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The youngest McLaren F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is not only a sports fan but a Joe Bonamassa fan. Like Lewis, Joe strived for perfection practicing his guitar at a young age. Lewis knew that he wanted to race for McLaren at 10 years old. He made his debut as a F1 driver for McLaren in 2007 breaking records at an early age. Lewis was named the first black driver for Formula One. Hamilton has soared to great heights in his young professional F1 career. Joe and Lewis have a common bond of executing their dreams at an early age. Joe has admired Lewis's performance on the track and Lewis is a fan of Joe's blues rock music. Lewis also owns one of Joe's signature Les Paul's. Which brought a smile and feeling of awe when Joe heard this.
This past week Hamilton was in Budapest, Hungary for the FORMULA 1 ENI MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2010 race. The race was intense but was a bit of a disappointment for Lewis who had to retire after 23 laps due to gearbox issues. Joe Bonamassa who has been a F1 fan for quite sometime, enjoys attending the races when he is off the road. The two had a chance to meet before the race, Lewis was gracious enough to give Joe a closer look at Lewis's F1 car. As Joe was glad to talk about his current tour and heading to Greece to track his next album.
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Rain and wind, not an ice age, may be to blame for the La Jolla T. Rex's demise, according to a published report.
Last week's rains apparently blew a tree down, crushing the metal sculpture and pushing it into a yard at 1401 Muirlands Drive in La Jolla, reported the La Jolla Light. The T. rex is about 10-12 feet tall.
Much like the Cardiff Kook, which is regularly targeted by pranksters, the dinosaur statue is preyed upon as well, with jokers sticking stuffed animals into its jaws, the paper reported. The Muirlands artwork's owners have joined in as well, according to the paper, dressing the creature up at Halloween.


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Seattle shooting leaves one dead, seven wounded; suspects at large
Police block a road following a shooting in Seattle
By Steve Gorman
(Reuters) - A violent altercation that escalated into gunfire in downtown Seattle left one woman dead and six other bystanders wounded outside a fast-food restaurant on Wednesday, and police said they were searching for at least two suspects.
The precise circumstances of the shooting, what precipitated the bloodshed and the number of people involved remained murky hours after the incident, which unfolded in a busy shopping district during the evening rush-hour.
The violence, which investigators deemed was "not a random incident," grew out of a dispute in front of a McDonald's restaurant, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best told reporters at a briefing near the crime scene.
"People pulled out guns, shots rang out, people ran in various directions," she said.
The chief added there were "multiple people involved as shooters" who apparently fled the scene, but she declined to specify how many suspects police believed were at large.
"We've locked down the scene. We have no active shooting at this point ... so everything is safe for the night."
Seattle television station KOMO-TV, citing witness accounts, reported that two men were seen arguing on the street before pulling guns on each other and opening fire as pedestrians around them scattered for cover.
All of those hit by gunfire were believed to have been bystanders, authorities said.
A Fire Department spokesman described the lone fatality as a woman about 40 to 50 years of age, who was found dead at the scene. Seven other victims were brought to Harborview Medical Center's emergency room, a hospital spokeswoman said.
One of those patients was a woman in her 50s who was listed in critical condition as she underwent emergency surgery, according to Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins. Another was a 9-year-old boy in serious condition, he said.
An office worker identified only as Bill told KOMO-TV he heard gunfire and saw scores of people running away in terror as he watched the scene unfold from an upstairs office window .
"It was sheer panic," he said. "I've never seen anything like it."
(This story corrects time element in paragraph 1 to Wednesday)
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman in Culver City, California; Editing by Stephen Coates & Kim Coghill)

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In this article, you will learn about the best Matcha tea brands. The full review is provided for the best available brands of Matcha green tea powder. These all are available on the market, and you can purchase it online. They also come in various sizes.
This Matcha green tea powder comes in a packet of 100 grams. The USDA authenticates it, and it's organic.Like most green tea, it originates from Japan. It'sclassic, and you will be able to prepare lattes, smoothies, baking, and various other dessert recipes.
This Matcha tea is rich in antioxidants, and it's the best choice for good energy and weight loss.
These havethree variations of the packet like 250 grams, 30 grams, and 10 grams.
Matchacomes in ceremonial grades and as a culinary also.
Leaves are 3 to 4 weeks older due to the enhancement of the nutrient content.
This Matcha green tea powder comes in 450 grams, 3x450grams, and 56 grams which cost$19.73, $49.99 and $9.99 respectively. It'scompletely Non-GMO certified, USDA organic, Gluten-free, and Vegan. It has a mild bitternesswhich is, by default,comes with a pure grass flavor. It also has an autumn-green color.
It gives sustained energy for 4-6 hours with focused concentration and a good mood.
You will be able to prepare cakes, smoothies, beverages or pastries.
You can also make Lattes, Matcha iced tea, cheesecake, Matcha strawberries, Matcha gin cocktail, and smoothies.
This is a certified Matcha Green tea which is organic. This comes in a tin pack of 1lb. This is naturally packed with vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, EGCG's, and amino acids. The package is tested in the lab to check for heavy metals and lead. This will also ensure the purity and safety while using Matcha green tea powder.
The entire Matcha green DNA tea package is BPA free.
It's very pure and farm fresh directly from Hiroshi, and it's marketed since the 13th century.
It's having the highest culinary grade of Matcha green tea in China and Japan.
It's required to take only 8 to 12 oz. in hot water and a half-teaspoon of Matcha green tea powder.


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YROA YNOT worked in collaboration with Kahungunu Executive in the set up and organisation of the event. Over the 3 years the group as been assigned different roles to help assist with the day from; resignations, marshals and first aid. The event was something that all the family could be involved in during the Lake to Lighthouse weekend. Lots of prizes, cold water and sunscreen was handed out on the day. Overall I think our crew did extremely well to promote themselves in the community and let Wairoa know we are here to support our community.


