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From the Sea to the Cloud
The Billion Oyster Project, with help from Morgan Stanley technologists, is setting up a data-tracking system for oysters, a species critical to thriving shoreline environments.
For most people, oysters are easy to overlook. They pass their days soaking in seawater, with the occasional appearance on happy hour menus. But environmental scientists look beyond the appetizer and see oysters for their real value as a keystone species, a designation reserved for select organisms that produce outsized benefits for their environments just by being alive.
In the case of oysters, every living creature benefits from the clean water they create. Adult oysters can filter up to 50 gallons a day, removing pollutants and bacteria from the surrounding waters. But that's not all. As oysters reproduce, larvae attache to older "parent" shells and then begin growing new shells for themselves that, over time, branch out into large reef structures. This creates a habitat for a host of sea life, and, in turn, helps protect shoreline areas from storm surge.
In support of these benefits to New York Harbor, Morgan Stanley has launched a collaboration with Billion Oyster Project (BOP), a nonprofit committed to reintroducing a billion oysters to the estuary by 2035. Morgan Stanley technologists have built a new data-tracking system for Billion Oyster Project to help process entries from its community scientists documenting the growth of more than 47 million oysters at dozens of community reefs and research stations across the city. Called the BOP Digital Platform, the system offers a powerful, secure and easy-to-use platform based on Microsoft's cloud computing platform Azure. This engagement is part of Morgan Stanley's Change Makers program, a pro-bono initiative providing technical expertise and executional support to nonprofit partners; since 2018, the initiative has delivered 11,500 hours of service to 30 organizations.
"We're very excited by the potential of this," says Ann Fraioli, Director of Education for Billion Oyster Project. "We'll be able to collect a huge body of data on oyster growth and mortality through the dozens of oyster research stations we currently have in the water." The new platform will also enable BOP staffers to collaborate in real time and more easily pull reports to share with scientific, educational and civic partners.
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New York Harbor was once considered the oyster capital of the world, with more than 200,000 acres of underwater oyster reefs spread across the formerly thriving estuary. But over the past 300 years, water pollution and over-harvesting wiped out around 95% of the wild oyster population, leaving a uniformly lifeless underwater environment.
"Today's harbor is just metal bulkheaded walls and a flat muddy bottom," Fraioli says. "There's not a lot of topography under the water to support a lot of biodiversity."
In an effort to change that, the BOP collects and cures oyster shells donated from New York restaurants, then attaches oyster larvae to the shells at a hatchery facility in Brooklyn. Once viable in their new shells, the oyster larvae are bundled into mesh bags or metal cages and distributed to more than a dozen reef sites and field stations monitored by partner schools around the city.
A mix of volunteers, mostly students and other researchers, place the oysters into the harbor and regularly monitor their growth and mortality rates, using calipers to measure their shells, as well as logging other animals or algae drawn to the new reef formations.
Stephen Kuster, Executive Director in Technology at Morgan Stanley, became a BOP volunteer in 2017, when his older son signed on to become a BOP community scientist. He enjoyed the work and learned about oysters, but he wondered whether the organization's data-tracking tools were holding it back.
Finding a Solution
"It was a shame they had to spend so much of their time working on spreadsheets," he says. "They've got to be able to collect this information in an automated way. So I thought, maybe there's a way Morgan Stanley can help them."
When Kuster suggested that Morgan Stanley could help revamp its data-tracking system to be more reliable and user-friendly, BOP enthusiastically agreed. Says Fraioli, "It was a complicated system that just wasn't working." The team soft-launched the BOP Digital Platform to a limited number of community scientists on Earth Day in April, 2021, with a final version set to go live to all volunteers later this year.
Kuster hopes that the technology and key learnings from the project will serve as a template that can also be used for other conservation groups and nonprofits. "We've worked alongside BOP to build up their infrastructure," Kuster says. "If we see that other nonprofits would benefit from these best practices and tools, we will be ready to help them. That's part of our mission."
In addition to leveraging the platform to improve the quality of their data collection, BOP hopes that it will help create new connections among volunteers, who can finally make better use of the data, thus reinforcing a sense of community. Kuster and his team are hoping to meet that goal by designing an interactive map that will make it easy to identify other nearby research stations or track data from several stations in a specific region.
"We really want the platform to be a way that people can network with each other," says Fraioli. "The map can show my oyster research station is here at East 90th Street and I can see that there's another school nearby that's also doing research. Let me reach out and maybe we can collaborate. Or I might want to compare the data from these two research stations, so let me use the map to find those two stations and download their most recent data. There's lots of utility in that feature."
Working on the project also fostered a new communal spirit within Morgan Stanley. According to Kuster, new volunteers from Morgan Stanley's offices all around the world began reaching out, hoping to contribute to the project, including employees in New York, London, Glasgow and Mumbai. "We started out thinking we would just be a small, regionally located team," Kuster says. "But now it's an international volunteering project. It's an amazing thing. You realize just how small the world can be."
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Prince Street station
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Prince Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the R train at all times except late nights, the W train on weekdays, the N train during late nights and weekends and the Q train during late nights.
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Prince Street & Broadway
40°43′27″N 73°59′52″W / 40.724202°N 73.997812°W / 40.724202; -73.997812Coordinates: 40°43′27″N 73°59′52″W / 40.724202°N 73.997812°W / 40.724202; -73.997812
B (BMT)
BMT Broadway Line
N (weekends and late nights)
 Q (late nights only)
 R (all except late nights)
 W (weekdays only)
Transit connections
NYCT Bus: M55, X27, X28
2 side platforms
September 4, 1917; 102 years ago (September 4, 1917)[1]
Station code
Wireless service
OMNY accepted
Opposite-direction transfer available
5,142,727[4]  3.1%
Station succession
Next north
Eighth Street–New York University: N Q R W
Next south
Canal Street (via Tunnel): N R W
Canal Street (via Bridge): N Q
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Stops all times except late nights
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1.1 Exits
Station layoutEdit
Track layout
to 8 St–NYU
to Canal St (mainline)
to Canal St (Bridge line)
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
Platform level Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound local ←
toward Bay Ridge–95th Street (Canal Street via Tunnel)
toward Whitehall Street–South Ferry weekdays (Canal Street via Tunnel)
toward 86th Street via Sea Beach (Canal Street via Bridge weekends; Canal Street via Tunnel late nights)
toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Brighton late nights (Canal Street via Bridge)
Southbound express ←
do not stop here
Northbound express →
do not stop here →
Northbound local →
toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (Eighth Street–NYU) →
weekdays (
late nights and weekends) toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (Eighth Street–NYU) →
toward 96th Street late nights (Eighth Street–NYU) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Mosaic and frieze
Prince Street opened on September 4, 1917, as part of the first section of the BMT Broadway Line from Canal Street to 14th Street–Union Square.[1] It has two side platforms and four tracks, the inner two of which are express tracks that do not serve the station. South of Prince Street, there are diamond crossovers between both directional pairs of local and express tracks.[5] A punch box is located at the south end of the southbound platform to allow weekend N and late-night Q trains to cross the Manhattan Bridge.[6]
In the late 1960s, New York City Transit extended the platforms for 10 car trains, and fixed the station's structure and the overall appearance. The station was overhauled in the late 1970s. The original trim lines were replaced with white cinderblock tiles, except for small recesses in the walls, which contained yellow-painted cinderblock tiles. The staircases were repaired and new platform edges were installed. The yellow cinderblock field contained the station-name signs and black text pointing to the exits. The renovation also replaced incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting. In 2001, the station received a major overhaul. It included an upgrade of the station for ADA compliance and restoration of the original late 1910s tiling. New York City Transit repaired the staircases, re-tiled the walls, fitted new tiling on the floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new signs, and new trackbeds in both directions.
The 2004 artwork, Carrying On, is by Janet Zweig. It uses water jet-cut steel, marble, and slate to create a mural along the entire length (totaling 1,200 feet) of both platforms. The 194 different frames in this frieze detail contain images of New Yorkers from all walks of life. As the title suggests, almost all of the images involve carrying something.
ExitsEdit
Fare control for each platform is at platform level. There is no free transfer between directions. Outside of fare control, the northbound platform has one street stair to either eastern corner of Broadway and Prince Street, while the southbound platform has one street stair to either western corner of that intersection.[7]
^ a b The New York Times, Open First Section of Broadway Line, September 5, 1917
^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2013–2018". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
^ "www.nycsubway.org: New York City Subway Track Maps". www.nycsubway.org. October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
^ Shepard, Richard F. (July 26, 1977). "About New York; The 'N' Train's 22-Mile Journey". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: East Village" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
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Emma who runs the local guide to vegan food in Edinburgh, Vegan Edinburgh, has kindly written a blog for Dickins where she's letting us in on where you can enjoy some of the best vegan food in Edinburgh at the moment. Emma has lived in Edinburgh for over a decade and loves nothing more than discovering a new favourite place to eat – so keep reading for some brilliant vegan eatery tips!
As the local guide to vegan food in Edinburgh, I am always on the lookout for new places offering delicious eats to try every single day. Thankfully for vegans like me, Scotland's capital is one of the best cities in the county for cruelty-free food, and the vegan scene in the city is getting better all the time. From exotic curries to nutritious salads or glorious comfort food – Edinburgh has you covered.
This little gem popped up in Newington just a few weeks ago, but it's been enjoying a roaring trade and impressing its guests with its varied and imaginative vegetarian menu. Inspired by the diverse regions of India, Annakut offers a range of delicious dishes from the humble chana daal to a show-stopping vegan thali. Definitely one to visit if you want to try something new.
Make sure you order: the vegan thali.
Before it opened, The Herbivore Kitchen had already established its reputation as a legendary maker of vegan and vegetarian treats at the monthly Herbivore Supper Club and the Herbivore Box in the Meadows. Now it has a permanent home in Clerk Street, and has enlisted the help of a few friends to create a delicious menu, including bacon from Sgaia's Vegan Meats and kukus from Grumpy Food.
A slice of vegan kuku with one of the Herbivore Kitchen's side salad followed by one of their delicious dairy-free chocolate brownies makes for a perfect vegan lunch.
Make sure you order: a beautiful vegan brownie.
This completely vegan café opened up in Bruntsfield in April, but it's one of the best places in the city for getting your favourite vegan food. In addition to Joanna's famous homemade vegan sandwiches (the 'Veaty Chease' is simply heaven between two slices of bread!), Grassroots sells vegan treats from some of the best suppliers in Scotland.
If you're craving a vegan macaroni pie from Cool Jerk's Vegan Pies, a galaxy doughnut from the Doughnut Family, or a decadent raw cake slice from Blitz Patisserie, then Grassroots will fix you up in no time.
Make sure you order: the veaty chease sandwich.
Holy Cow has been open for just over a year now, but in that time it has achieved a legendary status among Edinburgh vegans thanks to their belly-busting vegan burgers and sandwiches. Located two minute's walk from the main bus station, this vegan café should be on your "must-visit" list, even if you're only in town for a day or two.
Their famous vegan burger range include varieties like falafel, pulled jackfruit, portobello mushroom and tofu, and are served with Holy Cow's delicious chunky chips. If you can, try and save some room for a slice of one of their tempting homemade cakes.
Make sure you order: the portobello mushroom burger, with a generous helping of homemade chips.
Of course, no list on new vegan openings in Edinburgh would be complete without giving a mention to Harmonium – perhaps the most eagerly anticipated veggie restaurant in Edinburgh ever. From the same folk who run Mono, Stereo and the Flying Duck in Glasgow, there was a lot of excitement when this place set up shop down in Leith. Thankfully, unlike a lot of overly-hyped places these days, Harmonium's menu does not disappoint.
With vegan versions of all your favourite comfort food like macaroni cheese, greasy pizza, tasty burgers and more, Harmonium is definitely worth the trip. Also, don't forget to pair your meal with a glass of wine from their completely vegan selection. Chin chin!
Make sure you order: The creamy vegan macaroni cheese.
Unlike all the other places on this list, Illegal Jacks has been feeding Edinburgh for quite a few years now (not counting a brief hiatus when he had to move and reopen in a new property after the roof caved in), but this place is definitely still worth noting thanks to their new and recently improved veggie offering.
You may already know Illegal Jacks for their incredible burritos and tex-mex food, but recently Jack has added a whole range of vegan options into the mix, including pulled jackfruit and irresistible vegan cheese. Add that to the existing offering of veggie haggis, veg chilli and sauteed veggies and there's absolutely no way that you will leave this place hungry!
Make sure you order: The pulled jackfruit quesadillas with beautiful melty vegan cheese.
These are just a small selection of my favourite vegan haunts in Edinburgh right now. If you want to check out even more tempting vegan eats, make sure you pay me a visit on my website www.veganedinburgh.com or say hello to me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/veganedinburgh), Twitter (www.twitter.com/vegan_edi) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/vegan_edi). See you around!
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Corpus Christianorum
Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris (CHAP)
P. Van Nuffelen, L. Van Hoof
Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris
approx. 900 p., 155 x 245 mm, 2020
Languages: English, Greek, Latin
The publication is in production. (02/2020)
Retail price: EUR 295,00 excl. tax
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This volume inventorises the whole historiographical production of Late Antiquity.
The Clavis Historicorum Antiquitatis Posterioris, part of the Brepols Claves, is an inventory of all attested works of historiography from Late Antiquity (300-800 AD), in any state of preservation. It offers full coverage of works written in Latin, Greek, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian and Coptic, while also including Jewish and Persian works. Containing information on author and work, it provides guidance on authorship, social and religious context, genre, sources, manuscript tradition, and editions and translations. A substantial introduction discusses genres in late ancient historiography, and numerous indices facilitate the use of the Clavis. In this way, the CHAP will be an essential research tool for scholars working on the history of historiography, Late Antiquity and Patristics, and it will facilitate further research on the genre.
Peter Van Nuffelen is Research Professor of Ancient History in the Department of History of Ghent University.
Lieve Van Hoof is Research Professor of Ancient History in the same department.
Corpus Christianorum - Claves - Subsidia
Christian Church : laity & heterodoxy
Heresies, persecutions of heterodoxy, christian denominations & sects
Eastern Fathers
Early Church (pre-Constantine, to c. 312)
Eastern & Orthodox Churches (from c. 312)
Western Church (general)
Political & institutional history
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Tolan et al. Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Law (5th - 15th centuries)
Tolan et al. Les autorités religieuses entre charismes et hiérarchie
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1. First and foremost is a security system. Whether you hook into a system that sends a response unit to your home or just sets off a loud alarm, it is a good deterent.
2. Most communities will let you call the police station and ask for a house watch while you are gone. They will ask the dates you will be gone, if you have any lights you will leave on or are on timers, and whether you have anyone coming to check the house while you are gone.
3. Random light timers are a good way to make it appear that you are home. If you don't use random timers, set the regular timers to correspond to your usual routine at home.
4. Tell a trusted neighbor you will be away and ask them to keep an eye for anything unusual.
