugby's timeless cup-plate-bowl-shield playoff format. (Major League Rugby, North America's current professional rugby league, runs from February to May, with playoffs in June.)
Running a concurrent season with Alberta and Ontario could also mean better rep game competition for the elite athletes at the end of the B.C. season.
THE SUPPORTERS
A better, more exciting product on the pitch may resonate with more fans and bring more people out to the games. Right now, the half-interested fan has nine months to show up and watch a game or two in the pouring rain. But under a spring-season format, an urgency may deliver more spectators to rugby pitches around the province. Also, better weather always encourages more supporters to show up to the pitch with their families.
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It will take rugby leaders with vision – and the strength of Atlas – to convince B.C.'s rugby clubs to buy into changing the season. But rugby clubs aren't handcuffed by the need to sell tickets or fulfill TV contracts, which is the problem in the professional game.
Will BC Rugby look at Blackburn's idea and shrug, or will they do the work that's required in order to make the game better for its 7,600 players? The very least they should do during the COVID shutdown is study the practicality of a change.
To be sure, changing the rugby season isn't likely to happen – even if it's in the best interests of the players and the game. But Blackburn should be applauded for advancing an idea such as this. It takes courage to advance an idea many will resist, mostly because people don't like change, even in situations where it's in their best interest.
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Kathryn Milewski April 28, 2022
It's Britney, b--ch! That's right: for this week's top 10 list, we're taking a look at the pop diva's greatest hits! Now seems a more appropriate time than ever, given the star's destroyed conservatorship (Yay, #FreeBritney!), her recently-announced pregnancy, and subsequent social media hiatus. Britney deserves some time to herself - she's been through so much.
Britney Spears rose to fame in the 90s and early 2000s. She was basically the 90s version of Olivia Rodrigo; after starring in The Mickey Mouse Club alongside former flame Justin Timberlake, she broke off from The Mouse and started releasing her own pop songs. She's known for constantly reinventing the wheel of what pop can be, and her musical concepts - as well as her music videos and live performances - are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to unforgettable pop culture.
For this list, we'll be reviewing a mix of Britney tracks: critical and commercial successes, fan favorites, and even a hidden gem within her discography. We know you're just as excited to scroll through this list as we are to present it, so without further ado, here are our picks!
10. "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
Boy, does this song make us nostalgic for the late 90s. This track was featured in the soundtrack for the teen comedy Drive Me Crazy, and was also included on Spears' debut album. It reached platinum status in several countries and also received an MTV VMA nod.
Infectious and digestible, "(You Drive Me) Crazy" was designed to be a radio station staple. We love Britney's fun dance moves in the music video, the subtle "You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record)" reference in the song's first verse, and the catchy melody. It drives us crazy!
9. "Stronger"
No, not the Kelly Clarkson track, nor the song by Kanye West! Britney Spears released a song in 2000 called "Stronger," which was dropped right after "Oops!...I Did It Again" and "Lucky." While "Stronger" isn't the most mainstream Britney track, it is considered a fan favorite thanks to its message about perseverance, electronic music production, and interesting vocoded vocal bits.
It's interesting to look back on "Stronger" now considering all the chaos Spears has been through. Listening to the lyrics now, you can almost say this jam is her theme song. After the #FreeBritney movement, "Stronger" is more relevant for Spears than ever. Many fans can say their idol saved them, but not many idols can say their fans rescued them.
8. "Circus"
This is the title track off Britney's 2008 concept album of the same name. "Circus" launched a new era in Spears' career. While we can't help but look at the lyrics in a slightly darker light now that we know all about Spears' conservatorship and her struggles with paparazzi ("Spotlight on me and I'm ready to break," EEP!), we still think "Circus" is a darn good song. The melodies in the verses, pre-chorus, and chorus are so varied and sassy.
In the track, Britney compares her love life to the chaos and grandiose of a traditional circus - in addition to showing off what she can do as a performer. The song was very well received by contemporary critics, with reviewers complimenting Spears' confidence and the song's cool electronic production.
"Circus" was also a commercial success, peaking inside the top ten in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden, while reaching top-twenty positions in many European countries.
7. "Womanizer"
The biggest girl anthem Britney's ever given us! "Womanizer" is just one of those empowering songs you can't help but love. It was released as the lead single and first track from Circus, and was deemed a comeback single for Spears by critics.
"Womanizer" is a warning song made for all the arrogant men out there who think it's okay to cheat on women. "It's basically saying, 'We know what you're up to,'" Britney said about the track during a Z100 interview. "It's about guys cheating on girls. It's a girl anthem. That's why I like it."
The song was an instant commercial success, peaking at the top of the charts in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. It also reached the top ten in every country it charted in.
6. "I'm a Slave 4 U"
"I'm a Slave 4 U" is one of the most important songs in Spears' career. One might call it a milestone. Of course, there's the snake moment associated with this song during the 2001 VMAs. But more than that, this was the song that transitioned Britney from an innocent schoolgirl to a more sophisticated and mature performer.
"I'm a Slave 4 U" was released as the lead single of Britney's self-titled third studio album. The sexy track achieved great commercial success, peaking inside the top ten in almost every country it charted.
In a 2001 interview with Daily Record, Britney described this track with the following statement: "It's talking about me just wanting to go out and forget who I am and dance and have a good time. That's kinda where I am now right now. I love working, but at the same time, I love having a good time."
5. "Breathe On Me"
If you're confused about why this random song from In The Zone has made the middle of our list, just give it a listen. You hear that? Those sultry, wispy vocals? That ridiculously catchy beat that's tailor-made for an EDM rave?
Yeah, we don't know how the public slept on this breathtaking jam, especially since Britney gave a killer live performance of it in 2003 during the height of her career. But it's definitely one of Spears' most technically masterful - and underrated - songs in her discography.
"Breathe on Me" incorporates trip-hop influences with sensual lyrics that use heavy breathing as a metaphor for, y'know...hanky panky. Why is this song electrifying and relaxing at the same time? We know there have to be several banger remixes of "Breathe On Me" out there.
4. "...Baby One More Time"
The song that started it all! Whenever people think of Britney Spears, this song usually comes to mind first. (Case in point: Emma Stone's hilarious impression of this song.) Before "...Baby One More Time," 16-year-old Britney was only known for her stint on The Mickey Mouse Club. Once this bop was released, Britney became an overnight entertainment sensation.
"…Baby One More Time" attained global success, reaching number one in every country it charted. It also received numerous certifications around the world, and is one of the best-selling singles of all time, with over 18 million copies sold. "...Baby One More Time" is also the first track on Britney's debut studio album of the same name. It was released as the lead single of the album on October 23, 1998.
The upbeat song was originally written for 90s girl group TLC, but they turned it down. If they had taken it, perhaps we wouldn't have gotten Britney's renowned schoolgirl outfit and those killer dance moves.
3. "Gimme More"
"Gimme More" came out during the "leave Britney alone" era, and yet it showed just how talented of an artist our queen still was despite all the pressure that was being put on her. In fact, "Gimme More" sees Britney taking jabs at the paparazzi and society's expectations of her. One critic from The Guardian even called this song "futuristic and thrilling," which was a pretty accurate statement given how this banger has aged like fine wine.
With breathy vocals and a very danceable beat, the atmosphere of "Gimme More" is so easy to sink into. Perhaps that's why it was used during a memorable montage scene in the 2019 movie Hustlers. And it gave birth to Britney's iconic catchphrase...
"I believe it was Jim Beanz who came up with the line "It's Britney, b-tch,'" singer/songwriter Keri Hilson revealed to The FADER. "We were joking around in the studio, and I remember telling him [Jim Beanz], "Do it, go do it, put it on there." I remember [Jim] being a little reserved about it, like, "How's she gonna feel?" But I was like, "That's how she's gotta feel!" It's cocky, and we simply wanted her to feel that way about this record. She had what I call the "f--k it factor." She had been pushed into it. And the "f--k it factor" is actually when an artist does something bold, 'cause it's like, "I know this is not conventional, and I know this is not why they love me, but f--k it."
2. "Oops!...I Did It Again"
This certified-platinum song proved Britney would not end up a one-album wonder. It was recorded for her sophomore record of the same name, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance during the 2001 ceremony.
Commercially, this song practically shot into the stratosphere of legendary pop culture moments. Between "...Baby One More Time" and this track, Britney created her own cultural reset in the late 90s and early 2000s. "Oops!" only peaked at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but it's easily one of Britney's most memorable jams.
Not only is it catchy, but both the song and the music video are unafraid to lean into campiness. That fire engine red bodysuit? The Titanic reference in that mid-song skit? Producer Max Martin's intention for this to be his version of Barbra Streisand's "Woman In Love"? So cool, so crazy, and so iconic.
In terms of Britney's direction as an artist, "Oops!" was a departure from her typically lovesick songs and had her taking control. Additionally, her "not that innocent" line was the first form of departure from the 90s "good girl" image that was attributed to her.
1. "Toxic"
The only Britney song to win a Grammy (Best Dance Recording), "Toxic" has been treasured by fans, critics, and music production geeks ever since it was released in 2004.
"Toxic" is a dance-pop/techno-pop bop about a dangerous lover, and the sounds on this thing are just as dangerous. With elements of bhangra music, the track features a varied blend of instrumentation - such as drums, synthesizers, and even surf guitar. It is accompanied by high-pitched Bollywood strings, sampled from Lata Mangeshkar and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam's 1981 song "Tere Mere Beech Mein," and Britney's wonderfully breathy vocals.
Originally, "Toxic" was offered to Kylie Minogue, but she rejected it. That probably wasn't the best call, since "Toxic" has spawned several covers, a feature in the movie Promising Young Woman, and in 2021, a three-hour radio show by Ken Freedman dedicated to its greatness. And let's not forget about that iconic super spy music video! Plane rides would be less stressful if only Britney Spears was our flight attendant.
Just like Britney not being able to keep her hands off her lover, we're quite addicted to this catchy-yet-complicated In The Zone track. Without a doubt, we're on a ride when we listen to this #1 Britney song.
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Thame Park Business Centre is located just off the town`s ring road on the eastern side. Access to the M40 is easily available at junctions 6 or 7, with London approx. 46 miles and Oxford 12 miles. The railway station at Thame/Haddenham Parkway is approx. 1 mile and provides regular services to London Marylebone and Birmingham.
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The building is a traditional steel portal frame construction with brick elevations under a pitched and lined roof. The arrangement is good open-plan Warehouse / Workshop space with two-storey Offices to the front. The Warehouse area is approx.14,650 sq.ft. and the Offices approx. 4,840 sq.ft. The Warehouse offers 6.3m to the eaves and is accessed via an electric roller shutter door. It has the benefit of two gas-fired blower heaters, high bay lighting, 3-phase electrics, separate Toilets and Kitchen area.
A new lease is available RENTAL £154,950 per annum Viewing strictly by appointment with the agent.


