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Don't buy my work from other people. by Thaily
I found out someone was trying to sell their character, for which I had drawn the character reference sheet, saying that "You would Get the Rights to All the Art".
No, no you would not.
It's in my TOS, but sadly this bears repeating, I reserve all the rights of work commissioned from me. So do most other artists, as per Western European and American freelance laws, the freelancer retains the rights to the commissioned work unless agreed on otherwise. Meaning, the client has to state what rights they need, they pay for it and they get it in black and white. A contract protects both the freelancer and the client.
And furry commissions are freelance, not "work for hire", like some people think. "Work for hire" involves having the artist sign a work for hire contract which transfers all rights to the employer, but entitles the artist to a regular paycheck and benefits (otherwise, why sign away all your rights?)
If you'd want to sell the rights to a drawing you commissioned, such as selling the art as part of a character design sale that would entitle the new buyer to repost/edit/etc. the work, you'd have to own those rights first AND commercial rights to sell them AND the right to transfer those rights to someone else. This means you'd have to ask for those rights from the artist.
You don't own the rights to artwork just because your character is in it.
"Gosh." you might think "Why are you telling us all this?"
To try and prevent disappointment. As of this moment I have not transferred any rights to my artwork to anyone (save for some unrelated logo design work).
I don't mind people reposting their own commissions to some pages, or cropping for icons and whatnot, but I feel it's important to state: You cannot buy (rights to) my work from anyone but me!
If you buy an adopt/character design from someone, and they said past commissions are included, unless they themselves are the artist or can show you a contract for the artwork, they're probably not in a position to transfer any rights to the work to you, and you might not be able to use that artwork. So if you buy an adoptable with an existing library of artwork, only pay what you would pay for the adoptable/character itself and not the extra art. You'd be potentially throwing away money.
Don't buy my work from other people.
Thaily
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zenia on June 14, 2015 at 14:14:42 UTC
This, this, this! Excellent journal. :D
Deo on June 14, 2015 at 16:33:08 UTC
Right on. I have a huge distaste for how copyright and artist's rights are so often trampled in this fandom.
Sparkyopteryx on June 14, 2015 at 17:02:16 UTC
This to the tenth power. This is why most of the time when I post art I explicitly state "character is the intellectual property of the client but rights are owned by me" and I mention it clearly in my ToS as well. I always support journals like this because it's largely because of ignorance of copyright law and how freelance art actually works that things like this happen. If we in the know about policies continue to educate, perhaps even in the smallest way it'll have a positive impact.


"At Least McCrystal Was Honest"
Former Islamabad CIA station chief Rob Grenier calls the row over General McCrystal's remarks a "foolish spectacle" and sees in it evidence of the impossible situation in Afghanistan.
Former Islamabad CIA station chief Rob Grenier calls the row over General McCrystal's remarks a "foolish spectacle" and sees in it evidence of the impossible situation in Afghanistan. "The fact of the matter is that, given the disconnect between the military leadership in Afghanistan and its political masters in Washington, serious recriminations were due to start, and sooner rather than later," says Grenier who does not think McCrystal's comments in Rolling Stone amount to subordination and that the interview amounted to journalistic embedding with an army unit when "the hosts cannot help but reveal more of the truth than might seem prudent later on."


Discussion in 'Tech Tips and Gear' started by Ty Kom, Feb 11, 2019.
If it was me in your situation, I would pick another canyon to do. I would never plan to rappel on 6mm rope, I'm saving that for an unanticipated situation where it is my last option. A 6mm line can be cut very easily on an edge. Passing a knot on rappel is an important skill to know how to do but introduces some unnecessary risk in my opinion. I'd do that canyon another day when you have the right rope.
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+1 for what Evan said......... BUT if you're really set on this canyon then tie the two 10mm ropes together for the rap side and rig the rap with a fiddlestick, then the knot won't be an issue for the pull. This still requires everyone to pass a knot so make sure everyone in the group knows how to do this and is ok with the plan before you go. You also have the added risk of rappelling on a fiddlestick, not a major concern in my opinion, but it is an added risk if you aren't experienced in its use (which it sounds like you aren't).
Additional theoretical methods to accomplish what you want.
Tie the two 10mm ropes together for the rap side then do a lower and rap with appropriate safties while lowering and while the rope is weighted. Retrieval using the most reliable releasable method you have practiced and are comfortable with.
I listed those as theoretical because I don't know you, your party, the canyon, your skills, your risk comfort level, additional gear, your network of canyoneering friends, or extenuating factors. I concur with Evan above: "If it was me in your situation, I would pick another canyon to do."
I have a whole list of canyons I want to do but have not done because I recognize I lack critical skills. I have a plan to acquire the skills I know I need, and those skills I haven't identified which are valuable. There are many canyons out there, picking one that matches your skills, your party, available gear, and the weather is a valuable skill. Be safe, enjoy the canyons.
Thank for the replies. I have decided against the knot passing. I have a 60 meter dynamic rope, is that a viable option? I should add that I ordered some static rope but it might not arrive on time. If dynamic rope is a bust and the other rope doesn't arrive then the canyon will have to wait.
Hi Ty Kom, welcome to the collective. It's good to hear you've abandoned the knot passing. Hopefully rapping on 6mm cord is out as well. Both of those techniques are generally reserved only for emergencies, due to the significant added risk associated with them. Your questions and comments so far would seem to indicate that you are a beginner and have little experience canyoneering. Would you care to comment on that? Knowing where a new member is at, knowledge and/or experience-wise, helps us better moderate content and tone when interacting with strangers on the internet.
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Basing the decision to do a specific canyon because of being "set on" it. Is this a good basis for decision-making? A good general plan is to 1) properly assess your team's abilities, equipment, desire, etc. then 2) locate a canyoneering objective that can done with what you have, with a reasonable safety margin, and 3) Have a plan B in case plan A doesn't work out due to changes in weather or other conditions, ppl bailing on the trip, etc.
Toggle systems (e.g. Smooth Operator, Fiddlestick) carry significant added risk, even for competent users. It's certainly not a technique with which one can become proficient in a few days (i.e. before this weekend).
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Yes rapping on 6mm is most certainly out of the question. I come from a climbing background, mostly clean aid and trad. I did Purgatory canyon in Death Valley about a month ago and that is the extent of my canyoneering experience. We had planned on doing Helios this weekend but after the discussion here and lots of research I decided we don't have the gear or experience to attempt it. I was thinking the Deimos sneak route is a good alternative as the longest rap is 125'.
Hi Ky Tom, welcome to the Collective.
1. I was surprised that Black Diamond was making a 6mm ROPE. Alas, this is not the case. They offer a 6mm static cord. Within the climbing and canyoneering community, the term "rope" is used for something intended for rappelling, and "cord" is used for something not intended for rappelling. Accessory cord of whatever size makes a poor "rope", and our community has had at least one accident due to accessory cord being sold off the spool to an unsuspecting beginner canyoneer, with the "rope" failing in use some years later. Accessory cord is not rope.
2. I disagree with earlier posters. Dynamic climbing ropes are perfectly acceptable for descending dry canyons. They perform poorly in wet canyons. They are not ideal for several reasons: A. their bounciness in some places is annoying; B. that bounciness and generally not being made for that environment results in them not being durable when canyoneering; and C. being used for canyoneering compromises the integrity of the rope to some extent, and it should no longer be used as a lead-climbing line. Retired. It is now retired.
Thank you everyone for your posts, a lot of great information here. We did the canyon Sunday and all went well, no knot passing, no sketchy raps.