5. Be careful who you tell about your holiday plans. I was in the post office one day and heard a lady loudly explaining how many months they were spending away in Florida. It would not have been difficult for someone to find where she lived and take advantage of her absence.
6. Make sure to stop your mail. You can ask for a vacation hold for up to 30 days. If you plan to be away longer than that, you need to make other arrangements like forwarding or having someone collect your mail.
7. Contact your newspaper carrier and stop delivery for the period you are gone.
8. Ask a neighbor or friend to put a bag of trash out on trash day where yours is usually set--especially if you are gone for more than a week.
9. One of our relatives had a mannequin head that she put on a pillow on the couch and stuffed pillows under a blanket to make it appear someone was sleeping on the couch. Did it work? They never had a break-in but I'm not sure if that's the reason. Still. . .
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Who Was Bill Russell?
Boston Celtics Career and Championships
"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory."
Hailed as the greatest winner in sports, Basketball Hall of Fame center Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to an unprecedented 11 championships in 13 seasons.
Hall of Fame basketball center Bill Russell led the University of San Francisco to consecutive NCAA titles before starting his pro career with the Boston Celtics in 1956. Over the course of his 13-year NBA career, Russell steered the club to 11 titles. He retired in 1969 and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame six years later.
Considered one of the greatest basketball players in NBA history, William Felton Russell was born on February 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. His early childhood was shaped by poor health, as the sickly Russell battled several different illnesses.
When Russell was 10, his father, Charlie, fed up with trying to navigate a racially charged South, moved his family across the country to Oakland, California, where he found work at a shipyard.
In California, life for the Russell family proved rocky. While Charlie found good work, in 1946 his wife, Katie, became quite sick with the flu and died. Russell was grief-stricken by the death of his mother, who'd been his biggest advocate and pushed him to work hard in school. In the wake of her passing he committed himself to his studies.
Outside the classroom, Russell began playing basketball. His talent did not immediately shine through. Athletically awkward at first, Russell struggled to find playing time on the team at McClymonds High School in Oakland. But by his senior year, his game had picked up enough to earn him a starting spot.
University of San Francisco Star and Olympic Gold Medalist
Russell's 6'9" frame also earned plenty of attention. In the fall of 1952, he tried out as a walk-on at the University of San Francisco and earned a scholarship.
It wasn't long before the defensively adept Russell proved to be dominating presence, with a scorer's touch and uncanny ability to rebound. During his three-year varsity career, in which he led the team to consecutive NCAA titles in 1955 and 1956, he averaged 20.7 points and 20.3 rebounds per game.
Russell capped his amateur career by leading the U.S. men's basketball team to the gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
That same year, in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics orchestrated a deal with the St. Louis Hawks and traded for the draft rights to the young center. The team's coach, Red Auerbach, coveted Russell as the missing piece to what he believed could be a championship roster.
With Russell anchoring the middle of the floor, the Celtics finished with the NBA's best record in 1957, and went on to win the title over the Hawks in a tense seven-game series. It was the start of an unprecedented championship run for Russell and the Celtics. Over his 13 seasons in the league, the team played in 12 NBA finals, winning 11 of them.
Even against more physically imposing centers, like Wilt Chamberlain, Russell was a defensive and rebounding force. Five times he was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player, and his 21,620 rebounds are second only to Chamberlain's career mark. He most likely would have led the league in blocked shots many times, but the NBA had not yet started keeping track of the statistic.
Following the 1966 season, in which Russell led the Celtics to an eighth consecutive title, Auerbach retired from coaching. Rather than play for somebody else, Russell took over as a player-coach, steering the team to titles in 1968 and 1969.
Executive and Hall of Fame
Following the 1969 season, Russell retired from the game. Over the next several decades he periodically came back to the game as a coach or as an executive, but his teams failed to win with the kind of regularity he enjoyed as a player. He last led the Sacramento Kings as president of basketball operations in the late 1980s.
Russell was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975.
Even as he won on the court, Russell, an outspoken backer of the Civil Rights Movement, experienced his struggles off of it. He was never embraced by Boston fans in the way his white teammates were. On the road it was not uncommon for him to have to sleep in a different hotel from the one the rest of the club used.
Russell was married three times. With his first wife, Rose, to whom he was married for 17 years, he had three children: a daughter, Karen, and two sons, Buddha and Jacob.
In 2010 Russell received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civil honor, from President Barack Obama.
Russel died on July 31, 2022. He was 88 years old.
On August 11, 2022, the NBA announced the retirement of Russell's No. 6 jersey across the entire league.
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Solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails
In all the homes of Palestine, in their Diaspora scattered all over the world, families remember today, April 17, Palestinian Prisoners' Day, their loved ones imprisoned in the prisons of Israel.
According to March 2019 data, there are 5450 Palestinian political prisoners - mostly in Israeli territory, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention - including 205 minors (32 under 16) and 48 women. Of these, 497 are under administrative detention, without any charges. Seven members of the Palestinian Parliament were imprisoned and detained in the exercise of their mandate as Members of Parliament, three of whom in administrative detention.
The violence of the conditions to which Palestinian political prisoners are subjected has been denounced by Palestinian organisations, and also by international human rights organisations. Torture, harassment and physical and verbal threats, collective punishment, extreme isolation and deprivation of visits of relatives or even lawyers, medical negligence and the prohibition of access to education, are part of the daily lives of Palestinian political prisoners.
Against this violence, Palestinian political prisoners have recently observed a hunger strike which they called a "battle for dignity", which lasted from April 8 to 15 and which was suspended after the Israeli Government accepted various claims.
The Assembly of the Republic deliberates:
1. To express its solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners imprisoned by Israel, welcoming the agreement reached in order to put an end to the hunger strike which began on April 8.
2. To demand the release of the elected Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council;
3. To demand the release of Palestinian children held by Israel;
4. To recall the obligations which all States have to comply under humanitarian international law, namely the Fourth Geneva Convention and the Convention against Torture.
Assembly of the Republic, April 16, 2019
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Oval Dirt Donnie Moran runs his dirt track exclusively on special shows
Cover Photo: Muskingum County Speedway - Scott Bloomquist Photo
Donnie Moran runs his dirt track exclusively on special shows
Muskingum County Speedway has found a niche market in running just a handful of races per season
Donnie Moran started racing in 1979. Back then, there was an Ohio dirt track known as Zanesville Speedway. Moran won the first heat race he was ever in, at that track.
It was originally built by Louie Morosco in 1940's. Since then, the Zanesville, Ohio dirt track has been re-surface, re-modeled and re-named.
Muskingum County Speedway is now owned by the Moran family. Ronnie Moran, father of the Million Dollar Man, purchased the track in 1980. Now, the day-to-day operations have been passed down to the next generation, Donnie Moran.
As a family, they all share positions in track operations. In the days leading up to the race, Donnie himself claims residence inside the tractor. I say residence because I didn't see Donnie leave the tractor once, all day, until the green flag was about to drop. When the gates open, Donnie and the kids go to work. Truly an inspiring family run operation.
Honestly, I had no idea this gem of a track existed. Yet, when I got there, I fell in love with the place. If you haven't been, I suggest you make a trip in 2018. But, you'll only have a handful of opportunities each year to do so.
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Donnie Moran talks about Muskingum County Speedway
I caught up with Donnie at a recent dirt racing event. While on the dirt late model tour with his son Devin, we chatted about the gem of a racetrack.
"I don't own it. I just run it, take care of it and work at it," stated Donnie Moran.
"We just run special shows. Last year we had 3. We had 5 on the schedule, two got rained out. That was my first year promoting. I just had 4 on the schedule this year."
Devin Moran pictured on the pole at Muskingum County Speedway for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event
"I go with the boys every weekend." So, it's just that you're busy on tour? "Yeah, it's busy."
"And I feel for the economy and the way people do things nowadays, it's more beneficial to do it that way than run every week."
It's a growing trend. The economy has rebounded, yet it's still hard to run a weekly racetrack. However, many tracks across the country have found a similar solution.
Solution? Run only special shows. Pack the dirt track grandstands in just a handful of one-off events. Give the fans a special reason to get out of the house then send them home looking like a construction worker.
Plus, Muskingum County Speedway doubles as a driving school. Donnie Moran has run the driving school since 1992. While the track doesn't run a weekly racing program, it's still in regular use.
The family as a whole has a full-time time job. They run weekly with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Models. His son Devin is currently battling for Rookie of the year. There's little time left to operate a weekly run race track operation, even if it would make financial sense to do so.
Muskingum County Speedway grandstand placement claimed by fans 3 hours ahead of the races
Do you think you'd be further in the black if you were able to run weekly?
I understand you can't with the busy schedule. Hypothetically, let's say you could run it week to week. Would you?
"I like doing the specials," Donnie Moran declares. "You know, in 2012 my dad ran the track every week. The economy was doing ok but he complained about the weekly shows, especially later in the year. It just wasn't as good as what it used to be. Even 10 years prior to that."
"I said, 'Well Dad, Why don't you just run special shows? So, you're not wearing the crowd out or the people out.' "
Ronnie Moran (left), Eddie Carrier Jr (center), Donnie Moran (right)
"Because, the cost of living for a normal person that's working and making anywhere from $20,000-70,000 a year. They send their kids back to school. You know, the hustle and bustle of life.
"People don't wanna go. It seams they don't wanna do the same thing over and over and over, every week. I mean, some of us do. But, the average fan, might not do that."
Tracks can't make a living exclusively on the die-hard racers. There's only a few of us. Dirt tracks need to grab the attention of the casual fan. If you can bring enough of them to the track, that's how you stay a float. Special grab the attention of those fans.
"To get them there, I feel what I'm doing, is good for me."
Author: Shane Walters
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Creating a baby registry can be overwhelming for new moms. This is a list of the top 10 baby registry "must haves" that will be extremely useful once baby comes.
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After I had my son, I learned that you can't predict for every situation. Once your baby arrives, you might find that you need more of something you've already bought, that things you already purchased need to be taken back, or you need to purchase additional items that you didn't even think about. I know once you start getting items for baby the excitement overtakes you but it's a good idea to keep receipts and not unpackage everything so you can take items back if needed.
My biggest piece of advice is to have a little savings set aside for these expenses. You can do this by holding back some of the gift cards you receive or just putting back a little money while pregnant. This will cover any items that you find are needed once you have your baby home.
A lot of people I know, including myself, had to purchase a few different formulas to find one that worked well with their baby. If you plan to breastfeed, there may come a time where you would need to switch to formula or supplement with formula.
You may also find that your baby is allergic to the diapers or wipes you chose. If you didn't unpackage them, you should be able to exchange them for another brand or type that works for you.
I understand that not everyone will have these issues arise, but it's nice to have some money set aside for unexpected needs, especially if you are on a tight budget. If you don't end up needing additional items, you now have money saved for future clothes, diapers, food, etc.
Also, remember, most companies now let you buy anything left on your registry at a discounted price.
Now on to the list of the top 10 baby registry "must haves"!
I can't say enough about these blankets. They were on my registry and I used them everywhere. The fabric is muslin, which is a soft, breathable fabric. Use them to swaddle, lay the baby on, or as to cover the stroller, car seat, or while breastfeeding. You can also use them as a burp cloth or changing pad cover. The fabric is lightweight and can be folded up small to be kept in your diaper bag or in the car. The blankets come in a lot of adorable prints so you are sure to find one that you like. They also have clothes, burp rags, and other items available in the muslin material.
This soft, flexible brush is a great way to apply diaper cream without having to use your hands. It easily wipes clean with a baby wipe. Most have a suction cup on the end that allows you to place the brush nearby while you finish diapering and dressing your baby. Let me tell you how useful that is if you are by yourself. Our son hasn't needed diaper cream very often, but when he does, this is a great tool. It's flexible so application is super easy, no mess, and I love the suction cup so i'm not making a huge mess while getting his clothes back on.
I always had my Boppy Pillow nearby in the first few months after having our son. It was especially important to us since our son had acid reflux. Propping him up was one of the ways we kept him from throwing up all of the time. The boppy pillow is a versatile pillow that is shaped and sized perfectly for infants and babies. They are great to help hold your baby's weight during feeding times (breastfeeding or bottle feeding). It's also great for propping, sitting, and tummy time. Slipcovers are available to purchase which makes clean up so much easier.
A Pack n' Play is a portable bassinet, playard, and changing station all in one that can be used indoors or outdoors. Quick set up and take down, plus the carrying bag, makes travelling with it a breeze. They are a great way to provide a place to sleep or changing station at grandma's house, babysitter's home, or your own home if the nursery isn't near the main area where you take care of baby.
I used to babysit my friend's son a few days a week and it was so nice to have a place to lay him down for naps. When we had our son, we were renting a house that had the master on the main floor and kid's bedrooms on the top floor. We didn't want our newborn son so far away from us so we set up a small nursery in our bedroom. We didn't get a changing table so the Pack n' Play was nice to keep nearby for changing, naps, etc.
I ran across these disposable changing pad mats when I was setting up my own registry. They became one of my favorite items. I hated using public restroom changing tables. They always seemed so unsanitary. These disposable mats cover the changing table so you can change your baby and then throw the mat away. You can also use them anywhere there isn't a changing table available. They are folded into small squares so they easily fit in your diaper bag or purse. I always kept them on me and still do to this day.
Nothing is worse than waking a kid up from sleeping to take their temperature or poking them in the ear and making them upset. The temporal thermometer takes the temperature by running the device's sensor over the forehead. It's non-invasive and my son actually likes getting his temperature taken. Our whole family uses it now!
The Bumbo or Ingenuity seats are both great for babies that can sit up/keep their head up. Almost all of them have trays so they are great for playing, feeding, etc. It's nice to have a small, portable seat you can take anywhere instead of just a big, bulky high chair. They are also great for grandma's house or travelling.
Strollers are great for taking baby out to do things but they are not always the best option. The Ergo baby carrier is so easy to use and can really come in handy for certain situations. Travelling, hiking, grocery shopping, and events can all be easier while carrying your baby. Remember, infants need the infant insert to be kept safe in the carrier.
I do not have personal experience with the Dock-a-Tot but i'm including it on the list because I have friends that rave about them. I didn't really hear about the products until my son was older. If I have another baby, this will be something that I want to purchase. They are great for tummy time, resting, playing, lounging, changing, cuddling, bed transitioning, and more. The reviews have been amazing and sounds like a lot of parents are getting more sleep because of these portable pads.
Did I miss anything on the list? I know a registry will have a lot more items on it but this is a good start. Feel free to add your favorite registry items in the comments below.


