Happy New Year! Are you one of the millions who has vowed to pursue a New Year's resolution?
Maybe you will try to improve your life through dieting, exercising, stopping smoking or learning a new skill. A new year symbolically means a new beginning and a chance to get it right.
For our patients, their New Year's resolutions may focus on fulfilling their dreams of parenthood. But another worthy resolution is to learn how to live with the stress that comes with infertility as well as with life's other challenges.
You will never be able to steer away entirely from difficulties, but you can learn coping methods and strategies to weather your trials and tribulations. Our team can suggest resources to accomplish this goal, including referrals to licensed mental health professionals and recommending participation in fertility-focused services such as fertility yoga and mind/body meditation programs.
In addition to these approaches, anyone with a smartphone can download meditation applications, better known as 'apps.' Several websites (listed under references) have ranked and described these apps based on user reviews and the website's quality standards. Some of the more well-known apps the sites assessed include Headspace, The Mindfulness App, and Calm, but there are many others you can download that could suit your needs better. Though none of the general meditation apps focus specifically on fertility stresses, their goal is to help you manage stress with frequent meditation and relaxation exercises.
Convenience and saving time and money are some of the advantages of using this type of technology. Most have free trials as well as paid subscriptions and offer a range of exercises for both novices and more advanced participants. Reminders to meditate, timers and music are other features they provide.
Created by reproductive psychologists and mind-body experts Dr. Ali Domar and Dr. Elizabeth Grill, FertiCalm was developed specifically for infertility patients. It addresses coping strategies for 50 categories and life situations such as baby functions, stressful circumstances, holidays and fertility treatments. It can be downloaded for both the Apple ios and Android and offers 500 custom coping options, including tips, suggested responses and relaxation exercises.
Though it does not currently offer an app, Circle + Bloom sells popular guided imagery and meditation downloadable mp3 files customized for a variety of infertility diagnoses and procedures, pregnancy loss, and pregnancy and childbirth.
HRC Fertility does not endorse any particular product or service. We recommend you ask for referrals from satisfied users.
Social media can be a double-edged sword for infertility patients. Even if you try to avoid seeing photos and status updates about pregnancies, infants, and children, you might find participation in private Facebook groups to be a meaningful outlet to communicate with other women who are having difficulty conceiving and undergoing treatment.
Instagram is another social media outlet that has become a popular communication tool for the 'trying to conceive' community. Social media technology is available for people to connect in unprecedented ways. There also are small, but growing, groups for men who want to discuss their fertility journey.
Selecting a new year's resolution that has nothing to do with infertility or with improving your health to enhance your fertility is a great way to relax. Maybe you've always wanted to learn a new hobby like knitting or painting. 2019 may be a great year to try your hand at an unfulfilled passion that can take your mind off your troubles and redirect your stress and anxiety.
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Q: Unable to tweet using Twitter-OAuth in android Iam using jtwitter library to authorize my app with Twitter. I used this http://marakana.com/forums/android/examples/312.html to authenticate, tweet and read the status.. Authentication and reading status works fine. But on click of Tweet button getting the following exception. Where is the wrong ?? Please help me.
/* Responsible for posting new status to Twitter */
class PostStatusTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
@Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
  try {
    twitter.setStatus(params[0]);
    return "Successfully posted: " + params[0];
  } catch (Exception e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
    return "Error connecting to server.";
  }
}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
  super.onPostExecute(result);
  Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, result, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

 }

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W/System.err(3073): http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json (anonymous)
W/System.err(3073):     at winterwell.jtwitter.URLConnectionHttpClient.processError(URLConnectionHttpClient.java:176)
W/System.err(3073):     at winterwell.jtwitter.OAuthSignpostClient.post(OAuthSignpostClient.java:129)
W/System.err(3073):     at winterwell.jtwitter.Twitter.updateStatus(Twitter.java:3220)
W/System.err(3073):     at winterwell.jtwitter.Twitter.updateStatus(Twitter.java:3161)
W/System.err(3073):     at winterwell.jtwitter.Twitter.setStatus(Twitter.java:2917)
W/System.err(3073):     at com.tarams.twitterdemo.MainActivity$PostStatusTask.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:244)
W/System.err(3073):     at com.tarams.twitterdemo.MainActivity$PostStatusTask.doInBackground(MainActivity.java:1)
W/System.err(3073):     at android.os.AsyncTask$2.call(AsyncTask.java:185)
W/System.err(3073):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:305)
W/System.err(3073):     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:137)
W/System.err(3073):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1068)
W/System.err(3073):     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:561)
W/System.err(3073):     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)

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Video: Marine vet evacuated from Iraq after telling the unvarnished truth about Trump's travel ban
Video: Marine vet evacuated from Iraq after telling the unvarnished truth about Trump's travel ban
February 6, 2017 | Tom Tillison | Print Article
A former U.S. Marine working as a security specialist in Iraq had to be evacuated after uploading a video on Facebook that chronicled the unvarnished truth in response to President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on immigration and refugees.
Seen more than 42 million times, Steven Gern explained in the video how an American would be treated in the countries that Trump included in his temporary travel ban.
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But he let it be known that this story has only just begun.
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"Can't say much about what's happening right now," Gern said. "But what I will say is there's going to be a lot more to follow. So stay tuned everybody."
*Caution: Strong language
In the original video, Gern explained that "a lot of the Iraqis showed their displeasure in [Trump's] executive order" and he responded by asking them what would happen to him, as an American citizen, if he were to openly walk into a nearby town.
He said the Iraqis told him that he would be snatched up and killed within an hour.
"The point I'm trying to make is – this is the local populace that would do this," Gern said. "This isn't ISIS… this isn't al-Qaeda. So, my question to them was pretty simple after that.
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"If you would do this to me, in your country, why would I let you in my country?"
As for Gern's qualifications to speak on the matter, here's a snapshot of his LinkedIn profile:
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Die Kanzelwandbahn ist eine im Jahre 1954 erbaute Luftseilbahn in Riezlern, Kleinwalsertal, Bundesland Vorarlberg in Österreich.

Geschichte
Erste Überlegungen zum Bau einer Bahn auf die  hohe Kanzelwand wurden im Fremdenverkehrsbeirat von Riezlern bereits 1952 geführt. Am 6. März 1954 wurde die Kanzelwandbahn AG gegründet. Alleiniger Vorstand war Walter Fritz und der damalige Bürgermeister von Riezlern, Josef Risch, war Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates. Das Grundkapital der Gesellschaft belief sich auf 650.000 DM. Die Bauarbeiten begannen 1954 und am 2. April 1955 fand die Jungfernfahrt statt. Es fielen Baukosten in Höhe von 3,8 Mio DM an. Die Zweiseilumlaufbahn überbrückt eine Höhendifferenz von 870 Metern. Jeweils vier Personen wurden mit roten, gelben oder blauen Kabinen mit einer Geschwindigkeit von fünf Metern pro Sekunde zum Gipfel transportiert, das sind pro Stunde 320 Personen.  Markant ist das frei stehende Einlaufgestell der Bergstation. 1956 wurde an der Bergstation eine Berggaststätte erbaut. Im gleichen Jahr wurde der Zwerenlift eröffnet, der 180 Personen pro Stunde befördern konnte.

