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Das Whitehall Building ist ein im Neorenaissance-Stil gebautes Hochhaus in Lower Manhattan, New York.

Baugeschichte
Es wurde von dem Architekten Henry Janeway Hardenbergh als Bürogebäude entworfen. Die Bauzeit war 1902 bis 1904. Das Gebäude erhielt seinen Namen nach Peter Stuyvesants Wohnhaus "White Hall", das sich im 17. Jahrhundert in dieser Gegend befand.
Das ursprüngliche Whitehall Building ist 79 Meter hoch, hat 20 Etagen und liegt direkt am Battery Park. 1999 wurde es in ein Wohngebäude umgewandelt.

Auf Grund des Erfolges wurde von 1908 bis 1910 an der nördlichen Seite ein Anbau errichtet. Die Erweiterung ist 129 Meter hoch und hat 31 Etagen. Dieser Gebäudeteil wurde vom Architekturbüro Clinton & Russell entwickelt, die später unter anderem auch das American International Building entwarfen.

Beide Gebäude wurden von George A. Fuller errichtet, der als "Erfinder" des modernen Wolkenkratzers gilt. Zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Fertigstellung war die gesamte Anlage mit 4.786 m² Nutzfläche das größte Bürogebäude in New York City.

Denkmalschutz
Im Jahr 2000 wurde der Gesamtkomplex als erhaltens- und schützenswertes Baudenkmal in New York eingestuft.

Siehe auch
 Liste der höchsten Gebäude in New York

Weblinks

 Viele (vor allem auch historische) Fotos

 Bericht der New Yorker Denkmalschutzkommission (englisch; PDF; 945 kB)

Wohngebäude in Manhattan
Hochhaus in Manhattan
Erbaut in den 1900er Jahren
Hochhaus in Nordamerika


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* Bob Gardner (Fußballspieler) (Robert Gardner; 1847–1887), schottischer Fußballspieler
 Bob Gardner (Leichtathlet) (Robert Gardner; * 1935), US-amerikanischer Hochspringer

Siehe auch:
 Robert Gardner

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We had a great time getting to know Leah and we thank her for taking the time to talk to us, technical difficulties and all! And we thank Creation Entertainment for allowing us to film this and bring it to all of you.
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Q: How use Bulk insert csv to sql server with datetime format correct? i want use bulk insert file csv insert to SQL Server 2012. same column have datetime but use bulk insert datetime format not work and i not use SSIS.
Example Create Table
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[scanindex_test](
    [request_no] [varchar](13) NOT NULL,
    [request_date] [datetime] NULL,
    [id_card] [varchar](20) NULL,
    [firstname] [varchar](100) NULL,
    [surname] [varchar](100) NULL
)

Query Sql Server 2012:
declare
    @path      varchar(255),
    @sql       varchar(5000)

SET @path = 'C:\Test\TESTFILE.csv'

set @sql = 'BULK INSERT [dbo].[scanindex_test] FROM ''' + @path + '''
      ' + '     WITH (
                CODEPAGE=''RAW'',
                FIELDTERMINATOR = '','',
                ROWTERMINATOR = ''\n''
                ) '
print @sql
exec (@sql)

when i run query it's error:
Msg 4864, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 11, column 2 (request_date).
Msg 4865, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Cannot bulk load because the maximum number of errors (10) was exceeded.
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.
Msg 7330, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)".

Example Data in CSV File
request_no | request_date  | id_card  | firstname    | surname
1          | 12/7/2017     | 1122     | AA           | BB
2          | 12/7/2017     | 4399     | SS           | EE
3          | 13/7/2017     | 5599     | QQ           | KK

Result when run query:
request_no | request_date            | id_card  | firstname | surname
1          | 2017-12-07 00:00:00.000 | 1122     | AA        | BB
2          | 2017-12-07 00:00:00.000 | 4399     | SS        | EE
3  >> Error, because it's look datetime format: 2017-13-07 (yyyy-mm-dd)

but I want result datetime format (YYYY-MM-DD) correct:
request_no | request_date            | id_card | firstname | surname
1          | 2017-07-12 00:00:00.000 | 1122    | AA        | BB
2          | 2017-07-12 00:00:00.000 | 4399    | SS        | EE
3          | 2017-07-13 00:00:00.000 | 5599    | QQ        | KK

Please Help me. Thanks advance ;)

A: You need to change the DATEFORMAT to DMY.  Adding the following to the top of your script should work:
SET DATEFORMAT DMY;

So your full script should be:
SET DATEFORMAT DMY;

declare
    @path      varchar(255),
    @sql       varchar(5000)

SET @path = 'C:\Test\TESTFILE.csv'

set @sql = 'BULK INSERT [dbo].[scanindex_test] FROM ''' + @path + '''
      ' + '     WITH (
                CODEPAGE=''RAW'',
                FIELDTERMINATOR = '','',
                ROWTERMINATOR = ''\n''
                ) '
print @sql
exec (@sql)

A: It works with Bulk Insert:
SET DATEFORMAT DMY
BULK INSERT [dbo].[TRX]
        FROM 'C:\..\trx2.txt'
            WITH
    (
                FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t',
                ROWTERMINATOR = '\n',
                FIRSTROW = 2
    )
PRINT 'BULK INSERT [TRX2]'
GO