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FIRST-PERSON: 7 principles for every church project
by Rick Warren, posted Monday, February 17, 2003 (16 years ago)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--For two decades, we've worked with volunteers at Saddleback Valley Community Church using these seven principles drawn from the leadership lessons of Nehemiah.
We've found that when our lay leaders understand these principles, their ministries grow in depth as well as numbers.
1. The principle of simplification
You've heard of the K.I.S.S. method, right? Keep It Simple Stupid! Nehemiah, a great biblical model of leadership, used a simple plan for organizing. He didn't randomly assign jobs; he didn't create a whole new organization; and he didn't force any complex charts.
He kept his plan very simple. He organized around natural groupings: the priests, the men of Jericho, the sons of Hassenaah, and so forth. These were natural groups that were already associating together.
The point is: don't create an organization if you don't need it. If an organization already naturally exists, try to work through it and with it. Sometimes a new leader comes into a situation, and the first thing he does is start changing the whole organization. Think: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The simplest organizations are strong organizations.
2. The principle of participation
It's a pretty simple rule: work with those who want to work. Amazingly, a lot of leaders never learn this simple principle. They spend all their time trying to corral the lazy and the apathetic, instead of working with those who want to work. I call that corralling goats.
Look at what Nehemiah did. He got almost everybody involved in the building of the wall. He had the clerics, the goldsmiths, the perfume makers -- men, women, city and country folk. Everybody was moving bricks and making mortar.
Except for one little group: "The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors."
Nehemiah's response was to ignore the shirkers.
In every situation you're going to have workers and shirkers. Nehemiah just ignored the latter and focused on those who were willing to work. He didn't lose sleep, or get bitter or waste time trying to corral them. If you're a leader, don't worry about people who don't want to get involved, just focus on those people who want to get involved.
When I first started Saddleback, I didn't know this lesson. Every time we planned a project, a work party, or an event, people would show up, but I would be disappointed by all the people who didn't show up. God finally showed me that I should get excited about those who came!
Leaders love everybody, but they move with the movers.
3. The principle of delegation
When you're organizing, you should make specific assignments. Think about what would have happened if, after Nehemiah's pep rally when he got everyone excited, he then said, "Just go start working wherever you want to work." That wouldn't have worked!
Instead, Nehemiah divided the wall into sections during his midnight ride. He kept it simple, and then he delegated specific assignments.
When you delegate:
-- Break down major goals into smaller tasks. When we started Saddleback, I made everybody a committee of one. We each had assignments. One person managed the printing of the bulletins while another set up the nursery. Everybody had a specific task.
-- Develop clear job descriptions. Your workers deserve to know what is expected.
-- Match the right person with the right task. The wrong person in the wrong task causes chaos. It causes all kinds of motivational problems. Delegating is more than just passing off work: you need to understand what the task is all about and what the person is good at, and then get them together.
-- Everybody's responsibility is nobody's responsibility. Somebody needs to assume specific responsibility.
4. The principle of motivation
When you organize any project, help people feel it's their project. In Nehemiah, you see again and again men making repairs near their houses. If you lived in Jerusalem, where would you be most interested in building the wall? Probably by your house, right?
Allowing for ownership in a project helps increase motivation. I think Nehemiah is also saying, "Make the work as convenient as possible." Nehemiah allowed people to work in their area of interest. That's a principle of organization: good organizations allow workers to develop their own areas.
5. The principle of cooperation
The founder of Forbes magazine, said, "You spell success: T-E-A-M-W-O-R-K." Cooperation is a key principle to good organization. I read recently that geese can fly 72 percent farther when they're in formation than when they fly by themselves.
When we cooperate together, when there is teamwork, there is great growth. Cooperation is a greater motivator than competition, and it lasts because you feel like you're together on a winning team.
Good organizations provide a supportive climate of trust and teamwork. In the Bible, when referring to Christians in the church, the phrase "one another" is used 58 times. It's as if God's saying, "Get the message! Help each other!" There is no such thing as Lone Ranger Christians. We are together in this. We're a team. There is tremendous power in cooperation.
God can overlook almost anything in a church: poor facilities, no facilities, poor doctrine. The one thing God will not overlook is disunity. In the first 10 chapters of Acts, 10 times it says, "they were of one accord ... of one heart ... unified." When you have unification like they did in Acts, you'll have the power of Acts.
"Snow is a beautiful demonstration of what God can do with a bunch of flakes."
Snowflakes are pretty frail, but if enough of them stick together they can stop traffic.
Alone, I couldn't have made much of an impact on the Saddleback Valley, but, together, the Saddleback congregation has touched thousands.
6. The principle of administration
Even after you delegate, you must supervise the work. Nehemiah walked the line, inspecting the work. Tom Peters, in his book Passion for Excellence, calls it MBWA -- Management By Walking Around.
Nehemiah knew which part each man built because he went out, checking up on people. This also allowed him to find out what was going on.
Good organizations establish clear lines of authority. People do what you inspect not what you expect.
7. The principle of appreciation
Good leaders give recognition. For instance, Nehemiah knew the names of those working on the wall, and I think that's a mark of a good leader. He even listed them in his book, and now here we are thousands of years later, and pastors across the world are mispronouncing the names of Nehemiah's helpers. He cared enough to recognize these men and women for their work.
Do you know who's doing a good job in your organization?
If you do, are you telling them they're doing a good job?
I have a Giant Killer Award that I give out every month. It's a plaque made with stones and a slingshot, with the inscription, "Am I gazing at Goliath or looking at the living God?"
Every month I rotate this plaque among our staff. It goes to the person who tackled the greatest problem of the month. It doesn't even mean the problem was solved, it just means that staff member took on the challenge.
Warren is pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church, Lake Forest, Calif.