Are you a doing it all or doing what matters most kind of girl?
For me I often find myself overwhelmed by the burden of trying to get it all done. And to think that I don't even have near the responsibilities of those of other woman, who are balancing motherhood, marriage and ministry. In The Life Ready Woman: Thriving in a Do-It-All World authors Shanti Feldhahn and Robert Lewis asks us women to examine our lives in light of God's design.
The freedom to excel can also lead us to take on burdens we were never meant to carry, to find ourselves stressed and torn, and to experience an outlook that that is all too often marked by worry or guilt instead of the absolute peace of knowing we are in the exact center of God's will every day.
As affirming as learning about and embracing these feminine calls may be, women are warned that these callings can leave us vulnerable to sinful tendencies such as manipulation, being controlling, and resisting set limits.
Part two focuses on living in view of our callings and how to be better stewards of our personal gifts by reliance on God.
It's so easy to default to walking the path that we already know rather than the one God is leading us to.
It addresses the many faucets of womanhood from married women to the older single woman, who each faces a very different set of circumstances. The authors did not sugarcoat the fact that to really live according to God's design requires self-sacrifice and obedience, which is not always popular or easy.
About the author: Shaunti Feldhahn is a former Wall Street analyst, best-selling author of the book For Women Only, national speaker, and regular commentator in the media. She has been featured on The Today Show, PBS, TNT and Fox News- to name a few. You can learn more about her many activities by visiting her website Shaunti.com or get some great mom advice from her at MomLifeToday.com. She and her husband live with their two young children in Atlanta, Georgia and enjoy every minute of living at warp speed.
Does this sound like a book, you would like to read? As a part of the LitFUSE blog tour I was graciously provided a copy to give away to one of my readers. Simply enter your name and email address in the form below to enter.
DISCLOSURE: I was provided a complimentary copy of the book for review purposes as a part of the Litfuse blog tour. I was not required to write a positive review.
This absolutely sounds like a book I could use. Entered – thanks for the opportunity, Wanda!
Thanks for the chance of winning this book, your review was great.
Robert Lewis I have a son of the same name…….but he don't write.
Thanks for the visits and comment which I appreciate.
Wanda – sounds like a great book. It's speaking about many of the issues I was thinking and blogging about last week.
As a woman, I need to mindful of my priorities and activities. As a Christian woman, I need to rely on the Holy Spirit to help me sort it all out. Because the devil will also attempt to get me so, so busy, that I burn out and become useless for the Lord's work.
Hey Sis,,, Just stopping by to say thinking of you!!!
From the way it sounds, the book really interests me. I hope i could win. I feel that this book would be very enlightening to me as a woman. Just entered!
Living "…according to God's design requires self-sacrifice and obedience, which is not always popular or easy." When I read that, I immediately thought, that's true for both men and women.
Thank you for your visit on my Debut 8 blogfest, you write you have never heard of these, short and to the post, well recently I walked around the Hall Of Fame In Nashville, and apart from a handful of legends have never heard of the majority, living over the other side of the pond we both get artistes that the other never hear of, some make it to the other side others not but I included Americans, and international stars.
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Great review Wanda, the book sounds like very useful to one like me who can never seem to get done all of the things I need to.


When lettuce bolts, it's beginning to flower in order to create seeds. Waiting until lettuce bolts results in a bitter harvest. You know that your lettuce starting to bolt when the stalk of the plant begins to elongate and it becomes unusually tall. Unfortunately, if you notice that this has begun to occur, you may already be too late.
We begin this garden video with the bitter tale of bolted lettuce and then move on to some of our successes, including beets, potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini and cucumber. We also give you a tour of some of the other garden plots around us and we share a carrot mishap as well.
I hope you enjoy this episode. The next update will probably feature the Keeper's Garden. Stay tuned!
This entry was posted in Chicagoland, Growing and tagged Community, Farm, Gardening, Healthy, Local Food, Locavore, Sustainability.


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Press release Friday 6 November 2020
Past is key to predicting future climate
According to a new study, including paleoclimate data in the development of climate models could help scientists predict scenarios for future climate and propose strategies for mitigation. An international team of climate scientists, including Dr Benjamin Mills from the University of Leeds, suggest that numerical models predicting future climate change should include simulations of past…
Centre news Monday 12 October 2020
Priestley Chair awarded an OBE
Professor Jason Lowe, Chair in Interdisciplinary Climate Research at the Priestley Centre, has been awarded an OBE for services to climate science. A world-leading expert in his field, Professor Lowe is also Head of Climate Services at the Met Office. His work has helped the UK and other countries plan for and respond to the…
Press release Thursday 8 October 2020
Meltwater lakes are accelerating glacier ice loss
Meltwater lakes that form at glacier margins cause ice to recede much further and faster compared to glaciers that terminate on land, according to a new study. But the effects of these glacial lakes are not represented in current ice loss models, warn the study authors. Therefore, estimates of recession rates and ice mass loss…
Press release Wednesday 7 October 2020
Global food production poses an increasing climate threat
Rising nitrous oxide emissions are jeopardizing climate goals and the Paris Accord, according to a new international study. The growing use of nitrogen fertilizers in the production of food worldwide is increasing concentrations of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere—a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide—which remains in the atmosphere longer than a…
Press release Monday 5 October 2020
Transition to post-carbon economy must be inclusive
The transition to net-zero cannot be sustainable if it creates or exacerbates social inequalities, warns a group of academic experts from the COP26 Universities Network. The group is made up of more than 45 UK universities, including the University of Leeds. In a new policy briefing, the authors emphasise that the impacts of climate change…


Sometimes the simple things can have the biggest wow factor for your home, an upcycled crate being a fine example.
Fill an alcove or make a feature of a plain wall by stacking the crates one on top of the other. Simply stack them up and add a few judiciously placed screws to keep them in place. If it's more than two crates high we recommend attaching them to the wall for safety.
Stylist tip: Don't overfill them or they'll look too dominant. Alternate between open space, books and ornaments for an artistic display.
Get creative by grouping differently-sized crates together in a non-uniformed fashion and mount on the wall, for a quirky alternative to a display cabinet or floating shelf.
Create a schoolhouse style for playrooms by upcycling crates as book shelves, against a painted chalkboard backdrop for added fun. Be careful not to overload the shelves with heavy books and toys – keep it light and always ensure they are firmly attached to the wall before you dress them.
Two crates is all it takes to create an alternative storage solution for a utility or boot room –the perfect place to keep pet essentials. While it may live in an attractive enamel container, pet food is not the sort of thing you really want on the side in the kitchen. Rustic or painted crates provide enough of a home for such things, making them easily accessible and fashionably displayed.
Stack two vintage-style crates, one on top of the other and secure with a few simple nails. To make it more practical attached castors to each of the four corners, allowing it to be moved easily from room to room.
Stylist tip: When hunting for a vintage apple crate, look for the genuine article. Check the provenance – a seller saying they're pre-used is one thing, but information on where they came from, such as 'old apple crates bought in France from a farmer', is a more accurate way of ensuring a genuine vintage item.
A shallow fruit crate can be made into a handy desk tidy with very little effort. Keep it simple or customise with a splash of paint or patterned wallpaper for a unique look that's easy to achieve.
Bathrooms are often the hardest room to find the right storage solution, due to limited space for floor units and restrictively-sized wall cabinets. A crate might not be the obvious thought but as demonstrated above – it just works! Affix crates securely to a free wall for instant quirky storage for towels, toiletries or even toilet rolls.
Top tip: Measure it carefully – the older the box, the less uniform it will be. Try and buy ones that are all the same size if you want to stack them up.


