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China's Huawei says '19 sales up 19% despite U.S. sanctions
by Joe McDonald
In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei says its 2019 sales rose 19.1% over a year earlier despite U.S. sanctions that hampered its smartphone and network equipment businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday its sales of smartphones and other products grew by double digits last year despite U.S. sanctions but warned it now faces a "more complicated" global environment.
Huawei Technologies Ltd. is embroiled in a series of disputes with Washington, which accuses the company of being a security risk. The company denies the accusation, and Chinese officials say the Trump administration is abusing national security claims to restrain a rival to U.S. tech companies.
Huawei is China's first global tech brand and most successful private sector company. Its conflict with Washington has added to tension over Beijing's technology ambitions and trade surplus that prompted President Donald Trump to launch a tariff war with China in 2018.
Last year's sales rose 19.1% over 2018 to 858.8 billion yuan ($123 billion), in line with the previous year's 19.5% gain, the company reported. Profit increased 5.6% to 62.7 billion yuan ($9 billion), decelerating from 2018's 25% jump.
Business "remains solid" despite "enormous outside pressure," Eric Xu, one of three people who take turns as Huawei's chairman, said in a statement.
However, Xu warned, "the external environmental will only get more complicated going forward."
Sanctions approved by President Donald Trump in May will, if fully enforced, cut off access to most U.S. components and technology. Washington has granted extensions for some products, but Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has said he expects the barriers to be enforced.
In this photo taken Sunday, March 8, 2020, a woman wearing a mask against COVID-19 stands near an advertisement for Huawei mobile phones in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei says Tuesday, March 31, 2020, its 2019 sales rose 19.1% over a year earlier despite U.S. sanctions that hampered its smartphone and network equipment businesses. The company is embroiled in a series of disputes with Washington, which says Huawei is a security risk, an accusation it denies. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The company, the world's No. 2 smartphone brand behind Samsung, said 2019 handset sales rose 15% to 240 million.
Huawei phones can keep using Google's Android operating system but face sales challenges because the American company is blocked from supplying music and other popular services for future models.
Huawei is creating its own services to replace Google and says its system had 400 million active users in 170 countries by the end of 2019.
Establishing its own ecosystem requires Huawei to persuade developers to write applications for its new system, a challenge in an industry dominated by Android and Apple's iOS-based applications.
Huawei also is, along with Sweden's LM Ericsson and Nokia Corp. of Finland, one of the leading developers of fifth-generation, or 5G, technology meant to expand networks to support self-driving cars and other futuristic applications.
The Trump administration is lobbying European governments and other U.S. allies to avoid Huawei equipment as they prepare to upgrade to 5G. Australia, Taiwan and some other governments have imposed curbs on use of Huawei technology, but Germany and some other nations say the company will be allowed to bid on contracts.
Huawei, which says it is owned by the 104,572 members of its 194,000-member workforce who are Chinese citizens, denies it is controlled by the ruling Communist Party or facilitates Chinese spying.
In this photo taken Sunday, March 22, 2020, men chat near advertisements for Huawei mobile phones in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei says Tuesday, March 31, 2020, its 2019 sales rose 19.1% over a year earlier despite U.S. sanctions that hampered its smartphone and network equipment businesses. The company is embroiled in a series of disputes with Washington, which says Huawei is a security risk, an accusation it denies. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The company responded to Trump's export controls by removing American components from its major products.
The company has unveiled its own processor chips and smartphone operating system, which helps to reduce its vulnerability to American export controls. The company issued its first smartphone phone last year based on Huawei chips instead of U.S. technology.
Huawei also is embroiled in legal conflicts with Washington.
Its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, who is Ren's daughter is being held in Vancouver, Canada, for possible extradition to face U.S. charges related to accusations Huawei violated trade sanctions on Iran.
Separately, U.S. prosecutors have charged Huawei with theft of trade secrets, accusations the company denies.
The company, headquartered in the southern city of Shenzhen, also has filed lawsuits in American courts challenging government attempts to block phone carriers from purchasing its equipment.
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The process is simple. Each work period (a "pomodoro") lasts for 25 minutes after which, you then take break for five minutes. Go pat your cat, walk around the house or even stalk your ex on facebook/twitter then when you break is over, it back to another 25 minute work period. After four "pomodoros" have passed, (100 minutes of work time with 15 minutes of break time) you then take a 15-20 minute break.
In addition there are many on-line based pomodoro timers such as Tomatoi and smartphone applications that can help you keep track of each interval. You can read more about fighting procrastination with the Pomodoro technique at its official website here.
So you have your pomodoro timer all set up but having to work on the computer most of the time, it's hard to resist the temptation to open a new tab and visit sites such as Facebook or Twitter. Those "quick update checks" may end up costing you hours of wasted time. Fortunately there are many browser add-ons that allow you to limit (or block entirely) time wasting sites and even mark some sites as "productive" ones. You'll then be able to analyse your surfing habits to see if you've been productive on the day itself or more productive then the day/week/month before. This website add ons are very useful tools to help you analyse your faults and fight procrastination.
For chrome users, there is StayFocusd. This handy tool allows you to restrict the amount of time that you can spend on time wasting websites. Once the time limit has been reached, the sites you've blocked will inaccessible for the rest of the day. You can also set certain time periods that you want the plug in to work.
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Although it does not provide you with as pretty and as detailed statistics as Surf Control would have, it still shows you statistics of the amount of time that you spend on individual websites.
For Safari users, there is WasteNoTime. Which has also recently been launched for Chrome users. Similar to the extensions on the other platforms, it allows you to block sites after a certain period of use and it also displaces statistics of the websites that you have visited as shown above.
Also known as the procrastinator's clock, the Chindogu Clock (available on all platforms) sets your time ahead by up to 15 minutes. The problem is that you'll never know how far in advance your clock has been set as it will automatically speed up or slowed down (without being slower than the actual time). Many of us have used this method before, but with the Chindogu Clock, you'll never know how "fast" it really is, so you can't cheat. The idea is to allow you to channel fear and anxiety positively, while keeping you from getting too comfortable with your clock. You can read more about the Chindogu Clock at the author's website here.