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Episode 115: CEDIA Legend Bill Skaer Offers Tips for Dallas Visitors
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This week, Bill Skaer returns to the podcast from his home in Dallas, TX, where he is CEO of Bill Skaer Home Theater and Technology. Bill is one of the pioneers of the custom integration industry, and he currently serves on the CEDIA trade association's global board of directors. Bill's dedication to the industry has earned him both a CEDIA Fellow and CEDIA Lifetime Achievement Award, and he's one of Jeremy's favorite people in the business. We've asked Bill back on the podcast at a very important time of year, as we prepare for the annual CEDIA Expo convention and trade show, which, this year, is held in Bill's home city. There's a bit of nostalgia related to CEDIA Expo in Dallas, which we let Bill remind us about, but we also wanted to ask Bill to tell us about fun neighborhoods, restaurants, and bars in Dallas that were covered in an article published by RTT.
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The Comedian Sothern – Immunity from flame
Houdini implies this is a trick, but gives no explanation, which he wouldn't, because if it is a trick, the secret needs to be kept and if it isn't then it cannot be explained 'physically'.
From Miracle Mongers And Their Methods By Houdini
The second concerns an equally popular actor, a comedian this time, the elder Sothern (1826-1881). On March 20, 1878, a writer in the Chicago Inter-Ocean communicated to that paper the following curiously descriptive article:
Is Mr. Sothern a medium?
This is the question that fifteen puzzled investigators are asking themselves this morning, after witnessing a number of astounding manifestations at a private seance given by Mr. Sothern last night.
It lacked a few minutes of 12 when a number of Mr. Sothern's friends, who had been given to understand that something remarkable was to be performed, assembled in the former's room at the Sherman House and took seats around a marble-top table, which was placed in the center of the apartment. On the table were a number of glasses, two very large bottles, and five lemons. A sprightly young gentleman attempted to crack a joke about spirits being confined in bottles, but the company frowned him down, and for once Mr. Sothern had a sober audience to begin with.
There was a good deal of curiosity regarding the object of the gathering, but no one was able to explain. Each gentleman testified to the fact Mr. Sothern's agent had waited upon him, and solicited his presence at a little exhibition to be given by the actor, NOT of a comical nature.
Mr. Sothern himself soon after appeared, and, after shaking hands with the party, thus addressed them:
"Gentlemen, I have invited you here this evening to witness a few manifestations, demonstrations, tests, or whatever you choose to call them, which I have accidentally discovered that I am able to perform.
"I am a fire-eater, as it were. (Applause).
"I used to DREAD the fire, having been scorched once when an innocent child. (A laugh.)
Mr. Sothern (severely)—"I HOPE there will be no levity here, and I wish to say now that demonstrations of any kind are liable to upset me, while demonstrations of a particular kind may upset the audience."
Silence and decorum being restored, Mr. Sothern thus continued:
"Thirteen weeks ago, while walking up Greenwich Street, in New York, I stepped into a store to buy a cigar. To show you there is no trick about it, here are cigars out of the same box from which I selected the one I that day lighted." (Here Mr. Sothern passed around a box of tolerable cigars.)
"Well, I stepped to the little hanging gas-jet to light it, and, having done so, stood contemplatively holding the gas-jet and the cigar in either hand, thinking what a saving it would be to smoke a pipe, when, in my absent-mindedness, I dropped the cigar and put the gas-jet into my mouth. Strange as it may appear, I felt no pain, and stood there holding the thing in my mouth and puffing till the man in charge yelled out to me that I was swallowing his gas. Then I looked up, and, sure enough, there I was pulling away at the slender flame that came from the glass tube.
"I dropped it instantly, and felt of my mouth, but noticed no inconvenience or unpleasant sensation whatever.
"'What do you mean by it?' said the proprietor.
"As I didn't know what I meant by it I couldn't answer, so I picked up my cigar and went home. Once there I tried the experiment again, and in doing so I found that not only my mouth, but my hands and face, indeed, all of my body, was proof against fire. I called on a physician, and he examined me, and reported nothing wrong with my flesh, which appeared to be in normal condition. I said nothing about it publicly, but the fact greatly surprised me, and I have invited you here to-night to witness a few experiments."
Saying this, Mr. Sothern, who had lit a cigar while pausing in his speech, turned the fire end into his mouth and sat down, smoking unconcernedly.
"I suppose you wish to give us the fire-test," remarked one of the company.
Mr. Sothern nodded.
There was probably never a gathering more dumbfounded than that present in the room. A few questions were asked, and then five gentlemen were appointed to examine Mr. Sothern's hands, etc., before he began his experiments. Having thoroughly washed the parts that he proposed to subject to the flames, Mr. Sothern began by burning his arm, and passing it through the gas-jet very slowly, twice stopping the motion and holding it still in the flames. He then picked up a poker with a sort of hook on the end, and proceeded to fish a small coil of wire from the grate. The wire came out fairly white with the heat. Mr. Sothern took the coil in his hands and cooly proceeded to wrap it round his left leg to the knee. Having done so, he stood on the table in the center of the circle and requested the committee to examine the wrappings and the leg and report if both were there. The committee did so and reported in the affirmative.
While this was going on, there was a smile, almost seraphic in its beauty, on Mr. Sothern's face.
After this an enormous hot iron, in the shape of a horseshoe, was placed on Mr. Sothern's body, where it cooled, without leaving a sign of a burn.
As a final test, a tailor's goose was put on the coals, and, after being thoroughly heated, was placed on Mr. Sothern's chair. The latter lighted a fresh cigar, and then coolly took a seat on the goose without the least seeming inconvenience. During the last experiment Mr. Sothern sang in an excellent tone and voice, "I'm Sitting on the Stile, Mary."
The question now is, were the fifteen auditors of Mr. Sothern fooled and deceived, or was this a genuine manifestation of extraordinary power? Sothern is such an inveterate joker that he may have put the thing upon the boys for his own amusement; but if so, it was one of the nicest tricks ever witnessed by yours truly,
ONE OF THE COMMITTEE.
P. S.—What is equally marvellous to me is that the fire didn't burn his clothes where it touched them, any more than his flesh. P. C.
(There is nothing new in this. Mr. Sothern has long been known as one of the most expert jugglers in the profession. Some years ago he gained the soubriquet of the "Fire King!" He frequently amuses his friends by eating fire, though he long ago ceased to give public exhibitions. Probably the success of the experiments last night were largely owing to the lemons present. There is a good deal of trickery in those same lemons.—Editor Inter-Ocean.)
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Sheffield United: Chris Wilder wants his team to be '˜cuter' at Spotland
Sheffield United have been told small details could make a big difference to the result at Rochdale on Saturday.
Thursday, 02 March, 2017, 04:59
James Hanson of Sheffield United applauds the fans: Simon Bellis/Sportimage
Chris Wilder, the League One leaders' manager, issued his prediction after highlighting the difference between their performance before and after the break against Bolton Wanderers last weekend.
United moved seven points clear of second-placed Scunthorpe following the 2-0 victory over Phil Parkinson's side but Wilder, insisting there is still room for improvement, said: "We have to play a little bit cuter at times, that's the fire and ice we're talking about.
James Hanson has impressed Chris Wilder: Jamie Tyerman/Sportimage
"When we played Bolton in the FA Cup in December and made five changes, we said they were the best in both boxes in the division so we knew where the ball would be coming in. We let them do that to begin with by giving silly free-kicks away, getting dragged into the hurly burly they wanted. But when we calmed ourselves down, we didn't."
James Hanson is poised to start at Spotland after Wilder praised his performance against Wanderers despite seeing his preparations hampered by injury.
"When the ball went up to him, it stuck," Wilder said. "The week before, he didn't train and did really well. He trained before Bolton and was really, really good again."