Unternehmensentwicklung

Im Jahre 1973 wurden mit der Fertigstellung der Fellhornbahn die beiden Skigebiete miteinander verbunden. Der Zwerenlift wurde erweitert und beförderte mit Doppelbügeln 690 Personen pro Stunde. Dazu kamen zwei Bierenwanglifte. 1976 wurden für die Kapazitätssteigerung der Bahn von 350 auf 480 Personen pro Stunde weitere 2,4 Millionen DM investiert. 1988 wurde sie mit einem Aufwand von 15 Millionen DM nochmals verbessert und transportiert nun 1500 Personen pro Stunde auf den Berg.

Walter Fritz, der von Anfang an dabei war, wechselte 1989 vom Vorstand in den Aufsichtsrat. Lawinenverbauungen, Kanalisierung der Berggaststätte und Beschneiungsanlagen beschäftigten die Unternehmensleitung der Bahn in den 1990er Jahren. 67 sogenannte Elektranten, Kombianlagen für die Wasser- und Elektrizitätsversorgung der 15 Schneeerzeuger, wurden entlang der Bahn installiert. Eine Sonnenterrasse für 200 Personen mit Windschutz wurde gebaut und die Zwerenalpelifte zur Sechser-Sesselbahn erweitert.

2008 wurden für die Beschneiungsanlage 6 Millionen Euro ausgegeben. Zunächst wurde unterhalb der Bergstation der Kanzelwandbahn ein Schneeteich mit einem Fassungsvermögen von 58.000 Kubikmeter Wasser angelegt und 6 Kilometer Rohrleitungen in der Erde verbaut. Mit der Anlage lassen sich über ein System von Rohrleitungen und Schneekanonen innerhalb von 70 Stunden die Pisten der Fellhorn- und der Kanzelwandbahn komplett beschneien. In einer Stunde können 3000 Kubikmeter Schnee erzeugt werden, das entspricht rund 300 LKW-Ladungen.

Kanzelwand-, Fellhorn-, Walmendingerhorn- und Nebelhornbahn haben sich zu einem Verbund zusammengeschlossen, der unter dem Namen Das Höchste für die Region Oberstdorf und Kleinwalsertal wirbt. Der Bergbahnverbund ist im Besitz der Kleinwalsertaler Bergbahn AG, deren Hauptaktionäre das Allgäuer Überlandwerk und die Raiffeisen Holding Kleinwalsertal sind.

Aktionärsstruktur 1954

Modell
Ein Funktionsmodell der Bahn wurde von der Firma Brawa im Maßstab H0 mit den originalen bunten Kabinen von 1955 herausgebracht.

Weblinks

 Kanzelwandbahn

Einzelnachweise

Luftseilbahn in Vorarlberg
Luftseilbahn in Europa
Allgäuer Alpen
Bauwerk in Mittelberg (Vorarlberg)
Seilbahn in den Alpen