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Evacuation Primer as Season Peaks
Bob Lowry
Dr. Samantha Islam, associate professor of civil engineering/transportation engineering, said the rural road system presents one of the greatest obstacles in an evacuation.
Dr. Samantha Islam is associate professor of civil engineering/transportation engineering at the University of South Alabama. Her research interests include hurricane evacuations. Islam sat down recently with South's Office of Marketing and Communications to discuss the state of hurricane evacuations along our part of the Gulf Coast, of particular concern during the peak of hurricane season and given the increased population of our region since the last hurricane impacted us more than 10 years ago.
Q. When a mandatory evacuation is announced for portions of our region, is it realistic to expect that everyone can be evacuated, given the current transportation network?
A. It is not realistic to expect that everyone can be evacuated from our region within the available time in case a mandatory evacuation is announced. Published research also reinstates that fact. Most of the time, complete evacuation under those conditions is not possible.
Q. How much advance notice would you recommend be given for mandatory evacuations of our region? One might assume that the closer one lives to the coast, the earlier one should be allowed to evacuate.
A. Typically, state or local authorities order an evacuation based on forecasts issued by the National Hurricane Center, with a window of a specific number of hours before the onset of tropical storm winds. This specific number of hours is unique for each community and predetermined based on the characteristics of the population in the community.
The evacuation should provide sufficient time for the contraflow (all I-65 lanes go north) operation during daylight hours. However, it would not be wise to issue an order for mandatory evacuation too far ahead of time, as a hurricane can change its course over time and thus change the needs for evacuation.
A useful approach might be to conduct the evacuation in stages, a technique that has received significant attention in recent times. The idea is to execute the operation in a sequence by zones to minimize evacuation time.
Q. What are the greatest transportation obstacles to overcome in an evacuation?
A. One of the most overlooked aspects of evacuation operations is the rural road system along with the support facilities along the system. Support facilities include fuel, medical help, repair, restroom facilities, etc. Based on published studies, rural roads were observed to carry two to three times their normal traffic volumes. At some locations, the traffic volumes were ten times their regular volumes! Under such circumstances, traffic in the rural road system faces severe consequences in case vehicles run out of fuel or if repair service is needed.
Q. Do we have enough highways to meet the evacuation need? If not, what are some recommendations you (or others) would make?
A. We do not have enough highways to meet evacuation needs. However, studies suggest the following techniques to better manage the demand on the highways:
Minimizing shadow evacuation and background traffic ("shadow evacuation" is traffic that is not part of the mandatory evacuation and "background traffic" is movement due to work and family responsibilities).
Transporting people to safe shelters nearby instead of evacuating to distant places.
Using phased or sequenced evacuation.
Q. Evacuation routes all lead north, yet, if a hurricane is forecast to make landfall at, say, Pensacola, would it be prudent to also evacuate to the west?
A. Hurricanes can shift direction, even at the last minute. In case the hurricane moved further west, evacuating toward the north is a safer alternative.
Q. Making all lanes of I-65 northbound during an evacuation allows for a much greater volume of traffic. Are there other ideas that are under consideration to better allow people to evacuate in a timely manner?
A. Many researchers and agencies have identified strategies such as eliminating certain turning and crossing maneuvers at intersections, using shoulders for an additional travel lane and using mass transit systems to evacuate people with limited mobility.
Q. If money was not a consideration, how would you improve the evacuation transportation system in our region?
A. I would increase evacuation route capacity where feasible; deploy ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) to provide real-time information on evacuation traffic to travelers and emergency officials along the evacuation routes, especially rural road systems, and use that system to also share information on vital services such as rest areas, gas and food; and take initiatives to ensure better planning and coordination for cross-state evacuations.
Q. Did the mass evacuation of New Orleans during Katrina provide any lessons/insights on Gulf Coast evacuation routes? For example, Baton Rouge had to deal with the evacuation of people from New Orleans, so it's not just a coastal infrastructure problem.
A. During the evacuation, we need to mobilize evacuating traffic throughout the network between the point of departure and various destinations. Potential bottlenecks along the routes need to be identified and strategies determined to reduce the complexity of the evacuation traffic.
Historically, hurricane evacuation planning and execution were primarily the responsibility of emergency management and law enforcement agencies. Evacuation operations from past events have made it clear, however, that an increased level of involvement from the transportation professional community is essential to handle the traffic situation that arises during the evacuation operations.
Moreover, better results can be achieved in overcoming the challenges with interdisciplinary work with social scientists and engineers. Social scientists can address the behavioral aspect and risk perceptions of the evacuees, and engineers can develop mathematical and simulation models to determine travel demand and evacuation time.
Dr. Islam has collaborated with researchers at Alabama, UAB and LSU to develop best practices for communicating with vulnerable populations during transportation emergency situations. She currently serves on the national Transportation Research Board Committee on Emergency Evacuation, researching issues and providing resources related to emergency evacuations.
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Ginger Zee has recently caught the attention of her fans after certain events she talked about. Learn what happened to Ginger Zee?
Ginger Renee Colonomos, also known as Ginger Zee, is an American television personality.
She is ABC News' top meteorologist, having previously served as the network's weekend meteorologist.
Trauma: What Happened To Ginger Zee? Suicide Attempt
In her new book, Ginger Zee takes readers on a voyage of self-discovery.
The ABC News chief meteorologist delves into debates around mental health by opening up about her personal life experiences in her latest memoir, "A Little Closer to Home: How I Found the Calm After the Storm," a follow-up to her debut book, "Natural Disaster."
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In A Little Closer to Home, Zee discusses her background, her ongoing battles with chronic depression, suicide attempts, and a variety of other situations that she believes will benefit readers who are going through similar difficulties.
We are all traumatized. "Every one of us has been through it, and you can't compare," she added.