I've come to this one rather late in the day, partly because of other commitments and partly because I really wanted to wait until I had the opportunity to see it on a cinema screen. I'm glad I waited.
Peter Jackson's First World War documentary is, of course, a considerable technical achievement, featuring state-of-the-art colourisation processes – but it's also a powerful evocation of a brutal military campaign. Using archive footage from the Imperial War Museum (much of it getting its first public airing here), They Shall Not Grow Old is primarily the chronological story of the British 'Tommy,' following his tortuous path from enlistment to armistice.
Jackson cannily holds back the film's trump card for a good twenty minutes or so. The images we are first presented with are in a square framed ratio, those speeded-up monochrome visions that we're already familiar with, the kind that somehow contrive to demote the Great War to the level of a Charlie Chaplin comedy routine. We watch as ranks of new recruits skitter haphazardly across the screen, marching as though auditioning for Mack Sennett. We see countless numbers of young men answering the call of duty, doing their basic training, boarding troop ships to cross the channel, and still Jackson holds back.
And then there's a spellbinding change when battalions of troops arrive at the Western Front to prepare for the upcoming conflict. Quite without warning, the pace suddenly slows, the screen floods with naturalistic colour and we hear the sounds of mobilisation – the relentless trudge of boots through mud, the rumble of engines, the whinnying of horses – and off in the distance, the forbidding rumble of explosions, the nagging rattle of gunfire. It's a chilling transition, one that makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand to attention. Quite suddenly, one hundred years of history have evaporated in the blink of an eye and I realise I am looking at real people, many of them just teenagers, who turn their mournful, apprehensive faces to the camera as they stumble by, knowing they are almost certainly going to their deaths.
It's the film's most unforgettable moment.
Which is not to denigrate the rest of it, not at all. I listen to the accounts of real veterans who went through the ordeal and somehow survived; and I'm shown the inevitable consequences of war: the heaps of dismembered, bloated bodies; the shattered buildings; the splintered trees; the twisted hell of No Man's Land. And through it all these young men continue to grin for the camera, give it a sly wave, mumble a quick 'Hello Mum,' as they pass by. I feel humbled by seeing them and by experiencing just a little of what they had to go through.
And we do – now. But back then, when those men returned, no one wanted to acknowledge the truth of what they had been through. And I'm still not sure we've learned the lessons that would prevent such a horror from ever happening again.