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Code of Corporate Governance.
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Assist in the oversight of compliance with legal and other regulatory requirements, assessment of qualifications and independence of the external auditors and performance of the bank's internal audit function as well as that of the external auditors.
Ensure that the internal audit function is firmly established and that there are other reliable means of obtaining sufficient assurance of regular review or appraisal of the system of internal control in the bank.
Oversee management's processes for the identification of significant fraud risks across the bank and ensure that adequate prevention, detection and reporting mechanisms are in place.
On a quarterly basis, obtain and review reports by the internal auditor on the strength and quality of internal controls, including any issues or recommendations for improvement, raised during the most recent control review of the bank.
Discuss and review the bank's unaudited quarterly and annual financial statements with management and external auditors respectively to include disclosures, management control reports, independent reports and external auditors' reports before submission to the Board, in advance of publication.
Discuss policies strategies with respect to risk assessment and management.
Meet separately and periodically with management, the internal auditor and the external auditors, respectively.
Review and ensure that adequate whistle - blowing procedures are in place and that a summary of issues reported is highlighted to the Board, where necessary.
Review with external auditors, any audit scope limitations or problems encountered and management responses to them.
Review the independence of the external auditors and ensure that they do not provide restricted services to the bank.
Appraise and make recommendation to the Board on the appointment of internal auditor of the bank and review his/her performance appraisal annually.
Review the response of management to the observations and recommendation of the Auditors and bank regulatory authorities.
Agree Internal Audit Plan for the year annually with the Internal auditor and ensure that the internal audit function is adequately resourced and has appropriate standing within the bank.
Review quarterly Internal Audit progress against Plan for the period and review outstanding Agreed Actions and follow up.
To develop a comprehensive internal control framework for the bank and obtain assurances on the operating effectiveness of the Bank's internal control framework.
To establish management's processes for the identification of significant fraud risks across the bank and ensure that adequate prevention, detection and reporting mechanisms are in place.
To work with the Internal Auditor to develop the Internal Audit Plan for the year annually and ensure that the internal audit function is adequately resourced to carry out the plan.
To review periodically the Internal Audit progress against Plan for the period and review outstanding Agreed Actions and follow up.
The Chief Inspector, the Chief Compliance Officer, as well as the Chief Risk Officer shall submit quarterly reports to the Committee, in addition to reporting to the Group Managing Director. The Chief Inspector, the Chief Compliance Officer and the Chief Risk Officer shall also have unrestricted access to the Chairman of the Committee.
The Chief Inspector shall report back to the Committee regularly on action of correction implemented by management including provisions and improvement to systems and control where necessary.
The Committee is established in line with Section 359(6) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990. The Committee's membership consists of three (3) representatives of the shareholders elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and three (3) non-executive Directors. The Committee meets every quarter, but could also meet at any other time, should the need arise.
All members of the committee are financially literate.
To meet with the independent Auditors, Chief Financial Officer, internal Auditor and any other Bank executive both individually and/or together, as the Committee deems appropriate at such times as the Committee shall determine to discuss and review.
The bank's quarterly and audited annual financial statements, including any related notes, the bank's specific disclosures and discussion under "Managements Control Report" and the independent auditors' report, in advance of publication.
The performance and results of the external and internal audits, including the independent auditors' management letter and management's responses thereto.
The effectiveness of the bank's system of internal controls, including computerized information systems and security, any recommendations by the independent auditor and internal auditor regarding internal control issues and any actions taken in response thereto, and the internal control certification and attestation required to be made in connection with the bank's quarterly and annual financial reports.
Such other matters in connection with overseeing the financial reporting process and the maintenance of internal controls as the Committee shall deem appropriate.
To prepare the Committee's report for inclusion in the bank's annual report.
To report to the entire Board at such times as the Committee shall determine.
The EXCO comprises of the Group Managing Director, who chairs it and all Executive Directors. The Committee meets twice weekly (or such other times as business exigency may require) to deliberate and take policy decisions on the effective and efficient management of the bank. It also serves as a first review platform for issues to be discussed at the Board level. EXCO's primary responsibility is to ensure the implementation of strategies approved by the Board, provide leadership to the Management team and ensure efficient deployment and management of the bank's resources. Its Chairman is responsible for the day-to-day running and performance of the bank.
The Management Committee comprises the senior management of the Bank and has been established to identify, analyse, and make recommendations on risks arising from day-to-day activities. They also ensure that risk limits as contained in the Board and Regulatory policies are complied with. Members of the management committee make contributions to the respective Board Committees and also ensure that recommendations of the Board Committees are effectively and efficiently implemented. They meet weekly and as frequently as the need arises.
The ALCO is responsible for the management of a variety of risks arising from the Bank's business including market and liquidity risk management, loan to deposit ratio analysis, cost of funds analysis, establishing guidelines for pricing on deposit and credit facilities, exchange rate risks analysis, balance sheet structuring, regulatory considerations and monitoring of the status of implemented assets and liability strategies. The members of the Committee include the Group Managing Director, Executive Directors, the Treasurer, the Head of Financial Control, Group Head, Risk Management Group and a representative of the Assets and Liability Management Unit. A representative of the Asset and Liability Management Department serves as the secretary of this Committee.
The Committee meets weekly and as frequently as the need arises.
The Management Global Credit Committee is responsible for ensuring that the Bank complies with the Credit Policy Guide as established by the Board. The Committee also makes contributions to the Board Credit Committee. The Committee can approve credit facilities to individual obligors not exceeding in aggregate a sum as pre-determined by the Board from time to time. The Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving extensions of credit, including one-obligor commitments that exceed an amount as may be determined by the Board. The committee reviews the entire credit portfolio of the Bank and conducts periodic assessment of the quality of risk assets in the Bank. It also ensures that adequate monitoring of performance is carried out. The secretary of the committee is the Head of the Credit Administration Department. The Committee meets weekly or fortnightly depending on the number of credit applications to be considered.The members of the Committee include the Group Managing Director, the Executive Directors and all divisional and group heads.
This Committee is responsible for regular analysis and consideration of risks other than credit risk in the Bank. It meets [at least once in a month or as the need arises] to review environmental and other risk issues and policies affecting the Bank and recommend steps to be taken. The Committee's approach is entirely risk based. The Committee makes contributions to the Board Risk Management Committee as well as Board Audit Committee on a need basis, and also ensures that the Committee's decisions and policies are implemented. The members of the Committee include the Group Managing Director, two Executive Directors including the Executive Director responsible for Enterprise Risk Management, the Chief Risk Officer and all divisional and group heads.
The Information Technology Steering Committee is responsible for amongst others, development of Corporate information technology (IT) strategies and plans that ensure cost effective application and management of resources throughout the organization.
The Committee meets monthly or as the need arises.
Zenith Bank maintains an effective communication with its shareholders, which enables them understand our business, financial condition and operating performance and trends. Apart from our annual report and accounts, proxy statements and formal shareholders' meetings, we maintain a rich website (with suggestion boxes) that provide information on a wide range of issues for all stakeholders.
Also, a quarterly publication of the bank and group performance is made in line with the disclosure requirements of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
The bank has an Investors Relations Unit which holds regular forum to brief all stakeholders on operations of the bank.
The bank also, from time to time, holds briefing sessions with market operators (stockbrokers, dealers, institutional investors, issuing houses, stock analysts, mainly through investors conference) to update them with the state of our business. These professionals, as advisers and purveyors of information, relate with and relay to the shareholders useful information about us. We also regularly brief the regulatory authorities, and file statutory returns which are usually accessible to the shareholders.
NB : The bank has diverse shareholding structure with no single ultimate individual beneficiary holding more than 9.5% of the bank's total shares.