Her experience was significant because it set the tone for what trauma may look like, feel like, and what we do have in common.
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Fagan & Whalley Ltd., expands its operations
Mark Salisbury Mar 01, 2022
Fleet Management, Fleet News, News, Newsletter, Secondary News
The team at long-established logistics company, Fagan & Whalley Ltd., headquartered in Lancashire, is pleased to announce the expansion of the company's operations with the acquisition of Newport, South Wales based logistics company, Alan R Jones & Sons Ltd.
With a fleet of 170 vehicles and five operational sites across the UK, including a 200,000 sq. ft. warehousing and distribution depot recently launched in Blackburn, Fagan & Whalley's already substantial offering is boosted by the additional 39 commercial vehicles, 40,000 sq. ft. of warehousing space, and strategically located distribution depot gained in the acquisition of Alan R Jones & Sons Ltd.
Fagan & Whalley Ltd. is a people-first operation, and valuing the team comes as a core element of the company's philosophy. With no initial plans to make any changes to services currently being offered by both companies, the priority in the earliest stages is being placed on ensuring teams across both organisations continue to receive the support they need to continue working effectively.
"Following a period of continued growth and development, we saw this as a valuable opportunity to strengthen our geographical position and embark on the next step in our plans for expansion," says Fagan & Whalley Business Strategy Director, Sam Fagan.
"We're extremely proud to be welcoming the Alan R Jones team on board and to be acquiring the brand as part of the Fagan & Whalley family. It's a match that's not only strategic, but one that makes sense. Alan R Jones & Sons is a business that, having been built up from an initially small operation just like ours was, holds similar core values and celebrates an excellent reputation in Wales and across the South West. It will be beneficial to have additional strategic locations functioning in our network, and we're looking forward to working with the impressive, stable, and diverse customer base that the Alan R Jones team has worked hard to develop over their 50 years in business.
"This move to develop our network and operations comes as a vital part of our wider business plans to orchestrate continual growth and expand into new locations, particularly in the South. It has provided an opportunity for us to increase our customer base and streamline our operations to ultimately become more efficient in our work. There's substantial potential for further scale and growth, and we're really looking forward to what promises to be a bright future for Fagan & Whalley and Alan R Jones & Sons Ltd."
Ray Clegg, former Managing Director of Alan R Jones & Sons Ltd., commented: "It had become an obvious strategic move for the business to look at new opportunities, and when we had a discussion with the team at Fagan & Whalley, it was immediately clear that they put their people at the core of what they do, with a reputation that's second to none, and I am truly delighted that Alan R Jones & Sons will now move forward into the future with new leadership and new opportunities to cement its status as a service-driven, people-led, award-winning organisation. We would like to extend our thanks to Stuart Laight at SJL Advisory for leading the acquisition process, alongside Rebecca Johnson at Lewis Ballard Accountants, our legal support team, headed by Martyn Davies at Harrison Clarke Rickerby"
Fagan & Whalley would like to thank Neil Carpenter, advisor from FSS Associates; Brett Cooper, who provided legal support from Backhouse Jones; and Azets, who delivered accountancy advice throughout the acquisition. The support received was outstanding, providing their expert knowledge and assistance throughout this process.
Source: UK Haulier News
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I'm a stutter and 4 month back I went to pgi for my stuttering treatment with lot of hopes -as I was full of tension and in depression.
(q. First of all i want to ask – what is the meaning of good speech therapist?
But that was my bad luck that I found such type of speech Therapist in pgi which are not ready to even talk with their clients. Weekly I visited their clinic and every time they told me to speak slowly and then said "you may go now". By saying these word does one become a therapist?
They are just doing their duty without any personal involvement and attachment with clients. They just give 10-15 minutes to their clients. I dont now why government pays them the salary. What are they doing? Their senior speech therapist never took interest in patients, They always appoint juniors to see patients and always eager to take rest in their office.
My speech therapist never took any interest in me; they never want to talk to any stutterer. Moreover many time they taunted me that you are getting free treatment here (in this government institute) and if you took treatment outside you will have to pay lot of money per hour.
At last I want to say that if you want to become more of a stutterer then pgi is the best place for you.
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In the first KnowHow about PLR, Helen Liston explained how Public Lending Right means you can get money for loans of your book from public libraries. This week we look at who can get it and how it's split between creators.
Do you have to be a writer to claim Public Lending Right funds?
No. PLR is available to you whether you're an illustrator, photographer, writer or translator. Editors, compilers, abridgers, ghostwriters, revisers, adaptors and retellers are also entitled to a share (not that you'll be using all at the same time - phew!) Even if you've been paid a flat fee and aren't entitled to any royalties on the book you can still get PLR. The rule is that if you're named on the title page of the book, then you're entitled to PLR.
But how do we work out who gets what?
This can range between 100% for a sole writer (whose name is the only one on the title page) to 12% for abridgers. If you're a photographer or illustrator who's been paid a flat fee for a cover you'll also be entitled to a share of PLR, and illustrators of children's books will clearly have to agree a fair split with the author. There's a very useful table of recommended shares in the British Library leaflet here.
How do we agree to split it? Will I need a lawyer!?
No! You and other contributors can make your agreement in writing if you like, but verbal agreements are okay too.
What if another contributor doesn't want to claim, or has deceased? Can I make a claim on my own?
Yes, you can still make a claim, but only for your share of the work.
Anything else we should bear in mind?
Well, clearly the split should reflect the extent of the contribution to the work as a whole. But don't get too nitpicky - only whole numbers are allowed!
If you think you're entitled to PLR in any shape or form and would like to know more, look here for comprehensive information and FAQs.
Also, contributors (illustrators, translaters etc) can only claim for a share if their name is printed on the title page of the book - which usually means illustrators can't claim for cover illustration only books. I found this much to my discomfort early on when a publisher only credited me in the publisher index note, not on the title page, despite 90 illustrations - not a bean could I claim!
That's useful to know. Thanks.
Always check if your name is on the title page before the book is published. Many book editors have no idea that this is important for PLR and so will credit contributors other than the primary author (and sometimes even the author) on the imprint page (the page following the title page where all the publishing info is).