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The reason why wanting to know how much and how soon can get plaintiffs into trouble is that they can fall into the hands of less-than-scrupulous attorneys who offer big promises but, in the end, little returns. In fact, the best personal injury lawyers will explain that a lawsuit is never black and white.
Even when cases look cut-and-dry, a wise attorney will take a wait-and-see attitude. Imagine a car accident in which a motorcyclist suffered a traumatic brain injury after getting involved in an accident with a drunk driver. After the collision, the motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with brain injuries and the motorist who hit the biker was arrested on DUI charges.
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Gerardo - 180° Album
Gerardo 2004
Performer: Gerardo
Title: 180°
Solo Tengo Tu Amor
Sueña
Eveything Is Different
Devuélveme Los Años
O El Cielo O El Infieno
Yo Soy Aquel
Sueña (Reggaeton Mix)
Sueña (Urban Regional Mix)
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Dessa Announces New Single Series Project IDES, Shares First Single "Rome"
Ariel King January 15th, 2021 - 6:00 AM
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Dessa has announced her new singles series titled IDES, which will see the performer releasing a new single on the 15th of every month. The project is led by the new single "Rome," which features samples from New York City bucket drummers that Dessa had found in the subway.
"Before the pandemic hit New York, I ran across an incredible pair of bucket drummers in the subway – syncopated, pocket players, I was waiting for the L at Union Square, and found myself wanting to miss the train," Dessa said in a press statement. "I wanted to just stay and listen, start writing lyrics. During one of their breaks, I asked if they busked at that stop often. It was their usual spot, they said, and they played for hours at a time. I went home, found a work-for-hire template online, printed it off, put some cash in my pocket, and went back to Union Square. I asked if I could record their stuff, to be sampled in a song if I paid them upfront. I got a yes, dropped the bills in the bucket, and captured audio on my iPhone."
The song was produced by Doomtree collaborator Lazerbeak, who has also produced for Mac Lethal and Lizzo. Along with the single, Dessa shared the music video for "Rome," which had been directed by Erin Busko. The video incorporates live concert footage of Dessa performing as well as collected images. Keegan Burkhard provided the concert footage while Matthew Levine collected the additional video, which shows Dessa singing in a hallway and images of the Black Lives Matter protests from this past summer.
"I picked some favorite parts, and turned the recording over to the composer and producer Andy Thompson, who built a skeletal arrangement," Dessa said in a press statement "He shared that file with me and Lazerbeak, a longtime collaborator in Doomtree, and we slowly wrestled the song into existence. The lyrics are about the way we live in modern cities—a kind of life that is heavily influenced by global powers who stand to profit by stoking our basest vanities and appetites. Many empires of the modern era aren't bound by borders, but by bandwidth. And of course, we benefit in many ways by being so connected to one another. But if you don't much care to live in the world that the corporate interests are building, well, there's not an untouched city to escape to."
IDES first started being teased on social media in December, with Dessa revealing the project title at the beginning of January. The new project follows her 2019 live album, Sound the Bells: Recorded live at Orchestra Hall. In 2019, Dessa had also released the singles "Good for You" and "Grade School Games."
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NASA Deploying Global Hawk Drones for Storm Studies [Video]
By James Fenner on September 11, 2013 No Comment
NASA officials are currently involved in deploying a series of weather reconnaissance devices to study the strength and pattern of storm movements, in a bid to potentially enhance storm forecast systems. The probes have already been successfully launched, using Global Hawk drones, which were originally designed for military operations. Many in the scientific community believe the ability to more accurately predict the intensity and duration of an emerging storm could help to save lives.
Global Hawk Drones
The Global Hawk drones are described as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Originally designed by Ryan Aeronautical, the UAV model is capable of surveying tens of thousands of square miles each day, flying at altitudes of up to 65,000 feet, with a maximum endurance of 31 hours.
NASA was granted two Global Hawk vehicles in 2007, after the United States Air Force no longer required their services. NASA deployed the UAVs in 2009 to conduct scientific research at high-altitudes over Earth. During 2010, the space agency used the drones for Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP), a range of Earth field experiments utilized to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the lifecycles of hurricanes.
Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman, who purchased Ryan Aeronautical in 1999, have also developed civilian uses for some of their Global Hawk drones, including first response and global relief efforts. The U.S. Air Force had implemented the models to survey the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which struck Japan during 2011.
The Global Hawk drones now fall under the umbrella of the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) program, which involves a five year mission to acquire a number of storm and hurricane measurements, collected over a sustained period of time.
One of the primary hurdles in the space agency's previous endeavors, in attempting to study hurricane formation and activity, was the limited number of observations made. The Global Hawk drones, however, are ideal for HS3 mission parameters, since they are capable of remaining in the skies for protracted periods at extremely high altitudes.
Dropsonde Measurements
During Sep. 4, one of NASA's Global Hawk drones deployed dropsondes into the heart of the storm. Dropsondes are small, expendable sensor devices, developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Once
Image showing the capabilities of NCAR dropsondes, including its array of sensor measurements
they are deployed, the onboard sensors will then study a number of atmospheric conditions, including pressure, temperature and humidity (PTH).
As the dropsondes are released into the eye of the storm, a parachute is deployed to increase the device's stability, and successive measurements are distributed back to the aircraft, via radio transmission. GPS tracking is also utilized to determine where and when the dropsonde was release.
Chris Naftel, the Global Hawk Project Manager at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, confirmed that 80 dropsondes were released during one of the latest missions, helping the National Hurricane Center to investigate Tropical Storm Gabrielle:
"During this flight, the National Hurricane Center upgraded the tropical system to Tropical Storm Gabrielle and acknowledged the data that they are getting real time from our aircraft on their website."
This year will represent the second occasion that NASA has launched their Global Hawk drones, which were dispatched from Virginia to investigate the storms approaching the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, originating off the coast of the African continent.
Path taken by the Global Hawk drone during its Sep. 4 mission
Paul Newman, the deputy project scientist on the mission, claims they are interested in determining why some storms demonstrate extreme intensities, whereas others fail to intensify at all, and eventually fizzle out. Newman states the team to have made huge leaps over the past 20 years, in terms of monitoring and forecasting a storm's movements, but they have gained little knowledge of why storms exhibit wildly different intensities.
The Saharan Air Layer
In order to learn more about the perceived differences in storm intensity, NASA needs to comprehend the role that a number of key factors might play in storm formation, including thunderstorms. The team remains unsure
Saharan Air Layer (SAL) shown sweeping across from the shores of the African Continent
as to whether thunderstorms are merely symptoms of the storm, or part of the trigger for intensifying the phenomenon.
However, one of the primary areas of contention centers around the Saharan Air Layer. The Saharan Air Layer is a dry, warm layer of the atmosphere, comprised of significant amounts of dust and rises over the dense marine air of the Atlantic Ocean.
Scientists have conflicting opinions as to whether the Sahara Air Layer contributes towards elevating storm intensity, or whether it negates the process altogether. According to Time, a research meteorologist working from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Scott Braun, had this to say on the issue that has divided so many scientific minds:
"There's a bit of a debate in terms of how important it is, one way or the other."
The project is due to finish in 2014, after the final series of flights in August. Ultimately, after accumulating three years worth of data, NASA is hoping to improve their understanding of the intensity of storm configurations. The team's deployment of Global Hawk drones for the study of storms, sweeping in from the Atlantic Ocean, could prove to be invaluable, life-saving missions.
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Here's what the 2018 F-150 should look like
Ford has been caught testing the 2018 F-150 redesign alongside the 2018 Mustang refresh with both vehicles cloaked in heavy camouflage. While the current generation of the F-150 was unveiled just in 2015, Ford is revamping it for 2018, giving it some style and powertrain updates.
Updates To The F-150's Engine Options
One of the bigger changes coming to the 2018 Ford F-150 is a small shake up to the engine options. Currently, the F-150 offers a varied list of engine options that includes a 2.7L EcoBoost V6, a 3.5L EcoBoost V6, a 3.5L Ti-VCT V6, a high-output (HO) 3.5L EcoBoost V6 (found only in the Raptor), and a 5.0L Ti-VCT V8.
While those engines are remaining around, the 5.0L V8 will be getting updated and reworked. Although details around how the 5.0L will be updated remain somewhat murky, some industry insiders have hinted that the 5.0L will get direct injection, helping to increase the horsepower and torque.
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The Addition Of A Diesel Powertrain