Monica Paolini discusses connected buildings at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas.
Monica Paolini is the founder and president of Senza Fili. She is an expert in wireless technologies and has helped clients worldwide to understand technology and customer requirements, evaluate business plan opportunities, market their services and products, and estimate the market size and revenue opportunity of new and established wireless technologies. She has frequently been invited to give presentations at conferences and has written several reports on wireless broadband technologies. She has a PhD in cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego (US), an MBA from the University of Oxford (UK), and a BA/MA in philosophy from the University of Bologna (Italy).


Kajaria Ceramics reported a 55.18 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 45.61 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 29.39 crore for the October-December quarter of 2013-14. Kajaria Ceramics' net sales in the quarter under review stood at Rs 553.83 crore, up 30.11%, from Rs 425.66 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a statement. Its overall expenses rose to Rs 483.11 crore in the October-December quarter, up 30.05% as compared with Rs 371.47 crore in the same period a year ago.


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David Dilcher
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science/Department of Biology IU Bloomington
dilcher@indiana.edu
Geological sciences, plant evolution, paleobotany, paleoclimate, plant biology, plant-animals evolution, botany, angiosperms, flowers.
An internationally known paleobotanist, David Dilcher is renowned for his research of the evolution of angiosperms, one of the planet's earliest flowers. He played an important early role in ensuring flowers were adequately preserved in the fossil record and, more recently, has been an author on research identifying one of the oldest flowering plants on earth as well as a Jurassic-age insect whose appearance closely mimicked the modern butterfly. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale and a master's and a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. He also holds an affiliation with Shenyang Normal University in China.
"President's Medals presented to IU scholars David Dilcher and James Naremore": http://archive.news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2016/10/dilcher-naremore-presidents-medals.shtml
"IU paleobotanist identifies what could be the mythical 'first flower'": https://bignewsiub.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/iu-paleobotanist-identifies-what-could-be-the-mythical-first-flower/
"First Flower": http://documentaries-plus.blogspot.com/2013/05/first-flower-nova-documentary.html
"World's Oldest Known Flower Is 130 Million Years Old": http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/08/18/oldest-known-flowering-plant
Updated on: July 3, 2018


Forward Brandon Ingram is part of the Los Angeles Lakers prized young core alongside Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, and Josh Hart. From his rookie season of 9.4 points per game to 16.1 points per game during his sophomore year, the former second overall pick is bound for a breakout performance this upcoming season.
Lately, Ingram has garnered some attention regarding his workouts and training. Unfortunately, it is not about the work he has put before the season starts, but the apparel he wears when he trains. He was seen sporting Adidas for his workout on Instagram.
Among those who noticed is Nike's most important ambassador and Ingram's fellow Los Angeles Laker, LeBron James, who had a hilarious reply to the former Duke Blue Devils' Instagram post (h/t Harrison Faigen of SB Nation).
It feels like ages since the league was sporting Adidas apparel. As it officially took over, Nike has been the league sponsor since 2017.
However, the real highlight is LeBron's influence on the young guns of the Lakers. Despite the comedic exchange, it clearly mirrors the current state of the franchise.
LeBron James was the biggest free agent signed by the Lakers in quite some time. Despite the Hollywood migration not being a surprise to many, the change of pace and season from championship contending team to a young one is certainly a first for James.
The Lakers' future is clearly in the hands of James and it's promising young core. Only time will tell how will that materialize this season.