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What Are Behavioral Biometrics and How Do They Fit Into Marketing?
June 17, 2019 /in Articles /by Dan Gartlan
Companies often hold focus groups in order to get direct feedback about products, services, and even website experiences. The drawback to focus groups is that people often aren't sure how to articulate what they feel about certain things. However, new biometric technology, such as eye-tracking software, has made it easier to determine exactly how someone feels about a website experience at any given moment–and they can allow you to do so without holding a focus group.
What Are Behavioral Biometrics?
Behavioral biometrics is a way to measure a user in a passive manner. This means that they don't have to make specific gestures in order to determine who the user is. For example, a behavioral biometrics system might be able to identify a person by the way that they walk. Even the angle at which they hold their smartphone can tell us a lot . The use of mobile devices along with the recent spike in IoT (Internet of Things) devices has made behavioral biometrics systems much more useful than ever before.
How Can Behavioral Biometrics Improve Marketing?
Typically, behavioral biometrics exist for security reasons. However, marketers have realized that there is a lot of value to using these metrics to identify users. For example, they can greatly improve the user experience of a customer.
For instance, a behavioral biometrics software could identify the speed at which a user types in their password in order to log into their website account to make a purchase. This password may be available to a whole family. The speed at which the password is typed in can help identify which person in that family is logging on. This makes it easier to engage with them with appropriate messaging and offers. Basically, behavioral data can help personalize customer experiences. It can even further and improve predictive experiences.
5 Different Types
Keeping that in mind, the following are five different types of behavioral biometrics:
– Anything directly created by a user, such as an email they sent or the text they wrote when using your chat feature, can be analyzed using authorship-based biometrics to create a unique identity.
– Human-computer interaction-based biometrics refers to how a user interacts with computers and devices; for example, how they move their computer mouse, how quickly they type, how much force they use to press the keys, and more.
– Indirect HCI-based biometrics measures common computer usage, such as how a user surfs the web, how they use certain software applications and more.
– Motor skill-based biometrics refers to the measurement of a user's movements to help identify them.
– Purely behavioral biometrics refers to the measurement of behavioral traits that make it easier to identify unique individuals.
The more information you can gather from users about how they feel and what they are doing, the more you will be able to personalize your marketing efforts. Behavioral biometrics systems, like eye-tracking software, could have a big impact on your ability to do this in the future.
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Getting Tyer-ed
Hi Reader(s)! I have had some quality responses to the old blog from Dan Variano and Bob Jaques. Dan likes the Rock and Rollo story from Felix #8, the concluding page is north of this text. He points out that the wallpapering gag is very similar to the Heckle and Jeckle story that Tyer did called "The Misdirected Scarecrow". If you want to compare the stories, head over to www.animationarchive.org/2006/06/media-jim-tyer-comic-books.html. There you can see several Tyer stories, including the Heckle and Jeckle. The wallpaper idea is much funnier and more fleshed-out in the H and J, but it seems to confirm that Jim wrote a lot of his own stories. I can't tell if he wrote "Tippy Takes A Trip" from Coo-Coo Comics #16 above, but it is certainly one of his earlier epics. If any of you readers would like to see them, I can reprint his Felix Four-Color stories which he drew together with Joe Oriolo and Otto Messmer. I believe they are Tyer's first comic book work. I would speculate that he did some newspaper cartooning in the late 1920s and early 1930s, but I've never seen any of it. Bob Jaques would like to see a Tyer index of all his comic book work, I don't have it all, but for a real hard core collector like Milton Knight, or Marc Schirmeister that would be a slam. Thanks to you guys for reading this here tattered blog!
The dailies this week are Marvelous Mike from November THIRD through Nov. 10, 1956. I screwed up last week and left a strip out, please excuse the poor repro, I couldn't get to the scanner and had to paste a copy together from the camera. Relaxo tonic has some amazing properties, as Mike is about to discover in this week's strips. Now you can actually SEE Mr. Fencemetal packing up to leave "bag and baggage". What a great era when all a crook had to do was LOOK at a letter from the Better Business Bureau to be scared out of town. Nobody cares about the BBB in our Super Robber Barons age. They aren't scared of the League of Women Voters, either, more's the pity.
Krazy Kat this week is from 3/27/1939 to 4/1. Offissa Pupp actually arrests Ignatz's brick, and the brick is represented by Lawyer Foxx Potts. Ignatz "springs' the brick at the end of the sequence. Does anyone know what the reference to "Spaniola" means in the 3/28 strip? Write in and tell me, either post below or write to blogmolasses@att.net. Enjoy the strips!
Managing Comments, etc.
Hi Folk! I'm learning how to manage comments, now that WordPress is screening them for me. I'm getting the usual amount of "crank" emails, notably from Hotmail addresses. It seems that "sonic 3D", "Vauen", "Converse37", "Butler Shrimp" and "Fosteria Glass Ware" are trying to jam all the comments with emails that seem to advertise something. Hotmail and Geocities seem to be the source of most of these attempts at jamming up my blog. SO you $$##((&& of b***%%%es, cut it out! The most recent allowed comments came from Thad and Paul Etcheverry, under the Jerry Lewis post, so if you want to read what they had to say, scroll on down there. Please feel free to comment on anything, I now know how to edit the comments. You can also write to me at blogmolasses@att.net.
The comics this week feature the start of a Jim Tyer story from Coo-Coo comics #16, from March, 1945. This story seems to have been influential on Milton Knight, especially that crazy planet Saturn in the first panel. Come join Tippy as he voyages among the solar system in the next few weeks. MARVELOUS MIKE this week is from 10/29/1956 to 11/3, Cliff's old friend Fencemetal, palms off his tonic formula, "Relaxo" on Crump's boss, Mr. Kimball, then vanishes "bag and baggage". Of course, Mike is on hand, quoting from Alexander Pope, and ready to help his "dad" out. KRAZY KAT this week is from 3/20 to 3/25/1939, and features Offissa Pupp wagering dimes on Ignatz's well-worn behavior of tossing bricks, leaving poor Krazy weeping at the end of the sequence. We end with the next two pages of the "Rock and Rollo" story "Too Much Energy" from Felix #8 that we began last week. Rock really gets pepped up on the Professor's formula and wall papers the whole house, including the TV screen! Exciting conclusion of this Tyer mini-story next week.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Hi Reader(s), in this crazy world it's hard to tell if we will be with each other from one week to the next, so without further adieu, here are this week's comics!
The final page of the final published Mangy story: "Mangy's Stormy Night", from Mad Raccoons #7 leads off. Mangy was only trying to warn Virgil about his leaky roof. I love Cathy's drawings of Mangy, especially the sleeping pose on the bed in the last panel. This will be the last appearance of Mangy in this blog, unless I can talk Cathy into doing more.
Marvelous Mike this week is from 10/22-10/29/1956 and features Cliff Crump's old school chum, Edgar Fencemetal. I wonder if Bob Kuwahara came up with all the names for his characters himself? Fencemetal has a product for Mr. Kimball, Cliff's boss, to market, and Edgar moves right in on the Crump's, much to Liz's disgust.
Krazy Kat (from 3/13-3/18/1939) is a story based on the old saying: "A Cat May Look At A King", except in this case it's a Queen Bee that's the recipient of all the ogling. 3-16 is especially interesting, as Krazy's gender is called into question by Ignatz.
From Dell Felix #8 we have the final page of "Looks Are Deceiving" by Jim Tyer. Felix slammed Pussyfoot with a Judo manoeuver. This is the last Felix page that Jim Tyer ever drew, as far as I know, by Felix #9, he was out of the book, never to return. Tyer did do one last story in #8, however, featuring Rock and Rollo. It's called "Too Much Energy", and is a drug story featuring a new character called "Professor Sauerkraut", a funny design drawn in Tyer's "modern but ancient" style. See more of Rock's antics next week!
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Hi Reader (s). Sorry it's been a long time since my last post, but I needed to scan some more material and the scanner is far away. Now at last I have more comics to entertain you with. A lot of scary stuff going on with the nation and the ecomomy. I believe it's compounded by having a Presidential election at the same time as the Stock Market and Credit problems. It's really hard to know who or what to believe. I have my own theory of economics, I call it the "cat food" theory. A few years ago, some poison meat crept into the pet food industry by way of China and Canada, then came across the border into the U.S. market. A lot of compromised cat food and dog food disappeared from store shelves, and when the kibble settled, what had been a fairly competitive market, with at least five manufacturers of pet food, shrunk to three, two national brands and one store brand. The two pet food makers, and others, who had trouble with their products, never returned. Cat food used to be 25 to 35 cents before the big shakeout, now it's 50 cents a can and up, why? Reduced competition. The current economic crisis is shaking down the bank industry with the "poison" of bad mortgage loans made during an artificially created housing "boom". This poison is now spreading through the banking industry and economy, felling one big bank after another. When the gold dust settles, it looks like we will have a lot fewer (and bigger) banks making a lot fewer loans. It will be harder to qualify for a loan and the interest rates will be higher. Why? Reduced competition. Was this whole crisis engineered? You be the judge as you buy your 50 cent can of cat food made by either Purina or Friskies (no other choice around here), and try to get a small loan from an institution "too big to fail".
In this week's comics, we have the last Mangy story to see print, originally in MAD RACCOONS #7, I call it "Mangy's Stormy Night". It's a charming and beautifully inked comic story by Cathy Hill. I especially love the beautiful use of black in the first page as Mangy is awakened by the lightning flash. Page two is fun to look at as well, as Mangy leans over Virgil with her food bowl in the first panel. I like the distortion Cathy put into that drawing, as Mangy's head moves toward Virgil's nose. The conclusion of this story will be in the next post. Marvelous Mike this week is from 10/15 to 10/20/1956. I think this is the windup to the "Big Donation" story. Mike solves Cliff's amnesia with the old cartoon cure, a hammer blow to Cliff's head. When he awakens, Cliff finds that Mike has won the contest for him but he still doesn't believe it. Krazy Kat is from 3/6 to 3/11/1939 and involves Ignatz's two pals, Church and Door Mouse. They make things very confusing for Offissa Pupp. "Looks Are Deceiving" continues from Felix #8 by Jim Tyer. The drawing and staging are up with Tyer's best stuff here, Pussyfoot's laughing poses are amusing to look at and the inking is really dynamic. I like the comic action of Felix spinning the cocky Pussyfoot around by his tail in the second page, so typical of Tyer's animation. I hope you enjoy the comics, there will be some more vintage Tyer to come after Felix #8. Please come back and see. If anybody asks you what you're doing when reading this humble blog, just say "Not Much". Any comments, either click the link below or write me at blogmolasses@att.net.
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As you enter this room, you hear a loud click! Some of the tiles in the floor here seem to be pressure plates for traps, and the trap you just triggered has run out of... whatever it tried to do to you. You doubt you'll be so lucky next time.