Aside from updating the existing 5.0L, there has been growing speculation backed by spy photographer captured evidence that Ford is planning on offering a 3.0L V6 diesel engine with the updated F-150. A spy video captured what appears to be the sound of a diesel engine coming from an F-150. While Ford has yet to confirm the addition of a diesel engine to the F-150 line-up, the video of the test mule spotted in Michigan seems to be the proof in the pudding.
A Super Duty F-150
Other recent spy photographs have also hinted that Ford is working on creating an F-150 Super Duty. What many refer to as a heavy half, a camouflaged F-150 with a low ride height and low profile frame riding on 8-lug wheels (like those you'd see on a current Super Duty) was spotted riding around on the street. The grille on the test truck appeared to be a 2017 F-150 grille with the words super duty written across it.
Adding a Super Duty option to the current F-150 line-up would allow the F-150 to compete against other automotive manufacturers that offer similarly spec'd out trucks, while giving enthusiasts the ability to have an F-150 that can tow more and take on bigger jobs than your normal F-150.
2018 F-150 Styling Upgrades
While a lot of the body lines appear to be staying the same, the 2018 F-150 looks like it will be receiving some minor cosmetic upgrades. Since most of the test vehicles have been spotted with their front fascia's covered in camo, it seems like a front-end upgrade is on its way, a common mid-cycle refresh for a lot of vehicles.
From some of the spy photos that have made their way online, it appears that Ford is tweaking the design of the F-150's headlights and tail lights. There also appears to be some small changes coming to the grille and the tail gate.
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Future of crime fighting
By The Engineer	 12th February 2010 10:29 am 16th December 2015 12:08 pm
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It's likely that the Google alerts of libertarians yesterday featured the news that police made an arrest using an aerial drone for the first time in the UK.
The Merseyside Police, which is the only force in the country to operate an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), used a thermal imaging camera on their small, remote-controlled drone to spot a suspected car thief through fog.
The suspect, who reportedly fled the stolen vehicle, was hiding in bushes alongside the Leeds-Liverpool canal, probably completely unaware that plumes of heat emitted from his panting body were being detected by the onboard sensors of the UAV overhead.
Such high-tech aerial surveillance has been traditionally reserved for defence operations in areas such as the Middle East and Afghanistan. The Engineer reported as far back as 2007 that UAV developers – unaware of the slightly creepy nature of their spy technology – were eyeing up areas to deploy drones for civilian use. The now successful reapplication for catching criminals on the streets of the UK is something that can be cheered and possibly feared.
It is reassuring the first arrest using a drone helped nab an alleged car thief and not someone guilty of a far less offence such as dropping a sweet wrapper on the street. Yet there are more than a few 'Big Brother' alarmists who believe that is still a real possibility.
A much larger demonstration of this technology is predicted to be at the London 2012 Olympics where it is imagined swarms of these drones will be circling above monitoring security.
Who knows if between now and then this will be a common sight. It's hard to imagine the success in Merseyside could lead to police forces across the UK proposing camera-carrying drones to replace the CCTV ubiquitous on our streets. Yet it may be that UAVs could be deployed to work in tandem with CCTV picking out areas of interest and alerting officials on the ground to take a closer look and zoom in on a scene with a CCTV camera.
It's a good thing if this helps solve crimes. An internal report from the Metropolitan Police last year admitted that the millions of CCTV cameras in London's surveillance network rarely help catch criminals. According to the report, less than 1,000 crimes were solved using cameras in 2008.
Will UAVs actually improve crime solving, or will they turn out to be a complete waste of money and a further invasion of our privacy? What do you think about the future of deployment of UAV surveillance technology in the UK? We welcome your comments.
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Steve 12th February 2010 at 1:29 pm
Relax – the first time a drone drops out the sky and lands on someone that'll be the end of the drones.
Once the health and safety numpties realise there are unmanned aircraft up there, they'll never get off the ground – 'too dangerous' and lost in a fog of 'what if's"
Anonymous 12th February 2010 at 1:39 pm
If cameras weren't working in 2008, why are they still being rolled out? Why does our Government, both locally and nationally, have this obsession with watching us? We already suspect the local council of using "security" cameras to co-ordinate their parking wardens. And who watches the watchers?
Peter Twissell 12th February 2010 at 1:50 pm
While it will be widely believed that use of UAV's for surveillance is invasive, I suspect that Steve is correct and they will be brought down by H&S.
A 'fog of what ifs' is also known as no safe failure mode.
Michael Libman 12th February 2010 at 1:56 pm
I support the ethical use of these drones, they are far easier and cheaper to run than helicoptors although few drones can follow a speeding car. Helecoptors are use at football matches, demonstrations, large concerts etc. so drones would be a far better tool to use in these cases and probaly safer. In reponse to 'Steve', if you knew anything about these drones you would know that they are made to be inherently safe with back-up redundant systems, automatic soft landing, return to home, auto pilot etc. etc. Just about the only way they can 'fall' out of the sky is if they are shot out of the sky and it's unlikely that just a bullet will do this (if you're able to hit it in the first place).
Jim 12th February 2010 at 2:07 pm
I don't think there is any such thing as 'good' or 'bad' technology. If the use of drones can give the police the intelligence they need to catch someone on the run, that's fine. It is a question of how it is used. I would rather see this targetted surveillance than be put under blanket surveillance by CCTV.
John Cole 12th February 2010 at 2:27 pm
I can imagine another use of drones in the future which surely everybody would agree with. A serious accident on a motorway often results in long delays and queues as the police meticulously record the scene, taking measurements etc. A drone equipped with high-precision recording camers could make multiple passes over the area, allowing the motorway to be quickly re-opened. The well-established technique of photogrammetry would then allow a complete computer reconstruction of the scene for forensic examination.
The use of drones is the effect. The cause is lack of proper policing and poor methods of dealing with and deterring criminals. Drones (purchase and maintenance) will be expensive. The main issue for a lot of people these days is the invisibility of the police. A police officer is a visible deterrent, a drone is not. Witness the countless police videos on the TV showing criminals running from helicopters – they know they are there but it doesn't stop them commiting crime. Far better to prevent the crime than spend money on catching the criminal using so-called modern technology. Catching a criminal means the crime has already been commited and I thought the whole purpose of reducing crime was to stop the crime occurring (since the days of Sir Robert Peel). A drone will not stop crime.
Raj 12th February 2010 at 3:16 pm
This drone is about the size of a large toy remote control helicopter, driven by four rotors. I doubt there is much in the way of redundancy built in, but it is no more of a H&S risk than a remote controlled helicopter or other remote controlled toy aircraft.
The real question is, how long will it be before someone makes a controller which can hijack one of these? Or, if the police can get one, who else can get one?
On the positive side, it could be used in many dangerous situations, such as locating people in burning buildings.
alex wilks 12th February 2010 at 3:51 pm
Has anyone seen "TERMINATOR", I`ll say no more.
Well maybe just one thing, this is going to drive the conspirasy nuts into a frenzy bless them.
I'd have it out of the sky with my catapult!
peter field 12th February 2010 at 5:44 pm
Drones are infinitely preferable to helecopters which are noisy and therefore audibly detectable by the criminal. Silent drones anyday please. As regards the olympics, about 10 large tethered baloons at a suitable height will be sufficient. They could be fitted with suitable detecting devices and used by media camera men as well. This would eliminate the sheer distracting noise of wretched helecopters which spoil so many sporting events.
Simon Martin 13th February 2010 at 2:46 am
These are remote controlled, and so rely upon a signal being transmitted over a defined range. How long will it be before the criminals use technology against them, it would not be difficult for someone in the know to develop systems to jam their signals, or just disrupt them so they do not respond.
This has already been reported as happening with some of the US drones operating, and it is cheap and easy to do.
How many criminal organisations will also lock onto them and take control of them, and will then deliberately crash them.
This cannot happen with a helicopter or an aeroplane as the pilot has control of them without outside or third party interference, and certainly not unpredictable remote control units. It has been noted about the numbers of times existing helicopters lose their downlinks, these are again transmitted signals, so if they are losing such basic transmissions with alarming regularity there is a real cause for concern.
Craig Smith 15th February 2010 at 8:42 am
And how long before the Press start using them?
I can see it now, swarms of them round Balmoral. On the other hand it would give the pheasants a break as the Royals could shoot at them instead.
Colin Burbidge 18th February 2010 at 11:18 am
Too many people Drone(ing) on again: these are small unmanned AIRCRAFT. As such they are regulated by the CAA with a pramount regard to public safety. By the way the Merseyside Police have been nicked for flying wihout a licence. Well well well.
Picking up the positves: as several people have said there a huge number of Dull Dirty or Dangerous jobs that UAV could carry out more cost effectively and safely than manned aircraft (e.g flying along power lines looking for faults, surveying all kinds of emergencies).
Back to the police and (valid) concerns about excessive surveillance: surely, the Police are the servants of society at large and will ultimatlely do what society requires. It is all down to management in theend