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Newshub Nation
Coronavirus: 'Mark my words... there will be new taxes' - Simon Bridges' warning over COVID-19 borrowing
Dan Satherley
Simon Bridges on Newshub Nation. Credits: Video - Newshub Nation; Images - Getty/Newshub Nation
Simon Bridges has a new line to describe this week's Budget: "a rudderless ship in a sea of debt".
He variations of the phrase several times in an interview on Newshub Nation on Saturday.
"It seems to me we're like a rudderless ship in a sea of debt, and the reason we're rudderless is we don't have the plan and we didn't see the plan and the budget for jobs and for growth," he told host Simon Shepherd in the first minute.
Two minutes later he said: "My view was we are like a rudderless ship, as I say, wallowing in that sea of debt, that that plan just isn't there."
"A ship that is rudderless, wallowing on a sea of debt," he added at the 10th minute.
Budget 2020: Where the Government is spending big to rebuild NZ after COVID-19
Budget 2020 'most significant financial commitment by NZ Govt in modern history' - Robertson
Finance Minister Grant Robertson's Budget, released on Thursday, has set aside $50 billion - most of it likely in borrowing - to help the country recover from the impact of COVID-19.
Nearly half of it hasn't even been allocated yet, the Government is waiting to see how the next few months play out. New Zealand appears to have largely eliminated community transmission of the deadly virus, which has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide and caused economic chaos, as other countries shut down businesses and travel.
"It's going to be spent over a number of years, and it is not just about restoring exactly where we were," Robertson told Newshub Nation earlier in the show.
"I think most New Zealanders would recognise that, you know, we're a great country, but we didn't have everything 100 percent right before COVID-19, and as we do that rebuild, we need to make sure we address some of those issues."
The big focus will be on jobs. Before the pandemic hit, New Zealand had one of its lowest unemployment rates in a decade at 4.2 percent - but it's tipped by Treasury to rise to almost 10 percent this year.
Bridges, the leader of the Opposition, said while there were "some good things" in the Budget, it equates to $80,000 in debt for every family in Aotearoa.
"It seems to me that with a Labour-led government, that inevitably means more tax."
Simon Bridges on Newshub Nation. Photo credit: Newshub Nation
The Budget didn't include any new taxes, but the Government hasn't ruled them out, going into this year's election campaign.
Bridges said the National Party showed it could be trusted to handle a crisis like COVID-19 after the global financial crisis and the Christchurch earthquakes - when it too borrowed billions, after cutting income taxes.
"No one is saying austerity. We understand the requirement for some debt to do some investment and to make New Zealand stronger. But you can have too much of a good thing and have a $50 billion fund."
New Zealand Government debt to GDP spiked from 13.6 percent in 2010 to almost 26 percent by 2013. Treasury figures show the National-led Government borrowed tens of billions over a few years to soften the impact of the global financial crisis. By 2019, debt was back down to 19.2 percent of GDP - relatively low by international standards. This year's borrowing will likely push it to levels unseen since the early 1990s.
"How will New Zealand as a nation repay that debt?" said Bridges.
"Now, sure, we all want and I have plans for jobs and for growth. That will be part of the answer. But what is also true and what we know about Labour is they... instinctively tax - you mark my words, the kindness to be gone this time next year if Labour's the Government... there will be new taxes."


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The Estevan Bruins could be a sleeper team to watch in 2020, as they hit the holiday break out of a playoff spot, but had only 33 games played, by far the fewest, with some teams having as many as 39 games under their belts.
The Bruins came out of the break with a convincing 7-1 win over the Weyburn Red Wings, on the road Monday night. That brings them now within just two points of Kindersley for the final playoff spot, and they have multiple games in hand on everyone in front of them.
Keenan Rancier made 19/20 saves in Monday's victory, while seven different players scored for the Bruins (14-17-2-1). Tylor Ludwar, Caleb Petrie, Cody Davis, Jayden Davis and Eddie Gallagher all had a goal and an assist. Tyson Manz (first of the season) and Griffin Asham-Moroz also found the net.
Rookie defenseman Daytona Houle scored his first fourth goal of the season for the Red Wings (14-21-0-1), who slip to last in the overall standings, but it's tight, as 8th and 12th are separated by just five points.
Estevan will make up another game in hand on New Years Day when they host the Wings, with a chance to move into a tie for a playoff position.
Former Humboldt Bronco Zach McIntyre scored his first two goals as a Melville Millionaire, leading his new club to a 4-2 home ice win over their rivals from Yorkton on Monday.
Aidan Steinke (1g-1a) and Rin Beny also scored for the Millionaires (12-18-2-4) and Berk Berkeliev made 32/34 saves. Melville's also in that 8th-12th logjam looking to move up, as they're now 11th, four points out of a playoff spot.
SJHL leading scorer Chantz Petruic (44-goals, 81-points) was the playmaker on Monday, with a pair of assists for the Terriers (23-16-1-0). Kaeden and Keenan Taphorn did the scoring.
Yorkton hosts Melville in the return matchup, New Year's Day at 2:00.
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Q: When a browser opens a new tab does it give it some unique identifier? When a browser opens a new tab I know that it sets a Title property, however this might be the same as the title for another instance of a tab in the same browser. I assume that the browser must set some sort of unique identifier for each tab that is open in the browser so it knows which one it is working with. My question is "Is there a unique identifier for each tab that I can get access to?"
Edit: I open a database when with a URL of say http:\192.168.0.1\someDB.nsf (this is a IBM Notes/Domino application). From an email sent to the user they get a link say http:\192.168.0.1\someDB.nsf?app=SomeApp so if the client already has the browser open by opening the link directly then clicks the link in the email they open a new tab so that the same Db is open in each tab. This will potentially cause significant problems. So if there is another instance of the database open in another tab I want to either redirect this URL to that has the DB open or block it from opening.

A: If I understand what you want, perhaps this will help you:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Tabbed_browser

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Revealed: The three most polluted school grounds in Plymouth
Campaigners warn children's health in the city could be at risk
More than 950 schools are near roads which suffer from harmful levels of illegal pollution, new analysis suggests, as a campaign is launched to protect children from dirty air.
The findings that thousands of children are playing in playgrounds within 150 metres of roads with illegal air pollution across the UK comes from an assessment for environmental law charity ClientEarth of the latest government data.
Air pollution is linked to the early deaths of about 40,000 people a year in the UK, causes problems such as heart and lung diseases and asthma and affects children's development.
How every Plymouth school ranks for food hygiene
A38 Parkway at a standstill (Image: Richard Chaplin)
ClientEarth has launching a Poisoned Playgrounds campaign which allows parents to see whether their child's school is near a road with illegal levels of air pollution, by entering the postcode into an online search.
How does this affect children in Plymouth?
In Plymouth, three schools have playgrounds within 150 metres or less of major roads - and ClientEarth has warned children's health could be at risk.
The one identified as having the greatest cause for concern is Austin Farm Academy, as its grounds are only situated 77 metres away from A38 Parkway, a heavily congested route used by thousands of drivers everyday.
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The charity says the level of air pollution near the school is 47.6μg/m3 - the maximum legal limit for NO2 is 40μg/m3.
A Google Maps aerial view of Austin Farm Academy, which shows how close it is to the Devon Expressway
Next is St Boniface's Catholic College - children play 128 metres away from Tavistock Road and the charity also raises concerns about health.
Google Maps aerial view shows where Tavistock Road is in relation to St Boniface's
ClientEarth has also picked out Manadon Vale Primary School as its only 150 metres away from Tavistock Road.
A YouGov survey for the environmental lawyers found three quarters (76 per cent) of 1,141 parents and carers questioned want extra measures to protect pupils whose schools and playgrounds are in illegally-polluted areas.
More than half (57 per cent) of 1,658 adults questioned in the poll felt the Government was not acting quickly enough to tackle the UK's air quality problems.
Manadon Vale Primary School is also close to Tavistock Road
ClientEarth air quality lawyer Alan Andrews said: "Thousands of children in this country are playing in playgrounds near illegally polluted roads.
"This is a legal and moral failing of our political leaders that puts children's health at risk at a time when they are still growing and therefore vulnerable. Naturally, parents want something to be done. So do we."
The campaign also features a video of young children from two schools suffering from nearby air pollution.
Two Plymouth schools are situated close to the heavily congested Tavistock Road
Billboard adverts are going up in some of the most polluted towns and cities, including Birmingham, Cardiff, Derby, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester and Southampton, with details of the number of schools in the area near polluted roads.
Katie Horwood, headteacher at Chestnuts Primary in Haringey, north London, said: "We have a duty to protect the health of children who attend the school. As well as educating them in class, we need to let them exercise in the playground.
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"Pupils should be able to breathe healthy air when they are outside, but like many schools we have busy roads nearby and there seems to be a collective failure of those in power to take action to protect young people's lives and lungs."
She said while the school was doing what it could, action from the Government was needed to encourage drivers to move to cleaner forms of transport and ensure less traffic on roads near playgrounds.
ClientEarth wants a national network of clean air zones to keep the dirtiest vehicles away from illegally polluted areas and help for people to move to cleaner forms of transport, as well as efforts to prevent cars idling outside schools and to encourage walking and cycling instead of the school run.
What the city's health chief says
Dr Ruth Harrell, director of public health for Plymouth City Council
Dr Ruth Harrell, Director of Public Health at Plymouth City Council said: "We take air quality seriously and have been working hard to reduce pollution levels in Plymouth.
"Our latest report to Defra shows that we have seen air quality improvements in our current Air Quality Management Areas (AQMA).
"Monitoring is undertaken in these areas across Plymouth to determine what the levels of nitrogen dioxide are.
"Increased levels of nitrogen dioxide are found on heavily congested routes with higher numbers of vehicles but drop off significantly as you move away from the roadside.
"An AQMA is declared if areas exceed the air quality objectives for certain air pollutants. Our AQMAs cover five distinct areas which are Mutley Plain and Exeter Street, Royal Parade, the junction of Molesworth Road and Devonport Road (Stoke) and the Tavistock Road and Crownhill Road junction, and the connecting transport routes for nitrogen dioxide.
"As part of our Air Quality Action Plan we have taken a number of measure including; improvements to the road network to reduce congestion, greater support for walking, cycling and public transport, supporting the increased use of electric cars by providing charging points, increasing taxi emission standards and upgrading the city's bus fleet to cleaner fuel vehicles.
"We have recently used personal carbon monitors at two city schools within the AQMA to encourage children to understand the benefits of walking or cycling and not using vehicles. It is hoped that this will expand to other schools to encourage behaviour change across the city.
"One of the key messages is that, if you do have to drive in built up areas, you can reduce your car emissions by driving as smoothly as possible, so avoid speeding up and slowing down unnecessarily."