Unpublished field trials by pesticide manufacturers show their products cause serious harm to honeybees at high levels, leading to calls from senior scientists for the companies to end the secrecy which cloaks much of their research. The research, conducted by Syngenta and Bayer on their neonicotinoid insecticides, were submitted to the US Environmental Protection Agency and obtained by Greenpeace after a freedom of information request.
The global target to prevent climate catastrophe, crafted at a landmark summit last year in Paris, will be very difficult if not impossible to hit, said some of world's top scientists meeting this week in Oxford. The first-ever climate pact to enjoin all nations vows to cap global warming at "well below" 2C compared to pre-Industrial Revolution levels – and under 1.5 C if possible. "Currently we only have a few scenarios that get us there, and they are outliers," said Valerie Masson-Delmotte, a climate scientist at Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace in Paris, said of the more ambitious goal.
Miners seeking the green light to dig up Queensland's Galilee basin should be stopped as a priority, according to a new report showing existing fossil fuels projects worldwide are enough to push global warming beyond 2C.
A loose coalition of more than 100 countries, including the US and European nations, is pushing for an early phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a powerful greenhouse gas that if left unchecked is set to add a potentially disastrous 0.5C to global temperatures by the end of the century. At a meeting in New York on Thursday, world leaders called for an "ambitious phase-down schedule" for HFCs, which are commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioning systems, and pledged adaptation money for developing nations where HFC use is rapidly increasing.
AUSTRALIA – The case for generating energy locally and sharing it with neighbours has been dealt a huge blow after the Australian Energy Market Commission today ruled against a proposal to incentivise the practice put forward by the Property Council, City of Sydney and Total Environment Centre…. Consultation is now open on the draft determination until 3 November.
INDIA – The environment ministry has agreed to "consider" the requests of Uttarakhand government and permit 10 hydroelectric power projects (HEPs) of a total capacity of 82.3 MW in the area notified as the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) in the Hill State's Uttarkashi region.
During the 50 years we have been able take photos of Earth from space, we have become somewhat blase about the little blue planet on which we live. However, a new series of photos released by the International Space Station and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration remind us just how beautiful our home really is.
Hopes that large amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide could be buried in soils appear to be grossly misplaced, with new research finding that the ground will soak up far less carbon over the coming century than previously thought.
Images of this year's coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef shocked the world. Some tour operators expressed concern that the extensive and sometimes simplistic media coverage would hurt their businesses… Evidence of bleaching was found on 93% of the more than 900 individual reefs surveyed that month, with the most severe impacts on the most pristine and isolated reefs of the far north. A preliminary estimate is that 22% of coral has now died, with 85% of these deaths occurring between Cape York and just north of Lizard Island.
Prince William says he fears the African elephant will have disappeared from the wild due to poaching by the time Princess Charlotte turns 25. The prince told the audience of campaigners and policymakers at Time For Change – an event organised by the conservation charity Tusk, of which he is a patron – that he was "not prepared to be part of a generation that lets these iconic species disappear from the wild". In a sometimes passionate speech ahead of a global meeting on wildlife protection, he said personal greed was at the root of a crisis that threatened to impoverish everyone.
Endangered Amur tigers and Amur leopards are staging a modest recovery in China's remote northeastern provinces. Thirty tigers and some 42 leopards now roam the region's forests. The big cats' habitat remains threatened by human encroachment and experts say the amount of forest currently protected is insufficient to support their growing populations. The government of Jilin Province, where most of the big cats live, has proposed a massive new national park focused on the two species that would connect three existing protected areas.
We are heading into a post-antibiotic era, where common infections could once again be deadly. A phenomenon known as antimicrobial resistance threatens the heart of modern medicine… This is why global leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly this week to discuss the problem, and accepted an action plan to address it. To date, the only other health topics discussed at this level are HIV, non-communicable diseases and Ebola.
See also: How do antibiotic-resistant bacteria get into the environment?
The Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has thrown his weight behind the fledgling market in green investments to help cut carbon emissions and boost global economic growth. Carney used a speech in Berlin on Thursday to highlight green finance as an opportunity to boost financial stability while also tackling climate change.
Food, clothing, electrical goods, energy – everything we consume has a hidden water footprint. So how can businesses cut water consumption and reduce the footprints of their products? We brought together six experts to debate the question. Here's what we learned.
Electric power today is not your grandmother's electricity. Although many electric utilities have been around 50 to 100 years and few utilities' business models have changed much in that time, disruptive change is here — and accelerating. "We are sitting on the cusp of major transformation," said Maryrose Sylvester, president and CEO of Current, by GE, speaking at VERGE 16. As a spinoff of a 124-year-old energy equipment company, Current's very existence speaks to the change underway: It is involved in distributed energy and Internet of Things enabled energy efficiency.
Waste crime is the "new narcotics" according to the head of the Environment Agency (EA), offering huge profits as the authorities race to catch up with the damage caused to society. Illegal waste activity costs England £1bn a year and more than 1,000 illegal waste sites were discovered last year, more than in the previous two years combined, with 662 still active as of the end of March.
NEW ZEALAND – At the rate we are going it will not be long before Wellington Harbour is choked with cigarette butts and other rubbish. That is the conclusion reached by a group of Year 7 and 8 students at Wilford School who have been studying our storm water drains. With help from Auckland based firm Stormwater 360, they installed two filters on drains in Petone. Not surprisingly they collected a large range of rubbish, everything from cigarette butts to recycling bins and plastic bottles. The most unusual item was a bikini top but teacher Alisa Webb said that what really alarmed the students was the sheer volume.
The International Criminal Court (ICC)… has now signaled that it will begin investigating crimes such as land grabbing, environmental destruction, and forced evictions that are often committed during peacetime in the pursuit of profit. In a detailed policy paper on case selection and prioritization released last week, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda wrote that "crimes that are committed by means of, or that result in, inter alia, the destruction of the environment, the illegal exploitation of natural resources or the illegal dispossession of land" will be given "particular consideration" for prosecution.
Our research on tourist behaviour shows that people are happy to curb their material consumption on holiday, as long their holiday is rich in other experiences. This is the challenge that the services sector faces in the drive to decouple happiness, consumption and resource depletion or pollution.
The beauty about New Zealand's quota management system for commercial fisheries was that it would be self-policing, in theory. Once fishing companies were allocated a quota that could be traded, they would have a financial interest in the future of the fishery.
On Thursday the Rocky Mountain Institute — an energy-focused think tank known for its boldness in predicting technological change — released a truly sweeping report on the future of vehicles. And if it's right — something that, to be sure, can be questioned — then we would be on the verge of an energy and technology transformation to rival the sudden decline of the coal industry.
French company Alstom unveiled a zero-emission train powered by hydrogen at the InnoTrans trade fair in Berlin last Tuesday. The hydrogen train – called the "Coradia iLint" – will be running from December 2017 on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, Germany.
AUSTRALIA – Lendlease's six-storey engineered timber office at Barangaroo has topped out this week, with an internal team celebration held on Wednesday, and after a raft of publicity in print, television and online media that reveals timber's time has come. International House Sydney will have 6850 square metres of office space across its six storeys when complete. It has been constructed with cross-laminated timber and glue laminated timber.
Can we really feed nine billion people? That's the estimated global population in the year 2050. It should be possible, but things are looking tricky – especially when we also factor in the climatic instability caused by global warming. These are some of the current threats to food security and what we could do about them.