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How Michelle Lin Went From NYU Dropout To Millionaire CEO
Michelle Lin was a NYU student with big ideas and an affinity for entrepreneurism. She left school to launch Live Love Polish. Two years later, at 24, Lin is the cofounder and CEO of multi-million dollar startup Live Love Polish, based in New York. I caught up with Lin in February, fresh off her Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition for her outstanding work in retail and ecommerce. Here's her tale of success.
Michelle Lin was a New York University student with big ideas, an affinity for entrepreneurism and a head for leadership. She had a variety of interests she felt she couldn't pursue under one degree and changed her major six times before deciding to give up college altogether.
Two years later, at 24, Lin is the cofounder and CEO of multi-million dollar startup Live Love Polish, based in New York. I caught up with Lin in February, fresh off her Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition for her outstanding work in retail and ecommerce.
She and her brother Wayne, 28, decided to launch Live Love Polish because they saw a lucrative opportunity to sell artisanal quality, non-toxic nail polish online where selections are often limited. They also offer nail art and treatments, along with other beauty products. When Lin dropped out of NYU to pursue her dream and her brother Wayne took the leap from his promising job at Amazon, the siblings faced a new hurdle on their startup journey – immigration. While the average entrepreneur preps to pitch to investors, the Lins were prepping to pitch for far greater odds.
As immigrants to the United States, Lin said, "Because we're not Americans, we were not allowed to work here. We had to put together hundreds of pages of paperwork. We had to explain it to an immigration officer. The state of our business was based upon us being able to pitch this product to an immigration officer."
The duo completed their application process with success and together they headed off to answer the next question: How do you build a startup from scratch?
Live Love Polish is an online beauty retailer that curates luxury and artisan cosmetics. Their products do not contain the chemicals formaldehyde, toluene or dibutyl phthalate – three toxic, popular ingredients often found in most nail polishes. These substances have been linked to liver and kidney failure, cancer and increased risks to the central nervous system and respiratory tract.
"A lot of cosmetics companies use these in their products because their cheap to mass produce," Lin said. "The USDA doesn't regulate these ingredients. [The year] 1938 was last time the U.S. regulated cosmetics. Generally, any nail polish brand and any beauty brand goes to mass manufacturers so the products that you're getting are the same thing packaged under a different brand name. Same colors like red, nude, they just recycle these for different brands."
Live Love Polish works with a network of artisans across the United States who specialize in making nail polish with non-toxic ingredients, and Lin and Wayne are heavily involved in the design process.
How They Launched
Lin and her brother Wayne, right, and some of the Live Love Polish team.
"When we first started, we were running on a tight and limited budget. We were living in a studio apartment and we stored all of the inventory in the apartment on these shelves we built out of boxes," Lin explained. We got a couple of orders and they kept increasing and we had to store it on Wayne's bed."
It was important for them to grow steadily and not rush to build out before they were ready. Lin said a lot of startups don't need venture capital but they go after it for validation, and that was a route she was not interested in taking. They didn't want to give up equity nor have "all of this excess cash just sitting there," so they invested their own savings into the business. Still, she admitted that not being a venture capital funded startup is very difficult, especially when you need to buy inventory.
When their East Village apartment was packed from floor to ceiling with nail polish, they moved into a 500 square foot office in Koreatown. They outgrew that in a couple of months and re-settled in Long Island City in a 3,000 square-foot space.
When it comes to scaling and becoming a sustainable retail and ecommerce business, Lin said there are a number of factors in play and that often the easiest avenue founders take is to just throw a lot of money into paid marketing.
"If you put money into marketing, you're going to get results. If you just blow money on advertising, it becomes a drug and it becomes more expensive. We've always tried to avoid wasting money on advertising," Lin shared. "We watch our financials very carefully. When there's a cost that we feel is unnecessary, [we axe it]. Our office is very modest. We're not blowing money on office equipment or tradeshows. We don't think the ROI is high. Watch your spending."
Learning How To Lead
Since those early days in that cramped studio apartment, Live Love Polish has grown to 15 employees, their website generate 50 million new visitors in 2016 and nearly 1 million social media followers. Lin said the beauty market is so saturated right now that unless entrepreneurs are, "ready to come in with something exceptional, it's not worth it. There's so much junk. The only way to stand out is to create something truly great."
Lin is headstrong when it comes to what she wants, and she believes her personality coupled with her passions made being an entrepreneur the right choice for her. "I've always been someone who I have a personality that is very difficult to work with if I am working under someone. I am very blunt and straight forward. I get very irritated by incompetence. That's when I learned I really don't like working for someone else. I also have so many different interests. That's why I dropped out of college. Academia was telling me I had to work in one thing. I had to have a major. As an entrepreneur, I get to work in sales and designs, etcetera. It allowed me to exercise all of my passions and my talents. I think traditionally CEOs are seen as leaders that specialize in one thing. In this new generation of startups, people value generalization."
She finds motivation through achieving growth and reaching milestones and takes pride in creating a team that really loves to come to work. When it comes to leading a team, Lin said being able to empower your employees is important.
"One of our employees handles social and graphics. She was a student at FIT. I noticed she had a lot of attention to esthetic details. I said, 'I'm going to put you in this area and grow you in this area' and there's nothing that makes me happier than that. You can be a parent to many people and help them excel and grow. I get really excited when I see someone on our team being able to do something that they thought they couldn't," Lin said.
She also believes that working mothers are an untapped resource and hopes more workplaces will start investing in and catering to them. "Mothers are extremely responsible. We've employed mothers in our company and lots of students and artists. I hope more companies start doing that," Lin said.
Finding Success
Lin and Wayne were surprised to be recognized by Forbes for their 30 Under 30 awards. She said the feature was a big and unexpected achievement. "I woke up and got a text from my friends and family like, 'You're on Forbes!'"
For now, she is focusing on growing Live Love Polish. "There's a laughing joke across everyone I know that work is kind of my life. I know a lot of people try to find work-life balance but I found if I have too much 'life,' I get bored. I do like to see friends once in a while and I exercise a lot and I like to see my family. I think I get away with it because I don't mind work-life balance. I do know the way that I live some people would find it intolerable," Lin added.
I agree with Lin, most people would find that kind of imbalance unbearable, but getting through the intolerable is often what separates the good from the great.
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Can security guards keep your MyKad or driving license?
We can all probably agree that the major bane of entering housing areas/ condominiums/ apartments as visitors is the inconvenience of being asked to produce our MyKad's or driving licenses by security. Sometimes, security may even hold onto our MyKad's or driving licenses in exchange for visitor passes.
This is such a common practice that very few of us stop to question if security guards even have the right to inspect and retain our identification documents in the first place. Instead, we just give them our IDs without giving it much thought.
But… what does the law have to say?
The law cannot be clearer in relation to security guards holding onto MyKad's and only returning them upon a visitor exiting the premises: security guards do NOT have the right to withhold visitors' MyKad's under any circumstances (we'll talk about driver's licenses later in the article). It's a big NO- NO.
The law can be found in the National Registration Regulations 1990 (Amendment 2007). Unfortunately, we can't link you to the latest version of the Regulations as it is not available online. You will need to have subscription to a legal database to access the latest version. So note that what you see in the linked document may differ from the Regulations discussed in this article.
Regulation 8A makes it an offence for unauthorised personnel to hold onto your MyKad. Anyone found guilty of this offence can potentially face up to 3 years in prison and/or a fine of up to RM 20,000.
So this means that only officers in the list above are allowed to detain a person's MyKad. Even so, they can only do this if they have a reason to suspect that the person's identity is false.
On 16 November 2018, the Royal Malaysia Police (aka PDRM) issued a Facebook statement confirming that security guards do not have the right to retain your MyKad.
Can security guards record your MyKad details?
Most of us would be familiar with the process where security guards would ask to see our MyKad's and take down our details in a log book.
As explained above, under Regulation 7 security guards are not even allowed to conduct checks on your identity, let alone request for any kind of identification documents.
However, in the broader interest of security, the Ministry of Home Affairs released a circular back in 2007 authorising security guards to request for visitors' identification documents for inspection and record purposes.
That being said, they must return the identification documents to you immediately. The ban on withholding MyKad's remains absolute.
We asked the PDRM about driving licenses, but we have not received a response. We will update as soon as we receive a reply.
However, with reference to the circular released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, it seems like your driving license is also considered to be an identification document. Therefore, it may be safe to assume from the circular that just like MyKad's, security guards are only allowed to ask for your license in order to record your details, but they must return your license immediately after.
What if security insists on holding onto my ID?
If a security guard attempts to withhold your identification documents from you (be it your MyKad, driving license or passport), you should explain to them that they cannot do so under the law. However, it is worthwhile to bear in mind that there really is no point kicking up a fuss as security guards are just carrying out instructions. Whatever the situation, always know that you have a right to refuse to let security hold onto your MyKad, or anyone else for that matter.
If they still insist, you should ask to speak to a person in charge such as the security supervisor/ residents' committee/ condominium joint management body.
As a last resort, you can always make a police report.