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Jet lag is often talked about … especially this time of year with so many of us returning from far-away trips and needing to be fresh for work.
It seems some people are extremely affected by jet lag and others barely notice it. from an informal poll of friends, it seems there is very little in-between.
I found that friends who generally wake up in the morning at the same time every day (those people who do not need an alarm clock) tend to have a very strong internal clock. These people seem to be the most affected by jet lag.
Other people who might sleep forever if there was no alarm clock seem to be little affected by jet lag.
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Flying west is not problematic for me–up to 5 or 6 hours difference. But flying east kills me after 2 hours. Never have understand the reason for this. Jet lag, like medication, is highly idiosyncratic. Thank the gods for melatonin.


We are still into the wind not as bad but still enough to cause people with allergies to suffer.
I pretty much have the bathroom put together but still have not purchased towels or rugs. Hope to get that done tomorrow after breakfast or brunch which ever we decided to do.
I did manage to get the camper set up again after everything slid down to the door.
When I did this paint job it was the thing back then to give it that old look, well the old look got really old and had to go. I would love to remove the tub but that would require lots of money and work.
This morning when I woke we had no power it must have just happened because the ceiling fan was still turning a bit. I got ready and still no power. Went out to the shed to get the Melitta coffee filter to make coffee. I boiled up some water on the stove which had to be lit with a lighter and had a great cup of coffee. Since my Internet works off electric it was down too. But my phone has it so I checked my FB and a few other things. I didn't know how long the hot water would last so if it hadn't come back on I would have brought in my camping shower and heated some water for it. So happy I have all my camping gear to get through things. I can go out to the truck and recharge what ever needs recharging also. The electric was off for about 1 1/2hrs.
I have a Melitta coffee system that I got for when I was camping. I love the coffee it makes. I also got a hand grinder for coffee beans and a one burner propane stove, which is great when traveling/camping, but will also be good to have if there is ever an extended power outage. It sounds like we are both on the same wave length! I know if I can brew a good cup of coffee or two, I can figure out what to do in any emergency situation.
I have a 1 burner propane and a 1 burner butane stove. I also have a coffee maker that can sit on the stove and makes coffee like the electric ones but it is so bulky I don't know if I will ever use it or carry it around. Like you I love the coffee the Melitta makes and even though I have electric this morning I used the Melitta.
I do believe us campers have a heads-up on the general population. I think I can survive on what I have learned over the years in the school of hardknocks.
Yes we sure do we can make just about make anything work.
Really like the new paint job in your bathroom.
Nice to be versatile, power outage for us really no problem at we are self sufficient. And we can always get by like you.
Thank you the paint job was so needed. We know how to make things work with a camping background.
Nice paint job in the Bathroom.
Having Camping Equipment around saved us many times when we still lived in our House then Apartments. While others didn't have a clue of what to do we just did business as usual.
I love my new bathroom colors so soft and calming.
This camping gear is wonderful stuff to have around. It comes in very handy when power fails during the monsoon season, even the batter powered fans are a wonderful thing.
Love the bathroom. And we campers definitely know how to survive in an emergency. Nice day today but more wind later. I guess it really is spring.
Thank you. We sure do know how to get by don't we. Yes it looks like we may have a nice day today at least for a while getting out today and enjoying it before it gets to hot.
I do love the lavender and blue combo in your bathroom, they compliment each other and it can be woven into together with accessories, even with darker shades of each of the colors. Good job.
IT looks fab!! Back in the day my dad used to make a small "stove" from a coffee can and he would put twigs in it and set the old metal coffee pot on top when the power was off...I get my "tinkering" ability from him. He would LOVE the little stoves we have!
The purple I feel in love with years ago at a job I had and they had painted a stair well with it, then I saw it again in an Imagining center. They didn't use the grey it was a darker beige color. I went back and forth with that but I really liked the grey. Because of the blue trim to the vanity and tub it makes the grey look blue.
Thank you. Did your dad make holes in the the bottom sides of the can? I have seen it done that way. And it still is a good idea. My dad was a tinker also. I used to get into all kinds of stuff but I don't know why I quit. We used to work together on projects.


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The 2021–22 Országos Bajnokság I (also known as the E.ON Férfi OB I Bajnokság for sponsorship reasons, OB I in short), is going to be the 116th season of top-tier water polo in Hungary. A total of fourteen teams contest this season's league, which began on 8 September 2021 and will conclude in 18 May 2022.

FTC-Telekom won their twenty-fourth title.

Teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the OB I during the 2021–22 season:

Personnel and sponsors

Managerial changes

Regular season

Standings

Schedule and results
In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Play-offs

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

FTC Telekom v A-Híd VasasPlaket

FTC Telekom won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

Szolnoki Dózsa v Genesys OSC-Újbuda

Genesys OSC-Újbuda won the series 7–1 with points ratio, and advanced to the Finals.

Finals
The Finals series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.

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Game 1

Game 2

FTC-Telekom Waterpolo won the Final series 2–0.

Third place series
The Third place series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.