The Public Ledger was a daily newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, published from March 25, 1836 to January 1942. Its motto was "Virtue Liberty and Independence". For a time, it was Philadelphia's most popular newspaper, but circulation declined in the mid-1930s. It also operated a syndicate, the Ledger Syndicate, from 1915 until 1946.
Founded by William Moseley Swain, Arunah S. Abell, and Azariah H. Simmons, and edited by Swain, the Public Ledger was the first penny paper in Philadelphia. At that time most papers sold for five cents (equal to $1.14 today) or more, a relatively high price which limited their appeal to only the reasonably well-off. Swain and Abell drew on the success of the New York Herald, one of the first penny papers and decided to use a one cent cover price to appeal to a broad audience. They mimicked the Herald's use of bold headlines to draw sales. The formula was a success and the Ledger posted a circulation of 15,000 in 1840, growing to 40,000 a decade later. To put this into perspective, the entire circulation of all newspapers in Philadelphia was estimated at only 8,000 when the Ledger was founded.
By the early 1860s, The Ledger was a money-losing operation, squeezed by rising paper and printing costs. It had lost circulation by supporting the Copperhead Policy of opposing the American Civil War and advocating an immediate peace settlement with the Confederate States of America. Most readers in Philadelphia at the time supported the Union, although there was a strong contingent of Southern sympathizers and families with ties to the South, as Southerners had long had second homes in Philadelphia and sent their daughters to finishing schools there. In the face of declining circulation, publishers were reluctant to increase the one-cent subscription cost, although it was needed to cover the costs of production. In December 1864, the paper was sold to George William Childs and Anthony J. Drexel for a reported $20,000 (equal to $320,383 today).
There is an element about some poetry which is able to make even physical suffering and death cheerful things to contemplate and consummations to be desired.
In 1913, Cyrus H. K. Curtis purchased the paper from Ochs for $2 million and hired his step son-in-law John Charles Martin as editor. Curtis was owner of the magazines, Ladies' Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post. His intention was to establish the Ledger as Philadelphia's premier newspaper, which he achieved by buying and closing several competing papers: the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, the Philadelphia North American, and The Philadelphia Press among them. Philadelphia went from a peak of 13 papers in 1900 to seven in 1920, a time when the newspaper industry in the United States was consolidating in general.
Under Curtis' ownership, the conservative appearance of the Ledger was increased: it avoided bold headlines and seldom printed photographs on the front page. Its conservative format has been compared by scholars to the Wall Street Journal or New York Times of the twentieth century. Curtis built the Ledger's foreign news service and syndicated it to other papers via his Ledger Syndicate. From 1918 to 1921, former President William Howard Taft was on staff as an editorial contributor. To broaden the market, and compete against The Evening Bulletin, in 1914 Curtis began publishing the Evening Public Ledger, a bolder paper designed to appeal to a broader public.
The Ledger suffered by competition from an ascendant The Evening Bulletin, which under publisher William L. McLean grew in size from 12 pages in 1900 to 28 pages in 1920, and from circulation of 6,000 to a leadership position of over 500,000 readers in the same time. The Bulletin's bolder and more commercial approach attracted additional advertising, which in turn drew more readers. Advertising, which comprised only 1/3 of the Bulletin in 1900, grew to nearly 3/4 of its pages in 1920. At the same time, the circulation at the Ledger stagnated.
Curtis built a new Public Ledger Building in 1924 on the same site as the old, designed in the Georgian Revival style by Horace Trumbauer.
In 1931 Ledger reporter Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker received a Pulitzer Prize for correspondents for a series of articles on the Five Year Plan in the Soviet Union.
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"Muckle, Mark Richards" . The Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1918. Muckle was business manager of the Public Ledger about 50 years.
Arunah Shepherdson Abell was an American publisher and philanthropist from New England who was active in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Born in East Providence, Rhode Island, Abell learned the newspaper business as an apprentice at the Providence Patriot. After stints with newspapers in Boston and New York City, he co-founded the Public Ledger in Philadelphia and later independently founded The Sun of Baltimore, Maryland; both were penny papers to appeal to the working class. Abell and his descendants continued ownership of The Sun as a family business until 1910.
The Record is a newspaper in North Jersey, United States. It primarily serves Bergen County, though it also covers Hudson, Essex and Passaic counties as well. It has the second largest circulation of New Jersey's daily newspapers, behind The Star-Ledger.
The Birmingham News is the principal newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, United States, and the 3-day newspaper in Alabama. The paper is owned by Advance Publications, and was a daily newspaper from its founding through September 30, 2012. The next day, the News and its two sister Alabama newspapers, the Press-Register in Mobile and The Huntsville Times, moved to a thrice-weekly print-edition publication schedule. The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, also an Advance newspaper, also went to thrice-weekly on the same day.
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph was a newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1864 to 1918.
The General Pershing WWI casualty list was a list of casualties released to the media by the American military during World War I. Newspapers like the Evening Public Ledger would title the list's summary, General Pershing Reports or Pershing Reports. The name General Pershing refers to General John Pershing who was in command of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) the expeditionary force of the United States Army during World War I. While fighting the Germans on the Western Front the AEF would take daily casualties in the form of those killed in action (KIA), those who died from their wounds, those who died from disease, accidental deaths, soldiers missing in action (MIA) and soldiers wounded in action (WIA). These numbers would be tabulated by the American military and then released to the American news media. Much after the war the real numbers were mined from the military bureaucracy as opposed to the fog of war. During WWI 4,734,991 served in the American military. There were a total of 116,516 deaths with 53,402 of those in battle. Another 63,114 died in accidental deaths but around 45,000 died due to the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak. Of those that survived the war 204,002 were wounded in some way.