Upon closer examination, the traps and safe tiles in this room seem to follow a pattern. The tiles are arranged into rows that are all the same width; you take note of the safe tiles (.) and traps (^) in the first row (your puzzle input).

The type of tile (trapped or safe) in each row is based on the types of the tiles in the same position, and to either side of that position, in the previous row. (If either side is off either end of the row, it counts as "safe" because there isn't a trap embedded in the wall.)

For example, suppose you know the first row (with tiles marked by letters) and want to determine the next row (with tiles marked by numbers):
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ABCDE
12345
```
The type of tile 2 is based on the types of tiles A, B, and C; the type of tile 5 is based on tiles D, E, and an imaginary "safe" tile. Let's call these three tiles from the previous row the left, center, and right tiles, respectively. Then, a new tile is a trap only in one of the following situations:

- Its left and center tiles are traps, but its right tile is not.
- Its center and right tiles are traps, but its left tile is not.
- Only its left tile is a trap.
- Only its right tile is a trap.
In any other situation, the new tile is safe.

Then, starting with the row ..^^., you can determine the next row by applying those rules to each new tile:

- The leftmost character on the next row considers the left (nonexistent, so we assume "safe"), center (the first ., which means "safe"), and right (the second ., also "safe") tiles on the previous row. Because all of the trap rules require a trap in at least one of the previous three tiles, the first tile on this new row is also safe, ..
- The second character on the next row considers its left (.), center (.), and right (^) tiles from the previous row. This matches the fourth rule: only the right tile is a trap. Therefore, the next tile in this new row is a trap, ^.
- The third character considers .^^, which matches the second trap rule: its center and right tiles are traps, but its left tile is not. Therefore, this tile is also a trap, ^.
- The last two characters in this new row match the first and third rules, respectively, and so they are both also traps, ^.
After these steps, we now know the next row of tiles in the room: .^^^^. Then, we continue on to the next row, using the same rules, and get ^^..^. After determining two new rows, our map looks like this:
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..^^.
.^^^^
^^..^
```
Here's a larger example with ten tiles per row and ten rows:
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.^^.^.^^^^
^^^...^..^
^.^^.^.^^.
..^^...^^^
.^^^^.^^.^
^^..^.^^..
^^^^..^^^.
^..^^^^.^^
.^^^..^.^^
^^.^^^..^^
```
In ten rows, this larger example has 38 safe tiles.

Starting with the map in your puzzle input, in a total of 40 rows (including the starting row), how many safe tiles are there?

Your puzzle answer was 1982.

## --- Part Two ---

How many safe tiles are there in a total of 400000 rows?

Your puzzle answer was 20005203.

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Deportation: Deport First, Appeal Later or Appeal First, Deport Later?
The conflict of deportation of a migrant and Article 8 Right to a Private and Family Life is historic in nature, yet evidently this did not deter the introduction of Section 94B of Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. A policy was introduced to deny a migrant the right to reside in the UK whilst appealing the decision following the conviction of a serious criminal offence, hence the introduction of Section 94B.
Section 94B relates to migrants detained for a crime in the UK. If detained for a serious criminal offence, the right to remain in the UK could be removed. The migrant may lodge an appeal, however Section 94B awarded the Secretary of State the power to deport a migrant before an appeal is heard if certain criteria is met. One may be pondering what is the issue? A rejection to stay in the UK surely should be followed and enacted, and with an appeal still available (albeit outside the UK) what really is the problem? The Judgment in the Supreme Court of the case of R (Kiarie and Byndloss) v Secretary of State for the Home Department offers an answer and addresses issues that arise when Article 8 is engaged.
CASE OUTLINE
All public authorities must act in a way that is compatible with Convention Rights (Section 6 HRA 98). It was found in this recent judgement that the implementation of 'deport first appeal later' did engage Article 8. Mr Kiarie has Kenyan nationality, he moved to the UK in 1997 with his parents and siblings at aged three years old. Mr Kiarie was granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2004, and at the time of the hearing was aged 23 years old. Mr Byndloss has Jamaican nationality, he moved to the UK when he was 21 years of age and at the time of the appeal was aged 36 years old. He has a wife and several children in the UK. Mr Byndloss was granted Indefinite Leave to Remain in 2006. Both appellants were convicted of a serious drugs charge.
Mr Kiarie and Mr Byndloss were issued with Section 94B Certificates for deportation. The Supreme Court were requested to review the decision of the Court of Appeal, that although Article 8 was engaged the decision to deport was proportionate. The factor that lead to the deportation was justified as, if the migrant remained it was conducive for the public good. The Conservative Government stated that the Certificate would only be issued on the basis that there is no risk of serious and irreversible harm upon deportation.
The Supreme Court ruled the Certificate for deportation was unlawful and not in accordance with Article 8 as the Secretary of State had acted disproportionately. Lord Wilson stated although the Secretary of State stated a Certificate will only be granted "Where there is no risk of serious and irreversible harm, we should deport foreign criminals first and hear their appeals later." Nevertheless, Lord Wilson interprets this statement as not only the risk of harm to the country of which the applicant is to be deported, but the harm that could be caused to likelihood of success at appeal. The inability to provide oral evidence in person, appoint and subsequently liaise accordingly with legal representatives prior to the hearting could adversely affect the outcome. This was the primary focus for the Supreme Court, placing emphasis on the fairness of an out of country appeal that engages Article 8.
The fairness of an appeal was stated in paragraph 56, Lord Wilson specified the role of the Home Office is to both decide the deportation of the migrant and be a party in appeal proceedings, perhaps Lord Wilson was suggesting an imbalance of power.
Furthermore, the removal of the migrant could affect the grounds of which he bases his appeal. If the appeal raises matters relating to strong family, social and community ties, the migrant is not currently demonstrating those ties whilst in another country.
THE FUTURE OF 94B
The full implications of the Supreme Court ruling are yet to be seen. The government has yet to act upon the now deemed unlawful 'deport first appeal later' policy. It is unclear as to the possibility of such certificates being issued in the near future, or an amendment of legislation. Nevertheless, the need for action by the government is evident.