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Game 1

Game 2

A-Híd VasasPlaket won the Third place series 2–0.

5th–8th Placement matches

5–8th place semi-finals

Fifth place series

Seventh place series

9th–12th Placement matches

9–12th place semi-finals

Ninth place series

Eleventh place series

Promotion/relegation play-offs
The Promotion/relegation play-offs series were played best-of-three format, with the higher seeded team (13th placed in OB I regular season) playing the first and third (if it was necessary) game at home.

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Metalcom Szentes won the 2–0 on series and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Final standings

Sources: MVLSZ(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Number of teams by counties and regions

See also
2021 Magyar Kupa

References

External links
 Hungarian Water Polo Federaration

Seasons in Hungarian water polo competitions
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Aberdeen-based downhole technology specialist, Well-SENSE Technology Ltd has announced a major breakthrough in the progression of its ground-breaking FibreLine Intervention (FLI) technology.
After a period of intense development, the system has recently exceeded expectations whilst undergoing rigorous testing and trials. It's been proven that fibre optics can be repeatedly and reliably retrofitted into a well using the FLI system.
An integral part of the testing was to perform Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) surveys across the installed fibre optic line. This demonstrates that the acquisition of quality data from oil and gas wells can be performed in a very cost effective and low risk manner.
FLI offers an entirely new approach to well intervention and combines several innovative concepts, from technologies out with the energy sector, in a single package. As a hugely simplified intervention method, it represents a radical advance in downhole tools for the industry massively reducing cost and risk.
Well-SENSE's co-founder and technology director, Dan Purkis says, "Achieving such positive initial results with FLI is a real milestone for Well-SENSE, and testament to our hard work and dedication in launching it to market."
"We are positive that the technology will offer vast benefits to operators. Not least because it's cost effective and disposable - allowing for it to be utilised on wells where other methods of installing fibre optics may have been deemed economically unviable. To realise the full benefits of FLI, collaboration with other technology providers will be key to its ongoing development – we're keen to ensure the best technology is implemented from the start," adds Purkis.
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Jelle Kroes
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Thought Leaders Global Elite - Corporate Immigration 2021
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Jelle Kroes is "a leading authority in Europe" for business immigration matters and is highlighted as "very knowledgeable and great to work with".
Jelle Kroes is co-founder of Kroes Advocaten, a boutique law firm that focuses purely on business immigration, ranging from highly skilled migrants and investor permits to compliance issues and employer sanctions. Mr Kroes holds an LLM from the University of Amsterdam and studied French law in Grenoble for two terms. He is the immediate past-chair of the immigration and nationality law committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), past chair of the immigration law committee of the Netherlands Bar Association and a member and co-founder of the Netherlands Immigration Practitioners Association (SVMA).
Describe your career to date.
I started my career with a full-service firm, fresh out of university – I hadn't so much as seen an office building from the inside before, but there I was, assisting the Fortune 500s of this world with their legal conundrums. I started in administrative law, which had just got a boost by the introduction of the General Administrative Law act that same year. It was all new. The law harmonised legal remedies against administrative decisions, but we tried to stay out of that and to seek common ground with the government bodies involved to settle on amiable terms. I stumbled more or less by coincidence onto a particular type of administrative law: immigration. In immigration law, legal proceedings were the standard way of solving an issue. Practitioners and the government saw each other as the enemy. Finding a compromise was challenging, but I have always enjoyed fostering a constructive relationship with the immigration authorities, in spite of the antagonistic narrative. I specialised in immigration in 1997 and started my current firm in 2010. As one of the relatively few niche specialists in my country, I've served on many boards, including the association of immigration practitioners of which I was also a founder in 2008. Currently I am more focused on the IBA where I am on the Presidential Refugee Task Force, and an officer of the IBA Global Employment Institute (GEI). It's a privilege to have such a diverse field of working activities.
What do you enjoy most about working in immigration law?
The beauty of our profession is that the law functions best if it remains invisible. As immigration lawyers we assist clients in obtaining what they are entitled to, and at the same time avoid claiming their rights too explicitly and frightening off the immigration officers involved. Our objective is to construct a cooperation between the applicant and the competent authority; if this turns out not to be fruitful, the law is still there to adjust the situation, as a safety net. Immigration authorities are trained to produce rejections; corporate immigration however is based on merit for the economy. This is a permanent paradox that makes our work appear in new colours every day.
What qualities make for an effective immigration lawyer in today's climate?
First and foremost, you must have all the possible visa categories that could match a client's demand at the tip of your fingers. Next, you must carefully manage expectations. If it's in your nature to try and make things possible, your challenge is to be realistic in your assessment of the options.
What impact has technology had on your immigration practice in recent years?
Digitalisation. Most applications are now filed through online portals. We only have digital files; no more paper. This was unthinkable only a few years ago. Another thing is the diffusion of communications. Don't expect for a minute that an auto-reply on your email will suffice to have a quiet holiday – a client will text, WhatsApp or Facebook you just as easily and expect a swift response.
What are the most significant challenges that covid-19 has brought to the types of immigration services requested?
Travel restrictions. More than ever it's now actually about getting a client across the border or see them sent back home. Covid-19 doesn't care about advance visas and permits.
How has your work with the immigration and nationality law committee of the International Bar Association enhanced your role in private practice?
The IBA is a great way to broaden your international network. As chair of the IBA immigration and nationality law committee I have not only met a vast number of colleagues within the global immigration community, but also lawyers in other disciplines such as tax and employment. As vice-chair of the IBA Global Employment Institute (GEI), this continues. The GEI's mission is to develop a global and strategic approach to the main legal issues in the field of human resources for multinationals from all related legal angles: employment, immigration, diversity, remuneration etc. It puts immigration law into perspective and deepens the understanding of all disciplines involved.
In 2018, I was invited by the IBA president to set up a taskforce for the creation of a refugee evacuation visa. Working with prominent immigration and human rights scholars and practitioners from across the globe since then has been hugely inspiring.
What advice would you give to someone looking to start their own firm?
Build your firm organically. You may quickly have more clients than you can handle, but the people you hire must be trained carefully into understanding the practice fully. Only if you take the time and the focus to do this, can they grow into gems for the profession and into being ambassadors for your firm. Don't worry if that means you sometimes have to refuse a new client for lack of time. We grew the team gradually and are very proud to have signed in 2020 our first home-grown equity partner.
Where, in your opinion, does the future of corporate immigration lie?
I see a growing interest for law firms. Law firms, as opposed to non-lawyer immigration providers, are bound by codes of conduct with high ethical standards. They can provide both sharp legal analysis and excellent client support. Immigration service providers are perfectly able to assist with run-of-the-mill work permits, but will they detect a complex issue in a timely manner? Compliance is of growing concern to companies, and law firms are better situated to manage that.
Jelle Kroes is "a leading authority in Europe" for business immigration matters and is highlighted as "very knowledgeable and great to work with".
Jelle Kroes is co-founder of Kroes Advocaten, a boutique law firm that focuses purely on business immigration, ranging from highly skilled migrants and investor permits to compliance issues and employer sanctions.
Mr Kroes holds an LLM from the University of Amsterdam and studied French law in Grenoble for two terms. He is the immediate past-chair of the immigration and nationality law committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), past chair of the immigration law committee of the Netherlands Bar Association and a member and co-founder of the Netherlands Immigration Practitioners Association (SVMA).
Jelle Kroes has been practising immigration law since 1997 and is frequently invited to speak at international conferences on topics of business immigration and nationality law. Mr Kroes has served as an expert adviser for the Ministry of Justice and Security in developing new immigration policies, as well as in migration policy projects for the European Commission such as the amended EU Blue Card Directive. He is the co-author of several multi-jurisdictional immigration practice guides, including those published by Lexis Nexis and Thomson Reuters, and The Corporate Immigration Review.
Mr Kroes is fluent in English and French and conversant in German and Spanish, and an active member of international networks such as the European Immigration Lawyers Network (EILN) and the Global Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL).
Kroes Advocaten also offers expert advice on family reunification and Dutch nationality, and has developed a niche practice in immigration and citizenship issues of elite sportspeople. In addition, the firm also practises EU law which includes EU long-term resident permits, blue cards and intra-corporate transferee permits.