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package com.uber.tchannel.json;

import com.uber.tchannel.api.Request;
import com.uber.tchannel.api.Response;
import com.uber.tchannel.api.TChannel;
import com.uber.tchannel.headers.ArgScheme;
import com.uber.tchannel.headers.TransportHeaders;
import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;

import java.net.InetAddress;

public class JsonClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        final TChannel tchannel = new TChannel.Builder("json-server").build();

        Promise<Response<ResponsePojo>> p = tchannel.callJSON(InetAddress.getLocalHost(), 8888, new Request.Builder<>(
                        new RequestPojo(0, "hello?"))
                        .setService("json-service")
                        .setEndpoint("json-endpoint")
                        .setTransportHeader(TransportHeaders.ARG_SCHEME_KEY, ArgScheme.JSON.getScheme())
                        .build(),
                ResponsePojo.class
        );

        Response<ResponsePojo> res = p.get();

        System.out.println(res);

        tchannel.shutdown();
    }

}

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#ifndef TALK_MEDIA_WEBRTCPASSTHROUGHRENDER_H_
#define TALK_MEDIA_WEBRTCPASSTHROUGHRENDER_H_

#include <map>

#include "talk/base/criticalsection.h"
#include "webrtc/modules/video_render/include/video_render.h"

namespace cricket {
class PassthroughStream;

class WebRtcPassthroughRender : public webrtc::VideoRender {
 public:
  WebRtcPassthroughRender();
  virtual ~WebRtcPassthroughRender();

  virtual int32_t Version(int8_t* version,
                          uint32_t& remainingBufferInBytes,
                          uint32_t& position) const {
    return 0;
  }

  virtual int32_t ChangeUniqueId(const int32_t id) {
    return 0;
  }

  virtual int32_t TimeUntilNextProcess() { return 0; }

  virtual int32_t Process() { return 0; }

  virtual void* Window() {
    talk_base::CritScope cs(&render_critical_);
    return window_;
  }

  virtual int32_t ChangeWindow(void* window) {
    talk_base::CritScope cs(&render_critical_);
    window_ = window;
    return 0;
  }

  virtual webrtc::VideoRenderCallback* AddIncomingRenderStream(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      const uint32_t zOrder,
      const float left, const float top,
      const float right, const float bottom);

  virtual int32_t DeleteIncomingRenderStream(const uint32_t stream_id);

  virtual int32_t AddExternalRenderCallback(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      webrtc::VideoRenderCallback* render_object);

  virtual int32_t GetIncomingRenderStreamProperties(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      uint32_t& zOrder,
      float& left, float& top,
      float& right, float& bottom) const {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual uint32_t GetIncomingFrameRate(
      const uint32_t stream_id) {
    return 0;
  }

  virtual uint32_t GetNumIncomingRenderStreams() const {
    return static_cast<uint32_t>(stream_render_map_.size());
  }

  virtual bool HasIncomingRenderStream(const uint32_t stream_id) const;

  virtual int32_t RegisterRawFrameCallback(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      webrtc::VideoRenderCallback* callback_obj) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t GetLastRenderedFrame(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      webrtc::I420VideoFrame &frame) const {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t StartRender(
      const uint32_t stream_id);

  virtual int32_t StopRender(
      const uint32_t stream_id);

  virtual int32_t ResetRender() { return 0; }

  virtual webrtc::RawVideoType PreferredVideoType() const;

  virtual bool IsFullScreen() { return false; }

  virtual int32_t GetScreenResolution(uint32_t& screenWidth,
                                      uint32_t& screenHeight) const {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual uint32_t RenderFrameRate(
      const uint32_t stream_id) {
    return 0;
  }

  virtual int32_t SetStreamCropping(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      const float left, const float top,
      const float right,
      const float bottom) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t SetExpectedRenderDelay(uint32_t stream_id, int32_t delay_ms) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t ConfigureRenderer(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      const unsigned int zOrder,
      const float left, const float top,
      const float right,
      const float bottom) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t SetTransparentBackground(const bool enable) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t FullScreenRender(void* window, const bool enable) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t SetBitmap(const void* bitMap,
      const uint8_t pictureId, const void* colorKey,
      const float left, const float top,
      const float right, const float bottom) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t SetText(const uint8_t textId,
      const uint8_t* text,
      const int32_t textLength,
      const uint32_t textColorRef,
      const uint32_t backgroundColorRef,
      const float left, const float top,
      const float right, const float bottom) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t SetStartImage(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      const webrtc::I420VideoFrame& videoFrame) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t SetTimeoutImage(
      const uint32_t stream_id,
      const webrtc::I420VideoFrame& videoFrame,
      const uint32_t timeout) {
    return -1;
  }

  virtual int32_t MirrorRenderStream(const int renderId,
                                     const bool enable,
                                     const bool mirrorXAxis,
                                     const bool mirrorYAxis) {
    return -1;
  }

 private:
  typedef std::map<uint32_t, PassthroughStream*> StreamMap;

  PassthroughStream* FindStream(const uint32_t stream_id) const;

  void* window_;
  StreamMap stream_render_map_;
  talk_base::CriticalSection render_critical_;
};
}  // namespace cricket