This is the fourth of five local barleys, I wonder what could be coming after? I have to say I am bored to tears now of whisky terroir and barley bothering on social media (and the other things that go round and round and round in whisky interest bubbles), but that doesn't stop the casks being great.
Body - Big, very sweet but really richly delivered, there's no immaturity here - if anything the intensity is nicely offset by rich fruit, cereal and some wax. It feels older than 9 and I would have definitely guessed Longrow in a blind tasting. Quite a lot of Campbeltown filth in the delivery, slightly rotten citrus and a touch of plastic.
Finish - Long and citrus sweet, with lemon bonbons, lemon peel and blood orange. Biting peat at the end, numbing bitterness (grapefruit) but still well balanced.


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Government funding 'high level' T-level training for college staff
Nick Linford
The Department for Education is forking out £95,000 to run "high-level message" sessions to train FE staff about T-levels.
It has put out a tender looking for an organisation to create a "series of specialist events" to raise awareness about the reforms to technical education.
These will also serve as information-gathering events for the public consultation on T-levels, which will be published soon after a delay of more than a year.
"The government is introducing new college-based programmes, called T-levels, in 2020," the tender says.
"By providing high-level messages relating to the reforms, these events will help FE heads of curriculum to factor these changes into their plans and effectively engage with the public consultation at the end of this year."
News of these events will be welcomed by many across the sector, given the general lack of communication on T-levels, and because understanding of the reforms has so far been limited.
The skills minister Anne Milton announced in July that the first T-levels would be delayed until September 2020 – a year later than planned – following an assessment of the DfE's delivery timescale.
The remaining routes are still expected, as planned, in September 2022.
In July FE Week revealed that no-one had yet been appointed to the T-level advisory development panels that should have met for the first time four months ago, even though they will be instrumental in the development of the new qualifications.
The closing date for the DfE's tender is September 20. The successful bidder must be available to deliver seven full or half-day events between October 9 and December 15.
While the events will be useful to college and private provider staff, one FE Week reader described it as "a very short turnaround… to arrange awareness events on T-levels for FE staff starting October 9 – just three weeks to apply, get approval and organise said events".


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A Fellow Justice Once Proposed To Sandra Day O'Connor — And Barely Anyone Knew
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By Kavitha George
It was a coincidence of fate — and a love story not meant to be. A new biography of the first female Supreme Court Justice coming out in March reveals that the late Justice William Rehnquist proposed to Sandra Day O'Connor in the 1950s, long before either one was confirmed to the bench. Many of the two's family and friends didn't even know, says O'Connor's biographer, Evan Thomas.
O'Connor and Rehnquist have never hidden the fact that they dated in law school, according to NPR, but both of them apparently downplayed the relationship. The two future justices met in 1949 at Stanford University, when she was just 19. Even after she broke it off, they reportedly maintained a good relationship as classmates, studying together and entering an academic competition as partners.
After Rehnquist graduated, O'Connor started dating John O'Connor, a fellow Stanford law student. Thomas told CNN's Chris Cillizza the two were inseparable. After going out for a beer following a proofreading assignment, "they went out the next 40 nights in a row," he said. But according to letters Thomas unearthed in a box of O'Connor's correspondence, it turned out Rehnquist wasn't over his old flame. Working as a Supreme Court clerk, "from Washington, he began writing ever more ardent letters to 'Sandy' back in law school, and in March asked her to marry him," Thomas said.
After telling her in a previous letter that he wanted to meet to talk about "important things," on March 29 he wrote, "To be specific, Sandy, will you marry me this summer?" According to Evans' research, O'Connor waited until July to turn him down. In September, John proposed, and that December, he and O'Connor were married.
It seems unlikely that the situation resulted in tragic heartbreak, though, because around the same time, Rehnquist met Nan Cornell, the woman he would marry the next year. The two spent almost 40 years together until Cornell died in 1991. According to NPR, shortly before Rehnquist died in 2005, he told a friend that Cornell was the only woman he'd ever loved.
Rehnquist was confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1972, and was appointed Chief Justice in 1986. He was a fairly conservative judge — one of two to dissent on Roe v. Wade — known for his pragmatic and even-tempered demeanor. O'Connor made history in 1981, when she was appointed by President Reagan (possibly, at the suggestion of Rehnquist, according to NPR) as the first female SCOTUS justice.
O'Connor was certainly at the more liberal end of the justice spectrum, serving as the "yes" swing vote in Planned Parent v. Casey, the 1991 case that reaffirmed Roe. (Rehnquist, on the other hand, voted "no.") Despite their ideological differences, Thomas says, O'Connor and Rehnquist remained good friends on the bench. "Other justices could see that O'Connor and Rehnquist were personally close and teased each other at the justices' weekly lunches," he told Cillizza.
Rehnquist died of thyroid cancer just a few months after O'Connor announced her resignation from the court. She remembered him fondly at his funeral, speaking about his habit of challenging bets on things like sports, and even the level of snowfall outside court chambers, according to The New York Times.
"If you valued your money, you would be careful about betting with the chief; he usually won," she told the more than 1,000 attendees. "I think the chief bet he could live out another term despite his illness. He lost that bet, as did all of us, but he won all the prizes for a life well-lived. We love you, William Hubbs Rehnquist."