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Board changes at Paddy Power and Conroy Gold, Central Bank development, and ODCE staff troubles
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New CSO figures show house price growth accelerated in June at 11.6% on an annual basis. Photograph: iStock
The housing crisis continues to bring joy to some and pain for others. New CSO figures this week show price growth accelerated in June at a rate of 11.6 per cent on an annual basis. The average market price paid by households for a dwelling reached €258,544 outside of Dublin, or €401,890 in the capital.
All of this is good news for KBC Bank Ireland, which on Thursday announced first-half net profit that surged 213 per cent to €166 million, driven by the release of bad-loan provisions on the back of rising house prices.
The State's largest landlord, Ires Reit, has also benefitted from the crisis. Profits at the group rose 25 per cent to €33.3 million in the first six months of the year on the back of higher rents and a jump in the value of its properties. Ires expects rents to continue to rise in Ireland, which is bad news for employers looking to lure talent to Ireland.
A report from digital technology recruitment firm Prosperity this week indicates that tech professionals are turning down job offers here because of the cost and availability of rental accommodation. It said the number of individuals rejecting jobs in Dublin has doubled as candidates opt to move to cities such as Paris, Berlin and Lisbon.
Changes at Paddy Power
Bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair has a long track record on being on the right side of the odds, so it came as a shock when it found itself wrong-footed over the bank holiday weekend by reports that a replacement was being lined up for CEO Breon Corcoran.
On Monday the company revealed that Corcoran – the man whose return to the Irish bookmaker was seen as an essential component of the £7 billion merger with Betfair just last year – was in fact stepping down.
Even news that a replacement was already lined up did little for the share price, which has since slumped almost 10 per cent as investors struggle to understand just why the man charged with building a future for the merged group had suddenly decided it was time to move on.
Staff troubles
It isn't just technology firms that are finding it difficult to land staff. The Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) took almost three years to hire six senior accountants. The ODCE, which was recently at the heart of the failed case against Seán Fitzpatrick, found itself down to one accountant in 2013. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information give details of the drawn out and increasingly acrimonious saga over three years to fill vital posts.
The whole sorry tale, which included an error-ridden job advertisement, was finally settled, but not before ODCE boss described the process as "nothing short of a disgrace".
Conroy Gold boardroom saga
August 2017 will be recorded as a month to be forgotten in the annals of Conroy Gold and Natural Resources. In a month when most are off enjoying holidays, many of the the top brass of the exploration company were being stripped of their titles.
Dissident shareholder Patrick O'Sullivan initially called for an extraordinary general meeting (egm), the purpose of which was to remove six directors from the board and install three new directors of his choosing, including himself, to a board reduced in size. He was successful on the first count but was frustrated in installing three new directors by the company's chairman and founder, Prof Richard Conroy, on legal advice. This didn't go down well.
Now O'Sullivan, who is the largest single shareholder in the business, has called for another extraordinary meeting of the group's shareholders. This time he is turning his fire on Prof Conroy and the managing director of the business Maureen Jones. If successful, and Prof Conroy and Ms Jones are removed, the only original director left in place would be Prof Garth Earls. O'Sullivan is still seeking the appointment of himself, Paul Johnson and Gervaise Heddle to the board.
In the meantime O'Sullivan's lawyers are seeking assurances that the company won't appoint new directors or issue new shares before shareholders reconvene.
The stakes are now uncomfortably high for all sides in what is essentially a battle for control of the future direction of a business that has to date yielded nothing for investors.
A tale of two food groups
Irish food giants Glanbia and Kerry Group produced results for the first half of 2017, and it was definitely a tale of two companies.
On the one hand, Glanbia reported a rise in half-year revenue of 11.5 per cent, with group profit rising 4.6 per cent. Its nutritionals business, which accounts for 13 per cent of the world's €10 billion global sports nutrition market, drove growth and allowed the company reiterate its full-year guidance for between 7 per cent and 10 per cent growth in adjusted earnings per share on a constant currency basis. However, the Kilkenny-based group also warned that if the average euro/dollar exchange rate remained at similar levels for the remainder of 2017, pro-forma adjusted earnings per share growth from continuing operations would be marginally lower than the constant currency result.
Kerry Group also complained about the weakness of the dollar against the euro, and it appeared to have a more profound impact on its forecasts. The Tralee-based company now expects adjusted earnings per share to grow by between 3 per cent and 7 per cent to 333.1-346 cent per share, compared to previous guidance for 5-9 per cent growth. It's worth noting that this wasn't necessarily unexpected. Jason Molins at Goodbody stockbrokers had already expected Kerry to revise its full-year projections.
Despite the relatively negative forecast, trading profit for the period rose by 5.2 per cent to €338 million, and the company's shares rose on the day of the announcement.
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Pediatricians recommend rear-facing car seats until age 2
The American Academy of Pediatrics has changed its recommendations for kids in car seats and now advises toddlers stay in rear-facing car seats a year longer, until they're 2.
Dr. Christopher Haines, medical director of the emergency department at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, said kids should sit in rear-facing seats until they are 2 or reach the upper weight limit of their seat design.
With a front-facing seat "the head and neck are going to go forward when you have an impact that's a frontal impact," Haines said. "Versus if you're rear-facing, you have support behind your head and neck."
Haines said for a child in a rear-facing seat during a collision, the impact of a crash is spread over the entire back rather than being focused under the chest straps, which is the case in a forward-facing car seat. The rear-facing seat acts as a cradle, keeping the child's spine and head in line.
The change to the recommendation is based on a 2007 study that showed children younger than 2 are 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they are in a rear-facing seat.
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Korean citizens are issued a national ID card () when reaching age 17. This card contains a unique Resident Registration Number ( jumin deungnok beonho). The first six numbers indicate the citizen's date of birth, while the last seven numbers includes information such as where the birth was registered. This resident registration number is used by Korean citizens and foreign nationals for all forms of record-keeping.

History

'Identity card' in the history of Korea
In Korea, the origin of Identity Card appeared in Joseon Dynasty, it was called Hopaebeob(호패법). Joseon Dynasty, which achieved a centralized national, it was mandatory to have an ID card for all people to effectively maintain the Class system, easy to getting tax and administration. After that The Korea Empire which succeeded Joseon Dynasty made ID card in the modern sense, Since the current identity cards were made in the Republic of Korea period.