#endif  // TALK_MEDIA_WEBRTCPASSTHROUGHRENDER_H_


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I have an eight year old Australian Shepard, who undisputedly, is the smartest dog I know. When we purchased "Janie" all those years ago from a local breeder, it was because my daughters had been begging for a dog for a couple of years. I finally relented, but considered that if I was to get a dog, I wanted a breed that was smart and would obey me! So, I did lots of research and the general consensus of everything I read, stated that Aussie's were one of the smartest dogs around.
After we picked Janie out of the litter and brought her home, the long, arduous task began of training this cute, furry puppy. Guess who that task fell upon – you guessed it…… ME! Although my girls tried their hardest to train and build relationship with their new family member, I noticed that little Janie followed me around the most and looked to me for all of her needs. After all, I was the one feeding her, bathing her, cleaning her and buying her all those fun toys! Therefore, I had officially become her new master!
Over the years, I have worked tirelessly in order to train Janie to be an obedient dog. The main reason I was so concerned over this fact was that if I could get her to obey my voice instantly, I knew it would keep her safe when we were outside walking or jogging – something Australian Shepherds LOVE to do! Since Aussie's have lots of energy, sweet Janie needed to be walked every day. The dangerous element of this would be is that Janie continually pulled herself out of her collar and leash to go chase cars, squirrels or little kids on bikes. It took months, and months to break this very, bad habit.
Over the years, I have slowly weaned Janie off of her leash and now we can go anywhere and she will follow my commands by voice. Over the past 3 years or so, as Janie has matured, and when we go for a walk, she will stay in step with me and keep pace without me having to guide her on a leash. I trust her to listen to my voice and obey my commands. After all, most of my commands are given to protect her and keep her safe. I love her dearly and want to make sure she is protected and out of harms way.
Lately, I have noticed that as we are going on our walks, she is constantly looking up at my face. Ready and waiting for me to guide her. If she gets ahead of me, she will continually turn, pause, study my face and seem to wait on me so she doesn't get too far ahead. I have also noticed that I can communicate with her without using my voice. I can look at her a certain way, tilt my head in the direction of a turn or snap my fingers, and she will know which direction to head in. As our relationship has grown over the last 8 years, we know one another, and trust one another. I trust her to listen, watch and wait for me and she trusts me to guide her in the correct direction of our daily walk. It brings me great pleasure to know that Janie has developed a wonderful habit of studying my face in order to be told what direction to move in.
One day, before our daily walk, I was reading Psalm 32, and I stopped short when I read verse 8. In the previous verses, David had been pouring out his heart to God and then you see at the close of verse 7 the word, SELAH. The word selah in Hebrew means to pause and/or meditate. So, as David is pausing and meditating on what he has just said, God enters the conversation and says, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye". I slowed down and read this over and over many times until these words got down deep inside me. My first response was, yes God, I want you to guide ME with Your eye! And then my next thought was, how interesting and peculiar that God is able to guide His children with His very own eye – how does this work?
As I meditated on these verses over the days and weeks, one day it dawned on me! Just as I am able to guide my furry, four-legged companion, Janie, with my eye and facial expressions, our Heavenly Father does the same for us. The important part to understand in all of this is relationship. Just as Janie and I have spent hours and hours together over the last 8 years, developing a close relationship, we must do the same with our Father God. The more time we spend with God, studying His face, His nature, we know who He is and we learn to trust Him explicitly. He is then able to guide us with His eye and move us in the direction we are go. He loves to do this, in order to keep us safe and out of harms way.
My relationship with Janie has actually taught me a lot of great life's lessons. This one has been one of my favorites thus far. The time I spent pouring into my relationship with Janie over the years has produced a beautiful connection between us. We have a mutual understanding between us and she is completely devoted to pleasing me in all things. I really believe that is the main reason why she studies my face, waiting for my eye to guide her. She wants to please me because she loves me and trusts me. She wants to do my will. I am her master and she knows that I only have her best interest at heart.
I encourage you to read all of Psalm 32. In the passage after verse 8, God exhorts us as His children to NOT be like the horse or the mule, who have no understanding; for they must be harnessed with bit and bridle, lest they will not come near. God desires us to come near unto Him. He wants to instruct us and guide us but, he is only able to do this to the degree we submit to Him and know Him. When we spend time reading and treasuring His precious word daily, we become so familiar with His ways and thoughts. It is then, that we can actually begin to feel His eye upon us, guiding us and moving us in His perfect will.
Study His face my friends, gaze into His beautiful eyes and allow Him to teach you. For in Him are all things beautiful and He is full of light! Your path will never be darkened and you cannot stumble, for He will illuminate your path with the radiance of His glorious face. His eye is ever on you!
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This morning I got up early! Even though it was a holiday, my body is programmed to wake up around 6:00am. After my first cup of coffee, I settled into my daily routine of reading through the gospels. Currently, I am in the book of Mark. I have been reading the four gospels over and over repeatedly for the past eight months. When I finish the book of John, I start back over at Matthew. I have lost accurate count but, I think I am on my 4th rotation of reading through. That may not seem like much but, I travel slow! I often get side tracked and start reading footnotes or I look up a certain passage that Jesus quotes or refers to from the old testament. Before I know it, I have spent 30 minutes reading from the book of Isaiah because I get so enthralled at what is being said. I confess, I loose track of time. Spending time in God's word is like that. Time seems to stand still.
So today's reading was Mark chapter 10. As I was reading along, I got to verse 46, and blind Bartimaeus is introduced. Seemingly a random insert into a glimpse of time outside the town of Jericho. Suddenly, I was on the edge of my seat! I had read this story many times but, today it was if the words jumped off the page. Bartimaeus is on the side of the highway begging, and he hears that Jesus is walking by. Immediately, Bartimaeus begins to call out to Jesus, "Son of David, have mercy on me!". As soon as the others hear his cries, they begin to hush him and rebuke him saying, "be quiet!". Bartimaeus ignores the crowd shushing him and continues crying out to Jesus. So much so, that Jesus stops, turns and commands Bartimaeus to be brought to Him. Are you ready? This is where it gets real good. Jesus asks Bartimaeus what exactly does he want. Remember, the man is blind – no sight! I am sure that Jesus can notice this fact and I find it very interesting that Jesus asks anyway. I have realized that sometimes, God wants us to simply just ask……in doing this we admit that we are needy. When we acknowledge our needs, we set ourselves up to receive!
Bartimaeus humbly asks Jesus, that he might receive his sight. Without hesitation, Jesus grants his desire and Bartimaeus is healed. Where he once was blind, he now has sight! Amazing!
As I stopped and pondered this account, I was struck with the fact that blind Bartimaeus did NOT stay silent! Even though the crowds tried to silence him, he continued to cry out to the One whom He knew could provide what he needed. My mind began to race….what if Bartimaeus had listened to the people? What if he had obeyed them and silenced his own cries? What if he allowed their opinions to matter? Would Bartimaeus have received his miracle?
You see, I am convinced that if Bartimaeus had given in to popular opinion, he would not have gotten his sight! I know that if Bartimaeus had remained silent, he would still be sitting by the roadside, blind and begging. I believe that if Bartimaeus had not kept pursuing his one desire, he would not have obtained the thing that mattered the most to him. When we can push past the crowds and keep crying out for an encounter with Jesus, then I promise our miracle is just on the other side.
So, today I made a declaration. I will NOT stay silent! I will not listen to my peers, or even my foes, who try to silence me for telling the good news of Jesus.
Blind Bartimaeus inspired me today! I want his courage, I need his stamina. I desire his passion to encounter Jesus, even if it means crying out and looking foolish to others. Because I am convinced, just as Bartimaeus was, that Jesus is good and that when I capture His attention, it is then that I am fully satisfied!
Isaiah 62:6 – "I have set watchman upon your walls Jerusalem, they shall not hold their peace day or night; you that make mention of the LORD, do not stay silent".
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Oregon AG Investigates Baker's Refusal to Make Wedding Cake for Lesbians
By Pete Winn | February 4, 2013 | 6:49 PM EST
Aaron and Melissa Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa. (Photo courtesy Sweet Cakes)
(CNSNews.com) – The Oregon attorney general's office is investigating a Portland-area bakery after a lesbian couple filed a complaint alleging that the owner discriminated against them when he declined to make a wedding cake for their same-sex "marriage."
Aaron Klein, who owns and operates Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery along with his wife in Gresham, Ore., said he received notice of the complaint last week from the Oregon Department of Justice.
The complaint stems from an incident which occurred Jan. 17, when a woman came in with her mother to test wedding cakes.
"I did my normal thing, where I asked what the bride-and-grooms' first names were to write down on our wedding cake contract," Klein told CNSNews.com.
"She – the girl – giggled a little bit and then informed me it was two brides. At which point, I looked up from my paper, and said, 'I'm sorry. I hope I didn't waste your time, but we don't do same-sex marriages. We don't believe it is right."
Klein said the woman and her mother "looked at each other with a little bit of a disgusted look" and got up to leave.
"Ten minutes later the mother came back in and told me I got to say my piece and I have a right to my opinion, but she wanted to give me hers, or say her opinion, and I said, 'OK, go ahead.
"She proceeded to tell me that she used to think like I did, then her daughter told her she was gay, and she realized that God had made her daughter that way. And disagreed with her. I told her the Bible doesn't say that.
She told me that I needed to read my Bible, and I quoted Leviticus 20:13, at which point she told me I was wrong, and stormed out."
Jeff Manning, communications director for Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, confirmed for CNSNews.com that the complaint, which had been filed by Laurel Bowman of Portland, was being investigated by the consumer protection division of the Oregon Department of Justice. (See Complaint)
According to the complaint, Bowman said that she and her fiancé purchased a wedding cake in November of 2011 for her mother's wedding for $250.
"When we decided to get married ourselves we chose to go back and purchase a second cake," the complaint stated.
"When asked dfor (sic) a grooms name my soon to be mother in law informed them of my name. The owner then proceeded to say we were abominations unto the lord and refused to make another cake for us despite having already paid $250 once and having done business in the past. We were informed that our money was equal, my fiancé reduced to tears. This is absolutely unacceptable."
Bowman could not be reached for this story.
Manning said that while Oregon does not sanction same-sex marriage, it is against Oregon law for "a public accommodation" to refuse to do business with a customer on the basis of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.
The baker, meanwhile, told CNSNews.com that neither he nor his wife have been secretive about their beliefs, and that others have asked in the past if he makes cakes for same-sex weddings – without incident.
"Usually it starts out with questions – 'Do you do same-sex wedding cakes?' And we've always been really respectful about it and said, 'No, it's against our religious beliefs, and we just don't do them. Everybody up 'till this point has been really understanding."
Klein said he is merely standing up for his Christian beliefs.
"I believe that the Book of Genesis tells us, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife,' and I believe that when it says a man and a woman, it means a man and a woman. I believe that that is the institution of marriage from the beginning of time, and it's something God ordained. I don't want to be a part of the redefinition of that in any way, shape or form."
Mat Staver, president of religious-liberty law firm Liberty Counsel, told CNSNews.com that no one should be forced to violate their religious beliefs just to stay in the bakery business. But that constitutional principle is no longer a slam-dunk.
"I think, clearly someone who raises a religious rights objection clearly has a right to be able to operate in accordance with their religious beliefs, and in this case should not have to cater a same-sex wedding," Staver told CNSNews.com.
"However, I do know that in many parts of the country where there is either a sexual orientation or gender identity non-discrimination law, or even worse, a state that sanctions same-sex marriage, that when religious freedom collides with the homosexual agenda, the homosexual agenda, typically has been winning and religious free exercise has been losing."
According to the Oregon Department of Justice, the matter is currently at the preliminary stage.
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Zaragoza-Delicias – dworzec kolejowy i autobusowy w Saragossie, we wspólnocie autonomicznej Aragonia, w Hiszpanii. Dworzec został otwarty w 7 maja 2003, zbiegło się to z wyborami lokalnymi z 2003 r. Od 5 maja 2007 jest również głównym dworcem autobusowym. 11 czerwca 2008, trzy dni przed inauguracją Expo 2008 na dworcu otworzono Hotel Husa Puerta de Zaragoza.