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Kate Connell, Oscar Melara, and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
by Frances Phillips | Oct 3, 2014
With their project Crossing the Street, artists Kate Connell and Oscar Melara used collaborative artmaking as a means of building community in San Francisco's Portola District. They produced a set of handmade books that explore the the neighborhood's geography, natural history, history, and present stories. The books were celebrated at an opening for the neighborhood's first and new Portola Branch library and were exhibited there for many months.
Content for the books came from ideas and oral histories generated by the artists' neighbors and invited by both the artists and the branch library staff. Staff of the San Francisco Library's History Center also suggested themes for the books and identified complementary resources. The artists matched content to accordion, tunnel, comic, atlas, pop-up, and other book structures.
The project was the third artistic collaboration by Melara–a busdriver, silkscreen printer, illustrator, and cartoonist–and Connell–a librarian, mechanized sculptor, and curator. Their first collaborative work, The Nacimiento Project, draws on the community storytelling tradition of Central America. Our Work Life highlighted local labor history in colorful murals displayed first on SamTrans commuter buses and later in locations around the Bay Area. It was developed in collaboration with the Labor Archives and Research Center at San Francisco State University and supported by the Creative Work Fund. Connell and Melara have continued to create projects in the Portola since finishing Crossing the Street.
The San Francisco Public Library is dedicated to free and equal access to information, knowledge, independent learning, and the joys of reading for San Francisco's diverse community. The branch libraries strive to maintain grounded in their communities. The library system receives community support through the non-profit Friends of the Library.


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Q: Proof of limit when multiplying with function with a limit of 0 Let f and g be defined on A ⊆ R to R, and let c be a cluster point of A. Suppose f is bounded on a neighborhood of c and that $\lim_{x \to c} g$ = 0. Prove that $\lim_{x \to c} fg$ = 0.

A: You hace that $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to c}g(x)=0$ and there exists $M>0$ such that $|f(x)| \leq M$ for $x \in V(c)$ ($V(c)$ denotates a neighborhood of $c$). So $$0\leq \lim_{x \to c} |f(x)g(x)|\leq M\lim_{x \to c} |g(x)|=M\cdot 0=0.$$ Hence, by the squeeze theorem, we have $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to c}(fg)(x)=0$.

A: Hint:
for $x$ in a neighborhood of $c$ we have
$|fg(x)|=|f(x)g(x)|\leq \sup_{x\in V}f \cdot |g(x)|$
where $V$ is the neighborhood of $c$.
In particular, if $x$ is sufficiently close to $c$ then $|g(x)|$ is sufficiently close to zero, and $\sup_{x\in A} f$ is a constant.

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Some people take one look at their stack of remote controls and throw their hands up in despair. It's true that technology can be pretty intimidating at times.
Unfortunately, it can also be downright ugly.
Consider the evolution of the desktop computer. In comparison to the injected plastic works of art we have today, some of the machines we had ten years ago were just not that good looking. We tolerated them because they were relatively new and we thought they could do a lot. Computers are now so prevalent that manufacturers set themselves apart by style as much as they do by anything else. Some people get sucked into them just because they look so cool.
Well, the eternal task for the technology and home automation manufacturer is to create a product that does amazing things, is brain-dead easy to use and appeals to the customer's sense of style and good taste. In today's markets, people are demanding pieces that exhibit exceptional functionality, and that are as easy to use as they are aesthetically pleasing.
In the lighting control industry we face a unique challenge – that of breaking the addiction to the toggle switch. It's quite daunting because the toggle switch and even the spinning dimmer are so intuitive. In fact, they are so very easy to use that people are willing to forgive them for their looks. Even when you've got four or five or eight in a row on the wall, people have a hard time letting go of them for an advanced technology.
There are ways to overcome this however.
Lighting control systems were developed with the idea that we shouldn't be limited to controlling the light or lights most immediate to the switch. We're no longer in the Stone Age. We've got technology. We can control any light in the house! We can even integrate the control of other home automation systems!
Lighting control manufacturers have started to understand this need for intuitive controls. Rather than creating an interface that's hard to get to or manipulate, they developed systems that put the control stations in places people are already accustomed to going. For example, you still have the lighting keypad in exactly the same convenient places people have normal light switches.
It also means that you have control of all the home systems in one spot in the room. There's none of this "thermometer next to the light switch next to the security panel next to…" It's all integrated into one easy-to-read controller mounted on the wall.
* Custom engraved buttons. With up to nine buttons in a single gang (a faceplate the size of a standard toggle switch), it can be confusing as to what each button is supposed to do. You eliminate that hassle by having each button engraved to read whatever you like. The clean engraving does as much for the aesthetics as it does for the intuitive mind.
* Back-lit buttons. Even custom engraving won't help strangers when enter a dark room and feel for the right button to press. A few manufacturers have developed buttons that light up at night so you can read them in any condition. They also have a mode that won't keep you awake at night.
* Button styles. Different tastes and personalities have different wants and needs. For example, an enlarged button with extra large engraving might be just what you need.
* Button colors. Choose the button color you want!
* Custom punched faceplates. You could put a picture of your mother-in-law next to the light buttons – if you wanted.
* Custom paint or wallpaper ready. There's no need to be limited by what a home improvement store offers.
* Elegant faceplate finishes. Choose a light switch faceplate that really shows off the house. You can find anything from a sturdy plastic to 24 karat gold.
* No more screws! Most lighting control manufacturers have faceplates that mount over the screws. Trust me. It looks 100 percent better.
* Eliminate wall clutter. For very large rooms it's not uncommon to see banks of toggle or dimmer switches 7 and 8 units wide. With a lighting control system you could control all those loads – and thousands more – from a keypad the size of a single toggle switch.
* LED indicates load status. The LED next to each button lights up to show if it is active or not. But then that idea is so intuitive no one really needs to say it.
The cool thing is that the very options that make these buttons beautiful are the same things that make them functional and intuitive.
The truth is that once a homeowner gets a taste of how much lighting control simplifies their life, they don't want to go back to the old way. One family I know had a sophisticated lighting control system in their home before moving up to a resort town a few miles from the city center. This new house had standard toggle switches. They had grown so accustomed to having control over all their lights at the touch of a button that they had a retrofit system installed.
Another older couple in the western United States retired and moved from a rather modest home into a 14,000 square foot estate. Rather than walking around the house at the end of the day to turn off the lights, they have a "Master Off" button that turns all the house lights off. You will not find that kind of functionality in a single toggle switch. And because the button is engraved, it's not hard at all for them to know which button to press at the end of the day.
At this point they begin to wonder how difficult it is to manipulate. So I talk about how simple these keypads are to use – how each button is engraved and that the stations are mounted in the places where you would normally find toggle switches. They are easy to reach, easy to read and all you do is touch a button. By then it's not long before they are dreaming of their own house with that kind of control.
I also like "before" and "after" pictures. Show someone a home with a bank of seven or eight toggle switches and then one with a mounted 9-button keypad and the eye naturally gravitates to the keypad. They just look sharp!
As I said, technology can be scary at times. And I'm not just talking about the technical stuff! Luckily, a home's technology doesn't need to be intimidating or ugly. The fact is that there are enough options out there to get just about anything you want. So, no matter what kind of home controls you end up going with, make sure they give you the kind of functionality, ease of use and aesthetics you're looking for.
Greg Giauque, corporate trainer, for LiteTouch, Inc. comes to the home automation industry from a background in Marketing and Communications with experience in the performing arts. He was also the only one in his house growing up who knew how to work the VCR.