'Citizenship certificate' the forerunner of 'Identity card'
There was a need to distinguish between friend and enemy since independence in 1945 the Government of the Republic of Korea established and soon after the outbreak of the Korean War. Thus first Residents ID card was issued to distinguish between friend and enemy in 1950. In Residents ID card, Detailed personal information such as address, occupation, and weight, blood type, etc. were written to fit the special circumstances of wartime.

The first ID card

Social Security numbers have its origins in the social security legislation in 1962. At that time its dual enrollment to citizens and residents was available so it was not performed properly. Then in 1968, after the 'Kim Shin -jo incident', when North Korean special forces stormed The Blue House, it amended the Social Security Act because Spy identifies were given a number to each citizen.

Social security number at the time consisted of 12 digits. In November 21, it was issued by former President Park Chung-hee identity card No. 1 to No. 110101-100001, and Mrs. Yuk Young-soo, was issued a second call to a number 110101-200002. At this time the front row was made with a number of regional issues, the back has been issued Order.

The beginning of the current 13-digit social security number
It is a 13-digit number such as this was written in 1975. Front row was the combination of date of birth, gender and birth backseat area, It was held a little more privacy than before. At this time there began to arise regulations that must be presented if the police officer asked.

Configuration

Overall Components
In current Resident Registration Act, ID card must be mounted name, ID photo, fingerprint, published date and resident registration agency. But if the resident wants applicating blood type, it can be applicated on the basis of Presidential Decree. (2 of Art. 14 of the Residents Registration Law)

Holographic anti-forgery

There is Taegeuk(태극) shape in the left corner, and Earth shape(Pacific Rim) in the bottom center. There is Taegeuk shape surrounded by a wavy line. And there is "대한민국" letter which crescented top to left, and pattern which crescent in the low left to center right with this The Taeguk.

Status of ID card issued

Issuance
In Resident Registration Act, Mayor, Supervisor, Alderman shall issue to 17-ages-old who jurisdictions residents. The person who aged 17-years-old must proposes of ID card issued to Act, Mayor, Supervisor. (3 of Art. 24 of the Residents Registration Law) The ID card is issued by computerized resident information center of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, at the request of the Mayor, Supervisor, Alderman, and it has been grant and delivered to City. (1 of Art. 28 of the Residents Registration Law) If it lost or damaged, the name or date of birth or gender changed, insufficient of ID card entry column, difficult of identification by changed the face or etc., that time replacement of ID card. (3 of Art. 40 of the Residents Registration Law) In this time, People who have an identity card is 40 million people, and it is estimated that about 350 million per year issuance.

Usage
ID card is estimated that is used more than hundreds of thousands of cases a day. Usually more than 60% get the description from the financial institutions are utilizing this ID card, and it is also used on ARS or Online Applications amounts to about 10 million per day.

See also
Resident registration number

References

External links
 'Proving that the Republic of Korea citizens History of ID card' Written by NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
 'History of the Social Security Number' Written by Korea Times

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Гарольд Хотеллинг (; 29 сентября 1895, Фулда, Миннесота — 26 декабря 1973, Чапел-Хилл, Северная Каролина) — американский экономист и статистик, автор названных в его честь ,  и , а также модели линейного города.

Биография
Гарольд родился 29 сентября 1895 года в семье Клер и Люси Роусон Хотеллинг, а в 1905 году вместе со своей семьёй переехал в Сиэтл штат Вашингтон.
Во время Первой Мировой войны он вступил в армию и служил в лагере Льюис, штат Вашингтон, а после войны устроился журналистом. В 1920 году женился первый раз на Флой Трейси.
В 1919 году получил степень бакалавра по журналистике, а в 1921 году степень магистра по математике в университете Вашингтон, степень доктора философии в 1924 году в Принстонском университете.

Преподавательскую деятельность начал младшим научным сотрудником в исследовательский институт питания Стэнфордского университета в период 1927—1931 гг., затем и в Колумбийском университете в период 1931—1946 годов, где возглавлял кафедру экономики.
В его научную группу входили бежавшие от нацизма Генри Манн и Абрахам Вальд, последний, работая с Гарольдом, сумел разработать концепцию последовательного анализа и теории статистических решений.

Его первая жена умерла рано, в 1932 году, оставив двоих детей. 14 июня 1934 года Гарольд женился повторно на Сюзанне Портер Эдмондсон. В 1939 году они уехали в Нью-Йорк, а после посетили Индию, где Гарольд читал лекции в Калькутте. После возвращения в 1940 году, он занимается статистическими исследованиями с некоторыми военными приложениями. Так, благодаря его исследованиям боевых самолетов, которые вернулись после заданий, были укреплены дополнительной бронёй в тех местах, где повреждения были минимальны, справедливо предположив, что эти места более уязвимы и максимально подтверждены воздействиям, а машин с данными повреждениями нет в связи с тем, что данные машины просто не вернулись из боя.

С 1946 года до выхода на пенсию в 1966 году возглавлял институт математической статистики при университете Северной Каролины. В 1965 году Гарольд был приглашенным профессором в университете Буэнос-Айреса. После его ухода на пенсию в 1966 году, он оставался активным в своей профессии и продолжал путешествовать в течение нескольких лет. Он умер во сне и похоронен в Чапел-Хилл недалеко от университета, оставив жену и семерых детей.

Был одним из первых членов, а в период 1936—1937 годах президентом Эконометрического общества. В 1965 году был одним из первых заслуженных членов Американской экономической ассоциации. Заслужил почетную степень доктора в Чикагском университете в 1955 году и в Рочестерском университете в 1963 году. В 1970 году становится членом Национальной Академии наук США, а также был избран членом итальянской Национальной академии наук деи Линчеи в 1973 году.

Память
В честь Гарольда одна из улиц города Чапел-Хилл носит его имя в округе Ориндж штата Северная Каролина США.

Основной вклад в науку
Гарольд стал широко известен благодаря предложенным им статическим инструментам  и , а также экономическим , определяя оптимальный уровень на добычу невозобновляемых природных ресурсов и цены естественных монополистов на продукты в размере предельных издержек, и моделью линейного города, в котором существует взаимосвязь между неценовой конкуренции и географическим размещением конкурирующих фирм, где принцип максимизации прибыли заставляет конкурентов располагаться близко друг к другу.

Награды
 1972 —  за вклад в науку.