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(-) American Meteorological Society (AMS) (2)
(-) Bishop Museum (3)
Earth & Sky (1)
Hampton University (2)
Maryland Science Center (2)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) (1)
Tech Museum of Innovation (2)
Technical Education Research Centers / TERC (1)
University of Colorado Boulder / Fiske Planetarium (1)
University of Wisconsin-Madison / Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) (1)
(-) 2017: Cooperative Program for Atmospheric Sciences Education (1)
(-) 2009: ELG for Science On a Sphere Network Capacity Building (1)
(-) 2005: Environmental Literacy (3)
2012: AMS Datastreme Program (1)
2007: Program for Professional Development of Educators in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences (1)
DataStreme Ocean: AMS/NOAA Teacher Enhancement
American Meteorological Society (AMS) offsite link · Boston, Massachusetts
This project provides for the continued development of a national cadre of precollege teachers competent in ocean and coastal environmental science content and appropriate pedagogy who serve as Ocean Education Resource Teachers and leaders in their local areas and home states. In recognition of the vital role of teachers in promoting environmental literacy, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) proposes the ongoing offering and continual development of its in-service precollege teacher enhancement course entitled DataStreme Ocean (see https://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/ds-ocean/home.html).
This project provides for the continued development of a national cadre of precollege teachers competent in ocean and coastal environmental science content and appropriate pedagogy who serve as Ocean Education Resource Teachers and leaders in their local areas and home states. In recognition of the vital role of teachers in promoting environmental literacy, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) proposes the ongoing offering and continual development of its in-service precollege teacher enhancement course entitled DataStreme Ocean (see https://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/ds-ocean/home.html). The semester-long, three-credit hour graduate course will be offered at up to 25 sites nationally via three-member Local Implementation Teams (LITs). About 75 specially trained precollege teachers, college/university professors, and scientists serve on LITs. Project institutional partners include NOAA and the State University of New York at Brockport. DataStreme Ocean is partially delivered online and focuses on investigations of the ocean and coastal environment emphasizing the use of the most current NOAA data available on the Internet. Offered fall and spring semesters, 400 teachers will be trained during the 2005-06 school year. As part of their training, participants develop Plans of Action outlining their roles as Ocean Education Resource Teachers in their schools.
Competition: 2005: Environmental Literacy
PI: Ira Geer
State: Massachusetts County: Suffolk District: MA08
Partners: State University of New York at Brockport ·
AMS/NOAA Cooperative Program for Earth System Education (CPESE)
Funding: $1,609,799
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work together to share knowledge and information about weather and climate, ocean, and coasts with educators and students across the country. The goal of this effort is to build a scientifically informed and engaged society and a diverse STEM workforce prepared to respond to environmental hazards.
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work together to share knowledge and information about weather and climate, ocean, and coasts with educators and students across the country. The goal of this effort is to build a scientifically informed and engaged society and a diverse STEM workforce prepared to respond to environmental hazards. AMS facilitates a national offering of the DataStreme Atmosphere and DataStreme Ocean courses and supports Project ATMOSPHERE leadership training workshops at the National Weather Service Training Center for in-service K-12 educators, with focus on those at schools with considerable numbers of students underrepresented in STEM. By 2023, about 2,100 educators will earn graduate credits through a partnership with California University of Pennsylvania and become confident Earth science educators. These educators are expected to impact more than 20,000 additional educators and several hundred thousand K-12 students.
Competition: 2017: Cooperative Program for Atmospheric Sciences Education
PI: Wendy Abshire
Partners: Consortium for Ocean Leadership · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / National Centers for Environmental Prediction · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Grand Rapids, MI Forecast Office · California University of Pennsylvania (CalU) · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Training Center · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Quad Cities, Iowa Forecast Office · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Newport, North Carolina Forecast Office · NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) / NOAA Planet Stewards · American Geosciences Institute (AGI) · American Institute of Physics (AIP) · Lockheed Martin Corporation · National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) · GLOBE Program · NASA Headquarters / NASA Disasters Program · University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) / Unidata · National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) · Austin Peay State University · Brandeis University · State University of New York (SUNY) / Oswego · University of Central Missouri · University of Mary Washington · West Virginia University Institute of Technology · EdCuration · Washington College · Adelphi University · Ohio State University (OSU) / Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center ·
Connections: A Comprehensive Environmental Education Program Centered on NOAA Science On a Sphere (SOS)
Bishop Museum offsite link · Honolulu, Hawaii
The Bishop Museum will develop, implement and evaluate of a full set of informal education programs centered on the Science On a Sphere® exhibit. This project includes the following programs and exhibits: -Eleven classroom modules on earth and ocean sciences (one module for each grade from kindergarten through 10th) using a field trip to the Science On a Sphere® (SOS) and the new Science Adventure Center at Bishop Museum as the keystone for each module.
The Bishop Museum will develop, implement and evaluate of a full set of informal education programs centered on the Science On a Sphere® exhibit. This project includes the following programs and exhibits: -Eleven classroom modules on earth and ocean sciences (one module for each grade from kindergarten through 10th) using a field trip to the Science On a Sphere® (SOS) and the new Science Adventure Center at Bishop Museum as the keystone for each module. - Exhibits in the planetarium lobby that will augment the SOS display by providing additional content information, local tie-ins, and information on how SOS works. - Daily live demonstrations at the sphere. This includes public demonstrations (1200 shows, 22,000 attendees during the grant period) and school children (400 shows, 9600 attendees during the grant period) for a total attendance of 31,600. -Yearly teacher workshops (2 total, 80 educators) to promote the use of the classroom modules mentioned above with NOAA staff and museum staff. Special-event programming incorporating the sphere will also include an eight-session lecture series featuring NOAA staff; two annual "Mad About Science" Festivals; eight Family Sunday events; and twenty local television news and weather broadcasts using the sphere and its programs for content and background.
PI: Mike Shanhan
Partners: Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) · Hawaii State Department of Education ·
NOAA's Science On a Sphere at Bishop Museum (Installation Award)
Bishop Museum is installing Science On a Sphere® (SOS) at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu , Hawai'i. Science on a Sphere, a spherical multimedia display on which NOAA data can be displayed, provides an unparalleled opportunity for innovative and meaningful environmental education for all ages. Hawai'i's natural environment is ideal for conducting research and education on significant topics of earth and ocean sciences, and NOAA scientists currently play a large role in ongoing research in and around the Hawaiian Islands.
Bishop Museum is installing Science On a Sphere® (SOS) at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu , Hawai'i. Science on a Sphere, a spherical multimedia display on which NOAA data can be displayed, provides an unparalleled opportunity for innovative and meaningful environmental education for all ages. Hawai'i's natural environment is ideal for conducting research and education on significant topics of earth and ocean sciences, and NOAA scientists currently play a large role in ongoing research in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The addition of a SOS unit to the Museum will allow visitors to learn about the global earth systems that underlie the "science of Hawai'i" featured in the Science Adventure Center at the Bishop Museum. The Science On a Sphere® globe will feature a variety of data sets and serve as the centerpiece of live educational presentations. In addition, Bishop Museum staff and scientists will assist in creating new and exciting visuals for SOS.
Partners: Hawaii State Department of Education · University of Hawaii at Manoa ·
Science On a Sphere Revitalization Act for ASTC 2010 and Beyond
Funding: $49,990
The Bishop Museum is installing new Science On a Sphere (SOS) projectors and computers in advance of the 2010 Association of Science Technology Centers (ASTC) conference in Honolulu, HI. The state of the art hardware will allow the Bishop Museum and Lawrence Hall of Science to showcase NOAA-funded programming for the museum community during the conference. The project also seeks to build network capacity by creating and maintaining a database on SOS sites' hardware within the existing NOAA yahoo usergroup forum and through conference participation.
The Bishop Museum is installing new Science On a Sphere (SOS) projectors and computers in advance of the 2010 Association of Science Technology Centers (ASTC) conference in Honolulu, HI. The state of the art hardware will allow the Bishop Museum and Lawrence Hall of Science to showcase NOAA-funded programming for the museum community during the conference. The project also seeks to build network capacity by creating and maintaining a database on SOS sites' hardware within the existing NOAA yahoo usergroup forum and through conference participation. Project evaluation efforts will focus on the aesthetics of SOS imagery pre and post installation and whether or not it significantly impacts the visitor experience.
Competition: 2009: ELG for Science On a Sphere Network Capacity Building
PI: Leon Geschwind