Her grandson killed another gator in the same pond when he was 5 years old.
Livingston, Texas mayor, Judy B. Cochran, killed a 12-foot, 580-pound alligator Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. It was in the same pond where her 5-year-old grandson hunted a beast in 2009.
The mayor of Livingston is taking community protection into her own hands. Literally.
Livingston, Texas mayor Judy B. Cochran managed to kill a 12-foot, 580-pound alligator with just one shot Sunday night at her ranch in Goodrich, Texas.
It must run in the family: The hunt took place in the same pond where her 5-year-old grandson, Simon Hughes, took down a gator in 2009.
Great-grandmother and Livingston, Texas mayor, Judy B. Cochran, hunts 12-foot, 580-pound alligator.
This particular reptile is a familiar one to the family, she explained.
"We think this is the gator that ate one of our miniature horses several years ago, as big as this gator was, he could've easily eaten it,"she said. "Typically the gators don't bother us, but we've been looking for (this one)."
As an elected official, Cochran wants to make sure the public knows this was a safe, ethical hunt.
"There are a lot of requirements to kill a gator in Polk County," she explained. "We're one of 12 counties that has a hunting season for alligators, between Sept. 10 and 30. You have to have a permit and tags from a wildlife biologist, and you have to catch it on a hook first. We don't just go to the ranch and hunt a gator."
Handlers caught the gator on a hook with a seasoned raccoon Sunday night and alerted Cochran she could proceed with the kill.
Cochran already knows the fate of her catch: "Moye Taxidermy will be processing it, we'll eat the meat, have the head mounted and have the ridgeback part of the tail in my office. We'll have the hide tanned to make some boots out of it, you can only make boots from the belly."
She'll have plenty of material for several pairs of boots.
Cochran said it's been a particularly exciting time for her and her family. She said she just became a great-grandmother, is a newly elected mayor and now claims a 12-foot gator as a hunting prize.
Cochran, whose grandchildren call her Nana, has a fair warning to share: "Don't mess with Nana!"