By Lesley Alexander, Associate at QC Immigration
QC Immigration has vast experience dealing with complicated Human Rights cases, especially where families and children's welfare are involved. Contact us to find a way out of your immigration issues today.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/
https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/briefing-paper/370
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YOUNG BLACK MEN AND PROBABILITIES
Ken Berwitz
Do you worry about a young Black male – not in a suit or in business-casual clothes, but wearing funky street clothes, maybe with his pants slung down below his rear end, wearing a hoodie?
I know I do. So does that make me a racist?
Before you answer, please read the following excerpts from Walter Williams\' (typically) excellent commentary at humanevents.com:
Hillary Clintontold a mixed audience, "I mean, if we\'re honest, for a lot of well-meaning,open-minded white people, the sight of a young black man in a hoodie stillevokes a twinge of fear". Before we get into the nuts and bolts of thatobservation, I\'d like to ask a question. Would well-meaning, open-minded whitepeople have a similar fear at the sight of an elderly black man using a walkerand wearing a hoodie?
Whether we likeit or not, easily observed physical characteristics – such as race, sex, heightand age – convey information. That's because there is often a correlationbetween those characteristics and other characteristics not so easily observed.Say that you\'re a police commander faced with the task of finding vandalsresponsible for slashing car tires and smashing windows. How much of the city\'sresources would you expend investigating 60- to 70-year-old Chinese men? Youprobably wouldn\'t spend resources on any men in that age group. So who isresponsible for your decision not to investigate 60- to 70-year-old Chinese menand other men of the same age? If you said it\'s the behavioral reputation ofthat demographic as a group, you'd be absolutely right.
So what are we tomake of Clinton\'s observation? Who is responsible for "a lot of well-meaning,open-minded white people" experiencing a "twinge of fear" at "the sight of ayoung black man in a hoodie"? Before coming up with your answer, know that incities such as New York, Chicago and Washington, black taxi drivers often avoidpicking up young black males. A black female commissioner in Washington oncewarned cabdrivers against picking up "dangerous-looking" characters – forexample, a "young black guy … with (his) shirttail hanging down longer than hiscoat, baggy pants, (and) unlaced tennis shoes." A black and Hispanic presidentof the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers told his drivers to "profile" their passengers. "The God\'s honest truth is that 99 percent of the people thatare robbing, stealing, killing these drivers are blacks and Hispanics," hesaid.
What do you think? Does Mr. Williams make sense?
You bet he does.
Black people who are not criminals (and that means a very large majority of Black people) can certainly be victimized by White racism – which, be assured, is alive and well. Obviously that includes young Black males – even young Black males who wear hoodies.
But why is it racist to profile, based on the probability that a young Black male is dramatically more likely to commit a criminal act than other demographic segments? Why is it anything but logical.
Do you disagree? Do you think White people are racist for being concerned by Black males in street clothes, when the crime rate for that segment is multiples of the crime rate for everyone else?
Before answering, think about whether you blame BLACK people for having identical concerns for the identical reasons – which, as Mr. Williams points out, they do? Why is their logic any more or less reasonable than a White person\'s?
Let me say it again: racism most certainly exists in this country (and every other country on earth – most of which have far more of it with far less redress than we do: a little factoid the Hillary Clintons of the world convenienty forget). But worrying about a high-crime rate population segment is not racist. It is not wrong.
In fact, not worrying about it is pretty dumb.
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ZOE DIGS LIFE
Finding life on planets is a tricky business, as evidenced by the fact that we've so far completely struck out everywhere except our own backyard. It's going to take some practice to figure out where and how to look, which is why a robot named Zoë is heading back to the Atacama Desert in Chile.
The Atacama Desert is a brutal place. It's mostly waterless and so high up in elevation that the air is thin and solar radiation is significantly higher than normal. Not much lives there. About the only things that can survive are micro-organisms, and even they have to hide beneath the surface. This is about as close as you can get to a planet like Mars, and it's Zoë's job to test out instruments and techniques that could lead to the discovery of life on the red planet.
Field investigation over three years will use a rover to make transects of the Atacama with instruments to detect subsurface micro-organisms and chlorophyll-based life forms, and to characterize habitats. The rover will integrate panoramic imagers, microscopic imagers, spectrometers, as well as mechanisms for subsurface access. Robotic considerations in addition to instrument integration include platform configuration, planetary-relevant localization, complex obstacle negotiation, over-the-horizon navigation, and power-cognizant activity planning. An architecture that coordinates these capabilities, provides health monitoring and fault recovery, and allows for variability in the degree of
autonomy is vital to long-duration operations.
The measurement and exploration technique produced by this investigation combines long traverses, sampling measurements on a regional scale, and detailed measurements of individual targets. When compared to the state-of-the-art in robotic planetary exploration, this approach will result in a dramatic increase in the number of measurements made and data collected by rover instruments per command cycle. This result will translate into substantial productivity increases for future planetary exploration missions.
Previous studies focused on finding life on the surface, but especially on Mars, the subsurface is where it's at. Zoë, created by a team led by Dr. David Wettergreen from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, might not look as fancy as the Curiosity rover, but it's packing a bunch of science under its solar panel hood, and this time around, there's a fancy new piece of hardware. It's got a drill.
The drill comes from Honeybee Robotics, and samples that it retrieves will be analyzed by the Mars Microbeam Raman Spectrometer — an early candidate for the 2020 Mars mission (this one). Zoë started her mission just recently, and should take one or two drill samples every day. She's got 50 kilometers to cover autonomously in two weeks, and you can keep up with her progress at http://frc.ri.cmu.edu/atacama/index.php.


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timelinefx:timelinefx.tlParticleManager

Class tlParticleManager

The particle manager class for TimelinFX. This class manages all effects you create and is used to update and render all particles.