• Product sale and inventory tracking, combo packages, ingredients for recipes.
• Order modifiers, running tabs, remote kitchen printing capabilities.
• Playcard analysis, sale and recharge, individually and in batch.
• Integrated credit card processing, split payments (cash, credit card, tender), refunds, discounts.
• Multiple currencies and taxes supported.
• Barcode reading (retail products, promo coupons).
• Payouts and cash pulls, drawer assignement.
• Tailored screen layouts for different stations.
• Integration with bowling system terminals (Brunswick, AMF Qubica, US Bowling, Switch) and POS vendors (CenterEdge, Tray, Ordix, Micros, NCR/Aloha, Club Speed etc).


The Estonian Film Insitute announced the latest two grants from its recently established microgrants scheme. The grants are awarded to Scandinavian Silence / Skandinaavia Vaikus by Martti Helde and Portugal by first-timer Lauri Lagle. Both grants are EUR 120,000 each and are funded in equal shares by the Estonian Film Institute and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Scandinavian Silence is the second feature for Helde, who debuted with the critically acclaimed In the Crosswinds (Allfilm), shot in tableau vivant style. The film is produced by Elina Litvinova of Three Brothers. It tells the story of a counter between sister and brother, the latter recently out of prison for causing the death of their parents.
Portugal is the debut feature film for Lauri Lagle, better known for his acting roles in Veiko Õunpuu's films. It is produced by Tiina Savi and the Oscar-nominated Ivo Felt from Allfilm.
Two previous micogrants produced two outstanding features, Mother / Ema by Kadri Kõusaar (Meteoriit Film), that is making its festival premiere in the main section of Tribeca Film Festival, and Class Reunion / Klassikokkutulek by Rene Vilbre (Taska Film), that went on to become the highest-grossing Estonian film of all times.
Both Scandinavian Silence and Portugal are scheduled for release in 2017.