The Radio Amateurs of Canada are today announcing written confirmation from Minister Bob Chiarelli of the Ontario Provincial Government regarding a five year extension of exemption to the Ontario distracted driving law. In his letter, Minister Chiarelli explains that the current exemptions for both Amateur Radio and Two Way Commercial Radios will be extended until January 1st, 2018.
Minister Chiarelli expresses his hope that in that time commercial hands free alternatives will be found for two way radios. While RAC finds victory in the five year extension, a permanent solution is desired and required.
The Radio Amateurs of Canada will continue to pursue a permanent exemption for Amateur Radio operators in Ontario. Similar exemptions already exist in many other provincial jurisdictions in Canada - thanks in part to the efforts of local amateurs and RAC's national strategy to address distracted driving legislation.
and find out about the many benefits our members enjoy across the country and the world beyond.
I've done some number crunching in Radio Mobile and here are the 2M VE3RPT coverage plots of a typical mobile, a typical hand held [and] a typical base station with an Omni antenna at 6db gain at 10M with 50 watts.
I have also added the KML files for Google Earth.
I'm sure these will generate some discussion.
As time permits, I will do more.
In April 1977, ETI Canada published an article by Nigel VE3ID (then VE3APZ) about the VE3RPT 2m repeater. Since the scanned article is rather large, here it is split into separate pages. You'll need a PDF reader to open them.


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Sezonul 1963-64 este al 15-lea sezon pentru FC Dinamo București în Divizia A. Dinamo reușește primul event din istorie. Pe lângă dominația autoritară din campionat, pe care îl câștigă pentru a treia oară consecutiv, Dinamo cucerește și Cupa României, după victoria din finală în fața Stelei. În Cupa Campionilor Europeni, alb-roșii depășesc turul preliminar și aduc la București multipla campioană a Europei, Real Madrid.

Rezultate

Finala Cupei României

Cupa Campionilor Europeni

Tur preliminar - prima manșă

Dinamo s-a calificat mai departe cu scorul general de 3-0.

Turul întâi - prima manșă

Real Madrid s-a calificat mai departe cu scorul general de 8-4.

Echipa

Portari: Ilie Datcu (26 jocuri/0 goluri), Iuliu Uțu (2/0).

Fundași: Ilie Constantinescu (1/0), Dumitru Ivan (19/0), Ion Nunweiller (26/0), Cornel Popa (24/0), Constantin Ștefan (19/0).

Mijlocași: Lică Nunweiller (26/1), Emil Petru (22/8), Octavian Popescu (11/3), Ion Țîrcovnicu (17/5).

Atacanți: Gheorghe Ene (14/5), Constantin Frățilă (26/19), Vasile Gergely (3/0), Ion Hajdu (21/6), Mircea Lucescu (2/0), Radu Nunweiller (5/2), Ion Pîrcălab (25/10), Aurel Unguroiu (8/5), Iosif Varga (8/0).

Transferuri

Înaintea sezonului, Dinamo i-a adus pe Emil Petru și Octavian Popescu, ambii de la Știința Cluj, și pe Ion Hajdu de la Steagul Roșu Brașov. Au plecat Florin Halagian la Petrolul Ploiești și Nicolae Selymes la Steagul Roșu.

Trebuie menționată și promovarea în prima echipă a lui Mircea Lucescu.

Referințe
 www.labtof.ro
 www.romaniansoccer.ro

Legături externe
 Site oficial

Sezoane FC Dinamo București
1963 în fotbal
1963 în România
1964 în fotbal
1964 în România

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Is It Lights Out For Rainbow Following 'Black Swan' Flop?
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Just like a female version of ZE:A, Rainbow are famous for being flops, yet they're still successful enough in various ways to hang around despite never really hitting it big. Their singles usually make the top twenty, and between the members they've got some CF deals, acting gigs, and variety work–basically just enough to get by in the Korean entertainment industry.
However, things have taken a dark turn for the group following the performance of their latest single, "Black Swan." The underrated electro-pop song spent just two weeks in the Gaon top 100 and bombed so badly that Rainbow's agency officially ended promotions after only a fortnight.
"With last week's music show, [Rainbow's] 'Black Swan' promotions have come to an end," said DSP Media in a statement released on March 11. "Many thanks to all the fans who supported Rainbow's third mini album, and we'll work hard to return new and improved. Thank you."
Even local K-pop fans hated the track, with the majority of idiotic Korean netizens slamming the song for being "too weird" on websites like K-pop K-fans and Netizen Buzz.
The severe floppage of "Black Swan" must have come as a shock to Rainbow, who openly admitted in interviews that the song was specifically chosen because they thought it had a good chance of winning first place on music programs.
"You will see that the song will have more charms by listening to it more rather than listening to it once," stated Jaekyung. "That's why we chose this song, because it has a variety of hidden charms and that it might have a chance of winning."
She continued, "We stated that the song has a chance of winning but when we released the song, we were very scared. What will happen if the fans don't like it? We were scared of it. But we tried to appeal to others with out hard working sides and wanting to send the message 'Please love this side of us'."
In the same interview, the group also admitted that they'd previously promised to make "at least three comebacks this year" in a bid to pressure DSP Media to promote them more.
"If you look at Rainbow's promotion pattern, we promote for a long time then take a long break," said Jaekyung. "So if we get to take a long break this time as well we think that we won't be able to make another comeback forever. We had a talk about how we should be determined that this may be our last and we should promote diligently. And in regards to the 'at least 3 comebacks this year' is because we were feeling sorry to the fans who have waited for so long and we felt pity as well. We wish to promote a lot but….. That's why we have created a plan. If many articles get published, wouldn't our company let us promote a lot?!
She added, "The article was released for an appeal to our company. That's why we have created a plan!"
Realistically there doesn't seem to be any reason why DSP would keep Rainbow together unless the group is somehow making a decent profit performing at events. Although, considering that Rainbow's past singles weren't actually massive flops up until "Black Swan," I'd say DSP owes the group at least one more comeback before pulling the plug.
I love "Black Swan," but it was a stupid choice for a single. It isn't particularly commercial for an idol pop song, and the dark sexy winter concept at the start of spring was beyond dumb.
There's still a lot DSP could do with Rainbow, even if it means adding new members or replacing some of the weak links. (Which worked for both Nine Muses and Rainbow's labelmates KARA.) As if there aren't some discarded Baby KARA trainees that couldn't be thrown into Rainbow. DSP should've given Sojin the job before the poor girl committed suicide. The ex-PURETTY members were amazing, too.
Anyway, if Rainbow does end up disbanding this year, then the only good that could come of it is the Jaekyung solo career that should've happened years ago. I'm pretty sure I've been championing a Jaekyung solo since at least 2012 and mention it in literally every Rainbow post I do. She's a goddess with a face like a plastic Kim Tae Hee, the sex appeal of Lee Hyori, and the class of a top actress. When will your fave?
Sometimes I just really despise DSP, but then I remember that they created KARA and suddenly all is forgiven.
P.S. Look how fucking hot Jaekyung looks with fellow goddess NS Yoon-G doing the ALS ice bucket challenge. Nine Muses needs to fire Kumjoop and add these two tbh.
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MNN.com > Earth Matters > Climate & Weather
How human activity is warming the oceans
Human-produced greenhouse gas emissions have steadily raised the average ocean temperature by 0.045 degrees per decade for the past half-century.
Wynne Parry, LiveScience
Cross sections representing temperature changes for 1955 to 2011 for the top 2,300 feet of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Each globe represents a 10-year average. (Image: Timo Bremer/LLNL)
Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet's oceans, confirms a new computer modeling study.
The ingredient necessary to fully account for rising water temperatures in the last 50 years? Humans' greenhouse gas emissions.
While attributing global warming to humans is hardly a new conclusion, this study adds to research intended to tease apart the effects of natural climate cycles, which can occur over decades, from changes caused by human alterations to the environment.
"The bottom line is that this study substantially strengthens the conclusion that most of the observed global ocean warming over the past 50 years is attributable to human activities," climate scientist Peter Gleckler, of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said in a statement.
Measurements show that, between the surface and a depth of 2,300 feet (700 meters), the global oceans have warmed on average 0.045 degrees Fahrenheit (0.025 degrees Celsius) per decade over 50 years. This is much less than atmospheric warming because water is much slower to absorb heat. The oceans can also store heat much more effectively.
In this study, researchers combined improved observational estimates of actual ocean warming with model simulations that use mathematical equations to simulate a variety of scenarios.
The team led by Gleckler compared climate simulations that included the effects of human greenhouse gas emissions with those that did not. The latter scenarios essentially left humans out of the climate change equation to see how warming might progress without them.
"Although we performed a series of tests to account for the impact of various uncertainties, we found no evidence that simultaneous warming of the upper layers of all seven seas can be explained by natural climate variability alone. Humans have played a dominant role," Gleckler said in a statement.
The study is detailed in the June 10 issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.
Follow LiveScience writer Wynne Parry on Twitter @Wynne_ParryorLiveScience @livescience . We're also on Facebook & Google+.
Related on LiveScience:
Top 10 Surprising Results of Global Warming
The Reality of Climate Change: 10 Myths Busted
50 Amazing Facts About Earth
Copyright 2012 LiveScience, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved.
Related topics: Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Oceans, Science