The particle manger is the main type you can use to easily manage all of the effects you want to use in your application. It will automatically update
all of the effects and draw the particles with a simple call to #Update and #DrawParticles.

The process of using the particle manager class is to, create it, add an effect to it and then update and draw in the OnCreate, OnUpdate and OnRender methods in a monkey App class:

'The minimum we need to import is mojo, std and of course timelinefx!

Using mojo..
Using std..
Using timelinefx..

'Create a simple Monky App Class
Class FXexample Extends Window

	'Create some fields to store an effects libray, effect, and a particle manager.
	Field MyEffects:tlEffectsLibrary
	Field MyEffect:tlEffect
	Field MyParticleManager:tlParticleManager
	Field Paused:Int
	Field EffectNames:String[]
	Field CurrentEffect:Int
	Field stop:int

	'In the OnCreate method you can load your effects
	'library and set up the particle manager.
	Method New(title:String,width:Int,height:Int)
		Super.New( title, width, height )
		'load the effects file. See the docs on LoadEffects on how to
		'prepare an effects library for use in monkey.
		MyEffects = LoadEffects("asset::explosions")

		'Use GetEffect, to retrieve an effect from the library.
		MyEffect = MyEffects.GetEffect("glowing explosion")

		'create a particle manager to manage all the effects and particles
		MyParticleManager = CreateParticleManager(5000)

		'Set the number of times per second that you want the particles to
		'be updated. Best to set this to the UpdateRate
		SetUpdateFrequency(60)

		'Let the Particle manager know the screen size
		MyParticleManager.SetScreenSize(Width, Height)

		'Set the origin so that we can use mouse coords to place effects on screen
		MyParticleManager.SetOrigin(Width / 2, Height / 2)

		Local effects:=MyEffects.Effects

		'Get the effect names in the library so we can loop through them
		EffectNames = New String[effects.Count()]
		Local i:int
		For Local name:=Eachin effects.Keys
			If Not name.Contains("/")
				EffectNames[i] = name
				i+=1
			End If
		Next
		EffectNames = EffectNames.Slice(0, i-1)
		Print EffectNames.Length
	End

	'Use the OnRender method to render all particles
	Method OnRender(canvas:Canvas) Override
		'lets create an effect everytime the mouse is clicked
		If Keyboard.KeyHit(Key.Z)
			CurrentEffect-=1
			If CurrentEffect < 0 CurrentEffect = EffectNames.Length-1
		End If
		If Keyboard.KeyHit(Key.X)
			CurrentEffect+=1
			If CurrentEffect > EffectNames.Length-1 CurrentEffect = 0
		End If
		If stop
			'DebugStop()
			stop = False
		End If
		If Mouse.ButtonHit(MouseButton.Left)
			'Copy the effect *Important! Dont just add an effect directly from the
			'library, make a copy of it first*
			Local tempeffect:tlEffect

			MyEffect = MyEffects.GetEffect(EffectNames[CurrentEffect])
			tempeffect = CopyEffect(MyEffect, MyParticleManager)

			'Position the effect where we want it
			tempeffect.SetPosition(Mouse.X, Mouse.Y)

			'Add the effect to the particle manager
			MyParticleManager.AddEffect(tempeffect)

			stop = True
		EndIf

		If Keyboard.KeyHit(Key.P)
			Paused = ~Paused
		End If

		If Keyboard.KeyHit(Key.Space)
			MyParticleManager.ClearAll()
		End If

		Local updatetime:= Millisecs()
		If Not Paused
			'Update the particle manager
			MyParticleManager.Update()
		End If
		updatetime = Millisecs() - updatetime

		App.RequestRender()
		canvas.Clear( New Color(0,0,0,1) )

		'draw the particles
		Local rendertime:= Millisecs()
		MyParticleManager.DrawParticles(canvas)
		rendertime = Millisecs() - rendertime

		canvas.Color = New Color(1,1,1,1)
		canvas.DrawText ("Press space to clear particles", 10, 10)
		canvas.DrawText ("Current Effect (use z & x to change): " + EffectNames[CurrentEffect], 10, 30)
		canvas.DrawText ( App.FPS, 10, 50)

	End
End

Function Main()

	New AppInstance

	New FXexample("Particle Manager", 1024, 768)

	App.Run()

End

The particle manager maintains 2 lists of particles, an Inuse list for particles currently in the rendering pipeline and an UnUsed list for a pool of particles
that can be used by emitters at any time. You can control the maximum number of particles a particle manager can use when you create it:

local MaximumParticles:int=2500
local MyParticleManager:tlParticleManager=CreateParticleManager(MaximumParticles)

When emitters need to spawn new particles they will try and grab the next available particle in the Unused list.

The command SetScreenSize tells the particle manager the size of the viewport currently being rendered to. With this information it locates the center of the
screen. This is important because the effects do not locate themselves using screen coordinates, they instead use an abritrary set of world coordinates. So if you
place an effect at the coordinates 0,0 it will be drawn at the center of the screen. But don't worry, if you want to use screen coordinates to place your
effects you can use the SetOrigin command to offset the world coordinates to screen space:

MyParticleManager.SetScreenSize(Width,Height
MyParticleManager.SetOrigin(Width/2,Height/2)

This will place the origin at the top-left of the viewport so effects placed at 0,0 now will be drawn in the top-left corner of the screen in the same way DrawImage
would. If however your application uses it's own world coordinate system to postion entities then it should be easy to use #SetOrigin to syncronise the location of any
effects with your app.

Public Properties

CurrentTime
The current time in millisecs since the particle manager has been updated..

GlobalAmountScale
The Global amount scale is used to control the overal number of particles that will be spawned..

IdleTimeLimit
Set the idle time limit to control how long before an idle effect is removed from the particle manager's list of effects.

Origin
Get/Set the origin of the particle manager

ParticlesInUse
Returns the number of particles currently in use by the particle manager..

Public Constructors

New
Constructor for tlParticleManager.

Public Methods

AddEffect
Adds a new effect to the particle manager.

ClearAll
Remove all effects and clear all particles in use.

ClearInUse
Clear all particles in use.

DisableSetColor
Disable the particles from rendering using set colour.

DrawParticles
Draw all particles currently in use.

EnableSetColor
Enable the use of set colour for rendering particles..

GetGlobalAmountScale
Get the globalamountscale value of the particle manager.

RemoveEffect
Removes an effect from the particle manager.

SetGlobalAmountScale
Set the globalamountscale value of the particle manager.

SetIdleTimeLimit
Set the amount of time before idle effects are deleted from the particle manager.

SetOrigin
Set the Origin of the particle Manager..

SetOrigin_X
Set the x origin.

SetOrigin_Y
Set the y origin.

SetScreenPosition
Set the current screen position.

SetScreenSize
Set the current screen size.

SetZoom
Set the level of zoom.

Togglepause
Pause and unpause the particle manager.

Update
Update the Particle Manager.


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…….and half a bin bag*. That's how I know these buildings. In their future. Redundant. Moldy, leaking, cold, dark. Uncomfortable. Up the expired inspection elevator to the top. Up on the fire escape. Up to the very top. Catching breath. Breath in and breath out.