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Use of technology leads to more stress in European households
But two thirds of the population also see improvements in terms of convenience and energy savings
For one third of the population in eight European countries, technology in the home makes life more stressful and complicated. This is the result of a representative study conducted by E.ON.
The Europeans most critical of technology in the home are the Hungarians and the British. Almost half of the respondents (46 percent in each country) said it made their life more complicated. More than half of the Hungarians (52 percent) felt that they had more stress in their lives than ten years ago. Life has also become more stressful for 51 percent of the Czechs.
However, the growing use of technology in homes also has a positive side. Overall, about two thirds of those surveyed said that technology provided greater convenience and helped people be more energy-efficient. The biggest advocates are the Italians, 87 percent of whom thought that technology was making their life easier. People in Turkey (84 percent) and Romania (81 percent) took a similarly positive view.
In Germany, 72 percent of the respondents felt that the use of technology in the home was making live easier. Around a third also believes that it increases stress. Only 64 percent of the Germans take the view that technology helps to save energy. That puts Germany in second-last place followed only by Sweden where 46 percent believe that technology has helped save energy in the last ten years.
These results are part of the 'Living in Europe' study, for which E.ON and Kantar EMNID questioned around 8,000 people in Germany, the UK, Italy, the Czech Republic, Romania, Sweden, Turkey and Hungary in December 2016.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by E.ON Group Management and other information currently available to E.ON. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. E.ON SE does not intend, and does not assume any liability whatsoever, to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.