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Komulainen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Jari Komulainen, Finnish businessman
 Joonas Komulainen (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player
 Juhani Komulainen (born 1953), Finnish composer
 Mikko Komulainen (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player

Finnish-language surnames

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I have just discovered something negative about Ancestry.com's Free Weekend search. Dave Duff notified me that he was unable to access Ancestry.com to take advantage of the free weekend. He called the company who told him because he had a free trial back in 2009 he "could not access Ancestry.com for a second time because there was only one free trial subscription per lifetime." Per lifetime? I find this disappointing. I have not seen that in their advertising previously. Nevertheless, the free access would not have helped him anyway because Dave wanted to access the Canadian records from the Province of Quebec that is on Ancestry's World Explorer site—an expensive subscription site. He had accessed the free library edition at the library, but the library edition does not have World Explorer, just most records for the United States. Yes, even the free library edition has limits on its search. We knew that. I have stated it in my column and librarians Cheryl, Tom and Doug at the Genealogy Center have told users about its limitations. One access free per lifetime seems a little extreme to me.
TEXAS STATE LIBRARY EXTENDS HOURS: They just announced that the library would be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Besides access to Ancestry.com, Fold3 and Heritage Quest, the Reference and Information Center houses almost two million federal and Texas state agency publications and maintain the official history of Texas government. The State Archives includes archival government records dating back to the 18th century, as well as newspapers, journals, books, manuscripts, photographs, historical maps, and other historical resources. Go to their website to read more at www.genealogyblog.com/?p=30706.
MORE GERMAN RESEARCH SOURCES: Recently, I wrote about accessing German records on Ancestry.com. There is another place to access these wrote Joanne Corney, Plano Legacy Family Tree User Group leader. She says the German Genealogy Group has large amounts of record access to New York Municipal Archive information that they have transcribed over the years. Better yet, she says it is free to access, but suggests supporting the Group's labors by joining, or through a donation. Their upgraded website is www.germangenealogygroup.com. She relates that she has gotten many of her New York City certificates by using the numbers their volunteers provided. Thank you, Joanne for passing that along.
DO YOU HAVE CORNWALL, ENGLAND ANCESTORS? Another reader, Jean Funk, notified me about this find from the FamilySearch.org blog hoping it could help my husband's and my research in Cornwall. The blog says:
"Features include articles on each of Cornwall's 350+ Anglican parishes loaded with descriptions of records available online at major websites Ancestry.co.uk, Cornwall Online Parish Clerks, Cornwall Parish Register Index, FamilyRelatives, FamilySearch.org, FindMyPast.co.uk, FreeReg, TheGenealogist.co.uk, Google Books, and Internet Archive.
Most Cornish parish registers are now available online, if you know where to look for them. Genealogists will find tables describing where to find parish registers online, maps to pinpoint places Cornish ancestors lived, and learn how to find and use major Cornwall archives and libraries, such as the Cornwall Record Office, The National Archives, and the Society of Genealogists Library."
Unfortunately, our parish is not yet on the sites. I did bookmark all the sites mentioned to return and search in six months. Thanks Jean for passing this on. Hopefully it will help us and others.
USE ANI-MAP AND CENTENNIA FREE AT LIBRARY: Researchers in the Genealogy Center may use Ani-Map Historical County Atlas Software and Centennia Historical Atlas—a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East from the beginning of the 11th century to the present—free while researching on library computers. They are both available at the desk. The librarian is happy to check these out to you to use on library computers thanks to the generous gift from Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. back in 2009.
NEW JERSEY OPENS ADOPTION RECORDS: Mari Steed of Levittown, Pennsylvania is founder of the adoption rights group in Ireland. Recently she was mentioned in the film "Philomena" and began her quest urging the state Assembly to approve a bill letting those who were adopted to acquire their birth certificates. She was successful in her quest. Read more about this on Genealogy Blog.com, www.genealogyblog.com/?p=30701.
Brenda Kellow has a bachelor's degree in history, teaches, and lectures on genealogy. Before retiring to publish her family's histories in 2007, Brenda held certification as a Certified Genealogist and as a Certified Genealogical Instructor. Send reunion announcements, books to review, and genealogy queries to: bbkellow@verizon.net.


These amazing video game images by digital artist RETROnoob take familiar bitmapped sprite characters and marry them to real world photographs.
Through creative and generous application of digital blur tools, each of the images does a brilliant job blending 2-D and 3-D worlds into one.
Be sure to check out the entire collection over on deviantART and tell us which is your favorite image. I'd have to say my fave is the Excitebike one, but I had a really hard time choosing.


With the MULTISTREET TREKKING, you can turn every ride into a training session – be it your way to work, a shopping tour or a tour around a lake. Every single kilometre you ride will improve your fitness. A perfect all-rounder for universal use.
The MULTISPORT has sporting ambitions. Equipped with a pannier rack and mudguards, it also impresses in daily use though.
The BLACK CREEK is the right choice for all those looking for a comfortable city and touring bike.