Legal Aid may have gone for a lot of Family and Children legal matters but there are still other avenues to consider to complement your Family Law background.
In this article Austin Chessell from FAMIA will share his experience of how to move into Family Mediation and some of the challenges and liabilities he faces as a Family Mediator.
What training, soft skills and otherwise, do you need to develop as a family practitioner in a post Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders world.
I have been involved in the field of Family Law sector since 2005.
In 2010 I wanted to not just work as a Family Solicitor. I wanted the challenge of working with separating couples not just individuals. I wanted to work with separating couples that focused on the families' interests rather than having fixed positions.
I looked into how this could be achieved and decided to train as a Family Mediator. A lot of Family Solicitors or Counsellors move into the field of Family Mediation.
Five years on I am now doing more work as a Family Mediator than as a Family Solicitor.
The foundation training costs around £2,500. If your firm is not willing to pay this then you might wish to consider funding this yourself and then being reimbursed when you start to see clients.
Once you have started to mediate then you can build on your mediation knowledge. A lot of the families I work with have an international element to their issue so it is important to keep up to date in this area.
If you enjoy working with children then you should consider doing the Direct Consultation with Children course.
Once you complete your accreditation you may want to be a supervisor and undertake Professional Practice Consultant (PPC) training. I completed the PPC training last year and I am working with several supervisees who are working towards accreditation.
I am working with several families at the moment in mediation where they feel that communication has broken down and also one or both of them feel that there is no trust.
The first session was used for the separating couples to discuss strategies on how communication and trust can be worked on and improved even before we started to discuss childcare and financial matters.
The courts are becoming aware how important a role Family Mediators can play in helping to resolve family matters out of court. I am involved with schemes at the Central Family Court and Barnet Family Court where, for cases having the first hearing, the courts are trying to encourage the separating couple to try mediation if both clients are willing and the matter is appropriate for the mediation process.
I am pleased that I went on an online mediation training course with Stephen Anderson. I am getting more and more clients where one client is not based in London. I have used Skype for clients.
Last month I did a Skype mediation for a client based in Ireland who had a disability and another case where a mother lives in Hong Kong to focus on financial and children matters. Make sure you do a test Skype mediation call before the actual mediation if you are doing a Skype mediation session.
I notice more recently that Solicitors are looking at ways to regularly work with mediators. I am part of the scheme with Dialogue First where clients choose this process. The clients have a Solicitor assigned to them. The clients can then seek legal advice from their Solicitor after each Mediation session.
Clients come to mediation having a general knowledge that if they can resolve matters in mediation it is generally a cheaper, quicker and less adversarial process than going to court. The last few years clients seem to be more informed of what mediation is and how it works before I meet them.
If mediation does not resolve on every matter then there is the possibility for the matter to be referred to arbitration if both clients want this to happen for a binding decision. I am looking forward to discussing Family Mediation and Arbitration with Charmaine Hast from Wedlake Bell on 16th March at the Solicitors Journal live event.
In mediation you ask screening questions with each client at the start of the process to try and establish which cases are not appropriate for mediation.
Recent examples of mediation matters that have not proceeded are where one client to the mediation process did not want to make a full financial disclosure of their assets and the other client believed that some assets were being hidden.
It can also sometimes be a challenge where one client wants to see you for a shortened Mediation Information Assessment Meeting (MIAM). If a client has attended a MIAM before with another service then I may do a shorter MIAM but if it is a client who is new to mediation I explain that most clients I see for a MIAM to do it properly takes around 45 minutes to an hour.
Some mediation cases where Lawyers are present, it is sometimes a case of if the clients need some space with just them and the mediators and no Lawyers to let the Lawyers know this. You need to do what is right for the clients.
Most of my Family Mediation cases work on the model of 90-minute joint sessions but half a day and full day mediation sessions are possible if the clients have a court case taking place very soon.
It can be quite expensive at the start of the mediation journey with the mediation foundation course fee and regular supervision meetings.
It takes time to build up a mediation caseload. Find time to create a plan of how many clients you would like to work with and decide what action and networking needs to be done to achieve this.
My plan is always changing but if you have a plan you have something to aim for. Marketing can often take place outside of work hours so if you are attending breakfast events or late night networking, aim to attend events that you enjoy being at. I tend to find having a chat with one to two people works better rather than going round the whole room to aim to speak to everyone, but again you need to find a networking strategy that works for you.
I am now working at a fixed office in Angel at the Business Design Centre for Family Mediation meetings. Five years ago I used to rent rooms in offices over several offices across London. This was good initially to keep the room hire costs down but I found that a lot of time in the day would be lost travelling from North, East and Central London so I now aim to get clients to meet me at one location.
Make sure that you have mediation insurance in place and that you have the right level of cover especially for financial mediation matters.
I have been able to diversify my Family Law skill set by undertaking training to become a Collaborative Family Solicitor and Family Mediator.
I want to be known as a specialist Solicitor and Mediator. A lot of clients when they come to you, want to work with someone is a specialist in their area. I think it is harder to get this message across if you work in lots of areas of law.
In Family Law I work within the areas of divorce, finances, children, relocation, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, domestic violence and child abduction.
In Family Mediation the matters, I tend to cover are how the divorce will commence and who is the Petitioner, childcare, finances, direct consultations with children, grandparents wanting to see their grandchildren and also LGBT families.
If you are thinking of becoming a Family Mediator do your research. Make sure that the foundation course you are signing up for will be recognised when you apply for accreditation.
Before you start to mediate you will need to observe some mediations and also do some co-mediation hours. See what opportunities are available for this. I found that I had more opportunities to observe and co-mediate by contacting mediation services outside of London.
Try to find a PPC who you are comfortable working with.
When I started mediating, I found that I had to ask a lot of practical questions and when I started mediating with clients the questions I had were more about dealing with the client and the process. Make sure that the PPC has time to supervise you as sometimes you may need to speak to the PPC urgently.
If you do not have enough cases to be accredited then you might need to consider whether you charge mediation clients less than other local mediation practices or co-mediate on a pro-bono basis with an established mediator.
Once you become accredited a lot more opportunities become available. Getting the accreditation for me has been my biggest challenge as a mediator. It took around two years for me to get the required cases for the portfolio.
If you are from a legal background you may want to consider going on a level 2 and / or 3 Counselling diploma course. I found this course very helpful when writing up my reflections for the mediation portfolio.
I have written several Family Mediation updates for Solicitors Journal since 2011 covering some of the above in more detail. These articles should still be available on the Solicitors Journal website to help with your Family Mediation journey.


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Perforated copper screens add movement to Ballet Memphis façade
Ballet Memphis had outgrown its suburban space and sought to move closer to the heart of the city in a new facility. When the opportunity arose to relocate to the Overton Square entertainment district, Ballet Memphis leaped at the chance. Its new 44,000-sq. ft. facility nearly doubles the company's previous space and is truly one-of-a-kind with its dazzling perforated, corrugated copper screen.
The building is designed to engage the public in movement, culture and connection to the community. It houses rehearsal space for the professional ballet company, a dance school for 200 children, community classrooms and administrative space. The largest rehearsal studio also doubles as a performance venue.
The exterior form is composed of layers of glass and volumes of contrasting metal that emulates a music box. Highlighting the architectural design created by archimania in Memphis is more than 20,000 sq. ft. of Petersen's PAC-CLAD 7/8-in. Corrugated copper panels—half of which are perforated. The dramatic façade also includes 23,000 sq. ft. of .032 aluminum Snap-Clad standing seam panels installed vertically to function as wall panels behind and above the copper corrugated panels. The Snap-Clad Panels were finished in Petersen's Cool Color Metallic Zinc.
"The perforated copper screen sits at the historic street edge—enhancing the urban experience within the entertainment district—while complying with city codes and setbacks," said archimania principal Todd Walker. With a 7 ft. walkway space between the signature screen and studio windows, passers-by are able to view and engage with the activities within.
"We settled on the idea of a street-side screen early in the process," Walker said. "And the use of copper related well to the many older homes in the district that have copper elements. In this case, copper is not only a natural material but a historic material used in a modern way."
The vertically installed Snap-Clad aluminum panels also played an important role in the exterior design. "We liked the idea of breaking up the mass and scale of the large building by using two different materials," Walker said. The lower, street-level portion of standing seam panels were perforated as well to allow light and sight into the structure.
Installation of all PAC-CLAD profiles was completed by Ralph Jones Sheet Metal in Arlington, Tenn. "This was an unusual project," said Gordon Jones, president. "The use of both solid and perforated corrugated copper was highly creative. We coordinated with the design team throughout the process."
The vertically installed aluminum Snap-Clad panels ranged from 41 to 51 ft. in length. "Installing vertical panels of that length is always a bit of a challenge," Jones noted. Additionally, a limited amount of PAC-CLAD Tite-Loc Plus panels was used on the flat roof portion of the building.
Ralph Jones Sheet Metal is a long-time user of Petersen's PAC-CLAD products. "The vast majority of metal panels we buy is PAC-CLAD. They're great products and we virtually never have a problem. If we do, Petersen takes care of it. We're a loyal company and always feel we're treated fairly."
Architect Todd Walker was complimentary about the work done by Ralph Jones Sheet Metal. "We use a lot of metal on buildings," Walker said. "The attention and craftsmanship that Ralph Jones puts into the jobs we do with them is outstanding. That's an important factor in creating the high-quality look we always strive for."
"We wanted to make the project dynamic and energized," Walker said. "The copper screen looks more solid during the day and perforated at night when lights are on behind it. Plus, the varying angles of the sun makes the copper ever-changing. And the natural patina process will change it further over time as well. I think copper adds an element that may be more dynamic than any other metal material we have used."
"Dance and architecture share a focus on movement, space and time," Walker continued. "Celebrating these disciplines through this civic project enhances the growing Overton Square district as well as the residential neighborhoods around it."