Historia
Dworzec został zaprojektowany przez architektów Carlosa Ferratera, José María Valero i Félixa Arranza, i inżyniera Juana Broseta z Walencji. Jest to stacja z dużą przestrzenią wnętrza ponad 160 metrów długości 180 szerokości, skonfigurowany z trzech sal, które organizuje ruch pasażerów odjazdy i przyjazdy pociągów.

Kompleks dworcowy zajmuje około 18,8 ha powierzchni ogólnej. Tylko dla obsługi pociągów wybudowano 8 peronów o długości 400 m.

Jednym z najbardziej innowacyjnych elementów tego projektu jest dach, którego łuki są widoczne ze znacznej odległości. Są one przystosowane do łapania promieni słonecznych.

Budynek dworca ma powierzchnię 40 000 m², a jego wysokość wynosi 30 m.

Dworzec zdobył nagrodę FAD w 2004 w dziedzinie architektury i Premio Brunel w 2005 w 22-ej edycji.

Połączenia
 Barcelona Sants
 Bilbao Abando
 Calatayud
 Canfranc
 Gijón
 Hendaye
 Huesca
 Jaca
 La Coruña-San Cristóbal
 Lleida
 Madryt Atocha
 Málaga-María Zambrano
 Miranda de Ebro
 Salamanca
 Sevilla Santa Justa
 València Norte
 Vigo
 Vitoria

Saragossa, Zaragoza-Delicias
Stacje i przystanki kolejowe w Aragonii
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On a beautiful first day in Alaska 2009 a northbound coal empty is at milepost 64, Portage, Alaska. Lead MAC 4013 is from the Alaska RRs first order while 4317 is from the second order. The most notable difference is the flared radiators on the 4317. To the left of the locomotive is the south end of the wye that starts the branch to Whittier.