If you're still finalizing your organizational, departmental, or individual goals for 2019, you are not alone. A few months ago we shared our SMARTIE goals worksheet. SMARTIE stands for Strategic, Measureable, Ambitious, Realistic, Time-bound, Inclusive, and Equitable. SMARTIE goals are about including marginalized communities in a way that shares power, shrinks disparities, and leads to more equitable outcomes. Now, we're back with a compilation of goals created from client examples and our own experiences that you can draw from and customize to your heart's content. Check out our goals bank!
Need a little more guidance? Check out our tips for writing SMARTIE goals.
Want to suggest a goal for our bank? Send it over to newsletter@managementcenter.org!


With the Perth property market being somewhat dismal in recent times, an incredible result on a property flip, such as this, is somewhat unheard of. Explore this Claremont home that was sold before it was listed, and even managed to break the street record!
Your exclusive insight into the colours of 2019! We've taken the pleasure of constructing three stunning colour palettes that reflect the three biggest colour trends of this year. Explore the inspiration and artistic meaning behind the Antiquity, Serenity and Twilight palettes.
Whilst having allergies is quite commonplace nowadays, people are still quite unaware about how this should impact their furniture selections. The latex used in memory foam in sofas, the harmful emissions from glue used in cheap furniture and the toxic chemicals used to treat fabric can all cause allergic reactions! So, let's explore how Prince Design tackled creating a allergen-free home for a client and her family.
Lighting selection is one of the most crucial yet complicated elements of any room. So, let's explore some of the biggest trends from 2018 and see what is set to take the scene in 2019.
As we finally reach the warmer months, it's about time that we start thinking about dusting off and refreshing our outdoor living space!
Your exclusive trend alert from the world's largest design fair in Milan.
While large format tiles have been around for some time, they had definitely been gaining more momentum recently.
With most sheet sizes averaging around 3000x1000 they can be the perfect fit for bathrooms, main floors, interior and exterior wall cladding, kitchen splashbacks, stairs and so much more.
With summer well and truly here, a lot of people are working on updating their outdoor areas.
Timber decking is always a favourite for alfrescoand pool areas, but many people are wary of the maintenance associated with a natural product being used outdoors.
Luckily there are a range of composite and timber look products now available on the market that can offer the look, without risk.
Goodbye boring old glass...hello amazing tiles!
Kitchen splashbacks are fast become the biggest feature in most kitchens.


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HomeVideo Game NewsThe Matrix Resurrections would make an amazing video game
The Matrix Resurrections would make an amazing video game
A sequel to The Matrix trilogy released in late 2021 and it was divisive to say the least. Audiences and critics seemed unprepared for the next-level self-awareness of the film and a plot that was so meta, with Neo back in The Matrix as the designer of a Matrix-like video game, it could almost be on the verge of parody.
But I found myself in the minority. Yes, it was messy, ponderous, and overwrought. But I also found The Matrix Resurrections wonderfully idiosyncratic, and in its message about the magnetism and meaning of love, it was heartfelt and tender. I know there are many who like The Matrix for its action, but I have always been enthused about its world-building too. This is a universe where labels for humans, computers, machines, and AI have evolved, and it's always fascinating to see how these ideas play out on screen.
Directed and co-written by Lana Wachowski (the first Matrix movie authored without her sister Lily), the movie managed to pack a lot into its 2.5-hour runtime, but I feel a different medium would suit the many themes and concepts that this pioneering franchise has introduced into the mainstream.
While the likes of Facebook and Microsoft work on the metaverse, 1999's The Matrix was arguably the first time the general public learned of a metaverse (although the term was not then well known). It was a dystopian imagining, where humanity has been plugged into a simulated reality, a virtual digital world in which everyone can interact with everyone else.
(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)
A world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries
Video games in which people can "plug in" and interact with others already exist. Some of them are in virtual reality. Games such as Fortnite and Second Life have been referred to as metaverses, while in VR games there are titles such as VRChat and Horizon Worlds. It remains to be seen if the metaverse can ever move beyond a niche, but a video game would've made a more fertile space for the worlds and ideas that The Matrix Resurrections explored.
The Matrix franchise has form in this regard. For example, did you know that Morpheus (the original Morpheus as played by Laurence Fishburne) canonically died in a video game? He is fatally wounded by a gunshot in the online multiplayer game The Matrix Online (2005-2009) where he is killed by an assassin as he escapes from a treatment facility.
The Wachowskis are keen gamers too and even collaborated with developers on the games Enter The Matrix and Path Of Neo, both of which offer additional context to the movies. This is a cool for continuity, although it does mean that even if you watch all The Matrix movies in order, you still won't know why old Morpheus is absent from this movie.
In The Matrix Resurrections, we see the beginning of the first movie simulated in a "modal". We also get callbacks to the trilogy as we discover Neo is trapped in the body of a video games developer, a game dev who explores the ideas of free will and destiny in a very popular game that resembles the events of the movies. Yes, it is all incredibly meta. But we could go one step further and make an actual game of the movie. Because there's one section of Resurrections that is worth expanding on.
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Never send a human to do a machine's job
One of the most intriguing aspects of the film is the idea of freed machines, or "Sentients" as they prefer to be called. These machines and AI (or "programs" in the film's terminology) broke free of the machine world and The Matrix and serve no master while some of them have decided to work and live alongside humans. As Resurrections shifts to its middle section, after Neo is freed from The Matrix, we are taken to visit Io, a new human city that has supplanted Zion, and here lie marvels. We see a garden where programs help to tend plants and grow crops, using their metallic bodies, and in the distance are towers under an artificial sky. But we don't get to see much of Io in the film before we go back into The Matrix. It's a shame.
It'd be fascinating if Io became the hub world of a video game, where I could wander around talking to the humans and the programs, learning more about this city and its history. I imagine an RPG that would take its cues from the worlds and cities found in the Final Fantasy games. Meanwhile, there could be access points on Io where you can visit The Matrix and take part in various missions. It'd offer plenty of scope for the video game designers too, as we could theoretically visit any place on Earth via The Matrix, and we could even have different genres for each level that takes place inside it. But every time we would come back to this lovely creation that is Io and progress further.
Perhaps we could help too in the development of Io. Maybe there could be a building game for Io or a botanical element as we grow and cultivate the city as we progress in the game. There is so much potential here. There is opportunity too to explore this symbiotic relationship between humans and sentients, as well as potential sources of conflict and tension. Hell, you could even include a VR element – putting on one of the best VR headsets feels an awful lot like jacking into The Matrix anyway, so it's a natural fit.
All we're offering is the truth. Nothing more.
It is a fertile setting for stories, character development, and thematic exploration. For one, the Machine Civil War would surely make an excellent game in itself, with players assuming the roles of rival programs, sided with either The Architect or The Analyst, or perhaps you'd assume the role of a rogue agent or even a program, who, like Neo, awakens and decides to help humanity rather than to keep helping to enslave it.
The Matrix Resurrections is a movie that pays homage to video games (there's even a character called Shepard, who shares a passing resemblance to the Mass Effect protagonist, in the film). While it is by no means perfect and is perhaps too in thrall to its high-minded concept and the meta aspects of its screenplay, it does set up great opportunities to explore the ideas and worlds it has created and deepened. Video games could take those ideas of fate, determinism, AI rebellion, sentience, agency and free will and explore them to the next level.
It's time to expand your medium once again, Neo. There might even be Kung Fu.
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The Department of Elections is responsible for planning, monitoring and administering all elections in Detroit. The Department is headed by the Election Commission made up of the City Clerk, who is the chairperson, along with the City Council president and the Corporation Counsel.
The City Clerk is the Chief Elections Officer for the city and is responsible for voter registration in Detroit.