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Hacktivist groups are actively attacking ERP applications to disrupt critical business operations and penetrate target organizations.
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In St Lawrence Church in Appleby is the marble tombstone dedicated to Margaret Russell, Countess of Cumberland. Margaret was the youngest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Bedford and she was born in Exeter in 1560.
Margaret married the 3rd Earl of Cumberland in 1577 with whom she had a daughter – Anne Clifford. The Countess died at Brougham Castle in 1616. Lady Anne Clifford was responsible for the restoration of St Lawrence Church during the 17th century and she had the memorial raised in dedication to her mother. Formerly standing near the altar in the sanctuary, the monument now stands in the north chapel.
The memorial features an alabaster figure lying above a marble base detailing heraldry relating to the Clifford family with two skulls supporting the Ionic capitals on either side of the inscription.


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Q: Clarification on amplitude of observed NFC PICC response I am using a simple pick up coil attached to an oscilloscope (and as pictured a Saleae Logic Pro 16) to monitor the NFC traffic between a reader (PCD) and ISO15693 tag (PICC).
The reader is a PN5180 evaluation board from NXP, and the tag is one of several evaluation boards for the NTAG5 Link.
The trace from the PCD to PICC communication looks exactly as expected.

The trace from the PICC to PCD communication, however, looks incorrect. The amplitude of the modulated signal appears greater than the amplitude of the carrier wave as seen below:

My expectation is that the signal would look similar to below:

I am seeking clarification as to what may be the cause of the discrepancy, and ultimately a suggestion on how to correct said difference.
Paul

A: Based on your description, it sounds like you have a third coil being used to monitor the traffic between the reader and the tag?  When you say a 'simple pickup coil', this makes me suspect you have what is essentially some wire you bent into a loop by hand connected to your oscilloscope?
NFC is a technology for the communication between exactly two devices and two coils.  Active load modulation works by altering the impedance of one of the coils, causing change in what gets reflected back to the primary coil - the coil in the reader.  You cannot use a third pickup coil to monitor the signal.  At best, you're monitoring what the signal is in that third pickup coil which depends on all kinds of factors, and at worst, you're doing that but also heavily altering the behavior and signal in the other two coils at the same time.
The only way to observe what the signal is in the reader's coil by connecting your oscilloscope to a tap directly on that reader's coil.  You cannot introduce a third pickup coil and expect to measure anything other than timing with NFC, or any near-field interaction for that matter.
Near-field relies on non-radiative coupling, so either electrostatic or inductive (as is the case with NFC) coupling.  This means that it is more accurate to think of an NFC reader and tag pair as a single air-cored transformer than a typical RF transmitter and receiver.
The near-field is heavily influenced by everything that is nearby.  When working with far-field radiation (radio waves), using a third antenna to monitor communication between two devices is perfectly acceptable.
However, you cannot do this with near-field coupling.  Where a third antenna is (unless positioned incorrectly) not going to have any impact on the radiated and received energy of two antennas of interest that you are monitoring.  When working in the near-field however, introducing a third coil is going to have a profound effect on the signal the other 2 coils see, and also cannot be used to easily infer or measure what the signal the other coils are seeing actually is.
So if you are using a third pickup coil that you've introduced into this system, the only thing you are measuring with your oscilloscope is what is being induced in that coil.  It is not representative of what either of the other 2 coils are themselves picking up, at least not at the level you are trying to measure.  Such a setup is really only useful for seeing if something is happening at specific times, but you certainly can't use such a setup if your intent is to look at things like amplitude in a coil other than the one connected to your oscilloscope.
Indeed, you say that the trace from the PCD to PICC looks exactly as expected, but I beg to differ.  It looks quite incorrect to me.  The expected trace does not have large voltage spikes that overshoot the carrier by 30-40% at the start of each transition like your trace has.
For whatever reason, you've chosen to ignore these spikes in your first trace, then have chosen to not ignore them in your second trace.  In both traces, the amplitude briefly exceeds the carrier at the start of each transition, and both traces are incorrect.
The reason for this is, of course, due to how strongly all participants in the near-field region interact.  Your third pickup coil isn't really just some sensing element, but rather you've essentially added an entire extra winding to an air-cored transformer, adding a lot of inductance that isn't supposed to be there, loading the other 2 antennas, stealing and storing some energy in its own self-inductance, moving resonant frequencies of everything to something else, and even if it did not have such a huge influence on the other two coils, what you measure in that third coil is not representative of what is seen in either of the other two coils.
In this specific instance, it appears that your third pickup coil is adding a lot of inductance to the system, and as soon as the induced current undergoes a sudden drop (the start of your transitions), the voltage in the third loop connected to your oscilloscope spikes then rings (as part of an LC tank with parasitic capacitances), and it takes a few cycles to extinguish.  There is no excess energy to dissipate when the transition is the opposite direction though, from less current to more current.  So you get spikes but only on the more to less transitions.  This is just a guess, near-field interactions get extremely complex so the true explanation is likely not so simple, but I hope it conveys at least how much room there is for the third coil to influence or at the least not accurately reflect what is going on in the other coils.
You must connect your oscilloscope to the reader's coil if you want to monitor the signal.  That is the only way.  And you need to be careful about how you connect the oscilloscope to that coil.  Ideally, you want to use an evaluation board that has the reader's coil broken out through a connector for the purpose of observing the signal with an oscilloscope.
You can ignore the signal generator of course, but this is what your test setup would need to be similar to:

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LOS ANGELES – Fugitive director Roman Polanski could face a tough U.S court battle next week as he seeks to resolve his four-decade rape case without spending more time in jail.
Los Angeles prosecutors said in a court filing ahead of a hearing on Monday that the Oscar-winning movie maker could not dictate the terms of his return to the United States from afar.
Polanski's attorney will ask a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to rule that Polanski fulfilled his time behind bars in 1977, when he served 42 days ahead of sentencing for the rape.
Attorney Harland Braun has said Polanski wants to travel freely, without risk of extradition, and to return to the United States to visit the grave of his wife, Sharon Tate, who was murdered in Los Angeles by followers of Charles Manson in 1969.
The case of French-Polish Polanski, 83, has been a cause celebre for 40 years. He pleaded guilty in Los Angeles in 1977 to having sex with a 13 year-old girl and served 42 days in jail after a plea bargain. He later fled the United States, fearing a lengthy jail sentence if the agreement was overruled.
Prosecutors said in the court documents filed on Thursday that the "Rosemary's Baby" director had made repeated requests for special treatment.
"The defendant is, once again, trying to dictate the terms of his return without risk to himself …. (He) wants answers – but will only show up if he likes the answers," Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey wrote.
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09:39 am: The World of White Bear
I haven't interpreted something overly literally for a while. Let's figure out the logistics of this thing.
The setup actually works in a way that the Truman Show doesn't. The Truman Show is all improv and requires a massive cast. White Bear keeps things scripted, has 4 actors and invites members of the public to pay for the privilege of being "monsters". People run more complex LARP events on less money. The film is set in the White Bear Justice Park, which is a custom prison type set up the exhibit the child murderer Victoria Skillane in accordance with the sentence passed by the judge, as a kind of tourist attraction. Probably it was a custom punishment, designed to fit the crime, rather than being a normal form of punishment. The park is based around the actual forest where the crime took place, and adjacent areas, including a housing estate where Skillane wakes up (and a nearby petrol station), and the transmitter complex (incorporating a small studio), which is used for the final set piece.
How big is the Justice Park and is it contiguous? They spend enough time driving for it to get dark, so presumably the area is a decent size, even if much of the time was spend driving around in circles and circles. Since they get between the three sets by vehicle, there Park doesn't need to be all joined up - either this is one site or three smaller sites, and Victoria would not be permitted to leave the vehicle between them. Certainly there are fences - this can be seen in the end credits, although if Victoria got as far as them then there would be a breakdown of scenario. It seems the cast can contain Victoria adequately on their own, and the fences are as much to stop the general public getting in as to stop her escape.
And that's not just needed to protect the public, but to deal with the Park's assassination problem. It is surely only a matter of time before someone comes in with a gun or a knife and an intent to kill Skillane, or throw nastier things than red paint at her. There will be airport-style security screening on the gate.
The scenario has been in use long enough for Skillane to start to develop memories of it. She remembers the forest while driving there with Baxter and Jem - she knows something is going to happen there. Baxter and Jem exchange a look during this - perhaps this is a recently developing problem.
The sections that we see are locked down quite tightly, but there are two drives during which improvisational skills were definitely needed, and Skillane can be unpredictable although - and this is key to the irony of the entire piece - she is obviously easily led. The principals of the cast, Baxter and Jem, are clearly practiced and experienced at this now. (It's not entirely clear that these are their real names, by the way, but we don't have any others for them, so we'll just keep calling them that.) Skillane goes significantly off-script at one point, by throwing a brick at an observer, and grabs his phone. Jem immediately goes for her Taser and demands that Skillane put down the phone, using a practiced excuse from the scenario, but presumably strongly concerned that Skillane will look at the phone and break the immersion. Jem doesn't quite break character here, but the idea that she has a Taser on her clearly doesn't fit with other events. If Skillane wasn't so disoriented she might wonder why Jem hadn't used it on the hunters.
Jem's character (within the park, that is) isn't written terribly consistently. The Jem in the first act is rather more nervous, and barely manages to escape from the petrol station scene. The later Jem doesn't mention Damian again (he is just a redshirt, after all), and is more competent. She reveals her well-thought out plans to destroy the White Bear transmitter and drags Skillane into this mission. She is, of course, dressed in the latest post-apocalyptic chic.
Baxter, Jem and the others are working actors. We don't know how long they've been on the job, or whether they've been there from the start. It seems likely that it would burn people out. Baxter mucks in by doubling in another role, and the key task of ensuring that Skillane's memory is wiped sufficiently is his. He's also the main "presenter". Jem's role is the more demanding one, I'd argue, as she has to be in contact with Skillane all day, and guide her from scene to scene. Jem's gag about Baxter's surprise being nudity appears to be an improvisation rather than part of the script: this is the last moment she'll get to do that with a fellow cast member: after Baxter draws that weapon it's scripted until she "kills" him, and then she's stuck with Skillane.
The operation is presumably self-funding. If they're careful it might even pay for other justice system things. The car park is operated on a commercial basis, and people will pay for admission, too. However, there aren't a massive number of guests. After all, it runs every day, and 5/7 of those are weekdays... This entry was originally posted at http://morwen.dreamwidth.org/395906.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
janieluk
February 22nd, 2013 02:37 pm (UTC)
Huh. I missed the irony of Skillane being easily led thing.
The trigger for the reveal - that she shoots that gun - is important. Every time she does that she has shown that she can be led into violence without really anything more than a stranger's say so.


Nothing is more frustrating than a job-interview process that stretches on for weeks or months, but unfortunately, that is what many job seekers experience these days.
Recent research by Glassdoor has found that the average job interview process took 22.9 days in the U.S. in 2014, reflecting a trend in which employers have been taking far more time to evaluate candidates since the recession. And at public companies, hiring typically takes five to 13 days longer, the study found.
Highly skilled jobs require the longest interview process, the study found. For instance, it takes 35 days to hire a software engineer on average, compared to 15.7 days for a junior software engineer. And for government jobs, as you might have guessed, the interview process can only be described as glacial. It takes 60 days on average, the study found.
You can't force interviewers to make decisions more quickly but fortunately, you can shave days off the interview process by speeding up steps where you have some control over the timing. Here are four proactive ways to accelerate the process, so you can get hired more quickly.
Prime yourself for action. One increasingly prevalent factor that can add days to your interviewing is the preliminary phone screening, the study found. It's never a good idea to do a screening unprepared, so make sure that any time you send out a job application, you do your homework on the company to which you are applying at that time. That way you won't have to ask the interviewer if you can do the interview four days from now. You can book it for tomorrow.
Make it easy to do a background check. One screening method that has seen a big uptick is background checks, with 42% of job seekers in the study reporting they had to undergo one in 2014. Typically, for a background check you'll need to fill out forms that help employers to verify information about your background, such as the names and contact information for past employers, so gather it before you meet any hiring manager for an in-person interview. If you have to start tracking down your boss from 10 years ago to fill out the contact information after the interview, that could add another week to the process—in which time another applicant may surge ahead of you.
Clean up your credit history. Some employers may review your credit history as part of a background check. If there are mistakes on your credit report that affected your credit negatively, send in the relevant information to correct them to the major credit bureaus—Experian, Equifax and TransUnion–long before you're in the interview process. Otherwise, it is possible your credit report may raise doubts in the minds of interviewers and cause them to put your resume in the "maybe" pile. If that happens, it's definitely not going to speed up your application and may even kill it altogether.
Take tests early. Two other types of screening methods—drug tests and personality tests—are becoming more common, Glassdoor found. Twenty-three percent of job seekers had to do drug tests in 2014, up from 13% in 2010. And 18% of job seekers were asked to take personality tests, compared to 12% in 2010. Drug tests are often conducted at commercial lab chains so if you're asked to take one and the lab nearest your home is booked for the next week, don't accept that as the earliest possible appointment. Try a few in neighboring communities to see if any has a slot tomorrow or the next day.
Some firms conduct their own personality tests, while others may ask you to do so through an outside consulting firm. In either case, make the appointment immediately and don't waste time trying to read up on the test and game the system. If you're an ideal fit for the company, that will shine through in the interview process—and the test will only provide confirmation of what hiring managers already know.