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The Navy Yacht Club Long Beach hosted a clothes drive for Long Beach's VA Hospital Partnerships in Effective Recovery (P.I.E.R) Center, a mental health recovery center for veterans. Over a two-week period, members of the Navy Yacht Club Long Beach collected 107 coats and jackets intended for homeless men and women that have served in the US armed forces.
"Navy Yacht Club aims to support veterans in our community. We're pleased to be able to contribute a source of warmth to homeless veterans for California's coolest months," says Rebecca Martinez, Commodore of the Navy Yacht Club Long Beach. P.I.E.R distributes the clothes to veterans that are registered with the center.
The Navy Yacht Club's clothes drive for the P.I.E.R Center is just one of the yacht club's activities to support veterans, including its annual Wounded Veteran's Cruise and Luncheon—a cruise in Long Beach harbor followed by lunch at the Club.
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Old Port Kembla Exchange
The old Port Kembla Exchange is reputed to be the last surviving intact step-by-step exchange in mainland Australia.
Its preservation appears to be purely a matter of chance and circumstances. An entirely new exchange was built next door to house the replacement technologies, with the result that the rackspace in the old exchange wasn't needed, and when the legacy infrastructure in the old exchange was decommissioned, Telecom just switched off the lights and locked the doors.
It appears that a small amount of equipment was salvaged - for example power equipment, which may have had a larger proportion of salvageable parts, but by-and-large the exchange appears to be much as it would have been when in use.
The exchange building appears to have been built in the late 1940s, and materials in the exchange seems to indicate that it was decommissioned in the late 1980s.
Robert Huisman has captured some excellent black-and-white images of the exchange equipment here.
The exchange is mentioned on the Commonwealth Heritage List, and the details of the listing can be seen here. The listing status is shown as "Ineligible Place", which appears to happen when a Commonwealth place ceases to be in Commonwealth ownership or occupation during the assessment process.
Detail of a block on the Main Distribution Frame.
Detail from the Main Distribution Frame.
Spares jars on a shelf in the Super Tech's office. Apparently they were considered valuable or important enough to require the Super Tech's oversight.
Spare jars in the Super Tech's office.
The sign on the Super Tech's office door.
Fault codes on the test desk.
Test desk in the MDF room.
Detail from the test desk.
The Main Distribution Frame.
Racks in the equipment room, with step-by-step banks in the foreground, and crossbar equipment further down.
A step-by-step bank, with fuses on the top left.
Detail of the fuses. The fusewire holders were spring-loaded, with a switch underneath, so that if a fuse blew, the spring-loaded switch would make contact, and either trigger an alarm or illuminate an alarm-light.
Mechanical meters for calculating call charges.
Mechanical charge meters.
Detail of the call meters.
Close-up of a step-by-step bank.
Paul Blair shared the following reminiscence in relation to working with step-by-step equipment:
30 years ago as an apprentice my first field posting was at Kooyong exchange in Vic, where the Tech officer in charge of me, showed how to, then instructed me to clean 2 suites of banks using a kerosene based fluid and a bank cleaning tool, it took two weeks to complete along with constant wrist and forearm cramps from the side to side cleaning action required to polish the brass contacts to a gleaming lustre.
During those two weeks many maintenance and installation techs, with oddly puzzled looks on their faces, approached and commented on how well I was doing.
Whilst proudly admiring my handiwork of pristine shiny golden banks when completed, the Tech officer who first instructed me to clean the banks approached me with a huge smile on his face and noted what an excellent job I had done, then added the two suites were to be decommissioned and removed from service the following week to make way for two new AXE RSS's.
Subsequently I declined his, and the other Techs following offers to view the exchange's "golden rivet".
Close-up of a step-by-step bank, showing the switches used for taking the equipment out of service for maintenance.
Step-by-step equipment - a bank of uniselectors viewed from the front
Step-by-step uniselectors
Outlet multiples on the back of step-by-step uniselectors.
Signage at the end of an aisle.
Step-by-step banks, showing the plastic inserts used to protect them when they were not in service - presumably to prevent the entry of dust.
The machine selector on the ringers, to swap between the duty ringer and the back-up.
Fuses on the ringers.
Voltage meter on the ringers.
Switches on the ringers.
The business-end of a ringer, showing the motor at the right, which drove a cam towards the top, which oscillated the various electrical contacts at the left.
Detail from the ringers.
Close-up of fuses on the ringers, showing the spring-loaded switches at the bottom, to trigger alarms when a fuse blew.
An aisle of crossbar equipment.
Baretter lamps in PABX ringer circuits as current limiters An overload would cause the lamp to glow dull red, a full short something much brighter.
Labelling on the PABX alarm lights.
Labelling on the Alarm Equipment Rack
"Fiddle strings" - it appears in the US they are called "Banjo Strings"- soldered jumpers.
Power equipment.
Crossbar equipment, showing the relays at the top and right-hand edge that tilt the "cross bar" to form connections.
Manufacturer's plate on power equipment.
50V positive- supply rectifier - ie negative earth. Used mainly for metering functions rather than general powering of equipment, so a relatively low current draw (10 Amps).
The maintenance room, showing a table full of step-by-step equipment, presumably left where it was taken for cleaning and maintenance.
Air pressurisation equipment downstairs in the exchange. The lines were pressurised to assist in identifying a cable-cut.
Pressure meter.
A discarded text-book - "Telephony 1" - note the Commonwealth coat of arms.
Old cable runs connecting the MDF to the equipment room - note how perfectly straight and square they are. In the days of bulky step-by-step equipment these sorts of cable runs were meticulously planned and aligned. These days, cables are basically thrown into a cable-tray going roughly the right direction.
Acknowledgments:
Many thanks to Brian Mullins and Geoff Gallaty of the Telstra Museum, Bankstown for flagging the unique value of the old Port Kembla Exchange, arranging access, and generously giving up their time to explain the operation of the equipment. Any errors in the materials are of course solely my own!
A similar photo-blog in relation to the Sydney-Melbourne Co-axial Cable can be found here: http://coaxrepeaterhuts.blogspot.com/
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So sorry for the delay in corresponding with you. We arrived home toward the end of Sept. after a very nice long cruise. And it took until now to get organized after such a long time away.
We want to thank you for arranging such a wonderful tour. We are raving about it to all our friends. Everything you arranged worked out wonderfully. Boris our guide and Kotse our driver were outstanding. We did not realize what a lovely country Bulgaria is. We especially enjoyed the archeological sites.
We especially like having dinner with you and your husband the first and last nights. Delightful.
I have tried to post on Trip Advisor but they don't have a touring section. I have written to them to find out how I can post it. If not, I will find a way. Also, did you receive the magazine ITN (International Travel News)? I will write to them also. Please feel free to use anything I have written. And if anyone should want to contact me, that is fine. I believe you have my telephone numbers as well as my e-mail.
Again, many thanks for arranging such a personalized and delightful tour.


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