I like the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration poster because it is recognizably an illustration of Midtown Atlanta, and, moreover, because it actually has Grace Hopper on it. Also because it doesn't scream "Breasts! Tiny waists! Vague, ineffectual hand gestures!" like the 2008 one did.
Of course, for a few years now they've been putting the white chick in the middle and making her the tallest. Okay, so, speaking as the white chick, I usually am the tallest. But that doesn't mean I should always get to type.
Yep. I met Gregg at Ginny gawm and Chris underwhelm's wedding in 2007.


Futures sharply lower; cash steady; boxed beef lower.
New lows for quality wheats; solid export sales; production estimates rising.
Beef production increasing; boxed beef lower; seasonal patterns.
Wheat trying to stabilize; STATS Canada planting intentions; seasonals.
Futures lower; weekly cash summary; boxed beef higher; cold storage report.
New contract lows for KW and MN; Russian old crop prices lower, new crop sharply lower; crop progress.
Futures firm; cash higher; boxed beef higher; strong export sales; cattle-on-feed neutral.
More pressure; solid export sales; production prospects improving.
Bear spreads working; cash higher; boxed beef mixed; strong export sales.


For most artistic pursuits, from music to cooking; competitions are part of the game. They can chase away ones' doubts, or give one cause to prove them wrong, depending on the choices made by the jurors.
Over the last few weeks I have been involved in juried competitions on both sides of the fence.
Down in Elora Ontario, which was my home some years ago, the latest 'Shirley Dilworth Jaychuck' Painting Competition was held by the Elora Center for the Arts. This is a bi annual show that is of representational art that presents local imagery as its subject matter. At the previous event, I had the good fortune to win both 'Best of Show' and 'Peoples' Choice'. Because of that, I was asked to help with the judging of this years' event.
With two other artists, we scanned the many entries and began the difficult process of wittling down the numbers and seeking out the top three pieces. Anyone who has ever done this type of thing will confess that it is not an easy undertaking, especially the final few choices. In the end we felt we had arrived at a collective group of paintings that honoured the criteria set forth and featured a good variety of artwork.
Just this past week there were two local but seperate juried exhibitions that I entered my painting in. Over in Collingwood, the 'Blue Mountain Center for the Arts' held it judging, of which I had two works entered. Happily, both were successful and are part of the show, which holds its launch party this Sunday afternoon. My entries were two new pieces, seen below.
At the Juried Art show opening tomorrow at the Meaford Town Hall, in my new home town, I also had two pieces selected for inclusion. On top of that, I am excited to announce that one of them has been selected as 'Best in Show'. I will find out which one at the event. Unfortunately, at this time I only have a digital image for one of the pieces, seen below. Join me if you can at either show and watch here for mores news and pics after the respective opening.


I like it fine being a teacher and I am happy where I board. I have to board out because it is too far to go home each night and when it rains the roads are just awful mud.
I have had an inspection by one of the trustees. It seems I have established myself as a fine teacher notable for my ability to maintain control in my classroom. They do not know at what cost that control comes. When I have to reprimand my students it upsets me something dreadful, but I must do it.
The attendance has been very poor this winter but I think it is on account of the changeable weather because when the day is at all fine I have a good attendance.
It is very cold tonight. I sit by a small stove in the parlour of my boarding house as I write to Nell.
How I hate the cold. My joints ache and I am wearing gloves to hold my pen; even the ink is thick with the cold and I have it as close to the heat as I can manage without setting my paper ablaze.