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The name Leonard Grace would probably have never been mentioned in the newspapers had he not died at a young age during a boxing match that resulted in his opponent being charged with manslaughter. In Kentucky, it was one of the first times that a boxer received the charge of manslaughter for an opponent's death in the boxing ring. Leonard Grace was a lightweight boxer between the ages of 19-25; his exact age is unknown because Leonard Grace had been a ward of the state and his age changed based on who was answering the question.
It was not too long after his eighteenth birthday, and a very brief professional boxing career, that Leonard Grace died on November 3, 1941 [source: Kentucky Certificate of Death Registrar's No.4804, the last name is misspelled "Gracen"]. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Louisville, KY. His death was due to a subdural hemorrhage pulmonary edema, the result of injuries received during a bout with lightweight boxer Tommy Parker [BoxRec] from Lexington, KY. Leonard Grace went down in the ring at Columbia Gymnasium, his managers could not revive him, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the City Hospital in Louisville, KY. Tommy Parker was initially charged with manslaughter, but Leonard Grace's death was ruled an accident by a coroner's jury.
According to Leonard Grace's incomplete boxing record at the BoxRec website, Leonard Grace had had very few fights, one of which he lost to Johnny Allen [BoxRec] in November of 1938, the fight was scored a KO (knockout). That fight had also taken place at the Columbia Gymnasium in Louisville, KY.
Little is known about Leonard Grace's personal life. He is listed in the 1930 U.S. Federal Census as a 14 year old ward of the Louisville and Jefferson County Children's Home. It is noted that he and his parents were born in Kentucky. The Louisville and Jefferson County Children's Home was a residential institution for dependent and delinquent children [source: "Ormsby Village-Ridgewood" by D. Morgan in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, editor J. E. Kleber, pp.678-679]. Children were placed in the home due to "neglect, ill treatment, delinquency, and undesirable home conditions," they became wards of the state [source: The WPA Guide to Kentucky by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky, pp.349-350].
While at the home, Leonard Grace was a resident in the Ridgewood facility that housed the colored children; the building was located in Lyndon on LaGrange Road. In 1930, Lee B. Jett, Sr. was the superintendent of the home's colored facility, and he supervised 2 teachers, 2 employees, 3 matrons, maid Harriett Benny, and chef Fanny Arnold, all of whom cared for 105 wards and the superintendent's 2 children [source: 1930 U.S. Federal Census]. It is not known how long Leonard Grace was a ward of the Louisville and Jefferson County Children's Home. His parents' names are not known at this time. In 1930, there were 7 other African Americans in Louisville with the last name Grace, and they may or may not have been related. Havng been placed in the Children's Home, it was probably there that Leonard Grace was introduced to boxing, a sport for boys in many orphanages and homes for cildren.
In 1940, Leonard Grace lived with John Gordon and Reachel Young, both from Tennessee [source: U.S. Federal Census]; all three lived on Magazine Street in Louisville. John Gordon worked with the WPA as a laborer building streets. The following year, Leonard Grace died. On Leonard Grace's death certificate, John Gordon was the informant and he wrote "unknown" in the space for parents. In 1941, as written on the death certificate, John Gordon and Leonard Grace both lived at 1415 S. Third Street in Louisville. Prior to his death, in 1939 Leonard Grace had been employed as a porter for the Taystee Bread Co. located at 1222 W. Liberty Street [source: p.668 in Caron's Louisville (Kentucky) City Directory 1939].
At the time of his death in 1941, Leonard Grace was said to be 20 years old on his death certificate; 21 years old according to the newspaper article announcing his death; 25 years old according to the 1930 U.S. Federal Census; and 19 years old according to the 1940 U.S. Federal Census.
For the announcement of Leonard Grace's death, see the last paragraph in the column "It Happened in Kentucky," Kentucky New Era, 11/04/1941, p.4; and the coroner's ruling in "Hit him too hard," Kentucky New Era, 11/18/1941, p.4. For a broader history of boxers who died in the ring, and additional sources, see "Boxing-related deaths" within chapter 2-Data Analysis in the title The Regulation of Boxing by R. G. Rogriguez.
"Grace, Leonard [and Ridgewood at Louisville and Jefferson County Children's Home]," Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed April 21, 2019, http://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/3050.


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Five things you need to know about DUP politicians and science
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Having failed to win an overall majority in the UK's general election, Theresa May's Conservative party is hoping to foster an informal coalition with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Members of the party have taken controversial stances on everything from climate change to evolution, with one assembly member being unaware that heterosexual people can contract HIV. Here are five things you need to know when it comes to science and the DUP
The party has a history of speaking out against climate change. Senior member Sammy Wilson has called climate change a "con", and described the Paris Agreement as "window dressing for climate chancers". During his time as Northern Ireland's environment minister, he said that people would eventually "look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on Earth we were ever conned into spending billions of pounds" on the issue.
It isn't just Wilson though – in 2014, DUP ministers tried to oppose proposals to introduce local measures against climate change in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK where women cannot access abortion unless their life is endangered by pregnancy – a legal situation that is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, according to a Belfast High Court ruling in 2015.
But on taking leadership of the party in 2016, Arlene Foster promised to block any attempt to change these laws, telling reporters "I would not want abortion to be as freely available here as it is in England."
Foster did, however, say she might consider an amendment in cases of rape. But the DUP's Jim Wells – formerly the health minister for Northern Ireland – opposes abortion even in these circumstances.
DUP assembly member Thomas Buchanan has previously called for creationism to be taught in schools. In 2016, he voiced support for an evangelical Christian programme that offers "helpful practical advice on how to counter evolutionary teaching". He has expressed a desire to see every school in Northern Ireland teaching creationism, describing evolution as a "peddled lie".
Buchanan told the Irish News "I'm someone who believes in creationism and that the world was spoken into existence in six days by His power," adding that children had been "corrupted by the teaching of evolution".
The DUP's leader narrowly survived a no-confidence motion following a disastrous attempt to bolster green energy in Northern Ireland by providing subsidies for wood burners. Arlene Foster introduced the scheme in 2012 when she was head of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. The original budget was £25 million, but a lack of price controls meant that, over five years, almost £500 million went up in smoke.
Last year, DUP assembly member Trevor Clarke admitted that he had thought only gay people could be infected with HIV, until a charity explained otherwise. He made the comments during a parliamentary debate around a campaign to "promote awareness and prevention" of HIV in Northern Ireland and to increase support for those living with HIV.
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What's a flea? Do humans have fleas? And how many eggs can a flea lay?
Fleas vary in size quite considerably. In the UK, the Cat Flea is one of the smallest at about 2.5mm long. On the other end of the scale, a heavily pregnant female Human Flea clocks in at an earth-shaking 4mm or so.
Elsewhere in the world, the largest known flea is the Hystrichopsylla schefferi — a flea found in the nest of a mountain beaver in Washington State, USA. It can grow up to 8mm long and has been known to bite a man's arm off at the shoulder blade (Ed's note: OK, there's a certain amount of poetic licence there — but they do grow to 8mm).
Britain's largest flea is, coincidentally, a parasite of Britain's smallest mammal. Hystrichopsylla talpae (usually found on moles) grow to a length of 6.5mm and can be found on the pygmy shrew. Pity the poor pygmy shrew; in relative terms, it would be the same as a man being attacked by a blood-sucking rat.
In nearly all species, the female is larger than the male.
The flea has a considerable number of relatives. There are more than 2000 different species of flea around the world.
In our own homes, the theoretical number of flea eggs left around your house after three days of an infestation of 500 fleas is 20,000.
The flea most commonly found on cats and dogs in this country is the Ctenocephalides felis (the cat flea to you or I).
The largest ever recorded infestation of human fleas in the UK was found at a pig farm in 1986. It reportedly turned an area the size of a tennis court brown. We estimate that to cover an area of that size, this particular flea family must have numbered around 133,378,450!
It is now extremely rare to find a human flea on a human (or, for that matter, a cat or a dog) in the UK — due to increased hygiene standards.
Fleas can bite up to 400 times a day!
a distance that measures 150 times their own size.
30,000 times in a row without stopping.
in opposite direction (left and right) with every jump.
A female flea consumes 15 times her own body weight in blood every day.
A female flea can lay 2,000 eggs.
Just one flea can multiply to 1,000 fleas on your pet and in your home in 21 days.
Flea fossils date all the way back to the Lower Cretaceous period … about 100 million years!
On average, a flea lives 2-3 months.
Adult fleas spend most of their lives feasting on your pet.
All of these facts mean one thing: fleas are tough to deal with.
Fleas vary in size quite considerably – the Cat Flea is one of the smallest at about 2.5mm long, whilst a heavily pregnant female Human Flea could be as big as 4mm!
The largest known flea in the world is the Hystrichopsylla schefferi — a flea found in the nest of a mountain beaver in USA. It can grow up to 8mm long.
Britain's largest flea is, coincidentally, a parasite of Britain's smallest mammal.
Fleas can jump a distance that measures 150 times their own size.
They can also jump 30,000 times in a row without stopping – and in opposite direction (left and right) with every jump.
A flea will live for 2 to 3 months.