Breaking The Frame (Canada, 100 minutes) is a feature–length documentary portrait of the New York artist Carolee Schneemann by Canadian filmmaker Marielle Nitoslawska. A pioneer of performance and body art as well as avant-garde cinema, Schneemann has been breaking the frames of the art world for five decades, challenging assumptions of gender, sexuality, and identity. Shot over a period of 6 years and utilizing a rich variety of film and hi-definition formats, Breaking The Frame is a kinetic, hyper-cinematic intervention, a critical meditation on the relation of art to the physical and conceptual aspects of daily life and on the attributes of memory.


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FDA OKs First 'Biosimilar' Drug to Fight Cancer
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The first approval of a biosimilar drug to treat cancer was announced Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Mvasi (bevacizumab-awwb) was approved as a biosimilar to Avastin (bevacizumab) for the treatment of adults with certain colon, lung, brain, kidney and cervical cancers.
A biosimilar is a biological product that is approved because it is highly similar to an already-approved biologic drug and has no significant differences in safety and effectiveness from the first product, the FDA explained.
"Bringing new biosimilars to patients, especially for diseases where the cost of existing treatments can be high, is an important way to help spur competition that can lower health care costs and increase access to important therapies," FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in an agency news release.
Mvasi is marketed by Amgen, Inc., headquartered in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Like Avastin, the labeling for Mvasi has a boxed warning about an increased risk of: holes in the stomach and intestines; surgery and wound healing complications; and severe or fatal pulmonary, gastrointestinal, central nervous system and vaginal bleeding.
Common side effects of Mvasi include nosebleeds, headache, high blood pressure, inflammation of the nasal cavity, high levels of protein in the urine, taste alteration, dry skin, rectal bleeding, excessive tear production, back pain and skin irritation, according to the FDA.
Women who are pregnant should not take Mvasi because it may cause harm to a developing fetus.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more on biosimilars.
SOURCE: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, news release, Sept. 14, 2017
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Endangered Southern resident orcas absent from the Salish Sea for the first June on record
Tue Jul 9th, 2019 1:30am
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The endangered Southern resident killer whales, known for frequenting the inland waters of Washington state and British Columbia during the spring and summer months, were absent from the Salish Sea for an unprecedented eight weeks spanning all of June and most of May.
Traditionally, May through September has been known as the peak season for seeing these salmon-eating whales. The Southern residents used to be present on a near-daily basis during these months, leading both the United States and Canada to designate the inland waters as their critical habitat. But in recent years, things have radically changed. The reason? It all comes back to prey.
"The lack of Southern residents in the Salish Sea for the entirety of June reflects a fundamental shift in the behavior of this population," said Michael Weiss, a scientist with the Center for Whale Research. "Dramatic changes in the distribution of Chinook salmon, particularly due to the ongoing decline of Fraser River stocks, have increasingly forced these whales to abandon an area that was once their core habitat."
In 2007, Orca Network proclaimed the first annual Orca Month in June.
"Historically by the end of June, the Center for Whale Research would have had a chance to see and survey all three pods of the Southern Resident orcas, and know of any births or deaths," explained Susan Berta of Orca Network. "Over the two decades we have collected sightings through our Whale Sighting Network, the date for the final survey has been later and later in the summer. …The total absence of Southern Resident orcas in the Salish Sea during June is a disturbing sign of the drastic changes in prey availability."
The assumption is that J, K and L pods are all on the outer coast somewhere, hopefully finding a more reliable source of salmon than the Fraser River. "Their finding food is, of course, more important than our being able to see them," said Monika Wieland Shields, president of the Orca Behavior Institute. "But it's important to acknowledge both the loss we humans feel in their absence, and what their not being here is telling us about the health of the Salish Sea."
Whitney Neugebauer, director of Whale Scout, agreed, "The absence of Southern residents tells us that the ecosystem is out of balance. We should be listening and responding appropriately. If the whales can't make a living in our inland waters, we, too, are in trouble."
Meanwhile, mammal-eating Bigg's killer whales are thriving, and continue to be seen in the Salish Sea in record numbers. "We've been seeing Bigg's orcas most days this entire season and so many of their families have young calves," said Jeff Friedman, president of the Pacific Whale Watch Association. "The Bigg's orcas are showing us that these animals will thrive with abundant food. Unfortunately, this isn't the case for their fish-eating cousins, the Southern residents. Our hope is that policymakers in the U.S. and Canada are taking note of the opposite directions these populations are taking."
"Unless immediate, dramatic action is taken to recover these vital salmon populations, this won't be the last June without Southern residents in our waters," said Weiss.
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The number of sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River is expected to hit a record low this summer. "This is the lowest run-size ever estimated since estimates began in 1893," reads an August 19 bulletin issued by the Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC). The estimate of 853,000 fish has caught scientists by surprise because it falls well below averages for other low points in these cycles. The Vancouver-based Watershed Watch Salmon Society responded to the news with a release that calls attention to the impacts that climate change can have on salmon runs in southern B.C.
A B.C. First Nation has served a 72-hour eviction notice to a fish farm. Hereditary chiefs from Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw First Nation boarded a Cermaq/Mitsubishi salmon farm off the Burdwood Islands earlier this week. Their message was clear: it's time to leave. "This is a 72-hour eviction notice to all salmon farmers in the unceded territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw," said the Kingcome band's hereditary chief Willie Moon to a pair of farm workers.
It's all about increasing water quality and flow to the local slough to restore salmon habitat in Chilliwack. Urbanization and agriculture has almost destroyed the once stellar fish habitat over the years, but diking infrastructure also has a role to play. Lina Azeez, community engagement coordinator with Watershed Watch Salmon Society, invited The Progress and members of the Save Our Slough group for an up-close look at the Camp slough system last Friday.
The RCMP has arrested and released four Indigenous protesters in the community of Ahousaht, B.C. for trying to obstruct a fish farm company from restocking an empty feedlot with new Atlantic smolts. The incident happened Monday evening when Lennie John, Sacheen Seitcham and two other residents of the Ahousaht community protested at the Dixon Bay farm north of Tofino as a barge attempted to stock the previously closed farm with new smolts, or young Atlantic salmon.
The extraordinary decision by a Haida clan to strip two of its hereditary chiefs of their titles for secretly supporting Enbridge Inc.'s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is being closely watched by First Nations across Canada. The rebuke, which was delivered last week in an elaborate ceremony witnessed by more than 500 people, came as the Haida nation rejected what they say is a growing trend by companies to enlist the support of hereditary chiefs as a way of claiming broad First Nations support.
Within earshot of I-5, a landscape of green and yellow opens up toward Puget Sound. Birds cruise through marine-fresh air, above watery channels where chinook, coho and pink salmon migrate inland to spawn. This is the Nisqually River Delta seven years after the federal government and the Nisqually Tribe oversaw a project to breach dikes to re-flood farmland. Channels snake their way through mud and marsh, reviving an estuary that had long lain dormant.
Unlike Fraser River sockeye, salmon in the Okanagan River in southern B.C. must navigate their way up the Columbia River past a gauntlet of hydroelectric dams before reaching their spawning grounds just north of Oliver. There have been tough years, dry and drought years, when precious few have made it. But not this year. The Okanagan River is experiencing such healthy sockeye returns that First Nations are sharing their catch with those from communities in the Williams Lake region and north who are suffering because of historic low sockeye returns on the Fraser system.
Fin Donnelly's love affair with the Fraser River began more than two decades ago. As a young man, the Port Moody–Coquitlam NDP MP was a marathon swimmer, crossing the Strait of Georgia several times. But it was his journey down the length of the Fraser River in 1995 that changed his life.
About 35 percent of this year's Snake River sockeye salmon run hasn't shown up at Lower Granite Dam, and the fish are probably dead, the Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday. About 1,240 adult Snake River sockeye were counted at Bonneville Dam on the Lower Columbia earlier this summer. But only 788 of those fish have been detected at Lower Granite, the farthest upstream dam of the four Lower Snake River dams.
Given the number of sockeye salmon return to the Fraser River is expected to hit a record low this summer, the Government has suspended all the fisheries of this resource, including commercial and indigenous fishing. The Pacific Salmon Commission measured water in the Fraser River on August 18 and found it to be 20.6 °C or 2.5 °C higher than the average for that date. Salmon are a cold water fish and adults begin to die when the water temperature goes above 18 or 19 degrees. Meanwhile, Watershed Watch Salmon Society responded to the news with a release that calls attention to the impacts that climate change can have on salmon runs in southern BC.
By Wednesday, members of the Lax Kw'alaams First Nation in northwest B.C. need to respond to an opinion poll that asks if they support energy development in their territory. The polling follows a series of four information sessions held by the band council in June, focused on plans for liquified natural gas (LNG) development. At the information sessions, band members were presented with a proposed package of benefits that hinge on them voicing their support for the contentious Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG) project at the mouth of the Skeena River.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it consulted with a local First Nation before approving a controversial Port Coquitlam stream diversion, but the Indigenous group says that description is a vast exaggeration. The DFO has approved the diversion of Maple Creek to make way for the construction of a 10,000-square-foot house.