Библиография

 Хоттелинг X. Экономика исчерпаемых ресурсов // Вехи экономической мысли. Т. 3 / Под ред. В. М. Гальперина. — : Экономическая школа. 2000 (англ. The economics of exhaustible resources, 1931)
 Хотеллинг Г. Общее благосостояние в связи с проблемами налогообложения и установления железнодорожных тарифов и тарифов на коммунальные услуги // Вехи экономической мысли. Т. 1 / Под ред. В. М. Гальперина. — : Экономическая школа. 2000 — С.142—175 — 380с. (англ. The general welfare in relation to problems of taxation and of railway and utility rates, 1938)
 Hotelling H. A general mathematical theory of depreciation. — Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 1925, 20 (151), pp.340-353
 Hotelling H. Differential equations subject to error, and population estimates. — Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 1927, 22 (159) pp.283-314
 Hotelling H. Statistical methods for research workers by R. A. Fisher. — Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 1927, 22 (159) pp.411-412
 Hotelling H., Working H. Applications of the theory of error to the interpretation of trends. — Journal of the American Statistical Association, March 1929, 24 (165A), pp.73-85
 Hotelling H. Stability in competition. — The Economic Journal, March 1929, 39 (153), pp. 41-57
 Hotelling H. The generalization of student's ratio. — Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1931, 2 (3), pp.360-378
 Hotelling H. Edgeworth's taxation paradox and the nature of demand and supply functions. — Journal of Political Economy, October 1932, 40 (5), pp. 577—616
 Hotelling H. Analysis of a complex of statistical variables into principal components. — Journal of Educational Psychology, September 1933, 24 (6), pp.417-441
 Hotelling H. Note on Edgeworth's taxation phenomenon and Professor Garver's additional condition on demand functions. — Econometrica, October 1933, 1 (4), pp.408-409
 Hotelling H. Demand functions with limited budgets. — Econometrica, January 1935,3 (1), pp.66-78
 Hotelling H. The most predictable criterion. — Journal of Educational Psychology, February 1935, 26 (2), pp. 139—142
 Hotelling H. Relation between two sets of variates. — Biometrika, December 1936,28 (3-4), pp.321-377
 Hotelling H., Pabst M.R. Rank correlation and tests of significance involving no assumption of normality. — Annals of Mathematical Statistics, March 1936, 7 (1), pp.29-43
 Hotelling H. The teaching of statistics. — Annals of Mathematical Statistics, December 1940, 11 (4): pp. 457—470
 Hotelling H. A generalized T-Test and measure of multivariate dispersion. — University of California Press, 1951, pp.23-41
 Hotelling H. The impact of R. A. Fisher on statistics. — Journal of the American Statistical Association, March 1951, 46 (253), pp. 35-46
 Hotelling H. Golden oldies: classic articles from the world of statistics and probability: 'the teaching of statistics'. — Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1988, 3 (1), pp.63-71
 Hotelling H. Golden oldies: classic articles from the world of statistics and probability: 'the place of statistics in the university'. — Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1988,3 (1), pp. 72-83.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Гарольд Хотеллинг // Economicus.ru

Персоналии:Региональная экономика
Экономисты-энвайронменталисты
Джорджисты
Члены Национальной академии наук США
Члены Академии деи Линчеи
Президенты Института математической статистики
Почётные доктора Чикагского университета


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Q&A: How Livescribe's Sky adds a smartpen to Evernote
Livescribe, the smartpen company, has launched Sky, a Wi-Fi version that stores files in the cloud. It's incompatible with the current Echo system, but as Livescribe's Byron Connell explains, the company's new strategy is aimed at Evernote and tablet users.
By Jack Schofield for Jack's Blog | October 29, 2012 -- 07:00 GMT (00:00 PDT) | Topic: Hardware
Livescribe is taking its "digital smartpen" business to the cloud with Sky, a new Wi-Fi version announced today (Monday) for delivery in November. Like Livescribe's previous pens, such as the Echo and Pulse, it uses the Anoto system of specially-marked paper. However, unlike earlier models, it uploads files to Evernote, instead of storing them on users' PCs.
Livescribe is taking a gamble with Sky, because the pen doesn't work with the system used by the company's existing users, including some businesses, many students, and journalists. If you are using a pen to sync to Livescribe Desktop on a PC then feed the resulting file to Vision Object's character recognition program — a process for converting handwritten notes into text files — then you are out of luck. The Sky pen doesn't recognise Livescribe's desktop software and there's no ink-to-text conversion system at the moment.
Because of this incompatibility, Livescribe says it will continue to supply Echo pens. In fact, it is offering them at reduced prices: currently £66.99 instead of £99.99 for a 2GB starter pack. However, Livescribe is hoping to convert existing users to the new system while attracting new Evernote and tablet users.
On a visit to London, Byron Connell, Livescribe's US-based chief marketing officer, explained the new strategy to a small group of UK press, all of us Livescribe users.
Q: Will the new pen work with the Livescribe desktop software….
A: No. Livescribe Desktop is a cable-based solution. It continues to exist for the Echo smartpen product, and that continues as the entry-level product. The whole model around the Sky smartpen is cloud and tablet, but it should be possible for us to migrate all of your existing content into the Evernote environment.
Q: …because Livescribe Desktop is how you get your files into the OCR program, MyScript for Livescribe. So that doesn't work any more?
A: It doesn't, but we're working with Vision Objects (who do the OCR software) on a transcription service, which won't be ready at launch. We could run their algorithm on our servers and send not only your ink-strokes but also a transcribed version to your Evernote folder at the exact same time. There are also some Evernote developers that provide audio transcription services. All the audio files are right there in Evernote. That's something people have been asking for for a very long time. It might be 90 cents a minute, but it's very high quality.
Q: OCR is also how some of us get things into Microsoft Office. What happens to OneNote integration when everything's going to Evernote?
A: OneNote integration isn't part of the new product but it's something that we've looked at. We've been a little bit disappointed with OneNote. It has been a complete laggard in advancing the technology and having a good cloud solution. We've set things up so that Evernote is your repository and it has great ink search and all that stuff, and many many more users than OneNote. You can send it off from Evernote to a number of destinations that they already support -- LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and wherever else. We can plug in other destinations, such as Dropbox or OneNote or anything else, so I can still get my content pretty easily.
Q: So files are no longer stored on the local PC or server? You've still got to plug the pen in to a USB port to charge it….
A: Everything goes to the cloud. Even if you use a cable to link to your PC, that's just a pass-through: it goes to the cloud. Evernote has a sync model. This is a different product. We see the Livescribe desktop as an antiquated model. When it's in the cloud, you can access your content on different devices and you don't have to worry about your hard drive crashing.
I think we've created an environment that is 10 times better for sharing, for accessing information, and 65 percent of our customers have a tablet. They want to get stuff on their iPad, and from a customer point of view, sending stuff over a cable is not a well-received concept any more.
Q: Writing on an iPad is awful….
A: It is. Our research showed that only 13 percent of the people who were taking notes on a tablet were saying they were very satisfied with the experience. We presented this [Sky] concept to tablet users in person and in a survey of 600 users and they loved it. Part of what we're doing is we're designing for Evernote users and designing for tablet users.
Q: Why can't I have a rollerball or gel pen instead of a ballpoint in a smartpen? It's much nicer to write with.
A: The new cartridge is better: it's smoother, and it flows a lot better. We have experimented with a rollerball, and we're still interested in seeing if we can add that. The main challenge is that [the open tip] is where the infra-red optics are, so there's a tremendous compression of technology in this space. The cartridge activates the infra-red camera, so the tip needs to be magnetic. There's actually a tiny neo-magnet in the tip of the pen, which you've probably never seen, which reduces some of the noise. That's important if you're recording audio in a pen.
It was obvious that incompatibility with the past was our major bugbear, but as Connell said: "We're not discontinuing Echo. For the people who want a local experience, buy an Echo. There are customers with secure environments that want local storage, and don't want stuff in the cloud. We recognise that there are different needs in the marketplace."
It would be nice to have if Livescribe provided a formal commitment to support the Echo system for at least five or preferably 10 years, but it's hard to predict how the market for pen- and stylus-based products will develop. That's not just the market for smartpens. It's also the market for smartphones and tablets that can handle pen input, such as the Samsung Galaxy Note models and some Wacom-compatible Windows 8 PCs.
Livescribe milestones to date. Source: LIverscribe
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