Just before Thanksgiving, we hosted a reception for our many donors and sponsors. The reception itself was sponsored by United Healthcare. In this "Giving Season" I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation for all who support Mystic Aquarium through donations and sponsorships.
Vice President of Research and Senior Scientist Dr. Tracy Romano has given a series of talks recently on environmental stressors impacting Beluga whales, cetaceans and other animals. Recently she was invited to give a presentation to the National Marine Fisheries Service at a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, detailing her nearly two decades of research on Beluga whales in the Arctic.
Recently we welcomed United States Congressman James Langevin to campus. Congressman Langevin represents the 2nd Congressional District in Rhode Island which includes South County. We have worked with him for many years on various issues and he has always been a stalwart supporter of our mission and programs.
Congressman Langevin will be playing a key role in the reauthorization of the Perkins Vocational Education Act and we hope to work closely with him on this as we have many programs that are related to vocational and technical education. This sector of education has often been downplayed in education reform efforts over the past two decades.
We were honored to host Congressman Langevin and to express appreciation for his continuing support and leadership.
Be assured of my best wishes during this Holiday Season! Be sure to make a visit to Mystic Aquarium part of your celebrations!


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Catherine has just been telling me how prettily & coquettishly Fanny Biddulph asked after you saying, "Has Charles quite forgotten me?" "does he ever mention me in his letters?" I have not at all forgotten our old Postillion & Housemaid days. Cath says she looked beautiful when saying all this—am I very immoral in repeating it?
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Six Takeaways from Washington's 2022 Midterm Primaries
Phew, last night's midterm primaries were pretty fun!! Unless you were a Republican, in which case you probably spent a good deal of the evening looking at yourself in the mirror and wondering why things weren't going your way despite all your wealth and natural charisma. But don't worry, you horrible little freak. Remember, you still maintain structural advantages in every realm of federal politics.
Standard-issue Washington Democrats, on the other hand, were popping bottles—or, more accurately, pizza boxes. Though we're still waiting on around half the vote to come in, things are looking good for Democrats across the state. But that's not all! Let's talk about it.
Schrier Catching Fire in a Friendlier Battleground District
Incumbent Congresswoman Kim Schrier just missed taking a majority of the primary night vote with 49.4%. That showing marks an improvement of where she clocked in for the 2020 primary in a presidential year (43.3%), suggesting that the Democrats achieved their goal of drawing her a more favorable district when they added parts of northeastern King County and Snohomish County to the 8th CD in redistricting last year.
Alternatively, Schrier's stronger showing could mean that this particular bunch of extremist Republican anti-abortion yahoos are simply less appealing to voters primarily concerned with protecting abortion rights, which the recent WA Poll found to be the top issue for 28% of voters statewide. In any event, abortion rights taking center stage in the Congressional race can only mean good things for the House's only Democratic woman doctor, and her supporters are taking notice of that fact.
State Democratic Party Chair Tina Podlodowski expressed confidence that Schrier would pull through regardless of which Republican makes it through to the general election, saying plainly that "Kim Schrier will win that district." All signs so far point to Podlodowski's prediction coming true, especially considering the significant investment Schrier's colleagues in the House made to get her there in the first place: Schrier's first win in 2018 took nearly $8 million in outside spending from Democratic-aligned PACs supporting her and opposing consummate loser Dino Rossi.
The Mom-off for U.S. Senate Is Less Intense than a PTA Meeting
Senator Patty Murray's campaign acted real scared of "new mom in town" Tiffany Smiley. As Seattle Times's Jim Brunner suggested on Twitter, she probably put on the act to get the pearl-clutching liberals to send her last-minute donations.
Latest @PattyMurray fundraising pitch appears to feature June polling sponsored by her challenger @SmileyForWA. Other polling shows her farther ahead. Fear = $$ #waelex https://t.co/cIpyzZ37QV pic.twitter.com/xJHxyGhuup
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) August 2, 2022
But from the results of last night's initial ballot drop, the 30-year incumbent will easily sit on the Senate for another six years. Murray got 54% of the vote, while Smiley got about 32%. If you add votes from the other Republicans to Smiley's total (assuming those voters switch to her in the general), she'd wind up with about 40% of the vote.
So not only will we have a major abortion-rights champion to dunk on Mitch McConnell and his loser goons, but Murray's wiggle room may enable her to take some other Democrats to Congress with her. Her lead could be just about the best thing that could happen for the quest to keep Congress blue, because now she can funnel the money she scared out of rich Washington voters into swing districts around the country. According to Murray's campaign, their "top swing-district priority" will be supporting Rep. Kim Schrier's re-elect campaign in the 8th Congressional District.
The Socialist Infiltration Stops Here
Despite their efforts to give Congress a long overdue facelift, socialist and progressive challengers in some of western Washington's Congressional Districts (the 2nd, the 6th, and the 9th) did not manage to make it through the primaries last night.
It's a disappointing result for the socialists, who appeared to be in a better position this cycle. Teacher and progressive activist Jason Call, who ran in northwest Washington's 2nd CD, raised more money than he did in his 2020 run. The same goes for small-business owner Rebecca Parson, who was running in the 6th CD, which covers Tacoma and the peninsula. Meanwhile, teacher and union leader Stephanie Gallardo, who came into last night "hella hopeful," earned 13% of the vote in King County's 9th CD despite having raised more money than Sarah Smith, the progressive who challenged Rep. Adam Smith during the 2018 blue wave. In fact, Gallardo only pulled in half of the vote share that Sarah Smith did in the 2018 primary. Even Rep. Smith would be surprised by the poor showing for the socialists. Last week, he told The Stranger that he thought a socialist had a much better chance of winning his district than a Republican.
"Clearly the majority of Democratic primary voters feel that maintaining the status quo is where they are comfortable, and a truly progressive vision for the future is not something they're willing to take a chance on at this point," said Jason Call. But his campaign isn't throwing a pity party just yet. He said they remain optimistic that progressive votes will trickle in and elevate his campaign to second place.
That would be quite the comeback. He would need to make up for a 5,000-vote deficit to catch the Republican in front of him. Even though the results may communicate that primary voters feel comfortable with the status quo, Call said his campaign won't change their message if they get the second spot. "We will continue to fight relentlessly for the needs of those that the corporate-dominated status quo is failing, including the right to health care, housing, and a livable planet for the future," he said.
Trump Candidates Couldn't Get Their Shit Together
The former President tested his strength in the Evergreen state against two Republican members of Congress who voted to impeach him: Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District, and Rep. Dan Newhouse in the eastern 4th Congressional District. Both incumbents will very likely make it through to the general election, boxing out their Trump challengers in a 2-0 victory. How did they do it? Well, they didn't. The MAGA dorks did it to themselves.
Down in the 3rd, it looks like Beutler benefited from establishment GOP PAC money that pitted Trump-loving candidates Joe Kent and Heidi St. John against one another. As The Seattle Times reported, a group called Conservatives for a Stronger America dropped over $1 million on ads attacking Kent and supporting St. John. Initial election results last night gave Kent 20% of the vote and St. John 15% of the vote, allowing Beutler to fly past them with 24.5% of the vote. The incumbent will likely face off against Democratic candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who picked up 32% of the vote, and who will likely lose in the general, which is too bad. Had either Kent or St. John joined forces, though, we could be looking a contest between a MAGA Republican and a Dem in southwest Washington, which would have been … honestly a little frightening.
Meanwhile, failed former gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp needs to find more than 3,000 votes to make it through to the general, otherwise he's toast. Incumbent Rep. Newhouse leads with 27% of the vote, Democratic candidate Doug White brought in 26%, and ol' Culp is sitting in third with 22%. That's likely not going to be enough. But if only MAGA State House Rep. Brad Klippert, famous for yelling about anal on the House floor, had sent his supporters Culp's way, then we'd probably be looking at Congressman Culp.
Shockingly, Newspaper Endorsements Seem to Matter in Seattle
Proving there's a kernel of truth to every cliche, the broken clock that is the Seattle Times Editorial Board happened to choose the right candidate in several of Seattle's open seats for the State Legislature. They agreed with the SECB's legally-binding endorsements of Chipalo Street in the South End's 37th Legislative District, Julia Reed in Ballard's 36th LD, and Emily Alvarado in West Seattle's 34th LD.
Each of those candidates pulled out to a significant lead on primary night, with even relatively unknown Chipalo Street distinguishing himself with a strong performance against long-time community advocate Emijah Smith in a field with several other first-time candidates.
But the real evidence of the importance of media endorsements became apparent in the 46th Legislative District, covering northeast Seattle. Despite coming in a distant fourth in fundraising, Darya Farivar rode the strength of the SECB's full-throated endorsement to a 1,647-vote lead on primary night over third-place finisher Melissa Taylor.
The Seattle Times Editorial Board threw its support behind moderate Lelach Rave in that race, whose campaign has already spent tens of thousands more than Farivar has raised. For all that spending, though, Rave only holds a 682-vote lead over Farivar with more ballots still to count.
Dems Will Probably Keep Sizable Majorities in State Legislature
HAAAAAAAAAA. Ha ha HA. At the beginning of election season, Democrats expected to lose seats in the State House and in the state Senate. The only question was the severity of the loss: modest shrinkage, or red wave Armageddon? Last night's initial results suggest neither. If Democrats don't get complacent, they could hold their large majorities in both chambers, and maybe even pick up a seat. Let's take a brief sprint around the state:
Dems took substantial leads in King County's "bell-weather" 'burbs. In the 30th LD (Federal Way), Democratic incumbents state Sen. Claire Wilson and Rep. Jamila Taylor lead with 55% of the vote, and former Rep. Kristine Reeves will make it through the primary in a race where the combined Dem candidates enjoy north of 60% support. Almost the exact same story played out in the 47th LD, which covers the Covington area.
In the 26th LD, which covers Bremerton and Gig Harbor, incumbent Democratic state Sen. Emily Randall has taken an early 10-point lead over Republican House Rep. Jesse Young.
Dem incumbents are also leading in the northwest corner of the state. The peninsula looks fine, and Democrats representing the islands are doing far better than expected. In the 10th Legislative District, incumbent Democratic Rep Dave Paul leads by ten points, and Democratic challenger Clyde Shavers leads incumbent Republican House Rep. Greg Gilday by 6 points.
Dems are behind but running pretty strong down in southwest Washington's 17th LD and in the 35th LD, which covers the state's crotch west of Olympia. A big shift left in the general could put those candidates over the edge.
None of these leads came for free. WA Wins, a PAC that supports Republicans in the state Senate, spent a million dollars against Dem incumbents. They may as well have lit it on fire. All of the Democrats they attacked with ads are leading their races by significant margins.
Now, all eyes will be on the 42nd Legislative District, which covers Whatcom County. None of the Democratic candidates running in those races pulled in more than 50% of the vote, but money and lots of door-knocking in that area may repay efforts in the form of larger state House and senate majorities.
Washington State Democratic Party Chair Tina Podlodowski promises to do just that. "We can't get complacent. This year, we're going to keep doing all the things Democrats couldn't do much of in 2020 [due to the pandemic]: knocking doors and making calls," she said.
Article Source: https://www.thestranger.com/elections-2022/2022/08/03/77278857/six-takeaways-from-washingtons-2022-midterm-primaries
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A number of people who are not members of the core development team have started building their own RepRaps - Welcome to them!
I have set up a blog as part of the RepRap project for any of them who want to record their discoveries, hints, calls for help, pictures of triumphs and so on at http://reprappers.blogspot.com/ .
If you would like to contribute to that blog just e-mail me at A.Bowyer@bath.ac.uk giving a few details of your RepRap project.
Good idea, I've run across a few things that I wondered how I could share with the RepRap community without having to stick an off-topic blurb on someone else's update or on my rather remote website.