MP organizes meeting to discuss Fraser concerns, but some leave feeling they just got lip service. A roundtable meeting to discuss concerns about the Fraser River has some who took part feeling they've received nothing more than lip service. Taking place late last month at the Delta View Centre in East Ladner, the meeting was arranged by Delta MP Carla Qualtrough, who invited several groups and concerned citizens.
The fisheries system in the North West of Canada needs an overhaul. That was the message from the Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP, Nathan Cullen, last week when he spoke with media. An incident between a few fishermen and Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) officers on Aug. 2 has increased tensions in the area, and Canfisco Oceanview plant saw an increased presence of officers.
If you've noticed the waters off the shores of southern B.C. looking greener than usual, give yourself a pat on the back for being attuned to the shades of the sea. There is a massive algae bloom in the Strait of Georgia, extending into Howe Sound, that's left the colour of the water looking more emerald than usual.
First, volunteers tried trucks. Now, it's time for explosives. Salmon on the Seymour River have been unable to reach their spawning grounds upstream since a massive rockslide dumped rocks as big as houses into the North Vancouver, B.C. waterway in December 2014. Last year, a concerted volunteer effort caught and trucked fish from the bottom of the river around the rockslide and then released the fish to spawn upstream. Brian Smith, the hatchery manager with the Seymour River Salmonid Society, says the group will try to blast the rock away, because moving fish by hand was not a good long-term strategy.
In a bid to combat an epidemic fish disease, last year Chile's aquaculture industry doused its salmon with 557 metric tons of antibiotics — a record high on a per-fish basis. This flood of drugs may be breeding bacteria able to withstand antibiotics widely used in human medicine. But a tight-lipped industry and opaque supply chains are keeping consumers in the dark about how their salmon was raised. Chile's salmon industry has amped up its use of antibiotics every year since 2010. In 2015, salmon farmers there used 660 grams of antibiotics per metric ton of fish. Norway, in contrast, produces more salmon than Chile but uses far fewer drugs — around 0.17 grams per ton.
Recent headlines — from the Nestle water showdown in Ontario, to the recognition of drought as the biggest health risk in Africa (even ahead of AIDS), to California and Australia facing persistent and historical levels of scarcity — demonstrate what a water crisis can look like. Closer to home, last year's panic-inducing drought and this summer's failed Fraser River salmon run show the growing concern around our most precious resource: water. The ominous threat of a water crisis looms even here in British Columbia. The implications are monstrous, affecting everything from our economy, our environment, and even our health and quality of life.
Thousands of meters beneath the azure ocean waters in places like the South Pacific, down through a water column saturated with life and to the ocean floor carpeted in undiscovered ecosystems, machines the size of small buildings are poised to begin a campaign of wholesale destruction.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says whirling disease has been discovered in fish from Johnson Lake in Banff National Park. The CFIA says it's the first time it has confirmed the disease in Canada. Whirling disease is caused by a parasite that causes skeletal and neurological damage in young trout and salmon. Parks Canada says it has closed the area around Johnson Lake and banned any recreational activities to reduce risk of the disease spreading.
Inland Wisconsin city of Waukesha got green light to divert water from Lake Michigan to its taps. A group of mayors from Canada and the U.S. is trying to challenge a recent decision allowing an American city to draw water from the Great Lakes, arguing that it sets a dangerous precedent.
They are tiny fish that feed the mightiest of mammals — and they're in trouble. Capelin travel in large schools off Canada's east coast and are the preferred food of many species of whales, but these silver, smelt-like fish experienced a population crash in the early 1990s from which they have yet to recover. A leading biologist in Newfoundland and Labrador says the recovery of capelin is so important that the province's commercial fishery for capelin roe — known as masago among sushi fans — should be stopped.
The federal government is receiving $3.1 million in an out-of-court settlement for damage to HMCS Winnipeg after it was hit by an American fishing vessel in 2013. An agreement on costs was reached in June, a federal official said Tuesday. Canada's Department of Justice had launched an action in Federal Court against the owner of the American Dynasty fishing vessel to recoup costs to the Halifax-class frigate.
Weather patterns contributed to a screwy sockeye run in 2015, and this year the same is happening to pinks, the second-largest salmon harvest in Alaska. In 2016, commercial fishermen have only harvested 8 million pinks as of Aug. 15 in Prince William Sound, the state's largest pink run. Only one-third are hatchery fish, a marked turn from last years' massive pink haul of 96 million in the Sound, a 20-year record-breaker over 93 million pinks in 2003.
As Americans eat more fish, fresh Atlantic salmon are filling restaurants and stores. "It costs from 45 to 70 cents a pound to ship fresh salmon in from Chile, Norway and the United Kingdom," said Jackson Kimle, Vice President of Inland Sea. Kimle and his startup, Inland Sea, want to grow the fish on quiet fields outside Harlan, Iowa.
The Yurok Tribe is getting ready to celebrate the 54th Annual Klamath Salmon Festival on Saturday. However, there won't be any salmon this year. Yurok Tribal Chairman, Thomas P. O'Rourke, said this is the first time in the events history there won't be salmon. He said the Yurok Tribal Council made the decision this year based on the predicted record low run.
Alaska's 2016 pink salmon fishery is set to rank as the worst in 20 years by a long shot, and the outlook is bleak for other salmon except sockeyes, too. The peaks of the various salmon runs have passed. The pink salmon catch so far has yet to break 35 million during a year when the forecast called for 90 million fish. Last year, 190 million were harvested.
The Canadian company exploring for copper, zinc and gold upstream of a southeast Alaska bald eagle preserve has received permission from a U.S. federal agency to expand. Vancouver, B.C.-based Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. is exploring upstream of the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve outside Haines. The preserve sees the world's largest gathering of bald eagles in early winter. Up to 4,000 of the raptors fly in to feed on salmon that spawn, die and collect along the Chilkat River after other waterways have frozen. Mine critics say it's unreasonable to allow a mine — and the threat of contaminated wastewater spill or other consequences — so close to the Chilkat.
Many of California's farmers, facing severe water cutbacks yet again this year, are blaming the hand they've been dealt on environmental protections for endangered fish. The protections limit how much water can be taken up by the huge pumps that serve much of the state. But there's another root of the problem, often overlooked, that controls both the state's water supply and the fate of endangered fish: the San Joaquin River.
California is poised to make the nation's strictest carbon emission controls even tougher, with a bill to cut greenhouse-gas discharges to 40 percent less than 1990 levels by 2030 now headed to Governor Jerry Brown.
Accounting for 40% of global wild salmon production, the Russian Far East is home to some of the most prolific salmon runs on the planet. While salmon runs and fisheries are flourishing on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island is now in the midst of its sixth year of low salmon returns. While it's difficult to pinpoint the exact reasons for declining returns, poaching and oil and gas development are the two most commonly cited reasons. Unfortunately, this season is shaping up to be another bust as Sakhalin fishermen have only been able to harvest 28,600 metric tons of pink salmon so far.
The four members of the Infamous Flapjack Affair, an indie folk band started in Oxford, England, share a love of music as well as concern for the environment. So when cellist James Mitchell brought up his dream of playing Bach suites in a canyon along the Colorado River, the other members—guitarist David Carel, fiddle player Sarah Noyce, and banjo and guitar player Benjamin Barron—didn't balk. Instead, they batted around ideas and came up with a plan.
Toxic algae blooms, perhaps accelerated by ocean warming and other climate shifts, are spreading, poisoning marine life and people. The algae bloom that blanketed the West Coast in 2015 was the most toxic one ever recorded in that region. But from the fjords of South America to the waters of the Arabian Sea, harmful blooms, perhaps accelerated by ocean warming and other shifts linked to climate change, are wreaking more havoc on ocean life and people. And many scientists project they will get worse.
There has been a decline in salmon production in Norway of almost 9%, or about 45,000t, in the first half of this year, compared with last year.
Infectious salmon anemia at firm's newly-formed Central Norway site forced early harvesting and had knock-on effects for processing.


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December 6, 2016 by Matthew R. Francis
Does thinking we live in a simulation say bad things about us?
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Panel from "Are We Living in a Simulation?", featuring Elon Musk as Link. Art by Maki Naro, script by me.
I'm obviously a science writer by profession. However, I'm also a lifelong comics fan, starting from reading Peanuts before I got the jokes, continuing through He-Man and the Masters of the Universe mini-comics that came with the action figures, up to today when I read a wide cross-section of comics titles, genres, and media. So, I've always wanted to create my own comics, but have been hampered by my lack of drawing ability. (I know, lack of drawing ability hasn't stopped Scott Adams, but neither has being a misogynistic jerkmobile. But I digress.)
Panel from "Are We Living in a Computer Simulation". Art by Maki Naro, script by me.
The obvious answer is…find an artist to collaborate with. I'm thrilled and privileged to announce a comics collaboration with Maki Naro, one of the better science comics artists around. I wrote and Maki drew a comic for The Nib, about a recent provocative statement tech billionaire Elon Musk made. Musk said it's most likely that we — and our entire reality — are actually part of a simulation run by a more advanced version of ourselves. Read the comic here, to see why I don't think this is an optimistic scenario, and why Musk may not be the most objective person when he talks about it.
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