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	"net/url"

	"github.com/authelia/authelia/v4/internal/duo"
	"github.com/authelia/authelia/v4/internal/middlewares"
	"github.com/authelia/authelia/v4/internal/utils"
)

// DuoPreAuth helper function for retrieving supported devices and capabilities from duo api.
func DuoPreAuth(ctx *middlewares.AutheliaCtx, duoAPI duo.API) (string, string, []DuoDevice, string, error) {
	userSession := ctx.GetSession()
	values := url.Values{}
	values.Set("username", userSession.Username)

	preAuthResponse, err := duoAPI.PreAuthCall(ctx, values)
	if err != nil {
		return "", "", nil, "", err
	}

	if preAuthResponse.Result == auth {
		var supportedDevices []DuoDevice

		for _, device := range preAuthResponse.Devices {
			var supportedMethods []string

			for _, method := range duo.PossibleMethods {
				if utils.IsStringInSlice(method, device.Capabilities) {
					supportedMethods = append(supportedMethods, method)
				}
			}

			if len(supportedMethods) > 0 {
				supportedDevices = append(supportedDevices, DuoDevice{
					Device:       device.Device,
					DisplayName:  device.DisplayName,
					Capabilities: supportedMethods,
				})
			}
		}

		if len(supportedDevices) > 0 {
			return preAuthResponse.Result, preAuthResponse.StatusMessage, supportedDevices, preAuthResponse.EnrollPortalURL, nil
		}
	}

	return preAuthResponse.Result, preAuthResponse.StatusMessage, nil, preAuthResponse.EnrollPortalURL, nil
}

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Wood has long been cherished for its superior performance and beautiful, inviting aesthetics that command attention and draw every eye. At Made-to-Spec, we can help you achieve the same timeless quality and incomparable value in all of your products.


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Lindi Ortega Star Struck
By Stuart Henderson
"It's one thing," explains Lindi Ortega, "if you get signed when you're 19 and you have a hit song that goes through the charts. You have a very good gauge of how your success is going. Whereas, in this realm, it's a very slow climb. And sometimes it feels like you're spinning your wheels, and there're a lot of setbacks, and you find yourself doubting yourself a lot. Even questioning whether you should still be doing it. If you even still love it."
This soul-searching inspired Toronto-bred, Nashville-based Lindi Ortega to develop the concept behind her terrific new record, Faded Gloryville. Despite being, by most measures, a highly successful singer-songwriter in the crowded alt-country community, she's no pop star. Fame and fortune are elusive for this 15-year veteran, and probably always will be for an artist so determined to resist the trends that drive country radio formats. So, yes, she made her bed. But that doesn't mean it's always a comfortable place to rest.
With this in mind, and reeling from a frustrated love affair, Ortega combined these twinned experiences into the songs that drive the new record. "I envisioned Faded Gloryville as this place filled with people who initially had really big dreams," she relays, "but who've started to see that reality isn't quite what they thought."
Whether it's love, success, or some other idealized concept, what's exciting at first can begin to feel empty with time. Album highlight "Ashes," she explains, "is written about how when you initially meet somebody and get into a relationship, it's very heavy and intense and it burns. It burns very brightly [but] all that's left is smoke and dust and ash. So I'm sort of lamenting and resenting the fact that I had these beautiful images in my head, these pictures, that burned up right in front of me. They were meaningless. I felt sad."
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The many moving parts of a live performance can present unique challenges for touring artists; worn-out equipment, bad sound, unruly weather...
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While colonial powers come under scrutiny amid global uprisings against systemic oppression, Canadians have been forced to reckon with our d...
Canadian Artists Weigh In on Their Wildest Celebrity Encounters
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After delivering her Liberty LP last year, Lindi Ortega has now readied an instrumental companion to the effort. The Toronto singer-songw...


Haifeng Zhang was born in Shandong, China, on September 29, 1982. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science and technology at Chang'an University in 2004 and 2007, respectively. He received a doctorate degree in control science and engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2013. Since then, he has worked for Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES), China. Currently he is a lecturer at SUES. His research interests are grid integration of renewable energy (wind and solar), electricity market operation and demand side bidding.


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Teen shot to death on West Side is identified
By Chicago Tribune staff
Police tape in front of a Chicago police squad car. (Tribune illustration)
A 17-year-old boy shot to death Monday afternoon in a Lawndale neighborhood attack that also left a 16-year-old injured has been identified, authorities said.
The boy fatally shot in the 1300 block of South Homan Avenue was identified as Ketrell Hill, of the 3600 block of West Grenshaw Street--a few blocks from where he was attacked--according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Hill was shot in the chest and left hand just before 2 p.m., police said. Hill was pronounced dead at 2:31 p.m. Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office.
The 16-year-old boy was shot in the buttocks and also taken to Mount Sinai for treatment.
The two boys were on the sidewalk when a black sedan drove past and fired on them before driving off, heading north on Homan, police said.
No one was in custody.


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Orée Board Wooden Bluetooth Keyboard Looks Good, Naturally
September 15th, 2012 by Range
As any touch-typist will tell you, the feel of the keys on a keyboard are quite important, a bit less that the spacing, but it's one of the reasons why certain keyboards feel good and others don't. Orée has just launched the Board, which is a wooden Bluetooth keyboard that looks like it's got nice short-stroke, Mac-like keys. Now that's not something you see every day.
The Orée Board is made out of single pieces of maple and walnut. The maple board is light brown while the walnut is a much deeper color. It's cut to preserve the wood grain across the shell and to minimize waste.
Since it connects via Bluetooth, it will work with most mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets and laptops. The wood is sourced from sustainable sources in southern France. You can select from US, UK, Canadian English or Canadian French keyboards, as well as Mac or Windows layouts. There are also three fonts to choose from – two serifs and one sans serif.
The keyboard sells for €125 (~$164 USD) directly from Orée.
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Travelling to a foreign country in order to spend holidays has become something relatively often chosen nowadays. It is implied by the fact that, owing to visiting another place we can have a better occasion towards having a break from all of the crowd we exist in every day. A lot of us are overwhelmed with the way our life looks, which is referred to the fact that we have tons of diverse duties – not only at work, but also in private life.
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The global stock market had a horrible day. Even Wall Street darlings like Google and Apple saw billions of dollars trimmed off their market capitalizations. A surprising exception, SolarCity, the largest residential solar installer in the US, managed to go against the grain and closed the day with an impressive 7% gain thanks to its Chairman and major shareholder Elon Musk who bought another $5 million worth of shares during the stock's price fall to add to his holding in the company now worth over $900 million of SolarCity's total market cap of just over $4 billion.
Musk started buying right when the market opened and managed to get shares between $34.82 and $45.35, averaging at $40.49. He bought a total of 123,510 shares to bring his holdings to 20,805,082 shares.
The move comes less than a week after Musk bought $20 million worth of Tesla stocks in the company's recent secondary offering. In SolarCity's case, Musk bought the shares in the open market.
Interestingly enough, Musk is buying SolarCity shares just one business day after famed short seller Jim Chanos announced that he was taking a large short position to bet against the solar installer.
Musk has a history of strongly going after short sellers. During an interview with FOX in September 2012, Musk warned that anyone holding a stock position against Tesla Motors will have a "tsunami of hurt" coming for them. During the 12 following months, Tesla's stock price increased by 461%.