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Mile Jedinak's Personal Life: Who's His Wife?
Mile Jedinak is married to Natalie Peacock in 2010. The couple has three children together.
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Looking at his Instagram posts, it's pretty clear that Jedinak is so close to his family.
He holds an estimated net worth of about $2 million as of 2019.
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Historical mansions
By Jeri Davis
On a recent Friday afternoon, tour guide Kelly Caves (on stairs) led visitors through the historical Hellman-Ehrman mansion in Sugar Pine Point State Park.
PHOTO/JERI CHADWELL
Learn more about visiting Thunderbird Lodge (https://bit.ly/2MFceyu) and Vikingsholm and the Hellman-Ehrman mansion (https://bit.ly/2MFbNnO).
Editor's note: This column has been updated based upon corrected information received from the Sierra State Parks Foundation.
Kelly Cave spends her workdays giving tours of the Hellman-Ehrman mansion, part of Sugar Pine Point State Park on the shore of Lake Tahoe. Built in 1903, it and 2,000 acres of surrounding land once belonged to Bay Area financier Isaias Hellman.
Cave is an environmental scientist who says her passion lies in "educating people about the importance of the environment" and "talking with people about history and science." She does plenty of both as a tour guide and supervisor for the Sierra State Parks Foundation, a nonprofit that works with the California Department of Parks and Recreation to manage the Tahoe region's parks.
Cave likes answering questions, and on a recent Friday morning tour, she fielded a range about the mansion and its surrounding grounds—including whether or not it's true that Lake Tahoe is a hotbed for murders "because bodies don't float in it."
And someone asked a question Cave said is among the most common she gets: "How did all of this become a state park?"
"I would say—let's see, I give this tour six times a day—so about six times a day I get this question about ownership and … how it changed from private to government ownership," she said.
The short answer, according to Cave, is that California's Parks Department was interested in the land, and the family no longer wanted it, in part because of the expense of its upkeep. In 1968, the family sold its home and land to the state of California in for $6.5 million.
It's understandable that people might wonder how and why a family would give up a mansion and thousands of acres of lakefront property. Nonetheless, it's the reason this part of the lake isn't privately owned. And, interestingly, it isn't the only case in which a large tract of Tahoe land that was private became public. The Hellman-Ehrman mansion is one of three historical Tahoe homes that now lie on park lands.
Vikingsholm at Emerald Bay was built for millionaire Lora Knight. Completed in 1929, it functioned as a summer home for her family before being sold. It and hundreds of acres might still be private property had the mansion's last owner, lumberman and philanthropist Harvey West, not made a deal with the state of California in the early 1950s to "donate one-half of the appraised value of the land and the Vikingsholm outright, if the state would pay him the other half of the land value."
Thunderbird Lodge, completed in 1939, lies on the Nevada side of the lake, just south of Sand Harbor. It was the home to Bay Area millionaire George Whittell, Jr., who also purchased 40,000 acres of surrounding land with some partners, intent—at first—on developing it. According to one of those partners, Norman Biltz, Whittell quickly changed his mind about selling. In a 1967 interview with the University of Nevada, Reno's oral history program, Biltz said he went to Whittell and was told, "Whatever price you bring to me on the sale for approval, I'll turn down. … If it's a hundred a foot, I'll turn it down; if it's two hundred a foot, I'll turn it down; if it's five hundred a foot, I'll turn it down."
In the late 1960s, the state of Nevada forced Whittell to sell 5,300 acres through eminent domain, which became the foundation for Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park. Another 10,000 acres were sold to the Forest Service and Nevada State Parks by the remaining property's next owner, Jack Dreyfus. In 1998, the last of the land became parks land, and the home came under the care of the nonprofit group Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society.Ω
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