*the rules for squatting a place in the Netherlands was that there should be a bed, table with chair and half a bin bag present.
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MARK COLVIN: Senior CSIRO climate scientists have spoken out against plans by the government science agency to cut back on climate research.
A chief research scientist at the CSIRO has told PM that Australia risks losing world-leading research capabilities.
Another senior climate researcher at the CSIRO says the restructure puts all of the agency's climate science work under a cloud, and that includes work which helps with weather prediction, ocean rescue, defence capabilities and natural disaster prediction.
The CSIRO's chief executive continued to defend his planned shake up today.
Simon Lauder reports.
SIMON LAUDER: Climate scientists are meeting for a major conference, but an announcement late last week put a last minute political spin on today's gathering.
They rallied outside the Melbourne venue to express support for CSIRO climate scientists.
(Applause)
The CSIRO says 350 people may lose their positions over two years through redeployment or redundancy.
CSIRO fellow in oceans and atmosphere Dr John Church says he expects about 100 positions will be cut from his division.
JOHN CHURCH: This is a decision to cease all climate change research in CSIRO. This is an area where the Australian people need active and important results into the future.
SIMON LAUDER: Senior CSIRO research scientist Dr Wenju Cai spent a long time on the phone inside the conference venue trying to find out more about the cuts.
He told PM his team is not taking the news well.
WENJU CAI: We're talking about so many people who could lose their job, you know, we are also talking about losing Australia's climate research capability, that we spent the past 40 years to build.
SIMON LAUDER: When you say Australia's climate research capability, what is Australia losing?
WENJU CAI: We had a world-leading capability in a lot of areas. At this stage, we don't know which area will be affected, for example: sea-level research, capability of climate-modelling research, our capability of ocean acidification, ocean carbon-oxidation capability.
SIMON LAUDER: And it's a tough day for you, I saw you having a long phone conversation a while ago; how much longer until you find out exactly what is being lost?
WENJU CAI: We have no idea. At this stage, I think this process could be very long.
SIMON LAUDER: This afternoon chief executive Larry Marshall announced on the CSIRO website that the Cape Grim air pollution monitoring station and the research ship RV Investigator are not under threat from these changes.
He also says he expects the CSIRO's Oceans and Atmosphere business to go from about 420 staff to about 355.
Research scientist division Dr Susan Wijffels is one of them, and she's worried for her team, which monitors the oceans.
SUSAN WIJFFELS: So this is the problem really: climate change is just one aspect of climate science, the same observing system feeds into our seasonal climate forecasting to predict floods and droughts, it plays some role in weather prediction, it plays a major role in ocean forecasting, which helps us with search and rescue, marine industries, and defence.
SIMON LAUDER: Will this monitoring continue at the CSIRO?
SUSAN WIJFFELS: We don't know yet. Some of those facilities I think are at risk. But more importantly, they require a strong scientific leadership, and if that leadership is removed or is no longer of interest to the CSIRO, we need to find another place to ensure that those key observational data streams continue on.
SIMON LAUDER: How tough is this time for you? I know it's a sensitive time and you're waiting to find out exactly who will go. Are you in that position yourself?
SUSAN WIJFFELS: Yes. So I think my team and I are sitting in a period of great uncertainty, and I think it will be several weeks before we really understand the full flow-on effects of the decisions that are being made, particularly I think for the young people in our team, this is a very distraught time.
So we just have to support each other and try and get through it.
SIMON LAUDER: And what about the argument that it's okay to do less climate change monitoring because there will be a greater emphasis on adaptation?
SUSAN WIJFFELS: It's a bit of a false argument, because adaptation requires those same systems, that same technology, those same people, so it doesn't really make sense, that argument.
We already know there's a substantial amount of climate change that we have to adapt to, and knowing what that is in Sydney, in Melbourne, in Perth, in Tasmania, all through Australia - only Australian scientists will care about that, this will not be done by someone sitting you know in New York or in London, or another part of the world.
They have their own adaptation science to do.
SIMON LAUDER: And Australia has, for a long time, been seen as a leader in climate science; do you fear that's now at risk?
SUSAN WIJFELLS: Yes, I think so.
SIMON LAUDER: A spokesman for the Science Minister Christopher Pyne says the CSIRO will continue to invest heavily in climate research, with a focus on new ways to mitigate climate change.
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2 years, 1 month ago - 13 December 2020, RideApart
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Harley recently dropped a bomb when it announced that it would pull from the Indian market to refocus its activities on its bigger markets. The news understandably didn't sit well with the 33 Indian Harley dealers impacted by the move and it wasn't long before rumors of lawsuits surfaced.
While the Motor Company announced on the one hand that would exit India, on the other, it also secured a partnership with local giant Hero. While initially there were talks of Harley distribution via the Hero network, it sounds like the plan could be a little more complex. According to information gathered by the Indian media during a call with Hero MotoCorp Chief Financial Officer Niranjan Gupta, it sounds like future Harley-Davidson bikes sold in India will actually be developed by Hero.
"As part of the deal, Hero MotoCorp will develop and sell a range of premium motorcycles under the Harley-Davidson brand name in the country," the statement read. "Besides, it will take care of service and parts requirements for Harley bikes."
What that means is that Harley won't produce the bikes sold in India, Hero will. Hero will pretty much take over for Harley in the local market, including production, marketing, and service. The Indian manufacturer will likely also benefit from the Motor Company's designs to give the future premium models a proper "American" feel while also offering a more competitive range of price. For Harley, it will mean a much faster expansion in the challenging market that is premium motorcycles in India.
"The partnership is going to be mutually beneficial for both the companies and the ride together in the premium segment will definitely be enriching," said Gupta of the agreement.
As for the dealers, the latest information suggests that only 10 of the 33 disgruntled Harley dealers were approached by Hero to change switch their banner over to the Indian brand. The remaining 23 stores have yet to hear back from Harley or Hero about compensation.
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